Windows XP n Vista Tricks Windows XP n Vista Tricks This smart collection of insider tips and tricks covers the XP + Vista operating system from start to finish including all the new features that come with Service Pack 2 Youll also find timesaving hacks . 
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How to Rename the Recycle Bin
2008-06-03 05:36:00 To change the name of the Recycle Bin desktop icon, open Regedit and go to: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/CLSID/{645FF040-5081-10 1B-9F08-00AA002F954E} and change the name "Recycle Bin " to whatever you want (don't type any quotes). More About: Rename
Search For Hidden Or System Files In Windows XP
2008-06-03 05:34:00 The Search companion in Windows XP searches for hidden and system files differently than in earlier versions of Windows. This guide describes how to search for hidden or system files in Windows XP. Search for Hidden or System Files By default, the Search companion does not search for hidden or system files. Because of this, you may be unable to find files, even though they exist on the drive. To search for hidden or system files in Windows XP: Click Start, click Search, click All files and folders, and then click More advanced options. Click to select the Search sys...
How to make your Desktop Icons Transparent
2008-06-03 05:33:00 Go to ontrol Panel > System, > Advanced > Performance area > Settings button Visual Effects tab "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the Desktop " More About: Icons , Make , Transparent
How to Remove Windows XP's Messenger
2008-06-03 05:32:00 Theoretically, you can get rid of it (as well as a few other things). Windows 2000 power users should already be familiar with this tweak. Fire up the Windows Explorer and navigate your way to the %SYSTEMROOT% INF folder. What the heck is that thingy with the percentage signs? It's a variable. For most people, %SYSTEMROOT% is C:Windows. For others, it may be E:WinXP. Get it? Okay, on with the hack! In the INF folder, open sysoc.inf (but not before making a BACKUP copy first). Before your eyes glaze over, look for the line containing "msmsgs" in it. Near the end of that particular line, you'll notice that the word "hide" is not so hidden... More About: Messenger , Windows Xp
Low Deposit Bonus
2008-05-30 02:23:00 With the number of people thronging the online poker rooms increasing at a steady rate, it is not surprising that these gambling websites offer many promotions and bonuses to lure people into bringing cash into their domains. One such form of this is bonuses given to players upon their first real money deposit. This particular poker bonus is offered in the form of gaming credit by quite a number of online poker rooms such as PokerStars and PokerRooms and is sometimes offered to even those who pay minimum or no deposits but most of the time require the players to play a certain number of games and collect points before being able to claim it. It is just like a casino giving you credit and in this case, they want you to play more with the real intention of wanting you or at least other gamblers to continue playing and get all the wagers cashed into the website?s account.While almost every online casino and poker room has their own rates for the minimum deposit amount, there are those ... More About: Bonus
Amazing video clips from YouTube
2008-05-18 21:44:00 You always searching for some incredible video clips then you search ends here at http://www.topyoutubevideos.com you just have a extra ordinary experience at this site. All the stuff from YouTube is at your one click. From YouTube News to YouTube Incredible video clips all at same home page and some another Utube website review. And at this site sign ups for persons are free. No any cost for entertainment here at this site. On TopYouTubeVideo s.com you can also suggest some amazing video clips from YouTube and they were added here on your recommendation if that video is really amazing and incredible. So this site is just having all fun without any interruption just relax and enjoy.YouTube is trademark of Google Inc. More About: Youtube , Video Clips , Clips , Amazing
How to Set the Search Screen to the Classic Look
2008-05-18 21:13:00 When I first saw the default search pane in Windows XP, my instinct was to return it to its classic look; that puppy had to go. Of course, I later discovered that a doggie door is built into the applet. Click "Change preferences" then "Without an animated screen character." If you'd rather give it a bare-bones "Windows 2000" look and feel, fire up your Registry editor and navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Explorer CabinetState. You may need to create a new string value labeled "Use Search Asst" and set it to "no". More About: Screen , Classic
How to Disable CD Autorun in Windows
2008-05-18 21:09:00 ( WinXP PRO Only) 1) Click Start, Run and enter GPEDIT.MSC 2) Go to Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, System. 3) Locate the entry for Turn autoplay off and modify it as you desire. More About: Windows
Use Windows Update to Keep Your Computer Current
2008-05-18 21:08:00 Windows XP takes the chore out of keeping your software updated with the newest and best code for device drivers, security, reliability, and performance. Windows Update is the online extension of Windows. It?s a Web site where you find the most recent updates for your operating system, software programs, and hardware. Windows Update scans your computer and lists the code updates needed on your system. Then you can choose whether to download and install them. To find available updates 1. Open Windows Update . 2. Click Scan for updates to find out about recent releases fo... More About: Windows , Computer , Current
Turn off Windows XP Animations to speed it up
2008-05-18 21:03:00 You can turn off window animation ("exploding" windows), displayed when you play around with minimizing/maximizing open windows. This makes navigating Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP a lot quicker, especially if you don't have a fast video controller, or if you got tired of seeing it all the time (like I did). :) To do this, run Regedit (or Regedt32) and go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER | Control Panel | Desktop | WindowMetrics or if you are the only user of your Windows computer go to: HKEY_USERS | .Default | Control Panel | Desktop | WindowMetrics Right-click on an empty spot in the right hand pane. Select ... More About: Speed , Windows Xp , Animations , Turn
Sending SMS from your Desktop using software
2008-05-14 05:42:00 Many of my friends ask me is there any Software which allows us to send SMS (Short Message Service) through my PC and the answer is YES.A Definition from WikiPediaShort Message Service (SMS) is a communications protocol allowing the interchange of short text messages between mobile telephone devices.Now the definition will change , as now Sending SMS is possible through PC too.There is one Australian company named Message Media which provides this facility.They provide many services like sending SMS through Software from your Home PC, Web SMS - which gives facility to send SMS to your relatives or customers through Internet browser NO need to install any type of software on your PC. They also provide Bulk SMS Facility for corporate world to promote there products or services.The corporate SMS facility (Bulk SMS) is one of the best way to promote your services or products. and yes many international companies are using this.Now the Definition will beShort Message Service (SMS) is... More About: Desktop
Vista BUG : Windows Vista allows deletion of Recycle bin
2008-05-04 20:28:00 Have you ever noticed in Windows vista you can delete your favorite Recycle Bin ;)yes seems crazy but Windows vista has a bug ,Microsoft created Windows vista as most secure,powerfull Operating system software but still have few bugs like this, really strange. This may be possible that Microsoft has given Deletion of recycle bin as one of the feature !! we cant predicate there facts , God knows what Bill gates think.So have you deleted your Recycle bin from your Desktop of your Vista ?Here is the Simple Answer how to get it back,1. Right click on desktop,2. got to 'personalize', then in the left column click 'change desktop icons'.3.Afterwards, click on the 'recycle bin empty' icon and change it with the iconthat shows the recycle bin full?and do the same for the 'recycle bin full'icon.4.Click apply. Now when the recycle bin is full it will show empty andwhen empty it will show full.5.Go back and change them to the normal icons as they should be and it will solve the problem... More About: Windows Vista , Recycle Bin
Online Gaming (casino)
2008-05-04 18:52:00 simplicity is also quite deceptive , Many online gamers find blackjack game easy to play. In blackjack, it does not matter what the suit of the card is. What matters is the card?s numeric value. All the picture cards ? the king, the queen and the jack ? all have a value of ten, while an ace can either be a one or an 11, depending on what the player wants it to be. An ace with the designated value of one is called a hard ace while the one with the value of 11 is referred to as a soft ace. The values of the rest of the cards are their indicated number.You can play Live Blackjack (Blackjack via Webcam ) @ Vegas Red Casino or Dublin Bet Casino.Both Famous for Live Casino's , also 100% Sign Up Bonus up to ?100. The bonus requirement is met by wagering 37 times the bonus value with "fair play". 50% bet value when you play baccarat and play the banker or the playerYou can not play Live Online Blackjack without making a deposit I found the pop-ups to be annoying when I first checked out th... More About: Gaming
How Do I Install Net Meeting
2008-04-29 19:20:00 Wondering how to install Netmeeting on Windows XP? Well you don't have to install it! Why? It is already pre-installed with Windows XP, but (by design they say) it isn't linked to anywhere on your programs menu. Here is how to load it: 1: Click START then RUN 2: Enter "conf" without the quotes That's it - now you can Netmeet to your hearts content. More About: Meeting
How to Use Qfixapp.exe In Windows XP
2008-04-29 19:20:00 This article describes the Quick Fix utility (Qfixapp.exe) that is included with the Application Compatibility Toolkit for Windows XP and Windows .NET. Qfixapp.exe is a tool that includes pre-packaged fixes that provide an easy way to fix a program. Use Qfixapp.exe To Apply Program Fixes You can use Qfixapp.exe to quickly apply various program fixes (AppFixes, also known as "shims") to a program to determine their effectiveness. Qfixapp.exe reads the %SystemRoot%windowsapppatchsysmain.sdb database to produce a list of available fixes. When you select an AppFix, you can start the program execu... More About: Windows Xp
Make your own personal screensavers in Windows Xp
2008-04-29 19:17:00 It used to be darn near impossible to create a personal screen saver using your own photo collection. To do this, you had to track down a third-party application and sloppily piece together your pictures to create a screen saver. Well, the engineers at Microsoft must have realized they hated third-party applications and decided enough was enough. XP can take any pictures stored in your "My Pictures" folder and display them in random order as a screen saver. To make a personal screen saver in XP, follow these directions: Right-click ... More About: Personal , Windows , Make , Screensavers , Windows Xp
How to remove the Default Picture and Fax Preview Action
2008-04-11 19:27:00 Go To Start > Run and type `Regedit` and press `ok` Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Classes/CLSID /{e84fda7c-1d6a-45f6-b725-cb260c236066}/s hellex Deleted the MayChangeDefaultMenu key. More About: Action , Preview , Picture
Free conference call service ..
2008-04-11 19:26:00 ConferenceGenie is a free UK conference call service. It provides an easy to use conference call service, with no booking and no registration. And best of all, it's via a UK local rate telephone number - o it's completely free.If you are looking for a reliable Audio conference service, then ConferenceGenie is available 24X7 with great call quality. Here at ConferenceGenie you can choose a conference room number that has to be the last six digits of your work phone number. Then you can invite people to your conference and start enjoying this phone service!The cost of the call is cheaper during evening and weekends! Even You can Record your Call Conference More About: Service , Free , Conference Call , Conference
New Sound Blaster Drivers
2008-04-11 19:24:00 With the loads of problems reported by users with Sound blaster cards on Windows XP Creative has stepped up and offered drivers for at least some models of their Sound Blaster cards, but check your particular model closely. I have downloaded the SB128 drivers and my sound problems have been resolved..! So they do work. http://www.creative.com/support/winxp/ More About: Drivers
Fluid mask - A Photoshop plugin.
2008-04-11 19:22:00 Fluid mask a well known photoshop plugin. Vertus Had launched another Version of this well known Plugin .New version is compiled for Faster initial image processing speacially for multi-core machines 40% speed is optimized, Localised edge detection and blending truely called Intelligent Edge Blending, Great new tools for color based selections like Color Workspace and the Color Sampler.If you think its gonna hard for you to go with this plugin then I assure its easy still you can have Photoshop Tutorials. very simple tutorial for Starting Off , Finding Edges, Edge Blending, Hair and Lattices, Workflow etc are availed!! Also be sure to check out their latest release of Photoshop Mask ing tools.
Error - ''boot_unmountable_drive'' when installing XP
2007-12-30 07:13:00 For those who are getting this error when you try to install WinXP on a motherboard that has UDMA 100 Promise Controllers you need to do the following in order to get XP to install correctly if your hard drives are connected to the UDMA 100 controller.Now there are two ways to get XP installed, the first one I am going to mention is the easiest way and the second is a bit more complicated but will work never the less.#1 - Easiest WayI have an Asus A7V motherboard and I have run into this more than once. What you need to do (this is the easiest way to do it that I have found) is to move your hard drives cable off the UDMA 100 controller (normally color coded blue) over to the UDMA 66 master controller on the motherboard. Once you have done that make sure your PC still boots into your current OS correctly. If it does then start your XP install or upgrade. Everything should be fine. Now, once XP is up on My Computer and choose Manage. Look under Device manager and you will see an error... More About: Error
What are XP powerToys
2007-12-30 06:59:00 What are XP powerToysPowerToys are additional programs that developers work on after the product has been released to manufacturing, but before the next project has begun. These toys add fun and functionality to the Windows experience.We've taken great care to ensure that PowerToys operate as they should. But please note that these programs are not part of Windows and are not supported by Microsoft. For this reason, Microsoft Technical Support is unable to answer questions about PowerToysThe PowerToys are installed into the directory you specify during setup. Typically this is the system32 directory.To uninstall the PowerToys, Open the control Panel. Launch the Add/Remove Programs control panel applet. Find the PowerToys for Windows XP entry, and choose Modify/Remove. From here you can remove specific toys or all of them.Faster User SwitcherNote: You cannot use this toy if fast user switching is not enabled.What it is: With Fast User Switching enabled on Windows XP, this PowerToy a...
How to make My Computer' open in Explore mode with folder list
2007-12-30 06:19:00 In My Computer click Tools menu, and then click Options. Click the File Types tab.In the list of file types, highlight "(NONE) Folders"Click Advanced button, In the Actions box, highlight "Explore "Click "Set Default" More About: Open , Mode , List
Shutting Down Windows XP
2007-12-23 07:20:00 Although the big argument used to be about saturated and unsaturated fats, today's generation has found a new source of disagreement: Should a computer be left on all the time or turned off at the end of the day? Both camps have decent arguments, and there's no real answer (except that you should always turn off your monitor when you won't be using it for a half hour or so).However, if you decide to turn off your computer, don't just head for the off switch. First, tell Windows XP about your plans. To do that, click the Start button, choose the Turn Off Computer command, and ponder the choices Windows XP places on-screen. Click Stand By to temporarily put the computer to sleep, click Turn Off to turn off your computer, or click Restart to make Windows XP shut down and come back to life. Stand By: Save your work before choosing this option; Windows XP doesn't save your work automatically. Instead, it lets your computer doze for a bit to save power, but the computer wakes up at t... More About: Windows Xp
Make XP boot even Faster
2007-11-12 07:19:00 Microsoft has chosen a completely different path for XP and it's boot features by trying to incorporate as much support for newer fastboot BIOSes that are on most current motherboards. They built XP in such a way as to make it able to take advantage of features in these new BIOSes, and one of the coolest things is a small application called bootvis. bootvis.Boot vis watches everything that loads at boot time, from the moment the OS begins to load just after POST (Power On Self-Test) to the moment you get to a usable Desktop.Some programs, most notably Norton AntiVirus 2002, suck up valuable seconds before you can actually DO anything even though you're at the Desktop. bootvis generates a trace file that you load and can then "see" a visual representation of what's happening. Every file, driver, hard drive read/write, etc., is recorded. You can then use bootvis to optimize the loading of files during the boot sequence. bootvis will rearrange the ways these very files are stored on ... More About: Make , Aster
Don't Ignore the Windows Logo Key
2007-11-10 07:17:00 The Windows logo key, located in the bottom row of most computer keyboards is a little-used treasure. Don't ignore it. It is the shortcut anchor for the following commands: Windows: Display the Start menu Windows + D: Minimize or restore all windows Windows + E: Display Windows Explorer Windows + F: Display Search for files Windows + Ctrl + F: Display Search for computer Windows + F1: Display Help and Support Center Windows + R: Display Run dialog box Windows + break: Display System Properties dialog box Windows + shift + M: Undo minimize all windows Windows + L: Lock the workstation Windows + U: Open Utility Manager More About: Logo
Top 10 Tweaks, Tips, and Tricks for Windows Vista
2007-11-08 03:18:00 If you?re annoyed by Internet Explorer?s incessant barking that you?ve lowered your security settings (like, if you?re a non-paranoid expert), launch ?gpedit.msc? from either the Run command or Start Search field, navigate through Local Computer Policy / Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / Windows Components / Internet Explorer. In the rightmost pane, double-click ?Turn off the Security Settings Check feature? and set it to Enabled. If Internet Explorer?s Information Bar also annoys you, you can turn it off (again) in the Group Policy Object Editor (gpedit.msc) through Local Computer Policy / Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / Windows Components / Internet Explorer / Security Features. In the rightmost pane, double-click ?Internet Explorer Processes? and set it to Disabled. Hallelujah! I?ve just mentioned two tweaks that are buried inside the Group Policy Editor. Jim Allchin pointed out that there?s a Group Policy Settings Reference spreadsheet avail... More About: Windows Vista , Tips , Vista , Tricks
Windows Explorer features made for Vista
2007-11-08 03:16:00 Windows Explorer helps you manage your stuff (documents, settings, programs etc) and this is why it's important to learn the basics and some of the Explorer tricks. In the image bellow you can see the basic features that Windows Explorer was equipped with: Navigation Pane: this pane contains two sections: Favorite links - that provides access to some of your favorite links like Documents and Pictures - and Folders, which displays the location you are currently browsing. Details Pane: detailed information (Date Modified, Au this, Size) about a certain file of folder is displayed in the Details Pane. You can also add you own tags and you own categories, which can help you when searching for that specific file/folder. Preview Pane is located on the right hand side and it allows you to view to content of a file without opening it Command Bar gives you the option to Organize your files and folders, change the View and even Print or Burn a file/folder on a cD/DVD Ad... More About: Windows , Windows Vista , Vista , Features
Take ScreenShots in Vista with some boost
2007-11-08 03:09:00 Until now, third party tools were needed for taking accurate screenshots but Vista comes with a build-in accessory called Snipping Tool. The tool lets you select a certain area on your screen and copies the image intro you system clipboard. You can either save the picture directly from the Snipping Tool making no modifications to it, or you can export it a photo editing software like Photoshop. Using Vista's Snipping Tool To launch the Snipping tool follow the instructions bellow: Open the Start OrbType "snip" in the search boxSelect the Snipping Tool when this appears When you start the tool for the first time, it will assume that you would want to capture a portion of the screen right away. You can cancel this auction by clicking the Cancel button. Whenever you are ready to take a screen shot, click on the arrow besides New: You now have 4 choices: Free-form snip â?? allows you to capture an irregular shape Rectangular snip â?? capture a rectangular area Windows Sn... More About: Windows Vista , Screenshots , Boost , Cree
Fix your Slow XP and 98 Network
More articles from this author:2007-10-28 03:30:00 You can run "wmiprvse.exe" as a process for quick shared network access to Win98/ME machines. Stick it in Startup or make it a service. "On the PC running XP, log in as you normally would, go to users, manage network passwords. Here is where the problem lies. In this dialog box remove any win98 passwords or computer-assigned names for the win98 PCs. In my case , I had two computer-assigned win98 pc names in this box (example G4k8e6). I deleted these names (you may have passwords instead). Then go to My Network Places and -- there you go! -- no more delay! Now, after I did this and went to My Network Places to browse ... More About: Slow 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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