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You must not write ( * ) when you search....
Eksample:
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Getting used to using your keyboard exclusively and leaving your mouse behind will make you much more efficient at performing any task on any Windows system. I use the following keyboard shortcuts every day: Windows key + R = Run menu This is usually followed by:
cmd = Command Prompt
iexplore + "web address" = Internet Explorer
compmgmt.msc = Computer Management
dhcpmgmt.msc = DHCP Management
dnsmgmt.msc = DNS Management
services.msc = Services
eventvwr = Event Viewer
dsa.msc = Active Directory Users and Computers
dssite.msc = Active Directory Sites and Services
Windows key + E = Explorer ALT + Tab = Switch between windows ALT, Space, X = Maximize window CTRL + Shift + Esc = Task Manager Windows key + Break = System properties Windows key + F = Search Windows key + D = Hide/Display all windows CTRL + C = copy CTRL + X = cut CTRL + V = paste Also don't forget about the "Right-click" key next to the right Windows
key on your keyboard. Using the arrows and that key can get just about
anything done once you've opened up any program.
Keyboard Shortcuts
[Alt] and [Esc] Switch between running applications [Alt] and letter Select menu item by underlined letter [Ctrl] and [Esc] Open Program Menu [Ctrl] and [F4] Close active document or group windows (does not work
with some applications) [Alt] and [F4] Quit active application or close current window [Alt] and [-] Open Control menu for active document Ctrl] Lft., Rt. arrow Move cursor forward or back one word Ctrl] Up, Down arrow Move cursor forward or back one paragraph [F1] Open Help for active application Windows+M Minimize all open windows Shift+Windows+M Undo minimize all open windows Windows+F1 Open Windows Help Windows+Tab Cycle through the Taskbar buttons Windows+Break Open the System Properties dialog box acessability shortcuts Right SHIFT for eight seconds........ Switch FilterKeys on and off. Left ALT +left SHIFT +PRINT SCREEN....... Switch High Contrast on and off. Left ALT +left SHIFT +NUM LOCK....... Switch MouseKeys on and off. SHIFT....... five times Switch StickyKeys on and off. NUM LOCK...... for five seconds Switch ToggleKeys on and off. explorer shortcuts END....... Display the bottom of the active window. HOME....... Display the top of the active window. NUM LOCK+ASTERISK....... on numeric keypad (*) Display all subfolders
under the selected folder. NUM LOCK+PLUS SIGN....... on numeric keypad (+) Display the contents of
the selected folder. NUM LOCK+MINUS SIGN....... on numeric keypad (-) Collapse the selected
folder. LEFT ARROW...... Collapse current selection if it's expanded, or select
parent folder. RIGHT ARROW....... Display current selection if it's collapsed, or
select first subfolder.
Type the following commands in your Run Box (Windows Key + R) or Start Run
devmgmt.msc = Device Manager
msinfo32 = System Information
cleanmgr = Disk Cleanup
ntbackup = Backup or Restore Wizard (Windows Backup Utility)
mmc = Microsoft Management Console
excel = Microsoft Excel (If Installed)
msaccess = Microsoft Access (If Installed)
powerpnt = Microsoft PowerPoint (If Installed)
winword = Microsoft Word (If Installed)
frontpg = Microsoft FrontPage (If Installed)
notepad = Notepad
wordpad = WordPad
calc = Calculator
msmsgs = Windows Messenger
mspaint = Microsoft Paint
wmplayer = Windows Media Player
rstrui = System Restore
netscp6 = Netscape 6.x
netscp = Netscape 7.x
netscape = Netscape 4.x
waol = America Online
control = Opens the Control Panel
control printers = Opens the Printers Dialog
internetbrowser
type in u're adress "google", then press [Right CTRL] and [Enter]
add www. and .com to word and go to it
For Windows XP:
Copy. CTRL+C
Cut. CTRL+X
Paste. CTRL+V
Undo. CTRL+Z
Delete. DELETE
Delete selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle
Bin. SHIFT+DELETE
Copy selected item. CTRL while dragging an item
Create shortcut to selected item. CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item
Rename selected item. F2
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word. CTRL+RIGHT ARROW
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word.
CTRL+LEFT ARROW
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph.
CTRL+DOWN ARROW
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph.
CTRL+UP ARROW
Highlight a block of text. CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys
Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text
within a document. SHIFT with any of the arrow keys
Select all. CTRL+A
Search for a file or folder. F3
View properties for the selected item. ALT+ENTER
Close the active item, or quit the active program. ALT+F4
Opens the shortcut menu for the active window. ALT+SPACEBAR
Close the active document in programs that allow you to have multiple
documents open simultaneously. CTRL+F4
Switch between open items. ALT+TAB
Cycle through items in the order they were opened. ALT+ESC
Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop. F6
Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer. F4
Display the shortcut menu for the selected item. SHIFT+F10
Display the System menu for the active window. ALT+SPACEBAR
Display the Start menu. CTRL+ESC
Display the corresponding menu. ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name
Carry out the corresponding command. Underlined letter in a command name
on an open menu
Activate the menu bar in the active program. F10
Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu. RIGHT ARROW
Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu. LEFT ARROW
Refresh the active window. F5
View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer. BACKSPACE
Cancel the current task. ESC
SHIFT when you insert a CD into the CD-ROM drive Prevent the CD from
automatically playing. Use these keyboard shortcuts for dialog boxes: To Press
Move forward through tabs. CTRL+TAB
Move backward through tabs. CTRL+SHIFT+TAB
Move forward through options. TAB
Move backward through options. SHIFT+TAB
Carry out the corresponding command or select the corresponding option.
ALT+Underlined letter
Carry out the command for the active option or button. ENTER
Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box. SPACEBAR
Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons. Arrow
keys
Display Help. F1
Display the items in the active list. F4
Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or
Open dialog box. BACKSPACE If you have a Microsoft Natural Keyboard, or any other compatible
keyboard that includes the Windows logo key and the Application key ,
you can use these keyboard shortcuts:
Display or hide the Start menu. WIN Key
Display the System Properties dialog box. WIN Key+BREAK
Show the desktop. WIN Key+D
Minimize all windows. WIN Key+M
Restores minimized windows. WIN Key+Shift+M
Open My Computer. WIN Key+E
Search for a file or folder. WIN Key+F
Search for computers. CTRL+WIN Key+F
Display Windows Help. WIN Key+F1
Lock your computer if you are connected to a network domain, or switch
users if you are not connected to a network domain. WIN Key+ L
Open the Run dialog box. WIN Key+R
Open Utility Manager. WIN Key+U
accessibility keyboard shortcuts: Switch FilterKeys on and off. Right SHIFT for eight seconds
Switch High Contrast on and off. Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN
Switch MouseKeys on and off. Left ALT +left SHIFT +NUM LOCK
Switch StickyKeys on and off. SHIFT five times
Switch ToggleKeys on and off. NUM LOCK for five seconds
Open Utility Manager. WIN Key+U shortcuts you can use with Windows Explorer:
Display the bottom of the active window. END
Display the top of the active window. HOME
Display all subfolders under the selected folder. NUM LOCK+ASTERISK on
numeric keypad (*)
Display the contents of the selected folder. NUM LOCK+PLUS SIGN on
numeric keypad (+)
Collapse the selected folder. NUM LOCK+MINUS SIGN on numeric keypad (-)
Collapse current selection if it's expanded, or select parent folder.
LEFT ARROW
Display current selection if it's collapsed, or select first subfolder.
RIGHT ARROW
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You can add an Internet URL address bar to your Windows XP taskbar. Doing so will let you type in URLs and launch Web pages without first launching a browser. It will also let you launch some native Windows XP applications in much the same way as you would via the Run menu (so you could type in calc to launch the calculator or mspaint to launch Microsoft Paint. Here's how you add the address bar: 1. Right-click on the taskbar, select Toolbars, and then click Address. 2. The word Address will appear on your taskbar. 3. Double click it to access it. 4. If that doesn't work, your taskbar is locked. You can unlock it by
right-clicking on the taskbar again and uncheck Lock the Taskbar. NOTE: You may also need to grab the vertical dotted lines beside the
word Address and drag it to the left to make the Address window appear. --
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Are you having boot up problems and would like to know what it going on behind that Windows Loading Logo? To find out, you can disable the splash screen by making a small change to the Boot.ini file. Follow these steps (carefully!): 1. Open the "System Properties" dialog box ( Settings - Control Panel -
System) 2. On the Advanced tab, click the Settings button in the "Startup And
Recovery" section. 3. In the "Startup And Recovery" dialog box, select the Edit button in
the "System Startup" section. 4. The Boot.ini file will open in Notepad; locate the line that ends
with the /fastdetect switch. 5. Position your cursor to the right after the parameter, press the
spacebar, and add the /SOS switch. 6. Save the Boot.ini file, and close Notepad. 7. Click Cancel to close both the "Startup And Recovery" dialog box and
the "System Properties" dialog box. 8. Restart the computer to see the effect. Once the computer restarts you will notice that the Windows Splash
Screen is no longer present. Instead you can observe some of the boot up
operations that Windows XP performs during the startup stage. To renable the splash screen, follow the same procedure but remove the
"/SOS". --
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open a dos prompt and give the command convert d: /fs:ntfs this command would convert your d: drive to ntfs. if the system cannot lock the drive, you will be prompted to convert it
during next reboot. Normally you should select yes. Conversion from fat/fat32 to ntfs is non-destructive, your data on the
drive will NOT be lost. Be aware that converting to ntfs will make that partition of your
drive unreadable under dos unless you have ntfs utilites to do so. --
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If you have more then one operating system installed or wish to remove an operating system from the boot menu, you can use the following information. 1.Click on Start, Control Panel, System, Advanced.
2.Under Startup and Recovery, click Settings.
3.Under Default Operating System, choose one of the following: "Microsoft Windows XP Professional /fastdetect"
-or-
"Microsoft Windows XP Home /fasdetect"
-or-
"Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional /fastdetect" 4.Take the checkmark out of the box for "Time to display a list of
Operating Systems".
5.Click Apply and Ok, and reboot the system. *If you wish to edit the boot.ini file manually, click on the button "EDIT" --
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If you have more then one operating system installed or wish to remove an operating system from the boot menu, you can use the following information. 1.Click on Start, Control Panel, System, Advanced.
2.Under Startup and Recovery, click Settings.
3.Under Default Operating System, choose one of the following: "Microsoft Windows XP Professional /fastdetect"
-or-
"Microsoft Windows XP Home /fasdetect"
-or-
"Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional /fastdetect" 4.Take the checkmark out of the box for "Time to display a list of
Operating Systems".
5.Click Apply and Ok, and reboot the system. *If you wish to edit the boot.ini file manually, click on the button "EDIT" --
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Here's how you verify system uptime: Click Start | Run and type cmd to open a command prompt. At the prompt, type systeminfo Scroll down the list of information to the line that says System Up Time. This will tell you in days, hours, minutes and seconds how long the
system has been up. Wasim Akhtar
At command prompt just type dir /ah if the list is too long u can use dir /ah/p/w --
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This trick will shutdown a selected pc from Your LAN network. You can apply this trick in your office or school.. but i take no responsibilities for any action. Its just for fun. Here is how to use this trick : 1. Go to Start > Run and type in cmd
2. You will see the command prompt window . Now type in this command line.
shutdown.exe -i
And hit Enter. You will see remote shutdown Window. If you know someone’s IP on a computer in your Local Area network, type in their IP Address after clicking the add button.
3. After entering the IP Address click OK . Now watch the person’s face as their computer shuts down. Some users have asked me that they got Access Denied error for remote shutdown. Add the user with the privilege to force a remote shutdown on the computer you are about to Shutdown.To do this go to control panel > Administrative Tools > Local Security Settings. Now go to Security Settings > Local Policies > User Rights Assignment. Double-click on Force shutdown from a remote system in the right pane and Click on Add User or Group. Add the computer that runs the remote shutdown command. Or you can do this go the computer you are about to Shutdown a) Go to Start > Run > type in Regedit in the dialog box and hit enter b) Go to My Computer/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /system/currentcontrolset/control/lsa c) Find “forceguest” in the right pane Double click on it to modify This entry change the value from “1″ entry to “0″ -- Wasim Akhtar
Easy Video Joiner can help you join multiple AVI, MPEG (MPG), RM (Real Media) or WMV/ASF (Window Media) files into one large movie file. You can add an unlimited number of video files as you like to the list and easily rearrange their order if needed. With just a few mouse clicks, you can enjoy your movie clips without interruption
Key Features 1. Can join AVI files(*.avi, *.wav), MPEG-4 and DivX are supported; 2. Can join MPEG files(*.mpeg, *.mpg, *.m2p, *.m1v, *.m2v, *.mp3, *.mpga), MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 are supported; 3. Can join Real Media files(*.rm, *.ram); 4. Can join Windows Media files(*.wmv, *.asf, *.wma); 5. Not only join video files, but also join most audio files with popular format(*.mp3, *.mpga, *.rm, *.wma, *.wav); 6. Very easy to use and very fast to work. download link -- Wasim Akhtar
Any types of video audio or text etc file joiner try it and believe......
1. How to join various video files into one? 2. Join two video files? 3. How to Join videos taken from mobile phone? Then, the best method to follow is shown below. You can join your video files using just the windows Command Prompt. No need of any video joining software's. Step 1: For example if you have 3 videos in your hardrive root drive: video1.mpg, video2.mpg and video3.mpg just rename them to a, b, and c (just the letter withoug the file extension). Example: ren video1.mpg a.mpg ren video2.mpg b.mpg ren video3.mpg c.mpg Step 2: Open Command Prompt. Start–>Run–>type "cmd". Step 3: Type the location of the drive like d: or C: Step 4: Type: Copy /b a.mpg + b.mpg + c.mpg videoname.mpg and click enter Step 5: Now wait till you see: 1 files<s> copied.
And type exit and press enter. Thats it.You are done! That's tweaks are working for all file format If you want to join two files then those files must have the same extension. -- Wasim Akhtar
Toggle your friend’s Caps Lock button continuously:
What this trick does is, when you run the following script it starts blinking caps Lock light continuously. If you run this script twice the rate of blink increases and alternatively NumLock light start to blink with CapsLock. Open Notepad and Type : Set wshShell =wscript.CreateObject(“WScript.Shell”) do wscript.sleep 100 wshshell.sendkeys “{CAPSLOCK}” loop Save it as “Caps.VBS” and send it to your friend. Double Click it if you wanna see it working. Its a very funny Notepad Trick. Don’t worry when you try this crazy notepad trick. If you want to end this script simply Open Task Manager(Alt+Ctrl+Delete). Under Processes end the process “wscript.exe”
-- Wasim Akhtar
This simple computer prank consists of a code below that will drive your friend crazy as it opens notepad continuously.When you type the below code and rename it as *.bat it take the above showed icon shape. To Open Notepad continuously in your friend’s computer: Type the code in notepad as : @ECHO off :top START %SystemRoot%\system32\notepad.exe GOTO top Save it as “notepad.BAT” and send it. Note: If you want to try it, then go ahead and when you built this file double click to open it. But beware it slows your system and you will be left with no other option than to restart, as this script opens 100’s of notepad window. So, If you want to try this than save all your work and then run this file. - Wasim Akhtar
Just follow the simple steps Below: 1) Right click on the Google Talk shortcut. 2) click on Properties. 3) Go to Shortcut tab on Google Talk Properties window. 4) On the Target textbox, add in the /nomutex to the end of the line so that it looks like below (or you can simply copy and paste the below syntax and replace the original). “c:\program files\google\google talk\googletalk.exe” /nomutex 5) Click on OK. after this and clicking on the shortcut multiple times just gave youdifferent Google talk window. Alternative To create a new shortcut for Google Talk: 1) Right-click on the desktop or anywhere you want to place the GTalk shortcut. 2) Select New on the right click context menu. 3) Then select Shortcut. 4) Copy and paste the following line to the text box when prompted to type the location of the item: “c:\program files\google\google talk\googletalk.exe” /nomutex 5) Click on Next. 6) Give the shortcut a proper name such as Google Talk or Google Talk Multiple or Google Talk Polygamy. 7) Click OK until you are done. -- Wasim Akhtar
ipconfig /all
This will retrieve a pile of information about your network connection and IP information. From this command, you can get: - Host Name
- Primary DNS Suffix
- Node Type
- IP Routing Enabled
- WINS Proxy Enabled
- DNS Suffix Search List
- Connection-specific DNS Suffix
- Network Adapter Description
- Physical (MAC) Address
- DHCP Enabled
- IP Address
- Subnet Mask
-- Wasim Akhtar
dir *.ext /s /b > files.txt This command line will create a file called files.txt. When you open this file, there will be a complete list of all the files in that directory and all subdirectories with the .ext extension. You can then open up this text file in any text editor and work this the information.By changing the ext part, you can select different files. For example, if you wanted to list all of the PDF documents, you would type:
dir *.pdf /s /b > files.txt -- Wasim Akhtar
Cant See Secure Sites Fix the problem with seeing them secrue sites (banks or online stores) i
found this very usefull to me at my work (isp backbone support lol, at
the time i was regular support ) Any way... what u need to do is make a new notepad file and write in it
the followng DLL's.. just copy-paste these regsvr32 SOFTPUB.DLL
regsvr32 WINTRUST.DLL
regsvr32 INITPKI.DLL
regsvr32 dssenh.dll
regsvr32 Rsaenh.dll
regsvr32 gpkcsp.dll
regsvr32 sccbase.dll
regsvr32 slbcsp.dll
regsvr32 Cryptdlg.dll
and save it as > all file types, and make it something like securefix.bat.
then just run the file and ur problem shuld be gone. --
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Easily Disconnect-reconnect From Broadband it's pretty easy.. this is for ppl who dont know how to do this already.. makes it just as easy to disconnect and reconnect on broadband as it is
on dialup. simply open up network connections, and drag your connection to your
quicklaunch / desktop wherever. --
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Boot Block Recovery For Free You don't need to pay a measly sum of dollars just to recover from a
boot block mode. Here it is folks: AWARD Bootblock recovery: That shorting trick should work if the boot block code is not corrupted,
and it should not be if /sb switch is used when flashing the bios
(instead of /wb switch). The 2 pins to short to force a checksum error varies from chip to chip.
But these are usually the highest-numbered address pins (A10 and above). These are the pins used by the system to read the System BIOS
(original.bin for award v6), calculate the ROM checksum and see if it's
valid before decompressing it into memory, and subsequently allow
Bootblock POST to pass control over to the System BIOS. You just have to fool the system into believing that the System BIOS is
corrupt. This you do by giving your system a hard time reading the
System BIOS by shorting the 2 high address pins. And when it could not
read the System BIOS properly, ROM Checksum Error is detected "so to
speak" and Bootblock recovery is activated. Sometimes, any combination of the high address pins won't work to force
a checksum error in some chips, like my Winbond W49F002U. But shorting
the #WE pin with the highest-numbered address pin (A17) worked for this
chip. You just have to be experimentative if you're not comfortable with
"hot flashing" or "replacement BIOS". But to avoid further damage to your chip if you're not sure which are
the correct pins to short, measure the potential between the 2 pins by a
voltmeter while the system is on. If the voltage reading is zero (or no
potential at all), it is safe to short these pins. But do not short the pins while the system is on. Instead, power down
then do the short, then power up while still shorting. And as soon as
you hear 3 beeps (1 long, 2 short), remove the short at once so that
automatic reflashing from Drive A can proceed without errors (assuming
you had autoexec.bat in it). About how to do the shorting, the tip of a screwdriver would do. But
with such minute pins on the PLCC chip, I'm pretty comfortable doing it
with the tip of my multi-tester or voltmeter probe. Short the pins at
the point where they come out of the chip. AMIBIOS Recovery bootblock:
1. Copy a known working BIOS image for your board to a floppy and rename
it to AMIBOOT.ROM.
2. Insert the floppy in your system's floppydrive.
3. Power on the system while holding CTRL+Home keys. Release the keys
when you hear a beep and/or see the floppy light coming on.
4 . Just wait until you hear 4 beeps. When 4 beeps are heard the
reprogramming of the System Block BIOS went succesfull, so then you may
restart your system. Some alternative keys that can be used to force BIOS update (only the
System Block will be updated so it's quite safe):
CTRL+Home= restore missing code into system block and clear CMOS when
programming went ok.
CTRL+Page Up= restore missing code into system block and clear CMOS or
DMI when programming went ok.
CTRL+Page Down= restore missing code into system block and do not clear
CMOS and DMI area when programming went ok
Btw: the alternative keys work only with AMIBIOS 7 or higher (so for
example an AMI 6.26 BIOS can be only recovered by using CTRL+Home keys).
Boot Block Recovery for FREE ************************************************
BLACKOUT Flashing
************************************************* Recovering a Corrupt AMI BIOS chip
With motherboards that use BOOT BLOCK BIOS it is possible to recover a
corrupted BIOS because the BOOT BLOCK section of the BIOS, which is
responsible for booting the computer remains unmodified. When an AMI
BIOS becomes corrupt the system will appear to start, but nothing will
appear on the screen, the floppy drive light will come on and the system
will access the floppy drive repeatedly. If your motherboard has an ISA
slot and you have an old ISA video card lying around, put the ISA video
card in your system and connect the monitor. The BOOT BLOCK section of
the BIOS only supports ISA video cards, so if you do not have an ISA
video card or your motherboard does not have ISA slots, you will have to
restore your BIOS blind, with no monitor to show you what's going on. AMI has integrated a recovery routine into the BOOT BLOCK of the BIOS,
which in the event the BIOS becomes corrupt can be used to restore the
BIOS to a working state. The routine is called when the SYSTEM BLOCK of
the BIOS is empty. The restore routine will access the floppy drive
looking for a BIOS file names AMIBOOT.ROM, this is why the floppy drive
light comes on and the drive spins. If the file is found it is loaded
into the SYSTEM BLOCK of the BIOS to replace the missing information. To
restore your BIOS simply copy a working BIOS file to a floppy diskette
and rename it AMIBOOT.ROM, then insert it into the computer while the
power is on. The diskette does not need to be bootable or contain a
flash utility. After about four minutes the system will beep four times.
Remove the floppy diskette from the drive and reboot the computer. The
BIOS should now be restored. Recovering a Corrupt AWARD BIOS
With AWARD BIOS the process is similar but still a bit different. To
recover an AWARD BIOS you will need to create a floppy diskette with a
working BIOS file in .BIN format, an AWARD flash utility and an
AUTOEXEC.BAT file. AWARD BIOS will not automatically restore the BIOS
information to the SYSTEM BLOCK for this reason you will need to add the
commands necessary to flash the BIOS in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. The
system will run the AUTOEXE.BAT file, which will in turn flash the BIOS.
This is fairly easy. Here are the steps you need to take. · Create a bootable floppy diskette
· Copy the BIOS file and flash utility to the diskette
· Create an text file with any standard text editor and add the
following lines @ECHO OFF
FLASH763 BIOSFILE.BIN /py In the above example I am assuming that you are using the FLASH763.EXE
flash utility. You will need to replace the FLASH763 with the name of
whatever flash utility you are using, and replace the BIOSFILE.BIN with
the name of the BIOS file you are using. You will also need to change
the '/py' to whatever the command is for your flash utility to
automatically program the BIOS without user intervention. If you do not
know the command to automatically flash your BIOS type the name of the
flash utility with a space and then /? to display the utility's help
screen. The help screen should pecify the command switch to
automatically flash your BIOS. If you are using the FLASH763.EXE utility
then the switch to automatically flash your BIOS is '/py'. --
Wasim Akhtar
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Enable Folder and Icon Refresh This reg file Enables Folder and Icon Refresh.
1. Copy the following (everything in the box) into notepdad.
QUOTE
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"NoNetCrawling"=dword:00000000
2. Save the file as disablerefreshundo.reg
3. Double click the file to import into your registry.
NOTE: If your anti-virus software warns you of a "malicious" script,
this is normal if you have "Script Safe" or similar technology enabled. --
Wasim Akhtar
XP lets you rename files in bulk by simply selecting multiple files within Windows Explorer and pressing the F2 key. When you use this feature, the OS applies the name you enter to the first file and applies the same name with a number in parentheses to the other files you selected (the file extensions remain unchanged). For example, if you select the following files, * notes.doc * figures.xls * disney.jpg * holiday.gif and rename the first file (notes.doc) to SoD.doc, XP renames the remaining files as follows: * SoD (1).xls * SoD (2).jpg * SoD(3).gif -- Wasim Akhtar
How To Speed Up A Slow Computer first off in the bottom right hand corner of your computer if you see
alot of icons start up there when you first start your computer then
this is for you if you dont know already how to get rid of em. Press your Start Button (bottom left) and go to "run"
now type in: msconfig
now you will get a box that pops up and will tell you bunch of stuff
dont mess with anything else other than what I tell you otherwise you
could do something really bad (possible) go to your "startup" tab on the
top right of the screen where it usually is and click it. Now you will have a closed in box with bunch of filenames n addresses
and more boxes with checks in them. Now if your like me you dont want
anything startin up when you start you computer up or while your even
doing anything cause it slows you down. Now unless your like me right
now 1 have 1 thing starting up when my computer starts up and thats my
settin for my overclocked vid card. But other than that uncheck every
box and then hit apply and ok. Then window you were jus in will now
close and ask you if you want to restart or wait till later to restart. Either way when you shut it off and then turn it back on the settins
will kick in --
Wasim Akhtar
10 reasons why PCs crash U must Know
- Fatal error: the system has become unstable or is busy," it says. "Enter to return to Windows or press Control-Alt-Delete to restart your computer. If you do this you will lose any unsaved information in all open applications."
- You have just been struck by the Blue Screen of Death. Anyone who uses Mcft Windows will be familiar with this. What can you do? More importantly, how can you prevent it happening?
1 Hardware conflict - The number one reason why Windows crashes is hardware conflict. Each hardware device communicates to other devices through an interrupt request channel (IRQ). These are supposed to be unique for each device.
- For example, a printer usually connects internally on IRQ 7. The keyboard usually uses IRQ 1 and the floppy disk drive IRQ 6. Each device will try to hog a single IRQ for itself.
- If there are a lot of devices, or if they are not installed properly, two of them may end up sharing the same IRQ number. When the user tries to use both devices at the same time, a crash can happen. The way to check if your computer has a hardware conflict is through the following route:
- * Start-Settings-Control Panel-System-Device Manager.
- Often if a device has a problem a yellow '!' appears next to its description in the Device Manager. Highlight Computer (in the Device Manager) and press Properties to see the IRQ numbers used by your computer. If the IRQ number appears twice, two devices may be using it.
- Sometimes a device might share an IRQ with something described as 'IRQ holder for PCI steering'. This can be ignored. The best way to fix this problem is to remove the problem device and reinstall it.
- Sometimes you may have to find more recent drivers on the internet to make the device function properly. A good resource is www.driverguide.com. If the device is a soundcard, or a modem, it can often be fixed by moving it to a different slot on the motherboard (be careful about opening your computer, as you may void the warranty).
- When working inside a computer you should switch it off, unplug the mains lead and touch an unpainted metal surface to discharge any static electricity.
- To be fair to Mcft, the problem with IRQ numbers is not of its making. It is a legacy problem going back to the first PC designs using the IBM 8086 chip. Initially there were only eight IRQs. Today there are 16 IRQs in a PC. It is easy to run out of them. There are plans to increase the number of IRQs in future designs.
2 Bad Ram - Ram (random-access memory) problems might bring on the blue screen of death with a message saying Fatal Exception Error. A fatal error indicates a serious hardware problem. Sometimes it may mean a part is damaged and will need replacing.
- But a fatal error caused by Ram might be caused by a mismatch of chips. For example, mixing 70-nanosecond (70ns) Ram with 60ns Ram will usually force the computer to run all the Ram at the slower speed. This will often crash the machine if the Ram is overworked.
- One way around this problem is to enter the BIOS settings and increase the wait state of the Ram. This can make it more stable. Another way to troubleshoot a suspected Ram problem is to rearrange the Ram chips on the motherboard, or take some of them out. Then try to repeat the circumstances that caused the crash. When handling Ram try not to touch the gold connections, as they can be easily damaged.
- Parity error messages also refer to Ram. Modern Ram chips are either parity (ECC) or non parity (non-ECC). It is best not to mix the two types, as this can be a cause of trouble.
- EMM386 error messages refer to memory problems but may not be connected to bad Ram. This may be due to free memory problems often linked to old Dos-based programmes.
3 BIOS settings - Every motherboard is supplied with a range of chipset settings that are decided in the factory. A common way to access these settings is to press the F2 or delete button during the first few seconds of a boot-up.
- Once inside the BIOS, great care should be taken. It is a good idea to write down on a piece of paper all the settings that appear on the screen. That way, if you change something and the computer becomes more unstable, you will know what settings to revert to.
- A common BIOS error concerns the CAS latency. This refers to the Ram. Older EDO (extended data out) Ram has a CAS latency of 3. Newer SDRam has a CAS latency of 2. Setting the wrong figure can cause the Ram to lock up and freeze the computer's display.
- Mcft Windows is better at allocating IRQ numbers than any BIOS. If possible set the IRQ numbers to Auto in the BIOS. This will allow Windows to allocate the IRQ numbers (make sure the BIOS setting for Plug and Play OS is switched to 'yes' to allow Windows to do this.).
4 Hard disk drives - After a few weeks, the information on a hard disk drive starts to become piecemeal or fragmented. It is a good idea to defragment the hard disk every week or so, to prevent the disk from causing a screen freeze. Go to
- * Start-Programs-Accessories-System Tools-Disk Defragmenter
- This will start the procedure. You will be unable to write data to the hard drive (to save it) while the disk is defragmenting, so it is a good idea to schedule the procedure for a period of inactivity using the Task Scheduler.
- The Task Scheduler should be one of the small icons on the bottom right of the Windows opening page (the desktop).
- Some lockups and screen freezes caused by hard disk problems can be solved by reducing the read-ahead optimisation. This can be adjusted by going to
- * Start-Settings-Control Panel-System Icon-Performance-File System-Hard Disk.
- Hard disks will slow down and crash if they are too full. Do some housekeeping on your hard drive every few months and free some space on it. Open the Windows folder on the C drive and find the Temporary Internet Files folder. Deleting the contents (not the folder) can free a lot of space.
- Empty the Recycle Bin every week to free more space. Hard disk drives should be scanned every week for errors or bad sectors. Go to
- * Start-Programs-Accessories-System Tools-ScanDisk
- Otherwise assign the Task Scheduler to perform this operation at night when the computer is not in use.
5 Fatal OE exceptions and VXD errors - Fatal OE exception errors and VXD errors are often caused by video card problems.
- These can often be resolved easily by reducing the resolution of the video display. Go to
- * Start-Settings-Control Panel-Display-Settings
- Here you should slide the screen area bar to the left. Take a look at the colour settings on the left of that window. For most desktops, high colour 16-bit depth is adequate.
- If the screen freezes or you experience system lockups it might be due to the video card. Make sure it does not have a hardware conflict. Go to
- * Start-Settings-Control Panel-System-Device Manager
- Here, select the + beside Display Adapter. A line of text describing your video card should appear. Select it (make it blue) and press properties. Then select Resources and select each line in the window. Look for a message that says No Conflicts.
- If you have video card hardware conflict, you will see it here. Be careful at this point and make a note of everything you do in case you make things worse.
- The way to resolve a hardware conflict is to uncheck the Use Automatic Settings box and hit the Change Settings button. You are searching for a setting that will display a No Conflicts message.
- Another useful way to resolve video problems is to go to
- * Start-Settings-Control Panel-System-Performance-Graphics
- Here you should move the Hardware Acceleration slider to the left. As ever, the most common cause of problems relating to graphics cards is old or faulty drivers (a driver is a small piece of software used by a computer to communicate with a device).
- Look up your video card's manufacturer on the internet and search for the most recent drivers for it.
6 Viruses - Often the first sign of a virus infection is instability. Some viruses erase the boot sector of a hard drive, making it impossible to start. This is why it is a good idea to create a Windows start-up disk. Go to
- * Start-Settings-Control Panel-Add/Remove Programs
- Here, look for the Start Up Disk tab. Virus protection requires constant vigilance.
- A virus scanner requires a list of virus signatures in order to be able to identify viruses. These signatures are stored in a DAT file. DAT files should be updated weekly from the website of your antivirus software manufacturer.
- An excellent antivirus programme is McAfee VirusScan by Network Associates ( www.nai.com). Another is Norton AntiVirus 2000, made by Symantec ( www.symantec.com).
7 Printers - The action of sending a document to print creates a bigger file, often called a postscript file.
- Printers have only a small amount of memory, called a buffer. This can be easily overloaded. Printing a document also uses a considerable amount of CPU power. This will also slow down the computer's performance.
- If the printer is trying to print unusual characters, these might not be recognised, and can crash the computer. Sometimes printers will not recover from a crash because of confusion in the buffer. A good way to clear the buffer is to unplug the printer for ten seconds. Booting up from a powerless state, also called a cold boot, will restore the printer's default settings and you may be able to carry on.
8 Software - A common cause of computer crash is faulty or badly-installed software. Often the problem can be cured by uninstalling the software and then reinstalling it. Use Norton Uninstall or Uninstall Shield to remove an application from your system properly. This will also remove references to the programme in the System Registry and leaves the way clear for a completely fresh copy.
- The System Registry can be corrupted by old references to obsolete software that you thought was uninstalled. Use Reg Cleaner by Jouni Vuorio to clean up the System Registry and remove obsolete entries. It works on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE (Second Edition), Windows Millennium Edition (ME), NT4 and Windows 2000.
- Read the instructions and use it carefully so you don't do permanent damage to the Registry. If the Registry is damaged you will have to reinstall your operating system. Reg Cleaner can be obtained from www.jv16.org
- Often a Windows problem can be resolved by entering Safe Mode. This can be done during start-up. When you see the message "Starting Windows" press F4. This should take you into Safe Mode.
- Safe Mode loads a minimum of drivers. It allows you to find and fix problems that prevent Windows from loading properly.
- Sometimes installing Windows is difficult because of unsuitable BIOS settings. If you keep getting SUWIN error messages (Windows setup) during the Windows installation, then try entering the BIOS and disabling the CPU internal cache. Try to disable the Level 2 (L2) cache if that doesn't work.
- Remember to restore all the BIOS settings back to their former settings following installation.
9 Overheating - Central processing units (CPUs) are usually equipped with fans to keep them cool. If the fan fails or if the CPU gets old it may start to overheat and generate a particular kind of error called a kernel error. This is a common problem in chips that have been overclocked to operate at higher speeds than they are supposed to.
- One remedy is to get a bigger better fan and install it on top of the CPU. Specialist cooling fans/heatsinks are available from www.computernerd.com or www.coolit.com
- CPU problems can often be fixed by disabling the CPU internal cache in the BIOS. This will make the machine run more slowly, but it should also be more stable.
10 Power supply problems - With all the new construction going on around the country the steady supply of electricity has become disrupted. A power surge or spike can crash a computer as easily as a power cut.
- If this has become a nuisance for you then consider buying a uninterrupted power supply (UPS). This will give you a clean power supply when there is electricity, and it will give you a few minutes to perform a controlled shutdown in case of a power cut.
- It is a good investment if your data are critical, because a power cut will cause any unsaved data to be lost.--
MD WASHIM AKHTAR
Step 1 - Modify Explorer.exe File
In order to make the changes, the file explorer.exe located at C:\Windows needs to be edited. Since explorer.exe is a binary file it requires a special editor. For purposes of this article I have used Resource Hacker. Resource HackerTM is a freeware utility to view, modify, rename, add, delete and extract resources in 32bit Windows executables and resource files (*.res). It incorporates an internal resource script compiler and decompiler and works on Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP operating systems.
get this from h**p://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/tools/ResHack.zip
The first step is to make a backup copy of the file explorer.exe located at C:\Windows\explorer. Place it in a folder somewhere on your hard drive where it will be safe. Start Resource Hacker and open explorer.exe located at C:\Windows\explorer.exe.
The category we are going to be using is "String Table". Expand it by clicking the plus sign then navigate down to and expand string 37 followed by highlighting 1033. If you are using the Classic Layout rather than the XP Layout, use number 38. The right hand pane will display the stringtable. We’re going to modify item 578, currently showing the word “start” just as it displays on the current Start button.
There is no magic here. Just double click on the word “start” so that it’s highlighted, making sure the quotation marks are not part of the highlight. They need to remain in place, surrounding the new text that you’ll type. Go ahead and type your new entry. In my case I used Click Me!
You’ll notice that after the new text string has been entered the Compile Script button that was grayed out is now active. I won’t get into what’s involved in compiling a script, but suffice it to say it’s going to make this exercise worthwhile. Click Compile Script and then save the altered file using the Save As command on the File Menu. Do not use the Save command – Make sure to use the Save As command and choose a name for the file. Save the newly named file to C:\Windows.
Step 2 – Modify the Registry
!!!make a backup of your registry before making changes!!!
Now that the modified explorer.exe has been created it’s necessary to modify the registry so the file will be recognized when the user logs on to the system. If you don’t know how to access the registry I’m not sure this article is for you, but just in case it’s a temporary memory lapse, go to Start (soon to be something else) Run and type regedit in the Open field. Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows NT\ CurrentVersion\ Winlogon
In the right pane, double click the "Shell" entry to open the Edit String dialog box. In Value data: line, enter the name that was used to save the modified explorer.exe file. Click OK.
Close Registry Editor and either log off the system and log back in, or reboot the entire system if that’s your preference. If all went as planned you should see your new Start button with the revised text.[/b]
-- MD WASHIM AKHTAR
Boot Winxp Fast Follow the following steps
1. Open notepad.exe, type "del c:\windows\prefetch\ntosboot-*.* /q" (without the quotes) & save as "ntosboot.bat" in c:\
2. From the Start menu, select "Run..." & type "gpedit.msc".
3. Double click "Windows Settings" under "Computer Configuration" and double click again on "Shutdown" in the right window.
4. In the new window, click "add", "Browse", locate your "ntosboot.bat" file & click "Open".
5. Click "OK", "Apply" & "OK" once again to exit.
6. From the Start menu, select "Run..." & type "devmgmt.msc".
7. Double click on "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers"
8. Right click on "Primary IDE Channel" and select "Properties".
9. Select the "Advanced Settings" tab then on the device or 1 that doesn't have 'device type' greyed out select 'none' instead of 'autodetect' & click "OK".
10. Right click on "Secondary IDE channel", select "Properties" and repeat step 9.
11. Reboot your computer. -- MD WASHIM AKHTAR
This isnt a tweak, but a great little feature! For a great way to put your digital photos to work, try creating a slide show presentation for use as a screen saver. Here's how: 1. Right-click an empty spot on your desktop and then click Properties. 2. Click the Screen Saver tab. 3. In the Screen saver list, click My Pictures Slideshow. 4. Click Settings to make any adjustments, such as how often the
pictures should change, what size they should be, and whether you'll use
transition effects between pictures, and then click OK. Now your screen saver is a random display of the pictures taken from
your My Pictures folder. --
MD WASHIM AKHTAR
Services You Can Disable There are quite a few services you can disable from starting automatically.
This would be to speed up your boot time and free resources.
They are only suggestions so I suggestion you read the description of
each one when you run Services
and that you turn them off one at a time. Some possibilities are:
Alerter
Application Management
Clipbook
Fast UserSwitching
Human Interface Devices
Indexing Service
Messenger
Net Logon
NetMeeting
QOS RSVP
Remote Desktop Help Session Manager
Remote Registry
Routing & Remote Access
SSDP Discovery Service
Universal Plug and Play Device Host
Web Client
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Cleaning the Prefetch Directory WindowsXP has a new feature called Prefetch. This keeps a shortcut to
recently used programs.
However it can fill up with old and obsolete programs. To clean this periodically go to: Star / Run / Prefetch
Press Ctrl-A to highlight all the shorcuts
Delete them -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Not Displaying Logon, Logoff, Startup and Shutdown Status Messages To turn these off: Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionpoliciessystem
If it is not already there, create a DWORD value named DisableStatusMessages
Give it a value of 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Clearing the Page File on Shutdown Click on the Start button
Go to the Control Panel
Administrative Tools
Local Security Policy
Local Policies
Click on Security Options
Right hand menu - right click on "Shutdown: Clear Virtual Memory Pagefile"
Select "Enable"
Reboot For regedit users.....
If you want to clear the page file on each shutdown: Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession
ManagerMemory ManagementClearPageFileAtShutdown
Set the value to 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No GUI Boot If you don't need to see the XP boot logo, Run MSCONFIG
Click on the BOOT.INI tab
Check the box for /NOGUIBOOT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Speeding the Startup of Some CD Burner Programs If you use program other than the native WindowsXP CD Burner software,
you might be able to increase the speed that it loads. Go to Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Services
Double-click on IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service
For the Startup Type, select Disabled
Click on the OK button and then close the Services window
If you dont You should notice -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Getting Rid of Unread Email Messages To remove the Unread Email message by user's login names: Start Regedit
For a single user: Go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUnreadMail
For all users: Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUnreadMail
Create a DWORD key called MessageExpiryDays
Give it a value of 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Decreasing Boot Time Microsoft has made available a program to analyze and decrease the time
it takes to boot to WindowsXP
The program is called BootVis Uncompress the file.
Run BOOTVIS.EXE
For a starting point, run Trace / Next Boot + Driver Delays
This will reboot your computer and provide a benchmark
After the reboot, BootVis will take a minute or two to show graphs of
your system startup.
Note how much time it takes for your system to load (click on the red
vertical line)
Then run Trace / Optimize System
Re-Run the Next Boot + Drive Delays
Note how much the time has decreased
Mine went from approximately 33 to 25 seconds. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Increasing Graphics Performance By default, WindowsXP turns on a lot of shadows, fades, slides etc to
menu items.
Most simply slow down their display. To turn these off selectively: Right click on the My Computer icon
Select Properties
Click on the Advanced tab
Under Performance, click on the Settings button
To turn them all of, select Adjust for best performance
My preference is to leave them all off except for Show shadows under
mouse pointer and Show window contents while dragging --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Increasing System Performance If you have 512 megs or more of memory, you can increase system performance
by having the core system kept in memory. Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession
ManagerMemory ManagementDisablePagingExecutive
Set the value to be 1
Reboot the computer --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Increasing File System Caching To increase the amount of memory Windows will locked for I/O operations: Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession
ManagerMemory Management
Edit the key IoPageLockLimit ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Resolving Inability to Add or Remove Programs If a particular user cannot add or remove programs, there might be a
simple registry edit neeed. Go to HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesUninstall
Change the DWORD NoAddRemovePrograms to 0 disable it 4096 - 32megs of memory or less
8192 - 32+ megs of memory
16384 - 64+ megs of memory
32768 - 128+ megs of memory
65536 - 256+ megs of memory --
MD WASHIM AKHTAR
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