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         Tips to boost startup speed of your computer


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 


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_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\m*cro$oft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system
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_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro
l\Session Manager\Memory Management\ClearPageFileAtShutdown
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_USER\Software\m*cro$oft\Windows\Curre
ntVersion\UnreadMail
For all users: Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\m*cro$oft\Windows\Curr
entVersion\UnreadMail
Create a DWORD key called MessageExpiryDays
Give it a value of 0


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_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro
l\Session Manager\Memory Management\DisablePagingExecutive
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_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro
l\Session Manager\Memory 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 HKCU\Software\m*cro$oft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol
icies\Uninstall
Change the DWORD NoAddRemovePrograms to 0 disable it 

 

But there is a glitch in disabling some services in services.msc
If you disable services like following, external USB sticks stop working.

1. Universal Plug and Play
2. Plug and Play
3. Smartcard
4. SSDP discovery service.

Deleting System Softwares:
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:
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.



Increasing Band-Width By 20%:
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.


Renaming The Recycle Bin icon:
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).



Managing Tasks:
You can at last get rid of tasks on the computer from the command line by using 'taskkill /pid' and the task number, or just 'tskill' and the process number. Find that out by typing 'tasklist', which will also tell you a lot about what's going on in your system.


Removing Shared Documents folder From My Computer window:
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.



Making Google the Default Search Engine in Internet Explorer:
Open registry editor by going to Start then Run and entering regedit and navigate to following three keys separately and change it as shown below: 

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Search Page"="http://www.google.com"
"Search Bar"="http://www.google.com/ie"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchURL]
""="http://www.google.com/keyword/%s"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search]
"SearchAssistant"="http://www.google.com/ie" .



Improving the Slow Boot up time:
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.



Customize Logon prompt with your Own Words:
Open Registry by going to Start then Run, entering regedit and Navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]. In right pane, look for key by the name "LogonPrompt". Set its value to whatever text you want to see displayed at login screen.




IP address of your connection:
Go to Start then Run. Enter 'cmd' and then enter 'ipconfig' .Add the '/all' switch for more info.



Making Folders Private:
Open My Computer Double-click the drive where Windows is installed (usually drive (C:), unless you have more than one drive on your computer). If the contents of the drive are hidden, under System Tasks, click Show the contents of this drive.
Double-click the Documents and Settings folder. Double-click your user folder. Right-click any folder in your user profile, and then click Properties. On the Sharing tab, select the Make this folder private so that only I have access to it check box.



To change Drive Letters:
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:
Goto Start then Run and Enter regedit. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTlnkfile. Delete the IsShortcut registry value. You may need to restart Windows XP.



Get Drivers for your Devices:
Visit Windows Update (XP Only)
Look at the left hand pane and under Other Options click Personalize Windows Update.
Now in the right hand pane check the box - Display the link to the Windows Update Catalog under See Also
Below Choose which categories and updates to display on Windows Update - make sure you check all the boxes you want shown.
Click Save Settings
Now look in the left hand pane under See Also click Windows Update Catalog and choose what you're looking for. Choose either MS updates or drivers for hardware devices.
Start the Wizard and off you go.



Customize Internet Explorer's Title Bar:
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 look for string "Window Title" and change its value to whatever custom text you want to see.




Disabling the use of Win Key:
If your are a gaming freak then you must be sick of the Win key in your keyboard. To disable use of Win key, open registry by going to Start then Run and entering regedit. Navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout] . In this look for value of "Scancode Map". Its binary data so be extra careful:
Set its value to "00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 5B E0 00 00 5C E0 00 00 00 00" to disable the win key.




Stopping XP from displaying unread messages count on Welcome Screen:
To stop XP from displaying count of unread messages, Open registry and navigate to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UnreadMail] and look for the data key "MessageExpiryDays". If you do not see this key, create one DWORD key by the name "MessageExpiryDays". Setting its value to 0 would stop Windows XP from displaying the count of unread messages.



Modify Color Selection of Default Theme:
Open registry by going to Start then Run. Entering regedit, navigate to [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ThemeManager] 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 the Recycle Bin from the Desktop:
If you don't use the Recycle Bin to store deleted files , you can get rid of its desktop icon all together. Run Regedit and go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/explorer/Desktop/NameSpace

Click on the "Recycle Bin" string in the right hand pane. Hit Delete, click OK.

To check your antivirus , whether your antivirus is working or not:-

Follow the simple steps given below:


Open notepad..........Copy the code below in the file....then save as any thing u wish

X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*


If this file got deleted immediately or Your Antivirus Recognise it as virus ....that means

your antivirus is working n updated!!!

                                   

                             Easter Eggs

Introduction to Batch :

Batch is one of the easiest scripting languages out there it is based on MS-DOS what a lot of people donâ??t know is that MS-DOS is not a mere program or just something on your computer but it is actually and O.S. or operating system. This operating system is actually more powerful than the MS-DOS that you are use to on your windows Operating system. When you run MS-DOS under windows like most people do because its either being run under Windows or is run just as DOS it loses some of its potential since it has to interact with windows as well. In the old days they didnâ??t have GUI or Graphical User Interface. So all that they had to use was DOS. DOS stands for Disk Operating System.


How to start a batch file ?

To make a batch file all that you have to do is simply make a new notepad. Yes thatâ??s right all that you need to make a notepad, you donâ??t need all that fancy software. Once you start a new batch file you put in the code and go to "File" then to "Save As". once you are in the "Save As" windows go and name it whatever you want but instead of just having the name like normal at the end of the name without a space type ".bat" (without the quotes of course). For example: FirstBatch.bat
Now you know how to make a batch file now all you need is to learn the code!



The Basics :

When you make a new batch file you need to declare if you want the code to show (when ran the code will be shown to the user running it) and this is not recommended most times for it distacts the user from the main point of the program and makes them wonder what all those weird words mean. Most often people who use batch on a regular basis turn off the echo so that it wont tell the user the code as well. How you do this is by simply writing on the first line:
@echo off

Now some of the basic commands are echo, copy, del, deltree, and end.
Echo - displays text written after the "echo" for example:
Echo "Hello, I hope you enjoy this tutorial"

Copy - this will copy the batch file to the given directory, for example:
Copy C:Program Filesnew folder

Del - deletes certain file, for example
Del C:Program Filesnew folder

Deltree - deletes a tree of files in given directory, for example:
Deltree C:Program Filesnew folder

End - ends the script for example:
End

Start - starts a .exe (program) for example:
Start norepad (or if not a built in program) start C:ProgramFilesnew game.exe

Now lets take a look at this when its all put together.

Code:
@echo off
Echo "Hello, I hope you enjoy this tutorial"
Copy C:Program Filesnew folder
Del C:Program Filesnew folder
Deltree C:Program Filesnew folder1
Start notepad
End



Loops :

Loops make something happen over and over again and never stop untilspecified to or forced to (like shuting down your computer).
To make a loop you do this:

Code:
:loop
(code)
Goto :loop


In a more real situation it would look like this:

Code:
@echo off
:loop
Echo hello, this is called a loop! And I will keep saying this
Goto :loop


(note: you do not have to make the name "loop" in the code you can have it anything for example:
Code:
@echo off
:cheese
Echo you see!
Goto :cheese                       



More advanced stuff :

How to create a blank line in a batch file.

What you do is write Echo only at the end of echo put a period for example:
Echo.


Disable mouse or keyboard or both

Code:
c:windowsrundll.exe mouse,disable
â??or replace "mouse" with keyboard


How to make a choice for the user.

Code:
@ECHO OFF
REM - LABEL INDICATING THE BEGINNING OF THE DOCUMENT.
:BEGIN
CLS
REM - THE BELOW LINE GIVES THE USER 3 CHOICES (DEFINED AFTER /C
CHOICE /N /C:123 PICK A NUMBER (1, 2, or 3)%1
REM - THE NEXT THREE LINES ARE DIRECTING USER DEPENDING UPON INPUT
IF ERRORLEVEL ==3 GOTO THREE
IF ERRORLEVEL ==2 GOTO TWO
IF ERRORLEVEL ==1 GOTO ONE
GOTO END
:THREE
ECHO YOU HAVE PRESSED THREE
GOTO END
:TWO
ECHO YOU HAVE PRESSED TWO
GOTO END
NE
ECHO YOU HAVE PRESSED ONE
:END


To start a program maximized you would add a /M after start for example:

Code:
START /M "C:WINDOWSNOTEPAD.EXE"



Creating A Batch File Delay :

 How to delay a batch file between a time delay of 5 sec to 99 sec ?Below is an example of delay of 5 sec.

Code:
TYPE NUL | CHOICE.COM /N /CY /TY,5 >NUL


How to make a time log ?

In the following example you will have the capability of creating a time log of when the batch file is loaded or for example in the autoexec.bat when someone logs into a computer.

Code:
ECHO. |TIME > TIME
COPY LOG +TIME



How to quickly replace the file extensions of several files ?

Use the following command at the MS-DOS prompt or within a batch file.

Code:
xcopy *.vbs *.wav

This would rename all files with .vbs to .wav. While keeping the original files.


How to restart the computer with a batch file ?

For windows 98 type:
Code:
START C:WINDOWSRUNDLL.EXE user.exe,exitwindowsexec
EXIT
Or:
rundll32.exe shell32.dll,SHExitWindowsEx n

Where n is equal to one of the following numbers for the proper action.

0 - LOGOFF
1 - SHUTDOWN
2 - REBOOT
4 - FORCE
8 - POWEROFF


How to run a batch file each time the computer boots:

Place a line in your autoexec.bat that calls the batch file each time you want to boot the computer. For example:

Code:
CALL C:myfile.bat


Shutdown for windows 98 and ME

Code:
RUNDLL32 SHELL32.DLL,SHExitWindowsEx 1.


Shutdown for Windows XP

Code:
shutdown -r -t 10


Deleting files in MS-Dos without a prompt

To get rid of the prompting use the deltree command and add the tag /y.

For example:
Code:
deltree c:windowstemp*.* /y


Although this does nto work for all versions of MS-DOS and windows if this does not work try:

Code:
echo y | del %1*.*

once created, you can type the name of the batch file then the name of the directory that you wish to delete.






 

Increase ur firefox speed by 20-30% (old but working trick)

If u r on broadband by doing this...u'll definatly increase ur browser speed up by 2-3 times.

1. Type "about:config" into the address bar(firefox browser) 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.

Get anything from google. Just copy these codes and paste in your brower's address bar.

javascript:Qr='';if(!Qr){void(Qr=prompt('ENTER ARTIST OR SONG NAME:',''))};if(Qr)location.href='http://www2.google.com/ie?query=%22parent+directory%22+%22'+escape(Qr)+'%22+mp3+OR+wma+OR+ogg+-html+-htm&num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=active&sa=N'



javascript:Qr='';if(!Qr){void(Qr=prompt('Enter Author name OR Book name:',''))};if(Qr)location.href='http://www2.google.com/ie?query=%22parent+directory%22+%22'+escape(Qr)+'%22+pdf+OR+rar+OR+zip+OR+lit+OR+djvu+OR+pdb+-html+-htm&num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=active&sa=N'


javascript:Qr='';if(!Qr){void(Qr=prompt('ENTER IMAGE NAME:',''))};if(Qr)location.href='http://www2.google.com/ie?query=%22parent+directory%22+%22'+escape(Qr)+'%22+jpg+OR+png+OR+bmp+-html+-htm&num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=active&sa=N'


javascript:Qr='';if(!Qr){void(Qr=prompt('ENTER MOVIE NAME:',''))};if(Qr)location.href='http://www2.google.com/ie?query=%22parent+directory%22+%22'+escape(Qr)+'%22+avi+OR+mov+OR+mpg+-html+-htm&num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=active&sa=N'


javascript:Qr='';if(!Qr){void(Qr=prompt('ENTER Application NAME:',''))};if(Qr)location.href='http://www2.google.com/ie?query=%22parent+directory%22+%22'+escape(Qr)+'%22+exe+OR+rar+OR+zip+-html+-htm&num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=active&sa=N'

javascript:Qr='';if(!Qr){void(Qr=prompt('ENTER GAME NAME:',''))};if(Qr)location.href='http://www2.google.com/ie?query=%22parent+directory%22+%22'+escape(Qr)+'%22+exe+OR+iso+OR+rar+-html+-htm&num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=active&sa=N'

Just post your friends this image as scrap and as they open their scrapbook it will show them their IP, Service Provider, operating system and and place where they are surfing from...(This tricks works at any webpage)

just scrap this 2 line together-

>img src="http://www.danasoft.com/sig/SJCoder.jpg">/Image< >img src="http://www.danasoft.com/citysign.jpg">/image< (Replace > with < and < with > in the above code )

Sending secret message in scraps:
type:

in your friend's scrapbook.
replace "this trick is working!" with any secret message you want.
Now type your scrap body.
now type:

Now send the scrap.
Now place the mouse pointer over the text you sent.
That secret message will now appear below the mouse pointer.(Put ur mouse pointer on the message to see secret message)