Make Personal Diary Using Notepad

Do you know that you can use your "Notepad as a simple digital diary" or
a personal Log-Book to keep record of your daily work instead of using
boring pen and book ? Well, if you dont know then follow the below
mentioned steps to make one for yourself !

* First open up the 'Notepad'
* Then Type in .LOG (in capital letters) and press enter.
* Save it with any name and close it.
* Open the file again.

When you open the file again you will see the current date and time being inserted automatically after the .LOG line. This will happen automatically every time you reopen the the notepad file.

Auto Delete Temporary Folder

Actually we can delete the temporary files manually by typing %temp% in run and delete all the files in the folder.But these 'temporary' files can be 'deleted' automatically whenever it is created in windows xp.

Follow the steps :                 

+Go to run and type gpedit.msc

+Navigate through -> Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/WindowsComponents/Terminal Services/Temporary Folder

+Then right click "Do Not Delete 'Temp Folder' Upon Exit" and go to properties and hit disable.

Now from next time when Windows puts a temp file in that folder it will be 'automatically deleted' when it is created

How to remove arrow From shortcut icon

Remove Arrow From Shortcut Icon

Steps:                

1. Click start
2. Click run
3. Type regedit and hit enter
4. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
5. Locate and click lnkfile > delete the value IsShortcut
6. Then, locate and click piffile > delete the value IsShortcut again
7. Restart your PC....
Basic For Windows

Terminate Crashed Applications Faster

There are some applications which takes much memory and makes your system slow .It even takes much time to  terminate that applications.So to terminate such applications faster,

just follow these steps:

>>Go to Start>Run>Type regedit to open registry editor
>>Navigate to the following key : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
>>When you select Desktop , on  right window pane you can see a string named HungAppTimeout
>>Double click that string and set its value to 1000 (default value:5000 in ms)
>>Now windows can recognize crashed application within and allow you to kill it within a second

Hack user accounts in your PC

Now you can hack your admin or user account in your PC by just following these steps:
//*Go to start
//*Click Run
//*Type cmd [cmd:command prompt]
//*Type net user [space b/w net and user]
//*It shows all your PC accounts
//*Then type net user xxxxx *  [Dont forget asterisk symbol]
//*Where xxxxx is the user a/c which is to be hacked
//*Then type new password and again re-type it
//*That's cool xxxxx account  is hacked

*You can even type your administrators username to hack administrator.

Invert And Rotate Your Computer Screen

Here is cool trick to invert and rotate your computer screen. you can rotate it by 90 or 180 or 360 angle. You can invert your window screen and can impress your friends, This is one of the scariest tricks which turns Windows upside down. Here are steps:

*  Press Ctrl, Alt and then any of the four arrow keys .
* Down arrow key rotate by 180 degree, invert screen.
* Left arrow key rotate by 90 degree.
* Right arrow key rotate by 270 degree
* Up arrow key make it normal again.

Enable Or Disable XP Boot Logo

Now you can enable or disable XP boot logo at startup of your PC by just following these steps:
1-Go to Start / Run Type msconfig to open system configuration utility
2-Click on Boot.ini tab
3-Tick/Check the box for /NOGUIBOOT to disable XP boot logo
And To enable it uncheck that box.

Remove Not Listed Programs In Add/Remove

This problem can occur if the program you installed creates a registry key name that is longer than 60 characters in length. Add/Remove Programs only lists program names it locates up to the point it encounters this situation.Follow the steps given to solve the problem.

* Go to C:\Windows\Inf folder. In the right pane, scroll down to sysoc.inf. Open it with notepad. It will look like…

[Components]
NtComponents=ntoc.dll,NtOcSetupProc,,4
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7

* The word “HIDE” in an entry hides that application from your Add/Remove Programs dialog box. To add ms messenger to the Add/Remove menu, delete the word HIDE from its entry. Don’t delete the “,”(comma) after it.

* Save the file and restart your machine and now you can see that app listed in the add/remove programs list.

Speak Your Computer Without Software

('Speak To Computer' Without Software)This is the tutorial that teaches you to make your own software that speaks!

first open the notepad then type the following things there

Dim message, sapi
message=InputBox("What do you want me to say?","usefullwindows-tips.blogspot.com")
Set sapi=CreateObject("sapi.spvoice")
sapi.Speak message

Now save the file in .vbs extension Example Speak.vbs  it will work.....
(Try !.... And Enjoy)
Computer Tips n Tricks

Change Your Hard Drive Icon

How to Change Hard Drive Icon
Follow This Steps!
1.Copy a icon file to the root of the drive.
Eg: c:\icon.ico
2.Then create a file called 'autorun.inf' in C: Drive.
Open that file and type the following:
----------------------
[autorun]
icon=icon.ico
----------------------
3.Save and close the file.
The icon will be changed!!!
Note: "autorun.inf" and "ico.ico" must be in the root of the drive. Eg: C:\autorun.in

Make The All Programs Menu Scroll

We are all addicts for free software and, in many cases, can't resist installing the latest applications on our pc's. This inevitably bloats the All programs menu so that you are in a situation as when you open All programs two, three or maybe four columns roll out to the right of the screen filled with applications. This is fine if you have a monitor with an already high resolution display. But what happens if you have visual problems and you rely upon the standard 800 x 600 screen resolution? The simple answer is that the list of applications disappears from view and you are unable to see what is on the All Program list because it is covered by the taskbar or has disappeared off screen. So what is the answer? Simple enable the All programs list to scroll instead of slide.

1" Right click on a vacant spot on the taskbar

2"From the drop down menu select properties

3" In the properties window click on the Start Menu tab

4" In the Start menu tab click the Customise button

5" When the Customise window appears click the Advanced tab

6" Scroll down the list of items in the Start Menu Items list

7" Towards the bottom and right underneath the Run Command you will see an option called Scroll programs

8" Place a Tick in the box to the left of this option

9" Next press OK

10"In the next windows press the Apply button followed by OK to close the properties window

11" Now click the Start button followed by All programs

12" Your applications should now appear in one long list with a scroll button at the bottom of the list.
Computer Tips n Tricks

Movie playing in MS Paint

'playing Movie' in MS Paint
1) Open your favorite movie player and play the "movie"(I played the .mpeg format in Windows Media Player)

2) Hit "PrintScreen", keep playing the movie in the player,dont stop it.

3) Open MsPaint.

4) Select "Edit>Paste" Or Hit "CTRL+V"

5) Presto! You can watch movie in Paint!

6) But there are no Pause, Next, Previous, Stop etc. buttons

Make a Shortcut to Lock Your Computer

How to lock a computer with a shortcut)
Leaving your computer in a hurry but you don?t want to log off? You can double-click a shortcut on your desktop to quickly lock the keyboard and display without using CTRL+ALT+DEL or a screen saver.

To create a shortcut on your desktop to lock your computer:

Right-click the desktop.
Point to New, and then click Shortcut.

The Create Shortcut Wizard opens. In the text box, type the following:
rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation

Click Next.

Enter a name for the shortcut. You can call it "Lock Workstation" or choose any name you like.

Click Finish.

You can also change the shortcut's icon (my personal favorite is the padlock icon in shell32.dll).

To change the icon:

Right click the shortcut and then select Properties.
Click the Shortcut tab, and then click the Change Icon button.

In the Look for icons in this file text box, type:
Shell32.dll.

Click OK.

Select one of the icons from the list and then click OK

You could also give it a shortcut keystroke such CTRL+ALT+L. This would save you only one keystroke from the normal command, but it could be more convenient
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Format Your Harddisk Using Notepad

'How To Formate Harddisk' Using Notepad
Yes it is possible to format ur harddisk using notepad.
I will show you how to format a HDD using Notepad
JUST by using the following steps, U can format the HDD!

1. Write The Following In Notepad Exactly as it says
********
2.  Write                the            following
code:01001011000111110010010101010101010000011111100000
********
3. Save As it as .EXE and any Name would Do.
********
4. If u run the program means it will format the Hard Drive
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Putting a background to USB flashdrive

How to make a background of the USB flash drive . Just follow the steps given below.

Step 1_:  Copy this code into notepad (copy and paste), then save it as "desktop.ini"

CODE:
[.ShellClassInfo]
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll
IconIndex=127
ConfirmFileOp=0
[{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]
Attributes=1
IconArea_Image="your_picture.jpg"
IconArea_Text="0xFFFFFF"
VeBRA sources - don't delete the tag above, it's there for XXXXX purposes -
[ExtShellFolderViews]
{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}={BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}
{5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262}={5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262}
[{5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262}]
PersistMoniker=Folder.htt
PersistMonikerPreview=%WebDir%\folder.bmp

Step 2_: Put "desktop.ini" file onto your flash drive and replace "your_picture" with the
name of the picture you want to use leaving the .jpg extension the same.

Step 3_: Now copy the picture that you want to use onto your flash drive.

Step 4_:Refresh (F5) or Go back to My Computer and open your flash drive again. and enjoy with new background..

Add/Remove optional features of Windows XP

I first mentioned this technique in an old Technology Showcase for Windows 2000, but it still works in Windows XP, and can be quite useful: For some reason, Microsoft has removed the ability to specify which Windows components you want to install during interactive Setup, and when you go into Add/Remove Windows Components in the Control Panel, you still don't have the full list of applications and applets you can add and remove. Thankfully, this is easy to fix.

To dramatically expand the list of applications you can remove from Windows XP after installation, navigate to C:\WINDOWS\inf (substituting the correct drive letter for your version of Windows) and open the sysoc.inf file. Under Windows XP Professional Edition, this file will resemble the following by default:

[Version] Signature = "$Windows NT$"
DriverVer=06/26/2001,5.1.2505.0

[Components]
NtComponents=ntoc.dll,NtOcSetupProc,,4
WBEM=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wbemoc.inf,hide,7
Display=desk.cpl,DisplayOcSetupProc,,7
Fax=fxsocm.dll,FaxOcmSetupProc,fxsocm.inf,,7
NetOC=netoc.dll,NetOcSetupProc,netoc.inf,,7
iis=iis.dll,OcEntry,iis.inf,,7
com=comsetup.dll,OcEntry,comnt5.inf,hide,7
dtc=msdtcstp.dll,OcEntry,dtcnt5.inf,hide,7
IndexSrv_System = setupqry.dll,IndexSrv,setupqry.inf,,7
TerminalServer=TsOc.dll, HydraOc, TsOc.inf,hide,2
msmq=msmqocm.dll,MsmqOcm,msmqocm.inf,,6
ims=imsinsnt.dll,OcEntry,ims.inf,,7
fp_extensions=fp40ext.dll,FrontPage4Extensions,fp40ext.inf,,7
AutoUpdate=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,au.inf,hide,7
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7
msnexplr=ocmsn.dll,OcEntry,msnmsn.inf,,7
smarttgs=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,msnsl.inf,,7
RootAutoUpdate=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,rootau.inf,,7
Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,,7
AccessUtil=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,accessor.inf,,7
CommApps=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,communic.inf,HIDE,7
MultiM=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,multimed.inf,HIDE,7
AccessOpt=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,optional.inf,HIDE,7
Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,HIDE,7
MSWordPad=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wordpad.inf,HIDE,7
ZoneGames=zoneoc.dll,ZoneSetupProc,igames.inf,,7

[Global]
WindowTitle=%WindowTitle%
WindowTitle.StandAlone="*"

The entries that include the text hide or HIDE will not show up in Add/Remove Windows Components by default. To fix this, do a global search and replace for ,hide and change each instance of this to , (a comma). Then, save the file, relaunch Add/Remove Windows Components, and tweak the installed applications to your heart's content.

Regedit.exe & Regedt32.exe difference

Have you ever noticed that there are two versions of the Registry Editor on your computer? Ever wondered why? Well let me just give you a little insight!

It all depends on your Operating System. If you have Windows 2000 :

Regedit.exe

Regedit.exe is included with Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 primarily for its search capability. You can use Regedit.exe to make changes in the Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 registry, but you cannot use it to view or edit all functions or data types on Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000.

The following limitations exist in the Regedit.exe version that is included with Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000:

You cannot set the security for registry keys.
You cannot view, edit, or search the value data types <>REG_EXPAND_SZ and <>REG_MULTI_SZ. If you try to view a <>REG_EXPAND_SZ value, Regedit.exe displays it as a binary data type. If you try to edit either of these data types, Regedit.exe saves it as <>REG_SZ, and the data type no longer performs its intended function.
You cannot save or restore keys as hive files.
Microsoft recommends that you use Regedit.exe only for its search capabilities on a Windows NT 4.0-based or Windows 2000-based computer.

Regedt32.exe

Regedt32.exe is the configuration editor for Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000. Regedt32.exe is used to modify the Windows NT configuration database, or the Windows NT registry. This editor allows you to view or modify the Windows NT registry.The editor provides views of windows that represent sections of the registry, named hives. Each window displays two sections. On the left side, there are folders that represent registry keys. On the right side,there are the values associated with the selected registry key. Regedt32 is a powerful tool, and you must use it with extreme caution when you change registry values. Missing or incorrect values in the registry can make the Windows installation unusable.

Note: Unlike Regedit.exe, Regedt32.exe does not support importing and exporting registration entries (.reg) files.

Or..Windows XP and Windows Server 2003

Regedit.exe

Regedit.exe is the configuration editor for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. Regedit.exe is used to modify the Windows NT configuration database, or the Windows NT registry. This editor allows you to view or modify the Windows NT registry. It supports setting security on registry keys, viewing and editing <>REG_EXPAND_SZ and <>REG_MULTI_SZ, and saving and restoring hive files.On the left side, there are folders that represent registry keys. On the right side,there are the values associated with the selected registry key. Regedit is a powerful tool. You must use extreme caution when you use it to change registry values. Missing or incorrect values in the registry can make theWindows installation unusable.

Regedt32.exe

In Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, Regedt32.exe is a small program that just runs Regedit.exe.

Useful Windows XP DOS Commands & Tricks

Typing DOS commands on the Windows Command Line prompt is a most efficient and faster way of doing things in Windows XP. Here's a run-down of the most useful DOS commands available in Windows XP. Some of these DOS commands even do not have an visual alternative.

DOS Command-line tools must be run at the prompt of the Cmd.exe command interpreter. To open Command Prompt, click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.

ipconfig - Windows IP configuration
Useful for troubleshooting your internet connection. Displays the current IP address of your computer and the DNS server address. If you call your ISP for reporting a bad internet connection, he will probably ask you to run ipconfig.

fc - Free BeyondCompare in XP
FC is an advanced DOS Command that compares two files and displays the differences between them. Though the file comparison results are not as interactive as BeyondCompare or Altova DiffDog, fc is still very useful. You can even set fc to resynchronize the files after finding a mismatch.

type - open text files sans Notepad
Similar to Unix cat command, Type is my favorite DOS command for displaying the contents of a text files without modifying them. When used in combination with more switch, type splits the contents of lengthy text files into multiple pages. Avoid using the type command with binary files or you'll hear alien PC beeps and see some greek characters on your PC.

ping - Say hello to another computer
Ping network command followed by the web-address or IP address tells you about the health of the connection and whether the other party is responding to your handshake request. Ping tool can also be used to convert the web address to a physical IP address.

tree - visual directory structure
You often need to take prints of your physical directory structure but XP has no simple "visual" commands for printing directory contents. Here, try the Tree DOS command and redirect the output to a text file.

tree > mydirectory.txt
print mydirectory.txt

attrib - make hidden files visible
Attrib lets you change attributes of System files and even hidden files. This is great for troubleshooting Windows XP. Say your XP doesn't boot ever since you edited that startup boot.ini file (Hidden), use attrib to remove the Hidden attibute and edit the file using EDIT dos command.

assoc - which program will open that .xyz file
The assoc DOS command can be used to either isplay or even modify the file name extension associations. The command assoc .htm will quickly tell you the name of your default web browser (see picture)

move - more flexible than copy-paste
Say you got a lot of XLS and DOC files in you MyDocuments folder and want to move only those XLS files that have their name ending with 2006. In XP Explorer, you have to manually select each file and then cut-paste to another folder. However, the DOS move command make things much simpler. Just type the following at the command prompt:
move *2006.xls c:\2006Reports\

find - advanced file search with filter
Find is the most powerful DOS command and even more useful than the Windows Desktop Search tool or the Windows Find Wizard. The find command searches for a specific string of text in a file or files. After searching the specified file or files, find displays any lines of text that contain the specified string.

To search your hard disk to find and display the file names on drive C: that contain the string "Google" use the pipe (|) to direct the results of a dir command to find as follows:
dir c:\ /s /b | find "Google"

Quick tip - Drag to avoid typing: When your command acts on a file or folder, you must type the path to that folder after the command. You can save typing time by dragging the file or folder from Windows Explorer into the command window.

To view help at the command-line, at the command prompt, type the following:
CommandName /?

Optimize Windows XP system cache

You may speed up Windows XP if you optimize windows XP system cache settings at LargeSystemCache in Windows registry. According to the Microsoft you can determine whether the system maintains a standard size or a large size file system cache and how often the system writes changed pages to disk. Increasing the size of the file system cache generally improves system performance, but it also reduces the physical memory space available to applications and services. Similarly, writing system data less frequently minimizes use of the disk subsystem, but the changed pages occupy memory that might otherwise be used by applications. System cache mode is designed for use with Windows server products that act as servers. System cache mode is also designed for limited use with Windows XP, when you use Windows XP as a file server. This mode is not designed for everyday desktop use. If you use a server product as a desktop, you should consider changing the resource allocation to Programs mode or adding more physical RAM.

According to the Microsoft when you enable System cache mode on a computer that uses Unified Memory Architecture (UMA) based video hardware or an Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP), you may experience a severe and random decrease in performance. For example, this decrease in performance can include very slow system performance, stop errors, an inability to start the computer, devices or applications that do not load, and system instability.

In Windows registry use this to modify LargeSystemCache values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management

Double click at the LargeSystemCache and change the value to 1.

Value 0 = Programs, establishes a standard size file-system cache of approximately 8 MB.
Value 1 = System Cache, establishes a large system cache working set that can expand to physical memory.

Instead of manualy edit the Windows registry use this Windows XP trick to change the system cache settings: Optimize Windows memory usage for faster memory management.

Tired Of Reinstalling Windows

Tired Of 'Reinstalling Windows'
My Suggestions For A Better And Easier Computing !


/* First partition ur HDD as follows. C: (primary, bootable) 10GB, D: (ur choice), E: (10 GB)


/* Next install 2 OSs, it can be XP,XP or XP,9X. One OS in C: and other E:
Let OS in C:\ be called "TRASH" and that in E:\ be called "GOOD"

/* Boot into GOOD OS. Install all the important software (image viewer, winamp, winrar, acrobat, ms-office etc) in E:\program files\. Tweak all you settings, Install all the latest drivers, AV, service packs, patches etc and do the same for TRASH if you want! ALSO INSTALL THE IMAGING SOFTWARE.

/* Now boot to TRASH OS and move the "E:\Documents and Settings" to D:\ and change the default Desktop folder and My Documents folder to d:\doc & settings of TRASH OS. (right click on My Doc, Properties. There just change E: to D:\ or manually "MOVE") for changing desktop u need a tweak program (I use X-Setup, fast and free) NOW INSTALL THE IMAGING SOFTWARE.

/* Depending on ur requirements, allocate pace for D: (say 15 GB). Now OS in E: is the main OS is called GOOD (just for easy identification). and the OS in C:\ is standby and is called TRASH (again this is for easy identification)

DONT FORGET TO ON BOTH THE OS. (I use Paragon HDD Manager, it is fine. The compression is good)

/* Boot into GOOD OS. and change the default Desktop folder and My Documents folder to d:\documents and settings.

/* Boot into TRASH OS. Defragment E:. Now load the imaging program, take the image or save image to file (NOT DRIVE COPY) and store safely (if it is on secondary hdd it is good) or if dont have one, save it to different partition or save on CD.

For installing image viewer, winamp, winrar, acrobat, ms-office and other must have apps use the Program Files folder (E:\)


Now you are done!

Since documents and settings is in D:\, if u restore from image, your private files are NOT lost.
The OS in C: is TRASH and the OS in E: is GOOD. These are just labels for better identification.



Use E:\ OS or GOOD as your primary OS. After this install any software utls to D:\. Sort software in categories like video, audio, dvd, cd, internet, graphics, protection etc. and install each app in thier sub-folder under the category.

If anything goes bad, goto standby OS, load Imaging app, restore the E-drive.