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Right click on an empty area of the desktop and choose ‘new’ -> ‘shortcut.’  create shortcut wizard will open. in the first text box, type ‘%windir%\System32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation’ and then give your shortcut an appropriate name on the next page, and hit ‘finish.’

    The Thumbnails view in Windows XP has a new twist. If a folder contains images saved in a common web format, XP will create an icon for the folder that displays up to four of the images it contains. To show a single image, right-click on the folder icon, choose ‘Properties’ and click on [...]

Go to Start->Run->regedit In Registry Editor  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.

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.

This is a great trick you can play on your friends. To disable the display of local or networked drives when you click My Computer. Go to start->run.Type regedit.Now go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer Now in the right pane create a new DWORD item and name it NoDrives(it is case sensitive). Now modify it’s value and set [...]

You can save your desktop settings and secure it from your nerdy friend by playing with the registry. Simply launch the Registry Editor go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer In the right pane create a new DWORD Value named NoSaveSettings and modify it’s value to 1. Refresh and restart for the settings to get saved.

20 things you didn’t know about Windows XP 1. It boasts how long it can stay up. Whereas previous versions of Windows were coy about how long they went between boots, XP is positively proud of its stamina. Go to the Command Prompt in the Accessories menu from the All Programs start button option, and [...]

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ThumbnailSize This DWORD value can be set between 32 and 256. This number represents the size in pixels that the Windows Explorer Thumbnail view will display.

Go to start->run.Type regedit.Now go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/CurrentVersion/Policies Under this key, there will definitely be a key named explorer. Now under this explorer key we can create new DWORD values and modify it’s value to 1 in order to impose the restriction. If you want to remove the Restriction, then you can simply delete the respective [...]

1. Place your Windows XP CD in your cd-rom and start your computer (it’s assumed here that your XP CD is bootable – as it should be – and that you have your bios set to boot from CD) 2. Keep your eye on the screen messages for booting to your cd Typically, it will [...]