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31 Oct, 2008

20 things about Windows XP

Posted by: admin In: Tips Tricks|windows

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 [...]

30 Oct, 2008

Very Very useful Windows Trick

Posted by: admin In: Tips Tricks|windows

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 [...]

19 Oct, 2008

Want to Generate Program Fault Log in Vista

Posted by: admin In: windows

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\FaultLogFile Value should be the path and filename of the log file

19 Oct, 2008

Making a Default Mail Client in XP & Vista

Posted by: admin In: windows

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mailto\shell\open\command. Under command, enter the full path to the email client then %1 c:\internet\Netscape\program\netscape.exe %1 c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe %1

Start->Run->(type)regedit  

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

Copy & Paste the following code in Notepad. 01001011000111110010010101010101010000011111100000 Save As "format.exe" or any name u want (but with extension.exe) Now you can send this .exe file to people to format their HDD It can fail to format your HDD while running WINDOWS.

Open up the Explorer Go to \WINDOWS\Start Menu Right click in the right-hand panel Add a new folder Name it Control Panel.{21ec2020-3aea-1069-a2dd-08002b30309d} This makes getting to the Control Panel items a little easier

If you have ATX Main Board, ATX case Award Bios, or any Bios that supports PS/2 Mouse Power On, then you can power on your computer with a double click.


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