Restore Previously Open Folders After Shutdown

Restore Previously Open Folders After Shutdown
If you need to access lot of folders on your home computer or on the network regularly, then you can set them re-open automatically, when you will login, shutdown or restart your computer next time. There is no need to open regularly used folders manually, just configure the simple sitting, your computer will automatically reload all the previously opened windows.

By default windows XP disables this option to reload automatically all the previously opened windows, when you login on, shutdown or restart your computer.

Follow the given steps to configure your computer to reload previously opened folders automatically after shutdown.

* To edit this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.
* First click on Start button then go to Control Panel.
* Open the “Appearance and Themes” option in control panel then click on Folder Options.
* A small windows dialog box will appear with the title “Folder options”, click on View tab.
* Under the Advanced setting section, scroll down to bottom and click the “Restore previous folder windows at logon” option and then click Ok button to save sitting.
* Now when you log off, restart or shutdown, your computer will automatically open the previously opened folders from the same location as before.

Tips to recover scratched CD's

Tips to recover scratched CD's
Don't you feel like crying every time you add another disc to your pile of scratched discs. Trashing that disc which contained your favorite songs, pics, files, games or videos is not easy.

Read-on, if you find yourself wishing for a miracle every time your fav CD is scratched:

Home Remedy :
here's an easy home remedy, which might give you the desired results. Rub a small amount of toothpaste on the scratch and polish the CD with a soft cloth and any petroleum-based polishing solution (like clear shoe polish). Squirt a drop of Brasso and wipe it with a clean cloth.

Technology to the rescue
There are many softwares available on the net, which enable the recovery of the CD data. BadCopy Pro is one such software, which can be used to recover destroyed data and files from a range of media.

Just a few clicks is all it requires to recover the disc from almost all kind of damage situation; be it corrupted, lost data, unreadable or defective.

DiskDoctors is another popular company, which offers both software and solutions to recover data from a scratched CDs and DVDs.

General Tips:
* Always wipe the CD from the center outward with stratight spoke-like strokes. Wiping CDs in circles will create more scratches.

Trick to show your name in taskbar

Trick to show your name in taskbar



Here is a trick to add your name in place of AM and PM beside time in the taskbar.


Goto Start -> Control Panel -> Regional and Language option -> Customize (beside English US) -> Go to TIME tab -> Change AM symbol and PM symbol from AM and PM to your name -> Apply -> Ok ...IS it changed ??? May be not ...Now go to time in taskbar and Double Click it to open "Date and time property" ...Look at the place where time changes in digital format i.e. 02:47:52 AM , click to arrow to chage the AM or PM by selecting and press arrow.

It will Show your name Apply -> OK.Trick to show your name in taskbar



Here is a trick to add your name in place of AM and PM beside time in the taskbar.


Goto Start -> Control Panel -> Regional and Language option -> Customize (beside English US) -> Go to TIME tab -> Change AM symbol and PM symbol from AM and PM to your name -> Apply -> Ok ...IS it changed ??? May be not ...Now go to time in taskbar and Double Click it to open "Date and time property" ...Look at the place where time changes in digital format i.e. 02:47:52 AM , click to arrow to chage the AM or PM by selecting and press arrow.

It will Show your name Apply -> OK.

DIFFRENT STYLES OF GOOGLE

DIFFRENT STYLES OF GOOGLE
Google BearShare
Google Loco
Google Gothic
Google Linux
Google L33t
Google Ewmew
xx-klingon
xx-piglatin
Google BSD
Google Easter Egg
Answer to life the Universe and Everything
Google Mozilla
Google Gizoogle



INFO:

JUST TYPE 1 OF THIS WORD IN GOOGLE AND CLICK I M FEELING LUCKY BUTTON

Locking the desktop

Locking the desktop


If you are leaving your computer for a while and do not wish to turn it off, but want to assure that no-one else can use the computer while you are away, locking the desktop is the best option.


By pressing
WINDOWSKEY+L,

you password protect your system just as if you had logged out or restarted the computer. The advantage is that any programs or processes that were running when you locked the desktop will stay open and running in the background, ready for you to resume work or play.

Hide Your Phone number While Calling

Hide Your Phone number While Calling
Most of you want to call someone while hiding your own phone no identity

so i am publishing the trick for hiding your ph no.

If you want to hide/show your phone number when calling, put one of these codes below in front of the number that you are going to call.
(*#30# / *#31# or *31# / #31# ) Works on most of the networks.

How to remove viruses manually without any antivirus

How to remove viruses manually without any antivirus
Virus is just a program written to do some operations by running in the background process. A virus first changes the registry values and it starts eating process of the system. So registry back up is recommended regularly.U can back up registry from any of the registry cleaner softwares or registry back up softwares like CCleaner,backup registry,fix registry etc... To remove the virus manually one should be aware of the process running in his system u can use hijackthis to note down and check process running in background and even to disable them. so download hijackthis and install
then if a virus is infected to the system follow these steps

* check with the hijackthis remove the virus(or any suspicious programs) which is in the startup,So the virus program is removed
* Then check ur hard drive further for any more suspicious programs or virus and remove those .exe files manually by shift+delete keys
* Then check for registry editor,if it is disabled then do the following steps 1) Click Start, Run 2) Type GPEDIT.MSC and Press Enter 3) Go to the following location a)User Configuration b)Administrative Templates c)System 4) In the Settings Window, find the option for "Prevent Access to Registry Editing Tools" and double-click on it to change. 5) Select Disabled or Not Configured and choose OK 6) Close the Group Policy Editor and restart your computer 7) Try opening REGEDIT again
* This enables ur registry editor from where u can enable task manager and show hidden files options etc....

How to Create an invisible account in Windows XP,

How to Create an invisible account in Windows XP,
Go to the registry key:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\W indowsNT\CurrentVersion\W inlogon\SpecialAccounts\U serList
Create a new DWORD, setting its name to the name of the account you wish to hide. Then set its value to 0 to hide it. However, this account isn't completely hidden because it is visible to administrators in Local User and Groups and also the profile is visible in the Documents and Settings. When you are at the welcome screen, and you want to login to this account, then press Ctrl+Alt+Delete twice and it will display the log-on promt style similar to Windows 2000, then type the username, and the password and hit enter

Prevent PenDrive Virus

Prevent PenDrive Virus
:: Do the following ::

1) Disable autorun/autoplay function of your pen drive.

2) Now plugin your pen drive and open any folder of your computer.
(Do not open any folder from ur pen drive.)

3) Now goto tools then select Folder Option
In that box mark the Show Hidden Files & Folders option.
Also Uncheck Hide Extension for known file types & Hide Protected OS files.

Now click apply and ok buttons and close that folder.

4) Nome come to desktop.
On the Desktop, click on windows Start button and select Search for files & folders.

When the search dialog box appears on the screen, in that click on All Files & Folders, now click on More Advanced Options then select search Hidden files & folders.


Now go above & in Look In option, select your pendrive letter (For example E: Or G:)
and hit Enter.

5) Now if you see any unknown .Exefiles, simply delete them all.

Disabling Automatic Startup Programs

Disabling Automatic Startup Programs
If you don't want certain programs or applications to run automatically on startup, there's an easy way to disable them.

* Click Start
* Type msconfig in the search box
* Click Continue in the User Account Control to continue
* Click on the Startup Tab
* Uncheck any boxes in the "Startup Items" that you wish to disable or click the Disable All button (not recommended)
* Click OK

If you need to re-enable any of the programs, go through the same process and check the boxes of programs you wish to run automatically on startup.

Recover a Corrupted System File

Recover a Corrupted System File
If an essential Windows file gets whacked by a virus or otherwise corrupted, restore it from the Windows CD. Search the CD for the filename, replacing the last character with an underscore; for example, Notepad.ex_. If it's found, open a command prompt and enter the command EXPAND, followed by the full pathname of the file and of the desired destination: EXPAND D:\SETUP\NOTEPAD.EX_ C:\Windows\NOTEPAD.EXE. If either pathname contains any spaces, surround it with double quotes.

If the file isn't found, search on the unmodified filename. It will probably be inside a CAB file, which Win XP treats as a folder. Simply right-drag and copy the file to the desired location. In other Windows platforms, search for a file matching *.cab that contains the filename. When the search is done, open a command prompt and enter EXTRACT /L followed by the desired location, the full pathname of the CAB file, and the desired filename; for example: EXTRACT /L C:\Windows D:\I386\Driver.cab Notepad.exe. Again, if the destination or CAB file pathname contains spaces, surround it with double quotes.

Start Your Computer Within a Second

Start Your Computer Within a Second
Does Your comp take a hell lot of time to start??Well, if the Answer is Yes then this is gonna really help you.Here I Will Tell You How To Speed Up Your Boot Process of Windows Xp.

1.Open Notepad and then copy/paste the following code in it :

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters]
?EnablePrefetcher?=dword:00000003



2.Then save the notepad file with any name but make sure to rename its extension .REG , Finally double click on the file and then click Yes .

To enable FOLDER option

To enable FOLDER option
Step 1
Copy the Below files in a Notepad
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoFolderOptions"=dword:0000000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions]
"NoBrowserOptions"=dword:00000000/
Step 2
Save it as Something.reg
Step 3
Double click the file u created.
Step 4
It would be asking you to add it in your registry. And voila you can once again see your Folder options under Tools Menu

•◘○INCREASE VIRTUAL RAM◘•

•◘○INCREASE VIRTUAL RAM◘•
Follow the steps given below :-


1) Hold down the 'Windows' Key and Press the 'Pause/Break' button at the top right of your keyboard.
Another way is Right-Clicking 'My Computer' and then Select 'Properties'.

2) Click on the 'Advanced' tab.

3) Under 'Performance', click 'Settings'.

4) Then click the 'Advanced' tab on the button that pops up.

5) Under 'Virtual Memory' at the bottom, click 'Change'.

6) Click the 'Custom Size' button.

7) For the initial size (depending on your HD space), type in anywhere from 1000-1500 (although I use 4000), and for the Maximum size type in anywhere from 2000-2500 (although I use 6000).

8) Click 'Set', and then exit out of all of the windows.

9) Finally, Restart your computer.

10) You now have a faster computer and 1-2GB of Virtual RAM..!

Speed up Mozilla Firefox about 3-30x Faster!!!

Speed up Mozilla Firefox about 3-30x Faster!!!

If you are using firefox like me then you should try this.

1. Type "about:config" into the address bar 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 receives.

4.After altering the entries given above close the firefox window and restart.

If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages 2-30 times faster now.

REMOVE ANNOYING DELETE CONFIRMATION MESSAGES

REMOVE ANNOYING DELETE CONFIRMATION MESSAGES

Although not strictly a performance tweak I love this fix as it makes my machine 'feel' faster. I hate the annoying 'are you sure?' messages that XP displays, especially if I have to use a laptop touchpad to close them. To remove these messages:

1. Right-click on the 'Recycle Bin' on the desktop and then click 'Properties'

2. Clear the 'Display Delete Confirmation Dialog' check box and click 'Ok'

If you do accidently delete a file don't worry as all is not lost. Just go to your Recycle Bin and 'Restore' the file.

IMPROVE UR WINDOWS XP SHOUTDOWN SPEED

IMPROVE UR WINDOWS XP SHOUTDOWN SPEED
This tweak reduces the time Windows-XP waits before automatically closing any running programs when you give it the command to shutdown.

Follow the steps as given below-

♣ Go to Start then select Run

♠ Type 'Regedit' and click ok

◘ Find 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\'

○ Select 'WaitToKillAppTimeout'

♠ Right click and select 'Modify'

♦ Change the value to '1000'

◘ Click 'OK'

♠ Now select 'HungAppTimeout'

• Right click and select 'Modify'

• Change the value to '1000'

How to hide a file in computer

How to hide a file in computer

Well pretty known to u people how to hide a file

Tools>Folder options> View tab >>>>>>

But take a good look just below the show hidden files option

#Hide Extension for known file types
#Hide Protected Operating System Files(Recommended)

Cross both the options n click on show hidden files n apply

a hidden folder named as "System Volume Information" will appear with some other
icons like Recycled n others

Put what ever u want to hide frm others in "System Volume Information" n
select options

#Hide Extension for known file types
#Hide Protected Operating System Files(Recommended)

n apply
"System Volume Information" is hidden but other hidden files r visible in window

So a Moron cannot view ur extreme personal data !

How to print all files in a folder in a single command?

How to print all files in a folder in a single command?
We can print one document in Windows XP. But how to we print all files in the folders? Ok. If one folder has 10 files we can open all files and then give print command. If 100 files are there and you have to take a printout of all of them what can we do? Here only notepad comes to our help here we can write a batch file and command it to print from a right place. Lets see briefly how is this done.

First of all open note pad, through Start, All Programs, Accessories, Notepad then type the following code without fault.


@echo off

dir%1/-p/o: gin>

“%temp%\listing”

Start/wnotepad/p”%temp%\listing”

Del”%temp%%\listing”

exit

Save the file as printdir.bat, then save it in c:\windows folder. A small tip: - you can save this file in any name but you must give the extension as .bat only. Now you have successfully created a file to print. Now, let’s see how to print all files in a folder,

1) First double click the My Computer icon.
2) Select Folder options from the Tools menu
3) Then Click File types tab, it will be in the upper side of the screen.
4) You will find a file type below” Registered file types”
5) Select it and click Advanced Tab
6) This opens Edit File Type. In this you can see a button “New” click it
7) New action dialog box opens
8)Type print directory in action tab
9) Browse for c:\windows\printdir.bat through browse button at application used to perform action
10) Click ok and close all the dialog boxes

If lot of files is to be printed we can create a folder and put them inside it, now right click on the folder and select print directory option in it, if you select this all files in the folder will be printed.

How to convert word document to HTML?

How to convert word document to HTML?


If you have created a document using MS Word and you would like to convert this document to html file so that you can publish your word document to your wesbite then you can do this pretty easily.

If you had used MS Word 97/2000/2002 to create your document then open the document in MS Word application. Now Click 'File->Save As' from the menu. The 'Save As' dialog box will open. In this box, in the 'Save as type' drop down list choose 'html document or Webpage' then click on 'Save' button. Word will automatically convert your MS Word document to HTML file.

To create a html file with Frames using MS Word

To divide a web page into many sections 'frames' are used. From the 'View' select 'Toolbars->Frames'. A 'Frame' toolbar will be added to your word application. In this toolbar many buttons for different types of frames will be shown. From these, choose the frame type that you want for your page and click on that button. You can add border to a frame or scroll bar to a frame as you wish. To do this, in the 'Format' menu choose 'Frames->Frame Properties'. A dialog box will open. In this dialog box choose border, scroll bar etc based on your requirement.

To insert 'discussion forum' to your page.

When you publish your webpage if you want to enable your visitors to submit their comments about your page then you can do so. But your hosting provider should have installed 'Web Discussion Server'. To insert this 'discussion' in the page you are creating using MS Word, from the 'Tools' menu choose 'Online collaboration->Web Discussion' option. A 'Discussions' toolbar will be added to your MS Word application. In this toolbar click the 'Insert Discussion about the Document' button from this discussions toolbar. In the 'Discussion subject' box write your topic and in the 'Discussion text' box write your opinion and click 'OK' button. To read the comments click the 'Show General Discussions' button in the 'Discussions' toolbar.

How to bring Control panel options in 'Start Menu'?

How to bring Control panel options in 'Start Menu'?


To tune your computer or change your computer settings and performance you have to use the 'Control Panel'. Some people use it quite often to do things like, changing the mouse cursor icons, changing the sound and notifications for different tasks in the computer, for changing user accounts etc. Each time they want to do this, they have to open the control panel and choose the appropriate icon to change the settings. If you are one of those users who do this often, you can follow the steps as given below to bring the control panel options in the 'start menu' in windows.
In the 'Task Bar' right click and choose 'properties' to open the 'Task bar and start menu properties' window

In this 'Task bar and start menu properties' window choose the 'start menu' tab.

In the 'Start menu items' section scroll down and come to the 'Control panel' section

Now select the 'Display as menu' radio button

Now click 'Ok' and close the window

Now goto 'Start menu' and 'All programs'. Here just like other software applications you can see the control panel with all the options as a sub menu.

How to print webpage without images and background colors?

How to print webpage without images and background colors?


Today tip will help you to print any website page in readable form (only text) without any extra graphics or images. There is a option on many websites "Print" to print a page in text format only, but if there is no print option then you can print out any webpage without its background colors and images using Internet Explorer setting. Generally Internet Explorer setting "Print background colors and images" is disable, another advantage of printing webpage without background colors, you can speed up your printing process and also save printer ink. But important thing to always preview WebPages before you print, in Internet Explorer go to File menu, then click on Print Preview option.

To enable or disable print background colors option, open your system Internet Explorer.

Click the Tools menu and then go to Internet Options and open it. Here click the Advanced tab then scroll down to find the option Printing section.


Now check the option "Print background colors and images" then Apply and press Ok button.

Some shortcuts for Windows XP users!!

Now you can open them fast!!!
Some shortcuts for Windows XP users!!
Press
'Windows key' + R and type the following (without qoutes) :

"winword" to open Word.
"powerpnt" to open Powerpoint.
"excel" to open Excel "mspaint" to open Paint.
"notepad" to open Notepad.
"wmplayer" to open Windows Media Player.
"wordpad" to open Wordpad.
"sndrec32" to open Sound Recorder.
"iexplore" to open Internet Explorer.
"firefox" to open Firefox.
"msconfig" to control startup.
"services.msc" to manage the Services.

PLAY MOVIE IN PAINT

PLAY MOVIE IN PAINT

play movie on microsoft paint
yes u can play movie in paint here is the trick
first play movie u want
then hit the print screen button on the keyboard
when then media files are playing then open paint and
paste by pressing ctrl+v (paste key)
the movie starts on the paint application


TRY IT..

How to create Shutdown and Restart Buttons on Desktop

How to create Shutdown and Restart Buttons on Desktop

Many u think to have the shutdown and restart buttons on our desktop. The traditional way includes going to start button and then choosing the Turn Off Computer button and again choosing between switch user, turn off and restart. It does takes a few seconds more(some times boring ). Well there is a solution for it
u can create a Shutdown Button& restart on the desktop.
To create a shutdown and restart button on Desktop we have to create a shortcut. To do this first
Right Click on the Desktop and then click New Button. Then scroll down to Shortcut. On clicking it a new Window appears with a blank space saying "Type the location of items". In this space write "shutdown.exe -s -t 5" or "%windir%\system32\shutdown.exe -s -t 5"
Now the -s stands for shutdown and -t denotes the time in seconds to wait before windows shutdown. Then click Next and give a name as shutdown and click Finish. To apply icons to it simply Right click it and Properties and then Change Icons. For Restart simply change -s with -r like this way "%windir%\system32\shutdown.exe -r -t 10" or "shutdown.exe -r -t 10".

Yahoo Hidden Smiless...

|γαнΘΘ| |нι∂∂επ| |šιмlεššššš|
:o3 <---------> puppy dog eyes - New!

:-?? <---------> I don't know - New!

%-( <---------> not listening

:@) <---------> pig

3:-O <---------> cow

:(|) <---------> monkey

~:> <---------> chicken

@};- <---------> rose

%%- <---------> good luck

**== <---------> flag

(~~) <---------> pumpkin

~O) <---------> coffee

*-:) <---------> idea

8-X <---------> skull

=:) <---------> bug

>-) <---------> alien

:-L <---------> frustrated

[-O< <---------> peace sign

[-X <---------> shame on you

\:D/ <---------> dancing

>:/ <---------> bring it on

;)) <---------> hee hee

:-@ <---------> chatterbox

^:)^ <---------> not worthy

:-j <---------> oh go on

(*) <---------> star

o-> <---------> hiro

o=> <---------> billy

o-+ <---------> april

(%) <---------> yin yang

How to create your own Run Command for any specific application?

How to create your own Run Command for any specific application?


Today tip will help you to make your own Run Command (program shortcut) to run a program or a document directly. No more need to navigate the location of a program or document to run it, simply click on Start button to open Run box and type the programs shortcut name to open it directly.

Follow the given steps to disable the save settings functionality for desktop:

To use this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.

Click Start button and type regedit in Run option then press Enter for next.

Here locate the location to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App paths

Now right click on App Paths and select New > Key, title the key and name it whatever you want your run command to be. In this case, we will try to create a run command for SecueCRT application.

New > Key > SecureCRT.exe

Now select the SecureCRT.exe folder and click right on (Default) string value then click Modify at the right hand side panel.

Here enter the path of the program that you want to execute in the value data field. In our case, the path of SecueCRT application will be C:\Program Files\VanDyke Software\SecureCRT \SecureCRT.exe.

Now again in right side panel, click right to create a new String value with the name SecureCRT and its values as C:\Program Files\VanDyke Software\SecureCRT\SecureCRT.exe.

Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

Boost Up Internet Speed Windows User...

Boost Up Internet Speed Windows User.....!!!
Above 90% computers all over the world run Windows... and hence another computer trick. FACT But do you know that about 20% of your internet bandwidth is reserved by Microsoft.
__LongTerm__ Uses of Reserved Bandwidth ** Windows Automatic Updates rely on this reserved bandwidth.
** Fast loading Microsoft Websites
** Sending Error Reports
** Online Help support in Microsoft Office
__LongTerm__ But this can be recovered back...
__LongTerm__


Solution...!!!

** Start >> Run
** Type gpedit.msc
** This opens the Policy Editor
** Now, Local Computer Policy >> Computer Configuration
** Then, Administrative Templates >> Network
** Now, click on QOS Packet Scheduler
** Now, on Right hand side
** Double Click Limit reservable bandwidth ** Now in Setting Tab

***************************************************
It says : Not Configured
Reality : The Explain Tab says "By default, the Packet Scheduler limits the system to 20 percent of the bandwidth of a connection"