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Shortcut to Lock Your Computer

Posted: August 18, 2009 in System Basics, System Information, System Tricks
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Leaving your computer in 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.

Pop a banner each time Windows Boots

Posted: August 18, 2009 in System Basics, System Information, System Tricks
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Pop a banner each time Windows Boots
To pop a banner which can contain any message you want to display just before a user is going to log on, go to the key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WinLogon
Now create a new string Value in the right pane named LegalNoticeCaption and enter the value that you want to see in the Menu Bar. Now create yet another new string value and name it: LegalNoticeText. Modify it and insert the message you want to display each time Windows boots. This can be effectively used to display the company’s private policy each time the user logs on to his NT box. It’s .reg file would be:
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
“LegalNoticeCaption”=”Caption here.”


To pop a banner which can contain any message you want to display just before a user is going to log on, go to the key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WinLogon

Now create a new string Value in the right pane named LegalNoticeCaption and enter the value that you want to see in the Menu Bar. Now create yet another new string value and name it: LegalNoticeText. Modify it and insert the message you want to display each time Windows boots. This can be effectively used to display the company’s private policy each time the user logs on to his NT box. It’s .reg file would be:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]

“LegalNoticeCaption”=”Caption here.”

Change the name of your internet explorer

Posted: August 18, 2009 in Registry, System Basics, System Tricks
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Change The Title Of Internet Explorer
Customize ur Internet Explorer

1. Open Registry Editor

2. Move to the following key.

3. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet. Explorer\Main.

4. In the Right Panel look for the string “Window Title” and change its value as u wish. If the String value is not there create a New String value and assign the value as your wish.

Add a Safe Mode option to the Boot menu in Windows XP

Posted: August 18, 2009 in System Basics, Windows XP
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Follow these steps to add a Safe Mode option to the Boot menu.
When you’re experiencing a problem with Windows XP, you may need to boot the system into Safe Mode more than once. However, doing so can be a tiresome process. When the Boot menu appears, you must press [F8], and then you must select Safe Mode from yet another menu.
Wouldn’t it be nice if Safe Mode were available from the Boot menu? In fact, it’s relatively easy to add a Safe Mode option to the Boot menu.
Here’s how.

1. Press [Windows][Break] to open the System Properties dialog box.
2. On the Advanced tab, click the Settings button in the Startup And Recovery section.
3. In the System Startup section, click the Edit button.
4. When the Boot.ini file opens in Notepad, locate the line that ends with the /fastdetect switch.
5. Highlight and copy that line and paste it in the line below.
6. Change the section on the line that reads WINDOWS=”Microsoft Windows XP Professional” to WINDOWS=”Safe Mode.”
7. Add the following to the end of the line:
/safeboot:minimal /sos /bootlog

Create a drive menu for My Computer

Posted: August 18, 2009 in System Basics, System Information
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Set My Computer to work like a menu for easier access to the drives you need.
By default, the My Computer item on the Start menu is configured to work like a standard folder window. If you need to access a specific drive, select My Computer from the Start menu, wait a moment for the window to appear, and then double-click the icon for the drive you need to access.
When you’re in a hurry, this two-step procedure can be time-consuming and frustrating—especially if My Computer contains a large number of drive icons. However, Windows XP makes it easy for you to configure My Computer so it works like a menu, with each drive listed as a menu item.
Here’s how.
1. Right-click the Start button, and select Properties.
2. Click Customize, which is adjacent to the Start Menu radio button, and select Advanced.
3. Scroll through the Start Menu Items list box until you see My Computer.
4. Select Display As A Menu, and click OK twice.
Now, when you select My Computer from the Start menu, you’ll see a menu of individual drives. To access the contents of that drive, just select the drive letter from the menu.

Uninstall Microsft Instant Messenger

Posted: August 18, 2009 in Internet, System Basics
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Maybe you don’t use Microstfts Instant Messenger (MSN) like many people but you will notice that it loads into memory when you fire up your operating system. It sits in the task bar stares at you. This is annoying to me at least, specially when i don’t need any service from it. Well in this kinda situation, you better choose to read on [:-D]….. This worked in WinXP, but may work on others….

So, go to START–>RUN copy and paste the following:

RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

Click ok. No more msn process.

Brand windows wit UR Name

Posted: August 18, 2009 in System Basics, System Tricks
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open notepad dump the following lines into it and save it with the name OEMINFO.INI in the c:\windows\system32 directory:
————————————————————————————-
[General]
Manufacturer=Your Name Here
Model=Your Model Here
[Support Information]
Line1=Your Name Here
Line2=Your Address Here
Line3=Your Email Address Here

————————————————————————————-

1. Save the file.

2. Then make a right click on my computer select properties, in the general tab a button will be highlighted (support information) make a click on it, you will be able to see the changes.

3. Now if you want to display some more information then simply increase the line in the file.

ex: Line4=Your Working Hours Here

Block USB in Windows XP

Posted: August 18, 2009 in Registry, System Basics, System Information, System Tricks
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1. Start -> Run -> regedit ->Find the Hkey_Local_Machine>System>Current Control set>Services>USBStor.

2. Look at the right pain and find out the Start where value of the start would be 0000000(3) edit the value by double mouse click and type 4 and save.

3. Restart your computer.

Add your Name in the system Time

Posted: August 18, 2009 in System Basics
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It works for XP and Yes it also Works in Windows Vista
Do the Following
• Control Panel.

• Regional and Language Options.
• Click the Customize button.
• Select Time
• Highlight AM and type the name you want to display . Repeat with PM.
• click apply and than ok

Automatically Kill Programs At Shutdown

Posted: August 18, 2009 in Registry, System Basics, System Tricks
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Automatically Kill Programs At Shutdown

don’t you hate it when, while trying to shut down, you get message boxes telling you that a program is still running? Making it so that Windows automatically kills applications running is a snap. Simply navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop directory in the Registry, then alter the key AutoEndTasks to the value 1.

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