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Hiding Find menu on Start Menu
If you enable these setting, then Find menu located on Start Menu will gone.

Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Value Name: NoFind
Data Type: DWORD
Value Data: (0 = show, 1 = hide)

Hiding Document menu on Start Menu
These setting will hide folder or Document menu located on Start Menu.

Key : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Value Name : NoRecentDocsMenu
Data Type : DWORD Value
Data: (0 = show, 1 = hide)

Hiding Run menu on Start Menu
These setting will hide Document folder located on Start Menu.

Key : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Value Name : NoRun
Data Type : DWORD Value
Data: (0 = show, 1 = hide)

Hide Help menu on Start Menu [Win 2000]
These setting will hide Document folder located on Start Menu.

Key : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Value Name : NoSMHelp
Data Type : DWORD Value
Data: (0 = show, 1 = hide)

Hiding Start Menu > Settings > Taskbar menu
If you enable these setting then Taskbar menu located on Setting at Start Menu will gone.

Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Value Name: NoSetTaskbar
Data Type: DWORD Value
Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

Hiding Start Menu > Settings > Folder Options menu
If you enable these setting then Folder Options menu located on Start Menu - Setting will gone.

Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Value Name: NoFolderOptions
Data Type: DWORD Value
Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

Hiding Start Menu > Settings > Control Panel menu
If you enable these setting then Taskbar menu located on Setting at Start Menu will gone.

Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Value Name: NoControlPanel
Data Type: DWORD Value
Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

Disable right click on Dekstop & Windows Explorer
If you enable these setting below then no one else can do right click on Desktop & Windows Explorer.

Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Value Name: NoViewContextMenu
Data Type: DWORD Value
Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

To see the difference you need to reboot/restart.

Disable right click on Taskbar
If you enable these setting below then the menu will no longer exist
when doing right clickon Start Menu, control tab, and Clock.

Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Value Name: NoTrayContextMenu
Data Type: DWORD Value
Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

To see the difference you need to reboot/restart.

Preventing any changes of Printer setting on Control Panel
If you worried someone might change your printer setting, You need to enable these setting

Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Value Name: NoPrinters
Data Type: DWORD Value
Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

Vanishing Start Banner on taskbar
If you enable these setting then the arrow and Click here to start word will gone (the word emerge when you entry windows).

Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Value Name: NoStartBanner
Data Type: BINARY Value
Data: (00 00 00 00 = disabled, 01 00 00 00 = enabled)

Adding "Explore From Here" menu on folder
After you replace with the value below then, when you right clicking on folder there’ll be Explore From Here menu to emerge.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\rootexplore (You have to make it if those key are not exist yet)
Then edit "(Default)" value with "E&xplore From Here". On
rootexplore make some new key and gives the name with command. Edit
"(Default)" and gives value/name "explorer.exe /e,/root,/idlist,%i".

Replacing Add/Remove Programs list
When you installing program then a program (usually) will adding for
uninstall (on Add/Remove Programs). But if you had uninstalled those
program and still an entry exist on Add/Remove Programs, you can
removing manually.

key : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
After that, you can removing remain entry.

Prevent any Network setting changes
If you enable this setting, then other people cannot change the original setting on Control Panel - Network.

Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Network

Value Name: NoNetSetup
Data Type: DWORD Value
Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

Prevent any Printer setting changes
If you enable this setting, then other people cannot changei the original setting on Control Panel - Printer.

Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Value Name: NoPrinters
Data Type: DWORD Value
Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

Prevent any Password setting changes
If you enable this setting, then other people cannot change the
original setting on Control Panel - Password. In other word, other
people cannot change the password (if your computer using Windows
password).

Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

Value Name: NoSecCPL
Data Type: DWORD Value
Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

Prevent Shut Down order
The next setting will prevent someone to turn off your computer. These
way is much useful if you for example leaving your computer for a while
and you worried if someone might shut down it.

Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Value Name: NoClose
Data Type : DWORD Value
Data: (0 = shutdown enabled, 1 = shutdown disabled)

Hiding all item on desktop
The next Setting will hide all item located on your desktop.
Key : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Value Name : NoDesktop
Data Type : DWORD Value
Data : (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

Hiding Network Neighborhood icon
Network Neigborhood Icon will emerge on desktop if you installed
Windows Networking. If you don like it, You can hide those icon.

Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Value Name: NoNetHood
Data Type: DWORD Value
Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

Disabling MS-DOS Command Prompt
The next Setting will prevent from "utilizing" MS-DOS command prompt on Windows.

Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\WinOldApp

Value Name: Disabled
Data Type: DWORD Value
Data: (0 = disable, 1 = enable/prevent MS-Dos command prompt)

Prevent any Display Properties setting changes
You can do Display Setting from Control Panel - Display or by right click on desktop, then choose Properties.

With these setting below, other people cannot change the setting on those Display.

Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

Value Name: NoDispCPL
Data Type: DWORD Value
Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled/prevent any changes)
(Make System key : On left side panel, choose Policies, Right click, New - Key. Gives name : System. Then choose System, right click, New - DWORD Value. Gives name NoDispCPL. Double click on NoDispCPL, change 0 to 1 to prevent any Display Properties setting changes.

Vanishing arrow on shortcut
If we making any shortcut from some application, we surely will see an
small arrow under icon. From appearance angle, the arrow that covered
half of those icon will going so annoying. Especially if we wants to
show the entire of those icon. Therefore, there is a way to removing
these arrow. How? open registry editor, remove string value "IsShortcut" on subkey "lnkfile" and "piffile" on key "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" from your windows registry.

Install font with more faster than usual
To installing font, normally we must follow long procedure : Start >
Settings > Control Panel > Font. From there, you must click File
> Install New Fonts. That way surely a pissed. Actually there is an
easy way :

Method 1 :
1. Open registry editor.
2. Move to key "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TTFFILE\SHELL".
3. Choose "Edit > New > Key" command and gives "Install Fonts" name on new key that you just placed.
4. Double click on the right side windows on "(Default)" entry.
5. Give the "Value" : "Install Font" and confirm this changes by clicking "OK".
6. Marked once again subkey "Install Font" and Make a new subkey ("Edit > New > Key"), named as "command".
7. Double click at "(Default)", give him "Value" : "c:\windows\command\xcopy32.exe %1 c:\windows\fonts" command.

Now, everytime you right clicking on *.ttf file there’ll be Install
Fonts menu. If you choose this menu, then those font file will copied
straight to your Windows folder.

Method 2 :
1. Make a shortcut that browse to font at your Windows (C:\Windows\Fonts).
2. Place those shortcut on Send To directory.
Now to install font, right click on *.ttf file, choose Send To > Fonts.

Changing RegisteredOwner and Organization
When you right clicking on My Computer you will see Registered to ….
sentence. If you wrong inserting the owner name & the organization,
You still can change it, by going to :

key : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

then change RegisteredOwner name, RegisteredOrganization which is
located on right side panel. How to change it is by right clicking at
those Value Name.

Showing log on message
If your computer is one of the public computer, which means a commonly
used computer by many people, You can adding log on message. So every
computer user will see those content of message (could be a warning or
something else)

Its’ pretty easy, first go to registry editor then find the following key :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Value Name :

- LegalNoticeCaption (for the caps)
- LegalNoticeText (for the content) Data TypeString ValueData - fill with text you wanted

Speed up defrag access and scandisk
To keep maintain Windows processing, we surely need to take a good care. One way you can do is defragment and scandisk.
The following steps will adding context menu to drive. So when you open
windows explorer and right clicking on drive, there’ll be "Defrag this
drive" and "Scandisk this drive" menu.

To do so, Find key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\Shell.
Make a new key, give Defrag name.

On the right side panel, at (default) section fill with "&Defragment This Drive" (type without quotes).
Make a new subkey "under" Defrag, and gives name with Command.
On the right side panel, at (default) section fill with "defrag.exe "%1" /noprompt" (type without quotes).
How to making Scandisk context menu is on above, You just only need to change 3 word with blue colored above with Scandisk, &Scandisk This Drive, and scandskw.exe /n.

Changing tips info on desktop icon
Tips info is a word that emerge when pointer mouse placed above icon,
The function is to gives additional information. You can change tips
info at My Documents, Recycle Bin, and My Computer icon located on
desktop as your wish.
To replace it, find tips info word that is on right side panel based on these key :

REGISTRY FOR INTERNET EXPLORER!!!!!!
Adding background image on IE toolbar

1. Open registry editor.

2. Find key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar .

3. Make a new String Value with BackBitmap name. How? right click on right side panel, choose New - String value.

4. Double click at BackBitmap, fill with path describing image file
location that will be using as backgorund. Example C:\My
Documents\image\picture.bmp.

As additional point, the file you wanted to use is a file with *.bmp extension.

Message in beginning of startup
Adding these word on autoexec.bat file :

Then everytime your computer re-boot/booting, those message will emerge.

You can change the word beginning with Echo with your own message.

Shortcut and folder without name
Do you want a folder or shortcut at Windows 95/98/NT/2000/NE, but you
don wanted your name visible? How to make it is right click then Rename
at folder or shortcut you want to change the name. Then write down
[Alt] + [0160] (This is invicible character space). When writing 0160,
You must using the number on numeric keypad (Right side of your
keyboard).

Writing name on Taskbar
Do you want your name written on Windows Taskbar? You can do it !
First, click Start/Settings/Control Panel menu. In Control Panel, double click Regional Settings icon.

Move to Time tab. At AM and PM symbol column, write down your name, maximal 8 character only (including space)

Making icon from .bmp
If you tired with the icon you owned, You can try another icon that is from .bmp file.
How? change those .bmp file into .ico (example picture.bmp into picture.ico. )

Other way : If you want to change the icon from some shortcut.
First right click at shortcut and choose Properties. Move to Shortcut
tab and choose Change Icon. After that browse to folder that keeps your
.bmp file.

Erasing diskette with fast
To erasing fast all file on your diskette, use the following steps :

- Right click on desktop, choose New Shortcut

- Type deltree /y a: on Command Line, click next, give name (example)
Erase A:. Don forget to choose the icon. Lat, click Finish.

- Right click those shortcut, choose Properties. Move to Programs tab and marked to Close on exit.

To erasing file on drive A just click the icon.

Fast way removing recent document
To avoid other people find out what kind of file you just opened, the
only way is by removing recent document. Follow the following steps :

1. Open Notepad.

2. Write down : echo y| del C:\windows\recent\*.*

3. Save that file in random folder, give name (example) erase.bat. Remember, the extension bat is a must.

4. Make shortcut to that file in dekstop.

5. Right click those shortcut, choose Properties.

6. Move to Program tab.

7. At Run section, choose Minimized.

8. Give check mark at Close on Exit.

9. Click OK.

From now on, you can removing recent document with fast by clicking the shortcut you just made on desktop.

Passing serial number in MS Office 2000
Everytime you installing MS Office 2000, you’ll have to fill the serial
number consisted of dozens of characters. Instead of being occupied,
why dont make it automatically?

Open file setup.ini with Notepad, find at [Options] section and remove
# sign at USERNAME. [Options] ; If a value is present, the [Options]
section gives the values of properties to apply to ; this installation.
Specify them in the format: ; PropName=PropValue ; Remember to
uncomment both the section name and the value names. ; USERNAME=Your_Name PIDKEY=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY Write down your name at USERNAME section and serial number at PIDKEY section. Save that file. From now on, you don have to filling serial number again when you installing MS Office 2000

Disabling registry editor
Have you ever thinking to disable regedit ? These way is much comes in
handy since it’s prevent other person to change your registry setting
!!! To do so, you can change registry setting like was included to the
label below.

(RUN, type : regedit)
Key : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Data Type : REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Name that DWORD as : DisableRegistryTools
Data : (0 = enable regedit, 1 = disable regedit)

If you change this setting properly then when regedit program executed,
there will be an ERROR Message to occur. You must be wondering, how to
make it back to normal ? It’s easy, Just follow the following steps :

By using Notepad, make another new file. Type like this:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System] "DisableRegistryTools"=dword:00000000

Save with random filename, but with reg extension, example
enable_regedit.reg. After that, double click at those file to enabling
registry editor.

How to automatically closing program
What are you gonna do when your running application having problem (not
responding) ? You surely will gonna press Ctrl + Alt + Del button &
continue with End Task processing to close unresponding program.

Actually, if you wanna a bit "busy" You can arrange closing
automatically when there’s unresponding program. Therefore, You can
open your registry (RUN, type : regedit) then adding this key below:

Key HKEY_USERS\Default\ControlPanel\Desktop

Value Name : AutoEndtasks Data
Value Data : 1

1) Hibernating Windows–
There are two ways to hibernate windows. One–>Open Task Manager and
then click shutdown tab and click hibernate. Second Hidden Method id to
Simply click Turn Off From Start Menu and Press Shift when the small
box appears. Notice Standby changes to HIBERNATE.

2)Speed Up your performance in Windows XP
Some people find Windows XP slow and some find it good. But the simple
way to boost up your XP is simply right click»»my computer »» click
properties »» Advanced »» settings in perfomance »» Adjust for best
performance.
Wait and watch. If you common tasks have gone (the boxes in each folder
then go again there and check »» USE COMMON TASKS IN FOLDER.

3) Speed up your Booting
Just edit boot.ini and remove the /fastdetect word. Another way id
press win+R. Type msconfig click startup tab. End the processes you do
not want. Also do the same with services tab. If BITS is started please
turn it off.

4) No Messenger
Tired of MSN messenger, even after disabling it, but do not want to
remove it. Simply go to C:Program Files and Rename Messenger folder to
Died Messenger. And if you use outlook express, It(messenger) will not
start untill yo invoke it to stat.

5) Do Not Highlight Newly Installed Programs
Tired of that annoying little window that pops up to tell you that new
software is installed? If it gets in the way when you’re logging off,
turn it off completely. To do this:

Click Start, right-click at the top of the Start menu where your name is displayed, and then click Properties.

In the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties dialog box, on the Start Menu tab, click Customize.

Click the Advanced tab, and then clear the Highlight newly installed programs check box. Click OK, and then click OK again.

6) Turn Off Automatic Updating.
Some people might have thought that after using pirated XP copy and
Connecting to the INTERNET their copy becomes some slower. So just turn
off Live Update.

How to Turn Off Automatic Updates?
Click Start , click Control Panel , and then double-click System.
Click the Automatic Updates tab, and then click Turn off automatic updating. I want to update my computer manually.

7) Using the Ultimate Configuration Tool (Professional Edition Only)
One of the most full featured Windows XP configuration tools available
is hidden right there in your system, but most people don’t even know
it exists. It’s called the Local Group Policy Editor, or gpedit for
short. It just like old Poledit.exe.

To start this editor:
Select Start and then Run, then type the following: gpedit.msc

After you hit Enter, you’ll be greeted by gpedit, which lets you modify
almost every feature in Windows XP without having to go to regedit.

Login in Administrator
Its very easy to bypass the windows XP Admin logon window. When u started yr computer , u got a message something like this:

Admin or (whatever u make a account!!!)
Password: ….. XXX XXXX………
some people think that its impossible to break through this, but through this article u can make it easy to break this cripy.

In order to break the Windows XP admin logon , you simply boot yr
computer through Windows 2000 CD and boot up a windows XP box and start
windows 2000 recivery Console, its a troubleshooting program.

Windows XP then allows us to operate victim’s computer as an
Administrator without a admin password, even if the Administrator
account has a strong password. You can also operate other user accounts
that may be present on, even if those accounts have passwords. Finally
u can do anything u want on the victim’s computer, copy/delete the
files whatever u want .
{Extracts frm an article by tab_here@hotmail.com }

9) Remove program from your desktop
Whenever you have to remove any software/package/program you have to go
to control panel then add/remove programe and for that either go to my
computer or start menu. My way is the sleekest one.

All you have to do is make a new shortcut on ur desktop and set its
target to "control.exe appwiz.cpl" there id space between control.exe
and appwiz.cpl and write without quotes. this simply would launch
Addremove programs wizard.

10) Shutdown Button on Desktop
Right click on ur Desktop and create new Shortcut and type
“C:WINDOWSSYSTEM32Shutdown.exe –s” without quotes in the popup box
which will appear asking for a path of shortcut . Now when u will
double click this shortcut it will give u shutdown message and ur
computer will shutdown after some seconds. U can customize ur shutdown
button with same icon which original shutdown have Just go to the
properties of ur shortcut and click change icon tab select any icon u
like and click apply.

Similarly u can also put restart button on ur desktop just replace –s in above line by –r
If u don’t want shutdown button on ur desktop u can the go to start > run and type Shutdown –s or –r
they will do the same job. If someone tries to shutdown u remotely on
the net then u can stop shutdown process but typing shutdown –a in Run.

Shutdown –s = Shutdown & restart
Shutdown –r = Restart
Shutdown –a = To abort shutdown

11) Remove Hibernation File
If you do not use hibernation, make sure you do not have it enabled,
which reserves disk space equal to your RAM. If you have a hidden file
on the root directory of your C-drive called hiberfil.sys, hibernation
is enabled. To remove that file:

Go to Control Panel, select Performance and Maintenance, Power Options, Hibernate tab, and uncheck the Enable hibernation box.

12) Free some disk space with XP and some fast.
If you have NTFS partistions then you should stop the indexing service.
This service slows your navigation of files. Whenever you click the
file the XP adds that to its database for quick search. To turn it off
select your all hard disks. Then right click and go to properties. And
uncheck "Allow indexing service check Box".

13) Turn Off AND On System Restore.
The system Restore option is useful for some people but for most people
its a sheer wastage of RAM and HDD. So according to me it should be
turned off. To Change system restore settings Press Win Key +
Pause/Break Key (near num lock). Go to System Restore. and change your
settings.

14) Prevent XP from Unauthorised Access
This is the best way to prevent un authorised access while connected to
the internet. Go to my computer properties, and select Remote tab.
Uncheck Both the Check Boxes. This help you to prevent your computer
from unauthorized access, while connected to the net.

15) Change Drive Letters in Windows XP
When you add drives to your computer, such as an extra hard drive, a CD
drive, or a storage device that corresponds to a drive, Windows
automatically assigns letters to the drives. However, this assignment
might not suit your system; for example, you might have mapped a
network drive to the same letter that Windows assigns to a new drive.
When you want to change drive letters, follow these steps:

Right-click My Computer, and then click Manage.
Under Computer Management, click Disk Management. In the right pane, you’ll see your drives listed.

CD-ROM drives are listed at the bottom of the pane.
Right-click the drive or device you want to change, and then click Change Drive Letter and Paths.
Click Change, click Assign the following drive letter, click the drive letter you want to assign, and then click OK.

16) Run safely any of downloaded EXE’s.
When ever you download or copy any EXE, do not execute it straight
first scan it, and then right click that exe and select Run as and then
Select the current user option alongwith, protection option. This is
usefull in some cases.

17) Change the Default Opening Folder in Windows Explorer
By default, Windows Explorer opens showing the My Documents folder. To
change the default setting so that all top–level drives and folders are
shown, follow these steps:

Click Start > Programs > Accessories, then right–click Windows Explorer, and click Properties.
Under Target field, which reads %SystemRoot%explorer.exe, add to make the line read:
%SystemRoot%explorer.exe /n, /e, /select, C:
Click OK.{Extracts by Mr.xp}

18) Identify a 16-bit Program
Use Windows Explorer to open the folder that contains the program’s
executable (.exe) file. Right-click the .exe file, and then click
Properties. A 16-bit program does not have a Version tab in this dialog
box. {Extracts by Mr.xp}

19) Use the Desktop Cleanup Wizard in Windows XP
To start the Desktop Cleanup Wizard:
Click Start , and then click Control Panel.
In Control Panel, click Appearance and Themes under Pick a category.
Under or pick a Control Panel icon , click Display. The Display Properties dialog box is displayed.

In the Display Properties dialog box, click the Desktop tab, and then
click Customize Desktop. The Desktop Items dialog box is displayed.
Under Desktop cleanup , click to clear the Run Desktop Cleanup Wizard
every 60 days check box if you do not want the Desktop Cleanup Wizard
to automatically start every 60 days.
Click Clean Desktop Now. The Desktop Cleanup Wizard starts.

20) Remove Unwanted Shortcuts
In the Welcome to the Desktop Cleanup Wizard dialog box, click Next. In
the Shortcuts dialog box, a list of shortcuts are displayed in the
Shortcut to Clean Up list. The shortcuts that you click are removed
from the desktop and placed in the Unused Desktop Shortcuts folder on
the Windows desktop.

If you do not want a shortcut to be removed from the desktop, click to
clear the check box for that shortcut, and then click Next when you are
finished.In the Completing the Desktop Cleanup Wizard dialog box, view
the items in the Shortcuts box to confirm that you want them removed
from the desktop, and then click Finish. The Desktop Cleanup Wizard
moves the selected shortcuts to the Unused Desktop Shortcuts folder and
then quits.

21) How to Pause or Resume Downloading (BUILT IN DAP)
After the download process has started, you can pause or resume
downloading at any time. If you close your Internet connection or
restart your computer after pausing a download process, Windows
automatically resumes the download process the next time you are
connected to the Internet. During the download process, click the icon
that is displayed in the notification area, and then click Pause.

When you are ready for Windows to start downloading again, click the
Automatic updating icon, and then click Resume. Restore an Update that
You Previously Declined. If you decide not to download a specific
update, you can prompt Windows Update to offer that update again.

Click Start , click Control Panel, and then double-click System.
Click the Automatic Updates tab, and then click Restore Declined Updates. {EXTRACTS BY mr.xp}

22) Editing explorer in windows xp
Editing explore in windows xp is very easy with available tools its not
as difficult like old dos based tedious method here u need just one
tool called RESOURCE HACKER.

It is a resource viewer it will show u Resources in any 32bit Windows
95/98/ME/NT/2000 executable files (including exe’s, dll’s, ocx’s and
cpl’s) . ok go in to ur windows directory and find explorer.exe and
make its two copies name them As explorer_1 and explorer_2 .exe
respectively and keep them in windows folder only. We will edit
explorer_1 and will keep explorer_2 as backup copy if anything goes
wrong.

Open explorer_1.exe in resource hacker and go to String table and edit
whatever u want to even u can change start button by ur name or
anything else. After editing even a single word do not forget to click
the COMPILE button.

Change icon or u can change animated message such as when u install a
new programs so when u go to all programs a animated message comes “New
Program Installed” u can change it by ur sentence etc. now we have
edited the explore_1 now go To File menu in Resource hacker and save it
as explorer_1.exe it will ask u that explorer_1.exe is already present
do u want to replace it, click YES.

Now we have our edited explorer. Now restart ur computer in safe mode
with command prompt by pressing F8 during booting process . Now we will
copy explorer_1.exe on explorer.exe by typing command Copy
C:windowsexplorer_1.exe C:windowsexplorer.exe.

Now restart ur computer and what u will seeing that u r working with ur
edited explorer. If anything goes wrong than just copy explorer_2.exe
on explorer.exe by same process. {EXTRACTS BY MR.XP}

23) Customize Windows Media Player Title Bar
Change the title bar to read Windows Media Player provided by , so if I
had entered text ‘Abhishek Bhuyan’ , it would read: Windows Media
Player provided by Abhishek Bhuyan
[Start] [Run] [Regedit]

Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER | Software | Policies | Microsoft

Create the Key [WindowsMediaPlayer]
Create String value named [TitleBar]
Data Type: REG_SZ // Value Name: TitleBar
Double click TitleBar and Enter the text to be displayed in the title bar.
Exit Registry / Reboot.

24) Increase Menu Display Speed
When you click on the Start Menu there is some delay to display the contents , just for no reason.

Effects are pretty though. The default speed can be adjusted with a quick registry entry.
The default value is 400. Set it to 0 and the delay is gone. If you are
not able to adjust pick a number that suits your style and make the
change.
[Start] [Run] [Regedit]

Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER | Control Panel | Desktop

Modify/Create String value of Data type REG_SZ Named [MenuShowDelay]
Value Data: [Default = 400 / Adjust to Preference]
Exit Registry / Reboot

25) Increase Internet Download Connections
Increase Simultaneous Internet Download Connections. Increases the number of allowed simultaneous connections to ten (10).
[Start] [Run] [Regedit]

Go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER | Software | Microsoft | Windows | CurrentVersion | Internet | Settings

Modify/Create DWORD Value of Data type REG_DWORD Named [MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server]
Setting for Value Data: [0000000a]

Modify/Create DWORD Value of Data type REG_DWORD Named [MaxConnectionsPerServer]
Setting for Value Data: [0000000a]
Exit Registry / Reboot

26) Create Legal Notice Logon Dialog Box
In situations where you need users to read a legal notice before logging on, this tweak will create the caption for the notice.
Start] [Run] [Regedit]

Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE | SOFTWARE | Microsoft | Windows NT | CurrentVersion | Winlogon

Modify/Create String Value of Data type REG_SZ Named [LegalNoticeCaption]
Value Data for LegalNoticeCaption: [Type the Caption for the Dialog Box]

Modify/Create String Value of Data type REG_SZ Named [LegalNoticeText]
Value Data for LegalNoticeText: [Type the Data for the Legal Notice]
Exit Registry / Reboot

27) Disable Error reporting in XP
Sometimes errors, make us very annoyed in XP so its better to disable
them. Just Right click the my computer icon, click properties, go to
[advance] and then [error reporting] @ the bottom, click disable error
reporting, and check the check box below it.

28) Rename multiple files.
A new, small, neat feature for Windows XP deals with renaming files. I
personally have always wanted the OS to include a way to do a mass file
renaming on a bunch of files. You can now rename multiple files at once
.Its really simple:

Select several files in Explorer, press F2 and rename one of those
files to something else. All the selected files get renamed to the new
file name (plus a number added to the end).

29) Disable Baloon tips.
To disable Ballon tips in Windows XP do this registry tweak

Go to : HKEY_CURRENT_USER | Software | Microsoft | Windows | CurrentVersion | Explorer | Advanced

Create a new DWORD value, name it EnableBalloonTips, and set it equal
to 0. If EnableBalloonTips is already there and equal to 1, set it
equal to 0. Quit the registry editor, log off, and log back on. Voila!
Your computer will stop talking down to you.

30) Sort menus alphabetically
When you install a new program for a user, it doesn’t find its place in
the alphabetical Start menu hierarchy right away; it hangs out at the
bottom for a little while. If your users employ the Classic Start menu,
they can re-alphabetize it manually by right-clicking the taskbar and
choosing Properties, clicking the Customize button next to the Classic
Start Menu, and clicking the Sort button.

With the Windows XP style of Start menu, however, you don’t have an
equivalent button. To make Windows always alphabetize the list, remove
the permissions from the Registry key that controls the sort order for
the Start menu.

To do so, go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER | Software | Microsoft | Windows | CurrentVersion | Explorer | MenuOrder

Choose Edit | Permissions and click the Advanced button. Deselect the
Inherit From Parent The Permission Entries That Apply To Child Objects
check box and then click Copy when the Security dialog box pops up.
Click OK and clear the Full Control entry for your account and all
security groups you are a member of. Leave only Read permission.

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All of the above tips and tweaks have no responsibility at all. Apply at your own risk.

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