Useful Tips to speed up Windows

How to increase shut down speed in Windows XP?

Go to START-RUN-type 'regedit'
Then click 'OK'
Navigate to 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/Desktop'
Go to the right side of the window.Click 'AutoEndTasks' Open it and enter the 'Value Data' as '1'.
Then click 'OK'.
Restart your system.
How to increase internet speed in Windows XP?
Click START-RUN
Type gpedit.msc
Then ENTER
Go to(expand) local computer policy-administrative templates-Network
Highlight QQS packet scheduler
Then go to right side window
double click on limit reservable bandwidth
Go to settings tab check 'enabled'
Change value of bandwidth limit percentage to '0'(zero)
You will get maximum internet speed.

How to remove and sppedup, start up screen from Windows XP
Click Start-RUN
Type msconfig.Then enter.
Select Boot.INI
Then check on /NOGUIBOOT box.
Click on OK.
The Start Menu can be leisurely when it decides to appear, but you can speed things along by changing the registry. Click Start-RUN
Type regedit> click ok.
now click HKEY_CURRENT_USER>. ControlPanel>>Desktop>>> MenuShowDelay from the default 400 to something a little snappier. Like 0
Services You Can Disable

There are quite a few services you can disable from starting automatically.This would be to speed up your boot time and free resources.They are only suggestions so I suggestion you read the description of each one when you run Servicesand that you turn them off one at a time.

Some possibilities are:

Alerter

Application Management

Clipbook

Fast UserSwitching

Human Interface Devices

Indexing Service

Messenger

Net Logon

NetMeeting

QOS RSVP

Remote Desktop Help Session Manager

Remote Registry

Routing & Remote Access

SSDP Discovery Service

Universal Plug and Play Device Host

Web Client


Cleaning the Prefetch Directory

WindowsXP has a new feature called Prefetch. This keeps a shortcut to recently used programs.

However it can fill up with old and obsolete programs.

To clean this periodically go to:

Star / Run / Prefetch

Press Ctrl-A to highlight all the shorcuts

Delete them

Not Displaying Logon, Logoff, Startup and Shutdown Status Messages

To turn these off:

Start Regedit

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system

If it is not already there, create a DWORD value named DisableStatusMessages

Give it a value of 1

Clearing the Page File on Shutdown

Click on the Start button

Go to the Control Panel

Administrative Tools

Local Security Policy

Local Policies

Click on Security Options

Right hand menu - right click on "Shutdown: Clear Virtual Memory Pagefile"

Select "Enable"

Reboot

For regedit users.....

If you want to clear the page file on each shutdown:

Start Regedit

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\ClearPageFileAtShutdown

Set the value to 1

No GUI Boot

If you don't need to see the XP boot logo,

Run MSCONFIG

Click on the BOOT.INI tab

Check the box for /NOGUIBOOT
Speeding the Startup of Some CD Burner Programs

If you use program other than the native WindowsXP CD Burner software,you might be able to increase the speed that it loads.

Go to Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Services

Double-click on IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service

For the Startup Type, select DisabledClick on the OK button and then close the Services window

If you dont You should notice

Getting Rid of Unread Email Messages

To remove the Unread Email message by user's login names:

Start Regedit

For a single user: Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UnreadMail

For all users: Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UnreadMail

Create a DWORD key called MessageExpiryDays

Give it a value of 0

Decreasing Boot Time

The designer of Windows has made available a program to analyze and decrease the time it takes to boot to WindowsXP

The program is called BootVis

Uncompress the file.

Run BOOTVIS.EXE

For a starting point, run Trace / Next Boot + Driver Delays

This will reboot your computer and provide a benchmark

After the reboot, BootVis will take a minute or two to show graphs of your system startup.

Note how much time it takes for your system to load (click on the red vertical line)

Then run Trace / Optimize System

Re-Run the Next Boot + Drive Delays

Note how much the time has decreased

Mine went from approximately 33 to 25 seconds.

Increasing Graphics Performance

By default, WindowsXP turns on a lot of shadows, fades, slides etc to menu items.Most simply slow down their display.

To turn these off selectively:

Right click on the My Computer icon

Select Properties

Click on the Advanced tab

Under Performance, click on the Settings button

To turn them all of, select Adjust for best performance

My preference is to leave them all off except for Show shadows under mouse pointer and Show window contents while dragging
Increasing System Performance

If you have 512 megs or more of memory, you can increase system performanceby having the core system kept in memory.

Start Regedit

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\DisablePagingExecutive

Set the value to be 1

Reboot the computer

Increasing File System Caching

To increase the amount of memory Windows will locked for I/O operations:

Start Regedit

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management

Edit the key IoPageLockLimit

Resolving Inability to Add or Remove Programs

If a particular user cannot add or remove programs, there might be a simple registry edit need.

Go to HKCU\Software\microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Uninstall

Change the DWORD NoAddRemovePrograms to 0 disable it


Free Rescue System CD's
The safest way to remove viruses from a computer without the risk of getting infected other files or computers is run the rescue disk .Here are 3 rescue system disks which are free to download .Burn the ISO image to a CD by using MagicISO

1) Avira AntiVir Rescue System

DOWNLOAD : http://dl.antivir.de/down/vdf/rescuecd/rescuecd.exe

2) Kaspersky Rescue Disk



DOWNLOAD : http://ftp.kaspersky.com/devbuilds/RescueDisk/kav_rescue_2008.001.iso
Note:
MagicISO is a powerful CD/DVD image file creating/editing/extracting tool. It can open / create / edit /extract CD/DVD image files, and it can convert bin to iso and back. as well as make ISO file from DVD/CD-ROM or hard disk, and handle bootable information at meanwhile.It can also convert BIN or any other format file created by CD burning software (Such as Nero-Burning ROM, Easy CD Create) or virtual DVD/CD-ROM driver software (such as Daemon-tools) to standard ISO format.


Task Manager Disabled Problem in Windows XP
It is due to some kind of virus/ trojan activity which normally disables the task manager.Now due to this problem when ever the user press alt+ctrl+del to launch windows task manager it gives an error saying “Task Manager is being disabled by your administrator”.

Solution: To Enable the Disabled Task Manager on your system

1. Press window key+r to show run prompt

2. Follow the following steps
Enter gpedit.msc in the run prompt and click OK
In the Group Policy settings window
>Select User Configuration
>Select Administrative Templates
>Select System
>Select Ctrl+Alt+Delete options
>Select Remove Task Manager
>Double-click the Remove Task Manager option’.
>Set the property of this item as disabled.


For Those who use Windows XP Home Edition can use the registry to enable Task Manager

1. open start --> run and type regedit

2. Navigate to the following path:

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

3. You will find a registry key with name DisableTaskMgr of type: REG_DWORD

4. Double click the key with and set the Value to 0

5. Exit the registry and restart to see the effect.

Indexing Services


Indexing Services is a small little program that uses large amounts
of RAM and can often make a computer endlessly loud and noisy. This
system process indexes and updates lists of all the files that are
on your computer. It does this so that when you do a search for
something on your computer, it will search faster by scanning the
index lists. If you don't search your computer often, or even if
you do search often, this system service is completely unnecessary.



To disable do the following:
1. Go to Start2. Click Settings3. Click Control Panel4. Double-click Add/Remove Programs5. Click the Add/Remove Window Components6. Uncheck the Indexing services7. Click Next



OPTIMISE DISPLAY SETTINGS


Windows XP can look sexy but displaying all the visual items can
waste system resources. To optimise:
1.Go to Start


2. Click Settings


3. Click Control Panel


4. Click System


5. Click Advanced tab


6. In the Performance tab click Settings


7. Leave only the following ticked:- Show shadows under menus- Show shadows under mouse pointer- Show translucent selection rectangle- Use drop shadows for icons labels on the desktop- Use visual styles on windows and buttons



DISABLE PERFORMANCE COUNTERS


Windows XP has a performance monitor utility which monitors several
areas of your PC's performance. These utilities take up system
resources so disabling is a good idea.
To disable:
1. download and install the Extensible Performance Counter List2.Then select each counter in turn in the 'Extensible performance
counters' window and clear the 'performance counters enabled'
checkbox at the bottom.button below.



SPEEDUP FOLDER BROWSING


You may have noticed that everytime you open my computer to browse
folders that there is a slight delay. This is because Windows XP
automatically searches for network files and printers everytime you
open Windows Explorer. To fix this and to increase browsing
significantly:
1. Open My Computer2. Click on Tools menu3. Click on Folder Options4. Click on the View tab.5. Uncheck the Automatically search for network folders and
printers check box6. Click Apply7. Click Ok8. Reboot your computer



IMPROVE MEMORY USAGE


Cacheman Improves the performance of your computer by optimizing
the disk cache, memory and a number of other settings.
Once Installed:
1.Go to Show Wizard and select All2.Run all the wizards by selecting Next or Finished until you are
back to the main menu. Use the defaults unless you know exactly
what you are doing.3.Exit and Save Cacheman4.Restart Windows



OPTIMISE YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION
There are lots of ways to do this but by far the easiest is to run
TCP/IP Optimizer.
1. Download and install2. Click the General Settings tab and select your Connection Speed
(Kbps)3. Click Network Adapter and choose the interface you use to
connect to the Internet4. Check Optimal Settings then Apply5. Reboot.



OPTIMISE YOUR PAGEFILE


If you give your pagefile a fixed size it saves the operating
system from needing to resize the page file.
1. Right click on My Computer and select Properties


2. Select the Advanced tab


3. Under Performance choose the Settings button


4. Select the Advanced tab again and under Virtual Memory select Change.


5. Highlight the drive containing your page file and make the
initial Size of the file the same as the Maximum Size of the file.
Windows XP sizes the page file to about 1.5X the amount of actual
physical memory by default. While this is good for systems with
smaller amounts of memory (under 512MB) it is unlikely that a
typical XP desktop system will ever need 1.5 X 512MB or more of
virtual memory. If you have less than 512MB of memory, leave the
page file at its default size. If you have 512MB or more, change
the ratio to 1:1 page file size to physical memory size.



RUN BOOTVIS - IMPROVE BOOT TIMES

BootVis will significantly improve boot times
1. Download and Run

2. Select Trace


3. Select Next Boot and Driver Trace


4. A Trace Repetitions screen will appear, select Ok and Reboot


5. Upon reboot, BootVis will automatically start, analyze and log
your system's boot process. When it's done, in the menu go to Trace
and select Optimize System


6. Reboot.


7. When your machine has rebooted wait until you see the Optimizing
System box appear. Be patient and wait for the process to complete.



REMOVE THE DESKTOP PICTURE
Your desktop background consumes a fair amount of memory and can
slow the loading time of your system. Removing it will improve
performance.
1. Right click on Desktop and select Properties


2. Select the Desktop tab


3. In the Background window select None


4. Click Ok



REMOVE FONTS FOR SPEED



Fonts, especially TrueType fonts, use quite a bit of system
resources. For optimal performance, trim your fonts down to just
those that you need to use on a daily basis and fonts that
applications may require.
1. Open Control Panel2. Open Fonts folder3. Move fonts you don't need to a temporary directory (e.g.
C:\FONTBKUP?) just in case you need or want to bring a few of them
back. The more fonts you uninstall, the more system resources you
will gain.



DISABLE UNNECESSARY SERVICES



Because Windows XP has to be all things to all people it has many
services running that take up system resources that you will never
need. Below is a list of services that can be disabled on most
machines:
Alerter


Clipbook


Computer Browser


Distributed Link Tracking Client


Fast User Switching


Help and Support - (If you use Windows Help and Support leave this enabled)


Human Interface Access Devices


Indexing Service


IPSEC Services


Messenger


Netmeeting Remote Desktop Sharing (disabled for extra security)


Portable Media Serial Number


Remote Desktop Help Session Manager (disabled for extra security)


Remote Procedure Call Locator


Remote Registry (disabled for extra security)


Remote Registry Service


Secondary Logon


Routing & Remote Access (disabled for extra security)


ServerSSDP Discovery Service - (Unplug n' Pray will disable this)


Telnet


TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper


Upload Manager


Universal Plug and Play Device Host


Windows Time


Wireless Zero Configuration (Do not disable if you use a wireless network)


Workstation


To disable these services:
Go to Start and then Run and type "services.msc"


Doubleclick on the service you want to changeChange the startup type to 'Disable"



SPEEDUP FOLDER ACCESS - DISABLE LAST ACCESS UPDATE
If you have a lot of folders and subdirectories on your computer,
when you access a directory XP wastes a lot of time updating the
time stamp showing the last access time for that directory and for
ALL sub directories. To stop XP doing this you need to edit the
registry. If you are uncomfortable doing this then please do not
attempt.
Go to Start and then Run and type "regedit"Click through the file system until you get to
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\C ontr ol\FileSystem"Right-click in a blank area of the window on the right and select
'DWORD Value'Create a new DWORD Value called 'NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate'Then Right click on the new value and select 'Modify'Change the Value Data to '1'Click 'OK'
Apply Background Picture for your Pendrive,A nice trick
If you wish to place Background Picture for your Pendrive then here is the simple trick to do that.I saw this trick in orkut and would like to share it with you.


step 1: Open notepad
step 2: Just Copy the below code to notepad,then save it as "desktop.ini"

[.ShellClassInfo]

IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll

IconIndex=127

ConfirmFileOp=0

[{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]Attributes=1

IconArea_Image="YourPictureName.jpg"

IconArea_Text="0xFFFFFF"

VeBRA sources - don't delete the tag above, it's there for XXXXX purposes -

[ExtShellFolderViews]

{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}={BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}

{5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262}={5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262}

[{5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262}]

PersistMoniker=Folder.htt

PersistMonikerPreview=%WebDir%\folder.bmp

Note:

1. Where "YourPictureName.jpg" is, delete that and replace with your picture name for example "digital-mirror.gif"

2. Put "desktop.ini" and your chosen picture in yourUSB Drive then Hidden it.

3. Refresh and Enjoy with your new background.

Google Chrome Gets Full Screen Mode, Duplicate Tabs Trick
Google Chrome has turned out from being a newbie browser, to a pretty widely used one these days, and the developers have been releasing updates to the browser, making Chrome more and more better day by day.
In the latest feature released to the Developer Channel of Google Chrome, they have released the option for full-screen browsing.

To enter full screen browser press the F11 key on your keyboard, however there is no address bar available in the full screen mode, so you will have to get out of full screen to be able to type in another URL.
Google Chrome also has an option to duplicate any given tab, this feature allows users to easily move over cookies and other session related content from one tab to another, to duplicate a tab, right click on any of the tab you want to duplicate and click on the Duplicate Tab option. Please note, the duplicate tabs feature is available in regular version of Google Chrome too.
If you are not a developer channel user, you will not see the new features in your Google Chrome, however if you are looking to start using the development channel, our KISS Geeks website has a handy tutorial on How To Get The Latest Development Versions of Google Chrome.


One Click Shutdown !!
There are many things you can play with in Windows Operating System. The normal process to shut down the system is: To click Start - Turn off Computer - Turn Off. However this is not the only way to shut the system down. You can shut down your system with only one click. Here's how:
Navigate to your desktop. On the desktop, right-click and go to New, then to Shortcut (in other words, create a new shortcut). You should now see a pop-up window instructing you to enter a command line path. Use the following path in "Type Location of the Item"

SHUTDOWN -s -t 01

If the C: drive is not your local hard drive, then replace "C" with the correct letter of the hard drive. Click the "Next" button. Name the shortcut and click the "Finish" button. Now whenever you want to shut down, just click on this shortcut and you're done.
You can also setup a TIMER for shutting down the system. Here's how:
Method 1:
Right click on your desktop and choose "New=>shortcuts". In the box that says "Type the location of the shortcut", type in "shutdown -s -t 3600" without the quotation marks and click next. Note: 3600 are the amount of seconds before your computer shuts down. So, 60secs*60mins=3600secs.
Make up a name for the shortcut and you're done. You can change the icon by right clicking=>properities=>change icon=>browse
To Abort This Process:
To make an abort key to stop the shutdown timer just create another shortcut and make the "location of the shortcut" to " shutdown -a" without the quotes.
Method 2:
Here is another trick to shutdown at a specific time, for example you wish to shutdown at 11:35am. Type this in
start=>Run
Type: at 11:35 shutdown -s
TO ABORT:
Type: shutdown -a

Open docx files in Firefox without Office 07
A good news for all those who do not wish to download a converter for converting .docx, .xlsx, .pptx etc. files to .doc, .xls, .ppt respectively. There's a new Firefox extension from Microsoft that will help view all .*x extension files to be displayed as normal html pages in FireFox.Called OpenXML viewer, this plug-in (download link) lets you read docx files inside the Firefox browser just like any other HTML web page while retaining all the text formatting and layout.



There’s a command-line version of OpenXML viewer (download link) available as well for converting docx documents into HTML files that you may then open in any other web browser.
Is Your Computer Running slow?? Fix it now!!
There are number of possible reasons for a computer to run slow. Even latest configuration computers with huge amounts of RAM and fast processors could run slower than it's usual speed. This mainly happens due to the vast use of Internet and easily available free softwares and trial versions of paid softwares.With advancing technologies, high speed braod band internet connection is very common these days. Number of internet users are increase everyday and they download such softwares quite often. There are numerous software directories which offer free downloads of various softwares. These softwares aren't harmful to computers but installing too many softwares slow down your computer. Many of these softwares automatically set themselves to start up directory and everytime you start your PC, they start running even though you do not need to use them at moment. All you can do is find a decent Registry Cleaner from google and install it. Most registry cleaners will provide a list of programs which start as soon as windws boots up, unused registry entries, uninstall entries and numerous other computer problems. A good registry cleaner program will clean them too.One more problem your system to run slow could be installing some softwares that contain Adware OR Spyware. These softwares use lot of computer resources ending up with slowing down the computer. If you're having this problem, a good Anti-Spyware would help. It detects and removes if any existing softwares contain adware or spyware. It also protects your system getting infected again in future.The last and the most common cause of slow system is, system being infected with VIRUS. Virus is a computer program written with malicious intentions. Viruses are of many types, some are harmless while others damage the full system severely. Most viruses slow down the computer as it uses full system resources. The important thing here is to install a good branded Antivirus and a Firewall. Make sure you update your Antivirus regularly since Virus programs are written daily.Deleting cache and cookies and clearing history on a regular basis would help too. All in all, a good registry cleaner, anti-pyware and an antivirus is must for a smooth computer system, if you're a regular internet user.

Kill Waiting Time for Downloading in Rapidshare
If you do download as a free user in Rapidshare then you should wait for some time before your download get to start,You can kill that waiting time by hacking java script.Here is the trick..
Steps
1. Open Rapidshare link in browser and download as free user
2. After that you can see waiting time and now got address bar and enter this codejavascript:alert(c=0)
3. This java script code ignores waiting time and allows for download




How to remove Virus from USB Drives
One of the ways by which a virus can infect your pc is through USB/Pen drives. Common viruses such as ’Ravmon’ , ‘New Folder.exe’, ‘Sho is banned’ etc are spreading through USB drives. Most anti virus programs are unable to detect them and even if they do, in most cases they are unable to delete the file, only quarantine it. Here are the things which you can do if you want to remove such viruses from your USB drives

Whenever you plug a USB drive in your system, a window will appear similar to the one shown below



Don’t click on Ok , just choose ‘Cancel’. Open the Command Prompt by typing ‘cmd‘ in the run box. In the command prompt type the drive letter: and press enter . Now type dir /w/a and press enter.

This will display a list of the files in the pen drive. Check whether the following files are there or not

* Autorun.inf
* Ravmon.exe
* New Folder.exe
* svchost.exe
* Heap41a
* or any other exe file which may be suspicious.

If any of the above files are there, then probably the USB drive is infected. In command prompt type attrib -r -a -s -h *.* and press enter. This will remove the Read Only, Archive, System and hidden file attribute from all the files. Now just delete the files using the command del filename. example del Ravmon.exe. Delete all the files that are suspicious. To be on a safer side, just scan the USB drive with an anti virus program to check whether it is free of virus or not. Now remove the drive and plug it again. In most of the cases, the real culprit turns out to be the “Autorun.inf” file which mostly gets executed when someone clicks Ok in the dialog window which appears above. Thus the infections can spread
100+ WINDOWS KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
CTRL+C (Copy)
CTRL+X (Cut)
CTRL+V (Paste)
CTRL+Z (Undo)
DELETE (Delete)
SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin)
CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item)
CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item)
F2 key (Rename the selected item)
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word)
SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document)
CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word)
CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph)
CTRL+UP ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph)
CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Highlight a block of text)
CTRL+A (Select all)
F3 key (Search for a file or a folder)
ALT+ENTER (View the properties for the selected item)
ALT+F4 (Close the active item, or quit the active program)
ALT+ENTER (Display the properties of the selected object)
ALT+SPACEBAR (Open the shortcut menu for the active window)
CTRL+F4 (Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously)
ALT+TAB (Switch between the open items)
ALT+ESC (Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened)
F6 key (Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop)
F4 key (Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer)
SHIFT+F10 (Display the shortcut menu for the selected item)
ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the System menu for the active window)
CTRL+ESC (Display the Start menu)
ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name (Display the corresponding menu)Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu (Perform the corresponding command)
F10 key (Activate the menu bar in the active program)
RIGHT ARROW (Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu)

F1 key (Open the Help topic, if any, for the selected item)

F5 key (Update the content of all console windows)

CTRL+F10 (Maximize the active console window)

CTRL+F5 (Restore the active console window)

ALT+ENTER (Display the Properties dialog box, if any, for the selected item)

F2 key (Rename the selected item)

CTRL+F4 (Close the active console window. When a console has only one console window, this shortcut closes the console)Remote Desktop Connection Navigation

CTRL+ALT+END (Open the m*cro$oft Windows NT Security dialog box)

ALT+PAGE UP (Switch between programs from left to right)

ALT+PAGE DOWN (Switch between programs from right to left)

ALT+INSERT (Cycle through the programs in most recently used order)

ALT+HOME (Display the Start menu)

CTRL+ALT+BREAK (Switch the client computer between a window and a full screen)ALT+DELETE (Display the Windows menu)

CTRL+ALT+Minus sign (-) (Place a snapshot of the active window in the client on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.)

CTRL+ALT+Plus sign (+) (Place a snapshot of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing ALT+PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.)microsoft Internet Explorer Navigation

CTRL+B (Open the Organize Favorites dialog box)

CTRL+E (Open the Search bar)

CTRL+F (Start the Find utility)

CTRL+H (Open the History bar)

CTRL+I (Open the Favorites bar)

CTRL+L (Open the Open dialog box)

CTRL+N (Start another instance of the browser with the same Web address)

CTRL+O (Open the Open dialog box, the same as CTRL+L)

CTRL+P (Open the Print dialog box)

CTRL+R (Update the current Web page)

CTRL+W (Close the current window)

Tricks to Speed up firefox!!
If you want to speed UpFireFox Load Time,Try this trick.Browser will repond twice faster!!


Step 1: Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scrolldown and look for the following entries:
network.http.pipeliningnetwork.http.proxy.pipeliningnetwork.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 reallyspeeds up page loading.
Step 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.
Step 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 recieves.
If you're using a brodband connection pages will load 2-3 times faster now.

To speed up Acrobat Reader(Almost like Notepad) Try this!!
SPEED UP UR ACROBAT READER (ALMOST LIKE NOTEPAD)

step 1: Go to the installation folder of acrobat reader(C:\program files\adobe\acrobat\reader\.. whatever)
step 2: Move all the files and folders from the "plugins" directory to the "Optional" directory. (cut and paste the files NOT copy and paste).
Also make sure that acrobat reader is not open else it will lock the files and not allow you to move the files.
Now your acrobat reader will load very fast and almost as good as notepad

Create an FTP Server on your computer
Configure the user accounts which u have created.

Step 1:On the left tree-menu, select the account which you have created above and then click upon General Tab.

Step 2:Goto Hide 'Hidden' Files.

Step 3:Check Allow only and enter the number one in the box.

Step4:Set the maximum downloading speed upto extent you want.As this is an account so many will be using so set it low(eg:-10-20) to save your bandwidth.Don't leave it blank as users can download with full bandwidth.

Step 5:choose how many users you want to login at one time.It depends on your connection speed try these (56 - 1, ISDN - 3, ADSL or cable - 5-6 users.)

Step 6:Click upon Dir Access Tab.

Step 7:Now you can see the home folder here.Highlight it and make your permission.

Step 8:If you want only users to download check only these Read,List and Inherit.

Step 9:If you want your users to upload into your server but to only one particular folder and not to downlaod, click upon that add button and then select that folder, Now you have to highlight that folder and set these permissions on that folder.Check,Write,Appened,List,Create & Inherit after setting these permissions click on the arrow which is present at the bottom right-hand corner.You want this upload folder 2 be list first, before the home folder.

Step 10:If there is any folder which you dont want anyone to access it and it is present in the home folder, then click add button & then select the folder.Now you have to highlight that folder and see that no all the checkboxes are left.After doing this click upon upper arrow which is present at bottom right hand corner.

Step 11:There are many things you can do, These are only the basics.

Step 12:Your server is now ready to be connected.

Step 13:Login with your username & password.

Create Nameless Folder in Windows XP
This trick works only in Windows 2000 and Windows XP.Following are the steps required to pull off this nice piece of trick.
step 1. Select any file you wish.
step 2. Right-click the file and click Rename or just press the F2 key to rename it.
step 3. Press and hold the ALT key. While still holding the Alt key, type the numbers 0160 from the keyboard.(Note: The numbers must be typed from the numpad of your keyboard. i.e the number keys present on the right side of the keyboard and NOT from the number keys present above the top of character keys.)
step 4. The file will be without a nameWhat happens here is, the file is named with a single space.

If you want to create a second file without a name in the same directory as the first one, the above steps will not help you.So how do you create a second "nameless" file?
1. Follow the first 3 steps mentioned above.
2. Release the ALT key. Again repeat the first 3 steps.
3. Now the second file will be created with two spaces.

How to lock the Desktop icon??
step 1: click start button
step 2: click run
type gpedit.msc
a box will open and now double click the last option (ie.,)administrative templates
You can do everything like locking any files or any thing ypu want in any field. The changes you made from here cant be changed by other people who doesnt know that command!!

Note:
Take system backup before using this command.It is purely for educational purpose only.Try at your own risk

How to start Remote DeskTop
Remote Desktop must be enabled on all the computers to which you wish to connect. To ensure that it is enabled, follow these steps:

1)Right click the My Computer icon on your desktop or start menu and click properties.

2)Click the Remote tab at the top of the system properties window and check the box next to "Allow users to connect remotely to this computer."

After you have completed these steps, you are ready to connect to another computer. Before you start, make sure both computers are turned on and connected to your Local Area Network (LAN). It also helps if you both have configured the same workgroup as your default, if you are not on a domain configuration. Most home networks are not on a domain.

3)On the computer you will be connecting from, click Start then select Run and in the new box that appears, type "mstsc" then press ENTER. OR Go to START, select ALL PROGRAMS, Select ACCESSORIES, select COMMUNICATIONS, then click REMOTE DESKTOP CONNECTION.

4)Type the name of the computer you wish to connect to in the connection window.

5)Log in using the username and password supplied by the computer owner. You can not sign into a Limited Account using Remote Desktop.

How do remove an extra operating system
If you have more then one operating system installed and if you wish to remove an operating system from the boot menu, you can use the following information.

step 1: Click on Start, Control Panel, System, Advanced.

step 2: Under Startup and Recovery, click Settings.

step 3: Under Default Operating System, choose one of the following:"Microsoft Windows XP Professional /fastdetect"-or-"Microsoft Windows XP Home /fasdetect"-or-"Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional /fastdetect"

step 4: Take the checkmark out of the box for "Time to display a list of Operating Systems".

step 5: Click Apply and Ok, and reboot the system.

NOTE: If you wish to edit the boot.ini file manually, click on the button "EDIT"

Remote shutdown from linux to window
This is a console command for remote shutdown of a window system in network
SYNTAX:
net rpc SHUTDOWN -C “some comment here” -f -I x.x.x.x -U user_name%password
try it out!!

Create Nameless folder in windows xp
A successful trick works in Windows 2000 and Windows XP.Following are the steps required to pull off this nice piece of trick.

1. Select any file you wish.

2. Right-click the file and click Rename or just press the F2 key to rename it.

3. Press and hold the ALT key. While still holding the Alt key, type the numbers 0160 from the keyboard.(Note: The numbers must be typed from the numpad of your keyboard. i.e the number keys present on the right side of the keyboard and NOT from the number keys present above the top of character keys.)

4. The file will be without a name

What happens here is, the file is named with a single space.If you want to create a second file without a name in the same directory as the first one, the above steps will not help you.

So how do you create a second "nameless" file?

1. Follow the first 3 steps mentioned above.

2. Release the ALT key. Again repeat the first 3 steps.

3. Now the second file will be created with two spaces.Similarly, repeat the procedure thrice to create a third file without a name.

How To Backup Ur Windows Xp
Follow the procedure mentioned below to backup needed data:

Step 1: Click Start -> Run -> type in, with out the quotes, "ntbackup.exe" .
Step 2: Click on Backup Wizard and then "Next".
Step 3: Select the radio button "Backup everything on this computer" and click "Next".
Step 4: Choose a location where you will save your backup.
Step 5: Type in a name of your backup that you will recognize and click "Next".
Step 6: Click "Finish" and your backup will begin.
Step 7: It will complete and provide you a report of the backup.
Step 8: Click "Close" and your backup is complete.

Tips
* Make sure the location you are backing up to has enough storage space to backup your entire computer.
* You will have to be certain you won't have to turn off your computer during the backup.
* Full System backups can take extended amounts of time depending on how much data you have to backup so be prepared