Remove Logoff From Start menu

Following are the simple steps required to do this :-

1. Start Regedit, By Going to Start->Run And then Type regedit there .

2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion \Policies\Explorer

3.Create a DWORD value named StartMenuLogoff

4. Give it a value of 1 Restart you computer.

Congrats you have successfully removed your Start Menu Logoff Button


Note:-This Tweak Dosen’t Work For all Versions Of Windows Xp

How to Empty My Recent Documents Automatically on Log off?

All the files you open will be stored in your user profile in a hidden folder named My Recent Documents. This is really annoying and a treat to our privacy! We can make this folder auto cleared on logoff using a single registry change.

1. Click Start > Run > Type in regedit

2. In the Registry editor navigate to the following key.

HKEY_Current_User > Software > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Policies > Explorer

3. Right click on the Right Pane > New > Dword Value & name it as ClearRecentDocsOnExit .

4. Double Clcik on it & se the value to 1 .

This will clear the My Recent Documents Folder automatically on logoff.

To Revert back either delete the Dword value or set the value to 0.

That's it.
Enjoy!

Change windows startup and shutdown sounds

To change windows xp start up sound

You have to convert the sound which you want to put as the start up & shutdown sound


Rename the files as Windows XP Startup.wav & Windows XP Shutdown.wav

Navigate to c:\windows\media & replace the orginal winxp startup & shutdown sound with the new Windows XP Startup & Shutdown file

Yo YO YO enjoyyy

Can U Rename?

can u do this ???

Try to create a folder in Windows with either of these names--
"con" or "nul" or "Aux" or "Lpt1".
Windows will not let u create ....

This s coz these refer 2 some well known ports....
-con corresponds to the console
-Lpt1 corresponds to printer and so on....

well dat was common but hw bt this ? Try these more

CON, PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9.

Overcome Auto Reboot Problem

Many People Might have faced , cases when a system fault/error/crash ends up freezing the OS at the dreaded BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death), which displays the cause of the crash and gives some details about the state of the system when it crashed. The major annoyance is that it requires a “cold” reboot (reset) or complete power shut down, to remind you why those 2 buttons on the front of your PC case are meant for. And moreover, if you are a system administrator, requiring your server(s) to run non-stop 24/7, this can be a pain in Your head But have no fear, the fix is here…

This Registry hack is valid for ALL NT, 2000, XP and 2003 releases.

To bypass the BSOD altogether and enable the instant “Auto Reboot” feature, run Regedit and go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl

Right-click on the “AutoReboot” DWORD [REG_DWORD] Value in the right hand pane -> select Modify -> change it to read 1 (Auto Reboot enabled) -> click OK -> close the Registry Editor.
Restart Windows for the change to take effect.
From now on the OS will reboot upon locking up, right after writing to the crash log file (if enabled).
To disable it, change the “AutoReboot” value back to 0 (default)

Add Copy To And Move To Options Whenever U Right Click On A File .

Once done, you will be able to right click any file or folder and use the Browse for Folder dialog to choose the location you want to move or copy your file or folder to, without having to go to the destination path,
its cool!

First we will add the copy and move options to the right click menu of all FILES.

CLICK Start>Run, type REGEDIT and click OK to open up the registry editor and make your way to this key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers

Right click the ContextMenuHandlers key and choose New>Key.
Name the new key “Copy To” (without the quotes).
Repeat the above and create another new key named Move To.

You should now have two new subkeys under the ContextMenuHandlers key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Copy To
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Move To

Select the Copy To key and in the right hand pane, double click “Default”
Enter this clsid value as the value data:

{C2FBB630-2971-11d1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}

Next , select the Move To key and in the right hand pane set the default value to:

{C2FBB631-2971-11d1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}

This now takes care of the Copy and Move options for the right click context menu of all your files.
Now all that is left is to add the same options to the right click menu of all your folders.
The procedure will be the same as for files but at a different key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHan dlers

Right click ContextMenuHandlers and create a new key named Copy To.
Right click it again and create another new key named Move To.

left click on the right hand pane, add the same default values as you did for Files:

For Copy To:
{C2FBB630-2971-11d1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}
For the Move To:
{C2FBB631-2971-11d1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}

Exit the registry and you are done.

Now when you right click on a file or folder, you should see two new options: Copy to Folder and Move to Folder

Hide files inside JPG

I found an interesting tutorial. You can hide files inside an innocent looking JPG image. The secretly created image file will open in any image viewer just like a normal file but if you open it with winrar you will find the hidden files. Pretty neat trick.Very few would be knowing it.
Click on the link below to watch the tutorial (its a video tutorial)

http://www.thetechtray.net/videos/rar

Disabling Dr. Watson

Dr. Watson can be a little annoying at times, but there's solution. You can turn it off. The behaviour of Dr Watson is controlled by:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AeDebug

The contents of the REG_SZ value, Auto, controls how Dr Watson operates:
0:
Displays a message box informing the user of an application error.
1:
(default) Causes the debugger to start automatically.

You can disable Dr Watson completely by deleting the AeDebug key. To re-enable it, type:

drwtsn32 -i

at the command prompt.

Remove RUN ....

Who wants to delete "RUN"

I really don't know why someone could wish to remove RUN from START MENU, but if you're one of them, you can do that, too.

REGEDIT

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

Double click on "NoRun" and change "ValueData" from 0 to 1.

Close Regedit, and restart computer.

Danger of "CTRL+C" on web

We do copy various data by ctrl+c for pasting elsewhere. This copied data is stored in clipboard and is accessible from the net by a combination of Javascripts and ASP.
Just try this:
1) Copy any text by 'ctrl+c'

2) Do not keep sensitive data (like passwords, reditcard numbers, PIN etc.) in the clipboard while surfing the web. It is extremely easy to extract the text stored in the clipboard to steal your sensitive information.

To avoid Clipboard Hack Problem, do the following:
1) In Internet Explorer, Go to Tools -> Internet options -> Security
2) Press Custom level.
3) In the security settings, select disable under Allow paste operations via script and click on 'OK. (Now the contents of your clipboard are safe.)

Remove the Windows XP splash screen

Disabling the Windows XP splash screen will reduce boot time.

1 To remove it first do a search fo a file called "boot.ini" located in \Windows\ .

2. Open the file with Notepad and add "/noguiboot" after "/fastdetect".

Get more disk space - Convert FAT32 to NTFS Filesystem

First this trick need an ntfs disk, if u have fat or fat32, the convert it here is hw:open ms-dos and write

convert X:/fs:ntfs

Replace X by the drive name (c or d or e)

For example... for drive C:\

convert c:/fs:ntfs

now select a drive (c or d or e.......) right-click and propreties, then click on general and select "compress drive to save disk space" and press ok...no data will be damaged or removed.

Hide a Drive

1. Go to Start > run > type "diskpart".(Without Quote)
a dos window will appear with following prompt.

DISKPART>
2. Then type "list volume" this will look like it

Volume### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
-------------- ---- ------ --- ----- ---- ------- --
Volume 0 F DC-ROM
Volume 1 C NTFS Partition 7000MB Healthy
Volume 2 D soft NTFS Partition 8000MB Healthy
Volume 3 E ---- NTFS Partition 8000MB Healthy

3. If u wanna hide drive E then type "select volume 3"then a message will appear in same winwods { Volume 3 is the selected volume}

4. Now type " remove letter E" now a message will come { Diskpart Removed the Drive letter }sometime it requires the reboot the computer .

5. Diskpart will remove the letter .Windows XP is not having capabilty to identify the unkown volume.

Don't be afraid about the data, it will remain in the drive. To Come back to the Drive repeat the process . but in 4th step which is shown in this post replace " remove" to "assign"i mean type " assign letter E"

Put ur name in window's start menu

First of all Download a resource hacker form the net. it is actually a free software. just click on the link to download resource hacker http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/11/23/409541/ResHacker.rar

now the main thing u have to do is :
1) go to "C:\WINDOWS" and there copy the "explorer.exe" and paste it on the desktop and rename it as ur name. for example: "sagar.exe"

2)now open the resource hacker that u have downloaded earlier.
click on file menu select open.
from the open menu select renamed file for example : "sagar.exe"
now from left side of resource hacker select "String Table" and then folder "37" then select select "1033" on clicking this some text will appear on right side of the resource hacker.
on the right side u will see some thing written as "start" now what u have to do just put ur name in place of start.
now compile it and save it.

3)Now cut the renamed file i.e "sagar.exe" from ur desktop and paste it in its original path. ie "C:\WINDOWS".

4) Now select "start menu" and then open run on that type "regedit".

5) On regeditor select "My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\microsoft\Windows NT\Currentversion\Winlogon"
now on the right side of the regeditor doubleclick "shell" then chane the "value data" as the modified file {for example:"sagar.exe"} and press ok.

6) Now restart ur system. u will feel gr8 to see ur hand work.

How to find your IP Address?

To find your IP Address,

1. Go to Start —> Run
2. Type cmd
3. Command Prompt will open.
4. In that, type ipconfig /all
5. You will see your IP Address

Make the hard drive inaccessible

when double clicked on this drive an error message will open saying it is inaccessible .This is an alternate to hiding a drive and making it inaccisible. Here's how u do that :

Go to the registry editor and navigate to the following place :
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
In the right hand pane for the Explorer key, create a new "DWORD" value named ViewNoDrive

Double click the new value and enter it as .......
for hiding A drive set value as 1 , for B its 2 and C its 4 and so on and for Z its 33554432
generally multiply it by 2 for the next alphabet to hide

Once done, reboot or log off and login in again. Then try double clicking the drive you made inaccessible.

You should receive a message stating that the drive cannot be accessed

Automatically close the non-responding pgm - Windows XP

With a small registry tweak, Windows XP can be set to
automatically close any program that 'stops responding'
(crashes), eliminating the need for you to use the task manager to
close down the offending software manually.

Steps:Open REGEDIT and navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control
Panel\ DesktopModify the REG_SZ entry AutoEndTasks with a value of 1

Note:Without having much knowledge in Registry Editor Dont try.
Before editing registry take a back up.
Back Up Registry:Start --> RunRegeditFile --> ExportAnd export the registry to the safe place.

Chat with your friends through MS-DOS

1. All you need is your friends IP address and your Command Prompt.
2. Open your notepad and write tis code as it is.................. I would prefer you to copy this !

@echo off
:A
Cls
echo MESSENGER
set /p n=User:
set /p m=Message:
net send %n% %m%
Pause
Goto A

3. Now save this as "Messenger.Bat".
4. Drag this file (.bat file)over to Command Prompt and press enter!
5. You would then see some thing like this:

MESSENGER
User:

6. After "User" type the IP address of the computer you want to contact.
7. Before you press "Enter" it should look like this:

Remove SHORTCUT link from the desktop folder

how to remove short cut arrows on u'r desktop items
just go to >start>run>regedit>hkey_classes_root>u
find a file by name lnkfile click on that to that right
u can see a file by name is shortcut delete that and
again come to left click on pipfile u delete again is shortcut
then restart the pc u cant see the shortcut arrow

I hate these junks

Here are some simple techniques to remove your temporary files from your hard drive. These temporary files if not cleared frequently, could take up a lot of space. But, if you are working with internet regularly or didn’t care much about your temporary files, you can keep them. Oh, btw, these temporary files makes your webpage loads faster and makes programs runs much faster, no doubt.

1. Start > Run > Type %temp% in the text field (including %). You can delete all the files from that folder. In case, a file is currently used by a running program, you will not be able to delete it. Do it at a later time, or when you stop every program that is running.

And just press the Up button from this folder and you will see a folder named “Temporary Internet Files”. Guess, you know what to do.

2. Start > Run > Prefetch : You can delete all the files from this folder.

3. Start > Run > Temp : Same as prefetch.

4. You can search for a temporary files yourself by typing *.tmp in the Find files or folders. But this is risky.

To clear history, cache, cookies..etc.etc… you can do it easily from the browser itself. One recommendation, do defrag your hard drives frequently, at least once a week. Do Disk Cleanup. And you can have certain software for junk file removal and registry cleaner.