VALUE HAS A VALUE IF ITS VALUE IS VALUED

If you do not want users to be authenticated before using the system then you can make use of this trick. Note that for Windows with multiple users it is not recommended to disable the start up login dialog box.This will affect privacy.

Open the run dialog (start > run).

Type "Control Userpasswords2" without quotes and click ok.

In the resulting User Accounts dialog box, uncheck the "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer" check box.

Click the apply button.

If you want to hide certain control panel icons, you can easily do it by editing the control.ini file.
The control.ini file is present in the c:/windows.
Just open the file.

Initially the control.ini file will be empty.

If you want to hide a control panel icon in control panel, just add the

[don't load] tag followed by the name of the control panel file and then save the file.
For example :
[don't load]
access.cpl=no
The above will hide the accessibility options from control panel.
You can re enable the icon file by removing the corresponding line if you have multiple entries.
You can search for all the files with the extension .cpl, to know the names of the control panel file which you want to hide, using the control.ini file.
Note that you will have to reboot the system for the changes to take effect.

Even if you change the setting in the folder options, it will not show the hidden files. So here are the steps to remove that problem and make the hidden files appear as before:-

1) Go to Start --> Run, then type Regedit

2) Navigate to the registry folder HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL

3) Find a key called CheckedValue.

4) Double Click CheckedValue key and modify it to 1. This is to show all the hidden files.


Now you should be able to view all the hidden files, and also to alter its status from folder options.

Here are the steps

methods---------->
1.goto run type regedit press enter
2.open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList .

3. In right side u see a list just add your account in this list for this right click on empty place select a new DWORD value and rename it to your account name.

thats all
now your account is not shown in logon screen just press ctrl+alt+del twice in logon screen a new window appears put here ur account name and password,press enter

in steps..

#[Start] [Run] [Regedit]
#Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\
Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList
#Modify/Create the Value Data Type(s) and Value Name(s) as detailed below.
#Data Type: REG_DWORD [Dword Value] // Value Name: Type Name of Account to be Hidden
#Setting for Value Data: [0 = Account is Hidden / 1 = Enabled]
#Exit Registry and Reboot

sometimes u realise ur mistake after u have typed a whole sentence (it makes u type whole sentence again )
SO HERE IS A TRICK THAT INFORMS U THAT CAPSLOCK KEY IS ON

it will alert you when your finger taps the Caps Lock key?

With this tip, I'll show you how to make your computer beep & flash the next time it happens.

The first thing you need to do is get the computer to beep when you hit the Caps Lock key. Here's how:

1. Click the Start button, Settings, Control Panel (XP Users, hit the Start button, Control Panel). Open the Accessibility Options Icon.

2. On the Keyboard tab, click the "Use Toggle Keys" checkbox.

That's it for the beeping part. (OK )

Next, we need to get your screen to flash you, err, flash at you.
HOW TO DO THIS

1. From the Accessibility Options screen, click the Sound tab and check the "Use SoundSentry" checkbox.

2. Next click the Settings button and select "Flash active window" from the "Warning for windowed programs" drop down box.

That's it. Hit OK until you're clear of property and settings screens.

If you’re running Windows XP Professional as a local user in a workgroup environment, you can create a password reset disk to log onto your computer when you forget your password. To create the disk:

Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click User Accounts.
Click your account name.
Under Related Tasks, click Prevent a forgotten password.

Follow the directions in the Forgotten Password Wizard to create a password reset disk.

Store the disk in a secure location, because anyone using it can access your local user account

To fix this kind of problem follow these easy steps to make your USB device work again.

1. If you are using cable to connect your USB device to your computer, check the cable to make sure it is compatible and matches up with the speed of your device. Swap cables and check the device, if this does not work, proceed to the next step.

2. Open your Device Manager, look for USB Serial Bus Controllers. If you find a device with a yellow exclamation mark next to it such as USB Mass Storage Device. Check the device status by Double-click on the entry. If it shows something like “This device cannot start. (Code 10)” then proceed to the next step

3. The easiest way to fix a Code 10 error is to remove and reinstall all USB controllers, Here are the ways to do that:

• Click on Start

• Right Click on My Computer, Then select Properties

• Click on the Hardware tab

• Click the Device Manager button.

• Expand Universal Serial Bus controllers section.

• Right-click every device under the Universal Serial Bus controllers node, and then remove them by uninstalling them one at a time.

• Restart your computer, and allow your computer to reinstall the USB controllers.

• Plug in again your storage device, and then test to make sure that the problem is resolved.

• go to run ,Start the registry editor

• Go to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Controlkey

• If there is no key called StorageDevicePolicies, create it. You do this by right-clicking the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control key, and selecting New > Key from the menu.

• Select the StorageDevicePolicies key

• From the menu select Edit > New > DWORD Value

• Name the new value WriteProtect

• Right-click the WriteProtect value and choose Modify

• In the Value Data: box enter 1

• Exit the registry editor, and restart your computer

To set your windows so they all have the same view

1.	Click Start, and then click My Documents.

2.Click the Views button, and then click the view you want to apply to all folders.

3.Click Tools, and then click Folder Options.

4.Click the View tab, and then click Apply to All Folders.

5.Click Yes.

6.Click OK.

To this what can be done is that the USB can be blocked and then stopping the use of USB drives. Here is a simple registry hack to do so, try it with care.

1. Go to Start –> Run, type Regedit.

2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlset\Services\USBStor

3. In the right pane, look for value Start and have value as 0000000(3)

4. Double click on that and change that value to 4.

You might be required to restart the PC, and then you are done with it, USB is now blocked.

In case if you want to get the USB unblocked, just change the value again to 3.
See, its so easy. Isn’t it

Here how you verify system uptime:

Step1: Click Start->Run and type cmd to open a command prompt.At the prompt, type systeminfo.

Step2: Scroll down the list of information to the line that says System Up Time.

This will tell you in days, hours, minutes and seconds how long the system has been up.

Note: This command only works in XP Professional not in XP Home. You can however type net statistics workstation at the prompt in Home. The first line will tell you the day and time that the system came online

Please be very careful when u press Ctrl + C ..

Here is some useful information for all.

Ctrl+C may be the most important work we do everyday. But it's not a very safe thing to do.
Read on to know why.

What happens when you press Ctrl+C while you are Online... We do copy various data by
Ctrl + C for copying & 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. Click the Link: http://www.sourcecodesworld.com/special/clipboard.asp


3. You will see the text you copied was accessed by this web page.

Do not keep sensitive data (like passwords, credit card 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.

There are so many different ways to turn off your Windows XP computer, let's look at some of them:


1. The standard approach - click the Start Button with your mouse, then select the Turn Off menu and finally click the Turn Off icon on the Turn Off computer dialog. blink.gif

2. Press Ctrl+Esc key or the Win key and press u two times - the fastest approach.

3. Get the Shutdown utility from Download.com - it add the shut down shortcuts for you. Else create them yourself using approach 4.

4. Create a shutdown shortcut on your desktop. Right click on the desktop, choose New Shortcut and type shutdown -s -t 00 in the area where you are asked to specify the location of the program file. Now you can just double click this icon to turn off the computer. The best location would be your quick launch bar.

5. Press the Win key + R key to open the run window. Type shutdown -s -t 00. [s means shutdown while t means the duration after which you want to initiate the shutdown process].

If some open processes or application won't let you turn off, append a -f switch to force a shut down by closing all active processes.



6. Win+M to minimize all windows and then Alt+F4 to bring the Turn Off computer dialog.

7. Open Windows Task manager (by right clicking the Windows Task bar or Alt+Ctrl+Del) and choose Shut down from the menu. Useful when the Windows are not responding.


8. open task manager--->click on shutdown--->hold the ctrl key and click on Turn off::::::: pc will be turned off in 3 secs.. fastest method other than hard shutdown

HOW TO BACKUP UR REGISTRY KEYS
VERY USEFULL TRICK

These are the easy steps on how you can export your registry keys

Click Start, and then click Run.

In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.


On the File menu, click Export.


In the Save in box, select the box at the bottom the bottom according to weather you want to export all or only selected branches of the registry.


Next select a location in which to save the backup .reg file. In the File name box, type a file name, and then click Save.


Follow these steps to restore your registry to it's previous state

To restore registry keys that you exported, double-click the .reg file that you saved

HERE IS A TRICK TO PUT ur web PAGE ON OUR DESKTOP


To put a Web page on your desktop, start by right-clicking on an empty space on the desktop. THEN
Click on "Properties" to open the display properties dialog box.


To add a Web page to ur desktop:

1. Click on the desktop tab in the display properties dialog box

2. Click the "Customize Desktop." button


In the desktop items dialog box, click on the Web tab

The settings on the Web tab allow you to add new Web pages to ur desktop & customize their settings.From this screen, u can add a Web page to your desktop and customize its settings.

Wan't to know full information about ur computer?


just GOTO
START > RUN
& TYPE

dxdiag

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

Steps to follow to Make your folders invisible :

• Right Click on the desktop.Make a new folder rename the folder with a space(U have to hold ALT key and type 0160).

• u have a folder with out a name.

• click on the folder>properties>customize. Click on change icon.

• Scroll a bit, u should find some empty spaces, Click on any one of them.

• click ok

As the size of hardrives increase, more people are using partitions to seperate and store groups of files.

XP uses the C:\Program Files directory as the default base directory into which new programs are installed if your OS is installed in C: drive and so on. However, you can change the default installation drive and/ or directory by using a Registry hack.

So let's assume that your system directory is C: drive.

Run the Registry Editor (regedit) and go to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

Look for the value named ProgramFilesDir. by default,this value will be C:\Program Files. Edit the value to any valid drive or folder and XP will use that new location as the default installation directory for new programs.

NumLock does not toggle on by default (system-wide), even if you have it set in your PC's BIOS, because of XP's multi-user functionality. Guess Microsoft doesn't know everyone actually turns it on, which should be reason enough for what acts as "default"...
Anyway, you can hack the Windows Registry to change this behavior, or run a script at logon to turn NumLock on.
1. To enable NumLock through the Registry:

* Open Windows' Registry Editor (START > RUN, type "REGEDIT").
*. Navigate to HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Keyboard.
*. Change the value for InitialKeyboardIndicators from 0 to 2.


2. To enable NumLock using a script, see this MS Knowledgebase article for complete instructions:

CODE:

http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q262625

Option 1 is the quicker method, but if you have more than one user on your system and one or more don't want NumLock on (stranger things have been known of),

then option 2 is the way to go since it allows you to only attach the script to specific users.