Best part about windows is; you can change, customize or modify whatever you like to. Cool. eh! For now lets see how we can change windows desktop Recycle Bin icon’s name. We can do it via registry editor by changing a value.
Go to start
Click Run
write regedit
Hit Enter
Registry editor will be opened
See its menu; file, edit, view, favorites, help
Click at edit and then find or just press Ctrl+F
Find box will be opened
write Recycle Bin in it
Hit F3 and find next entry or just click at next button at find box
Compare the values as described in picture below in here and find the same
When you find written, Recycle Bin there; click at that
Modify its name (lets say; Deleted Files)
Hit Enter
Refresh Registry Editor
Close it
Refresh your desktop
There you are
You have just changed your Recycle Bin’s name into Deleted Files
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Lock Your PC (XP Only)
You can lock your XP with two keys together or one click of the mouse.
By Shortcut
Create a new shortcut on your desktop.
Right Mouse Click>New>Shortcut, and write the following,
‘rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation‘ in the location field.
Give the shortcut a name whatever you like,… That’s it.
Just double click on it and your computer will be locked.
By Keyboard
If that’s not easy enough, Press Windows key + L
It will do the same.
Download File
lock-pc.rar
You might also like these trick.
Turn Off Monitor With Shortcut
Clear Used System Memory (To Make PC Faster) Via Shortcut
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Lots of web sites have disabled the right click function of the mouse button… it’s really, really annoying. This is done so that you don’t steal (via right-click->save picture) their photos or images or any other goodies. Unfortunately, it disables All right-click functionality: copy, paste, open in new window. It’s easy to change. (more…)
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This should tripple your internet speed…
Open Notepad, Save this file as tweak.reg
Copy and past the folloing code in tweak.reg file
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]
“TcpWindowSize”=dword:faf0
“Tcp1323Opts”=dword:0
Double click on file. A confirmation message alert box will appear asking that you really want to add information in registry. Click yes.
Restart your PC.
And you are done.
If you want to undo it, incase you feel it messed up, save a file named as undo.inf
[Version]
signature=$CHICAGO$
[DefaultInstall]
DelReg=Delete_Reg_Entries
[Delete_Reg_Entries]
HKLM,System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters,TcpWindowSize HKLM,System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters,Tcp1323Opts
Right click on undo.inf and click install (to undo tweak)
Reboot ur computer for it to take effect.
It has been tested at Windows XP pro successfully.
*Try this at your own risk*
*Playing with registry is not recommended*
*Always take backup of work and registry*
Download Files
tripple-internet-speed.rar
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If you are having any important docs and you are afraid about its privacy then do not be worried because windows XP provides (not officially) a utility by which u can hide your PC’s one or more drives.
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WordPress Plugins
One of the great advantages of blogs is Plugins Facility. Simple website is not flexible enough to modify or enhance its functionality according to the ever changing needs. Plugins are flexible little programs made for blogs which provide extra functionality to it. And these are easy to manage and manipulate. WordPress Plugins can be easily added to the website or can be deactivated in case you don’t need them or a better plugin is available. e.g. Default WordPress software don’t have custom complete pagination facility in it. You can have it added into your blog via a Plugin called Pagenavi. Default Tags Cloud is not customizable. But you can have a customizable Tags Cloud added via a Plugin called CTC. So many examples like this are there. There are thousands of beneficial plugins available for WordPress and totally free of cost. Depends what you need. Just search it at WordPress website and get it. You don’t need a developer to do the task for you. Do it yourself.
How Plugins Are Useful
As I mentioned, Plugins are customizable and flexible. You can customize Plugins, You can add new Plugins, as much as you want and you can deactiveta them in case you don’t need them or a better Plugins is available arond.
How To Use WordPress Plugins
Just download the Plugin. Extract it if it is in zipped format. Upload it at your server blog’s Plugins Directory. Login to your admin area of blog and go to Plugins Tab. Find that newly added Plugin there and activate it. After activating It might add its widget. You can find widget section under Presentration. Find there if it adds a widget there and add it to your blog’s sidebar. Sometimes it also offers some customizations. Go to Options Tab. Find there if the Plugin name is appearing in the menu. If yes, explore it and customize options it offers to you. e.g. Random Posts Plugin offers a widget to place in side bar and also offers some customizations about how many posts may it be placed under customized Title of random posts in side bar of your WordPress blog.
Precautions About Using and Installation of WordPress Plugins
Plugins are usually projects by different contributing developers from around the world. They may update their plugin as WordPress also undergoes updating process. For new WordPress Version there will be a new version of plugins available which you are using. You do not need to be worried about that. WordPress takes care of its essentials. Old plugins for new WordPress version might not work. So its essential to update. When there is an update for any plugin available, WordPress admin Plugin section will inform you where it has a list of all the plugins. Under specific plugin there will be message that an update about this plugin is available and you can download that update from there by a direct link from there.
Always test first a plugin to local or at test blog. Plugin might not suit or work for you blog and that can give it a funny or odd look. In that case your blog visitors will be disappointed to see the disturbed or unwanted change. So always test a plugin before uploading it. Setup a test WordPress Blog at local PC or at online for just testing purpose and there apply it to see the cahnge it may implement at your blog. If it looks great and alright, you can upload it to your functional blog.
Installing WordPress Plugins
Usually every Plugin comes with a readme or install help file. That will guide you through the process if its little bit more than usual installation. But it is simple most of the time to get a plugin installed. Just download appropriate plugin. Unzip it if its in the zipped or compressed format. Upload files into your blog’s plugin directory. Go to admin section and then plugins. Find it there and activate it. Customize its options by Options and add its widget in sidebar if it offers, from Presentation Tab. You are done.
Some Plugins offer a code also to place it in your WordPress current theme’s files. In side bar files or in template files. Read the instruction which some with the Plugin always and follow accordingly for that. Normally you would be asked to place code in single.php, archive.php, archives.php, index.php, sidebar.php or rsidebar.php or page.php according to needs of Plugin.
Troubleshooting, What If Things Go Wrong With Some Plugin
It happens sometimes. You upload a Plugin and it gives error or nothing happens at all; no change, no enhancement. In that case you do not need to get tensed. Just go to admin Plugins Tab and deactivate the plugin and your blog is safe from error or unwanted mess.
Where To Find Latest Plugins
WordPress official website Plugins directory
Essential WordPress Plugins
Which Plugins My Blog Needs
That is the thing you need to ask yourself. Look at your blog and see whether it looks like lacking something, some functionality, some design part issue or some usability issue. While you see other websites and blogs, you get the idea that what other people are using. Only purposeful and needed Plugins are recommended to use for your blog to eliminate extra burden on your server and minimizing loading time for your blog.
When you will browse through the WordPress Plugins Directory, You can get the idea that what plugin is doing what and why you should be needing it at your blog. Browse and read through Plugin’s about information that what it actually does. Some of them you might like for sure to increase usability at your website. Some are navigation basis, some provide statistics about blog, some adds more widgets to you sidebars, some adds social bookmarks etc.
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Fix Unmountable Boot Volume
Problem
When the system gets halted improperly due to power outage or due to some other reason, the file system gets corrupted and Windows is unable to mount the boot drive properly. There are other factors that also result in unmountable boot volume. These include faster UDMA modes configured in BIOS and using 40 wire data cable for the hard drive.
Solution
- Load the fail-safe defaults in your BIOS and use 80 wire data cable for the hard drive for optimum performance.
- If the file system is demaged (which usually is the case)
- If you have Recovery Console installed at startup, then start the recovery console and go to step 3. (Look at second topic at this page for how to install recovery console at startup)
- If Recovery Console is not installed at startup, then boot with Windows XP CD.
- When the “Welcome to setup” message appears, press R to start the Recovery Console.
- Select your Windows installation and type administrator password when prompted.
- At the command prompt, type chkdsk /r and then press enter. This will check your file system for errors and try to fix if any.
- When the above process is complete, type fixboot at the command prompt. This will fix the boot sector of the hard drive.
- Type exit at the command prompt to restart the system. Most probably the system will boot into Windows now.
Install Recovery Console in Windows Startup
I recommend that every single Windows user should have the Recovery Console installed on their system startup. I wonder why Microsoft have not included it by default as it is very useful if Windows crashes and refuses to start. You can install recovery console by yourself with the help of following steps.
- Insert the Windows CD in the CD ROM Drive.
- Click Start and then click Run.
- Type “D:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons” in the Run box without quotes.(where D is the CD ROM Drive). Click OK.
- Recovery Console Dialog will appear, select yes to install the recovery console on the startup.
- Restart and you will see the recovery console in your system startup.
Now you can easily solve the boot problems once your Windows machine gets into trouble and refuses to start.
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When we print screen and there is video playing on the screen, the video part of the print screen gets black when saved. Now how should we print screen a video? There are two ways of doing this. One is for capturing only the video part and the other is for capturing the whole screen with video included.
Capturing video screen only
When playing Windows Media Player, press CTRL + I where you want to capture the video. This will prompt you to save your captured video and you’re all done. You have just captured your video scene without the help of any third party software.
Capturing the whole screen including the video
When it comes to capturing the whole screen including the video, understanding why does the video part goes black is important. First of all it is due to the hardware acceleration enabled. Most of our modern systems have hardware acceleration of the video enabled which is good for performance enhancement but it doesn’t allow you to do a print screen of the video part. To print screen including the video part, you have to disable the hardware acceleration of the video.
You can do it by Right clicking desktop –> Properties –> Settings –> Advanced –> Troubleshoot –> Make the Hardware Acceleration to none. Now whenever you print screen, the video will be included in the print screen. Note: Please be sure to get back to full hardware acceleration because it improves your graphics performance.Tip: To print screen, just hit the Print Screen button on your keyboard. The image will be captured to your clipboard. Just paste it in Microsoft Paint and save it wherever you want.
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Windows Vista can be installed, used and run without any license, product key or the need of activation for 30 days grace period, for purpose of trial or evaluation. Although Microsoft initially stressed that users should purchase a license with valid product key before the trial period expires, or else Windows Vista will lock into Reduced Functionality Mode. However, a “rearm” method has long since been discovered to be able to extend, or reset the remaining time for activation to another fresh 30 days, for up to 3 times.
Now Microsoft has confirmed that Windows Vista can be used and run for 120 days or 4 months (3 rearms), and extending the activation grace period is not a violation of the Vista End User License Agreement (EULA). All versions of Vista include Windows Vista Ultimate allow a 30-day free period without activation, except the corporate-oriented Vista Enterprise, which supports only a three-day trial.
To extend, reset or restart the initial OOB grace period of Windows Vista to another 30 days, use the following steps:
1. Click on Vista Start button and key in Cmd in Start Search box.
2. Press on Ctrl-Shift-Enter to open Command Prompt with administrative credentials (equivalent to “Run as Administrator”).
3. In the Command Prompt, type the following command and press Enter when done: slmgr -rearm or you can use sysprep /generalize
4. Reboot the computer.
5. Rearm again when the remaining activation grace period timer counts down to 0 days.
Rearm option resets the computer’s activation timer and reinitializes some activation parameters.
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If your computer has multiple users and you want to assign limited custom hours to certain user then follow these instructions.
Go to Start > Run. Type cmd.
Enter the command net user /time:S-F,08:00-20:00. Here /time is used to specify login time. S-F denotes Saturday to Friday and the time has been specified in 24- hour format. Individual timing sets with the days of the week along with corresponding time can be defined using semi-colon separation, and AM/PM time. For example /time:M,4am-5pm;T,1pm-3pm;W-F,8:00-17:00.
To reset the timing restrictions, use /time:all. Whenever timings are associated with user accounts, make sure at least one administrator (with a strong password) is there without time limitations. Note that this method is useful for implementing restrictions on logins and will not force a user to log out.
In a networked environment, usage hours can be defined in the Active Directory, but this may not be specifically applicable in your case.
Go to Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools >Scheduled Tasks.
Double click Add Scheduled Task.
When the Schedule Task wizard appears, press Next and then Browse.
Enter %windir%\system32\shutdown.exe
Select a name for the task.
Enter task frequency, for example daily and press Next.
Enter task timings, days, date and other settings, press Next.
Enter Windows account login information through which the task will be executed, press Next.
Check ‘open advanced properties’, press Finish.
In the Task tab’s Run filed, ad parameters –s –t 01 after the exe file shutdown.exe. S is for shutdown, and T is for timeout for shutdown.
For more information on Shutdown parameter, type Shutdown at command prompt. You can set shutdown schedule as you like using this method.
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