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SHUTDOWN XP FASTER. Start Regedit. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control. Click on the "Control" Folder. Select "WaitToKillServiceTimeout" Right click on it and select Modify. Set it a value lower than 2000 (Mine is set to 200).

AUTO DELETE TEMPORARY FOLDER. First go into gpedit.msc Next select -> Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Windows Components/Terminal Services/Temporary Folder Then right click "Do Not Delete Temp Folder Upon Exit" Go to properties and hit disable. Now next time Windows puts a temp file in that folder it will automatically delete it when its done! Note from Forum Admin: Remember, GPEDIT (Group Policy Editor) is only available in XP Pro.

ADMINISTRATOR IN WELCOME SCREEN. When you install Windows XP an Administrator Account is created (you are asked to supply an administrator password), but the "Welcome Screen" does not give you the option to log on as Administrator unless you boot up in Safe Mode. First you must ensure that the Administrator Account is enabled: 1 open Control Panel 2 open Administrative Tools 3 open Local Security Policy 4 expand Local Policies 5 click on Security Options 6 ensure that Accounts: Administrator account status is enabled Then follow the instructions from the "Win2000 Logon Screen Tweak" ie. 1 open Control Panel 2 open User Accounts 3 click Change the way users log on or log off 4 untick Use the Welcome Screen 5 click Apply Options You will now be able to log on to Windows XP as Administrator in Normal Mode.

13 New Shortcut Keys in Windows 8 Windows 8′s new Metro UI might be all touch friendly but if you don’t have a touch screen then you might want to utilize the new hot keys / shortcuts that have been added for those of us with physical keyboards. These may not seem like much, but trust me, once you get used to using them, they’ll make navigating Windows 8 much faster. 1.  Windows Key + Tab  = Opens the App list to the left, tapping tab again lets you switch through the list. 2.  Windows Key + C  = Opens the “Charms” menu to the right, where shortcuts like Search and Settings are. 3.  Windows Key + I  = Opens Settings. 4.  Windows Key + T  = Cycle through screenshots of open apps. 5.  Windows Key  = Takes you to the Metro Start menu. 6.  Windows Key + Space bar  = Switches the input language. 7.  Windows Key + ,  = Show desktop temporarily. 8.  Windows Key + Shift + .  = Docks current app to left, right, or center of screen. 9.  Windows Key + M  = Takes you bac

INTERNET EXPLORER LIGHTING-FAST STARTUP. Isn't it annoying when you want to go to a new website, or any other site but your homepage, and you have to wait for your 'home' to load? This tweak tells Internet Explorer to simply 'run', without loading any webpages. (If you use a 'blank' page, that is still a page, and slows access. Notice the 'about:blank' in the address bar. The blank html page must still be loaded..). To load IE with 'nothing' [nothing is different than blank]: 1. Right-click on any shortcut you have to IE [You should create a shortcut out of your desktop IE icon, and delete the original icon] 2. Click Properties 3. Add ' -nohome' [with a space before the dash] after the endquotes in the Target field. 4. Click OK Fire up IE from your modified shortcut, and be amazed by how fast you are able to use IE!

Education to be complete must Be Humane. It must include not only the training of the intellect, but the refinement of the heart and the discipline of the sprit. No education can be regarded as complete, if it neglects the heart and sprit. S. Radhakrishnan WISH YOU A HAPPY TEACHER’S DAY

DMA MODE ON IDE DEVICES VIEWS Just like Windows 2000, Windows XP still fails to set the DMA mode correctly for the IDE device designated as the slaves on the primary IDE and secondary IDE channels. Most CD-ROMS are capable of supporting DMA mode, but the default in XP is still PIO. Setting it to DMA won't make your CD-ROM faster, but it will consume less CPU cycles. Here's how: 1. Open the Device Manager. One way to do that is to right click on "My Computer", select the Hardware tab, and Select Device Manager. 2. Expand "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers" and double-click on "Primary IDE Channel" 3. Under the "Advanced Settings" tab, check the "Device 1" setting. More than likely, your current transfer mode is set to PIO. 4. Set it to "DMA if available". Repeat the step for the "Secondary IDE Channel" if you have devices attached to it. Reboot.

DISABLING THE 'UNSIGNED DRIVER' DIALOGS This option wll disable the screen wich keeps popping up when you try to install 'digitally unsigned drivers'. Normally you can choose to continue the install anyways, but I have had situations where you cannot continue the install.. very annoying.. This is how to fix it: Click Start - Run then type: gpedit.msc then hit enter. Browse the folder tree to the following location: User Configuration - Administrative Templates - System now right-click Code signing for Device drivers and select Properties. On the Settings tab, either select - enable, and then select ignore from the appearing listbox.. - or click the disable option. Click apply and Ok and your set! Alternatively especially for XP Home users: Open "System" properties (Windows key + pause or Right click 'My Computer' - properties or Control Panel - System).On the Hardware tab click the "Driver Signing" button. In the dialogue that c

STOP NOISE IN COPYING AUDIO CD When using 3rd party burning software (eg, Nero Burning Rom) to copy audio CD,some noise may be heard at the end of each track. To prevent this,try the following method: 1. Enter System Properties\device manager 2. Select IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers 3. Double click on thee CD writer IDE channel 4. Select advance setting 5. Change the transfer mode to 'PIO Only' 6. Restart Computer

Try to open: Run -> cmb -> shutdown -a This prevent the shutdown.  create a new shortcut.. then write; shutdown -s -t 0 = this is for shut down in 0 seconds (t = time s=shutdown) shutdown -r -t 0 = same but this is for restart comp. in 0 seconds.. (only for windows xp) in win.98 this is different; we were wrote rundll32.exe -s or something like this..i couldnt remember right now..