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HIDE A HARD DISK PARTITION FOR WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL & HOME USERS BOTH

Finally The same trick for Windows XP home users & even professional users can also use this trick. Open Registry Editor by typing "regedit" in Start > Run. Goto HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion=\Policies\Explorer\ Create a new DWORD value & name it "NoDrives". All drives will be visible as long as this value's data is set to 0. Set value NoDrive according to following list: Drive Value A: 1 B: 2 C: 4 D: 8 E: 16 so..on Z: 33554432 All drives 67108863 From the above list choose the drive value you want & write the Value in the DWORD we created above in following format. For example to hide A: & D:, NoDrives value should be 1 = 8 = 9.

HIDE A DRIVE PARTION FROM MY COMPUTER

Open Group Policy Editor which is not avaliable in Windows XP Home Edition. For XP Home Users stay tuned I will give it very soon. For XP Professional users Goto Start > Run & type "gpedit.msc" & press [Enter] In Group Policy Editor Go to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Explore. Here, you'll find "Hide these specified drives from My Computer" & "Prevent access to drives from My Computer". The difference between two settings is that "Prevent access" will allow the user to see the drive icon, but will give an error message when he tries access it. "Hide" will remove the icon so that user won't see it, but the drive can still be accessed by using Start > Run and keying in the drive letter. Under this setting, after you click the radio button next to "Enable", you'll see several options. Choose the one you want to apply, for example, Restrict A an...

SETTING TIME LIMIT TO USER ACCOUNTS

Parents or Big Brothers might want to limit their children's or small brother's or sister's computer usage, so they can set a time limit only between they will be automatically allowed to log into their Windows account. Limited usage for particular users for certain time periods can be set through commands. The command for doing this is: net user <Username> /time:<Parameters> For example, "net user Akash /time:M-F,08:00-17:00" this will let only let the user Akash log in between 8 and 5 from Monday to Friday.

Simply Rename Recycle Bin

Open Registry Editor by going to Start > Run & type "regedit" & press [Enter]. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USE\Software\Mcrosoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache & chane the value of @C:\WINDOWS\system32\shell32.dll,8964 to whatever you like. Restart & See the changes.

REPAIR DON'T FORMAT YOUR WINDOWS

If some day your XP refuses to run or strat up properly or the OS choice doesn't appear you don't always need to format & re-install XP. I suggest you do a dry run of Windows Recovery Console. To do this all you need is your bootable Windows 2000 / XP CD. When you insert the cd & select CD-ROM & set your first boot device to CD-ROM & boot using your Windows boot CD. Next, choose the repair or recovery option bu pressing [R]. If you have more than one installation of Windows, they will appear in choices menu, so be awareof where the copy of windows you wish to repair is installed. You need to enter Administrator password in order to "log on" to the windows installation. You will then see a command prompt window that says "X:\WINDOWS", where X is the partion of operating system. Now one by one type fixboot<drive letter> bootcnf /rebuild chkdsk x (where X is the partion letter) now try to to start the computer if it still ...

A PRETIER VOLUME CONTROL

Few people know that Volume Control has a hidden, compact looking profile. You can create a shortcut with the location "sndvol32 /s" or by pressing [Ctrl + [S] with the Windows Volume control running. Press [Ctrl] + [S] again to revert to the orignal size. to open minimum volume control with only single slider, you create a shortcut & typing in location "sndvol /t"

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Beware Sony"NS-11"!!!

The Sony NS-11 is not a orignal MP3 player beware befor buying it. It shows (256 MB) capacity but it decreases on first format to (120 MB) & lost space cannot be recovered simply because it does not have that much space. This player is avaliable all over Indian markets. I recommend you please check if you are not buying this player.

BUILD YOUR OWN MESSENGER

:Top cls title net send colour f4 set /p n=user: set /p m=message: net send %n%%m% pause >nul goto top Copy the above code in Notepad then save it as Messenger.bat & open it this will open a dos window asking you the user just write the name or ip address of any computer on network & press enter then it asks u message type anything & have fun chatting!

Faster Booting Windows

One of the main causes of XP booting slowly is is the method of loading drivers. Windows versions prior to XP loaded sequentially (one by one), but since XP, it has been done concurrently (at the same time), causing a slow-down. This information is written to file C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch\Layout.ini. While creating this file, XP does a partial defragmentation of files listed in Layout.ini to make them available in one contiguous area of hard drive, allowing them to load faster. Windows Regular Defragmenter cannot defragment this File for this you need a manual defragment utility from Microsoft called BootVis, available at ( http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=664 ). Extract the ZIP file & run BootVis.exe(after defragmenting your hard disk). In BootVis Go to File . New . Next Boot + Drivers Trace. It will prompt you for repetitions (reboots & trace). Let it go with defaults. After reboot, BootVis starts automatically & provides various reports. Also with ind...

OVER-CLOCK YOUR CPU

Yeah! you must have read in heard or read that the clock of your CPU can be changed. For example My Pentium-IV Processor runs at 1.8 Ghz default but I run it at a 2.6 Ghz whenever I need & sometimes to a wooping 3.5 Ghz. To change the clock speed first you need to open your BIOS which can be accesed by pressing "Delete" key in your keyboard immediately after pressing the power button. Note:- Some times system administraters just add a password to BIOS. If it asks for password you need to hack it by opening your cabinet & look for a cell battery on your motherboard just remove it & start your pc again. Note:- Ifyou have Orignal Intel Motherboard that is it displays Intel Inside Logo when booting up then this hack is not for you Intel already disables it. OK! all done just access the BIOS & look for a option called "CPU Clock". Now all you need is to increase the number slowly & save settings & start pc it the system is stable ...

OVER CLOCK YOUR MOUSE

Yes, you can overclock mice. Depending on the mouse, it'll either drastically improve performance, or not have any effect.Not pople with Razor mouse or Logitech MX518 do not need to do this as they are already using high quality mouse. This Hack will improve the mouse refresh rate of a normal mouse which is at 125 Hz to a wooping 1000 Hz. Here are Steps to do this Trick:- Step 1. First check the existing mouse rate using the software calles Mouse Rate Checker from ( www.tscherwitschke.de ). Step 2. Start Mouse Rate Checker & move the mouse around randomly within te window. The polling rate is shown. Step 3. Download a software called USB Mouserate Switcher from ( www.tinyurl.com/hyonv ). After running it, it will prompt you to switch polling rate to 250 Hz (If your previous rate was 125Hz). Step 4. Select Yes, then reboot your pc for settings to be applied. Step 5. Afer a restart again launch Mouse Rate Checker & repeat "Step 2" now you will see th...

REMOVE MOUSE ACCELERATION BUG IN WINDOWS XP

A well-known problem with XP is the acceleration bug, wherein mouse accleration cannot be disabled. Those used to Windows 98's sensitivity would have noticed it while migrating to Windows XP. The only way to fix it is to use a Registry Key that disables it. You just download the fix from ( www.fpsbanana.com/tools/717 ) it's a WinRAR file, & just extract it to a suitable location. Then double-click on the file, it will prompt you a message "Do you want to add the Registry Entry" just click it & restart.

THE SHINING NEW iPHONE NOW IN INDIA

Here is a good news for all people in India who are dying to get there hands on shining new iPHONE. This excellent product has arrived in India although not leaglly but still it is available in craked version so that you can use any service provider. Its available in Gaffar Market Karol Bagh for Rs. 30,000 although higher than its actual price but for people who cannot wait & have money to spare its a golden chance. I dont have that much money therefore wait till it leaglly releases in India.

Some New Tips & Tricks For Windows XP

Turn Your PC on in 10 seconds Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControllerSet\Control\ContentIndex\ Find Key called "Startup Delay" Double Click on it In Base click Decimal Default Value is 480000 (75300: Hexadecimal) Change it to "40000" Speed Up Shutdown Goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControllerSet\Control\ Find Key "WaitToKillServiceTimeOut" Change its value to lower than 2000 (mine is set to 200) Instant Shutdown Here is a trick for almost instant Shutdown Just open Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Delete) & in the that press (Alt+U) a drop down menu appears & press (Ctrl) & without releasing it Click Shut Down & count 5....4....3....2....1! & Voila! Its off Another Trick For Faster Shut Down is to remove the Shutdown Sound of XP by going to Start --> Control Panel (in XP style start menu) & Start --> Settings --> Control Panel (if u have 98 style start menu) In Control Panel Double Click...