PC HACKS | TRICKS

Now you can automatically delete your temporary folder upon exit by just following these steps:

Group Policy Editor

Here is registry trick to make your PC Shutdown faster :
>>Go to Start>Run , type regedit to open registry editor
>>Now navigate to this directory , HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control 

Shutdown PC Faster

>>Select control folder
>>Now you will see WaitToKillServiceTimeout string present on the right pane
>>Right click on it , and select modify or double click it to modify
>>Now change its value data to 100

Fastest Shutdown Trick:
Dont use this always.Use it only when there is emergency
*You can also shutdown PC Faster by Pressing Ctrl + Alt + Del to open task manager and Select Shutdown .Now press and hold Ctrl and click TurnOFF  to shutdown your PC

There are some software's and websites which automatically modify your homepages in browsers using registry or some scripts.You can stop this by following this process.

Homepage

>>Taking firefox as an example
>>Right click on Mozilla Firefox icon(shortcut) on your desktop and select properties
>>At target box you will see the directory "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" where orginal firefox is present
>>Now by joining url of the site which you want to make homepage to the above directory you can set the homepage for firefox which cannot be changed from any software or website like this:
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" www.google.com

Default Desktop Wallpapers

When you right click on desktop and select properties.Now you will see Display Properties.Click on Desktop tab , there you can see list of default wallpapers to be displayed on desktop.You can add or edit wallpapers to this list by just following these simple steps:
>>Go to this folder:(defaultdrive)C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper
>>In this folder you can see the list of default wallpapers that are displayed in Desktop tab of Display Properties

Now you can add control panel to desktop by just following these steps:

Control Panel On Desktop

>>Right Click on Desktop >Select New>Folder to create a new folder
>>Rename that folder into ControlPanel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} 
>>Now you can open control panel from desktop

Many applications at startup will make your pc slow.So you must remove some unwanted applications using registry or other method already discussed.You can make your PC start faster by doing this.
>>Go to Start>Run Type regedit to open registry editor
>>Navigate to the following      keys:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RUN and HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RUN
>>On the right side ,  Delete keys which show unnecessary applications at startup

Now you can enable or disable XP boot logo at startup of your PC by just following these steps:

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>>Go to Start>Run Type msconfig to open system configuration utility
>>Click on Boot.ini tab
>>Tick/Check the box for /NOGUIBOOT to disable XP boot logo
>>To enable it uncheck that box

XP boot logo

Windows XP contains many hidden files and folders which cannot be seen while exploring folders normally.To view all these hidden files and folders just follow these steps:

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First Method:
>>Open My Computer
>>At left-top menu ,you can select Tools>Folder Options
>>Now select View tab to see Show Hidden files and folders option

>>Select That option to see all Hidden files and folders in XP
Second Method:
>>Go to Start>Run Type  cmd to open command prompt

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>>Now command prompt type dir /ah to see hidden files and folders

*/ah - attribute=hidden

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Now you can watch instantly all the screen savers by just following these steps:

>>Go Start>Search
>>In search companion ,click all file types or leave it (only for new search companions)
>>File or Folder name box Type .scr as in the picture.
>> Select your default local hard drive(mostly C:\)
>>Click search ,you will see all the screensavers
>>If you don't see any,select hidden files and folders or tick all the sub options in Advanced Options
>>You will get all the list of  screen savers in you PC
>>To watch or activate any screen saver double click on any screen saver file

*These are mostly found in this directory:C:\Windows\system32

Zoom In

Now you can increase or decrease size of a web page (Works in most of web browsers)
This requires a mouse with scrolling wheel.To do this:

First method:

>>Press and hold Ctrl key scroll up to zoom in (increase font size) and scroll down(decrease font size) to zoom out.

Zoom Out

Second method:

>>Press Ctrl  and | + |(plus) key to zoom in and Ctrl and | - |(minus) key to zoom out.
>>To reset the web page press Ctrl + 0 (zero)
*This is very useful while printing a webpage

Here's a process to check whether your windows XP OS is activated or not.
>>Go to Start>Run Type oobe/msoobe /a         (add space wherever needed)

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>>Press Enter to verify whether your OS is activated or not