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Termintate crashed application faster

There are some applications which takes much memory and makes your system slow .It even takes much time to  terminate that applications.So to terminate such applications faster , just follow these steps:

>>Go to Start>Run>Type regedit to open registry editor
>>Navigate to the following key : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
>>When you select Desktop , on  right window pane you can see a string named HungAppTimeout
>>Double click that string and set its value to 1000 (default value:5000 in ms)
>>Now windows can recognize crashed application within and allow you to kill it within a second

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

Group Policy Editor

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

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

Windows XP Game cheats:

Its bad to say but even windows XP games are having cheats
 Pinball Cheat:Type hidden test while playing the game

Watch star wars:

No download No browser or No media player required to watch this movie
Just:
>>Go to Start>Run>Type:telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl
>>Press Enter.Enjoy the movie (Internet required)

Now you can find ip address of any site without using any software by just following these steps:
>>Go to Start>Run>Type cmd (Command Prompt)
>>Type cd\
>>Type tracert www.anysite.com Eg: For tracing yahoo ip address type tracert www.yahoo.com
>>Press enter
>>The first line shows the ip address of the website you are tracing usually in [   ]
>>You can see the steps ,how that site is loading
>>More the number of steps more the time taken for the website to load

Now you can lock any folder on your PC without using any software by just following these steps:

>> Make a folder on the desktop and name it as "folder"
>>Now, open notepad and write ren folder folder.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} and now (Notepad Menu) File>save as.
>>In the 'save as' name it as lock.bat and click save ! (Save it on Desktop)
>>Now, again open notepad again and write ren folder.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} folder and now (Notepad Menu) File>save as.
>>In the 'save as' name it as key.bat and click save ! (Save it on Desktop)
>>Now, double click lock.bat to lock the folder and now if you open your folder, control panel will open up !
>>Now, double click key.bat to open the folder and now if you open your folder, you can access your data inside the folder again !
>>Lock your folder and hide the key.bat somewhere else on your hard disk !
>>Whenever you want to open your folder just paste the key.bat on desktop and open your folder using it !

Now you can hide any type of files in images by just following these steps:
Requirements:Winrar and command prompt
 >>Add files to any .rar file say files.rar
>>Now say, if you have any image named pic.jpg
>>Copy files files.rar and pic.jpg in c:\ drive
>>Go to start>Run>Type cmd to open command prompt
>>Type cd.. and press enter
>>Do the above step again to get to c:\ drive in command prompt
>>Type copy /b pic.jpg + files.rar new.jpg  (Don't forget give spaces wherever needed)
>>Thats it now we have a single file named as new.jpg which can be seen as image in reality.
>>But to open it secretly,Right click new.jpg>Open with..>Choose program>Select winrar archiver>Now you can view or extract files
*The size of new.jpg is size of pic.jpg and files.rar

There is only one best way to make your internet speed faster.
*About 20% of your internet bandwidth is reserved by Microsoft.
*Uses of Reserved Bandwidth
  >Windows Automatic Updates rely on this reserved bandwidth.
  >Fast loading Microsoft Websites
  >Sending Error Reports
  >Online Help support in Microsoft Office

Just follow this steps to make use of that 20% internet bandwidth
>>Go to start>Run>Type gpedit.msc (Microsoft Policy Editor)
>>Navigate to:Local Computer Policy>Computer Configuration>Administrative Templates>Network>QoS Packet Scheduler
>>On right pane Double click Limit Reservable Bandwidth option and in setting tab Select enable and make bandwidth limit % to 0

*This works better for high internet speeds

Now you can scare your relatives and friends with this auto shutdown PC bot
>>Right Click on desktop >New>Shortcut
>>In shortcut window type:shutdown -s -t 60 -c "the message you want to display"
>>Select next> rename it to anything you like.
>>The number 60 in the code is time taken to shutdown your PC in seconds i.e., 60s
>>Now double cilck on the file and see the tragic.

*To stop this bot: Go to start>Run>Type shutdown-a >Hit enter (within 60s).

This is a funny trick .By just following these steps you can shake your browser;
>>Copy and paste this javascript in your browser address bar :
javascript:function Shw(n) {if (self.moveBy) {for (i = 35; i > 0; i--) {for (j = n; j > 0;j--){self.moveBy(1,i);self.moveBy(i,0);self.moveBy(0,-i);self.moveBy(-i,0); } } }} Shw(6) 
>>Then you can see that your browser window is shaking!
* Works better on Internet Explorer.You can increase the value of "i" (@ i=35) to increase number of shakes.

Now you can create an invisible folder without any software by just following these steps:
>>Right click on desktop or any directory and create a new folder
>>Press F2 and rename it with a empty space by pressing alt + 0160 (Num Lock ON)
>>Now you can see a folder without any name
>>Right click on that folder>Properties>Customize>Change icon
>>Scroll a bit , you can find an empty icon select it
>>Thats it now you have an invisible folder! without any software.
          

Now you can customize your send to menu of right click by just following these steps:
>>Go to C:\Documents and Settings\<login name>\SendTo where login name is the username with which you login your PC
>>Sometimes SendTo folder is hidden .To view hidden folder Go to any folder >Tools>Folder options>View tab>Click on Show hidden files and folders option>Click OK.Now you can view hidden files and folders in your PC.
>>Now in SendTo folder you can see some shortcuts.Those shortcuts are all that can be seen in send to context menu
>>To remove an item from send to menu delete any shortcut file in that folder
>>To add any item in the sendto context menu >Add a shortcut file or just right click in that folder and select>new>Shortcut to create a shortcut >Browse and select any folder in which you send most of your files
>>When you created a shortcut in the SendTo folder you can see that in "Send To" context menu

Now you can add copy to folder and move to folder options in right click menu by just following these steps:
>>Press win + R to open run window and type regedit to open registry editor
>>Navigate to the following key:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
>>Create a new key called "Copy To"and set its value to {C2FBB630-2971-11d1- A18C-00C04FD75D13}
to get Copy To option in your right click menu
>>Create a new key called "Move To" and set its value to {C2FBB631-2971-11d1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}
>>Exit the registry
>>The changes will occur immediately or after a reboot

This is very dangerous hack .Now you can disable win key on keyboard by just following these instructions:
>>Go to Start>Run>type regedit to open registry editor
>>Navigate to the key:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\KeyboardLayout

>>Search for value of  Scancode Map .It is in binary.
>>Set its value to 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 5B E0 00 00 5C E0 00 00 00 00 to disable the win key.
*Please be cautious while entering this lengthy key.

Microsoft has set its default search engine in internet explorer as MSN.Now you can change that search engine to any other you like.
>>Close internet explorer
>>Go to start>Run>type regedit to open registry editor
>>Navigate to following key:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl
>>Change the value of string key name default to any one of the following values :
>>To specify Metacrawler as the default search page, change the default value to http://www.metacrawler.com/crawler?general=%s
>>To specify AltaVista as the default search page, change the default value to
http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?q=%s
>>To specify HotBot as the default search page, change the default value to
http://hotbot.com/?MT=%s
>>To specify Google as the default search page, change the default value to
http://www.google.com/keyword/%s

You can change or customize your login prompt to anything you want by jsut following these steps:
>>Go to Start>Run>type regedit and  press enter to open registry editor
>>Now navigate to key:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
>>In right pane,do a right click and create a new string value and give its name as LogonPrompt