Create a Windows XP Password Reset Disk

Create a Windows XP Password Reset Disk

If you’re using Windows XP in a standalone or workgroup environment, you can create a password reset disk to recover your local password so you are able to log onto your computer if you forget your password.
To create the password reset disk, do the following:
1. Click Start, then Control Panel, or Start, Settings, Control Panel and then click User Accounts.
2. Click your account name.
3. Under Related Tasks, click Prevent a forgotten password.
4. Follow the directions in the Forgotten Password Wizard to create a password reset disk.
5. Make sure to keep the disk in a secure place

To use the password reset disk, do the following:
1. When you get to the Windows logon screen, click your username.
2. The Type your password box appears. Press enter. You will receive the following error message:
Did you forget your password?
You can click the "?" button to see your password hint.
Or you can use your password reset disk.
Please type your password again.
Be sure to use the correct uppercase and lowercase letters.

3. Click use your password reset disk. The Password Reset Wizard starts.
4. Click Next.
5. Insert the password reset disk, and then click Next.
6. Type a new password in the Type a new password box and in the confirm box
7. In the Type a new password hint box, type a hint to remind you of your password if you forget the new password if you want to use one. Keep in mind that anyone can guess at your hint
8. Click Next, and then Finish.
9. Type your new password in the Type your password box.
The password reset disk is automatically updated with the new password information so you don’t need to create a new password reset disk.

Increase Menu Display Speed

Increase Menu Display Speed
When you click on the Start Menu there is some delay to display the contents , just for no reason.

Effects are pretty though. The default speed can be adjusted with a quick registry entry.
The default value is 400. Set it to 0 and the delay is gone. If you are not able to adjust pick a number that suits your style and make the change.
[Start] [Run] [Regedit]

Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER | Control Panel | Desktop

Modify/Create String value of Data type REG_SZ Named [MenuShowDelay]
Value Data: [Default = 400 / Adjust to Preference]
Exit Registry / Reboot

Shutdown Button on Desktop

Shutdown Button on Desktop
Right click on ur Desktop and create new Shortcut and type “C:WINDOWSSYSTEM32Shutdown.exe –s” without quotes in the popup box which will appear asking for a path of shortcut . Now when u will double click this shortcut it will give u shutdown message and ur computer will shutdown after some seconds. U can customize ur shutdown button with same icon which original shutdown have Just go to the properties of ur shortcut and click change icon tab select any icon u like and click apply.

Similarly u can also put restart button on ur desktop just replace –s in above line by –r
If u don’t want shutdown button on ur desktop u can the go to start > run and type Shutdown –s or –r they will do the same job. If someone tries to shutdown u remotely on the net then u can stop shutdown process but typing shutdown –a in Run.

Shutdown –s = Shutdown & restart
Shutdown –r = Restart
Shutdown –a = To abort shutdown

How To Cheat In Winxp Games

How To Cheat In Winxp Games

XP/2000 Spider Solitaire
edit your wins/loses and winning streak.
How to edit your score and streaks
1. Goto start menu and select run.
2. Type in regedit and hit ok.
3. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER .
a) look for Microsoft and than spider.
b) hit F3 and search for spider.
4. Look for the following
a) HighScore_(dificulty)=Set the value to set your high scores.
b) StreakCurrent_(dificulty), StreakLosses_(dificulty)and StreakWins_(dificulty)= Edit your streak records.
c) Wins(dificulty)= Edit your winning records.
d) Losses_(dificulty)= Edit your lossing records. (dificulty)

XP/2000: Cheat at Hearts
how to see all cards at Microsoft Hearts.
1. Open start menu
2. Click run
3. Type regedit and hit ok
4. Look for Hkey_Current_User Software......Applets Hearts
(or hit F3 and look for hearts under applets)
Editors Note : Will be something similar to this where the dots are replaced by numbers...
Code:
HKEY_USERS\ ... \Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi on\Applets \Hearts

5. Right-click in the blank area on the right side and select new string value.
6. Title the new string ZB.
7. Right click on the string ZB you just made and hit modify.
8. In value data there should be a 0 , replace it with a 42.
9. Now when playing game, just press CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + F12,
and you will see all cards.
10. Enjoy.

To remove that black arrow from ur desktop shortcut icon

To remove that black arrow from ur desktop shortcut icon

follow these steps
click on start> run> type regedit
u'll see ur registry directory'll open
click on HKEY CLASSES ROOT
a lots oe subfolder'll open
then find "piffile" among them> click on it> u'll see 4 options in the left side will appear> now right click "isshortcut" > delete it.
again find a file named "lnkfile" > click> delete isshortcut in the left window
now close ur registry directory and restart ur pc.
u r done.
you need to restart Or else do this
press ctrl+alt+del
in the process tab select explorer.exe and click on end task
after ending go to appication tab and click on new task there type explorer.exe that's it over now see the icons on desktop

Clear RAM without any software

clear RAM without any software

Yes ! you can clear RAM with any software or tool.

How ???

Just creat a shortcut on your desktop and it's path will be :

%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe advapi32.dll, ProcessIdleTasks

Whenever you feel that your computer getting slow just click on this shortcut.

Injoy....

Shutdown XP Faster

Shutdown XP Faster

Start > Run > type in: 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 100).

Increasing System Performance

Increasing System Performance

If you have 512 megs or more of memory, you can increase system performance
by having the core system kept in memory.
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControl Set\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management\DisablePagingExecutive
Set the value to be 1
Reboot the computer

WindowsXP Command Line Utilities

WindowsXP Command Line Utilities

While there are a lot of command line utilities in WindowsXP, here are some that I have been using lately.
bootcfg - Configures, queries, or changes Boot.ini file settings.
driverquery - Displays a list of all installed device drivers and their properties.
getmac - Returns the media access control (MAC) address and list of network protocols associated with each address for all network cards in each computer
gpresult - Displays Group Policy settings and Resultant Set of Policy (RSOP) for a user or a computer
netsh - You can use commands in the Netsh Interface IP context to configure the TCP/IP protocol
schtasks - Schedules commands and programs to run periodically or at a specific time
systeminfo - Displays detailed configuration information about a computer and its operating system

Changing the Registered Owner

Changing the Registered Owner

Start Regedit
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Wi ndows NT\CurrentVersion
From there you can edit the name in the Registered Owner key

Decreasing Boot Time

Microsoft has made available a program to analyze and decrease the time it takes to boot to WindowsXP
The program is called BootVis
Uncompress the file.
Run BOOTVIS.EXE
For a starting point, run Trace / Next Boot + Driver Delays
This will reboot your computer and provide a benchmark
After the reboot, BootVis will take a minute or two to show graphs of your system startup.
Note how much time it takes for your system to load (click on the red vertical line)
Then run Trace / Optimize System
Re-Run the Next Boot + Drive Delays
Note how much the time has decreased
Mine went from approximately 39 to 30 seconds.

Changing Drive Letters

Changing Drive Letters

If you want to change the letters assigned to your fixed or removable drives:
Right Click on My Computer
Select Manage
Select Disk Management
For a Fixed Disk:
Select it
Right click
Select Change Drive Letter and Path
Click on the Edit button
Enter in the letter you want to use
For a Removable Disk:
In the lower, right hand panel, right click on the Disk or CD ROM #
Select Change Drive Letter and Path
Click on the Edit button
Enter in the letter you want to use

Clearing the Page File on Shutdown

Clearing the Page File on Shutdown

Another way to set the computer to clear the pagefile without directly editing the registry is:
Click on the Start button
Go to the Control Panel
Administrative Tools
Local Security Policy
Local Policies
Click on Security Options
Right hand menu - right click on "Shutdown: Clear Virtual Memory Pagefile"
Select "Enable"
Reboot
If you want to clear the page file on each shutdown:
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControl Set\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management\ClearPageFileAtShutdown
Set the value to 1

Removing Thumbs.db Files

Removing Thumbs.db Files

When viewing a folder with the Thumbnail view, WindowsXP creates a thumbs.db file.
This is a cache of the current pictures in that directory.
If you want to turn this feature off and save a little disk space
Start the Windows Explorer
Go to Tools / Folder Options / View
In the first section under Files and Folders, check Do not cache thumbnails
Now you can search for the thumbs.db file on your computer and remove them. No more should be created.

Enable / Disable the Task Manager

Enable / Disable the Task Manager

Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Win dows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\System
Create the Dword value DisableTaskMgr
Give it a value of 0 to enable it
Give it a vaule of 1 to disable it

Removing Thumbs.db Files

Removing Thumbs.db Files

When viewing a folder with the Thumbnail view, WindowsXP creates a thumbs.db file.
This is a cache of the current pictures in that directory.
If you want to turn this feature off and save a little disk space
Start the Windows Explorer
Go to Tools / Folder Options / View
In the first section under Files and Folders, check Do not cache thumbnails
Now you can search for the thumbs.db file on your computer and remove them. No more should be created.

Disable Explorer Thumbnail View

Disable Explorer Thumbnail View

If you want disable the Explorer's ability to show the Thumbnail View ,
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Advanced \
Change ClassicViewState to 1

Poweroff at Shutdown

Poweroff at Shutdown

If your computer does not turn off the power when doing a shutdown,
you may need to edit the registry. I have all the correct BIOS and Power settings and still needed to do this.
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Edit the key PowerOffActive and give it a value of 1
You can do the same in HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop

Hiding the Last User Logged On

Hiding the Last User Logged On

If you use the standard NT style of login and want to hide the last user:
Start the Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc)
Go to Computer Configuration / Windows Settings / Security Settings / Local Policies / Security Options
Scroll down to Interactive logon: Do not display last user name
Set it to Enable

Bringing Up the Shutdown Dialog Box

Bringing Up the Shutdown Dialog Box

Create a new txt file somewhere on your system, open it and put in this one line:
(new ActiveXObject("Shell.Application")).Shut downWindow s();
Save and Close the file. Change the extension to js and your got it.
You can make a shortcut to that file to make it easy to shut down your system.

Easy Way to Share Multiple Folders

Easy Way to Share Multiple Folders

If you need to share multiple folders, running the program SHRPUBW.EXE will bring up a simple dialog box to let you:
Browse to the folder you want to share
Enter in a Share name
Ender in a Share description
Set permissions. Several choices are available
Restart the process from within the same program

Hiding a XP Computer from Network Neighborhood

Hiding a XP Computer from Network Neighborhood

If you want to share files from a XP computer,
yet want to remove it from showing up in the Network Neighborhood,
Run net config server /hidden:yes

Common Control Panel Applets

Common Control Panel Applets

The follow are some common Control Panel Applets that are located in the \windows\system32 directory.
If you find yourself using any of these frequently, then you can simply make shortcuts to them on your desktop.

appwiz.cpl >>Add/Remove Programs
desk.cpl >> Display Properties
firewall.cpl >> Firewall Settings
inetcpl.cpl >> Internet Options
mmsys.cpl >> Sound and Audio
ncpa.cpl >> Network Connections
nusrmgr.cpl >> User Accounts
powercfg.cpl >> Power Options
sysdm.cpl >>System Properties
wscui.cpl >> Security Center
wuaucpl.cpl >> Automatic Updates Configuration

Opening Ports or Adding Allowed Programs with SP2's Firewall

Opening Ports or Adding Allowed Programs with SP2's Firewall

1.Click on Start / Run
2.Enter in firewall.cpl
3.Click on the Exceptions tab

Adding a Port for Internet Access:
1.Click on the Add Port button
2.Name it whatever you want
3.Enter in the ports you want to open

Adding a Program for Internet Access
1.Click on Add Program... button
2.A list of all installed programs will be displayed
3.Highlight the one you want to include for Internet access
4.Click on the OK button