Top Tricks n Cheats

Set Processes Priority
Follow this tip to increase the priority of active processes, this will result in prioritisation of processes using the CPU.CTRL-SHIFT-ESC
1.Go to the second tab called Processes, right click on one of the active processes, you will see the Set Priority option
2.For example, your Run your CDwriter program , set the priority higher, and guess what, no crashed CD’s

Shutdown Trick

!Imidiate rapid shut down window while shutting down window. open task manager(Ctr+Alt+Del), Select shut down tab. and press ' Ctrl ' key while select Turn Off from dis tab. Count 5 4 3 2 1 Voila!!! U r window will rapidly shut down.

Speed Up Ur Shut down !!

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).and !Like previous versions of windows, it takes long time to restart or shutdown windows xp when the "Exit Windows" sound is enabled. to solve this problem youmust disable this useless sound. click start button then go to settings -> control panel -> Sound,Speech and Audio devices -> Sounds and Audio Devices -> Sounds, then under program events and windows menu click on "Exit Windows" sub-menu and highlight it.now from sounds you can select,choose "none" and then click apply and ok. now you can see some improvements when shutting down your system.

Crazy !!
Hide ur folders.. never known trick !!!!!!!!!! Disguise them to "Recycle Bin"Rename any folder with extension {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}eg,if u've a folder gamespress F2,then type, "games.{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"c the magic....then 2 get to original form,remove the extension using "ren games.{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} games" in dos or as a bat filen u are done..~cheers~

System information
system up time only for xp professional editionIt boasts how long it can stay up. Whereas previousversions of Windows were coy about how long they wentbetween boots, XP is positively proud of its stamina.Go to the Command Prompt in the Accessories menu fromthe All Programs start button option, and then type'systeminfo'. The computer will produce a lot ofuseful info, including the uptime. If you want to keepthese, type 'systeminfo > info.txt'. This creates afile called info.txt you can look at later withNotepad. (Professional Edition only).

lock pc just by double clicking mouse

You can lock your XP workstation with two clicks ofthe mouse. Create a new shortcut on your desktop usinga right mouse click, and enter 'rundll32.exeuser32.dll,LockWorkStation' in the location field.Give the shortcut a name you like. That's it -- justdouble click on it and your computer will be locked.And if that's not easy enough, Windows key + L will dothe same.

SPEED UP UR ACROBAT READER (ALMOST LIKE NOTEPAD)

Do u get irritated when acrobat reader takes 5/10 seconds to load when you want to open a pdf document. There is a way to speed up the loading.1. Go to the installation folder of acrobat reader(C:\program files\adobe\acrobat\reader\.. whatever)2. Move all the files and folders from the "plugins" directory to the "Optional" directory. (I repeat.. cut and paste the files NOT copy & paste).Also make sure that acrobat reader is not open else it will lock the files and not allow you to move the files).Now your acrobat reader will load very fast and almost as good as notepad..

Remove Stored username and Passwords !

To remove the Stored User Names and Passwords from your system, try this:Click Start, Run and type Control keymgr.dllRemove the entries from the list.The other ways to access this dialog are: Type Control Userpasswords2 in RUN box, click Advanced, Manage Passwords -or- From Control Panel, select your User Account, click Manage your network passwordsIt Works

Remove the Username and picture from Windows XP

New Start MenuThe User account picture can be removed by turning off the Welcome Screen. Or, by switching to Windows Classic theme. Follow the method described in this article if you want to remove the username and picture from the Start Menu, without disabling the Welcome Screen and Windows XP Theme.For those who want to remove the user name and user account picture from Start Menu, in order to have a blank blue panel at the top, try this:Start Windows Explorer and go to this folder:C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\User Account PicturesFrom that folder, rename the BMP file which corresponds to your user account. ( For example, if your username is Robert, rename Robert.bmp to old_Robert.bmp ) Next, rename the following folder:C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\User Account Pictures\Default Pictures to something else, say...C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\User Account Pictures\No_Default Pictures To remove the user name, follow these stepsStart regedit.exe and navigate to the this key:HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft\ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer In the right-pane, set NoUserNameInStartMenu value-data to 1Close Regedit.exe and restart Windows. You'll end up with a blue space at the top of the Start Menu.
To get back the username and the picture, reverse the above procedure.For the New Start Menu, Windows XP looks for the .bmp file in the folderC:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\User Account PicturesIf the file is not found, it takes a picture from the "Default Pictures" sub-folder. By renaming the .bmp and the "Default Pictures" folder, you're giving no chance for Windows to fetch an image for the Start Menu

Notepad Trick !

for complete list move to NOTEPAD TRICKS page !!Well quite old but here is d complete collectionStep 1: Open NotepadStep 2: Write following line in the notepad.this app can breakStep 3: Save this file as xxx.txtStep 4: Close the notepad.Step 5: Open the file again.Voilla!!or1> Open Notepad2> Enter four words separated by spaces, wherein the first word has 4 letters, the next two have three letters, and the last word has five letters3> DON'T hit enter at the end of the line.4> Save the file.5> Close Notepad.6> Reopen Notepad.7> Open the file you just saved. orOpen a note padtype Bush hid the facts save that file, close itagain open and see...
NOTEPAD "world trade centre trick".. :RahulDid you know that the flight number of the plane that had hit WTC ...on9/11 was Q33N ....Open your Notepad in ur computer and type the flightnumber i.e Q33N... Increase the Font Size to 72, Change the Font toWingdings. U will be amazed by the findings.

SPEED UP MENU DISPLAY.!!

When using the start menu the you will notice a delay between different tiers of the menu hierarchy. For the fastest computer experience possible I recommend changing this value to zero. This will allow the different tiers to appear instantly.Start Regedit. If you are unfamiliar with regedit please refer to our FAQ on how to get started.Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\DesktopSelect MenuShowDelay from the list on the right.Right on it and select Modify.Change the value to 0.Reboot your computer.

How to make your Desktop Icons Transparent

Go to Control Panel > System, > Advanced > Performance area > Settings button Visual Effects tab "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the Desktop"

DISPLAY MESSAGE ON STARTUP.

Start regedit, if you are unfamiliar with regedit please see our FAQ.Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinlogonModify the key legalnoticecaption with what you want to name the window.Modify the key legalnoticetext with what you want the window to say. Restart

AUTO DELETE TEMPORARY FOLDER.!!

ll what i prefer is %temp% " without quotes.. at Start -> Run..this opens ur temp folder n den u cal erase it neatly// still try dis one too..First go into gpedit.mscNext select -> Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Windows Components/Terminal Services/Temporary FolderThen 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.

make ur pdf files to speak

make ur pdf files to speak

here r the shortcuts for hearing pdf files in abobe reader 6.0 or higherctrl+shift+b ---->to hear the whole topicctrl+shift+v ---->to hear the page