Auto End Tasks to Enable a Proper Shutdown, Win XP Tweak

Auto End Tasks to Enable a Proper Shutdown

This reg file automatically ends tasks and timeouts that prevent programs from shutting down and clears the Paging File on Exit.

1. Copy the following (everything in the box) into notepad.


QUOTE:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]
"ClearPageFileAtShutdown"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop]
"AutoEndTasks"="1"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control]
"WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="1000"


2. Save the file as shutdown.reg
3. Double click the file to import into your registry.

NOTE: If your anti-virus software warns you of a "malicious" script, this is normal if you have "Script Safe" or similar technology enabled.

enjoy people...

Customize Start Menu Text..

Well the simplest and the least time consuming way of changing the Start button text is described below:

Step 1:

Create a system restore point just incase if something goes wrong you can roll back to the original settings. Make a back up copy of explorer.exe in a safe place, maybe in a different folder.
Step 2:
You would need to download a small freeware utility called Resource Hacker. "Resource Hacker^TM is a freeware utility to view, modify, rename, add, delete and extract resources in 32bit Windows executables and resource files (*.res). It incorporates an internal resource script compiler and decompiler and works on Win95, Win98, WinME, WinNT, Win2000 and WinXP operating systems." excerpt from Resource Hacker's Website                                                                           
Click here to download Resource Hacker
Click here to visit the Resource Hacker's web page
Step 3:
Open Resource Hacker utility. Click on File ---> Open. Type "explorer.exe" in the text box.

Step 4:
Expand String Table --->  37 from the tree view and click on 1033 as shown in the figure below

Step 5:
From the right window next to where start is written in front of 578 edit the text to what you want on your start button. For example I edited it to brainwash69 as shown in the figure below:

Step 6:
Click on the "Compile Script" button on top of the right window. Now click on File ---> Save as ----> wintipz.exe as shown in Figure Below:

Step 7:
Open registry editor by clicking on Start ---> Run and typing "regedit" at the text box. Navigate to HKEY_Local_Machine -> Software -> Microsoft -> Windows NT -> CurrentVersion -> Winlogon
From the right pane double click on shell and replace "explorer.exe" with "wintipz.exe" as shown in figure below and then exit registry editor:

Step 8:
double click the Shell entry to open the Edit String dialog box as shown in Fig. In Value data line, enter the name that was used to save the modified explorer.exe file (In my case its brainwash69.exe). Click OK.

Step 9: Close Registry Editor and Restart your computer to see the changes.

Customizing Right-Click Menu Options in Windows ! ! !

Introduction 
This document gives step by step instructions for customizing the options that appear on the right-click menu for various file types. I have found this particularly useful for designing and testing web pages.

Typically, before uploading a HTML page, you will want to view it in both Netscape and Internet Explorer, and you may wish to make quick edits using, say, WordPad. To make this easier for myself I have added a "Netscape" and an "Edit" option to the right-click menu for all HTML files, (IE is my default browser). This means I can open HTML files in Internet Explorer, Netscape or WordPad with two clicks, instead of dragging files all over the desktop, or opening applications and doing a "File Open".

For GIFs and JPEGS, I have also added the Netscape option, and I've linked the "Edit" option to my favorite graphics editing program. 

Warning 
This document discusses editing the Windows Registry. This gives you complete control over the configuration of your menus, but you should be extremely careful not to change Registry values that are used by other applications. The author accepts no responsibility for any problems that may arise as a result of any changes to the Registry, even for those changes outlined in this example.

If you want to avoid modifying the registry directly, many of the changes described here can also be made in Windows Explorer's "Folder Options" menu. To use this approach, double click "My Computer", select the "Tools" menu, then "Folder Options", then the "File Types" tab. From here, you can highlight the file type you wish to change, then click the "Advanced" button to change the menu options that appear for the file type. This won't give you complete control of every option, but it is probably sufficient for most needs, and it is much less likely to cause problems as a result of accidental changes to the wrong registry keys.

Some Common Questions 
Before tackling how to add menu options, here are a few interesting or common questions I've received. 

Question:
"How do I remove unwanted options that appear on right-click menus after installing software?" 

Answer:
Usually, all that is required is to remove the appropriate key under the shellex\ContextMenuHandlers key inHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT for file type "*". For example:

In the sample shown, deleting "gvim" will remove the right-click options for the GUI Vim program I installed. I'd recommend making a back up of the key data in case you want to put it back in later. If you don't find the correct ContextMenuHandlers item under "*" you could try looking under specific file extensions. You could also try searching the registry for the text that appears on the menu. When searching, don't forget to preface any character that is underlined in the menu with an "&". The ampersand is typically used to identify the character to underline when a menu entry's text is saved in the registry.

Question:
"Can I add a 'Search' option to Internet Explorer's right-click menu?"

Answer: 
  There is a  script to do just that: http://www.jfitz.com/tips/search.htm

Question:
"Can I disable [insert menu option here] in Internet Explorer's right-click menu?"

Answer: 
Non-standard items can be removed from the MenuExt registry key. This can usually be found here:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt

After removing the offending key, restart IE and the menu item should be gone.

With regard to the default behavior of Internet Explorer, (i.e. the menu items that don't appear in MenuExt) there are a number of restrictions you can place on newer versions of the browser.

One of the best online sources for information about the various options is at:http://registry.winguides.com/display.php/442/

You can't specifically disable a single menu item, (at least as far as I'm aware -- there may be some undocumented way around it), but you can make the menu go away completely. This might be useful for shared machines in a "public" environment, where changes made through the menu, (such as setting the computer's background from a web image), could be confusing to other users.

Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions

Set a DWORD value:
NoBrowserContextMenu = 1

You can also do this just for specific users if you wish. In this case, make the change under HKEY_CURRENT_USER.

If you export the modified key to a .REG file, (using regedit's export menu option), you can very quickly copy the change to a number of machines. (.REG files open using regedit when double clicked and apply the registry changes they contain. The files themselves are simply text files -- you can verify their contents in notepad or any other editor.)

Modifying the Right-Click Menu

Now on with the show...

First we need to find the location of the program we want to use (Note: You can also get this information from the "Properties" box if you have a shortcut to the program on your desktop. Otherwise...) Click on "Find Files or Folders" in the Start Menu

Search for the program you want to add to the right-click menu Make a note of the folder where the program is found Some common programs you might like to use are: Netscape.exe - Netscape Communicator IExplore.exe - Internet Explorer WordPad.exe - WordPad

• From the Start Menu select "Run"
• Enter "regedit"
• This runs the Registry Editor

• Open the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT "folder"
• This opens a long list of file extensions, (.exe, .html, .ini, etc)
• Following the extension list, extension groups are listed, ( for example "htmlfile" refers to all files with ".htm" and ".html" extensions, "jpegfile" refers to .jpg and .jpeg files, "giffile" refers to .png files).
•  Note: To find the extension group associated with a particular extension, click on the extension and note the value in the "Data" field, (on the right side), for the value named "(Default)".

• Select the extension, or extension group you wish to modify - typically, you will want to modify an extension group, rather than an individual extension.
• In this example we want to add a "Netscape" option to all .html and .htm files, so we open the "htmlfile" extension group.
•  Note: we could modify each extension separately if we wished.

Right click on the "shell" option Select "New" Select "Key"

• This creates a new key with a default name

• Change the key name to whatever you wish to appear on the right click menu

• Now right click on the new key
• Select "New"
• Select "Key" 

• This creates a "subkey" of the key we just created
• Rename this subkey "command"

• Note that in the right hand window the name "Default" and "value not set" appear
• Double click on the "Default", (or the small "ab" icon to the left)
• This brings up an Edit window which is used to set the default value

 

• The "value" to enter is the name of the program to run
• The format of the value field is:
• FOLDERNAME\PROGRAMNAME "%1"
• In this example its:
• E:\Program Files\Netscape\Communicator\Program\Netscape.exe "%1"
• Note: When we use the new menu option, "%1" is replaced with the name of the file we clicked on. This tells Netscape which file to open

• Click "OK" to set the default value
• This completes the process - Right clicking on any "htmlfile" will now have a "Netscape" option that opens the selected file in Netscape.

• You can add as many right click options as you wish
• In this example, an "Edit" command has also been added which will open the file using WordPad.

 

• Note that the menu options are listed in the order in which they were created
• The simplest way to reorder the options is to rename the option that you want to appear at the end of the list. 

•   To rename a menu option, right click on the key in the Registry Editor and select "Rename"

• Rename the key to a temporary name, then rename it back to its original

• In the above case, we renamed the "Netscape" option and it now appears below the "Edit" option
• Note that you can remove the menu item by deleting the key in the Registry Editor
• The "Delete" option is directly above the "Rename" option
• Note that to delete the "Netscape" key, you must first delete its "command" subkey.

 

How to make a setup with Visual Studio 2008 ....

Do you want to know how to make an installer using Visual Studio 2008? In this 9 minute video, the viewers will be taught the process of how to do so. However, the process itself is easy and if the viewer follows each step correctly, they should have no problem creating a setup file using Visual Studio 2008. However, prior computer knowledge is still recommended.

Software For Windows Mobile

Resco File Explorer:

The existing file explorer in window mobile does not provide some of the following features:

• encryption of file and Folder for security purpose.
• Folder and multiple file sending through blue-tooth.
• multiple file and folder mark and copy paste.
• compression of file and folder.
• Access to the Recycle Bin , My Device, Virtual Folder, Extended ROM etc.

So to get all above features in file explorer there is a software available "RESCO FILE EXPLORER " .And it is freeware on various websites for trial version and u will get full version through torrent.

hc4_ObexInbox(Bluetooth Target Folder setting) :

By default in Windows mobile the destination folder for bluetooth received files is phone memory(My Document) which is a big problem since there is a very less memory available for phone .

Because of this we can't take large numbers of file at once or big file through bluetooth.

And also there is no setting available for changing the destination folder for bluetooth.

To overcome this problem there is a very small software available hc4_ObexInbox (freeware software) which changes the destination folder for bluetooth receipt to the memory card which solves the problem of less memory for bluetooth files.

Change your log on message. ! ! !

Got bored of by looking every-time same log on message WINDOWS ? ? ?
here is the trick to display a text of your wish when u log on...



1) Click start
click run
type regedit,
then click ok!

2) In The registry editor, drill down to the following key:
HKEY _LOCAL_MACHINE\software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current version\Winlogon.

3)Right click LegalNoticeCaption,
click modify,
Type: THIS IS NEXT TRICK,and then click ok!

4 )Right click legalNoticeText,
click modify, and then Close your message!

5 )Restart Your Computer.

6 )The message will appear every time you logon !

Most Common Computer Problems and Their Solution. . ! ! !

Hi guys, i have already posted several posts on computer tips and tricks here and also discussed several problems. Now i am going to speak about "Most common problems and solutions". Here you will find the solution for most of the common problems faced by people with there computer.
Note: All the information here is collected form various sites and forums.





1. I can't see Hidden files/folders in my computer. Even I enable the option "Show hidden files/folders" in "Tools -> Folder Options", its automatically disabled again.

Solution1: Go to your Start menu, click on Run and open up your Registry Editor by typing "regedit" without the quotes and pressing OK.

Once there go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folde r\Hidden\SHOWALL

Delete the value CheckedValue. (Its type should be REG_SZ and data should be 0 or 1.)

Create a new DWORD value called CheckedValue (same as above, except that the type is REG_DWORD) by right clicking on the right pane->New->DWORD Value. Modify the value data to 1 (0x00000001).
Solution 2: Open regedit and goto:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
In right-side pane, change value of "Hidden" to as following:

1 - To show hidden file
2 - To not show hidden files
If it doesn't work, then scan your computer with an anti-virus software.

2. Task Manager Disabled:

Using Group Policy Editor - for Windows XP Professional to Enable Task Manager.

* Click Start, Run, type gpedit.msc and click OK.
* Navigate to this branch:

User Configuration / Administrative Templates / System / Ctrl+Alt+Delete Options / Remove Task Manager

* Double-click the Remove Task Manager option.
* Set the policy to Not Configured.

Enable RegEdit [It is not tested]

REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersio
n\Policies\System]
"DisableRegistryTools"=dword:00000000

Save the text file as any name u with extension .reg
example:- "enable.reg"
After that double click to run the file.

Note:DO SCAN YOUR MACHINE WITH A GOOD ANTIVIRUS. BECAUSE THIS PROGRAMS DON'T TURNED OFF BY HIMSELF OR AUTOMATICALLY. IT HAS TO A VIRUS EFFECT OR A ADMINISTRATOR HAS TO MANUALLY DISABLE THIS PROGRAMS.


3. Restore Deleted Recycle Bin Icon from Desktop:

Method #1:
1. Right-click an empty area of your desktop
2. Select Properties
3. Click the Desktop tab
4. Click the Customize button
5. Click Restore Default
6. Exit all windows and restart your computer

Method #2:
Note: Be sure to make a backup copy of your registry prior to making any changes.

Go to Start>> Run. Type in: regedit [Enter]

Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace

Hold the mouse on NameSpace and right-click once. From the resulting menu, select Edit>> New>> Key

Copy and Paste the following Key code (including the brackets):

{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

Press Enter on your keyboard, exit the registry editor and restart your system.



4. Blank User Accounts Applet :

Problem:
When you double-click User Accounts applet in the Control Panel, the User Accounts applet opens, but it may be completely blank.

The buttons Back | Forward | Home are displayed in the dialog.

Resolution:
To resolve the problem, type these commands from Start, Run dialog:

regsvr32 jscript.dll

If that does not help, execute the following commands as well.

regsvr32 nusrmgr.cpl
regsvr32 /i mshtml.dll


5. Force windows XP to reboot upon crashing:

This registry edit will cause your system to reboot itself automatically upon crashing. This can be useful if you have a reason for keeping your system on 24/7:


Open REGEDIT

Navigate to 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM
\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl'

Edit the 'AutoReboot' value to '1'


6. Stand By Icon Disabled:

Problem:
I reinstalled my windows and now "Stand By" option is Grey out in shutdown dialog box and I can't use it.

Sol: Install VGA drivers from your motherboard CD and the option will be enabled. If you don't have the motherboard CD, then go to the manufacturer site and download the required drivers.

7. Improving the Slow Boot up time:

There are a variety of reasons why your windows XP system would boot slowly. Most of the times it this has to do with the startup applications. If you would like to speed up the bootup sequence, consider removing some of the startup applications that you do not need. Easiest way to remove startup apps is through System Configuration Utility. Go to Start then Run and enter MSCONFIG and go to the Startup tab. Deselect/UnCheck application(s) that you do not want to startup at boot time.


8. Regedit Disabled By Admin:

Open Notepad pad, copy paste the following text to the note pad::

REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersio
n\Policies\System]
"DisableRegistryTools"=dword:00000000

Save the text file as any name u with extension .reg

example:- "enable.reg"

After that double click to run the file.

Create one of the best folder lock.....

All You Need to do is to copy the following code and paste it in a notepad with extension of .bat as : "dhiru.bat"

U sud write ur desired Password at where its written "type your password here" (in red in code) ....
Whenever u wanna change ur password u sud open an instance of notepad and open ur "bat" file with it and change ur password and never forget to d place where u have saved this .bat file bcs in the directory where u have saved this .bat file , locker folder will create in that directory only.




So Copy ur code ......
____________________________________________________________________________

cls
@ECHO OFF
title Folder Locker
if EXIST "Control Panel.{21EC2020- 3AEA-1069- A2DD-08002B30309 D}" goto UNLOCK
if NOT EXIST Locker goto MDLOCKER
:CONFIRM
echo Are you sure u want to Lock the folder(Y/N)
set/p "cho=>"
if %cho%==Y goto LOCK
if %cho%==y goto LOCK
if %cho%==n goto END
if %cho%==N goto END
echo Invalid choice.
goto CONFIRM
:LOCK
ren Locker "Control Panel.{21EC2020- 3AEA-1069- A2DD-08002B30309 D}"
attrib +h +s "Control Panel.{21EC2020- 3AEA-1069- A2DD-08002B30309 D}"
echo Folder locked
goto End
:UNLOCK
echo Enter password to Unlock folder
set/p "pass=>"
if NOT %pass%==type your password here goto FAIL
attrib -h -s "Control Panel.{21EC2020- 3AEA-1069- A2DD-08002B30309 D}"
ren "Control Panel.{21EC2020- 3AEA-1069- A2DD-08002B30309 D}" Locker
echo Folder Unlocked successfully
goto End
:FAIL
echo Invalid password
goto end
:MDLOCKER
md Locker
echo Locker created successfully
goto End
:End

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Procedure For the use of Folder Lock -

• now open that .bat file (double click on .bat file).
• one folder named "Locker" will appear in the same directory.(since u have opened this folder lock first time thats why locker will appear directly ,from next time onwards u will have to enter password for further use.)
• now keep ur files and folder which u want to keep secrete.
• now again double click on .bat file to lock the folder.
• for further use for locker again open .bat file enter passwords and use ur locker.

ENJOY FRNDS...

Chat With Command Prompt

If you want personal chat with a friend

you don't need to download any yahoo messenger
All you need is your friends IP address and Command Prompt.

Firstly, open Notepad and enter:

@echo off

:A

Cls

echo MESSENGER

set /p n=User:

set /p m=Message:

net send %n% %m%

Pause

Goto A

Now save this as "Messenger.bat". Open the .bat file and in Command

Prompt you should see:

MESSENGER

User:

After "User" type the IP address of the computer you want to contact.

After this, you should see this:

Message:

Now type in the message you wish to send.Before you press "Enter" it should look like this:

MESSENGER

User:27.196.391.193

Message: Hi

Now all you need to do is press "Enter", and start chatting!