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18 Impressive Computer Shortcuts and

tricks!
By Sreejesh

Areyouabasiccomputeruser?Dontjustbebasicuser.Explorethe17impressive
windowstricksbelow.Beanadvancecomputeruser.Herearesomesimpletricksand
prankswhicharegoodenoughtoimpresssomeone.

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1. Set Processes Priority

Followthisptoincreasethepriorityofacveprocesses,thiswillresultin
priorizaonofprocessesusingtheCPU.
CTRLSHIFTESC1.GotothesecondtabcalledProcesses,rightclickononeoftheacve
processes,youwillseetheSetPriorityopon
2.Forexample,yourRunyourCDwriterprogram,setthepriorityhigher,andguess
what,nocrashedCDs
2. Shutdown Trick !
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Immediaterapidshutdownwindowwhileshungdownwindow.opentask
manager(Ctr+Alt+Del),
Selectshutdowntab.andpressCtrlkeywhileselectTurnOfromdistab.
Count54321Voila!!!Urwindowwillrapidlyshutdown.
SpeedUpUrShutdown!!
StartRegedit.
NavigatetoHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control.
ClickontheControlFolder.
SelectWaitToKillServiceTimeout
RightclickonitandselectModify.
Setitavaluelowerthan2000(Mineissetto200).
Likepreviousversionsofwindows,ittakeslongmetorestartorshutdownwindows
xpwhentheExitWindowssoundisenabled.tosolvethisproblemyou
mustdisablethisuselesssound.clickstartbuonthengotosengs>controlpanel>
Sound,SpeechandAudiodevices>SoundsandAudioDevices>Sounds,thenunder
programeventsandwindowsmenuclickonExitWindowssubmenuandhighlight
it.nowfromsoundsyoucanselect,choosenoneandthenclickapplyandok.nowyou
canseesomeimprovementswhenshungdownyoursystem.
3. Hide your folders.. never known trick!Disguise them to Recycle Bin
Renameanyfolderwithextension{645FF0405081101B9F0800AA002F954E}
eg,
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ifuveafoldergames
pressF2,
thentype,games.{645FF0405081101B9F0800AA002F954E}
cthemagic.
then2gettooriginalform,
removetheextensionusing
rengames.{645FF0405081101B9F0800AA002F954E}gamesindosorasabatle
Nowyouarereadytoroll!
4. System information
systemupmeonlyforxpprofessionaledionItboastshowlongitcanstayup.
Whereasprevious
versionsofWindowswerecoyabouthowlongtheywent
betweenboots,XPisposivelyproudofitsstamina.
GototheCommandPromptintheAccessoriesmenufrom
theAllProgramsstartbuonopon,andthentype
systeminfo.Thecomputerwillproducealotof
usefulinfo,includingtheupme.Ifyouwanttokeep
these,typesysteminfo>info.txt.Thiscreatesa

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lecalledinfo.txtyoucanlookatlaterwith
Notepad.(ProfessionalEdiononly).
5. lock PC just by double clicking mouse
YoucanlockyourXPworkstaonwithtwoclicksof
themouse.Createanewshortcutonyourdesktopusing
arightmouseclick,andenterrundll32.exe
user32.dll,LockWorkStaoninthelocaoneld.
Givetheshortcutanameyoulike.Thatsitjust
doubleclickonitandyourcomputerwillbelocked.
Andifthatsnoteasyenough,Windowskey+Lwilldo
thesame.
6. SPEED UP UR ACROBAT READER (ALMOST LIKE NOTEPAD)
Dougetirritatedwhenacrobatreadertakes5/10secondstoloadwhenyouwantto
openapdfdocument.Thereisawaytospeeduptheloading.
1.Gototheinstallaonfolderofacrobatreader
(C:\programles\adobe\acrobat\reader\..whatever)
2.MoveallthelesandfoldersfromthepluginsdirectorytotheOponal
directory.(Irepeat..cutandpastethelesNOTcopy&paste).
Alsomakesurethatacrobatreaderisnotopenelseitwilllockthelesandnotallow
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youtomovetheles).
Nowyouracrobatreaderwillloadveryfast
andalmostasgoodasnotepad..
7. Remove Stored username and Passwords !
ToremovetheStoredUserNamesandPasswordsfromyoursystem,trythis:
ClickStart,RunandtypeControlkeymgr.dll
Removetheentriesfromthelist.
Theotherwaystoaccessthisdialogare:
TypeControlUserpasswords2inRUNbox,clickAdvanced,ManagePasswords
or
FromControlPanel,selectyourUserAccount,clickManageyournetworkpasswords
ItWorks
Alsoread:
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Comparesuite:Autocomparedierencesintwolesinstantly!
Evernoteletsyourememberthingsfromyourdailylifeusingyourcomputer,phone,andtheweb

8. Remove the Username and picture from Windows XP New Start Menu
TheUseraccountpicturecanberemovedbyturningotheWelcomeScreen.Or,by
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switchingtoWindowsClassictheme.Followthemethoddescribedinthisarcleifyou
wanttoremovetheusernameandpicturefromtheStartMenu,withoutdisablingthe
WelcomeScreenandWindowsXPTheme.
ForthosewhowanttoremovetheusernameanduseraccountpicturefromStart
Menu,inordertohaveablankbluepanelatthetop,trythis:
StartWindowsExplorerandgotothisfolder:
C:\DocumentsandSengs\AllUsers\ApplicaonData\Microso\UserAccount
Pictures
Fromthatfolder,renametheBMPlewhichcorrespondstoyouruseraccount.
(Forexample,ifyourusernameisRobert,renameRobert.bmptoold_Robert.bmp)
Next,renamethefollowingfolder:
C:\DocumentsandSengs\AllUsers\ApplicaonData\Microso\UserAccount
Pictures\DefaultPictures
tosomethingelse,say
C:\DocumentsandSengs\AllUsers\ApplicaonData\Microso\UserAccount
Pictures\No_DefaultPictures
Toremovetheusername,followthesesteps
Startregedit.exeandnavigatetothethiskey:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Soware\Microso\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer
Intherightpane,setNoUserNameInStartMenuvaluedatato1
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CloseRegedit.exeandrestartWindows.
YoullendupwithabluespaceatthetopoftheStartMenu.
9. To get back the username and the picture, reverse the above procedure.
FortheNewStartMenu,WindowsXPlooksforthe<username>.bmpleinthefolder
C:\DocumentsandSengs\AllUsers\ApplicaonData\Microso\UserAccount
Pictures
Iftheleisnotfound,ittakesapicturefromtheDefaultPicturessubfolder.By
renamingthe<username>.bmpandtheDefaultPicturesfolder,youregivingno
chanceforWindowstofetchanimagefortheStartMenu
10. Notepad Tricks.
Wellquiteoldbuthereisdcompletecollecon
Step1:OpenNotepad
Step2:Writefollowinglineinthenotepad.
thisappcanbreak
Step3:Savethisleasxxx.txt
Step4:Closethenotepad.
Step5:Opentheleagain.
or
1>OpenNotepad

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2>Enterfourwordsseparatedbyspaces,whereintherstwordhas4leers,thenext
twohavethreeleers,andthelastwordhasveleers
3>DONThitenterattheendoftheline.
4>Savethele.
5>CloseNotepad.
6>ReopenNotepad.
7>Opentheleyoujustsaved.
or
Openanotepad
typeBushhidthefacts
savethatle,
closeit
againopenandsee
11. NOTEPAD world trade centre trick.. :Rahul
DidyouknowthattheightnumberoftheplanethathadhitWTCon
9/11wasQ33N.OpenyourNotepadinurcomputerandtypetheight
numberi.eQ33NIncreasetheFontSizeto72,ChangetheFontto
Wingdings.Uwillbeamazedbythendings.

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12. log trick !! make ur Notepad a diary !!

Somemeswewanttoinsertcurrentdataandme,wheneverweopentheleinthe
notepad.Ifyouarealazypersonlikeme,whodontliketopressF5wheneveryou
openanotepad.Thenhereisatricktoavoidthis.Justadda.LOGintherstlineof
yourtextleandcloseit.
Wheneveryouopenthelewiththattextintherstlineinthenotepad,itwillinsert
thecurrentdateandmeattheendofthele.Youcanstartenteringyourtextaer
that.

WHY?
Thereasonthishappens:
Innotepad,anyother4335leerwordcombowillhavethesameresults.
ItisalltodowithalimitaoninWindows.TextlescontainingUnicodeUTF16
encodedUnicodearesupposedtostartwithaByteOrderMark(BOM),whichisa
twobyteagthattellsareaderhowthefollowingUTF16dataisencoded.
1)Youaresavingto8bitExtendedASCII(LookattheSaveAs/Encodingformat)
2)Youarereadingfrom16bitUNICODE(Youguessedit,lookattheSaveAs/Encoding
format)
Thisiswhythe188bitcharactersarebeingdisplayedas9(obviouslynotsupportedby
yourcodepage)16bitUNICODEcharacters
13. SPEED UP MENU DISPLAY.!!
Whenusingthestartmenutheyouwillnoceadelaybetweendierentersofthe
menuhierarchy.ForthefastestcomputerexperiencepossibleIrecommendchanging
thisvaluetozero.Thiswillallowthedierenterstoappearinstantly.
StartRegedit.IfyouareunfamiliarwithregeditpleaserefertoourFAQonhowtoget
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started.
NavigatetoHKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Desktop
SelectMenuShowDelayfromthelistontheright.
RightonitandselectModify.
Changethevalueto0.
Rebootyourcomputer.
14. CLICKING * .AVI FILES ON EXPLORER CAUSING 100% CPU USAGE.!!
WellwindowsseemtohaveaREALLYbigproblemwhenitcomestoreadingAVIles.It
seemsthatwhenyouclickonanAVIleinexplorer,itlltrytoreadtheenreAVIleto
determinethewidth,height,etc.oftheAVIle(thisisdisplayedintheProperes
window).NowtheproblemwithWindowsisthatifyouhaveabroken/notfully
downloadedAVIlethatdoesntcontainthisinfo,WindowswillscantheenreAVIle
tryingtogureoutallthesepropereswhichintheprocesswillprobablycause100%
CPUusageandheavymemoryusage.Tosolvethisproblemallyouhavetodoisthe
following:
1.Openupregedit
2.GotoHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociaons\.avi\shellex\PropertyHandler
3.DeletetheDefaultvaluewhichshouldbe{87D62D9471B34b9a9489
5FE6850DC73E}
Voila!Pleasenotthatthiswillnolongerprovideyouwiththewindowsproperes
displayingtheAVIleinformaonsuchaswidth,height,bitrateetc.Butitsasmall
pricetopayforsavingyouresources.
NOTE:Pleaseusecauonwhenusingregedit.Improperusagemaycausewindowsto
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behaveimcorrectly.Also,Icannotbeheldresposible.Backupyourregistryrst.

CD ROM STOPS AUTOPLAYING/AUTORUN.!!

AndtheAutoPlayTabhasdisappearedinMyComputer,DevicesWithRemovable
Storage,RightClickonCDROM,Properes.
Soluon:Theservice:ShellHardwareDeteconhasbeensettoManualorDisabled.
GotoControlPanel,AdministraveTools,Services.ReturnthisservicetoAutomac.
15. How to make your Desktop Icons Transparent
GotoControlPanel>System,>Advanced>Performancearea>SengsbuonVisual
EectstabUsedropshadowsforiconlabelsontheDesktop
16.DISPLAY MESSAGE ON STARTUP.
Startregedit,ifyouareunfamiliarwithregeditpleaseseeourFAQ.
NavigatetoHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microso\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Modifythekeylegalnocecaponwithwhatyouwanttonamethewindow.
Modifythekeylegalnocetextwithwhatyouwantthewindowtosay.Restart
Worthreading:
ForgetWindows7GetReadyToMingleWithWindows8
Hack:HowToSurfTheInternet100%Anonymously
Hack:DoubleyourinternetdownloadandpageloadspeedfromOpenDNS
Hacking101:4typesofdeadlyhackingandthestorybehindthem

17. AUTO DELETE TEMPORARY FOLDER.!!

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llwhatipreferis%temp%withoutquotes..atStart>Run..
thisopensurtempfolderndenucaleraseitneatly//slltrydisonetoo..
Firstgointogpedit.msc
Nextselect>ComputerConguraon/AdministraveTemplates/Windows
Components/TerminalServices/TemporaryFolder
ThenrightclickDoNotDeleteTempFolderUponExit
Gotoproperesandhitdisable.NownextmeWindowsputsatempleinthatfolder
itwillautomacallydeleteitwhenitsdone!NotefromForumAdmin:Remember,
GPEDIT(GroupPolicyEditor)isonlyavailableinXPPro.
18. Make your PDF les to speak (Auto prompt)
makeurpdflestospeak
herertheshortcutsforhearingpdflesinabobereader6.0orhigherctrl+shi+b
>tohearthewholetopic
ctrl+shi+v>tohearthepage
Havefun!

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