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USEFUL COMPUTER TIPS

Postby viveck » August 19th, 2008, 4:06 am



1. Increase Your Internet bandwidth pipe.

Go to Start --> Run --> gpedit.msc. This opens the Group Policy Editor.
Then go to Local Computer Policy --> Computer Configuration --> Administrative Templates --> Network --> QOS Packet Scheduler --> Limit Reservable Bandwidth.

Double click on Limit Reservable bandwidth. It will say it is not configured, but the truth is under the Explain Tab i.e."By default, the Packet Scheduler limits the system to 20 percent of the bandwidth of a connection, but you can use this setting to override the default."
So the trick is to ENABLE reservable bandwidth, then set it to ZERO. This will allow the system to reserve nothing, rather than the default 20%.


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2. Turn On Your Computer in 10 Seconds Only.

Go to Start --> Run --> Regedit. This will open up Registry Editor. Now look for the key

Code: Select all
HKEY_LOACAL_MECHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndex


There find the Key Called "Startup Delay". Double Click On It. Its Default Value Is 4800000 (75300:hexadecimal). Change The Value To 40000. Here u go u have done it. Now close the Registry Editor and Restart Your Computer. You'll See The Result.



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3. Customize AM and PM of the watch of your computer.

Do this little trick (Not a trick though, a feature of windows XP) to impress and amaze your friends.
Go to Start ==> Control Panel ==> Regional and Language Options ==> Customize. Select "Time" tag. Highlight "AM" and type the name you want to display . Repeat with "PM". click "Apply" and than "OK".


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4.)Bill Gates still doesn't know why it happens:
Try out yourself...
Open Microsoft Word and type
=rand(200,99)
and then HIT ENTER....see what happens.
it won't hurt ur system!!

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7.)How will u die ( Very Funny )
1]
http://evil.berzerker.net/death_predictions.php

2]
http://www.deathclock.com/

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8.)TO CHANGE THE NAME OF RECYCLEBIN....

open notepad and paste this following matter there and now save this as recyclebin.reg and now click on the created file and then click yes........now rename the recyclebin as u wish....

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder]
"Attributes"=hex:50,01,00,20

"CallForAttributes"=dword:00000000



10.)To Increase the Internet Speed:
Open Notepad and paste the below code in it.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]
"SackOpts"=dword:00000001
"TcpWindowSize"=dword:0005ae4c
"Tcp1323Opts"=dword:00000003
"DefaultTTL"=dword:00000040
"EnablePMTUBHDetect"=dword:00000000
"EnablePMTUDiscovery"=dword:00000001
"GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize"=dword:0005ae4c

Now save this file as speed.reg. Execute it and observe the change!

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11.)Use system restore when you cannot boot your system
If your system has failed to the point where you cannot access the Windows GUI either through booting normally or through safe mode, you

may still have the chance to use the System Restore feature if you have it enabled, by running it form the command prompt. To do this:

Restart your computer and press F8 after the POST screen to bring up the Windows XP boot menu. Choose 'boot in safe mode with command

prompt.'

If your system gets to the command prompt successfully, type '%systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe' and then press enter. Follow the

onscreen instructions to restore your computer to a previous saved point.

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12.)Change your windows font...

-first right clcik on your desktop ,go to properties
-den go to the appearnce tab and select advanced
-den scroll down to the part icon
-you can change your windows font there...

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13.)Hide Hard Drives Partitions(C:,D:,E: etc.)
This is a great trick you can play on your friends. To disable the display of local or networked drives when you click My Computer.
1.Go to start->run.Type regedit.Now go to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Now in the right pane create a new DWORD item and name it NoDrives(it is case sensitive). Now modify it's value and set it to 3FFFFFF

(Hexadecimal) .Now restart your computer. So, now when you click on My Computer, no drives will be shown(all gone...). To enable display of

drives in My Computer, simply delete this DWORD item that you created.Again restart your computer.You can now see all the drives again.

Magic.

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14.)GETTING BACK MISSING FOLDER OPTIONS
Open Run and then type "gpedit.msc".
Now goto User Configuration > Administrative templates > Windows Component > Windows Explorer.
Click on Windows Explorer you will find the 3rd option on the right side of screen "Removes the Folder Option menu item from the Tools

menu"
Just check it, if it is not configured then change it to enable by double clicking on it and after applying again set it to not configured.

I hopes that you will find the option after restarting windows.
Do the things you fear and the fear will disappear.
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Re: USEFUL COMPUTER TIPS

Postby Admin » August 19th, 2008, 10:11 am



@ vivek22viken

That is a real Nice article and hacks. I will be testing all of these in a few days and edit your post to make it more interesting.
Right Now i am a bit busy but i will be doing this work very soon.
Meanwhile keep POSTING articles. :)
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