WINDOWS TIPS AND TRICKS

Speed up xp booting

Start Registry Editor (Regedit.exe).

Locate the following key in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Current

ControlSet\Control\Ses

sionManager\MemoryManagement\Prefetch

Parameters

Make sure you backup the keys by exporting them to a .reg file.

On the EnablePrefetcher value, change the setting from 3 to 5 (decimal).

Close the registry editor.

Restart your computer.

How to Hide the local drives (c:,d:,e:,a:...etc) in My Computer ??

This is a great trick you can play on your friends. To disable the display of local or networked drives when you open My Computer follow the below steps....

1.Go to start->run.Type "regedit" (without quotes).

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........

Shutdown Trick !!!

To shut down immediatly

open task manager (Ctr+Alt+Del),

Select shut down tab. and press ' Ctrl ' key while select Turn Off from dis tab.

wow!!!.... U r window will rapidly shut down.

enjoy....

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