3:26 PM 3/16/2008 some revisions:10:26 AM 3/31/2011 Highlight and paste this info into your own .txt file, or hit the Browser back button and right click to download. ******At the top left of the BROWSER use either "Save" or "Save Page As" (Ctrl+S). If you find this helpful please tell me: http://hearoyisrael.net/contact/contacthoy.html *** 1 That left Panel ===> Tools >Folder Options >General Tab >Show Common Tasks in Folders *********A******* Add New HARDWARE===> Start >Control Panel >Printers & Other Hardware [under "see also"] >Add Hardware ---------------- Autoplay ====>Open My Computer >Under Devices with Removable Storage, right-click the device you want >click Properties >On the AutoPlay tab click the content type you want to change >Under Actions, click the action you want Windows to perform when it detects the media type you selected. *********B******** Best performance ====> Control Panel> Click System >Click the Advanced tab. Under Performance, click Settings> Under Visual Effects, click Adjust for best performance. (This option may change the appearance of your desktop.)>Click Apply to reset the system. Click OK to close Performance Options.>Click OK to close System Properties. ***********BLACK/BLUE SCREEN FIX****** ===>Start>Control Panel>click Display>In Display Properties, click Desktop> In Desktop click Customize Desktop, click Web>In Web, makes sure uninstall desktop is checked then click delete. *********************************** ********C******** ***Change Name\Rexxellent Worxx===> START >Control Panel >performance & Maint. >Click "See basic information" >Click COMPUTER NAME tab. ***Change Opening\Insertion Player===> Start >My Computer under 'Devices With Removable Storage' >Right click the wanted device [e.g. "Drive J"] >properties >Autoplay Tab ***Changing Icons (not applicable) ***Check Drive Space===> Click Me 2 >In 'Folders' >Right click Me(C:) >click Properties *****Compaq support info :Ctrl + alt + S *****config system window in RUN > msconfig *****Colors/Display ===> click Start> click Control Panel> double-click Display. To create multiple custom colors, click a color under Basic colors before you define your custom color. Once you have defined the new color, click Add to Custom Colors to add the new color. *****Command Line Switches for Windows Explorer ===> Right click Windows Explorer/Properties and type this into the Target path: To have C: open (No folders) %SystemRoot%\Explorer.exe /root, C:\ To have C: open expanded: %windir%\EXPLORER.EXE /e,c: To have C: open and My Documents: %windir%\EXPLORER.EXE /e,c:,%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\My Documents For it to open to My Documents: explorer /n,/e,%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\My Documents or C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /n,/e,%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\My Documents To have My Documents open only (No folders): Explorer /root, c:\Documents and Settings\%username%\My Documents If you wish to have Explorer open at My Documents on another drive, you would use: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e, f:\My Documents To have another Drive letter assigned to opening: D for example: C:\Windows\Explorer.exe /e, d:\ d:\ can be modified for any folder/sub-folder you like. As in: %SystemRoot%\Explorer.exe /e,d:\My Stuff The /e switch tells Windows Explorer to open in the two pane explorer mode and the c:\ tells it to open in folder C:\. If you omit the /e switch, Windows Explorer opens in a single pane view. HOW TO: Have Windows Explorer Default to the %SystemRoot% Drive When Started http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;257518 Command-Line Switches for Windows Explorer http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q130/5/10.asp Command Prompt - Add to the Right Click Download@ http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm or see: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm ***************************************************************** D ***Display the complete path to files and folders ===> >Start >Settings >Control Panel. >Double-click Folder Options. >View tab, >click one or both of the check boxes: Display the full path in the address bar. / Display the full path in title bar. F **** FAST BOOT: FURTHER NOTE: You can trigger the optimization part of BootVis without the program just by typing >>> Rundll32.exe advapi32.dll, ProcessIdleTasks <<< in a Run box. *****File Associations: 1. Right-click a file with the extension whose association you want to change, and then click Open With. 2. In the Open With dialog box, click the program where you want the file to open, or click Browse to locate the program that you want. 3. Select the Always use the selected program to open this kind of file check box. *****Files - Rename ===> How to Rename Multiple Files with Windows Explorer. Start Windows Explorer. Select multiple files in a folder by pressing and holding down the CTRL key while you are clicking files. After you select the files, press F2. Type the new name, and then press ENTER. NOTE: When you complete the preceding steps, the highlighted state of all files except one disappears, so it may appear as if you are only renaming one file. However, after you press ENTER, all of the files are renamed. When you rename multiple files, all of the renamed files have the same name with a number in parentheses appended to the name to make the new file name unique. Example: if you type BUDGET as the new name, the first file is named BUDGET. All of the remaining selected files are named BUDGET( x ), where x is a unique number, starting with (1). ***Find scans in >> My Documents >> My Pictures >> Control Center2 >> Ocr file ***FOLDER Icons change: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ShellExt\FolderExt.dll ***FONTS [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314960 ] Adding New Fonts Windows supports TrueType fonts or fonts that are specially designed for Windows, and these fonts are available commercially. Some programs also include special fonts that are installed as part of the program installation. Additionally, printers frequently come with TrueType or special Windows fonts. Follow the directions that come with these products to install these fonts. To manually install or re-install a font: 1. Click Start, and then click Run. 2. Type %windir%\fonts, and then click OK. 3. On the File menu, click Install New Font. 4. In the Drives box, click the drive that has the floppy or CD-ROM that contains the fonts you want to add. If you are installing fonts from a floppy disk, this is typically drive A or drive B. If you are installing the fonts from a compact disc, your CD-ROM drive is typically drive D. Double-click the folder that contains the fonts. 5. Click the font you want to add. To select more than one font at a time, press and hold down the CTRL key while you click each font. 6. Click to select the Copy Fonts To Fonts Folder check box. The Windows\Fonts folder is where the fonts that are included with Windows are stored. 7. Click OK. H ********************** Hidden files/folders >Start >Control Panel >Folder Options >View tab >Hidden files and folders >Show hidden files and folders. To display other hidden files, clear the Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) check box. If you want to see all file name extensions, clear the Hide file extensions for known file types check box. I**************************** Reinstall Internet Explorer 6 1. Click Start, click Run, type %systemroot%\inf, and then press Enter. 2. Find the Ie.inf file that is located in Windows\Inf folder. 3. Right-click the Ie.inf file, and then click Install. 4. Restart the computer when the file copy process is complete. NOTE and WARNING: the above method uses %system%\inf to reinstall most system run programs. Any "whatever.inf' file found in this folder may be reinstalled this way. !!!!If you do NOT know what you are installing DO NOT DO IT - DUH!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!If you do NOT know what you are installing DO NOT DO IT - DUH!!!!!!!!!!! L*************************** M****************************** ***MSINFO ===> >Start/Run type: msinfo32 /categories +all -loadedmodules P******************************* ***Password change===> >Start, >Control Panel, >double-click User Accounts Under 'or pick an account to change', >your account. >Change my password. *****PING >>Run >cmd >@C:\ipconfig >>(test@C:\ping yahoo.com) >@C:\ping 4.2.2.2 ***Prefetch change Prefetch behavior to alter or disable. Low resource (memory, hard disk space, etc) systems may need this functionality disabled to get the system to run more efficiently. Start => Run => type Regedit => Enter When the Registry Editor Dialog box opens, navigate to this value: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SYSTEM \CurrentControlSet \Control \Session Manager\Memory Management \PrefetchParameters. In the right side pane, look for the key named EnablePrefetcher. The value of this key represents how Prefetch will operate. Values you can choose from include: <0: Disable> <1: Application Launch Prefetch> <2: Boot Prefetch> <3: Prefetch everything> Simply type the number in that you want (keep all other settings the same) and click OK. Rebooting the system will give you the new Prefetch setting. R**************************** S***************************** ***Save Theme===>Start >Appearance & Themes >Under 'Pick A Task' choose >Change the computers theme. ********************************************************************** *********SECURITY TAB SETTINGS************* Windows XP Home Edition Start in safe mode, and then log in as Administrator or as Administrative User. The Security tab is available for files or folders on NTFS volumes. Notes: The Everyone group does not include the Anonymous Logon permission. •You can set permissions only on drives that are formatted to use NTFS. •To change permissions, you must be the owner or have the owner's permissions to change permissions. •Groups or users that are granted Full Control permissions for a folder may delete files and subfolders in that folder, regardless of the permissions that protect the files and subfolders. •If the check boxes in the Permissions for user or group box are unavailable, or if the Remove button is unavailable, the file or folder has inherited permissions from the parent folder. For more information about how inheritance affects files and folders, see Windows Help. •By default, when you add a new user or group, the user or group has permissions for Read and Execute, List Folder Contents, and Read. ************************************************************************ ***Services: In Run: type: services.msc ***Set cursor animations===> Control Panel >click Appearance and Themes > in See Also box [at top left] click mouse pointers ***Set Hibernation/sleep===> Control Panel >Performance & Maint. >Power Options ***Set System Restore Point===> Start >Administration >PC Help & Tools >System Restore ***Set Virtual Memory Paging file===> START>Control Panel >System >Advanced tab> in Performance, click settings > Visual Effects > adjust for best performance >click CHANGE button ***Set Write Speed===> Explorer >RIGHT click >E:\ drive > ?????????????? ***Speech>control Panel>click speech icon ***Start Picture Change===> Start >Control Panel >User Accts >User Accts(again) >Pick a task... ******************************************************** ****************STARTUP SERVICES - UNNEEDED****************** To disable unneeded startup services for a safer, faster XP, use the "Services" Admin Tool (Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services). If you are a single user of a non-networked machine, you can disable the following items, with no ill effect. Alerter Clipbook Computer Browser Fast User Switching Human Interface Access Devices Indexing Service (Slows the hard drive down) Messenger Net Logon (unnecessary unless networked on a Domain) Netmeeting Remote Desktop Sharing (disabled for extra security) Remote Desktop Help Session Manager (disabled for extra security) Remote Procedure Call Locator* Remote Registry (disabled for extra security) Routing & Remote Access (disabled for extra security) Server SSDP Discovery Service (this is for the utterly pointless "Universal P'n'P", & leaves TCP Port 5000 wide open) TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper Telnet* (disabled for extra security) Universal Plug and Play Device Host Upload Manager Windows Time Wireless Zero Configuration (for wireless networks) Workstation* For people who uses HyperTerminal, it is required that Telnet be activated. However, activating this would also activate other services featured in this list. To know what they are, click on the dependencies tabs for Telnet. The asterisked items are the ones needed definitely. ****************END OF - STARTUP SERVICES - UNNEEDED************* ********************************************************************* ***system file checker===> Start>Run>type SFC followed by its options. The most common usage of SFC is this: SFC /scannow ****************************************************************** ***undeletable file? ===> Open a Command Prompt window and leave it open. Close all open programs. Click Start, Run and enter TASKMGR.EXE Go to the Processes tab and End Process on Explorer.exe. Leave Task Manager open. Go back to the Command Prompt window and change to the directory the AVI or other undeletable file) is located in. At the command prompt type DEL where is the file you wish to delete. Go back to Task Manager, click File, New Task and enter EXPLORER.EXE to restart the GUI shell. Close Task Manager. See more good Windows XP information on Kelly's Windows XP from A-Z web site. ****************************************************************** ***UNHIDE ADD/REMOVE PROGS===> Windows 2000 or XP doesn't let you add or remove all the programs it installs by default. 1.Unhide all files 2.Search for sysoc.inf (C:\Windoes\inf\sysoc.inf). Open it in notepad. 3. Look for the "Components" in XP. It will look approximately like this: Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,HIDE,7 AccessUtil=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,accessor.inf,HIDE,7 CommApps=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,communic.inf,HIDE,7 MultiM=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,multimed.inf,HIDE,7 AccessOpt=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,optional.inf,HIDE,7 Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,HIDE,7 MSWordPad=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wordpad.inf,HIDE,7 ZoneGames=zoneoc.dll,ZoneSetupProc,igames.inf,HIDE,7 The word "HIDE" in an entry hides that application from your Add/Remove Programs dialog box. To add games to the Add/Remove menu, delete the word HIDE from its entry (but leave the commas that surround it). You also have to remove "HIDE" from "AccessUtil=" for this tip to work. To unhide games, for example, my new "Old Base Components" Windows XP entry will look like the following: Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,,7 AccessUtil=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,accessor.inf,,7 CommApps=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,communic.inf,HIDE,7 MultiM=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,multimed.inf,HIDE,7 AccessOpt=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,optional.inf,HIDE,7 Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,HIDE,7 MSWordPad=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wordpad.inf,HIDE,7 ZoneGames=zoneoc.dll,ZoneSetupProc,igames.inf,,7 4. Save the file. Check for the new entries in the Add/Remove Programs dialog box after you restart your computer. ****************************************************************** W**************************** Windows Caret (the little text flashy inserty thing) wider with this Registry Key on XP [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "CaretWidth"=dword:00000003 X***************************** XP SLOWDOWN??? Xp Slowing Down? close out of everything in the system tray I mean everything now click on Start> Run> Type %temp% > press enter ctrl+A to select all Shift Delete to bypass recycle bin (note some will not delete) delete what you can alt-F4 to close out of that window ------------------------------------ Step 2: Start> Run> type PREFETCH> press enter ctrl+A to select all shift Delete to by pass r bin and delete press y for yes alt-F4 to exit ------------------------------------------------- Step 3 Empty Recycle Bin ----------------------------------------------------- Step 4 Defrag the system it will speed up your system drastically ------------------------------------------------------ another Tip: Start > Run> MSCONFIG> startup tab uncheck everything that is not needed on startup ************************** FIND PC HELP ************************** Here is a simple tutorial on how to cleanup your computer. They are real basic steps, but it is a good first step to take and will often clean out 95% of the junk (such as spyware, viruses, etc) off your computer. All the tools used are free of use. Here is the link: http://www.cleancomputerhelp.com/how-to-cleanup <<< START > Run...type: SFC /scannow *************8system restore from command prompt C:\windows\system32\restore\rstrui.exe