Remove Unwanted Hidden Programs

If you want to remove programs that are installed with Windows but are not visible in "Add/Remove Windows Components" (such as MSN Messenger in WinXP), edit a file called "C:\WINDOWS\INF\SYSOC.INF".
Go to: Start>> Run>> type in: C:\WINDOWS\INF\SYSOC.INF [Enter]

In there you will find a listing of programs, and you will note that some programs have the word 'hide' at the end. Simply remove the word 'hide' but leave the preceding comma. Examples:

BEFORE:msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7

AFTER:msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,,7

Exit saving changes.

Now when you open Add/Remove Windows Components, you will see the now viewable, in this example, "Windows Messenger".

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Select theme and color scheme for welcome screen

With this tweaks you will be able to modify which color selection of the default theme is shown when the computer start up screen is displayed. Currently since there is only one theme you can only change the color scheme for the theme but in the future when more themes are available for XP you will be able to change which theme is used in the same place in the windows registry.
1. Start regedit, if you are unfamiliar with regedit please see our FAQ.

2. Navigate to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ThemeManager

3. Locate the key ColorName

4. Right Click on it and select modify.

5. Change where it says "NormalColor" to "Metallic"

6. Click Ok, and exit regedit

7. Restart

Note: To go back to the old color scheme durring startup just change "Metallic" back to "NormalColor" Once more themes are released you will be able to modify the DllName key to select different themes.

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Sixteen Simple Tips

1.Switch to welcome screen
Press Win+L to switch to the Welcome screen.

2.Lock your workstation

Press Win+L to lock your workstation.

3.Switch user easly

You can switch users without going through the Welcome screen: From Task Manager, go to the Users tab, right-click a user, and select Connect.

4.Hibrernate computer

Hold down the shift key in the shutdown dialog to change "Stand By" to "Hibernate". Or just press H to hibernate instantly. You can even use the Power Control Panel to configure your power button to hibernate.

5.Disable password when resuming stanby

To disable the password when resuming from standby or hibernation, open the Power Control Panel and uncheck "Prompt for password after returning from standby" on the Advanced tab.

6.Choose details

From the View Menu, select "Choose Details" to select which file properties should be shown in the Explorer window. To sort by a file property, check its name in the "Choose Details" in order to make that property available in the "Arrange Icons by" menu.

7.Display volume control icon in taskbar

To display the volume control icon in the taskbar, go to the Sounds and Audio Devices Control Panel and select "Place volume icon in the taskbar".

8.Delete file without send into recycle bin

Hold down the shift key when deleting a file to delete it immediately instead of placing it in the Recycle Bin. Files deleted in this way cannot be restored.

9.Customize 'send to' menu

Put a shortcut to your favorite editor in your Send To folder and it will appear in your "Send To" menu. You can then right-click any file and send it to your editor.

10.Organize favorites

a) To organize your Favorites in Explorer instead of using the Organize Favorites dialog, hold the shift key while selecting "Organize Favorites" from the Favorites menu of an Explorer window.

b) You can organize your Favorites by dragging the items around your Favorites menu.
Alternatively, you can open the Favorites pane and hold the Alt key while pressing the up and down arrows to change the order of your Favorites.

11.View IE in fullscreen

To run Internet Explorer fullscreen, press F11. Do it again to return to normal mode.

12.Hide printers & faxes

If your "Printers and Faxes" folder is empty, you can hide the "Printers and Faxes" icon when viewed from other computers
by stopping the Print Spooler service.

13.Add/remove columns from detail mode

To add or remove columns from Details mode, select Choose Details from the View menu, or just right-click the column header bar.

14.Go backwards or forward by mouse wheel

In Internet Explorer, hold the Shift key while turning the mouse wheel to go forwards or backwards.

15.Add current page to favorites

In Internet Explorer, type Ctrl+D to add the current page to your Favorites.
This and many more keyboard shortcuts can be found by going to Internet Explorer, clicking the Help menu, then selecting Contents and Index. From the table of contents, open Accessibility and click "Using Internet Explorer keyboard shortcuts".

16.Shut down via Remote Desktop

To shut down via Remote Desktop
, click the Start button, then type Alt+F4.

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Solve Hidden files does not appear After effected by virus

First Stopping the virus: u need to check the task manager to see if there is a (SVCHOST.EXE) running under the current logged in username and try to terminate it.
Note: After u terminate the virus try not to double click on any of you computer driver coz this....

action will start the virus allover again, when u need to access any of ur drivers (Hard Disk Partition), type it's drive letter in the address bar and it will open without starting
the virus process.

Second Fixing the show hidden files and folders: ________________________________________

Then u need to open "Registry Editor" and then go to

"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL"

And delete the Existing "CheckedValue" of the type "String" and create another one of the same name but of the type "DWORD" and set it's value to "1" Then open "My Computer" and

go to: Tools> Folder Options> View> and select "Show hidden files and folders" and Uncheck "Hide protected operating system files"

Third Deleting the virus: ________________________________________

The easiest part, all u have to do is to delete the following files from your computer ( don't
forget how u should open the drivers or u will have to do it from the start )

1. C:\windwos\SVCHOST.EXE

2. C:\windwos\SVCHOST.inf or ini (probably they will be together side by side)

3. C:\RAVMON.EXE 4.C:\Autorun.inf

Then check the rest of the hard drivers you have on your computer ( D, E, or whatever) for
the files Number (3 and 4)

Restart your computer

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Speed up Menu Display

• Click Start. Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties
• Click the Advanced tab. In the Performance area, click Settings

• On the Visual Effects tab in the Performance Options dialog box, clear the Fade or slide menus into view check box

• Click OK.

• In the System Properties dialog box, click OK.Now when you click a menu, it will appear almost instantly.

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Speed up the Start Menu

The default speed of the Start Menu is pretty slow, but you can fix that by editing a Registry Key.
Fire up the Registry Editor and navigate to the following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop \ MenuShowDelay

By default, the value is 400. Change this to a smaller value, such as 0, to speed it up.

If this doesn't work for some reason, then you might try the following:

Navigate to
Display Properties then Appearance then Effects and turn off the option titled Show menu shadow. You will get much better overall performance.

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Ten tips to increase your Windows Security

1- Always protect your Administrator account by creating password, just go to Control Panel > User Accounts, select your account and the click on "create a password for your account".
2- Protect your account by Password protect your screen saver, go to Control Panel > Display, Click on the Screen Saver tab and then check on resume password protect.

3- Setup a BIOS Password to protect your PC Setup application.

4- Always force you windows automatic update on, go to Control Panel > Automatic Updates and then Select the first option to have each update download and install automatically.

5- Install an Internet Security Suite such as "Kaspersky Internet Security", "Norton Internet Security" or "Mcafee Internet Security". And turn on software automatic update.

6- If you don’t have enough budgets to buy an Internet Security Suite, Turn on the Windows Firewall. Go to > Control Panel > Windows Firewall and click on under the General tab. And Install an antivirus program, turn on automatic updates, and set up a regular scanning schedule.

7- Never use same username and/or password for all of your accounts in Internet.

8- Turn off file sharing in Windows Explorer. Open Explorer, click Tools > Folder Options >View. Then Scroll to the bottom, uncheck Use simple file sharing, and click Apply.

9- Increase your Internet Explorer security settings. Click Tools > Internet Options> Privacy and move the slider to High.

10- Turn on your Internet Explorer’s pop-up blocker. Click Tools > Internet Options > Popup Blocker Settings > and then choose default.

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Turn off the Low Disk Space Notification

Open Registry
by going to START-RUN and entering REGEDIT

and Navigate to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER and in
Software – Microsoft – Windows – CurrentVersion – Policies - Explorer,

and set the value of NoLowDiskSpaceChecks to DWORD = 1.

(This modification requires a logoff or reboot to work)

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Want to Improve Shutdown Time

Close apps automatically & quickly at shutdown

Open Registry by going to START-RUN and typing REGEDIT.

Navigate to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\CONTROL PANEL\DESKTOP

and look for AutoEndTasks.
On my computer default value is 0. Change it to 1.

Thats all.

Further more you can reduce the time it takes for Windows to issue kill directive to all active/hung applications. In doing this only constraint that you should make sure exists is that HungAppTimeout is greater than WaitToKillAppTimeout. Change the values of WaitToKillAppTimeout to say 3500
(since default value for HungAppTimeout 5000 and for
WaitToKillAppTimeout is 20000)

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Windows Utilities Shortcuts

Here are some popular shortcuts to handy Windows utilities:
Simply type the shortcut command in to the Run textbox (Start>> Run), then click OK.

Shortcut Utility

compmgmt.msc Computer Management

devmgmt.msc Device Manager

dfrg.msc Disk Defragmenter

diskmgmt.msc Disk Management

eventvwr.msc Event Viewer

fsmgmt.msc Shared Folders Manager

gpedit.msc Group Policies Editor

lusrmgr.msc Local Users and Groups Manager

perfmon.msc Performance Monitor

secpol.msc Local Security Settings

services.msc Services

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