Jul 17, 2007
Change the font Windows XP displays in Windows Explorer
0 Commented : Post by : PazSt_Ft2K At : 4:00 PM- Access the Display Properties dialog box by right-clicking the desktop and selecting the Properties command.
- Select the Appearance tab and click the Advanced button.
- Select Icon from the Item drop-down list.
- Use the Font drop-down arrow to select a font from the list.
- Click OK twice -- once to close the Advanced Appearance dialog box and once to close the Display Properties dialog box.
You can see the new font by launching Windows Explorer or My Computer. If you don't like what you see, repeat the steps and select a different font.
Note: This tip is for both Windows XP Home and Professional.
Jul 8, 2007
2. When you see the "Welcome To Setup" screen, you will see theoptions below This portion of the Setup program prepares Microsoft Windows XP to run on your computer:
To setup Windows XP now, press ENTER.
To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. - Dont press !
To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. - Dont press !
3. Press Enter to start the Windows Setup.
4. Accept the License Agreement and Windows will search for existing Windows installations.
5. Select the XP installation you want to repair from the list andpress R to start the repair.
6. Setup will copy the necessary files to the hard drive and reboot.
Speed Up Your PC by Moving the Paging File and Print Spoolers to Another Drive
0 Commented : Post by : PazSt_Ft2K At : 6:00 PM- In Control Panel, double-click System.
- Click the Advanced tab.
- Click Settings under Performance.
- Click the Advanced tab, and then click Change under Virtual Memory.
- Select the new drive that you want to use to store the paging file.
- Set Initial Size (MB) and Maximum size. For the initial size, Microsoft recommends that you use the recommended value in the Total Page File Size for All Drives box.
- Click Set, and then click OK twice.
- Click Restart Now.
- In Control Panel, double-click Printers and Faxes.
- On the File menu, click Server Properties, and then click the Advanced tab.
- In the Spool Folder box, type the path that you want to use, and then click OK.
Jul 6, 2007
- Must know the extension file. The extension was the letter that was added to distinguish various kind sorts file. The example: Microsoft Word Document his extension .doc, Excel his extension .xls, File the text: .txt. What for? You will know eventually.
- Must change a little setting windows you. In the OS Windows XP Platform, tried to be opened by you Windows Explorer. The clique of the Tools menu > the Options Folder. Click Tab View. The Setting Menjadi difference like this: chose "Show hidden files and folders", eliminated the "Hide Extensions" cheque "for known file types". What for? You will know eventually.
- Remembered! They looked for our weakness, because we careless checked file that dicopy to drive we. Every time you wanted to open the document, file or the application, ascertained you knew that file that was really safe! One example, I had met file with icon (the picture in file) equally precisely like file Microsoft Word Document that with the extension .doc. But I was suspicious, evidently not .doc, but .exe (the application/the program). Still not was opened by me, direct I delete.Because if being opened, that meaning that file the virus has infected my computer. Evidently after several days/the week, there was the news if the virus has infected the government agency.
Pablo Commander that offered tampilan explorer with two sides. So, you could easily to do drag and provided file-file or put forward the contents from one site FTP and still many others maanfaat that was other.
Freeware and for OS: 98/Me/2000/XP.
1. out the cable power supply the computer or the monitor from stopping contact
Should not forget, if we have been finished used the computer, immediately turn off the switch ounce/off the monitor and pulled also out the cable that connected the computer or the monitor by stopping contact. Therefore, there was not again the electricity current that will enter our computer.
2. was deadly that the monitor when the computer was idle
Occasionally, we were doing something that must be waiting long spt : defrag/download file yg old, etc..Than waited for the process to be finished, better we went out for a moment around 30 minutes and turn off also your monitor.
3. monitor that was in the air-conditioned room
For us who used the computer in the air-conditioned room, really lucky, because AC could cool down electronics components in the computer and the monitor.But, must be seen, the position of your monitor exact was below AC? When yes, did not have the drop of water AC that dripped to the monitor.Be careful, short circuit relations could happen if being affected by water.
4. monitor that was in the room was not air-conditioned
Confirmed that this room had the air current, like the window or the sufficient wind hole.Also might add the small fan on the monitor that hot air immediately leaves monitor equipment kit.
5. Clean the minimal monitor a week verymuch
Was enough with kemoceng, we fan-ward off to clean dusts that adhered.If having spare time, cleaned with cloth and the special cleaner computer equipment.
Jul 5, 2007
Ascertain you have had backed up the data (although being infected by the virus) this to guard-guarded when the process of the cleaning of your virus even your data took part in vanishing/was lost. And ascertained you have had emergency boot your system disk.
- Search knew the virus what attacked your computer.
1. Instal the program anti the virus if in your computer not yet terinstal antivirus. Search antivirus that according to was good and effective for the virus kind that attacked. (how good it is to search tau and read repeatedly about the virus and antivirus him)
2. Ascertain the virus definition that most Up date. Search in the internet from webs site the manufacturer anti this virus.
3. Try to get setingan antivirus in mode only detected then. It would be better if immediately should not remove file that was infected by the virus, occasionally was file system that was infected, and file this was used by OS to go. If file this vanished or quarantine tar could menyebakan the chaotic system or even not the road.
4. Scan the virus but don't remove him before. The note: several viruses could stop the program anti the virus that was going in the computer. For this case could be deceived with men-scan this computer through the network, by means of share drive that would in scan. The last method was with released harddisk and in the pair in the computer that will be used to men-scan him.
- Be lost the virus
- Several viruses had tool removal special to clean him.If this virus had tool removal special download and used tool this.
- If being not gotten tool removal, studied and carried out the cleaning method manually in accordance with the instruction for this virus kind. You possibly must remove manually file the virus and edited registry certain. The guidance of the abolition that was received from the source was believed will guide you to do the step for the sake of the step for the cleaning of this virus.
- If having the guidance to use scanning from the program antivirus to clean the certain virus, afterwards did with men-scan with the configuration to remove (delete or quarantine) this virus.
Tips Overcome Wrong the Detection of the Harddisk Capacity
0 Commented : Post by : PazSt_Ft2K At : 7:27 PMBefore his implementation, was carried out by you before backed up your data to some harddisk other or in the diskette.
The method overcame concerning this was as follows:
1. Search or download the program DiscWizard that must be free or if seagate in website www.seagate.com.
2. Put harddik that 40 GB (double harddisk) to the available computer DiscWizzard him, activated through the diskette.
3. Activated DiscWizzard and did zero file drive (meaning that all the datas will be lost) and harddisk came back the situation all.
4. Put the CARTON menu by using the DOS Menu or in from Windows 98 under us the data undertook DOS.
5. Carry out the FDISK order by means of as usual (made the partition).
6. When being convinced, carried out the Format on Respectively the partition. When not yet, did once more Zero file drive
7. When you the user Windows 98, used Windows Second Edition.
Why wrong the detection could happen, because indeed the BIOS capacity your computer that could not. If used Pentium III above, indeed did not have the problem.
- Confirmed antivirus update
- Put flash the disk to PC or Laptop
- Don't opened the box of the dialogue that emerged when flash the disk was put into PC or laptop.
- Be opened windows Explorer or My Computer
- The right clique mouse in the position drive flash the disk, usually F:
- Afterwards chose scan the appropriate virus anti the virus that was used (“Remembered”, make accustomed antivirus update).
Returned data
After the virus really was lost from flash the disk, now during him returns the data that was hidden (Hidden).
Along with his steps:
1. Open Command Prompt, could by means of clicking Start – Run- typed cmd or command (for Windows 98/ME).
2. After being open the window command prompt, afterwards typed attrib -h -r -s -a/s/d f: (with the note was in drive C, for example; C:\Documents and Settings\Papa > attrib -h -r -s -a/s/d f:)
3. Then after this order Typed would, afterwards enter.
4. If the step no.2 was not successful, was moved by you his position from drive C to drive flash the disk (usually F), to move the position drive, followed the step along with, if the position flash the disk in the computer or laptop was in drive F, then (for example); C:\Documents and Settings\Papa > F: afterwards enter then will move to drive F:\>
5. After was in the position drive flash the disk afterwards typed the order that was the same as the step no.2, but to f: that was behind was eliminated, for example: F:\> attrib -h -r -s -a/s/d, afterwards enter.
6. After this process, now tries the folder cheque or file available in flash the disk.
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Jul 4, 2007
Choice of CPU: Because ordinary people do not know much about computers, they simply buy one that has an Intel processor. More discerning buyers get PCs with AMD processors. Benchmark tests by prominent computer magazines and websites have shown that AMD Athlon processors score over Intel Pentium processors. Unlike Intel CPUs, AMD processors natively support both 32-bit and 64-bit software. AMD processors consume less power and consequently generate less heat. Hence, they do not require huge noisy fans. AMD is also a much better consumer-friendly company. It has been contributing to the development of open standards, which results in cheaper PC components. Intel, on the contrary, had tried to impose proprietary products like the RD-RAM memory technology, which was developed by its subsidiary Rambus. The biggest argument for AMD processors is the cost. AMD CPUs are always cheaper than Intel's. Remember, it is always the consumer who ultimately pays for the advertising and marketing expenses.
Choice of Motherboard: Thanks to the HyperTransport technology developed by AMD, motherboards of their CPUs are at a level higher than than Intel motherboards. Intel motherboard still use the obsolete front-side bus (FSB) technology to provide a connection between the CPU and the RAM (memory) modules. In the AMD platform, the CPU has an integrated memory controller which directly accesses the memory modules. Hence, memory operations are not bottlenecked by the FSB. Also, motherboard chipsets for AMD processors are being made by many third-party vendors (like VIA, nVidia, and ATI) who add their own expertise and performance increments to the motherboards. Intel jealously guards the chipset market for their CPUs and hence all innovations have to come from Intel.
IDE Drives Setup: Most motherboards have to IDE connectors allowing you to connect up to four IDE devices (hard disks and CD/DVD drives). Each connector can connect to two IDE devices in a master/slave combination. If you have just two devices, say a hard disk and a CD drive, connect them separately to the two IDE connectors. If you have a CD drive and CD-RW drive, connect them both to an IDE connection with the CD writer as the master and the CD drive as the slave.
Autostart CDs: To prevent a CD from autostarting when it is inserted, hold down the Shift key until Windows Explorer recognises the disk. Use Xteq X-Setup or TweakUI to permanently disable autostart behavior for CD/DVD drives.
Power Supply and Cabinet: PC components like the CPU and the graphic card consume a lot of power. So, make sure your PC cabinet has a power supply rated at a minimum of 350W. Also, make sure the cabinet has provisions for two extra fans (one in the front and one in the back). The power supply comes with a fan, which also tries to takes some hot air off the CPU through a grill placed just above the CPU. This grill needs to properly spaced out, be big enough and ideally located to provide effective cooling. Almost all PC cabinets today support the ATX standard, which will allow software to shut the PC down. In Windows 9x/Me/2000/XP, select Enable hibernation under the Hibernate tab of the Power Options applet in Control Panel. A new Hibernate option will now be available in the Shutdown Windows menu.
COM Ports: If you use a serial mouse, then connect it to the COM1 port as this is the first port that the OS checks when it is looking for a mouse. You can connect your dialup modem to COM2.
CNR Port: This port (known as Audio Modem Riser or AMR in older motherboards) can be used to add a specially made low-cost peripheral replacement. The replacement is far cheaper than a separate sound card or modem.
Fans: If your cabinet allows it, install additional fans for extra cooling.
Dust: Remove dust regularly from the insides of your cabinet and prevent them from forming a coating over the motherboard and other parts.
Driver updates: Manufacturers of PC components release new driver updates to fix problems associated with their products. Check their websites for these releases and keep your machine updated.
1. Get a picture file from the net or a camera, save it to disk, and remember its location. (You can save pictures that you see in netscape by right clicking the pictures and selecting "Save Image As..")
2. Go to the slide in your presentation that you wish the picture to be in.
3. In Power Point click Insert -> Picture -> From File...
4. A dialog box will come up called "Insert Picture"
5. You must use the "Look in:" drop box to select the drive/dir that your file is in. Then select the image that you saved to disk earlier and click the "Insert" button.
The picture should now be in your Power Point slide.
Steps to add a special effect to the picture.
1. Right click the picture and select "Custom Animation..."
2. In the "Entry animation and sound" section you can select the animation that you would like your picture to perform. Chose one then click the Timing tab.
3. Make sure that your picture is still selected in the "Animation order" box.
4. The most common setting for Timing is to have the Animate and Automatically selected in the "Start animation" section.
5. select how many seconds delay you want, click OK, and it should be ready to go.
MACRO TO PUT FILE PATH IN BOTTOM OF WORD AND EXCEL DOCUMENTS
0 Commented : Post by : PazSt_Ft2K At : 12:01 AMThe first page will have you copy the files from the LAN and store them in the correct folder on your hard drive. The second page will tell you how to setup an icon in Word and in Excel so that when clicked it will put the current path of the file in the footer of the current document that you are working on.
Print this page now…
You should now be working from a paper copy of this tip.
Get the Word macro file
Open Explorer
Go to the directory S:\bs\limited\account\data\shared\MACROS
Single right click on the file Wordfoot.dot (it is a Word file you may not see the .dot) and select open. (you must open it this way)
If your given a Warning about the macros click the button that says Enable Macros
From the menu bar select Tools--> Macro--> Macros...
Click the Organizer... button.
The orginzer will appear.
Click the Copy button.
Click Close
Close Word
Get the Excel macro file
Open Explorer
Go to the directory S:\bs\limited\account\data\shared\MACROS
Single left click on the file Personal.xls (it is an Excel file you may not see the .xls)
From the menu bar click Edit --> Copy
Now in Explorer open the path
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\XLStart
From the menu bar click Edit --> Paste
If prompted to overwrite do so.
Close Explorer
Jul 3, 2007
F1 Key Help
F2 Key Edit current Cell
F5 Key Goto
F7 Key Spell Check
F12 Key Save file as
CTRL + A Select entire worksheet.
CTRL + B Toggle Bold Text.
CTRL + C Copies the item or items selected to the Clipboard and can be pasted using
CTRL + V Paste the contents of the clipboard.
CTRL + F Displays the Find dialog box.
CTRL + H Displays the Replace dialog box.
CTRL + I Toggles Italic Text.
CTRL + N New File.
CTRL + O Open File.
CTRL + P Print.
CTRL + S Save File.
CTRL + U Toggles Underlined Text.
CTRL + V Paste the contents of the clipboard.
CTRL + X Cut the selected item.
CTRL + Y Redo the last undone action
CTRL + Z Undoes the last action.
CTRL + 1 Displays Format Cells Dialogue Box
CTRL + 5 Toggles Strikethrough Text
ALT + = Autosum
ALT + F8 Macros
CTRL + ; Insert Current Date
CTRL + : Insert Current Time
Left Arrow One Cell Left (also SHIFT and TAB)
Right Arrow One Cell Right (also TAB)
Up Arrow One Cell Up
Down Arrow One Cell Down
Home Go to End of row
CTRL + left Arrow Go to End of Column
CTRL + Home Go to Top of Worksheet (A1)
CTRL + End Go to End of Worksheet
CTRL + PAGE-DOWN Go to Next Worksheet
CTRL + Spacebar Select the entire Column
SHIFT + Spacebar Select the entire Row
SHIFT + Left Cursor Select all cells to the left of the active one
SHIFT + Right Cursor Select all cells to the right of the active one
Microsoft Windows XP usually shows icons for folders like My Music and My Pictures. If a folder contains pictures, Windows XP displays random thumbnails from within the folder. You can replace these icons with custom pictures to make browsing your files more fun, and to make it easier for children to find and open files.
Note: Your picture is visible only when you're browsing folders with the Thumbnails view. To access the Thumbnails view, click Thumbnails on the View menu.
To add a picture to a folder
1. In Windows Explorer (the program that appears when you open folders such as My Computer, My Documents, My Pictures, or My Music), right-click the folder you want to add a picture to, and then click Properties.
2. In the Properties dialog box, click the Customize tab. If there is no Customize tab, you cannot add a picture to that folder. You can add pictures to other folders, however.
3. On the Customize tab, click Choose Picture.
4. In the Browse dialog box, click the picture you want to use, and then click Open.
5. Click OK.
When you view the folder using Thumbnails view, Windows displays a thumbnail of the picture you selected.
Do you use "Word" a lot? Most computers today have MS Word installed either as part of "Works" or as part of Microsoft Office. If you write letters or do other word processing tasks, you will know how time consuming it can be to keep moving your hand from the keyboard to the mouse and back again. There are many combinations of keystrokes known as keyboard shortcuts. Learning these key strokes can save you a lot of time.
Here are a few:
CTRL + A Selects all in the current document.
CTRL + B Bold text.
CTRL + C Copies the item or text to the Clipboard and can be pasted using CTRL and V.
CTRL + D Displays the Font dialogue box.
CTRL + E Centre Alignment.
CTRL + F Displays the Find dialog box, to search the current document.
CTRL + G Displays the Go to dialog box, to go to a specific location in the current document.
CTRL + H Displays the Replace dialogue box.
CTRL + I Italic text.
CTRL + J Full Justification.
CTRL + K Create Hyperlink
CTRL + L Left Alignment
CTRL + M Tab
CTRL + N Creates a new document.
CTRL + O Displays the Open File dialogue box.
CTRL + P Displays the Print dialog box.
CTRL + R Right Alignment.
CTRL + S Displays the Save dialog box.
CTRL + U Underline text
CTRL + V Pastes the copied item or text from the Clipboard into the current position in the document.
CTRL + X Cuts the item or text selected to the Clipboard.
CTRL + Y Redo the last undone action.
CTRL + Z Undoes the last action.
CTRL + ENTER Insert Page Break.
CTRL + F2 Show Print preview.
CTRL + F4 Closes the active document window.
CTRL + F6 Opens the next document window.
F1 key Get help or use the Office assistant.
SHIFT + F1 Key Context sensitive help.
F2 Key Move text or image.
SHIFT + F2 Key Copy Text.
F3 Key Insert an autotext entry.
SHIFT + F3 Key Change the case of the selected text.
F4 Key Perform last action again.
SHIFT + F4 Key Perform a Find or Go to action again.
F5 Key Displays the Go to dialogue box, from here you can also Find and Replace.
SHIFT + F5 Key Move to a previous revision.
F6 Key Go to the next frame or pane.
SHIFT + F6 Key Go to the previous frame or pane.
F7 Key Launch the Spell checker.
SHIFT + F7 Key Launch the Thesaurus.
F8 Key Extend the current selection.
SHIFT + F8 Key Shrink the current selection.
F9 Key Update the selected fields.
SHIFT + F9 Key Switch between a field code and it's result.
F10 Key Activate the menu bar.
SHIFT + F10 Key Display a Shortcut Menu. Same as right clicking.
F11 Key Go to the next field.
SHIFT + F11 Key Go to the previous field.
F12 Key Save file As, equivalent to tools menu.
SHIFT + F12 Key Save document, equivalent to tools menu.
Here is a tip on how to customize your user account icon:
Go to Control Panel.
Click on User Accounts.
Click on the user account that you would like to change the icon.
Click on the text: “Change My Picture”
You could either choose from the predefined icons or from your own set of images.
If you want to choose from the predefined icons, just click on the picture you would like to use and then click on “Change Picture” button.
If you wish to use your own picture, click on the text “Browse for more pictures”, then choose the picture you want to use and click Open.
SPACEBAR Move to the next slide
BACKSPACE Move to the previous slide
number+ENTER Go to slide number
B Make the screen go black. Useful when you want to remove the audience attention on the screen for awhile and focus on you.
W Make the screen go white. Useful when you need to write stuff on the white board.
S Stop or restart an automatic slide show
ESC End a slide show
E Erase on-screen annotations
H Go to the next hidden slide
T Set new timings while rehearsing
O Use original timings while rehearsing
M Use mouse-click to advance while rehearsing
1+ENTER Go back to the first slide
CTRL+P Redisplay hidden pointer and/or change the pointer to a pen
CTRL+A Redisplay hidden pointer and/or change the pointer to an arrow
CTRL+H Hide the pointer and navigation button immediately
CTRL+U Hide the pointer and navigation button in 15 seconds
Windows XP - Windows Vista
Appearance and Themes Appearance and Personalization
Network and Internet Connections Network and Internet
Add or Remove Programs Programs
Sounds Hardware and Sound
Speech and Audio Devices System and Maintenance
Performance and Maintenance User Accounts and Family Safety
Printers and Other Hardware Clock
User Accounts Language and Region
Date Security
Time Additional Options
Language
Regional Options
Accessibility Options
Security Center
As you can see, Windows Vista has shortened the list of options and grouped some into one section. Under the Hardware and sounds section, you can see all your hardware such as your printer, keyboard, and mouse. Under Programs, you can install and uninstall programs. On User Accounts and Family Safety, you can add new users and set up parent control and other safety settings. The ease of Access section lets you customize settings as well as contain the speech recognition feature. And the Additional options contain the antivirus programs of the computer and other valuable information. Lesser sections but more features, better computer experience.
1. Click on the Start button, then Run.
2. Enter in regedit on the window to open the Registry Editor.
3. Find the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\i8042prt\parameters.
4. Click on Edit, then New, then DWORD Value.
5. A new value will appear. Label this value CrashonCtrlScroll exactly as seen.
6. Make a double click on the new DWORD value created and place 1 on the Value data.
7. Click on OK then close the Registry Editor.
8. Restart your computer and log in.
9. To produce that Blue Screen of Death, press and hold down the Ctrl key while pressing the Scroll Lock key twice fast.
10. The Blue Screen of Death will then appear on screen.
When doing this, just make sure that any work that you are doing is saved and closed because the system will lock up and restart after the BSOD.
Microsoft has a tool for people to see if your Windows XP-based PC can run Windows Vista: the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor RC.
This small software tool will scan your computer and create an easy-to-understand report of all known system, device, and program compatibility issues, and recommend ways to resolve them. Upgrade Advisor can also help you choose the edition of Windows Vista that best fits the way you want to use your computer.
Note: This software isn’t final, so the results you get may not be 100% accurate. Make sure you run Upgrade Advisor again in a few months for a more accurate assessment and to get the latest up-to-date information about whether your system is ready for an upgrade.
Before you begin
Before you run the Upgrade Advisor, be sure to plug in any USB or other attachable peripheral devices (such as printers, external hard drives, or scanners) that are regularly used with the PC that you're evaluating.
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not too difficult, simply load into Vista and format the partition XP is currently installed on. Since the Vista bootloader has control of the boot, there is no need to modify the boot.ini of XP.
Restart your computer with either Vista CD 1 or your Vista DVD in the drive, if you don't you will be prompted to pick an operating system. Once into setup, choose repair console from the first screen (not install).
Now the last option is for a DOS prompt, pick that.
A DOS prompt appears, and type the following:
bootrec.exe /fixmbr
*this will essentially remove XP from the Vista bootloader
bootrec.exe /fixboot
*this will check that XP is no longer present in Vista's boot.ini
Restart and XP is history.
Antivirus software is software specifically created to identify and eliminate computer viruses and other malicious software. Antivirus software accomplishes this by using 2 different methods, it either scans files and folders on the target computer to look for known viruses, or it monitors the computer, looking for any suspicious activity from any computer program, and monitors ports on the computer.
Antivirus software has a dictionary with known viruses listed there, which is why it is important to update your software online as often as you can, as threats are identified every day. Once a file has been corrupted with a known virus, the antivirus software either attempts to repair the file by removing the virus form the program, quarantines the file so that a file that cannot be repaired is moved to a location in which the virus cannot spread or it will delete the infected file.
This is why antivirus software is especially important for businesses, it can be quite damaging to a company to have a important document infected and forced to delete it as to prevent further spreading of viruses. Certain antivirus software also scans for and removes adware, software installed onto your computer without you knowing while browsing the internet which sends information about the websites you visit to marketing companies, which will then target you for advertising and spam emails.
Millions of harmful software programs have been created targeting the unwary user, and this can leave your business or home vulnerable to prying eyes and unwanted frustration, antivirus software is the answer to all you problems, and the best part of it is that there are so many free antivirus software out there to get, you have no reason why not to be protected by one of them.
First configure your computer (Bios settings) to start from the CD-ROM drive.
Insert your Windows XP Setup CD, and restart your computer.
When the Press any key to boot from CD message is displayed on your screen, press a key to start your computer from the Windows XP CD.
Press ENTER when you see the message To setup Windows XP now, and then press ENTER displayed on the Welcome to Setup screen. Do not choose the option to press R to use the Recovery Console.
In the Windows XP Licensing Agreement, press F8 to agree to the license agreement. Make sure that your current installation of Windows XP is selected in the box, and then press R to repair Windows XP.
Follow the instructions on the screen to complete Setup.
Never fear, help is on the way. While these shortcuts won't make your document shorter, they will help to ease the pain as you try to navigate—hopefully without the need for aspirin.
Let's begin with some basic keyboard shortcuts:
- Arrow keys = moves one space or line in the arrow direction.
- Ctrl + Left or Right arrow = moves the cursor one word left or right.
- Home = moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line.
- Ctrl + Home = moves the cursor to the top of the document.
- End = moves the cursor to the end of the current line.
- Ctrl + End = moves the cursor to the bottom of the document.
- Page Up = moves the cursor up the length of one screen.
- Page Down = moves the cursor down the length of one screen.
- Ctrl + Page Up = moves the cursor to the previous page in your document.
- Ctrl + Page Down = moves the cursor to the next page down in your document.
Now here are a few tidbits for document navigation with the mouse on the vertical scroll bar.
The first and easiest is to realize that when you click and hold on the scroll box a text box will appear which tells you what page you're scrolling to and the section title which begins the page. This is really helpful in a very long document—it keeps you from playing the guessing game about where you are with the scroll button. (It cuts down on the "Oops! I went too far" problem.)
Below the scroll bar, you'll find a series of three buttons. See them?
These little gems can be extremely useful.
The top and bottom buttons (double up and down arrows) are for moving one object up or down. Notice, I used the word "object" and not page. No, it's not a slip of the tongue, or in this case the fingers.
The middle button (the dot) is called the Select Browse Object button. It allows you to select what items or objects the double up and down arrows jump to. For example, if you set the button to Graphic, the up and down arrows will jump from graphic to graphic regardless of how many pages are between each graphic.
To see your choices click on the Select Browse Object button. You should see a small palette of choices appear.
Select something from the palette that will aid you with your editing. The name of the icon will appear in the gray box along the bottom as you run the mouse pointer over each icon. (I tend to use either Browse by Page or Browse by Section but you need to choose whatever will help you the most.)
Once you've made a choice the up and down arrows are immediately ready to jump from object to object with the word object now being defined by the item you chose.
Keep in mind that you can change this setting whenever you wish, so put it to good use.
It's helpful to use this mode when you are having problems with your PC. For example, maybe you just installed an awesome new video card, but in all the excitement loaded the wrong driver for it. This in turn caused your video display under windows to be non-existant. If you go into Safe mode, you can fix it.
I also use it to help find problems with programs. If I get lots of "illegal operation" messages, I try running the program in safe mode to see if the program itself is the problem. If the program runs fine in safe mode, I can assume I have another program or driver that's interfering with the program's operation and causing the error. (Note that not all software runs in Safe mode - especially more robust programs, but it's still worth a shot).
Before I begin with that, I just want to fill in anyone else who has not heard about this yet. You can certainly go back and read yesterday's quick tip for the whole scoop, but just briefly, the Trojan Flooder is a threat that is affecting a lot of the AVG antivirus users. They are being tricked into "healing" their computer for the good, but are ending up with a harmful exploit on their computer instead.
If you are an AVG user and have come in contact with this Trojan, it is extremely important to fix it right away. So, here are a couple of suggestions that I was able to find for this. Hopefully, at least one of them will work for you.
1.) First, boot your computer in the Safe Mode form. To do this, turn your computer off and then restart it while pressing the F8 key continuously until the Safe Mode startup menu appears. From there, choose Windows in Safe Mode.
Next, you're going to uninstall your AVG service. Go to Start, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs. Find its applet and click the Remove button. When that's done, restart your computer and then reinstall the AVG program and do an immediate update on it. That should take care of the Trojan and all of its components. If not, try the second suggestion below.
2.) Again, boot up your computer in the Safe Mode form. (Follow the same directions listed above to do this). Once there, choose Windows in Safe Mode.
From there, go and find the folder of C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\. (Double click on the My Computer icon on your desktop, double click the C: drive and continue from there). Next, you'll need to find a couple of files. Change them as follows:
Change AVGCLEAN.SYS to AVGCLEAN.SY_ and change AVGRSXP.SYS to AVGRSXP.SY_. This will help keep the winlogon.exe file in place like it should be.
Now, the next part involves using the Registry Editor. There is always a risk with working in the Registry. If you make a mistake, it could alter other parts of your computer, so if you're not 100 percent sure you know what you're doing, please find someone who does. It's very important!
When you're ready, go to Start, Run, type in "regedit" and click OK. Once there, find the registry key of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\AvgClean. Now, go and remove the "__delete" value from the right window pane. Then restart your computer back in the normal Windows mode.
You should also make sure you update your AVG service to fulfill the latest virus base version. To do that, open the AVG program or the AVG Control Center. Then press F9 to get the current updates. Once you're all set with that, you have to go back and rename the same files you changed earlier. Find the C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\ folder again and change the following files.
Change AVGCLEAN.SY_ back to AVGCLEAN.SYS and change AVGRSXP.SY_ back to AVGRSXP.SYS.
Once you have that done, you need to restart your computer again and then just make sure the AVG Resident shield loads again. This will keep you the safest. Well, there you go. Hopefully one of those suggestions will work for you and you can be rid of the Trojan Flooder for good. You can't beat that!
OK, I know there are several ways to view the contents of your hard drive (normally drive "C" ), but here's one I stumbled upon the other day that I thought was kinda cool.
If you have Windows 95/98/ME...
1. First hit your Windows Key and the letter " R ." (The windows key is located between the ALT & CTRL keys - if you don't have a "windows" keyboard, you won't have this key and you'll need to click the Start button, Run to try this.)
2. You should now have the "Run" dialog box sitting in front of you. Now, type in a back slash (/) :
3. Enter and you should get a window with a list of all the stuff on your C: drive.
Again, there are other ways of getting to your C: drive quickly (like sticking a shortcut on your desktop by dragging the C: drive to it), but this was kinda neat so I thought I would pass it along.
For Windows XP...
1. Hit the Windows key and the letter R .
2. Type " C: " (without the quotation marks) instead of the backslash as stated above.
3. Hit Enter and voila! You should see the contents of your C: drive.
Title Bar Paths
Have you ever gotten a little lost while using " My Computer "? Before you get buried in another deep directory, tell Windows to show the full path in the title bar. I know, it doesn't sound all that profound, but it really comes in helpful. Here' how:
Open My Computer (or any folder) and click the Tools menu, Folder options .
Click the View tab and check the " Display full path in title bar " checkbox.
That's it, you're only a glance away from knowing where you're at in any directory structure. Here's a sample of what your title bar (now new and improved) should look like when your hunting around in your computer:
#1 If you have a log in password for your account, this can be used to protect folders from other users. Your hard drive must be formatted using NTFS (which it probably is unless you're dual booting with another operating system). Here's what to do...
Right-click the folder that you want to make private and choose "Properties" (or Alt+Double-click). Go to the "Sharing" tab and check the "Make this folder private" box.
Click Apply . If you do not have a password on your account, a box will pop up asking if you want to assign a password. This must be done if you want to make the folder private, so click Yes . You will need to use your password to log on to your computer from then on.
Type in a password then confirm it. Click the "Create Password" button then close the Password window.
Click OK in the Properties dialog box.
Now anyone else logged on to your computer can't access that file without knowing your password.
# 2 If the Folder is Zipped you can give it a unique password.
Just double-click the zipped folder. In the top menu select File then click "Add a Password".
Type a password into the Password box. Then again in the "Confirm Password" box.
Now, you are the only person who can access files in this folder. The folder can be opened allowing the files to be seen, but you are the only one who can access them.
Do you find it frustrating that when you forget to double click the button, it shuts off after just one paste?
Or, have you ever tried to interrupt the process of format painting by editing some text, only to find that the program has "forgotten" the formatting you intended to paint once you were back on track?
If any of this is bothersome for you, but you still like the idea of transferring just the formatting, I have an alternative to suggest.
Next time, instead of the Format Painter button, try Ctrl + Shift + C to copy the formatting.
Once the format is copied, use Ctrl + Shift + V on your highlighted text to complete the format paste.
The cool part is that you can go to multiple locations to paste and you can even do other tasks in between the pastes. And the program won't forget!
Jul 1, 2007
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEM Current Control Set ENUMPCI
and you will see a number of keys of the form "VEN_xxxx", where xxxx are strings like "1102&DEV_0004&SUBSYS_00011103&REV_04". Under each of these folders will be another folder with a long numerical name. Open each folder and look for the "DeviceDesc" which matches the hardware you are trying to install. Right Click on the "VEN_xxxx" for that device and select 'Permissions' and then tick "Allow" for "Full Control". Close Regedit and then continue with the installation of your device. I cannot guarantee it works for everyone, but although I swear by it after swearing at it (XP), it should help you if you ever had casual problem.
click start button then go to settings -> control panel -> Sound,Speech and Audio devices -> Sounds and Audio Devices -> Sounds, then under program events and windows menu click on "Exit Windows" sub-menu and highlight it.
Start Regedit.
To shut down your computer from the command line, type "shutdown -s". This could be used in a batch file, for example. However, this does not shut down immediately - it gives a 30 second countdown. To see further options for the shutdown command, type "shutdown" at the command prompt and it will show you a list of options. You can even shut down another PC remotely! Logoff and restart are other options.
Here are some of the other flags you can use along with the another ussage example:
Usage: shutdown [-i -l -s -r -a] [-f] [-m \\computername] [-t xx] [-c "comment"] [-d up:xx:yy]
-i Display GUI interface, must be the first option
-l Log off (cannot be used with -m option)
-s Shutdown the computer
-r Shutdown and restart the computer
-a Abort a system shutdown
-m \\computername Remote computer to shutdown/restart/abort
-t xx Set timeout for shutdown to xx seconds
-c "comment" Shutdown comment (maximum of 127 characters)
-f Forces running applications to close without warning
-d [u][p]:xx:yy The reason code for the shutdown
Use active desktop to save memory used by wallpapers
0 Commented : Post by : PazSt_Ft2K At : 1:37 PM1. Right click on your desktop and select "properties", then select the "desktop" tab.
With this you can make interesting things, like using various small wallpapers, or even animated ones!! (you can select an animated .gif too!!). Simply select various images, and when you click OK, drag all them to its right location, and lock the content again.
Note: If you want to check the huge wallpaper windows makes, select a wallpaper the standard way, then browse to "C:\Documents and Settings\USER PROFILE\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft" (where USER PROFILE, is the profile you're using, i.e. Administrator). There should be a file called Wallpaper.bmp, open it and you'll see your cureent wallpaper.
2. Select the Hardware tab and then select Device Manager.
3. Under the 'View' menu select Show Hidden Devices. Double click NT/Apm/Legacy
Now your PC will shutdown automatically just like good old Windows 98.
