Remove Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications

Remove Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications
Windows Genuine Advantage notifications occur when your computer hasn't passed the validation test. Method 1: Step 1: Open System32 by either of the following methods: Click "Start" -> "Run", then type "system32". Click "Ok". Find system32 manually by clicking...

Use you Pen Drive or Flash drive as RAM

Use you Pen Drive or Flash drive as RAM
1) Connect your pen drive to your PC [pen drive should be at least 1 GB or if you having 4 GB then its better] 2) Allow PC what he is supposed to do,let system to detect pen drive. 3) After your PC finished with his detection work,you have to do some little 4) Right click on the My Computer and...

Rename the Recycle Bin

Rename the Recycle Bin
1. Click Start 2. Click Run 3. Type regedit and hit ENTER 4. In the registry editor go to the following key:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache 5. Find and Double click on the following value:@C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll,-8964 6. Change the value to whatever...

Disable Windows XP Error Reporting

Disable Windows XP Error Reporting
When a system error occurs in XP, a little dialog box appears asking if you want to report the error to Microsoft. Click the message box to make it disappear. You don't have to report the error if you don't want to and on today's "Call for Help" Leo shows you how to turn off the feature if...

Remove Shutdown Option From Start Menu

Remove Shutdown Option From Start Menu
You might be using some shortcut / shortcut keys for performing Shutdown and you don't the Shutdown option in Start Menu . If the case is so , just follow the following steps. 1: Goto Run and type gpedit.msc 2: Navigate to User Configuration->Administrative Templates->Start...

Display a Logon Message ( Display message when someone logs in )

Display a Logon Message ( Display message when someone logs in )
Method 1 ( Registry Tweaking ) : 1: Start Registry Editor ( Start >> Run >> type "regedit" >> Hit enter.2: Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon3: Change the text in LegalNoticeCaption to set the text for the...

See Deleted File History

See Deleted File History
Follow the steps: 1. Boot into "safe mode command prompt" using F82. Go to Root (C:\) by typing CD\3. Now type C:\ del index.dat /s4. Press ENTERThe deleted files will appear. Enjoy...

Disable or Enable Folder Options in XP

Disable or Enable Folder Options in XP
Folder options are very important when a system is shared between users. One of the main functionality that can be changed from folder options is to view hidden or/and super hidden files and folder in Windows XP, some times it happens because of virus too. Before After So, if you share your...

Enable / Disable Regedit (Registry Editing Tool) in XP

Enable / Disable Regedit (Registry Editing Tool) in XP
Sometimes because of a virus or some software, the registry editing tool "regedit" ( Accessed by Start >> Run >> "regedit" ), gets disabled. This is quite irritating as you get this message when you try to access "regedit". Also sometimes, you might want to restrict users to change...

Remove the Username or User Pic from Start Menu

Remove the Username or User Pic from Start Menu
(1) Remove Username : Start> Run> regedit.exe and navigate to the this key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft\ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer In the right-pane, set NoUserNameInStartMenu value-data to 1 Close Regedit.exe and restart Windows. (2) Remove the user...

Prevent failed DNS lookups from getting cached

Prevent failed DNS lookups from getting cached
DNS (Domain Name System) caching is used to resolve hostnames for faster access. The problem with this feature is that failed DNS lookups also get cached. To change so that it will not cache failed DNS lookups... Step 1: Flush the DNS cache manually Go to the Command...

Increase Trial Period For Trial Version Software Forever

Increase Trial Period For Trial Version Software Forever
RunAsDate is a small utility that allows you to run a program in the date and time that you specify. This utility doesn’t change the current system date, but it only injects the date/time that you specify into the desired application.RunAsDate intercepts the kernel API calls that returns the...

Folder which can't be created in Windows and it's crack

Folder which can't be created in Windows and it's crack
Folders with name: CON, PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5,COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, & LPT9 cant be created using Windows Explorer or Command Prompt directly! Try creating them anywhere and you will fail . This is prevented...

Start Button Rename Windows XP

Start Button Rename Windows XP
Step 1 – Modify Explorer.exe File In order to make the changes, the file explorer.exe located at C:\Windows needs to be edited. Since explorer.exe is a binary file it requires a special editor. For purposes of this article I have used Resource Hacker. Which is used to view, modify, rename, add, delete...