Disable Error Reporting
1. Open Control Panel 2. Click on Performance and Maintenance. 3. Click on System. 4. Then click on the Advanced tab 5. Click on the error-reporting button on the bottom of the windows. 6. Select Disable error reporting. 7. Click OK 8. Click OK
Remove shortcut arrow from desktop icons
Here's how you can remove those shortcut arrows from your desktop icons in Windows XP.
1. Start regedit.2. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTlnkfile3. Delete the IsShortcut registry value.
You may need to restart Windows XP.
Easy sendto menu modification
first open - X:\Documents and Settings\username\SendTo (it is hidden) where X is your drive letter and username is your username make and delete shortcuts to folders and devices at will
Enable Clear Type
Easy way- Click on or cut and paste link below:http://www.microsoft.com/typography/cleartype/cleartypeactivate.htm?fname=%20&fsize= or - Right click on a blank area of the Desktop and choose Properties - Click on the Appearance Tab; Click effects - Check the box: Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts - In the drop down box select: Clear Type
Getting MP3 ripping to work in Windows Media Player 8 in XP
Enter the following in the registry :
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftMediaPlayerSettingsMP3Encoding]
"LowRate"=dword:0000dac0
"MediumRate"=dword:0000fa00
"MediumHighRate"=dword:0001f400
"HighRate"=dword:0002ee00
This corresponds to 56, 64, 128 and 192 Kbps.
You can change this to your liking using the following dword hex values :
320 Kbps = dword:0004e200
256 Kbps = dword:0003e800
224 Kbps = dword:00036b00
192 Kbps = dword:0002ee00
160 Kbps = dword:00027100
128 Kbps = dword:0001f400
112 Kbps = dword:0001b580
64 Kbps = dword:0000fa00
56 Kbps = dword:0000dac0
Internet Broadband
this ones simple:this is for broad band connections. I didn’t try it on dial up but might work for dial up.1.make sure your logged on as actually "Administrator". do not log on with any account that just has administrator privileges.2. start - run - type gpedit.msc3. expand the "local computer policy" branch4. expand the "administrative templates" branch5. expand the "network branch"6. Highlight the "QoS Packet Scheduler" in left window7. in right window double click the "limit reservable bandwidth" setting8. on setting tab check the "enabled" item9. where it says "Bandwidth limit %" change it to read 0reboot if you want to but not necessary on some systems your all done. Effect is immediate on some systems. some need re-boot. I have one machine that needs to reboot first, the others didn't. Don't know why this is.This is more of a "counter what XP does" thing. In other words, XP seems to want to reserve 20% of the bandwidth for its self. Even with QoS disabled, even when this item is disabled. So why not use it to your advantage. To demonstrate the problem with this on stand alone machines start up a big download from a server with an FTP client. Try to find a server that doesn't max out your bandwidth. In this case you want a slow to medium speed server to demonstrate this. Let it run for a couple of minutes to get stable. The start up another download from the same server with another instance of your FTP client. You will notice that the available bandwidth is now being fought over and one of the clients download will be very slow or both will slow down when they should both be using the available bandwidth. Using this "tweak" both clients will have a fair share of the bandwidth and will not fight over the bandwidth.
Tricks1
How To Enable Hibernation
Under Windows 98, Me, or 2000 there was an option in the shutdown dialog box to enter the computer into hibernation (where all the content of the RAM is copied to the hard disk). The shutdown dialog box of Windows XP doesn't offer any longer the hibernation button. Some users may get confused about how to enable the hibernation mode. If this mode is supported by your motherboard (ACPI) you have to do the following:
Click Start and Shut Down,
Point the standby button and maintain the shift key pushed,
A new hibernation button appears: click it while still holding the shift key: voila your PC will hibernate.
Get rid of Windows Messenger
Start->Run->"gpedit.msc""-Computer Configuration-Administrative Templates-Windows Components-Windows Messenger
Here you can enable"Do not allow Windows Messenger to be run"and"Do not automatically start Windows Messenger initially"
Change the text in Internet Explorers title bar to anything you want
In regedit navigate to this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain
change the value of the string "Window Title" to whatever you want on the title bar of Internet Explorer - to have no title except the title of the web pages you are browsing do not enter anything for a value.
Win XP Won’t Completely Shutdown
- Goto Control Panel, then goto Power Options.- Click on the APM Tab, then check the "Enable Advanced Power Management support." - Shut down your PC. It should now successfully complete the Shut Down process.
WinXP Clear Page file on shutdown
Go to Control panel Administrative tools, local security policy. then goto local policies ---> security options.Then change the option for "Shutdown: Clear Virtual Memory Pagefile"
Adjust various visual effects
1. Open up the control panel2. Go under system and click on the advanced tab3. Click settings under Performance options4. You can now change various graphical effects (mainly animations and shadows)
Under Windows 98, Me, or 2000 there was an option in the shutdown dialog box to enter the computer into hibernation (where all the content of the RAM is copied to the hard disk). The shutdown dialog box of Windows XP doesn't offer any longer the hibernation button. Some users may get confused about how to enable the hibernation mode. If this mode is supported by your motherboard (ACPI) you have to do the following:
Click Start and Shut Down,
Point the standby button and maintain the shift key pushed,
A new hibernation button appears: click it while still holding the shift key: voila your PC will hibernate.
Get rid of Windows Messenger
Start->Run->"gpedit.msc""-Computer Configuration-Administrative Templates-Windows Components-Windows Messenger
Here you can enable"Do not allow Windows Messenger to be run"and"Do not automatically start Windows Messenger initially"
Change the text in Internet Explorers title bar to anything you want
In regedit navigate to this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain
change the value of the string "Window Title" to whatever you want on the title bar of Internet Explorer - to have no title except the title of the web pages you are browsing do not enter anything for a value.
Win XP Won’t Completely Shutdown
- Goto Control Panel, then goto Power Options.- Click on the APM Tab, then check the "Enable Advanced Power Management support." - Shut down your PC. It should now successfully complete the Shut Down process.
WinXP Clear Page file on shutdown
Go to Control panel Administrative tools, local security policy. then goto local policies ---> security options.Then change the option for "Shutdown: Clear Virtual Memory Pagefile"
Adjust various visual effects
1. Open up the control panel2. Go under system and click on the advanced tab3. Click settings under Performance options4. You can now change various graphical effects (mainly animations and shadows)
OFFENSIVE MSN Nicks
Your mama is so fat, when she sings, its over
Recommended for you: "Windows For Dummies"
I'd explain it to you, but your brain would explode
CATS HAVE NINE LIVES PEOPLE HAVE 1 MESS WITH (YOUR NAME) AND U'LL HAVE NONE!!!
Just because you're stupid doesn't mean I'm lying
Excuse me, but I think my karma just ran over your dogma
You smell like the splashboard of an Indian urinal during mango season
I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception
Welcome to loserville. Population: you
It's people like you who give scum a bad name
I've had fun before. This isn't it
Don't hate me because I'm beautiful, hate me because your boyfriend/girlfriend thinks so
I dream about a monster, about you!
Your village called, their idiot is missing
Girls/Guys are like lava lamps: good to look at, but not very bright
I'd smack you but shit splatters!
It's not that I am anti-social. I just don't like you
Harrasing me about my smoking may be hazardous to your health!
You're the cum your mother should have swallowed
If your parents got divorced, would they still be brother and sister?
Now I understand why some animals eat their young!
I have PMS and a gun... now what were you saying?
I may be fat, but you're ugly, and I can diet
Your so ugly they put your picture on the airline sick bag
Please buy parfume! I can smell you through my speakers!
Screw Fear. Drink Beer
Roses are red, violets are blue. A face like yours belongs in the ZOO!
What are you looking at?
Get stoned, drink cement
When being ugly would make money, you would be Bill Gates!
Don't be sad, don't be blue. I want a girl/boy, but not you!
Fighting for peace is like having sex for virginity
Of course you have
My neighbour is so ugly I broke in his/her house to close the curtains!
Men are like postmen, they leave after they put it in
Don't like my msn name? Look away than!
Don't be so loud, I can hear you from here!
You think I'm a bitch? You should meet my mother!
Don't even try to click my username
Want to destroy your enemy? Make him a friend
Your breath stinks like the ass of a bear
Recommended for you: "Windows For Dummies"
I'd explain it to you, but your brain would explode
CATS HAVE NINE LIVES PEOPLE HAVE 1 MESS WITH (YOUR NAME) AND U'LL HAVE NONE!!!
Just because you're stupid doesn't mean I'm lying
Excuse me, but I think my karma just ran over your dogma
You smell like the splashboard of an Indian urinal during mango season
I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception
Welcome to loserville. Population: you
It's people like you who give scum a bad name
I've had fun before. This isn't it
Don't hate me because I'm beautiful, hate me because your boyfriend/girlfriend thinks so
I dream about a monster, about you!
Your village called, their idiot is missing
Girls/Guys are like lava lamps: good to look at, but not very bright
I'd smack you but shit splatters!
It's not that I am anti-social. I just don't like you
Harrasing me about my smoking may be hazardous to your health!
You're the cum your mother should have swallowed
If your parents got divorced, would they still be brother and sister?
Now I understand why some animals eat their young!
I have PMS and a gun... now what were you saying?
I may be fat, but you're ugly, and I can diet
Your so ugly they put your picture on the airline sick bag
Please buy parfume! I can smell you through my speakers!
Screw Fear. Drink Beer
Roses are red, violets are blue. A face like yours belongs in the ZOO!
What are you looking at?
Get stoned, drink cement
When being ugly would make money, you would be Bill Gates!
Don't be sad, don't be blue. I want a girl/boy, but not you!
Fighting for peace is like having sex for virginity
Of course you have
My neighbour is so ugly I broke in his/her house to close the curtains!
Men are like postmen, they leave after they put it in
Don't like my msn name? Look away than!
Don't be so loud, I can hear you from here!
You think I'm a bitch? You should meet my mother!
Don't even try to click my username
Want to destroy your enemy? Make him a friend
Your breath stinks like the ass of a bear
LOVE MSN Nicks
The shortest word for me is I, the sweetest word for me is LOVE, but the only word for me is YOU
2 good 2 be 4 gotten
Ur hot as fire sharp as glass u break my heart ima kick yo ass!
Nice pants, can I test the zipper?
To the world you are just one person but to one person you may be the world
Is that a gun in ur pocket or are you just happy to see me?
Don't hate the player, hate the game
Love is when u don't want to go to sleep cuz reality is beta than a dream
Do you believe in love at first site, or should I walk by again?
I'm loved by some, hated by plenty, but wanted by many
*ToUcH Me* *TeAsE Me* *cOmE On BaBY * pLeAsE Me*
Can i borrow your library card because i'd like to check you out!
Kisses spread germs and germs are hated.....so kiss me baby!! I'm vacinated!
Call me anytime, I won't be home
I’ve lost my phone number, can I have yours?
Sigh... (name) is in love with me
I'm not smiling at you, I'm trying not to laugh!
Love is blind. I know, because you don't see me
Guys are air for me, and without air I can't live
Aren't you tired? You're walking for hours in my head!
If loving you is wrong, I don't wanna be right
Stupid cupid... stop pickin on me!
Some girls/boys have 7 boys/girls for 7 days but I have one for always
Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet and so are you!
Love is like war..:: Easy To Start.. Difficult To End..And.. Impossible To Forget..!!
Love Is More Than Just A Kiss
Be smart,be clever put me in your heart for ever
Love is like heaven but it can hurt like hell
I Close My Eyes And Kiss Your Lips, Then I Go To Paradise
Love is a Feeling that Lasts Forever..
You can fall in the water, you can fall off a tree but the best way to fall is to fall in love with me
Roses are red diaments are plastic, I am great, you are fantastic!
Don't love me for fun, love me for a reason .. let the reason be love
You can win me ,you can lose me but try 2 never use me
Love is the answer, but while you’re waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions
Do you believe in love at first sight or should I walk by again?
Love is a slow poison
Honesty is the key to a relationship. If you can fake that, you're in
Accountants are the best lovers. They can do it all night long and keep their balance!
True Love is like ghosts, Everyone talks about, But very few have seen
2 good 2 be 4 gotten
Ur hot as fire sharp as glass u break my heart ima kick yo ass!
Nice pants, can I test the zipper?
To the world you are just one person but to one person you may be the world
Is that a gun in ur pocket or are you just happy to see me?
Don't hate the player, hate the game
Love is when u don't want to go to sleep cuz reality is beta than a dream
Do you believe in love at first site, or should I walk by again?
I'm loved by some, hated by plenty, but wanted by many
*ToUcH Me* *TeAsE Me* *cOmE On BaBY * pLeAsE Me*
Can i borrow your library card because i'd like to check you out!
Kisses spread germs and germs are hated.....so kiss me baby!! I'm vacinated!
Call me anytime, I won't be home
I’ve lost my phone number, can I have yours?
Sigh... (name) is in love with me
I'm not smiling at you, I'm trying not to laugh!
Love is blind. I know, because you don't see me
Guys are air for me, and without air I can't live
Aren't you tired? You're walking for hours in my head!
If loving you is wrong, I don't wanna be right
Stupid cupid... stop pickin on me!
Some girls/boys have 7 boys/girls for 7 days but I have one for always
Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet and so are you!
Love is like war..:: Easy To Start.. Difficult To End..And.. Impossible To Forget..!!
Love Is More Than Just A Kiss
Be smart,be clever put me in your heart for ever
Love is like heaven but it can hurt like hell
I Close My Eyes And Kiss Your Lips, Then I Go To Paradise
Love is a Feeling that Lasts Forever..
You can fall in the water, you can fall off a tree but the best way to fall is to fall in love with me
Roses are red diaments are plastic, I am great, you are fantastic!
Don't love me for fun, love me for a reason .. let the reason be love
You can win me ,you can lose me but try 2 never use me
Love is the answer, but while you’re waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions
Do you believe in love at first sight or should I walk by again?
Love is a slow poison
Honesty is the key to a relationship. If you can fake that, you're in
Accountants are the best lovers. They can do it all night long and keep their balance!
True Love is like ghosts, Everyone talks about, But very few have seen
FUNNY MSN Nicks
People who make hand-kisses are freaking lazy!
On your knees! I am online
(name) connecting people...
Wait a minute... I am bringing an offer to the toilet gods
What does really suck? A giraffe with pain in his neck
Don't run in the school hall, gliding is more fun!
Hi! My name's Nobody. Nobody is perfect.
La La Li La - Can't hear you - La Li La La
You don't have to be the best, be better than the rest!
I can do it, I can let it be but I get it done!
It's brown and it doesn't weight much... lightbrown!
Did you just grab my ass?
Select my name and press ALT + F4
Did it hurt? When you fell from heaven?
This guy/girl needs a tutorial
A selfish person is someone who doesn't think about me
Does people working at Pickwick ever get a coffeebreak?
Who farted!?
Here I am! What were your other 2 wishes?
It's green and it's peaks behind a corner... a spionach!
Nobody like me, so I always have 1 friend
Girls/Boys are great, every boy/girl should own one
You know it's always business doing pleasure with you
If you throw rice at weddings, will asian people throw hotdogs?
I’ve lost my phone number, can I have yours?
One day, we will look back on this, laugh nervously, and change the subject
When I’m good, I’m really good, but when I’m bad I’m better
I'm not smiling at you, I'm trying not to laugh!
24 hours in a day ... 24 beers in a case ... coincidence? I think not…
I'm fat, but your ugly. I can diet
English! Who needs that? I'm never going to England!
You may laugh because I'm different but I laugh because you're all the same
If at first you dont succeed skydiving isnt for you
Take a break like it is a sort of screen saver!
I am on the seafood diet. I see food and I eat it!
ScReW TwiZzLeRS!! i'LL MaKe YoUr MoUtH HaPPy!
I aint guilty, im just not innocent! ;-)
Can I get your picture? I collect nature disasters
For all you who talk about me, thanks for making ME the center of YOUR world!
I'm cool, I'm hot....I'm everything you're not
You and the bank own a very lovely home
I would tell ya to go to hell but all dogs go to heaven
I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants
Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?
You don't buy the drink here, you only rent it
All racists who are prepared to die for their country, why not now?
Drinking is the answer, I don't remember the question
Superman is a travestite
Do they have reserved parking for non-handicap people at the Special Olympics?
Booze is the answer. I don't remember the question
Lower the age of puberty!
God bless Atheism
I drink to make other people interesting
My life is like a porno-movie, without the sex
An unfortunate person is one tries to fart but shits instead
A miserable person is one who truly enjoys a fart but can't
Anarchists of the world, unite!
Why doesn't the fattest man in the world become a hockey goalie?
Don't be open-minded, your brains might fall out
Flying is simple. You just throw yourself at the ground and miss
On your knees! I am online
(name) connecting people...
Wait a minute... I am bringing an offer to the toilet gods
What does really suck? A giraffe with pain in his neck
Don't run in the school hall, gliding is more fun!
Hi! My name's Nobody. Nobody is perfect.
La La Li La - Can't hear you - La Li La La
You don't have to be the best, be better than the rest!
I can do it, I can let it be but I get it done!
It's brown and it doesn't weight much... lightbrown!
Did you just grab my ass?
Select my name and press ALT + F4
Did it hurt? When you fell from heaven?
This guy/girl needs a tutorial
A selfish person is someone who doesn't think about me
Does people working at Pickwick ever get a coffeebreak?
Who farted!?
Here I am! What were your other 2 wishes?
It's green and it's peaks behind a corner... a spionach!
Nobody like me, so I always have 1 friend
Girls/Boys are great, every boy/girl should own one
You know it's always business doing pleasure with you
If you throw rice at weddings, will asian people throw hotdogs?
I’ve lost my phone number, can I have yours?
One day, we will look back on this, laugh nervously, and change the subject
When I’m good, I’m really good, but when I’m bad I’m better
I'm not smiling at you, I'm trying not to laugh!
24 hours in a day ... 24 beers in a case ... coincidence? I think not…
I'm fat, but your ugly. I can diet
English! Who needs that? I'm never going to England!
You may laugh because I'm different but I laugh because you're all the same
If at first you dont succeed skydiving isnt for you
Take a break like it is a sort of screen saver!
I am on the seafood diet. I see food and I eat it!
ScReW TwiZzLeRS!! i'LL MaKe YoUr MoUtH HaPPy!
I aint guilty, im just not innocent! ;-)
Can I get your picture? I collect nature disasters
For all you who talk about me, thanks for making ME the center of YOUR world!
I'm cool, I'm hot....I'm everything you're not
You and the bank own a very lovely home
I would tell ya to go to hell but all dogs go to heaven
I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants
Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?
You don't buy the drink here, you only rent it
All racists who are prepared to die for their country, why not now?
Drinking is the answer, I don't remember the question
Superman is a travestite
Do they have reserved parking for non-handicap people at the Special Olympics?
Booze is the answer. I don't remember the question
Lower the age of puberty!
God bless Atheism
I drink to make other people interesting
My life is like a porno-movie, without the sex
An unfortunate person is one tries to fart but shits instead
A miserable person is one who truly enjoys a fart but can't
Anarchists of the world, unite!
Why doesn't the fattest man in the world become a hockey goalie?
Don't be open-minded, your brains might fall out
Flying is simple. You just throw yourself at the ground and miss
FRIENDSHIP MSN Nicks
Only a true friend tells you the real truth about yourself
I know you are a real friend. Why? I just know!
Are you a friend because I am friendly?
Dogs 4 life
Cats 4 life
A friend will always help you
A lot of people know me, but you know me best!
My friends are my world!
Wanna be friends again?
Girls night tonight!? H yeah!
Should I smile beause you're a friend, or cry cause that’s all we'll ever be?!
True friends don't need words
Dogs in da house tonight
Don't mess with us before setting up your testament
Just because I'm friendly, doesn't mean we're friends!
My girl goes before ANYONE!
It's great to be friends with you!
You know who I'm talking to, let's rock tonight!
Don't mess with my cats
Friendly makes friends
What is a friend? 1 soul in 2 bodies
There are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet
If you tell someone you like people, they can't resist liking you back
He/She who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,
who has one enemy will meet him everywhere
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends
Nothing changes your opinion of a friend so surely as success - yours or his
True friendship is a plant of slow growth
A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute
Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods
A friend who turns into a enemy has never been a friend
A faithful friend is the medicine of life
Friendship needs no words....
The best personal mirror is the opinion of a friend
Nobody like me, so I always have 1 friend
Two are better than one
A true friend tells you your faults in private
A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else
True friendship never ends
Most people walk in and out of your life. But only friends leave footprints in your heart
Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty
As long as forever, I will stay by your side; I,ll be your companion, your friend and your guide
Friends are like condoms: they protect you when things get hard
Friends are like good bras: supportive, hard to find, and close to the heart
Fate chooses your relations, you choose your friends
Have no friends not equal to yourself
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them
We will be friends until forever, just you wait see
Side by side or miles apart, dear friends are always close to the heart
A real friend is someone who walks in when the rest of the world walks out
True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable
Life without friendship is like the sky without sun
Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship--never
Friendship is a special kind of love
Friendship is a horizon which expands whenever we approach it
The secret to friendship is being a good listener
One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives
Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes
My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me
We are all alone untill we accept our need for others
A true friend stabs you in the front
COOL MSN Nicks
If Italians taste as good as their icecream, i want two!
If I didn't have you, you didn't have me
Badgirl/Badboy with good intentions
If I ain't g0t j0ee babY!
Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live
You are a star, fall for me!
Hopelessly devoted to you!
Hey I'm not the bitch/ahole, I am THE bitch/ahole!
Sparkle your MSN, add me!
Boys are smart, boys are brave. Girls are smarter and behave!
Gils are pretty, girls are smart. Boys are smarter and got a big heart!
You are a walking fishbowl, I see right through you
You can always call me (70 cents p/m)
Is a full harddisk lighter than an empty one?
How pretty I am? Pretty cool!
How to keep an idiot busy for about 5 seconds? Well, like this!
Homework? Do I pay school money to work at home!?
I'm blonde, but I ain't stupid
How do you call the end of a shoe-lace? Exactly!
How to get an dino from the water? Wet!
Intelligence could be instinct which has it at the wrong end
When life hands you a lemon, break out the tequila and the salt!
What is arrogance? Thinking you can compete with me!
I’ve lost my phone number, can I have yours?
Not me, not now, maybe later...
Life's a beach... Surf it up!
Trying is the first step towards failure
I think crime pays. The hours are good, you travel a lot
If it is tourist season, why can't we shoot them?
Alcohol doesn't solve any problems, but milk do?
Smile and the world smiles with you. Fart and you stand alone
I'm more drunk than a three-legged chicken on a wet patch of ice!
When I'm good I'm very good but when I'm bad I'm better
To alcohol! The cause of and solution to all life's problems
WaNnA PLaY ArMy?? ... Ok! SiT BaCk AnD i'LL BLoW ThE HeLL OuT oF YoU!
I avoid temptation unless I can't resist it
I love work; it fascinates me; I can sit and watch it for hours
Booze may not be the answer, but it helps you to forget the question
Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
There are no stupid questions, just stupid people
Why do we park on driveways and drive on parkways?
When cows laugh, does milk come out of their nose?
Gravity always wins
The easiest way to avoid a hangover is to just stay drunk
There are some that are wise and others that are otherwise
I'm not an alcoholic. I am a drunk. Alcoholics go to meetings
Buy land, they have quit making it!
Don't judge a man by his boxers, it's what's inside that counts
I'm not suffering from insanity, I'm enjoying every minute of it
Eat healthy, exercise more, still die
Politicians prefer unarmed peasants
Time is what keeps things from happening all at once
Women/Men who seek to be equal with men/women lack ambition
What happens if you get scared half to death... twice?
Smile, it makes people wonder what you're up too..
Opinions are like assholes... Everyone's got one, and they stink
Sometimes I wish I were you, just so I could be friends with me
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most
If marriage is outlawed, only outlaws will have inlaws
I don't have to be careful, I've got a gun.
Sardar's SMS
Sardar SMS1
Sardar:Begum aaj chicken
bohut maze ki bani hai
kiakoi khaas masala lagaya hai ?
Sardarni:Nahi bus zara murghi
jal gaithi wo main ne BURNOL laga di thi.
Sardar SMS2
Sardar english k paper main fail ho gaya,
He did translation:
1.Main aam admi nahi honI’m not a mango man
2.Sarda or garma fruit hain.Colda & hota r fruits
3.Mujhey bhi english ati hayEnglish comes 2 me also
4.do ro do chaar.give and give four.
5.Mera taluk hari pur hazara se hayI belong 2 green pur thousanda.
Sardar SMS3
A sardar had a child after 3 month of marriage.
He asked his wife ye 3 month k bad bacha kaise howa?
Wife replied:tumhari shadi ko kitna arsa hua?
sardar:3 months.
Wife: or meri shadi ko ?
Sardar: 3 months
Wife: or bacha kitne month k baad?
Sardar:3 month.
Wife: total kitne hue?
Sardar: oye 9 months & start dancingBalle Balle
Sardar SMS4
Sardar 2 friend: Guess how manycoins I have in my pocket?
Friend:If I guess right, u give me 1?
Sardar:Oji, I will give both of them
Sardar SMS5
Sardar darvaze pe GUN liye khara tha
Wife: y r u standing here?
Sardar: Sher k shikar pe ja raha hon
Wife: To jao na..!
Sardar: Kase jaon baher KUTTA khara hai
Sardar SMS6
Sardar ko truck ne takkar mar di
Dost: Yar jo hona tha hogayaper tu itna dara huwa Q hai?
Sardar: Yar kion k us truck k pichay likha tha“Phir Milenge”
Sardar SMS7
Sardar ki wife inspecter se!
Mera husband ek hafte pehle aalolene gaya tha
abhi tak wapis nahi aaya
Inspector bhi sardar tha bola
to behan kuch or paka lo.
Sardar SMS8
Captain:Naujawanon come forward.
Sardarji does not move.
Captain: You did not move forward,
why?
Sardarji: oji you sair 9 jawanon,
I was the 10 in line!
Sardar SMS9
Professor:Chemical symbol of Barium?
Sardar: BA
Professor:For sodium?
Sardar: NA
Professor:What will we get if 1 atom of BA& 2 atoms of NA combined?
Sardar: BANANA
Sardar SMS10
Sardarji says I LOVE YOU to his girl friend
and suddenly falls on the floor.
Girlfriend:What is this?
Sardarji:Oji, I am falling in love!
Sardar SMS11
Sardar selected a short girl to marry.
Why?
Because guru ji told him
Musibat jitni choti ho utna acha hai …
Sardar SMS12
3 sardar bed pe so rahy thy,
un tenon ko jaga theek
se nahi mil rahi thi.
phir 1 sardar bed se niche sone laga.
2nd sardar: ab jaga ho gai hai,
uper ajaa.
Sardar SMS13
Four guys1 from
Harward:
1 Oxford
1 Texas &
a Sardar from Pujab university
1 common question:What is the fastest thing in world?
Oxford:Light
Harvard:Thought
Texas:Blink of an eye
Sardar:It’s loose motions,
because last night
I was lying in my bed& before
I could blink,
think or turn on the lights,
it was over!
Sardar's SMS 14
Race dekhte howay
sardar ne dosray se pocha
“Inam kis ko mile ga?”
2nd:”Sub se agey waley ko
”Sardar tu phir peechay waley kion bhag rahe hain?
Sardar:Begum aaj chicken
bohut maze ki bani hai
kiakoi khaas masala lagaya hai ?
Sardarni:Nahi bus zara murghi
jal gaithi wo main ne BURNOL laga di thi.
Sardar SMS2
Sardar english k paper main fail ho gaya,
He did translation:
1.Main aam admi nahi honI’m not a mango man
2.Sarda or garma fruit hain.Colda & hota r fruits
3.Mujhey bhi english ati hayEnglish comes 2 me also
4.do ro do chaar.give and give four.
5.Mera taluk hari pur hazara se hayI belong 2 green pur thousanda.
Sardar SMS3
A sardar had a child after 3 month of marriage.
He asked his wife ye 3 month k bad bacha kaise howa?
Wife replied:tumhari shadi ko kitna arsa hua?
sardar:3 months.
Wife: or meri shadi ko ?
Sardar: 3 months
Wife: or bacha kitne month k baad?
Sardar:3 month.
Wife: total kitne hue?
Sardar: oye 9 months & start dancingBalle Balle
Sardar SMS4
Sardar 2 friend: Guess how manycoins I have in my pocket?
Friend:If I guess right, u give me 1?
Sardar:Oji, I will give both of them
Sardar SMS5
Sardar darvaze pe GUN liye khara tha
Wife: y r u standing here?
Sardar: Sher k shikar pe ja raha hon
Wife: To jao na..!
Sardar: Kase jaon baher KUTTA khara hai
Sardar SMS6
Sardar ko truck ne takkar mar di
Dost: Yar jo hona tha hogayaper tu itna dara huwa Q hai?
Sardar: Yar kion k us truck k pichay likha tha“Phir Milenge”
Sardar SMS7
Sardar ki wife inspecter se!
Mera husband ek hafte pehle aalolene gaya tha
abhi tak wapis nahi aaya
Inspector bhi sardar tha bola
to behan kuch or paka lo.
Sardar SMS8
Captain:Naujawanon come forward.
Sardarji does not move.
Captain: You did not move forward,
why?
Sardarji: oji you sair 9 jawanon,
I was the 10 in line!
Sardar SMS9
Professor:Chemical symbol of Barium?
Sardar: BA
Professor:For sodium?
Sardar: NA
Professor:What will we get if 1 atom of BA& 2 atoms of NA combined?
Sardar: BANANA
Sardar SMS10
Sardarji says I LOVE YOU to his girl friend
and suddenly falls on the floor.
Girlfriend:What is this?
Sardarji:Oji, I am falling in love!
Sardar SMS11
Sardar selected a short girl to marry.
Why?
Because guru ji told him
Musibat jitni choti ho utna acha hai …
Sardar SMS12
3 sardar bed pe so rahy thy,
un tenon ko jaga theek
se nahi mil rahi thi.
phir 1 sardar bed se niche sone laga.
2nd sardar: ab jaga ho gai hai,
uper ajaa.
Sardar SMS13
Four guys1 from
Harward:
1 Oxford
1 Texas &
a Sardar from Pujab university
1 common question:What is the fastest thing in world?
Oxford:Light
Harvard:Thought
Texas:Blink of an eye
Sardar:It’s loose motions,
because last night
I was lying in my bed& before
I could blink,
think or turn on the lights,
it was over!
Sardar's SMS 14
Race dekhte howay
sardar ne dosray se pocha
“Inam kis ko mile ga?”
2nd:”Sub se agey waley ko
”Sardar tu phir peechay waley kion bhag rahe hain?
Romantic SMS
Love SMS 1
Beetay pal wapas la nahi sakte
Sukhe phool wapas khila nahi sakte
Kabhi kabhi lagta hai aap hamein bhul gaye
par dil kehta hai k aap hamein bhula nai sakte.
Love SMS 2
R: is for red.
RED: is for blood
BLOOD: is for heart
HEART: is for loveLOVE: is for you
YOU: is for me
ME: is for you.
(((I MISS YOU)))
Love SMS 3
I have 3 parts of my heart,
.
.
.
1st 4 my Allah,
.
.
2nd 4 my Family,
.3rd 4 myFriends.
*
*
But no part 4 u,
Becoz,
U
R
My
Heart
Love SMS 4
Hichkion ka aana ye batata hy,
Koi humain yaad kar k khud ko rulata hay,
Dil nahi samajhta magar ye tu such hay,
Shiddat se yaad hamain bhi koi aata hai..
Love SMS 5
Ishq ne hume Rula Diya
Jis Per Marte The usne hi hame bhula Diya
hum to unki yadon mein hi jee laitay,
magar unhone to yaadon mein hi ZEHER mila diya
Love SMS 6
TRUE LOVE means:
To FEEL someone in ever HEARTBEAT,
to FIND someone in every THOUGHT,
to SEE someone with CLOSED EYES,
and to MISS someone without reason:)
Love SMS 7
Sahil per khare khare humne shaam kardi,
Apna dil or duniya aap k naam kar di,
Ye bhi na socha kaise guzregi zindagi,
Bina soche samjhe her khushi aap k nam kar di
Love SMS 8
Your precious love has
turned my life completely around,
I feel lik Im wlaking but
my feet dont seem 2 touch d ground..!!
Love SMS 9
Heart is like a bottle of perfume.
If u never open it nobody knows the
fragrance inside it..
If u keep it always opensoon u will loose ur fragrance.
So act wisely.
Love SMS 10
Love is like playing the piano.
First you must learn to
play by the rules,
then you must forget the
rules and lay
from your heart.
Beetay pal wapas la nahi sakte
Sukhe phool wapas khila nahi sakte
Kabhi kabhi lagta hai aap hamein bhul gaye
par dil kehta hai k aap hamein bhula nai sakte.
Love SMS 2
R: is for red.
RED: is for blood
BLOOD: is for heart
HEART: is for loveLOVE: is for you
YOU: is for me
ME: is for you.
(((I MISS YOU)))
Love SMS 3
I have 3 parts of my heart,
.
.
.
1st 4 my Allah,
.
.
2nd 4 my Family,
.3rd 4 myFriends.
*
*
But no part 4 u,
Becoz,
U
R
My
Heart
Love SMS 4
Hichkion ka aana ye batata hy,
Koi humain yaad kar k khud ko rulata hay,
Dil nahi samajhta magar ye tu such hay,
Shiddat se yaad hamain bhi koi aata hai..
Love SMS 5
Ishq ne hume Rula Diya
Jis Per Marte The usne hi hame bhula Diya
hum to unki yadon mein hi jee laitay,
magar unhone to yaadon mein hi ZEHER mila diya
Love SMS 6
TRUE LOVE means:
To FEEL someone in ever HEARTBEAT,
to FIND someone in every THOUGHT,
to SEE someone with CLOSED EYES,
and to MISS someone without reason:)
Love SMS 7
Sahil per khare khare humne shaam kardi,
Apna dil or duniya aap k naam kar di,
Ye bhi na socha kaise guzregi zindagi,
Bina soche samjhe her khushi aap k nam kar di
Love SMS 8
Your precious love has
turned my life completely around,
I feel lik Im wlaking but
my feet dont seem 2 touch d ground..!!
Love SMS 9
Heart is like a bottle of perfume.
If u never open it nobody knows the
fragrance inside it..
If u keep it always opensoon u will loose ur fragrance.
So act wisely.
Love SMS 10
Love is like playing the piano.
First you must learn to
play by the rules,
then you must forget the
rules and lay
from your heart.
Birthday SMS
Birthday SMS 1
if kisses were rain id send u showers,if fun was time id send u hrs,if u needed a friend id send u me!*Happy Birthday To You Sweetheart
Birthday SMS 2
Its a nice feeling when you knowthat someone likes you,someone thinks about you,someone needs you;but it feels much better whenyou know that someonenever ever forgets your birthday.“HAPPY BIRTHDAY“.
Birthday SMS 3
Sweetheart!u r so beautiful my love 4u will always b true,here’s a wish 4 my darling…may all your dreams come truei wish u a very happy birthday.with lots of love and kisses…from a heart that beats…just 4 you by me.
Birthday SMS 4
Lovely msg for a Lovely Person
from Lovely Friend
For a Lovely Reason
at a Lovely Time
from a Lovely Mind
in a Lovely Mood
in a Lovely Style
to wish you
Have a Lovely “BirthDay”
Birthday SMS 5
Happy birthday to you,Even though i wish it earlier i dun cared.Dun forget bout our friendship, that we’ve shared.
Birthday SMS 6
Life is very short,So enjoy every moment,Dont lose your confidenceGo always ahead.
Happy Birthday
if kisses were rain id send u showers,if fun was time id send u hrs,if u needed a friend id send u me!*Happy Birthday To You Sweetheart
Birthday SMS 2
Its a nice feeling when you knowthat someone likes you,someone thinks about you,someone needs you;but it feels much better whenyou know that someonenever ever forgets your birthday.“HAPPY BIRTHDAY“.
Birthday SMS 3
Sweetheart!u r so beautiful my love 4u will always b true,here’s a wish 4 my darling…may all your dreams come truei wish u a very happy birthday.with lots of love and kisses…from a heart that beats…just 4 you by me.
Birthday SMS 4
Lovely msg for a Lovely Person
from Lovely Friend
For a Lovely Reason
at a Lovely Time
from a Lovely Mind
in a Lovely Mood
in a Lovely Style
to wish you
Have a Lovely “BirthDay”
Birthday SMS 5
Happy birthday to you,Even though i wish it earlier i dun cared.Dun forget bout our friendship, that we’ve shared.
Birthday SMS 6
Life is very short,So enjoy every moment,Dont lose your confidenceGo always ahead.
Happy Birthday
Funny SMS
Funny SMS 1
1 Pathan hamesha Apne Mobile K Saath 1 Scissor Rakhta Tha Kisi Ne Poocha"Khan Saab Ye Konsi Science Hai ?"Pathan: :"O Yaara Kbhi Kbhi Call Katna B Par Jata Hy Na"
Funny SMS 2
Duniya K Sabse Jhhote Jokes:
1)2 Aurate Chupchap Baithi Hai.
2)1 Buddhi Bachpan Me Mar Gayi.
3)Ganja Sardr
4)2 Sardr ChessFunny Khelte Hue...
Funny SMS 3
Sardar Ne Chottey Qad Ki Larki Se Shaadi Ki.. Kisi Ne Poocha Tum Ne Aisa Kyun Kiya.. Sardar Bola Mery Walid Ne Kaha Tha Ke.. Musibat Jitni Chotti Ho Utni Achi Hai..
Funny SMS 4
AlwaysHansoJiyoMuskuraoKia Pata
""""""Kal""""
Daant Hon NaHoon
'****'((@..@))( )He He He
Funny SMS 5
Auto Wala:Saab!30 Rupee Hue
Sardar:Le 15 Rupee
Auto Wala:Saab,Ye To Baimani He
Sardar:Abe Baimani Kaisi?Tu Bhi To Saath Beth Kar Aya Hai
Funny SMS 6
3 sardars were going on a motorcycle.Policeman gives hand to stop....sardar shouted : Oye Pagal hai kya tu teen pehle hi bahite hain tu kahan bhaite ga....
Funny SMS 7
1 Police officer bachey se:Beta: Kia tumhare abu “Al Qaida” mein hain?Bacha:Uncle! Mujhe abu ka tu nahin pata per mein..“Noorani Qaida” pe hoon
Funny SMS 8
Kia halat ho gai hai zamane ki,Sabko adat ho gaye hai paise bachanay ki,
SMS to company ne kab k sastay kar diye,Par fitrat nahi badli chillar bachanay ki
Funny SMS 9
Teacher. Bachon wada kro cigrett shrab nahi pioge.bachey:nahi pienge.Teacher:larkio ka pecha nahi karogebachey:nahi karngeTeacher:un pr awazen nahi kaso ge.bachey: nahi kasenge.Teacher: apni zindagi watan pr qurban karoge.bachey: karenge,asi zindgi ka karna bhi kia he.
Funny SMS 10
1 memon subha so ko utha todekha ke uski biwi mar gaye hay.
Wo foran kitchen me gaya orapni beti ko galay laga kar rony laga orbola,“1 banday ka nashta kam banana”
Funny SMS 11
Wife:Please bike taze na chalaomujhey dar lag raha hay.
Sardar: Agar tujhy bhi dar lag raha hayto meri tarah ankhein band kar lay.:P
Funny SMS 12
What is BUSINESS ?
Dad: I want u 2 marry a girl of my choice.
Son: NoDad: The girl is Bill Gate’s daughter.
Son: then Ok.
Dad goes o Bill Gates.
Dad: I want your daughter to marry my son.
Bill Gates: NoDad: My son is the CEO of the World Bank.
Bill Gates: Than ok
Dad goes 2 the President of the World Bank.
Dad:Appoint my son as the CEO of your bank.
President:NoDad:He is the son-in-law of Bill Gates.
President: Then OK
That’s business…!!
Funny SMS 13
Boy 2 God:Give me a pocket full of money,A job & a big vehicle full of girls.
God replied:your wish is fullfilled&He became a bus conductor of karachi university point.:p
Funny SMS 14
Funny SMS 15
A sardarji goes to a chinese restaurantand puts his fingeron the last of menu: Bring this.
Waiter: Oh! you can’t get itbecause he is the owner of restaurant.
Funny SMS 16
Girl:It’s 2 tight
Boy:Don’t worry,I’ll do it slowly
,Gal:Push it in,Boy:Ah..I can’t,
Gal:It’s painful,
Boy:Forget it
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
We’ll buy new WEDDING RING!
Funny SMS 17
A beautiful girl goes to Professor cabinandsaythat i will do anything to pass in the examsand professor saysNOW OPEN YOUR......Books And Study
Funny SMS 18
Admi:Mujhe sardar bana do
Doc: uske liye tumhara 50% dimagh nikalna parega
Admi: OKDoctor ne ghalti se 90% nikal dia.
Admi hosh mein aa k bola: Khocha ye tumne kia kar dia.
Funny SMS 19
How woman calls their husband in first 6 years
1 Yr .Janu
2 Yr O G.
3 Yr Sunte ho?
4 Yr O bunty k pappa
5 Yr Kahan mar gaye?
6 Yr Tum aate ho k main aaon?
Funny SMS 20
Wife:Jaanu kash aap SMS hotay,Main aap ko save karti,
Husband:Jaan-e-man, kaash tum ring tone hoti,Main her haftay tumhe change karta
1 Pathan hamesha Apne Mobile K Saath 1 Scissor Rakhta Tha Kisi Ne Poocha"Khan Saab Ye Konsi Science Hai ?"Pathan: :"O Yaara Kbhi Kbhi Call Katna B Par Jata Hy Na"
Funny SMS 2
Duniya K Sabse Jhhote Jokes:
1)2 Aurate Chupchap Baithi Hai.
2)1 Buddhi Bachpan Me Mar Gayi.
3)Ganja Sardr
4)2 Sardr ChessFunny Khelte Hue...
Funny SMS 3
Sardar Ne Chottey Qad Ki Larki Se Shaadi Ki.. Kisi Ne Poocha Tum Ne Aisa Kyun Kiya.. Sardar Bola Mery Walid Ne Kaha Tha Ke.. Musibat Jitni Chotti Ho Utni Achi Hai..
Funny SMS 4
AlwaysHansoJiyoMuskuraoKia Pata
""""""Kal""""
Daant Hon NaHoon
'****'((@..@))( )He He He
Funny SMS 5
Auto Wala:Saab!30 Rupee Hue
Sardar:Le 15 Rupee
Auto Wala:Saab,Ye To Baimani He
Sardar:Abe Baimani Kaisi?Tu Bhi To Saath Beth Kar Aya Hai
Funny SMS 6
3 sardars were going on a motorcycle.Policeman gives hand to stop....sardar shouted : Oye Pagal hai kya tu teen pehle hi bahite hain tu kahan bhaite ga....
Funny SMS 7
1 Police officer bachey se:Beta: Kia tumhare abu “Al Qaida” mein hain?Bacha:Uncle! Mujhe abu ka tu nahin pata per mein..“Noorani Qaida” pe hoon
Funny SMS 8
Kia halat ho gai hai zamane ki,Sabko adat ho gaye hai paise bachanay ki,
SMS to company ne kab k sastay kar diye,Par fitrat nahi badli chillar bachanay ki
Funny SMS 9
Teacher. Bachon wada kro cigrett shrab nahi pioge.bachey:nahi pienge.Teacher:larkio ka pecha nahi karogebachey:nahi karngeTeacher:un pr awazen nahi kaso ge.bachey: nahi kasenge.Teacher: apni zindagi watan pr qurban karoge.bachey: karenge,asi zindgi ka karna bhi kia he.
Funny SMS 10
1 memon subha so ko utha todekha ke uski biwi mar gaye hay.
Wo foran kitchen me gaya orapni beti ko galay laga kar rony laga orbola,“1 banday ka nashta kam banana”
Funny SMS 11
Wife:Please bike taze na chalaomujhey dar lag raha hay.
Sardar: Agar tujhy bhi dar lag raha hayto meri tarah ankhein band kar lay.:P
Funny SMS 12
What is BUSINESS ?
Dad: I want u 2 marry a girl of my choice.
Son: NoDad: The girl is Bill Gate’s daughter.
Son: then Ok.
Dad goes o Bill Gates.
Dad: I want your daughter to marry my son.
Bill Gates: NoDad: My son is the CEO of the World Bank.
Bill Gates: Than ok
Dad goes 2 the President of the World Bank.
Dad:Appoint my son as the CEO of your bank.
President:NoDad:He is the son-in-law of Bill Gates.
President: Then OK
That’s business…!!
Funny SMS 13
Boy 2 God:Give me a pocket full of money,A job & a big vehicle full of girls.
God replied:your wish is fullfilled&He became a bus conductor of karachi university point.:p
Funny SMS 14
Funny SMS 15
A sardarji goes to a chinese restaurantand puts his fingeron the last of menu: Bring this.
Waiter: Oh! you can’t get itbecause he is the owner of restaurant.
Funny SMS 16
Girl:It’s 2 tight
Boy:Don’t worry,I’ll do it slowly
,Gal:Push it in,Boy:Ah..I can’t,
Gal:It’s painful,
Boy:Forget it
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
We’ll buy new WEDDING RING!
Funny SMS 17
A beautiful girl goes to Professor cabinandsaythat i will do anything to pass in the examsand professor saysNOW OPEN YOUR......Books And Study
Funny SMS 18
Admi:Mujhe sardar bana do
Doc: uske liye tumhara 50% dimagh nikalna parega
Admi: OKDoctor ne ghalti se 90% nikal dia.
Admi hosh mein aa k bola: Khocha ye tumne kia kar dia.
Funny SMS 19
How woman calls their husband in first 6 years
1 Yr .Janu
2 Yr O G.
3 Yr Sunte ho?
4 Yr O bunty k pappa
5 Yr Kahan mar gaye?
6 Yr Tum aate ho k main aaon?
Funny SMS 20
Wife:Jaanu kash aap SMS hotay,Main aap ko save karti,
Husband:Jaan-e-man, kaash tum ring tone hoti,Main her haftay tumhe change karta
More Windows Tips
How to Rename the Recycle Bin
To change the name of the Recycle Bin desktop icon, open Regedit and go to:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/CLSID/{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
and change the name "Recycle Bin" to whatever you want (don't type any quotes).
Make your Folders Private
•Open My Computer •Double-click the drive where Windows is installed (usually drive (C:), unless you have more than one drive on your computer). •If the contents of the drive are hidden, under System Tasks, click Show the contents of this drive. •Double-click the Documents and Settings folder. •Double-click your user folder. •Right-click any folder in your user profile, and then click Properties. •On the Sharing tab, select the Make this folder private so that only I have access to it check box.
Note
•To open My Computer, click Start, and then click My Computer. •This option is only available for folders included in your user profile. Folders in your user profile include My Documents and its subfolders, Desktop, Start Menu, Cookies, and Favorites. If you do not make these folders private, they are available to everyone who uses your computer. •When you make a folder private, all of its subfolders are private as well. For example, when you make My Documents private, you also make My Music and My Pictures private. When you share a folder, you also share all of its subfolders unless you make them private. •You cannot make your folders private if your drive is not formatted as NTFS For information about converting your drive to NTFS
IP address of your connection
Go to start/run type 'cmd'
then type 'ipconfig'
Add the '/all' switch for more info.
To convert a FAT partition to NTFS, perform the following steps.
Click Start, click Programs, and then click Command Prompt.
In Windows XP, click Start, and then click Run.
At the command prompt, type CONVERT [driveletter]: /FS:NTFS.Convert.exe will attempt to convert the partition to NTFS.
To copy files and folders to a CD
•Insert a blank, writable CD into the CD recorder.
1) Click Start, Run and enter GPEDIT.MSC
2) Go to Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, System.
You've read the reviews and digested the key feature enhancements and operational changes. Now it's time to delve a bit deeper and uncover some of Windows XP's secrets.1. It boasts how long it can stay up. Whereas previous versions of Windows were coy about how long they went between boots, XP is positively proud of its stamina. Go to the Command Prompt in the Accessories menu from the All Programs start button option, and then type 'systeminfo'. The computer will produce a lot of useful info, including the uptime. If you want to keep these, type 'systeminfo > info.txt'. This creates a file called info.txt you can look at later with Notepad. (Professional Edition only).
2. You can delete files immediately, without having them move to the Recycle Bin first. Go to the Start menu, select Run... and type 'gpedit.msc'; then select User Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, Windows Explorer and find the Do not move deleted files to the Recycle Bin setting. Set it. Poking around in gpedit will reveal a great many interface and system options, but take care -- some may stop your computer behaving as you wish. (Professional Edition only).
3. You can lock your XP workstation with two clicks of the mouse. Create a new shortcut on your desktop using a right mouse click, and enter 'rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation' in the location field. Give the shortcut a name you like. That's it -- just double click on it and your computer will be locked. And if that's not easy enough, Windows key + L will do the same.
4. XP hides some system software you might want to remove, such as Windows Messenger, but you can tickle it and make it disgorge everything. Using Notepad or Edit, edit the text file /windows/inf/sysoc.inf, search for the word 'hide' and remove it. You can then go to the Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel, select Add/Remove Windows Components and there will be your prey, exposed and vulnerable.
5. For those skilled in the art of DOS batch files, XP has a number of interesting new commands. These include 'eventcreate' and 'eventtriggers' for creating and watching system events, 'typeperf' for monitoring performance of various subsystems, and 'schtasks' for handling scheduled tasks. As usual, typing the command name followed by /? will give a list of options -- they're all far too baroque to go into here.
6. XP has IP version 6 support -- the next generation of IP. Unfortunately this is more than your ISP has, so you can only experiment with this on your LAN. Type 'ipv6 install' into Run... (it's OK, it won't ruin your existing network setup) and then 'ipv6 /?' at the command line to find out more. If you don't know what IPv6 is, don't worry and don't bother.
7. You can at last get rid of tasks on the computer from the command line by using 'taskkill /pid' and the task number, or just 'tskill' and the process number. Find that out by typing 'tasklist', which will also tell you a lot about what's going on in your system.
8. XP will treat Zip files like folders, which is nice if you've got a fast machine. On slower machines, you can make XP leave zip files well alone by typing 'regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll' at the command line. If you change your mind later, you can put things back as they were by typing 'regsvr32 zipfldr.dll'.
9. XP has ClearType -- Microsoft's anti-aliasing font display technology -- but doesn't have it enabled by default. It's well worth trying, especially if you were there for DOS and all those years of staring at a screen have given you the eyes of an astigmatic bat. To enable ClearType, right click on the desktop, select Properties, Appearance, Effects, select ClearType from the second drop-down menu and enable the selection. Expect best results on laptop displays. If you want to use ClearType on the Welcome login screen as well, set the registry entry HKEY_USERS/.DEFAULT/Control Panel/Desktop/FontSmoothingType to 2.
10. You can use Remote Assistance to help a friend who's using network address translation (NAT) on a home network, but not automatically. Get your pal to email you a Remote Assistance invitation and edit the file. Under the RCTICKET attribute will be a NAT IP address, like 192.168.1.10. Replace this with your chum's real IP address -- they can find this out by going to www.whatismyip.com -- and get them to make sure that they've got port 3389 open on their firewall and forwarded to the errant computer.
11. You can run a program as a different user without logging out and back in again. Right click the icon, select Run As... and enter the user name and password you want to use. This only applies for that run. The trick is particularly useful if you need to have administrative permissions to install a program, which many require. Note that you can have some fun by running programs multiple times on the same system as different users, but this can have unforeseen effects.
12. Windows XP can be very insistent about you checking for auto updates, registering a Passport, using Windows Messenger and so on. After a while, the nagging goes away, but if you feel you might slip the bonds of sanity before that point, run Regedit, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Explorer/Advanced and create a DWORD value called EnableBalloonTips with a value of 0.
13. You can start up without needing to enter a user name or password. Select Run... from the start menu and type 'control userpasswords2', which will open the user accounts application. On the Users tab, clear the box for Users Must Enter A User Name And Password To Use This Computer, and click on OK. An Automatically Log On dialog box will appear; enter the user name and password for the account you want to use.
14. Internet Explorer 6 will automatically delete temporary files, but only if you tell it to. Start the browser, select Tools / Internet Options... and Advanced, go down to the Security area and check the box to Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed.
15. XP comes with a free Network Activity Light, just in case you can't see the LEDs twinkle on your network card. Right click on My Network Places on the desktop, then select Properties. Right click on the description for your LAN or dial-up connection, select Properties, then check the Show icon in notification area when connected box. You'll now see a tiny network icon on the right of your task bar that glimmers nicely during network traffic.
16. The Start Menu can be leisurely when it decides to appear, but you can speed things along by changing the registry entry HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/Desktop/MenuShowDelay from the default 400 to something a little snappier. Like 0.
17. You can rename loads of files at once in Windows Explorer. Highlight a set of files in a window, then right click on one and rename it. All the other files will be renamed to that name, with individual numbers in brackets to distinguish them. Also, in a folder you can arrange icons in alphabetised groups by View, Arrange Icon By... Show In Groups.
18. Windows Media Player will display the cover art for albums as it plays the tracks -- if it found the picture on the Internet when you copied the tracks from the CD. If it didn't, or if you have lots of pre-WMP music files, you can put your own copy of the cover art in the same directory as the tracks. Just call it folder.jpg and Windows Media Player will pick it up and display it.
19. Windows key + Break brings up the System Properties dialogue box; Windows key + D brings up the desktop; Windows key + Tab moves through the taskbar buttons.
20. The next release of Windows XP, codenamed Longhorn, is due out late next year or early 2003 and won't be much to write home about. The next big release is codenamed Blackcomb and will be out in 2003/2004.
3) Locate the entry for Turn autoplay off and modify it as you desire.
•Open My Computer.
•Click the files or folders you want to copy to the CD. To select more than one file, hold down the CTRL key while you click the files you want. Then, under File and Folder Tasks, click Copy this file, Copy this folder, or Copy the selected items.
•If the files are located in My Pictures, under Picture Tasks, click Copy to CD or Copy all items to CD, and then skip to step 5.
•In the Copy Items dialog box, click the CD recording drive, and then click Copy.
•In My Computer, double–click the CD recording drive. Windows displays a temporary area where the files are held before they are copied to the CD. Verify that the files and folders that you intend to copy to the CD appear under Files Ready to be Written to the CD.
•Under CD Writing Tasks, click Write these files to CD. Windows displays the CD Writing Wizard. Follow the instructions in the wizard.
Notes:
•Do not copy more files to the CD than it will hold. Standard CDs hold up to 650 megabytes (MB). High–capacity CDs hold up to 850 MB.
•Be sure that you have enough disk space on your hard disk to store the temporary files that are created during the CD writing process. For a standard CD, Windows reserves up to 700 MB of the available free space. For a high–capacity CD, Windows reserves up to 1 gigabyte (GB) of the available free space.
•After you copy files or folders to the CD, it is useful to view the CD to confirm that the files are copied. For more information, click Related Topics. To stop the CD recorder from automatically ejecting the CD
•Open My Computer.
•Right–click the CD recording drive, and then click Properties.
•On the Recording tab, clear the Automatically eject the CD after writing check box.
To change the name of the Recycle Bin desktop icon, open Regedit and go to:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/CLSID/{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
and change the name "Recycle Bin" to whatever you want (don't type any quotes).
Make your Folders Private
•Open My Computer •Double-click the drive where Windows is installed (usually drive (C:), unless you have more than one drive on your computer). •If the contents of the drive are hidden, under System Tasks, click Show the contents of this drive. •Double-click the Documents and Settings folder. •Double-click your user folder. •Right-click any folder in your user profile, and then click Properties. •On the Sharing tab, select the Make this folder private so that only I have access to it check box.
Note
•To open My Computer, click Start, and then click My Computer. •This option is only available for folders included in your user profile. Folders in your user profile include My Documents and its subfolders, Desktop, Start Menu, Cookies, and Favorites. If you do not make these folders private, they are available to everyone who uses your computer. •When you make a folder private, all of its subfolders are private as well. For example, when you make My Documents private, you also make My Music and My Pictures private. When you share a folder, you also share all of its subfolders unless you make them private. •You cannot make your folders private if your drive is not formatted as NTFS For information about converting your drive to NTFS
IP address of your connection
Go to start/run type 'cmd'
then type 'ipconfig'
Add the '/all' switch for more info.
How to Convert a FAT Partition to NTFS
To convert a FAT partition to NTFS, perform the following steps.
Click Start, click Programs, and then click Command Prompt.
In Windows XP, click Start, and then click Run.
At the command prompt, type CONVERT [driveletter]: /FS:NTFS.Convert.exe will attempt to convert the partition to NTFS.
Copy Files and Folders to CD
To copy files and folders to a CD
•Insert a blank, writable CD into the CD recorder.
Disable CD Autorun
1) Click Start, Run and enter GPEDIT.MSC
2) Go to Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, System.
20 things you didn't know about Windows XP
You've read the reviews and digested the key feature enhancements and operational changes. Now it's time to delve a bit deeper and uncover some of Windows XP's secrets.1. It boasts how long it can stay up. Whereas previous versions of Windows were coy about how long they went between boots, XP is positively proud of its stamina. Go to the Command Prompt in the Accessories menu from the All Programs start button option, and then type 'systeminfo'. The computer will produce a lot of useful info, including the uptime. If you want to keep these, type 'systeminfo > info.txt'. This creates a file called info.txt you can look at later with Notepad. (Professional Edition only).
2. You can delete files immediately, without having them move to the Recycle Bin first. Go to the Start menu, select Run... and type 'gpedit.msc'; then select User Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, Windows Explorer and find the Do not move deleted files to the Recycle Bin setting. Set it. Poking around in gpedit will reveal a great many interface and system options, but take care -- some may stop your computer behaving as you wish. (Professional Edition only).
3. You can lock your XP workstation with two clicks of the mouse. Create a new shortcut on your desktop using a right mouse click, and enter 'rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation' in the location field. Give the shortcut a name you like. That's it -- just double click on it and your computer will be locked. And if that's not easy enough, Windows key + L will do the same.
4. XP hides some system software you might want to remove, such as Windows Messenger, but you can tickle it and make it disgorge everything. Using Notepad or Edit, edit the text file /windows/inf/sysoc.inf, search for the word 'hide' and remove it. You can then go to the Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel, select Add/Remove Windows Components and there will be your prey, exposed and vulnerable.
5. For those skilled in the art of DOS batch files, XP has a number of interesting new commands. These include 'eventcreate' and 'eventtriggers' for creating and watching system events, 'typeperf' for monitoring performance of various subsystems, and 'schtasks' for handling scheduled tasks. As usual, typing the command name followed by /? will give a list of options -- they're all far too baroque to go into here.
6. XP has IP version 6 support -- the next generation of IP. Unfortunately this is more than your ISP has, so you can only experiment with this on your LAN. Type 'ipv6 install' into Run... (it's OK, it won't ruin your existing network setup) and then 'ipv6 /?' at the command line to find out more. If you don't know what IPv6 is, don't worry and don't bother.
7. You can at last get rid of tasks on the computer from the command line by using 'taskkill /pid' and the task number, or just 'tskill' and the process number. Find that out by typing 'tasklist', which will also tell you a lot about what's going on in your system.
8. XP will treat Zip files like folders, which is nice if you've got a fast machine. On slower machines, you can make XP leave zip files well alone by typing 'regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll' at the command line. If you change your mind later, you can put things back as they were by typing 'regsvr32 zipfldr.dll'.
9. XP has ClearType -- Microsoft's anti-aliasing font display technology -- but doesn't have it enabled by default. It's well worth trying, especially if you were there for DOS and all those years of staring at a screen have given you the eyes of an astigmatic bat. To enable ClearType, right click on the desktop, select Properties, Appearance, Effects, select ClearType from the second drop-down menu and enable the selection. Expect best results on laptop displays. If you want to use ClearType on the Welcome login screen as well, set the registry entry HKEY_USERS/.DEFAULT/Control Panel/Desktop/FontSmoothingType to 2.
10. You can use Remote Assistance to help a friend who's using network address translation (NAT) on a home network, but not automatically. Get your pal to email you a Remote Assistance invitation and edit the file. Under the RCTICKET attribute will be a NAT IP address, like 192.168.1.10. Replace this with your chum's real IP address -- they can find this out by going to www.whatismyip.com -- and get them to make sure that they've got port 3389 open on their firewall and forwarded to the errant computer.
11. You can run a program as a different user without logging out and back in again. Right click the icon, select Run As... and enter the user name and password you want to use. This only applies for that run. The trick is particularly useful if you need to have administrative permissions to install a program, which many require. Note that you can have some fun by running programs multiple times on the same system as different users, but this can have unforeseen effects.
12. Windows XP can be very insistent about you checking for auto updates, registering a Passport, using Windows Messenger and so on. After a while, the nagging goes away, but if you feel you might slip the bonds of sanity before that point, run Regedit, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Explorer/Advanced and create a DWORD value called EnableBalloonTips with a value of 0.
13. You can start up without needing to enter a user name or password. Select Run... from the start menu and type 'control userpasswords2', which will open the user accounts application. On the Users tab, clear the box for Users Must Enter A User Name And Password To Use This Computer, and click on OK. An Automatically Log On dialog box will appear; enter the user name and password for the account you want to use.
14. Internet Explorer 6 will automatically delete temporary files, but only if you tell it to. Start the browser, select Tools / Internet Options... and Advanced, go down to the Security area and check the box to Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed.
15. XP comes with a free Network Activity Light, just in case you can't see the LEDs twinkle on your network card. Right click on My Network Places on the desktop, then select Properties. Right click on the description for your LAN or dial-up connection, select Properties, then check the Show icon in notification area when connected box. You'll now see a tiny network icon on the right of your task bar that glimmers nicely during network traffic.
16. The Start Menu can be leisurely when it decides to appear, but you can speed things along by changing the registry entry HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/Desktop/MenuShowDelay from the default 400 to something a little snappier. Like 0.
17. You can rename loads of files at once in Windows Explorer. Highlight a set of files in a window, then right click on one and rename it. All the other files will be renamed to that name, with individual numbers in brackets to distinguish them. Also, in a folder you can arrange icons in alphabetised groups by View, Arrange Icon By... Show In Groups.
18. Windows Media Player will display the cover art for albums as it plays the tracks -- if it found the picture on the Internet when you copied the tracks from the CD. If it didn't, or if you have lots of pre-WMP music files, you can put your own copy of the cover art in the same directory as the tracks. Just call it folder.jpg and Windows Media Player will pick it up and display it.
19. Windows key + Break brings up the System Properties dialogue box; Windows key + D brings up the desktop; Windows key + Tab moves through the taskbar buttons.
20. The next release of Windows XP, codenamed Longhorn, is due out late next year or early 2003 and won't be much to write home about. The next big release is codenamed Blackcomb and will be out in 2003/2004.
3) Locate the entry for Turn autoplay off and modify it as you desire.
•Open My Computer.
•Click the files or folders you want to copy to the CD. To select more than one file, hold down the CTRL key while you click the files you want. Then, under File and Folder Tasks, click Copy this file, Copy this folder, or Copy the selected items.
•If the files are located in My Pictures, under Picture Tasks, click Copy to CD or Copy all items to CD, and then skip to step 5.
•In the Copy Items dialog box, click the CD recording drive, and then click Copy.
•In My Computer, double–click the CD recording drive. Windows displays a temporary area where the files are held before they are copied to the CD. Verify that the files and folders that you intend to copy to the CD appear under Files Ready to be Written to the CD.
•Under CD Writing Tasks, click Write these files to CD. Windows displays the CD Writing Wizard. Follow the instructions in the wizard.
Notes:
•Do not copy more files to the CD than it will hold. Standard CDs hold up to 650 megabytes (MB). High–capacity CDs hold up to 850 MB.
•Be sure that you have enough disk space on your hard disk to store the temporary files that are created during the CD writing process. For a standard CD, Windows reserves up to 700 MB of the available free space. For a high–capacity CD, Windows reserves up to 1 gigabyte (GB) of the available free space.
•After you copy files or folders to the CD, it is useful to view the CD to confirm that the files are copied. For more information, click Related Topics. To stop the CD recorder from automatically ejecting the CD
•Open My Computer.
•Right–click the CD recording drive, and then click Properties.
•On the Recording tab, clear the Automatically eject the CD after writing check box.
Orkut Tricks 1
Flooding Scrapbook
Steps to flood others scrapbook:
==> Go to the profile of your friend.
==> Copy Paste this in your address bar
javascript:var i=1;function orkuttricks(){i=i+1;document.forms
[0].elements[2].value= “I have flooded our SCRAPBOOK by this number
of times”+”[green]”+i+”[/green]”;
document.getElementsByTagName(’input’).item(3).click();};
void(setInterval(orkuttricks,500));
Another Script
javascript:i=9874654;sar=’Flooding by Tricks4fun ..!![silver]’; a=document.forms[0];a.action+=’&Action.submit=’; setInterval(”i++; a.scrapText.value=sar+i; a.submit()”,500);void(0)
==> Press Enter
Steps to flood your own scrapbook
==> Open your own scrapboook
==> Copy paste this code
javascript:var i=” “;function tricks4fun(){i=i+” “;
document.forms[0].elements[2].value=” “+i;
document.getElementsByTagName(’input’).item(3).click();};void
(setInterval(tricks4fun,500));
==> Add yourself in any fraud account you have.
==> Log into the fraud account.
==> Go to http://www.orkut.com/Friends.aspx
==> Put cursor on the “fan” icon. You will see at the status bar of your
browser (at the bottom of your browser) something like
” FRUS0016756489/US209709881 “. Write down that thing in a copy.
==> Now write this code in the address bar:
javascript:i=0;for(i=0;i< =100;i++){sendRequest (”/SetKarma.aspx?cat=”+0+”& val=”+”3″+”&gid=”+”FRUS0009505081/US0014188150″);};void(0); ==> Change “FRUS0009505081/US0014188150″ with the one you have
written in the copy.
==> Press Enter.
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Testimonial Flooding
>==> Open the testimonial writting page of your any friend.
==> Paste this in the address bar:
javascript:function tricks4fun(){document.getElementsByTagName
(’input’).item(2).click();};void(setInterval(tricks4fun,404));
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Colorful Scraps
==> Write your message/scrap/ in community or scrapbook
==> Copy paste the code below in your browser and then press enter.
==> You will see change in the message you wrote,
Press Submit and enjoy.
javascript:cor=new Array(’aqua’,’blue’,’fuchsia’,’gold’,’gray’,
‘green’,’lime’,’maroon’,’navy’,’olive’,’orange’,’pink’,’purple’,’red’,’
silver’,’teal’,’violet’,’yellow’ ); varz=0;
txt=document.getElementsByTagName(’textarea’)[0]; txt.value=txt.value.replace(/(.)/gi,”§$1″);
txt.value =txt.value.replace(/\§ /gi,” “); for(y=0;y
{txt.value=txt.value.replace(/\§/,’[’+cor[z]+’]’);z++;if
(z==cor.length){z=0}}void(0)
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Animated Orkut Windows
==> Just copy paste in your browser and see what happens:
javascript:R=-1;DI=document.links;DIL=DI.length;function A(a,b,c)
{return Math.sin(R/350*6.28*b+a)*c+c}function B(a){DIS=DI.item(a).style;DIS.position=’absolute’;
DIS.left=A(5,100,500);DIS.top=A(5.6,60,150)}setInterval
(’R++;B(R%DIL)’,15);void(0)
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Reverse the Post
Just use this keyword..
“& # 8 2 3 8″ with no spaces and blanks in between.
Bigger Display picture
javascript:i=128;void(setInterval(”i++;document.images[2].width=i”,0))
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Color Change Code
javascript: i=0; c=[”green”,”blue”,”yellow”]; a=document.links;setInterval(’i++;a[i % document.links.length].style.color=c[i % c.length]’,10);void(0)
Steps to flood others scrapbook:
==> Go to the profile of your friend.
==> Copy Paste this in your address bar
javascript:var i=1;function orkuttricks(){i=i+1;document.forms
[0].elements[2].value= “I have flooded our SCRAPBOOK by this number
of times”+”[green]”+i+”[/green]”;
document.getElementsByTagName(’input’).item(3).click();};
void(setInterval(orkuttricks,500));
Another Script
javascript:i=9874654;sar=’Flooding by Tricks4fun ..!![silver]’; a=document.forms[0];a.action+=’&Action.submit=’; setInterval(”i++; a.scrapText.value=sar+i; a.submit()”,500);void(0)
==> Press Enter
Steps to flood your own scrapbook
==> Open your own scrapboook
==> Copy paste this code
javascript:var i=” “;function tricks4fun(){i=i+” “;
document.forms[0].elements[2].value=” “+i;
document.getElementsByTagName(’input’).item(3).click();};void
(setInterval(tricks4fun,500));
==> Add yourself in any fraud account you have.
==> Log into the fraud account.
==> Go to http://www.orkut.com/Friends.aspx
==> Put cursor on the “fan” icon. You will see at the status bar of your
browser (at the bottom of your browser) something like
” FRUS0016756489/US209709881 “. Write down that thing in a copy.
==> Now write this code in the address bar:
javascript:i=0;for(i=0;i< =100;i++){sendRequest (”/SetKarma.aspx?cat=”+0+”& val=”+”3″+”&gid=”+”FRUS0009505081/US0014188150″);};void(0); ==> Change “FRUS0009505081/US0014188150″ with the one you have
written in the copy.
==> Press Enter.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Testimonial Flooding
>==> Open the testimonial writting page of your any friend.
==> Paste this in the address bar:
javascript:function tricks4fun(){document.getElementsByTagName
(’input’).item(2).click();};void(setInterval(tricks4fun,404));
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Colorful Scraps
==> Write your message/scrap/ in community or scrapbook
==> Copy paste the code below in your browser and then press enter.
==> You will see change in the message you wrote,
Press Submit and enjoy.
javascript:cor=new Array(’aqua’,’blue’,’fuchsia’,’gold’,’gray’,
‘green’,’lime’,’maroon’,’navy’,’olive’,’orange’,’pink’,’purple’,’red’,’
silver’,’teal’,’violet’,’yellow’ ); varz=0;
txt=document.getElementsByTagName(’textarea’)[0]; txt.value=txt.value.replace(/(.)/gi,”§$1″);
txt.value =txt.value.replace(/\§ /gi,” “); for(y=0;y
{txt.value=txt.value.replace(/\§/,’[’+cor[z]+’]’);z++;if
(z==cor.length){z=0}}void(0)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animated Orkut Windows
==> Just copy paste in your browser and see what happens:
javascript:R=-1;DI=document.links;DIL=DI.length;function A(a,b,c)
{return Math.sin(R/350*6.28*b+a)*c+c}function B(a){DIS=DI.item(a).style;DIS.position=’absolute’;
DIS.left=A(5,100,500);DIS.top=A(5.6,60,150)}setInterval
(’R++;B(R%DIL)’,15);void(0)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reverse the Post
Just use this keyword..
“& # 8 2 3 8″ with no spaces and blanks in between.
Bigger Display picture
javascript:i=128;void(setInterval(”i++;document.images[2].width=i”,0))
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Color Change Code
javascript: i=0; c=[”green”,”blue”,”yellow”]; a=document.links;setInterval(’i++;a[i % document.links.length].style.color=c[i % c.length]’,10);void(0)
Secret Tips
How to Remove Windows XP's Messenger
Theoretically, you can get rid of it (as well as a few other things). Windows 2000 power users should already be familiar with this tweak.
Fire up the Windows Explorer and navigate your way to the %SYSTEMROOT% \ INF folder. What the heck is that thingy with the percentage signs? It's a variable. For most people, %SYSTEMROOT% is C:\Windows. For others, it may be E:\WinXP. Get it? Okay, on with the hack! In the INF folder, open sysoc.inf (but not before making a BACKUP copy first). Before your eyes glaze over, look for the line containing "msmsgs" in it. Near the end of that particular line, you'll notice that the word "hide" is not so hidden. Go ahead and delete "hide" (so that the flanking commas are left sitting next to one another). Save the file and close it. Now, open the Add and Remove Programs applet in the Control Panel. Click the Add / Remove Windows Components icon. You should see "Windows Messenger" in that list. Remove the checkmark from its box, and you should be set. NOTE: there are other hidden system components in that sysoc.inf file, too. Remove "hide" and the subsequent programs at your own risk.
Theoretically, you can get rid of it (as well as a few other things). Windows 2000 power users should already be familiar with this tweak.
Fire up the Windows Explorer and navigate your way to the %SYSTEMROOT% \ INF folder. What the heck is that thingy with the percentage signs? It's a variable. For most people, %SYSTEMROOT% is C:\Windows. For others, it may be E:\WinXP. Get it? Okay, on with the hack! In the INF folder, open sysoc.inf (but not before making a BACKUP copy first). Before your eyes glaze over, look for the line containing "msmsgs" in it. Near the end of that particular line, you'll notice that the word "hide" is not so hidden. Go ahead and delete "hide" (so that the flanking commas are left sitting next to one another). Save the file and close it. Now, open the Add and Remove Programs applet in the Control Panel. Click the Add / Remove Windows Components icon. You should see "Windows Messenger" in that list. Remove the checkmark from its box, and you should be set. NOTE: there are other hidden system components in that sysoc.inf file, too. Remove "hide" and the subsequent programs at your own risk.
Set the Search Screen to the Classic Look
When I first saw the default search pane in Windows XP, my instinct was to return it to its classic look; that puppy had to go. Of course, I later discovered that a doggie door is built into the applet. Click "Change preferences" then "Without an animated screen character." If you'd rather give it a bare-bones "Windows 2000" look and feel, fire up your Registry editor and navigate to:HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ CabinetState. You may need to create a new string value labeled "Use Search Asst" and set it to "no".
How to make your Desktop Icons Transparent
Go to ontrol Panel > System, > Advanced > Performance area > Settings button Visual Effects tab "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the Desktop"
Speed up your browsing of Windows 2000 & XP machines
Here's a great tip to speed up your browsing of Windows XP machines. Its actually a fix to a bug installed as default in Windows 2000 that scans shared files for Scheduled Tasks. And it turns out that you can experience a delay as long as 30 seconds when you try to view shared files across a network because Windows 2000 is using the extra time to search the remote computer for any Scheduled Tasks. Note that though the fix is originally intended for only those affected, Windows 2000 users will experience that the actual browsing speed of both the Internet & Windows Explorers improve significantly after applying it since it doesn't search for Scheduled Tasks anymore. Here's how :
Open up the Registry and go to :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Explorer/RemoteComputer/NameSpace
Under that branch, select the key :
{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}
and delete it.
This is key that instructs Windows to search for Scheduled Tasks. If you like you may want to export the exact branch so that you can restore the key if necessary.
This fix is so effective that it doesn't require a reboot and you can almost immediately determine yourself how much it speeds up your browsing processes
Restricting Logon Access
If you work in a multiuser computing environment, and you have full (administrator level) access to your computer, you might want to restrict unauthorized access to your "sensitive" files under Windows 95/98.
One way is to disable the Cancel button in the Logon dialog box.
Just run Regedit and go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Network/Logon
Create the "Logon" subkey if it is not present on your machine: highlight the Network key -> right-click in the left hand Regedit pane -> select New -> Key -> name it "Logon" (no quotes) -> press Enter. Then add/modify a DWORD value and call it "MustBeValidated" (don't type the quotes). Double-click it, check the Decimal box and type 1 for value.
Now click the Start button -> Shut Down (Log off UserName) -> Log on as a different user, and you'll notice that the Logon Cancel button has been disabled.
More Windows XP Tips
Guest Only Network Access
If you try and connect to an XP computer and are shown a logins screen with only the computername/Guest,You may need to change one of the Local Security Policies:
Got to Control Panel - Administrative Tools
Go to Local Policies - Security Options
Check teh Network access: Sharing and security model for local accounts
Set it to Classic - local users authenticate as themselves
Not Displaying Previous Network Share Shortcuts
By default, when you go to Network Places, it will scan and show shortcuts to previous network shares.To turn this off and remove any current shortcuts
Open up the Windows Explorer
Go to Tools / Folder Options / View
The top section should be Files and Folders
Uncheck Automatically search for network folders and printers
Then go into Network Neighborhood Select all the previous netowork connections Delete them
Next time you look at the Network Neighborhood, they should not repopulate
Hiding a XP Computer from Network Neighborhood
If you want to share files from a XP computer, yet want to remove it from showing up in the Network Neighborhood,
Run net config server /hidden:yes
Easy Way to Share Multiple Folders
If you need to share multiple folders, running the program SHRPUBW.EXE will bring up a simple dialog box to let you:
Browse to the folder you want to share
Enter in a Share name
Ender in a Share description
Set permissions. Several choices are available
Restart the process from within the same program
System32 Folder Opens When Logging On
If the System32 folder shows on the desktop, there may be an invalid entry in the Registry
Start Regedit
Go to both:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Double check that the values do not have incorrect, incomplete, or blank entries
Not Viewing Zip Files as Folders
If you want to turn of WindowsXP showing Zip files as folders,just run:
regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll
Setting Capslock, Numlock, Scroll Lock
If you want to set the startup state for any or all of these keys, you just need to edit the registry.
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Keyboard
Open InitialKeyboardIndicators
Change the value to one of the following numbers0 - All Keys off1 - Caps Lock on2 - Num Lock on4 - Scroll Lock onFor multiple keys, add their values: 3 - Caps Lock and Num Lock on5 - Caps Lock and Scroll Lock on6 - Num Lock and Scroll Lock on7 - Caps Lock, Num Lock, and Scroll Lock on
Log off and back on again
Running Network Diagnostics
Network Diagnostics scans your system to gather information about your hardware, software, and network connections.
Start / Run / NETSH DIAG GUI
The following is the type of information that can be displayed:
Ping
Connect
Show
Verbose
Save to Desktop
Mail Service
News Service
Internet Proxy Server
Computer Information
Operating System
Windows Version
Modems
Network Clients
Network Adapters
Domain Name System (DNS)
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Default Gateways
Internet Protocol Address
Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS)
DOS Tips in XP
Submitted 3/4/04
Windows XP cmd tip (DOS isn’t dead... it just smells funny) Some command-line folder creation examples:
To create multiple folders at once, add them directly to the "md" command:
C:\> md this is a test
To create a folder several folders deep, use:
C:\> md this\is\a\test
Creating a folder with a long name requires the double-quote at the beginning:
C:\> md "this is a test
Bonus tip: Windows XP supports the forward slash "/" as a folder divider. Unix/Linux users: don't let the DOS environment get you down. Use a Unix-style CD command to change your present working directory:
C:\> cd Windows/system32/drivers/etc
Restoring Desktop Icon to the Quicklaunch Bar
If you mistakenly deleted the icon for the Desktop on the Quicklaunch toolbar
Go to C:\Documents and Settings\user_name\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch(where user_name is replaced by your login name)
Create a Text file called ShowDesktop.SCF with the following contents:
[Shell]Command=2IconFile=explorer.exe,3[Taskbar]Command=ToggleDesktop
You can also DOWNLOAD a file, uncompress it, and copy to the toolbar or wherever you would like.
Network Access After Norton Anti-Virus Install
Sometimes you can't access a WinXP computer after installing Norton Anti-Virus.There might be a variety of errors at the other computer depending on the operating system.On the XP computer, in the Event Viewer / System log, there will be the following error:The server's configuration parameter "irpstacksize" is too small for the server to use a local device.
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters
Edit the IRPStackSize
Give it a value of 15
Reboot the computer
Fixing Cryptographic Services Error
If you get an error about the Cryptographic services when trying to apply the Security Updates or Service Pack 1,run the following from Start / Run - note, you might want to just cut and paste the text.
net stop cryptsvcren %systemroot%\system32\catroot2 oldcatroot2net start cryptsvcregsvr32 softpub.dllregsvr32 wintrust.dllregsvr32 initpki.dllregsvr32 dssenh.dllregsvr32 rsaenh.dllregsvr32 gpkcsp.dllregsvr32 sccbase.dllregsvr32 slbcsp.dllregsvr32 cryptdlg.dll
Fixing Explorer Searching Rather Than Opening Directories
Sometimes after adding the right click with the Explorer, the default setting for opening a folder is changed.To correct this:
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ Directory \ shell
Edit the default value to be explorer or none
Download reg file
Configure for Auto-Logon
If you are the only person using the computer and what to have it automatically log you on,
Start / Run / "control userpasswords2" - no quotes
Uncheck User must enter a user name and password to use this computer
If you try and connect to an XP computer and are shown a logins screen with only the computername/Guest,You may need to change one of the Local Security Policies:
Got to Control Panel - Administrative Tools
Go to Local Policies - Security Options
Check teh Network access: Sharing and security model for local accounts
Set it to Classic - local users authenticate as themselves
Not Displaying Previous Network Share Shortcuts
By default, when you go to Network Places, it will scan and show shortcuts to previous network shares.To turn this off and remove any current shortcuts
Open up the Windows Explorer
Go to Tools / Folder Options / View
The top section should be Files and Folders
Uncheck Automatically search for network folders and printers
Then go into Network Neighborhood Select all the previous netowork connections Delete them
Next time you look at the Network Neighborhood, they should not repopulate
Hiding a XP Computer from Network Neighborhood
If you want to share files from a XP computer, yet want to remove it from showing up in the Network Neighborhood,
Run net config server /hidden:yes
Easy Way to Share Multiple Folders
If you need to share multiple folders, running the program SHRPUBW.EXE will bring up a simple dialog box to let you:
Browse to the folder you want to share
Enter in a Share name
Ender in a Share description
Set permissions. Several choices are available
Restart the process from within the same program
System32 Folder Opens When Logging On
If the System32 folder shows on the desktop, there may be an invalid entry in the Registry
Start Regedit
Go to both:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Double check that the values do not have incorrect, incomplete, or blank entries
Not Viewing Zip Files as Folders
If you want to turn of WindowsXP showing Zip files as folders,just run:
regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll
Setting Capslock, Numlock, Scroll Lock
If you want to set the startup state for any or all of these keys, you just need to edit the registry.
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Keyboard
Open InitialKeyboardIndicators
Change the value to one of the following numbers0 - All Keys off1 - Caps Lock on2 - Num Lock on4 - Scroll Lock onFor multiple keys, add their values: 3 - Caps Lock and Num Lock on5 - Caps Lock and Scroll Lock on6 - Num Lock and Scroll Lock on7 - Caps Lock, Num Lock, and Scroll Lock on
Log off and back on again
Running Network Diagnostics
Network Diagnostics scans your system to gather information about your hardware, software, and network connections.
Start / Run / NETSH DIAG GUI
The following is the type of information that can be displayed:
Ping
Connect
Show
Verbose
Save to Desktop
Mail Service
News Service
Internet Proxy Server
Computer Information
Operating System
Windows Version
Modems
Network Clients
Network Adapters
Domain Name System (DNS)
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Default Gateways
Internet Protocol Address
Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS)
DOS Tips in XP
Submitted 3/4/04
Windows XP cmd tip (DOS isn’t dead... it just smells funny) Some command-line folder creation examples:
To create multiple folders at once, add them directly to the "md" command:
C:\> md this is a test
To create a folder several folders deep, use:
C:\> md this\is\a\test
Creating a folder with a long name requires the double-quote at the beginning:
C:\> md "this is a test
Bonus tip: Windows XP supports the forward slash "/" as a folder divider. Unix/Linux users: don't let the DOS environment get you down. Use a Unix-style CD command to change your present working directory:
C:\> cd Windows/system32/drivers/etc
Restoring Desktop Icon to the Quicklaunch Bar
If you mistakenly deleted the icon for the Desktop on the Quicklaunch toolbar
Go to C:\Documents and Settings\user_name\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch(where user_name is replaced by your login name)
Create a Text file called ShowDesktop.SCF with the following contents:
[Shell]Command=2IconFile=explorer.exe,3[Taskbar]Command=ToggleDesktop
You can also DOWNLOAD a file, uncompress it, and copy to the toolbar or wherever you would like.
Network Access After Norton Anti-Virus Install
Sometimes you can't access a WinXP computer after installing Norton Anti-Virus.There might be a variety of errors at the other computer depending on the operating system.On the XP computer, in the Event Viewer / System log, there will be the following error:The server's configuration parameter "irpstacksize" is too small for the server to use a local device.
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters
Edit the IRPStackSize
Give it a value of 15
Reboot the computer
Fixing Cryptographic Services Error
If you get an error about the Cryptographic services when trying to apply the Security Updates or Service Pack 1,run the following from Start / Run - note, you might want to just cut and paste the text.
net stop cryptsvcren %systemroot%\system32\catroot2 oldcatroot2net start cryptsvcregsvr32 softpub.dllregsvr32 wintrust.dllregsvr32 initpki.dllregsvr32 dssenh.dllregsvr32 rsaenh.dllregsvr32 gpkcsp.dllregsvr32 sccbase.dllregsvr32 slbcsp.dllregsvr32 cryptdlg.dll
Fixing Explorer Searching Rather Than Opening Directories
Sometimes after adding the right click with the Explorer, the default setting for opening a folder is changed.To correct this:
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ Directory \ shell
Edit the default value to be explorer or none
Download reg file
Configure for Auto-Logon
If you are the only person using the computer and what to have it automatically log you on,
Start / Run / "control userpasswords2" - no quotes
Uncheck User must enter a user name and password to use this computer
More Desktop Tips
Easy Shortcuts on the Desktop
Here is an easy way to put shortcuts on the Desktop where they can easily be moved to other group icons.
Using the Explorer, create a SHORTCUT to the \Windows\Desktop directory in your \Windows\SEND TO directory.
Now whenever you want to make a shortcut and move it to the desktop:
Just make the shortcut you want using Explorer
Right click on that shortcut
In the pop up menu select the Send To and Desktop shortcut.
Changing a Folder's Icon
To change the icon of a Folder on desktop:
Using the Explorer, move the folder from the Desktop directory to another directory on the hard drive
Right click on the new folder and select "Create Shortcut"
Move the shortcut to the Desktop
Right click and select a new icon
Full Window Drag ( Without Plus! )
Start Regedit
Open HKEY_CURRENT_USER /ControlPanel /Desktop /DragFullWindows
On "DragFullWindows" properties change 0 to 1
Fixing Corrupted Desktop Icons
Easier way to reset icons then deleting SHELLICONCACHE.
There's no need to exit Win95 and delete the SHELLICONCACHE file in order to reset icons that you may have changed (like Network Neighborhood).
Go to Control Panel, Display, Appearance Tab.
Select Icon from the Item drop down list.
Change the Size up or down one and apply.
Change the Size back to your original and apply.
If your Start Menu is slow or your icons are black for some reason, it means your Shelliconcache file is corrupt and should be deleted.
Delete the hidden file C:\WINDOWS\SHELLICONCACHE
It will be recreated the next time you start Win95
Getting Screen Shots
If you need to get a screen shot, and you do not have a screen capture program, try this:
Hit the Print Screen key. This copies a bitmap of the full screen into the Windows clipboard. Start up a graphics editor and paste it in.
Alt + Print Screen will capture only the active window.
Increasing the Size of the Scroll Bar
How to adjust the width of the scroll bar:
Select Properties
Select the Appearance tab
Go to the item list and find scrollbar.
Increasing the value in the Size field will increase the scrollbar width.
Unable to Create Shortcuts on the Desktop
If you can't create shortcuts on your Desktop, you might have a corrupted registry.
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellNew\Command
Make sure it has a value of:
RunDLL32 AppWiz.Cpl,NewLinkHere %1 if you don't have IE 4
or RunDLL32 AppWiz.Cpl,NewLinkHere %2 if you have IE 4.0 or IE 4.01
Removing the InBox from the Desktop
A faster way to remove "Inbox" from the Deskop is to
Right mouse click on "Inbox"
Select delete
It will then tell you "you cannot store the inbox in the recycle bin. . .etc"
Click "Yes"
Wait 2 secs and it's gone.
Customizing Individual Folder Icons
To change a folder's icon:
Open Notepad and enter two lines,
[.ShellClassInfo]
IconFile=file name,number
(e.g. IconFile=C:\Icon\CustomFolder.ico,0)
Save the file as DESKTOP.INI in the folder you wish to change.
Click Start -> Run, type in the command line,
ATTRIB +S "folder name"
(e.g. ATTRIB +S "C:\Custom Folder")
Open Explorer or My Computer and refresh (press F5 key).
This tip only work Windows 95/NT 4.0 + IE 4.0 with shell integration, or Windows 98/NT 5.0.
Adding Send To the Recycle Bin
Add a SHORTCUT TO THE RECYCLE BIN in your SEND TO folder.
That way you can just right click on a file you want to delete, and send it to the recycle bin without having to confirm each time.
Having Icons with No Name
Normally you have to have a name for an icon, just spaces are not allowed.
To create an icon with no name attached:
Make sure NumLock is on
Highlight the Icon you want to change
Right-Mouse click and select Rename
While holding down the Alt key, type 0160
Now the icon will have no name below it.
To Create Multiple Icons with No Name - From John R.
Follow directions detailed above
With the second icon simply add one space-bar character AFTER the 0160 number.
Each successive icon gets an additional space-bar character at the end (to prevent a duplicate naming error).
Moving the Start Button
How to move or close the start button!
Click on the Start button
Press the Esc key
Press the Alt and the - keys together
This will give you a menu, you can move or close
But if you move it you need to use the arrow keys and not the mouse.
Aligning Drop-Down Menus to the Right
All dropdown menus can be aligned to the right.
This features becomes useful when trying to access
menus with submenus that appear directly to the right.
Open the Registory editor (e.g. regedit.exe)
Goto \\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Create a string entry called "MenuDropAlignment"
Set its value to 1
Reboot
Note: Will not work under NT 4.0.
Repositioning a Background Bitmap
Normally, you only options for displaying a background bitmap are tiled, centered, or stretch to fit (with the Plus Pack).
You can edit the registry and have a third option which is to place the bitmap anywhere on your screen by specifying the X and Y coordinates.
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER / Control Panel / Desktop
Create new Strings called WallpaperOriginX and WallpaperOriginY
Give them values to position them around your desktop
The bitmap must be smaller than your desktop size
Changing Drive Icons
To change a drive's icon when you open My Computer
Create a file called AUTORUN.INF on the root of your hard drive
Enter the lines
[autorun]
ICON=Name of the ICON file
For the name of the icon file you can either specify the path and name (e.g. ICON=C:\WINDOWS\ICONS\MY_ICON.ICO) or
a specific icon in a library (e.g. ICON=ICONFILE.DLL,2)
Here is an easy way to put shortcuts on the Desktop where they can easily be moved to other group icons.
Using the Explorer, create a SHORTCUT to the \Windows\Desktop directory in your \Windows\SEND TO directory.
Now whenever you want to make a shortcut and move it to the desktop:
Just make the shortcut you want using Explorer
Right click on that shortcut
In the pop up menu select the Send To and Desktop shortcut.
Changing a Folder's Icon
To change the icon of a Folder on desktop:
Using the Explorer, move the folder from the Desktop directory to another directory on the hard drive
Right click on the new folder and select "Create Shortcut"
Move the shortcut to the Desktop
Right click and select a new icon
Full Window Drag ( Without Plus! )
Start Regedit
Open HKEY_CURRENT_USER /ControlPanel /Desktop /DragFullWindows
On "DragFullWindows" properties change 0 to 1
Fixing Corrupted Desktop Icons
Easier way to reset icons then deleting SHELLICONCACHE.
There's no need to exit Win95 and delete the SHELLICONCACHE file in order to reset icons that you may have changed (like Network Neighborhood).
Go to Control Panel, Display, Appearance Tab.
Select Icon from the Item drop down list.
Change the Size up or down one and apply.
Change the Size back to your original and apply.
If your Start Menu is slow or your icons are black for some reason, it means your Shelliconcache file is corrupt and should be deleted.
Delete the hidden file C:\WINDOWS\SHELLICONCACHE
It will be recreated the next time you start Win95
Getting Screen Shots
If you need to get a screen shot, and you do not have a screen capture program, try this:
Hit the Print Screen key. This copies a bitmap of the full screen into the Windows clipboard. Start up a graphics editor and paste it in.
Alt + Print Screen will capture only the active window.
Increasing the Size of the Scroll Bar
How to adjust the width of the scroll bar:
Select Properties
Select the Appearance tab
Go to the item list and find scrollbar.
Increasing the value in the Size field will increase the scrollbar width.
Unable to Create Shortcuts on the Desktop
If you can't create shortcuts on your Desktop, you might have a corrupted registry.
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellNew\Command
Make sure it has a value of:
RunDLL32 AppWiz.Cpl,NewLinkHere %1 if you don't have IE 4
or RunDLL32 AppWiz.Cpl,NewLinkHere %2 if you have IE 4.0 or IE 4.01
Removing the InBox from the Desktop
A faster way to remove "Inbox" from the Deskop is to
Right mouse click on "Inbox"
Select delete
It will then tell you "you cannot store the inbox in the recycle bin. . .etc"
Click "Yes"
Wait 2 secs and it's gone.
Customizing Individual Folder Icons
To change a folder's icon:
Open Notepad and enter two lines,
[.ShellClassInfo]
IconFile=file name,number
(e.g. IconFile=C:\Icon\CustomFolder.ico,0)
Save the file as DESKTOP.INI in the folder you wish to change.
Click Start -> Run, type in the command line,
ATTRIB +S "folder name"
(e.g. ATTRIB +S "C:\Custom Folder")
Open Explorer or My Computer and refresh (press F5 key).
This tip only work Windows 95/NT 4.0 + IE 4.0 with shell integration, or Windows 98/NT 5.0.
Adding Send To the Recycle Bin
Add a SHORTCUT TO THE RECYCLE BIN in your SEND TO folder.
That way you can just right click on a file you want to delete, and send it to the recycle bin without having to confirm each time.
Having Icons with No Name
Normally you have to have a name for an icon, just spaces are not allowed.
To create an icon with no name attached:
Make sure NumLock is on
Highlight the Icon you want to change
Right-Mouse click and select Rename
While holding down the Alt key, type 0160
Now the icon will have no name below it.
To Create Multiple Icons with No Name - From John R.
Follow directions detailed above
With the second icon simply add one space-bar character AFTER the 0160 number.
Each successive icon gets an additional space-bar character at the end (to prevent a duplicate naming error).
Moving the Start Button
How to move or close the start button!
Click on the Start button
Press the Esc key
Press the Alt and the - keys together
This will give you a menu, you can move or close
But if you move it you need to use the arrow keys and not the mouse.
Aligning Drop-Down Menus to the Right
All dropdown menus can be aligned to the right.
This features becomes useful when trying to access
menus with submenus that appear directly to the right.
Open the Registory editor (e.g. regedit.exe)
Goto \\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Create a string entry called "MenuDropAlignment"
Set its value to 1
Reboot
Note: Will not work under NT 4.0.
Repositioning a Background Bitmap
Normally, you only options for displaying a background bitmap are tiled, centered, or stretch to fit (with the Plus Pack).
You can edit the registry and have a third option which is to place the bitmap anywhere on your screen by specifying the X and Y coordinates.
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER / Control Panel / Desktop
Create new Strings called WallpaperOriginX and WallpaperOriginY
Give them values to position them around your desktop
The bitmap must be smaller than your desktop size
Changing Drive Icons
To change a drive's icon when you open My Computer
Create a file called AUTORUN.INF on the root of your hard drive
Enter the lines
[autorun]
ICON=Name of the ICON file
For the name of the icon file you can either specify the path and name (e.g. ICON=C:\WINDOWS\ICONS\MY_ICON.ICO) or
a specific icon in a library (e.g. ICON=ICONFILE.DLL,2)
Today's Gossips
SRK in Terrible! Nobody dare stop me - SRK
Just a day after SRK was denied entry to his team's dressing room, Indian Premier League authorities issued fresh guidelines, which cleared the deck for the presence of a franchise owner in the team dug-out during the Twenty20 tournament.
IPL chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi announced that the organisers will issue an all-area accreditation badge to one member of each of the eight team franchisees, following the ejection of Shah Rukh from the dug-out by the Anti-Corruption and Security Unit officials of the International Cricket Council.
While defending the ACSU officials' decision to ask the film star to vacate the dug-out during the IPL match against Chennai Super Kings at the Eden Gardens on Sunday, Modi said suitable measures would be taken to avoid a repeat of the incident.
"There have been reports in the media about denial of a team owner access to the dug out and dressing room. The IPL is conducted as per the rules and regulations of the ICC, whose ACSU officials were just doing the job entrusted," Modi said.
"They go strictly by the colour code. A red badge issued by the ACSU, on approval of the team manager, will help the person holding it access to all areas," he said.
"This is what we intend to do by giving each of the team owners one such badge each. They do have the right to sit with the players in the dug outs and dressing rooms," Modi told a media conference in Mumbai on Monday evening.
Modi said since this is the first year of the IPL, they are still learning the ropes.
"If we make mistakes, we are willing to set them right. This is the first year of IPL.
"We had already provided such badges to Preity Zinta and Vijay Mallya as we had received such a request from them in advance," Modi explained.
"The team owners have the right to be with the team at all times. They are very much part of the team's strategies," he added.
Modi also said that each team, in addition, would get four visitor's passes with the condition that the holder of that badge, one at a time, can sit with the team members during the match for a maximum of 15 minutes.
"After the usage it must be returned to the manager who has issued it," he said.
The IPL chairman also said that in future children of team members, including support staff, would not be allowed to enter the teams' dug-outs or dressing rooms during a match.
Earlier, the ICC expressed surprise at Shah Rukh's statement that he had been ejected by ACSU personnel.
The ICC said the IPL is a domestic tournament and the game's governing body did not have any role in formulating the rules.
"The reported incident has nothing to do with the ICC as the IPL is a domestic tournament which is being held under the Rules and Regulations of the BCCI," an ICC spokesman said from Dubai.
"Furthermore, the ICC Board in its meeting held in Dubai on 17-18 March had decided that IPL will introduce a code of conduct, an anti-corruption code and an anti-doping code that complies with ICC regulations," he said.
Shah Rukh was visibly dejected after being denied an entry in the dressing room and the actor said, "I like to hang around with the boys. I am very energetic. I am very disappointed that the ICC has stopped me," he said.
"I don't know the ICC rules. I'll tell only one thing. Nobody dare stop me from coming to Kolkata. I'll be here whenever my team plays a match at the Eden," Khan said.
Knight Riders CEO Joy Bhattacharya said ICC rules are meant to stop bookies entering the dressing room but they do not apply in a domestic tournament like IPL.
"When these rules were framed, the concept of franchisee owners' domestic tournament didn't even come, the law was not framed to stop people like Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Mukesh Ambani or Vijay Mallya from walking into the dressing room," he said.
"According to even ICC regulations, there is a system of visitor's pass, the manager and team management sign it. The person can be allowed in the dressing room as long as it is signed by. So there is no way to stop Shah Rukh from entering the dressing room," Bhattacharya added.
BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah, meanwhile, asserted that Shah Rukh has to go by ICC rules, even though he felt nothing could really stop the actor from entering the dressing room.
"He should take permission from IPL's anti-corruption officer before entering into the dressing room," Shah said.
Himesh does an Aamir KhanAfter portraying an intense character in his first film Aap Ka Suroor, Himesh Reshammiya would now be giving his fans comedy ka tadka by enacting a tapori in Bhushan Kumar’s upcoming movie A Love Ishhstory.
Now an uncapped man, Himesh would be getting into the cap of Aamir Khan’s Munna Bhai character in Rangeela for which he looks too excited.
“I have always been a big fan of Aamir Khan. Coming back to the film, comedy is a serious business. It is fun playing a tapori and to woo a super rich girl Niharika Singh is interesting. The film is a musical love story between a very odd couple”, explains an excited Himesh.
Himesh is also happy and finds himself lucky working alongside his Gujju bhai Satish Kaushik.
He says, “John Mathew has written a fabulous script and Satishji plays a very integral part and has been very helpful in giving some serious tips on comedy timing.
It has helped me a lot to get my shots right. Satishji has been a veteran in comedy and it is also a very comfortable equation with him, as he is also a Gujarati, and this language connection has worked big time.”
Aaila, it seems the love ishhstory is building up between two gujju bhais!
Entertainment News
Shah Rukh Khan starts shooting for Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi Who would think that 13 years have passed since the first time this jodi came together? At that time, the director was merely the scion of a great filmmaking family and the star was best known for taking on negative roles that no one else would. Then the magic they conjured up in their first film together, redefined Hindi cinema and set them on their respective paths to the heights of glory. Now 13 years after Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge first took the country by storm, and eight years after Mohabbatein, the jodi of Aditya Chopra, superstar director, and Shah Rukh Khan, superstar actor are together again, this time for the latest from Aditya Chopra as director, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi with newcomer Anushka Sharma who joined in on the first day of shoot. It was evident that Shah Rukh Khan was approaching this new role with his old comrade, with as much gusto and passion as ever. "Starting the first day of shooting is what still gives me goose bumps like nothing else," said King Khan. "And to make films with Yash Raj, that too when Adi is directing, is an experience that is more than 100% exciting. Yash Raj Films is, and will always be, home for me and who doesn't love coming home? Yash ji and Adi have always given me roles that have gotten me love and appreciation from fans all over the world. And this time Adi has again written a character for me to play that I think will become as beloved as Raj of DDLJ was. I am going to be trying as usual to hit it out of the park with Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi." And with these words, Shah Rukh Khan signed off from the first day of shooting, conveying to the world that something special was in the air, the most awaited film of the year was rolling as planned, and the Aditya Chopra - Shah Rukh Khan jodi was again creating that little bit of magic! Newcomer Anushka Sharma who was eagerly looking forward to this day…the first day of shoot, for her the dream has just begun! Yash Chopra was also present on the sets of Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi on the first day of shoot to bless his son and the unit at the onset of this new production.
'Cricketers are no different from prostitutes' Wonder who has more reason to feel offended, cricketers or sex workers. But Mahesh Bhatt's forthcoming film Jannat where Emran Hashmi plays a bookie compares the two professions….and explicitly says cricketers are like prostitutes.
What's more, the censor board saw nothing objectionable on the world's poshest profession being compared with the oldest. Says a character in Jannat, "Dekhiye Sir. Cricketers aur prostitutes ke beech zyada farq nahin hota. Donon ki jawani khatm to kahani khatm."
In fact producer Mahesh Bhatt is supremely gung-ho about this latest eyebrow-raising tryst with controversy. "Yes, those are the exact words in Jannat. And what's wrong with that? If you think about it, we're all prostitutes. And at least they deliver what they promise. I'm no different from a prostitute. I too am a pleasure peddler. And please, I'd rather be a prostitute than a saint," says the eternal celluloid renegade who has earlier whipped up a frenzy of controversies in movies like Arth, Zakhm and Woh Lamhe.
'Jannat will be Emran's Naam'A strange thing is happening to Mahesh Bhatt. After spending years extracting creative juices from real- life all his life now when the cricket fever has touched an all-time high thanks to the IPL, producer Mahesh Bhatt plays down the cricketing karma of his new film Jannat..
"The cricketing world is only the wallpaper in Jannat. The cricketing field is the space in which the tale of this risk addict, played by Emran Hashmi, unfolds. .
He is a typical product of the 21st century who goes into shopping malls to look for new things to buy every day. Emran plays the kind of person for whom the end is more important than the means..
He then meets this girl who changes his life. When personal gratification becomes more important than the larger concern, then society is doomed. .
Emran plays a character who needs to restrain himself from the acquisitive tendency," opines the man whose cinema has constantly walked the tightrope depicting the worlds of idealism and corruption..
Mahesh admits Jannat goes into match-fixing. "But like I said it's reflective of the times we live in. It holds a mirror to the conscience of today's youth who believe gratification is the bottomline of existence.".
He hesitates in connecting Jannat with presentday happenings in the cricketing world..
"Incidents like Bob Woolmer's suspicious death were at the back of my writers' heads. But to say that Jannat replays incidents from the cricketing world like the Woolmer one would be absurd..
It's just a grotesque coincidence that the actor who plays Woolmer was a close buddy of the dead man.".
Mahesh would rather focus on the larger moral question that his cinema raises. "Cricketers are as human as anyone else liable to be seduced by the goodies of the world..
The film points out that there's huge money in cricket. It's a money-making industry. Everybody exploits this deity called cricket.So does my hero Emran.".
He saves a special word of praise for his leading man. .
"I think Jannat is Emran Khan's coming-of-age movie. It'd do for Emran what my Naam did for Sanjay Dutt. He is a vulnerable abominable risk-taker who falls in love with a woman who has a value-system totally contrary to his."
Indian Premier League
Date Team v Team Venue
May, Mon 19
20:00 local 43rd match - Bangalore Royal Challengers v Delhi Daredevils M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
May, Tue 20
20:00 local 44th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals Eden Gardens, Kolkata
May, Wed 21
16:00 local 45th match - Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
May, Wed 2120:00 local 46th match - Chennai Super Kings v Bangalore Royal Challengers MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
May, Thu 22
20:00 local 47th match - Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
May, Fri 23
20:00 local 48th match - Kings XI Punjab v Deccan Chargers Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
May, Sat 24
16:00 local 49th match - Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
May, Sat 24
20:00 local 50th match - Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
May, Sun 25
16:00 local 52nd match - Deccan Chargers v Bangalore Royal Challengers Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
May, Sun 25
20:00 local 51st match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab Eden Gardens, Kolkata
May, Mon 26
20:00 local 53rd match - Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
May, Tue 27
20:00 local 54th match - Deccan Chargers v Chennai Super Kings Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
May, Wed 28
16:00 local 55th match - Bangalore Royal Challengers v Mumbai Indians M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
May, Wed 28
20:00 local 56th match - Kings XI Punjab v Rajasthan Royals Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
May, Fri 30
20:00 local 1st Semi-Final - TBC v TBC Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
May, Sat 31
20:00 local 2nd Semi-Final - TBC v TBC Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
June, Sun 1
20:00 local Final - TBC v TBC Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
May, Mon 19
20:00 local 43rd match - Bangalore Royal Challengers v Delhi Daredevils M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
May, Tue 20
20:00 local 44th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals Eden Gardens, Kolkata
May, Wed 21
16:00 local 45th match - Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
May, Wed 2120:00 local 46th match - Chennai Super Kings v Bangalore Royal Challengers MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
May, Thu 22
20:00 local 47th match - Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
May, Fri 23
20:00 local 48th match - Kings XI Punjab v Deccan Chargers Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
May, Sat 24
16:00 local 49th match - Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
May, Sat 24
20:00 local 50th match - Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
May, Sun 25
16:00 local 52nd match - Deccan Chargers v Bangalore Royal Challengers Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
May, Sun 25
20:00 local 51st match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab Eden Gardens, Kolkata
May, Mon 26
20:00 local 53rd match - Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
May, Tue 27
20:00 local 54th match - Deccan Chargers v Chennai Super Kings Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
May, Wed 28
16:00 local 55th match - Bangalore Royal Challengers v Mumbai Indians M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
May, Wed 28
20:00 local 56th match - Kings XI Punjab v Rajasthan Royals Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
May, Fri 30
20:00 local 1st Semi-Final - TBC v TBC Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
May, Sat 31
20:00 local 2nd Semi-Final - TBC v TBC Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
June, Sun 1
20:00 local Final - TBC v TBC Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
Shedule Of Euro Football 2008
Final tournament schedule
Saturday 7 June 2008
1 Grp A
Switzerland
18:00
Czech Republic
Basel - St. Jakob-Park
2 Grp A
Portugal
20:45
Turkey
Geneva - Stade de Genève
Sunday 8 June 2008
3 Grp B
Austria
18:00
Croatia
Vienna - Ernst Happel
4 Grp B
Germany
20:45
Poland
Klagenfurt - Wörthersee
Monday 9 June 2008
5 Grp C
Romania
18:00
France
Zurich - Letzigrund
6 Grp C
Netherlands
20:45
Italy
Berne - Stade de Suisse
Tuesday 10 June 2008
7 Grp D
Spain
18:00
Russia
Innsbruck - Tivoli Neu
8 Grp D
Greece
20:45
Sweden
Salzburg - EM Stadion Wals-Siezenheim
Wednesday 11 June 2008
9 Grp A
Czech Republic
18:00
Portugal
Geneva - Stade de Genève
10 Grp A
Switzerland
20:45
Turkey
Basel - St. Jakob-Park
Thursday 12 June 2008
11 Grp B
Croatia
18:00
Germany
Klagenfurt - Wörthersee
12 Grp B
Austria
20:45
Poland
Vienna - Ernst Happel
Friday 13 June 2008
13 Grp C
Italy
18:00
Romania
Zurich - Letzigrund
14 Grp C
Netherlands
20:45
France
Berne - Stade de Suisse
Saturday 14 June 2008
15 Grp D
Sweden
18:00
Spain
Innsbruck - Tivoli Neu
16 Grp D
Greece
20:45
Russia
Salzburg - EM Stadion Wals-Siezenheim
Sunday 15 June 2008
17 Grp A
Switzerland
20:45
Portugal
Basel - St. Jakob-Park
18 Grp A
Turkey
20:45
Czech Republic
Geneva - Stade de Genève
Monday 16 June 2008
19 Grp B
Poland
20:45
Croatia
Klagenfurt - Wörthersee
20 Grp B
Austria
20:45
Germany
Vienna - Ernst Happel
Tuesday 17 June 2008
21 Grp C
Netherlands
20:45
Romania
Berne - Stade de Suisse
22 Grp C
France
20:45
Italy
Zurich - Letzigrund
Wednesday 18 June 2008
23 Grp D
Greece
20:45
Spain
Salzburg - EM Stadion Wals-Siezenheim
24 Grp D
Russia
20:45
Sweden
Innsbruck - Tivoli Neu
Thursday 19 June 2008
25 QF
Winner Grp A
20:45
Runner-up Grp B
Basel - St. Jakob-Park
Friday 20 June 2008
26 QF
Winner Grp B
20:45
Runner-up Grp A
Vienna - Ernst Happel
Saturday 21 June 2008
27 QF
Winner Grp C
20:45
Runner-up Grp D
Basel - St. Jakob-Park
Sunday 22 June 2008
28 QF
Winner Grp D
20:45
Runner-up Grp C
Vienna - Ernst Happel
Wednesday 25 June 2008
29 SF
Winner #25
20:45
Winner #26
Basel - St. Jakob-Park
Thursday 26 June 2008
30 SF
Winner #27
20:45
Winner #28
Vienna - Ernst Happel
Sunday 29 June 2008
31 F
Winner #29
20:45
Winner #30
Vienna - Ernst Happel
Saturday 7 June 2008
1 Grp A
Switzerland
18:00
Czech Republic
Basel - St. Jakob-Park
2 Grp A
Portugal
20:45
Turkey
Geneva - Stade de Genève
Sunday 8 June 2008
3 Grp B
Austria
18:00
Croatia
Vienna - Ernst Happel
4 Grp B
Germany
20:45
Poland
Klagenfurt - Wörthersee
Monday 9 June 2008
5 Grp C
Romania
18:00
France
Zurich - Letzigrund
6 Grp C
Netherlands
20:45
Italy
Berne - Stade de Suisse
Tuesday 10 June 2008
7 Grp D
Spain
18:00
Russia
Innsbruck - Tivoli Neu
8 Grp D
Greece
20:45
Sweden
Salzburg - EM Stadion Wals-Siezenheim
Wednesday 11 June 2008
9 Grp A
Czech Republic
18:00
Portugal
Geneva - Stade de Genève
10 Grp A
Switzerland
20:45
Turkey
Basel - St. Jakob-Park
Thursday 12 June 2008
11 Grp B
Croatia
18:00
Germany
Klagenfurt - Wörthersee
12 Grp B
Austria
20:45
Poland
Vienna - Ernst Happel
Friday 13 June 2008
13 Grp C
Italy
18:00
Romania
Zurich - Letzigrund
14 Grp C
Netherlands
20:45
France
Berne - Stade de Suisse
Saturday 14 June 2008
15 Grp D
Sweden
18:00
Spain
Innsbruck - Tivoli Neu
16 Grp D
Greece
20:45
Russia
Salzburg - EM Stadion Wals-Siezenheim
Sunday 15 June 2008
17 Grp A
Switzerland
20:45
Portugal
Basel - St. Jakob-Park
18 Grp A
Turkey
20:45
Czech Republic
Geneva - Stade de Genève
Monday 16 June 2008
19 Grp B
Poland
20:45
Croatia
Klagenfurt - Wörthersee
20 Grp B
Austria
20:45
Germany
Vienna - Ernst Happel
Tuesday 17 June 2008
21 Grp C
Netherlands
20:45
Romania
Berne - Stade de Suisse
22 Grp C
France
20:45
Italy
Zurich - Letzigrund
Wednesday 18 June 2008
23 Grp D
Greece
20:45
Spain
Salzburg - EM Stadion Wals-Siezenheim
24 Grp D
Russia
20:45
Sweden
Innsbruck - Tivoli Neu
Thursday 19 June 2008
25 QF
Winner Grp A
20:45
Runner-up Grp B
Basel - St. Jakob-Park
Friday 20 June 2008
26 QF
Winner Grp B
20:45
Runner-up Grp A
Vienna - Ernst Happel
Saturday 21 June 2008
27 QF
Winner Grp C
20:45
Runner-up Grp D
Basel - St. Jakob-Park
Sunday 22 June 2008
28 QF
Winner Grp D
20:45
Runner-up Grp C
Vienna - Ernst Happel
Wednesday 25 June 2008
29 SF
Winner #25
20:45
Winner #26
Basel - St. Jakob-Park
Thursday 26 June 2008
30 SF
Winner #27
20:45
Winner #28
Vienna - Ernst Happel
Sunday 29 June 2008
31 F
Winner #29
20:45
Winner #30
Vienna - Ernst Happel
History of FIFA
Fédération Internationale de Football AssociationMotto
For the Game. For the World.
Formation
May 21, 1904
Type
Sports federation
Headquarters
Zürich, Switzerland
Membership
208 national associations
Official languages
English, German, French, Spanish
President
Sepp Blatter
Website
http://www.fifa.com/
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (International Federation of Association Football), commonly known by its acronym, FIFA (usually pronounced /fifə/ or /fifæ/), is the international governing body of association football. Its headquarters are in Zürich, Switzerland, and its current president is Joseph Blatter. FIFA is responsible for the organization and governance of football's major international tournaments, most notably the FIFA World Cup, held since 1930.
FIFA has 208 member associations, which is 16 more than the United Nations and 3 more than the International Olympic Committee.
History
The need for a single body to oversee the worldwide game became apparent at the beginning of the 20th century with the increasing popularity of international fixtures. FIFA was founded in Paris on May 21, 1904 — the French name and acronym persist to this day, even outside French-speaking countries. Its first president was Robert Guérin.
FIFA presided over its first international competition in 1906, but this met with little approval or success. This, in combination with economic factors, led to the swift replacement of Guérin with Daniel Burley Woolfall from England, by now a member association. The next tournament staged, the football competition for the 1908 Olympics in London was more successful, despite the presence of professional footballers, contrary to the founding principles of FIFA.
Membership of FIFA expanded beyond Europe with the application of South Africa in 1909, Argentina and Chile in 1912, and Canada and the United States in 1913.
FIFA, however, foundered during World War I, with many players sent off to war and the possibility of travel for international fixtures severely limited. Post-war, following the death of Woolfall, the organisation fell into the hands of Dutchman Carl Hirschmann. It was saved from extinction, but at the cost of the withdrawal of the Home Nations (of the United Kingdom), who cited an unwillingness to participate in international competitions with their recent World War enemies. The Home Nations later resumed their membership.
The FIFA collection is held by the National Football Museum in England.
Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Harivansh SrivastavBorn
October 11, 1942 (1942-10-11) (age 65)
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Occupation
Film actor, Producer, Playback singer
Years active
1969 – present
Spouse(s)
Jaya Bhaduri 1973 - present
Amitabh Bachchan (Hindi: अमिताभ बच्चन. Pronunciation: /əmitaːbʱ bətʃtʃən/ born as Amitabh Harivansh Srivastav on October 11, 1942 in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, is one of the most prominent Indian film actors of Hindi cinema. He gained popularity in India in the 1970s as an action hero and over the decades of his career which have since spanned numerous film genres, he has become one of the most prominent figures in the history of Indian cinema. Bachchan holds the record for the most number of Best Actor nominations at the Filmfare Awards and has won three National Film Awards and twelve Filmfare Awards to date.
In addition to acting, Bachchan has worked as a playback singer, film producer and television presenter of Kaun Banega Crorepati, India's version of the British television game-show, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. He was also an elected member of the Indian Parliament from 1984 to 1987.
Bachchan is married to Jaya Bhaduri also an actress. They have two children, Shweta Nanda, a television presenter and Abhishek Bachchan who is also an actor in Bollywood and is the father-in-law of Aishwarya Rai, his wife.
Background
Born in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, Amitabh Bachchan hails from a Hindu Kayastha family. His father, Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan was a well-known Hindi poet, while his mother, Teji Bachchan, was a Sikh from Karachi-Pakistan.[1] Bachchan was initially named as Inquilab, inspired from the phrase Inquilab Zindabad, during the Indian independence struggle but was re-christened Amitabh which means, the light that would never go off. Though his last-name was Srivastava, his father had adopted the pen-name Bachchan, under which he published all his works. It is with this last name that Amitabh debuted in films, and, for all public purposes, it has become the surname of all members of his current family. Amitabh is the elder of Harivansh Rai Bachchan's two sons, the second being Ajitabh. Even today, Bachchan has a high degree of respect for his father, and has proclaimed that "he can never be the man his father was"[citation needed]. His mother had a keen interest in the theatre and was also offered a role in a film, but preferred her domestic duties. She had some degree of influence in Amitabh's choice of career because she always insisted that he should take the centre stage.[2] Bachchan's father passed away in 2003, and his mother—on December 21, 2007.
Bachchan has a double M.A. (Master of Arts) degree. He attended Allahabad's Jnana Prabodhini and Boys' High School (BHS), followed by Nainital's Sherwood College, where he majored in the art stream. He later went on to study at Kirori Mal College of the University of Delhi and completed a Bachelor of Science degree. In his twenties, Bachchan gave up a job as freight broker for the shipping firm, Bird and Co., based in Calcutta, to pursue a career in acting.
He married actress Jaya Bhaduri on June 3, 1973 according to Bengali rites. The couple have two children: daughter Shweta and son Abhishek.
Up Coming Movies
2008
God Tussi Great Ho
Zamaanat
Shoe Bite
Exclusion
2009
Shantaram
2010
The Poet of Politics
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
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