About Becham

David Robert Joseph Beckham

Date of birth
2 May 1975 (1975-05-02) (age 33)

Place of birth
Leytonstone, London, England


Height
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Playing position
Right winger

Club information
Current club
Los Angeles Galaxy

Number
23

Youth clubs
1991–1993
Manchester United

David Robert Joseph Beckham, OBE (born 2 May 1975) is an English professional footballer, who plays as a midfielder. He currently plays for and captains Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy and is also a member of the England national team. He earned his 100th cap for England against France in March 2008.
He has twice been runner-up for FIFA World Player of the Year, and in 2004 was the world's highest-paid footballer. He was Google's most searched of all sports topics in both 2003 and 2004. Such global recognition has made him an elite advertising brand and a top fashion icon. [6] Beckham was captain of England from 15 November 2000 to 2 July 2006. He made 58 appearances as captain, and ended his tenure in that role after the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals. He continued to make contributions for the England national team in 2007 competitions. Beckham captained Manchester United for the first time on October 21st 2000 in a Premiership match against Leeds United. He came on as a substitute for regular captain Roy Keane, who was injured. Beckham went on to score a free-kick in this match, which finished 3-0.
Beckham's career began when he signed a professional contract with Manchester United, making his first-team debut in 1992 aged 17. During his time there, United won the Premier League title six times, the FA Cup twice, and the UEFA Champions League in 1999. He left Manchester United to sign for Real Madrid in 2003, where he remained for four seasons. While at Madrid, Beckham became the first British footballer to play 100 Champions League matches. In his final season, Real clinched the 2006-07 La Liga chamionship title (Beckham's only major trophy with the club) in the final game of the season on 17 June. In January 2007, it was announced that Beckham would leave Real Madrid and sign a five-year contract with the Los Angeles Galaxy.
Beckham's new contract with the Galaxy, effective 1 July 2007, gave him the highest salary of any MLS player in history. He debuted for the team on 21 July in a friendly versus Chelsea at the Home Depot Center, and on 15 August, he had his first start with the team, scoring his first goal in the 2007 SuperLiga semi-final. His first league start then came on 18 August in front of a record crowd at Giants Stadium.

About Zidane

Zinedine Yazid Zidane

Date of birth
23 June 1972 (1972-06-23) (age 35)

Place of birth
Marseille, France

Height
1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)

Playing position
Attacking midfielder (retired)

Youth clubs
1982–1983 US Saint-Henri
1983–1987 SO Septèmes-les-Vallons
1987–1988 AS Cannes

Zinedine Yazid Zidane (pronounced [ˌzineˈdin jaziːd ziˈdan ]; born 23 June 1972 in Marseille), popularly nicknamed Zizou, is a French former professional football midfielder of Algerian Kabyle Berber descent. He was a member of the French national team that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000, and was also the recipient of the Golden Ball after he captained the French side to the 2006 World Cup final, a match that saw his career end in controversy after he was sent off for headbutting Italy defender Marco Materazzi.
He played for four European clubs, and lifted the 2002 UEFA Champions League trophy with Real Madrid C.F. after scoring the match-winning goal. One of only two three-time FIFA World Player of the Year winners (Ronaldo the other), he also finished in the top three an additional three occasions, and was also named European Footballer of the Year in 1998. In 2004, fans voted him atop UEFA's fiftieth-anniversary Golden Jubilee Poll, and he was included in Pelé's selection of the 125 greatest living footballers.
Zidane retired from professional football after the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

About Ronaldo

Ronaldo Luis Nazário de Lima

Date of birth
September 18, 1976 (1976-09-18) (age 31)

Place of birth
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Height
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Playing position
Striker

Football career
Ronaldo was born in Bento Ribeiro, a poor neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. Like many of his friends, he began to play football in the streets of his neighborhood. Ronaldo's actual date of birth is September 18, however, his father did not register his birth certificate until September 22,[citation needed]so some discrepancy has existed as to his actual birth date. His football abilities were first recognised when he was 14. He was recommended to the Brazil youth team by World Cup winner Jairzinho, who also arranged for his own former club, Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, to sign him when he was old enough for a professional contract.[citation needed]
Ronaldo scored 12 goals in 13 games in the Brazilian National Championship, and in the Minas Gerais State Championship he scored all three goals in Cruzeiro's 3-1 victory against arch-rival Atlético Mineiro. After being scouted by Piet de Visser, he was soon transferred for US$6 million to PSV Eindhoven, where he scored 42 goals in 46 league games and reached a total of 55 goals in 57 official appearances. Later he attracted the attention of FC Barcelona. He played for Barça in the 1996-97 season, scoring 47 in 49 (including appearances in the Copa del Rey and European Cup Winners Cup) on the way to leading the Catalan side to UEFA Cup Winners' Cup triumph (where he capped the season with the winning goal in the cup final itself). Inter Milan swooped to sign him the following year, and Ronaldo duly helped them repeat his former side's cup-winning run, this time in the UEFA Cup. As of 2006, Ronaldo is the last player to score more than 30 goals in 1 season in the Spanish La Liga.
On 21 November 1999, during a Serie A match against Lecce, Ronaldo felt his knee buckle and was forced to limp off the pitch. Medical exams after the match confirmed that the striker had ruptured a tendon in his right knee and would require surgery. During his first comeback on April 12, 2000, he played only seven minutes during the first leg of the Coppa Italia final against Lazio before injuring his knee for a second time.
After two operations and 20 months of rehabilitation, Ronaldo came back for the 2002 World Cup, helping Brazil win their fifth World Cup title. Later in 2002 he won the World Player of the Year award for the third time, and transferred from Inter to Real Madrid for approximately €39 million. Even though he was sidelined through injury until October 2002, fans continued to chant his name in the stands. Ronaldo scored twice in his debut for Real Madrid. That same reception was observed on the night of the final game of the season against Athletic Bilbao, where Ronaldo scored again to seal his first season with 23 league goals and the La Liga Championship title for 2003, which Ronaldo had previously failed to win while with Barcelona.

About Shahrukh Khan

Shahrukh Khan (Hindi: शाहरुख़ ख़ान, Urdu: شاہ رخ خان).

Born
November 2, 1965 (1965-11-02) (age 42)New Delhi, India
Other name(s)
Shah Rukh Khan
Occupation
Actor, Producer, Television presenter
Years active
1988 – present
Spouse(s)
Gauri Khan

He is a highly acclaimed Indian actor who works in Bollywood films, as well as film producer and television host.
Khan started out his career appearing in several television serials in the late 1980s. He made his film debut with the commercially successful Deewana (1992). Since then, he has been part of numerous commercial successes, as well as having delivered a variety of critically acclaimed performances. During his years in the Indian film industry, he has won seven Filmfare Best Actor Awards and has had significant box office success. While films such as Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), Chak De India (2007), and Om Shanti Om (2007), remain some of Bollywood's biggest hits, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001), Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), Veer-Zaara (2004) and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) have been hits in the overseas market. Since 2000, Khan branched out into film production and television presenting as well.

Producer
Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani (2000)
Asoka (2001)
Chalte Chalte (2003)
Main Hoon Na (2004)
Kaal (2005)
Paheli (2005)
Om Shanti Om (2007)
Billo Barber (2008)

Playback singer
Main to hoon Pagal - Baadshah (1999)
Apun Bola - Josh (2000)
Khaike Paan Banaraswala - Don - The Chase Begins Again (2006)
Ek Hockey Doongi Rakhke - Chak De India (2007)
Sattar Minute - Chak De India (2007)

Stunts Director
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998)
Main Hoon Na (2004)
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006)
Chak De India (2007)
Om Shanti Om (2007)

Television appearances
Dil Dariya (1988)
Fauji (1988) ... Abhimanyu Rai
Doosra Keval (1989)
Circus (1989)
In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones (1989)
Idiot (1991) ... Pawan Raghujan
Kareena Kareena (2004) ... Special appearance
Koffee with Karan (2004-2007) ... Guest (3 episodes)
Kaun Banega Crorepati (2007) ... Host
Jjhoom India (2007) ... Guest
Nach Baliye (2008) .... Guest
Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain (2008) .... Host

Up Coming Movies

2008
Krazzy 4
Bhoothnath
Dulha Mil Gaya
Billo Barber
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

About Bill Gates

BILL GATES

Born October 28, 1955 (1955-10-28) (age 52)

Seattle, Washington, U.S.

Occupation Chairman, MicrosoftCo-Chair (Retired), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Net worth US$58 billion (2008)[1]

Spouse Melinda Gates (1994–present)

Children

Three

Early life

Gates was born in Seattle, Washington, to William H. Gates, Sr. and Mary Maxwell Gates. His family was wealthy; his father was a prominent lawyer, his mother served on the board of directors for First Interstate BancSystem and the United Way, and her father, J. W. Maxwell, was a national bank president. Gates has one older sister, Kristi (Kristianne), and one younger sister, Libby. He was the fourth of his name in his family, but was known as William Gates III or "Trey" because his father had dropped his own "III" suffix.[6]Early on in his life, Gates parents had a law career in mind for him.[7] At thirteen he enrolled in the Lakeside School, an exclusive preparatory school.[8]When he was in the eighth grade, the Mothers Club at the school used proceeds from Lakeside School's rummage sale to buy an ASR-33 teletype terminal and a block of computer time on a General Electric (GE) computer for the school's students.[9] Gates took an interest in programming the GE system in BASIC and was excused from math classes to pursue his interest. He wrote his first computer program on this machine: an implementation of tic-tac-toe that allowed users to play games against the computer. Gates was fascinated by the machine and how it would always execute software code perfectly. When he reflected back on that moment, he commented on it and said, "There was just something neat about the machine."[10] After the Mothers Club donation was exhausted, he and other students sought time on systems including DEC PDP minicomputers. One of these systems was a PDP-10 belonging to Computer Center Corporation (CCC), which banned four Lakeside students—Gates, Paul Allen, Ric Weiland, and Kent Evans—for the summer after it caught them exploiting bugs in the operating systemto obtain free computer time.[11] At the end of the ban, the four students offered to debug CCC's software in exchange for free computer time. Rather than use the system via teletype, Gates went to CCC's offices and studied source code for various programs that ran on the system, including FORTRAN, LISP, and machine language. The arrangement with CCC continued until 1970, when it went out of business. The following year, Information Sciences Inc. hired the four Lakeside students to write a payroll program in COBOL, providing them computer time and royalties. After his administrators became aware of his programming abilities, Gates wrote the school's computer program to schedule students in classes. He modified the code so that he was placed in classes with mostly female students. He later stated that "it was hard to tear myself away from a machine at which I could so unambiguously demonstrate success."[12] At age 17, Gates formed a venture with Allen, called Traf-O-Data, to make traffic counters based on the Intel 8008 processor. That first year he made $20,000; however, when his clients discovered his age, business slowed.[13] Gates graduated from Lakeside School in 1973. He scored 1590 out of 1600 on his SATs, the standardized test for college admissions in the United States,[14] and subsequently enrolled at Harvard College in the fall of 1973.[15] While at Harvard, he met his future business partner, Steve Ballmer, whom he later appointed as CEO of Microsoft. He also met computer scientist Christos Papadimitriou at Harvard, with whom he collaborated on a paper about algorithms.[16] He did not have a definite study plan while a student at Harvard, and eventually took a leave of absence in 1975.[17] After Intel released the Intel 8080 CPU, Gates realized that this was the first computer chip which cost less than $200 that could run BASIC, making it the most affordable chip at the time to run inside a personal computer.[18] He figured that this was the only chance he would get to take advantage of the timing, and decided to start a computer software company with Paul Allen.[19] He had talked this decision over with his parents, who were supportive of him after seeing how much Gates wanted to start a software company.

Windows

Gates oversaw Microsoft's company restructuring on June 25, 1981, which re-incorporated the company in Washington and made Gates President of Microsoft and the Chairman of the Board.[21] Microsoft launched its first retail version of Microsoft Windows on November 20, 1985, and in August, the company struck a deal with IBM to develop a separate operating system called OS/2. However, Gates sent out an internal memo on May 16, 1991 announcing that the OS/2 partnership was over and shifting energy to Windows NT kernel development.[29] Gates announced his retirement in June 2006, He officially retired for daily activities at Micorsoft corp. on January 7th 2008.

Thumbnails As You Want

How To Change Thumbnail Size And Quality If any of you out there like to use the thumbnail view, especially for browsing through photos and images, it can become a bit of a drain on your system. It is possible to lower the thumbnail size and quality by editing the following registry keys.
Open the registry and navigate to :
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft \ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer
Create a new DWORD value called ThumbnailSize, and set the value between 32 and 256.
And/or create another DWORD value called ThumbnailQuality, and set the value between 50 and 100.
Key Details :
USER Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft \ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer]Value Name: ThumbnailSizeData Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)Data Value: 32 - 256
USER Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft \ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer]Value Name: ThumbnailQualityData Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)Data Value: 50 - 100

Keyboard Shortcuts Tips

Internet Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts

Viewing and exploring Web pages
F1
Display the Internet Explorer Help, or when in a dialog box, display context help on an item
F11
Toggle between Full Screen and regular view of the browser window
TAB
Move forward through the items on a Web page, the Address bar, and the Links bar
SHIFT+TAB
Move back through the items on a Web page, the Address bar, and the Links bar
ALT+HOME
Go to your Home page
ALT+RIGHT ARROW
Go to the next page
ALT+LEFT ARROW or BACKSPACE
Go to the previous page
SHIFT+F10
Display a shortcut menu for a link
CTRL+TAB orF6
Move forward between frames
SHIFT+CTRL+TAB
Move back between frames
UP ARROW
Scroll toward the beginning of a document
DOWN ARROW
Scroll toward the end of a document
PAGE UP
Scroll toward the beginning of a document in larger increments
PAGE DOWN
Scroll toward the end of a document in larger increments
HOME
Move to the beginning of a document
END
Move to the end of a document
CTRL+F
Find on this page
F5 orCTRL+R
Refresh the current Web page only if the time stamp for the Web version and your locally stored version are different
CTRL+F5
Refresh the current Web page, even if the time stamp for the Web version and your locally stored version are the same
ESC
Stop downloading a page
CTRL+O or CTRL+L
Go to a new location
CTRL+N
Open a new window
CTRL+W
Close the current window
CTRL+S
Save the current page
CTRL+P
Print the current page or active frame
ENTER
Activate a selected link
CTRL+E
Open Search in Explorer bar
CTRL+I
Open Favorites in Explorer bar
CTRL+H
Open History in Explorer bar
CTRL+click
In History or Favorites bars, open multiple folders
Using the Address bar
Press this
To do this
ALT+D
Select the text in the Address bar
F4
Display the Address bar history
CTRL+LEFT ARROW
When in the Address bar, move the cursor left to the next logical break (. or /)
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW
When in the Address bar, move the cursor right to the next logical break (. or /)
CTRL+ENTER
Add "www." to the beginning and ".com" to the end of the text typed in the Address bar
UP ARROW
Move forward through the list of AutoComplete matches
DOWN ARROW
Move back through the list of AutoComplete matches
Working with favorites
Press this
To do this
CTRL+D
Add the current page to your favorites
CTRL+B
Open the Organize Favorites dialog box
ALT+UP ARROW
Move selected item up in the Favorites list in the Organize Favorites dialog box
ALT+DOWN ARROW
Move selected item down in the Favorites list in the Organize Favorites dialog box
Editing
Press this
To do this
CTRL+X
Remove the selected items and copy them to the Clipboard
CTRL+C
Copy the selected items to the Clipboard
CTRL+V
Insert the contents of the Clipboard at the selected location
CTRL+A
Select all items on the current Web page

Remap the Right-Alt Key to be the Windows Key

Create a Scancode entry in the Registry as follows:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout
Create a new binary entry called Scancode Map with the following values
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 5B EO 38 EO 00 00 00 00
Reboot the computer

Disabling the Windows Key with NT or Windows2000

To disable the use of the Windows Key for the two operating Systems,
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ System \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ Keyboard Layout
Add a Binary Value called Scancode Map
Give it a value of 00000000000000000300000000005BE000005CE000000000
Reboot the computer

Outlook 2000 Shortcut Keys

Go to the Inbox
CTRL+SHIFT+I
Go to the Outbox
CTRL+SHIFT+O
Check for New Mail
F5 or CTRL+M
Start a New E-mail message
CTRL+SHIFT+M
Open the address book
CTRL+SHIFT+B
Start a New appointment
CTRL+SHIFT+A
Start a New contact
CTRL+SHIFT+C
Start a New meeting request
CTRL+SHIFT+Q
Start a New a task
CTRL+SHIFT+K
Make the Find a Contact box active
F11
Open the Advanced Find dialog box
CTRL+SHIFT+F
Mark an e-mail message as read
CTRL+Q
Delete an e-mail message, contact, calendar item, or task
CTRL+D
Front Page 2000 Shortcut Keys
Front Page has quite a few shortcut keys. My favorites are:
Center a paragraph
CTRL+E
Left align a paragraph
CTRL+L
Right align a paragraph
CTRL+R
Display HTML tags
CTRL+ /
Apply the Heading 1 style (ect.)
CTRL+ALT+1
Apply the Normal style
CTRL+SHIFT+ N
Not listed in their help is:
Cycle through Normal / HTML / Preview
Ctrl-PgUp/ Down
If you are at the last row in a table, the TAB key will add a new row below the current one.
Fast Access to the Desktop
To get an Explorer view of the Desktop
Press Ctrl-Esc or click the Start button
Press R to go to Run. Note: If you are using a Win keyboard, you can get to this point by pressing Win+R
Type in a period

Opening Up the Task Manager in NT 4

In Windows NT 4, to quickly bring up the task manager, press Ctrl-Shift-Esc
Submitted by Trevor Heppler
MS-Natural Keyboard Shortcuts
Toggles between minimizing/restoring all
Win+Dwindows
Open the start menu
Win
Display the pop-up menu for the selected object
Win+F1
Start Explorer
Win+E
Find Files or Folders
Win+F
Find computer
Ctrl+Win+F
Minimizes all windows
Win+M
Undo Minimize All
Shift+Win+M
Display Run Dialog box
Win-R
Cycles through taskbar buttons
Win+Tab
Displays System Properties
Win+Break

Getting to My Computer from the Control Panel

If you're in Control Panel, hitting the Backspace key will switch you into the My Computer folder.

Undo

Press CTRL + Z to undo things like renaming a file in Explorer

Minimizing All Windows

To minimize all windows:
Press Ctrl-ESC to bring up the Task Bar
Press Alt-M
This makes it a lot easier to minimize windows when all your open applications are full screen.

Note from Bob: With the Microsoft Keyboard, you can accomplish the same thing by pressing the Window-M key.

Shortcut to System Properties

To access the System Properties screen quickly, simply hold down the ALT key while double clicking on the My Computer icon.

While holding the windows key, press the Pause / Break key.This will open up the System Properties box.From here you can easily get to the Device Manager

Duplicating the Right Mouse Click

Pressing the Shift-F10 key will be the same as clicking the right-mouse button.

Accessing Programs from the Start Button

To access your programs more quickly from your start button, with out aid of a mouse, hit ctrl+esc to open your start menu.Then, type the letter for the directory you are looking for.For example, to access the ever popular game of solitaire, CTRL+ESC, then "P" for programs, "A" for accessories, "G" for games, then "S" for Solitaire.If there is more than one entry for the letter, keep hitting the letter until you reach your desired location. Then, hit enter.

Quickly Starting Explorer

You can quickly start an explorer session by holding down the Windows key on a Microsoft Keyboard and pressing the E.key

Internet Explorer Shortcuts

Here are a few IE keyboard shortcuts:
Go ‘Back’ to the previous page
Alt+Left Arrow
Go ‘Forward’ to the next page
Alt+Right Arrow
Add to Favorites on the current web page
Ctrl+D
Open the History folder
Ctrl+H
Open the Organize Favorites window
Ctrl+B
Lets you open a new web page
Ctrl+L
Open a new browser window
Ctrl+N
Reload the current page
Ctrl+R
Close the active Internet Explorer window
Ctrl+W
Bringing up the Properties Window
While holding the ALT key double click on an icon to bring up the properties.

Resizing and Moving a Window

To Resize or Move a window:
Press Alt-Space
Press the S key - To Resize
Press the M key - To Move
You can now use the arrow keys to resize or move the window
Key stroking is faster than mouse moving
In desktop you can press "m", "My Briefcase is highlighted, press "enter" will open this applet.
If you do not press "enter",
The next "m" key stroke will highlight "My Computer".
"Ctrl"-"Esc", press "P" for Programs, "enter","M""enter", you get to the first program or folder that starts with "M"
Other applets will also be opened the same way.

Explorer Shortcut Keys

F4 - Displays the Combo Box
F5 - Refresh the display
Ctrl+Z - Undo last action
Backspace - Go up one directory
Quickly Search for Files
Added 9/24/95
To quickly open up the Find all Files window
Press Ctrl+ESC ESC
Press F3

To copy a file with a Mouse/Keyboard combo

Drag the file while holding down the CTRL key - A + will appear on the icon
To move a file with a Mouse/Keyboard combo
Drag file while holding down SHIFT key - Nothing appears on the icon
If moving a icon with the mouse and an arrow appears, it will create a shortcut.You can press shift or ctrl at anytime during the dragand it will change this little part of the icon.

Miscellaneous Tips

Determining Your Processor's Speed

You can also The tool can be accessed directly by executing WINREP.EXE


To find out how fast the processor is, while in Win95/98,
Go to Accessories / System Tools / System Information
Click on Tools
Select Windows Report Tool
Click on the blue Change System File Selections towards the bottom of the window
This will perform a short scan of your system files
Your processor speed, memory, hard drives will then show up

While initializing device vkd error

If you get the error:
While initializing device vkd -- Windows Protection Error -- You need to restart your computer
while booting your computer, try replacing the keyboard

Swapping the Mouse Buttons for Left Hand from the Command Line

If you want to swap the mouse buttons for a left handed person, you can do this from the command line.
Win9x:RUNDLL user.exe,SwapMouseButton
Win2000:RUNDLL32 user32.dll,SwapMouseButton
To swap it back again to a right-hand mouse, you need to run the mouse icon from the Control Panel.
Using the Wheel Mouse to Control the Font Size
Submitted 5/12/01
Try using the Control key with the mouse wheel. This works a zoom function. I know you do this for Office 2k apps as well, but in IE it just works on the text, so the page stays somewhat the same.

Creating a Directory That is Not Accessible From Windows

To create the directory, type md, then a space, then holding down your ALT button type on number pad only 255.
To access cd\ALT+255 from DOS
When you try to access this from the Explorer you get an Access Denied error.

Creating Custom Boot Floppies

If you have custom drivers or files you want to always have when you create boot disks, copy them to the \Windows\Command\EBD directory.
Then when you want to create a new floppy, run \Windows\Command\Bootdisk.bat
This will format the floppy and copy all the files in the EBD directory.
I like this since I usually add a lot more files than the normal StartUp disk Windows creates.
Deleting the TEMP Directory at Bootup
Submitted 2/21/00
Normally your TEMP directory can fill with .tmp files, files left over from installs etc.An easy way to delete it each time you boot is to add the following lines to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
@C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\DelTree /Y C:\WINDOWS\Temp\

Saving File Searches

If you want to review the results of a file search at a later time:
While on the Desktop or with the Explorer, press F3 to start the search
Click Options / Save Results
Do the search
After the search select File / Save Search
An icon will be placed on the desktop with the search results.

Searching for Files In All Drives

If you want to search for files across all drives, including mapped network drives:
Press F3 to start the search
In the Named box, enter file or folder you want to search for
In Look in select My Computer
This will search all drives including mapped network drives. Easier than using the comma's.

Renaming CD ROM Drive Letter

Rename the drive letters of your CD drive(s) from the back of the alphabet, eg, Z, Y. This way, if you add extra hard disks, your CD drives do not get re-lettered.

Note from Bob:
You can do this from the Device Manager.
Open up the CD ROM section
Open the CD ROM you want to change
Under Settings, change the Start Drive Letter to higher in the alphabet.

Changing the Colors of the Blue Screen of Death

You can change the normal colors of the background and text when you get a Blue Screen of Death.
Edit the SYSTEM.INI file in the Windows directory
In the [386Enh] add the entries:
MessageTextColor=XMessageBackColor=X
Where X is replace by the number for each of the following colors:
Black = 0Blue = 1Green = 2Cyan = 3Red = 4Magenta = 5Yellow/Brown = 6White = 7Gray = 8Bright Blue = 9Bright Green = ABright Cyan = BBright Red = CBright Magenta = DBright Yellow = EBright White = F

Powering on the Computer With Your Mouse

If you have ATX Main Board, ATX case Award Bios, or any Bios that supports PS/2 Mouse Power On, then you can power on your computer with a double click.
To activate this feature:
Restart your computer
Then press Del when the BIOS message appears to enter your CMOS configuration
Select Integrated Peripherals from main menu
If PS/2 mouse power on disabled, activate it by press page up/ page down key it will became Double-Click
Press Esc key to exit
Press F10 to save and exit Power off your PC
Now double-click the left mouse button,.. Your PC will turn on

Removing Programs from the Control Panel

Easier way to remove control panel programs.
Edit your control.ini file in your Windows directory.
Under the section [don't load] add the appropriate .cpl file.
For example to get rid of Network add netcpl.cpl=no
This will disable users from accessing the network control panel.


You can remove seected icons in your Control Panel by simply moving, deleting or renaming the *.cpl file in your C:\WINDOWS\SYSETM directory.
The icon or file will still work even if it is not on the control panel screen.
At list of the CPL files can be found in this section at Control Panel CPL Files

Not Loading DriveSpace or DoubleSpace Drivers

Even if you never use DriveSpace or DblSpace, Win95 automatically loads the drivers. While the drivers are not huge, they do consume some resources. To keep Win95 from loading them all you need to do is:
Find the MSDOS.SYS file in the root directory of your boot drive.
Right click on the file, clear the read-only attribute then edit the file.
Add these two lines to the Options section.
Dblspace=0
Drvspace=0
Be sure to save the changes, reset the read-only attribute, then reboot.
This does save a significant amount of memory but more importantly, it will reduce the number of threads running in the background.

Increasing Performance

This concerns the "Network Server" option ... You already know about the screw up in Win95 release prior to OSR2 but, did you know you can also customize the settings in the registry?
Open Regedit
Go to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\FS Templates"
Add a new key called "Custom".
Then add two new binary values under that key with the names "NameCache" and "PathCache", just as with the other entries.
I would recommend using values somewhere in-between what the standard values are for "Desktop" and "Network Server". The values I have found to be the best compromise are "00 08 00 00" and "30 00 00 00" respectively, your milage may vary. (2048 filenames and 48 pathnames)
Close Regedit
Right click on "My Computer"
Select Properties then the Performance tab.
Select "File System" and you will now find the "Custom" option in the drop down box.
Select it and click on OK then be sure to reboot.
While this doesn't save a lot of memory, at least your name caches aren't using more than they need.
If you have 24 Megs or more of RAM, you can increase your performance
Right Click on My Computer
Select Properties
Click the Performance tab
Click on File System button
Select Network Server with Full Read-ahead Optimization
If you do not see a performance increase, occasionally the NameCache and PathCache valuesare written to the registry incorrectly for the Network Server.To fix the problem:
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\FS Templates\Server
Make sure the following values are being used:
PathCache=40 00 00 00
NameCache=a9 0a 00 00
To rename the labels Desktop Computer, Mobile or docking system, or Network Server, see Renaming the File System Profiles

Registry Tips

Allowing Network Access with Blank Passwords (XP and Vista)

Although you can log in locally without a password, by default, WindowsXP Pro does not allow network users to access the computer without a password. Typically you will receive an Unknown error 31 if this is the case.
To change this setting:
Run gpedit.msc
Go to Computer Configuration / Windows Settings / Security Settings / Local Policies / Security Options
Double click on Accounts: Limit local account use of blank passwords to console login only
Disable this option

Disabling the F3 Search Key

If you want to disable the ability to use the F3 key from either the Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions
Create a Dword value called NoFindFiles
Give it a value of 1
Reboot

Preventing Changes to File Associations

You can prevent users from changing associations via Windows Explorer's Tools / Folder Options / File Types tab.
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explore
Create REG_DWORD data type NoFileAssociate
Give it a value of 1

Locking File Associations

If you have your file associations the way you want for a particular file type, you can remove it from the list that gets displayed in the Folder Options / File Types screen
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
Scroll to the file association you want to lock.
In the right panel, create a new Binary value
Call it EditFlags
Give it a value of 01 00 00 00
Now when you go to the Folder Options / File Types screen, you won't see that file type listed.

Turning off System Beeps

If you want to turn off all system beeps (like the ones that go through your computers' internal speaker):
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sound
Edit the key Beep and give it a value of No
Download reg file

Changing the Location Of Special Folders

You can modify the registry to change the location of special folders like:
My Documents
Favorites
My Pictures
Personal
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
Double click on any locations you want to change and alter the path
Logoff or restart for the changes to go into effect
Note: TweakUI from Microsoft will allow you to make these changes from a dialog box as well

Deleting Specific Registry Value

In a previous tip, Automatically Deleting a Registry Key, it was mentioned how to remove an entire registry key.If you want to simply remove a specific value within a key, use the syntax below:
[Registry Key]"value"=-
For example:
REGEDIT4[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] "MSConfig"=-
would delete the value MSCONFIG.

Setting the Recycle Bin to Always Delete

You can set the recycle bin to always delete items (like holding down the shift key when dragging files to the recycle bin)
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ BitBucket
Set the key NukeOnDelete to 1
Download reg file

Setting the Internet Explorer Home Page

If you want to set the home page used by Internet Explorer through the registry
Start Regedit
Go to HKey_Current_User \ Software \ Microsoft \ Internet Explorer \ Main
Give the Start Page key the string value you wish set as homepage


Preparing to Move Hard Drive to Another Computer

To remove the devices from device manager when taking a HD from one computer to another,simply:
Run Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ and delete the Enum section
This removes all of the hardware specific settings

Comparing Registries

While working with changes to your system, you might want to see what is changing in your Registry.Since you can export it to a text file, the steps are fairly easy
Start Regedit
With the very top level select - My Computer, on the Toolbar select Registry / Export Registry File
I usually save it to the root of the C: drive with the name before (you don't need to add an extension)
Make the change to your system
Go back to Regedit
Press F5 to update it
Export the Registry like step 2
Name the file after and have it go in the same directory
Open up a DOS window
Go to the directory where the two exported files are
Enter FC before.reg after.reg > diff.txt
Then you can edit diff.txt with your favorite text editor.
Note: I do the last steps so often I have a simple batch file already set up.

Setting Excel 2000 High-Contrast Cell Selection

If you want to increase the contrast in selected cells:
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Office \ 9.0 \ Excel \ Options
Add a DWORD value call Options6
Give it a value of 16
Now when you select cells, they will be white on black.

Changing Common Icons

You can change many of the common Windows icons.
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ explorer \ Shell Icons
The default icons are numbered in the right panel from 0-40
Double click on the number of the particular icon you want to change. See the chart below.
Enter the name of the icon file you want to use followed by the number of the icon in that file.Note: The numbering starts with zero.
If you use a single .ICO file, it should be followed by a 0.
e.g. - filename.dll,4 - This would actually be the 5th icon since it starts with 0.
Make sure you delete the hidden file C:\WINDOWS\SHELLICONCACHE
0-13 Are the Drive and Application Icons0 - To change the Unknown Application Icon2 - To change the Default Application Icon3 - To change the Closed Folder Icon4 - To change the Open Folder Icon5 - To change the 5 1/4" Floppy Icon6 - To change the 3 1/2" Floppy Icon7 - To change the Removable Disk Icon8 - To change the Hard Drive Icon9 - To change the Network Drive Online Icon10 - To change the Network Drive Offline Icon11 - To change the CD Drive Icon12 - To change the Ramdrive Icon13 - To change the Entire Network Icon
19-27 Are the Start Menu Icons19 - To change the Programs Icon20 - To change the Documents Icon21 - To change the Settings Icon22 - To change the Find Icon23 - To change the Help Icon24 - To change the Run Icon27 - To change the Shutdown Icon
Other Icons33 - To change the DUN Folder Icon34 - To change the Desktop Icon35 - To change the Control Panel Icon37 - To change the Printer Folder Icon40 - To change the Audio CD Icon43 - To change the Favorites Icon44 - To change the Logoff Icon

Prevent Changes to the Start Menu

To prevent any changes to the Start Menu, even a right click:
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer
Add a DWORD called NoChangeStartMenu
Give it a value of 1
Download reg file

Performance Tips

Cleaning the TEMP Directory

One thing that is often overlooked, and can have a negative affect on your computer's performance,
are all the files that are in the TEMP directory. I've had quite a few people ready to get new computers until this was cleaned.

These are easy to clean and slightly different in Win9x and Windows2000 or WindowsXP

Windows98

Open up a DOS prompt

CD \windows\temp (make sure you are in that directory before running the next line.

Run deltree /y *.*

CD \windows

Run del *.tmp (be very careful of the spelling)

Windows2000 / WindowsXP

Go to C:\Documents and Settings\User_Name\Local Settings\Temp (where User_Name is replaced by the person who is logged in)

Delete all the files


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Increasing Memory

If you have Windows95 with only 16-32 megs of memory, you will see a significant increase in performance if you go to at least 64 megs.
Prices have gone down dramatically in the past few years. Your computer won't be swapping to the hard drive nearly as much.

You also need to be aware of the memory requirements of the applications you are using. Office2000 requires a lot more memory than Office97 to get similar performance.

Also, the maximum useful memory for Windows95 is 64 megs. It doesn't do well with memory over that and may actually reduce your performance. Windows98 has removed that bottleneck. .

For Windows2000 I recommend at least 256 megs of memory. I tried it with only 128 megs and noticed quite a difference between Win98 and Windows2000. I currently have 384 megs and am quite pleased with the performance.


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Get a Faster Hard Drive

There are hard drives that spin at 7200 RPMs rather than the more common 5400 RPMs.
This means that you will get to your data reasonably faster. They are not that much more expensive and well worth the money.


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Defrag the Hard Drive

I do this fairly frequently. Once a month or so. There are a few things I do first to make sure I don't waste time defragging unnecessary files.

First is to delete the Internet Explorer Temporary Files and History.

Second is to delete TMP and BAK files.

Third is delete any files and directories in the \TEMP and \WINDOWS\TEMP directories

Defragment without the swapfile. The instructions for this can be found at Defragmenting the Swap File

Windows98 has a built-in utility called Disk Cleanup. You can run it from either the Start / Programs / Accessories / System Tools / Disk Cleanup or directly run CLEANMGR.EXE


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File System Settings

If you have 64 megs or more of memory you increase the performance of your system.

Go to Control Panel / System Properties / Performance / File System.

Change the typical role of this computer to Network Server.

If you have Win95 SR1, and you do not see a performance increase, occasionally the NameCache and PathCache values are written to the registry incorrectly for the Network Server. To fix the problem:

Start Regedit

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\FS Templates\Server

Make sure the following values are being used:

PathCache=40 00 00 00

NameCache=a9 0a 00 00


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No New Floppy Detect

While you are in that section, click on the Floppy Disk tab and uncheck Search for new floppy disks...
This will speed up your boot time.


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Increasing Disk Performance

Go to Start \ Settings \ Control Panel \ System \ Performance \ File System \ Troubleshooting

Check the box Disable synchronous buffer commits.


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DMA

In the Device Manager, go to the settings your Hard Drives and CD ROMs. If any of them will allow a DMA box to be checked, you can try it. I've seen it decrease my CPU utilization.

For setting DMA in Windows2000 go to Windows2000 Tips


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CONFIG.SYS & AUTOEXEC.BAT Files

Make sure you don't have any unnecessary device drivers or programs here. Windows95 has most you will need already built into the OS.


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Removing Unnecessary Programs from Starting Automatically

Many programs add portions of themselves starting automatically on every login.
This can be either in the Startup Folder or the Registry.

One easy way to tell is by looking at how many icons are in your system tray. If you have a large number, perhaps unnecessary resources are being allocated them as well as increasing your boot time.

Typical examples are Microsoft Office, Office FindFast, Real Player, ATI Video setting etc.

You can remove them in one of three main ways:

In the Start / Programs / Startup Folder

In the Registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run

If you have Win98, WinME or Windows2000 you can use MSCONFIG to easily remove programs. This is my preference since it allows you to toggle them back on again in case you make a mistake