WINDOWS XP TRICKS (Learn Part 8)

WINDOWS XP TRICKS

31. Adding Microsoft Fax or Windows Messaging

If you want to install Microsoft Fax or Windows Messaging, these don't normally show up as options.

They are on the Win98 CD in the Tools\\Oldwin95\\Message\\US directory.
Run WMS.EXE to install Windows Messaging Run AWFAX.EXE to install Microsoft Fax

32. Right Mouse Click and the Start Menu Programs

A new way you can use the Right Mouse click with Win98 are with the programs listed in the Start Menu and the menus below it.

You can now Delete, Rename, Cut, Copy, Sort, Drag Shortcuts to the desktop and more.
You can even move them to different parts of the Start Menu.

33. Changing the Names of the Programs on the Quick Launch Toolbar

In case you want to change the name that gets displayed when you hover your mouse over the icons in the Quick Launch Toolbar, the icon names can be changed in c:\\windows\\application\\microsoft\\internet explorer\\quick launch

34. ScanReg

Windows98 has a DOS mode registry scanning program
Several switches can be used with this program
/BACKUP - Backup the registry and related system configuration files.
/RESTORE - Choose a backup to restore.
/OPT - Optimizes the Registry by removing wasted space. This will be done automatically by Win98 if there is more than 500K of wasted space
/FIX - Repair the registry.
/COMMENT="comment" :- Adds the specified comment to the CAB file while backing up.

35. How to enable/disable thumbnail cache

For performance reason, Windows explorer stores thumbnail of pictures in a cache. This is good but there is a problem. Some time caching mechanism would show incorrect pictures just because update process is not instantaneous.

If you want to have thumbnail pictures refreshed every time (mind you, this would be an additional load on your CPU resources), do this:

In regedit, navigate to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer \\Advanced] and look for key "DisableThumbnailCache".

You may not find it there if this is your first time. In this case, create a new DWORD key
"DisableThumbnailCache" and set its value to 1 to disable caching mechanism.

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36. Disable Default CD Burning capability

If you have a good CD burning software, you may want to disable the CD burning capability. There are couple of ways to, do this:

REGISTRY METHOD:

In regedit, navigate to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft file://Windows//CurrentVersion
\\Policies\\Explorer] and look for key "NoCDBurning". You may not find it there if this is your first time.

In this case, create a new DWORD key "NoCDBurning" and set its value to disable it.

ALTERNATE METHOD:

Go to your windows explorer and locate the drive that corresponds to CD-RW drive. Right click on it and select properties. Within Properties window, go to Recording tab and you would see and option called "Enable CD Recording on this drive".

If it is checked , deselect it.

37. Securing your WINDOWS XP computer

You can provide added level of security to your WINDOWS XP System. This is called securing your Windows XP accounts database. You can store all information related to your accounts in a
encrypted form on a floppy disk.

What this would do is that if You do not have access to your floppy
disk, You can not access the system. I am not sure You realized what I just said ! Even if You know your userid/password, You will not be able to access the system unless and until You have this startup disk.

Process of generating the this secure startup floppy disk is simple. Go to START-RUN and type
syskey. You would see a window coming up. Click on Upgrade command button. You would see
another window poping up which will give You the option of storing the encrypted accounts database either locally or on your floppy disk. Choose floppy disk and click OK and let the process complete.

You are done.

Next time You reboot the computer and get to the logon prompt, make sure that You have the floppY disk available in A: drive else You can not log on.

38. How to disable images using Outlook express

This has been an issue to few folks. Basically what happens is that when your receive your email, you get lot of junk mail which are formatted with HTML etc. Some of them are not suitable to your taste but also take some time to load. There are some alternative ways to block the load of images but each has its advantage and disadvantages:

1) Disable images in IE as it also affects OE

2) If you're running a firewall with rules make a rule that blocks OE's access to port 80. That way it can't get the images it needs.

3) There is a utility called DetachXP. This program could be used to apply the blocking even though its primary aim is to allows you to access these blocked files in Outlook 2002, without editing the Windows Registry manually

39. How to restart Windows without restarting your computer

This one is again is. When you click on the SHUTDOWN button, make sure to simultaneous press SHIFT Button. If you hold the Shift key down while clicking on SHUTDOWN button, you computer would restart without restarting the Computer. This is equivalent to term"HOT REBOOT".

40. How to print content of directory

Here work around is to create a DOS batch file with command to print the dir content into your printer port (make sure you know what is your printer port, in general it is LPT1 but it could be USB001 if you have it connected to USB port, right click on the printer icon and go to port tab and figure this out first) and then creating a context menu access this batch functionality.

All right here are the instructions:

step 1:

Open a text editor, such as Notepad, and type the following lines into a new document: (assuming the
printer you wish to use is connected to printer port #1).
CD %1
DIR >LPT1
Save the two-line file into your Windows\\Command folder, and call it PRINTDIR.BAT.

step 2:

Find the file in Explorer, right click on it, and select Properties.
Click on the Program tab, turn on the Close on Exit option, choose Minimized from the Run list, and click Ok.

Next, run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE) by going to START-RUN and type regedit and navigateto

[\\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Directory\\shell]. Select New from the Edit menu, and then select Key.

Type Print for the name of this new key, and press Enter. Highlight the new Print key, select New from the Edit menu, and then select Key again. Type command for the name of this new key, and press Enter. Double-click on the (default) value in the right pane, and type

file:///C:/Windows/Command/PRINTDIR.BAT (assuming that C:\\Windows\\ is your Windows folder).

From now on, when you right-click on a folder icon, you can click Print to print its contents. Note: this assumes that your printer is connected to the LPT1 port, which is true for most users. However, if your printer is connected over a network or you have more than one printer, you need to change LPT1 to the correct port.

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