WINDOWS XP TRICKS (Learn Part 9)

WINDOWS XP TRICKS

41. Enable 5th zone setting in Internet Explorer 6.0

I read about this a few days ago. There a fith setting in Internet Explorer 6 called my computer which is diabled by default. If you want to enable this, Open registry by going to START-RUN and entering regedit and then navigate to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\InternetSettings\\Zones\\0] and look for the data value called "flags".

Its default value is 33 ("Flags"=dword: 0X00000021 ) . Chage its value 1 and reboot. Now you should see an option called my computer in Internet Explorer 6 Zone settings.

42. Are you annoyed by XP ask for registration again & again ?

First of all, this trick must only be used by those who have legal copy of XP and are troubled by
registrations reminders every now and then. Before you begin, make sure PC must not be connected to the network.

During XP setup answer no when setup asks you to use Windows Dynamic Update.
Dynamic update connects to Microsoft to register XP. Once the installation is completed, reboot to Safe mode.

Go to Windows Explorer and rename %systemroot%\\System32\\regwizc.dll and
%systemroot%\\System32\\Dllcach\\regwizc.dll to regwizc.dll.bak or whatever.

By renaming the regwizc DLL, it blocks other windows components from registering XP to Microsoft.

Now, navigate to

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\WindowsNT\\CurrentVersion]
and look for the data key "RegDone" and set its value to 1 to make XP believe that its registered .

Change the IE home page to something besides Microsoft's web site.
Reboot to Normal mode and reconnect your nic card before the XP Windows GUI loads.

43. Turn off the descriptions that poppup

If you want to turn off the descriptions that poppup when you place the cursor above desktop icons or Explorer objects, you can use the following registy hack: .

Navigate to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion
\\Explorer\\Advanced] and look for the data key "ShowInfoTip" and set its value to 0 to disable it.

In future if you want to enable it again, simply change it back to 1 .

44. Disable XP warning on low disk space ?

XP warns you on three different occassions with messages related to low disk space.
when this is true : 80 MB <>

when this is true : 50 MB < free disk space < 80 MB The following alert displays for 30 seconds,
every four hours, twice per session: You are running very low on disk space on [drive]. To free space on this drive by deleting old or unnecessary files, click here.

when this is true : 0 MB <>

To free space on this drive by deleting old or unnecessary files, click here.

Navigate to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\

CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer] and look for the data key "NoLowDiskSpaceChecks" and set its value to 1 to disable low disk space check

45. Improve system performance by disabling last access/update feature

NTFS file system in XP maintains liast access/update details for each file and directory. This
information is useful sometimes but for an average user this may not be of much use most of the
times.

Doing this takes considerable resources and as such it may make sense to diable it. Even after
disabling it you still have access to last modified info which would still be available. To disable lass access update feature, do as follows:

Navigate to

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\FileSystem] and look
for the data key "NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate" and set its value to 1 to disable lass access update feature.

46. How to enable/disable command prompt extension ?

NTFS file system in XP maintains liast access/update details for each file and directory. This
information is useful sometimes but for an average user this may not be of much use most of the
times. Doing this takes considerable resources and as such it may make sense to diable it. Even after disabling it you still have access to last modified info which would still be available. To disable lass access update feature, do as follows:

Navigate to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Command Processor] and look for the data key "EnableExtensions" and set its value to 1 to enable command prompt extension or 0 to disable this feature.

You can enable/disable the extensions for the command shell you are in by issuing the following
commands:

cmd /y disables command extensions for this cmd session
cmd /x enables command extensions for this cmd session

warning :

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All the Tricks which had shown in this site is just for Teaching and Learning purpose.use all tricks on your personal risk.

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