tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73744564470985102302024-03-13T22:43:04.614+07:00Tricks N TipsKnowledge is power. This blog will share informations on many different things.
Increase your knowledge, increase your power.Wibisonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557105486064669223noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7374456447098510230.post-41874131905656174942007-01-15T07:30:00.000+07:002007-01-15T07:31:50.816+07:00Remove My Pictures from the Start Menu<o:p></o:p>Do you want to removes My Pictures from the Documents folder on the Start Menu? No problem. Follow these steps.<o:p> </o:p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Click Start > Run > type ‘ regedit ‘ to open registry editor.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Find this key:</li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer</p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="3" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">On the right pane make a new DWORD value, and named it ‘NoSMMyPictures‘ (Right click on empty space on the right pane and choose New >DWORD Value).</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Double click that new DWORD value and set the value to ‘1’ to disable it.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Restart the computer.<o:p><br /></o:p></li></ol> No more My Pictures from the Documents folder on the Start Menu.Wibisonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557105486064669223noreply@blogger.com124tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7374456447098510230.post-18009799884365432782007-01-11T22:48:00.000+07:002007-01-11T22:50:19.574+07:00Disable the Ability to Right Click on the DesktopRight click and left click (click) just like ‘yin’ and ‘yang’ like husband and wife, they live in harmony. Right click can boost our productivity more than 100%, but for reasons we can disable this feature maybe just for fun or maybe for security reasons. Here how we can disable this feature.<o:p> </o:p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Click Start > Run > type ‘ regedit ‘ to open registry editor.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Find this key:</li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer</p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="3" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">On the right pane make a new DWORD value, and named it ‘NoViewContextMenu ‘ (Right click on empty space on the right pane and choose New >DWORD Value).</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Double click that new DWORD value and set the value to ‘1’ to disable it.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Restart the computer.</li></ol>Wibisonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557105486064669223noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7374456447098510230.post-26408256516845922322007-01-09T22:35:00.000+07:002007-01-09T22:36:40.709+07:00Disable Recent Documents HistoryThis feature can be a “spyware” in the wrong hand, why? Even this feature looks like simple and harmless, this feature can make records which documents we opened, so if we working on private documents that mean another user can track down on those documents. Of course you can disable this feature, but you also can make this feature enable but not to record anything. I prefer second option than the first one, because with this option we feel like a winner on spying game. Wants to be a winner? follow these steps. <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Click Start > Run > type ‘ regedit ‘ to open registry editor.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Find this key:</li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer</p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="3" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">On the right pane make a new DWORD value, and named it ‘NoRecentDocsHistory ‘ (Right click on empty space on the right pane and choose New >DWORD Value).</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Double click that new DWORD value and set the value to ‘1’ to enable it.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Restart the computer.</li></ol>Wibisonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557105486064669223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7374456447098510230.post-62157859048705246732007-01-08T09:19:00.000+07:002007-01-08T09:21:36.408+07:00Restrict Users from Running Specific ApplicationsWe have more than one applications installed on our computer, and sometimes we also have more than one user. Some applications are not for every users, some applications could be very dangerous in the wrong hand, so we have to do something about this. Yes we can restrict users from running specific applications. Follow these steps to make it happen. <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Click Start > Run and type ‘ regedit ‘ to open registry editor.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Find this key from left pane:</li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">CurrentVersion \Policies\Explorer</p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="3" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Create a new DWORD value and name it "DisallowRun" set the value to "1" to enable application restrictions or "0" to allow all applications to run. Right click on the right pane > New > DWORD Value.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Then create a new sub-key called [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion \Policies\Explorer\DisallowRun] <span style=""> </span>and define the applications to be restricted. Create a new string value for each application, named as consecutive numbers, and setting the value to the filename to be restricted. To create a new sub-key called DisallowRun, right click on the key Explorer then choose New > Key, named it DisallowRun. Now to make string value to restrict applications, click on new key you just created ‘DisallowRun’ from the left pane, then point your mouse to right pane on empty space and right click then choose New > String Value, named it as consecutive number (named it ‘1’ then the next string value named it ‘2’). Double click on that string value and then put application’s name that you want to restrict (if you want to restrict notepad then type in ‘ notepad.exe ‘ ), for each application that you want to restrict you have to make a new string value.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Close registry editor, and try to run an application that you restricted before. You’ll get a warning message.</li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Note: Don’t restrict regedit, you can’t disable this feature if you restrict regedit. </p>Wibisonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557105486064669223noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7374456447098510230.post-65437567208608218452007-01-05T09:21:00.000+07:002007-01-05T09:22:13.978+07:00Floppy disk startup key.Usually we use an application to lockup our computer, and then next time we startup, we need to plug in a flash disk as a security key. Windows XP provides us with easy and cheap way to do this, all we need is little bit of information how to do this and a blank floppy disk. Here how we can do this. <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Click Start > Run > type ‘ syskey ‘ this will open a window named ‘Securing the Windows XP Account Database’</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Choose ‘ Encryption Enabled ‘</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Click Update button. A window called Startup Key will popup.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Choose ‘ System Generated Password ‘, and then choose ‘ Store Startup Key on Floppy Disk ‘.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Insert your blank floppy disk to create your floppy disk key. Click Ok button.</li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Make a copy of your floppy disk to make a backup. Enjoy ...</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Wibisonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557105486064669223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7374456447098510230.post-84659932864143789662007-01-04T08:15:00.000+07:002007-01-04T08:16:35.646+07:00No recycle files.<o:p></o:p>If you want your recycle bin always empty, because none of your deleted files moved to recycle bin, this the right tip for you. <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Click Start > Run > type ‘ regedit ‘ to open your Registry Editor.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">From left pane find this key:</li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer</p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="3" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">In the right pane create a new DWORD value called ‘NoRecycleFiles’, double click it and set value to 1 to enable.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Close Registry Editor, then log off for the change to take effect.</li></ol>Wibisonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557105486064669223noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7374456447098510230.post-10089595397051476942007-01-03T09:46:00.000+07:002007-01-03T09:47:42.823+07:00Remove Common Program Groups from Start Menu.<o:p></o:p>This registry tweak will disables the display of common groups when the user selects Programs from the Start menu. <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Click Start > Run > type ‘ regedit ‘ to open your Registry Editor.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Find this key from right pane:</li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer</p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="3" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Find a DWORD value named<span style=""> </span>‘NoCommonGroups’ from right pane, if this DWORD value does not exist then make a new one.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Double click on ‘NoCommonGroups’ and assign value 0 to disable it or 1 to enable it.</li></ol>Wibisonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557105486064669223noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7374456447098510230.post-22054232613933210702007-01-03T09:45:00.000+07:002007-01-03T09:46:41.376+07:00Googling video files.<o:p></o:p>Here one more tip to use Google power. Again this is for education only not for piracy. <p class="MsoNormal">Prepare your Google search engine and type one of these strings to find some video files.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">‘ -inurl:htm -inurl:html -inurl:asp intitle:"index of" +(wmv|mpg|avi) ‘</p> <p class="MsoNormal">‘ -inurl:htm -inurl:html -inurl:asp intitle:"index of" +(wmv|mpg|avi) +”name of file” ‘</p> <p class="MsoNormal">You can change “name of file” with files name, ex: Mr.Bean</p> <p class="MsoNormal">‘ -inurl:htm -inurl:html -inurl:asp intitle:"index of" +(wmv|mpg|avi) +"parent directory" ‘</p>Wibisonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557105486064669223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7374456447098510230.post-22144637931596685372006-12-26T08:18:00.000+07:002006-12-26T08:19:18.880+07:00Customize minimum password length.This could be useful if security is an issue in your computer. We can force Windows to reject passwords that do not meet a minimum password length. To set this up follow this steps : <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Click Start > Run > type ‘ regedit ‘ to open your Registry Editor.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Find this key from right pane:</li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">CurrentVersion\Policies\Network</p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="3" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">If the ‘ Network ‘ sub-key does not already exist then create it (right click on ‘ Policies ‘ choose New and then Key, named it Network.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Create a new binary value named 'MinPwdLen', and set the data to the minimum number of characters required for a password to be accepted.</li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">This does not apply to existing passwords, only new or changed. Don’t forget to backup your registry before make some changes.</span></p>Wibisonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557105486064669223noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7374456447098510230.post-63124862668917699272006-12-26T08:17:00.000+07:002006-12-26T08:18:08.121+07:00Googling ebook.<o:p></o:p>This tip for education only not for something bad like piracy, I got this tip from a friend and I’m going to share with you too. Prepare your hardisk for some ebook. If you like the ebook then buy it blogger, don’t be a criminal. <p class="MsoNormal">Prepare your Google search engine.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Put this string in search box:</p> <p class="MsoNormal">‘ -inurl:htm -inurl:html intitle:"index of" +("/ebooks"|"/book") +(chm|pdf|zip) ‘</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Hit search button.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The <b>-inurl htm </b>and <b>-inul html </b>is attempting to get rid of regular webpages and show just index pages. Looking for <b>index of</b> in the title is doing the same. Using the pipe ( <b>|</b> ) tells google to look for something OR something else. Here we are telling Google to look for <b>book</b> or <b>ebook directories</b>... and we have listed several common ebook formats (zip, pdf, chf).</p>Wibisonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557105486064669223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7374456447098510230.post-81553005428356944122006-12-20T08:58:00.001+07:002006-12-20T08:58:58.853+07:00Strikeout and underline in Notepad.<o:p></o:p>Notepad is capable to underline and strikeout your texts, but this feature can’t be found from menu. To do this you have to make some change in your registry. Don’t forget to backup your registry before you make some changes. Follow these steps to do this. <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Click Start > Run > type ‘ regedit ‘ to open your Registry Editor.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">In the left pane find this path:</li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad</p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="3" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">To make underline find ‘ lfUnderline ‘ in the right pane. Double click it and change value to ‘ 1 ’. Close your Registry Editor.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">To make strikeout find ‘ lfStrikeOut ‘ in the right pane. Double click it and change value to ‘ 1 ’. Close your Registry Editor.</li></ol>Wibisonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557105486064669223noreply@blogger.com85tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7374456447098510230.post-13220716057375760732006-12-20T08:53:00.000+07:002006-12-20T08:55:16.932+07:00Googling MP3s, WMAs, OGGs, and Other Music Files<o:p></o:p><o:p></o:p>The purpose of sharing this tip is not to support music piracy, but for education only. Here how I googling music: <p class="MsoNormal">Open Google search engine and then put this string in search box:</p> <p class="MsoNormal">‘ -inurl:htm -inurl:html intitle:"index of" "Last modified" mp3 ‘</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Hit search button.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Using this string we are using the "index of" and the inurl commands to attempt to isolate directories only. The mp3 tag on the end tells Google to look for mp3s in these open directories. You can change this to wma or ogg if you wish. </p>Wibisonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557105486064669223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7374456447098510230.post-80294668914220187222006-12-17T20:15:00.000+07:002006-12-17T20:16:44.551+07:00Treat *.bin, *.cue, *.iso as virtual CD or DVD without burning them.<o:p></o:p>You can save your blank CD and your blank DVD and finally save your money if you learn this one. I got a lot of *.bin, *.cue, *.iso from the net, before learn this I always burn those file in CD or DVD to be able to open those file, but now I never need CD or DVD to open those file. Don’t know about those file, here a little information for you: those file extensions are commonly used to show that a file is an image of a CD or DVD. The simplest way to access these files is to use your CD or DVD Burner to burn them to a disk. Nero is a common program that is used to burn bin/cue files to hard media. <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><br />If you don’t want to burn those files in CD and DVD than you can use a program to make virtual drive in your computer, and after that you can load those file in virtual drive and then open those file just like open CD or DVD. I personally used ‘Daemon Tool’ and ‘Nero’ as programs that provide me virtual drives. You can search internet for Daemon Tool, and the good news is this program is free.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Enjoy ...</p>Wibisonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557105486064669223noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7374456447098510230.post-87798086733103197782006-12-16T20:15:00.000+07:002006-12-16T20:33:49.374+07:00Google Calculator.<p>I did not know if I can use Google search engine as calculator, this because I did not pay attention to the features that Google offered, and I’m not saying that Google is better search engine than others. Every blogger have his/her favorite search engine, but to know and learn something new is always better for me and maybe you’ll agree with my opinion too. Ok let’s start.<br />Open your Google, don’t know how? (type in ‘ google.com ‘ in your favorite browser) :)<br />Now, in search box just type any number and operator function and then hit search button, here list of operators from Google.<br /><br />Operator \\ Function\\Example:</p><ol><li>+ \\ addition\\ 3+44 </li><li>- \\subtraction \\ 13-5</li><li>* \\ multiplication\\7*8</li><li>/ \\ division \\ 12/3 </li><li>^ \\ exponentiation (raise to a power of)\\ 8^2 </li><li>%\\ modulo (finds the remainderafter division)\\ 8%7</li><li>choose \\ X chooseY determines the number of ways of choosing a set of Y<br />elements from a set of X elements \\18 choose 4</li><li>th root of \\ calculates the nth root of a number\\ 5th root of 32 </li><li>% of X % of Y\\ computes X percent of Y\\ 20%of 150</li><li>sqrt\\ square root\\ sqrt(9) </li><li>sin\ cos\ tan\\ trigonometric functions (numbers are assumed to be radians)\\sin(pi/3) \tan(45 degrees) </li><li>ln\\ logarithm base e\\ ln(17)</li><li>log\\ logarithm base 10\\ log(1,000)</li><li>!\\ factorial\\ 5!<br /></li></ol><p>To make you an advance user here other good things to know:<br />You can force the calculator to try and evaluate an expression by putting an equals sign (=) after it. This only works if the expression is mathematically resolvable. For example, 1-800-555-1234= will return a result, but 1/0= will not.<br /><br />Parentheses can be used to enclose the parts of your expression that you want evaluated first. For example, (1+2)*3 causes the addition to happen before the multiplication.<br /><br />The in operator is used to specify what units you want used to express the answer. Put the word in followed by the name of a unit at the end of your expression. This works well for unit conversions such as: 5 kilometers in miles.<br /><br />You can use hexadecimal, octal and binary numbers. Prefix hexadecimal numbers with 0x, octal numbers with 0o and binary numbers with 0b. For example: 0x7f + 0b10010101.<br /><br />The calculator understands many different units, as well as many physical and mathematical constants. These can be used in your expression. Many of these constants and units have both long and short names. You can use either name in most cases. For example, km and kilometer both work, as do c and the speed of light.<br />Now, you know what I know that some blogger don’t know :)</p>Wibisonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557105486064669223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7374456447098510230.post-29182162533087427042006-12-16T20:14:00.000+07:002006-12-16T20:15:46.753+07:00Enable Disk Quotas.Your hard drive must be formatted with NTFS to be able to use disk quota. This is the right tip if you are an administrator, and you want to restrict used of hard disk volume for your user. Disk Quotas are based on file ownership (which means that it counts against the one who owns it). Follow these steps to enable disk quotas:<br /><ol><li>Open My Computer and right-click the hard drive you wish to enable the feature on.</li><li>Select Properties.</li><li>Click the Quota tab.</li><li>Check the Enable quota management checkbox.</li><li>Check the Deny disk space to users exceeding their quota limit checkbox. This will cause the user to receive an insufficient disk space error their space limit is exceeded.</li><li>Select the Limit disk space to radio button.</li><li>Set the amount of disk space to be allocated to the user.</li><li>Enter value for the Set warning level to option.</li><li>Click OK.</li></ol>Wibisonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557105486064669223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7374456447098510230.post-23232200674859343792006-12-16T20:10:00.000+07:002006-12-16T20:13:47.108+07:00Reset Windows Media Player File Associations.<p>We have a lot of different media file, like mpeg, mp3, avi, midi. First time you install Window XP, the default file player is Window Media Player, then later on you also install different media player. If you have lost the file associations for Windows Media Player (WMP) and WMP no longer plays your music or video files, and you want make WMP as your default media player again follow these steps:</p><ol><li>Open Windows Media Player.</li><li>Select Tools Options.</li><li>Click the File Types tab.</li><li>Click Select All, note: if you want to specify only some file associate with WMP then make sure you give a check mark on each file that you want to associate with WMP.</li><li>Click Apply.</li><li>Click OK.</li></ol>Wibisonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557105486064669223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7374456447098510230.post-49555359221606403852006-12-15T17:49:00.000+07:002006-12-15T17:54:55.751+07:00Hide Control Panel from Start menu.<o:p></o:p>I don’t like it, if another user change my computer setting especially when that changes cause error on my computer and in the end still I have to fix that problems. Maybe you’ll have same opinion with me. Control Panel is one way to change our computer setting, before I learned this trick I always wonder if I can hide Control Panel, that would be very helpful for me, since my computer used by more than 2 person and some of them have administrator account. Well ... if you want to learn this trick, here I will share this trick with you.<br /><ol><li>Click Start > Run > type ‘regedit’ to open Registry Editor window.</li><li>Find this path from left pane: HKEY_CURRENT_USER | Software| Microsoft | Windows | CurrentVersion|Policies | Explorer</li><li>Make new entry (click Edit |New | Dword Value), named it ‘NoControlPanel ‘, double click it and assign value ‘1’ to Value data.<br /></li><li>Click Ok button.Close your Registry Editor window, and then restart your computer.<br /></li></ol>Wibisonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557105486064669223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7374456447098510230.post-38512808996392963042006-12-15T17:44:00.000+07:002006-12-15T17:59:10.648+07:00Disable low disk space warning.<span style="font-size:100%;">You already known how much space left in your hard disk, and your Windows keep telling you that you almost run out of space. Follow these steps to disable this warning:<br /></span> <ol><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Click Start > Run >type ‘regedit’. Registry Editor window will open.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">From right pane, find this path: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Policies\Explorer<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Add a new DWORD Value and named it ‘NoLowDiskSpaceChecks’. Assign value ‘1’.</span></li><li><span style="">Close your Registry Editor window.</span></li></ol>Wibisonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557105486064669223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7374456447098510230.post-9505395421799354322006-12-15T17:41:00.000+07:002006-12-15T17:44:34.460+07:00Make file list from directory.You could use this to make list of your mp3 files, jpg files, and then you can edit it or maybe print it. Steps: <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Click Start > Run > type ‘cmd’. This will open Command Prompt window.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Go to folder that you want to make list (type ‘ cd <folder> ‘).</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Type ‘ dir >files.txt ‘. This will create .txt file contains your folder list, you can open this file with notepad or another word processor.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">You can use wildcard to make restriction( ex :‘dir *.jpg >files.txt ‘ This will create list of files with .jpg extension). </li></ol><p class="MsoNormal">You can open or edit files.txt with notepad or maybe MS Word.</p>Wibisonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557105486064669223noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7374456447098510230.post-26260321323830250222006-12-14T18:02:00.000+07:002006-12-14T18:03:10.543+07:00Detect and clean up junk drivers.<o:p></o:p>We installed so many different hardware in our computer, some of them we don’t use it anymore, and driver of that device still reside in your computer, this could trigger potential problem. Here how to detect them and remove these junk drivers: <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Click Start > Control Panel > Performance and Maintenance > System. This will open System Properties window.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Click Advanced tab > Environment Variables button. This will open Environment Variables window.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Make new entry in System variables section (click New button in System variables section). This will open New System Variable window.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Type in ‘ devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices ‘ in Variable name, and for Variable value type in ‘1’. Click Ok button (New System Variable window). Click Ok button ( Environment Variables window).</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Back to System Properties window, click Hardware tab > click Device Manager button. This will open Device Manager window.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Click View > Show hidden devices, devices that we don’t use anymore will showed with transparent icons. You can uninstall them now(Right click on it and choose Uninstall).</li></ol>Wibisonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557105486064669223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7374456447098510230.post-71106762439041645492006-12-14T18:01:00.000+07:002006-12-14T18:27:13.469+07:00Activated warning for system folder.<p class="MsoNormal">If you open system folder (Windows folder) for the first time, Windows will show a warning. You can see folder content after you click ‘Show folder’ or ‘Show the whole content of this folder’, but after your first click Windows will deactivate this feature, and next time you open this folder there will be no warning again. You can activate this warning again if you want, follow these steps to do this:</p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Click Start > Run > type ‘regedit’ > click Ok button. This will open Registry Editor window.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">From left pane find this path:</li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">CurrentVersion\Explorer\WebView\BarricadeFolders</p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="3" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">From right pane find entry ‘shell:Windows’. Double click that entry and change its value from 0 to 1. If you change this entry, warning will showed if you open Windows main folder.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">You can change entry ‘shell:System’, if you want warning showed when you open System32 folder. Double click that entry and change its value from 0 to 1.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Close your Registry Editor.</li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal">Now try to open Windows folder, Windows will show a warning.</p>Wibisonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557105486064669223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7374456447098510230.post-6394743102607831102006-12-14T18:00:00.000+07:002006-12-14T18:27:44.810+07:00Protect your data every time you shutdown your computer.<o:p></o:p>Applications always write it’s data in temporary file, sometimes that data is very important data like password. After you shut down your computer, that data still reside in your temporary file, and using specific applications people can collect and read your data. <p class="MsoNormal">To prevent this happened you can set up your Windows XP to delete temporary file every time you shut down your computer, but of course this will take a little bit time and make your shut down time longger. Follow these steps to do this:</p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Click Start > Run > type ‘regedit’. This will open Registry Editor window.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Find this path from left pane:</li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">Session Manager\MemoryManagement</p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="3" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Double click ‘ClearPageAtShutdown’ (right pane).</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Change it’s value form 0 to 1. If you can’t find ‘ClearPageAtShutdown’ then make a new one (click Edit > New > Dword Value).</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Close Registry Editor window, restart your computer.</li></ol>Wibisonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557105486064669223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7374456447098510230.post-31985509320418691322006-12-13T08:58:00.000+07:002006-12-13T08:59:26.662+07:00No more unread email message from logon screen.<o:p></o:p>Here steps to disable unread email message: <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Click Start > Run > type ‘regedit’. This will open Registry Editor window.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">From left pane find path :</li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">CurrentVersion\UnreadMail</p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="3" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">On the right pane you’ll see entry ‘MessageExpiryDays’ if you can’t find it, make a new one (Click Edit > New > Dword value).</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Double click on that entry (from No.3), type in value 0, confirm with Ok button.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Close your Registry Editor window and restart your computer.</li></ol>Wibisonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557105486064669223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7374456447098510230.post-3143850435019729072006-12-13T08:56:00.000+07:002006-12-13T09:11:43.507+07:00Take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP.To take ownership of a folder you must be logged on to the computer with an account that has administrative credentials. If you are running Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, you must start the computer in safe mode, and then log on with an account that <p class="MsoNormal">has Administrative rights to have access to the <strong>Security</strong> tab. If you are using Windows XP Professional, you must disable Simple File Sharing. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">To take ownership of a folder, follow these steps:</p> <ol><li>Right-click the folder that you want to take ownership of, and then click <strong>Properties</strong>.</li><li>Click the <strong>Security</strong> tab, and then click <strong>OK</strong> on the Security message (if one appears).</li><li>Click <strong>Advanced</strong>, and then click the <strong>Owner</strong> tab.</li><li>In the <strong>Name</strong> list, click your user name, or click <strong>Administrator</strong> if you are logged in as Administrator, or click the <strong>Administrators</strong> group. If you want to take ownership of the contents of that folder, select the <strong>Replace owner on subcontainers and objects</strong> check box.</li><li>Click <strong>OK</strong>, and then click <strong>Yes</strong> when you receive the following message: 'You do not have permission to read the contents of directory <var>folder name</var>. Do you want to replace the directory permissions with permissions granting you Full Control?' All permissions will be replaced if you press Yes. <b>Note</b><var> folder name</var> is the name of the folder that you want to take ownership of.</li><li>Click <strong>OK</strong>, and then reapply the permissions and security settings that you want for the folder and its contents.</li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">To take ownership of a file you must be logged on to the computer with an account that has administrative credentials. Follow these steps:</p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Right-click the file that you want to take ownership of, and then click <strong>Properties</strong>.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Click the <strong>Security</strong> tab, and then click <strong>OK</strong> on the Security message (if one appears).</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Click <strong>Advanced</strong>, and then click the <strong>Owner</strong> tab.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">In the <strong>Name</strong> list, click <strong>Administrator</strong>, or click the <strong>Administrators</strong> group, and then click <strong>OK</strong>. The administrator or the Administrators group now owns the file. To change the permissions on the files and folders under this folder, go to step 5.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Click <strong>Add</strong>.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">In the <strong>Enter the object names to select (examples)</strong> list, type the user or group account that you want to give access to the file. For example, type <span class="userinput">Administrator</span>.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Click <strong>OK</strong>.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">In the <strong>Group or user names</strong> list, click the account that you want, and then select the check boxes of the permissions that you want to assign that user.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">When you are finished assigning permissions, click <strong>OK</strong>.</li></ol>Wibisonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557105486064669223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7374456447098510230.post-80238675719078263132006-12-13T08:54:00.000+07:002006-12-13T08:56:00.906+07:00Disable simplified sharing and set permissions on a shared folder in Windows XP.<o:p></o:p>By default, simple file sharing is enabled on a Microsoft Windows XP-based computer if the computer is not a member of a domain. With simple file sharing, you can share folders with everyone on your workgroup or network and make folders in your user profile private. However, if simple file sharing is enabled, you cannot prevent specific users and groups from accessing your shared folders. If you turn off simple file sharing, you can permit specific users and groups to access a shared folder. Those users must be logged on with the credentials of user accounts that you have granted access to your shared folder.<br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br />If simple file sharing is enabled, you see the simple file sharing user interface appears instead of the <b>Security</b> and <b>Sharing</b> tabs. By default, this new user interface is implemented in Windows XP Home Edition and in Microsoft Windows XP Professional if you are working in a workgroup. If you turn off simple file sharing, the classic <b>Security</b> and <b>Sharing</b> tabs appear, and you can specify which users and groups have access to shared folders on your computer.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">To disable simple file sharing, follow these steps:</p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Click <strong>Start</strong>, and then click <strong>My Computer</strong>.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">On the <strong>Tools</strong> menu, click <strong>Folder Options</strong>, and then click the <strong>View</strong> tab.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">In the <strong>Advanced Settings</strong> section, clear the <strong>Use simple file sharing (Recommended)</strong> check box.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Click <strong>OK</strong>.</li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">To share a folder or a drive with other users, follow these steps:</p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Click <strong>Start</strong>, click <strong>My Computer</strong>, and then locate the folder or drive that you want to share.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Right-click the folder or drive, and then click <strong>Sharing and Security</strong>.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">On the <strong>Sharing</strong> tab, click <strong>Share this folder</strong>.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">To change the share name of the shared folder or drive, type a new name in the <strong>Share name</strong> box. Other users see the new name when they connect to this shared folder or drive. The actual name of the folder or drive does not change.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">To add a comment about the shared folder or drive, type the text in the <strong>Comment</strong> box.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">To limit the number of people who can connect to the shared folder or drive at the same time, click <strong>Allow</strong> under <strong>User limit</strong>, and then type the number of users.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">To set share permissions on the shared folder or drive, click <strong>Permissions</strong>. </li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">Note To share folders and drives, you must be logged on as a member of any one of the following groups:</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 新細明體;" lang="ZH-TW">•</span>Administrators</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 新細明體;" lang="ZH-TW">•</span>Server Operators</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 新細明體;" lang="ZH-TW">•</span>Power Users</p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="8" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Click <strong>OK</strong>.</li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Applies to: Microsoft Windows XP Professional.</p>Wibisonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557105486064669223noreply@blogger.com2