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but you can tickle it and make it disgorge everything. Using Notepad or Edit, edit
the text file /windows/inf/ sysoc.inf, search for the word 'hide' and remove it.
You can then go to the Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel, select
Add/Remove Windows Components and there will be your prey, exposed and vulnerable.
Microsoft reserves 20% of your available bandwidth for their own purposes like
Windows Updates and interrogating your PC etc
To get it back:
Click Start then Run and type " gpedit.msc" without quotes.This opens the group
policy editor. Then go to:
Local Computer Policy then Computer Configuration then Administrative Templates
then Network then QOS Packet Scheduler and then to Limit Reservable Bandwidth.
Double click on Limit Reservable bandwidth. It will say it is not configured, but
the truth is under the 'Explain' tab I.e."By default, the Packet Scheduler limits
the system to 20 percent of the bandwidth of a connection, but you can use this
setting to override the default."
So the trick is to ENABLE reservable bandwidth, then set it to ZERO. This will
allow the system to reserve nothing, rather than the default 20%.It works on Win
2000 as well.
To change the name of the Recycle Bin desktop icon, click Start then goto Run,
write Regedit and press Enter. It opens Registry Editor. Now in Registry Editor go
to:
Open registry editor by going to Start then Run and entering regedit. Once in
registry, navigate to key
Open registry editor by going to Start then Run and entering regedit and navigate
to following three keys separately and change it as shown below:
There are a variety of reasons why your windows XP system would boot slowly. Most
of the times it this has to do with the startup applications. If you would like to
speed up the bootup sequence, consider removing some of the startup applications
that you do not need. Easiest way to remove startup apps is through System
Configuration Utility. Go to Start then Run and enter MSCONFIG and go to the
Startup tab. Deselect/UnCheck application( S) that you do not want to startup at
boot time.
Customize Logon prompt with your Own Words:
Open Registry by going to Start then Run, entering regedit and Navigate to
[HKEY_LOCAL_ MACHINE\SOFTWARE \Microsoft\ Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ Winlogon] .
In right pane, look for key by the name "LogonPrompt" . Set its value to whatever
text you want to see displayed at login screen.
If you don't use the Recycle Bin to store deleted files , you can get rid of its
desktop icon all together. Run Regedit and go to: