Display Your Quick Launch ToolbarTip:

Is your Quick Launch toolbar missing from the taskbar?

To display your familiar Quick Launch toolbar:
Right-click an empty area on the taskbar, click Toolbars, and then click Quick Launch.

Easy as that your Quick Launch bar appears. To add items to your Quick Launch toolbar, click
the icon for the program you want to add, and drag it to the Quick Launch portion of the taskbar.

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How to remove recycle bin from your desktop Tip:

Open Regedit by going to START - RUN and type Regedit and hit enter. Then you should
navigate to following entry in registry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
Desktop\NameSpace\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} and delete it. This action
should remove recycle bin from your desktop.

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How to stop new programs installed balloon from coming up tip:

Right click on START button and select properties. Click on Customize and go t o Advanced tab
and deselect check box saying “Highlight newly installed programs”. This would help you stop this
annoying feature from popping up every now and then.

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Unlock Toolbars to Customize Them Tip:

The new Windows XP now features locking toolbars, and you can adjust them. You may
customize a lot of the Windows XP features such as the Taskbar, Start Menu, and even toolbar
icons in Internet Explorer and Outlook Express. Remember your right -click:
* Right-click on a toolbar, and then click Lock the Toolbars to remove the check mark.
* Right-click on the toolbar again, and then click Customize.

You may add or remove toolbar buttons, change text options and icon options. When you’ve got
the toolbar customized, click Close. Now right-click on the toolbar and then click Lock the
Toolbars to lock them in place. com

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Want to remove shared documents folder from My Computer window tip:

Some don’t like my shared documents folder opti on. If you are one of that, here is a trick to
remove it.Open registry editor by going to START -RUN and entering regedit.
Once in registry, navigate to key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \
CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ My Computer \ NameSpace \ DelegateFolders You must see a sub -
key named {59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}. If you delete this key, you have
effectively removed the my shared documents folder.

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How to improve on shutdown time ? Close apps automatically & quickly at shutdown tip:

Open Registry by going to START -RUN and typing REGEDIT. Navigate to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \CONTROL PANEL\DESKTOP and look for AutoEndTasks. On my
computer default value is 0. Change it to 1. Th ats all. Further more you can reduce the time it
takes for Windows to issue kill directive to all active/hung applications.
In doing this only constraint that you should make sure exists is that HungAppTimeout is greater
than WaitToKillAppTimeout. Change t he values of WaitToKillAppTimeout to say 3500 (since
default value for HungAppTimeout 5000 and for WaitToKillAppTimeout is 20000)

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Are you missing icons Tip:

Are you missing icons? You may be wondering where all the icons from your desktop are in
Windows XP? Well if you’re like me, you like to have at least My Computer, My Network Places,
and My Documents on the your desktop.
You need to:
* Right-click on the desktop, and then click Properties.
* Click the Desktop tab and then c lick on Customize Desktop.
* Put a check mark in the box next to My Document, My Computer, My Network Places, or
Internet Explorer, to add those familiar icons to your desktop. Easy yes!

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How to login as administrator if you don’t see it available tip:

Unless and until you have run into issues and fixing XP (underwhich case you have to go to Safe
Mode to login as Administrator), you can get to administrator screen by simply pressing
CTRL+ALT+DELETE twice at the main screen.

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Speedup boot up sequence by defragmenting all key boot files tip:

Open Registry by going to START -RUN and typing REGEDIT. Navigate to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction. In right hand panel
look for Enable. Right click on it and set it ‘Y’ for enable. This is the way I have it set on my
computer. This will help speedup boot time.

Use a Shortcut to Local Area Network Connection Information:

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Use a Shortcut to Local Area Network Connection Information Tip:

Here’s something new in Windows XP, instead of using the command line program and typing
ipconfig to get local area network information, you can try using the following shortcut:
* Click on Start, point to Connect to, and then click Show All Connections.
* Right-click the connection you want information about, and then click Status.
* In the connection Properties dialog box, click the Support tab.
* For more information, click on the Advanced tab.

To automatically enable the status monitor each time the connection is active, in the connection
Properties dialog box, select the Show icon in taskbar notification area when connected check
box.

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Do you know you can have Virtual Desktops (like in Linux) with PowerToys ?

If you have powertoys installed on Windows XP Its available for free at Microsoft download
webpage. It is very easy to enable Microsoft Virtual Desktop Feature. Simply right click on the
Start Panel Bar also called TaskBar, Click on Tool Bar and select Desktop manager.
You would see a set of 5 icons placed on the right portion of the TAskBar. Click on number 1 to 4
to go to any of the desktops. Now you have have four different Activ e Desktops.
IMPORTANT NOTE: You may see a little degradation in performance.

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Customize Internet. Explorer Title bar tip:

This tip won’t make your computer any faster but may help personalize your computer
experience. Open Registry by going to START -RUN and typing REGEDIT. Navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software\Microsoft\Internet. Explorer\Main. In right hand panel look for
string “Window Title” and change its value to whatever custom text you want to see.

Easy Text Size Change in Help & IE Tip:

I mentioned a way that you can change the size of the text that is display in the Help file and in
Internet Explorer. As it turns out if you have a “wheel mouse,” there is an even easier way to
change the text size. In Internet Explorer or when viewing a Help file, simply hold the ctrl key
while you spin the mouse wheel up to increase text size, or down to decrease text size.
Java VM: Java applets run in Internet Explorer 6 (a component of Windows XP) just as they run
in older versions of Internet Explorer. The Java VM is not installed as part of the typical
installation, but is installed on demand when a user encounters a page that uses a Java Applet.
For more information see the Microsoft Technologies for Java Web site.

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Windows XP Shutdown and Power Off Tip:

On some computers, by default, Windows XP doesn’t power off the computer when you tell it to
shut down. However, if your computer is relatively new, it can probably by shut completely off by
WinXP. To configure your computer for this behavior, simply open the Control Panel, open
Performance and Maintenance, then Power Options. On the APM tab, check next to “Enable
Advanced Power Management support,” then click OK. The next time you choose “Shut Down”
from the Start Menu, your computer should shut down completely and then power off.

Customize Explorer Toolbar Tip:

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Customize Explorer Toolbar Tip:

In Windows Explorer, you can customize the toolbar to make Explorer e ven more handy. The
Toolbar is the bar of icons directly underneath the menu bar. It contains icons for going back, up
one level, displaying folders or search, etc. You can right -click an open area of this Toolbar and
choose Customize to change the order o f these icons, and even to add new icons to it. For
instance, I like to add the Map Drive and Disconnect buttons. In Windows XP, you may have to
unlock the Taskbar before you can make changes in Windows Explorer.
Lock the Taskba - If you find that your Windows XP Taskbar keeps being changed, or moved to
one side or the top of your screen, and you didn’t mean to have it do that, this tip is for you. Once
you have your Task Bar arranged the way you like it, in the right location on the screen, and with
all the right toolbars and icons, you can lock it, so that it won’t get changed accidentally. To lock
the Taskbar, simply right click it and choose Properties. In the window that appears, check the
box (click) next to “Lock the Taskbar.” Now you won’t accidental ly bump the mouse and have
your Task bar end up on another side of the screen.

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Check Personal Firewall Status Tip:

In the previous tip, I mention how to turn on Windows XP’s Personal Firewall feature. But once
you turn it on, your connection looks just the same as it did before. How can you check the status
of the connection and the firewall? Simply open Control Panel from the Start Menu, open Internet
and Network Connections, then Network Connections. By default the view is of large icons.
Click the View Menu, and choose “details” in order to reveal several more columns of information
about the connections that your computer has. Check the Status column to see if your connection
is currently connected, and whether or not it is “firewalled.” You can even drag the column
headings around (I like to slide the Status column right next to the Name column. You can even
remove entire columns by right -clicking the column heading and unchecking it.

Where does Window’s Product Id get stor ed Tip:

By Raymond

There are two places at least where ProductId gets stored. To see the first place, open Registry
by going to START-RUN and entering REGEDIT and Navigate to
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion]. In right pane ,
look for key by the name “ProductId”. This is your Windows Product Id. Alternatively you can
navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion] and still
find same field with the name ProductId.

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You can Keep Your Favorite Programs on Top of the Start Menu tip:

Do you have a favorite program that you frequently use? Elevate its priority on the Start menu by
putting it at the top of the list. This ensures that the program will remain on the Start menu a nd
cannot be bumped by other programs, even if you use the others more frequently.
Right-click the link to your favorite program on the Start menu and select Pin to Start Menu.
Your program will be moved permanently to the top part of the list, just below your browser and e-
mail programs.

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Having problems with Outlook Express ? Does it ask for password everytime you connect tip:

If this is problem for you. Sometimes no matter what you do, Outlook Express forgets your
password and asks you to enter it again each and every time you connect to your mail server.I
have a solution that may work for you. Open Registry by going to START -RUN and entering
REGEDIT and Navigate to HKEY_CURRRENT USER \Software\Microsoft and look for “Protected
Storage System Provider”. There is a good chance that you will see this folder. If you have it.
Simply delete it. More than likely, you have solved your p roblem.

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How to avoid autoplay of CD ? Way I like best tip.

Hey this time no registry trick even though there are ways in registry to do it. In earlier operating
systems only those CD that had autorun.inf file in their root di rectory were able to execute on its
own but with advent of WINDOWS XP it has become possible with just about anything. Well
sometimes it is good but there are other times when you want to avoid this part of automation.
What would I do. Simply press SHIFT k ey when you enter a CD in your CD drive. It won’t Auto
play. For those of you, who do want a registry hack. Here it is:
Open Registry and navigate to
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer]
and look for key “NoDriveTypeAutoRun” and set its value to 185 (decimal). This would stop
autoplay.

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This tip to speed up the Start Menu in Windows XP.
Did you know you can customize the speed of the Start Menu by editing a Registry Key.

* Click Start, and then click Run.

* Type Regedit in the box, and then click OK.
* Expand the menu in the left panel and select the HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Control
Panel\Desktop folder.
* Scroll down in the right panel and double click on the MenuShowDelay file.
* In the Value Data box, change to default value for the menu speed from 400 to a lesser number,
such as 1.
*Click OK.
Caution: Incorrectly editing the registry may severely damage your system. Before making
changes to the registry, you may want to back up any valued d ata on your computer.

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Customizing Windows Explorer Context menu (right click menu in windows explorer)

Ever wondered how does the right click menu (which is actually a context menu) work ? For
example, when I right click in wi ndows explorer, I see an option which says “open command
window here”. Do You know why I see this ? Well I see this because I have following entries in
my registry.

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \Drive\shell\cmd]
@=”Open Command Window Here”
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \Drive\shell\cmd\command]
@=”C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe /k cd “%1″”
If You have never used a tweaking utility and have newly installed Windows XP, You would not
see this option. You would have to navigate to [[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \Drive] go and create
two subkeys (”cmd” and within that “command” and would have to put the text “Open Command
Window Here” without quotes in default string value of “cmd” key and the text
“C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe /k CD”%1″” without quotes in default string value of command
key). After this You need to REBOOT for these changes to take effect.
Trick is in adding similar entries for other applications as well even though its much harder to
come with ideas about what to put in the context menu!!!! .

Cool Computer Tricks

Here are some RapidShare Hacks and tricks that will keep you away from worrying about
download times and limits.

Rapidshare keeps tracks of its users by their ip addresses. They limit ip addresses to a maximum
amount of download per day.

To overcome this, you need t o change your ip. Do the following:

1. Using JavaScript code

i. Go to the download page

ii. Click on the “Free” button
iii. type “javascript:alert(c=0)” in the address bar.
iv. Click “OK”
v. Click “OK” on the pop-up window
vi. Enter captcha
vii. Download.

2. Requesting for a new ip address

i. If you are on dynamic ip, just switch off the modem ad then connect again. This should get you
a new ip.

ii. Delete the rapidshare cookie i your computer.

For Firefox, go to Tools>Opt ions>Select Privacy>Cookies>View Cookies.
Just delete all the rapidshare cookies there.

iii. To delete cookies, you can do this too.

Go to the start menu and select “Run”.

Type cmd.exe.

A command prompt will open, just type the following lines:

ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
exit

You have to be on a dynamic ip address to make this work. If your ip is fixed, then it wont work.

3. Use a proxy

Using a proxy seems to work fine. Google search the words “proxy sites” and you will come up
with a handful of proxy sites. Proxy sites work from a different ip address than yours, all you need
to do is copy and paste the download link on the address bar within the proxy site.

4. Use these tools

These tools will help you to manage your downlo ads, enable simultaneous downloads by using
different proxies, change proxies, etc. Some pf these also has download prioritizer, link checker,
and can enhance your download speed.

(Copy and paste the links in new windows)

Rapidshare Link Grab Helper
http://rapidshare.de/files/8970902/rslinkGr.rar.html
Rapget (Best pick I guess)
http://www.rapget.com/en/
RapidHacker
http://freemedia.realgage.com/rapidhacker -28-final-rapidshare-auto-downloader.html
RapidDowner
http://www.mediafire.com/?6wf2znywnlo
Grabber
http://www.turboupload.com/download/Xr2XaEb6Ne7X
Rapidleecher
http://www.soft82.com/download/windows/rapidleecher/

follow these tips and you will definitely have a much faster and more reliable PC! Most of the
below tips works for windows 98 1. Wall papers: They slow your whole system down, so if you’re
willing to compromise, have a basic plain one instead!
2. Drivers: Update your hardware drivers as frequently as possible. New drivers tend to increase
system speed especially in the case of graphics c ards, their drivers are updated by the
manufacturer very frequently! 3. Minimizing: If you want to use several programs at the same time
then minimize those you are not using. This helps reduce the overload on RAM.
4. Boot Faster: The ’starting Windows 95/ 98′ message on startup can delay your booting for a
couple of seconds. To get rid of this message go to c: \ and find the file Msdos.sys. Remove the
Read-Only option. Next, open it in Notepad or any other text editor. Finally, go to the text
‘Options’ within the file and make the following changes: Add BootDelay=0. To make your booting
even faster, set add Logo=0 to remove the Windows logo at startup. 5. Restart only Windows:
When restarting your PC, hold down Shift to only restart Windows rather than the wh ole system
which will only take a fraction of the time. 6. Turn Off Animations: Go to Display Settings from the
Control Panel and switch to the Effects Tab. Now turn off Show Windows Content While Dragging
and Smooth Edges on Screen Fonts. This tip is also helpful with Windows XP because of the
various fade/scroll effects. 7. Faster Start -Menu Access: Go to the Start menu and select Run.
Now type Regedit and hit Enter. The Registry Editor will appear on the screen. Now, open the
folder HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Control Panel\Desktop. You should see a MenuShowDelay
value. If you don’t then do the following: right click on a blank space in the right pane and select
New\String. Change the name in the new value to MenuShowDelay. Now that we have the
MenuShowDelay value, double click on it and enter 0 in the value data field. This sets the start
menu delay to 0 milliseconds.
8. Resolutions: If you are willing to do anything for faster performance from your PC, then try
lowering your display resolution. The lower it is, th e faster your PC. 9. Turn off Active Desktop:
Go to your Display Properties and switch to the Web tab. Uncheck View My Active Desktop As a
Web Page. Since the Active Desktop option under Windows 98 uses a lot of system resources,
this option can have a dra matic effect on the speed of the whole system. 10. Defragment Often:
Windows 98’s Defrag tool uses Application Acceleration from Intel which means that when you
defragment your drive, data is physically arranged on the drive so that applications will load
faster. 11. Take your PC to Bed: Using the Advanced Power Management feature under
Windows 98 gives you the option to use the sleep command. That way, you can send your PC to
sleep instead of shutting it down and then restarting it. It’s as simple as press ing a button and
then pressing the same button to wake it up. You can tell Windows after how many minutes/hours
of inactivity to automatically sleep the machine in the Advanced Power Management section of
the Control Panel. 12. Faster Internet Access: If y ou use the internet for reference and the sites
you visit are rarely updated then try the following. In IE (the same can be done in Netscape) go to
Tools, Internet Options. Next, click on Settings… in the Temporary Internet Files section. Finally,
select Never for the first option and double the amount of storage space to use, click OK! 13.
Benchmarking: Benchmarking can be very useful when run frequently. It can tell you how your
PC’s components are performing and then compare them to other machines like y ours. For
example, when you overclock your PC, you want to know how much more speed you have and
whether it is stable. All this and more can be discovered using benchmarking. An excellent piece
of software for doing this job is SiSoft Sandra which can be f ound in the Downloads File Archive!
14. Refresh the Taskbar without restarting: If you in some way change the taskbar, either in
Regedit or elsewhere, you can refresh the task bar without restarting. Hold down Ctrl Alt Del, and
double click on Explorer. Sa y Yes to close Explorer, but no to closing Windows. This will refresh
the Taskbar and system tray. 15. Quick CD Eject: Instead of pushing the button on your drive,
right-click your CD drive letter in My Computer and click on Eject. This will also remove an y icons
that have become associated with the CD drive. 16. Start Up Programs: Windows can be slowed
down when programs run on start up. To eliminate this, check your Start up folder. You can
access it from the start menu: Start, Programs, Start Up. Another way to eliminate programs from
loading even before Windows actually starts is by doing the following: Click on Start, then Run.
Type msconfig. It will take quite a long time for this program to load, but when you finally see it on
your screen, explore the different tabs. They all have to do with how quickly your PC boots, so
select what you want, and uncheck what you don’t want! 17. Fonts: When Windows starts, it
loads every single font in the Fonts folder. Therefore, the more fonts you have, the slower th e
booting process. To get rid of unwanted fonts, simply go to the Fonts folder under c: \windows and
remove whatever you don’t want. Fonts

Free gprs in bsnl

here are the steps to perform: -

Logic: the server has a major bug in it, by which it fails to block two simultaneous connections
from the phone and establishes a connection with full internet working,

Supported devices: all phones with multichannel gprs support

For connection on your m obile phone:-

1) Make two connections like bsnlportal and BSNLPORTAL1

(names of profile don’t matter, u can keep one as billgates and shahrukhkhan lol..the basic
purpose of names is to enable the user to differentiate between the two accounts,)

2) Select the application you got to have the full connection working on.
Surpassingly “web” now just select “bsnlportal” profile and select a link like wap.cellone.in the
page will get open, just press the red button such that the “web” application goes in the
background.
Make sure that the gprs connection is still established with the web app. Two parallel lines on the
top left of the screen will confirm this

3) Now open any other app that requires web connection like opera. Select BSNLPORTAL and
open any other link like wap.google.com, u will get error -

the aim of using the other app is to perform multi -channel gprs,
this is verified by seeing some dots on the pre -existing connection established by “web”

(step 2)

“Access denied.

Technical description:
403 Forbidden - You are not allowed to communicate with the requested resource.”

4) close opera and open web and open a site like esato.com
5) if everything is done as said here then esato will load and voila! We have the whole internet!

For connection on pc.

1)create a connection and enter the number to be dialed as *99***1#

2) enter the following string as extra initialization command

3)now dial from pc, the connection will be established

4)pick the phone and open “web” open “wap.cel lone.in” the phone shows error .

5) close “web” and then from the browser open www.google.com

and voila! The whole intenet is here

settings for profiles

apn: celloneportal
ip: 192.168.51.163
port : 8080

leave other fields blank as they are of the least concern!

the browser settings on pc too go the same as mentioned above!

For this tricks, you need an Exp Sim of Reliance.

Now on SMS SETTINGS

1>Service centre No:- +919863002222

2>Validity period:- Maximum
3>Message type:- Text
4>Reply path:- Off
5>Delivery report:- Off

Note:- Your balance Must be Zero……