How to minimize the windows startup time?

Using this tip, you can handle the auto run computer programs to minimize the windows booting time. You can disable some optional windows applications like windows messenger, Yahoo messenger, QuickTime and many others auto startup programs that run automatically when you start your computer. These programs are the main reason to slow down your computer boot process because they use system resources.

Follow the given steps to disable the windows auto run applications:

To use this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.

Click Start button and type msconfig in Run option then press Enter for next.



A small System Configuration Utility dialog box will appear with many options like General, System.ini Win.ini, Boot.ini, Services, Startup and Tools.

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Now select Startup tab and uncheck the applications that you want to disable to run automatically at windows startup.



Now click on Apply button to implement the changes then click on Ok button to end the configuration process.

Again close the all program and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

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How you can Change The Recycle Bin's Name?

You can change the name of Recycle Bin of your system if you wish. It is very easy and interesting but it require some changes in windows registry,

* First click on Start button > click on Run option.
* Type here regedit.exe and press enter then you will find there regedit editor.
* In regedit editor you will open HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT folder, In this folder
open the CLSID folder then open the {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
folder >ShellFolder folder at last.
* Here simply change the data value from "40 01 00 20" to "70 01 00 20".

After performing all above steps restart your computer then you will find option to rename Recycle name after right clicking on Recycle Bin Icon. Now you can change new name as you wish.

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View previously open Folders after Shutdown or Logoff

If you need to access lot of folders on your home computer or on the network regularly then you can set them re-open automatically, when you will login, shutdown or restart your computer next time. There is no need to open regularly used folders manually, just configure the simple sitting, your computer will automatically reload all the previously opened windows.

By default windows XP disables this option to reload automatically all the previously opened windows, when you login on, shutdown or restart your computer.

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Follow the given steps to configure your computer to reload previously opened folders automatically after shutdown.

* To edit this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer
with administrative rights.

* First click on Start button then go to Control Panel.




* Open the “Appearance and Themes” option in control panel then click on
Folder Options.



* A small windows dialog box will appear with the title “Folder options”,
click on View tab.

* Under the Advanced setting section, scroll down to bottom and click the “Restore previous folder windows at logon” option and then click Ok button to save sitting.



* Now when you log off, restart or shutdown, your computer will automatically
open the previously opened folders from the same location as before.

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Protecting Document with Password

You can protect your document by applying password so that unauthorized person can not display as well as modify your document. You can apply two types of passwords:

Password to open the document:

If it is applied then you have to give the correct password to open the document, otherwise you cannot open the document.

Password to modify the document:

If it is applied then you have to give the correct password to modify the document, otherwise your document is opened but you cannot modify the document. It means that your document becomes read-only.

To apply a password to document, follow these steps.

* Open Save As dialog box by selecting "Save As" command from File menu.

* Click "Tools" button of Save As dialog box and choose "General Options" from drop down menu, "Save" dialog box appears as shown in figure below.

* Enter first password in "Password to open" text box and second password in "Password to modify" text box (if required) and click "Ok" button of dialog box. Microsoft Word will open "Confirm Password" dialog box for the confirmation of passwords. The maximum length of password is 15 characters.

* Re-enter the password to open and password to modify and click "Ok" button of Confirm Password dialog boxes one by one.

* Click "Save" button of Save As dialog box.

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Magic way to create the backup of installed system drivers

Today tip is very useful to create backup of your computer installed drivers. This backup is helpful when you will repair or reinstall your computer window due to any problem. There is no need to search the drivers from internet or drivers CD, just import the driver backup and within five minute, you will complete the driver installation process. You can move one computer backup to other computer for installation.

To complete the all process, we will use a useful tool called DriverMax. Using this tool, you can easily export the backup of any specific or all drivers and then import it for reinstallation later or elsewhere. You can free download this tool for windows XP and Vista also (with free registration code). Download it and run the easy setup.

After Installation launch DriverMax, the first screen you will get with title "DriverMax" Version" and options "Export drivers, Import drivers and Installed drivers report". Just click on "Export Driver" option to start backup process.



Now after welcome screen, system will take few seconds to create the list of all installed drivers and then show you all installed drivers list.

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Here you can select any specific device driver or click on "Select "button to create the backup of entire installed drivers.



Press the Next button and in next screen you can select the export type (simple backup or in zip format) and then choose the backup location (always choose drive other than C drive).

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Again press the Next and system will take some time (depend upon the size of your drivers) to finish exporting the selected drivers



Click the "Open extraction folder "button to view the backup files or press Close button to finish it.

How to increase the Browsing and Downloading speed in Windows Vista?

With windows Vista you have noticed the slow internet speed. The web browsing and downloading speed is very slow as compare to previous versions of windows. You can open the same sites in windows XP and server 2003 with the normal speed.

Follow the given steps to increase the Vista browsing speed:

First go to Advance tab in Internet Explorer and turn off the TLS (Transport Layer Security) encryption option. Here to fix problem with some secure pages turn on the SSL 2.0 (Secure Sockets Layer) feature and click Ok button to close it.



Follow the major fix for this problem:

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In windows Vista, the TCP autotuning feature is enabled by default. Some web servers do not respond properly to this feature, so it appears that some sites open with very slow speed.

To use this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.

First click on Start button and type CMD in Run option then press Enter.

At Command Prompt, type the following command and press enter.

netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel= disabled

This command will disable the TCP autotuning feature. Now close the command Prompt and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

You can easily restore these setting by typing the following command at Command Prompt.

netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel= normal
Now close the command Prompt and again restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

How to connect your home PC from anywhere?

You can connect your home computer from any other remote computer using the Remote Desktop feature. After remote desktop configuration, you can access all remote computer resources (installed programs, data and any network drives) and can enjoy any computer applications on the remote computer as you were running actually sitting in front of the home computer.

Follow the given steps to configure your computer for remote connection:

To use this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.

To perform this task, first make sure your both computers are connected to the internet.

First you have to configure the host computer that allows the users to connect it remotely. On the host computer, right click on "My computer" and click on Properties option.



Under the Remote tab, select the option "Allow users to connect remotely to this computer" and click Ok button.



Now get the IP address of host computer (type the "ipconfig /all" on the command prompt of host computer to find IP address).

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Now make a connection on remote or client computer, click on Start button, go to All Programs> Accessories, and Communications, then click on Remote Desktop Connection, option.



A Remote Desktop Connection, dialog box will appear.



Click on Options button for detail configuration, under the General tab, type the IP address of host computer in the Computer box and also type username and password of host computer then click on Connect button to make a connection to remote computer.



If your username and password is correct then a remote desktop windows will appear with full rights.

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How to login with multiple ID's at the same time in Yahoo messenger?

If you have multiple yahoo ID's and wants to login with more than one yahoo ID at the same time then don't worry, you can login with more than one yahoo ID at the same time using this tip. There is no need to install any other yahoo multi messenger version, you can easily covert your normal yahoo messenger into multi messenger and enjoy your many ID's at the same time.

Follow the given steps to change the yahoo messenger registry value:

* Click Start button and type regedit in Run option then press Enter for next.

* Here locate the location to:

* HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Yahoo/Pager/Test

* Here in right side panel, right click to create a new Dword value with name Plural and give it value 1.

* Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

* For signing in with new YAHOO ID open another messenger open as many messengers you need.

* If you want to disable the multiple messenger option then again open registry editor and change Plural value 1 to 0.

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Setting the Recycle Bin to Always Delete

The Recycle Bin is the special folders of windows on the hard disk to store deleted files and folders. These files or folders can be restored from the Recycle Bin to their original location if required for use. But you can set the Recycle Bin setting that the files and folders are deleted from hard disk are not placed in the Recycle Bin. So with the help of windows registry editor you can set the Recycle Bin to always delete items.

Follow the given steps to edit computer registry for Recycle Bin:

• First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.

• Here locate the location to:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Explorer\BitBucket

• Here in right side panel, double click on NukeOnDelete and set its value 1.

  Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

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Automatic Screen Refresh Tips

When you are working on your local computer and want to refresh any changes in your system automatically. For example some times you are watching sports results, online Stock Exchange rates and any changes to your hard drive but these changes are not usually refreshed until you press the F5 key on your keyboard.

To refresh your screen automatically you should edit your system Registry. But the best technique to edit the windows registry keys, always export or backup the whole windows registry keys on backup drive before editing. Because any mistake in Registry can cause serious problem in your computer to run properly.

Follow the given steps to change the updates automatically.

• First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.

• In Registry Editor panel go to the path:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / System / CurrentControlSet /

Control / UpdateMode

• Here in right hand side panel edit the DWORD value to be between 1 and 5.

• Now restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

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Tips to speed up the Start Menu.

If you are still working with old or slow computer but don't worry, you can give surprise your friends with making some changing in windows registry. Edit your computer registry keys to speed up your computer start menu, because the default speed of start menu is slow. After these changes your computer start menu will response like latest computer.

Follow the given steps to change the speed of Start Menu.

• First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.

• In Registry Editor panel go to the path:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop \ MenuShowDelay

• By default the value "MenuShowDelay=400", but you can set value between 0 to 400. Now put the value "MenuShowDelay"=0 to speed up.

• Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

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