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Validate Windows XP

June 5, 2008 – 5:01 pm

You can validate your Windows XP operating system without using any software. Just follow below steps and you can enjoy!

Download the file below( Key ).

Key
Double- click it
Click Ok
Or
Copy below code and save it in notepad by giving its name ending with .reg (eg: license.reg)

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion]
“CurrentBuild”=”1.511.1 () (Obsolete data - do not use)”
“ProductId”=”55274-640-1011873-23081″
“DigitalProductId”=hex:a4,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,35,35,32,37,34,2d,36,34,30,2d,\
31,30,31,31,38,37,33,2d,32,33,30,38,31,00,2e,00,00,00,41,32,32,2d,30,30,30,\
30,31,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,86,56,4e,4c,21,1b,2b,6a,a3,78,8e,8f,98,5c,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,dd,da,47,41,cc,6b,06,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,38,31,30,32,36,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,b5,16,\
00,00,83,83,1f,38,f8,01,00,00,f5,1c,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,66,e5,70,f3
“LicenseInfo”=hex:33,b7,21,c1,e5,e7,cd,4b,fd,7c,c6,35,51,fd,52,57,17,86,3e,18,\
d3,f4,8c,8e,35,32,7b,d1,43,8d,61,38,60,a4,ca,55,c9,9a,35,17,46,7a,4f,91,fc,\
4a,d9,db,64,5c,c4,e2,0f,34,f3,ea

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WPAEvents]
“OOBETimer”=hex:ff,d5,71,d6,8b,6a,8d,6f,d5,33,93,fd

Open this site > Microsoft
On the right click Validate Windows
If it asks to install something then press install and it will show the status of your OS.

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Lock a folder in Windows XP

June 3, 2008 – 5:56 pm

Copy the following code

cls
@ECHO OFF
title Folder Locker
if EXIST “Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}” goto UNLOCK
if NOT EXIST Locker goto MDLOCKER
:CONFIRM
echo Are you sure u want to Lock the folder(Y/N)
set/p “cho=>”
if %cho%==Y goto LOCK
if %cho%==y goto LOCK
if %cho%==n goto END
if %cho%==N goto END
echo Invalid choice.
goto CONFIRM
:LOCK
ren Locker “Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}”
attrib +h +s “Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}”
echo Folder locked
goto End
:UNLOCK
echo Enter password to Unlock folder
set/p “pass=>”
if NOT %pass%==type your password here goto FAIL
attrib -h -s “Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}”
ren “Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}” Locker
echo Folder Unlocked successfully
goto End
:FAIL
echo Invalid password
goto end
:MDLOCKER
md Locker
echo Locker created successfully
goto End
:End

Now paste it in notepad.
Change the “type your password here” with your password (Marked as bold in the above posted matter).
Save it as batch file(with extension .bat).Any name will do.
Now you see a batch file. Double click it to create a folder locker.
A new folder named Locker would be formed at the same location.
Now brings all the files you want to hide in the locker folder.
Now double click the batch file to lock the folder namely Locker.
If you want to unlock your files,double click the batch file again and you would be prompted for password.Enter the password and enjoy access to the folder.

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Cd ROM Ejects, No Intake

June 3, 2008 – 5:28 pm

Copy below code and save it in a notepad as stronger.vbs
Now click on that file and check how cd rom is stronger than you.

do
Set oWMP = CreateObject(”WMPlayer.OCX.7″)
Set colCDROMs = oWMP.cdromCollectionif colCDROMs.Count >= 1 then
For i = 0 to colCDROMs.Count - 1
colCDROMs.Item(i).Eject
Next ‘ cdrom
End If
loop

This program will not let your cd to get in the cdrom, so don’t try this in your system and do it on your own risk.

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Orkut Shortcuts

May 20, 2008 – 12:10 pm

Well this is a must to have greasemonkey script which is not only quick but also looks incredibly good.

As the Topic’s Name suggests that this is a greasemonkey script so you people must have firefox to use this trick.

Along with Firefox you would need to install Greasemonkey Too.

How To Use This Script :

Install firefox
Then Install Greasemonkey
After that, Click here to install Shortcuts in Orkut Script
Now Visit Orkut to See the Change

Source: http://orkutunderworld.blogspot.com/

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Can’t see registry editor?

May 17, 2008 – 5:09 pm

Can’t Access Your Registry Editor? Here’s How to Fix It!

You can run the Registry Editor by clicking Start and then Run. On the Run window, you will then have to type regedit. When you type that command, the Registry Editor should run. However, the Registry Editor may be disabled. Many virus programmers write codes to disable the Registry Editor, making it more difficult to remove or delete the virus.

Re-enabling the Registry Editor is not a difficult task. You can use the Group Policy Editor on Windows XP Professional.

You can do this by first clicking the Start button located at the bottom-left corner of the desktop.

Now you need to click the Run button on the Start menu.

On the Run window, type gpedit.msc and click OK.

When the Group Policy Editor window opens, click User Configuration.

Then you need to click Administrative Templates and then System.

Look in the Settings window and find the option labeled Prevent Access to Registry Editing Tools.

Double-click this option to change it. Uncheck the option Disable or Not Configured to enable the Registry Editor.

Click OK when you have done this. Restart the computer and try opening the Registry Editor.

You can also re-enable the Registry Editor by using a Visual Basic Script created by Doug Knox. You can download the VBScript from here. Save the script to your desktop for easy access. After the download, double-click the icon to run the script. The VBScript will be installed into the registry. Restart the computer and try running the Registry Editor because it should be working now.

source : http://www.associatedcontent.com

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Microsoft to Roll Out Windows XP SP3

April 23, 2008 – 9:14 pm

Microsoft has said that work on Service Pack 3 of its aging Windows XP OS is finally done. The new SP will be available for general download from April 29. It will however be available to Microsoft business consumers through MSDN and Technet subscriptions even earlier.

Microsoft Announced:

“Today we are happy to announce that Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) has released to manufacturing (RTM). Windows XP SP3 bits are now working their way through our manufacturing channels to be available to OEM and Enterprise customers.

We are also in the final stages of preparing for release to the web (i.e. you!) on April 29th, via Windows Update and the Microsoft Download Center. Online documentation for Windows XP SP3, such as Microsoft Knowledge Base articles and the Microsoft TechNet Windows XP TechCenter, will be updated then. For customers who use Windows XP at home, Windows XP SP3 Automatic Update distribution for users at home will begin in early summer.

Thanks to everyone here who installed the public betas – you not only gave us detailed feedback but also helped each other out with timely troubleshooting. Through the beta program we found several important issues and were able to confirm some essential fixes. We couldn’t have done this without you.

We will still be monitoring this forum during the next few weeks in case you have more feedback about the release of Windows XP SP3.”

Windows XP SP3 includes all previously released XP updates, including security updates and hotfixes, and select releases. Windows XP SP2 had been released in August 2004.

The release of this service is considered by many to be a welcome move. First off, it improves the performance o f XP, which is already quite stable. Secondly, with the head of Microsoft openly referring to Windows Vista as “work in progress”, the move comes as a shot in the arm to consumers who don’t wish to shift to Vista just yet.

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Can’t find Folder Options?

April 19, 2008 – 11:59 am

If you can’t see “Folder Options” in Tools then don’t worry about this problem at all.

I have found a nice an 100% working solution for this. Just follow below steps and you’ll able to see Folder Options in your system.

Steps:

Open Run from the start menu.

Type regedit and press ok.

A “Registry Editor” window will open.

On the left panel double click “HKEY_CURRENT_USER” or else click the sign “+”

From HKEY_CURRENT_USER dropdown menu on the lift side double click or “+” “Software”

As above steps double click “Microsoft” from Software

From Microsoft to “Windows”

From Windows to “CurrentVersion”

From CurrentVersion to “Policies”

From Policies to “Explorer”

Just stop now and check the right side of the panel. If you find “NoFolderOptions” then right click this and Modify.

Change the value to 0 (zero). or delete that NoFolderOptions.

If you don’t find “NoFolderOptions as well as NoBrowserOptions” then rightclick o the black space and create 2 new DWORD values.Wikipedia

Name them as NoFolderOptions and NoBrowserOptions and give the value as 0(zero). That’s it!! you’ll able to see folderoptions from tools.

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Clearing Page File on Shutdown

April 18, 2008 – 1:58 am

While it is generally not necessary for most users, some of us want to clear the pagefile on shutdown.

Pagefile:
Windows uses this file as virtual memory / extra ram. e.g. If you are working on a highly confidential MS Word doc. When you load this document it is loaded into ram. To save ram windows places certain items in the pagefile. With some effort, the pagefile can then be opened and the document can be extracted as well as any other open program or files. “A BIG SECURITY RISK for confidential data.”

However Microsoft has implemented a feature that will clear the page file but they do not have it enabled by default.

Please note, this will significantly increase the amount of time it takes to shut down your computer depending on the size of your pagefile but worth for computers having confidential data.

Click on the Start button
Go to the Control PanelA
Administrative Tools
Local Security Policy
Local Policies
Double Click on Security Options
On Right hand menu scroll down and right click on “Shutdown: Clear Virtual Memory Pagefile”
Select “Properties”
Select “Enable”
and finally Reboot

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Cleaning the Prefetch Directory

April 18, 2008 – 1:44 am

WindowsXP has a new feature called Prefetch. This keeps a shortcut to recently used programs. However it can fill up with old and obsolete programs. By deleting all the files in this folder makes your system working little bit faster than before.

To clean this periodically go to: