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This is not really an issue, just more of an information gathering. I've read in many places to go to this location to change the Shell Interface icons in Windows XP... ""HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\explorer\Shell Icons"" My main question is though, where is the "Shell Icons" item in the registry? Every time …

can anyone tel me how to bypass blocked websites.. plz don't tel me abt proxy websites... instead of proxy websites is there any method?.........

Hi everybody, Last year, my it teacher told me that we can kill the process explorer.exe, and if another process starts using more cpu/memory it means that its a malware or virus. Does this actually work ? Thanks

some time it's urgent to shutdown ur system ver y fast so use command start notepad and write down command @echo off shutdown -s -t 1 /f now save this file with xyz.bat (.bat is a extension) change save as text to all file

Hi All: I use Notepad to save files I am putting up on the web, especially for Craigslist and SEO. I copy and paste my keyword lists into it; the problem comes with the way the words are organized. Craigslist prefers the keywords (and don't use that word in a …

Hell can you help me please, how can i put My Documents, MY Pictures in Windows Explorer or in My Computer...hoping for your positive responds...thank you in advance

This is a cool trick with which you can hide your files inside a picture. First select the files and compress them to zip or rar and place it in E: drive also place there the picture on which you want to hide the files. Now go to command prompt …

Follow these steps to get you name TIMED---------------><br> 1. Goto [u]start[/u] 2. Goto <u>control panel</u><br> 3. In control panel goto <u>Regional and language options</u><br> 4. Under the regional options tab press <u>customize button</u><br> 5. Now under the time tab Add your name with <u>AM</u> and <u>PM</u> preceeded by a hyphen …

guys i just read a vulnerability in the calculator of windows. vulnerability is like this: *) open calculator *) type 4 and then take its square *) then minus two from the result shocked.... answer should be 0 but it shows a different answer.. please help me on this.

hi... every one Can anyone reply me that why can't we take 'con' as folder name Or any file name....?

This is a cool windows xp trick i found out by which you can hide your files under a picture. Follow these steps --> 1. First select the files you want to hide. 2. Right-click the files and select "Add to archive" i.e compress the files to zip or rar. …

Today as most of new windows are coming from Microsoft (Vista, Seven, etc) and Xp is going to be expire (in 2014). The main cause of ending of XP is "Low Security". Following are some Tricks to raise a little more security on your XP. [QUOTE]1. Immediately create a System …

In windows XP most of viruses spread through Autorun (Autorun.inf) Function in windows. It is better to Disable Autoruns in Xp. I am not sure about windows Vista but In WindowsSeven and above this feature is already blocked so you dont need to do anything. Ok Here are the Two …

Hello All I am using window xp. I am facing a problem from past some days that My run command box automatically clears up when I log off and there is no saved command when re login can any one help how to get rid of this situation

What to when explorer.exe got corrupted !!? I had best way to bypass it. 1. Open in-built Internet Explorer , and in address bar type" c:" and press Enter. 2. Now you will see your Main Directory, and Now you are ready to excess any file using iexplorer.exe 3. You …

I am posting as a new user and have been curious if there happens to be a way to allow Win Home Server to share a printer to a MAC running OS X Snow Leopard. Also, if Home Server allows Win 7 to be backed-up or would that cause complications …

Hold Windows key and R key together run box will open Type magnify in it and then press Enter. This enables magnifier tool and anything near the mouse trail will now appear magnified on top!

I found a way to change my Start Menut name on [URL="http://www.theeldergeek.com"]TheElderGeek.com[/URL] They Have an easy Toturial [URL="http://www.theeldergeek.com/change_text_on_xp_start_button.htm"]here[/URL]. It does not make problems! :) [COLOR=black][COLOR=black]NOTE[/COLOR][/COLOR]: It's only for windows XP

First of all let me give you some info on what trying to do, I have a toshiba laptop with vista and I just got another computer that has xp on it, I would like to turn the xp into a slave. (storage) | (Although that looks less and less …

This is a new one, i don't know if you allready treated something like this, but i want to find a future and better solution. Ok, this is it. I have this windows xp machine at work (P4 3 Ghz, 512MB RAM, 80Gb HDD, VideoOnBoard), friday at 12:00 i try …

Hello My laptop is running out of space on C drive.I have good amount of space in other drives.Can I transfer some space like 5GB or more from other drives to C without re installing windows again.Is there any software available for this.Please help me to solve this problem Many …

Hello everyone i am new to this site and i am trying to get help with removing the login prompt to a laptop i purchased from a school sale. i want to be able to turn on the computer and it not ask me for UN and PW.

We have asked this question to posters here,with BSOD [Daniweb] many times !and have gotten this answer ! Did you Install any new software lately ! Answer !, no nothing yet ,its a clean/fresh install of WinXP!

Find the file you want to have a run command for Ex. Microsoft word - I would rather type "word" than "winword" Find the file C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\WINWORD.EXE I've got Office 07 it might be different from what you might have, I'm not sure Right-click winword.exe tell it to copy …

the computer i have is custom built, its been working fine and recently i upgraded my mobo, ram, and cpu mobo is lanPartyDK 790FX series ram is 2 gigs of g.skill ddr2 800 cpu is an amd athlon 64 x2 dual-core processor ive been troubleshooting for a few days but …

[B][COLOR=red]:lol: I purchased a Laptop from a store that had sold it previosly and the first owner had fired up Widows XP and logged his name to it ...[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=red]Now everthing goes via C:\documents and settings\Billy>[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=red]I want to change this login to another name (cos i'm not Billy )[/COLOR][/B] …

Memory Loss? Not always a problem Have you ever wondered why after spending some time working on your computer, that the more programs you open and close, the less available resources you have? You'd think that closing a program would free up any resources it takes up when running right? …