Some Windows Xp Tricks

Hello Friends I have got some Windows Xp tricks from here and there. I have added it here so that It will be useful to you.

Trick 1: Hide Drive

If u r having any important docs and want to hide it temporarily, dont wory windows XP provides (not officialy ) a utility by which u can hide urs one or more drives .

1. Go to Start > run > type "diskpart".

a dos window will appear with following di$$$$$$ion.

DISKPART>

2. then type "list volume"

this will look like it

Volume### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info

-------------- ---- ------ --- ----- ---- ------- -----

Volume 0 F DC-ROM

Volume 1 C NTFS Partition 7000MB Healthy

Volume 2 D soft NTFS Partition 8000MB Healthy

Volume 3 E ---- NTFS Partition 8000MB Healthy

3.if u wanna hide drive E then type "select volume 3"

then a message will appear in same winwods { Volume 3 is the selected volume}

4.now type " remove letter E"

now a message will come { Diskpart Removed the Drive letter }

sometime it requires the reboot the computer .

Diskpart will remove the letter .Windows XP is not having capabilty to identify the unkown volume.

Don't afraid ur Data will ramin same .

to Come backe the Drive repeat the process . but in 4th step which is shown in this post replace " remove" to "assign"

i mean type " assign letter E"

Trick 2: Increase Your Internet Speed

Try this , if you have windows XP professional

this is for broad band connections/dial up running Windows XP.

1. log on as Administrator.

2. start - run - type gpedit.msc

3. expand "local computer policy"

4. then expand "administrative templates"

5. then expand "network branch"

6. Highlight the "QoS Packet Scheduler"

7. on right window double click "limit reservable bandwidth"

8. on setting tab check the "enabled"

9. change "Bandwidth limit %" to 0

reboot if prompted

this is because Windows XP reserve 20% of the bandwidth for its self.

Trick 3: Lock Your Folder

Suppose you want to lock the folder abc in c: which has the path c:\abc In the same drive create a text file and type

ren abc abc.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

Now save this text file as lock.bat

create another text file and type in it

ren abc.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} abc

Now save this text file as unlock.bat

Now you can see 2 batch files lock and unlock. Press lock and the folder abc will be changed and you cannot view its contents.Press unlock and you will get back your original folder.

Trick 4: Try It

open your MS Word......

then type

=rand(200,99)

and then press enter

and see the magic

Trick 5: Change the title of your Internet Explorer

Follow these simple steps:

1. Open Registry Editor

2. Move to the following key.

3. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet. Explorer\Main.

4. In the Right Pane look for the string "Window Title". If there does not exit "window title" string.............create it. Just right click anywhere...........go to new->string value

In place of "value name"...........type the name u want to see as the title of the internet explorer.....................Don't assign any value to "value data".

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