Restoring a Lost Desktop
If you ever lose the Desktop but Explorer is still running with the Start Button, you can do this to bring back your Desktop in a Windows box.
Click Start
Click Run
Type a period " . "
Then press Enter
Creating a New E-Mail Shortcut
To create a shortcut that will open your default e-mail program starting a new e-mail,
Right click on an open area of the desktop
Select New / Shortcut
For the Command Line, enter mailto:
For the title enter something like New E-Mail
When you click on this your default e-mail program should start with a new e-mail form.
Creating 3D Window Effect
You can create a nice 3D effect for your windows
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Colors
Make sure the following setting are there:
ButtonHilight=128 128 128
ButtonShadow=255 255 255
Creating Shutdown, Restart and Logoff Icons
To create the icons, create a shortcut on the desktop.
For Shutdown, the command is C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL.EXE user.exe,exitwindows
For Restart, the command is C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL.EXE user.exe,exitwindowsexec
For Logoff, the command is C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL.EXE shell32.dll,SHExitWindowsEx 0
Having your Favorites and Start Menus Sort Alphabetically
If your Start Menu Program or Favorites are not sorting alphabetically, it is easy to fix this:
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/MenuOrder
Under here is are Favorites and Start Menu folders
In each there is a value called Order
Simply delete (or rename this) and restart Winodws
Your Favorites or Start Menus should now sort alphabetically
Increasing the Icon Cache
Run Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer
Create a new string called Max Cached Icons
Give it a value of 10000
This will increase response time in windows and give the Shellicon cache file more elbow room.
Make Icons 256 Color 16-Bit
Open the Registry
Hit Ctrl+F
Type Shell Icon BPP
When found, right click the Shell Icon BPP icon
Click Modify
Change the value from 4 to 16
Click Ok
Close the registry
Restart your computer
Removing Shortcut Arrows
An easy way to remove those irritating arrows from your desktop shortcut icons and not change their properties
Right click the Desktop / Properties / Appearance tab
Select Item
Scroll for Icon
The default size is 32
Change this to 30
Clicking Apply
Adding the Control Panel to the Start Menu
Open up the Explorer
Go to \WINDOWS\Start Menu
Right click in the right-hand panel
Add a new folder
Name it Control Panel.{21ec2020-3aea-1069-a2dd-08002b30309d}
This makes getting to the Control Panel items a little easier
Making Desktop Changes Permanent
To make changes to the Desktop like window size, positon after rebooting:
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Create a New Binary Value
Name it NoSaveSettings
Give it a value of 01 00 00 00
Easy Shortcuts on the Desktop
Here is an easy way to put shortcuts on the Desktop where they can easily be moved to other group icons.
Using the Explorer, create a SHORTCUT to the \Windows\Desktop directory in your \Windows\SEND TO directory.
Now whenever you want to make a shortcut and move it to the desktop:
Just make the shortcut you want using Explorer
Right click on that shortcut
In the pop up menu select the Send To and Desktop shortcut.
Changing a Folder's Icon
To change the icon of a Folder on desktop:
Using the Explorer, move the folder from the Desktop directory to another directory on the hard drive
Right click on the new folder and select "Create Shortcut"
Move the shortcut to the Desktop
Right click and select a new icon

Will Windows work continuously for more than 49.7 days?

DO you know about this? Will Windows work continuously for more than 49.7 days?

Here is a bit of information, which may surprise you all. Windows crashes automatically if you don't switch off the machine for 49.7 Days. Microsoft accepts this. Do you know why? In Windows the Virtual Machine Manager (here after referred as VMM) is responsible for creation, execution, monitoring and termination of virtual machines. This VMM, which is a 32 bit, protected mode operating system entity, provides a number of system services at chip level. One of these services is "Get_System_Time". This particular service loads the EAX register with the time in milliseconds since Windows started on that machine. This service is accurate to 1 ms. EAX is a 32 bit register in Intel 386 Processor onwards. So the maximum number of milliseconds it can hold is (232)-1 = 4294967295 milliseconds = 4294967.295 seconds = 71582.79 minutes = 1193 hours = 49.7 days.
So after 49.7 days the EAX resets to zero. Most of the Drivers use this Time Service to keep track of the Timeout of various services they provide. So after 49.7 days the drivers cannot use the Get_System_Time function of VMM and they crash taking the OS along with.

Contribute For A Generous Cause !!!

Hi Friends.... It Is Our Duty To Help Our Fellow Beings... Consider The Plight Of The Number Of Children In orphanages... Our Little Help Could Make Them Happier... As The Saying Goes "Service To Man Kind Is Service To God".... So... Let's Do our bit to orphanages !!! The Orphanage Given Below Is One Such.. Kindly Donate Generously !!!

Chettinad Educational & Welfare Trust

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chennai-115

phone no:65496763

mobile - 984172507,306

Near Meenakshi Dental College.

GTalk Tricks !!!

Make Your Text Bold:
Type * before and after your text.
Eg: *hi* ---> Output: hi

Make yor Text Italics:
Type an underscore _ before and after your text.
Eg: _hi_ ---> Output: hi

Change My Computer or Recycle Bin icon !!!

--->> Open Regedit
--->> Find My Computer or Recycle BinTab to the left panel
--->> Double click on the highlighted line
--->> Double click on DefaultIcon in the left panel
--->> Double click on DefaultIcon right panel
--->> Type in the value for the new icon
Note: DLL files can be used. Specify the location of the new icon with the filename,#

Automatically Delete Files Sent to Recycle Bin !!!

To automatically delete files sent to the recycle bin, do the following:

>> Right click on the recycle bin icon

>> Choose Properties

>> Choose Global Tab

>> Check the Remove files immediately upon delete

Apply password and compressed feature in windows XP !!!

In windows XP, you can store your data on hard disk using less space than normal size. There is no need to install any third party software to compress or decompress your data, you can use windows built-in data compression or decompression feature to manage disk space issue.
I think many users are worried about the security of their file and folder also, so another benefit of this feature, you can protect your compressed file and folders with password.
Follow the given steps to implement the compression and password feature to mange data:

>>> First double click on "My Computer" and locate the disk where you want to create compressed (zipped) folder. For example, if you want to create this compressed (zipped) folder on C drive, then open C drive.
>>> Here open the "File" menu, go to "New" then click on "Compressed (zipped) Folder" option.
>>> Rename this folder according to data information and press "Enter" button.
>>> Now you can move (drag and drop or copy and paste) your files and folders to this compressed (zipped) folder then compression feature will implement automatically on that data.
>>> When you want to open these compressed files, simple right click on compressed folder and click on Extract All. This extract wizard will automatically extract all these files to location you choose.
>>> Now if you want to protect this compressed folder with password, simply open the compressed folder and go to "File" menu then here click on "Add a Password" option.
>>> A small dialog box will appear with title "Add Password", type password in "Password" box and confirm password also then press Ok button.
>>> Now when you will try to open your compressed files, system will prompt you a dialog box to enter password to open this file.

Converting Table --> Text in Word File. Try this !!!

---> To convert a table into text, follow these steps.
---> Select the entire table.
---> Select "Convert" command from Table menu, a submenu appears.
---> Select "Convert Table to Text" command, a dialog box appears as shown below.
---> Select desired option from the dialog box to separate the text of cells and then click "Ok" button.

Protect Powerpoint Presentation With Password !!!

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

>>> Click "Tools" button of Save As dialog box and choose "Security 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 PowerPoint 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.

Prevent SPAM mails in yahoo.. Try this !!!

-->>> Go to your Yahoo! Mail Plus page and click the Options link in the upper-right corner of the page.
-->>> The Mail Options page appears.
-->>> Under the Spam column on the Mail Options page, click the AddressGuard link.
-->>> If this is the first time that you've used AddressGuard, the AddressGuard introductory page appears. (Otherwise the regular AddressGuard page appears.)
-->>> On the AddressGuard introductory page, click the Get Started Now button.
-->>> The first AddressGuard setup page appears.
-->>> Enter a base name of your choice, then click the Continue button.

NOTE: Your base name must begin with a letter, contain no spaces or symbols and be different from your Yahoo! ID.

-->>> AddressGuard checks whether or not the base name you've entered is available. If it's not available, AddressGuard directs you to choose another base name.

-->>> Confirm that you want to use the available base name, or specify another base name by clicking the Continue button.

-->>> The next page prompts you to create your first disposable address. Enter a keyword to use with your base name, then click the Continue button.

-->>> Specify your preferences for this disposable address, then click the Set Up AddressGuard button to finish the setup process.