XP Talk

2006-08-26T07:16:00.000-07:00

U can follow this to change your IE’ title :
Start --> Run --> gpedit.msc .
Now on the left Pane Under User Configuration choose windows setting and then Internet Explorer Maintenance .Now on the right Pane Double click on Browser Title and write down what ever U wish.

delete

2006-06-17T10:14:00.000-07:00

It was for 5 days that I was not able to view pages and log in to my yahoo mail and etc . I wondered what is happening . I thought with my self it is the ISP’s problem but having contacted it’s support center I realized that there is no problem there.I changed My ISP and yet have problems :::DO u know what was happened:
My hosts file ( I HAVE GIVEN IT’S PATH IN ONE OF PREVIUS WRITINGS) was infected by a TRAJON..I do not know y , may be because I had changed it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SO WARNING:
Do not manipulate your hosts file unless u r behind a proxy or firewall.( This is my own experience and has no scientific reason).

BUT Today’s trick:

Doubtlessly during your computer based life u have faced some files ( Those belonging to an installed application or a trajon adhered) sitting there in your hard drive and any way u go , any thing u do they are not removed and deleted….But here is the instruction
First of all end any program running on your computer .Then open a command prompt window ,leave it open , Go to START--> RUN --> TSKMGR.EXE . select processes tab , find EXPLORER.EXE and kill it by pressing End process button.
Now get back 2 your command prompt ,switch 2 the directory where that noisy file is located and type: DELETE .
Now it must has been deleted. Get back to task manager and FILE -->New Task and here write EXPLORER.EXE
.But y v had to kill explorer.exe --------------Having found the answer please leave it as a comment .

(Coming to process subject as u know I shall mention that they r so enjoyable. )

2006-06-15T11:07:00.000-07:00

A dirty trick:
Some times surfing Web v c some pages that are not resizable. U CAN RESIZE THEM: press F11 twice .notify me if this worked??

Here are some shortcuts , I find them useful:

Win key + d ::: showes desktop
Win key + r ::: showes run (This is tooo nice & in a time saving mode)
Win key + e ::: showes Windows Explorer

DNS

2006-05-30T08:40:00.000-07:00

This time I am going to write down sth related to Network also:
Do u know any thing about DNS? if not go and study!(oNE OF services it gives is mapping Host names to IP addresses )
I don't wanna tell more about it:
just there is a file in your computer that caches these mappings:U can alter it to reduce DNS query time:
it is located here:
c:\(drive on which windows is installed)\windows\sys32\drivers\etc\hosts.
Now u ask how shall i find IP addresses------in run/cmd and using nslookup instruction ofcourse.
Follow this path and try to change it .

2006-05-26T10:45:00.000-07:00

1....................U can lock your desktop by pressing 'win' key and 'L' together.

2.........................If u wanna stop a CD from autorunnig as soon as inserting it hold down 'shift' key

key board Shortcut

2006-05-25T13:20:00.001-07:00

I though this might be worth mentioning that u can create key board shortcuts for your applications:
For this to be done:
right click on the icon on the desktop and choose “properties” & in the “shortcut key “ box enter the combination of keys u wish .

( windows will give u some order lines in this regard (managing them for preventing conflicts))

2006-05-16T08:37:00.000-07:00

A wonderful subject:

Do u wanna windows to read your text : this might be interesting to try :
Go
star --> setting --> control panel --> Sounds,Speech , Audio devices --> Speech

&&

now in the window that appears choose ‘text to speech’ and try to hear the reading.
And also a notable point is that there is anther capability in windows that can read :it is located here:

Start --> Programs --> Accessories --> Accessibility --> Narrator

AND U can DL some voice (Male , Female …) from here

2006-05-09T11:08:00.000-07:00

It has happened to me wishing if I could rename several files to a unique name simultaneously . I have found the method: Just select All of the files and then press f2 and write down the name …..HOW ever a number appears at the end.

TRY OUT.
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2006-05-05T05:02:00.000-07:00

Press ( Win key + Break/Pause ) what u c?
Yes that is right , this is a shortcut to get to my computer’s properties.(Try this out).

Have u ever wished to assign different letters to your drives ? yes ?-----so follow this instruction:

Right click on My Computer and click on “ manage” . Then a window named “Computer Management” appears .Now on the left pane choose
“ Disk Management “and click on it .On the right pane u will c all your drives at top and CD-Rom drives r displayed @ the bottom . By right clicking over the drive u desire to change it’s letter and then clicking “Change Drive Letter and path…” a new window appears and now u shall choose “change” button and then choose your desired letter.

HEYYYYYYYY Keep your finger crossed.!!!!!!!!!

2 tips

2006-04-30T22:41:00.000-07:00

1 .Have u ever troubled finding an installed program in your start->programs
So do this: Right Click on one of your programs and then click on " sort by name".

2. If some one wanna turn off your computer on the net (I mean Remotely ) U can be quick and go to command prompt(start->run->cmd) and then type shutdown –a.

(u certainly have not yet forgotten WARMBLAST 32)

However u can also use these :
Shutdown –s :::: shotdown and reset
Shutdown –a :::: to abort shutdown
Shutdown –r :::: reset

Uninstalling a software

2006-04-30T00:31:00.000-07:00

What u usually do when U wanna uninstall a software : Let me guess: U go to start->setting->control pannel->add or remove programms.........and after a while the page appears and u can select your desired one 2 remove. let's do it other way: create a shortcut of that software and then by changing it's target to control.exe appwiz.cpl and clicking on ok and then double clicking this shortcut u will directly have the list of softwares and can uninstall any . Try this out.
Later v will c some thing related to this issue in windows registry

What is XP Talk?

2006-04-28T04:48:00.000-07:00

This is a page to help all us learn more about XP's tricks.and get deeper to that.So take also a hand on practise and masterise your self.Lets share ideas and knowledges in this regard.