WindowsXP Secrets
WindowsXP Secrets
WindowsXP Secrets
If the C: drive is not your local hard drive, then replace "C" with the correct letter of the hard drive.
Click the "Next" button. Name the shortcut and click the "Finish" button. Now whenever you want
to shut down, just click on this shortcut and you're done.
To get it back:
Click Start then Run and type " gpedit.msc" without quotes.This opens the group policy editor.
Then go to:
Local Computer Policy then Computer Configuration then Administrative Templates then Network
then QOS Packet Scheduler and then to Limit Reservable Bandwidth.
Double click on Limit Reservable bandwidth. It will say it is not configured, but the truth is under
the 'Explain' tab i.e."By default, the Packet Scheduler limits the system to 20 percent of the
bandwidth of a connection, but you can use this setting to override the default."
So the trick is to ENABLE reservable bandwidth, then set it to ZERO. This will allow the system to
reserve nothing, rather than the default 20%.It works on Win 2000 as well.
Renaming The Recycle Bin icon:
To change the name of the Recycle Bin desktop icon, click Start then goto Run, write Regedit and
press Enter. It opens Registry Editor. Now in Registry Editor go to:
and change the name "Recycle Bin" to whatever you want (don't type any quotes).
Managing Tasks:
You can at last get rid of tasks on the computer from the command line by using 'taskkill /pid' and
the task number, or just 'tskill' and the process number. Find that out by typing 'tasklist', which will
also tell you a lot about what's going on in your system.
Removing Shared Documents folder From My Computer window:
Open registry editor by going to Start then Run and entering regedit. Once in registry, navigate to
key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ My
Computer \ NameSpace \ DelegateFolders
You must see a sub-key named {59031a47-3f72- 44a7-89c5- 5595fe6b30ee} . If you delete this
key, you have effectively removed the my shared documents folder.
Making Google the Default Search Engine in Internet Explorer:
Open registry editor by going to Start then Run and entering regedit and navigate to following
three keys separately and change it as shown below: