Scott Hanselman's 2014 Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

Hello Friends,

Today I was surfing around and found a very good article posted by Scott Hanselman and thought to share with you.

This article enlists very useful tools to improve our productivity.

Here you can read the article.

Enjoy!

Code First with Entity Framework 5 using MVC4 and MVC Scaffold

Introduction

In this article, I will walk you through a simple application using MVC4 and Entity Framework 5 and will demonstrate how one can make use of code first technology. I will be using MvsScaffold for quick creation of controllers and views. We will be creating a TODO application.

More to read here.

How to Change User Profile Default Location in Windows 7

How to Change User Profile Default Location in Windows 7

The default location of user profile in Windows 7 is still the same as Vista, in c:\users folder, which I often find it seems quite dumb putting user profiles in the same partition as the system, especially when I store most of my day-to-day files in my user profile, rather than another folder in another partition. So my preference of the first step after installing the OS on my own computer is always to change the default location to another partition before I actually start setting up my profile.

Normally, you can do that by either using a pre-defined unattended install file, or moving the individual folders inside the user profile which also will update the registry keys accordingly to reflect the change.
However, here is what I’ve done normally.

Warning before you attempt making any change in the registry, make sure you have the original registry backed up. This can save your mass if you did something wrong.
1. Copy the original Default profile folder in C:\users to the new location. (by default this “Default” directory is hidden, you need to go Tools > Folder Options > View (tab) > Show Hidden files, folders, and drivers.)
2. Copy the original Public profile folder in C:\users to the new location. (lets say D:\ drive)
3. Open Registry Editor by type regedit from command line, and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList.
4. Change the value of the Default, Public, Profile Directory keys to the new location accordingly.
5. Log off. From this point on, any new user logged in to this computer will have a new user profile that’s located in the new location.

Before changing the registry.

After changing the registry.(as using D:\ drive for example)
6. When you logged into your new account (make sure with the new profile location) you can now delete your old account prior to the change.
A few notes:

• It applies to Windows Vista as well.
• There will be a lot more steps to move a user profile that’s already been generated. So highly recommend that doing so as early as you can. A brand new fresh profile is always better.
• see this post when you failed to upgrade due to the change of the user profile location
• If you’ve done everything and see an error message in your user profile directory saying “Some library features are unavailable due to unsupported library locations. Click here to learn more …”

This is an indication that you didn’t do the step correctly. Check if you have the miss spell the directory name etc. And also make sure you have logged out in order to take effect.

Auto End Tasks to enable a fast shutdown in Windows

Has your Windows crashed recently? When you tried restarting did pop-up windows apear asking you to close some programs? Or did that ugly 15 seconds until auto end task window appear? By using this register file you will gain a plus in those situations and make windows shutdown/restart a lot faster in crash situations.

Start Regedit

For starting Regedit you need to:

• Goto Start

• Run

• And in the command box type: regedit

Navigate to the following paths and modify the following values

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]

"ClearPageFileAtShutdown"

Double click and change this from 0 to 1

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop]

"AutoEndTasks"

Double click and change this from 0 to 1

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control]

"WaitToKillServiceTimeout"

Double click and change this from 20000 to 1000

That's it, now let's hope you are never in the situation where you will really need this settings.

HOW TO: Delete an Undeletable or Locked File

Have you ever run into a situation where you wanted to delete a file, but Windows simply wouldn’t allow you to do it? Personally, these things happen to me all the time, especially when I’m at a client’s house trying to get their machine clean of malware. Have you ever tried deleting a locked file using common windows commands? If so, then you’ll know that this is just not possible.
The main reason behind this is that the explorer.exe process locks files that are in use, effectively preventing you from deleting them. Usually, these files should not be touched, but sometimes, situations arise when you really need to erase some troublesome ones.
Fortunately, there are a few easy solutions to delete those files.
Solution #1: Kill explorer.exe
Open a command prompt
Navigate to the location where the locked file is
Press CTRL-ALT-DEL, click on “task manager”, select the Processes tab
Kill the explorer.exe process via the “End Process” button
Go back to the command prompt and delete the file
Bring up the task manager windows again
Select file->new task
Type explorer.exe in the “create new task” field
Press OK.
Solution #2: Use The Windows Recovery Console
Just stick your Windows CD in your CD tray, boot on it, and at the “Welcome to Setup” screen, press “R“. Once the recovery console has started, navigate to the location of your locked file, and delete it. Since WRC does not really start the system, the files will not be in use, and you will be able to delete them
Solution #3: Use unlocker
Unlocker is a very useful freeware that will allow you to unlock any files that are currently in use by Windows. You’ll know if this is happening if you are getting any of these messages when trying to delete a file:
Cannot delete file: Access is denied
There has been a sharing violation
The source or destination file may be in use
The file is in use by another program or user
Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use
Unlocker will make things right again for you.
You’ll notice that right after installing the software, a new option named “unlocker” will appear when right clicking any files or folders in Windows Explorer. To unlock a locked file, just right click it, select unlocker, and the unlocker software will start. Then, click “unlock all” and close the software. Now that your file is unlocked, just delete it in Windows Explorer, as you always do. This is much simpler than solution #1 or #2, isn’t it?
I hope these three solutions will help you get rid of those hard to delete files. If you’ve got any additional suggestions, the comment section is open for your comments!

How to Make Windows Vista Less Annoying [Windows Vista]

How to Make Windows Vista Less Annoying [Windows Vista]

Editor: Say hello to fellow tech writer and Lifehacker reader The How-To Geek, who was kind enough to pull together some of best Windows Vista power tweaks here on Lifehacker today.
Whether it's the nagging prompts or the irritating notifications, Windows Vista's default settings can grate on your nerves... which doesn't help you be the productive person you want to be. A few simple tweaks can cut down on the irritation—and drastically alter your views on Vista. Let's take a look at some of the best ways to tame the Vista beast and make it a less naggy operating system to work on.

First, considering Windows Vista's tendency to use up resources and slow down, make sure you clean up your computer's clutter, and that you have a decent amount of memory (1GB is the bare minimum for Vista). If you need to upgrade, you can check out Adam's guide to installing memory, after determining the type of memory your computer needs. There's nothing more annoying than trying to run Vista on a machine that isn't up to snuff. Once you're working with the right amount of memory, it's time to get tweaking.

Make UAC Less Annoying

We've all seen the Mac versus PC ads making fun of Vista's User Account Control, and likely you already know how to disable it. However, we couldn't put together a list of Vista annoyances without including some methods to make UAC just a little less annoying. Rather than disabling it entirely, you can disable just for administrators, disable the secure desktop, or even create shortcuts to disable UAC for a specific application.

Four Ways to Make UAC Less Annoying on Windows Vista>>

Keep Windows Update from Rebooting Automatically

How many times have you been right in the middle of something when Windows prompted you to reboot for updates? Or worse... you were right in the middle of something, stepped away for a bit, and come back to find your computer has restarted itself because Windows Update decided to. Sure, you can disable automatic reboot temporarily, but if you leave your computer on with applications open, it's much better to prevent Windows Update from rebooting your computer with a simple registry hack.

Prevent Windows Update from Forcibly Rebooting Your Computer>>

Stop Losing the Sleep Button to Windows Update

It's the end of a long day, and you want to just put your computer in sleep mode instead of shutting everything down, so you click on the start orb and click Sleep like you always do... except Windows has changed the Sleep button to "Turn off and Install Updates." Now you have to wait for the long painful process of installing updates while you sit there and get angry that you just lost your place.

Stop Windows Update from Hijacking the Sleep Button>>

Disable the Irritating Click Sounds

Have you ever noticed that every time you open a folder in Vista, or click on a link in Internet Explorer, an irritating click sound plays in your speakers? You might have thought your mouse was getting more vocal, but it's actually just an annoying sound effect that's enabled by default. A few quick steps later, you can have that annoyance disabled... just look under Sound in Control Panel, and turn off the sound for "Start Navigation."

Turn Off Windows Explorer Click Sounds in Windows Vista>>

Use Compatibility Mode to Make Applications Work

With all of the changes in Windows Vista, it's no surprise some applications just flat-out don't work. The best bet is always to check with the manufacturer to see if they have a Vista-compatible version, but if that's not an option you can always use Compatibility mode. I've found that this especially helps when running video games or other software that wouldn't be updated over time.

Using Windows Vista Compatibility Mode>>

Fix File Copying Problems

One of the biggest complaints people have had with Vista is the speed of copying files compared to XP, especially over mapped drives. If you don't want to replace Windows file copying with previously mentioned Teracopy, there's a system tweak that you can do to change your network file copying to acceptable levels. Note: You should make sure that you've updated to Service Pack 1, as there are significant file copying fixes.

Fix Problems With Copying Large Files in Windows Vista>>

Stop Hard Drive Grinding

Have you ever noticed that your hard drive never seems to stop grinding when using Windows Vista? You can make Vista behave by disabling SuperFetch, and trim down the number of items being indexed by the built-in search, or even disable it altogether if you don't use it.

How to Disable SuperFetch on Windows Vista>>

Speed Up or Disable Windows Search Indexing in Vista>>

Stop the Annoying Pop-up Notification Balloons

If you've turned off automatic updates, the firewall or just aren't running with the "recommended" settings, Vista will annoy you with messages about checking your computer security. You could take the drastic step of disabling all notification balloons entirely, or if you want to only get rid of this annoyance, you can simply tell the Security Center to stop bugging you.

Disable All Notification Balloons in Windows Vista>>

Restore Missing Icons

Every version of Windows seems to have different icons on the desktop or Quick Launch by default, but unfortunately Windows Vista makes it far too easy to delete the built-in icons, and unsuspecting users aren't sure how to get them back. You can easily restore the Flip3D or Show Desktop icons, or you can hit the link to restore Recycle Bin and other built-in desktop icons.

Restore Missing Desktop Icons in Windows Vista>>

Install XP on Your Vista Computer

If all else fails and you simply can't get used to Vista's quirks, you can always install Windows XP on your pre-installed Vista PC, either as a dual-boot, or completely replacing Vista. This is especially useful for gamers or anybody running old software that won't run with compatibility mode mentioned above.

Install Windows XP on Your Pre-Installed Windows Vista Computer>>

For more Vista tweaks, check out Lifehacker's previously posted Vista upgrade power tips.

What annoys you most in Windows Vista? Tell us in the comments.

The How-To Geek is a tech writer and geek enthusiast who loves Vista only after it's been told to behave. More of his tips and tweaks can be found daily at Howtogeek.com

Create a Password-Protected Outlook Data File [How To]

Create a Password-Protected Outlook Data File [How To]

The Online Tech Tips site has a helpful step-by-step guide for creating encrypted, password-protected data files in Outlook. Walk through the steps and you'll learn how to create a stash for your sensitive emails that no passerby, or network hacker, can get into without some serious effort. If you're really looking to keep your Outlook data out of prying eyes and hands, read how to create encrypted backups of your data on a USB drive.

How to create secured Outlook files [Online Tech Tips]

Make your Windows Genuine for free

Make your Windows Genuine for free (Revised)

Make your Windows XP with Service Pack 2 geniune. Im not sure if this works on SP3.

This procedure described below will allow you to bypass the Microsoft Genuine Validation.

I hope this is the best way to make your copy of windows xp geniune.

1. Click START>RUN and type 'regedit'

2 Registry window will be opened, Then Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WPAEvents\OOBETimer

…and double click on it. Then change some of the value data to ANYTHING ELSE…delete some, add some letters, I don't care…just change it!

now close out regedit.

3) Go to start > run > "%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a" (again, dont type the quotes)

4) the activation screen will come up, click on register over telephone, then click on CHANGE PRODUCT KEY, enter in this key:
V2C47-MK7JD-3R89F-D2KXW-VPK3J
JG28K-H9Q7X-BH6W4-3PDCQ-6XBFJ (Professional XP ONLY)
BQJG2-2MJT7-H7F6K-XW98B-4HQRQ (Home Edition ONLY)
If the above keys are not working, report me...

Now you can download all the updates without activating, and the Genuine Microsoft Validation will **** you No more.

Note: This works better after reformat.

Automate The Installation Of Windows XP

Automate The Installation Of Windows XP

You can create a CD that can install Windows XP automatically, putting in all the details and answering all the dialog boxes.

The secret behind this is the answer file, which tells Windows what to do while it's installing. The answer file can be created using Windows setup manager.

Using this tool, you can make the answer file so powerful that you can even tell Windows to include or exclude individual components, set the display resolution, and more.

Here's the Steps involved in creating XP Automated Installation Disc :

Step 1: To begin with, insert your Windows XP installation CD into the drive and copy the entire contents of the CD to a new folder on your hard disk.

Step 2: Navigate to the Support > Tools folder on the CD and double-click the Deploy.cab file. Copy all the files to a new folder on your hard disk.

Step 3: The crucial part begins now, creating the answer file. To execute the windows setup manager, double click the Setupmgr.exe file from the contents of the Deploy.cab, which you just copied onto the hard drive.

Step 4: The first few steps of the wizard are self explanatory. Select the following options from the successive dialog boxes. Create a new answer file; Windows unattended installation (Select the appropriate Windows version); "Fully automated"; "No this answer file will be used to install from CD"; and finally, accept the license agreement.

Step 5: Under the General Settings, you can customize the installation of Windows by providing the default name and organization, display settings, time zone and the product key. Fill in the fields using the drop-down list or by keying in the details. If you don't select an option from the drop-down list, the default values will be used.

Step 6: After you are done click Finish and save the answer file as "winnt.sif" when you are prompted. Advanced users can further tweak the answer file by referring to the Help file called Ref.chm in the same folder.

Step 7: Finally copy the answer file to i386 folder in the Windows XP installation folder you created in the beginning.

Step 8: To burn a bootable installation disc, you need the boot sector of the Windows XP CD. Download it from here

Step 9: Launch Nero and select CD-ROM (Boot) from the New Compilation dialog box. Under the Boot tab, specify the boot sector file you downloaded and extracted. Set the emulation as "No emulation", and keep the boot message blank. Most importantly, remember to set the "Number of loaded sectors" as 4.

Step 10: Under the Burn tab, set the write method to disc at-once. Click the New button to to begin adding files and folders to the compilation. Drag all the contents of the Windows XP installation disc that you copied to your hard drive (with the answer file in the i386 folder) into the left pane. Insert a blank CD into the optical drive and hit burn button. Your windows automated installation Disc is ready


Make bootable windows xp cd

Download boot file from HERE

Start Nero Burning ROM.

1.) Select CD-ROM (Boot).

2.) Select Image file from Source of boot image data.

3.) Check Enable expert settings (for advanced users only!).

4.) Set Kind of emulation: to No Emulation.

5.) Set Load segment of sectors (hex!): to 0000.

6.) Set Number of loaded sectors: to 4.

7.) Set Platform identifier: to Intel x86 compatible.

8.) Press the Browse button and Locate the BootSector file (boot.ima)


Click on the ISO tab.

- Set File name length to Max. of 31 chars (ISO Level 2).

- Set Format to Mode 1.

- Set Character Set to ISO 9660 (standard ISO CD-ROM).

- Check the Joliet check box.

- Check all Relax ISO Restrictions.

- Check Allow more than 64 characters for Joliet names


Click the Burn tab.

- Check Write.

- Check Finalize CD (No further writing possible!).

- Set Write Method to Disc-at-once. (We have had Track-At-Once work as well.)

- Click the New button.

- Select everything in the folder and drag it to the ISO compilation panel.

- Click the Write CD Dialog button


Click the Boot tab.

- Verify the settings. Correct if needed.

- Click the Burn button.

You can put shortcuts for shortcuts!!

You can put shortcuts for shortcuts!!

You can put Keyboard shortcuts for desktop shortcuts.
To do this follow these steps :

1) Right click on the shortcut.
2) Go to properties.
3) Click once on the "Shortcut Key" bar.
4) Press any alphabet that you want to use as Shortcut Key.
5) Press OK Now to open that shortcut,
Press CTRL+ALT+"the alphabet".

HOW TO GET FOLDER OPTIONS BACK

HOW TO GET FOLDER OPTIONS BACK

1: Here's how you can get Folder Options back..

1: Open Start menu and from there select Run

2: type gpedit.msc and hit enter

3: now in the Group Policy window, from the left pane, select user configuration->Administrative Tempelates->windows components->Windows Explorer by highlighting it with the mouse cursor..

4: now in the right side you will see an option which says "Removes the Folder Options menu item from the Tools menu"

5: right click on this option and select properties

6: now in the properties under Setting tab, select Disabled and hit OK

Use of PrintScreen for some fun.

Use of PrintScreen for some fun.

You know the use of Print screen button on the keyboard [present on top right above insert] .
It captures the screen , right ?
But now I will tell you how to use it for some fun .
Take screen shot of the desktop by pressing Print Screen on the desktop .
Go to Paint and paste this .
Save it .
For Windows XP users

1) On the desktop right click -----> arrange icons by ----> De-select 'Show Desktop Icons '.
2) Now right click the taskbar and select properties .
3) Check auto hide the taskbar. Click OK.
4) Now change your wallpaper and keep the one you saved earlier.
5) If paint is not closed, select File ---------> 'Set as background (Centered) '.
Now on the desktop even if you click any icon nothing will happen !!!
Now do I need to tell youhow you can use it for fun on someone else's PC ?
To revert back to normalcy change the wallpaper and select 'show desktop icons' on the right click menu .

@VHNG
-- Vihang Shah
Web Developer / Designer
Silicon Valley Info Media Pvt. Ltd.
@: vihangshah.it@gmail.com
Blog: www.technoledge.co.nr

Login with multiple ids in google, yahoo, orkut

Login with multiple ids in google, yahoo, orkut

Do you maintain multiple Google Accounts? Solve that headache of logging in and out different accounts in Firefox by this trick. I feel life can get complicated if you operate more than one Google Account and have associated different Google services with different accounts.

For example I have two Gmail ID's. One tamag[at]gmail for my work and another gautam[at]gmail for personal use. I am a big fan of Firefox and each time I need to read mails, I am annoyed of logging in and out for different id's.

Well this trick has done wonders for me, Hope it works for you to.

step 0 :
- Download Firefox for more efficiency(optional).

Step 1:
- Open system "properties"(by right clicking my computer).
- Choose tab "advanced", click to "environment variables" button.
- In "system variables" section, click "new".
- Type this information to each textbox.

Step 2:
variable name: moz_no_remote (should be all small letter).
variable value: 1

Step 3:
- Open firefox icon's properties (from desktop and quick launch).
- Add extension -p to command line(like "c:\program files\mozilla firefox\firefox.exe" -p).
- Press ok.




When you will open firefox it will prompt for profile selection create a profile,open firefox login to orkut open once more use another profile login.

Hidden Programs In Windows XP

Hidden Programs In Windows XP

Do Comment If you Like it...

Programs:

1. Private Character Editor :

Used for editing fonts,etc.
** start>>Run
** Now, type eudcedit

2. Dr. Watson :

This an inbuilt windows repairing software !
** start>>Run
** Now, type drwtsn32

3. Media Player 5.1 :

Even if you upgrade your Media Player, you can still access your old player in case the new one fails !!!
** start>>Run
** Now, type mplay32

4. iExpress :

Used to create Setups. You can create your own installers (.exe files)
** start>>Run
** Now, type iexpress

HIDDEN MUSIC

Microsoft Windows XP is playing a cool music during installation. It is a pleasant little tune that you've probably never heard, unless you were present when Windows was being installed on your PC. After that it's never played again, unless you know where to look for it.

To hear what you've been missing, just follow these:

Make you way to
C:\WINDOWS\system32\oobe\images
and look for a file called "Title.wma" or possibly "Windows welcome music.wma".

CooL!!!

@VHNG
-- Vihang Shah
Web Developer / Designer
Silicon Valley Info Media Pvt. Ltd.
@: vihangshah.it@gmail.com
Blog: www.technoledge.co.nr

Bypass the Windows Vista log-on screen on multiaccount PCs

Bypass the Windows Vista log-on screen on multiaccount PCs

It's a very short tip I'd like to share with you all on how to auto login to your Windows Vista when you startup your computer. Here's an example for you to understand better.

Every time you start your computer, you're prompted to enter password in order to login to Windows. You find this irritating when no one else is using your computer that is sitting at home.

Just follow a few simple steps below and you won't be bothered by this login prompt every again!

1. At the Search box or a command prompt, type control userpasswords2 and press Enter. The User Accounts screen appears.

The User Accounts screen lists all your user accounts and lets you customize them.

2. Highlight the account that you want to automatically log on with, then uncheck the box next to Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer. Click OK.

3. The Automatically Log On dialog box appears. Type in the password for the account that you want to log on automatically. (If the account shown isn't the one that you want to log on automatically, type in the username and password for the correct account. Click OK.)

4. From now on, you'll automatically log in using that account. When you're logged in, if you want to switch to another account, use Fast User Switching: Click the Start button, click the arrow in the lower-right corner of the Start menu, and select Switch User. You'll come to a screen listing all users on your PC, where you can log in as any other user.

Unlock the supersecret Administrator account in Vista

Unlock the supersecret Administrator account in Vista

Deep inside the bowels of Windows Vista, there's a secret Administrator account, and it's different from the normal administrator account you most likely have set up on your PC. This Administrator account is not part of the Administrator group. (Confused yet? You should be.) It's a kind of superadministrator, akin to the root account in Unix, and by default it's turned off and hidden. (In describing this hack, we'll always use the capital "A" for the secret Administrator account, and a lowercase "a" for a normal administrator account.)

In versions of Windows before Windows Vista, the Administrator account wasn't hidden, and many people used it as their main or only account. This Administrator account had full rights over the computer.

In Windows Vista, Microsoft changed that. In Vista, the Administrator account is not subject to UAC, but normal administrator accounts are. So the Administrator can make any changes to the system and will see no UAC prompts.

Turning on the Administrator account is straightforward. First, open an elevated command prompt by typing cmd into the Search box on the Start menu, right-clicking the command prompt icon that appears at the top of the Start menu, then selecting Run as administrator -- or just use the shortcut you created in the previous hack.

Then enter this command and press Enter:

Net user administrator /active:yes

From now on, the Administrator account will appear as an option on the Welcome screen, along with any user accounts you may have set up. Use it like any other account. Be aware that it won't have a password yet, so it's a good idea to set a password for it.

If you want to disable the account and hide it, enter this command at an elevated command prompt and press Enter:

Net user administrator /active:no

Remove or modify Shortcut Arrow in windows and Vista

Remove or modify Shortcut Arrow in windows and Vista

Would you prefer to display your shortcuts without the arrow in the bottom left hand corner? This tip will show you how to change the arrow icon or remove it completely

To remove the shortcut arrows:

Method 1:
1. Open your notepad or any script editor

2. Copy and paste the script below into you notepad and save the file with .vbs extension e.g noArrow.vbs, just save it to your desktop

Option Explicit

Dim objShell, strRoot, strRead, strDelete, strCreate
strRoot = "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\IsShortCut"
' Create the Shell object
Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
strDelete = objShell.RegDelete(strRoot)
WScript.Echo "Error No: " & err.number & " check " & strRoot
strDelete = null
WScript.Quit

3. Double click your VBScript, then 'OK' the message box. To see the arrows disappear, simply logoff and logon again. Tadaaa!!!! The arrows disappear!!..hahaaaa

Method 2:

Open Registry editor

Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT

Find piffile and lnkfile…………………….and just delete it.

Reboot your computer.

To Change the Icon:
Open the key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Explorer\Shell Icons] and create a new string value, or modify the existing value, called '29′. Set it to equal the filename, including path, for the icon you want to use for the shortcut arrow. By setting this to a blank icon it has a similar effect to the removal method above, without the side effects.

Restart Windows for the changes to take effect.

Note: This tweak effectively changes the properties of shortcuts so they are no longer considered to be shortcuts by Windows, this may have some slight side effects, such as hot keys not working as before.

Fwd: Make Internet Explorer Faster

Make Internet Explorer Faster

This way is more useful for some people who have a dial up connection. This is work for both Dial up and ADSL connections it makes your internet explorer Browser loads web pages more faster.

METHOD 1

1. click start > run
2. type regedit > enter
3. browse folder HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ InternetSettings
4. right click @ windows right > New > DWORD
5. type MaxConnectionsPerServer > you can set value (the higher the number, the more good speed you get, eg : 99)
6. create another DWORD >type MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server
7. then put a high value as mentioned above
8. then, restart IE, finished.

METHOD 2

Dont automatically play animations or videos - Animations and videos are usually absolutely ample files to download. Absolutely often, in fact, I ascertain that I dont even wish to see them.

How to make it:

On the card bar, bang on Tools, again on Internet Options on the card that appears.
A new window will arise alleged Internet Options. At the top there are six tabs. Bang on the one on the appropriate that says "Advanced."
Scroll down to the area that says "Multimedia." This should be about halfway. Uncheck the two options beneath Multimedia that says "Play animations" and "Play videos."
Bang on the OK button to abutting the window, and restart Internet Explorer.

Reduce the admeasurement of your page history - Your page history (the account of pages you get while youre accounting in a URL) takes up amplitude in anamnesis that is allocated to Internet Explorer. Freeing up that anamnesis makes your absolute arrangement run faster and makes it accessible for Internet Explorer to advance added anamnesis for apprehension pages, appropriately authoritative pages arise faster.

How to do it:

On the card bar, bang on Tools, again on Internet Options on the card that appears.
A new window will arise alleged Internet Options. Towards the basal of the window should be a band that says "Days to accumulate pages in history:" After that is a box with a amount on it. Bang on the box, backspace to annul the absolute number, and blazon in a baby number. I usually use 1.
Bang on the OK button to abutting the window, and restart Internet Explorer.

Don't automatically download images - The aspect of web pages that takes the longest time to download is images. If you about-face off this advantage and about-face on addition one, you can still get the accustomed anatomy of web pages, but after the cat-and-mouse for images to download. Usually, the a lot of advantageous advice is in argument form, anyway.

How to do it:

On the card bar, bang on Tools, again on Internet Options on the card that appears.
A new window will arise alleged Internet Options. At the top there are six tabs. Bang on the one on the appropriate that says "Advanced."
Scroll down to the area that says "Multimedia." This should be about halfway. Uncheck the advantage beneath Multimedia that says "Show pictures" and analysis the advantage that says "Show angel download placeholders."
Bang on the OK button to abutting the window, and restart Internet Explorer.

Empty Temporary Internet Files binder if browser is closed - Doing this helps save a lot of harder drive space, and aswell makes surfing faster back your computer isn't searching through so abounding pages to acquisition out if the adapted page is already in the cache.

How to do it:

On the card bar, bang on Tools, again on Internet Options on the card that appears.
A new window will arise alleged Internet Options. At the top there are six tabs. Bang on the one on the appropriate that says "Advanced."
Scroll down to the area that says "Security." This should be the basal section. Analysis the advantage that says "Empty Temporary Internet Files binder if browser is closed."
Bang on the OK button to abutting the window, and restart Internet Explorer.

Dont save encrypted pages to disk - This has a bifold benefit. First, it saves your computer the time and accomplishment of extenuative pages to the Temporary Internet Files folder. Plus, it makes abiding that there's no almanac on your harder drive of defended web pages, which are the ones that are acclimated for passwords and such things.

How to do it:

On the card bar, bang on Tools, again on Internet Options on the card that appears.
A new window will arise alleged Internet Options. At the top there are six tabs. Bang on the one on the appropriate that says "Advanced.
Scroll down to the area that says "Security." This should be the basal section. Analysis the advantage that says "Don't save encrypted pages to disk."
Bang on the OK button to abutting the window, and restart Internet Explorer.

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-- Vihang Shah
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Silicon Valley Info Media Pvt. Ltd.
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Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: June 2008

Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: June 2008

Desktop wallpapers can serve as an excellent source of inspiration. However, if you use some specific wallpaper for a long period of time, it becomes harder to draw inspiration out of it. That's why we have decided to supply you with smashing wallpapers over 12 months.

And to make them a little bit more distinctive from the usual crowd, we've decided to embed calendars for the upcoming month. So if you need to look up some date, isn't it better to show off a nice wallpaper with a nice calendar instead of launching some default time application?

This post features 15 free desktop wallpapers, designed by 15 designers across the globe. Both versions with a calendar and without a calendar can be downloaded for free.

Please notice:

• all images can be clicked and lead to the preview of the wallpaper;
• you can feature your work in our magazine by taking part in our desktop wallpaper calendar series. We are regularly looking for creative designers and artists to be featured on Smashing Magazine. Are you one of them?

So what wallpapers have we received for May?

Whale

Available in 12 desktop resolutions — both widescreen and fullscreen. Designed by Vlad Gerasimov from Irkutsk, Russia.

• preview (0.1 Mb, jpg)
• with calendar:
  800×600, 1024×768, 1152×864, 1280×1024 , 1280×800, 1280×960 , 1400×1050, 1440×900, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1920×1200, 2560×1600
• without calendar:
  800×600, 1024×768, 1152×864, 1280×1024 , 1280×800, 1280×960 , 1400×1050, 1440×900, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1920×1200, 2560×1600

Stay Creative

"The wallpaper is an illustration based on this Picasso quote: "All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up". In the illustration, the adult is looking through the wall at his creativity from childhood trying to get it back." Designed by Tim Newton from USA.

• preview (0.1 Mb, jpg)
• with calendar: 1280×960, 1680×1050, 1600×1200, 1920×1200
• without calendar: 1280×960, 1680×1050, 1600×1200, 1920×1200

Tribute

"This design is a personal interpretation of June in Macedonia: beautiful sunny days, red poppy fields and Nikola Madzirov's poetry. A personal tribute to all the beauty in this world. Girl image inspired by Banksy." Designed by Meri Donevska-Kosturanova from Macedonia.

• preview (0.5 Mb, jpg)
• with calendar: 1280×960, 1680×1050, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1920×1200

Beginning of madness

"When I thought what was inspiring me in May, the mind filled me with flowers, and when I wanted to do the calendar of June I saw it quite full of boil, quite green. Then I found a tutorial in "psd tuts" that helped me to fulfil the wallpaper. The motive of the phrase that it accompanies is the feeling euphoria that transmits me this month." Designed by Alba Soler from Spain.

• preview (0.1 Mb, jpg)
• with calendar: 1680×1050, 1600×1200, 1920×1200

Eternal Sunshine

"Designed completely in Photoshop. My idea to this timetable was based on the prophecy and Maya, all that power and magic secret that there are only in the pyramids in Mexico." Designed by Miguel Angel Lozada from Mexico.

• preview (0.2 Mb, jpg)
• with calendar: 1200×900, 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200

You Slag

"Looking forward to another hectic summer in Brighton…" Designed by Mark Hurrell.

• preview (0.1 Mb, jpg)
• with calendar: 1200×900, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1920×1200

Rhino

"I suppose that I got influenced by the works of Scott Hansen. I just love the retro feel in his designs. Furthermore I used brushes which were meant to emulate the effects of James White. I wanted to have these different sections which form an entity, sort of like when you look through a window and the frame is hiding parts of what is behind. The origami rhinoceros was the last element I inserted and finally gave rise to the title.

The final design is not what I had sketched out but it never is for me. I need a basic idea and then just play around until I'm happy with it." Designed by Franz Jeitz from Luxembourg.

• preview (0.2 Mb, jpg)
• with calendar: 1280×960, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1920×1200
• without calendar: 1280×960, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1920×1200

Nec scire fas est omnia

"It is impossible to know everything" horaz - well true, but not to worry as I learned in life and business, it is better to know a lot of educated people from different disciplines, then you'll know a lot yourself. And in the end, there is always Google and Wikipedia." Designed by Dirk Worring from Krefeld, Germany.

• preview (0.2 Mb, jpg)
• with calendar: 1280×960, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1920×1200
• without calendar: 1280×960, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1920×1200

Daydream

"I love daydream, when I fall in the daydream,everything is strange, it's a surrealistic world. Everything has their own soul and live in the unique way, no pain, no goal, just enjoy the imagination." Designed by Dan Chetao.

• preview (0.1 Mb, jpg)
• with calendar: 1280×960, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1920×1200
• without calendar: 1280×960, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1920×1200

Umbrella

"Umbrella, sky, lights…..and the girl is so pretty!" Designed by Cléo Morgause from Brazil.

• preview (0.15 Mb, jpg)
• with calendar: 1280×960, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1920×1200
• without calendar: 1280×960, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1920×1200

Retro Summer

"Well, June it is the month where the summer starts, and when i think in Summer, i think about California and the Beach Boys, and when i think in that, i start to think about retro stuff, and then retro design!" Designed by Bleed from Mexico.

• preview (0.4 Mb, jpg)
• with calendar: 1280×960, 1680×1050, 1600×1200, 1920×1200

The DJ

"The wallpaper isn't created only for DJ-fans or people who've seen DJ's at work. The wallpaper can really give a warm feeling to everyones desktop. And after all, aren't we all DJ's of our lives?" Designed by Vincent Vander Cruyssen from Belgium.

• with calendar: 1280×960, 1280×1024, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1920×1200
• without calendar: 1280×960, 1280×1024, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1920×1200

June Feelings

"Tried to catch the feeling of getting "wings" in the starting of the summer." Designed by Olariu Alex from Romania.

• preview (0.2 Mb, jpg)
• with calendar: 1280×960, 1680×1050, 1600×1200, 1920×1200
• without calendar: 1600×1200

June Bug

"This inspiration came when we heard that the Cicadas are coming again this summer. And although not of the cicada family, Junebugs can be nearly as annoyingly creepy. The design incorporate a visual pun on the back of the 'creature', as well as a near subliminal ghoul face up above within the darkness." Designed by Michael Langham.

• preview (0.26 Mb, jpg)
• with calendar: 1200×900, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1900×1200
• without calendar: 1200×900, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1900×1200

Date and Time

Designed by Grikshmi Manandhar from Nepal.

• preview (0.1 Mb, jpg)
• with calendar: 1280×960, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1920×1200
• without calendar: 1280×960, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1920×1200

Registry Tweaks

Registry editing has been disabled

If you ever encountered above error, i.e. "Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator" on Windows XP or any other Windows NT Operating system, this may help you.

I have encountered the above error while patching registry. Even manual "regedit" was not working.

Here is simple solution.

Click "Start >> Run" or press "[window key + R ]" and type this command exactly as given below (or you can copy-paste it too)

REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f


Folder Options Disabled

Go to run

Type "control folders"

If it doesnt work, try:


Solution 1:

->Run -> Type gpedit.msc

Then:->User Configuration ->Administrative Templates --> Windows Components --> Windows Explorer-> Removes the Folder Options menu item from the Tools menu.

Right click:-> Properties -> Disable ->Apply -> Again set it to not configured


Solution 2:

Go to Startmenu->Run and enter regedit there and press ok to execute regedit (registry editor).
There you'll see a tree like structure of folders like stuff in left.
There navigate to registry entry HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
and on right side you'll see many values.

Out of these values in right see a value (key) named "NoFolderOptions" .Double click after highlighting it, if there under value box it's written 1 then change it to 0 and press enter. Exit the registry editor and close any folder and open again to see the settings.
If you want to disable Folder Options then set the value of "NoFolderOptions" to 1 (and to retrieve it back change it to 0).


Orkut is banned u fool..MUHAHAHA...

How to fix the Orkut is banned you fool! Virus

Orkut is banned you fool, The administrators didnt write this program guess who did?? MUHAHAHA!!! with title ORKUT IS BANNED.
Well, a similar message was displayed for YouTube also.

Solution given here:

1. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL and go to the processes tab

2. Look for svchost.exe under the image name. There will be many but look for the ones which have your username under the username

3. Press DEL to kill these files. It will give you a warning, Press Yes

4. Repeat for more svchost.exe files with your username and repeat. Do not kill svchost.exe with system, local service or network service!

5. Now open My Computer

6. In the address bar, type C:\heap41a and press enter. It is a hidden folder, and is not visible by default.

7. Delete all the files here

8. Now go to Start --> Run and type Regedit

9. Go to the menu Edit --> Find

10. Type "heap41a" here and press enter. You will get something like this "[winlogon] C:\heap41a\svchost.exe C:\heap(some number)\std.txt"

11. Select that and Press DEL. It will ask "Are you sure you wanna delete this value", click Yes

12. Now close the registry editor.

Now the virus is gone. But be sure to delete the autorun.inf file and any folder whose name ends with .exe in the pen drive.

UPDATE

It seems that they have named this malware as w32.USBWorm and according my friend, Avast is able to detect and remove it. I hope the other antivirus software will also be able to remove it soon.


Remove ntde1ect.com virus=show hidden files problem

First method

1) Open up Task Manager (Ctrl-Alt-Del)

2) If wscript.exe is running, end it.

3) If explorer.exe is running, end it.
4) Open up "File | New Task (Run)" in the Task manager

5) Run cmd

6) Run the following command on all your drives by replacing c:\ with other drives in turn

del c:\autorun.* /f /a /s /q

7) Go to your Windows\System32 directory by typing cd c:\windows\system32

8) Type dir /a avp*.*

9) If you see any files names avp0.dll or avpo.exe or avp0.exe, use the following commands to delete each of them:

attrib -r -s -h avpo.exe

del avpo.exe

10) Use the Task Manager's Run command to fire up regedit

11) Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run

12) If there are any entries for avpo.exe, delete them.

13) Do a complete search of your registry for ntde1ect.com and delete any entries you find.

14) Restart your computer.



Second method

RUN>> type "regedit"(without quotes) & press enter >> then go to>>

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL\

Now u can see two keys CheckedValue and DefaultValue

Double Click on CheckedValue and set the value 1 from 0

Double Click on DefaultValue and set the value 2 from 1

Now exit and