Some computer users like to see icons on the desktop of their computer, meanwhile some others don't. If you are a user who doesn't like to see the icons on the desktop of your computer, you can hide those icons.
To hide the icons, you can do the following things:
Click Start - Run.
Type "regedit".
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer.
Right-click on the right side of Registry Editor window and choose DWORD value.
If you want to know commands used in Command Prompt, just type "help" and you will get the following commands with their description.
ASSOC Displays or modifies file extension associations.
AT Schedules commands and programs to run on a computer.
ATTRIB Displays or changes file attributes.
BREAK Sets or clears extended CTRL+C checking.
CACLS Displays or modifies access control lists (ACLs) of files.
CALL Calls one batch program from another.
CD Displays the name of or changes the current directory.
CHCP Displays or sets the active code page number.
CHDIR Displays the name of or changes the current directory.
CHKDSK Checks a disk and displays a status report.
CHKNTFS Displays or modifies the checking of disk at boot time.
CLS Clears the screen.
CMD Starts a new instance of the Windows command interpreter.
COLOR Sets the default console foreground and background colors.
COMP Compares the contents of two files or sets of files.
COMPACT Displays or alters the compression of files on NTFS partitio
CONVERT Converts FAT volumes to NTFS. You cannot convert the
current drive.
COPY Copies one or more files to another location.
DATE Displays or sets the date.
DEL Deletes one or more files.
DIR Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory.
DISKCOMP Compares the contents of two floppy disks.
DISKCOPY Copies the contents of one floppy disk to another.
DOSKEY Edits command lines, recalls Windows commands, and creates m
ECHO Displays messages, or turns command echoing on or off.
ENDLOCAL Ends localization of environment changes in a batch file.
ERASE Deletes one or more files.
EXIT Quits the CMD.EXE program (command interpreter).
FC Compares two files or sets of files, and displays the differ
between them.
FIND Searches for a text string in a file or files.
FINDSTR Searches for strings in files.
FOR Runs a specified command for each file in a set of files.
FORMAT Formats a disk for use with Windows.
FTYPE Displays or modifies file types used in file extension assoc
GOTO Directs the Windows command interpreter to a labeled line in
batch program.
GRAFTABL Enables Windows to display an extended character set in grap
mode.
HELP Provides Help information for Windows commands.
IF Performs conditional processing in batch programs.
LABEL Creates, changes, or deletes the volume label of a disk.
MD Creates a directory.
MKDIR Creates a directory.
MODE Configures a system device.
MORE Displays output one screen at a time.
MOVE Moves one or more files from one directory to another direct
PATH Displays or sets a search path for executable files.
PAUSE Suspends processing of a batch file and displays a message.
POPD Restores the previous value of the current directory saved b
PRINT Prints a text file.
PROMPT Changes the Windows command prompt.
PUSHD Saves the current directory then changes it.
RD Removes a directory.
RECOVER Recovers readable information from a bad or defective disk.
REM Records comments (remarks) in batch files or CONFIG.SYS.
REN Renames a file or files.
RENAME Renames a file or files.
REPLACE Replaces files.
RMDIR Removes a directory.
SET Displays, sets, or removes Windows environment variables.
SETLOCAL Begins localization of environment changes in a batch file.
SHIFT Shifts the position of replaceable parameters in batch files
SORT Sorts input.
START Starts a separate window to run a specified program or comma
SUBST Associates a path with a drive letter.
TIME Displays or sets the system time.
TITLE Sets the window title for a CMD.EXE session.
TREE Graphically displays the directory structure of a drive or p
TYPE Displays the contents of a text file.
VER Displays the Windows version.
VERIFY Tells Windows whether to verify that your files are written
correctly to a disk.
VOL Displays a disk volume label and serial number.
XCOPY Copies files and directory trees.
When the space of your hard disk is low, Windows will usually give "low disk space" warning on the system tray. This warning sometimes disturbs us. To stop this warning from appearing, do the following steps:
Click Start - Run.
Type "regedit".
Go to HKEY_CURRENT USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer.
On the right window of registry editor, right-click the empty space.
Choose New - DWORD Value.
Type the value name "NoLowDiskSpace" and press Enter.
Right-click the new key you've made and choose Modify.
On the Start menu there is Log Off button. The position is beside Turn Off Computer button. If you don't want to have Log Off button, you can hide it by doing the following steps:
Click Start - Run.
Type "regedit".
Go to HKEY_CURRENT USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer.
On the right window of registry editor, right-click the empty space.
Choose New - DWORD Value.
Type the value name "StartMenuLogOff" and press Enter.
Right-click the new key you've made and choose Modify.
On the Value Data type the number "1" to hide the button.
First, open system properties then click on advanced tab. Then choose settings from performance section , now choose the advanced tab , change virtual memory settings according to the following. The page file is by default store in the drive where the OS is installed and is set to 1.5 times of actual RAM , so choose “ no paging files” for that drive. Now select “ custom size” for another drive and said its size to double of RAM installed on your computer. It will a cool idea if you defrag that drive where the page file will be stored.
Create a new folder on your hard drive. Hold down “alt” and press 0160 with the Num pad, while naming it. This will create an invisible space so it will appear as if it has no name. Then right click and select “ properties”. Select the tab “customize” and select “ change icon “. Scroll along and you should see a few bank spaces. Click on any one and click “ok”.
Are you Firefox? Then here are some killing extensions for Firefox that makes browsing fun. You can download these extensions from www.mozilla.org
1.Video Downloader
Download videos from youtube, google, Metacafe, iFilm,…. and other 60+ video sites! And all embedded objects on a webpage (movies, mp3s, flash, etc)! Directly!
2.No script
Extra protection for your Firefox: No Script allows java scripts, and other executable content only for trusted domains of your choice, e.g. your home banking web site.
3.Faster fox
Performance and network tweaks for Firefox. Fasterfox allows you to tweak many networks and rending settings such as simultaneous connections, pipelining, cache, DNS caches, and initial paint delay.
4.AD delay
Once installed, it’s a snap to filter elements at their source address. Just right click AD block: done. Filters use either the wildcard character (*) or full regular expression syntax. Hit the status elements and see what has or hasn’t been blocked.
5.IE tab
IE tab in an extension from Taiwan, features: embedding Internet explorer in tabs of Firefox. This is a great tool for web developers, since you can easily see how your webpage displayed in IE with just one click and then switch back to Firefox.
