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How to Know about all your System Information

How to Know about all your System Information

by Arun on 08. Jan, 2010 in Windows Xp

In order to update or upgrade your system , you must know the full Details of your system. In order to know the full details of the system including your uptime, do the following.

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Improve Disk Performance in IDE Drives

by Arun on 05. Dec, 2009 in MsWindows, Windows Vista, Windows Xp

Most CD-ROMS are capable of supporting DMA mode, but the default in XP is still PIO. Setting it to DMA won’t make your CD-ROM faster, but it will consume less CPU cycles. In order to improve your IDE Harddisk performance which supports DMA access, do it as follows,

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Disable Win+X Shortcut Keys on Windows

by Arun on 22. Oct, 2009 in MsWindows, Windows Vista, Windows Xp

In order to disable the Win+x shortcut keys on windows, we have to tweak the Registry. To do this, 1. Just open up “regedit.exe” through the “start menu -> Run” box. 2. Navigate to the following key (Note : Please create the key if it doesn’t exist).

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Renaming the Recycle Bin

Renaming the Recycle Bin

by Arun on 08. Oct, 2009 in Windows Vista, Windows Xp

If you dont like the name of “Recycle Bin” , you can change it to anything you like by using the registry as follows. To do this, 1. Click on the “Start” menu. 2. Select the “Run” command. 3. Type in “Regedit” and press “Enter“. 4. In the registry editor, go to the following key. [...]

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Show/Hide the common Tasks panel on the Windows Explorer

Show/Hide the common Tasks panel on the Windows Explorer

by Arun on 22. Sep, 2009 in MsWindows, Windows Vista, Windows Xp

If you want to show or hide the “Common Tasks Panel” (blue bar with additional options on the left side) you may simply need to turn on Common Tasks to do it. 1. Click on the “Start” Button. 2. Select “My Computer“.

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