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Instead of typing systeminfo in a dos box, your can simply do it in windows too. 1. Start 2. Select Run 3. type winmsd
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This tweak allows for the removal of Internet Explorer from Windows XP. In order to do so you will need a system with a second operating system installed (i.e. Windows 98, Linux, etc). My system is dual-booted with Windows 98 Second Edition and Windows XP Home Edition. Note: Both partitions must be formated...
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I used this trick when I had a old NIC card that was removed from a system without uninstalling. It still had DNS and IP information which caused problems. This was used on Windows 2000 and should still apply to XP. Add the following system environment variable: devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1 (reboot...
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Ever want to know how to remove control panel applets? According to Microsoft, the Group Policy Editor can be used to "Hides all Control Panel items." Before we get started I want to inform you that this tweak does not prevent the control panel applets from running, they just do not show up...
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For a one-click method to quickly shut down or reboot your system without the fuss of going through the Start menu, make use of the Shutdown command, a command line utility in XP. Here's how you can set up a restart button on your desktop: 1. Create a shortcut (Right-click on desktop, select New...
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Prevents users from running the interactive command prompt, Cmd.exe. This setting also determines whether batch files (.cmd and .bat) can run on the computer. If you enable this setting and the user tries to open a command window, the system displays a message explaining that a setting prevents the action...
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Right click on desktop and select new -> shortcut. Then copy and paste this in the program location box "rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation" Click next and enter a name for you shortcut and then click finish. Now you can copy and paste that shortcut anywhere you want on your computer
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For added security you should always clear the page file upon shutting down your computer. Windows uses this file as extra ram. Lets say that you are working on a confidential MS Word doc. When you load this document it is loaded into ram. To save ram windows places certain items in the page file. The...
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Iv'e personally found a dramatic increase in web browsing after clearing the Windows XP DNS cache. To clear it type the following in a command prompt: ipconfig /flushdns
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1. copy this code into your text document and save it with extension "bat" without quotes @echo off echo Removing Microsoft Messenger... rundll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %WinDir%\inf\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove echo Disabling it from running in the future... echo REGEDIT4>%temp% omsngr.reg...