Speed Up By Closing Idle Services

This trick helps you increase your speed by closing all the idle background services. To enable this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.

1.      Click Start button and click on Run option.

2.       In the Run box, type the command   “Rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks”  and press Ok buttHere system will take some time to end the background idle tasks. 

DISABLE THE UNREAD EMAIL NOTIFICATION IN XP WELCOME SCREEN

1. Click on Start button and type “Regedit” in Run option.

2. Here locate to :HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UnreadMail

3. In right side panel, double click on the key MessageExpiryDays and set its value to 0.

4. If MessageExpiryDays key doesn’t exist, then in right side panel, click right to create a key with the nameMessageExpiryDays and then set its value to 0.

Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

Change the Default Directory of Software Installation

You may want to change the location of your system default folder (C:\Program Files) from C drive to another system drives (D or E drive). By default software setup will attempt to install program in C:\Program Files directory. It is good practice to make the backup of the installed programs, if you installed all your programs in other than C drive. If you have little knowledge about editing windows registry then you can configure your computer for this purpose.

Follow the given steps to configure windows registry:

1. Click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.

2. Here navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

3.  In right side panel, double click on ProgramFileDir.

4. Now modify the value to any other drive (for example D:\Program Files).

Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

Disable and Delete thumbs.db file from Folders

Thumbs.db is is a cache file of the current thumb picture in that directory. To remove it, go for following steps:

1.  Open Any Folder

2. Go to Tools Menu

3. Click On Folder Options

4. Go to “View” tab

5. In the section “Files And Folders” Click on “DO NOT CACHE THUMBNAILS”

Configure FAX Services In Windows XP

If you are using windows XP, you can use sending and receiving option for fax service built into windows XP. You can enjoy free facilities of fax from your computer, because buying a dedicated fax machine for home or small office may not be a feasible option. Using windows XP based fax services; you can read, save, forward, delete the fax messages. By default fax service is not installed in your windows XP, but if you have windows XP CD, you can install fax feature using Add or Remove Program option.Follow the gives steps to install fax components:

• To install this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.
• Make sure, you have installed modem driver on your computer before running fax components setup.

• Now click on Start button and go to System Control Panel then double click on Add or Remove Program.
• Select the Fax services check box under Add or Remove Windows components.
• Now click Next to finish the fax installation wizard and close it.

After the fax components installed, now configure the fax setting before using it. 

• First click on Start button, go to All Programs> Accessories> Communications then click on Fax Console.
• Now in fax configuration wizard, type the fax cover page information then click on Next.
• Select the suitable modem for fax and also enable others send and receive options.
• Now type the TSID (Transmitting Subscriber Identification) and click Next then type here CSID (Called Subscriber Identification) and again Next.
• At the end select the printer to be automatically printing the fax and click to finish.

Change Windows Default Identity

In windows XP, you can change the windows default identity (Computer Manufacturer Logo and other information’s) and share your own private identity there. First you right click on My Computer then click on Properties, here may be you will see computer manufacture logo or empty area. So add your own logo there to make your computer more private.Follow the given steps to change the system default Properties identity:

First click on Start button and type notepad in Run option then press Enter.Now type the following text in notepad.

[General]
Manufacturer=”Haseeb Haider Memon”
Model=” Computer Tips and Tricks!”
[Support Information]
Line1=”Free Computer Tips And Tricks by HASEEBHM”
Line2=”pctipsntricks.wordpress.com”

There are some standard keywords, for example Manufacturer, Model, Line 1, Line 2; you can not change these keywords. Now save this notepad file in c:/windows/system32 folder with file name, OEMINFO.INI.

Now choose your favorite picture to set as logo, using any picture editor resize the picture size approx. 150X150 pixels then save it in c:/windows/system32 folder with file name OEMLOGO.BMP. 

Now close the all files and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect. To verify these changes, right click on My Computer and open Properties.