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Hidden utilities which are seldom accessed by a basic or normal computer users ; and trust me,they still pack a lot of punch. To run any of these apps go to Start > Run and type the executable name (i.e. charmap) and press Enter . Dr Watson (drwtsn32.exe) - Troubleshooting tool,runs when windows crashes. DirectX diagnosis (dxdiag.exe) - Diagnose & test DirectX, video & sound cards. Private character editor (eudcedit.exe) - Allows creation or modification of characters. IExpress Wizard (iexpress.exe) - Create self-extracting / self-installing package. Microsoft Synchronization Manager (mobsync.exe) - Appears to allow synchronization of files on the network for when working offline. Apparently undocumented. Windows Media Player 5.1 (mplay32.exe) - Retro version of Media Player, very basic. ODBC Data Source Administrator (odbcad32.exe) – Database connection utility for support with external servers,create ODBC data sources,to administer remote databases o...

To goto registry editor just goto run and type regedit - 1. To ban shutdowns- Goto - HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer Do the following- In the right pane look for the NoClose Key. If it is not already there then create it by right clicking in the right pane and selecting New > String Value.(Name it NoCloseKey ) Now once you see the NoCloseKey in the right pane, right click on it and select Modify. 2. Disabling display of drives in my computer- Goto- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer Do the following- Now in the right pane create a new DWORD item and name it NoDrives. Now modify it's value and set it to 3FFFFFF (Hexadecimal) Now press F5 to refresh. When you click on My Computer, no drives will be shown. To enable display of drives in My Computer, simply delete this DWORD item. 3. To activate or deactivate the screensaver- Goto- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Win...

Yes it may surprise you that if you are a X.P user then u don't get complete bandwidth for which u paid!!!! . X.P reserves 20% of bandwidth for himself . No need to panic . We will snatch it from X.P , let us know how!- Step 1 : Goto Start -> Run Step 2 : Type gpedit.msc Step 3 : Goto Computer Configuration ->;Administrative templates -> Network ->QOS Packet Scheduler Step 4 : Click on Limit reservable bandwidth in the right pane and check the Enabled box Step 5 : Then change the bandwidth limit (default is 20%) to 1% (Dont change it to 0). Step 6 : Reboot You will definitely find a change in your browsing speed..

To view your domain before you update your name servers at your registrar, you will want to temporarily put an entry for your domain and its IP address in the "hosts" file for your computer. For a Windows XP system, the file is located at c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts. Other operating systems may have the hosts file in a different location, use a different file or may not have it at all. Open the hosts file in a text editor like notepad. A typical Windows XP hosts file will initially look like this: # Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp. # # This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows. # # This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each # entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should # be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name. # The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one # space. # # Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual...