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Create a log

   1. Open Notepad
   2. On the very first line, type in ".LOG" (without quotes) then press Enter for a new line
   3. Now you can type in some text if you want, then save the file.
   4. Next time when you open the file, notice its contents. Notepad automatically adds a time/date log everytime you open the file.

Text becomes unreadable

   1. Open Notepad
   2. On the very first line, type in "dont eat the donut" (without quotes) then save and close the file. Note: the file should have only one line of the text above.
   3. Now, open the same file. You'll notice the text becomes unreadable squares. (try this with different text with the same format and length).

Paint Secrets
Create a trail image

   1. Open Paint, then open an image.
   2. Right-click on the image and select "Select All"
   3. Now hold the "Shift" key and move the image around. The image will be drawn with trail.

10x Zoom

   1. Open Paint, then open a small image.
   2. Select the zoom "Magnifier" tool.
   3. Windows Paint lists out the zoom options from 1x to 8x, but there is a 10x...
   4. After selecting the Magnifier tool, point the mouse right at the border line right under "8x" and left-click. There you go.. the hidden 10x.

Other Secrets
Where is the relaxing music that you've heard during Windows XP Installation?

   1. The file is in:
      C:\Windows\system32\oobe\images\title.wma

Do you worry about privacy or do you maintain some personal files on the office system or at Friends pc, then you must lock that folder. I know many software's that most people use to lock their Personal files. But this trick is the safest and locks files or folders without use of any software's.


Suppose you want to lock the folder movies in d: which has the path D:\movies.

In the same drive create a text file and type


ren movies movies.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}


Now save this text file as loc.bat


Create another text file and type in it


ren movies.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} movies


Now save this text file as key.bat
     Now you can see 2 batch files loc and key. Press loc and the folder movies will change to control panel and you cannot view its contents. Press key and you will get back your original folder.
try it out!!!!!!!

Note: It is safe as in case if you loose the key file, you can create it again but the folder name must be correct.

Just click on 
start>run type gpedit.msc, 
Now navigate through user 
configuration>
administrative templates >
windows components>
 windows explorer,
 now double click on
“Hide these specified 
drives in My Computer” 
modify it accordingly then just below 
you will find another option 
“Prevent access to drives from My 
Computer”,
double click on this option and modify it 
accordingly. 

 Solitaire: Instant Win

   1. Press Alt + Shift + 2 to instantly win

Solitaire: Draw only 1 card (instead of 3)

   1. Hold down Ctrl + Alt + Shift then click on unopen cards to draw.

FreeCell: Instant Win

   1. Hold down Ctrl + Shift + F10 while playing, then click Abort.
   2. Now move one card.

FreeCell: Hidden Game Modes

   1. Go to "Game" menu choose "Select Game"
   2. Here you can choose from game mode 1 to 1,000,000. But -1 and -2 will also work (hidden modes)

Hearts: Show All Card

   1. Warning! this requires a modification on your registry. Be sure you follow the steps carefully. Damage your registry might damage your Windows. Open the "Registry Editor" by: "Start" >> "Run" then type "regedit" and press Enter
   2. Expand to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Hearts
   3. Right-click on the right panel and create a new String value with the name "ZB"
   4. Double-click to open this key "ZB" to edit its value. Then enter "42" and close the Registry Editor.
   5. Start Hearts and Press Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F12 to show all the cards

Minesweeper: Stop The Timer

   1. When you start to play a new game, the timer is ticking...
   2. Press Windows Key + D to show desktop.
   3. Now come back to the game by selecting it from the taskbar. The timer is stopped.

Pinball

   1. Unlimited Balls: Type bmax at a new game to get unlimited balls (no notification).
   2. Extra Balls: Type 1max at a new game to get extra balls.
   3. Gravity Well: Type gmax at a new game to activate Gravity Well.
   4. Promotion: Type rmax at a new game or while playing to get instant promotion and raising rank.
   5. Extra points with partial shots: Partially shot the ball just to pass the yellow light bars. There are 6 bars. With the first bar, you'll get 15,000 points, 2nd: 30,000,...
   6. Extra points with partial shots: Partially shot the ball just to pass the yellow light bars. There are 6 bars. With the first bar, you'll get 15,000 points, 2nd: 30,000,...
   7. Test Mode: Type hidden test with a new ball or new game. Now you can use your mouse to drag and move the ball where you want.

Click Start, click Programs, and then click Command Prompt. In Windows XP, click Start, click Run, type cmd and then click OK.
At the command prompt, type CONVERT [driveletter]: /FS:NTFS. Convert.exe will attempt to convert the partition to NTFS.


NOTE:
Although the chance of corruption or data loss during the 
conversion from FAT to NTFS is minimal, it is best to perform 
a full backup of the data on the drive that it is to be converted 
prior to executing the convert command.

Many computers take a lot of time to boot (or start ).This is due to many reasons.


Some slight changes can do wonders for your system:


1. Press start->run then type msconfig and press enter.


Go to the startup tab. Here you will see a list of startup items. These are all the programs that automatically start when you boot your PC. It is these that slow down the boot up process.
                                 So uncheck all the unwanted items like ms-office, messengers other utilities that u may not need at startup). Don't uncheck your antivirus software.


Restart your Pc to and see for yourself, your pc will now boot faster....  
    
2. A great new feature in Microsoft Windows XP is the ability to do a boot defragment. This places all boot files next to each other on the disk to allow for faster booting. By default this option is enabled, but on some systems it is not, so below is the information on how to turn it on:


Go to Start Menu and Click Run
Type in regedit then click ok
Find "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOpt imizeFunction"
Select "Enable" from the list on the right
Right on it and select "Modify"
Change the value to Y .
Reboot your Pc and see the change yourself.

3.SPEED UP BOOT BY DISABLING UNUSED PORTS.!!
You may have tried many tweaks like modifying windows XP start-up applications, prefetches, unload DLLs method, etc. And yes those methods do work for me.
 I have just accidentally found out another 
way to give you an extra boost in windows XP's boot performance. 
This is done by disabling your unused devices in Device Manager.
 for example, if you don't have input devices that are connected
 to one of your USB's or COM ports, disabling them will give you 
an extra performance boost in booting. Go to Control Panel -> System -> Hardware tab -> device manager Disable devices that you don't use for your PC and then restart.

Start=>Run


Type Code:        at 11:35 shutdown -s


To cancel or Abort the shutdown:


Type Code:                   shutdown -a


Type  Code:  “shutdown –s –m\\computername –t60”. 
This command will shutdown the computer on network  if you have administrative access.  Here computer name  needs to be replaced by the exact computer name of the computer on the network to work.