(Tip:People Who have little knowledge about Computers only try these tips.)











1.How to speed up "Start" menu in windows Xp?







* Click Start, and then click Run.



* Type Regedit in the box, and then click OK.



* Expand the menu in the left panel and select the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop folder.



* Scroll down in the right panel and double click on the MenuShowDelay file.



* In the Value Data box, change to default value for the menu speed from 400 to a lesser number, such as 1.



*Click OK.







2.How to remove recycle bin from your desktop:







Open Regedit by going to START - RUN and type Regedit and hit enter. Then you should navigate to following entry in registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\



Desktop\NameSpace\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} and delete it. This action should remove recycle bin from your desktop.











3.How to remove shared documents folder from My Computer window







Some don't like my shared documents folder option. If you are one of that, here is a trick to remove it.Open registry editor by going to START-RUN and entering regedit.



Once in registry, navigate to key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ My Computer \ NameSpace \ DelegateFolders You must see a sub-key named {59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}. If you delete this key, you have effectively removed the my shared documents folder.







4.How to improve on shutdown time ? Close apps automatically & quickly at shutdown tip:







Open Registry by going to START-RUN and typing REGEDIT. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\CONTROL PANEL\DESKTOP and look for AutoEndTasks. On my computer default value is 0. Change it to 1. Thats all. Further more you can reduce the time it takes for Windows to issue kill directive to all active/hung applications.



In doing this only constraint that you should make sure exists is that HungAppTimeout is greater than WaitToKillAppTimeout. Change the values of WaitToKillAppTimeout to say 3500 (since default value for HungAppTimeout 5000 and for WaitToKillAppTimeout is 20000)











5.Want a quick shutdown button on ur desktop?







Right click on desktop.New-shortcut.



In location box, type following code or copy paste it.







%windir%\System32\shutdown.exe -s -f -t 00







Give it some name like Quick shutdown.



That's it! When you want to shutdown ur computer, just double click on it.



 

6.Branding Windows with your Name

open notepad dump the following lines into it and save it with the name OEMINFO.INI in the c:\windows\system32 directory:





[General]

Manufacturer=Your Name Here

Model=Your Model Here

[Support Information]

Line1=Your Name Here

Line2=Your Address Here

Line3=Your Email Address Here

Save the file, then make a right click on my computer select properties, in the general tab a button will be highlighted (support information) make a click on it, you will be able to see the changes.

Now if you want to display some more information then simply increase the line in the file.

ex: Line4=Your Working Hours Here











I'll Add some more useful ones if i find.And you also post any if you know.