Showing posts with label VISTA Tricks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label VISTA Tricks. Show all posts

Monday, December 13, 2010

Move taskbars

If you want to change the position of Taskbar then go for it by simply following these steps...

Right click on taskbar (if it is locked than click on lock taskbar to unlock it) drag taskbar to its new location then again locked it by right click on it.

Change Web Page Font Size on the Fly

If your mouse contains a wheel for scrolling, you can change font size on the fly when viewing a Web page. To do so:

Press and hold Ctrl. Scroll down (towards yourself) to enlarge the font size. Scroll up (away from yourself) to reduce the font size.

You might find it useful to reduce font size when printing a Web page, so that you can fit more content on the page.

Double click in single click

If u want to get rid of double clicking to open an item then now you can open an item by just clicking once. For this follow these steps..

start>>my computer>>tools>>folder options>> click single click to open an item then click ok.

Auto Login

Follow these steps for auto login:

· Go to Start/Run, and type 'control userpasswords2'.

· From Users Tab, Uncheck "Users must enter ...."

· A dialog will allow setting a user and password to be used automatically.

Create Shortcut to shutdown computer - Cool Computer Trick

Leaving your computer in a hurry want to shutdown it but reallly it takes a lot of time first go to start menu then click on shutdown then click ok on shutdown dialog box. But now you can shutdown your system in 1 click. Create shortcut os shutdown on your desktop, To create shortcut follow these steps:


1) Go to desktop, Right click on it.
2) Select New >> Shortcut.
3) In new shortcut wizard window type "shutdown -s -t 01" in location.


4) Click Next.
5) Give any name to shortcut, I gave shutdown.
6) Click OK.

Its done.
now you can shutdown your computer by clicking on that shortcut.

Create Shortcut to restart computer - Cool Computer Trick

Create shortcut to restart computer on your desktop, To create shortcut follow these steps:
1) Go to desktop, Right click on it.
2) Select New >> Shortcut.
3) In new shortcut wizard window type "shutdown -r -t 01" in location.

4) Click Next.
5) Give any name to shortcut, I gave shutdown.
6) Click OK.
Its done.
now you can use this shortcut to restart your computer.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Scan and Replace window's corrupted System Files

If your computer running slowly or not working properly then there may be some problem in its System files. System files are group of program files that work together to run your computer. These files can be changed or corrupted with time, it may corrupts due to installation of softwares, some internal errors or due to viruses, which makes computer slower.

Scan your system files to check if they are working fine or having some errors. In case of damaged system files you can repair or replace them. It can be done by System file checker.


System File Checker is a utility in Microsoft Windows that allows users to scan for and restore corruptions in Windows system files. This utility is available on Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Vista.


Follow these steps to use System file Checker:

1). Go to Run.
2). Type SFC /SCANNOW and click on ok button.
3). It will start scanning proccess and this process takes longer time, it can be more than 30 mins.
4). In case window having some problems, It will display some steps to follow. just follow those steps.

Sticky Menus

Normally when you move the mouse over the Start Menu or over some Programs, it will automatically cascade and show the submenus. But if you want menus to open submenus only when you actually click on them, then those menus are known as sticky menus so here are steps to make sticky menus, you need to make some changes in regestiry just follow these steps:

1. Go to run and type Regedit.
2. In registry editor window, browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Deafault \ Control Panel \ Desktop.
3. Check if there is any string named MenuShowDelay, If it not there, create a string called MenuShowDelay.


4. Give it a value of 65534.
Its done.

Notepad, System tricks, Tweaks, VISTA tricks, XP tricks

Here is trick to open cdrom in 1 click. For this you have to make a file which when clicked open cdrom. So to make that file follow given steps:


1). Open notepad.

2). Copy given code as it is into it

code:

Set oWMP = CreateObject("WMPlayer.OCX.7")
Set colCDROMs = oWMP.cdromCollection
if colCDROMs.Count >= 1 then
for i=0 to colCDROMs.Count - 1
strDrive= oWMP.cdromCollection.item(i).driveSpecifier
colCDROMs.Item(i).Eject
strQuestion = "Close DRIVE " & strDrive & "?"
answer= msgbox (strQuestion, vbYESNO)
if answer= vbYES then colCDROMs.Item(i).eject:
next
end if
wscript.quit



3). Save it anywhere with the name cdrom.vbs.
Its done.


The above file when clicked will open your cd rom and ask question to close it and will close in case of pcs when you say yes.