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How to Remove the arrows from Shortcut icons

All the Shortcuts have an arrow, and it’s irritating to a few people (like me). If you want to remove the arrows, open the Registry Editor, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Icons. If this key does not exist, create it. Now, create a new String value inside this key and name it “29”. Set the value of […]

How to Create an XP CD that requires no driver installation!

The Windows XP CD is used to format the system. Whenever you do this you will have to install extra drivers to make it up and working for other applications. So in order to make it easy we can make a create a Windows XP installation CD that requires no driver installation. The steps required […]

Windows XP is not recognizing my USB drive?

WINDOWS is not recognizing my USB drive. I got all the drivers installed and also the USB drive is working fine. I solved it by following a simple procedure. If you too are facing the same problem then this will help you solve it. Windows may be turning a blind eye to your external drive […]

How to create a special folder like My Documents in XP

How can you create a folder like My Documents — one that will appear as a system folder in XP?Here’s how to create a custom folder in My Computer, one that can’t be deleted or renamed. Step 1In the Registry Editor, navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID. Create a new key with a Globally Unique Identifier (GUID). The […]

10 Simple Ways To Speed Up Your Windows XP

Here are some 10 quick tips to speed up your computer. I have already posted about ways of speeding up your computer. These will help your XP run faster. Tips to speed up your Computer 1. Defrag Disk to Speed Up Access to Data One of the factors that slow the performance of the computer […]

How to disable the Windows System tray

One of the most frequently accessed places on your desktop will be your Windows System tray. What is good about this little tray is that it gives access to some of your running programs through a tiny icon. But when the installed programs are more it will occupy most of the space in the taskbar. […]

How to block USB devices in Windows XP

The most important thing for any one who owns a Computer or laptop is their DATA. This data or iinformation or whatever it may be will sometimes contains private items and also some confidential items. But these days the data can be easily copied by the pen drives or USB drives. This is mianly happening […]

Organise Folders by colouring them

many of us like to make as many folders as possible in order to divide and categorise the data in a detailed manner. While some of the users prefer to make less folders in Windows to find the content stored within them easily. Making a huge number of folders can be a good productive strategy […]

How to change Start up tune in Windows XP

You can change the start up tune of Windows XP to the tune you like. This involves a simple procedure and by doing that you can make your own start up and turn off tunes. All the sounds in Windows XP are in WAV format. So if you want to change any of the system […]

How to convert Guest into Admin in windows XP

When you log into guest account in Windows Xp you cannot access some functions which are available for admin account. Although this point is known to everyone the reason why I am telling it here is because there is a way to convert this guest account into admin account. Isn’t this cool? So, In order […]

How to change name of START Menu

Ever wondered how would it be if the start menu of Windows Xp has your name instead of START. There is a small registery hack to make this tweak. To change name of START menu : Copy EXPLORER.EXE in your Windows directory ( The direectory is found in the drive where you have installed youe […]

Shortcuts for WIndows XP

Windows Hotkeys Shift + F10 right-clicks.Win + L (XP Only): Locks keyboard. Similar to Lock Workstation.Win + F or F3: Open Find dialog. (All Files) F3 may not work in some applications which use F3 for their own find dialogs.Win + Control + F: Open Find dialog. (Computers)Win + U: Open Utility Manager.Win + F1: […]