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6 Smart and Cool Tricks for Windows XP

Tanmay Windows Leave a Comment

Windows XP is the popular and user friendly operating system . You can make your XP to perform better and easy to use applying some cool tips and tricks. Here I listed 6  useful tricks and tips to make a play with your Windows XP more efficiently. On other hand you can customize your  XP by those tricks securely, without using any soft pack.

1. Create an Invisible Folder

  • Create a New Folder.
  • Rename this folder holding on the “Alt” key and type “0160” with Numpad. Now your folder is saved without any name.
  • To change the icon right click on the folder and select “Properties”. A “Properties” window will pop up. Under the “Customize” tab click on “Change Icon”.

  • Scroll the icon list and select a blank icon. Click “Ok“. Click on “Apply” to save your setting.

  • Now the new Folder is invisible. To detect your invisible folder refresh the window/desktop, your invisible folder will blink.

2.Create Shutdown Shortcut on Desktop

To create a shortcut of the “Shutdown” option

  • Right click on desktop and select “New > Shortcut” .
  • A “Create Shortcut” window will appear. Type “shutdown -s –t 0 –f”. Click on “Next” then “Finish“.

  • Now shutdown shortcut is created on desktop.
  • Right click on the shortcut and select “Properties >Shortcut > Change icon“.

3. Shutdown your computer Faster

  • Go to Start > Run and type “regedit “.

  • A “Registry Editor” window will appear. Navigate to

HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop

  • In the right pane, right click on “ WaitTOKillAppTimeout” and select “Modify“.
  • Type  “10000” in the  “Value data” space. Click on “OK”.

4.  Rename your Recycle bin folder

  • Go to Start > run and type “regedit”.
  • Navigate to  and expand

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID

  • Under “CLSID” key double click on “{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}”.
  • Double click on “ LocalizedString” in the right pane of Registry Editor.
  • Type the name, you want in “Value data” field. Click on “OK”.

  • Refresh the desktop. Notice that the recycle bin has been renamed.

5. On Screen Keyboard

  • Go to Start > Run and type “osk”.

  • Now an on screen keyboard will appear.

6.  Play Microsoft – Windows Secret Welcome Music

  • Click on My Computer and open your root drive (generally C:).
  • Open “C:Windowssystem32oobeimages”.
  • To play the  Microsoft Windows Welcome music click on “title.wmv” file.

  • To set this music as the start up music in your Windows XP computer convert this file into “.wav” format.
  • Open “Control Panel > Sound and Audio Drives“.
  • Click on “Sound” tab.
  • Under the “Program events” section select “Start Windows“. Click on “Browse“.
  • Select the file from its location.
  • Click on “Apply” then “OK“.

Post Tags: Performance, Tips & Tricks, Windows XP
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Comments

  1. Syed Riyaz uddin :

    Very cool and best tricks

    Reply
  2. Syed Riyaz uddin :

    Best trick its very excellent

    Reply
  3. pad :

    This Very Cool Tricks .
    Thank you.Friend

    Reply
  4. AMANJHA :

    THESE ARE REALLY COOOOOL TRICKS

    Reply
  5. Someone :

    A faster way to shut down the computer is go to run then “shutdown -s”.

    Reply
  6. Super Geek :

    Best windows XP tricks i have ever read about ! thank you 🙂

    Reply
  7. SuperGeek :

    The Rename your recycle bin doesn’t work for me

    Reply
  8. amol :

    windows xp does not detect CD/DVD drive,on
    pc

    Reply

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