More user options with User Account Control in Windows 7 Beta

User Account Control settings In the Windows 7 Control Panel, you can find a new tool called User Account Control Settings that is accessible from both the Action Center and User Accounts. (The Action Center is essentially a combination of Vista's Security Center and a new Maintenance interface that includes backup and troubleshooting tools.) When you access User Account Control Settings, as shown in Figure A , you'll see that the main control is a slider bar that allows you to choose one of four different UAC levels. Let's begin by looking at the default setting.
Figure A



The new Windows 7 User Account Control Settings allow you to choose one of four different UAC levels.
The Default level
As you can see here, the Default setting is on the second level down. At this level, UAC notifications and the Secure Desktop will appear only when programs try to make changes to your computer that require administrator-level permissions. You will not see UAC notifications when you try to make changes to Windows settings that require administrator-level permissions. This setting provides a medium level of security and will more than likely be satisfactory to most users. For example, at this level I can open and run such things as Computer Management or Disk Defragmenter without encountering a UAC. However, when I launched the AVG antivirus and the installation program launched, Windows 7 displayed the UAC notification shown in Figure B , and the Secure Desktop locked down the system - the desktop dimmed and was inaccessible.
Figure B



At the new default UAC level, notifications will appear when programs try to make any changes to your computer that require administrator-level permissions.
The Always Notify level
The first level is labeled Always Notify and is shown in Figure C . Of course this level represents the default setting used in Windows Vista. At this level, UAC notifications and the Secure Desktop will appear when either programs or you try to make changes to your computer that require administrator-level permissions.
Figure C



The Always Notify level is like the default UAC in Windows Vista.
The Notification-Only level
The third level, as shown in Figure D , is called Notification- Only and works similarly to the default level except that the Secure Desktop is disabled. In other words, when programs try to make changes to your computer that require administrator-level permissions, UAC notifications will appear, but the desktop will not be locked down - no dimming will occur and the desktop will be accessible. You will not see UAC notifications when you try to make changes to Windows settings that require administrator-level permissions.
Figure D



This level disables the Secure Desktop.
The Never Notify level
At the fourth level setting, designated as Never Notify, as shown in Figure E , UAC is completely disabled. You will never receive UAC notifications nor encounter the Secure Desktop.
Figure E



You can disable UAC completely.
Administrator account needed
If you are logged on with a Standard user account and access the User Account Control Settings interface, you will only be able to select and enable the Always Notify level. If you select either the third or fourth levels, you'll see a warning message at the bottom of the window, as shown in Figure F . You'll also notice that the OK button is not accessible.
Figure F



When logged on with a Standard user account, you cannot select the third or fourth levels in User Account Control Settings.
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Showing Super Hidden Files In Windows Vista

Windows Vista Tips To show Windows Vista "super hidden" files, that is, those files that are normally hidden from the user, you'll need to accesss the registry editor. To turn on (or off) super hidden files: (make sure you backup the registry before making changes)
Click the Start Button , type "regedit" (Registry Editor) in the search box, and press Enter
Click Continue to get past the User Account Control hurdle
On the left panel, double-click to navigate to the key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software \Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVe rsion\Explorer\Advanced
On the right panel, double-click on Superhidden
In the Value Data box, change the value to " 1 "
Click OK
Exit the Registry Editor
Restart your machine for the changes to take effect

Check Your Windows Vista Activation Status

This is an interesting and useful utility that will tell you the status of the computer you are working on that is using Windows Vista. If you are connected to the Internet, the utility will be able to tell you if the Windows Vista version you are using is fully licensed or not.
Click Start
Type cmd in the search box and hit ENTER
Type slmgr.vbs -dli in the command line
Wait a few seconds for a Windows Script Host pop-up window to display the License Activation Status
Click OK
The pop-up will also tell you the edition you are using, a description, as well as the license status.

Stop A Restart Process In 3steps

Some times we need to stop some restart process quickly. In windows XP/Vista/7 /2008 some times it gives auto restart warning and here is good solution for it.
1. Go to Start menu
2. Click on RUN
3. Enter the following command excluding hashcodes "shutdown -a"
its Done.
It is short but usefull

15 Top Secrets of Windows XP (Tutorial)

1. Useful key shortcuts available:
- Windows key + D - shows the desktop
- Windows key + M - minimizes all open windows
- Windows key + Shift + M - maximizes all open windows
- Windows key + E - Runs Windows Explorer
- Windows key + R - shows the RUN dialog
- Windows key + F - shows Search window
- Windows key + Break - shows System Properties box
- Windows key + TAB - Go through taskbar applications
- Windows key + PAUSE Display the System Properties dialog box
- Windows key + U Open Utility Manager
- ALT + TAB - Cycle through opened applications
- Hold down CTRL while dragging an item to Copy it
- CTRL + ESC Display the Start menu
- ALT + ENTER View the properties for the selected item
- F4 key Display the Address bar list in My Computer or
- NUM LOCK + Asterisk (*) Display all of the subfolders that are under the selected folder
2. Lock Windows to protect computer
You can lock Windows to protect the computer when leaving the station easily by creating a shortcut with the path rundll32 .exeuser32 .dll, LockWorkStation. The Windows key + L is also a shortcut to this feature.
3. Edit sysoc.inf to list all software
To show all software that can be removed from your computer (including protected Windows services), you can manually edit (using notepad for example) the sysoc.inf file located in Windows\inf\. Just remove the word hide next to the software pack.
*Note* - use this at your own risk. Removing critical components of the system will make Windows instable.
4 . Windows XP comes with IPv4 and IPv6
Windows XP comes both IPv4 and IPv6 support. To enable IPv6 , you can install the protocols needed with the command "ipv6 install" in the command-prompt. Then type ipv6 /? to see the options. The installation will not remove the IPv4 protocols so your current configuration will still work.
5. Access Task Manager with shortcut
To access the Task Manager easier, you can make a shortcut that points to %windir%\system32\taskmgr.e xe.
6. Stop treating ZIP files like Folders
If you don't want your Windows XP to treat ZIP files like folders, you can disable this component by running regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll at the command prompt or Run dialog. If you start missing it, you can enable it by typing regsvr32 zipfldr.dll.
7. Run program as diffrent user
You can run a program as a different user. Right click an application and select Run As command.
8. Switch users leaving applications opened
You can switch users leaving the applications opened too (*NOTE* use this only when needed since it could lead to system instability).
Go to Task Manager - processes and end the process explorer.exe. This will end only your session and not all applications. Then go to Applications tab, click New task and type runas /user:domainname\username explorer.exe. A password prompt will appear to login to the desired username. The user's session will start, with all your previously applications running.
I recommend to open first a command-line prompt and type runas /? to see all the options available.
9. Rename multiple files in Windows at once
Rename multiple files in Windows at once. Select them all, right click and select Rename. Enter the desired name. They will be renamed using what you specified, with a number in brackets to distinguish them.
10. Task kill feature in Windows
Windows has a task kill feature similar to Linux. Go to a command prompt and run the command tasklist to see running processes with PID numbers. Then type tskill to end the specific task. This forces an instant closing of the task.
11. Edit features with GPEDIT.MSC
You can edit many features by running gpedit.msc. You can add log on/log off scripts here and many features.
12. Edit accounts in the command prompt
You can edit accounts by running "control userpasswords2" at the command prompt.
13. Use systeminfo.exe to see System Information
You can use the systeminfo.exe command in the command prompt to see System Information, including all Windows updates and hotfixes.
14. Disable system services for maximum performance
There are system services that you can disable to free up the system's load. To access the interface that permits you to make changes to system's services, type services.msc and the command prompt.
This is a list of services that are *usually* useless and can be safely disabled.
Alerter
Application Layer Gateway Service,
Application Management
Automatic Updates
Background Intelligent Transfer
Clipbook
Distributed Link Tracking Client
Distributed Transaction Coordinater
Error Reporting Service
Fast User Switching Compatibility
IMAPI CD-Burning
Indexing Service
IPSEC Services
Messenger
Net Logon
Net Meeting
Remote Desktop Sharing
Network DDE
Network DDE DSDM
Portable Media Serial Number
Remote Desktop Help Session Manager
Remote Registry
Secondary Logon
Smartcard
SSDP Discovery Service
Uninterruptible Power Supply
Universal Plug and Play Device Host
Upload Manager
Webclient
Wireless Zero Configuration
WMI Performance Adaptor
*NOTE*: Make sure you don't need them since some applications you're using could depend on them. If you make any application to fail by disabling any of the services, go back and enable it again.
15. Repair Windows XP by using the XP installation CD
If your system failes to start due to an error related to missing HAL.DLL, invalid Boot.ini or any other critical system boot files you can repair this by using the XP installation CD. ...

How To Reset, Retrieve Windows Xp User Password if forgotten or losted.

IF U R IN TROUBLE ? LOST YOUR XP LOGIN USERNAME AND PASSWORD......
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You can get in to anu user account if you are using windows administrative account its a simple methord !
STEP 1. CLCIK - START MENU !
STEP 2. TAKE " RUN "
STEP 3. RUN " mmc " - M icrosoft M anagement C onsole
There u get a new NEW WINDOW - name Console
STEP 4. Click FILE TAB
STEP 5. TAKE " ADD / REMOVE "
STEP 6. Click " Add.. " - (Child window)
STEP 7. " Add Local User and Groups " From the category
STEP 8. THEN CLICK - OK
STEP 9. CLICK USER
Now u can see all USER account
STEP 10. Right Click on any user u want to change !
STEP 11. Choose " Set Password "
STEP 12. Type NEWPASSWORD - and click OK !
Process Over ! Now you can Logout.... then Login with other user ( that u change password ) with Newpassword !
Enjoy...

Remove "Uninstallable" XP Utilities

Think you can't uninstall Windows Messenger, WordPad, and similar components? Think again. This hack shows you how. Windows has always had a problem with uninstalling software, and it's particularly poor at uninstalling its own utilities, such as WordPad or Windows Messenger. Uninstalling these utilities can free up hard- disk space if your hard disk is starting to fill up. And if you never use Windows Messenger, you most likely will want to uninstall it because the program frequently launches itself automatically even after you've shut it down repeatedly, kind of like Dracula returning from the dead. It won't bother you any longer if you uninstall it. To remove XP utilities and components, you normally choose Control Panel Add or Remove Programs Add/Remove Windows Components to get to the Windows Components Wizard, shown in Figure 2-12 . To uninstall a utility or component, just follow the wizard's instructions. Figure 2-12. The Windows Components Wizard
Ah, but there's a catch. A number of Windows utilities and componentsnotably Windows Messenger and WordPaddon't show up in the Windows Components Wizard so there's no apparent way to uninstall them. But you can, in fact, remove these components. XP has a Setup Information file that controls what appears in the Windows Components Wizard. If you edit this file, you can force these components to appear in the wizard, and then you can remove them as you would any others. To start, use Notepad or another text editor to open the Setup Information file, sysoc.inf, which is generally found in the C:\WINDOWS\INF folder. For safety's sake, make a backup of the file before editing it, so you can revert to it if you need to. You should also set up a system restore point before making the changes. To set up a system restore point, choose Control Panel Performance and Maintenance System Restore and follow the instructions.
C:\WINDOWS\INF is a hidden folder, so if you want to view its contents, you will have to enable hidden folders by going into Windows Explorer and choosing Tools Folder Options View Show Hidden Files and Folders.
When you open the file, look for the line describing the program you want to uninstall. Lines in the file have the format:program=program.dll,O cEntry,program.inf,,numeral
Programs that are uninstallable have the word hide (or HIDE) embedded in the string. When this word is included in the string, the program won't show up in the Windows Components Wizard. The Pinball game entry, which doesn't show up in the wizard, looks like this:Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,p inball.inf,HIDE,7
To force it to show up in the wizard, remove the word HIDE from the entry that refers to the component you want to remove. For example, if you want to remove Pinball, edit its entry to this:Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,p inball.inf,,7
Save the sysoc.inf file, then run the Windows Components Wizard. The component will now show up in the wizard. Remove it as you would any other component. Keep in mind that not all of the entries in sysoc.inf are as easy to understand as Pinball and WordPad. For example, if you want to remove Windows Messenger, look for the entry that starts with the text msmsgs. If you want to remove the Accessibility Wizard, look for the entry for AccessOpt. Table 2-4 lists the "uninstallable" programs and their entries in the sysoc.inf file. Table 2-4. "Uninstallable" programs and their sysoc.inf entries Entry What entry refers to
AccessOpt Accessibility Wizard
MultiM Multimedia components, including Media Player, Volume Control, and Sound Recorder
CommApps Communications components, including Chat, Hyperterminal, and Phone Dialer
AutoUpdate Windows Automatic Update
TerminalServer Terminal Server
dtc Distributed Transaction Coordinator
dom COM+
WBEM Windows Management Instrumentation
Pinball Pinball game
MSWordPad WordPad
msmsgs Windows Messenger
You might run into a few gotchas when trying to remove "uninstallable" components. On some systems, you simply won't be able to remove Windows Messenger because Windows Messenger won't show up on the Windows Components Wizard even after you edit the sysoc.inf file. And some components, such as Terminal Server, will show up in the wizard if you edit the sysoc.inf file, but the wizard still won't let you uninstall them. 2.9.1. Hide Components You Don't Want to Be Uninstalled You can use this same technique in reverse to hide components you don't want to be uninstalled accidentally. Simply put the word HIDE in the proper place in the entry that you don't want to show up in the Windows Components Wizard. For example, if you want to hide the uninstall entry for the fax utility, edit its entry by changing:Fax=fxsocm.dll,FaxOc mSetupProc,fxsocm.inf,,7
to:Fax=fxsocm.dll,FaxOcmSetup Proc,fxsocm.inf,HIDE,7

TOP ten Tips to increase System Speed

1 .Let your PC boot up completely before opening any applications. 2 .Refresh the desktop after closing any application. This will remove any unused files from the RAM. 3 .Do not set very large file size images as your wallpaper. Do not keep a wallpaper at all if your PC is low on RAM (less than 64 MB).
4 .Do not clutter your Desktop with a lot of shortcuts. Each shortcut on the desktop uses up to 500 bytes of RAM 5 .Empty the recycle bin regularly. The files are not really deleted from your hard drive until you empty the recycle bin. 6 .Delete the temporary internet files regularly. 7.Defragment your hard drive once every two months. This will free up a lot of space on your hard drive and rearrange the files so that your applications run faster. 8 .Always make two partitions in your hard drive. Install all large Softwares (like PSP, Photoshop, 3DS Max etc) in the second partition. Windows uses all the available empty space in C drive as virtual memory when your Computer RAM is full. Keep the C Drive as empty as possible.
9.When installing new Softwares disable the option of having a tray icon. The tray icons use up available RAM, and also slow down the booting of your PC. Also disable the option of starting the application automatically when the PC boots. You can disable these options later on also from the Tools or preferences menu in your application. 10. Protect your PC from dust. Dust causes the CPU cooling fan to jam and slow down thereby gradually heating your CPU and affecting the processing speed. Use compressed air to blow out any dust from the CPU. Never use vacuum. RAM IS THE WORKING AREA (DESKTOP) OF THE CPU, KEEP IT AS EMPTY AND UNCLUTTERED AS POSSIBLE!

Tricks to make XP FASteR

Boot XP faster:
1. Open notepad.exe, type "del c:\windows\prefetch\ntosboot- *.* /q" (without the quotes) & save as "ntosboot.bat" in c:\
2. From the Start menu, select "Run..." & type "gpedit.msc".
3. Double click "Windows Settings" under "Computer Configuration" and double click again on "Shutdown" in the right window.
4. In the new window, click "add", "Browse", locate your "ntosboot.bat" file &
click "Open".
5. Click "OK", "Apply" & "OK" once again to exit.
6. From the Start menu, select "Run..." & type "devmgmt.msc".
7. Double click on "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers"
8. Right click on "Primary IDE Channel" and select "Properties".
9 . Select the "Advanced Settings" tab then on the device 0 or 1 that doesn't have 'device type' greyed out select 'none' instead of 'autodetect' & click "OK".
10 . Right click on "Secondary IDE channel", select "Properties" and repeat step 9.
11. Reboot your computer.
Increase ur Computers Response time
Indexing services is a small little program that uses large amounts of RAM and can often make a computer endlessly loud and noisy. This system process indexes and updates lists of all the files that are on your computer. It does this so that when you do a search for something on your computer, it will search faster by scanning the index lists. If you don't search your computer often, or even if you do search often, this system service is completley unnessesary.
1.Go to Start
2.Click Settings
3.Click Control Panel
4,Double-click Add/Remove Programs
5,Click the Add/Remove Window Components
6.Uncheck the Indexing services
7.Click Next
That's it, you have now uninstalled the Indexing service, you system will not have more RAM and be more responsive
Correcting System Hang at Startup
If your system hangs about 2 or 3 minutes at startup, where you can't access the Start button or the Taskbar, it may be due to one specific service (Background Intelligent Transfer) running in the background. Microsoft put out a patch for this but it didn't work for me. Here's what you do:
1. Click on Start/Run, type 'msconfig', then click 'OK'.
2. Go to the 'Services' tab, find the 'Background Intelligent Transfer' service, disable it, apply the changes & reboot.
Enhance ur Computers Gaming performance
For Users with 256 MB RAM or more this tweak will boost their Windows- and Game-Performance.
What it does: It tells Windows not to use any Swap File until there is really no more free RAM left.
Open the System Configuration Utility by typing msconfig.exe in the RUN command. There in your System.ini you have to add "ConservativeSwapfileUs age=1 " under the 386enh section.
Restart your Windows and enjoy better Game performance.
[ soon i ll add more tips] roney

Rapidshare Direct downloading Without Waiting..

1. Goto the page you want to download
2. Select FREE button
3 . In the address bar put the following: javascript:alert(c=0)
4. Click OK
5. Click OK to the pop-up box
6. Enter the captcha
7. Download Your File
2. Request a new IP address from your ISP server.
Here's how to do it in windows:
1. Click Start
2. Click run
3. In the run box type cmd.exe and click OK
4. When the command prompt opens type the following. ENTER after each new line.
ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
exit
5. Erase your cookies in whatever browser you are using.
6. Try the rapidshare download again.
Frequently you will be assigned a new IP address when this happens. Sometime you will, sometimes you will not. If you are on a fixed IP address, this method will not work.