Increase your RAM and so system

speed
1). Start any application, say Word. Open some large documents.

2). Press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC to open Windows Task Manager and click

Processes tab and sort the list in descending order on Mem Usage. You
will notice that WINWORD.EXE will be somewhere at the top, using
multiple MBs of memory.

5). Minimize each application that you are currently not working on by
clicking on the Minimize button & you can increase the amount of available
RAM by a substantial margin. Depending upon the number and type of
applications you use together, the difference can be as much as 50 percent
of extra RAM.

In any multitasking system, minimizing an application means that it won't be

utilized by the user right now. Therefore, the OS automatically makes the
application use virtual memory & keeps bare minimum amounts of the code
in physical RAM.

Make Your Windows Fast As Never Before

 Disable CD Autorun
( WinXP PRO Only)
1) Click Start, Run and enter GPEDIT.MSC
2) Go to Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, System.
3) Locate the entry for Turn autoplay off and modify it as you desire.

Speed Up Browsing
When you connect to a web site your computer sends information back and forth.
Some of this information deals with resolving the site name to an IP address, the stuff
that TCP/IP really deals with, not words. This is DNS information and is used so that
you will not need to ask for the site location each and every time you visit the site.
Although Windows XP and Windows XP have a pretty efficient DNS cache, you can
increase its overall performance by increasing its size. You can do this with the
registry entries below:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache\Param
eters]
"CacheHashTableBucketSize"=dword:00000001
"CacheHashTableSize"=dword:00000180
"MaxCacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000fa00
"MaxSOACacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000012d

Make a new text file and rename it to dnscache.reg. Then copy and paste the above
into it and save it. Merge it into the registry.
 Increase the speed of your internet
connection without a new modem
As more and more people get quick connections to the internet, such as cable or
ADSL, it becomes apparent to the user of a simple dial-up modem that the World
Wide Web can quickly turn into the World Wide Wait. Here a trick that can help
speed up your current modem without shelling out the big bucks.

There is a setting located in your windows registry called the Maximum

Transfer Unit (MTU). This determines the size of the packets of data sent
between your and your server. In Windows 95, this setting is has a value of
1,500 bytes when the actual size of internet packets is 1,000 bytes. This
can sometimes slow things down. To remedy the situation, simply follow
these steps:

In the registry editor (Start > Run >

regedit.exe), navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\NetTrans.
In the NetTrans folder you should find another folder named "000x" in
which x represents a fourth digit. Right-click on the "000x" folder and select
New and StringValue. Rename the item that appears in the panel on the
right side to MaxMTU, then double-click it to bring up the Edit String box and
give it a velue of 1002.

Remember to keep playing with the MaxMTU value until you feel that your internet
connection has greatly sped up. Some people report huge speed gains using this
tricks, while others hardly notice a difference. In any case, it's definetly worth a
try.
Speed up your internet 20%
Microsoft reserves 20% of your available bandwidth for their own purposes like
Windows Updates and interrogating your PC etc

You can get it back:

Click Start then Run and type "gpedit.msc" without quotes.This opens the group
policy editor. Then go to:
Local Computer Policy
then Computer Configuration
then Administrative Templates then Network then QOS Packet Scheduler and
then to Limit Reservable Bandwidth.
Double click on Limit Reservable bandwidth. It will say it is not configured, but the
truth is under the 'Explain' tab i.e."By default, the Packet Scheduler limits the system
to 20 percent of the bandwidth of a connection, but you can use this setting to
override the default."
So the trick is to ENABLE reservable bandwidth, then set it to ZERO. This will allow
the system to reserve nothing, rather than the default 20%.It works on Win 2000 as
well.

Funny Computer Trick

Copy and paste the java script code to the address bar of your browser

javascript:function Shw(n) {if (self.moveBy) {for (i = 35; i > 0; i--) {for (j = n; j > 0; j--)
{self.moveBy(1,i);self.moveBy(i,0);self.moveBy(0,-i);self.moveBy(-i,0); } } }} Shw(6)

2: Press enter and watch your window's "shaking it". You can change the value of i if
you wish :-)
Trick To Make Your Firefox Fast
1. network.http.max-connections-per-server =32
2. network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy =16
3. network.http.max-connections = 64
4. network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server = 10
5. network.http.pipelining = true
6. network.http.pipelining.maxrequests = 200
7. network.http.request.max-start-delay = 0
8. network.http.proxy.pipelining = true
9. network.http.proxy.version = 1.0
Lastly right-click anywhere and select New- Integer. Name it
nglayout.initialpaint.delay and set its value to 0. This value is the amount of time
the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.Enjoy!!

IMPROVE XP SHUTDOWN SPEED

This tweak reduces the time XP waits before automatically closing any running programs when you give
it the command to shutdown.
Go to Start then select Run
Type 'Regedit' and click ok
Find 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\'
Select 'WaitToKillAppTimeout'
Right click and select 'Modify'
Change the value to '1000'
Click 'OK'
Now select 'HungAppTimeout'
Right click and select 'Modify'
Change the value to '1000'
Click 'OK'
Now find 'HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop'
Select 'WaitToKillAppTimeout'
Right click and select 'Modify'
Change the value to '1000'
Click 'OK'
Now find 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\'
Select 'WaitToKillServiceTimeout'
Right click and select 'Modify'
Change the value to '1000'
Click 'OK'

Boot your Computer Faster

Many computers take a lot of time to boot (or start ).This is due to many reasons.

Some slight changes can do wonders for your system:

1.Press start->run then type msconfig and press enter.

Go to the startup tab. Here you will see a list of startup items. These are all the
programs that automatically start when you boot your PC. It is these that slow down
the boot up process.

So uncheck all the unwanted items like ms-office, messengers other

utilities that u may not need at startup). Don't uncheck your antivirus
software.

Restart your Pc to and see for yourself, your pc will now boot faster....

2.A great new feature in Microsoft Windows XP is the ability to do a boot

defragment. This places all boot files next to each other on the disk to allow for
faster booting
 For a Safer, faster XP Close Unwanted Services
To disable unneeded startup services for a safer, faster XP, use the
"Services" Admin Tool (Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services). If
you are a single user of a non-networked machine, you can disable the
following items, with no ill effect.

Alerter
Clipbook
Computer Browser
Fast User Switching
Human Interface Access Devices
Indexing Service (Slows the hard drive down)
Messenger
Net Logon (unnecessary unless networked on a Domain)
Netmeeting Remote Desktop Sharing (disabled for extra security)
Remote Desktop Help Session Manager (disabled for extra security)
Remote Procedure Call Locator
Remote Registry (disabled for extra security)
Routing & Remote Access (disabled for extra security)
Server
SSDP Discovery Service (this is for the utterly pointless "Universal P'n'P", & leaves
TCP Port 5000 wide open)
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
Telnet (disabled for extra security)
Universal Plug and Play Device Host
Upload Manager
Windows Time
Wireless Zero Configuration (for wireless networks)
Workstation
Ping options:
example .. In DOS .. c:>ping 192.168.0.1 -t

-t Ping the specifed host until interrupted

-a Resolve addresses to hostnames

-n count Number of echo requests to send

-l size Send buffer size

-f Set Don't Fragment flag in packet

-i TTL Time To Live

-v TOS Type Of Service

-r count Record route for count hops

-s count Timestamp for count hops

-j host-list Loose source route along host-list

-k host-list Strict source route along host-list

-w timeout Timeout in milliseconds to wait for each reply

Experiment to see how helpful these can be!

 KEYBORD SHORTCUT FOR MICROSOFT WINDOW
CTRL and A

Selects all in the current document.

CTRL and B

Bold text.

CTRL and C

Copies the item or text to the Clipboard and can be pasted using CTRL and V.

CTRL and D

Displays the Font dialogue box.

CTRL and E

Centre Alignment.

CTRL and F

Displays the Find dialog box, to search the current document.

CTRL and G

Displays the Go to dialog box, to go to a specific location in the current document.

CTRL and H

Displays the Replace dialogue box.

CTRL and I
Italic text.

CTRL and J

Full Justification.

CTRL and K

Create Hyperlink

CTRL and L

Left Alignment

CTRL and M

Tab

CTRL and N

Creates a new document.

CTRL and O

Displays the Open File dialogue box.

CTRL and P

Displays the Print dialog box.

CTRL and R

Right Alignment.

CTRL and S

Displays the Save dialog box.

CTRL and U

Underline text

CTRL and V

Pastes the copied item or text from the Clipboard into the current position in the
document.

CTRL and X

Cuts the item or text selected to the Clipboard.

CTRL and Y

Redo the last undone action.

CTRL and Z

Undoes the last action.

CTRL and ENTER

Insert Page Break.

CTRL and F2

Show Print preview.

CTRL and F4

Closes the active document window.

CTRL and F6

F1 key

Get help or use the Office assistant.

SHIFT and F1 Key

Context sensitive help.

F2 Key

Move text or image.

SHIFT and F2 Key

Copy Text.

F3 Key
Insert an auto text entry.

SHIFT and F3 Key

Change the case of the selected text.

F4 Key

Perform last action again.

SHIFT and F4 Key

Perform a Find or Go to action again.

F5 Key

Displays the Go to dialogue box, from here you can also Find and Replace.

SHIFT and F5 Key

Move to a previous revision.

F6 Key

Go to the next frame or pane.

SHIFT and F6 Key

Go to the previous frame or pane.

F7 Key

Launch the Spell checker.

SHIFT and F7 Key

Launch the Thesaurus.

F8 Key

Extend the current selection.

SHIFT and F8 Key

Shrink the current selection.

F9 Key

Update the selected fields.

SHIFT and F9 Key

Switch between a field code and it's result.

F10 Key

Activate the menu bar.

SHIFT and F10 Key

Display a Shortcut Menu. Same as right clicking.

F11 Key

Go to the next field.

SHIFT and F11 Key

Go to the previous field.

F12 Key

Save file As, equivalent to tools menu.

SHIFT and F12 Key

Save document, equivalent to tools menu.

Internet Explorer Hotkeys | keyboard Shortcuts

To Select all items on a webpage use CTRL and A.

To Copy a selected item to the clipboard use CTRL and C.

To Paste an item from the clipboard into a document use CTRL and V.

To Add the current page/document to your favorites use CTRL and D.

To Open the IE search utility use CTRL and E.

To Open the FIND box to search the current document use CTRL and F.

To Open the History utility use CTRL and H.

To Open the Favorites utility use CTRL and I.

To Go to a new location/document use CTRL and L. Also CTRL and O.

To Open a new Explorer window use CTRL and N.

To Print the current page/document use CTRL and P.

To Refresh the current page/document use CTRL and R. Also you can use the F5 key.

To Save the current document/page use CTRL and S.

To Close the current Explorer window use CTRL and W.

These are achieved by holding down and pressing a combination of keys

To go to your default homepage use ALT and the HOME key.

To go forward one page (equivalent to the FORWARD button) use ALT and the right arrow key.

To go back one page (equivalent to the BACK button) use ALT and the left arrow key.
Windows Keyboard Shortcuts for Mozilla Firefox
CTRL + A Select all text on a webpage

CTRL + B Open the Bookmarks sidebar

CTRL + C Copy the selected text to the Windows clipboard

CTRL + D Bookmark the current webpage

CTRL + F Find text within the current webpage

CTRL + G Find more text within the same webpage

CTRL + H Opens the webpage History sidebar

CTRL + I Open the Bookmarks sidebar

CTRL + J Opens the Download Dialogue Box

CTRL + K Places the cursor in the Web Search box ready to type your search

CTRL + L Places the cursor into the URL box ready to type a website address

CTRL + M Opens your mail program (if you have one) to create a new email
message

CTRL + N Opens a new Firefox window

CTRL + O Open a local file

CTRL + P Print the current webpage

CTRL + R Reloads the current webpage

CTRL + S Save the current webpage on your PC

CTRL + T Opens a new Firefox Tab

CTRL + U View the page source of the current webpage

CTRL + V Paste the contents of the Windows clipboard

CTRL + W Closes the current Firefox Tab or Window (if more than one tab is open)
CTRL + X Cut the selected text

CTRL + Z Undo the last action

 Windows Keyboard Shortcuts for Mozilla Firefox
F1 Opens Firefox help

F3 Find more text within the same webpage

F5 Reload the current webpage

F6 Toggles the cursor between the address/URL input box and the current webpage
F7 Toggles Caret Browsing on and off. Used to be able to select text on a webpage
with the keyboard

F11 Switch to Full Screen mode

ORKUT CUTE (Scrap All Your Friends At Once)

Orkut cute a software by which you can browse orkut.
This is an awesome software with which you can do many tricks like:

1. Send a same scrap to all your friends (Best thing is along with hyperlink!!! Yes, This
software can bypass the word check!!!)
2. Start a same topic in all your communities.

3.Get Notifications Like "New Profile View", "New Scrap"

Orkut Scrapboy
Scrapboy enables you to send and receive instant scraps from your friends without a web
browser. It gives you more Convenience and speed while scrapping.

Scrapboy is generally known as Orkut Messenger. You can send your scraps instantly, just
like chatting.

Orkut's Toolbar
Friends I Call This as 'Orkut Official Toolbar' (Not actually official). This makes navigation in
orkut easier by providing user friendly buttons in the menus.

This also provides additional Pop up blocker, Email alerting, Search box and a Radio.
MIRROR MESSAGE
Let your text show view its face in the mirror.

example: Trickfriend = dneirfkcirT

For writing mirror scrap, follow the steps:

1.Type the text in the scrapbook or any text box.

2.Type &#8238 without spaces before the message in the text box.

3.Now ENTER.

WINDOWS KEYBOARD SHORTCUT

• 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: Open Windows help.
• Win + Pause: Open System Properties dialog.
• Win + Tab: Cycle through taskbar buttons. Enter clicks, AppsKey or Shift + F10
right-clicks.
• Win + Shift + Tab: Cycle through taskbar buttons in reverse.
• Alt + Tab: Display Cool Switch. More commonly known as the AltTab dialog.
• Alt + Shift + Tab: Display Cool Switch; go in reverse.
• Alt + Escape: Send active window to the bottom of the z-order.
• Alt + Shift + Escape: Activate the window at the bottom of the z-order.
• Alt + F4: Close active window; or, if all windows are closed, open shutdown dialog.
• Shift while a CD is loading: Bypass AutoPlay.
• Shift while login: Bypass startup folder. Only those applications will be ignored
which are in the startup folder, not those started from the registry
(Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\)
• Ctrl + Alt + Delete or Ctrl + Alt + NumpadDel (Both NumLock states): Invoke the
Task Manager or NT Security dialog.
• Ctrl + Shift + Escape (2000/XP ) or (Ctrl + Alt + NumpadDot) : Invoke the task
manager. On earlier OSes, acts like Ctrl + Escape.
• Print screen: Copy screenshot of current screen to clipboard.
• Alt + Print screen: Copy screenshot of current active window to clipboard.
• Ctrl + Alt + Down Arrow: Invert screen. Untested on OS's other than XP.
• Ctrl + Alt + Up Arrow: Undo inversion.
• Win + B : Move focus to systray icons.
• Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert: Copy.
• Ctrl + X or Shift + Delete: Cut.
• Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert: Paste/Move.
• Ctrl + N: New... File, Tab, Entry, etc.
• Ctrl + S: Save.
• Ctrl + O: Open...
• Ctrl + P: Print.
• Ctrl + Z: Undo.
• Ctrl + A: Select all.
• Ctrl + F: Find...
• Ctrl+W : to close the current window
• Ctrl + F4: Close tab or child window.
• F1: Open help.
• F11: Toggle full screen mode.
• Alt or F10: Activate menu bar.
• Alt + Space: Display system menu. Same as clicking the icon on the titlebar.
• Escape: Remove focus from current control/menu, or close dialog box.
• Tab: Forward one item.
• Shift + Tab: Backward one item.
• Ctrl + Tab: Cycle through tabs/child windows.
• Ctrl + Shift + Tab: Cycle backwards through tabs/child windows.
• Enter: If a button's selected, click it, otherwise, click default button.
• Space: Toggle items such as radio buttons or checkboxes.
• Alt + (Letter): Activate item corresponding to (Letter). (Letter) is the underlined
letter on the item's name.
• Ctrl + Left: Move cursor to the beginning of previous word.
• Ctrl + Right: Move cursor to the beginning of next word.
• Ctrl + Up: Move cursor to beginning of previous paragraph. This and all
subsequent Up/Down hotkeys in this section have only been known to work in Rich
Edit controls.
• Ctrl + Down: Move cursor to beginning of next paragraph.
• Shift + Left: Highlight one character to the left.
• Shift + Right: Highlight one character to the right.
• Shift + Up: Highlight from current cursor position, to one line up.
• Shift + Down: Highlight from current cursor position, to one line down.
• Ctrl + Shift + Left: Highlight to beginning of previous word.
• Ctrl + Shift + Right: Highlight to beginning of next word.
• Ctrl + Shift + Up: Highlight to beginning of previous paragraph.
• Ctrl + Shift + Down: Highlight to beginning of next paragraph.
• Home: Move cursor to top of a scrollable control.
• End: Move cursor to bottom of a scrollable control.
Hacking Windows SEND TO MENU
How often do you copy songs from a CD? Or some photos from a CD?

What do you do? You select the required files and do a CTRL –C. Open the
destination folder and do a CTRL-V. Here is something you can benefit time from.
Customize your SEND TO MENU.

This sounds simple and you can do it in less than sixty seconds.
You can create your own BASKET.

First you’ll need access to hidden files. So change your view settings to make all
hidden files visible.
Tools -> folder options -> view (tab) and select the show hidden files and folders.
go to parent drive:/documents and settings/(user name)/send to

Open up my computer and locate your most used folders.

Create a shortcut of the most used folders in SEND TO FOLDER.You can do this in a
number of ways.

Right click -> send to desktop(create shortcut) and move the shortcut from the
desktop to the SEND TO FOLDER

Copy the most used folder and go to SEND TO FOLDER and right click -> paste
shortcut.

Also remember to rename the shortcuts to send to videos or send to potos. We

don’t need confusion when we use the same later.

5. DONE