Create A Ping Tool Manually Using Notepad

Sometimes we need to ping\monitor a specific server IP or to check peer to peer connections between homenetworks or groups. Here i provide a tool or piece of code which you can ping a server constantly.

Step 1: Open a notpad

Step 2: Write the below mentioned code


TITLE PING MY SERVER
Ping MYIP -t

Replace MY SERVER with any title you like.

Replace MYIP with your required server ip such as 98.139.102.145 (www.yahoo.com)

Step 3: Click on Save As

Step 4: Save the file in .bat extension. (Exapmle-Ping.bat).

Step 5:Run the bat file. It will auto open and ping your required server.

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Take a Ownership of a Folder in Windows Xp

Step 1:

Log on with an account that has administrator rights.

Step 2:

Right click on the folder.

Step 3:

Select Properties.

Step 4:

Click on the Security tab.

Step 5:

Click on the Advanced button.

Step 6:

Click on the Owner tab.

Step 7:

In the list of Names, click on your name.

Step 8:

To take ownership, click on Replace owner on sub containers and objects.

Step 9:

Click OK and Yes.

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Enable Faster Task Switching in WIndows XP

To Turn This Off After Your Reboot:

Step 1:

Start-->Run--> MSCONFIG

Start 2:

Click on the Startup tab

Step 3:

Uncheck Taskswitch

Step 4:

Click on the OK button

Step 5:

If you want to keep working, click on Exit without Restart

To Turn This Off Immediately:

Step 1:

Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete

Step 2:

Click on the Processes tab

Step 3:

Highlight TaskSwitch.exe

Step 4: 

Click on the End Process tab

Step 5:

Click on the Yes button.

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Command Console Utilities in Windows XP

Some command Command Console Utilities are given below:

Computer Management - compmgmt.msc

Disk Managment - diskmgmt.msc

Device Manager - devmgmt.msc

Disk Defrag - dfrg.msc

Event Viewer - eventvwr.msc

Shared Folders - fsmgmt.msc

Group Policies - gpedit.msc

Local Users and Groups - lusrmgr.msc

Performance Monitor - perfmon.msc

Resultant Set of Policies - rsop.msc

Local Security Settings - secpol.msc

Services - services.msc

Component Services - comexp.msc

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Automatically End Non-Responsive Tasks in Windows XP

Step 1:

Go to Start Menu ---> Run Dialogue Box and type regedit

Step 2:

Press Enter. The Group Policy window will be appeared.

Step 3:

Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\AutoEndTasks

Step 4:

Set the value as 1.

Step 5:

change the WaitToKillAppTimeout to the number of milliseconds you want.

Step 6:

Close Registry & Restart for changes to take effect.

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Speed Up Windows Start Menu Items in Windows XP

Step 1:

Right click on an open area of the Desktop.

Step 2:

Select Properties

Step 3:

Click on the Appearance tab

Step 4:

Click on the Effects button

Step 5:

Uncheck Show shadows under menus

Step 6:

You are done.

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How to uninstall the updated driver and restore previous one in Windows XP

Step 1:

Go to Start>> Control Panel>> System

Step 2:

Click the Hardware tab

Step 3:

Select Device Manager

Step 4:

Double click the offending device

Step 5:

Click the Driver tab

Step 6:

Select Roll Back Driver. You are Done.

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Disable Highlight New Programs in Start Menu in WIndows XP

Step 1:

Right click the Start button.

Step 2:

Select Properties.

Step 3:

Choose the Start Menu tab and then click the Customize button

Step 4:

Go To Customize button --> Advanced tab

Step 5:

Under 'Start Menu Settings' uncheck the "Highlight newly installed programs" entry.

Step 6:

Click OK

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Remove Stored Username and Passwords in Windows XP

Step 1:

Go to Start--> Run

Step 2:

Run and type Control keymgr.dll

Step 3:

A window will be appeared

Step 4:

Remove the entries from the list.

Step 5:

Click OK

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Turn Off /On System Restore on Windows XP

Step 1:

Log in to Windows XP as Administrator

Step 2:

Click the Start button.

Step 3:

Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.

Step 4:

On the System Restore tab,Turn off System Restore on all drives

Step 5:

Press OK

Note: If you turn off System Restore, you delete all previous restore points.

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How To Move The Cursor Without A Mouse in Windows XP

Step 1:

Go to Start--> Control Panel--> Accessibility Options

Step 2:

Click the Mouse tab

Step 3:

Select Use MouseKeys

Step 4:

Click the settings button to adjust the pointer speed

Step 5:

Click OK

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Speed Up Windows Shut Down in XP

Step 1:

Go to Start Menu ---> Run Dialogue Box and type regedit

Step 2:

Press Enter. The Group Policy window will be appeared.

Step 3:

Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control

Step 4:

Set the value lower than 2000 such as 400

Step 5:

Close Registry & Restart for changes to take effect.

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Disable Dr. Watson for Windows (Drwtsn32.exe) in Windows XP

Dr. Watson for Windows (Drwtsn32.exe) is a program error debugger that gathers information about your computer when an error occurs with a program. monitors your computer for both user-mode and kernel-mode faults ("stop" error messages or error messages that are displayed on a blue screen, as well as improper shutdown events) that affect both the operating system and any programs. This service allows you to send error reports to Microsoft when an error occurs

Source: Microsoft

Step 1:

Go to Start Menu ---> Run Dialogue Box and type regedit

Step 2:

Press Enter. The Group Policy window will be appeared.

Step 3:

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ AeDebug

Step 4:

Set the value as 0.

Step 5:

Close Registry & Restart for changes to take effect.

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Disable Windows Ballon Tips on Windows XP

Step 1:

Go to Start Menu ---> Run Dialogue Box and type gpedit.msc

Step 2:

Press Enter. The Group Policy window will be appeared.

Step 3:

Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\

Step 4:

Create a DWORD value of EnableBalloonTips

Step 5:

Set the value as 0.

Step 6:

Close Registry & Restart for changes to take effect.

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How To Disable Messenger Service in Windows XP

Step 1:

Click Start->Settings ->Control Panel

Step 2:

Click Performance and Maintenance.

Step 3:

Click Administrative Tools.

Step 4:

Double click Services.Scroll down and highlight "Messenger".

Step 5:

Right-click the highlighted line and choose Properties.Click the STOP button.

Step 6:

Select Disable --> Click OK

Now You are done.

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Disable Error Reporting in Windows XP

Step 1: Open Control Panel.

Step 2:Click on Performance and Maintenance.

Step 3:Click on System.

Step 4:Then click on the Advanced tab.

Step 5:Click on the error-reporting button on the bottom of the windows.

Step 6:Select Disable error reporting.

Step 7:Click OK

Step 8: Done

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Correcting System Hang at Startup in Windows XP

 If  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 also put out a patch for this but you can also resolve the problem manually.

Step 1: Go to Start >Run type 'msconfig', then click 'OK'.

Step 2: Go to the 'Services' tab

Step 3: Go to 'Background Intelligent Transfer' service.

Step 4: Disable it, apply the changes & reboot.

Step 5:  Done

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How to Change Drive Letters in Windows XP

Step 1:Go to My Computer > click Manage.

Step 2: Under Computer Management > Disk Management. In the right pane, you'll see
your drives listed. CD-ROM drives are listed at the bottom of the pane.

Step 3:Right-click the drive or device you want to change, and then click Change Drive
Letter and Paths.

Step 4: Click Change, click Assign the following drive letter, click the drive letter you
want to assign, and then click OK.

When we add an extra hard drive, a CD drive, or a storage device, Windows automatically assigns letters to the
drives. However, this assignment might not suit your system; for example, we might have
mapped a network drive to the same letter that Windows assigns to a new drive.

Change Drive Letters in XP

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Do Not Highlight Newly Installed Programs in Windows XP

Step 1:Click Start, right-click at the top of the Start menu where your name is displayed,
and then click Properties.

Step 2:In the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties dialog box, on the Start Menu tab, click
Customize.

Step 3:Click the Advanced tab, and then clear the Highlight newly installed programs check
box.

Step 4: Click Ok

Step 5: Done.

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Turn Off Indexing to Speed Up Windows XP

Windows XP keeps a record of all files on the hard disk so when you do a search on the

hard drive it is faster. There is a downside to this and because the computer has to

index all files, it will slow down normal file commands like open, close, etc. If you do

not do a whole lot of searches on your hard drive then you may want to turn this feature

off:

Step 1: Open My Computer.

Step 2:Right-click your hard drive icon and select Properties.

Step 3:At the bottom of the window you'll see "Allow indexing service to index this disk
for faster searches," uncheck this and click ok.

Step 4:A new window will pop up and select Apply to all folders and subfolders.

Note: It will take a minute or two for the changes to take affect but then you should enjoy slightly faster performance.

Speed Up Windows XP

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