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Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 10:25 pm
by GORDON
Been meaning to make this thread for a long time, so here it is.
Disabling Autoplay in the CD Drives
This will save you from those new music CD's that sneak spyware onto your system.
It's pretty well hidden in Windows XP. You have to use the group policies manager to disable
it. Goto start --> run --> "gpedit.msc" (thanks to the other replier, I forget what it was
called) --> Local Computer Policy --> Administrative Templates --> System (click it) --> on
the right pane find "Turn off Autoplay" in the list --> right-click --> properties -->
select the "enable" radio button.
Note that you can hold down shift while putting in a CD to disable autoplay for just that
time.
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:39 pm
by Paul
Increase your broadband speed in XP.
Other XP tweaks available on this site as well.
Oh... and no, I haven't tried it.
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:43 pm
by TheCatt
So I've got 2 monitors on one PC, but I switch one monitor between that PC and my laptop for dual-screen goodness.
Today I was was in 1 screen mode and trying to start an app. Well, it started, but was nowhere on my screen. I could click it in the task-bar, but it had no maximize option.
The following webpage was most helpful
This is what you do:
1. click on the application's entry on the task bar to ensure the application
is selected. Another way of choosing an application is to:
-- i) hold down the 'Alt' key and then
-- ii) press the 'Tab' key repeatedly.
2. hold down 'Alt' key then press the 'Spacebar'.
3. (release 'Alt' key) press 'x' key - see the application full screen.
You can now work in full screen mode but if you happen to make the window
'Restored' again, the application will disappear off screen again.
Maximise the screen and restore it again - notice the direction of the animation.
To bring the 'Restored' screen back on screen, do the following:
1. click on the application's entry on the task bar.
2. hold down 'Alt' key then press the 'Spacebar'.
3. (release 'Alt' key) press 'r' key - see the application 'gone'.
4. hold down 'Alt' key then press the 'Spacebar' (yes again).
5. (release 'Alt' key) press 'm' key.
6. use the cursor control arrow keys to bring the window back onto the desk top.
e.g.
-- press the 'Up' arrow key to move it into view from below.
-- press the 'Left' arrow key to move the window in from the right.
7. when the window is where you want it, press Enter
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 6:35 am
by Cakedaddy
Or you can right click on the app on the task bar and select move. Then hit either the up or left arrow key. As soon as you do, the window will snap to your mouse pointer and you can use the mouse to place the window and click to drop it.
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 10:06 am
by TheCatt
Or you can right click on the app on the task bar and select move. Then hit either the up or left arrow key. As soon as you do, the window will snap to your mouse pointer and you can use the mouse to place the window and click to drop it.
That's similar to what he said,except not every window provides a Move option if you right-lick on the taskbar (as was the case with my app), but the Alt-Space gets you the context menu, which does have move.
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:10 pm
by GORDON
Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:53 pm
by GORDON
To make a listing of all/certain files in a windows folder:
On the command line, drill down to the folder you want, and type:
dir /b *.jpg > list.txt
<enter>
*.jpg = all jpg files
list.txt = the file that gets created. This is a variable.
list.txt gets created in that folder.
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 10:07 am
by Paul
To make a listing of all/certain files in a windows folder:
On the command line, drill down to the folder you want, and type:
dir /b *.jpg > list.txt
<enter>
*.jpg = all jpg files
list.txt = the file that gets created. This is a variable.
list.txt gets created in that folder.
I used to dir > lpt1 to print lists of the files in directories as well. (Doesn't work much nowdays, as people use USB)
I didn't know about the middle bit to only get certain data.
Coolness
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 4:13 pm
by GORDON
Disabling goddam windows messenger.
http://www.pchell.com/support/removemessenger.shtml
How do I disable Windows Messenger from running?
The procedures for disabling Windows Messenger will depend on the version of Windows Messenger installed on your computer.
Windows Messenger 4.0 or Later on a Windows XP Professional
1) Click Start, click Run, type gpedit.msc, and then press ENTER
2) Double-click the following items to expand them:
* Local Computer Policy
* Computer Configuration
* Administrative Templates
* Windows Components
* Windows Messenger
3) Double-click on the option "Do not allow Windows Messenger to run", and then click Enabled.
4) Click OK, and then close the window
Windows Messenger 4.0 on a Windows XP Home Edition
1) Start Windows Messenger.
2) Click Options on the Tools menu.
3) Click the Preferences tab, click to clear the "Run this program when Windows starts" check box, and then click OK.
Windows Messenger 4.5 or Later on Either Windows XP Home or Windows XP Professional
1) Click on Start, Run
2) Type REGEDIT and Press Enter
3) Click on the Pluses (+) next to the following items
* HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
* Software
* Policies
* Microsoft
4) If the folder Messenger is not listed, click on the Edit menu, point to New, click Key, and then type Messenger for the name of the new registry key
5) If the folder Client is not listed under Messenger, click on the Edit menu, point to New, click Key, and then type Client for the name of the new registry key
6) On the Edit Menu, point to New, click DWORD Value, and then type PreventRun for the name of the new DWORD value. Remember all of this is case sensitive.
7) Right-click the PreventRun value that you created, click Modify, type 1 in the Value data box, and then click OK.
Quit Registry Editor.
How to Stop Outlook or Outlook Express
from Running Windows Messenger When They Are Opened
Outlook
1) Open Outlook
2) Click on Tools, Options
3) Click "Other" tab
4) Uncheck the box for Enable Instant Messaging in Microsoft Outlook
5) Click OK
Outlook Express
1) Open Outlook Express
2) Click Tools, Options
3) Click General tab
4) Uncheck the box for Automatically log on to Windows Messenger
5) Click OK
What about Removing Messenger or Uninstalling Windows Messenger from Windows XP
The procedure for removing Windows Messenger depends on whether your system has Windows XP Service Pack 1 installed. To determine whether Service Pack 1 is installed follow these directions:
1) Click on Start
2) Right click on My Computer
3) Click on Properties
4) On the General tab, under System if the words "Service Pack 1" are listed you have the service pack.
Removing Messenger from computers WITHOUT Service Pack 1 installed
Make sure your Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Windows Messenger and other programs are closed before doing this.
1) Click on Start, Run
2) Type the following (or cut and paste it) into the Run line
RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
3) Click on OK
Removing Messenger from computers WITH Service Pack 1 installed
1) Click on Start, Control Panel
2) Double click on Add or Remove Programs
3) Select Add/Remove Windows Components
4) Uncheck Windows Messenger
5) Click Next
6) Click Finish
7) Restart your computer
How to Remove Windows Messenger from Outlook Express
1) Click on Start, Run
2) Type REGEDIT and Press Enter
3) Click on the Pluses (+) next to the following items
* HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
* Software
* Microsoft
* Outlook Express
4) Right click on the Outlook Express folder, click on New, click on DWORD value, and then type Hide Messenger for the name of the new registry key
5) Right-click the Hide Messenger value that you created, click Modify, type 2 in the Value data box, and then click OK.
Quit Registry Editor.
Because recently during my machine reload I had to log onto the wife's PC, and I logged into Windows Messenger in order to chat to peeps.
But now my account gets logged in to every time my wife opens her email. I never told it to save password, it just did.
So I uninstalled Windows Messenger from her machine. If you look at Windows setup, it says MinMessenger IS NOT installed. Yet every time the wife opens email, WinMessenger pops open under my ID.
Hopefully not any more after I run the above stuff.
God damn, Microsoft.
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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:56 am
by TheCatt
Disable error reporting to keep durmprep.exe from runnning
Control Panel->System->Advanced tab->Error Reporting->Disable error reporting.
Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 2:34 pm
by GORDON
Don't go to SP3!
Since everyone hates Vista since XP is already good enough, Microsoft decided to break XP to make Vista look relatively better.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/146059
Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 2:14 am
by TPRJones
Feh. I remember how bad SP2 was upon release, so I already skipped SP3 as a matter of policy.
Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 6:57 am
by TheCatt
I'm never patching another machine ever. Win XP SP2 forever.
Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 8:51 am
by GORDON
GORDON wrote:Don't go to SP3!
Since everyone hates Vista since XP is already good enough, Microsoft decided to break XP to make Vista look relatively better.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/146059
SP3 is crashing some routers.
And will soon be an automatic update.
Microsoft is deliberately breaking XP.
http://apcmag.com/router_crashes_blamed_on_windows_xp_sp3.htm
Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 6:14 pm
by Malcolm
GORDON wrote:Microsoft is deliberately breaking XP.
I'd really like to dismiss that as paranoid accusations.
But there's probably some truth to it. Fucking MacroShaft.
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 7:59 am
by Leisher
FYI: I just found out that Dell will continue to allow its customers to get XP Pro until December 2010. I believe the program is called the "Vista Bonus Program" and it applies only to business machines, like the Optiplex and Latitude.
Article.
Smart move.
P.S. Dell does not, and has no plans to, run Vista.
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Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 1:49 pm
by Malcolm
MS needs a kick in the ass before it OSs stop sucking. When's Google coming out w\ its online, Borg-style, "resistance is futile" OS?
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 2:59 pm
by GORDON
Malcolm wrote:MS needs a kick in the ass before it OSs stop sucking. When's Google coming out w\ its online, Borg-style, "resistance is futile" OS?
An online-OS.... they'd need to change the entire idea of what a PC is before that would work. For the most part.
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 6:15 pm
by Malcolm
GORDON wrote:Malcolm wrote:MS needs a kick in the ass before it OSs stop sucking. When's Google coming out w\ its online, Borg-style, "resistance is futile" OS?
An online-OS.... they'd need to change the entire idea of what a PC is before that would work. For the most part.
They got way too much cash, nerds, & incentive not to develop some type of Google OS.
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 8:09 pm
by GORDON
Unless they made an extremely small app that goes on your pc.... 640k, and all it does it set up the shell and NIC driver with the sole purpose of linking to os.google.com, and loading up memory with the OS.... then you could use a current-generation PC.
Hmmm.