Thursday, May 6, 2010

Memory Trick To Speedup Windows Xp

Memory Trick To Speedup Windows Xp
Here is one of the not so known method for free-up the RAM to make the Windows run faster.
When programs run in Windows XP, they frequently use what are called DLLs (Dynamic-Link Libraries).
These contain shared programming instructions and other files like icons, graphics, sounds, etc. that different applications use in order to run. DLLs are stored in RAM whenever the applications load them; when you quit a program, XP is supposed to release the DLL from memory. But some DLLs can get stuck.
Here is the method to mend this up.
Step 1: You can force Windows XP to release DLLs by adding a Registry key.
Step 2: Select Start > Run >Enter regedit >Hit Ok
Step 3: This will open the Registry Editor and navigate to
My Computer -> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SOFTWARE -> Microsoft -> Windows -> CurrentVersion -> Explorer.
Step 4: Right click on EXPLORER in the Left Pane, Select New > Key.
Step 5: Name it as AlwaysUnloadDLL and set the default value to 1.
Step 6: Restart Windows to activate the change.

Increase the printing speed of your printer

Increase the printing speed of your printer
You can improve the printing speed of your printer with managing the print spooler option.
Basically printer spooler holds your prints for some time then send to printer for print out.
By default on most printers, printer spooler option is enabled but you turn off to specify that the file should be sending to the printer and not spooled. Here printer spooler option might be different location in your printer but on most printers you can turn off by going to Start, Setting then Printers.
Now right click on the icon of the printer that you are using.
Click Properties and select the Advanced tab.
Here click on "Print directly to printer" option.
This will tie up your application until the printer has all the data, but your print job should finish more quickly.
Printing directly to the printer will also come in handy if your print spooler crashes and you need to print before you reboot your PC.

Speed up your NTFS file system

Speed up your NTFS file system
1. Click Start and choose Run,
2. Type regedit,
3. Go to:
Run then type regedit:-
then Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>SYSTEM>CurrentControlSet>Control>FileSystem
4. Find item NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate and give her a Value 00000001. If item don't exist make new DWORD and give her a name NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate and Value 00000001.
5. Restart your computer.

How to Delete Specific URLs from your Browser(Firefox & IE)

Sometimes a situation comes that we have to delete certain specific website address (url) only from the web-browser location or address bar say to preserve your identity. For example, you visited a certain website and don't want your friends or others to know that you visited that site, then you have two methods to delete the website links either delete all the urls from the address bar or only the specific one(recommended).
In Firefox, you just need to move your mouse over the website entry and press Shift + Delete Key combination to delete the desired address from the history.
For Internet Explorer, follow the steps exactly as described bellow; do keep in mind this trick needs editing the registry and you need to be very careful with it:
1)Close any open Internet Explorer window
2)Go to Start->Run and type in regedit.exe and press enter to launch the registry editor
3)Navigate to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerTypedURLs
4)Delete the desired URL

Convert Mp3 to midi or wav in 10 Secs

Convert Mp3 to midi or wav in 10 Secs!
1.open any folder
2-go to tools and select folder options
3.there choose view option
4.then deselect hide extensions of known file types and then click apply
5.now go to the file which you want to convert and rename it.
for example to convert to midi(hips dont lie.mp3) to (hips dont lie.midi)
for example to convert to wav(hips dont lie.mp3) to (hips dont lie.wav)

Restore Previously Open Folders After Shutdown

Restore Previously Open Folders After Shutdown
If you need to access lot of folders on your home computer or on the network regularly, then you can set them re-open automatically, when you will login, shutdown or restart your computer next time. There is no need to open regularly used folders manually, just configure the simple sitting, your computer will automatically reload all the previously opened windows.
By default windows XP disables this option to reload automatically all the previously opened windows, when you login on, shutdown or restart your computer.
Follow the given steps to configure your computer to reload previously opened folders automatically after shutdown.
* To edit this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.
* First click on Start button then go to Control Panel.
* Open the "Appearance and Themes" option in control panel then click on Folder Options.
* A small windows dialog box will appear with the title "Folder options", click on View tab.
* Under the Advanced setting section, scroll down to bottom and click the "Restore previous folder windows at logon" option and then click Ok button to save sitting.
* Now when you log off, restart or shutdown, your computer will automatically open the previously opened folders from the same location as before..

How to print webpage without images and background colors

How to print webpage without images and background colors
Today tip will help you to print any website page in readable form (only text) without any extra graphics or images. There is a option on many websites "Print" to print a page in text format only, but if there is no print option then you can print out any webpage without its background colors and images using Internet Explorer setting. Generally Internet Explorer setting "Print background colors and images" is disable, another advantage of printing webpage without background colors, you can speed up your printing process and also save printer ink. But important thing to always preview WebPages before you print, in Internet Explorer go to File menu, then click on Print Preview option.
To enable or disable print background colors option, open your system Internet Explorer.
Click the Tools menu and then go to Internet Options and open it. Here click the Advanced tab then scroll down to find the option Printing section.
Now check the option "Print background colors and images" then Apply and press Ok button.