Reactivate Your Windows XP When You Lost Windows License Key

Generally this problem arises ..

I myself give you the solution just this post and reactivate your Windows XP

In case you have lost the Microsoft Windows CD, you can get back the lost number by utilizing freeware license finder that goes through your system registry files in order to retrieve your original key.

If you have misplaced the Windows serial key or finding it hard to eliminate any hardware error after Windows XP e-installs, then create an alternative of file ‘wpa.dbl’ in Windows 32 folder. ‘wpa.dbl’ is a database file for your system, where you can store XP activation key together with information on hardware arrangement. Whatever changes you make on the system, it will be shown in this file.

Hence, if you wish to retain the old system configuration, you will have to use the support of ‘wpa-dbl’ file and retrieve it after re-installing Windows XP to re-start your system.

This ‘wpa-dbl’ exists in the "c:\Windows\System 32 "

Be careful while following this steps..

IMPORTANT:

First and foremost, you need to shift to the system 32 folder –

C:\Windows\system 32 folder; when Windows XP is already stored in the C drive.

Then look for file ‘wpa.dbl’ and create a support through normal ways like CD burning/ storing it in your floppy disk.

Now you can safely shift it to safe mode [F8] while re-installing the Windows XP.

Copy the previous ‘wpa.dbl’ file and re-store it to the system 32 folder! Now your job is done and Windows re-started is ready for use.

Now make the backup of this "

wpa.db

" so that you can use whenever you want...

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How to Add YouTube videos to your PowerPoint Presentation

We always required video to embed in power point to make visual  presentation more attractive.

This article shows how you can easily add a YouTube video to your presentation – and how you can carry this off without any problems at all. All you have to do is simply follow the steps given below.

Method A

The obvious way is to download the video from the web using any of the online (or on PC) softwares available. Then convert the FLV video into AVI, WMA, or MPEG using a video converter (again, there are loads of them out there), and then embed the object in the presentation. However, in this process you might lose out on the video quality. But this is the safest bet.

Method B

If you are going to present at a place where you have access to an internet connection, you can afford to directly embed the YouTube video in your presentation. For this, you have to do the following:

1. Click on the Office logo to the top-left and then click on PowerPoint Options.
2. Go to the Popular tab.
3. Select the check-box next to Show Developer tab in the Ribbon and click on OK.
4. Navigate to Developer -> More Controls.
5. In the list of objects in the new window, select Shockwave Flash Object and click OK.
6. Create a box in the slide where you will put the video.
7. Right-click on this box and select Properties.
8. Select Shockwave Flash Object from the drop-down menu.
9. Next to the Custom option, click on the small square that has three dots on it.
10. This will open a Properties dialog for the Shockwave Flash Object. Paste the URL for the YouTube video (you can find it under URL to the right of the video page on YouTube) into the Movie URL section.
11. Replace the ‘=’ and ‘?’ signs in the URL with ‘/’ sign.
12. Click on OK

That’s it – you are done. Your YouTube video is successfully embedded in your slide show – to be downloaded and viewed in real time.

You just now go to present it..

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Make the Copy Speed of Windows Faster

Yes !
You can increase the speed of copying files by simply following the steps .
Just follow the steps :
>Goto Run and type Msinfo32
>Goto to hardware Resources

check out the IRQ Number as in image

IRQ number for the Primary IDE channel I.e. for the HardDisk

Then

>go to run

>Type System.ini

>File will be open find [386enh]

than below that write-
[386enh]
IRQ14=5000

-> That 5000 can be any value within your Ram memory.

than restart you computer and copy any content you will find that the speed to copy
the files is much faster as compare to earlier ...

Note: If you want to keep the speed of windows normal than erase that IRQ14=5000

How To See Thumbnail Preview Image For Each Task In Windows Taskbar

Browsing internet for digging the latest information is a common task. Experienced users are adept at working with around three internet explorer windows opened at the same time. However, if users open ten or more internet browsers at one go, their task becomes quite confusing. When they minimize ten browsers at the same window, it becomes extremely difficult to instantly identify each website. But not any more! Windows Vista has recently launched its newest feature, Visual Task Tips. This application has relatively eased working with more than ten browsers at the same time.

Visual Task Tips is a utility shell enhancement that displays the snapshots of all the windows minimized. It eases your task by providing you the thumbnail preview for each task in the taskbar. Users can easily locate their mouse over the thumbnail to see their enlarged preview. This tool has been designed to significantly multiply your workflow production.

This tool has advanced features to fix text tooltips placement errors. With this application installed in your system, users no more experience annoying hangs on busy applications. It has stringent measures to optimize the minor drawing performance. It conducts regular scans to check the RSS news added on your website. With this tool you can easily fix errors occurring in programs located outside primary monitor bounds.

Visual Task Tips is extremely easy to use and download. All you need to do is simply download this tool in your system and run its installation files. This program is available for free on web.

Ya Want to Clear Recent Documents, Files, Movies, Songs, Items in Windows Vista

Just follow the steps simple

In Windows Vista, most of the recently accessed are stored in a “Recent Items” list. The primary purpose of this list is to give the user easy access to the programs/files that he/she uses the most. This list stores information of your file activity on the system for up to last 10 files that you open or access. It lists all the files you have accessed, including documents, spreadsheets, worksheets, presentations, photos, pictures, images, PDFs, ZIPs, etc.

However, in order to preserve the privacy of the files/documents that you use, you might wish to delete the “Recent Items” list. If you want to do so, you are not alone – and there is a simple way by which you can remove all items from the “Recent Items” list.

Here is what you have to do –

1. Open Start Menu and right-click on Recent Items.
2. Select Clear Recent Items List.
3. Wait for the computer to delete all the necessary historic information.

This steps may really help you to overcome your problem

Please note this:

This trick is particularly useful if you used a shared computer and have some private work to do. In such a case, you do not want the other users to know of the files/documents that you have accessed on the machine. Thus, the above trick helps you to keep your private files away from prying eyes and long noses.

Formatting Partitions

FORMAT.COM is an external MS-DOS command, located by default in C:\Windows\Command
Hidden Parameter :
Hidden parameter are not documented by Microsoft and is find by users threw experiments.

1) FORMAT /AUTOTEST :
FORMAT /AUTOTEST checks for the existing format of your disk, unless the /U (UNCONDITIONAL) parameter is also used, and then proceeds with an UNATTENDED DISK(ETTE) FORMAT:

DOES NOT prompt for a volume label!
DOES NOT prompt to format another disk(ette)!
NO delay: NO user intervention!
Ends WITHOUT pausing!
After completion, it DOES display disk space statistics.

2)FORMAT drive: /U :
FORMAT drive: /U performs an UNCONDITIONAL format, which DESTROYS every byte of data on ANY hard disk/floppy by overwriting it with zeroes (hex F6h).

3) FORMAT drive: /SELECT /U :
FORMAT drive: /SELECT /U makes a disk(ette) UNREADABLE by filling the system area (sector 0) with zeroes (hex F6h), due to using these two incompatible options together. All other sectors are left intact.

95/98/NT SETUP SWITCHES

If you try to install Windows 95/98 from a DOS prompt, SETUP allows several command line switches, also available to their Windows GUI based counterpart.

Note that most switches are NOT case sensitive.

Run SETUP /?:
it will show the available parameters.

UNDOCUMENTED SETUP SWITCHES:

/IP Bypasses detection of undocumented plug and play devices.

/IR Bypasses detection of system CMOS/BIOS and does not update Master Boot Record (MBR).It is very helpful in installing windows on the system on which LINUX is already installed

/IW Bypasses Microsoft EULA licensing screens/dialog boxes.

/NTLDR Bypasses existing Operating System detection.

Disabling Display of Drives in My Computer

This is yet another trick you can play on your geek friend. To disable the display of local or networked drives when you click My Computer go to :

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Now in the right pane create a new DWORD item and name it NoDrives. Now modify it's value and set it to 3FFFFFF (Hexadecimal) Now press F5 to refresh. When you click on My Computer, no drives will be shown. To enable display of drives in My Computer, simply delete this DWORD item. It's .reg file is as follows:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

"NoDrives"=dword:03ffffff

Changing Startup and Log-off screens

Startup Screen

1. Create a 320x400 bitmap image in the root directory and give the name it LOGO.SYS
2. You can use LOGOW.SYS file in the Windows directory as a starter

Logoff Screens

1. There are many system file that constitutes Lofoff screen.
2. They are actually bitmaps 320x400 that just have a different extension
3. The hidden file in the root directory LOGO.SYS is the startup logo.
4. There are two files in the Windows directory.
5. LOGOW.SYS is the Wait while Shutting down ... screen.
6. LOGOS.SYS is the You may now shut-off or Reboot screen.
7. Make two new image files of your chice in Paint and name it as LOGOW.SYS and LOGOS.SYS and replce the actual windows file by this two.
8. But make sure they should be of the same size

How to block a Web site in all browser

This action will require you to edit your Host file. Your host file is a computer file used to store information on where to find a node on a computer network. For more a more detailed description. Check out this link Host file description Link.

In Windows XP

1. Click Start->All Programs->Accessories->Command Prompt.
2. Click Command Prompt This will open a DOS command window.
3. Type: notepad C:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts
4. Locate the line 127.0.0.1 localhost
5. To block the website google.com for example, just add this text under 127.0.0.1 localhost:

127.0.0.1 google.com
127.0.0.1 www.google.com

You can add as many sites any site, However you will need to prefix it with "127.0.0.1".

6. Save the file
Google will now be blocked in all web browser. This is an advanced but easy method on how to blow a website. 

Change your Pendrive ICON

Yes you can change your Pen drive ICON

Just Create a AutoRun.inf File in Your Pen drive.

Follow the steps :-

1.Open Notepad From Start->Run->Notepad->OK
Write the following code into it.

[AutoRun]
icon=icon.ico

2.Save it in your Main directory of pendrive with name autorun.inf

3.Create a .ico file in Photoshop or in any ICON EDITOR.
(For Photoshop you need to download the Plugins)

4.Save it in your main directory of Pen drive with name icon.ico

5.Remove your Pen Drive an Plug it Again.

6.See the Magik.

You can Download the Files Here also.
This should work in CDs also.
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Get Orkut Scraps Alert In Your Mobile!!!

This is one of the things that we all Indians have been waiting for and could have thought that this could be possible. Now here it is to everyone.


* Now a very simple way has been found through which you can get your ORKUT scraps on your mobile phones via SMS.
* No need of GPRS or WAP or internet connection on your mobile phones.
* No need of a hi-fi mobile phone.
* Just a simple cell phone needed which can receive SMS. Thats it.
* No charges involved. It is totally FREE.



Its a combination of a free SMS delivery client website and your ORKUT ID.
Follow the following simple steps & get your ORKUT scraps on your mobile for free like a simple SMS:




1. Login to your Orkut account and click on your profile itself. You will get your Orkut id on the address bar. Like http://www.orkut.co.in/Profile.aspx?uid=10046351770453559176 in my case. So 10046351770453559176 is my unique Orkut id. Note Down Yours.
2. Now go to http://www.mytoday.com/ and register your mobile. This can only be done by sending sms REG YourCityName to 9845398453. This will cost you 1 to 3 Rupees based on the operator.


3. Now Mytoday will send you your password to your mobile.
4. Login to http://www.mytoday.com/ using your mobile number as id and the password that you received as sms on your number


5. Click on the 'Manage Feeds' link under the heading Feeds.
6. Click on "SMS" and at the following page you will find an option to Add Feed with two form lines to fill. One is the 'Name' and the other is 'URL'


7. Now put any xyz name of Your interest in the 'Name' field.
8. Now in the URL insert this link http://www.orkutfeeds.com/feed.php?uid=10046351770453559176 (in my case). Everything is same but you will have to change the 10046351770453559176 with your unique Orkut id which you created and noted in step 1.
9. You are done




Note:


* This trick will not work if the scrapbook you are using is locked. So please unlock the scrapbook before doing this.
* You will not receive the sms instantly. It could take over 3-4 hours for the scrap sms to reach your inbox.
* This whole trick/process is for Indian cell users only.
* The word limit is 71. So you wont get to read the full scrap if it exceeds 71 words.

Locate your friends in real time with Google Latitude

we location-enabled all of our Google Maps for mobile clients to bring location awareness to the masses and improve the local search experience. Using My Location, millions of you have been able to easily find yourselves on a map at the touch of a button. But what about finding other people? Lots of you have been requesting to see where your friends are on a map, too. Well now you can with Google Latitude.


Latitude is a new feature of Google Maps for mobile, as well as an iGoogle gadget, that allows you to share your location with your friends and to see their approximate locations, if they choose to share them with you. You can use your Google account to sign in and easily invite friends to Latitude from your existing list of contacts or by entering their email addresses. Google Talk is integrated with Latitude, so you and your friends can update your status messages and profile photos on the go and see what everyone is up to. You can also call, SMS, IM, or email each other within the app. Check out the video below to see Latitude in action.


We've gone to great lengths to put this on as many smartphone devices as possible from day one so that most of the people you know will be able to use Latitude right away. There are two primary ways to use Latitude right now:

1. On your mobile phone: visit google.com/latitude from your phone's mobile browser to download Google Maps for mobile with Latitude. We currently support most of the popular smartphone platforms: Android, Blackberry, Symbian S60, and Windows Mobile, and we are hoping to see Latitude on the iPhone soon. It will be available through Google Mobile App, and you'll just need to download or update the app from the App store to find Latitude in the Apps tab.

2. On your computer: go to http://google.com/latitude from your browser and add the Latitude gadget to your iGoogle homepage. What's neat is that if you've installed Google Gears or if you're using Google Chrome, you can choose to automatically share your location from your laptop or desktop computer -- no smartphone required!
Latitude gives you control over how much or little location information you want to share, and with whom. And of course Latitude is 100% opt-in. Learn more about using Latitude and its privacy features in our Help Center or check out our privacy video.

Lock(set password) And Hide Folder Without Software

O!!! Yes You can Set Password To your particular Folder And Also You Can Hide It!!!
Just Paste this in Your NOTEPAD


cls
@ECHO OFF
title Folder Locker
if EXIST "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" goto UNLOCK
if NOT EXIST Locker goto MDLOCKER
:CONFIRM
echo Are you sure u want to Lock the folder(Y/N)
set/p "cho=>"
if %cho%==Y goto LOCK
if %cho%==y goto LOCK
if %cho%==n goto END
if %cho%==N goto END
echo Invalid choice.
goto CONFIRM
:LOCK
ren Locker "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
attrib +h +s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
echo Folder locked
goto End
:UNLOCK
echo Enter password to Unlock folder
set/p "pass=>"
if NOT %pass%== pass goto FAIL
attrib -h -s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
ren "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" Locker
echo Folder Unlocked successfully
goto End
:FAIL
echo Invalid password
goto end
:MDLOCKER
md Locker
echo Locker created successfully
goto End
:End



Here pass is Your Password You Can change it(In Red Color Above)!!

Goto:
File-->Save as-->
And Name It With .batExtension
For e.g.
Secret.bat
Private.bat
Close It

Just Run It!!!
It Will Create a Folder Named Locker
Copy Your Important thing in it and
Just run Secret.bat File Again

To Unlock Run Secret.bat It will Prompt for password


BUT A PROBLEM!!!

By Changing the Extantion .bat to .txt
Anybody can See Your Password!!!

Solution:

► After Locking Your Personal Folder Change the Address Of secret.batFile
i.e.Just Move it To an Another Location!!!
► For Unlock Just Place it Back to It's Original Location And Run It!!!

A Faster Start Menu

I see no reason for there to be any delay when I click on the Start Menu. Effects are pretty, but I wouldn’t click on it if I didn’t have business inside, so lets get it open and get moving. The default speed can be adjusted with a quick registry entry.

The default value is 400. Set it to 0 and the delay is gone, but it will be nearly impossible to move the mouse fast enough not to activate [All Programs] if you mouse over it in route to your final selection. It's easy to train yourself to move the pointer to the right after clicking Start to avoid activating All Programs. Pick a number that suits your style and make the change, then test it until you find a good compromise between speed and usability.

[Start] [Run] [Regedit]
Registry Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Modify/Create the Value Data Type(s) and Value Name(s) as detailed below.
Data Type: String Value // Value Name: MenuShowDelay
Setting for Value Data: [Default = 400 / Adjust to Preference]
Exit Registry and Reboot

Setting the Minimum Password Length

1.Open RegEdit
2.Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Policies\ Network
3. Now, choose the Edit/New/Binary value command and call the new value MinPwdLen. Press Enter twice and Assign it a value equal to your minimum password length.

Disabling the Right-Click on the Start Button

Normally, when you right button click on the Start button, it allows you to open your programs folder, the Explorer and run Find.
In situations where you don't want to allow users to be able to do this in order to secure your computer.
1.Open RegEdit
2.Search for Desktop
3.This should bring you to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory
4.Expand this section
5.Under Shell is Find
6.Delete Find
7.Move down a little in the Registry to Folder
8.Expand this section and remove Explore and Open
Now when you right click on the Start button, nothing should happen.
You can delete only those items that you need.
Note: - On Microsoft keyboards, this also disables the Window-E (for Explorer) and Window-F
(for Find) keys.

Changing the caption on the Title Bar

Change the Caption on the Title Bar for OutLook Express or the Internet Explorer:
For Outlook Express:
1. Open RegEdit
2. Go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\OutLook Express
For IE5 and up use:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\IDENTITIES \{9DDDACCO-38F2-11D6-93CA-812B1F3493B}\ SOFTWARE\ MICROSOFT\ OUTLOOK EXPRESS\5.0
3. Add a string value "WindowTitle" (no space)
4. Modify the value to what ever you like.

For no splash screen, add a dword value "NoSplash" set to 1
The Key {9DDDACCO-38F2-11D6-93CA-812B1F3493B} can be any key you find here. Each user has his own Key number.
The Key 5.0 is whatever version of IE you have

For Internet Explorer:
1. Open RegEdit
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
3. Add a string value "Window Title" (use a space)
4. Modify the value to what ever you like.

Remove Open, Explore & Find from Start Button

When you right click on the Start Button, you can select Open, Explore or Find.
Open shows your Programs folder. Explore starts the Explorer and allows access to all drives.
Find allows you to search and then run programs. In certain situations you might want to disable this feature.
To remove them:
1.Open RegEdit
2.Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shell\Find
3.Delete Find
4.Scroll down below Directory to Folder
5.Expand this section under shell
6.Delete Explore and Open
Caution: - When you remove Open, you cannot open any folders.

Hide all drives from My Computer

How to Hide the drives(c:,d:,e:,...etc) in Ur Computer

This is a great trick you can play on your friends. To disable the display of local or networked drives when you click My Computer.


1.Go to Start -> Run. 2.Type regedit
3.Now go to: 3HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
4.Now in the right pane, create a new DWORD item and name it NoDrives (it is case sensitive).
5.Now modify it's value and set it to 3FFFFFF (Hexadecimal) .
6.Now restart your computer.
So, now when you click on My Computer, no drives will be shown(all gone...).