hack windows xp

Dec 28, 2009 by admin

Speed up the Start Menu

Sometimes you may feel that Start Menu is taking a long time to appear, but you always have the control to speed things up by changing the registry. Go to RUN and type regedit and then Enter. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/Desktop/MenuShowDelay from the default 400 to something smaller like 0 or 25.

Rename multiple files at once

You can rename many files at once in Windows. Select a group of files in window and then right click on any one and rename it. Doing so will rename all other files to that name giving numbers to each individual files in the brackets to distinguish them.

Showing Album art in Media Player

Windows Media Player is able to display the Album art for albums as it plays the tracks — if it is able to found the picture on the Internet when you copied the tracks from the CD. If it didn’t, or if you have lots of pre-WMP music files, you can put your own copy of the cover art in the same directory as the tracks. Just call it folder.jpg and Windows Media Player will pick it up and display it.

Shutdown Your System in a Hurry

Sometimes we don’t have enough time to wait for computer to shutdown. If you need to shut down in a hurry-or if a non responding application is preventing you from shutting down in the normal ways-you can use the following procedure. Be aware, however, that you won’t get an opportunity to save open documents. To perform an emergency shutdown, press Ctrl+Alt+Del to display Task Manager. Open the Shut down menu and hold down the Ctrl key as you click the Turn Off command. Poof! In this case, you’ll get a warning message pointing out-quite correctly-that this should be used only as a last resort.

Hack IE Title Bar

This can be an one of those impressive way of personalization. Use your name to brand Internet Explorer. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ and left-click on Main to change the string “Window Title” to whatever you wish.

Save Streaming Media

It’s cool to listen to MP3s (or watch movies) over the Internet. Often, saving this media, however, seems impossible. Hey, if it plays on your computer, it’s on your hard drive. Once the file is fully loaded and with folder view set to show hidden and systems folders, searches for the media (.mp3 or .mpg). There it is!

Assign a Keyboard Shortcut

Click in the Shortcut Key field and press a keyboard combination that you want to use for launching or switching to this program. The shortcut key you assign must consist of one character key (a letter, number, or symbol) plus at least two of the following three keys: Ctrl, Alt, and Shift. (If you press a character key only, Windows automatically adds Ctrl+Alt.)

Shortcut keys work only when assigned to a program shortcut on the Start menu, the Programs menu, or the Desktop. The shortcuts you define will not work if it conflicts with a combination used in the program whose window has the focus.