Computer Tips Tricks » Windows XP

Easy Access to Run Dialog Window

Gus Adit — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 02:02:19 +0000

There are so many Windows programs can accessed through Run dialog box. For example Registry Editor, Group Policy, Command Prompt, etc.. For you who often work with Run command, perhaps accessed it more then ten times a day. It gonna be a long way when you should click Start then click on Run to display Run dialog window. So, to enable quick access to Run dialog window, there some ways you can use.

To access Run command quickly you can use a keyboard shortcut. You can press the combination of Windows key and R key on your keyboard. Now, press the Windows key and R key at the same time to test it. Does the Run appear? If it doesn’t appear, make sure you have press both key exactly at a same times.

The second way to make an easy access to Run is by creating Run shortcut icon on your desktop. With a shortcut icon on the desktop, you just make a single click to open Run dialog. Here are steps to create run shortcut on your desktop:

Click on Start the point to Run.
Click and hold the Run icon and drag it to your desktop.

Everything finished. Now you have the Run shortcut icon on your desktop. It will be easier to access the Run dialog now. Enjoy it!

Logon Controller, Windows 7 and Vista Logon Tweaker

Gus Adit — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:24:15 +0000

On the previous post a I have tell you that there is a logon changer for windows 7 name Tweak Logon. Tweak Logon is a free Logon Screen Changer which is simple and easy to use. You can use your own pictures as backgrounds of the logon screen. Now, I have found another Windows 7 Logon changer. It’s name is Logon Cotroller.

Logon Controller’s feature is almost as same as Tweak Logon. You can use pictures as background of you Windows 7 logon screen. Click on browse button and select a picture to change the logon screen. You can use several image format as logon screen background, they are bitmap, jpg, etc. If you want to revert to default logon screen, you just simply click on “Default Logon Background” button on the upper of Logon Controller’s window.

Logon Controller also supported in Windows Vista. You can also use Logon Controller as Windows Vista logon changer. To change the Windows Vista logon screen, you can follow the steps i have mentioned above.

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How to Change Command Prompt Font

Gus Adit — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:41:00 +0000

I’m sure you already read my post about How to change command prompt color. Now, I try to explain how to to change the command prompt font. If you combine both tips, you will have a new look for the CMD. With the new look of command prompt, it will more comfortable when working on it.

This tips is almost have the same way with the previous tips. You can change the command prompt font from it properties windows. Here the steps to change the command prompt font:

Click Start »» Run. Type in “cmd” (without quotes) then press Enter to open Command Prompt.
Right click on Command Prompt windows title bar and select Properties.

On the properties Windows, click on the Font tab.
Select the font type and it size that suite for you.

Click the OK button to save the changes.
When a dialog appears, select the second option and klik OK if you want this change applied permanently.

Everything is done. You can see the new look of your command prompt after changing it’s font. Enjoy it!

How to Change Command Prompt Color

Gus Adit — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:08:00 +0000

On the previous post, I have tell you how to maximize command prompt. On the post I have explained a simple tips to maximize command prompt (CMD) just like the other windows. Now, I want to tell how to change command prompt color. This tips show you how easily to change the color of the command prompt.

This trick works on Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. So, you don’t need to worried this tips wont work your version of Windows. To change command prompt color, follow this steps:

Open command Prompt. You can open it by clicking on Start »» Run and type “cmd” then hit Enter.
Right-click on the Command Prompt title bar and select Properties.

On the Command Prompt Properties Windows, switch to color tab by clicking on it.
Change the Color value in Color box to your own value. For example Red color.

Finally, click on OK button to save your changes.
When a dialog appears, select the second option and klik OK if you want this change applied permanently.

All done. Now you have a new color for your command prompt screen. It looks more attrative when the command prompt color changed. Enjoy it!

How to Rename Recycle Bin

Gus Adit — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:26:00 +0000

As we know we can’t rename the recycle bin with other names. It is because there is no rename menu available when we right click on it. So what should we do when we want to rename recycle bin? Does it can’t be renamed?

Don’t worried. There is a tricks to make the recycle bin renameable. We should create a new value in windows registry to do so. Here’s the step:

Click on Start »» Accessories »» Notepad to open Notepad
On the notepad window type the following code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}ShellFolder]
“Attributes”=hex:50,01,00,20
“CallForAttributes”=dword:00000000
Save the code as registration entry file by click on Save as menu. On the save dialog, select All Files on the Save as type dropdown box and named it with .reg extention, for example RenameRecycleBin.reg.

Now, open the Windows Explorer and locate the registration entries file that you have created. Right click on it and select Merge.

When a dialog box appears, click Yes.

You have successful adding an entry to the Registry of Windows. Now, try to rename it with other name fro example Trash or Bin. Good luck!

Another Way to Empty Recycle Bin

Gus Adit — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:07:00 +0000

Sometimes, we often empty the recycle bin to get more space in our hard drive. To empty the recycle bin we usually right clicking on the recycle bin and select Empty Recycle bin. I think most of you have been familiar with this way. But, did you that there is another way to empty recycle bin? You can empty he recycle bin by right clicking on a drive and select empty recycle bin.

How it works? We will create a new context menu on our drives which functioned to empty the recycle bin. This context menu will appears on all drives on the PC when we right click on it. To create the context menu, we should add new keys on the registry. Here’s the steps:

Open Notepad by clickin on Start »» Accessories »» Notepad.
On the Notepad windows type the following codes:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTdirectoryshellexContextMenuHandlers{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDriveshellexContextMenuHandlers{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}]

Save it with .reg extention by clicking File »» Save As. On the save as dialog box, select All Files on the Save as type dropdown box and named the file with .reg extention, for example EmptyRecycleBin.reg. Then click the save button.

Now, merge the new Registration Entries file by right clickin on it then select Merge. When a dialog box appears click yes.

Everything is done. Try to right click on one of your drive through Windows Explorer. Is there a new menu named Empty Recycle bin? If there is it, congratulation! You have another way to empty recycle bin. This tips works on Windows XP Professional.

Flip 3D Effect on Windows XP

Gus Adit — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:46:00 +0000

The Flip 3D effect on Windows is not a new thing. The Flip 3D effect firstly introduced on Windows Vista. This effect is also available on Windows 7. You still can use this feature on Windows 7. But, in Windows 7 the Flip 3D shortcut is no longer visible on the taskbar. To enable it you can read Restoring Flip 3D Shortcut. Unfortunately, this flip 3d effect unavailable in Windows XP. So, the windows XP users who willing to try this effect are little bit disappointed.

Don’t be worried! There is an application which can enable the flip 3D effect on your Windows XP desktop. This software name is WinFlip. WinFlip is a free portable software which can enabled Flip 3D effect on Windows XP. This software was created by Koji Higashino. The size of software is about 1.2 MB.

To activate the flip 3D effect you can press the Alt + Tab key. Yuo can change this key from software options. When the filip 3D effect active, each windows will assigned with alphabet. So, you can press the key according of windows alphabet to activate the windows. The flip 3D effect can also activated with mouse gesture. Click and hold the left mouse button then make a circle path will activate it.

When the application is active, it will be place on your computer notification area. You can access the the application menus by right klik on it’s icon. If you want to try make a flip 3d effect on your windows XP desktop, you can download WinFlip for free at the following link:
Download WinFlip

How to Kill Process through Command Prompt

Gus Adit — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:54:00 +0000

As we know, windows provide a tool which able to kill a running process on our computer. This tool know as task manager. Task manager can be accessed by pressing the combination of Ctrl + Alt + Del button on our keyboard. By using task manager, you can terminate running processes or programs with a single klik. But, what if the task manager disabled by a virus? How can you terminate the virus process?

There is another way to kill or terminate running process on a computer. You can use another windows tool to do so. You can use command prompt (CMD) to terminate running process on a computer. Here’s the steps how to kill running process through command prompt:

Open Command Prompt by clicking on Start »» Run and type “cmd” (without quotes) then hit Enter.
On the CMD windows type “tasklist” (without quotes) then press Enter. The function of this command is to show the list of running processes on the computer.

At the image above, you can see each process has it own Image Name (File Name) and PID. We will use the process image name or it’s PID to terminate it.

To kill a process you can use “taskkill” command, combine with process image name or process PID. For example, if you want to kill explorer process, you can use this command “taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F” or “taskkill /PID 1776 /F”. The function of “/F” parameter is to specifies to forcefully terminate the process (es).

By using command prompt, you also can kill multiple porcesses at once. For example, if you want to kill Notepad (PID 776), Explorer (1776) and Calculator (PID 1340) at once, you can use this command “taskkill /PID 776 /PID 1776 /PID 1340 /F”. To learn more about “taskkill” command, you can type “taskkill /?” to view it’s help.

How to Remove Desktop Icon Text

Gus Adit — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:45:00 +0000

Today, I will show you how to remove the dekstop icon text. How it works? Because as we know, we can not rename any single item on windows OS with empty space. That’s right. On windows we can not use empty space to rename directories, files or icons. But, we still can use an empty character to replace all visible text on desktop icon. The empty characters in windows is Alt+255. So, we will use it to remove desktop icon text.

This tips can be used in Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. Here’s the steps how to remove the text from desktop icon:

Right click on the first desktop icon which do you want to remove its text, then select Rename
Now, press and hold the Alt key on your keyboard. Then type “255″ (without quotes).
After that you can release the Alt Key.

Done. Now you can see the text of icon that you have renamed disappear.

To remove the text of the rest of icons, you just repeat the steps that given above. But, for the second icon you should type “Alt+255” twice. Three times for the third icon. Four times for the forth icon and so on. Until you have renamed all your desktop icons. Why, because you can’t assign a same name for two items on windows. Good Luck!

How to Remove Recycle Bin Icon From Desktop Part 2

Gus Adit — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:58:00 +0000

On the previous post, I write about how to remove recycle bin icon from desktop. On that post, you should remove a key from registry. If you think, it’s not save for your system, there is another way to remove recycle bin from desktop. This tips doesn’t need to remove any key from registry. It will be easier for you to restore the recycle bin icon if sometimes you need the icon again.

This tips can be used on Windows XP Pro, Windows Vista or Windows 7. Here the steps to remove recycle bin icon from your deskktop:

Open Run and type “gpedit.msc” (without quotes) the hit Enter.
On the Group Policy Editor windows navigate to User Configuration »» Desktop.

At the right side of windows find item named Remove Recycle Bin Icon from Desktop then double click on it.

The Properties windows will appear. Select the Enabled option on this Windows the klik OK to save it.

Close the Group Policy Editor windows.

Now go back to your desktop, press F5 to refresh it. The recycle bin icon will disappear from your desktop. Congratulation! You have remove the recycle bin icon from your desktop.

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