Improve windows xp shut down speed

This tweak  reduces  the time xp  waits before automatically closing any running programs when you give it the command to shutdown.

Go to Start then select Run

Type 'Regedit' and click ok

Find 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\'

Select 'WaitToKillAppTimeout'

Right click and select 'Modify'

Change the value to '1000'

Click 'OK'

Now select 'HungAppTimeout'

Right click and select 'Modify'

Change the value to '1000'

Click 'OK'

Now find 'HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop'

Select 'WaitToKillAppTimeout'

Right click and select 'Modify'

Change the value to '1000'

Click 'OK'

Now find 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\'

Select 'WaitToKillServiceTimeout'

Right click and select 'Modify'

Change the value to '1000'

Click 'OK'

Enjoy  this tweak  

How to create your own customized RUN commands

                         "No need to mess up with your desktop"  

Create your own customized RUN command in just 5 easy steps :-

By this you should be able to run your programs directly for eg. you want to open windown media player.You need to type only   wmp    in the Run dialog box. Its your wish what name you want to give  the command. 



----Right click on the desktop screen and click on "New" then click on "Shortcut".

-Browse for the program for which you want to create the command.(Navigate where the program is installed. In my case location is "C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe") . Target to the main file of the program such as wmplayer, iexplore etc. 

----Click "OK". Type a name for the shortcut. Then click "Finish" .

----Cut the shortcut and paste it to C:\Windows ..

-----You are done. Just open the Run dialog box, type wmp and hit Enter to open the Window media player.

Just like this you can create various othercommands for other programs such as "ff" for firefox, "idm" for internet download manager etc.

New Google Calculator

Google, the giant name in the search engine category has uncountable features. Google always come up with new and innovative features. I guess you know about the mathematician Google. Google is very good in mathematics. Google can solve any mathematical calculation in seconds.

Earlier you were suppose to write the mathematical operations on Google Search area and after pressing enter Google returns answer. But now Google has come up with a more advanced calculator. You don't have to write your maths operations in the search area anymore. Now you can perform all  the mathematical calculations with the help of a calculator interface that Google is providing. It is a 34-Button scientific Calculator.

How to use this new Google Calculator???

1) Go to Google.com

2) Write "calculator" in search bar (without qoutes) and press enter.

3) A calculator will show up just below the search bar. Use this calculator for your mathematical calculations.

Hope you like this new Google calculator

Speed Up Your Mozilla Firefox Browser

Mozilla is one of the most popular web browser. Mozilla is so much popular among internet users because of its excellent user interface and of course it is totally free of cost. Mozilla is also very fast web browser. 

But if you internet connection is very much slow then what a web browser can do for you. 

A simple tweak in settings of Mozilla can increase your internet speed if you are having slow internet connection. Increase in speed will be very much but somewhat effective for slow internet connection.

Just read the steps given  below and  implement it to  speed up your   Mozilla Firefox browser to some extent

Follow the instructions:-

1) Type "about :config" in the address field.

2) Set the value of network.http.pipelining to "true".

3) Set the value of network.http.pipelining.maxrequests to "100".

4) Set the value of network.http.proxy.pipelining to "true"

5) Set the value of nglayout.initialpaint.delay to "0" (not availible in newer versions) 

You will be going to experience a little increase in your internet speed with these tweaks in your Mozilla Firefox settings.

Remove Standby from Windows XP Shutdown

Q: How can I remove the Standby option (or button) that appears when I shut down Windows XP?  




A: Some systems don't react well when put into standby mode. If yours is such a one, it makes sense to disable that option using this Registry tweak:

 Click Start, click Run, enter regedit.





Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\
Services\ACPI\Parameters.

 Right-click in the right-hand pane and choose New | DWORD Value


Name the value Attributes.

 Double-click it to set its data.

Making sure Hexadecimal is selected, enter 70



Click OK, exit the Registry editor, and reboot.

Now when you choose Turn Off Computer from the XP Start menu, you won't be able to select Standby by accident