Posted in XP System Performance
Is someone calling you and need your help but you don’t want anyone can access to your computer while you’re away? Instead of clicking on Start -> Log Off -> Switch User. It would costs you from 3-5 seconds.
Hold the Windows key, which locates between Ctrl& Alt keys and then press the letter L. The windows immediately brings you back to the login screen.
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Posted in XP System Performance
While you’re using the computer and suddenly, bluescreen displayed with a bunch of white text message; something like “A problem has been detected and windwos has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer…” This message is telling you that there is a critical system error and can be caused by poorly written device drivers, corrupt Registry, faulty memory, or incompatible DLLs. Another word for bluescreen, we called it Blue Screen of Death. To prevent this bluescreen appears again when windows crashes, follow these steps:
Click Start -> Run -> type REGEDIT -> click OK
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl
Right-click AutoReboot -> Modify
Set Value Date to 1 for for automatic reboot
Click OK -> Exit Registry Editor
Reboot your computer
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Posted in XP System Performance
This tip will help you to shutdown computer without pop-up a message telling you that a program is still running.
Click Start -> Run -> type regedit -> HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> Control Panel -> Desktop -> Right-click AutoEndTasks -> select Modify -> change Value Data to 1 -> Reboot computer
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Click -> Start -> Control Panel and type Adjust font size in the Search box. DPI Scaling windows will pop up, showing you two default options: 96 DPI and 120 DPI but you can change to different size if you like by clicking on Custom DPI lower bottom right-hand side and adjust the scale that fit you.
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Posted in XP System Performance
If you’re able to memorize all of these commands, it would save you a lot of time to open any applications which don’t have to click thru folders and folders. It sounds scary but keep on practicing, you’ll get familiar with it.
click Start -> Run -> type cmd -> click OK
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