Enable Task Manager When Disabled By Virus or Administrator

This post will help you to re-enable Task Manager, if your system facing task manager disabled problem. Task manager is used to view currently running programs and also used to terminate that programs. Some trojan virus cannot detected by antivirus even if it is updated. Most of the viruses will affect first on Task Manager for protecting themselves and speeding up their infections. Before proceeding this trick, run a complete scan with up-to-date antivirus. After scan, press Ctrl + Alt + Del then an error message appearing like this,

or 
Right Click on your system tray and task manager is disabled like this,

If your system have the above problems, do the following steps,

1. Go to Start > Run. If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7, go to Search
2. Type "regedit" (without quotes) and hit enter to open Registry Editor.
3. Navigate to, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
4. Delete DWORD Value "DisableTaskMgr".

Restart your system, if Task Manager still disabled. You can also use another tricks for enabling Task Manager like, 

• Using Group Policy Editor (Gpedit.msc).
• Using Command Prompt.
• Enable Task Manager by creating Registry Key using text editor.

Create Keyboard Shortcut For Any Program

Do you want to access your favorite programs faster? Then you might like this trick. Most of the software and Operating Systems have built-in Keyboard-Shortcuts for accessing its functions faster than regular method. For example, we use Alt + Ctrl + Del for opening Task Manager. It is simple and faster method. So we are gonna make a custom keyboard shortcut for our favorite programs. Do the following steps,

1. Right click on your favorite program's shortcut.
2. Take Properties
3. Click on Shortcut Key field from Shortcut tab.
4. Press any key from keyboard that you want to use as Shortcut.
5. Just note your shortcut key from Shortcut Key field.
6. Click OK to save your settings.

Now you can use your shortcut key to open your favorite program. It will save your time.

Note:

• We can't use some of the keys like Ctrl, Alt, Tab, Shift, Enter etc.
• To remove shortcut key do the above 1, 2, 3 step and press Del. After then click OK

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Increase Virtual Memory for Better Performance

Do you want higher performance form you system, then dont waste time. Just Increase Virtual memory of your system. It will boost performance of your system. Your computer will create a file for virtual memory on hard drive, called paging file. If your RAM's memory use up by OS and some other applications, your computer will copies data from RAM to paging file. Increasing virtual memory will also increase size of paging file. Then RAM can store more data to paging file. Virtual memory also known as simulated RAM. To increase virtual memory, follow the following steps.

1. Go to Start > Controll Panel and Click on Performance and Maintenance
2. Click on System and select Advanced tab.
3. Click Settings button from Performance.
4. Select Advanced tab and click on Change button.
5. Select a Drive have more free space.
6. Choose custome size, then Initial Size & Maximum Size fields will enable.
7. Now enter a memory size on Initial Size and Maximum size fields (greater than previous size).
8. Click Set button then click OK button.

After restarting you can run some programs which require higher RAM. Restart your computer to see the difference. 

Note:

• For better performance set same size on Initial Size & Maximum Size fields. 
• Your system will got crashed if you set lower memory size.

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Disable Windows Xp Error Reporting Service

Windows Xp will show an error message whenever an application got crashed. This error message is displayed by windows error reporting feature. Error message offers you to send error report to Microsoft.

You can disable error reporting service if you do not want to see error message again or not want to send error report to  Microsoft. This service is better to disable when you don't have an internet connection. Follow the following steps to disable error reporting service,

1. Go to Controll Panel > System
or Controll Panel > Performance and Maintenance > System

2. Select Advanced tab from System Properties

3. Click Error Reporting button

4. Select Disable Error Reporting option

Note: You will not see any type of error message if you uncheck "Notify Me When Critical Errors Occur" option.

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Securely Hide File or Folder Using Command Prompt

If you have a folder named "bestsongs" on drive D and you want to hide it. Follow the following simple steps.

1. Start > Run > and type “cmd” to open Command Prompt (without quotes).

2. Type "attrib +s +h D:\bestsongs" on command prompt and hit enter (without quotes).

Now the folder "bestsongs" will be hidden. To unhide that folder, type the following code on Command Prompt and hit enter.

attrib -s -h D:\bestsongs

Now you can view the folder "bestsongs". When a folder is hidden using this methode, no one can't find that folder using Search method. Show Hidden System Files and Folders to view those files.


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Show Hidden System Files and Folders

To view all hidden system files and folders, do the following steps.

1. Open My Computer or any other window.

2. Go to Tools > Folder Options and click on View tab.

3. Mark "Show Hidden Files and Folders" and uncheck "Hide Protected Operating System Files"
from View Tab.

4. Click OK

Now you can view all hidden files or folders in your PC.
Note: Most of these files are System Files. Don't make any changes to those files or folders, it will affect your system.


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Disable Windows Xp Boot Screen

You can disable the Windows Xp Boot Screen; which will speed up the overall boot process.

Note: If you remove the Boot Screen, you will not see any boot messages, such as check disk.

Do the following simple steps to disable Windows Xp Boot Screen.

1. Start > Run > and type “msconfig” to open System Configuration Utility (without quotes).

2. Click the BOOT.INI tab.

3. Go down to Boot Options and tick /NOGUIBOOT check box.

4. Click OK to save and close the System Configuration Utility.

5. Now restart your computer.

The Windows Xp boot screen will be gone. It can be re-enabled by un-ticking /NOGUIBOOT check box from the System Configuration Utility. Try this trick now......

Enjoy....... J


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Play Movie On MS Paint

MS Paint is commonly used to draw pictures. But we can also play movie on paint. Do the following steps to play movie on Paint.......

1) Play a movie in Windows Media Player or your favorite movie player.

2) Press Print Screen button on the keyboard while playing the movie (don’t stop it).

3) Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Paint to open MS Paint.

4) Select Edit -> Paste or Press CTRL+V to paste.

Done!!! Now watch your favorite movie on Paint. But there are no buttons like Pause, Stop etc. Try this trick now.....Enjoy….. J

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Block Websites Without Software

This trick will help you to block websites without using software. Do the following simple steps to block website.

1. Go to C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc

2. Locate the file hosts.

2. Right click on it and open with notepad.

3. To block www.tricks-4u.co.nr just add the following text at the bottom of the file (after 127.0.0.1 localhost).

127.0.0.1 www.tricks-4u.co.nr   

4. Save the file and exit.

Done!! Do the same procedure to block more websites. Now, open your web browser and go to www.tricks-4u.co.nr, it will not load! Try this trick now………..

Enjoy……. J

Better Background for Microsoft Word

Do the following steps to change white background and black text to blue background and white text in Microsoft Word.

1. Start -> All Programs -> Microsoft Office -> Microsoft Word to open Microsoft Word.

2. Click Tools from the menu bar.

3. From drop down menu, select Options.

4. Select the General tab from the Options dialogue box.

5. Tick on "Blue background, white text" check box.

6. Click OK to save and close the Options dialogue box.

You can revert back to the default at any time by repeating the above steps. Try this trick now……..

Enjoy…….. J

Watch Star-Wars Movie in Command Prompt

Do you love to watch Star Wars movie? Here is a trick for you. Do the following steps to watch Star Wars movie Episode IV.

1. Start > Run > and type “cmd” to open Command Prompt (without quotes).

2. Type "telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl" (without quotes) and hit enter.

Done!!! Now watch the Star Wars movie. Try this trick now.....

Enjoy..... J

Trick To Change Drive Icon

This trick is helpful to change your drive icon without using any software. To try this trick you need an icon image with extension ".ico". Example: iconimage.ico

Copy that icon image to the root of the drive. Then open notepad and type the following code

[autorun]

icon=iconimage.ico

Now save the file to root of the drive with file name autorun and extension ".inf". That is autorun.inf

Now open my computer and see the difference. Try this trick now……..

Enjoy….. J

Two Ways To Reset BIOS Password

There are a lot of ways to reset the BIOS password. These two tricks are Commonly using to reset BIOS password.

Open your CPU to try the first BIOS password resetting trick. Then remove the CMOS battery. After 2 minutes place the battery. Now reboot your system. Password Protection is gone!

Second Password resetting trick is more easier than the first trick. Open command prompt then type the following codes

debug

o 70 10

o 71 20

quit

exit

Now reboot your system. BIOS Password protections is gone! Try this trick now…….

Enjoy..... J

Hibernation Feature In Windows Xp

Hibernation is a hidden feature in windows Xp. If I click on hibernate when I doing a work in Windows Xp then Windows Xp will save my work and shutdown (Keeping your programs open). I can resume my work when I switch on my pc.960 MB disk space is required to enable hibernate. Do the following steps to enable hibernation.

1. Go to Control Panel.

2. Click Power Options.

3. Click Hibernate.

4. Tick Enable hibernation

Now hibernate option is enabled in your PC. Do the following steps to hibernate your PC.

1. Click Start>Turn Off Computer.

2. Press Shift key then Hibernate button will visible.

3. Click Hibernate (Don’t release Shift key).

Try this trick now…..

Enjoy…. J

Way To Get Windows XP Product Key From Installation CD

Have you lost your Windows Xp product key and are desperately looking for it? Here is a trick to find Windows Xp product key. Do the following simple steps to get your Product Key from the installation CD.

Note: This may only work for certain OEM CDs.

1) Insert Windows XP CD into your CD Drive.

2) Close the Autorun introduction.

3) Explore the CD and navigate to the i386 folder.

4) Open the file UNATTEND.txt from the i386 folder and scroll down to the last line.

You will find your Windows XP Product key in the file UNATTEND.txt. Try this trick now.........

Enjoy........... J

Disable Pen Drive Access In Windows XP

There are many tricks to disable pen drive access. But this is a secret trick to disable pen drive access. Do the following steps.

Important Note: Editing the registry may damage your system, please make a backup from your registry.

1. Click Start > Run > and type “regedit” to run Registry Editor (without quotes).

2. Navigate to the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsbStor

3. In the right pane, double click on the Start.

4. Change the value data to 4 to disable pen drive access.

Now your pen drive access is disabled. To re-enable the pen drive access, change back the value data for Start to its original default of 3. Try this trick now……………

Enjoy……….. J

Rename Your Recycle Bin

Normally we cannot rename Recycle Bin. Follow these simple steps and change the name of your Recycle Bin.

Important Note: Editing the registry may damage your system, please make a backup from your registry.

1. First, Click Start > Run > and type “regedit” to run Registry Editor (without quotes).

2. Navigate to the following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

3. In the right pane, double click on the Default and type name you want for Your Recycle Bin and click OK.

4. Go to Your Desktop and Refresh the Desktop.

Now see the magic. Your Recycle Bin has been renamed. Try this trick now……..

Enjoy………………. J

Create Your Own Logon Message

Do the following simple steps to create your own logon Message.

Important Note: Editing the registry may damage your system, please make a backup from your registry.

1. First, Click Start > Run > and type “regedit” to run Registry   Editor(without quotes).

2. Navigate to the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current version\Winlogon.

3. In the right pane, double click on the LegalNoticeCaption and type a message and click OK. This message will be displayed in Title bar.

Example : Tricks-4u

4. In the right pane, double click on the LegalNoticeText and type your message and click OK.

Example : Visit Tricks-4u to read more tricks… http://www.tricks-4u.co.nr/....

5. Restart your computer..

The message will appear every time you logon.. Try this trick now……..

Enjoy………... J

Use Notepad As Your Personal Diary

You can make notepad as your personal diary using this trick. This is a hidden feature in notepad. Do the following steps..

1. Start->Programs-> Accessories->Notepad to Open Notepad .

2. Then type “.LOG” in notepad(without quotes).

3. Now save the notepad file and close notepad.

4. Open the notepad file then you will find that the current date and time has been

appended at the next line.

5. Now type your notes and save and close the file.

Each time you open the file, Notepad appends the date and time to the end of the file. Try this simple trick now………

Enjoy………. J

Browse Internet Using Microsoft Calculator

This trick will help you to access internet without using a browser. You can access internet using Calculator. So you can browse internet using Calculator when your browser is messed up for some unexplainable reason. Do the following tricks to browse with calculator.

1. Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Calculator to open Calculator.

2. Help-> Help Topics to open Help topics of Calculator.

3. Click the top-left corner the help window.

4. Click ‘Jump to URL’.

5. Type your address into the available field, Address must be start with http:// and not just www.

Try this trick and browse internet with calculator……………

Enjoy…………. J