Create Your Own Fonts

Create Your Own Fonts

1. Click "Start"
2. Click "Run"
3. Type in "eudcedit"
4. The program that pops up is a hidden font editor that lets you create your own fonts and characters to use in other programs like MS Word.

WHAT SLOWS DOWN UR PC AND BY HOW MUCH..!

HERE IS A STATISTICAL DATA OF WAT PROGRAMS SLOW DPWN UR PC..!
THE TESTS HAVE BEEN DONE ON A 2.5GHz PENTIUM 4-BASED COMPUTER WITH 1GB RAM RUNNNING ON WINDOWS XP-A TYPICAL AVERAGE PC.
MICROSOFT'S PROCESSOR EXPLORER USED TO DETERMINE THE CPU LOAD AND RAM USAGE..

startup time in seconds[increase in startup]
WORD WITH 2000 FONTS====134.97 SECS
CA INT. SEC. SUITE 2007====51
PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 5====33
McAFEE INT. SEC SUITE 2007===27
NORTON INT. SECURITY====23
REAL PLAYER 10.5 GOLD====20
G DATA INT.SECURITY 2007====19
VIRTUALBOX 1.4====14.33
PINNACLE MEDIACENTER 4.0====14.02
ANTIVIR PE 7.0====12.95
iTUNES 7.3.2====10.57
QUICKTIME 7.2====9.29
KAZAA 3.2.5====5.60
ADOBE READER 8.1====5.40
NERO SHOWTIME====3.42
AZUREUS 2.5.0.4====3.40
ICQ 6.0====2.38
GOOGLE DESKTOP 5.2====2.25
MEDIA PLAYER CLASSIC 6.4====1.40
IRFAN VIEWER====1.15
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RAM USAGE IN KB
G DATA INT.SECURITY 2007====294,000
PINNACLE MEDIACENTER 4.0====269,356
iTUNES 7.3.2====255,624
McAFEE INT. SEC SUITE 2007====237,052
CA INT. SEC. SUITE 2007====209,388
PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 5====176,484
GOOGLE DESKTOP 5.2====167,708
KAZAA 3.2.5====160,648
NORTON INT. SECURITY====131,884
AZEURUS 2.5.0.4====114,376
ANITVIR PE 7.0====90,092
ADOBE READER 8.1====89,736
NERO SHOWTIME====88,932
REAL PLAYER 10.5 GOLD====76,536
QUICKTIME 7.2====67,148
MEDIA PLAYER CLASSIC 6.4====56,048
VIRTUAL BOX 1.4====54,228
ICQ 6.0=====47,584
WORD WITH 20000 FONTS====46,984
IRFAN VIEWER====18,576
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CPU LOAD IN PERCENT
G DATA INT.SECURITY 2007====86
PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 5====85
NOTON INT. SECURITY 2007====83
CA INT. SECURITY SUITE 2007====75
VIRTUALBOX 1.4====72
MCAFEE INT. SEC SUITE 2007====67
ANTIVIR PE 7.0====64
ADOBE READER 8.1====54
KAZAA 3.2.5====42
PINNACLE MEDIACENTER 4.0====41
IEFAN VIEW 4.0====35
GOOGLE DESKTOP 5.1====33
NERO SHOWTIME====42
REAL PLAYER 10.5 GOLD====29
WORD WITH 2000 DONTS====23
QUICKTIME 7.2====23
MEDIA PLAYER CLASSIC 6.4====21
ITUNES 7.3.2====12
AZUREUS 2.5.0.4====5
ICQ 6.0====4
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MAJOR SPEED BREAKERS
NORTON INTERNET SECURITY 2007
folows the motto"slow surfing is safe surfing"

CA INTERNET SECURITY SUITE 2007
Adds an extra minute to your computer's overall boot time

MCAFEE INT. SEC. SUITE 2007
Requires more of everything--RAM,CPU power...etc.

G DATA INT. SEC. SUITE 2007
All-round protection that eats up the RAM and CPU..

GOOGLE DESKTOP 5.1
The largest no. of features it offers tax the system heavily..

KAZAA 3.2.5
its usage increases the CPU load by 80 %////

ADOBE READER 8.1
Scrolling through a PDF uses 54 % of tHe CPU..

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 5
Requires more time to start than WINDOWS XP needs to boot...

VIRTUALBOX 1.4
Works more efficiently on dual core than single core PCs..

2000 FONTS
The more the fonts,the slower the windows booting process.

ITUNES 7.3.2
CPU usage shoots up to 90% while encoding music...

Accelerating NTFS partition.

By removing the creation of registered 8.3 on NTFS partitions and updating of the field Last Access Time Stamp each time you access to a folder accelerate performance vólumenes NTFS

In NTFS partitions with a lot of files named long and constant access to them, we can significantly increase performance if disable the creation of filenames in 8.3 format. However, if any installation program of old 16-bit applications stops working, we can revive the creation of 8.3 filenames on a temporary basis so that the installation is carried out successfully.

OPEN "regedit.exe" from the Start menu and go to the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ FileSystem. Create or modify a DWORD value "NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation" containing "1" to turn off the creation of 8.3 filenames.

Likewise, when Widnows XP When accessing a directory on an NTFS volume, updates the field Last Access Time Stamp (last done access) at the MFT for each of the subdirectories to find. Thus if we sailed by folder with a large number of subdirectories, the speed in exploring files decrease. To disable this feature,

Open "regedit.exe" from the Start menu GO to the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ FileSystem. Create or modify a DWORD value "NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate" whose contents will be "1" to disable the update of this field in NTFS partitions

RESTRICTIONS FOR DESKTOP

Some of the characteristics of the active Windows desktop can be controlled and disabled on an individual basis through the registration ...

Type "regedit.exe" from the Start menu => Run and go to the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ ActiveDesktop. There create or modify existing DWORD values, the content of which is "1" to enable the restriction, or "0" to disable the restriction:


"NoChangingWallpaper": Disable the possibility of changing the wallpaper.
"NoAddingComponents": Disable the ability and add components.
"NoDeletingComponents": Disable the possibility of eliminating components.
"NoEditingComponents": Disable the ability to edit components.
"NoHTMLWallPaper": Disable the use of different files bitmap (. Bmp) as a screen.

ACCESS YOUR DESKTOP ICONS FROM YOUR TASKBAR

Do you ever want to access your desktop, or shortcut icons on your desktop when your screen is cluttered with windows which you don't want to minimize?
A simple solution. Place a shortcut to your desktop atop your START Menu. Here's how:
1) Right click on your TASKBAR and choose PROPERTIES.
2) Select the START MENU PROGRAMS tab, then the ADVANCED button.
3) In the right panel, under the PROGRAMS folder, you will see any shortcuts you have already placed atop your START menu. Right click here in the white space here and choose NEW, then SHORTCUT.
4. In the command line for your shortcut, type c:\windows\desktop (If your Windows directory has another name, substitute that name for windows).
5. Click NEXT. Then in the name box, name your shortcut Desktop.
6. Click the FINISH button.
7. Close the Explorer window, then click ok in TASKBAR PROPERTIES.
8. Now, open START on your taskbar. VOILA! Your desktop folder icon should be visible. Click it to open your desktop folder.
Success!
You will now be able to view and access your desktop shortcut icons (not non-shortcut icons). If you want ALL desktop icons to be visible (Recycle Bin, My Computer etc.), you will need to place shortcuts to these other icons on your desktop.
Hint:
If you normally hide your taskbar, so that it is not always on top of other windows, you can access it at any time from any program by pressing and holding control, then pressing escape (the ESC key at top left of your keyboard). You may then quickly choose your desktop folder and access desktop icons as well as any other programs accessible via your taskbar and programs menu.
Remove Shortcut arrow from Desktop icons
Here's how you can remove those shortcut arrows from your desktop icons in Windows XP.

1. Start regedit.
2. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTlnkfile
3. Delete the IsShortcut registry value.
4.You may need to restart Windows XP.

Cleaning the Prefetch Directory

WindowsXP has a new feature called Prefetch. This keeps a shortcut to recently used programs.However it can fill up with old and obsolete programs.
To clean this periodically go to:
1. Star / Run / Prefetch
2. Press Ctrl-A to highlight all the files
3. Delete them
If you need to share multiple folders, running the program SHRPUBW.EXE will bring up a simple dialog box to let you:
1. Browse to the folder you want to share
2. Enter in a Share name
3. Ender in a Share description
4. Set permissions. Several choices are available

5. Restart the process from within the same program

DLL files and slow computer

Here are some tips how you can change your Window
start menu. Do right click on Start and than Open.
You will see Programs folder. That is
C:\Windows\Start Menu and there are shortcuts to
programs you have in Windows Start menu. Right click there and New-Shortcut. Now you can browse and add some new document, shortcut to program, song, or whatever you want in Start menu. by New-folder, you can add new group, just like Programs group already exist. If you want to delete some shortcut you added, just delete it from that folder.

CHANGE WINDOWS ICON

You can change the Icons Windows uses for folders, the Start Menu, opened and closed folder in the Explorer, and many more.
1. Open RegEdit
2. Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer\ Shell Icons
3. Add a string value for each Icon you wish to change.
Example: "3" ="C:\Windows\Icons\MyIcon.ico,0" This will change the closed folders in the Explorer to "MyIcon.ico". Here is a complete list for each value.
0= Unknown file type 1= MSN file types 2= Applications Generic 3= Closed Folder 4= Open Folder 5= 5.25" Drive 6= 3.25" Drive 7= Removable Drive 8= Hard Drive 9= NetWork Drive 10= Network Drive Offline 11= CD-ROM Drive 12= RAM Drive 13= Entire Network 14= Network Hub 15= My Computer 16= Printer 17= Network Neighborhood 18= Network Workgroup 19= Start Menu's Program Folders 20= Start Menu's Documents 21= Start Menu's Setting 22= Start Menu's Find 23= Start Menu's Help 24= Start Menu's Run 25= Start Menu's Suspend 26= Start Menu's PC Undock 27= Start Menu's Shutdown 28= Shared 29= Shortcut Arrow 30= (Unknown Overlay) 31= Recycle Bin Empty 32= Recycle Bin Full 33= Dial-up Network 34= DeskTop 35= Control Panel 36= Start Menu's Programs 37= Printer Folder 38= Fonts Folder 39= Taskbar Icon 40= Audio CD

DISABLING MY COMPUTER

In areas where you are trying to restrict what users can do on the computer, it might be beneficial to disable the ability to click on My Computer and have access to the drives, control panel etc.
To disable this:
1.Open RegEdit
2.Search for 20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D
3.This should bring you to the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID section
4.Delete the entire section.
Now when you click on My Computer, nothing will happen.
You might want to export this section to a Registry file before deleting it just in case you want to enable it again. Or you can rename it to 20D0HideMyComputer4FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D. You can also hide all the Desktop Icons, see Change/Add restrictions.

DISABLING MY COMPUTER

In areas where you are trying to restrict what users can do on the computer, it might be beneficial to disable the ability to click on My Computer and have access to the drives, control panel etc.
To disable this:
1.Open RegEdit
2.Search for 20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D
3.This should bring you to the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID section
4.Delete the entire section.
Now when you click on My Computer, nothing will happen.
You might want to export this section to a Registry file before deleting it just in case you want to enable it again. Or you can rename it to 20D0HideMyComputer4FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D. You can also hide all the Desktop Icons, see Change/Add restrictions.

Increasing options in add/remove programs:

Not a fan of MSN Messenger? don’t want Windows Media Player on your system? Fair enough, but if you go to Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel, by default none of Windows XP’s ‘built in’ programs are visible. it’s fairly easy to change, though… just open the file X:\Windows\inf\sysoc.inf (where X: is the drive letter where Windows XP is installed) in Notepad. You should see a section of the file something like this:

[Components]
NtComponents=ntoc.dll,NtOcSetupProc,,4
WBEM=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wbemoc.inf,hide,7
Display=desk.cpl,DisplayOcSetupProc,,7
Fax=fxsocm.dll,FaxOcmSetupProc,fxsocm.inf,,7
NetOC=netoc.dll,NetOcSetupProc,netoc.inf,,7
iis=iis.dll,OcEntry,iis.inf,,7
com=comsetup.dll,OcEntry,comnt5.inf,hide,7
dtc=msdtcstp.dll,OcEntry,dtcnt5.inf,hide,7
IndexSrv_System = setupqry.dll,IndexSrv,setupqry.inf,,7
TerminalServer=TsOc.dll, HydraOc, TsOc.inf,hide,2
msmq=msmqocm.dll,MsmqOcm,msmqocm.inf,,6
ims=imsinsnt.dll,OcEntry,ims.inf,,7
fp_extensions=fp40ext.dll,FrontPage4Extensions,fp40ext.inf,,7
AutoUpdate=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,au.inf,hide,7
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7
RootAutoUpdate=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,rootau.inf,,7
IEAccess=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,ieaccess.inf,,7

This is a list of all components installed at the moment. I’ve taken the example of MSN Messenger - the program entry called ‘msmsgs’, third-last line. You can see the word ‘hide’ highlighted - this is the string which tells Windows not to display the component in the Add/Remove Programs list. Fix this up by simply deleting the word ‘hide’ like so:

msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7

To this:

msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,,7

Now, after restarting, you should be able to see MSN Messenger in the Add/Remove Programs list. If you want to be able to quickly view and remove all components, simply open the sysoc.inf file and do a global find and replace for the word “,hide” and replace it with a single comma “,”.

GPEDIT.MSC And Autoplay

A great tweaking file that comes with XP is gpedit.msc. Go to Start -> Run… and then type in ‘gpedit.msc’ and press enter. This is effectively the Policies Editor, and it comes in handy often. For example, if you hate CD autoplay like I do and want to permanently disable it, you can use this tool to do so. Just run gpedit.msc, then go to Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System. In here you can see the value ‘Turn Off Autoplay’. Right-click on it and then click ‘Properties’.

Menu Delays:

Another minor and easy tweak to remove any delay from menus sliding out. For this you will need to use regedit (open regedit by going to Start -> Run…, then typing ‘regedit’ and pressing enter). The key you need to change is located in HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop. The actual key is called MenuShowDelay - all you have to do is change the value to 0. Remember, you will have to re-boot your computer for this tweak to take effect.

No Shutdown:

Wanna play with your friends by removing the shutdown option from start menu in their computer.
Just hack it down !!!
Regedit
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
“NoClose”=”DWORD:1?

Automatic Administrator Login

Well here’s the trick which you can use to prove that Windows XP is not at all secure as multi-user operating system. Hacking the system registry from any account having access to system registry puts you in to the administrator account.
REGEDIT 4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
“AutoAdminLogon”=”1?

Display legal notice on startup:

Wanna tell your friends about the do’s and dont’s in your computer when they login in your absence. Well you can do it pretty easily by displaying a legal notice at system start up.
REGEDIT
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system]
“legalnoticecaption”=”enter your notice caption”
“legalnoticetext”=”enter your legal notice text”

To change the location of your mailbox for Outlook

1. Open RegEdit
2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Outlook (or Outlook Express if Outlook Express)
3. Go to the section “Store Root”
4. Make the change to file location
Add/Remove Sound Events from Control Panel
You can Add and delete sounds events in the Control Panel. In order to do that:
1. Open RegEdit
2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps and HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Eventlabels. If this key does not exist you can create it and add events.
3. You can add/delete any items you want to or delete the ones you no longer want.
Registry Hacking

Changing Exchange/Outlook Mailbox Location

To change the location of your mailbox for Exchange:
1. Open RegEdit
2. Go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ Microsoft\Windows Messaging Subsystem\ Profiles
3. Go to the profile you want to change
4. Go to the value name that has the file location for your mailbox (*.PST) file
5. Make the change to file location or name

Change Default Folder Locations You can change or delete the Windows mandatory locations of folder like My Documents:

1. Open RegEdit
2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer\ Shell Folders
3. Change the desired folder location, My Documents is normally list as “Personal”
4. Open the Explorer and rename or create the folder you wish.
To change the desired location of the Program Files folder
1. Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
2. Change the value of “ProgramFiles”, or “ProgramFilesDir”
Now when you install a new program it will default to the new location you have selectedOpening a DOS Window to either the Drive or Directory in ExplorerAdd the following Registry Keys for a Directory:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\opennew
@=”Dos Prompt in that Directory”
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\opennew\command
@=”command.com /k cd %1?
Add or Edit the following Registry Keys for a Drive:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\opennew
@=”Dos Prompt in that Drive”
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\opennew\command
@=”command.com /k cd %1?
These will allow you to right click on either the drive or the directory and the option of starting the dos prompt will pop up.

Changing Windows’ Icons

You can change the Icons Windows uses for folders, the Start Menu, opened and closed folder in the Explorer, and many more.
1. Open RegEdit
2. Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer\ Shell Icons
3. Add a string value for each Icon you wish to change.
Example: “3? =”C:\Windows\Icons\MyIcon.ico,0? This will change the closed folders in the Explorer to “MyIcon.ico”. Here is a complete list for each value.
0= Unknown file type
1= MSN file types
2= Applications Generic
3= Closed Folder
4= Open Folder
5= 5.25? Drive
6= 3.25? Drive
7= Removable Drive
8= Hard Drive
9= NetWork Drive
10= Network Drive Offline
11= CD-ROM Drive
12= RAM Drive
13= Entire Network 14= Network Hub
15= My Computer
16= Printer
17= Network Neighborhood
18= Network Workgroup
19= Start Menu’s Program Folders
20= Start Menu’s Documents
21= Start Menu’s Setting
22= Start Menu’s Find
23= Start Menu’s Help
24= Start Menu’s Run
25= Start Menu’s Suspend
26= Start Menu’s PC Undock
27= Start Menu’s Shutdown 28= Shared
29= Shortcut Arrow
30= (Unknown Overlay)
31= Recycle Bin Empty
32= Recycle Bin Full
33= Dial-up Network
34= DeskTop
35= Control Panel
36= Start Menu’s Programs
37= Printer Folder
38= Fonts Folder
39= Taskbar Icon
40= Audio CD
You need to reboot after making changes. You may need to delete the hidden file ShellIconCache if after rebooting the desired Icons are not displayed.