Add Image to Folder Background in WinXP

Hi, Today we will see how to add an image to the background of any folder.
Here I am giving u a example, It looks like this:

1.) Create a New Folder, or just open a folder in which you wish to add the background image.

2.) Copy the image you wish to display in that folder and after that Copy this code in notepad
[ExtShellFolderViews]
{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}={BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}
[{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]
IconArea_Image= "image name.jpg"


3.) After this Save the notepad file in folder for which you wish to add background image, as "Desktop.ini"

4.) After this, right click on that folder, click properties and select Customize tab, then click on change icon, here choose any icon. After that the background image will appear...

5.) Enjoy you have done it!

Change the ICON of drives in my computer

All the Xp users would have been bored by the boring icons in their My Computer panel which are adjacent to the Hard disk drives(C:,D: or whatever drive letter you have).

Here is a simple tweak by which you will be able to change this monotonous icon to anything you like, even your own Picture if you wish.

You can put any image in place of one which I have shown, even the picture of your favourite celebrity or your  own Picture.

Here are the steps you need to follow:

1. First of all the picture you want to use should have .ico extension(if you already have a pic with .ico extension proceed to step 2

2. Most of the pictures we normally use have extensions like .jpg, .bmp, .png, .gif etc, so you first need to convert them to one with .ico extension. This is simple. Use any Image Converter Softwares to convert your image to .ico format.

3. Now go to My Computer. Suppose you want to put this icon in place of your original C: Drive.

Double click and enter C: Paste your .ico image file in it. Also create a new text file and in it type the following lines:
[autorun]
ICON=favicon.ico

Remember that 'favicon.ico' in the second line is the name of your image file. If you have an image file with .ico extension by the name of 'abc.ico', then use that in the second line in place of 'favicon.ico'.

4. Now rename this text file as "autorun.inf" (without the quotes).

5. Now restart your Pc. You are done. Check out the cool new picture you have just added in your My computer panel.
Like the one given below...  Below is my My Computer Image!

AR-PC Image

Recover the lost administrators password in Windows XP

Slightly more work needed if you lose or forget the Windows XP administrator password.

1. First reboot Windows XP in safe mode by re-starting the computer and pressing F8 repeated as the computer starts up.

2. Then (in safe mode) click Start and then click Run. In the open box type
"control userpasswords2"
without the quotes - I have just used quotes to differentiate what you have to type.

3. You will now have access to all the user accounts, including the administrators account and will be able to reset the lost password.

4. Just click the administrators user account, and then click Reset Password.

5. You will need to add a new password in the New password and the Confirm new password boxes, and confirm by clicking OK.


All done, you have recovered the lost administrators password!

Create Your Own Logon Message

1) Click start
click run
type regedit,
then click ok!

2) In The registry editor, drill down to the following key:
hklm\software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current version\Winlogon.

3 Right click LegalNoticeCaption,
click modify,
Type: TricK by Alok, and then click ok!

4 Right click legalNoticeText,
click modify,
Type: Welcome to my PC-Wolrd, and then click ok!
and then Close your message!

5 Restart Your Computer.

6 The message will appear every time you logon!

Folder Lock Without Password Without Any Software Method 2

In this post i'm going to tell you how to lock your folders without any software.

I already describe a method and this method is also helps you to protect your contents.
TRY to lock ur private folder


Suppose you want to lock the folder "Alok" in D: which has the path "D:\Alok". In the same drive create a text file and type-

ren Alok Alok.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
 

Now save this text file as:- Lock.bat

Create another text file and type in it

ren Alok.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} Alok
 

Now save this text file as:- Unlock.bat

Now you can see 2 batch files Lock and Unlock. Dbl Click on Lock and the folder Alok will change to control panel and you cannot view its contents. Dbl Click Unlock and you will get back your original folder. Try it out!!!

Speed Up Your Windows XP

Hey folks...
In this post I'm going to tell you how to speed up your windows XP using registry...
Let’s get straight to the point. This Windows XP registry tweak will make your system boot much faster. How much?


I can not say exactly how much faster, since it all depends on your computer specifications (processor, RAM, hard-drive and stuff like that…), but from my experience, this tweak decreased the time to boot-up for about 9-10 seconds.
Now you see how great this registry tweak is and it will get even better when you see how simple it is to apply. I will do my best to show you step-by-step and make it plain simple and of course with screenshots included.
How to make Windows XP start faster:

1. Click on “Start” on the taskbar.

2. Click “Run” located in the start menu.

3. Then in the “Run” panel, type: “regedit” without the quotation marks. (that will open up the Windows registry editor)

4. Then click on “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE” and expand it.

5. Then click on “SYSTEM” and expand it.

6. Then scroll down, and expand “CurrentControlSet”.

7. Under that, expand “Control”.

8. Then, under that one, locate and click on “ContentIndex”. (so when you click on it, it needs to be highlighted and it’s options need to show up in the right panel of Windows XP Registry Editor)
So to sum up, here’s where you need to navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ ContentIndex

Let’s continue… You have just 6 more steps until the finish line!

9. When you have clicked on “ContentIndex” and it is highlighted and you see the options and parameters on the right side of the panel… Among those, you need to scroll all the way to the bottom and find the Registry key named “StartupDelay”.

10. Double-click on it and a new window panel will pop-up.

11. The new window has a field to enter value (and a default value entered already). But before you change the value, you need to change the base from Hexadecimal to Decimal.
Now when you change it to Decimal, it displays a different value (480000 instead of 75300).

12. So now, all you need to do is change the value from “480000” to “40000” (forty thousand)
Many people ask me if they can change it to an even smaller value than 40000, but I would not recommend doing that. I tested it and it doesn’t work. I did not feel any difference in boot-up time when I change it to value less than 40000 (and no, you can’t put 0 either).

13. After you’ve completed all the steps above, click “OK” and close the Registry Editor.
And one just one little thing you need to do to finish all this registry tweaking…

14. Restart your computer.

Now you can notice big difference in time that your system takes to boot-up. Mine was faster for 10 seconds than usual.

How to Hide and Lock Hard Disk Drives in "My Computer"

1. Click on the "Start" button. Go to "Run", type "gpedit.msc" and press enter. 
2. Wait for the "Group Policy" window to appear. Click on the "+" button beside User Configuration then click on the "+" button beside "Administrative Templates". Then click the "+" button beside "Windows Components" and then click "Windows Explorer".
3. Search for "Hide these specified drives in My Computer" in the options that appear in the right column of the window. Double click it, enable it and choose the drive(s) you want to hide.
4. Search for "Prevent access to drives from My Computer". Double click it and repeat the previous step if you want to stop accessing any drive by "command" (e.g, by typing "C:" in the address bar or "Run").
5. Close the group policy window.
6. Restart your computer for changes to take effect.