Rule For stop sending Email in outlook 7

Sometimes the Send button can backfire. Have you ever sent a mail to the wrong person by mistake? Have you ever sent an email and then realized a second too late that you forgot an important point, or could have worded things more carefully, or even misspelled something obvious, like your own name?
Luckily, in Outlook you can set up a safety net for the Send button. On the Outlook team, we call it “delayed send.” You may find that it saves you a lot of potential embarrassment.
Delayed send is a simple idea: When you hit Send, Outlook automatically retains the message in your Outbox folder for a short length of time (for instance, one minute) before sending. Most times you won’t notice the delay. And if you hit Send and then realize you made a mistake, you can go to your Outbox, open up the message, modify it, and then re-send it – and the recipients never see the mistake.
But what about e-mails that need to be sent immediately? With a little more effort you can set up Outlook so that if you tag a message as urgent, it will be sent without the delay.
Here’s how you set up delayed send in Outlook 2007:
1. Go to Tools>Rules and Alerts.
2. Click New Rule.
3. Select Check messages after sending and then click Next.
4. Click Next again.  When Outlook confirms that you want this rule to apply to every message you send, click Yes.
5. Check the checkbox next to defer delivery by a number of minutes:
6. Click on “a number of” and choose how many minutes you want mail to be delayed.  I find that 1 minute works very well.
7. Click Finish.
8. If your mail server is Microsoft Exchange, Outlook will tell you that this is a client-side rule, which is fine; click OK.
9. Click OK to close the Rules and Alerts window.
And now the safety net is in place! Try it – send a mail message, then go to the Outbox. Your message will wait patiently in the Outbox until the delay is over, and then away it goes. During the delay, you can double-click the message at any time to stop it from being sent, so you can make modifications and hit Send again. (Hitting Send again will reset the delay, so that you get another minute to rethink your changes.)
Note that Outlook needs to be running in order to actually send the message, so you should leave Outlook open until the message leaves the Outbox.  If you’re in the habit of dashing off a quick mail and then immediately closing your laptop or powering down your computer, you’ll want to set up an exception to the delayed-send rule, which leads me to…
The exception to the rule
It’s important to remember that this delayed-send rule will apply to every message you send. There may be times when you don’t want the delay in place. For instance, you may want to send mail immediately. Or, you may want to delay the delivery of a single message for longer than the rule specifies. (The delayed-send rule will override any delay-delivery settings you put on a single message, so it could cause messages to be sent sooner than you want.) If you want to be able to send mails without triggering the rule, you can set up category that exempts mail from the delayed-send rule. Here’s how to do that:
1. Go back to Tools>Rules and Alerts.
2. Select the delayed-send rule that you just created and click Change Rule > Edit Rule Settings.
3. Click Next, and click Yes for the “apply to every message” prompt.
4. Click Next again.
5. Under “Are there any exceptions,” check the checkbox next to except if assigned to category category.
6. Click on the “category” link.  You’ll be taken to the Color Categories window.
7. Click New to create a new category.
8. Name it “Urgent” (or whatever you prefer) and click OK. (Note that some people who receive your messages marked in this manner may see the category attached to your message; it’s best to choose a category name that you don’t mind other people reading.)
9. You should now see the “Urgent” category checked:
10. Click OK.  You should now see that the rule will only apply to messages that don’t have the “Urgent” category:
11. Click Finish.
Then you can do the following to mark an individual mail as urgent before sending it:
1. Under the Home tab, click the dialog launcher () for the Options chunk:

2. Click on the Categories button and choose “Urgent.”
3. Click Close.
When you click Send, the message will send immediately.
Let us know if you think this is useful!

How to Remove Windows Genuine Advantage From the Registry

If you're sick and tired of receiving the Windows Genuine Advantage warnings on your Windows XP operating system, you're in luck. By following a few fairly easy steps, you can wipe out the program and its annoying pop-ups using a quick registry fix. Just remember to follow the directions exactly as given, because registry errors can wreak havoc on your PC.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Removing Windows Genuine Advantage From the Registry

1. 1
   Click on the "Start" button and then the "Run" icon.
2. 2
   Type "regedit" without the quotation marks in the "Run" text field and click "OK." Your register editor program will now display.
3. 3
   Navigate to the following registry file: "My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify." You can find that key by first clicking on "My Computer," then "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE," then the "Software" folder, followed by the "Microsoft" folder, which brings you to the "Windows NT" folder, then the "Current Version" folder, followed by "WinLogon" and finally the "Notify" folder.
4. 4
   Find the "WgaLogon" folder inside the "Notify" folder and right-click on it. Choose the "Delete" option and left-click on it. You have now removed the program files from the registry.
5. 5
   Restart your computer for the changes to take effect. The program should now be removed from your registry

Sent Emails not save in Sent Massages Folder

Open the Sent Items folder

• In the Navigation Pane (Navigation Pane: The column on the left side of the Outlook window that includes panes such as Shortcuts or Mail and the shortcuts or folders within each pane. Click a folder to show the items in the folder.), under All Mail Folders, click the Sent Items folder.

The messages in the Sent Items folder are listed in the message pane to the right.

The Sent Items folder is also included in the Favorite Folders pane by default.

View who you sent messages to

If you have the Reading Pane (Reading Pane: A window in Outlook where you can preview an item without opening it. To display the item in the Reading Pane, click the item.) on, under Sent Items in the message list, click the Arrange By column, and then click To.

If you have the Reading Pane (Reading Pane: A window in Outlook where you can preview an item without opening it. To display the item in the Reading Pane, click the item.) off, under Sent Items in the message list, click the To column.

I don't see messages I sent in the Sent Items folder

If the Save copies of messages in Sent Items folder check box is not selected, the Sent Items folder won't keep a copy of each message that you send. The Save copies of messages in Sent Items folder check box is selected by default. To select the setting, do the following:

1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
2. On the Preferences tab, click E-mail Options.
3. Under Message handling, select the Save copies of messages in Sent Items folder check box.

Also, by default, messages older than 6 months in the Sent Items folder are automatically archived every 14 days. The messages are moved to the archive.pst file. To check the settings you can do the following:

1. In the Navigation Pane (Navigation Pane: The column on the left side of the Outlook window that includes panes such as Shortcuts or Mail and the shortcuts or folders within each pane. Click a folder to show the items in the folder.), right click the Sent Items folder, click Properties on the shortcut menu, and then click the AutoArchive tab.
2. Select the options you want to stop archiving or to change when messages are archived. For more information see, About backing up or deleting items using AutoArchive.

 Notes 

• If you have a POP3 e-mail account, sent messages appear in the Sent Items folder under Personal Folders.
• If you have more than one POP3 e-mail account, sent messages appear in the same Sent Items folder under Personal Folders.
• If you have an Exchange Server e-mail account and then you add a POP3 e-mail account, sent messages for both accounts appear in the same Sent Items folder under your Exchange mailbox.
• If you have a POP3 e-mail account and then you add an Exchange Server account, sent messages for both accounts appear in the same Sent Items folder under Personal Folders.
• If you have a Hotmail account, sent messages appear in the Sent Items under Hotmail.
• If you have an IMAP e-mail account, sent messages appear in the Sent Items under Personal Folders.
• If you use more than one e-mail account and you choose to send a message from a secondary account using the Accounts button in a new message, a copy of the message is also sent to the Sent Items folder of the primary default account. For example, if you have a Microsoft Exchange Server e-mail account and an MSN Hotmail account, when you send a message by using the Hotmail account, a copy of the message is sent to your Hotmail Sent Items folder and to your Exchange Mailbox Sent Items folder.

Multiple Google Talk on 1 system

Here is how you can log into Google Talk using multiple IDs.

1. Create a new shortcut in Desktop (Rightclick – > New -> Shortcut)
2. In the input box enter the following “C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe” /nomutex“
3. Click Next
4. Give your short a name and clic Finish

to log in using different IDs simply open your shortcut by double clicking. Please dont forget to check out my Multiple yahoo messenger login…
Note : The path (marked in red) for Google Talk.exe may be different for your computer. Please enter the correct path.

If you have several google talk accounts, you may want to run multiple instances of google talk at once. Here’s how to do it.

Many users, including myself, like to have several different personalities on IM–Work, play, etc. By default google talk with only allow you to run instance of the program at a time. Here’s how to get around that…
Run google talk with the following switch: /nomutex
If you installed google talk to the default location, you can easily create a shortcut to this setting.

1. Right-click on the desktop 2. Select New 3. Select Shortcut 4. Paste this into the text box: "c:\program files\google\google talk\googletalk.exe" /nomutex 5. Click Next6. Name it whatever: Google Talk Multiple, etc. 7. Click OK until you are done. Google Talk (GTalk) can also let Google Talk go to polygamy, that’s running multiple instances of Google Talk and login to multiple Google accounts on Google Talk. The polygamy trick can be done without any crack, patch or hack, with just a simple command line parameter or switch (/nomutex) appended to the Google Talk shortcut. Ability to polygamy running multiple Google Talk is useful if users have multiple Google Talk accounts (or Google or Gmail accounts that used to login to GTalk) or multiple profiles or personalities, and don’t want to log on and off from one account to another account every time when want to switch, or want to log in to all accounts at the same time on the same computer. You can add the /nomutex switch or parameter to existing Google Talk shortcut, or create a new shortcut with the /nomutex command line parameter. To edit existing Google Talk shortcut: 1. Right click on the Google Talk shortcut. 2. On the right click contextual menu, click on Properties. 3. Go to Shortcut tab on Google Talk Properties window. 4. On the Target textbox, add in the /nomutex to the end of the line so that it looks like below (or you can simply copy and paste the below syntax and replace the original). "C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe" /nomutex 5. Click on OK. To create a new shortcut for Google Talk: 1. Right-click on the desktop or anywhere you want to place the GTalk shortcut. 2. Select New on the right click context menu. 3. Then select Shortcut. 4. Copy and paste the following line to the text box when prompted to type the location of the item: "C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe" /nomutex 5. Click on Next. 6. Give the shortcut a proper name such as Google Talk or Google Talk Multiple or Google Talk Polygamy. 7. Click OK until you are done. If you have hex editor, you can act like a hacker and modify the bits in Google Talk program so that it will always allow multiple instances of GTalk to be launched whether the /nomutex switch is specified or not.

How to use the Vlookup function in Exel

The VLOOKUP function is a handy one to know when you want Excel to lookup a value in one place and insert it in another. For example, let’s say you have a list of all of your customers on a sheet named “Accounts” and an invoice on another sheet named “Invoice”. When you type in their account number on the Invoice, you want Excel to fill in the name of the customer and their address (and this information is included for all customers on the Accounts sheet). A VLOOKUP will do this for you.
Make a small sample workbook to try this out. Name Sheet One “Invoice” and name Sheet Two “Accounts”. On the Accounts sheet, put three columns of data. Column A would be Account Numbers, Column B would be Customer Name, and Column C would be Address. Add at least five pretend customers, so you have enough to play with. On the Invoice sheet, just add these five column headings in cells A1:E1 – Date, Product Ordered, Account #, Customer Name, Address -but don’t put any data in there yet. (In reality, this sheet would be an actual invoice which included sections for you to add ordering info for any products they buy, etc. But for this example, let’s keep it simple.)
Now, before we try the VLOOKUP, the best thing to do is name the range of data that includes the info you want to pull over from the Accounts sheet. You can do VLOOKUPs without naming the range, but then you MUST be sure to use absolute cell references. So, I find naming the range a much easier way to do it. Highlight all the data on the Accounts sheet and name it Customers (don’t include the column headings in the named range – just the data). If you don’t know how to name ranges, read this TechTrax article I wrote on how to do that.
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=281
Now that you have your data and have named the range, let’s look at building a simple VLOOKUP formula. Assume we will be typing account numbers into cell C2 and wanting the customer’s name and address to be filled into D2 and E2.
The best way to learn new formulas is to use the Insert Function button  . In Excel 97 and 2000, it's a button on your Standard Toolbar.  In Excel 2002/2003, it's on your Formula Bar.  On the Invoice sheet, click into cell D2 and click on the fx button.

(The picture above shows how this box looks in Excel 97/2000. In 2002/2003 it’s slightly different, but I think you can figure it out.)
If you know what type of function you are looking for, you can select the category and all the functions within that category will be listed.  However, if you don't know what category you need, you can select "All" in the category list and all of Excel's functions will be listed.  Notice as you click on any function name, Excel displays a description of what that function does below the boxes.  For this exercise, select the "Lookup & Reference" category and scroll down to select the VLOOKUP function.  Note that it tells you that this function “searches for a value in the leftmost column of a table and returns a value from the same row in that table based on what column in that row you specify.”  Click OK.
Once you click OK, you will get the wizard which helps you with your VLOOKUP formula. Now, because we will be typing an Account # in cell C2, that is the value we must put in the first box of this wizard which will tell Excel to look for whatever is in C2 in the leftmost column of our lookup table (which we created on the Accounts sheet and named "Customers").  So, enter C2 into the top box.
Click into the next box where it says "Table_array". Notice at the bottom of this box, it tells you what each box you click inside needs.  This is where we need to identify our table so Excel knows where to look.  So, in this box, simply type Customers. (If you didn’t name the range, you will have to put the absolute reference including the sheet name here … this is why it’s easier to just name the range.)
Click into the third box.  This one wants to know the number of the column we want returned.  Remember that what you entered in the first box in this wizard must ALWAYS be in the first column of your lookup table.  So, in our table, the Account # is in the first column and the Customer Name is in the second column.  Since the customer name is what we want to put here, just type a 2 to let Excel know we want what is in the second column.
Notice the last box is labeled "Range_lookup" and it is the only label that is not bold.  Whenever a label in this wizard is not bold, that means this "argument" of the function is not required.  However, if you do not enter anything in this box, Excel will apply the default.  If you read the instructions at the bottom of this box, you will see that the default for this box is "true" which will find the "closest match", whereas "false" will find an "exact match".  Since we want an exact match, type false in this box. This is what it should look like if you have entered all the info correctly:

Click OK and you will see that cell D2 now shows #N/A, which simply means that there is no value yet in C2, so the information is "not available".  Look in your formula bar and you will see the formula is =VLOOKUP(C2,Customers,2,FALSE).  As you get more used to using functions, you won't have to use the wizard as much if you take the time to look at the formulas and start to understand how they work.
Now click into cell E2 and add a VLOOKUP formula which will find the Address in our table.  The formula will be exactly the same, except the "Col_index_num" will be 3 instead of 2 because we want to return the address, which is in the third column of our table.  Once you have added this, you should see another #N/A in cell E2.  The formula will be =VLOOKUP(C2,Customers,3,FALSE).
NOTE:  All other information in the second VLOOKUP formula will be exactly the same as the first one.  We are still looking for the value that will be placed in C2.  We are still looking in the table named Customers.  And we still want false for an exact match.  The ONLY thing that is different is we are now going to pull the information from Column 3 instead of 2.
Move to cell C2 and type in one of the Account numbers you have in your Accounts sheet and you will see Excel fills in the Customer Name and Address for that account number   However, if you type a number that does not exist on your Accounts sheet, Excel will leave the #N/A because the information for that number is "not available 
To see a VLOOKUP formula in action, go to this page at my website and view this interactive formula:http://www.personal-computer-tutor.com/vlookup.htm
Now that we've gotten more comfortable with VLOOKUP, let's look at nesting formulas, one inside another.  We can use the VLOOKUP formula we just made as a starter.
Let's say we don't want to see that nasty old #N/A every time one of our VLOOKUP formulas refers to an empty cell or value that is not in our lookup table.  What we need to do is tell Excel to show us the result of the VLOOKUP only IF it does not return a #NA result and, otherwise, just leave the cell empty.  So we need to use three different functions in one formula: VLOOKUP, IF, and ISNA.
Remember how we made an IF statement.  =IF(<criteria>, <value if true>,<value if false>). If you don’t remember, read these two TechTrax articles I wrote:
Intro to IF Statements:http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=225
Nesting IF Statements:http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=242
So, our criteria is IF the VLOOKUP returns #N/A, give me an empty cell, but if it doesn't, give me the result of the VLOOKUP.
Let's try it.  First we need to think about each of the three formulas and what they must include.  We already have our VLOOKUP formula and we already know what an IF function must include, so the only one we need to learn is the ISNA function.  All the ISNA function does is return a value of true or false.  True if the cell has a #N/A error and false if it doesn't.  So, since an IF statement wants to know if something is true or false, these two functions work very well together.
Click into cell D2 in your Invoice sheet where your first VLOOKUP formula is.
The thing you need to understand is that when you nest formulas within formulas, Excel performs the operation dictated by the deepest nested formula first, then works its way outward.  So, enter the following formula into cell D2, then enter an account number in cell C2 that does not exist on your Accounts sheet and you will see that the #N/A error does not show.
=IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(C2,Customers,2,FALSE)),"",(VLOOKUP(C2,Customers,2,FALSE)))
NOTE:  Be sure to include all the proper commas and parentheses.  Remember that all opening parentheses must have closing parentheses or Excel will give you an error message.
Remember that Excel performs the deepest nested function first, so looking at the formula above, you will see:

·        The first thing Excel does is perform the first VLOOKUP (since that's the one that is nested deepest)

·        Then it performs the ISNA function on the result of the VLOOKUP to see if the VLOOKUP gave a #N/A error or not.  The ISNA function returns a value of true if it sees the #N/A error and a value of false if it doesn't

·        Then Excel performs the IF function on the result of the ISNA function.  If it sees a "true", it returns nothing (which is what the "" tells it). If it is "false", it returns the result of the VLOOKUP function, which is what the last VLOOKUP function is telling it to do if the value is false.

Getting the hang of it? Excel has other lookup and reference formulas that you can explore using the Insert Function box. For example, HLOOKUP is similar to VLOOKUP, but it looks for Horizontally laid out data, instead of Vertical. More information on different lookup and reference formulas is available in this article from my ezine, ABC ~ All ‘Bout Computers:

Learning VLOOKUP in Excel

As September approaches, I can count on a series of spreadsheet questions. One of the popular Excel tutorial requests is how do you look up a value on one Excel worksheet and use it on another Excel worksheet. For example, you need to translate a product number into a product name. One of my favorite Excel functions is the VLOOKUP function and it can help with this task. (Includes Excel VLOOKUP Example file)

A recent case involved some voter registration data I needed to analyze. On one Excel spreadsheet, the voter’s party was listed as an alphanumeric value called "Pcode" and not the political party. This coding wasn't intuitive. For example, “D” was for “American Independent Party”, but some thought it meant “Democratic Party”.

One way to solve this problem is to create a worksheet with the Pcode and translation and have Excel use the VLOOKUP function for the party name. You might think of VLOOKUP as an Excel translator. I could then add a column called “Political Party” to my original worksheet to show the information from a lookup table.

Creating a Lookup Table

A lookup table includes the values you wish to "lookup" such as our Pcode and the translation such as political party. You can place this table on the same worksheet, but for this Excel tutorial I'll add a worksheet called "Political Party".
How to Create a Lookup Table,
1. Right-click your spreadsheet’s tab and select Insert…
2. On the Insert dialog, double-click Worksheet. This will be on the General tab.
3. Rename this new worksheet tab with a descriptive name such as “Party Codes”
4. In Column A, enter the unique values that exist on your main worksheet. In my example, these were the codes that showed in the Pcode column in the thumbnail. These values should be in ascending order.
5. In Column B, enter the translated value. You can have more values in column A than appear on your main spreadsheet. For example, I have an entry for “Citizen Party” even though I didn’t show a registered voter with that affiliation.

Using the VLOOKUP Function

Excel’s VLOOKUP function uses 4 pieces of information. The function panel may seem intimidating with the terms, but it’s simpler than it looks.
To lookup a value using VLOOKUP,
1. Add your new column on your original worksheet that will display the info pulled from the Lookup table. In my example, I added a column called Political Party in Column D. This is where I will insert the Excel function.

2. Place your cursor in the first blank cell in that column. In my example, this is cell D2.
3. From the Insert menu, select Function…. The Insert Function dialog will appear.

4. In the Search for a function: text box, type “vlookup” and click Go.
5. Highlight VLOOKUP and click OK.

Defining the VLOOKUP Values

After you click OK, Excel’s Function Arguments dialog appears and allows you to define the four values. You’ll see that your starting cell and the formula bar show the beginning part of the function =VLOOKUP(). The Function Arguments dialog adds the needed data elements that will display between ().
For illustration purposes, I have overlaid the Party Codes worksheet on top to show the relationships.

1. Lookup_value – Think of this field as your starting point. In my example, I’ll click cell C2 so the value is filled in the dialog. I'm requesting Excel take the value of C2, which displays as the Pcode of “A”, and find the matching political party on my lookup table on the Party Codes worksheet.
2. Table_array – This is the range for your lookup table. The range can be on your existing worksheet or another worksheet such as our “Party Codes”. When you click another tab and define the range, Excel prepends that tab name to the range such as ‘Party Codes’.

Rules & Caveats

There are several rules to remember about this table array.

Rule 1 - The left column must contain the values being referenced. In other words, I couldn’t have our first column be Political Party.

Rule 2 - You can’t have duplicate values in the leftmost column of the lookup range. I couldn’t have two entries with the value “A” with one being “Democratic” party and another “A” for the “Humanist” party. Excel would complain.

Rule 3 - When referencing a lookup table, you don’t want your cell references to change when you drag and fill to populate the other cells with the VLOOKUP function. As example, if I want to use the same function in cells D3 through D7, I don’t want my lookup cell references to shift each time I move down to the next cell. I need the cell references to be the same. After you define your range, you need to press F4 which will cycle through absolute and relative references. You want to select the option that includes a $ before your Column and Row. ( 'Party Codes'!$A$2:$B$45. ) You can get around this if you know how to use Excel name ranges.

Col_index_num – This is the number of the column on your lookup table that has the information you need. In our example, we want column 2 from the Party Codes worksheet which has the name of the political party.
Range-lookup – this field defines how close a match should exist between your Lookup_value (C2) and the value in the leftmost column on our lookup table. In our case, we want an exact match so we’ll use “FALSE”.
After clicking various cells, my dialog looks like this:

You can see in the circled formula bar above, I now have more information based on my entries in the Function Arguments dialog box.
The other item of interest is that when you build these functions, Excel displays the result in the Formula result = text line. This is great feedback which can show if your function is on target. In our example, we can see Excel looked up the Pcode of “A” and returned the Political Party “Democratic”.

Copying the VLOOKUP Function to Other Cells

It doesn’t make sense to use VLOOKUP for one cell in your Excel spreadsheet. Instead, I want to copy the function to other cells in the same column.
To copy VLOOKUP to other column cells,
1. Click the cell containing the VLOOKUP arguments. In our example, this would be D2.
2. Grab the cell handle that displays in the lower right corner.
3. Left-click and drag down the cell handle to cover your column range.
Note: If I hadn’t changed to absolute reference as mentioned in Rule 3, I would’ve seen my table array entry shift by one cell as we dragged down through the other cells.
VLOOKUP is a powerful Excel function that can leverage spreadsheet data from other sources. There are many ways you can benefit from this function. In this example, I used a 1:1 code translation, but you could also use it for group assignments. For example, you could assign state codes to a region such as CT, VT, and MA to a region called “New England”. And for the adventurous, you can use VLOOKUP in your Excel formulas.

Additional Excel Resources

·        PDF version of this tutorial

·        Excel VLOOKUP Example file

·        ASAP Utilities Provides Excel Users Power and Flexibility

·        How to Parse Names in Excel

·        How to Ceate Custom Fill Lists in Microsoft Excel

Last Updated (Friday, 18 June 2010 18:55)

 

Windows XP Registry tricks

Xp Registry tricks

Display Your Quick Launch Toolbar Tip:

Is your Quick Launch toolbar missing from the taskbar?
To display your familiar Quick Launch toolbar:
Right-click an empty area on the taskbar, click Toolbars, and then click Quick Launch.

Easy as that your Quick Launch bar appears. To add items to your Quick Launch toolbar, click the icon for the program you want to add, and drag it to the Quick Launch portion of the taskbar.


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How to remove recycle bin from your desktop Tip:
Open Regedit by going to START - RUN and type Regedit and hit enter. Then you should navigate to following entry in registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
Desktop\NameSpace\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} and delete it. This action should remove recycle bin from your desktop.

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How to stop new programs installed balloon from coming up tip:

Right click on START button and select properties. Click on Customize and go to Advanced tab and deselect check box saying "Highlight newly installed programs". This would help you stop this annoying feature from popping up every now and then.



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Unlock Toolbars to Customize Them Tip:
The new Windows XP now features locking toolbars, and you can adjust them. You may customize a lot of the Windows XP features such as the Taskbar, Start Menu, and even toolbar icons in Internet Explorer and Outlook Express. Remember your right-click:
* Right-click on a toolbar, and then click Lock the Toolbars to remove the check mark.
* Right-click on the toolbar again, and then click Customize.

You may add or remove toolbar buttons, change text options and icon options. When you've got the toolbar customized, click Close. Now right-click on the toolbar and then click Lock the Toolbars to lock them in place. com


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Want to remove shared documents folder from My Computer window tip:
Some don't like my shared documents folder option. If you are one of that, here is a trick to remove it.Open registry editor by going to START-RUN and entering regedit.
Once in registry, navigate to key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ My Computer \ NameSpace \ DelegateFolders You must see a sub-key named {59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}. If you delete this key, you have effectively removed the my shared documents folder.

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How to improve on shutdown time ? Close apps automatically & quickly at shutdown tip:
Open Registry by going to START-RUN and typing REGEDIT. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\CONTROL PANEL\DESKTOP and look for AutoEndTasks. On my computer default value is 0. Change it to 1. Thats all. Further more you can reduce the time it takes for Windows to issue kill directive to all active/hung applications.
In doing this only constraint that you should make sure exists is that HungAppTimeout is greater than WaitToKillAppTimeout. Change the values of WaitToKillAppTimeout to say 3500 (since default value for HungAppTimeout 5000 and for WaitToKillAppTimeout is 20000)


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Are you missing icons Tip:

Are you missing icons? You may be wondering where all the icons from your desktop are in Windows XP? Well if you're like me, you like to have at least My Computer, My Network Places, and My Documents on the your desktop.
You need to:
* Right-click on the desktop, and then click Properties.
* Click the Desktop tab and then click on Customize Desktop.
* Put a check mark in the box next to My Document, My Computer, My Network Places, or Internet Explorer, to add those familiar icons to your desktop. Easy yes!

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How to login as administrator if you don't see it available tip:
Unless and until you have run into issues and fixing XP (under which case you have to go to Safe Mode to login as Administrator), you can get to administrator screen by simply pressing CTRL+ALT+DELETE twice at the main screen.

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Speedup boot up sequence by defragmenting all key boot files tip:
Open Registry by going to START-RUN and typing REGEDIT. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction. In right hand panel look for Enable. Right click on it and set it 'Y' for enable. This is the way I have it set on my computer. This will help speedup boot time.


Use a Shortcut to Local Area Network Connection Information:

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Use a Shortcut to Local Area Network Connection Information Tip:

Here's something new in Windows XP, instead of using the command line program and typing ipconfig to get local area network information, you can try using the following shortcut:
* Click on Start, point to Connect to, and then click Show All Connections.
* Right–click the connection you want information about, and then click Status.
* In the connection Properties dialog box, click the Support tab.
* For more information, click on the Advanced tab.

To automatically enable the status monitor each time the connection is active, in the connection Properties dialog box, select the Show icon in taskbar notification area when connected check box.

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Do you know you can have Virtual Desktops (like in Linux) with PowerToys ?
If you have powertoys installed on Windows XP Its available for free at Microsoft download webpage. It is very easy to enable Microsoft Virtual Desktop Feature. Simply right click on the Start Panel Bar also called TaskBar, Click on Tool Bar and select Desktop manager.
You would see a set of 5 icons placed on the right portion of the TAskBar. Click on number 1 to 4 to go to any of the desktops. Now you have have four different Active Desktops.
IMPORTANT NOTE: You may see a little degradation in performance.

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Customize Internet. Explorer Title bar tip:
This tip won't make your computer any faster but may help personalize your computer experience. Open Registry by going to START-RUN and typing REGEDIT. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet. Explorer\Main. In right hand panel look for string "Window Title" and change its value to whatever custom text you want to see.

Easy Text Size Change in Help & IE Tip:
I mentioned a way that you can change the size of the text that is display in the Help file and in Internet Explorer. As it turns out if you have a "wheel mouse," there is an even easier way to change the text size. In Internet Explorer or when viewing a Help file, simply hold the ctrl key while you spin the mouse wheel up to increase text size, or down to decrease text size.
Java VM: Java applets run in Internet Explorer 6 (a component of Windows XP) just as they run in older versions of Internet Explorer. The Java VM is not installed as part of the typical installation, but is installed on demand when a user encounters a page that uses a Java Applet. For more information see the Microsoft Technologies for Java Web site.


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Windows XP Shutdown and Power Off Tip:
On some computers, by default, Windows XP doesn't power off the computer when you tell it to shut down. However, if your computer is relatively new, it can probably by shut completely off by WinXP. To configure your computer for this behavior, simply open the Control Panel, open Performance and Maintenance, then Power Options. On the APM tab, check next to "Enable Advanced Power Management support," then click OK. The next time you choose "Shut Down" from the Start Menu, your computer should shut down completely and then power off.



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Customize Explorer Toolbar Tip:
In Windows Explorer, you can customize the toolbar to make Explorer even more handy. The Toolbar is the bar of icons directly underneath the menu bar. It contains icons for going back, up one level, displaying folders or search, etc. You can right-click an open area of this Toolbar and choose Customize to change the order of these icons, and even to add new icons to it. For instance, I like to add the Map Drive and Disconnect buttons. In Windows XP, you may have to unlock the Taskbar before you can make changes in Windows Explorer.
Lock the Taskba - If you find that your Windows XP Taskbar keeps being changed, or moved to one side or the top of your screen, and you didn't mean to have it do that, this tip is for you. Once you have your Task Bar arranged the way you like it, in the right location on the screen, and with all the right toolbars and icons, you can lock it, so that it won't get changed accidentally. To lock the Taskbar, simply right click it and choose Properties. In the window that appears, check the box (click) next to "Lock the Taskbar." Now you won't accidentally bump the mouse and have your Task bar end up on another side of the screen.


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Check Personal Firewall Status Tip:
In the previous tip, I mention how to turn on Windows XP's Personal Firewall feature. But once you turn it on, your connection looks just the same as it did before. How can you check the status of the connection and the firewall? Simply open Control Panel from the Start Menu, open Internet and Network Connections, then Network Connections. By default the view is of large icons.
Click the View Menu, and choose "details" in order to reveal several more columns of information about the connections that your computer has. Check the Status column to see if your connection is currently connected, and whether or not it is "firewalled." You can even drag the column headings around (I like to slide the Status column right next to the Name column. You can even remove entire columns by right-clicking the column heading and unchecking it.

Where does Window's Product Id get stored Tip:

There are two places at least where ProductId gets stored. To see the first place, open Registry by going to START-RUN and entering REGEDIT and Navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion]. In right pane, look for key by the name "ProductId". This is your Windows Product Id. Alternatively you can navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion] and still find same field with the name ProductId.



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You can Keep Your Favorite Programs on Top of the Start Menu tip:

Do you have a favorite program that you frequently use? Elevate its priority on the Start menu by putting it at the top of the list. This ensures that the program will remain on the Start menu and cannot be bumped by other programs, even if you use the others more frequently.
Right-click the link to your favorite program on the Start menu and select Pin to Start Menu.
Your program will be moved permanently to the top part of the list, just below your browser and e-mail programs.

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Having problems with Outlook Express ? Does it ask for password every time you connect tip:
If this is problem for you. Sometimes no matter what you do, Outlook Express forgets your password and asks you to enter it again each and every time you connect to your mail server.I have a solution that may work for you. Open Registry by going to START-RUN and entering REGEDIT and Navigate to HKEY_CURRRENT USER\Software\Microsoft and look for "Protected Storage System Provider". There is a good chance that you will see this folder. If you have it. Simply delete it. More than likely, you have solved your problem.

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How to avoid auto play of CD ? Way I like best tip.

Hey this time no registry trick even though there are ways in registry to do it. In earlier operating systems only those CD that had autorun.inf file in their root directory were able to execute on its own but with advent of WINDOWS XP it has become possible with just about anything. Well sometimes it is good but there are other times when you want to avoid this part of automation. What would I do. Simply press SHIFT key when you enter a CD in your CD drive. It won't Auto play. For those of you, who do want a registry hack. Here it is:
Open Registry and navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer] and look for key "NoDriveTypeAutoRun" and set its value to 185 (decimal). This would stop autoplay.

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This tip to speed up the Start Menu in Windows XP.
Did you know you can customize the speed of the Start Menu by editing a Registry Key.

* Click Start, and then click Run.
* Type Regedit in the box, and then click OK.
* Expand the menu in the left panel and select the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop folder.
* Scroll down in the right panel and double click on the MenuShowDelay file.
* In the Value Data box, change to default value for the menu speed from 400 to a lesser number, such as 1.
*Click OK.
Caution: Incorrectly editing the registry may severely damage your system. Before making changes to the registry, you may want to back up any valued data on your computer.

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Customizing Windows Explorer Context menu (right click menu in windows explorer)
Ever wondered how does the right click menu (which is actually a context menu) work ? For example, when I right click in windows explorer, I see an option which says "open command window here". Do You know why I see this ? Well I see this because I have following entries in my registry.

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\cmd]
@="Open Command Window Here"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\cmd\command]
@="C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe /k cd "%1""
If You have never used a tweaking utility and have newly installed Windows XP, You would not see this option. You would have to navigate to [[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive] go and create two subkeys ("cmd" and within that "command" and would have to put the text "Open Command Window Here" without quotes in default string value of "cmd" key and the text "C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe /k CD"%1"" without quotes in default string value of command key). After this You need to REBOOT for these changes to take effect.
Trick is in adding similar entries for other applications as well even though its much harder to come with ideas about what to put in the context menu!!!! .

Hack Windows XP Administrator Password

This is one of the best method to Hack Windows XP Administrator Password.For hacking admin you must have log in as guest or limited account.This methodod hacking sdmin is very easy.You don’t need any software or live cd.All hacking is done manual.To hack XP admin password follow these steps.Please backup your files which we are going to use here.
Method
1.Go to C:/windows/system32

2.Copy cmd.exe and paste it on desktop

3.Rename cmd.exe to sethc.exe

4.Copy the new sethc.exe to system 32,when windows asks for overwriting the file,then click yes

5.Now press shift key 5 times you will get cmd prompt close that

6.Now Log out from your guest account and at the login screen,press shift key 5 times.

7.You will get commmand prompt there
Now type “ NET USER ADMINISTRATOR mypassword” where “mypassword” can be any password
and Administrator is name of admin account ,then press enter.

8.You will see “ The Command completed successfully” and then exit the command prompt.

Thats done…You have hacked administrator password

If you have any problem comment here.Please backup your cmd.exe and sethc.exe if you are trying this on your own computer.This works because of sethc.exe process Vulnerability in Windows XP.You can search google for more information about it.
This method of hacking XP admin password can be used in your college lab where you have limited or guest access to computers.