This tutorial is a guide on how to manually disable the autorun in your Windows XP Operating System. Autorun is the common default were viruses reside in your system. And it makes your system to run slowly and sometimes it will hang. This is one way on how to disable it.

1. go to "RUN"

2. type "GPEDIT.MSC"

3. go "COMPUTER CONFIGURATION"

4. browse "ADMINISTRATIVE TEMPLATES"

5. double click "SYSTEM"

6. find "TURN OFF AUTOPLAY" then double click

7. enable -> all drives -> apply and ok

8. go "USER CONFIGURATION"

9. browse "ADMINISTRATIVE TEMPLATES"

10. double click "SYSTEM"

11. find "TURN OFF AUTOPLAY" then double click

12. enable -> all drives -> apply and ok

I hope it will help a lot specially to those persons who encounter those viruses problem.

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• Click Start
• Click Control Panel Icon
• Click System Icon
• Once you are in the System, choose Advanced tab
• In the Performance Area > Click Settings button
• In Visual Effects tab "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the Desktop"
• Then Click the OK button then click the OK button again

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Follow this simple instructions to remove it manually.

1. Click your Start Menu > Select Run > then type cmd and hit the enter key.
2. Your are now in the DOS mode. Type cd\ > then type dir/ah and hit the enter key again.
3. Type this command attrib -r -s -h *.*
4. Then delete the following file extension "*.vbs, *.inf and *.htt" by typing this command in the DOS console.
5. del *.vbs then hit enter key
6. del *.inf then hit enter key
7. del *.htt then hit enter key

Note:

• The DOS command cd\, puts you to the root directory of your OS installation or your drive partation (i.e. C:\ and D:\ and so on).
• The command dir/ah, shows files in the current directory with attributes "hidden".
• The command attrib -r -s -h *.*, it removes your system attributes, read-only (-r), system (-s), and hidden (-h) of all files in the current directory.
• The command del *.inf, del *.vbs and del *.htt, it deletes all files with the extensions INF, VBS, HTT in your current directory which is your drive C:\ and D:\ and so on, depending on how many partations is your Hard Disk Drive.
• Actualy, this following file extension *.inf, *.vbs and *.htt, are the common file extension on viruses that hides in your system.

To be safe/sure permanently, install your most favorite antivirus and antispyware softwares in your computer so that you will have confidence on virus treats in your PC.

Remeber!, prevention is better than cure.

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The advantages of enabling NTFS of removable storage devices are mostly security related. For example, an NTFS file system lets you to add allow and deny permissions on individual files and folders for specific Windows users, something you cannot do in the FAT file system. But that’s not all in terms of security. You can also encrypt files using Windows XP’s built-in encryption.

Other benefits include the ability to compress files and therefore save space on your USB drive. You can also set disk quotas and even create partitions! Formatting USB drives in NTFS has several advantages that would be good if you need to use some of these advanced features, i.e. for your IT department or if you’re just paranoid!

However, there are also a few drawbacks to using NFTS on a USB drive. Firstly, there is a lot more writing to the drive that is required when using NTFS and therefore your access to the device will be slower. Will it make a major difference that would prevent people from using it? Probably not, but it’s something to consider. Also, versions of Windows older than 2000 cannot read NTFS file systems, nor can most Linux systems.

The other major downside is that if you encrypt your files on the USB drive, you will not be able to open them anywhere else. Actually, this can be considered a downside or an upside depending on what you want to do. If you want to secure your USB stick so that only your user account on your one computer can open the files, then encrypting is perfect. If not, then do not encrypt the files.

Follow this Instruction:

1. Be sure that you inserted you USB drive to your USB port. From the desktop, right-click on My Computer icon and choose Manage.
2. Click on Device Manager and then expand out Disk Drives. You should see your USB drive listed there as “Generic USB 2.0 USB Drive” or something similar.
3. Now right-click on the USB drive under Disk Drives and choose Properties. Then go to the Policies tab.
4. Now you will see two options, the “Optimize for quick removal” selected by default. Go ahead and change that by selecting the “Optimize for performance” option. This enables writing caching on the drive and therefore allows you to format it as NTFS.
5. That’s it. Now click OK button and then go to My Computer icon on your deskop by double clicking it to open. Once you see the drive partition's of your system, right click on your USB or Memory stick drive and choose format. In the File System drop down menu, you will notice that there are two options of type format, FAT32 and NTFS. Choose NTFS and click the format button to do the formating.
6. Then now your done. You have now your USB or your Memory Stick formated with NTFS file system.
   

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There are certain applications that run slow on your PC, because it requires a lot of memory to accommodate its functionality in order to make it run smooth. But you can configure your virtual memory in order for your physical memory to get some extra memory by swapping it to your had disk space left.

In this article I will show you some tweaks in order to get your software application speeds up a little, or we can say it 80 - 90% speed compare to the previous speed when it is used. Follow these simple steps.

• Click Start Menu > select Run > then type Regedit
• Double click on HKEY_LOCAL_MECHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentConrolSet > Control.
• Double click on Session Manager > Memory Management > PrefetchParameters.
• Find the EnablePrefetcher REG_DWORD and

• Right click on it then select Modify Binary Data.

• Notice that the default value is 3, now change the value to 6.
• Click the OK button, close the Registry and reboot your computer.

Now notice the changes once you open your application.

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Here's a simple system tweak by replacing the AM and PM of your system clock located in your system tray with your name.

Note: Replacing the AM and PM of your system clock with your name is limited only to 12 characters of letters excluding the number.

Follow this instruction:

• Click Start > select Control Panel > double click Regional and languages.
• Click Customize button beside the drop down menu of language whose default is English (United States). See the image:
  

• In the Customize Regional Options Menu, select the Time tab. Below it, you find the AM and PM Symbol.

• Rename the AM and PM Symbol with the name you like. Please read the Note above for the limitation characters to be inputted.
• After you've done inputting your desired name, click the OK button. The changes you made will take effect immediately. Look at your system tray clock now to see the result.

Here's my work:

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Firefox takes up too much memory on your computer when it is used, but you can limit the amount of RAM that is allowed to use when firefox is use.

• Open your Firefox webrowser.
• In the URL area type this, about:config. It will bring you to the Firefox configuration mode
• In filter area type this, browser.cache.disk.capacity, notice that it is set to 50000, but you can lower it, depending on how much memory you have.
  
• Right click the browser.cache.disk.capacity and select modify then enter the value you desire. Remember always, that it is depending on how much the capacity of your memory installed in your system. If you have 512MB - 1GB of memory, try to enter 14000 or 15000 as your desired value.
• Click the OK button if you done inputting the value.
• Restart your Firefox browser to take effect the changes made.

Hints!: Aside from right clicking browser.cache.disk.capacity and select modify, you can also double click it. It will automatically take you to modify and enter the value you desired.

You can also reduce RAM usage further for when Firefox is minimized.

This setting will move Firefox to your hard drive when you minimize it, taking up much less memory. And there is no noticeable difference in speed when you restore Firefox, so it’s definitely worth on the go.

• Open your Firefox webrowser.
• In the URL area type this, about:config. It will bring you to the Firefox configuration mode
• Then right click anywhere and select New > then select Boolean. Copy this one config.trim_on_minimize, and paste it in as the new Boolean value and then click the OK button it will give the option to select either FALSE or TRUE, select TRUE then click the OK button again.
• Restart your Firefox browser to take effect the changes made.

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Sometimes you get registry entries or system files in your system is damaged somehow, even if you don't know the real reason why it is happen. But at same time you need to find a way to fix it without installing new system in your computer in order to save time and effort.

Here's a simple steps to make that problem to be fix with in a less time. In your system32 folder inside your WINDOWS folder, there's an application there that called "webfldrs.msi" it is an application to run on purpose for repairing some corrupted sytem files like your ".dll" file. In order to make it, follow this simple instruction:

• Click Start button > select Run then type this c:\WINDOWS\system32\webfldrs.msi
• Insert your Windows XP CD to your CD/DVD ROM, others call it Optical Drive.
  

• Click the OK button, it will create an installation setup.

• Click the "Select reinstall mode" button.

• Check all the check box option.

• Click the Reinstall button.
• After clicking Reinstall button, it will automatically copy some of the important files needed from your CD that you inserted from your optical drive to your WINDOWS folder where it is reside. By default it is in your Drive C:\WINDOWS.
• After done copying the important files, it will prompt a message saying that "Install has completed successfully"
• Then click the OK button. After it, your system will ask you to reboot your computer in order to take effect the configuration changes made.
• Click the Yes button to reboot your computer system.

Then here you go your corrupted system file is now fixed.

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1. Open MS Excel.
2. In the First Cell of the Worksheet press "space bar" key and then on the file menu select/click on "Save As Web page".
3. In the Save As pop up, click to choose on "Selection" Sheet" radio button and then click on "Add interactively" check box to check it.
4. Save the File then open the file which you save as webpage you'll see a Excel Sheet.
5. With the Help of Page Down on your keyboard point to Row Number 2000 then point to Column "WC"
6. Go To the Column WC such that it's on the extreme left of your screen
7. Click on 2000 such that whole row is selected
8. While Pressing CTRL+ALT+SHIFT click on The "Microsoft office" Logo on the same sheet on the extreme left of your sheet.
9. There you go you can play now the game.

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You can access the Control Panel if it is disabled in the Start Menu by the administrator in an Internet Cafe, School or in your office. This is what you gonna do.

• Create a folder in your Desktop.
• Rename the folder that you created with this one.

Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

• After renaming the folder it will automatically changed to Control Panel icon, and click it to access the Control Panel in your system.

The "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" code is the system code of your Control Panel.

I hope it will help a lot when you encounter this kind of situation.

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Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) is an anti-piracy system created by Microsoft that enforces Microsoft Windows online validation of the authenticity of several recent Microsoft operating systems when accessing several Microsoft Windows services, such as Windows Update, and downloading Windows components from the Microsoft Download Center. Specifically, WGA covers Windows XP and Windows Vista. It does not cover Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 or the Windows 9x family. However, certain downloads and non-critical updates from the Download Center for Windows 2000 require validation.

However, if you download the windows update from Microsoft and experiencing this annoying serious problem about counterfeiting, There are several ways on how to solve this kind of problem and one of this is this one.

• Click your "My Computer" > click your drive C: > click the folder WINDOWS.
• Under the WINDOWS folder find the system32 folder then double click it. system32 folder is the folder where all of your DLL files are located and the other is the system folder.
• In system32 folder find this DLL file "WgaLogon.dll" > right click on it and select properties.

• In the tab menu of WgaLogon.dll properties select Version, it will display the file version of your WgaLogon.dll

• Now you know the version of your Windows Genuine Validation, go click here to download the latest Windows Genuine Validation dll file.
• Once you've done downloading it, extract the .rar file, copy the LegitCheckControll.dll, WgaLogon.dll and WgaTray.exe
• Repeat the steps 1 and 2 to locate your system32 folder and paste those dll's you copy to replace the existing dll's with the new one. Windows will ask you to replace the existing file with the new one you copy. Just click the yes button to replace.
  
• Once you done replacing it, locate the folder where you extract the dll's you copied, there's a MS-DOS Batch File there, click it to run and wait until it finish executing.
• Once it's done reboot your system and those annoying counterfeiting pop-ups in your system tray will be gone.

Now your Windows Genuine Validation is updated and you can now download some security updates and bug fixes from Microsoft. Rest assure this is 100% working on Windows Update, Microsoft Download Center and Microsoft Update

Latest Version:
Windows Genuine Advantage Validation v1.8.32.1

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If "My Computer" takes a really long time to open on your computer, you are most likely experiencing a well-known issue where Windows hangs while trying to search for network folders and printers before displaying anything to you.

This problem is easily solved, and most of you are probably familiar with the fix already, but we'll go through it anyway.

• To open up Folder Options, click any folder file > choose Tools in the menu section and click, it will create drop down selection > then choose Folder Options.
  

• In the Folder Options menu, click the View tab.
• Unchecked the box for "Automatically search for network folders and printers", and close the dialog.
• Click Apply button > click OK button

The changes will take effect immediately, and you will notice some changes.

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