Windows For Beginners

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In order to keep the “Number Lock” on in “Windows Xp” , Follow the below steps.
1. Click on the “Start” button.
2. Select the “Run” command.
3. Type in “regedit” and press “Enter“.
4. Go to the following key.
5. “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard\InitialKeyboardIndicators“.
6. Change the Value from “0” to “2“.
7. Now turn the “Num lock” On.
8. Log off and Log [...]

In order to restart your Windows without actually restarting your Pc, You have to follow the Below trick.
To do this,
1. Before you click on the “SHUTDOWN” button in the Start Menu, make sure to simultaneously press the “SHIFT “Button.
2. If you hold the Shift key down while clicking on SHUTDOWN button, you computer would [...]

In order to clear the browsing history , its easy to clear it from the menus of ie7.but if you are a command line junky then you can use this following codes to clear it from the command line.
1. Temporary Internet Files :- RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 8
2. Cookies :- RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 2
3. History :- RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess [...]

If you want to disable the “Take Tour of Windows XP” that comes up after you install WindowsXP, then follow the below tips.

Click on the “Start” Button.
Select “Run“
Type “Regedit” and press enter.
Go to “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour“.
Create a new “DWORD key” called “RunCount“.
Give it a value of “0“.

Most CD-ROMS are capable of supporting DMA mode, but the default in XP is still PIO. Setting it to DMA won’t make your CD-ROM faster, but it will consume less CPU cycles. In order to improve your IDE Harddisk performance which supports DMA access, do it as follows,
1. Right Click on “My Computer” on the [...]