Slow Opening Excel 2003 Files in Excel 2007 (Updated)

When opening Microsoft Excel 2003 files in Microsoft Office Excel 2007 without having Excel 2007 already running you may find that files that a long time to open (20-60 seconds) while Excel 2007 or even Microsoft Office Word 2007, PowerPoint 2007 files take only a portion of that time to load.

The solution to this problem is easy and does not require any additional software other than the standard Microsoft Windows Explorer.

1. Open Windows Explorer (explorer.exe)
2. Select Tools | Folder Options from the menu
3. Go to the File Types tab.
   

   Excel 2007 - Folder Options in Windows Explorer
4. Select list item XLS (Microsoft Office Excel 97-2003 Worksheet) and click on Advanced.
   

   Excel 2007 - Folder Options in Windows Explorer, Editing Action for Microsoft Office Excel File Type
   

   Excel 2007 - Folder Options in Windows Explorer, Editing Action for Microsoft Office Excel File Type (Rolled Up)
   If the “Application used to perform action:” field the default value should be “C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice12EXCEL.EXE” /e” . Change this to “C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice12EXCEL.EXE” /e “%1″ . Remember to enclose the full excel.exe path and %1 in parenthesis. Since Windows 95 this is a way to escape spaces in file names; %1 will return the file name of that file that is being opened by double-clicking.You can uncheck “U se DDE” but Microsoft Office Excel 2007 will bring it back to what you see above when you next open it.
   
5. Just confirm (hit “OK” ) on all the Microsoft Windows Explorer dialogs and next time you open a Excel 2003 file in Excel 2007 without having it already running you won’t have to wait!
6. If the above listed steps don’t fix the problem, simply add the Lookup Wizard add-in in Excel.  Some readers have reported that solved the problem for them! To install it click the Office Button, Excel Options, Add-Ins, and then click Manage Excel Add-ins | Go on the bottom of the window, select Lookup Wizard and click OK!

Calibrating Your Notebook / Laptop Battery

You should calibrate your notebook or laptop PC battery at least once every 3 months under normal use. Short discharges and recharges do not fully synchronize the battery’s fuel gauge with the battery’s state-of-charge. This can result in the amount of power available in one cycle being less than expected or the battery meter being inaccurate. It is normal for the battery to hold less power over time but these simple instructions will help you get back some of this loss.

1. Disable the Windows Power Management
   1. In Windows, right-click the Desktop and select Properties in the menu list.
   2. Click the Screen Saver tab and then click the Power button.
   3. Under Power schemes, select Always On in the drop down menu.
   4. Under Settings for Always On power scheme, select Never in each of the drop down menus.
   5. Click OK on the Power Options Properties window and then click OK on the Display Properties window.
2. Fully charge the battery
   1. Connect the AC adapter to the notebook.
   2. Charge the battery until the Windows battery meter is at 100%.
3. Fully discharge the battery
   1. Remove the AC adapter.
   2. Keep the notebook on until the battery has completely drained and the notebook automatically turns off.
   3. Connect the AC adapter to the notebook.
      Note: in some cases you may have to take the battery out and put it back in the notebook / laptop before it will charge again.
   4. Keep the AC adapter connected to the notebook until the battery has completely charged.
4. Enable the Windows Power Management
   1. In Windows, right-click the Desktop and select Properties in the menu list.
   2. Click the Screen Saver tab and then click the Power button.
   3. Under Power schemes, select Portable/Laptop in the drop down menu.
   4. Click OK on the Power Options Properties window and then click OK on the Display Properties window.

Other tips for conserving battery power on notebook and laptop PCs:

1. Reduce the brightness of the screen
2. Remove peripherals when not in use. External hard drives, CD-ROMs, Zip drives, PC cards, and other peripheral devices can draw power from your battery even when they are not in active use. Disconnect them when you have finished using them.
3. Reduce the speed of your processor. The faster your computer works, the more quickly it uses up the supply of power. By cutting down on processor speed, you can extend the charge of your battery. Methods to reduce processor speed vary from model to model, and your manual should provide instructions for doing so.
4. Turn off the Wireless On-Off button when it is not in use. If your notebook has one, press the Wireless On-Off button so that the light turns off.

Microsoft Windows Logo History Wallpapers

Microsoft has changed the Windows Operating System logo numerous times over the years. This article compares the Windows logos from Windows 1.01 to the latest Windows and offers downloading them as wallpapers.

Microsoft Windows 1.01 Logo Wallpaper

Microsoft Windows 2.03 Logo Wallpaper

Microsoft Windows 3.0 Logo Wallpaper

Microsoft Windows 3.1 Logo Wallpaper

Microsoft Windows 3.11 Logo Wallpaper

Microsoft Windows NT 3.1 Logo Wallpaper

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation Logo Wallpaper

Microsoft Windows 95 Logo Wallpaper

Microsoft Windows 98 Logo Wallpaper

Microsoft Windows 98 SE Logo Wallpaper

Microsoft Windows ME Logo Wallpaper

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Logo Wallpaper

Microsoft Windows XP Logo Wallpaper

Microsoft Windows XP Professional Logo Wallpaper

Microsoft Windows XP Home Logo Wallpaper

Microsoft Windows Longhorn Logo Wallpaper

Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Logo Wallpaper

Microsoft Windows logos in this article include:

1. Microsoft Windows 1.01 (1985) Logo – Notice the original Microsoft logo.
2. Microsoft Windows 2.03 (1987) Logo – Microsoft changes their logo for an italicized and bold look
3. Microsoft Windows 3.0 (1990) Logo
4. Microsoft Windows 3.1 (1992) Logo
5. Microsoft Windows 3.11 (1993) Logo
6. Microsoft Windows NT 3.1 (1993) Logo
7. Microsoft Windows 95 (1995) Logo
8. Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 (1996) Logo
9. Microsoft Windows 98 (1998) Logo
10. Microsoft Windows 98 SE (1999) Logo
11. Microsoft Windows ME (2000) Logo
12. Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional (2000) Logo
13. Microsoft Windows XP (2001) Logo
14. Microsoft Windows XP Professional Logo
15. Microsoft Windows XP Home Logo
16. Microsoft Windows Longhorn Logo
17. Microsoft Windows 2003 Logo

How to Reboot a Blackberry without Taking the Battery Out

Occasionally, you will need to reboot your BlackBerry, (e.g. if the BlackBerry seems to get stuck hour-glassing, or doesn’t respond). 8830 users know this all too well because of the phone getting stuck when 2 calls come in at the same time.
Did you know that you don’t have to pull the battery? Just press ALT-CAP-Backspace to reboot your BlackBerry.

• Note: The first time you do this, your Blackberry will only release your cell connection and re-acquire. In order to truly reboot your Blackberry, press ALT-CAP-Backspace, and as soon as the screen comes back up, press ALT-CAP-Backspace again.
• On newer BlackBerry models (i.e. 8310, 8830), this only works if you press the right hand caps key.

How to Reboot a BlackBerry

If you’re a lucky owner of a BlackBerry Storm, you will need not be able to reboot your BlackBerry Storm by using the Alt-CAP-Backspace keyboard combination because the BlackBerry Storm does not have a keyboard   But there’s still a way to avoid having to take the battery out.  You will need a free application called SoftReset which you can get OTA from here: SoftReset for BlackBerry.

Common BlackBerry Notification / Status Icons

A chart of common BlackBerry notification / status icons with explanation.

Remote Desktop Shortcut Keys

The following is a list of the Remote Desktop Services shortcut keys.

Combination	Effect	Equivalent
Alt + Page Up	Switches between programs from left to right.	Alt + Tab + Left Arrow
Alt + Page Down	Switches between programs for right to left.	Alt + Tab + Right
Alt + Insert	Cycles through the programs in the order they were started.	Alt + Tab
Alt + Home	Displays the Start menu.	Ctrl + Esc or the Windows Key
Ctrl + Alt + Break	Switches the client between full-screen mode and window mode.	Alt, Space, X
Ctrl + Alt + End	Brings up the Windows Security dialog box.	Ctrl + Alt + Del
Alt + Delete	Displays the Windows menu.	Alt + Space
Ctrl + Alt + Minus Sign (-)	Places a snapshot of the active window, within the client, on the Remote Desktop Session Host (RD Session Host) server clipboard (provides the same functionality as pressing Print Screen on the local computer).	Print Screen
Ctrl + Alt + Plus Sign (+)	Places a snapshot of the entire client windows area on the RD Session Host server clipboard (provides the same functionality as pressing Alt + Print Screen on the local computer).	Alt + Print Screen
Ctrl + Alt + Left Arrow	Switches you to host computer.	-
Ctrl + Alt + Right Arrow	Switches you back to remote computer.	-

Note that on an NEC98, the following shortcut keys are different:

• CTRL+ALT+BREAK is replaced by F12.
• CTRL+ALT+END is replaced by 15.

Nokia Collection of Codes... Try It...!

(1)*3370# Activate Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) - Your phone uses the best sound quality but talk time is
reduced my approx. 5%
(2) #3370# Deactivate Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) OR *3370#
(3) *#4720# Activate Half Rate Codec - Your phone uses a lower quality sound but you should gain approx 30%
more Talk Time.
(4) *#4720# Deactivate Half Rate Codec.
(5) *#0000# Displays your phones software version, 1st Line : Software Version, 2nd Line : Software Release
Date, 3rd Line : Compression Type.
(6) *#9999# Phones software version if *#0000# does not work.
(7) *#06# For checking the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI Number).
( #pw+1234567890+ 1# Provider Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w"
and "+" symbols).
(9) #pw+1234567890+ 2# Network Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w"
and "+" symbols).
(10) #pw+1234567890+ 3# Country Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w"
and "+" symbols).
(11) #pw+1234567890+ 4# SIM Card Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w" Go to Top
and "+" symbols)..
(12) *#147# (vodafone) this lets you know who called you last.

UNLOCKER

=>Unable to delete a file or folder?
=>Showing message as being used by other process?
Use soft The Unlocker which is free. Search in g00gle!

Check your Nokia Mobile Quality

YOU CAN CHECK YOUR NOKIA MOBILE QUALITY:

=>Type *#06# in your mobile if 7&8th digit are

 

02 or 20 then bad quality.

08 or 80 germany not bad quality.

01 or 10 finland good quality.

00 ogrinal quality.

13 very bad quality.

Enable Folder and Icon Refresh

This Enables Folder and Icon Refresh.
1. Copy the following code(in blue color)  into notepdad.

QUOTE
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"NoNetCrawling"=dword:00000000


2. Save the file as disablerefreshundo.reg

3. Double click the file to import into your registry.

NOTE: If your anti-virus software warns you of a "malicious" script, this is normal if you have "Script Safe" or similar technology enabled.

To Track your LOST Mobile

 

Send a mail to cop@vsnl.net

with these details:

IMEI:

NAME:

ADDRESS:

PHONE MODEL:

etc u'll get ur lost mobile info

Motorola Secret Code

 

32*118*1*0*0

Model: 32*279*1*0*8

Master reset: 18*0

Master clear: 18*1

User code: 32*116*1*0*0

Read IMEI: 32*4*1*0

Operate PC without Mouse

=>Here is a simple trick to operate COMPUTER without MOUSE

PRESS

               SHIFT+ALT+NumLock

          

Now you can use your number keys to act as mouse

Note:It will not disable your mouse

MotoRazr Secret Codes

*#06#IMEI

*#403#

MANUFACUTERS

DETAILS:

*#301 #TEST

FUNCTION OF PHONE

*#300#

HARD Wart DETAIL

Virus Free your Mobile

 

=>40series user*#7780#then securty

code

=>60series user*#7370#then securty code

(CODE-12345)

Do you want to Monitor your Computer's performance?

Go to:
=>run
=>Type: perfmon.msc
=>Enter

DISABLE AUTOPLAY

 
HOW TO DISABLE AUTO PLAY OF YOUR PENDRIVE TO AVOID VIRUS ACTIVATION? 

just follow th simple steps

=>goto

=>run

 =>type    

    gpedit.ms

=>then click COMPUTER CONFIGRATION

=>open ADINISTRATIVE TEMPLATE,

=>open SYSTEM,

=>now you will see a option named "TURN OFF AUTO PLAY" in the sixth position from bottom,

=>right click this option,choose properties and DISABLE it.

BIOS Password Crack

Crack BIOS Password
=>open the CPU

=>Observe the motherboard

=> Remove the silver battery(3v)

=>Wait 2 minutes and place the battery

Convert a Basic disk to a Dynamic disk

(TO  KNOW IT,BASIC DIFFERENCE OF BOTH  DISK BEFORE PROCEEDING ) 

1) Log on as Administrator or as a member of the Administrators group. 

2) Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
3) Click Performance and Maintenance, click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Computer Management.
4) In the left pane, click Disk Management.
5) In the lower-right pane, right-click the basic disk that you want to convert, and then click Convert to Dynamic Disk.
NOTE:You must right-click the gray area that contains the disk title on the left side of the Details pane. 6) Select the check box that is next to the disk that you want to convert (if it is not already selected), and then clickOK.
7) Click Details if you want to view the list of volumes in the disk.
8) Click Convert.
9) Click Yes when you are prompted to convert, and then click OK.

Basic and Dynamic Disk:

Windows XP Professional supports two types of disk storage: basic and dynamic. Basic disk storage uses partition-oriented disks. A basic disk contains basic volumes (primary partitions, extended partitions, and logical drives).

Dynamic disk storage uses volume-oriented disks, and includes features that basic disks do not, such as the ability to create volumes that span multiple disks (spanned and striped volumes).

General Notes
Before you change a basic disk to a dynamic disk, note these items:


You must have at least 1 megabyte (MB) of free space on any master boot record (MBR) disk that you want to convert. This space is automatically reserved when the partition or volume is created in Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows XP Professional. However, it may not be available on partitions or volumes that are created in other operating systems.

When you convert to a dynamic disk, the existing partitions or logical drives on the basic disk are converted to simple volumes on the dynamic disk.

After you convert to a dynamic disk, the dynamic volumes cannot be changed back to partitions. You must first delete all dynamic volumes on the disk, and then convert the dynamic disk back to a basic disk. If you want to keep your data, you must first back up or move the data to another volume.

After you convert to a dynamic disk, local access to the dynamic disk is limited to Windows XP Professional and Windows 2000.

If your disk contains multiple installations of Windows XP Professional or Windows 2000, do not convert to a dynamic disk. The conversion operation removes partition entries for all partitions on the disk with the exception of the system and boot volumes for the current operating system.

Dynamic disks are not supported on portable computers or Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition.

Before you change a dynamic disk back to a basic disk, note that all existing volumes must be deleted from the disk before you can convert it back to a basic disk. If you want to keep your data, back up the data, or move your data to another volume.

Improve your PC Startup Speed

 

To improve ur startup speed:

Press & hold Shift key While Windows is being Loaded (before Desktop Comes) Then other programs will not get start.

AVOID MORE DESKTOP ICONS

 

=>Do Not Place too much icons on Desktop.
=>Because,These icons  will use your RAM & Gradually decrease ur RAM & slows your Computer Speed !

Receive e-mail on your Mobile

 

 

Register with ur email id at-

http://www.m3m.in

Forgot Mobile's Lock Code?

 

 

 

 

=>D0NT WORRY GET MASTER CODE BY UR 'IMEI' HERE-

=>http://www.nokialockcode.com/mastercode.php

=>DIAL *#06# TO KN0W UR IMEI

Samsung Codes

*#2767*85236245#

Email

*#8999*377#

Error menu

*#8999*523#

Brightnes

*#92782#

Phone model

*#255#

To see Memory Card Password

INSERT MEMORY CARD IN A CARD READER

GOTO

=>C:\system

by any Explorer

=>rename

mmcstore - mmcstore.txt

=>open file u wil find

the password.

INCREASE YOUR COMPUTER PERFORMANCE BY 200%

JUST FOLLOW THESE SIMPLE STEPS:

1)goto START=>RUN

2)type regedit

3)select HKEY_CURRENT_USER and

               select control panel folder and 

               then select desktop folder

4)At the right hand side,you can see registry settings

               select=>Menu ShowDelay

              then right click and selec => modify

5)you can now see Edit String option 

default value data is 400

change it to 000

now press ok and restart your computer.your computer will be 200% faster.

 

or 

 

Follow this simple step to speed up your computer performance:

1)Goto START

2)RUN

3)type Regedit(first letter should be caps)

4)now goto

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\DisablePagingExecutive

5)rigth click this option and set the value to 1

6)Reboot the computer

TRICK TO CREATE A AUTORUN CD

 

=>Open notepad and type           

[autorun]           

OPEN=setup.exe           

ICON=iconname.ico 

=>save as autorun.inf on the desktop

Write ur CD with the autorun file, ur desired icon for the CD &  the setup file.

iconname.ico is the name of the icon file which is desired for ur CD. =>Setup.exe is the name of da setup which u want to make it autorun

CHINA MOBILE SECRET CODES

Engineering Mode: *#110*01#
factory Mode: *#987#
Restore Factory Settings: *#987*99#
Check Software Version: *#900# OR *#800#
Default User Codes: 1122, 3344, 1234, 5678
Change LCD Contrast: *#369#
To Enable COM Port: *#110*01# -> Device -> Set UART -> PS Config -> UART1/115200
Codes to Change Screen Language:
* *#0000# + Send : Set Default Language
* *#0007# + Send : Set Language to Russian
* *#0033# + Send : Set Language to French
* *#0034# + Send : Set Language to Spanish
* *#0039# + Send : Set Language to Italian
* *#0044# + Send : Set Language to English
* *#0049# + Send : Set Language to German
* *#0066# + Send : Set Language to Thai
* *#0084# + Send : Set Language to Vietnamese
* *#0966# + Send : Set Language to Arabic

INTERESTING FACT ON Ctrl+c (the 'copy' Command)

Be careful in using ctl+c cmd.
We do copy various data by pressing Ctrl + C  and paste the data elsewhere.
=>Its not the safe thing to do when you are online.


What happens when you press Ctrl+C while you are Online?
This copied data is stored in clipboard and is accessible from the net by a combination of Javascripts and ASP.


if u dont believe me
Just try this:
1) Copy any text by Ctrl + C
2) Click the Link:
http://www.sourcecodesworld.com/special/clipboard.asp
3) You will see the text you copied was accessed in the above address.
so please don't keep sensitive data (like passwords, credit
card numbers,PIN etc.)in the clipboard while surfing the web.


You can stop other from hacking your clipboard content by doing this:
Go to internet options of explorer 
tools menu ->Internet option -> Security Custom level
In settings - disable the option 
allow past operations via script.

Setting up a New Broadband Connection in Windows XP

1. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Network and Internet Connections.
2. Click Network Connections, and then click Create a new connection in the Network Tasks pane.
3. After the Network Connection Wizard starts, click Next.
4. Click Connect to the Internet, and then click Next.
5. Click Set up my connection manually, and then click Next.
6. Click either Connect using a broadband connection that requires a user name and  password or Connect using a broadband connection that is always on.
7. Type the Internet service provider (ISP) name that your ISP provided, and then click Next.
8. Type the user name that the ISP provided.
9. Type the password that the ISP provided.
10.Type the password one more time to confirm it, and then click Next.
11.Click Add a shortcut to this connection to my desktop.
12.Click Finish to complete the wizard.

Trick to Shut down PC 100 times faster:

=>Press ctrl+alt+del
=>open task Manager
=>click the shutdown Tab.
=>While holding ctrl key,
=>Press TURN OFF.

with this simple trick you can shut down your pc 100 times faster.

Hidden unknown fact in MICROSOFT WORD

Bill Gates still doesn't know why it happens:
Try out yourself...
Open Microsoft Word and type
=rand(200,99)
and then HIT ENTER....see what happens.
it won't hurt ur system!!

Multiple Logins in yahoo without Software

1) Go to Start
2) Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER-->Software-->Yahoo-->Pager-->Test
3)ON the Right side if the page , Right click and choose new Dword Value.
4) Rename it as " Plural ".
5)Double click and assign a decimal value of 1.
6) Now close registry and restar yahoo messenger and try Multiple Login

Secret Codes for Nokia

Nokia Useful Codes :

   *#06# For checking IMEI(international Mobile Equipment Identity).

   *#0000# To view software version.

   *#746025625# Sim clock allowed status

   #pw+1234567890+1# Shows if ur sim as any restrictions

   *#2820#  Bluetooth Device Address

   *#7780#  Soft Reset or Reset to factory settings

   *#7370#  Hard Format

   *+CALL+3+  Power-Full Restore 

   *#73#  Reset PhoneTimers&game scores

   *#7780#  Manufacturer Code

   #639#   Programming

Tips to recover scratched CD's

1. Spread a cloth on a flat surface and place the CD on it.
2. Then, hold the disc with one hand, use the other to wipe the polish into the affected area with a soft cloth.
3. Wait for it to dry and buff using short, brisk strokes along the scratch, not across it.
4. A cloth sold to wipe spectacles or camera lenses will work super m8's.
5. When you can no longersee the scratch,, wash the disc with water and let it dry before playing. Intersting isnt it? Try it right now
I have used toothpaste with good effects before Ive also used car paint cutting compound on deeper scratches. It does leave lots of smaller scratches (as it is a cutting compound after all) but it will remove the worst scratches in most cases.
Now you are going to be surely befinited by this Operation

* Fingermarks/prints cause 43% of disc problems!
* General wear & tear causes 25% of disc problems!
* Player-related issues cause 15% of disc problems!
* Remaining Others

Block Or Unblock Websites without software !

Many times in schools, colleges & offices surfing some sites like orkut,etc are banned !

To overcome this you can unblock these or block some other websites and play pranks !

Do The Following :

For eg you want to block www.xyz.com !

* Open the folder C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc

* There you will find a file named HOSTS

* Click on the file and press SHIFT and now right click on it .

* From the right click menu select Open with .

* Now, select Notepad to open the file from the list !

* Now, in the file under the line 127.0.0.1 localhost add another line as 127.0.0.2 www.xyz.com.

* Now, File>>Save !

Now, open your web browser and try openning www.xyz.com , it will not load !

To unblock sites just do the opposite !

How To Speed Up your BroadBand Speed

I just found this article which discusses important tips to significantly speed up your internet access through BSNL Dataone broadband connection / most other BroadBand connections like Reliance or Tata Indicom or Sify Broadband .

Setting DNS For Your Connection
One of the major problems with BSNL Dataone Broadband connection is the DNS servers they provide by default. Most of the time they are very slow and sometimes they fail to respond. I noticed that I am starting to spend a significant amount of time in DNS resolution with Dataone connection, often it is larger than the time it takes to actually get the reponse. Here is a simple solution to significantly speed up your DNS resolution.

Open up the network connection profile and edit TCP/IP settings. In the DNS server address fields, specify the following DNS server addresses: 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220
Disconnect the connection and then connect again. You are done.

This specifies third party DNS servers which are significantly faster than BSNL Dataone’s DNS servers.

Note: The service is provided by OpenDNS.

Saving your Bandwidth
Firefox users can use FlashBlock extension to prevent downloading of Flash content by default, thereby significantly speeding up browsing experience. You can click on the placeholder icon to display the original Flash content any time. This is more of a passive tip in that reduces data usage to improve your overall experience.

Setting TCP Parameters
You can try to increase your broadband bandwidth tweaking the TCP/IP parameters. The process is simplified by using TCPOptimizer, a free tool. It helped me a lot but your mileage may vary

Disable USB Ports

Here is a way to disable USB ports in an Active Directory Domain

In Active Directory Users and Computers, open an existing GPO or create a new one and open it. Use the security settings of that GPO to specify which computers it affects.

In that GPO, go to Computer Configuration – Windows Settings – Security Settings – File System and create a new entry (right-click File System and select Add File). Specify the location of USBSTOR.INF (usually SystemRoot%\Inf\USBSTOR.INF)
Change the security settings of the new entry. The security settings that you specify here will be enforced on the USBSTOR.INF of every computer to which the GPO is applied. This process is not additive, which means that the previous security settings of USBSTOR.INF will be overwritten by the ones given in the GPO. It is therefore recommended to grant full control to SYSTEM and local administrators. But unlike in the default security settings of USBSTOR.INF, you should not grant any priviledges to Everybody. You do not need to explicitly deny access – just omit an entry for Everybody. Optionally, you can grant read access to a certain group. Members of this group will be able to use USB storage.

Repeat the above two steps for USBSTOR.PNF.

Download USBSTOR.ADM.

Back in the GPO, right-click Administrative Templates under Computer Configuration and select Add/Remove Templates. Click Add and browse to the location of USBSTOR.ADM. Close the dialog.

You should now have an additional entry called Services and Drivers in Administrative Templates. Click on it. If it is empty, select View from the menu and uncheck Show Policies Only. Click back on Services and Drivers in Administrative Templates. It should now show the USB Storage policy. Double click it, select Enabled and pick Disabled from the Startup Type drop down. Again, the policy must be enabled wheras Startup Type must be Disabled.

Close the dialog as well as the GPO and boot/reboot one of your workstations. Make sure no USB strorage device is connected to that computer. Log on with administrative privileges and check the permissions of USBSTOR.INF and USBSTOR.PNF. Check the value of the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsbStor\Start. It should be 4. It is also ok if the UsbStor key doesn't exist at all.
On the same workstation, log off and back on as a user that should not have access to USB storage. Connect a USB memory stick or a similar device. Nothing should happen. Remove the memory stick.

Log on as a user that should have access to USB storage and execute net start usbstor in a command shell or at Start – Run before connecting the memory stick. The memory stick should initialized and mapped to a drive letter. If USBSTOR fails to start, it's probably because this is the first time a memory stick is plugged into the workstation in which case USBSTOR is not yet installed. Nevertheless, the memory stick should be initialized and mapped correctly but you need to reboot in order to reapply the administrative template such that  USBSTOR is disabled again. Alternatively, you can disable it manually by downloading and double clicking USBSTOR.REG as well as executing net stop usbstor.

Instruct the users with access to USB storage that they need to execute net start usbstor before they can  connect a USB storage device.

Virtual Memory too low Warning Trouble in win xp and vista

When there is less physical memory than needed, then some virtual memory (virtual RAM) is created on the disk. When there is a limit set to the size of virtual memory usage and there is not enough of it present there is a warning that frequently comes “Virtual Memory too low”.

Solution 1 :
This problem occurs when physical RAM + Virtual RAM (usually created on hard disk) together are not sufficient to take care of the currently needed RAM size, or this situation is about to arise. This usually happens when some fixed upper limit for Virtual Memory has been set. To solve this problem, you can either upgrade you physical RAM on your computer (recommended), or you can set the Virtual Memory to system managed size or you can do both. Setting Virtual Memory to system managed size means windows will set it to higher size whenever needed automatically,for this,


Right click on My computer --> goto properties, goto advanced tab, click on performance settings, now click on advanced, now click on advanced, now click on change button for Virtual memory.

On this screen select the System managed size, press OK. After this re-start your computer. This will solve the virtual memory too low problem.

Solution 2: Recommended solution is to upgrade your physical memory (RAM) according to requirements of the kind of applications that you run on your computer. If you upgrade RAM or not, the following procedure will help prevent this warning by increasing the virtual memory limit.

• Right click on My computer icon and click properties.
• This will show system properties window. Click on a advanced tab and click on the settings button under heading performance.
• This will open performance options window. Click on advanced tab and click on change button under heading virtual memory.
• Check if the space available is set to some custom value or double the RAM size ?
• If it is not double the RAM memory size , then select the size option set the virtual memory size double the RAM Size and press set button and press OK button.
• Restart the computer.

Remove Autorun Virus Infection - Solution for USB, PC & Laptops

Nowadays, there is a new problem that is cropping up in almost all schools,colleges, hostels etc. where the malicious Autorun Virus is Creating Havoc by spreading to Laptops and PC through USB Drives etc.

How to Stop the Autorun PC Virus Infection ?

The free Panda USB Vaccine allows users to vaccinate their PCs in order to disable Autorun completely so that no program from any USB/CD/DVD drive (regardless of whether they have been previously vaccinated or not) can auto-execute. This is a really helpful feature as there is no user friendly and easy way of completely disabling Autorun on a Windows PC.

Panda USB Vaccine is a 100% free utility. Its tested under Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP1-SP3, and Windows Vista SP0 and SP1.

Download : Click Here to get Panda USB Vaccine

How to disable Windows XP Boot logo

It is possible to disable the XP splash screen, which will slightly speed up the overall boot process. Be aware that removing the splash screen will also cause you not to see any boot-up messages that might come up (chkdsk, convert … ), but if your system runs without any problems then it should not matter.

• Edit boot.ini.
• Add ” /noguiboot” right after “/fastdetect”.

Upon restarting, the splash screen will be gone. It can be re-enabled by removing the new switch.

How to open office 2007 files into Office 2003

Today tip will help you to resolve the compatibility issues between the Office 2003 and Office 2007. Because all programs in office 2003 used the old file extensions for its different programs.  For example Word 2003 saved files with extension .doc, Excel 2003 with .xls and PowerPoint with .ppt. but on the other office 2007 used the new file extensions for its different programs.  For example Word 2007 saved files with extension .docx, Excel 2007 with .xlsx and PowerPoint with .pptx. Now the problem is that when you will try to open office 2007 files into office 2003 and you will not open the file due to compatibility issues between both office versions.  Microsoft provides a free compatibility pack to convert office 2007 documents to the office 2003 format. There are many third party free converter are available but here we are using Microsoft office compatibility pack.

 

Follow the given steps to download free Microsoft compatibility pack and install it.

To use this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.

 

Visit the following link to download the Microsoft compatibility pack:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466&displaylang=en

Play movie on paint

Play movie on microsoft paint

Simple first hit the print screen button on the keyboard when then media files are playing then open paint and paste by pressing ctrl+v (paste key) voila the movie starts on the paint application.

DISABLE DISPLAY OF DRIVES (PARTITIONS) IN MY COMPUTER

With this trick you can play with u'r college pc...after this hack if some one opens my computer he/she'll not see any drive in my computer.Open Registry Editor by typing "regedit.exe" in Run or in command prompt. There you navigate to registry entry HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer Now in the right pane create a new DWORD item (by rightclicking and new->dword) and name it NoDrives ( case sensitive).

Now modify it's value by double clicking it and set it to 3FFFFFF (Hexadecimal) .
Restart your computer. So, now when you click on My Computer, no drives will be seen.

To enable display of drives in My Computer, simply delete that DWORD item NoDrives that you created (it can be deleted by navigating to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer and selecting the NoDrives and deleting it..del key...).
Again restart your computer.
You can now see all the drives again.

For pc to boost faster than it is nowww.........

A great new feature in Microsoft Windows XP is the ability to do a boot defragment. This places all boot files next to each other on the disk to allow for faster booting.

By default this option is enabled,but on some systems it is not, so below is the information on how to turn it on:
Go to Start Menu and Click RunType in regedit then click okFind "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftDfrgBootOpt imizeFunction" Select "Enable" from the list on the rightRight on it and select "Modify"Change the value to Y . Reboot your Pc and see the change yourself.

How to "Delete administrator Password" without any software

Method 1

Boot up with DOS and delete the sam.exe and sam.log files from Windows\system32\config in your hard drive. Now when you boot up in NT the password on your built-in administrator account which will be blank (i.e No password). This solution works only if your hard drive is FAT kind. 

Method 2

Step 1: Put your hard disk of your computer in any other pc.

Step 2: Boot that computer and use your hard disk as a secondary hard disk (D'nt boot as primary hard disk ).

Step 3: Then open that drive in which the victim’s window(or your window) is installed.

Step 4: Go to location windows->system32->config

Step 5: And delete SAM.exe and SAM.log 

Step 6: Now remove hard disk and put in your computer.

Step 7: And boot your computer :-)