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Backup Registry Before you edit the registry, export the keys in the registry that you plan to edit, or back up the whole registry. If a problem occurs, you can then follow the steps how-to restore the registry to its previous state. How to Export Registry Keys Click Start, and then click Run. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK. On the File menu, click Export. In the Save in box, select the boxs at the bottom the bottom according to weather you want to export all or only selected branches of the registry. Next select a location in which to save the backup .reg file. In the File name box, type a file name, and then click Save. How to Restore the Registry To restore registry keys that you exported, double-click the .reg file that you saved. __________________

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Auto Shutdown Pc without using any external program -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Auto Shutdown Pc without using any external program ::::::::::::::::::: ********** METHOD # 1 *************** Do you know that you can make your PC shutdown at a time u wish to? Here is the trick!! How To Make A Shutdown Timer! Step 1: Right click on your desktop and choose "New=>shortcuts". Step 2: In the box that says "Type the location of the shortcut", type in "shutdown -s -t 3600" without the quotation marks and click next. Note: 3600 are the amount of seconds before your computer shuts down. So , 60secs*60mins=3600secs. Step 3: Make up a name for the shortcut and you're done. You can change the icon by right clicking=>properities=>change icon=>browse. To abort To make an abort key to stop the shutdown timer just create another shortcut and make the "location of the shortcut" to " shutdown...

Auto End Tasks to Enable a Proper Shutdown This reg file automatically ends tasks and timeouts that prevent programs from shutting down and clears the Paging File on Exit. 1. Copy the following (everything in the box) into notepad. QUOTE Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 Code: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management] "ClearPageFileAtShutdown"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop] "AutoEndTasks"="1" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control] "WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="1000" 2. Save the file as shutdown.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.

Application and Boot file Defrag This type of defrag pushes all commonly used programs and boot files to the edge of the hard drive for faster access. Windows XP normally schedules this every three days when it is idle, however you can force it to do this by useing the b switch anytime i.e defrag c: -b

Another Hidden Windows XP Application : Windows Event Viewer Windows Event Viewer is a little-known tool that can help you troubleshoot PC problems. It keeps a log of things that happen on your system. But you will have to do some work to find it. Now, if you want to know if little Billy has been playing computer games, you'll have to look elsewhere. Event Viewer just tracks system events. For example, you'll see entries for when the computer is booted or shut down. To locate the Event Viewer, click Start>>Control Panel. Double-click Administrative Tools and double-click Event Viewer. In the left side of the window, you'll see three entries: Application, Security and System. You'll probably be most interested in System events, or maybe Application events. To view the events for a specific category, click its name in the left pane. The events for that category will be listed in the right pane. The events listed probably won't mean much to you. For example, it ...

Code: Please back up your registry before trying any of these registry tricks. Would you like to use the Windows Update feature without being forced to register with Microsoft? OK then, this is what you can do: Launch good ol' Regedit. Go down to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion. Look for a value named RegDone. If it isn't there create a new value with that name. Right click the new value and choose Modify. Make the value 1. Close Regedit and Enjoy!