Have you been in a situation where you had to wait for an update to finish so you could shutdown your computer and restart it again? Have you tried using software that only seems to confuse you? Well, there is an easy and sure solution for this and works well in Windows XP and Windows 7. How about Windows Vista? The similarities of Vista and 7 make it also possible for Vista users to apply this solution. Now remember this has nothing to do with starting your PC at a preset time of the day. This is about auto shutdown and restart only. Auto Shutdown and Restart 1. Go to Desktop and right click. A menu will then pop out. Mouse over on "New" then click "Make New Shortcut" or simply "Shortcut". 2. Type the following: for shutdown and restart . Where "-s" is for shutdown, "-r" restart and "-t" for how long before the command will be executed. Remember that the 60 stands for 60 seconds or 1 minute before the execution of the program. So if you want to execute the program after 2 … [Read more...] about How to Auto Shutdown and Restart Windows XP and 7
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Best Way to Resize Disk Partition Without Formatting
Are you able to alter the size the disk partition without reformatting the computer? Yes, for those who have a Windows 7 & or windows Vista installed you can use their built-in procedure to change the size of the partition. If you have a previous versions of os Windows 95-98 or Windows XP it’s impossible to do this without using any commercial partition software. Go through steps below to change the partition using Disk Management. Click Start Right-click on my Computer then select Manage Click Disk Management located under Storage You will need to shrink a volume first if there is no unallocated space but when you have any unallocated space you can use it to expand the specific volume To shrink a volume, right-click on the volume then simply click Shrink Volume, then adjust the space to create some unallocated space. After adjusting space, click Shrink to decrease the size of the particular partition You can now use that … [Read more...] about Best Way to Resize Disk Partition Without Formatting
Tutorial To Remove/Change the background color of XP Desktop Icons
In case you are wondering why your Windows XP Desktop Icons have a background, here is a quick guide to restore your transparent background of your XP Desktop Icons. To set the transparent background of your desktop icons, you’ll need to open System Properties in Control Panel or right-click My Computer and select Properties. On the System Properties dialog box, click the Advanced tab, and then the Settings button under the Performance section. Scroll down and look for the checkbox “Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop” and check it. This will provide your desktop icons a transparent background. Note: To change the background of the desktop icons first uncheck “Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop” , the steps to check it are shown above^ Steps to change the background of desktop icons in Windows Xp: Right click on desktop goto Properties. Go to the Desktop Tab. In the Desktop Tab, You will find the option to change the color at … [Read more...] about Tutorial To Remove/Change the background color of XP Desktop Icons
Windows Xp Speed Up Secrets
Though we have too many posts on internet which tell us how to increase speed of windows xp, none of them put all the posts together. Today’s post is some what interesting where we will know how to speed up windows xp in different scenarios. First we have to make sure that what ever we are installing in windows will show same effect on the performance of the system. So make sure that you wont install too much of stuff in your computer. The best part is the we are not any software’s or applications to speed up our system. All you have to do is to edit the registry file which is very easy. Just follow the simple steps given below. Speed Up Booting Process in XP. Open Run (Win + R) Type regedit Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and then to SYSTEM and to CurrentControlSet and to Control and Click on ContentIndex, You can see a list of files in right hand window. Go there and search for Startupdelay and double click on it to edit it. Change the Base Valuse from Hexadecimal … [Read more...] about Windows Xp Speed Up Secrets