Tips Updating a full version of Windows XP

Normally, the installation program will not update Windows XP Operating System pre-installed on your machine if the language of both versions are different, or if you are using an installation disk that contains a full version of Windows XP

In this case insert the installation CD-ROM and run the program "winnt32.exe." We will ensure that the installation directory is the same as the directory of the version of Windows you want to update. Continue the installation until we have to reboot the machine, when you press ESC to do it manually and return to the Windows interface. In the root directory of the boot partition (usually C:), find the $ WIN_NT.BT $, which contains a file "winnt.sif" which will open in Notepad (notepad.exe). They locate the string "winntupgrade = no" and change the value "yes". Save the file, reboot and continue with the installation as normal, to be completed by performing a system update installed.

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Turn off your PC by double-clicking On Windows XP

If you want a shortcut to shut down the computer double click, right click the mouse anywhere on the desktop and select new shortcut in your command line type:

shutdown.exe-s-t 8

Then type a name for the shortcut and go. You can choose an icon for the shortcut, right clicking the mouse and click properties, then you click on the Change Icon button, choose the one you want and go.

You can also choose the time you want to turn off your computer, changing the 8 by another number, say 5

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Disable unnecessary services On Windows XP

At startup, Windows XP runs many programs that remain loaded in the background, consuming system resources and making everything a little slower, and sometimes unnecessary. Such programs consume enough memory. To disable these services, follow these steps:

We click on the Start button, then Run and type services.msc

In the window that appears you click the mouse right on the service you want to disable

We choose Properties

In the Startup type select Disabled, and thus ready we will disable the services that we deem appropriate with the consequent

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Windows XP takes a long time to shut down the computer

Windows XP also takes his own to close the system the same thing happened with the previous Windows, well there is anything we can do to speed up the closing time of the system to perform this trick, follow these steps:

Click the Start button, then Run, then type Regedit and press the OK button.

Now in Regedit you move through the following keys.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER / Control Panel / Desktop

Locate the key WaitToKillAppTimeout then you double click it and change the value 20,000 per 4,000.

Without leaving the registry editor, go to the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / System / CurrentControlSet / Control

Locate the key again and again WaitToKillAppTimeout change the value of 20,000 by 4,000

Close the Registry Editor and now Windows will wait less time to close the applications and the system.

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Prevent activation of Windows XP

As we know Windows XP must be activated after installation, otherwise it will stop working after 30 days.

Until this point everything right, you install Windows XP, is activated and ready, but the problem comes once for any reason, you have to reformat your PC or reinstall Windows, you have to activate it again, to avoid this we must do the following:

Once Windows XP is activated for the first time you save a file on your PC, this file should copy and save very well for the next time you erase the hard drive and thus avoid the activation again.

Follow these steps to find and save the file that stores the hardware settings and activate your copy of Windows XP.

You click the Start button and then click Run.

Write wpa.dbl and press the OK button, after a few seconds the file will appear in the search box.

Now mind you where the file (normally be in the Windows directory), copy this file to a floppy disk or elsewhere on your hard disk where it is safe from errors and you can keep until you need it.

The next time you format the hard disk, or for any other reason you need to activate your copy of Windows XP just copy the file you just saved to your Windows directory, reboot and ready and is turned back your copy of Windows XP.

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Trick Booting Windows without a password

Windows XP boot automatically without asking for username and password.

Suppose you have configured your computer to several users and want to start automatically start one without having to enter username and password or anything.

We click on the Start button and then on Run, type regedit and click OK button.

Once we are in the Windows registry we find the next string.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / Software / Microsoft / Windows NT / Current Version / Winlogon

In the right panel these values ​​must be alphanumeric, if we do not exist with the right mouse.

DefaultUserName Once created or modified the Alpha value double click on it and write the name of the user you want to boot directly to Windows.

DefaultPassword In this case we do the same as the previous user's name, just double-clicking here must enter the password. (If no password no need to put anything)

Finally we close everything and restart the computer.

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Trick Download RAM unused DLL's On Windows XP

All dll's that stay in memory when you close a program are dll's that are useless, except for that needlessly consume memory and reduce your speed work, so it's best to force a memory dump, but with this trick going to get Windows memory delete them automatically, so follow these steps:

Click the Start button, then Run, type regedit and press the OK button

Now in the Windows registry you scroll through the following keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SOFTWARE / Microsoft / Windows / CurrentVersion / Explorer

In the right pane, you click the right mouse and choose New, String Value.

You give AlwaysUnloadDLL name and pressing the Enter key to stay the new name.

Now you double click on it and in the window that appears enter 1, and press the OK button. Close all windows and restart the computer.

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ADSL configuration On Windows XP

In most cases when we hired an ADSL provider does not provide any configuration, except in cases where a kit is hired, this causes several problems when after formatting the hard drive have to reconfigure the ADSL, and have not written the connecting nodes or IP addresses.

To prevent this from happening in this trick we will see where those nodes, so that you can print and save for future actions.

The configuration of each card is no problem because Windows XP without further recognizes and installs its drivers, but the nodes must configure IP addresses manually. These nodes and IP addresses are not real, so each user must extract that correspond to your computer.

1 .- We click on the Start button, then Control Panel and then double click the Network Connections icon

2 .- In the icon Local Area Connection we click the right mouse button and then click Properties.

3 .- Select Internet Protocol (TCP / IP) and click the Properties button.

4 .- Then we will see the screen where nodes must write TCP / IP, the TCP / IP that appears in the picture is not real in each case have a different, so please note that your computer has.

5 .- Now you must click on the Advanced button to complete the setup.

6 .- If you click on the Settings tab or the tab DNS IP settings that you see, if you scored well all nodes, you will have no problem when restoring an ADSL connection. Every ADSL provider may vary slightly nodes and configuration, it is important to review and record, which corresponds to each computer.

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Auto power off/Shuts Down On Windows XP

To make the system shuts down automatically, all you have to do is go to Control Panel (Start / Settings / Control Panel), you double-click the Power Options icon Once the window opens you click on APM Tab, then check out the option called Enable support for power management, now accept and close all your open windows, and ready for automatic shutdown.

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Windows XP Registry

Windows continually query information during its operation, so we set a record bad report errors and unexpected failures. This register replaces most. Ini files (but not all) that were used in Windows 3.x and MS-DOS, as well as AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS. In the log data is organized in a hierarchical database, where they branch in a tree, so that each branch contains configuration keys.

To access the registry editor should select Start, then Run, on the run line, type regedit, and then click OK. This will access the Regedit window, if you scroll keys: HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG / Display / Settings / Resolution, you will find the resolution of your monitor, such as 800 x 600).

Some of these keys are:

HKEY_USERS: contains information of all users who use the machine. Here is information about installed applications, network connections, etc.. of each user. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE: identifies the information on the physical state of our computer hardware, including the type of memory used, system bus, cards installed, etc..

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT: It is a subkey of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / Software and contains the key to ensure that the files be opened effectively for their respective programs.

HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG: includes information about hardware profiles in our system and boot on it, and is linked to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

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More memory for your programs On Windows XP

When you start Windows always lose time looking for programs that will use up that shows the desktop or the Welcome screen. If you close a program and open it again you will see that it takes less time than the first time you open it. For the programs you use most are always opened so fast makes this trick.

Click the Start button and then on Run, type regedit and press the OK button

Now you move through the following chain

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SYSTEM / CurrentControlSet / Control / Session Manager / Memory Management

Double-clicking on the entry LargeSystemCache and you put the value 1.

Close all windows and reboot your computer, now all you work faster.

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Wait less time to close the system Windows XP

Windows XP also takes his own to close the system the same thing happened with the previous Windows, well there is anything we can do to speed up the closing time of the system to perform this trick, follow these steps:

Click the Start button, then Run, then type Regedit and press the OK button.

Now in Regedit you move through the following keys.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER / Control Panel / Desktop

Locate the key WaitToKillAppTimeout then you double click it and change the value 20,000 per 4,000.

Without leaving the registry editor, go to the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / System / CurrentControlSet / Control

Locate the key again and again WaitToKillAppTimeout change the value of 20,000 by 4,000

Close the Registry Editor and now Windows will wait less time to close the applications and the system.

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Uninstalling Messenger On Windows XP

To uninstall the messenger all you have to do is copy this line

RunDll32 advpack.dll, LaunchINFSection% windir% \ INF \ msmsgs.inf, BLC.Remove

after you click Start, then Run, and paste it, hit the OK button and go.

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Tips More Faster hard drives On Windows XP

To speed up access to our hard drives in a more rapid is necessary to activate the channels of each hard disk UDMA and for this we will:

We click on the Start button and then right mouse click on My Computer and click Properties.

Then click on the Hardware tab and then on the Device Manager button.

Now open the tree and select hard drives with the right mouse button on Properties.

We click on the Advanced Settings tab, and select if not already DMA mode.

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Message when you start Windows XP

At the beginning we can configure Windows XP to show us a message, like we did with Windows 95, 98, or Me, this message is to put a text that will show to start Windows XP, for example to remind us of something important, or even to leave a message to another user on the same PC, to configure, do the following:

We click on the Start button and then Run, then type in the box run Regedit and press the OK button

Open the tree branches in the following order

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ WinLogon]

LegalNoticeCaption changed the value of the message with the title

LegalNoticeText changed the value to the text of the message and voila, the next time you reboot Windows XP will display the message you just wrote

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Formatting the hard drive or partition to NTFS On Windows XP

In Windows XP hard disk formatting is somewhat more complicated than the formatting of Windows 98, Me, ... and etc.

In this article we will try to explain as clearly as possible so that any user of Windows XP by following these instructions to format your hard disk or partition without any problem.

For this there are two ways to do so, as installed Windows XP with the FAT32 file system or NTFS. So the first thing to know is which of the two systems are running Windows XP.

Windows XP is installed on NTFS. To format the NTFS partition and reinstall Windows XP follow these steps:

With the computer off introduce the disk # 1 installation of Windows XP (total are 6 discs) and start the computer.

Next we introduce the disk 2 .. 3 .. 4 .. 5 .. 6 as soon as I asked.

Once you have loaded the 6-disc, we offer the following options. Install Windows XP. Recover Windows XP installation or Exit the program.

We choose the option to install Windows XP, pressing the Enter key. Insert the CD-ROM for Windows XP CDs in the player press the Enter key again.

Press the F8 key to accept the license agreement and continue the process.

In the next window we again have the option to repair Windows XP installation or new installation. We choose new installation option and press the ESC key. to continue.

On the next screen we see all the disks and partitions, with three options. Install Windows XP. Create new partition, or delete the selected partition.

Now let's remove the partition to select it and press the D key and then press L to delete it.

In the partition table is gone we will see the name of unity and instead had the text appears unpartitioned space. Select the text of unpartitioned space and press the C key to create a new partition. Show the space provided on disk, in this case is left as is because our intention is to reformat and reload Windows XP (but could change the partition size or make a new partition with less disk size). Press the Enter key.

Now the partition table appears with the drive name (for example F: \) then press the Enter key to continue the installation.

In the next window you will see options to format the partition, choose the option to format in NTFS and immediately begin to format the partition.

Once you finish formatting the partition will automatically continue to install Windows XP, and only have to follow the instructions that appear on screen to finish installing Windows XP.

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Find out who is connected to your computer

A quick way to find out who is connected to your computer when you are on the Internet is:

• You click the Start button and then All Programs
• Select Accessories and then Command Prompt.
• In the sale of command prompt, type netstat and hit Enter
• Now all connections screen you will see that you are getting.

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How to change Windows XP Product Key

To change the product key Windows XP, for example, to install Service Pack 1 must follow these steps.

We must get a valid key other than F, D, ....

We click on the Start button and then on Run, then type regedit and click OK button. Once we are in the Windows registry we move through the next key. (in many cases do not need this step, so we would go directly to step 4)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ WPAEvents

Double click on the key OOBETimer, and delete hex value CA, and close regedit.

Now we click the Start button and then on Run, type exactly this oobe / msoobe / ay activation screen appears Windows XP, select activation by phone, and click on Change product key and enter the new password and click update.

Most likely to tell us that the key is not valid, but we should not ignore, close everything and reboot.

Once rebooted again press the Start button, then Run, type new oobe / msoobe / a and see how shows a screen that indicates that the product is already activated.

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Check and increase hard drive speed On Windows XP

To check if we are maximizing the hardware of our PC, we do so from the Administration Console by following these steps:

We right mouse click on the My Computer icon and then on Manage.

Within Device Manager branch point controllers look IDE / ATAPI.

Clicking on each IDE channel, and then click Advanced Settings tab can check and alter the data transfer mode is being used.

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Trick Speed ​​up the Start Menu On Windows XP

The Start menu in Windows XP, aside from being extremely large, it is also too slow to deploy. If you want to accelerate the speed at which to display this menu, go to the Windows registry.

Once there you will get to the option: MenuShowDelay. This follows the sequence: HKEY_CURRENT_USER Control Panel * Desktop * * MenuShowDelay, or look it up directly with the "search" in regedit. Once located double click on this option and change the default value is at (400) for a lesser value. Put the value "0" to get the most speed.

Then click the OK button and then restart your computer for the changes to take effect and you can see the difference.

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Delete files that do not allow clear on Windows XP

We often find that when trying to delete a file, XP answers us that can not be deleted because the file is being used by another program, this problem usually occurs when you try to delete files in *. avi. Usually the problem is usually caused because some avi is damaged and the corresponding codec (which is invoked whenever the preview) crashes and will not let go.

Remember that AVI is not a file type, but is a "container" video format, and in the inner header, has actually recorded the type of video it is and so the system knows which codec should be called.

To solve this problem we will open a command window

We click on the Start button and then on Run

Then type cmd and press the OK button

We close all open programs you have less screen MS-DOS just opened.

Volvo has to click the Start button and then on Run

Type taskmgr.exe and click the OK button

We should press the Start button and then on Run

Write explorer.exe and press the OK button.

We return to the command window and go to the folder where you have the file you want to delete and write: the left one space and write the filename

Let us return to Task Manager, File> New Task and type "explorer.exe" (without quotes) to restore the desktop. We can close the task manager and the command window.

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Trick Faster access to programs On Winsows XP

Even if your computer has enough RAM and you can work with multiple programs without problems, the system always uses the kernel to send and receive files from hard disk paging, which is why computer speed slows down, if you already have memory RAM sufficient follow these steps:

Click on the Start button and then on Run, type regedit and press the OK button

Now you move through the following string:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SYSTEM / CurrentControlSet / Control / Session Manager / Memory Management

Look in the right pane DisablePagingExecutive entry and double click on it.

In the window that appears change the value of 0 and put 1 then press the OK button and restart your computer, now get more speed access to programs because they use less hard disk.

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Free Memeory RAM FOR WINDOWS XP

Release RAM. After running one or multiple applications or games that make heavy use of system resources Windows has detected that something is "touched", much slower. This is because the application remains blocked part of the RAM you have used, causing what is called "memory fragmentation". Using a small script can free that memory, forcing the computer to download the contents of memory to the swap file so that recharge all the information again active in memory and discard the information is not useful, this will do as follows :

Open the Windows Notepad and depending on the memory of your computer by typing the following values:

If you have less than 128 Mb of RAM, write mystring = (16000000)

If you have 128 Mb of RAM or more write mystring = (80000000)

Now save this file anywhere you want, with the name "liberar.vbe" (do not forget to put the. Vbe because the name does not matter you can put the one you want).

Now double click the file you just created and windows refresh RAM.

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Trick Browse Internet faster

To increase the speed of access to HTTP servers, and display more fluent webpages, follow these steps:

Click the Start button and then on Run, type Regedit and press the OK button.

Once you're in the registry editor for the following string:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ InternetSetting

In the right window, create or modify the following DWORD values​​:

MaxConnectionsPerServer: double click on that and write 4 decimal value (for ADSL type 20)

MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server: Double click that value and type 8 in decimal (for ADSL type 20)

These values ​​correspond to the number of simultaneous requests for access to a server of type 1 or 1.1. Close Regedit and restart Windows.

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