COMPUTER & INTERNET (TRICKS & TIPS)

AUTO PLAY OPTION

1. Go to Start->Run->gpedit.msc
2. Computer Config -> Administrative Template -> System
3. Double click Turn off Autoplay
4. Enable it.


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BASIC SHORTCUT KEYS
WORD® SHORTCUT KEYS
EXCEL® SHORTCUT KEYS
F2 Edit the selected cell
Alt + F File menu options in current program
Ctrl + A Select all contents of the page
F5 Go to a specific cell
Alt + E Edit options in current program
Ctrl + B Bold highlighted selection
F7 Spell check selected text and/or document
F1 Universal help (for all programs)
Ctrl + C Copy selected text
F11 Create chart
Ctrl + A Select all text
Ctrl + X Cut selected text
Ctrl + Shift + ; Enter the current time
Ctrl + X Cut selected item
Ctrl + N Open new/blank document
Ctrl + ; Enter the current date
Shift + Del Cut selected item
Ctrl + O Open options
Alt + Shift + F1 Insert new worksheet
Ctrl + C Copy selected item
Ctrl + P Open the print window
Shift + F3 Open the Excel® formula window
Ctrl + Ins Copy selected item
Shift + F5 Bring up search box
Ctrl + F Open find box
Ctrl + V Paste
Ctrl + A Select all contents of worksheet
Ctrl + I Italicize highlighted selection
Shift + Ins Paste
Ctrl + B Bold highlighted selection
Ctrl + K Insert link
Home Go to beginning of current line
Ctrl + I Italicize highlighted selection
Ctrl + U Underline highlighted selection
Ctrl + Home Go to beginning of document
Ctrl + C Copy selected text
Ctrl + V Paste
End Go to end of current line
Ctrl + V Paste
Ctrl + Y Redo the last action performed
Ctrl + End Go to end of document
Ctrl + D Fill
Shift + Home Highlight from current position to beginning of line
Ctrl + Z Undo last action
Ctrl + K Insert link
Shift + End Highlight from current position to end of line
Ctrl + G Find and replace options
Ctrl + F Open find and replace options
Ctrl + Move one word to the left at a time
Ctrl + H Find and replace options
Ctrl + G Open go-to options
Ctrl + Move one word to the right at a time
Ctrl + H Open find and replace options
Ctrl + J Justify paragraph alignment
Ctrl + U Underline highlighted selection
Ctrl + L Align selected text or line to the left
Ctrl + Y Underline selected text
Ctrl + Q Align selected paragraph to the left
MICROSOFT® WINDOWS® SHORTCUT KEYS
Ctrl + 5 Strikethrough highlighted selection
Alt + Tab Switch between open applications
Ctrl + E Align selected text or line to the center
Ctrl + O Open options
Alt +
Shift + Tab
Switch backwards between open
applications
Ctrl + R Align selected text or line to the right
Ctrl + N Open new document
Ctrl + M Indent the paragraph
Ctrl + P Open print dialog box
Alt + Print
Screen Create screen shot for current program
Ctrl + T Hanging indent
Ctrl + S Save
Ctrl + Z Undo last action
Ctrl + D Font options
Ctrl + Alt + Del Reboot/Windows® task manager
Ctrl + F9 Minimize current window
Ctrl + Shift + F Change the font
Ctrl + Esc Bring up start menu
Ctrl + F10 Maximize currently selected window
Ctrl + Shift + > Increase selected font +1
Alt + Esc Switch between applications on taskbar
Ctrl + F6 Switch between open workbooks/windows
Ctrl + ] Increase selected font +1
F2 Rename selected icon
Ctrl + Page up & Page Down Move between Excel® worksheets in the same document
Ctrl + Shift + < Decrease selected font -1 F3 Start find from desktop Ctrl + [ Decrease selected font -1 F4 Open the drive selection when browsing Ctrl + Tab Move between two or more open Excel® files Ctrl + Shift + * View or hide non printing characters Alt + = Create formula to sum all of above cells F5 Refresh contents Ctrl + Move one word to the left Ctrl + ‘ Insert value of above cell into current cell Alt + F4 Close current open program Ctrl + Shift + ! Format number in comma format Ctrl + F4 Close window in program Ctrl + Move one word to the right Ctrl + Shift + $ Format number in currency format Ctrl + Plus Key Automatically adjust widths of all columns in Windows Explorer Ctrl + Move to beginning of the line or paragraph Ctrl + Shift + # Format number in date format Ctrl + Move to the end of the paragraph Ctrl + Shift + % Format number in percentage format Alt + Enter Open properties window of selected icon Ctrl + Del Delete word to right of cursor Ctrl + Shift + ^ Format number in scientific format or program Ctrl + Backspace Delete word to left of cursor Ctrl + Shift + @ Format number in time format Shift + F10 Simulate right-click on selected item Ctrl + End Move cursor to end of document Ctrl + Move to next section of text Shift + Del Delete programs/files permanently Ctrl + Home Move cursor to beginning of document Ctrl + Space Select entire column Holding Shift During Bootup Boot safe mode or bypass system files Shift + Space Select entire row Ctrl + Space Reset highlighted text to default font Ctrl + W Close document Ctrl + 1 Single-space lines Holding Shift During Bootup When putting in an audio CD, will prevent CD Player from playing Ctrl + 2 Double-space lines Ctrl + 5 1.5-line spacing OUTLOOK® SHORTCUT KEYS Alt + S Send the email Ctrl + Alt + 1 Change text to heading 1 WINKEY SHORTCUTS Ctrl + C Copy selected text Ctrl + Alt + 2 Change text to heading 2 WINKEY + D Bring desktop to the top of other windows Ctrl + X Cut selected text Ctrl + Alt + 3 Change text to heading 3 WINKEY + M Minimize all windows Ctrl + P Open print dialog box F1 Open help WINKEY + SHIFT + M Undo the minimize done by WINKEY + M and WINKEY + D Ctrl + K Complete name/email typed in address bar Shift + F3 Change case of selected text Ctrl + B Bold highlighted selection WINKEY + E Open Microsoft Explorer Shift + Insert Paste Ctrl + I Italicize highlighted selection WINKEY + Tab Cycle through open programs on taskbar Ctrl + U Underline highlighted selection F4 Repeat last action performed (Word 2000+) WINKEY + F Display the Windows® Search/Find feature Ctrl + R Reply to an email F7 Spell check selected text and/or document WINKEY + CTRL + F Display the search for computers window Ctrl + F Forward an email Shift + F7 Activate the thesaurus Ctrl + N Create a new email F12 Save as WINKEY + F1 Display the Microsoft® Windows® help Ctrl + Shift + A Create a new appointment to your calendar Ctrl + S Save WINKEY + R Open the run window Ctrl + Shift + O Open the outbox Shift + F12 Save WINKEY + Pause /Break Open the system properties window Ctrl + Shift + I Open the inbox Alt + Shift + D Insert the current date Ctrl + Shift + K Add a new task Alt + Shift + T Insert the current time WINKEY + U Open utility manager Ctrl + Shift + C Create a new contact Ctrl + Shift+ J Create a new journal entry Ctrl + W Close document WINKEY + L Lock the computer (Windows XP® & later) INCREASE BROADBAND:

this ones simple:
this is for broad band connections. I didn’t try it on dial up but might work for dial up.
1.make sure your logged on as actually "Administrator". do not log on with any account that just has administrator privileges.
2. start - run - type gpedit.msc
3. expand the "local computer policy" branch
4. expand the "administrative templates" branch
5. expand the "network branch"
6. Highlight the "QoS Packet Scheduler" in left window
7. in right window double click the "limit reservable bandwidth" setting
8. on setting tab check the "enabled" item
9. where it says "Bandwidth limit %" change it to read 0
reboot if you want to but not necessary on some systems your all done. Effect is immediate on some systems. some need re-boot. I have one machine that
needs to reboot first, the others didn't. Don't know why this is.

CATCH HACKERS

Hackers cover their tracks. Experienced hackers cover them more thorougly, but amateur hackers sometimes leave things behind. Don't expect them to leave any really big evidence behind; expect more of little things here and there you might find surprising. For example, if you're writing a term paper and a black hat hacker accidently saved it when he took a paragraph out- that's suspicious. Where did that paragraph go? Well, for one thing, now you know he was in that area. Check the folders surrounding the file- you might find something.

Tip 2: Decipher between the type of hackers that are attacking you. Experienced hackers will have a more in depth look around when they penetrate your system. They won't touch much because they know that that won't add too much to their knowledge. But if you know a hacker's been in, and some files are messed with, and you have a log of someone guessing passwords to a file or something of that sort, its probably some newbie who's just starting out. These are the easiest hackers to catch. They usually get so caught up in thoughts like "I'm in!" that they forget the basics, such as work behind a proxy.

My friend was setting up a webserver once. His first time too, and he wasn't to anxious to set up some good software to protect against hackers and viruses. He didn't put up one IDS, and before you know it, the obvious happened. But this time, a newbie had struck. The nice log files showed, bluntly across the screen, multiple instances of a foreign IP address that stood out. Some stupid newbie had tried to login as "uucp" on my friend's XP computer, with a password of "uucp." Well, that's great, but he also had tried the same user/pass combination three times, enough to get himself logged nicely. Even a semi-brainless user with some form of neurological system knows that uucp isn't a default XP account. Again, excitement toiled this hacker's brain, and maybe if he hadn't done that, along with a few other stupid things, he wouldn't have gotten caught. What other things did he do? Well, lets see. He opened 35 instances of MS-DOS. He tried to clean the printer's heads, and he edited a .gif in notepad. Then he uninstalled a few programs and installed some html editor, and replaced four files with the words "14P."

He might as well have posted his phone number. In a few days, we had tracked him down to a
suburban town in Ohio. We let him go, not pressing any charges, because he had done nothing really damaging and had provided me with an example of a moron for this guide.

Tip 3: Don't go crazy if you lose data. Chances are, if it was that important, you would have backed it up anyway. Most hackers nowadays wish they were back in 1989 when they could use a Black Box and having a Rainbow Book actually meant something. Most hackers aren't black hat, they are white hat, and some even grey hat. But in the end, most hackers that are in systems aren't satisfied by looking around. From past experiences, I have concluded that many hackers like to remember where've they been. So, what do they do? They either press delete here and there, or copy some files onto their systems. Stupid hackers (yes, there are plenty of stupid hackers) send files to e-mail addresses. Some free email companies will give you the IP of a certain e-mail address's user if you can prove that user has been notoriously hacking you. But most of the time, by the time you get the e-mail id it's been unused for weeks if not months or years, and services like hotmail have already deleted it.

Tip 4: Save information! Any information that you get from a log file (proxy server IP, things like "14P", e-mail addresses that things were sent to, etc.) should be saved to a floppy disk (they're not floppy anymore, I wish I could get out of the habit of calling them that) incase there's a next time. If you get another attack, from the same proxy, or with similar e-mail addresses (e.g: one says Blackjack 123@something.whatever and the other says Black_jack_45@something.znn.com ) you can make an assumption that these hackers are the same people. In that case, it would probably be worth the effort to resolve the IP using the proxy and do a traceroute. Pressing charges is recommended if this is a repeat offender.

Tip 5: Don't be stupid. If you've been hacked, take security to the next level. Hackers do talk about people they've hacked and they do post IPs and e-mail addresses. Proof? Take a look at Defcon Conventions. I've never gone to one, but I've seen the photos. The "Wall of Shame"-type of boards I've seen have IPs and e-mail addresses written all over them in fat red, dry-erase ink. Don't be the one to go searching the Defcon website and find your e-mail address posted on the Wall of Shame board!

Tip 6: Don't rely on luck. Chances are, sometime or another, you're going to be targeted for an attack. Here you can rely on luck. Maybe they'll forget? Maybe they don't know how to do it? If you think this way, a surprise is going to hit your face very hard. Another way you could stupidly rely on luck is by saying this: It's probably just a whitehat. On the contrary, my friend, it's probably just a blackhat. A blackhat with knowledge stored in his head, ready to be used as an ax. It's your data. You take the chance


CHANGING IP

1)Get to a command prompt. (START, run, cmd).
2)Type "ipconfig /release" (without the quotes).
3)Type "ipconfig /renew" (without the quotes).
4)Windows (second option)
5)Get to a command prompt. (START, run, cmd).
6)Type "ipconfig /release" (without the quotes).
7)Shut down computer.
8)Turn off computer.
9)Turn off all ethernet hubs/switches.
10)Turn off cable/DSL modem.
11)Leave off overnight.
11)Turn everthing back on


FOLDER WALLPAPER


Goto Control pannel > Folder Options > View tab
there find a way to enable show all hidden files (including the system files)
(i hope you know this much)

Now which ever folder you want to set a background to, open that folder.
there should be a desktop.ini, if its noot there, copy from any other folder.
Now open that desktop.ini file, delete everything if you have copied from any other folder ( but if it was there itself, leave whatever's written there only) and paste the following text in it

[{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]
IconArea_Image=

like

[{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]
IconArea_Image=D:\My Documents\My Pictures\spaceball.gif
7/24/07 ?.The HKV.?™
^^^
If you cannot find any other desktop.ini, (this is a very rare case)
then just type the above text in a notepad file & save it as desktop.ini in that folder.
Then goto Start > Run
type CMD and hit enter.
Command prompt will open up.
Type attrib (but dont press enter yet)
now drag the desktop.ini you've just created from that folder into that command prompt window.
then type +s +h +r
now hit enter.


NAMELESS FOLDER

1)Right Click on the desktop.Make a new folder

2)Now rename the folder with a space(U have to hold ALT key and type 0160).

3)Now u have a folder with out a name.

4)Right click on the folder>properties>customize. Click on change icon.

5)Scroll a bit, u should find some empty spaces, Click on any one of them.click ok Thats it,now u can store ur personal data without any 3rd party tools


NET SPEED INCREASE

HEY HERE A TRICK TO IMPROVE UR NET SPEED
Go to desktop->My computer-(right click on)->manage->->Device manager-> now u see a window of - Device manager

then go to Ports->Communication Port(double click on it and Open).

after open u can see a Communication Port properties.

go the Port Setting:----

and now increase ur "Bits per second" to 128000.

and "Flow control" change 2 Hardware.

U WILL NOTICE AN IMMEDIATE RESULT....if not restart.then its definate.


INTERNET SPEED 2

Click Start then Run and type "gpedit.msc" without quotes.

This opens the "group policy editor" and go to: "Local Computer Policy"

Then "Computer Configuration" Then "Administrative Templates"

Then select "Network" then "QOS Packet Scheduler"

After that select "Limit Reservable Bandwidth".
Double click on Limit Reservable bandwidth. It will say it is not configured, but the truth is under the 'Explain' tab i.e.” By default, the Packet Scheduler limits the system to 20 percent of the bandwidth of a connection, but you can use this setting to override the default."
So the trick is to ENABLE reservable bandwidth, then set it to ZERO. This will allow the system to reserve nothing, rather than the default 20%.


CREATE LOGON MESSAGE

Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.In the Registry Editor, drill down to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinlogonRight-click LegalNoticeCaption, click Modify, type My Windows XP Machine, and then click OK.Right-click LegalNoticeText, click Modify, and then type your message.Close the editor and your new message will appear at every log on.This tip applies to computers that are part of a domain. For stand-alone or peer-to-peer networks,
the custom screen appears just before the Welcome screen


CHANGE TITLE BAR OF WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER

1.Start Regedit
2.Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft
\WindowsMediaPlayer (create a new key named WindowsMediaPlayer if its not der)
3.Create a string value of TitleBar
4.Give it a value of whatever you want to appear in the title bar


IMPROVE THE SPEED OF YOUR MOZILA FIREFOX BROWSER

1. First in the URL bar, Type “about:config”. This will bring up a list
of commands and variables you can edit.
2. The second step is to put “network.http.pipelining” in the filter
and change the value to “true”.
3. After that you will want to put “network.http.proxy.pipelining” in
the filter.
Like the last one, make that value set to “true” also.
4. Next, locate “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” and change the
value to some number higher, say 10,20 or even 30, it would make up to
10,20 or 30 requests at once.
5. The last step is to right click anywhere and select “New” then
“Integer”. Name it “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and make its value
“0?. This will make the browser respond faster on the information of
the websites it receives.
6. Close out FireFox (make sure FireFox is closed by viewing the Task
Manager) and restart it and enjoy the new mega speed


RAM CLEANING

U may recognize that ur system gets slower and slower when playing and working a lot with ur pc. That's cause ur RAM is full of remaining progress pieces u do not need any more.

So create a new text file on ur desktop and call it "RAMcleaner" Then open the text file and

Type

FreeMem=Space(128000000)
in this file and save it as RAMcleaner.vbs [ You may choose the "All Files" option when u save it ]

Run the file and ur RAM may be cleaned

Then go to 'TASK MANAGER'-'PROCESSES' Then u see full the full process get 'o' 'o'

Ya ur RAM is clean nw Experiece the speed


Remove shortcut arrow from desktop icons

Here's how you can remove those shortcut arrows from your desktop icons in Windows XP.

1. Start regedit.
2. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile
3. Delete the IsShortcut registry value.

You may need to restart Windows XP.


RUN COMMANDS

You can access all these programs by going through START/RUN or Simply Click Windows Key+R

* SQL Client Configuration - cliconfg
* System Configuration Editor - sysedit
* System Configuration Utility - msconfig
* System File Checker Utility (Scan Immediately)- sfc /scannow
* System File Checker Utility (Scan Once At Next Boot)- sfc /scanonce
* System File Checker Utility (Scan On Every Boot) - sfc /scanboot
* System File Checker Utility (Return to Default Setting)- sfc /revert
* System File Checker Utility (Purge File Cache)- sfc /purgecache
* System File Checker Utility (Set Cache Size to size x)-sfc/cachesize=x
* System Information - msinfo32.
* Task Manager – taskmgr
* System Properties - sysdm.cpl
* Task Manager – taskmgr
* TCP Tester - tcptest
* Telnet Client - telnet
* Tweak UI (if installed) - tweakui
* User Account Management- nusrmgr.cpl
* Utility Manager - utilman
* Windows Address Book - wab
* Windows Address Book Import Utility - wabmig
* Windows Backup Utility (if installed)- ntbackup
* Windows Explorer - explorer
* Windows Firewall- firewall.cpl
* Windows Magnifier- magnify
* Windows Management Infrastructure - wmimgmt.msc
* Windows Media Player - wmplayer
* Windows Messenger - msmsgs
* Windows Picture Import Wizard (need camera connected)- wiaacmgr
* Windows System Security Tool – syskey
* Windows Update Launches - wupdmgr
* Windows Version (to show which version of windows)- winver
* Windows XP Tour Wizard - tourstart
* Wordpad - write
* Password Properties - password.cpl
* Performance Monitor - perfmon.msc
* Phone and Modem Options - telephon.cpl
* Phone Dialer - dialer
* Pinball Game - pinball
* Power Configuration - powercfg.cpl
* Printers and Faxes - control printers
* Printers Folder – printers
* Private Character Editor - eudcedit
* Quicktime (If Installed)- QuickTime.cpl
* Real Player (if installed)- realplay
* Regional Settings - intl.cpl
* Registry Editor - regedit
* Registry Editor - regedit32
* Remote Access Phonebook - rasphone
* Remote Desktop - mstsc
* Removable Storage - ntmsmgr.msc
* Removable Storage Operator Requests - ntmsoprq.msc
* Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof) - rsop.msc
* Scanners and Cameras - sticpl.cpl
* Scheduled Tasks - control schedtasks
* Security Center - wscui.cpl
* Services - services.msc
* Shared Folders - fsmgmt.msc
* Shuts Down Windows - shutdown
* Sounds and Audio - mmsys.cpl
* Spider Solitare Card Game - spider
* Malicious Software Removal Tool - mrt
* Microsoft Access (if installed) - access.cpl
* Microsoft Chat - winchat
* Microsoft Excel (if installed) - excel
* Microsoft Frontpage (if installed)- frontpg
* Microsoft Movie Maker - moviemk
* Microsoft Paint - mspaint
* Microsoft Powerpoint (if installed)- powerpnt
* Microsoft Word (if installed)- winword
* Microsoft Syncronization Tool - mobsync
* Minesweeper Game - winmine
* Mouse Properties - control mouse
* Mouse Properties - main.cpl
* Nero (if installed)- nero
* Netmeeting - conf
* Network Connections - control netconnections
* Network Connections - ncpa.cpl
* Network Setup Wizard - netsetup.cpl
* Notepad - notepad
* Nview Desktop Manager (If Installed)- nvtuicpl.cpl
* Object Packager - packager
* ODBC Data Source Administrator- odbccp32.cpl
* On Screen Keyboard - osk
* Opens AC3 Filter (If Installed) - ac3filter.cpl
* Outlook Express - msimn
* Paint – pbrush
* Keyboard Properties - control keyboard
* IP Configuration (Display Connection Configuration) - ipconfi/all
* IP Configuration (Display DNS Cache Contents)- ipconfig /displaydns
* IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents)- ipconfig /flushdns
* IP Configuration (Release All Connections)- ipconfig /release
* IP Configuration (Renew All Connections)- ipconfig /renew
* IP Configuration(RefreshesDHCP&Re-RegistersDNS)-ipconfig/registerdns
* IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID)- ipconfig/showclassid
* IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID)- ipconfig /setclassid
* Java Control Panel (If Installed)- jpicpl32.cpl
* Java Control Panel (If Installed)- javaws
* Local Security Settings - secpol.msc
* Local Users and Groups - lusrmgr.msc
* Logs You Out Of Windows - logoff.....
* Accessibility Controls - access.cpl
* Accessibility Wizard - accwiz
* Add Hardware - Wizardhdwwiz.cpl
* Add/Remove Programs - appwiz.cpl
* Administrative Tools control - admintools
* Adobe Acrobat (if installed) - acrobat
* Adobe Designer (if installed)- acrodist
* Adobe Distiller (if installed)- acrodist
* Adobe ImageReady (if installed)- imageready
* Adobe Photoshop (if installed)- photoshop
* Automatic Updates - wuaucpl.cpl
* Bluetooth Transfer Wizard – fsquirt
* Calculator - calc
* Certificate Manager - certmgr.msc
* Character Map - charmap
* Check Disk Utility - chkdsk
* Clipboard Viewer - clipbrd
* Command Prompt - cmd
* Component Services - dcomcnfg
* Computer Management - compmgmt.msc
* Control Panel - control
* Date and Time Properties - timedate.cpl
* DDE Shares - ddeshare
* Device Manager - devmgmt.msc
* Direct X Control Panel (If Installed)- directx.cpl
* Direct X Troubleshooter- dxdiag
* Disk Cleanup Utility- cleanmgr
* Disk Defragment- dfrg.msc
* Disk Management- diskmgmt.msc
* Disk Partition Manager- diskpart
* Display Properties- control desktop
* Display Properties- desk.cpl
* Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Preselected)- control color
* Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility- drwtsn32
* Driver Verifier Utility- verifier
* Event Viewer- eventvwr.msc
* Files and Settings Transfer Tool- migwiz
* File Signature Verification Tool- sigverif
* Findfast- findfast.cpl
* Firefox (if installed)- firefox
* Folders Properties- control folders
* Fonts- control fonts
* Fonts Folder- fonts
* Free Cell Card Game- freecell
* Game Controllers- joy.cpl
* Group Policy Editor (XP Prof)- gpedit.msc
* Hearts Card Game- mshearts
* Help and Support- helpctr
* HyperTerminal- hypertrm
* Iexpress Wizard- iexpress
* Indexing Service- ciadv.msc
* Internet Connection Wizard- icwconn1
* Internet Explorer- iexplore
* Internet Setup Wizard- inetwiz
* Internet Properties- inetcpl.cpl


SET UR NAME ON TASK BAR

Open Control Panel -> Regional and Language Options -> Customize ->Time
here u can see A.M. and P.M. change it with u r name.


VIRTUAL MEMORY

Right click my computer-properties-Advanced-performance-setting-Advanced-change-
custom size (here u can allocate u r virtual memory) and set -apply-ok

virtual memory (actually memory multiply with 3) you can set the maximum size