XP tricks 2

1.1 MULTIPLE COLUMNS FOR THE START MENU

To make Windows use multiple Start Menu Columns instead of a single scrolling column, like Windows 95 had:

1. Open RegEdit
2. Go to the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
3. Create a string value "StartMenuScrollPrograms"
4. Right click the new string value and select modify
5. Set the value to "FALSE"


1.2 DISABLING DRIVES IN MY COMPUTER

To turn off the display of local or networked drives when you click on My Computer:

1.Open RegEdit
2.Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
3.Add a New DWORD item and name it NoDrives
4.Give it a value of 3FFFFFF
5.Now when you click on My Computer, none of your drives will show.

1.3 To add or remove programs in the Registry

1.Open RegEdit
2.Go to the desired Key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices

3. Add a new String Value and name it anything you like
4. For the value data, enter the path and executable for the program you want to run.

By adding the value to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER hive instead allows the program to start only when that user is logged on.

If you add the value to the RunOnce key the program will run once and be removed from the key by Windows.

1.4 To convert a FAT partition to NTFS, perform the following:

Click Start, click Programs, and then click Command Prompt.
In Windows XP, click Start, and then click Run.
At the command prompt, type CONVERT [driveletter]: /FS:NTFS.
Convert.exe will attempt to convert the partition to NTFS.

1.5 How to Make a Computer Crash

Lolz.. i tried it before installing vista...Just delete main system file like hemi.sys and restart pc or lappy.. It will be crashed.... KIDS PLEASE TRY THIS AT SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES....

.. its hemi in xp sp1.. and for sp2 u gotta search it in hidden files.....