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		<title>Schedule your Gtalk to Kill</title>
		<link>http://classictutorials.com/2008/08/schedule-your-gtalk-to-kill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kaushik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before i proceed let me ask you a question. Has this ever happened to you. You logged in to gtalk in your office. Now you came home and remembered that you forgot to sign it off and now when you sign in here if some one pings you the message will once come in your current window and once in office window? Has this happened to you? Then this is the tutorial you want! This is very easy and very handy. Prerequisits: Download at http://www.mediafire.com/file/k2ydg0yozzm/gtalkKill.zip Remember this is for your office computer or the computer where you want a auto ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Before i proceed let me ask you a question.<br />
Has this ever happened to you. You logged in to gtalk in your office. Now you came home and remembered that you forgot to sign it off and now when you sign in here if some one pings you the message will once come in your current window and once in office window? Has this happened to you? Then this is the tutorial you want! This is very easy and very handy.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">Prerequisits:</span><br />
Download at</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/k2ydg0yozzm/gtalkKill.zip">http://www.mediafire.com/file/k2ydg0yozzm/gtalkKill.zip</a></p>
<p>Remember this is for your office computer or the computer where you want a auto gtalk kill.<br />
Once you download just extract it in any drive.</p>
<p>Now <span style="font-weight:bold;">for XP users:</span><br />
Go to control pannel &#8211;&gt; Scheduled Task &#8211;&gt; Add scheduled task.. Click and follow the steps. Where it asks for application point it to the file you download. Give a time which you will be out of your office. Also <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected">don&#8217;t</span> forget to put your user <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected">credentials</span>. And make it a daily schedule. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected">That&#8217;s</span> it.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">For vista User:</span><br />
Click on Start button and type in search as &#8220;<span class="blsp-spelling-error">schedul</span>&#8221; click on the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected">scheduler</span>.<br />
Now once the Task <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Scheduler</span> is open on the right hand side you will see &#8220;Create Basic Task&#8221; Click on it. The task <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected">scheduler</span> will open.</p>
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<p>Name: Give anything (<span class="blsp-spelling-error">Gtalk</span> kill)<br />
Description: Any description<br />
Task to start: Daily<br />
Start time: Time you will be out of your office<br />
Action: Start a program<br />
Program: Browse to the file you downloaded<br />
And press finish in the next screen and forget it..</p>
<p>Next time it will never ever happen that you will have 2 instance of <span class="blsp-spelling-error">gtalk</span> running.<br />
If you usually forget to log off your <span class="blsp-spelling-error">gtalk</span> at home then use the same method for home also.</p>
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		<title>A huge list of Run Commands!</title>
		<link>http://classictutorials.com/2008/05/a-huge-list-of-run-commands/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 11:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kaushik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a huge list of probably all existing run commands (should work on all windows from Win2k)at one place! I have goggled ups and downs of internet to collect them together. I have nicely placed them in one pdf to make it easy to download and keep it with you for offline use!Also the pdf contains a small tutorial of how to clear run prompt history which may be of use in some case.. The list of command is huge and lots of my friends are already liking it Here goes the link: Link It would be nice if ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a huge list of probably all existing run commands (should work on all windows from Win2k)at one place! I have goggled ups and downs of internet to collect them together. I have nicely placed them in one pdf to make it easy to download and keep it with you for offline use!<br />Also the pdf contains a small tutorial of how to clear run prompt history which may be of use in some case.. The list of command is huge and lots of my friends are already liking it <img src='http://classictutorials.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Here goes the link: <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/117042347/classic_tutorials.pdf">Link</a></p>
<p>It would be nice if you can find out if something missing!!</p>
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		<title>How To Recover Vista boot menu after XP Installation</title>
		<link>http://classictutorials.com/2007/09/how-to-recover-vista-boot-menu-after-xp-installation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kaushik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have installed, say, XP, on a Vista machine, in the Boot Menu, you may no longer be able to see Vista as an option. This occurs because when a different version of Windows is installed, it rewrites the MBR to call its own boot loader. So if you install Vista on a PC where XP is already installed, the Vista boot menu incorporates the options from the older OS&#8217;s boot menu. But, on the other hand, if you install XP on Vista, it will overwrite the MBR with one that does not recognize the newer Vista&#8217;s Boot Loader.To ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you have installed, say, XP, on a Vista machine, in the Boot Menu, you may no longer be able to see Vista as an option. This occurs because when a different version of Windows is installed, it rewrites the MBR to call its own boot loader.</p>
<p><i>So if you install Vista on a PC where XP is already installed, the Vista boot menu incorporates the options from the older OS&#8217;s boot menu. But, on the other hand, if you install XP on Vista, it will overwrite the MBR with one that does not recognize the newer Vista&#8217;s Boot Loader.</i><br />To resolve this issue, open cmd in XP. 
<div align="center">Run :Boot Bootsect.exe –NT60 All  </div>
<p> Where  is the Drive letter.<br />Reboot. You will now be able to see the Vista menu option/s.</p>
<p>Now To restore the entry for XP, open an elevated command prompt and enter this:
<div align="center">Bcdedit –create {ntldr} –d “Put Description of Menu here” </div>
<p> Restart Computer.</p>
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		<title>How to update multiple Windows installations Online &amp; Offline</title>
		<link>http://classictutorials.com/2007/09/how-to-update-multiple-windows-installations-online-offline/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kaushik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you all know that AutoPatcher is now discontinued due to violation of Microsoft’s terms &#38; service. It was an easy &#38; convenient way to update multiple PCs running Windows XP without connecting. Now you might say that this is a wrong move from Microsoft however you forget to see that Microsoft is already providing legal ways for home users to update their computers without even needing AutoPatcher. Every month you used to download 50 or 100 MB worth update of AutoPatcher monthly update or a full 200+ MB version of full AutoPatcher with all the updates released after Windows ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As you all know that AutoPatcher is now discontinued due to violation of Microsoft’s terms &amp; service. It was an easy &amp; convenient way to update multiple PCs running Windows XP without connecting. Now you might say that this is a wrong move from Microsoft however you forget to see that Microsoft is already providing legal ways for home users to update their computers without even needing AutoPatcher.</p>
<p>Every month you used to download 50 or 100 MB worth update of AutoPatcher monthly update or a full 200+ MB version of full AutoPatcher with all the updates released after Windows XP SP2. So why can’t you follow these steps to do the same automatically for you without needing AutoPatcher.</p>
<p>I am assuming that you have a Windows XP with SP2 or Vista RTM installation which is genuine. Pirated Windows users cannot avail some of these methods.</p>
<p>1) Download all manually – Go to <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/Search.aspx?displaylang=en" target="_blank">Microsoft Download center </a>&amp; download all the updates &amp; other packages for Windows XP &amp; Vista manually. You can do this offline too.</p>
<p>2) Download all via Windows Update. This will download &amp; install all the required update applicable only to your computer. After a reboot which may or may not be needed, backup the</p>
<p>C:WindowsSoftwareDistributionDownload folder.</p>
<p>Just zip or copy it somewhere else but do not delete this original Downloads folder.</p>
<p>Suppose you reinstall Windows now, simply copy the contents of the backed up Downloads folder to the original folder at the path above, then connect to Windows Update &amp; select all those updates to install. However this time Windows will not download all the updates again because most of the updates are already there in your computer at the above mentioned location. It will only download some new updates as applicable. You can copy the content of Downloads folder to another computer &amp; take the same step on that other computer.</p>
<p>3) Use <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsahome.mspx" target="_blank">Microsoft Baseline Security Analyze</a>r &amp; backup the downloaded files after their installation. Then install the downloaded files as needed on all computers.</p>
<p>4) Use <a href="http://www.heise-security.co.uk/articles/80682/3#download" target="_blank">Offline Update 3.2 script </a>as mentioned at the webpage.</p>
<p>5) Use <a href="http://wud.jcarle.com/Default.aspx" target="_blank">Windows Update Downloader </a>with Windows XP or Vista Update List. It will download full file for all the updates automatically &amp; install. It is equivalent to step 1 just that this time it is automatic. One downloaded you can backup the downloads for further use.</p>
<p>6) For large scale deployment you can also use <a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/wsus/default.aspx" target="_blank">Microsoft Windows Server Update Services</a></p>
<p>I hope this makes life a bit easier for system administrators who download at one computer &amp; install on all computers in a network also that Microsoft brings back AutoPatcher in one form or other. <b>To install multiple updates downloaded</b> manually, or by Windows Update downloader or by MBSA or Offline Update script you can <b>use <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/296861" target="_blank">QChain provided by Microsoft.</a></p>
<p>Thanx to Saurav for this wonderful tutorial..<br /></b></p>
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		<title>Readyboost incompatible flash drives workaround</title>
		<link>http://classictutorials.com/2007/03/readyboost-incompatible-flash-drives-workaround/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kaushik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guys I recently purchased a 1 GB kingston flash drive which was shown incompatible in tests for readyboost.However after some googling I was able to make it work here is the way Quote: Format the Drive with the following settings in place. Capacity:-of your drive- File System:NTFS Allocation Unit Size:4096 [x] Quick Format Then goto the the General tab under the drives properties. And put a check by the following. [x] Compress this drive to save disk space[x] Index this drive for faster searching test the device for ReadyBoost. Also make sure that you have the &#8220;Optimize for Performance&#8221; setting ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Guys I recently purchased a 1 GB kingston flash drive which was shown incompatible in tests for readyboost.<br />However after some googling I was able to make it work<img src="http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif" alt="" title="Razz" class="inlineimg" border="0" /></p>
<p>here is the way
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<td class="alt2" style="border:1px inset;">   Format the Drive with the following settings in place.</p>
<p>Capacity:<br />-of your drive-</p>
<p>File System:<br />NTFS</p>
<p>Allocation Unit Size:<br />4096</p>
<p>[x] Quick Format</p>
<p>Then goto the the General tab under the drives properties. And put a check by the following.</p>
<p>[x] Compress this drive to save disk space<br />[x] Index this drive for faster searching</p>
<p>test the device for ReadyBoost. Also make sure that you have the &#8220;Optimize for Performance&#8221; setting applied in the properties for the device under the Hardware tab. </td>
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<p> Done<img src="http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" title="Laugh" class="inlineimg" border="0" /><br />This guy <a href="http://www.ultraproducts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3233" target="_blank">here</a> suggested this,many thanks to him<img src="http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif" alt="" title="Razz" class="inlineimg" border="0" /><br />and dont use this if your have a snailspeed drive<img src="http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" title="Laugh" class="inlineimg" border="0" />,it may make windows slow.</p>
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		<title>Installing XP after VISTA in DUAL BOOT</title>
		<link>http://classictutorials.com/2007/03/installing-xp-after-vista-in-dual-boot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kaushik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[i was just thinking that many users are trying to install XP after they installed Vista,but both OS dont detect each other in dual boot, so here is a Tutorial to do so, Conditions: you have installed Vista and now you want Xp in the second boot, and when you do so , your Vista isnt detected anymore, so now you either format your Drives and install again, or you repair Vista and thats ok, But you can run both in Dual boot without formatting, As vista is installed, you install Windows Xp in X:&#62; (X is the drive of ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i was just thinking that many users are trying to install XP after they installed Vista,but both OS dont detect each other in dual boot,</p>
<p>so here is a Tutorial to do so,</p>
<p>Conditions: you have installed Vista and now you want Xp in the second boot, and when you do so , your Vista isnt detected anymore, so now you either format your Drives and install again, or you repair Vista and thats ok,</p>
<p>But you can run both in Dual boot without formatting,</p>
<p>As vista is installed, you install Windows Xp in X:&gt; (X is the drive of your Choice) (may be D: , E: etc)</p>
<p>now your comp. restarts in XP without showing Vista, dont worry just restart your COmp. and boot from VIsta CD/DVD whatever you have, repair your installation and now your VISTA boots up, without Showing Xp, but nothing to worry,</p>
<p>Just Place your Vista DVD/CD int he drive in VISTA and now go to start menu, all programs , accessories , right click on <b>command prompt </b></p>
<p>and click on <b>run as administrator </b></p>
<p>now type these commands :</p>
<p>Use Bootsect.exe to restore the Windows Vista MBR and the boot code that transfers control to the Windows Boot Manager program. To do this, type the following command at a command prompt:<br /><b>Drive:boot Bootsect.exe –NT60 All </b></p>
<p>In this command, Drive is the drive where the Windows Vista installation media is located.<br />Use Bcdedit.exe to manually create an entry in the BCD Boot.ini file for the earlier version of the Windows operating system. To do this, type the following commands at a command prompt.</p>
<p><b>Note</b> In these commands, Drive is the drive where Windows Vista is installed.</p>
<p><b>Drive:Windowssystem32Bcdedit –create {ntldr} –d “Description for earlier Windows version”</b></p>
<p><b>Note</b> In this command, Description for earlier Windows version can be any text that you want. For example, Description for earlier Windows version can be &#8220;Windows XP” or “Windows Server 2003.&#8221; <b>Drive:Windowssystem32Bcdedit –set {ntldr} device partition=x:</b></p>
<p><b>Note</b> In this command, x: is the drive letter for the active partition.<br /><b>Drive:Windowssystem32Bcdedit –set {ntldr} path ntldrDrive:Windowssystem32Bcdedit –displayorder {ntldr} –addlast</b></p>
<p>Restart the computer.</p>
<p>and you are done&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Windows Vista Tips,Tricks and Tweaks</title>
		<link>http://classictutorials.com/2007/02/windows-vista-tipstricks-and-tweaks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2007 00:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kaushik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boost Windows Shutdown SpeedVista is normally fast to shutdown, takes maybe 3 seconds on my beta machine. Some configurations however may lend their selves to a longer shutdown period, some of the time the longer shutdown is due to waiting for Vista to kill some services. If your affected by this the following might help. Start up Regedit and navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetContro l]On the right pane look for the &#8220;WaitToKillServiceTimeout&#8221; string and change its value to 1000 by right clicking the string and selecting Modify. However, to make sure its going to work OK for you modify the value to ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:Navy;"><b>Boost Windows Shutdown Speed</b></span></span><br />Vista is normally fast to shutdown, takes maybe 3 seconds on my beta machine. Some configurations however may lend their selves to a longer shutdown period, some of the time the longer shutdown is due to waiting for Vista to kill some services. If your affected by this the following might help.</p>
<p>Start up Regedit and navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetContro  l]<br />On the right pane look for the &#8220;WaitToKillServiceTimeout&#8221; string and change its value to 1000 by right clicking the string and selecting Modify. However, to make sure its going to work OK for you modify the value to WaitToKillServiceTimeout=5000 first and try it out.<br />Modified value WaitToKillServiceTimeout=1000 (1000 is a bit much for this one so be careful)<br />3000 seems to work just about right but try the 5000 first.<br />(The default value for WaitToKillServiceTimeout=20000 in case you need to change it back)</p>
<p><b><span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:Navy;">Extend Activation period</span></span></span></b><br />Would you like to extend the activation period to the maximum 120 days instead of the 30 day period that is set by default? It is possible and legal to do this using the software licensing manager in Windows Vista. Simply run <b><span>slmgr -rearm</span></b> to get another 30 days.  You can do this a maximum of three times before Microsoft blocks further extensions.<br /><b><span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:Navy;">Install Vista without product key</span></span></span></b><br /></span><span><span style="font-size:130%;">Don&#8217;t feel like typing in your product key before installing Windows Vista? It is now possible to install any version of Windows Vista and use it for 14 days before having to enter a product key and activating it. </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span>   <span><span style="font-size:130%;">While on the product key screen during install, just hit the Next button. You will be presented with a new screen that allows you to select the version of Windows Vista you would like to install. </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><b><span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:Navy;">Launch Flip 3D Alt+Tab Replacement</span></span></span></b><br /></span><span><span style="font-size:130%;">This has been one of the most demonstrated features of Windows Vista and also one that I have been asked the most about how to use it. </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span>   <span><span style="font-size:130%;">Keep in mind that your computer must support the DWM for this feature to run. If you are running Aero Glass right now, it will work perfectly for you. </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span>   <span><span style="font-size:130%;">Launch Flip 3D:</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span>   <span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Just press and hold the Windows Key + Tab. Then use the scroll wheel on your mouse or the up and down keyboard arrows to navigate through the windows. When the window you want is on top, release the Windows and Tab keys.</span> </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><b><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:Navy;"> Check Windows Vista Activation Status</span></span></b><br />Are you a user of Windows Vista Enterprise or Business edition and would like to know the status of activation of a specific computer? Want to make sure that the computer connected properly to the Key Management Server (KMS) or used your Multiple Activation Key (MAK) properly? Or are you a home user and just want to make sure your computer is fully activated?<br /> Included in Windows Vista is very useful utility that will help you check the status of activation of your computer:<br /> 1.Click on the Start Button and key in CMD and hit Enter to start up Command Prompt.<br /> 2.At the prompt, type in &#8220;slmgr.vbs -dli&#8221;<br /> 3.After a few seconds you will be presented with a pop-up message with your activation status.<br /><b><span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:Navy;">Remove Windows Mail splash screen</span></span></span></b><br />Are you a frequent user of Windows Mail? Would you like to shave a second off of load time and remove that annoying splash screen? Using a quick reg hack, you can easily remove the splash screen.<br /> 1.Click on the start button and type in regedit and hit Enter.<br /> 2.Navigate through HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Software, Microsoft and Windows Mail.<br /> 3.Create a new DWORD called NoSplash.<br /> 4.Set the value of NoSplash to 1.<br /> 5.Exit Registry Editor.<br /><b><span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:Navy;">Enable Vista Glass look on Unsupported Video Cards</span></span></span></b><br /></span><span><span style="font-size:130%;">Microsoft Windows Vista, formally Codename longhorn has a new user interface system codenamed Avalon. This new user interface engine greatly enhances the look by utilizing several cool looking 3D effects. Of course, to be able to fully utilize the new engine you need a good 3D video card on top of special drivers, WDDM (Windows Display Driver Model). </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span>   <span><span style="font-size:130%;">To turn on this effect just execute c:WindowsSystem32UXSS.exe or enable and start the User Experience Session Management Service. </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span>   <span><span style="font-size:130%;">1. Open up Regedit.<br />2. Navigate through HKEY_local_machine, Software, and Microsoft.<br />3. Create a new KEY called DWM.<br />4. In the new DWM key you created, create a DWORD called EnableMachineCheck.<br />5. Make sure this value is set to 0 and hardware checking is now disabled. </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span>   <span><span style="font-size:130%;">Quick Note: Although you can get it to run on older hardware, with the lack of WDDM drivers available, it is going to run very slowly if at all.</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><b><span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:Navy;">Enable Vista Glass on Compatible Hardware</span></span></span></b><br />If you have a video card that is using WDDM drivers and supports DirectX 9c but is not allowing you to use vista glass, there is a cool trick that you can use to force Aero to run. Follow the steps below:<br /> 1.Click on the start button and key in <b>regedit</b> and hit Enter.<br /> 2.Navigate through, HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Software, Microsoft, Windows and DWM.<br /> 3.Set Composition to <b>1</b> and CompositionPolicy to <b>2</b>.<br />4.Restart the DWM by restarting the Desktop Windows Manager Session Manager service. This can be done in services.msc or by typing <b>net stop uxsms</b> and <b>net start uxsms</b> at command prompt.<br /> Once the service restarts you will have glass!<br /><b><span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:Navy;">Show Run Command on Start Menu</span></span></span></b><br /></span><span><span style="font-size:130%;">Windows Vista has a new search bar located on the Start Panel. You can use the new search box to find items in the various folders of your Start Menu as well as run any application from it. Just type in the name of the executable and it will search your hard drive for it and run it. This is a great feature but if you have a lot of files on your computer, then be prepared for a short delay since it may have to search for a while. </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span>   <span><span style="font-size:130%;">If you do not want to wait that long, there is a quick way to get the old Run command back on your Start Panel. </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span>   <span><span style="font-size:130%;">1. Right click on your taskbar and select <b><span>Properties</span></b>.</span></span><span style="font-size:130<br />
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<p>"><br /></span>   <span><span style="font-size:130%;">2. Click on the <b><span>Start Menu</span></b> Tab and then select <b><span>Customize</span></b>. </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span>   <span><span style="font-size:130%;">3. Scroll through the list and check the <b><span>Run Command</span></b> check box.</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span>   <span><span style="font-size:130%;">4. Hit OK a few times and it is back. </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><b><span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:Navy;">Disable pop-up balloon tips</span></span></span></b><br />Tired of pop-up tips showing up all over the interface? With group policy editor, you can easily stop them from showing up for good.<br /> 1.Start up the group policy editor by clicking on the start button and keying in gpedit.msc and pressing Enter.<br /> 2.Expand User Configuration, Administrative Templates and Start Menu and Taskbar.<br /> 3.Select Remove Balloon Tips on Start Menu items, right click on it and select Properties.<br /> 4.Select Enable and hit OK.<br /> 5.Close Group Policy Editor and you are finished.<br /><b><span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:Navy;">Enabling addition Avalon effects</span></span></span></b><br />Once you have the new Aero engine enabled on your build of Windows codename Longhorn, you can enable additional transition effects that are currently turned off in builds. Follow the steps below to add some additional desktop and explorer effects:</p>
<p>1. Open up regedit.<br />2. Navigate thru HKEY_Local_Machine, Software, Microsoft, Windows, Current Version, and Explorer.<br />3. Create a new DWORD and call it MILDesktop.<br />4. Set the value of MILDesktop to 1.<br />5. Create a new DWORD and call it MILExplorer.<br />6. Set the value of MILExplorer to 1.<br />7. Exit explorer and restart.</p>
<p>I hope your system and drivers can handle the new effects!<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span><br /><span style="color:Navy;">How to disable user access protection ( UAP )-</span></span><span><br /></span></b><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);"><span>While logged in with admin rights. Press the key combo Win+R (the &#8220;Run command&#8221; box comes up).<br />Run &#8220;msconfig&#8221;.<br />Go to the &#8220;Tools&#8221; tab.<br />Scroll down to &#8220;disable UAP&#8221;, &amp; click the &#8220;launch&#8221; button below.<br />It will execute a command &amp; leave behind a CMD window, exit that, reboot Vista, and you&#8217;re done!</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:Navy;"><b>Show Administrator on Welcome Screen</b></span><br />start &gt; run = &#8221; control userpasswords2 &#8221; select administrator account, click reset password (input new pass) / Ok</p>
<p>start &gt; run = &#8221; regedit &#8221; create the key below</p>
<p>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionWinlogonSpecialAccountsUserLis  t</p>
<p>create &#8220;DWORD (32bit) Value&#8221;<br />Value Name: Administrator<br />Value Data: 1</span></p>
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		<title>Make Your Windows XP look-a-like Windows Vista</title>
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		<title>Make vista style menu or layout/ vista website like !</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kaushik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A website similar with vista website but of course with some changes. this is what you will make: Create a new document with a blue background: #1063c1The size should be 760 x 770 px.Create a new Layer ( press SHIFT+CTR+ALT+N ) Then Grab Brush Tool and make some simple drawings ( the next image is resized ) Go to Filter &#62; Blur &#62; Gaussian Blur and use the following setting Now change the Blending mode for this layer to Overlay You can see the result in the next image Grab the Rounded Rectangle ToolSet the radius to 5 pixels and ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A website similar with <span class="highlight">vista</span> website but of course with some changes. this is what you will make:</p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/39.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p>Create a new document with a blue background: #1063c1<br />The size should be 760 x 770 px.<br />Create a new Layer ( press SHIFT+CTR+ALT+N )</p>
<p>Then Grab Brush Tool and make some simple drawings ( the next image is resized )</p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p>Go to Filter &gt; Blur &gt; Gaussian Blur and use the following setting</p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p>Now change the Blending mode for this layer to Overlay</p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p>You can see the result in the next image</p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/4.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p>Grab the Rounded Rectangle Tool<br />Set the radius to 5 pixels and make 2 shapes</p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p>Now add the following layer style ( use the same settings for both shapes )</p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/6.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p>Then change the fill settings to 0 %</p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/7.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p>This is my result</p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/8.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p>Select the small shape and press on the layer thumbnail while you keep the CTRL key down</p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/9.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p>This will make a selection</p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/10.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p>Grab the rectangular marquee tool<br />Press on Subtract From Selection and try to leave selected the top of our navigation panel</p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/11.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p>This is what we need</p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/12.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p>Create a new layer ( press CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+N )<br />Select Paint Bucket Tool and fill the selection with white<br />Press CTRL+D to deselect</p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/13.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p>Now change the fill settings to 0 %</p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/14.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p>And add the following layer styles</p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/15.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/16.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/17.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/18.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/19.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/20.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p>Now press one more time on the same layer thumbnail<br />We have to select one more time all the navigation panel ( you can see also how the button looks )</p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/21.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p>Grab the Rectangular Marquee Tool &#8211; press on Subtract from selection and be sure you will leave selected a small selection ( for the second button )</p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/22.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p>Create a new layer ( press CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+N )<br />Fill the selection with white and apply the same layer style as above<br />( i am sure you can do this alone because we have already created the first button and i think you are an expert right now <img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/images/smilies/eek.gif" alt="" title="EEK!" class="inlineimg" border="0" /> )</p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/23.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p>Now duplicate this layer and place it with your arrow keys under this one.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/24.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p>Select one more time the navigation panel ( press on layer thumbnail and keep your CTRL key pressed )</p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/25.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p>Create a new layer ( press CTRL+SHIFT+ALT+N )<br />Grab a round brush and start drawing some random lines</p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/26.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p>Go to Filter &gt; Blur &gt; Gaussian Blur and set the radius value to 35</p>
<p>Change the blending mode to Soft Light</p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/27.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p>Press on CTRL+D to deselect. I will add some text on this navigation and this is my result</p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/28.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p>Now please select the left navigation layer ( the layer you have clicked on thumbnail )</p>
<p>And change the following layer style with this one</p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/29.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/30.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p>This is the result</p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/31.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p>Copy the layer style</p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/32.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p>And paste this layer style on the other shape</p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/33.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p>This is the result</p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/34.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p>Duplicate the big shape layer ( SHAPE 2 ) then select it<br />Then press on add layer style</p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/35.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p>Grab the Gradient Tool and draw a line from bottom to the top of the shape</p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/36.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p>With this layer selected you can change the fill settings to 3 %</p>
<p>Now i will add a text logo</p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/37.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p>Then i will add some MINUS signs on the big rounded rectangle and another text</p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/38.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
<p>Then i will choose &#8221; Fuzzball &#8221; brush . i will create a new layer and i will make some white stars</p>
<p>Basically you can use any star brush you have</p>
<p><img src="http://www.talk-mania.com/tutorials/tutorial48/39.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></p>
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