turn off Autoplay option from group policy

This will guide how to disable Autorun options for windows, after doing this your removable devices such as USB disks and CD-Rom will not auto start. complete these 2 steps to disable autorun option.

step 1

• Click start and run
• Yype gpedit.msc and press enter to open group policy
• Now under "computer configuration" double click administrative templates
• Click system folder
• In there find "turn off autoplay" and double click to open it
• In the settings tab click enable to select it
• Now in the drop down menu select "all drives"
• Click apply and ok

step 2

• Now under "user configuration" double click administrative templates
• Click system folder
• In there find "turn off autoplay" and double click to open it
• In the settings tab click enable to select it
• Now in the drop down menu select "all drives"
• Click apply and ok

configure full screen for explorer view

With a simple edit of registry you can view full screen for explorer view, here is how to do it

• Open registry editor
• Go to key of HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console
• In there find "fullscreen" and open key
  
• Edit value from 0 to 1
• Now go to registry key of HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
• In there find "fullscreen" and open key
• Edit the value from no to yes
• Now everytime you open windows explorer or IE 6 you'll be running in full screen
  

reduce disk space for temporary internet files

This post will guide how to decrease disk space that used by temporary internet files.

• Open internet properties (start>run type inetcpl.cpl press enter)
• In the general page click settings under "temporary internet files"
• In the opened settings window, Slide the slider bar all the way to the left to decrease the disk space.
• Click ok
• Then click apply and click ok
  

changed i386 cached location

Sometime if you want to add some extra features to windows you might ask for windows installation CD, you can do this easily (without provide CD time to time) by copying i386 folder to your harddisk. now you can point the location of the i386 folder by editing the registry key, so that windows XP will look for them automatically, here is how to do it.

• Open the registry editor
• Go to the key of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
• In there you can find SourcePath now change the value to the correct i386 folder (ex - d:\i386)
• Now go to the key of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup
• In there open SourcePath and changed it to the correct drive letter (ex - D:\)

That's it, from now on you are no longer need to provide the CD time to time, windows will get files automatically from the location you specified from the registry.

how to display message from startup

If you want to display message when windows starts, you can do it by simple edit of registry, please follow these steps carefully and you have no problem.

• Go to registry editor (start>run type regedit and press enter)
• Navigate to key of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
• Now in winlogon, find key legalnoticecaption and open the key
• Type a name you want to name the window
• Now find key legalnoticetext and open the key
  
• Now type the message window want to say, that's it.
• From next restart you can see the what you want to see
  

how to clear private data when closing firefox

This post described how to clear private data such as cookies, saved password, authentication sessions, etc.. from firefox when you exiting the browser, follow these steps.

• Open firefox borwser
• In the menu, go to tools, and click options
• In the options window click privacy tab
• Under private data section, click settings
• Now select,the actions you want to clear by putting check to each box
• Now in private data section select "always clear my private data when i close firefox"
• Now click ok

From now on when you close firefox it will prompt you to perform cleanup action,
if you don't want prompt each time when you close firefox and you want to run cleanup process automatically just deselect " ask me before clearing private data" in a private data section and click ok.

remove history from internet explorer address bar

internet Explorer can track URL that you type in the address bar, this feature allows you to save you from typing the next time that you visit that site again. However, any user that uses your computer can find out what addresses you typed. this is the part that you don't like, this post describes how to remove history from internet explorer, follow these steps.

• Click on Start, then Run
• Type regedit and press enter to start registry editor
• In the registry find the key of HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Typed URLs
• Now delete this key

Note - from now on internet explorer history not displayed in address bar.