configure "mail delivery report & read reciept" in outlook 2003

If you want you can configure mail delivery report and read receipt in outlook 2003 to verify that your mail successfully send to recipient and read. to configure this follow these steps.

• Open outlook 2003
• Go to tools menu and click option
• In the preferences tab, click E-mail options and then click Tracking Options
• Now under "For all messages I send, request" select the Delivery receipt and Read receipt check boxes, and then click OK
• Again click ok
• Then apply and ok
  

how to disable error reporting

If you want you can disable error reporting feature in windows xp , this only appear when critical errors occurred , instead of sending error reports you might want to disable it , here is how to do it.

• Right click on my computer and click properties
  
• Click on advanced tab
• Under "startup and recovery" click error reporting button
• Now click on the "disable error reporting" and click ok
• Click apply and ok

Note - if you want you can disable error reporting service also

• Click start and run
• Type msconfig and click ok
• In the system configuration utility window click services tab
• Find the "error reporting service"
• Deselect it by removing check mark
• Click apply and ok
• Restart pc for changes go into effect
  

how to disable low disk space message

This notification is useful, because it notify the user if one or more disk partitions running out of disk space. perform this task if you really wanted to disable low disk space warning, we leave the choice to you.

• Open registry editor
• Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
• Now right click on the key and add new DWORD value
• Name it as "NoLowDiskSpaceChecks"
  
• Open the key and put 1 in the value data field
• Restart pc for changes to take effect
  

remove password when returning from hibernation

you can disable password feature, when every time you returning from hibernation. follow these steps.

• Go to the control panel
• Double click power options
• Click on advanced tab
• Now deselect "Prompt for password when computer resumes from standby"
• Click apply and ok
  

how to change virtual memory location (page file)

If you want you can change the path of virtual memory (page file) location. this is useful when you running out disk space of C: drive (by default page file created in windows partition) imagine you have 2Gb of physical ram, then system automatically allocate disk space, 1.5 of physical ram for a page file, that's a heavy disk cost, in this case you can save disk space in C: drive by changing the page file location. follow these steps.

• Right click on my computer and click properties
• Go to advanced tab
• In there click on the settings button under "performance"
• In performance option window, click advanced tab
• Now click change button under "virtual memory"
• In the virtual memory window, click the partition that has more disk space (ex-D: drive)
• Now in the custom size area set minimum and maximum value for a page file. (for example - 2 Gb of system ram, minimum can set as 2046 and maximum can set as 4092)
• After setting the value click set button. now you are successfully change the page file location to D: drive,
• only thing thing to do is clear page file from C: drive
• In the virtual memory window, click C: drive
• Now click on the No paging file and click set button
• Click ok, then apply and ok
• Again click apply and ok
• Now restart the pc to changes go into effect

Note - after restarting the pc you will notice that there is more space available in C: drive, to gain more space in C: drive read this

disable "drivers not digitally singed" message

In windows xp, when you plug new device (bluetooth device, card reader) and try to install its drivers, sometimes you may see "driver not digitally singed" warning message. however you can continue installing drivers ignoring the warning message. hardware manufacturers provide more stable drivers for your device, there for you dont want to see warning messages evertime you plug a device. in this post we are going to show you how to disable "driver not digitally singed" warning message. you can learn more information's in here about digitally singed drivers.

• Right click on my computer
• Click properties
• Click hardware tab
• In there click the button driver signing under "drivers" section
• In the opened driver singing option window, click "Ignore - install the software anyway and don't ask for my approval"
• Click ok
  
• Then apply and ok
  

disable "turn off computer" from start menu

You can prevent users from shutting down public computer, with some edit of registry you can disable "turn off computer" option. here is how to do it.

• Open registry editor
• Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
• In the right side create new DWORD value and named it as Noclose
• Now double click the key and put 1 in the value data field
• Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect

Note - if you want to enable "turn off computer" option again, simply put 0 in the value data field of Noclose key, or delete the key.

create shortcut to lock workstation

Here is how to create shortcut

• Right click on desktop point to new and click shortcut
• In the location filed type %windir%\System32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation
• Click next
• Give it a name and click finish

Now when you double click shortcut, your workstation will be locked

Note - another method is, press window key and L key simultaneously to lock workstation instantly, i know this one is quick rather than creating shortcut, but shortcut is useful to lock a computer remotely

DDR 1/2/3 memory speed chart

The below details described as Memory type (pc2100), speed (266Mhz) , and bus speed (133Mhz)


DDR1

DDR1 - PC2100 - 266Mhz - 133MHz
DDR1 - PC2700 - 333MHz - 166MHz
DDR1 - PC3200 - 400MHz - 200MHz
DDR1 - PC3500 - 433MHz - 216MHz
DDR1 - PC3700 - 466MHz - 233MHz
DDR1 - PC4000 - 500MHz - 250MHz
DDR1 - PC4200 - 533MHz - 266MHz
DDR1 - PC4400 - 550MHz - 275MHz
DDR1 - PC4500 - 566MHz - 283MHz
DDR1 - PC4800 - 600MHz - 300MHz
DDR1 - PC5000 - 625MHz - 313MHz

DDR2

DDR2 - PC2-4200 - 533MHz - 266MHz
DDR2 - PC2-5400 - 667MHz - 333MHz
DDR2 - PC2-6000 - 750MHz - 375MHz
DDR2 - PC2-6400 - 800MHz - 400MHz
DDR2 - PC2-8000 - 1000MHz - 500MHz
DDR2 - PC2-8800 - 1100MHz - 550MHz
DDR2 - PC2-9000 - 1120MHz - 560MHz

DDR3

DDR3 - PC3-6400 - 800MHz - 400MHz
DDR3 - PC3-8500 - 1066MHz - 533MHz
DDR3 - PC3-10666 - 1333MHz - 667MHz
DDR3 - PC3-12800 - 1600MHz - 800MHz
DDR3 - PC3-14400 - 1800MHz - 900MHz
DDR3 - PC3-16000 - 2000MHz - 1000MHz

common virus attack places in registry

If you pc get infected by a virus your registry will be modified by the virus, this ensures virus to keep coming back, number of registry locations modified and they are described as follows.

Location 1

• Open registry editor
• First navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
• In the right side see if there is suspected key (specially look for a key that running locations such as C:\WINDOWS\ or C:\WINDOWS\system32)
• Delete the suspected key

Location 2

• Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
• Also in here look for a suspected keys as described above, and delete them

Location 3

• Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
• In the right side find "Shell" key and verify its value data set as Explorer.exe if it is changed, erase the existing value and change it back to Explorer.exe
• Also find "Uihost" key and verify its value data set as logonui.exe
• Last find "Userinit" key and verify its value data set as C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe, there shouldn't be anything after comma, if it does erase the value data and change it back to C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe,

Note - if you successfully removed virus from your system, but you haven't correct registry you might see error messages within login process, for a example Userinit key is defferent than described above, you will get error message before desktop came, also can take more time to login process.