view hidden devices in the "device manager"

There can be no of hidden devices ( installed in the earlier time) under device manager. you can view these items and remove if some problem occur. we strongly recommend don't delete these devices for fun, you have to know what you are doing, then you can delete if you really wanted to. follow these steps.

• Right click on my computer
• Click manage to open computer management console
  
• In the left side under "system tools" click on device manager
• Now in the view menu click on hidden devices to show these devices.
  

add manufacture logo and informations in system properties window

In windows XP, you can set Computer Manufacturer Logo and other information's in system properties.follow these steps to change the default system Properties.

• First open new notepad
• Then type the following
• [General]
  Manufacturer="http://nstech-blog.blogspot.com"
  Model="Free Tips and Tricks!"
  [Support Information]
  Line1="Free technical information's,system optimize and more."
  Line2="Visit daily for new tips"
• Note - you can set more Lines as you like
  
• After editing notepad save it in the location of c:/windows/system32 and named the file as OEMINFO.INI
• Now select the picture you want to set as your logo (make sure picture size is 150X150 pixels and BMP format) save it in c:/windows/system32 folder with file name of OEMLOGO.BMP
• Now close all opened windows and restart your pc to changes go into affect
• To check newly created Manufacturer Logo and other information's, right click on my computer and click properties.
• Now in the general tab, verify the system properties with new settings
• Now click on Support Information for more detail

shutdown, restart or logoff pc's from single location

Windows xp has this amazing feature allows you to shutdown, restart or log-off pc's from single location.this tip is very useful for you, if you are a Network Administrator. after configuring this you don't have to shutdown or restart pc's one by one. to perform this make sure computers are connected directly or to network. follow these steps.

• Click start, click run
• Type shutdown -i and press enter
• This will open "Remote Shutdown Dialog" window
• Now click on "Add" button to add computer
• In the "add computers" dialog box type the name or IP address of the computer
• Click ok
• Now in the "Remote Shutdown Dialog" window, select the action under "What do you want these computers to do" (you can also set warning message for users and set the duration of of warning message in seconds)
• Now select the option that describes the reason to shutdown or restart the computer (also you can add comment)
  
• Click ok after you done, then users will see a "System Shutdown Windows" with time and comments that you set.
  

how to backup device drivers

Need to format and install windows, then how about device drivers, you don't have Cd's then what can you do, there is a way to backup device drivers, you need a software called drivermax. with this handy software you can easily backup device drivers that are already installed in your pc. the procedure as follows.

• First download and install drivermax software
• Then launch software
• Point to driver backup and restore, then the sub menu will come under it
• Now click backup drivers and click next
• The drivers will listed in short time
• Now select the drivers you want to backup or click select all button
• Click next
• Now specify a location to backup drivers, and click next
• The backup process will begin (this gonna take several minute)
  

how to unregister and reregister DLL files

For a number of occasions you might want to unregister and reregister DLL files when a problem occur, this post show you how to do it.

To register (or reregister) DLL file

• Click start and run
• Type regsvr32 .dll (for example - regsvr32 zipfldr.dll will register zip folders in windows)
• Or you can use regsvr32 \.dll (where is the path to the file, and is the name of the file)

To unregister DLL file

• Click start and run
• Type regsvr32 -u .dll (for example - regsvr32 -u zipfldr.dll will disable zip folders)
• Or you can use regsvr32 -u \.dll (where is the path to the file, and is the name of the file)