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Change The Default Location For Installing Apps

As the size of hardrives increase, more people are using partitions to seperate and store groups of files. XP uses the C:\Program Files directory as the default base directory into which new programs are installed. However, you can change the default installation drive and/ or directory by using a Registry hack. Run the Registry Editor (regedit)and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion Look for the value named ProgramFilesDir. by default,this value will be C:\Program Files. Edit the value to any valid drive or folder and XP will use that new location as the default installation directory for new programs.

Yahoo Chat Commands:

/join [room] go to what ever room you wish /invite [buddys name] sends invitation request /tell [user] [message] private messages a friend /follow [user] follows a friend /stopfollow [user] stop following someone /stopfollow [yourname] to stop them from following you /goto [user] enters the room the user is in /away [off] turn your private messages back on /think [message] (type this to think what you want /ignore [list] list everyone who you are ignoring /ignore add [user] add someone to your ignoring list /ignore [add all] ignores everything going on

Your Home Page Nevr Being Changed

Some websites illegally modify your registry editor and set their website as default home page, for stop this, 1. Right-click on the Internet Explorer icon on your desktop and select "Properties". 2. In the "Target" box you will see "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE". 3. Now by adding the URL of the site to the end of this it overrides any Homepage setting in internet options: "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" www.shareordie.com

shortcut keys

Run Commands: Quote: compmgmt.msc - Computer management devmgmt.msc - Device manager diskmgmt.msc - Disk management dfrg.msc - Disk defrag eventvwr.msc - Event viewer fsmgmt.msc - Shared folders gpedit.msc - Group policies lusrmgr.msc - Local users and groups perfmon.msc - Performance monitor rsop.msc - Resultant set of policies secpol.msc - Local security settings services.msc - Various Services msconfig - System Configuration Utility regedit - Registry Editor msinfo32 _ System Information sysedit _ System Edit win.ini _ windows loading information(also system.ini) winver _ Shows current version of windows mailto: _ Opens default email client command _ Opens command prompt Run Commands to access the control panel: Quote: Add/Remove Programs control appwiz.cpl Date/Time Properties control timedate.cpl Display Properties control desk.cpl FindFast control findfast.cpl Fonts Folder control fonts Internet Properties control inetcpl.cpl Keyboard Properties control main.cpl keyboard Mouse Pr

How To Change Thumbnail Size And Quality

If any of you out there like to use the thumbnail view, especially for browsing through photos and images, it can become a bit of a drain on your system. It is possible to lower the thumbnail size and quality by editing the following registry keys. Open the registry and navigate to : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft \ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer Create a new DWORD value called ThumbnailSize, and set the value between 32 and 256. And/or create another DWORD value called ThumbnailQuality, and set the value between 50 and 100. Key Details : USER Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft \ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer] Value Name: ThumbnailSize Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value) Data Value: 32 - 256 USER Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft \ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer] Value Name: ThumbnailQuality Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value) Data Value: 50 - 100

How to hack/change your Windows XP Boot Screen

HACKING THE XP BOOT SCREEN This is a very simple trick to do if you have done the same for the logon screen and the start button. There are 2 ways to do this trick that I know about one is doing it manually and the other is using a program called bootxp. I am going to tell you the manual way to do it, but if you want to know the other way just let me know, so I can do an update to the guide. Now once you have downloaded your ntoskrnl.exe file save it a general location so that you will have easy access to it, like my folder. Once you have ntoskrnl.exe file in an easy access folder, restart your pc into safe mode. Once into safe mode go to the folder where your files are located. Now that you are there copy the file that you want to change your boot screen too. Once you have copied that file, hit the window key + r or type %windir%\system32 in the run command, so that folder as follows. Once there paste your new file into the folder and overwrite the existing folder. Now that you have y