6 Smart and Cool Tricks for Windows XP

Windows XP is the popular and user friendly operating system . You can make your XP to perform better and easy to use applying some cool tips and tricks. Here I listed 6  useful tricks and tips to make a play with your Windows XP more efficiently. On other hand you can customize your  XP by those tricks securely, without using any soft pack.

1. Create an Invisible Folder

• Create a New Folder.
• Rename this folder holding on the “Alt” key and type “0160” with Numpad. Now your folder is saved without any name.
• To change the icon right click on the folder and select “Properties”. A “Properties” window will pop up. Under the “Customize” tab click on “Change Icon”.

• Scroll the icon list and select a blank icon. Click “Ok“. Click on “Apply” to save your setting.

• Now the new Folder is invisible. To detect your invisible folder refresh the window/desktop, your invisible folder will blink.

2.Create Shutdown Shortcut on Desktop

To create a shortcut of the “Shutdown” option

• Right click on desktop and select “New > Shortcut” .

• A “Create Shortcut” window will appear. Type “shutdown -s –t 0 –f”. Click on “Next” then “Finish“.

• Now shutdown shortcut is created on desktop.
• Right click on the shortcut and select “Properties >Shortcut > Change icon“.

3. Shutdown your computer Faster

• Go to Start > Run and type “regedit “.

• A “Registry Editor” window will appear. Navigate to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

• In the right pane, right click on “ WaitTOKillAppTimeout” and select “Modify“.
• Type  “10000” in the  “Value data” space. Click on “OK”.

4.  Rename your Recycle bin folder

• Go to Start > run and type “regedit”.
• Navigate to  and expand
  

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID

• Under “CLSID” key double click on “{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}”.
• Double click on “ LocalizedString” in the right pane of Registry Editor.
• Type the name, you want in “Value data” field. Click on “OK”.

• Refresh the desktop. Notice that the recycle bin has been renamed.

5. On Screen Keyboard

• Go to Start > Run and type “osk”.

• Now an on screen keyboard will appear.

6.  Play Microsoft – Windows Secret Welcome Music

• Click on My Computer and open your root drive (generally C:).
• Open “C:\Windows\system32\oobe\images”.
• To play the  Microsoft Windows Welcome music click on “title.wmv” file.

• To set this music as the start up music in your Windows XP computer convert this file into “.wav” format.
• Open “Control Panel > Sound and Audio Drives“.
• Click on “Sound” tab.
• Under the “Program events” section select “Start Windows“. Click on “Browse“.
• Select the file from its location.
• Click on “Apply” then “OK“.