You can stop open with internet option

Sometimes you can see that some files cant be opened.When you still try to open it by double clicking.Then you see something like"Windows cant open this file......What do you want to do ?

• Use the web service to find the appropriate program


• Select the program from a list

If you want to skip the Use web service.... option
Then follow these steps:
>>Go to start >Run > regedit and open registry editor
>>Now navigate to the following registry key:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
>>Now create or modify a dword key named InternetOpenWith. Give a value of 0 (zero) to hide the web services or 1 to display web services.

Disable Desktop Settings

If you dont want any users to change desktop settings ,then follow these steps:

>>Open registry editor(Start>Run>regedit)
>>Navigate to the following key:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\ProgramManager\Restrictions
>>Create or edit the DWORD NoSaveSettings. Now to disable saving desktop settings, set its
value to 1.
>>Reboot your PC for setting to take effect.

Change your Windows XP service pack

You can change your service pack 2 or display service pack 3 or even 4 by just following these steps:
>>Go to start>Run>type regedit to open registry editor(Make a backup of your registry if needed)
>>Navigate to :HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Windows
>>Change the value of CSDVersion from 0x00000200 (SP2) to the Windows XP SP3 value of 0x00000300
>>Reboot and see the change.

Change the default search engine in Internet Explorer

Microsoft has set its default search engine in internet explorer as MSN.Now you can change that search engine to any other you like.
>>Close internet explorer
>>Go to start>Run>type regedit to open registry editor
>>Navigate to following key:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl
>>Change the value of string key name default to any one of the following values :
>>To specify Metacrawler as the default search page, change the default value to http://www.metacrawler.com/crawler?general=%s
>>To specify AltaVista as the default search page, change the default value to
http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?q=%s
>>To specify HotBot as the default search page, change the default value to
http://hotbot.com/?MT=%s
>>To specify Google as the default search page, change the default value to
http://www.google.com/keyword/%s

Add Copy To , Move To option in right click menu

Now you can add copy to folder and move to folder options in right click menu by just following these steps:
>>Press win + R to open run window and type regedit to open registry editor
>>Navigate to the following key:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
>>Create a new key called "Copy To"and set its value to {C2FBB630-2971-11d1- A18C-00C04FD75D13}
to get Copy To option in your right click menu
>>Create a new key called "Move To" and set its value to {C2FBB631-2971-11d1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}
>>Exit the registry
>>The changes will occur immediately or after a reboot

>>Now, when you right-click a file and choose one of the options, you'll be able to move or copy the file using a dialog box.

How to set all locks of your Keyboard

If you want to setup all the lock keys of your keyboard(Num,Caps,Scroll) at startup state you just need to follow these steps:
>>Go to start>Run>Type regedit to open registry editor
>>Navigate to the following key:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard
>>Now open InitialKeyboardIndicators which is available in the right window pane.
>>Change its value data to the following numbers:

• 0 - All Keys off
• 1 - Caps Lock on
• 2 - Num Lock on
• 4 - Scroll Lock on

>>For multiple setups:

• 3 - Caps Lock and Num Lock on
• 5 - Caps Lock and Scroll Lock on
• 6 - Num Lock and Scroll Lock on
• 7 - Caps Lock, Num Lock, and Scroll Lock on

*Restart to see the changes on your keyboard

Enable ClearType font for Desktop

ClearType font produces improved font display resolution and readability in LCD monitors,also in laptops and other flat desktops.To use or enable cleartype font for your desktop, just follow these steps:

>>Go to Start>Run>Type regedit to open registry editor
>>Navigate to the following key:
HKEY_USERS/.DEFAULT/ControlPanel/Desktop
>>Right click on right window pane create a new string value and name it FontSmoothing and set its value to 2(only if string is unavailable).
>>Right click again and create a new DWORD value named FontSmoothingType and set its value to 2 by selecting decimal button.(only if DWORD is unavailable)
>>Exit registry and reboot your PC to see ClearType font for all users on the PC

                                                    

Make start menu faster to open up

The actual speed of start menu is very slow .Now you can increase your start menu speed by just following these steps:

>>Go Start>Run  Type regedit to open registry editor
>>Navigate to the following key :HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop  and select Desktop registry folder

>> On right window pane you can see a string named MenuShowDelay
>>Its default value is 400 change it to 20 or any smaller value

>>Now your start menu opens up within 20ms(milliseconds)

Remove startup applications using registry and speedup your PC

Many applications at startup will make your pc slow.So you must remove some unwanted applications using registry or other method already discussed.You can make your PC start faster by doing this.
>>Go to Start>Run Type regedit to open registry editor
>>Navigate to the following      keys:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RUN and HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RUN
>>On the right side ,  Delete keys which show unnecessary applications at startup

Keep your Broadband connection ON even if you log off from your PC

Now you can keep your Broadband connection ON even if you log off from your PC by just following these steps:

>>Go to Start>Run , type regedit to open registry editor
>>In registry editor navigate to the following directory:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

>>Select winlogon and under it create a new string value named KeepRasConnections
>>Double click it and change its value data to 1

*Thats it now you logoff your PC and login again to see broadband connection still ON