Speed Up Your ShutDown in Windows XP

Tired of waiting while your windows shuts down? Now no more wait, thanks to this cool trick.
The trick is in two parts. Follow both of them for best results.

Part~1

1. Open the Registry Editor (Start >> Run >> type regedit).
2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control
3. Click on the "Control" Folder.
4. Select "WaitToKillServiceTimeout".
5. Right click on it, select modify and set it a value lower than 2000 (the lesser the faster, but remember don't set it less than 100 to be on the safer side).

Part~2

Like previous versions of windows, it takes long time to restart or shutdown Windows XP when the "Exit Windows" sound is enabled. To solve this problem you must disable this useless sound. Follow these steps to disable this sound.

1. Go to Start -> Control Panel -> Sounds and Audio Devices.
2. Click on the Sounds tab, then under program events and windows menu find and select the "Exit Windows" option.
3. Now there will be several sounds to choose from. Choose "(None)" and then click on Apply and then OK.

Yippee!! it's done now. You will see some improvement when shutting down your system.

Make Folders Invisible without using any Softwares

Guys, as you can guess with this trick you can make your folders invisible without using any sophisticated software. This is a very unusual & easy trick to make your private folders invisible to others.

A folder contains two parts; an icon and a name.
So to make the folder invisible you will have to make both the icon & the name invisible.

These are the steps to do that:

1. *For Making The Name Invisible*
Select the folder which you want to make invisible. Press F2 key then type ALT+0160 and hit enter key. You will notice that the name of the folder has become invisible. See the snapshot below.

2. *For Making The Icon Invisible*
Right click on the folder whose name you made invisible. Go to Properties, then go to the Customize tab. Then click on the Change Icon button. Select any blank icon there. Remember there will be many blank icons (see snapshot). Just choose any one.
Click OK.

Viola!! your folder is invisible now (without any software). Now only you know where the folder is located. Enjoy

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How to remove "New Folder" Virus Safely?

Mahsa / New Folder virus

Many of us are suffering with this "New Folder" virus, of course some solutions given here and there couldn't solve the problem completely but the solution given here can surely make your PC free from this nasty virus because I tried many and found this one working So follow the instructions and make your PC free from "Mahsa" even though you have some AV this nasty can attack your PC.

Virus File
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File Name: New Folder.exe (inside all folders)
File Name: Top Pictures.exe (shared documents)
File Name: Windows Explorer.exe (c:\windows\)

Icon: Looks like a Folder
Type: Application
Size: 104KB/112KB
File Version: 1.0.0.0
Internal Name: Mahsa
Original Filename: Mahsa.exe
Product Version: 1.00

Recognized by antivirus
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Trojan.Win32.VB.aol
Worm.P2P.Generic

Symptoms
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You will find New Folder.exe inside every folders.
You cannot open system utilities like Task Manager, Regedit, Msconfig; it opens and suddenly closes.
You cannot open folders with names like antivirus, .exe, etc. it opens and suddenly closes.

Behind the Screen
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Creates a file: C:\windows\Windows Explorer.exe
Creates a file: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Top Pictures.exe
Creates New Folder.exe in every folder you open

ModifyRegValue: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Explorer
ModifyRegValue: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CabinetState\FullPath
ModifyRegValue: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\HideFileExt

Adds to the startup item
Path: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Explorer
Value: C:\WINDOWS\Windows Explorer.exe

Solution
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Thank god it doesn’t disables the command prompt

END TASK::
1. Start>Run
taskkill /f /t /im “New Folder.exe”
2. Start>Run
taskkill /f /t /im “Windows Explorer.exe”
3. Start>Run
taskkill /f /t /im “Top Pictures.exe”
(if you get some error like windows cannot find taskkill,.. blah blah…, copy the file taskkill to your X:\windows\system32\ directory)

REGISTRIES::
1. Start>Run
reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run /v Explorer
2. Start>Run
reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced /v HideFileExt /t REG_DWORD /d 0

DELETE FILES::
1. Start>Run>cmd
del /a /f C:\windows\Windows Explorer.exe
2. Start>Run>cmd
del /a /f C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Top Pictures.exe

DELETE New Folder.exe: (updated on 28Jan,2008)

del “C:\New Folder.exe” /a /s /f /p