Top Window Hack Tricks

01- Auto Delete Temporary Folder

Click on "Start" >"Run" Then type in gpedit.msc

 
Next select > Computer Configuration>Administrative Templates>Windows Components>Terminal Services>Temporary Folder

Then right click "Do Not Delete Temp Folder Upon Exit"

Go to properties and hit disable. Now next time Windows puts a temp file in
that folder it will automatically delete it when its done! 

Note from Forum Admin: Remember, GPEDIT (Group Policy Editor) is only available in XP Pro.

02- Open Command Prompt while Locked by User

Open notepad
 
Type www.command.com 

Then save as cmd.bat at desktop
 
Then enter 

Now its open.....enjoy

03- Fix Corrupted File in Window XP

1. Load XP cd into cd drive

2. Go to Run

3. Type sfc/scannowok

4. Then copy its lost file frm cd. 

04- To boost performance of your PC or to increase RAM

1- Right click on My Computer Icon on Desktop
Go to Properties
Go to Advanced
Go to Performance - Settings
Go to Advanced
Go to Virtual Memory - Change

Keep the initial size same as recommended and maximum size double of it then restart your system.
It will improve speed of windows and you can play some games which require higher RAM.

2- To Minimise all the application and running windows press the "Windows + M " key together

5- Disable XP Boot Logo

It is possible to disable the XP splash screen, which will slightly speed up the overall boot process. Be aware that removing the splash screen will also cause you not to see any boot-up messages that might come up (chkdsk, convert ... ), but if your system runs without any problems then it should not matter.

·Edit boot.ini.

·Add " /noguiboot" right after "/fastdetect".

Upon restarting, the splash screen will be gone. It can be re-enabled by removing the
new switch. 

6-  Want to know everything about your system

Instead of typing systeminfo in a dos box, your can simply do it in windows too.

1. Start
2. Select Run
3. type winmsd

7- Uninstall xp to the last system you had

You can uninstall xp to the last system you had easily: 

Go to C:\Windows\system32 and find "osuninst.exe" 

Double left click on it and it will uninstall xp!

8- Turn NumLock on at logon

Windows Registry to change this behavior, or run a script at logon to turn NumLock on.

1. To enable NumLock through the Registry:

* Open Windows' Registry Editor (START > RUN, type "REGEDIT").
*. Navigate to HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Keyboard.
*. Change the value for InitialKeyboardIndicators from 0 to 2.

2. To enable NumLock using a script, see this MS Knowledgebase article for complete instructions:

http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q262625

Option 1 is the quicker method, but if you have more than one user on your system and one or more don't want NumLock on (stranger things have been known of), then option 2 is the way to go since it allows you to only attach the script to specific users.

 

9- Sick of inserting winxp cd when computer asks

1. Insert your windows xp cd

2. click on, Perform Additional Tasks

3.now click on, Browse this CD

4.Look for the I386 folder, right click on the folder and copy.

5.Get into, My Computer 

6. right click on you c: drive and paste.

Well folks, from now on you never need that cd agian

10- Shutdown PC with extended options

To shut down your computer from the command line, type "shutdown -s". This could be used in a batch file, for example. However, this does not shut down immediately - it gives a 30 second countdown. To see further options for the shutdown command, type "shutdown" at the command prompt and it will show you a list of options. You can even shut down another PC remotely! Logoff and restart are other options.
Here are some of the other flags you can use along with the another ussage example:

Usage: shutdown [-i | -l | -s | -r | -a] [-f] [-m \\computername] [-t xx] [-c "comment"] [-d up:xx:yy]

-i Display GUI interface, must be the first option

-l Log off (cannot be used with -m option)

-s Shutdown the computer

-r Shutdown and restart the computer

-a Abort a system shutdown

-m \\computername Remote computer to shutdown/restart/abort

-t xx Set timeout for shutdown to xx seconds

-c "comment" Shutdown comment (maximum of 127 characters)

-f Forces running applications to close without warning

-d [u][p]:xx:yy The reason code for the shutdown

u is the user code

p is a planned shutdown code

xx is the major reason code (positive integer less than 256)

yy is the minor reason code (positive integer less than 65536)