Know The Tricky in WindowsXP WindowsXP Technical Know The Tricky in WindowsXP Hany Abdelwahab

WindowsXP is a Combination of Win2000Pro which has : Security Data Encryption Compression NTFS Stability Win9X which has : Easy Interface Attractive Design FAT32

WindowsXP has Many Technology SMP (Symmetric Multiprocessing) COW (Cluster of Workstation) ISO Unicode ACPI (Advanced Configuration Power Interface)

WindowsXP Version Last Version of WindowsXP is BUILD 2600 To Know the Version By run WINVER Command

Product Activation Windows This Technology is Treat with illegal Copy of windows which When you Install the product ,windows generate Product ID is related to your PC which is consist of 20 character then from this number you can get Activation Code. If You don’t get this code windows will stop after 30 Days

To Know your windows need Activation From Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Information You See that Activation Status Remaining Activation Pending (XX days) If you don’t find it that means your windows was activated

Installing WindowsXP First you must Decide ,you will Install WindowsXP in new Copy mode OR Upgrade Mode

May be Problem Appear After installation in the same Partition which has the old copy of windows problem will appear in old win9x in Outlook Express To solve this problem copy the files from winnt\system32 to windows\system Open outlook express \help \about outlook

Size Of WindowsXP After Installation you notice that the size of windowsxp folder is very large AND Take more Space There is a Solution to less this size

The Solution Remove the folder from winnt \ driver cache \ i386 (PnP) Remove the folder from winnt \ System32 \ dllcache the size of this folder by default is 400MB you can change it by command sfc /cachesize=10

The Solution Stop the Function of Restore System from: Control panel > System Properties > System Restore > Turn off system restore for all drives

Add and Remove a Specific Program After installation when you want to add or remove a Specific component of windowsXP you didn’t find it in ADD and Remove WindowsXP Component What is the solution to make it

The Solution To make it go to winnt\inf\sysoc.inf Open this file with notepad and then remove this word from the file (hide or HIDE)

Shortcut Keys in windowsXP CTRL+C COPY CTRL+X CUT CTRL+V PASTE CTRL+Z UNDO DELETE DELETE SHIFT+DELETE DELETED FINALLY

Shortcut Keys in windowsXP CTRL WITH DRAG(COPY) CTRL+SHIFT CREATE SHORTCUT F2 RENAME CTRL+ START OF TEXT CTRL+ END OF TEXT CTRL+ GO TO THE SECOND PARAGRAPH

Shortcut Keys in windowsXP CTRL+ GO TO THE LAST PARAGRAPH CTRL+SHIFT SELECT MORE THAN ONE LINE SHIFT SELECT MORE THAN ONE OBJRCT CRTL+A SELECT ALL

Shortcut Keys in windowsXP F3 SEARCH ALT+ENTER DISPLAY PROPERTIES ALT+F4 CLOSE WINDOW ALT+SPACE OPEN SHORT MENU CTRL+F4 CLOSE WINDOW INSIDE PROGRAM

Shortcut Keys in windowsXP ALT+TAB EXCHANGE WITH OPEN WINDOW ALT+ESC EXCHANGE WITH OPEN WINDOW IN OPEN ORDER F6 MOVE BEETWEN OBJECT

Shortcut Keys in windowsXP F4 DISPLAY ADDRESS BAR SHIFT+F10 DISPLAY SHORT MENU ALT+CHAR OPEN MENU CTRL+ESC START MENU F10 ACTIVE MENU F1 HELP

Shortcut Keys in windowsXP F5 REFRESH ESC CANCEL PROCESS BACKSPACE GOTO PREVIOUS SHIFT PREVENT AUTO PLAY WIN START MENU

Shortcut Keys in windowsXP WIN+BREAK SYSTEM PROPERTIES WIN+D DISPLAY DESKTOP WIN+E OPEN EXPLORER WIN+F SEARCH ABOUT FILE OR FOLDER WIN+CTRL+F SEARCH ABOUT COMPUTER

Shortcut Keys in windowsXP WIN+L EXCHANGE BETWEEN USERS WIN+R OPEN RUN NUM LOCK key

I want to get a specific Program is working fast From Task Manager CTRL+ALT+DEL Point to your program and then go to this process and set the priority

If you have a Program Working in Win95 If you have a program and this program work in windows95 and you want to execute it in windowsXP Yes you Can By right Click on this Icon and choose Properties of program and choose Compatibility

If you have a Program Working in Win95 OR From Start > Programs > Accessories > Program Compatibility Wizard

Problem with Scandisk If you have tow different version of windows for example window98 in drive C and windowsXP in drive D . When you run scandisk utility to check errors from windowsXP scandisk see the some files of windows98 as a corruption files and may be delete this file

The Solution I want to get windowsXP check only its files on its drive D. to do it from Registry

from Registry start > Run > regedit then HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager

And Choose BootExecute and Double Click to it you find Autocheck autochk* Change * to the Partition letter which Contains windowsXP

Increase the Speed of Interface To increase the speed of your Interface but you will lost many effects From : control panel > system properties > advanced > performance > settings

Increase the Speed of Interface OR from Registry start > Run > regedit then HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Control Panel > Desktop Change MenuShowDelay form 400 to 0 Change WindowsMetrics > MinAnimate form 1 to 0

Less Memory Size WindowsXP need more memory to run and run its embedded Program and Services but we can less the used size of memory by stop some embedded programs for example … Debugger from registry

Less Memory Size from Registry start > Run > regedit then HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > MICROSOFT > WindowsNT > CurrentVersion > AeDebug and Change the Value from Auto to 0 or Delete this Folder This apply to stop this program

Less Memory Size And we can Stop some Service which start when WindosXP start but it must to know what is this service DO to stop it or not From Computer Management Choose Services ……….

Less Memory Size Print Spooler Speed Printing Task Scheduler Execute Program in a specific Time Messenger Send and Receive message on a network

Less Memory Size Computer Browser Specify the Computers on a network Remote Registry Service Control the Registry from a remote machine Telnet Connect Remotely to another PC

Less Memory Size Uninterruptible power supply Control UPS Service Cryptographic Responsible for Encrypt the Data Over the Network Portable media serial number Responsible for get a serial no. of portable media

Less Memory Size SSDP Discovery Service Serve any Devices which connect directly to a network and Support UPnP (Home Network) Windows Time Is Responsible for Synchronize the time between the Server and the Client

Configure wireless Devices Less Memory Size Wireless zero Configuration Configure wireless Devices

Open Windows Explorer in a specific Folder By default when you open windows explorer it open My Document ,I want to Change …… I create a folder in c:\test, I want when I open explorer .it will open in this Folder HOW

Open Windows Explorer in a specific Folder Go to the shortcut of windows explorer and right click and choose properties and change in target to %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,C:\test

Disable reporting error Many times a message appears that tell you there is an error and you should send this error to Microsoft to disable it from Control Panel > system > advanced > reporting error and disable error reporting

Disk management You can manage your hard disk from this tools From Computer Management

Dynamic Disk Simple Spanned Stripped Mirrored Strip set with parity You can Convert from Static to Dynamic and Reverse is not

Increase the Performance of HardDisk Be sure that windowsXP uses DMA in treatment with HardDisk by go to Control Panel > System > Device Manager > IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers then by right click on Primary and Secondary and Choose Properties and then Advanced and be sure that you choose Use DMA If Available

Copying data on CD Writer Copy the Selected Items By SEND TO

Accept win2000 driver by Default in winXP By Registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/WindowsNT/ CurrentVersion Then change the ProductName From Microsoft WindowsXP to Microsoft Windows 2000

Lock Your Computer If you leave your Computer just a minute you should protect your PC by Lock it by WIN+L

Protect your Self from Forgetting your Password From Control Panel > User Account > Prevent a Forgotten Password in this case you put your password in a Floppy you can log on on windows without enter password but by insert a Floppy only

Speed WindowsXP Booting To speed the booting process in WindowsXP by enable defragging the Important file for BOOTING by enable this function from Registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction and then Enable it

Message to user when he log on From Group Policy gpedit.msc or Control Panel > Administrative tools > Local Security Policy > Security Option Interactive Logon: Message Text for users attempting to log on Interactive Logon: Message Title for users attempting to log on

More than one Display on your Computer WindowsXP support from One to Ten display on one PC to resize the desktop are

Convert drive_letter: /fs:ntfs Convert File System You can Convert from Fat32 to NTFS by this Command: Convert drive_letter: /fs:ntfs The reverse is possible but by Formating and lose all Data

Frequently use program add to Start Menu BY go to this Program and right Click and choose Pin to start Menu

Desktop Cleanup Remove any shortcut in desktop not used within 60 Days to active it from Display Properties > Desktop > Customize Desktop >Desktop Cleanup

User Accounts Administrative Account Limited Account Guest Account

Improve the Readability of large screen fonts Choose Standard if your Display is CRT Choose Clear Type if your Display is LCD Display Properties > Appearance > Effects

FTP Server Get WindowsXP is FTP Server to Download and Upload

Home Network How can you configure your home network to apply -ICS -Sharing Folder and Printer -Network Games

Shutdown When you shutdown the Computer may take more time to close then if you want to speed the shutdown process there is three steps -By group policy Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy > Local Policy > Security Option and DISABLE Shutdown: Clear Virtual memory pagefile when systems shutdown

Shutdown OR from Registry start > Run > regedit then HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Control Panel > Desktop Change WaitToKillAppTimeout form 20000 to 3000

Shutdown OR from Registry start > Run > regedit then HKEY_CURRENT_MACHINE > System > CurrentControlSet > Control Change WaitToKillAppTimeout form 60000 to 3000

Install WindowsXP Automatically 1-Go to windowsXP CD in support tools Folder you will find DEPLOY.CAB File Extract it and run setupmgr.exe and this tools will ask you about some information and in the end the result is Two file: unattend.txt & winnt.sif

Install WindowsXP Automatically 2-open the unattend.txt and add this CODE under [ UserData ] as follow: ProductID=FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8 If you didn’t find winnt.sif file you can save as unattend.txt with winnt.sif and then put this file on a floppy drive and boot the computer with CD and put the disk on floppy drive

Set Permission on a folder There is a folder but you want to share this folder on a network to a specific user can see it ,to do this case go to first to folder option and remove the check from Use Simple File Sharing

Cashing Folder Cash the folder is a good way to less the overload on a network and open this file OFFLINE

Automatic log on to windows without password You can control your account by go to run and write control userpasswords2

ICS/ICF Internet Connection Sharing / Internet Connection Firewall from the connection you want to apply a firewall to it and right click and choose advanced Protect you from internal & external

Change the location of my document You can change the location of my document folder from the default location to any another place Or you can change the default location of the content for example my picture to any another place by drag this folder and drop to another folder

Stop any Startup Programs By msconfig and see this program in startup tab If you don’t find the program that you search about it go to registry HLKM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\RUN

Every TIME status bar go in Internet Explore Open internet Explorer and open view menu and select Status Bar and the choose toolbars and select Lock The Toolbars

Speed Windows Explorer Go to Folder Option > choose view and remove the Selection from -Display simple folder view in Explorer’s Folders list -Do not cache thumbnails

Compress Folders You can create compress folder by windowsXP by Right Click and Choose new Compressed folder and then select the files you want to compress and drag it and drop in this folder OR you can select first the files and right click and choose SEND TO Compressed (Zip folder)

Protect Compressed Folder by Password Double click to compressed folder and from file menu choose add Password

Rename more than one file or folder in one step Select this file and press F2 and rename one of them and press Enter all will renamed with sequential number

Display the Extension of the File From Folder option and view and remove the selection from hide extension for unknown files type

Alternate phone numbers If you connect to the Internet from ISP and it has many number for this Connection you can add this number if the first fail automatic go to the second number --- apply it from R.C on this connection and from General choose alternates from phone number

Send Large Image in small size by Email Go to the folder which contains the image you want to send in a small size by Email and from Task Pan Click on E-mail this folder’s file and choose Make all my pictures smaller

Publish files in your personal web Site Click to the folder you want to publish and from task pan choose Publish this folder to the web

Sharing files and folders Share files and folders and do the following : -Rename the File sharing name -Permission -Caching

Prevent user to see Control Panel From gpedit.msc User Configuration > Administrative Template > Control Panel Prohibit Access to Control Panel

Prevent user to delete printer From gpedit.msc User Configuration > Administrative Template > Control Panel > Printers Prevent Deletion of printers

Prevent user to Shutdown or Restart From gpedit.msc User Configuration > Administrative Template > Control Panel > Taskbar and start menu Remove and Prevent access to the Shut Down Command

Run 16 bit Program in WindowsXP Any DOS program with 16 bit execute in Windows Virtual DOS Machine (VDM) which VDM Simulate DOS Environment in a separated memory in One VDM Process and Shared this process to all 16 bit program

Run 16 bit Program in WindowsXP From gpedit.msc User Configuration > Administrative Template > Control Panel > Taskbar and start menu Add "Run in Separate Memory Space" check box to Run dialog box

Invite someone to help you By help and Support invite him by mail By Window Messenger and from action menu choose ask for assistance