Set Processes Priority In Winddows XP

Follow this tip to increase the priority of active processes, this will result in prioritisation of processes using the CPU.

CTRL-SHIFT-ESC

1.Go to the second tab called Processes, right click on one of the active processes, you will see the Set Priority option

2.For example, your Run your CDwriter program , set the priority higher, and guess what, no crashed CD’s

Shutdown Your Computer Fast and Quick Trick

Imidiate rapid shut down window
while shutting down window. open task manager(Ctr+Alt+Del),
Select shut down tab. and press ' Ctrl ' key while select Turn Off from dis tab.
Count 5 4 3 2 1 Voila!!! U r window will rapidly shut down.


Speed Up Ur Shut down !!

Start Regedit.
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control.
Click on the "Control" Folder.
Select "WaitToKillServiceTimeout"
Right click on it and select Modify.
Set it a value lower than 2000 (Mine is set to 200).

and !

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. click start button then go to settings -> control panel -> Sound,Speech and Audio devices -> Sounds and Audio Devices -> Sounds, then under program events and windows menu click on "Exit Windows" sub-menu and highlight it.now from sounds you can select,choose "none" and then click apply and ok. now you can see some improvements when shutting down your system.

WHAT IS INPUT and OUTPUT DEVICES COMPLETE DEFENATION WITH PICS

Input/Output Devices.

Input/Output devices can be defined as "Input and output devices enable computer to interact with the external world". we can enter data and instructions into the computer with the help of input devices and as a result computer after processing sends the results to the output devices. There are a number of different types of input/output devices are available.

Input Devices.

The devices used to enter data into the computer are called input devices. The most commonly used input devices are given below.

Ø      keyboard

Ø      Mouse

Ø      Microphone

The diagrame shown below tells us the different categories of input devices.

Keyboard.

A keyboard is standard input device used to send instructional data into computer. They keyboard is just like the typewriter machine. The modern keyboard contains some extra command keys and functions keys.

The keys on computer keyboards are classified as follows

Alphanumeric keys

            These keys are used to enter alphabets, numbers and other special characters into computer. Alphabet keys consists of  A to Z keys containing upper & lower case letters.  Numeric keys consists of number keys. These keys starts from 0 to 9.

Numeric keys

Numeric Keys are used to input numbers into the computer. It also contains keys for mathematical operations i.e. addition, multiply, divide etc.

Function Keys

These keys are used to perform different functions depending upon the application. These keys provide shortcuts for doing routine tasks on a computer. these keys are marked from F1 to F12. Usually these functions keys are used with CTRL key, ALT key and SHIFT Key. The combination of these keys results in large number of keyboard shortcuts.

Cursor control keys

Cursor is used to present the position for the keyboard's input command. These are four keys which are used to move cursor left, right, up and down position. Movement of these keys don't fact any character on the screen.

Enter Key:

This key is used to enter commands or to move cursor to the starting point of the next line of a paragraph.

Esc Key:

(Esc mean Escape)... This key is used to close some windows applications.

Delete Key:

This key deletes the character at the current cursor position. It can be used also to delete selected area or object.

Caps Lock Key:

This key changes all alphabetic characters to be uppercase.

End keys:    

This key moves the cursor to the end of the line, page or file depending where the cursor is located on the page and on which programe is running.

Ctrl Key

(Ctrl for Control) This key is used in combination with other keys to produce special characters.

Alt Key

(Alt for Alternate). This key is used in combination with other key to produce special characters.

Tab Key..

This key enables the cursor to jump a number of spaces to the right on the screen.

Backspace key:

This key is used to delete the character present at the left of the cursor.

Page up & Page Down.

Often this is abbreviated as “pgup and pgdn”. This is usually used to move the cursor up or down certain fixed number of lines.

Home

This key Moves the cursor to the left starting corner of the line or the beginning of page or file depending where the cursor is and on which programe is running.

Space bar.

Every time when you press space, it moves the cursor one space to the right. 

Mouse.

A mouse is an input device that rolls around on a flat surface and controls the pointer on a display screen. The pointer is an on-screen object. Usually an arrow, that is used to select text, access menus, and interact with programes. A typical mouse has tow buttons. Some mouse also contains a scroll wheel which are useful for scrolling through long documents. New mouse is called optical mouse. this type of mouse is getting popular now a days instead of roller ball.  To control the movement of pointer on screen it uses light reflection. .

Joystick

Joystick is an input device used for games. It is like a lever that moves in all directions and controls the movement of a pointer. To stop the pointer we must have to return the joystick to its neutral position.

Scanner.

Scanner is also a input device. We can save any image in picture format in our computer. Optical character Recognition software is necessary to read this image and convert it to actual text data and this software varies widely in its ability to do so.

Microphone.

Microphone is an input device. It is used to record audio data. It can be plugged into a computer or recorder.

MOST COMMON WINDOWS PROBLEMS AND THERE SOLUTIONS

common pc problems and their solutions.

1.       My computer’s speed is very slow.

Ans.   There are many reasons for slow speed of computer. At first Increase your RAM (random access memory). In P-4 system 256Mb ram is recommended. Your can increase up to 512 or 1gb for best result.  2^nd: Check your hard drive for physical or logical errors or bad sectors. Often Bad sector reduces the speed of computer. 3^rd: Check for virus in your computer and also remove unwanted and unnecessary files from your system. These tips will improve the speed of your computer.

2.       During installation of windows xp, setup shows a error “setup can’t copy the 

          files….) when reaches at ‘Kernal Debuger).

Ans. When you try to install XP windows and during setup at “Kernal Debuger” point you see a error, it mean that there is some problem in your system’s Random Access Memory (RAM). Replace your system’s ram and run setup again.

3.       When I start my pc, a message appears “operating system not found”

Ans.   1^st. start your pc and by pressing Dell or F2 enter into system setup and check your hard drive detection. In advance system option check for Primary or secondary drive. If your data cable and power supply connector is connected accurately with hard, then here you will see the capacity of hard drive. In this case you have lost your operating system and so install again windows. 2^nd: If you didn’t find any hard drive detection in setup, it mean that cables are not connected with hard drive. Also there could be any physical problem in your hard drive.

4.       There is not display on monitor. Beep Found.

Ans.   When you start your pc, you just hear a beep and there is no display at all. If you hear beep 2 times continuously, it mean there is some problem in your Ram and if you hear beep once after a little gape, it means your display adapter is not working. In case of display card (VGA) you can also check the connectivity of card on your mother board if you are using external card. In case of built-in, use external VGA card.

5.       When I play any 3d game, my system goes slow down.

Ans.   When a system become slow while playing a game, it means you are using low speed graphic card. Many cards are available in market. Mostly 128MB or 256MB card gives better performance for games and graphics.

6.       Video movie doesn’t play in normal speed. 

Ans.   It is also because of low speed graphic card. Replace with high speed graphic card, as a result video result will be better.

7.       When I play a song or video movie, system stops

Ans.    This problem is often caused by sound hardware. When we play a movie then graphics and sound both work at same time. So if any hardware is not functioning well then your system will become hang.

8.       How can I improve Windows XP speed?

Ans.   There are some tips for improving XP speed. Clean your desktop and delete all unnecessary & unwanted file from your desktop. Run disk clean up to remove unwanted files from your system, Run disk Defragmenter to increase more space for windows to work fast. click start, run, type. "prefetch" and enter. A new window will appear, remove all files shown there. Again click start, run, type "%temp%" and press enter. remove all files shown in the new window. By applying these setting you can increase speed of your computer.

USE-FULL NOTEPAD TRICKS.

hint for world trade center

Every body knows about 9/11.  The flight number of that plane was Q33N. Ok now see some amazing trick.

1.   Open notepad and type this number Q33N.

2.   Increase font size to 70, or 80 etc.

3.   Now select this number and change its font to “Wingdings”

4.   As a result you will be shocked to see the resultant shape.

                                  Q33N

LOG TRICK. (DIARY WITH AUTO DATE & TIME)

             If you want to make a diary which inserts date and time automatically then.

1.   Open notepad

2.   Type ( .LOG ) (no brackets)

3.   Save this file with any name e.g. diary etc.

4.   Reopen the file and see the log book magic.

5.   You will see that the current date and time are automatically inserted.

6.   It will happen every time

 

NOTEPADE “HIDE TEXT” MAGIC

·   Open notepad and type 4 words separated by spaces. The letters of these words should be 4,3,3,5. For example you can write “mark the kid ahead” or “boys are not quick”  it is also called 4335 rule.

·    Save this file with any name.

·    Reopen your file and see magic.

RESTART YOUR PC QUICKLY.

This trick helps you to shut down your computer quickly after showing a message box. To apply this trick:

·    Open notepad

·    Write this code

@echo off

Msg* I am dead tired now.

Shutdown –c “Error! I will sleep now! Good byeee” –s

·    Save this file on desktop with bat extension.

·    Done.

·    Double click on the saved file, you will see a message and your pc will restart.

DISABLE AUTORUN OF USB AND CD, DVD DRIVES

Disable autorun option of usb or cd dvd drives.

Many people know that when ever they plug in their USB drive into the USB port, automatically an auto play option gets executed. Similarly when they insert CD or DVD in drive, it also shows same option of auto run. Sometime it becomes very dangerous for your computer because if your USB drive contains any virus then it gets executed along with auto run files. As a result your computer or operating system becomes slow. There is a trick to solve this problem. Just follow these steps.

1. Click start menu and click on RUN.
2. Type “GPEDIT.MSC” and press enter.
3. Click on Computer Configuration, then click on “administrative templates”
4. Now click on “system” and you will see a list on right side of the window.
5. Search Line No. 16. (Turn Off Auto play)
6. Double click on it and on the resultant window click on “enable”
7. Select “All Drive” to disable all drives.
8. Click on apply. Done. 

HOW TO MAKE YOUR COMPUTER BOOT FASTER

Tricks to Boot Computer Faster.

Often people say that their computers take a lot of time to start. Many visitors asked me by email about this problems. There are many reasons of this problem. I am telling you a few tricks which will be helpful to solve this problem.

1. Click start --- run -----enter.
2. Type “msconfig” and press enter.
3. In the resultant window go to the “Startup” tab.
4. You will see a list of programs which also start when we start computer.
5. All program boxes will be checked. So you uncheck all unnecessary or unwanted programs except antivirus.  
6. Click on apply and restart your computer. You will feel that your computer is faster than before.

2^nd Trick to boot computer faster

       I got this trick from one of my friend.

    1.  Right click on “My computer” and select “Manage”

    2.  click on “Device Manager”. You will see a list of hardware.

    3.  If you are not using USB/COM ports, then disable them.

     4.  Restart your Computer. It will give you more better performance in booting.

HOW TO INSTALL WINDOWS FROM USB, PEN DRIVE

If you want to install windows xp on your pc and you feel that your CD drive is not working properly or you have no any optical drive to install windows, than you  can prepare a USB device for installation of windows XP, vista or  7. This is very easy and simple way to make a boot able usb. Normally all notebooks have the option in the BIOS to boot from USB. Many other mother boards like intel 865, 915, 965 etc has also option to boot from USB device. So it is very simple and easy way to install XP on you computer. 

To make a bootable usb, first of all you will install a software "wintoflash". you can easily download this software from the web. The size of this software is approximately 17MB. Install it on your computer and then start this program. It has two different paths. In first browse option you will select windows XP disk and in second browse option, select your Pen drive/USB. Click next to proceed. It will copy all files of windows xp from CD to USB. Now click finish. It is complete. Now you can use this USB for installation of windows.

 

HOW TO INCREASE SPEED OF HARD DISK TRANSFER

It is common observation that some times our computer slows down due to low performance of hard drive. This problem happens due to the slow performance or poor speed of hard drive. When we say about poor performance, actually we mean, poor speed of reading/writing of hard drive. This problem can be solved by increasing the hard drive speed. Follow these steps to solve your problem.

Click Start menu and select run.

Now type (sysedit.exe) in run and press enter.

System configuration editor will appear.

Here you can see some multiple windows but you will select (system.ini).

This window contains a line (386enh)

Now after this line type (irq14=4096)

Now close this window and save it.

Reboot your computer now.

You will surely feel better performance of your computer.

Enjoy.

Most Common PC Problems And Their Easy Solutions

1.       My computer’s speed is very slow.

Ans.   There are many reasons for slow speed of computer. At first Increase your RAM (random access memory). In P-4 system 256Mb ram is recommended. Your can increase up to 512 or 1gb for best result.  2^nd: Check your hard drive for physical or logical errors or bad sectors. Often Bad sector reduces the speed of computer. 3^rd: Check for virus in your computer and also remove unwanted and unnecessary files from your system. These tips will improve the speed of your computer.

2.       During installation of windows xp, setup shows a error “setup can’t copy the 

          files….) when reaches at ‘Kernal Debuger).

Ans. When you try to install XP windows and during setup at “Kernal Debuger” point you see a error, it mean that there is some problem in your system’s Random Access Memory (RAM). Replace your system’s ram and run setup again.

3.       When I start my pc, a message appears “operating system not found”

Ans.   1^st. start your pc and by pressing Dell or F2 enter into system setup and check your hard drive detection. In advance system option check for Primary or secondary drive. If your data cable and power supply connector is connected accurately with hard, then here you will see the capacity of hard drive. In this case you have lost your operating system and so install again windows. 2^nd: If you didn’t find any hard drive detection in setup, it mean that cables are not connected with hard drive. Also there could be any physical problem in your hard drive.

4.       There is not display on monitor. Beep Found.

Ans.   When you start your pc, you just hear a beep and there is no display at all. If you hear beep 2 times continuously, it mean there is some problem in your Ram and if you hear beep once after a little gape, it means your display adapter is not working. In case of display card (VGA) you can also check the connectivity of card on your mother board if you are using external card. In case of built-in, use external VGA card.

5.       When I play any 3d game, my system goes slow down.

Ans.   When a system become slow while playing a game, it means you are using low speed graphic card. Many cards are available in market. Mostly 128MB or 256MB card gives better performance for games and graphics.

6.       Video movie doesn’t play in normal speed. 

Ans.   It is also because of low speed graphic card. Replace with high speed graphic card, as a result video result will be better.

7.       When I play a song or video movie, system stops

Ans.    This problem is often caused by sound hardware. When we play a movie then graphics and sound both work at same time. So if any hardware is not functioning well then your system will become hang.

8.       How can I improve Windows XP speed?

Ans.   There are some tips for improving XP speed. Clean your desktop and delete all unnecessary & unwanted file from your desktop. Run disk clean up to remove unwanted files from your system, Run disk Defragmenter to increase more space for windows to work fast. click start, run, type. "prefetch" and enter. A new window will appear, remove all files shown there. Again click start, run, type "%temp%" and press enter. remove all files shown in the new window. By applying these setting you can increase speed of your computer.