Category Archives: Windows

Globally control and change all users passwords in Windows

By Ajith | Published: February 7, 2008

The advanced user password control center in Windows is a hidden feature. It allows Administrative users to reset or remove passwords of every user account. It also allows to add or remove a user from the computer. You can access the User Accounts manager by typing control userpasswords2 in the run dialog (WIN+R – find [...]

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Keyboard shortcuts for Windows

By Ajith | Published: February 5, 2008
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A list of Windows keyboard shortcuts (most of them can be used under Linux too) I use regularly. Once you have picked up the habit, you will wonder why you didn’t do it till then? These may not necessarily be program specific because it would make this post all so long.

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How to clear full internet history from Internet Explorer

By Ajith | Published: February 4, 2008

The security and privacy consciousness of Internet users are at an all time high for sometime now. But very few of us who use Internet Explorer (I use IE only very rarely now) actually know that the whole history is not cleared even if we do Internet Options»Clear History. Well most of the History is [...]

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Universal file manager and viewer – one program for all your file types

By Ajith | Published: February 2, 2008

Universal Viewer an open source project is one among many tools from Alexey Torgashin. AT Viewer (or Universal Viewer) is just like a Media Center but for the whole lot of files that are available on your system. Put simply it is one single software center from which you can view almost any kind of [...]

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Batch files to automate tasks in Windows environment – tutorial

By Ajith | Published: January 24, 2008

A Batch file is any file with an extension .bat . The batch file is special in the sense that whatever you enter in a batch file, will be run as Commands in Command Prompt one line at a time. The commands will be shown in the prompt as they are run. Creating and Editing [...]

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How to change the default wallpaper folder of Windows to your favourite one.

By Ajith | Published: December 23, 2007

This is almost a follow up post of . So please read that post also. The default Windows Wallpaper folder is %SystemRoot%\Web\Wallpaper where normally %SystemRoot% is C:\Windows . The location where the Desktop properties look for Wallpaper is saved in the Registry Key : MyComputer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows \Currentversion as a Multi String Value with a name WallpaperDir [...]

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How to add your favourite picture to Windows default wallpaper list ?

By Ajith | Published: December 22, 2007

The Windows default wallpaper list is shown when we select Desktop tab under Display Properties (Right click»Properties on Desktop). If you need to add some pictures to this list from your own collection here are the steps to follow. The wallpapers shown in the list are located in the folder %SystemRoot%\Web\Wallpaper the %SystemRoot% represents your [...]

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How to change your Windows XP product key

By Ajith | Published: December 18, 2007

RockXP is a simple program that allows you to view all your RAS password like dial up, change your Windows XP’s product key and create really strong passwords. I do not know from where RockXP can be downloaded now, so I have uploaded it to my collection and it can be downloaded here : RockXP [...]

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Built in parental control in Windows XP – control user login times

By Ajith | Published: December 17, 2007
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Setting up a parental control for Windows XP would require using multiple tools and commands. This is because no parental control is built into XP as in he case with Vista. But still we can do this with he help of some commands and some free tools.

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Add a context menu option to list all files in a folder and save it as text file

By Ajith | Published: December 14, 2007

okthen has commented here with an easier way if you know registry : Go to the Folder tree My Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\ Right Click and select New»Key name the key “List Files and Folders” Now add another key to it named command. Go to the Default on right panel and double click on Default REG_SZ and paste [...]

Posted in Windows | Tagged Command Prompt/Shell, Customize, File, Tips | 18 Comments