Change color while you Logon

1. Click Start and choose Run,

2. Type regedit,

3. Go to
HKEY_USERS \ .DEFAULT \ Control Panel \ Colors and find item Background,

4. Right mouse Click on empty space at desktop and choose Properties. Click on Appearance and than Advanced button,

5. Click on background. Click on Color 1 and choose Other...

6. Colors which you see under background and regedit program matches to colors under Red, Green and Blue. When you find color which you want write her Value.

7. Go in regedit and double click on background item and write number which you did wrote and click Apply (OK),

8. Close all Display Properties windows but you need to click on Cancel not on OK. On this way you will not change nothing on desktop,

9. Restart your computer,

10. Try to log-off and you will see that color was change.

Turn off "Balloon Tips"

1. Click Start and choose Run,

2. In Run window type regedit,

3. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Advanced

4. Find EnableBalloonTips item or make new DWORD with that name. Setup value on "0",

5. To Turn On Balloon Tips setup value on "1",

6. Restart your computer.

How to read the subtitles of a video with Windows Media Player or VLC?

There are many sites dedicated to subtitles available on the Internet, some more or less orderly and updated. These subtitle files often contains extensions ".srt" and also ".sub" or ". ssa." To read those files as a subtitle it’s not too complicated, simply follow the guide.

With Windows Media Player

First we must rename the file subtitles (subtitle.srt) into film title (mymovie.avi). In order to identify and modify the extension file in the windows explorer, click on the "Tools" then "Folder Options."

In the "View" tab, locate the line "Hide file extensions for known file types" We'll have to uncheck the box without forgetting to apply the changes.
Now go to folder where your subtitle file is located, right click on that file and choose Rename

Include then the title of the film while paying attention to keep the extension ". srt". You get two files bearing the same name, each with its own extension.

Last step, download the software Vobsub (VobSub is a small program that lets you launch a film and subtitle in same time) and install this program, this little program automatically binds video file with its subtitle when files are placed and appointed with previous steps. It’s now sufficed to open the film using Windows Media Player, the player takes care of the rest.

VLC Media Player

With VLC player, the operation is simpler because there is no need to change the file. Simply open the player and click File. Then select from the menu "Open File (advanced)".

Then, in the first line find the video file you want to see then check the "Use a subtitle file" and find the file subtitles.

Enter by clicking on "OK".

NOTE: VLC can also shift a few seconds the launch of a subtitle, forward or backward, to correct a problem resynchronization. With version 0.86, this player also leaves the possibility of throwing the subtitle in the window when a video is being played, synchrony is then automatic.

See what is going on behind the Windows XP splash screens?

When Windows first starts up it displays a screen with the Windows logo known as the splash screen. To see what is going one behind it use notepad to edit the C:\boot.ini file (to see the file listed, you may need to set your Windows Explorer, Tools, Folder Options, View to see hidden files and folders, and to unhide protected system files). You'll see a line that looks similar to this:

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect

Add a space and /SOS to the end of the line so it looks like this:

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect /SOS

The boot.ini file can also be edited in Windows XP by right-clicking My Computer than choose Properties, Advanced, Startup and Recovery, Edit.

Turn-off right mouse click on desktop

1. Click Start and choose Run...,

2. In Run window type regedit,

3. Go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer

and

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer

4. In bouth of them find next item NoViewContextMenu and give her a Value 0 to turn-off right mouse click or 1 to turn-on, if this Value don't exist create new DWORD with same Values,

5. Restart your computer.

Resize several images at one GO.

It is possible to resize several images at the same time without passing by third software, thanks to a functionality integrated into the operating system Windows XP and to your customer of email.

First of all collect all images which will have to be resizing within the same repertory. Select all these images and in the part “Picture Tasks” on the left of the Windows Explorer, click on the bond “Email the selected items”

That will cause to open a dialog box proposing to convert the images in the resolutions 640 X 480 pixels (small), 800 X 600 (average) or 1.024 X 768 (large), or to preserve them just as they are. To reveal these choices, it is enough to click on “Show more options” in bottom of the dialog box.

After having clicked on button “OK”, the customer of email by defect will open. The reduced images then will be automatically added in part-joined to the new message and it will not any more remain but to safeguard them one by one, or to recover them directly in the temporary file of the software.

For example, “C:\Documents and Setting\computer_name \ Local Setting \ temp” for Outlook Express. Once operation is finished, it only remains to close the software of transport.

Pinball Cheats

Pinball Cheats

Secret - Extra Balls

Instructions - Type 1max at the start of a new ball to get extra balls.

Secret - Gravity Well

Instructions - Type gmax at the start of a new game to activate the Gravity Well.

Secret - Instant Promotion

Instructions - Type rmax at the start of a new game to go up in ranks.

Secret - Skill Shot

Instructions - Launch the ball partially up the chute past the third yellow light bar so it falls back down to get 75,000 points. There are six yellow light bars that are worth a varying amount of points:

First: 15,000 points
Second: 30,000 points
Third: 75,000 points
Fourth: 30,000 points
Fifth: 15,000 points
Sixth: 7,500 points

Secret - Test Mode

Instructions - Type hidden test at the start of a new ball to activate Test Mode. No notification will be given that this is activated but you can now left-click the mouse button and drag the ball around. While in test mode press the following keys for more secrets:

H - Get a 1,000,000,000 High Score
M - Shows the amount of system memory
R - Increases your rank in game
Y - Shows the Frames/sec rate

Secret - Unlimited Balls

Instructions - Type bmax at the start of a new ball. No notification will be given that this is activated but when a ball is lost a new ball will appear from the yellow wormhole indefinitely. Once this is activated you will be unable to activate other secrets without restarting the game.

Set a program to run automatically when inserting a Pendrive

Using autorun, you can set a program to start up automatically when you connect the drive to a computer. You can also use the same script for a data CD-ROM. Note that some computers have autorun disabled for security purposes.

Open up notepad and paste the following script:

[autorun]

ShellExecute=filename

Label=description

UseAutoPlay=1

Make sure you replace filename with the full path to the file. For example, a file called program.exe in a folder called “programs” on the thumb drive would be /programs/program.exe

Replace description with a short description of the program, for example, Mozilla Firefox.

Save the file as autorun.inf, making sure you select “All Programs” from the save menu, not “Text document”!