1. Block Any Website You Want, Without Any Software
A website can be easily blocked without using any software. Just follow these steps
a). Browse C:Windowssystem32driversetc
b). Find and open the file named “hosts” in notepad
c). There you will see a line “127.0.0.1 localhost”
d). Just under this line add “127.0.0.2 www.sitenameuwanttoblock.com” , without quotes.
Save the changes and the mentioned site will no longer be accessible.
2. Automatically optimize your hard disk
We generally use windows defragmenter to optimize our hard drives but with a little change in registry settings, windows will automatically optimize the location of files in your hard drive when the pc is idle. Here’s the trick
a) Go to start and open run, type regedit and enter to open registry settings.
b)When regedit is opened browse toHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersion OptimalLayout
c) There you will find a string called EnableAutoLayout, change its data value to 1. If the string is notpresent the create it and set its data value to 1.
Now exit regedit and reboot your PC and its done.
3. Force “Not Responding” Programs To Shutdown Automatically
Sometimes when we try to shutdown our PC a message is displayed saying that it cant because some program is not responding and then we have to manually click on the end now button to close it. But here’s a little registry trick which will automatically close the Not Responding programs
a). Go to start and open run, type regedit and enter to open registry settings.
b).When regedit is opened browse to HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTControl PanelDesktop and select Desktop
c). There you will find the string called EnableAutoLayout, right-click it select modify from the pop-up menu and change the data value from 0 to 1. If there is no key of such name then create it by selecting Edit > New > String Value and set the data value to 1.
Now exit regedit and reboot your PC and its done.
4. Disable “Send Error Report To Microsoft” Message
This message is displayed every time after any program ends in an unusual way. Most of us find this message very annoying especially those people who don’t have Internet connections. Here’s a method to get rid of this problem.
a) Open control panel, click on system( in classic view ) or open control panel and choose performance and maintenance and then click system( in category view) or just right click on my computer and click on properties.
b) Then choose “Advanced tab” and click on “error reporting button” on the bottom of the window
c) Select disable error reporting and click ok.
5. Prevent All Opened Folders From Closing When One Of Them Crashes
If you have opened many folders together in xp, and one of them stops responding then all folders will also close with it. This is very irritating for users. Here’s a solution to the problem
a) Open control panel and choose folder options.
b) Click on view tab and scroll down until you find the option “Launch folder windows in a separate process”. Now place a tick next to it and click OK.
This will solve your problem.
Thanks to
Rajesh H. Postal Assistant, Puttur(DK) HPO
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