Show up the sysme menu with Alt+space

Using windows is easier compare to any other OS; it’s including many shortcut keys in windows such as shortcut to the system menus.

Here is the step to bring up to the system menu that currently active in window program, in those menu includes Restore, Move, Size, Minimize, Maximize or close.

They key to show the system menu is

ALT+SPACE

Save more time with windows task bar

Here is you will learn how to Save time with Windows XP taskbar and able to work more efficient in windows environment :

• Configure the Windows XP taskbar so that work for you
• Able to load faster in web pages
• move the favorite folders on the windows taskbar
• configure and customized follow-up menu for windows taskbar
• and work further efficient in Windows

This Windows XP tips and tricks, is design to help you saving time. When the key is saving time, the tasks is very powerful tool to be configure. It beat everything else hands down. This small bar in windows XP at the bottom of your Windows desktop is the place to be quick and easy access to everything you need.

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The way to modify windows system properties logo

In this windows tips you can learn how to put your point in the system properties dialog and complete it with your own contact information.

To raise the system properties dialog box, click the Start button, right-click "My Computer" and select "Properties".

This will open its global information system dialog. For example Fujitsu-Siemens Notebooks Pro laptop would be appear here, a Windows XP system houses logo looks like this:



If you want to put their own graphics in there, you can create your image c. Bmp image file. It is also a good idea to create this bitmap image of the same background of Shadow Gray (RGB: 192, 192, 192) used in properties dialog. Otherwise, you risk letting Windows make their own decisions in terms of color and contrast against the background shading.

The next thing is to consider the image size. The system properties dialog only real estate offers sufficient image of about 180 (a) x120 (high) pixels. Make sure you can meet its logo in this area.

After you have created your logo and saved it as. Bmp file, copy it to the system32 subfolder of your Windows system folder. If you do not know where your system folder is:

• Click the Start button and select "Run"
• In the "open" field, enter "cmd" (without the quotes) and click ok
• Windows will open up a dos command window
• In the command window, type "set system" (without the quotes)
• Look for the line that contains "SystemRoot", this is where your system directory is (generally, the Windows XP system folder is c:\windows)

Now, you know where is the folder on your system, copy the logo on the image file of system32 subfolder of your system folder. Then rename its logo image file to oemlogo.bmp

Also, you can create a new file in that folder and name the new file oeminfo.ini

In this file, you can enter your contact information as in the example below:

[General]
Manufacturer=Windows Help Central
Model=ShowCase

[Support Information]
Line1=" "
Line2=" For support, sales, upgrades or questions:"
Line3=""
Line4=" Some text to demonstrate the XP System Properties logo"
Line5=" Windows XP Tips and Tricks "
Line6=" yadayada"
Line7=""
Line8=" +1 (888) 888-888 (voice)"
Line9=" +1 (888) 888-889 (fax)"
Line10=""
Line11=""
Line12=" http://www.windows-help-central.com/"

Save and close the file, and you're done. From now on, if someone opens a dialog properties of the system, its own system Windows XP Property logo is there.

Adjust the vertical distance between the icons in Windows

Do you feel that your desktop icon arrangements is to crowded? You can arrange them, the vertical space between icons are possible to change.

When you add commands to your computer to launch programs or open folders, your computer could become quickly filled with icons. If you want to fit more icons on the desktop, you can adjust the distance between them so that they sit closer together.

Here is how To adjust the vertical space between icons:

1. From your desktop, Right-click and then click Properties. (see the attached pictures)

2. At the Display Properties dialog box, navigate to Appearance tab. Then, click Advanced.

3. Click the Item list, and then click Icon Spacing (Vertical). (see attached pictures)

4. In the Size box dialog, you can decrease the number to move icons closer together, or increase the number to add space between those icons. (The smaller the number, the less space there will be between the icons. Conversely, the larger the number, the greater the space will be between the icons.)

5. If you done with that configuration click OK

6. To see the result that you have set in the step 4, go to your desktop then right-click, click Arrange Icons By on the shortcut menu, and then click Align to Grid. Did you see something is change now?

Microsoft Windows XP organize your computer using the new icon off you. Repeat steps 6 and 7, to return the settings on your desktop to their original state.

A monitor with 800 × 600 resolution, change the default icon off 43 to 39 squeezes eight icons in each column, created seven original icons.

• Change the Internet Explorer shortcuts - If somehow you would like to change the Internet Explorer's icons, it never been easy, learn how to do this.
  
• Item check list if the boot process are too slow - Know how to configure your windows if the boot process are too slow
  
• How to bring your computer into Hibernate state? - Hibernate is design to cut shutdown and bootup process, and also save more power.

Item check list if the boot process are too slow

On the windows OS (operating system) sometimes we face that boot up process are take too long, I did some test and here is probably the thing that make the boot process takes too long.

Free RAM, should meet the minimum.

If you don’t have enough free RAM, the boot process can take longer. For Windows XP, 256 MB RAM is the minimum, 512 MB or more would be better.

Try to defrag your Hard disk

If your Hard disk is running too slow it’s also caused to boot process take times. And if your Hard disk is really Bad (Got noise and running too slow) buy new one.

Not enough Free Disk space

Windows OS (operating system) has the file called swapfile, this file need a space, and the minimum space for swapfile is 3 megabytes of free disk space for each megabyte of system RAM

Do not install too much fonts or your system

Installing font on Windows are too simple, those some user installed more than 800 fonts, I recommend only 100 or 200.

Network drivers (Lan, Dial-up Networking, ADSL) are takes too long to load

Make a test, try disabling those driver and see if it makes a difference.

Application on startup

Too many applications on startup is not good, check your startup folder and remove any unneeded application.

Another windows Tips and tricks:

• How to bring your computer into Hibernate state? - Hibernate is design to cut shutdown and bootup process, and also save more power.
• Speed up menu display in winodws XP - Windows XP uses too many effect, those effects may caused your system running too slow.

How to bring your computer into Hibernate state?

Laptop user are always to safe the battery power as much as they can, and usually they set power usage to minimum. On a desktop PC you may not be able to do that, but there is a way cut down on the energy consumption of your desktop computer. The only way to save power on a desktop PC is is to turn the computer off when you're not using it. But somehow turning it down it take more time, the faster way to take it down is by using Windows XP hibernation capability.

The benefit of hibernation saves your open windows on your computer hard drive and the computer shut down within a few seconds. And the next time you start again your computer, all your open files and windows stay in place exactly where you left them. This technology is really cool. That why I love hibernation.

What is Hibernation, and why should I uses it?

Hibernation is an alternative to the spare capacity and saves your programs and shut the computer completely. Hibernation does not use force, and your computer is necessary only a few seconds to recover from hibernation, when you want to use it again. This technology was design to reduce energy use when your computer is not in use by the shutdown of parts of your computer, using the most energy. Standby use more energy than hibernation, but it takes less time to start your computer from standby than from hibernation.

Follow these step to put your computers into hibernation mode:

1. Click on the Start menu, and then click Turn Off Computer. (see the images)

2. Click on the Hibernate option. If Hibernate is not an option it's hard to explain here, you should understand Configuring windows XP management

Your computer goes into hibernation-a State which does not consume power. And if you want to wake up your computer from this hibernation, simply press the power button, easy isn't it?

This tips should work in Windows XP, if this is not in yours please let me know.

Speed up menu display in winodws XP

Some users complaining to me that their work station is working to slow when they click on the start menu.

That because Microsoft Windows XP uses too much visual effects to provide a rich and friendly interface. One of these settings allows menus to disappear in the end, when you open them. This visual effect is so smooth that you have never noticed this, however, the effect came cause menus to take slightly longer to appear.

I think this should be a problem on a fast computer. But for a small workstation just like my office clients, somehow is not responding as quickly wish, you can make rapid display menus by changing and costume it.

To speed up menu display

1. Click on the Start menu. then Right-click on My Computer, and then click Properties.

2. Click the Advanced tab. In the Performance area, click Settings.

3. On the Visual Effects tab in the Performance Options dialog box, clear the Fade or slide menus into view check box.

4. now Click OK.

5. In the System Properties dialog box, click OK

Now whenever you click a start menu, it should appear almost instantly. If not contact me.