Tips & Tweaks

1) Download videos from YouTube & google videos:

Goto youtube.com and open any video by searching through search button.

Then copy the url of that video from the address bar of browser and then

open http://www.videodl.org/ paste the copied url in the address bar of

videodl.org n click GET IT. Then a download link will be provided click on

that link and download any video of your choice. After downloading

rename the file as : name.flv where name is name of file which may be anything and .flv is extension of flv file format .Same process for downloading through google videos.

2) Gmail configuration for outlook express :

First of all go in your gmail inbox and under setting option enable pop and

save the new settings.then in outlook express goto option tools and

choose account.Tools>Accounts>Mail>add>mail> Display name: your name.Email address: your full email addressMy incoming mail server is : pop3incoming mail server : pop.gmail.comoutgoing mail server : smtp.gmail.comAccount name : your full email address i.e. someone.2@gmail.compassword : your password check the box remember your password.then next and then finish.then goto Tools>Accounts>Mail click on your mail a/c and then click on properties.goto server option and then check the box my server requires authentication.then click on log on using enter ur full a/c of gmail and your password.click ok then under connection option check the box always connect to this a/c using select ur connection type. Click the 'Advanced' tab. Check the box next to 'This server requires a secure connection (SSL)'
under 'Outgoing Mail (SMTP).' Enter '465' in the 'Outgoing mail (SMTP):' field. Check the box next to 'This server requires a secure connection (SSL)' under 'Incoming mail (POP3).' The port will change to 995.after that click OK .now your a/c is ready 2 use.Yahoo mails configuration is also same as Gmail .Recently yahoo has changed its port , it’s same as gmail now as following: Click the 'Advanced' tab. Check the box next to 'This server requires a secure connection (SSL)'
under 'Outgoing Mail (SMTP).' Enter '465' in the 'Outgoing mail (SMTP):' field. Check the box next to 'This server requires a secure connection (SSL)' under 'Incoming mail (POP3).' The port will change to 995.after that click OK .now ur a/c is ready 2 use.

3) You can run a program as a different user without logging out and back

in again. Right click the icon, select Run As... and enter the user name

and password you want to use. This only applies for that run. The trick is

particularly useful if you need to have administrative permissions to install

a program, which many require. Note that you can have some fun by

running programs multiple times on the same system as different users,

but this can have unforeseen effects.

4) You can start up without needing to enter a user name or password.

Select Run... from the start menu and type 'control userpasswords2' without quotes, which will open the user accounts application. On the Users tab, clear the box for Users Must Enter A User Name And Password To Use This Computer, and click on OK.

5) A great new feature in Microsoft Windows XP is the ability to do a boot

defragment. This places all boot files next to each other on the disk to

allow for faster booting. By default this option is enabled,but on some

systems it is not, so below is the information on how to turn it on:

Go to Start Menu and Click RunType in regedit then click okFind "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOpt

imizeFunction"Select "Enable" from the list on the rightRight on it and select "Modify"Change the value to Y .Reboot your Pc and see the change yourself.

6) Folder options has been disabled :

go to run in the start menu.type gpedit.msc then select user

config/administrative templates/windows componets/windows

explorer....on the right you find a screen where there is an option.... hide

folder options.disable it

7) Increase performance of your computer :

a)Right click on the My Computer icon on your desktop or in your start

panel and select properties.b) Next, Click on the Advanced tab and hit the setting button under

performance.c) On the visual effects tab, select Adjust for Best Performance and hit OK. Hit OK once more to exit system properties.

if you want your pc really fast than after the step c) select CUSTOM option

and select 'Use common tasks in floders' n than ok... remember that in

custom option 'use common tasks option' will be selected only then hit OK

Now your computer will run slightly faster !!!!!!!!

8) Disable unwanted services.....Run > services.msc and speed up your

pc.

But dont disable important services.