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XP Hidden Shortcut 2.0 – Create Hidden Shortcut in Start Menu
Last summer I developed a small program named “XP Hidden Shortcut” which creates an additional (hidden) shortcut in Windows XP’s start menu (under RUN).
The program lets you create a shortcut which is actually hidden by default and can be enabled by tweaking some registry settings. But using the simple program in few steps and easy to use UI you can do this in seconds.
When I first [...]
Snippy: Smallest Utility to Take Screenshots in Windows XP
Posted by Zain on March 20, 2010 · 6 Comments
Windows Vista and Windows 7 users have a small built in feature of capturing screenshots known as – Snipping Tool. But Windows XP users do not have any application like this in Windows’ built in programs list. What about them? Do they have to use the PrintScreen key with MSPaint to capture screenshots, or have to install complete professional screen capturing applications, like Snagit, [...]
Hack Into Windows XP’s Admin Account Without Entering Any Password [No Software Required!]
Posted by Zain on March 14, 2010 · 4 Comments
If you have forgotten your Windows XP account’s password, then you can still login through another account – that is “Administrator” account of windows and change or remove your own account’s password from there. It’s an old trick but still unknown by many Windows XP users.
To do this:
1. On Login screen, press CTRL+ALT+DEL twice in such a way that there should [...]
Small Utility to Create Hidden Shortcut in XP Start Menu
I developed this utility last summer in holidays and found it buried in my project files when I was cleaning up the folders yesterday. So I thought it to share it on the blog to see the reviews.
This small utility creates an additional shortcut in Windows XP’s start menu (under RUN) so I named it “XP Hidden Shortcut” :p
Although in Windows XP a new shortcut beneath RUN can be created [...]
UXTheme Multi-Patcher – Install Windows Themes/Visual Styles with a Double Click
The use of any non-certified visual style is disallowed by Microsoft’s certificate protection. To keep the Microsoft Windows branding intact, Microsoft added digital signatures to their themes, which are validated at theme installation.
Due to this limitation, third party visual styles and themes cannot be installed. All this information is stored in a system file named “uxtheme.dll” [...]
Windows XP Fresh Installation Keeping Documents & Program Files Untouched
A system was brought to me last week by my friend with windows xp installed in it. The windows installed was old and pretty much corrupted and asking for fresh new installation. He insisted me to save the user accounts and their documents and also the program files that were taking well over 20 GB or so.
The other partitions on that hard drive didn’t have enough space to create backup for documents [...]
Explorer Breadcrumbs: Get Vista Like Address Bar in XP
One very handy feature of Windows Vista is its Explorer’s breadcrumbs navigation address bar, which simplifies the browsing/navigation in Windows directories.
Unfortunately it isn’t present in Windows XP, but if you’re on XP, you can still get the same navigation pleasure after installing a little addon for Windows Explorer.If you use XP, and dont know about this feature, then you [...]
Download Windows 7 Transformation Pack for XP and Vista
Although there are just 2 days left in Windows 7 RC1 Public Release(May 5,2009).But Still lot of people have decided not to try it out until Full and Final Version is available to download.
Probably most of PC users are happy with their current Windows Version installed in their system.
Here I am sharing a Windows 7 Transformation pack for XP and Vista users. This Transformation pack will transform [...]
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