Increase Your Mobile Speed Only Nokia Users

speed of any phone can be increased just follow these steps
1- u should have nokia set (i dont try this on others phones so u can try it and post the experience)
2- goto "to-do" program in extra
3- create new to-do note
4- Subject= Speed, Due date= 29-01-2005 (dd-mm-yyyy), priority = very high
5- save
6- now create new to-do note
7- Subject= Quokie ,Due date= 29-01-2005 (dd-mm-yyyy), priority = very low 8- save but dont exit now
9- goto "speed" (as we created above) not and mark as "done"
10- now mark done the "Quokia" note
11- now exit the programm and then restart ur phone
Enjoy and u will fell the difference when u use the application or game the speed will increase
100% working

Useful Tips for all Cellphones ........

1) Emergency number

The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112.

If you find yourself out of coverage area of your mobile network and
there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing
network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly...this
number112 can be dialed even while the keypad is locked.

Try it out.

2) Locked the keys in the car? Your car has remote keys?

This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone: If you
happen to lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are home, call
someone on your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car
door and have the other person at your home press the unlock button,
holding it near the phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone
from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be
hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other
"remote" for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).


3) Hidden Battery power

Imagine your cell battery is very low, u r expecting an important call
and u don't have a charger. Nokia instrument comes with a reserve battery.
To activate, press the keys *3370# Your cell will restart with this
reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This
reserve will get charged when u charge your cell next time.

DateCate for RAMEZZ All Sony Ericsson Tips & Tricks

All Sony Ericsson Tips & Tricks.

DIRECTIONAL KEY INFO
> is move the joystick right
* * < < * < * 1) Allows you to access the handsets;MODEL INFO,SOFTWARE INFO & CONFIGURATION.
(Including the handsets Own Unique 15 Digit IMEI Number and the handsets GSM Model Numbers)

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- to turn on/off silent quickly, hold down "c" or "#"

- joystick can be customised, ALL four directions.

- GOTO letter in addressbook
holding down the corresponding number on the dialpad will lead you to the corresponding name in your address book. ie: holding down #5 will lead to letter "j" on your book

- speed dials can be assigned, to use type corresponding number and call. .i.e. 4 and call. Holding down number will take to phonebook.

- camera functions using toggles:
-toggle "1" picture size
-toggle "2" nightmode
-toggle "3" special effects
-toggle "4" self timer - unavailable for "video mode"
-toggle "5" flashlight
-joystick up and down changes zoom
ZOOM available on following modes only
-video mode: 176 - 2x zoom - 128 - 2x 4x zoom
-pic mode: 320 - 2x zoom - 160 - 2x4x zoom

- holding down c or # will turn on/off silent.

- to show off screen saver/lock keypad press * and lock keys
To unlock do the same.

- quick connectivity
from standby, "more" will give you options for infra-red, Bluetooth, silent, phone status and shortcuts customising - on unbranded model

- phone status: from standbyscreen, press volume button

- note the ascending ringtone when turned off is removed, so ringtone starts straight after a short vibrate.

Still Camera shortcuts
1 - cycles through picture sizes
2 - toggles night mode on or off
3 - cycles through the effects
4 - toggles self-timer on or off
5 - turns the light on or off

Video camera shortcuts
1 - toggles video size
2 - toggles night mode on or off
3 - cycles through the effects
5 - turns the light on or off

Turn the screensaver clock on or off
settings, display, light, automatic

Make any sound your ringtone
In entertainment choose the "Record sound"
record your sound and press save when done
you can press more, rename and give it a useful name
then go to settings, profile, edit profile and change the ringtone to the sound just recorded.

note, to listen to your sound in the media player you need to move the file to the sounds folder.
after you have renamed your sound click on Recorded sounds, then more then manage files, move to folder and then sounds.

press the volume switch on the side and it will stop both the vibrate and the ringtone but it will not reject the call.

Pressing # and * at the same time brings up the screensaver.
Pressing 7 and 9 brings up 9p for some odd reason

When viewing slide show pressing to to left softkey (the one above the back key) pauses the SlideShow.

*#06# Brings up your IMEI-number

[hidden emoticons]
There are more emoticons then are available in the Symbol menu. Try typing the following (without spaces):
: - * /kiss
[ : ] /robot smile
: - [ /big dissapointment
: - ] /big smile

TIP: Emoticons work not only in messages. Try using them in notes, tasks, calendar...

[the add symbol menu]
When you add a bracket '[' using the symbol menu, the symbol menu
automaticaly jumps to a a closing bracket ']' when you enter the menu again.

Just Try it Smile and lemme know howz

Know How Many Connections Issued against Your CNIC

A well wanted service is being introduced by PTA in collaboration withall companies. Now you can know the amount of connections issuedagainst your CNIC.

Code:
Simply write your CNIC (without dashes) and send it to 668


For instance

Code:
Write 3749127299334 and send it to 668.


Youwill get a reply with number of connections issued against this CNICfor 6 companies (Mobilink, Warid, Zong, Telenor, SCO and Ufone).

Service won?t tell you cell numbers, instead it will actually tell you amount of numbers ? for instance,
Mobilink 3,
Ufone 3,
Telenor 2,
SCO 0,
Warid 0
Total 8.

Charges

Rs 2 plus Tax per SMS, however, charges may differ at the time of launch. Let us know the results in comments.

Indeed a great service.

Convert Mp3 to midi or wav in 10 Secs

1.open any folder
2-go to tools and select folder options
3.there choose view option
4.then deselect hide extensions of known file types and then click apply
5.now go to the file which you want to convert and rename it.

for example to convert to midi(chand sifarish.mp3) to (chand sifarish.midi)
for example to convert to wav(chand sifarish.mp3) to (chand sifarish.wav)

Tips & Tricks: Removing Themes in s60v3

I'll move on to the first "Tips & Tricks" installment of my blog. Every so often I will provide what I hope to be some useful information that will help you get the most out of your s60 3rd device. I'll also try to cover some of the topics that I see constantly questioned on the forum over at mobile**** and elsewhere. One such topic is a problem that appears to be common to all s60 3rd devices.

Many people have experienced a bug where they will install a theme on their device but when they try to remove it using the Application Manager there is no entry for it. I still see this problem on the latest N80IE firmware and on newer firmware for other devices as well. Don't despair though, as long as you install your themes to your memory card there is an easy way to remove those unwanted themes.

1. Connect your device to your PC in 'Mass storage' mode - or insert your Mini SD card into a card reader and connect it to your PC.

2. Once your PC recognizes your card a new drive will appear under 'My Computer'. Open it, and browse to private10207114import.

3. Browse through each of the folders in this directory to find the theme you would like to remove. The MBM, MIF, and SKN files in each folder should each be named after the theme - so if you want to remove a theme called "MyTheme", look for "MyTheme.mbm" etc.

*Note that you may see some MBM/MIF/SKN files named simply "themepackage.mbm" etc. In this case, simply open the SKN file in Notepad and you will see the actual theme name in the first few lines of text.



4. Once you've found the folder containing the theme files you'd like to remove, simply delete the contents of the folder (don't delete the folder itself).

Now put your card back in your phone you'll notice that the theme is no longer listed under themes and you've freed up some space on your memory card.

Unlock Memory Card When You Forget Your Memory Card Password

How To Unlock And Hack Memory Card When You Forget Your Memory Card Password


Some times it happens that you forgot the password of your memory card and you have lots of your important data in your phone.

So there are two types of methods for recovering the password of your memory card with the help of nokia phone.


For Nokia s60 1st and 2nd edition phones.

1. First Install FExplorer in your phone memory.

2. Got to drive C: , you will find a file called mmcstore

3. Send it to your pc directly and open it in notepad or rename the file.

4. At the end of the file you will find your password.

For Nokia S60 3rd Phones, Nokia N-Series and Nokia E-Series

There is almost no way yet known to hack the memory card password in case of these types of phone but there is a way to do it some of the s60 3rd edition phones and almost all the E-series phones.

The remote lock option in E-Series phone allws you to unlock your phone by sending a sms.

The only thing you have to do is to activate this feature by going to Tools | Settings | Security | Phone and SIM | Allow remote lock menu. The password of your memory card will be your remote lock message.

So you have to just send a sms containing your remote lock message that will automatically change your memory card passsword.

Master Formet for nokia mobile........

Salam

(Master Formet ko lagane k liye ap k mobile ki Bettery Full honi chahiye)


First

Apne mobile ko off karein , our Sim nikalein, and MEMORY CARD Bhi .....

Then

Bettery laga kar

Ye teen button?s sath mein press karein

Star ( * ) ., button ( 3 ) ., and cal rec: wala .. Green Button ..

Our in buttons ko press karte howe upar POWER ON karein?

In buttons ko press rakhein or power wale ko bhi pres rakhein

tab tak na chorein jab tak ap k mobile ki Screen pe FORMET

likha howa na aaye ..

aise ap k mob ki screen pe likha howa aye ga ?

FORMAT

Jese he ap ka Formet complete hojaye ga ap ka Mobile ON hojaye ga our Insert Sim Card likha howa aye ga ..
Phir ap Mob of kar k apni SIM laga k on karein??

How To Free More Ram 4 Symbian Mobile

How To Free More Ram 4 Symbian Mobile
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Method : Flight mode: Put your phone in "Flight mode" with Psiloc System Tools. Install System Tools, open it and select "Flight mode". This way you can restart the phone without your SIM card so there will be no running phone tasks in the background. Now you can have up to 3,5 MB of free RAM! Note: ironically enough, Flight mode doesn't work when Smart Launcher is installed, at least in my case. But i've also heard several reports of people who have both apps running without any problems. >>> Method 2: Smart Launcher trick: Install Smart Launcher and open it. Go to Options, Settings and put Launcher ON. Now plug in your charger and switch off your phone. Wait untill the battery meter appears and short press the Menu button (don't hold). The menu should appear and now you can have 3,5 to 4,5 MB free RAM! (Hold Menu button to check RAM). The trick is that with the charger plugged in, the phone must get a minimum software support for charging, even when the phone is switched off. And somehow Smart Launcher has still got it's shortcut running and that's the Menu button. So when you press the Menu button, you go directly to the Menu without any other phone tasks running in the background so you trick the phone and you have more free RAM! Note: when you unplug the charger, the phone will switch off

Make ur 6600 "faster

Have you notice that your 6600 is working so slow and sluggish? To make your 6600 work faster, follow this setting:

1. Go to Main Menu -> Log.
2. Click Options -> Settings -> Log duration.
3. Set Log duration to "1 day" only.

Now, enjoy a much faster 6600!

ALL NEW MOBILE UNLOCK CODE

ALL NEW MOBILE UNLOCK CODE

SAMSUNG

t 209 unlock 100%ok
try it:Make sure to use a SIM card that is not accepted by that phone!

Enter reset code first?
*2767*3855# let it reboot

then enter...
*7465625*638*00000000*00000000# (to change NCK code to 00000000)

then enter...
#7465625*638*00000000# (to permanently unlock the phone


D807 NETWORK LOCK
I have tested this with my D807 and it works.

1. If you have changed your phone password, change your password back to the default 8 zeros (00000000).
1a. NOTE (Modification here by my experience): Goto SETTINGS, SECURITY, then SIM LOCK and disable this before proceeding.
2. Put a SIM card that is from a network other than the one your phone is locked to (I used a TMOBILE card from my buddy Darin)
3. When Incorrect SIM (I got invalid card and there was a sim card graphic spinning) error comes up, type *#9998*3323#.
4. White screen will appear with an exit option. Press the right softkey. (I ended up pushing the down key to get a menu)
5. From the menu that appears, select the Malloc Fail option. This will reboot the phone and the normal service screens will appear.
6. Type *0141# and then press the green call key. "Personalization" or "Personalized" will appear.
7. Turn off your phone and put the original SIM back in.
8. Turn on your phone. You will receive a prompt to enter a password.
9. Type 8 zeros (00000000) (This is because the SIM LOCK Mentioned earlier gets switched back on)
10. Completed. You have now unlocked your phone.



D807 CONTACT TRANSFER
.....................
I did some searching and found out that with the studio software from samsung you are able to edit and move contacts from your phone to the sim and back. Or copy from the phone and put them on the sim card. Just thought you all should know as there is no menu option on the phone.


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SPICE:
S404 enable COM port: *#42253646633# -> Device -> Set UART -> PS -> UART1/115200
S410 engineer mode: *#3646633#
S900 software version: *#8375#
S900 serial no: *#33778#
USER UNLOCK CODE:1122

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CHINESE MODELS:
default user code: 1122, 3344, 1234, 5678
Engineer mode: *#110*01#
Factory mode: *#987#
Enable COM port: *#110*01# -> Device -> Set UART -> PS Config -> UART1/115200
Restore factory settings: *#987*99#
LCD contrast: *#369#
software version: *#800#
software version: *#900#
set default language: *#0000# Send
set English language: *#0044# Send
set English language (new firmware): *#001# Send



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LG:
KG300 NVRAM format: 2945#*# -> menu 15


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SONY ERICSSON
I was speaking with a Sony Ericsson development tech today and he's given me some great codes!!

Write down your IMEI number. You can get this with the following:

*#06#

Then, you need to get into the Personalize menu with the following keypress:

< ** <

(Left, Star,Star, Left)

You then will need to select the Network at the top ( This will be locked )

It will ask for the code (the one that everyone asks for) and you need to enter in the following:

7993XXXX (where XXXX is the FIRST FOUR digits of your IMEI Number)

It will report an error and reduce your lock count by 1. Don't worry about this.

Repeat the process and enter the following:

6309XXXX ( where XXXX is the SECOND FOUR digits of your IMEI Number)

Again, it will reduce by one. Repeat again with the next two numbers:

093167XX ( where XX is the 9th and 10th digits of your IMEI Number)
323343XX ( where XX is the 11th and 12th digits of your IMEI Number)

And finally, you will need to repeat the process just one more time. This is very important, you will need to enter the following code:

XXXXYYYY - Where XXXX is the SECOND FOUR digits of your IMEI and YYYY is the FIRST FOUR digits of your IMEI.

You have to be careful, there are a few steps to follow, but these are the codes that the technicians use to unlock and test the phones that they have in for R & D.

I was very excited when I got these and it worked perfectly. I have unlocked two phones now, both K608i - One that was with Optus (Australia) and the other with Three (Australia) without any problem



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MOTOROLLA - F3:
Motofone F3 software version: **9999* Send
***300* Set SIM Pin
***310* / ***311* SIM Pin ON | OFF
***000* Reset Factory settings
***644* Set Voicemail number
***260* / ***261* Auto keypad lock ON | OFF
***510* / ***511* Voice Prompts ON | OFF
***160* / ***161* Restricted Calling (Phonebook only) ON | OFF
***200608* Send: software version
***200606* Send: software version
***200806* Send: flex version
***250* / ***251* Keypad tones ON | OFF
***470* Select time format
***500* /***501* Prepaid Balance Display ON | OFF
***520* Change language

L6 hold * 65512890

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PHONE INTERNET HACKED
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YOU can use iDEN phones Like boost and nextel tethered to your laptop or computer for free internet. It isnt really at great speeds, but it is also free. Not sure if it will stay that way forever, but the last time I chaced it is still working. If you have Widen enabled it will go a touch faster too.

All you need to do is create a new dial up connection.

(You will also need the usb cable to connect the phone to the computer)

The access number is S=2#777. you need to make sure the phone and the connection baud rate is set at 115200.

You can put anything you like for a username and password (I usually use Admin, Password for these)

Then after you make the new connection, under the networking tab click the settings button and uncheck every box except for enable software compression.

That is about it, just plug the phone to the PC and connect using the connection. it will connect at 115.2 Kbps. and I have had download speeds up to around 40 - 50 Kbps

To change the Startup and Logoff screens

To change the Startup and Logoff screens
Startup Screen
Create a 320x400 bitmap in the root directory and name it LOGO.SYS
You can use LOGOW.SYS file in the Windows directory as a starter
Logoff Screens
There are several files called LOGOX.SYS
They are actually bitmaps 320x400 that just have a different extension
The hidden one in the root directory LOGO.SYS is the startup logo.
There are two files in the Windows directory.
LOGOW.SYS is the Wait while ****ting down ... screen
LOGOS.SYS is the You may now ****-off or Reboot screen
To edit them, rename them with a BMP extension and use your favorite graphic editor
You can edit these files or create you own
They just need to be the same size

To speed up the Start Menu

To speed up the Start Menu
Start the REGEDIT program
Search for the word desktop
This should be in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT / CLSID / {00021400...
Right Click on the right panel
Pick NEW / String Value.
Name it MenuShowDelay, all one word.
Select a value from 1-10, 1 being the fastest.
Exit REGEDIT
Restart Windows

Turn Off Window Animation

Turn Off Window Animation
You can **** off the animation displayed when you minimize and maximize windows.
This tip makes navigating Windows 95 a lot faster especially for those that don't have
super fast video cards. Open Regedit
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Control panel
Desktop
WindowMetrics
Right Mouse Click an empty space in the right pane.
Select new/string value.
Name the new value MinAnimate.
Doubleclick on the new string value (MinAnimate) and click on "Modify"
Enter a value of 0 for Off or 1 for On then hit
Close Regedit and all programs then reboot.

Create a Control Panel menu directly below the Start Button

Create a Control Panel menu directly below the Start Button
Click the Start Button once with your right mouse button. You should see a right-button menu (called a context menu because it offers different choices in different contexts).
You should see the items Open, Explore, and Find on the context menu. Click Explore with your left mouse button.
An Explorer file management window should open. A directory tree should appear in the left pane, with the right pane displaying the contents of the Start Menu folder.
Right-click any empty space within the right pane. A context menu should appear. Click New and then Folder.
The Explorer will create a highlighted icon called New Folder. Type in the following string, all on one line, replacing the words New Folder with this new line. You must type the period, the curly braces, all four hyphens, and the hexadecimal numbers exactly as shown. After the closing curly brace, press Enter.
Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
Other Folders can be added following the same instructions. Dial-Up Networking.{992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48}
Printers.{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}
Inbox.{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}
My Computer.{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
Recycle Bin.{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
Network Neighborhood.{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}
Desktop.{00021400-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
Briefcase.{85BBD920-42A0-1069-A2E4-08002B30309D}
Fonts.{BD84B380-8CA2-1069-AB1D-08000948F534}

Customizing the Start Button's Name and Icon

Customizing the Start Button's Name and Icon
To change the name of the Start button: Copy EXPLORER.EXE in your Windows directory to another directory
Start a hex editor (I've been using Diskedit from Norton)
Edit EXPLORER.EXE
Search for the string 53 00 74 00 61 00 72 00 74
This is the word Start with the letters separated by a null character
The section you are in should also have the words "There was an internal error..." also separated with the null character immediately following
Now just replace the Start letters with any of your choice (up to 5 characters only)
Exit Windows
Boot to DOS
Copy your new Explorer file over the original
To change the Start button icon:
Copy USER.EXE in your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory to another directory
Use an icon editor that can replace icons in executable files
Edit USER.EXE and replace the flag icons with the icon of your choice
Boot to DOS
Copy the new USER.EXE
The same can be done with NT 4.0, just the offset will be different but the location to just before "There was an internal error..." is the same.

Adding Drive to the SendTo List

Adding Drive to the SendTo List
I have recently found that if you want to send something from A: drive or from any where to any drive, you can just make a short cut of that drive in subdirectory SENDTO.
For example I have two hard drives, a Floppy Drive, and a CDROM
After I have make a copy of each of my drive I will be able to send a whole directory of E:\XXX from the CDROM drive to A: drive or any other drive that i have had made the short c t in the SENDTO subdir of WINDOWS.

Changing or Removing the Start Menu Icons

Changing or Removing the Start Menu Icons
Download Microangelo and install it.
Create a blank.ico file.
Put it in a directory (C:\Windows. Then double click on the Microangelo Engineer to run it.
When you get it up on the screen click on the "start" tab. You will see a list of all the icons in the start menu.
Highlight the first one (programs) and select "Change". It will bring up a dialog box - select "browse".
Go to the directory that contains the blank icon and select it. Hit OK until you get back to the main
Engineer window and do all the rest exactly the same way.
When you have finished changing them all to the blank icon, Hit "Apply".
Hit your start button and look to see if all the icons are invisible. (They should be.)
Close out Micro Engineer and you're finished.

Changing the clock to 24-Hour Time

Changing the clock to 24-Hour Time
To change the display of the clock on the taskbar to 24-hour format:
Open the Control Panel
Double-click on the Regional Settings icon
Click on the Time tab
In the Time style section select H:mm:ss

Adding Shortcuts to Desktop Without "Shortcut To" text

Adding Shortcuts to Desktop Without "Shortcut To" text
Start Regedit
Go to:HKEY_USERS \ .Default \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer
Add binary value to Explorer:link="00,00,00,00"
Now You can make Shortcuts to desktop without Shortcut To" text.

Changing Drive Icons

Changing Drive Icons

To change a drive's icon when you open My Computer Create a file called AUTORUN.INF on the root of your hard drive
Enter the lines
[autorun]
ICON=Name of the ICON file
For the name of the icon file you can either specify the path and name (e.g. ICON=C:\WINDOWS\ICONS\MY_ICON.ICO) or
a specific icon in a library (e.g. ICON=ICONFILE.DLL,2

Aligning Drop-Down Menus to the Right

Aligning Drop-Down Menus to the Right
All dropdown menus can be aligned to the right.
This features becomes useful when trying to access
menus with submenus that appear directly to the right.
Open the Registory editor (e.g. regedit.exe)
Goto \\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Create a string entry called "MenuDropAlignment"
Set its value to 1
Reboot
Note: Will not work under NT 4.0.

Moving the Start Button

Moving the Start Button
How to move or close the start button! Click on the Start button
Press the Esc key
Press the Alt and the - keys together
This will give you a menu, you can move or close
But if you move it you need to use the arrow keys and not the mouse.

Having Icons with No Name

Having Icons with No Name
Normally you have to have a name for an icon, just spaces are not allowed.
To create an icon with no name attached: Make sure NumLock is on
Highlight the Icon you want to change
Right-Mouse click and select Rename
While holding down the Alt key, type 0160
Now the icon will have no name below it.
To Create Multiple Icons with No Name - From John R.
Follow directions detailed above
With the second icon simply add one space-bar character AFTER the 0160 number.
Each successive icon gets an additional space-bar character at the end (to prevent a duplicate naming error).

Removing the Recycle Bin

Removing the Recycle Bin
To remove Recycle Bin from the desktop: Run REGEDIT.
Find NAMESPACE key in left pane (HKEY_Local_Macine \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ Current Version \ Explorer \ Desktop \ Namespace)
Expand NAMESPACE (click '+' box)
Delete the value RECYCLE BIN in right pane

Customizing Individual Folder Icons

Customizing Individual Folder Icons
To change a folder's icon: Open Notepad and enter two lines,
[.ShellClassInfo]
IconFile=file name,number
(e.g. IconFile=C:\Icon\CustomFolder.ico,0)
Save the file as DESKTOP.INI in the folder you wish to change.
Click Start -> Run, type in the command line,
ATTRIB +S "folder name"
(e.g. ATTRIB +S "C:\Custom Folder")
Open Explorer or My Computer and refresh (press F5 key).
This tip only work Windows 95/NT 4.0 + IE 4.0 with shell integration, or Windows 98/NT 5.0.

Increasing the Size of the Scroll Bar

Increasing the Size of the Scroll Bar
How to adjust the width of the scroll bar:
Select Properties
Select the Appearance tab
Go to the item list and find scrollbar.
Increasing the value in the Size field will increase the scrollbar width.

Getting Screen Shots

Getting Screen Shots
If you need to get a screen shot, and you do not have a screen capture program, try this: Hit the Print Screen key. This copies a bitmap of the full screen into the Windows clipboard. Start up a graphics editor and paste it in.
Alt + Print Screen will capture only the active window.

Changing a Folder's Icon

Changing a Folder's Icon
To change the icon of a Folder on desktop: Using the Explorer, move the folder from the Desktop directory to another directory on the hard drive
Right click on the new folder and select "Create Shortcut"
Move the shortcut to the Desktop
Right click and select a new icon

Making Desktop Changes Permanent

Making Desktop Changes Permanent
To make changes to the Desktop like window size, positon after rebooting: Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer
Create a New Binary Value
Name it NoSaveSettings
Give it a value of 01 00 00 00

Adding the Control Panel to the Start Menu

Adding the Control Panel to the Start Menu
Open up the Explorer
Go to \WINDOWS\Start Menu
Right click in the right-hand panel
Add a new folder
Name it Control Panel.{21ec2020-3aea-1069-a2dd-08002b30309d}
This makes getting to the Control Panel items a little easier

Removing Shortcut Arrows

Removing Shortcut Arrows
An easy way to remove those irritating arrows from your desktop shortcut icons and not change their properties Right click the Desktop / Properties / Appearance tab
Select Item
Scroll for Icon
The default size is 32
Change this to 30
Clicking Apply

Make Icons 256 Color 16-Bit

Make Icons 256 Color 16-Bit
Open the Registry
Hit Ctrl+F
Type Shell Icon BPP
When found, right click the Shell Icon BPP icon
Click Modify
Change the value from 4 to 16
Click Ok
Close the registry
Restart your computer

Increasing the Icon Cache

Increasing the Icon Cache
Run Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\explorer
Create a new string called Max Cached Icons
Give it a value of 10000
This will increase response time in windows and give the Shellicon cache file more elbow room

Having your Favorites and Start Menus Sort Alphabetically

Having your Favorites and Start Menus Sort Alphabetically
If your Start Menu Program or Favorites are not sorting alphabetically, it is easy to fix this: Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/MenuOrder
Under here is are Favorites and Start Menu folders
In each there is a value called Order
Simply delete (or rename this) and restart Winodws
Your Favorites or Start Menus should now sort alphabetically

Creating ****down, Restart and Logoff Icons

Creating ****down, Restart and Logoff Icons
To create the icons, create a shortcut on the desktop. For ****down, the command is C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL.EXE user.exe,exitwindows
For Restart, the command is C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL.EXE user.exe,exitwindow***ec
For Logoff, the command is C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL.EXE shell32.dll,SHExitWindow*** 0

Creating 3D Window Effect

Creating 3D Window Effect

You can create a nice 3D effect for your windows Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Colors
Make sure the following setting are there:
ButtonHilight=128 128 128
ButtonShadow=255 255 255

Creating a New E-Mail Shortcut

Creating a New E-Mail Shortcut
To create a shortcut that will open your default e-mail program starting a new e-mail, Right click on an open area of the desktop
Select New / Shortcut
For the Command Line, enter mailto:
For the title enter something like New E-Mail
When you click on this your default e-mail program should start with a new e-mail form.