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Many people are able to boot into an Operating System without any problems. But in one day, what if the boot files that include NTLDR, Boot.ini, and Ntdetect.com[/] file are corrupted due to virus infected, you are not able to boot into the OS. You will end up with reinstalling and repairing the OS in order to be able to boot into the OS again. Doing so will take you a lot of time. Therefore, in this tutorial, it will teach the user how to make the bootable floppy disc that can boot into Windows. So, when the user encounter the OS booting in the future due to boot files corruption, they are still able to boot into the OS and repair the OS bootup in less than a minute.

Pre-requites Tools

• A blank floppy disc
• A PC with running Windows 2000 series, Windows XP series, or 2003 series

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1. Lock XP Workstation
   You can lock your XP workstation with two clicks of the mouse. Create a new shortcut on your desktop using a right mouse click, and enter ‘rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation’ in the location field. Give the shortcut a name you like. That’s it — just double click on it and your computer will be locked. And if that’s not easy enough, Windows key + L will do the same.
2. Remove Windows XP system software
   XP hides some system software you might want to remove, such as Windows Messenger, but you can tickle it and make it disgorge everything. Using Notepad or Edit, edit the text file /windows/inf/sysoc.inf, search for the word ‘hide’ and remove it. You can then go to the Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel, select Add/Remove Windows Components and there will be your prey, exposed and vulnerable.
3. New commands
   For those skilled in the art of DOS batch files, XP has a number of interesting new commands. These include ‘eventcreate’ and ‘eventtriggers’ for creating and watching system events, ‘typeperf’ for monitoring performance of various subsystems, and ’schtasks’ for handling scheduled tasks. As usual, typing the command name followed by /? will give a list of options — they’re all far too baroque to go into here.
4. Windows XP supports IPv6
   XP has IP version 6 support — the next generation of IP. Unfortunately this is more than your ISP has, so you can only experiment with this on your LAN. Type ‘ipv6 install’ into Run… (it’s OK, it won’t ruin your existing network setup) and then ‘ipv6 /?’ at the command line to find out more. If you don’t know what IPv6 is, don’t worry and don’t bother.
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Keyboard Shortcuts Result in Microsoft Word

1. CTRL and A : Selects all in the current document.
2. CTRL and B : Bold text.
3. CTRL and C : Copies the item or text to the Clipboard and can be pasted using CTRL and V.
4. CTRL and D : Displays the Font dialogue box.
5. CTRL and E : Centre Alignment.
6. CTRL and F : Displays the Find dialog box, to search the current document.
7. CTRL and G : Displays the Go to dialog box, to go to a specific location in the current document.
8. CTRL and H : Displays the Replace dialogue box.
9. CTRL and I : Italic text.
10. CTRL and J : Full Justification.
11. CTRL and K : Create Hyperlink
12. CTRL and L : Left Alignment
13. CTRL and M : Tab
14. CTRL and N : Creates a new document.
15. CTRL and O : Displays the Open File dialogue box.
16. CTRL and P : Displays the Print dialog box.
17. CTRL and R : Right Alignment.
18. CTRL and S : Displays the Save dialog box.
19. CTRL and U : Underline text
20. CTRL and V : Pastes the copied item or text from the Clipboard into the current position in the document.
21. CTRL and X : Cuts the item or text selected to the Clipboard.
22. CTRL and Y : Redo the last undone action.
23. CTRL and Z : Undoes the last action.
24. CTRL and ENTER : Insert Page Break.
25. CTRL and F2 : Show Print preview.
26. CTRL and F4 : Closes the active document window.
27. CTRL and F6 : Opens the next document window.
28. F1 key : Get help or use the Office assistant.
29. SHIFT and F1 Key : Context sensitive help.
30. F2 Key : Move text or image.
31. SHIFT and F2 Key : Copy Text.
32. F3 Key : Insert an autotext entry.
33. SHIFT and F3 Key : Change the case of the selected text.
34. F4 Key : Perform last action again.
35. SHIFT and F4 Key : Perform a Find or Go to action again.
36. F5 Key : Displays the Go to dialogue box, from here you can also Find and Replace.
37. SHIFT and F5 Key : Move to a previous revision.
38. F6 Key : Go to the next frame or pane.
39. SHIFT and F6 Key : Go to the previous frame or pane.
40. F7 Key : Launch the Spell checker.
41. SHIFT and F7 Key : Launch the Thesaurus.
42. F8 Key : Extend the current selection.
43. SHIFT and F8 Key : Shrink the current selection.
44. F9 Key : Update the selected fields.
45. SHIFT and F9 : Key Switch between a field code and it’s result.
46. F10 Key : Activate the menu bar.
47. SHIFT and F10 Key : Display a Shortcut Menu. Same as right clicking.
48. F11 Key : Go to the next field.
49. SHIFT and F11 Key : Go to the previous field.
50. F12 Key : Save file As, equivalent to tools menu.
51. SHIFT and F12 Key : Save document, equivalent to tools menu

This is another technique to hide your file :

1. create a new folder somewhere on your hard drive
2. when you name it hold down “Alt” and press “0160″ this will create and invisible space so it will apper as if it has no name.
3. right click in and select “Properties”.
4. select the tab “customize” and select “change icon” scroll along and you should a few blanc spaces click on any one
5. click ok when you hav saved the settings the folder will be invisible to hide all your personal files

that’s all.. ^_^

If you want to encrypt the contents of an individual file or directory, Windows XP Pro will do the trick, provided you enable NTFS on your hard drive. To encrypt a file :

1. right-click on it to bring up the Properties window.
2. Click on the Advanced button.
3. then in the Advanced Attributes dialog box click on Encrypt contents to secure data. This will encrypt the file (using either DES, which employs a 56-bit key on each 64-bit block of data, or 3DES, which uses a 56-bit key three times on each 64-bit block of data), and it will provide a certificate just for you. This certificate is key.

if you reinstall Windows or otherwise lose your user account, your access to the encrypted files will be gone, too. You need to export your certificates to back them up: For detailed instructions, search on export certificate in Windows Help.Windows XP does not require you to enter your password when you open the encrypted file. Once you log on to a session, encrypted files are available for you—and anyone who walks up to your system—to view.

Windows XP Home doesn’t support this method. Both XP Home and XP Pro, however, let you create password-protected compressed files. To do this :

1. right-click on the desired file and choose Send To -> Compressed (zipped) Folder.
2. Open the resulting folder and select Add a Password from the File menu.
3. delete the original file. Note that this encryption is relatively weak. It should dissuade casual users but won’t put up much of a fight against someone determined to hack it apart.

If you downloaded MSN Messenger 6.2, you might want to remove the advertising that is placed at the bottom of the main messenger window.

I will give you some details to do it manually. To edit the msnmsgr.exe file, you’ll need a HEX editor. I found the freeware Hex Editor XVI32 perfectly suited for this task. There is no installation, just download the file, create a folder on your hard drive, unzip the XVI32.zip file there, and run the XVI32.exe file.

Note: this is for the latest version of 6.2, 6.2.0137. You can check your version, by choosing Help > About MSN Messenger from the programs menu.

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