Software

Novell Client fix for Locking Workstation
Written By: Jonathan Robbins | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 573 | Print Tweak | 2/20/2002

If you have ever tried to lock the workstation in 2000 or XP Pro, you may have noticed that when you lock the computer, it doesn't go to the box that states that the computer is locked by the user. It simply skips to the unlock window. This can cause problems with the screen saver and cause it to crash possibly giving the chance of screen burn-in over a long period of time. To combat this there is a registry fix available. This involves creating a file which can be called WorkstationFix.reg to do this for you. Here are the steps:
1. Open your favorite text editor(Notepad, etc...)
2. Type the following lines:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] "DisableCAD"=dword:00000000
3. Save the file as WorkstationFix.reg. (Make sure the "As type" box is not set to "Text Files" if you are using Notepad)
4. Right-click on the file you just saved and click Merge.
5. Click the OK button once the message box opens.
You should now be able to lock the workstation with no problem. You don't even have to restart the machine.

Outlook Express Window title tweak
Written By: Dennis Winemiller | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 1648 | Print Tweak | 2/18/2002

Change the window title of Outlook Express to anything you want!
In regedt32 and navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{EE383506-901D-43C6-8E40-9A61901DF7CC}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0. Add a new string key called WindowTitle and make its value the desired window title. Then close the registry editor, and restart Outlook Express (if it's running.) Your new title now shows up in the title bar!

Larger AOL Buddy List Max: From 200 to Whatever
Written By: Widespread_Panic | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 942 | Print Tweak | 2/17/2002

I was getting annoyed by aim at its Max Buddies, so i took the time to change it, to o say, 500. To change it, it is real simple. Just navigate to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\America Online\AOL Instant Messenger (TM)\CurrentVersion\Buddy\
and Modify Max buddies in Deciamal, and change it to how every many you want yoru max buddies to become, i.e. 500.
IE Browsing tips with a scroll mouse Written By: cellSEVEN & Steve | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 2293 | Print Tweak | 2/16/2002

1. Hold CTRL and use the scroll wheel on the mouse to increase or decrease the font size. 2. Hold Shift and use the scroll wheel to go back or forward between webpages.

Morpheus Max Downloads Tweak Written By: Blasphemous Girl | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 6031 | Print Tweak | 2/12/2002

The max downloads limit in Morpheus is 50,follow these steps to change your downloads limit to anything you like,this will also speed up your downloads.
1. Run regedit. 2. HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Morpheus/Transfer 3. Right click on Concurrentdownloads and select Modify 4. Click on Decimal and change the limit to anything you like

Outlook Express News: Download more headers Written By: Michael Treglazoff | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 3449 | Print Tweak | 2/3/2002

Start Regedit. If you are unfamiliar with regedit please refer to our FAQ on how to get started.
Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{numbers&letters}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\News
1. Select "Download At A Time" from the list on the right.
2. "Right Click" on it and select "Modify."
3. Change the value to any number you want, I tested 3000 and it worked just fine.
4. Reboot your computer.

No more ICQ banners
Written By: Nige | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 6362 | Print Tweak | 1/29/2002
To remove those annoying, flashing banners at the bottom of ICQ.
Simply open the ICQ folder with windows explorer. C:\Program Files\ICQ Delete the file "ICQHttp.dll" Do not delete "ICQHttp .dll" (note the space) Re-start ICQ and --**no banners**-- ;-)
Have phun Nige
Morpheus Max Search Results Tweak
Written By: Jon Jenkins | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 6003 | Print Tweak | 1/27/2002

After seeing the tweak by Liam Deacon for increasing the maximum search results in Kazaa, I decided to try it for Morpheus. It works, but the value must be added manually. All you need to do is:

1. Run regedit. 2. Goto: HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Morpheus/Advanced 3. Create DWORD value "MaxSearchResult" 4. To enter the data, double-click on the new value, switch to decimal input, and enter the number of results you want. I set mine to 400 per Liam's suggestion.
Now you will get a lot more search results than the program's "maximum" of 100. Thanks to Liam for the original tweak.

Kazaa Max Search Results Tweak.
Written By: Liam Deacon | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 6497 | Print Tweak | 1/26/2002

1. Run regedit. 2. Goto: HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Kazaa/Advanced 3. Open MaxSearchResult 4. Enter value data as 190
You now have a maximum search result of 400 instead of the usual 100! Note: You can fiddle with the value data to change the max search results, but 190 is the best setting.

How to install Autocad2000 at WindowsXP
Written By: Angelos | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 2908 | Print Tweak | 1/25/2002

When I tried to install Autocad2000 at WindowsXP I got this messase saying that there is a problem installing Autocad 2000 because of my OS (WindowsXP).
So If you Get this error follow these steps: Go to the Setup.exe (Of Autocad 2000 )file, right click on it and go to Properties. Then click the Compatibility Tab and where it says compatibility mode just click in the box under it and turn it to Windows 2000. Then click OK and run the Setup.exe It will work Fine...
Problem w/ disabling fax/picture viewer
Written By: Linh | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 1866 | Print Tweak | 1/25/2002

If you disabled the fax/picture viewer by using regsvr32 /u shimgvw.dll, then changing user icons will fail to work. You need to re-load the dll and it will work. Have only tried this w/ XP Pro. Reload by typing in "regsvr32 shimgvw.dll" w/o the quotes.

Tweak-XP Ad Blocker mod Written By: Paul Homer | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 11054 | Print Tweak | 1/23/2002

Ok this is very simple.
The ad blocker in Tweak-XP shows a horrible streched GIF image when ever it blocks an ad. It may stop the ad from downloading from the server but spoils the website your looking at!.
1)If you make a GIF file 168 x 45 dont do anything to it (Leave it blank), just set the background to transparent. (the idea is to have nothing showing at all)
2)Save it as AdBlock and as a GIF file
3)Now go into the Tweak-XP folder (C:\Program Files\Tweak-XP) find the origional AdBlock.GIF and rename it (AdBlockOLD for example)
4)Now cut and past your new transparent AdBlock.GIF file. Place it in the tweak-XP folder. (C:\Program Files\Tweak-XP)
Now instead of a horrible streched gif file you see nothing at all.

Speed Up Downloads In Morpheus
Written By: Dope Star | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 17545 | Print Tweak | 1/19/2002

Morpheus downloads going slow? Well just follow these simple step's to speed up your download's.
1.Open Morpheus 2.Click tools and click options 3.Change the download limit to 50
Close Morpheus and restart
Direct Connect Cheating Written By: Kinjan | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 12853 | Print Tweak | 1/18/2002

Direct Connect is the most famous peer-to-peer file sharing program, and it also known for sharing most TBs than anyother programs. I was looking at the files in the Direct Connect folder and was wondering how to make other people see that I am sharing more files and in reality I am not sharing any.
These are the steps to cheat:
1. share like 20 GB (if you have that much). 2. enter the room 3. change the folder name that you are sharing. Thats it, its going to show that you are sharing 20 GB but you are sharing none.

Direct Connect Cheating Written By: Kinjan | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 12853 | Print Tweak | 1/18/2002

Direct Connect is the most famous peer-to-peer file sharing program, and it also known for sharing most TBs than anyother programs. I was looking at the files in the Direct Connect folder and was wondering how to make other people see that I am sharing more files and in reality I am not sharing any.
These are the steps to cheat:
1. share like 20 GB (if you have that much). 2. enter the room 3. change the folder name that you are sharing. Thats it, its going to show that you are sharing 20 GB but you are sharing none.

Mouse acceleration tweak Written By: Ronnie | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 11944 | Print Tweak | 1/16/2002

Hi, Today I Found a tweak from "yiNXs" (who should get all the credit) wich actually resolves the "xp mouse acceleration bug". Most people who play games like quake3 and counterstrike know what I mean. There were some workarounds, but they never satisfied me.
If you don't believe it; try it yourself!
Here is the tweak:
Background (yiNXs) The tweak was found by finding a logic order in the 64-bit hexa-decimal values at the below regestry-entries. When trying different values, you should come up with a diagram wich displays a curve, this is the unwanted acceleration. Adjusting the values that the curve becomes a straight line rosolves the mouse-acceleration.
1. Safe the following text to a .reg file and doubleclick it:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse] "SmoothMouseXCurve"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,a0,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,40,\ 01,00,00,00,00,00,00,80,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,05,00,00,00,00,00 "SmoothMouseYCurve"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,66,a6,02,00,00,00,00,00,cd,4c,\ 05,00,00,00,00,00,a0,99,0a,00,00,00,00,00,38,33,15,00,00,00,00,00
2. Reboot your computer

Uninstall "Hidden" Windows coponents
Written By: Søren S. Jensen | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 14155 | Print Tweak | 1/11/2002

Apparently Microsoft didn't want you to be able to remove useless garbage like Windows Messenger. It's installed by default, and it doesn't appear in the Add/Remove Program applet in controlpanel.
Thankfully, you can force the issue by editing the SYSOC.INF file, located in C:\Windows [or your Windows Directory]\inf folder. Open it in Notepad.
Under the [Components] heading, you'll see a whole bunch off parameters for various Windows applets. Some off them contain the word "Hide". Those particular programs, which include Windows Messenger (msmsgs), Terminal Server, PinBall, and others, are installed on your XP system, but their intries are hidden from Add/Remove Dialog.
To remove Windows Messenger, edit Hide out of the line that reads:
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7
So that it looks like this:
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,7
Save the file, close it and open Add/Remove Program Applet. Click on Windows Components button and you'll see Windows Messenger listed. Unchech it and click Next to purge that Silly program from your system.

Remove Ads from AIM without external programs Written By: King Nothing | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 4023 | Print Tweak | 1/10/2002

Here's a way to remove the AOL ads without the need to use external programs.
1. Shut down AIM
2. Open up the AIM program folder, usually located at X:\Program Files\AIM95
3. Delete the file "advert.ocm"
4. Rename the file "admin.ocm" to "advert.ocm"
5. Restart AIM
If you upgrade AIM, make sure to follow the steps above once again.
More on tab completion
Written By: Evan Nelson | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 3527 | Print Tweak | 1/9/2002

I don't know why anyone would want to do this, but you can change the key used to complete commands from the prompt (tab by default in XP and Unix.)
In [HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Command Processor], set "CompletionChar"=dword:00000009 to the ASCII value of whatever key you want. Adding this key also allows tab completion in Win2000.

Run defrag from the command line
Written By: BK | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 4266 | Print Tweak | 1/9/2002

Open a command window and type defrag /? to show a list of commands. Exampel: defrag c: /analyce will show how much your disk is fragmented.

ICQ startup problem (no connection)- SOLUTION!! Written By: RenegadeX | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 4841 | Print Tweak | 1/6/2002

It seems lots of people are having problems with ICQ and WinXP not finding a network/internet connection upon XP startup (especially those on DSL modems like myself, or those with LAN/T1's, etc.) The Problem is that when XP loads, ICQ pops up and says "no connection detected". This occurs despite the fact that 'Net Detect Agent' and 'automatically connect to internet when no connection present' are checked. The previous solution was to move Net Detect Agent *out* of the Startup folder, put a shortcut on the Desktop, and use that when you wanted to connect.
I was browsing through the boards here and came across a thread discussing this problem: http://www.tweakxp.com/tweakxp/board/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=245
They did not come across a solution, however it did give me an idea.. I tried it .. and it WORKS!! Read on...
Here's how to do it (am using WinXP Pro):

1. Go to the Group Policy Editor (Run->"gpedit.msc")
2. Under 'User Configuration', click "Administartive Templates"
3. Click 'System'-> 'Logon'
4. In the window on the right, double-click on "Run these programs at user logon"
5. Make sure 'Enabled' is checked, then click 'Show'
6. You'll now want to add ICQ's Net Agent Detect to the list (which is probably empty unless you've already been in here). To do this, first locate on your HD the exact location of 'NDetect.exe'. Example: C:\Internet\ICQ\NDetect.exe Click 'Add', then type the filename & path of the above file
7. Click 'OK', 'OK', and 'OK' again to exit.
The next few steps are important:
8. Now make sure that there are NO traces of ICQ or Net Detect Agent in your Programs->Startup folder. If there are, delete them from Startup.
9. Start up ICQ, and go to 'Connections'(Main->Preferences->Connections->General tab). Under 'Launch' make sure 'Launch ICQ at startup' is NOT checked.
10. Click 'OK'. Disconnect from Internet if connected. REBOOT.
If everything goes properly, you should now see the Net Detect Agent appear in the system tray as WinXP starts up the desktop. When you connect to the Net, it magically disappears.. to be replaced with the ICQ 'flower' which will shortly find a connection and voila! Problem solved!

Increase bitrate in KaZaA
Written By: correllium | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 13738 | Print Tweak | 1/3/2002

KaZaA limits your searches to a bitrate, to enable higher bitrate searches, and even more results, just do this:
1) Start > Run, regedit 2) go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Kazaa
change: LimitBitrate from 1 to 0

Compatibility mode for shortcuts that directly point to files on CDROM drive Written By: NealBScott@Yahoo.com | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 2336 | Print Tweak | 12/31/2001

Summary: I was installing a kid's game that needs to run in XP's 256 color and 640x480 res, but the shortcut the install program made didn't have the 'compatibility' tab. I noticed that the shortcut was pointed directly to a program on the CD in the drive.
Steps:
-Turns out that the 'properties' tab of a CD shortcut is not there unless the CD drive is empty.
-So I empty the CD drive
-open the properties of the shortcut
-put the CD back in,
-then fiddle with compatibility modes.
-test.
Works like a charm.

MP3 for mediaplayer Written By: Mr.Mod | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 7777 | Print Tweak | 12/31/2001

This file I created will add MP3 ripping to Windows Media Player Not sure if it will only work on XP, send any feedback to vritalian@hotmail.com
http://www.baldwinpaper.com/freemp3.exe

Lagging Mouse Within Games Written By: C}{$ | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 8130 | Print Tweak | 12/30/2001

Microsoft, the kind people that they are, want you to use their own DirectX API and especially Direct Input. They know that everyone hates them, so they are going to force it on you. So, what the crafty fuckers have done, is made your mouse more processor dependant, and took out the acceleration options from the mouse CPL. Within Direct Input, it gets CPU priority and it doesn't have the acceleration on by default. Since most older games use the older more standard method of tracing mouse movements, they get it from the default Windows mouse interrupt handler. Now, if too much of you processor is elsewhere, your mouse is gonna seem less responsive. So.... here is the fix.
Download the latest intellipoint drivers, install them, then, when the point32.exe (the main exe for your mouse I think), is running, we need to give this CPU priority over Half-Life. To do this, right click the task bar, click Task Manager, click the processes tab, look for point32.exe, right click that, click set priority, and click High. Do this for type32.exe if you have an M$ keyboard. I have both, and I discovered the fix whilst tinkering today
You will also have to add this to the command line of your HL.
-noforcemparms -noforcemaccel
This should clear up any of the issues.
For Quake 3:
+_windowed_mouse 1 -dinput

Administrator Account from Welcome Screen
Written By: Kyle | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 8738 | Print Tweak | 12/29/2001

Ever want to access the administrator account from the welcome window without having to boot to safe mode. When at the screen press CTRL-ALT-DEL twice. This will bring up the login screen were you can type a user name and password in.
Very nice for technicians working on customers systems.

MSN messenger Written By: Sam | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 12983 | Print Tweak | 12/29/2001

To stop messenger from loading when visiting sited such as hotmail delete the following key. But remember to backup your registry before doing anything to it. This works in Windows 2000 also.
1. Start > run > type regedit
2. Navigate to the following key [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F3A614DC-ABE0-11d2-A441-00C04F795683}\LocalServer32] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Messenger\\msmsgs.exe\""
3. This can be done easily by searching for F3A614DC in the registry and it will automatically take you there.
4. Delete this key and you will see that messenger does not load anymore when visiting hotmail. Happy tweaking.

DeadAIM (no ads) Written By: ... | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 5025 | Print Tweak | 12/28/2001

http://www.govital.net/~soz/DeadAIM.zip
just download and copy all files into AIM directory. just run deadaim.exe instead of aim.exe from now on.

Morpheus pop up ads
Written By: NewBie Tweaker | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 17468 | Print Tweak | 12/28/2001

To stop those annoying ads from popping up when you open up morpheus 1. open up ie
2. go to internet options
3. security settings
4. restricted sites
5. click sites
6. add ads.musiccity.com
close and it should work

Hide Windows Messenger menu object in Outlook Express Written By: Admir | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 4314 | Print Tweak | 12/20/2001

1. Load Regedit
2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Outlook Express
3. Make there a new DWORD and name it Hide Messenger
4. Make the Value 2 and you will see that the msn or windows messenger wil not come when you start Outlook Express

RTC Wolfenstein slow map loads
Written By: Daedalus | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 9914 | Print Tweak | 12/19/2001

I ran into this problem in both WindowsME and XP. While in multiplayer mode in Return to Castle Wolfenstein, I would get excessive page file activity which would get progressively worse. Map load times would constantly increase as each new map was loaded until the system reported WOLF.exe had caused and error and would shutdown the game.
The solution for my system is to set both the Desktop AND game color to 16-bit. Also, set both to the same resolution. I like 1280 x 1024, but that may be too high for some systems.
After this tweak, my map load times went from >1 min to between 10 and 20 seconds. Right where a P4 1.5 with 256 megs should be.

Command Prompt Tip
Written By: Oddy | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 10296 | Print Tweak | 12/15/2001

In a command window you can use the TAB key as "complete" key - like in unix/linux.
Example:
Start a cmd window and go to root (c:\) type cd - hit key - and you will now scroll the directories, also hidden ones.
Try: cd doc - hit key - You get up "Documents and Settings" - hit enter. in Documents and Settings type cd and hit key several time - and you will scroll through the names of the directories - also the hidden ones.

Nero 5 & Invisible CD Drives!!
Written By: JamPStamp | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 6750 | Print Tweak | 12/15/2001

Upgrading nero to the newest version may solve the problem.

Made mIRC dcc send work
Written By: PoM | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 5773 | Print Tweak | 12/13/2001

If you use mIRC and windows xp firewall, you have noticed that dcc send won't work. Here is how to get it working without disabling the entire firewall :
1. First you must limit the range of port that mirc use in the Dcc, Option menu. In DCC ports , set both at 1024. 2. After, go into control panel & network connections 2. Right click on your connection and select 'properties' 3. Left click the advanced tab 4. Left click the settings button 5. Under services, left click the add button 6. For description type "DCC", for Name of IP put the name that identifies your system with your ISP OR your IP if it is static. 7. Both external and internal ports are 1024 by default and TCP. 8. Click OK and restart
Make ICQ send work
Written By: PoM | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 7918 | Print Tweak | 12/13/2001

If you use ICQ and windows xp firewall, you have noticed that file send won't work. Here is how to get it working without disabling the entire firewall :
1. First you must limit the range of port that ICQ use for send. In icq, click on Main, Preferences, User tab, click on 'Not using proxy' and choose 'Use the following TCP listen port for incoming event from 1030 to 1030'. (use port number of your choice, 1030 is only for exemple)
2. After, go into control panel & network connections
2. Right click on your connection and select 'properties'
3. Left click the advanced tab
4. Left click the settings button
5. Under services, left click the add button
6. For description type "ICQ", for Name of IP put the name that identifies your system with your ISP OR your IP if it is static.
7. Both external and internal ports are 1030 by default and TCP. (depend of wich port you set at beginning)
8. Click OK and restart

Remove Windows Messenger
Written By: Steve | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 28906 | Print Tweak | 12/13/2001

If you do not use Windows Messenger then why not uninstall it. Every time you start up your computer, Messenger also starts up which can slow everything down and use up more system resources. To uninstall it:
1. Click on the Start button and select Run.
2. Type "RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove" in the text box and click OK. You will see a progress bar appear shortly as it deletes its files and it will then ask you to reboot. After the reboot the program will be gone.

Remove ads from AIM window
Written By: Iryx | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 8881 | Print Tweak | 12/10/2001

You use AIM (AOL Instant Messenger)? If so you might be wondering how you can get rid of those annoying ads in the AIM window. Here is how.
Note: This is not really Win XP specific but it's still a cool tweak.
1. Go to your AIM install directory and open aim.odl with notepad
2. Search for "advert" (there are two instances)
3. Delete the word "required" after each "advert"
4. Save the file and exit
5. Exit out of AIM and delete "advert.ocm"

Voala, no more ads!
Slow Nero Startup
Written By: Thien Le | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 13917 | Print Tweak | 12/9/2001

When you load up Nero, it may be slow "Scaning SCSI/IDE-Bus Pleast Wait..." Because XP also uses the CD-RW Drive. If you do not use the built-in CD Recording feature, disable it, so Nero can load up faster.
1. Open Control Panel
2. Administrative Tools
3. Services
4. Look for "IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service" under name (I suggest clicking on the "Name" bar to organize it in chronological order first)
5. Right click, go to Properties
6. In the "Startup Type:", select Disabled
7. Apply and close, no need for reboot, close Nero if needed, and reopen. You should see a difference in the time Nero loads from start to finish compare to how long before this tweak.

Get the Classic Media Player Back!
Written By: Bossman207 | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 9122 | Print Tweak | 12/8/2001

Are you fed up with the new Windows Media Player? Did you like the version of Windows Media Player that came with Windows 2K? Windows XP still has the version of media player installed but they hid it. To get it back follow the directions below :
1. Click on the Start button and select Run.
2. Type "mplayer2" and click OK. Now you have the original Media Player loaded.

If you want to make this the default media player follow the directions below:

1. When the classic Windows Media Player is running, click on the view menubar and select options.
2. Then click on the format tab and choose which formats you would like it to open by checking the box.
3. Click OK, now all of the formats you selected will open with the classic Windows Media Player.

MusicMatch Jukebox 6.X Causes CDROM Drives to Disappear After Installing Nero Written By: Jim Morrell | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 2970 | Print Tweak | 12/5/2001

If you install Nero 5.5.5.1 on an XP machine that has MusicMatch Jukebox (MMJB) 6.X installed, you will experience the "lost CDROM drives" syndrome. This is apparently caused by conflicting CD burning drivers in Nero and MMJB. Uninstalling MMJB 6.X solves the problem with the lost drives and allows you to use Nero. Once MMJB 6.X is uninstalled, you can then install MMJB version 7.0, and you will have full functionality in both Nero and MusicMatch Jukebox.

Nero+CloneCD=True
Written By: Zepofan | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 15821 | Print Tweak | 12/4/2001

I had a problem with Nero and Clone. I installed Clone first and then Nero and my Cd-drives where invisible. The I tried it the other way around....Nero first and then Clone. And...voila..both the drives where visible again.

Netmeeting
Written By: Nicos | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 10399 | Print Tweak | 11/30/2001

Miss netmeeting? Simply go to start/run and type "conf". You will get the setup for netmeeting and it will even add desktop and taskbar icons for you.
Upgrade Windows 2000 to XP Home Edition
Written By: Bruce Dunn | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 13941 | Print Tweak | 11/30/2001

According to Microsoft, Windows 2000 does not qualify for an upgrade to the XP Home Edition. Windows 2000 Professional users can only upgrade to XP Professional. If the XP upgrade disk is run from inside Windows 2000, the software will report that no qualifying operating system is seen, and therefore the XP upgrade cannot be used. However, if the computer is set to boot from the XP CDROM, the install program will indicate that it sees no qualifying program for the upgrade, and asks the user to insert the install disk for 1 of several qualfying operating systems to verify ownership. Windows 2000 Professional is a qualifying system on the list, in spite of Microsoft statements that it can only be upgraded to Windows XP Professional. To upgrade from Windows 2000 to XP Home Edition, boot from the XP CDROM (by changing BIOS settings), and when asked insert your Windows 2000 install CDROM to prove ownership of an operating system eligible for an upgrade. The XP install can then proceed on any available free hard drive space. If the free space is on a hard drive already containing Windows 2000 (space created for example by programs such as Partition Magic), the XP install will automatically set up a dual-boot system. This asks you each time you turn the computer on which OS you want. This allows people to retain Windows 2000, while migrating applications and data piece by piece to Windows XP.

Upgrade Windows 2000 to XP Home Edition
Written By: Bruce Dunn | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 13942 | Print Tweak | 11/30/2001

According to Microsoft, Windows 2000 does not qualify for an upgrade to the XP Home Edition. Windows 2000 Professional users can only upgrade to XP Professional. If the XP upgrade disk is run from inside Windows 2000, the software will report that no qualifying operating system is seen, and therefore the XP upgrade cannot be used. However, if the computer is set to boot from the XP CDROM, the install program will indicate that it sees no qualifying program for the upgrade, and asks the user to insert the install disk for 1 of several qualfying operating systems to verify ownership. Windows 2000 Professional is a qualifying system on the list, in spite of Microsoft statements that it can only be upgraded to Windows XP Professional. To upgrade from Windows 2000 to XP Home Edition, boot from the XP CDROM (by changing BIOS settings), and when asked insert your Windows 2000 install CDROM to prove ownership of an operating system eligible for an upgrade. The XP install can then proceed on any available free hard drive space. If the free space is on a hard drive already containing Windows 2000 (space created for example by programs such as Partition Magic), the XP install will automatically set up a dual-boot system. This asks you each time you turn the computer on which OS you want. This allows people to retain Windows 2000, while migrating applications and data piece by piece to Windows XP.

Minimize Outlook to the System Tray
Written By: King Nothing | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 20022 | Print Tweak | 11/29/2001

I like to keep Outlook open all the time, but I don't like to have it on the taskbar all the time.
To minimize it to the system tray, start regedit and follow the steps below:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Office \ 10.0 \ Outlook \ Preferences Data Type: REG_DWORD Value Name: MinToTray Data: 1 (0 to disable MinToTray)
Nero 5 & Invisible Cd Drives!! Written By: Fraudster 2001 | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 26017 | Print Tweak | 11/29/2001

There is certain compatability issues with nero. If nero and cdrwin are on the same pc you cd rom drives will become invisible. To get round this copy the WNASPI32.DLL from the nero folder to the cdr win folder and open up cdr win and in the settings select this as your aspi driver, then reboot.
ATAPI ripping using AudioCatalyst, etc.
Written By: erik | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 11850 | Print Tweak | 10/23/2001

Since Windows XP doesn't include ATAPI Drivers for CD Ripping through AudioCatalyst etc your forced to rip using the audio output rip. Terrible! All you need to do to enable ATAPI Ripping is download and install ForceASPI from this address: http://www.mindspring.com/~tburke1/aspi.htm
Once installed, ripping at high ATAPI speeds is back to normal! :)

Office XP -Disable Error Reporting
Written By: Slof | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 12678 | Print Tweak | 10/22/2001

Office XP has a feature to report program errors to Microsoft. If you wish to disable this feature that sends data to Microsoft, put the text below into a .reg file and import it into the registry:
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Common] "DWNeverUpload"=dword:00000001 "DWNoExternalURL"=dword:00000001 "DWNoFileCollection"=dword:00000001 "DWNoSecondLevelCollection"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Common] "DWNeverUpload"=dword:00000001 "DWNoExternalURL"=dword:00000001 "DWNoFileCollection"=dword:00000001 "DWNoSecondLevelCollection"=dword:00000001

Increase speed of Outlook Express when Messenger is removed or disabled Written By: FreeMan | Authors Website: Visit | Views: 44206 | Print Tweak | 9/25/2001

For some users when they remove windows messenger or just disable it from starting up automatically they experience a great slow down when launching Outlook express. Users who experience such a slow down will find a error in the system error log saying The server {FB7199AB-79BF-11D2-8D94-0000F875C541} did not register with DCOM within the required timeout. The solution this problem is quite simple. Just Open up regedit and search for the string {FB7199AB-79BF-11D2-8D94-0000F875C541} and modify the keys InProc32 and LocalServer32 default key to a empty string. After a reboot, Outlook will start up as fast as possible.