Check Whether Your AntiVirus is Working or Not

In many of the cases we doubt our antivirus whether it is working properly or not, Here is a simple trick which helps us to find out whether our antivirus is working properly or not (Whether Realtime protection is turned or not)

Simply follow the below steps:

Step 1: Open notepad (run->notepad).

Step 2:  Simply Copy the below String in to the notepad (copy carefully).
 (This is not a virus it is just for testing purpose. This string is from eicar org)

X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
          
Step 3: Save the notepad with the name of your choice followed with ".bat" extension
and selection the path where you want to save and click on save
it looks like below.

Just after you click on save you will be notified by your antivirus saying "VIRUS HAS BEEN DETECTED".

Note: If you are warned by your antivirus then check whether your antivirus is enabled with real time protection or not if it is not enabled simply scan the file you will be warned.

 That's all you are done!!!



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How to Change Or Remove Xp Boot Screen.

Firstly, you have 2 options.... 1) Turn off the splash screen 2) Change the M$ (Microsoft) splash screen to one of your choosing.
1) There are a few ways to achieve turning off the splash screen.
You can use Tweakui  Using this tool is a good quick way of being able to turn on and off the splash screen. Once Tweakui is installed go into your control panel Start/Settings/Control Panel and double click Tweakui. Then click on the Boot tab, and uncheck "Display splash screen while booting" and click OK.

Another option would be to edit your msdos.sys file. To do so click Start/Programs/MS-DOS prompt.
In the MSDOS prompt window type
attrib -r -s -h C:\MSDOS.SYS
then press Enter.
This is to allow you to edit/write to the file as otherwise it is Read-Only. Then type
notepad C:\MSDOS.SYS
then press Enter.
Notepad will now load with your MSDOS file ready for editting.

Look for the line "LOGO=1". If it is there to turn OFF the splash screen simply change the 1 to a 0 (zero).

If that line isn't there just below the line [Options] add LOGO=0.

Save the file and then return to your MSDOS prompt window. Then type attrib +r +s +h C:\MSDOS.SYS and press Enter. This restores the file permissions (Read Only etc.) that you had changed above.
2) Changing the M$ splash screen.
Start by opening Windows Explorer and click View/FolderOptions from the toolbar, and select ShowAllFiles and click OK. Then make sure you are in the root directory C:\ and look for a file called LOGO.SYS

If it is there rename LOGO.SYS to something like OLDLOGO.SYS so you can keep it incase you ever wish to return to using the M$ splash screen.

Now you're going to need to create the new splash screen for you to use. The new image has to be a bitmap image *.bmp with 256 colours and 640x480 pixels.

Then resize the image to 320x400 because the Windows boot process wil stretch your image to the required above dimensions (640x480) and save the file as LOGO.SYS and save it in the C:\ directory.
Then reboot and enjoy your new splash screen.

Remove Windows Genuine Notification

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Simply Download The Below Tool And Run Windows Genuine Notification will Be Removed 

Download: win(xp)

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               Manual Removal Process

Step 1:

If you have only just installed Windows Genuine Advantage notifications, simply using the system restore function will remove the program. Then refuse to accept the WGA update next time Windows updates. Otherwise, proceed as detailed below. (NOTE: If you try these steps while you are in "Safe Mode," step #8 is unnecessary).

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Step 2:

First, try the following:

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Step 3:

Open a CMD Line Window by Clicking on Start ==>Run ==> type CMD and Press OK.

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Step 4:

Change Directory into the System32 Folder (Like Cd c:\Windows\System32)

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Step 5:

 Open a notepad Window and type the following lines:

• taskkill -IM wgatray.exe
• del wgatray.exe
• del wgalogon.dll

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Step 6:

Highlight and copy to the Clipboard the three lines above

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Step 7:

Paste the contents of the Clipboard to the CMD Window

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Step 8:
This should kill the wgatray.exe Process from the Taskbar and immediately delete both files wgatray.exe and wgalogon.dll without the need to to go through all steps bellow.

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Step 9:

If that does not work, then continue and follow the steps below;

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Step 10:

• a) Click "Start", "Run", then type-in "System32". Click "Okay".
  
  
  
  
  b) Find System32 manually by clicking "Start" > "My Computer" > "(X:)" (Replacing "X" with the drive letter of the host of Windows) > "Windows" > "System32".
  

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Step 11:

In "System32", go to "Tools" > "Folder options" > click on the tab, "View" > Uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types". Now you can begin...

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Step 12:

Check to make sure the window that comes up has a full screen of various files. The files are in alphabetical order, which makes it easier to locate the specific file.

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Step 13:

Find "WgaLogon.dll" and rename it "WgaLogon.dll.bak".

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Step14:

*Right click on a blank space in System32 and select "New" "Text Document".

* Leave the text document empty and label it "WgaLogon.dll". Press Enter (on your keyboard).

*You may get a warning from the above step that says, "If you change a file name extension, the file may become unusable. Are you sure you want to change it?". Click "Yes" on this warning.

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Step 15: 

Be ready to complete the next two steps very quickly! Find "WgaTray.exe" in "System32" and delete it. You will then have 5 seconds to find "WgaTray.exe" in the Task Manager (the next step). NOTE: If you remove the files mentioned above while you are in "Safe Mode," step #8 is unnecessary.

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Step 16:

 Immediately open Task Manager. You can do this by pressing the Ctrl, Shift, and Esc keys simultaneously, pressing the Ctrl, Alt, and Delete keys simultaneously, or right clicking the Taskbar and selecting "Task Manager". Click on the process tab and click end process when "WgaTray.exe" is selected. Note: If you take longer, do not panic! All that will happen is that "WgaTray.exe" will keep reappearing in the processes list (i.e. you won't be able to delete it as required). To remove the notifications after this, return to system32. You will find two files:"WgaLogon.dll.bak" (the one you renamed) and an Application Extension (0KB) called "WgaLogon.dll". Delete the Application Extension, rename "WgaLogon.dll.bak" to "WgaLogon.dll" and repeat the steps from the fifth one onwards (at a greater speed!!).

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Step 17:

Restart your computer once you have finished. All the notification messages should be gone.

How To Remove MSN Messenger.

A lot of people want to know how to remove the MSN Messenger service from XP... here's how:Method I:-

Step 1: Go to control panel (start->settings->control panel)

Step 2: Select add or remove icon there.

Step 3: A window popups and in the left panel select "Add/Remove Windows Components"

Step 4: And in the list select only (Tick) MSN explorer and slect next .

That's all you have done.

Method II:- 
Locate SYSOC.INF in the \Windows\INF folder (hidden file and folder),
Open it in Notepad and locate the line: msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7
Remove the word "hide" from the line and save the file. You will now have an entry in add/remove programs. Do what you will :)
OR (XP Pro Only) leave it installed, but tell Windows to never let it run. If you're running XP Professional, you can use GPEDIT.MSC to prevent Messenger from loading. Otherwise, even disabling it in startup won't cause it to "always" not run. NOTE: Outlook, Outlook Express and some Microsoft web pages can still make it load.

Start, Run and enter GPEDIT.MSC

Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Messenger

You can now modify whether it starts initially and/or whether it's to run at all. UPDATE: I have recieved some email that say this fix slows down outlook when starting, that is because outlook wants to start messenger when it starts, the easiest and fastest way to disable messenger and still have a quickj starttime with outlook is to rename the exe file, located here c:\program files\messenger\msmsgs.exe, to something other than msmsgs.exe, such as msmsgsnew.exe.

Make Icons Transperent.

Some time you may get blue color for your icons and it may look somewhat disfigured so you may think how to get-rid of this to remove simply follow the following steps:(It may look like following as shown in image)

STEP 1: Right Click On Desktop Select Arrange icons by.

Step 2: See Whether Lock Web Items On Desktop Was Selected  if it is Selected Unselecte .  (It Solves )

                                   (If Not Alternative)


Step 1: Right Click On Desktop Select Properties.

Step 2: Select Desktop Tab And At The Bottom Select Customize Desktop.


Step 3: Select Web Tab And Check Whether "My Current HomePage"  is Selected Or Not if it is Selected Unselect. That's all Ur Prob Get Solve.

Open Recycle Bin From Run

This Is Another Way To Open Recycle Bin Using Command Prompt


Step 1: Click On Start And Open Run.


Step 2: Then Paste This Code Into It "::{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}" (without "") Looks Like


Step 3: Press Enter

How to remove recycle bin from your desktop Tip:

Yes it is possible to remove recycle bin from desktop for doing this simply follow steps 

Step 1: 
 
Open Regedit by going to START - RUN and type Regedit and hit enter. 

Step 2:
Then you should navigate to following entry in registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
Desktop\NameSpace\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} and delete it. 

 
This action should remove recycle bin from your desktop.

How to Disable Clicking Sound from Internet Explorer in Vista and Windows 7?

Have you ever thought that the clicking sound is annoying when you click on the links in Internet Explorer (IE7 or IE8) or refresh the Window? Especially in the night when your friends or family members are sleeping and when you browse? Then disabling that clicking sound will be a good option. Unfortunately you can’t disable it from IE and you have to do it through the system sound settings.
So how to disable the clicking sound in IE?

Go to Start button –> Control Panel –> Hardware and Sound.
Under Sound, click Change System Sounds.
There you will see the list of programs whose sound system is managed by Windows Vista, Scroll down to see Windows Explorer. There choose Start Navigation and from the Sounds drop down menu choose None. Click OK.

You may also want to change the settings for Complete Navigation to None, if its not already set to None. Also if you don’t want any noise while you are browsing, you can also disable the sound when you have a blocked pop-up window. Choose Blocked Pop-up Window and change it to None.