COMPUTER TRICKS AND TIPS

The safest way to remove viruses from a computer without the risk of getting infected other files or computers is run the rescue disk .Here are 3 rescue system disks which are free to download .Burn the ISO image to a CD by using
MagicISO

1)Avira AntiVir Rescue System

DOWNLOAD : Avira Resecure

2)Kaspersky Rescue Disk

DOWNLOAD : Kaspersky Resecure disc

It is due to some kind of virus/ trojan activity which normally disables the task manager.Now due to this problem when ever the user press alt+ctrl+del to launch windows task manager it gives an error saying “Task Manager is being disabled by your administrator”.

Solution: To Enable the Disabled Task Manager on your system

1. Press window key+r to show run prompt

2. Follow the following steps
Enter gpedit.msc in the run prompt and click OK
In the Group Policy settings window
>Select User Configuration
>Select Administrative Templates
>Select System
>Select Ctrl+Alt+Delete options
>Select Remove Task Manager
>Double-click the Remove Task Manager option’.
>Set the property of this item as disabled.

For Those who use Windows XP Home Edition can use the registry to enable Task Manager

1. open start --> run and type regedit

2. Navigate to the following path:

Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

3. You will find a registry key with name DisableTaskMgr of type: REG_DWORD

4. Double click the key with and set the Value to 0

5. Exit the registry and restart to see the effect.

There are many things you can play with in Windows Operating System. The normal process to shut down the system is: To click Start - Turn off Computer - Turn Off. However this is not the only way to shut the system down. You can shut down your system with only one click. Here's how:
Navigate to your desktop. On the desktop, right-click and go to New, then to Shortcut (in other words, create a new shortcut). You should now see a pop-up window instructing you to enter a command line path. Use the following path in "Type Location of the Item"

SHUTDOWN -s -t 01

If the C: drive is not your local hard drive, then replace "C" with the correct letter of the hard drive. Click the "Next" button. Name the shortcut and click the "Finish" button. Now whenever you want to shut down, just click on this shortcut and you're done.
You can also setup a TIMER for shutting down the system. Here's how:
Method 1:
Right click on your desktop and choose "New=>shortcuts". In the box that says "Type the location of the shortcut", type in "shutdown -s -t 3600" without the quotation marks and click next. Note: 3600 are the amount of seconds before your computer shuts down. So, 60secs*60mins=3600secs.
Make up a name for the shortcut and you're done. You can change the icon by right clicking=>properities=>change icon=>browse
To Abort This Process:
To make an abort key to stop the shutdown timer just create another shortcut and make the "location of the shortcut" to " shutdown -a" without the quotes.
Method 2:
Here is another trick to shutdown at a specific time, for example you wish to shutdown at 11:35am. Type this in
start=>Run
Type: at 11:35 shutdown -s
TO ABORT:
Type: shutdown -a

Kill Waiting Time for Downloading in Rapidshare
If you do download as a free user in Rapidshare then you should wait for some time before your download get to start,You can kill that waiting time by hacking java script.Here is the trick..
Steps

1. Open Rapidshare link in browser and download as free user

2. After that you can see waiting time and now got address bar and enter this code javascript:alert(c=0)
3. This java script code ignores waiting time and allows for download

There are number of possible reasons for a computer to run slow. Even latest configuration computers with huge amounts of RAM and fast processors could run slower than it's usual speed. This mainly happens due to the vast use of Internet and easily available free softwares and trial versions of paid softwares.

With advancing technologies, high speed braod band internet connection is very common these days. Number of internet users are increase everyday and they download such softwares quite often. There are numerous software directories which offer free downloads of various softwares. These softwares aren't harmful to computers but installing too many softwares slow down your computer. Many of these softwares automatically set themselves to start up directory and everytime you start your PC, they start running even though you do not need to use them at moment. All you can do is find a decent Registry Cleaner from google and install it. Most registry cleaners will provide a list of programs which start as soon as windws boots up, unused registry entries, uninstall entries and numerous other computer problems. A good registry cleaner program will clean them too.One more problem your system to run slow could be installing some softwares that contain Adware OR Spyware. These softwares use lot of computer resources ending up with slowing down the computer. If you're having this problem, a good Anti-Spyware would help. It detects and removes if any existing softwares contain adware or spyware. It also protects your system getting infected again in future.The last and the most common cause of slow system is, system being infected with VIRUS. Virus is a computer program written with malicious intentions. Viruses are of many types, some are harmless while others damage the full system severely. Most viruses slow down the computer as it uses full system resources. The important thing here is to install a good branded Antivirus and a Firewall. Make sure you update your Antivirus regularly since Virus programs are written daily.Deleting cache and cookies and clearing history on a regular basis would help too. All in all, a good registry cleaner, anti-pyware and an antivirus is must for a smooth computer system, if you're a regular internet user.