Lesser known but funny facts about Windows and Microsoft Word

Try creating a folder anywhere on your computer and rename it as CON. It will never work. The whole microsoft team was never able to find out. This error was find out by an Indian.



There is a bug in Microsoft Word. Open a word document and type
=rand (200, 99)

and then press ENTER.

This error was discovered by a Brazilian. You will find the mention of this error in Chetan Bhagat's book One night at the Call Center. The whole Microsoft team has not been able to figure out this bug in MsWord.

WIndows XP secrets. Unlocking Windows XP magic

Your windows Xp software is quite easier to operate, easier than you think. You don't ahve to really hunt in the program folder or some system folder to find information that can be available through Windows Xp in just less than 20 seconds. Here is how you can use Windows Xp to your advantage:

Secret - Hidden Install Creator
Unlock - Go to Start, Run, type iexpress

Secret - Hidden Internet Conference Application
Unlock- Go to Start, Run, type conf

Secret - Hidden Font Editor
Unlock - Go to Start, Run, type eudcedit

Secret - Hidden Command Line Switch

Unlock- Go to "Start", "Run" and Type defrag c: -b to defragment the Boot and Application Prefetch information.

Secret - Image Trails
Unlock - Open an image and hold down Shift then drag the image around to create an image trail.

Secret - Create a Log File
Unlcock - Launch Notepad, Type .LOG on the first line, and then press Enter to move to the next line. On the File menu, click Save As, type a descriptive name for your file in the File name box, and then click OK. When you next open the file, note that the date and time have been appended to the end of the log, immediately preceding the place where new text can be added. You can use this functionality to automatically add the current date and time to each log entry.


Secret - 10x Zoom
Unlocks - Open an image and select the magnifying glass icon. Left-Click exactly on the line below the 8x.




Secret - Hidden Windows Media Player
Unlock- Go to Start, Run, type mplayer2

Folder lock, folder hide in less than a minute

Folder hide software is not important for your needs, because there is a technique to hide your folders in Windows XP. Let us see how we can use the folder lock for secret folders.

Let’s you want to hide a folder named ‘sex and porn’ which is in the drive D of your computer

Do this..Click on Start->Run-Type in ‘cmd’(without the quotes) and then d:
start--->run--->cmd-->d:

Once this is done

type D:/>attrib +h +s porn

the above command is to hide or conceal the folder
When you hide your folder in this manner with this folder hide command, it will not be visible even after doing advance search or showing ‘show hidden files’ action.

The only way you can bring your folder back to visibility is by typing the command:
D:/>attrib -h -s porn

Internet error codes-Understanding Internet error codes

Here's a complete list of Internet error codes-it helps to understand what they mean. The codes can generally by grouped as follows - * 100-199 - Information Codes. Gives information about the request or the servers involved. * 200-299 - Success Codes. Shows that the request was accepted or the requested file has zero content (empty). * 300-399 - Redirects. Requested content has moved. * 400-499 - Client Errors. Cannot find content or you don't have the necessary permissions to access it. * 500-599 - Server Errors. There is a problem at the server end, not allowing the request from completing successfully.

100 Continue 101 Switching Protocols 200 OK The request was successful 201 Created The request was successful and a new resource was created 202 Accepted The request was accepted for processing, but the processing is not yet complete 203 Non-Authoritative Information 204 No Content The server has processed the request but there is no new information to be returned 205 Reset Content 206 Partial Content 300 Multiple Choices The requested resource is available at one or more locations 301 Moved Permanently The requested resource has been assigned a new URL and any further references should use this new URL 302 Moved Temporarily The requested resource resides at a different location, but will return to this location in the future 303 See Other 304 Not Modified The requested resource has not been modified since the date specified in the If-Modified_Since header 305 Use Proxy 400 This is bad request error, First check you could be typing a wrong URL name and server may not understand your request. 401 You are attempting to open any unauthorized access site or page. Check your username and password if you are trying to open any webpage. 402 Payment Required Error 403 You are attempting to open any forbidden page and you are blocked by that domain. 404 You are attempting to open the webpage that was removed or re-named, also check the URL spelling. 405 Method Not Allowed 406 Not Acceptable 407 Proxy Authentication Required 408 This is time out error. You should send the request with in time that the server set for you. 409 Conflict 410 Gone 411 Length Required 412 Precondition Failed 413 Request Entity Too Large 414 Request-URL Too Large 415 Unsupported Media Type 500 Internal Server Error The server could not satisfy the request due to an internal error condition. 501 Not Implemented 502 Bad Gateway The server received an invalid response from the server from which it was trying to retrieve information. 503 Out of Resources 504 Gateway Time-Out 505 HTTP Version not supported

Computer running slow?

What to do if you computer becomes slow all of a sudden? You have not installed any suspicious software, yet the system is taking almost an hour to transfer files which it used to do in just about 5 minutes. What do you do? Here’s how you take care of this problem:

1. Delete the useless files from your system with ccleaner.

2. Find out the volume for errors. For this, right click on drive >>tools>>checknow

3. Do a system defragmentation once a week. Right click on drive >>tools>>defragmentation.

4. Your startup menu can make your computer slow. Remove items that you do not require, from startup. For this go to start>>run>>msconfig>>selective startup>uncheck load startup items.

5. Make use of an antivirus software that can scan, remove suspicious and damaging software and also alert you of any possible attack on your system from virus, Trojan or email spam. Kapersky, Norton or McAfee are recommended anti-virus software.

6. If all the above fail, you should reinstall your OS or windows. This will take care of the problem.

Windows XP-Hidden Applications

There are a lot of hidden applications in Windows XP which can be quite helpful. These applications can be quite fruitful. Try them out. Here’s how you go about doing it.

In order to run any of these apps go to Start > Run and type the executable name (for example drwsten32.exe).

WINDOWS XP HIDDEN APPS:

1) Character Map = charmap.exe (very useful for finding unusual characters)

2) Clipboard Viewer = clipbrd.exe (views contents of Windows clipboard)

3) Dr Watson = drwtsn32.exe (Troubleshooting tool)

4) DirectX diagnosis = dxdiag.exe (Diagnose & test DirectX, video & sound cards)

5) Private character editor = eudcedit.exe (allows creation or modification of characters)

6) IExpress Wizard = iexpress.exe (Create self-extracting / self-installing package)

7) Disk Cleanup = cleanmgr.exe

8) Microsoft Synchronization Manager = mobsync.exe (allows organization of files on the network when working offline. Apparently undocumented).

9) System Configuration Editor = sysedit.exe (modify System.ini & Win.ini just like in Win98! ).

10) Program Manager = progman.exe (Legacy Windows 3.x desktop shell).

11) Remote Access phone book = rasphone.exe (documentation is totally non-existant).

12) Registry Editor = regedt32.exe [also regedit.exe] (for hacking the Windows Registry).

13) Network shared folder wizard = shrpubw.exe (creates shared folders on network).

14) File siganture verification tool = sigverif.exe

15) Volume Contro = sndvol32.exe (I've included this for those people that lose it from the System Notification area).

16) Syskey = syskey.exe (Secures XP Account database - use with care, it's virtually undocumented but it appears to encrypt all passwords, I'm not sure of the full implications).

17) Microsoft Telnet Client = telnet.exe

18) Driver Verifier Manager = verifier.exe (seems to be a utility for monitoring the actions of drivers, might be useful for people having driver problems. Undocumented).

19) Windows for Workgroups Chat = winchat.exe (appears to be an old NT utility to allow chat sessions over a LAN, help files available).

20) System configuration = msconfig.exe (can use to control starup programs)

21) gpedit.msc used to manage group policies, and permissions

22) Windows Media Player 5.1 = mplay32.exe (Retro version of Media Player, very basic).

23) ODBC Data Source Administrator = odbcad32.exe (something to do with databases)

24) Object Packager = packager.exe (deals with packaging objects for insertion in files, appears to have comprehensive help files).

25) System Monitor = perfmon.exe (highly recommended, highly configurable tool, tells you all you wanted to know about any aspect of PC performance, for uber-geeks only )

Speed up your firefox

Speeding you your Firefox is easy.
Open Firefox. Type about:config in the address bar and press enter











In the filter bar type network.http.pipelining. Ensure that the value field is says true. If not double-click to set it.








Come back to the filter bar and type network.http.pipelining.maxrequests. Double-click this option and set its value to 8.


More information about speeding up your Firefox is given at http://howto.helpero.com/howto/Speed-Up-Firefox_31.html