How To Speed Windows XP Shut Down

It's not only start-up that you'd like to speed up; you can also make sure that your system shuts down faster. If shutting down XP takes what seems to be an inordinate amount of time, here are a couple of steps you can take to speed up the shutdown process:

* Don't have XP clear your paging file at shutdown. For security reasons, you can have XP clear your paging file (pagefile.sys) of its contents whenever you shut down. Your paging file is used to store temporary files and data, but when your system shuts down, information stays in the file. Some people prefer to have the paging file cleared at shutdown because sensitive information such as unencrypted passwords sometimes ends up in the file. However, clearing the paging file can slow shutdown times significantly, so if extreme security isn't a high priority, you might not want to clear it. To shut down XP without clearing your paging file, run the Registry Editor (click Start > Run, then type regedit in the Run box) and go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management

* Change the value of ClearPageFileAtShutdown to 0. Close the Registry, and restart your computer. Whenever you turn off XP from now on, the paging file won't be cleared, and you should be able to shut down more quickly.

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What Should I Do If My Hard Drive Has Crashed

As you know, hard disk is the most valuable part of computer. It's like your wallet, you many important things inside it. How if it crashed, WHAT SHOULD I DO ?

1. If you use IDE drive, check your data cable properly. If that's needed you can
replace it with a new one.
2. Try booting with boot CD to learn if the disk is readable. If it is, you can copy
your data with copy them to different drive. After that you can format drive that
crashed and hope that you can save your drive.
3. Your drive may has bad sector, try to locate it or perhaps to heal it.
4. Try to download tools that provide by your drive manufacture. You can try this

http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=287

If those step dont' helped, maybe you can try this (freezer trick) :

Put the drive in a plastic freezer bag (and wrap it in a paper towel for extra protection against moisture) to keep water out, and then freeze it for a few hours. Let it thaw back to room temperature after you take it out, and get rid of any condensation you see. There's no agreed-upon length of time to freeze it, but start with an hour and work your way up to 24 hours to see if you can make the drive spin up one last time.

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How to put your name on taskbar

1. First open control panel then choose Regional and Language Option.
2. In regional Option Tab choose customize.
3. Then choose time tab.
4. You can change on AM and PM symbol with your name.
5. Happy Trying. See you....

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How To Change Disk Drive Icon

1. Run regedit.
2. Choose HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, then choose Software -> Microsoft -> Windows ->
Current Version -> Explorer.
3. Find DriveIcon, if you can't find then you should make it first.
4. If you need to make, right click on Explorer then new -> key. Then write
DriveIcon, then add key again with your drive name.
5. Then add key in your drive name with DefaultIcon to change icon, or Defaultlabel to
change disk label.
6. Then double click on DefaultIcon field (default) then type the icon location.
7. Close registry editor and open your windows explorer and you can see that your drive
icon has already changed.

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