Normally if u want to shut down your computer you will go to the start in taskbar and then you will press the shut down button but this is normal one. If you want to shut down to a specific time and by without using auto shut down software’s, with the small command we can shut down the computer easily.
Open Start - - Run
In the Command Prompt type code at 9.10 shutdown –s
Some of the Windows XP users might have facing the trouble of having a blue background color in their desktop icons. As shown in the image.
By having this blue background color it looks ugly to see the desktop.
It can be sloved by following the below procedure.
1. Right-click My Computer icon on your desktop or in the Start menu
2. Select Properties --> Advanced --> and click Settings [under Performance section].
3. Then under Visual Effects --> choose Custom and just check "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop"
4. Click OK.....
That's all! The 'Ugly' blue background color will not be there
Follow the instructions bellow:
Open Control Panel -> Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options -> Regional and Language Options -> Customize ->Time
here u can see A.M. and P.M. change it with ur name.
Follow the Steps
1. Open Notepad and type the following text. (or copy and paste it)
[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop
2. Save the text you typed as file name Show Desktop.scf to your desktop.
3. Now the show desktop icon will be on your desktop and you can drag it to the quick launch toolbar.
Applies to Windows XP and Windows
An on screen keyboard is built into Windows XP. It can be useful if you have mobility impairments, if you are using a tablet PC, or if your keyboard goes down. To access the keyboard, go to Start, then click Run, and type osk. Now the keyboard opens on your computer screen, featuring three typing modes you can use to type data:
Clicking mode, you click the on screen keys Scanning mode, you press a hot key or use a switch input device to type highlighted characters Hovering mode, you use a mouse or joystick to point to a key, which is then typed To make a shortcut icon on your desktop to the on screen keyboard:
1. Right click the desktop.
2. Point to New, and then click Shortcut.
3. Type osk, click Next.
4. Type a name for the shortcut, and then click Finish.
5. That’s it! When you need it, the shortcut to the on screen keyboard utility is right on your desktop.
You can get rid of the Windows XP error report messages if you don’t want to send another one in. Start the System Configuration Utility:
1.Click Start, and then click Run.
2. Type msconfig to open the System Configuration Utility.
3. Click the Services tab. Clear the Error Reporting Service check box, and then click OK.
4. Hit Restart to reboot your system.
5. Your computer will now start without loading the error reporting service.
How can you stop Windows XP from launching program CDs?
1. Click Start, click Run, type GPEDIT.MSC to open Group Policy in the Microsoft Management Console.
2. Double-click Computer Configuration, double-click Administrative templates, double-click System, and then click Turn off autoplay.
3. The instructions on your screen describe how to configure this setting. Click Properties to display the setting dialog.
4. Click Enabled, and choose CD-ROM drives, then click OK, to stop CD autoplay.
5. This setting does not prevent Autoplay for music CDs.
An easy way to remove those irritating arrows from your desktop shortcut icons and not change their properties
1. Right click the Desktop / Properties / Appearance tab
2. Select Item
3. Scroll for Icon
4. The default size is 32
5. Change this to 30
6. Clicking Apply
