Mostly pen drive doesn't consist any security measures. Since we use Pen drive in many PC/Laptops it very easily gets infected with viruses and malwares. 

We can easily get rid of these Malwares by scanning it with any good updated Antivirus (no need of Format as it leads to Data loss).

Problem arises when we try to access our data stored in the pen drive.
When we check property of the USB Drive, Disk usage shows there are files in the pen drive but inside pen drive we can't find any!!
Rather we are left with some Shortcuts sometimes.

Don't worry All the files are safe only they are made Hidden by the virus.

To unhide your files and folders follow these simple steps:

1) Open command prompt:
     (Win 7 & vista) : 
  start->cmd (in search) -> open
It is better to open cmd as administrator:
right click the cmd icon (from search)->-> run as administrator(give admin password if required, else use normal run)

     (Win xp users) :
  start -> run -> type cmd -> Ok


command prompt will open now.

2) Check Drive Letter of you pen drive from 'My Computer'.

 
For example, If it is labelled as "e: drive"
     
-> type 'e:' hit enter

now pointer location will go to the drive.
 
3) type this command and hit enter :
     attrib -r -s -h *.* /s /d

 


Hurray, all your files and folders are visible to you now!!
:) :)

Code to reset the Nokia 5233 phone

 

1.- Basic Reset or Soft Reset for nokia 5233

 This option restores the .ini files from the ROM.
Does not erase data (photos, videos, documents) or applications from
a third party. Key Code *# 7780 # (click this combination of keys on the
keyboard in the mobile)

 

2.- Total Reset or Hard Reset for nokia 5233

This option restores the original operating system from the ROM.
Formats the C: partition and deletes all data including the memory
card. Key Code *#7370# (click this combination of keys on the keyboard
in the mobile)

or

Turn the device off.
Pres and Hold Shift + Space + BackSpace keys.
Turn on the device by pressing the ON button.
Wait until th Nokia logo appear.

Important: To proceed to reset, the battery must be full and the
mobile device connected to the charger. If during the course of reset,
the mobile stop receiving electricity it can ruin the internal flash
memory of the mobile device and stop function.

1. Shows the serial number of the device.
2. Date and year of manufacture (eg 0299).
3. Shows month and year of sale (if installed). Here you can set the date, but be careful – it can be done only once in their life phone
4. Date of last repair (if any)
5. Sends all the phone numbers, pictures, and calls from one phone to another (possibly in order to restore). In models with an infrared eye, this procedure works, and through him

1. Log in Calendar (Menu-8)
2. Make a note or reminder
3. Enter some text in the editing window
4. Press and hold the Clear button until the text is empty, then click Back.
5. You will return to main screen, but will appear on the screen space (which you certainly do not see).
6. Enter any 4 digits (eg 1234).
7. Using the arrow keys, move the cursor to the beginning of this line with the numbers (click the down arrow 2 times).
8. Now enter any additional 6 digits and press Send (green tube).
9. Wait a few seconds. Phone flashes illuminated keys and display, and finally reboot.

AdParlor, a startup advertising network designed for social networking sites, AdParlor.com provides opensocial gadget developers to make money by placing ads on application/gadget Canvas view. Open Social application are application on social networks/communities for providing greater communication between the users.  You can see various application on communities like orkut/ hi5/ facebook/ fanbox/ myspace/ Bebo and others.... Visit these applications for understanding what is an app and how it works.     FootBallz  Travel India Gtalk Chat Orkut India Chat flickr  myspace  Google Chat Gmail  Orku Paint  Inside Orkut So your question is:  How i can make money? You have to just create a corner on corners.in and add some videos, clips, photos and some discussion board that are available on that site Now follow the instruction on corner.in to submit an application on orkut, hi5, facebook and myspace. Then you can add ads from adparlor.com and make money. I am really making money from adparlor.com approx 25$ daily. So Start Now..!

Google Voice is a telecommunication service by Google

Google Voice Invite

Its a phone management service which provides a US based Number to user and through that number he can bind his multiple numbers like mobile number, office number and home landline number.
User can track his all incoming and outgoing call through Google Voice Number.
Google Voice can be use in Two different modes.

1. With your existing number
2. With Google Number.

Google Voice with your existing number provides the following features:

• Google Voicemail – Voice mails in your inbox as text email.
• Voicemail transcription – Read what your voice mail says.
• Custom Greetings – Caller can send voice mail greetings.
• International Calling – Very low cost international calling plans.
• Notifications – Read your voicemails via email or mobile sms.
• Share Voicemails -  Sharing features like you can embed, download and forward voicemails.

Google Voice with Google Number provides some more features like:

• One Number – Single number which can ring all your phones.
• Free SMS – Share, recieve and archive text messages online.
• Block Calls – You can block unwanted or advertisement calls.
• Record Calls – You can record phone calls and store online.
• Conference calls – You can make or recieve conference calls.
• Screen Callers – You can check callers ID before recieving the calls.

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Primary or I must say the major usage of Bluetooth technology is being done in order to share, distribute or transfer data from any type of file from one device to another Bluetooth enabled device where the same Bluetooth technology is installed, configured and enabled at the same time. These devices may be any personal computer like netbook or laptop and any mobile device as well like iPad, iPhone and several famous brands like Samsung, Nokia and Motorola etc’s handsets.
Currently most commonly or widely used Bluetooth device is recognized as headsets devices that are having the Bluetooth facility which is highly in use by millions of worldwide users to listen music, talk on the move or to do voice chat or use VoIP service through their personal computers. Some other popular and necessary computer devices like printers, mouse and keyboards are also connected through this technology to any personal computer.

If you have an intention to install and use Bluetooth device with your computer especially to those which are having Windows XP working along with at least Service Pack 2 (SP2). It is to tell that Microsoft Windows XP is built with the support of several kinds and types of Bluetooth devices as software or you may say drivers’ detail of those Bluetooth devices is already available in Service Pack 2.
If system (means Windows XP) does not recognize your Bluetooth device then “Add Bluetooth Device Wizard” should be used to install or configure your device. Then Control Panel should be used to configure or connect your installed Bluetooth device.

A relational database contains multiple tables. The data is stored into the tables. In Ms-Access, a database is created and then tables are created in that database. The database file has extension “.mdb”. The tables and all other objects such as-Forms, Reports, Queries etc. are stored into database file on disk.
In Microsoft Access, a new database can be created by using one of the following methods.

• From startup dialog box.
• From Main window

Like Microsoft Word or Excel, MS-Access program can be- started from Start menu of Windows or by dou6le clicking the shortcut on the desktop (if it exists on desktop). The most common way to start MS-Access is by using Start menu.

• To start MS-Access from Start menu, follow these steps.
• Click the Start button on the taskbar, Start menu appears.
• Select Programs menu from Start menu, a submenu appears.
• Click Microsoft Access, a startup dialog box appears with different options will be shown.

The options of MS-Access startup dialog box are:

• “Blank Access database“: used to create new database.
• “Access database wizards, pages & projects“: used to create new database through wizard by selecting tables and fields for each table. You can create a project very quickly to manipulate the database.
• “Open an existing file“: used to open the existing database.

The important options of database window are:
i) Create table in Design view
This option is used to create table by designing its structure. The field names, their data types, primary key and other validation rules are defined. It is called the design view of table.
ii) Create table by using wizard
This option is used to create table by using the wizard. User can create the table by following the guidelines of MS-Access wizard.
iii) Create table by entering data
This option is used to create table by directly entering data into the table. A window similar to the worksheet is opened having column headings as “Field1”, “FieId2” and so on. It is called the datasheet view of table. In this view, you can enter and edit the records. When you exit from this view, MS-Access asks the name of table before to close the window. MS-Access automatically defines the data types of fields by analyzing the data in the fields or columns.
MS-Access also has three icons under the Title Bar of database window:

1. Open icon is used to open the table.
2. Design icon is used to design the structure of table.
3. New icon is used to create the new table in current database.

Microsoft Word Short cut keys?
Common Used Shortcut Keys
Open New Word document	Ctrl + N
Open Saved Word document	Ctrl + O
Close current document not Word	Ctrl + W or Ctrl + F4
Save current document	Ctrl + S
Save As current document with new name	F12
Print current document	Ctrl + P
Exit from Microsoft Word	Alt + F4
Undo last action	Ctrl + Z
Redo last un done action or repeat typing action	Ctrl + Y or F4
Copy selected text or object	Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert
Cut selected text or object	Ctrl + X or Shift + Delete
Paste copied or cut text or object	Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert
Select all text and objects in current document	Ctrl + A
Find or Search text	Ctrl + F
Find and Replace text	Ctrl + H
Goto specific line etc.	Ctrl + G or F5
Delete one word to left	Ctrl + Backspace
Delete one word to right	Ctrl + Delete
Insert line break	Shift + Enter
Formatted Shortcut Keys
Bold	Ctrl + B
Italic	Ctrl + I
Underline	Ctrl + U
Underline only word not spaces	Ctrl + Shift + W
Double Underline	Ctrl + Shift + D
Increase Single Font Size	Ctrl + ]
Decrease Single Font Size	Ctrl + [
Increase Single Font Step	Ctrl + >
Decrease Single Font Step	Ctrl + <
Center Alignment	Ctrl + E
Left Alignment	Ctrl + L
Right Alignment	Ctrl + R
Justified Alignment	Ctrl + J
Change Font	Ctrl + Shift + F
Change Font Size	Ctrl + Shift + P
Superscript	Ctrl + Shift + =
Subscript	Ctrl + =
All Caps	Ctrl + Shift + A
Small Caps	Ctrl + Shift + K
Single Line Spacing	Ctrl + 1
Double Line Spacing	Ctrl + 2
1.5 Line Spacing	Ctrl + 5
Change case of selecte text	Shift + F3
Indent paragraph from left	Ctrl + M
Increase indentation location	Ctrl + T
Decrease indentation location	Ctrl + Shift + T
Copy only formats of selected text	Ctrl + Shift + C
Paste or apply only formats to selected text	Ctrl + Shift + V
Cursor Movement Keys
Move one character to right	Right Arrow
Move one character to left	Left Arrow
Move one word to right	Ctrl + Right Arrow
Move one word to left	Ctrl + Left Arrow
Jump to start of document	Ctrl + Home
Jump to end of document	Ctrl + End

DOS (Disk Operating System) is first operating system release by Microsoft. Before Microsoft; DOS was released by IBM named IBM DOS. Bill Gates started own company Microsoft and released MS DOS 1.0. Before invention GUI Operating System (Windows) DOS’s last version was 6.22. After DOS 6.22 Microsoft never release MS DOS. MS DOS was a simple and command based operating system. There was no use of mouse in MS DOS. All commands were type able from keyboard. Some MS DOS’s famous commands are still in use in Windows Shell (Command Prompt). There were two types of commands in MS DOS.

1. Internal Commands Internet commands were built in DOS shell commands and do not need any external file. Here are some internal commands.
   

   DIR

   Get the list of files in current folder or directory

   CLS

   Clears current working screen of MS DOS)

   DATE

   View or change current date of system

   TIME

   View or change current time of system

   REN or RENAME

   Rename a file

   COPY

   Copy a file

   VER

   Get the current DOS version

   MD

   Create directory or folder

   RD

   Remove directory or folder if empty

   Note: All internal commands are still supported in Windows Command Prompt.
   


2. External Commands External commands were not part of DOS shell and need external files same like Windows Library (DLL) files. Here are some MS DOS’s external commands.
   

   DELTREE

   Remove folder including all sub folders and files

   LABEL

   View or change disk’s label name

   FORMAT

   Format the Hard Disk or Floppy Disk

   CHKDSK

   Run disk check on Hard Disk or Floppy Disk

We know that computer understands instructions in machine code, i.e. in the form of 0s and 1s. It is difficult to write computer program directly in machine code. Nowadays, the programs are written mostly in high-level languages, i.e. BASIC, C-H-, PASCAL, etc. A program written in any high-level programming language (or written in assembly language) is called the Source Program.
The source code cannot be executed directly by the computer. The source program must be converted into machine code to run it on the computer. The program translated into machine code is known as Object Program.
Every language has its own language processor (or translator). Therefore, language processor is defined as:

The special translator system software that is used to translate the program written in high-level language (or Assembly language) into machine code is called language processor or translator program.
The language processors are divided into three types.

1. Compilers
2. Interpreters
3. Assemblers

1. Compiler

The language processor that translates the complete source program as a whole in machine code before execution is called compiler. The C and C++ compilers are best examples of compilers.
The program translated into machine code is called the object program. The source code is translated to object code successfully if it is free of errors. If there are any errors in the source code, the compiler specifies the errors at the end of compilation. The errors must be removed before the compiler can successfully compile the source code. The object program can be executed a number of times without translating it again.

2. Interpreter

The language processor that translates (converts) each statement of source program into machine code and executes it immediately before to translate the next statement is called Interpreter. If there is an error in the statement the interpreter terminates its translating process at that statement and displays an error message. The OWBASIC is an example of interpreter.

he Interpreter differs from compiler that translates the entire source program into object program before execution.
The main advantage of Interpreter is that it makes easy to trace out and correct errors in the source program.
The main disadvantages of Interpreter are:

• It is a time consuming process of translating and executing statements one by one.
• Each time the program is run, the source code is translated and executed have a translator program (Interpreter) permanently in your computer.

3. Assembler

An assembler is third type of translator program. It is used to translate the program written in Assembly language into machine code. An assembler performs the translation process in similar way as compiler. But assembler is the translator program for low-level programming language, while a compiler is the translator program for high-level programming languages.
Difference between Compiler & Interpreter
The main difference between compiler and interpreter is:

Compiler	Interpreter
1) It translates source code into object codes as a whole.	1) It translates the statements of the source code one by one and execute immediately.
2) It creates an object file.	2) It does not create an object file.
3) Program execution is very fast.	3) Program execution is slow.
4) Translator program is not required to translate the program each time you want to run the program.	4) Translator program is required to translate the program each time you want to run the program.
5) It does not make easier to correct the mistakes in the source code.	5) It makes easier to correct the mistakes in the source code.
6) Most of the high-level programming languages have compiler program.	6) A few high-level programming languages have Iterpreter program.

here are several advantages of high-level programming languages. The most important advantages are:

1. Easy to Learn

The high-level languages are very easy to learn than low-level languages. The statements written for the program are similar to English like statements.

2. Easy to Understand

The program written is high-level language by one programmer can easily be understood by another because the program instructions are similar to the English language?

3. Easy to Write Program

In high-level language, a new program can easily be written in a very short time. The larger and complicated software can be developed in few days or months.

4. Easy to Detect & Remove Errors

The errors in a program can be easily detected and removed. Mostly the errors are occurred during the compilation of new program.

5. Built-in Library Functions

Each high-level language provides a large number of built-in functions or procedures that can be used to perform specific tasks during designing of news programs. In this way, a large amount of time of programmer is saved.

6. Machine Independence

Program written in high-level language is machine independent. It means that a program written on one type of computer can be executed on another type of computer.

1. The first to do is open the email you got. I mean, do not use any preview. Just click the email from the list of your inbox folder and open the email in a new window if you use an email client, or in the main pane, if you use a web email service.
2. Now, you should look for the email header link. Such a feature lets you display special information (such as: IP, web address and other unreadable info) about the email.
3. Among the many information displayed about your email, the email header feature should also display a special row which should start with: “Received: from”. Inside such a row, you should also be able to find a IP number ( ex: ) which identifies the computer where the email was sent from. Copy it!
4. Now, go to yougetsignal.com and paste the IP number in the Remote Address field which is located right under the map.
5. As soon you as you hit the Host Trace button, on the map you will be able to find the exact place where the email you got was sent from.
6. If you feel uncomfortable to search for IP numbers among tricky and difficult pieces of code etc., you can use a more easy way! Spokeo.com is a wonderful website which is able to show info about  the sender of any email, by typing the email address in its Search field. Once you press the Search button, Spokeo will search among dozens of social networks, web documents, web pages etc and will return you with a detailed report of the person you are targeting. In my case I submitted the email address of a guy who sent me an email about an article I had written, and Spokeo was able, in a couple of seconds,  to give me his name, surname, where he comes from and what social networks he uses! Great service!

Be aware of what processes are running on your computer is a great thing. This to understand what is going on on your machine, but also to report some unexpected behaviour to experts who are in many forums, ready to help you. One of the first things you could be asked by people willing to help you identify an issue on your PC is a complete list of your running processes. Retrieving such a piece of information is quite easy since it is sufficient to press CTRL+ALT+DEL and click Start Task Manager to open a window showing you all the running processes on your Windows. But how write them on a .txt or .doc file in a couple of steps? Just follow this trick.

1. First of all, gain access to the Command Prompt. Click on Start, on the Search Bar type Command Prompt and hit Enter. You should now be able to see the famous black window.
2. Execute this command: wmic process get description,executablepath
3. To create a textfile (.txt) execute this code: wmic /output:d:\process.txt process get description,executablepath
4. Done!

1. Click Start.
2. Click All Porgrams.
3. Click Accessories and select Command Prompt.
4. Once the black Windows is open, type WMIC and press Enter.
5. Now type this command: product get name .This command will create a list of installed applications on your PC. This list, apart from being useful to know what you have got on your PC, lets you also see the complete name of an application.
6. Now type: product where name=”" call uninstall Note: Inside name”" you have to write the name of software you wish to uninstall i.e. Microsoft Silverlight
7. Here is a complete example of the above command: product where name=”Microsoft Silverlight” call uninstall
8. When prompted just press Y to uninstall the application.

This trick works for Windows XP Professional, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008.

1. There are a lot of simple, free programs which are able to download any videos from the Internet, including famous Internet Video services such as: Google Video, YouTube, DailyMotion etc. One of the most famous one is the excellent TubeMaster.
2. If you have Firefox browser you won’t even need to use other software. In fact, Firefox offers you interesting and free add-ons which will let you download any video you want. Here are some interesting add-ons: KeepTube and Video DownloadHelper.
3. If you don’t want to install anything on your computer because you hate programs and the fact that you have to set them, leave everything to the Internet. Some website lets you download any Google Video you want by simply pasting and copy the URL of the video in a special field. That’s the case of Videodl.org. Copy and paste the web address of the video you want to download (such as: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7765557442856739526) , click the get it! button and that’s it! Right click a special link to download the video!
4. Do you wish to download a Google video to your ipod? Nothing to worry about! Google has got an excellent tutorial which teach you how to download a video to your iPod using iTunes. Visit this guide to know more.

Best Google Tricks:

Did you know that you can use Google for…

1. Track flight status Do you want to know what time your flight leave? Here is what you have to write: [your company name] flight [your flight number] Ex: british airways flight 354
2. Get the local time from any city or location in the world If you want to know the time is in a certain city, write this sentence: what time is it [write here the name of the city] Ex: what time is it New York
3. Convert everything into anything else Google is the most powerful converter and calculator ever invented. Did you know? You can convert currencies, metrics, number etc. Here are a few examples:
• 1 US dollar in pounds (of course this is just an example. You can use whatever currency you want)
• minutes in hour (again, everything is possible here. Here is another example: years in century)
• bits in kilobytes
• hectolitres in litre (ok, maybe I exaggerate here)
4. Compare things How many times have you wished to know if something is better than something else? Here is the solution: “better than [write you what you want to compare]” Ex: “better than norton antivirus”
5. Find Music You can fill Google in with codes that work with everything you are looking for. They are able to change the search engine in a powerful Search Operator. Here is the piece of code: -inurl:(htm|html|php)intitle:”index of”+”last modified” + “parent directory”+ description + size + (wma|mp3) “frank sinatra” Of course you can search something else instead of Wma, mp3 files, and you look for any other singer instead of Frank Sinatra.
6. Find definitions If you don’t know the meaning of a word, you can ask Google! Here is what you have to write: [define: serendipity]
7. Calculator With Google it is not necessary to buy a calculator. In fact, you can calculate whatever you want within the search engine. Here is how: [100+758+23-254]

But Google goes beyond all that I have just written, and lets you search things in hundreds of different ways. Codes, Boolean search, special characters are just a few examples of what you can use with Google to fine tune your search and manage to look for something that, till some time ago, was really impossible for you to get. Let’s start this little trip by learning how Google works with the basic searches.

1. [red white] Ok, I know, this is really simple but I want to start from here, from what you know to move towards those Google regions that will leave you speechless. This simple search will let you find those pages containing the word “red” and/or the word “white”. Nothing difficult so far, right?
2. [red+white] This search will let you look for those pages containing the words “red” and “white”. This is a more specific request that will exclude a lot of unwanted results.
3. ["red white"] This search will let you look for pages containing the exact sequence of two or more words that are to be next to each other and in the same way they are written. In this example, Google will look for “red white”. Nothing else will be taken into account.
4. [red or white] This search will let you look for pages containing the words “red” or “white”.
5. [red -white] This search will let you look for pages containing the word “red” but without the word “white”.
6. [red ~ white] The little character you see here is called “tilde” and lets you look for pages containing the word “red” and whatever connected with the word “white”

I bet you already knew most of these tricks to search, right? But it is not over yet. Let’s go deeper and deeper in our quest for the perfect search with this tips and tricks, and let’s learn how to make specific requests to Google.

1. [chocolate site: cnn.com] This search will let you look for specific pages in the website www.cnn.com and containing the word “chocolate”.
2. [intitle: chocolate: cnn.com] This search will let you look for specific pages in the website www.cnn.com having the word “chocolate” in their titles.
3. [info: cnn.com] This search will let you look for all the information owned by Google about the website www.cnn.com.
4. [link: cnn.com] This search will let you look for those websites that link to the website www.cnn.com.
5. [cache: cnn.com] This search will let you see a copy of the website www.cnn.com stored in Google’s server.

Again, Google let you search for information about different things such as: movies, stocks, flight, weather etc. Let’s find out how:

1. [movie: lord of the rings] This search will let you look for the reviews of the movie Lord of the Ring.
2. [stock:goog] This search will let you look for Google stock exchange information.
3. [weather New york NY] This search will let you look for the weather in New York.
4. [fly New York to Las Vegas] This search will let you look for flight from New York to Las Vegas.
5. [1260 New York Broadway NY] This search will let you look for a address in New York. It will also show you a map from Google maps.

Are you looking for sheet facts about cities, counties, people etc? Are you doing your homework and you are at loss about how to find specific information. Google can help you!

1. [gdp italy] Gross domestic product of Italy.
2. [population Italy] Population of Italy.
3. [location Italy] It gives you an idea where Italy is.
4. [capital Italy] The capital of Italy.
5. [anthem Italy] The national anathem of Italy.
6. [flag italy] The flag of Italy.
7. [birthday of luciano pavarotti] The birthday of Luciano Pavarotti.
8. [biography of luciano pavarotti] The biography ofLuciano Pavarotti.

Did you see how many ways you can use Google to look for whatever you want? Google it is not just a regular search engine, but a powerful tool to learn, solve and understand many problems you may face during our daily life. Enjoy it!

Increase your RAM and so system speed

Top 20 Tips To Keep Your System Faster

Follow these tips and you will definitely have a much faster and more reliable PC!  1. Wallpapers: They slow your whole system down, so if you're willing to compromise, have a basic plain one instead! 2. Drivers: Update your hardware drivers as frequently as possible.  New drivers tend to increase system speed especially in the case of graphics cards, their drivers are updated by the manufacturer very frequently! 3. Minimizing: If you want to use several programs at the same time then minimize those you are not using.  This helps reduce the overload on RAM. 4. Boot Faster: The 'starting Windows 98/XP' message on startup can delay your booting for a couple of seconds.  To get rid of this message go to c:\ and find the file Msdos.sys.  Remove the Read-Only option.  Next, open it in Notepad or any other text editor.  Finally, go to the text 'Options' within the file and make the following changes: Add BootDelay=0.  To make your booting even faster, set add Logo=0 to remove the Windows logo at startup. 5. Restart only Windows: When restarting your PC, hold down Shift to only restart Windows rather than the whole system which will only take a fraction of the time. 6. Turn Off Animations:  Go to Display Settings from the Control Panel and switch to the Effects Tab. Now turn off Show Windows Content While Dragging and Smooth Edges on Screen Fonts.  This tip is also helpful with Windows XP because of the various fade/scroll effects. 7. Faster Start-Menu Access: Go to the Start menu and select Run.  Now type Regedit and hit Enter.  The Registry Editor will appear on the screen.  Now, open the folder HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop.  You should see a MenuShowDelay value.  If you don't then do the following: right click on a blank space in the right pane and select New\String.  Change the name in the new value to MenuShowDelay.  Now that we have the MenuShowDelay value, double click on it and enter 0 in the value data field.  This sets the start menu delay to 0 milliseconds. 8. Resolutions: If you are willing to do anything for faster performance from your PC, then try lowering your display resolution.  The lower it is, the faster your PC. 9. Turn off Active Desktop:  Go to your Display Properties and switch to the Web tab.  Uncheck View My Active Desktop As a Web Page.  Since the Active Desktop option under Windows 98 uses a lot of system resources, this option can have a dramatic effect on the speed of the whole system. 10. Defragment Often:  Windows 98's Defrag tool uses Application Acceleration from Intel which means that when you defragment your drive, data is physically arranged on the drive so that applications will load faster. 11. Take your PC to Bed:  Using the Advanced Power Management feature under Windows 98 gives you the option to use the sleep command.  That way, you can send your PC to sleep instead of shutting it down and then restarting it.  It's as simple as pressing a button and then pressing the same button to wake it up.  You can tell Windows after how many minutes/hours of inactivity to automatically sleep the machine in the Advanced Power Management section of the Control Panel. 12. Faster Internet Access: If you use the internet for reference and the sites you visit are rarely  updated then try the following.  In IE (the same can be done in Netscape) go to Tools, Internet Options.  Next, click on Settings... in the Temporary Internet Files  section.  Finally, select Never for the first option and double the amount of storage space to use, click OK! 13. Benchmarking: Benchmarking can be very useful when run frequently.  It can tell you how your PC's components are performing and then compare them to other machines like yours.  For example, when you overclock your PC, you want to know how much more speed you have and whether it is stable.  All this and more can be discovered using benchmarking.  An excellent piece of software for doing this job is SiSoft Sandra which can be found in the Downloads File Archive! 14. Refresh the Taskbar without restarting: If you in some way change the taskbar, either in Regedit or elsewhere, you can refresh the task bar without restarting.  Hold down Ctrl Alt Del, and double click on Explorer.  Say Yes to close Explorer, but no to closing Windows.  This will refresh the Taskbar and system tray. 15. Quick CD Eject: Instead of pushing the button on your drive, right-click your CD drive letter in My Computer and click on Eject.  This will also remove any icons that have become associated with the CD drive. 16. Start Up Programs:  Windows can be slowed down when programs run on start up.  To eliminate this, check your Start up folder.  You can access it from the start menu: Start, Programs, Start Up.  Another way to eliminate programs from loading even before Windows actually starts is by doing the following: Click on Start, then Run.  Type msconfig.  It will take quite a long time for this program to load, but when you finally see it on your screen, explore the different tabs.  They all have to do with how quickly your PC boots, so select what you want, and uncheck what you don't want! 17. Fonts: When Windows starts, it loads every single font in the Fonts folder.  Therefore, the more fonts you have, the slower the booting process.  To get rid of unwanted fonts, simply go to the Fonts folder under c:\windows and remove whatever you don't want.  Fonts that have a red letter 'A' as their icon are system fonts, so don't delete them. 18. Stretching Wallpapers:  Don't "stretch" your wallpaper in Windows 98 since it actually slows Windows down when you drag icons around on the desktop. 19. RAM Matters: If you have less than 32MB then you should seriously think of upgrading it to at least 64MB.  Windows runs much more smoothly with 64MB or higher and tends to use less hard disk space for virtual memory. 20. Partitioning: A very nice little thing you can do to boost system performance.  By partitioning your hard drive, splitting one physical drive into several logical ones, you can gain several advantages.  1. If you get a virus or you accidentally format a drive, not all will be lost.  2. By placing the swap file (Win386.swp) on a separate drive, The swap file will be less fragmented and thus, faster. 3. Place Windows on a separate drive and whenever you need to reinstall it, you rest assured that your data is safe on a separate drive.  Partitioning can be done using a few programs such as FDisk which comes with DOS.  However, FDisk formats everything on the hard disk before partitioning. Alternatively, you can use Partition Magic from Power Quest to partition your hard disk without losing your data.

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