Windows XP Secrets

Notepad Secrets

Create a log Open Notepad On the very first line, type in ".LOG" (without quotes) then press Enter for a new line Now you can type in some text if you want, then save the file. Next time when you open the file, notice its contents. Notepad automatically adds a time/date log everytime you open the file. Text becomes unreadable Open Notepad On the very first line, type in "dont eat the donut" (without quotes) then save and close the file. Note: the file should have only one line of the text above. Now, open the same file. You'll notice the text becomes unreadable squares. (try this with different text with the same format and length).

Paint Secrets

Create a trail image Open Paint, then open an image. Right-click on the image and select "Select All" Now hold the "Shift" key and move the image around. The image will be drawn with trail. 10x Zoom Open Paint, then open a small image. Select the zoom "Magnifier" tool. Windows Paint lists out the zoom options from 1x to 8x, but there is a 10x... After selecting the Magnifier tool, point the mouse right at the border line right under "8x" and left-click. There you go.. the hidden 10x.

Other Secrets

Where is the relaxing music that you've heard during Windows XP Installation? The file is in: C:\Windows\system32\oobe\images\title.wma

Convert Any Document or Web Page to PDF

Somebody just told you that you need to have Adobe Acrobat (Writer) to create a PDF file? Guess what, you can get away from that pricey piece of software if you just need to convert some documents to pdf, without a need of fancy editing the pdf document.
Here's how. Thanks to the BullZip, who provides a Free Pdf printer. With this free tool, you can simply "print out" your document or webpage to a pdf file, just about the same way as you print it out to a printer.
You can visit BullZip.com for more information about the software.
Here the direct link to BullZip downloads page: Downloads

1. To get started, first follow the link above and download Free Pdf Printer from BullZip, then install it to your computer.
2. Once you're done, you might need to close the program (or the web browser) which you're currently viewing the document. This helps refreshing the list of available printers on your computer.
3. Once you get back to the document you want to convert, perform the same steps are you print out the document, i.e. File > Print ...
4. When you see the Print window pop-up, select "Bullzip PDF Printer" under "Printers", then click "OK".
5. BullZip PDF Printer will then start to analyze your document and display a new pop-up window, where you can direct it to the location you want to save the pdf file.
6. Follow the pop-up windows and.. hola! The PDF document is created!

Tricky Google

First open http://www.google.com or www.google.co.in ,   Try the Instructions below:

1. If you type "google gravity" and then click "I'm feeling lucky" on Google, the entire page will lose it's gravity and you get to play with it.


2. If you type "elgooG" and then click "I'm feeling lucky" on Google, will take you to a Google website that is completely backwards.

This backwards version of the ultra-popular search engine will come up directly if you click the ‘I’m Feeling Lucky’ button instead of ‘Google Search.’ The site was originally created just for fun, but has actually become quite useful in China after Google was banned there.

3. If you type “Google pacman” and hit “im feeling lucky” then instead of “Doodle”(Google Logo), you will find Pacman gamecreated by Google. Click on “Insert Coin” (which is at place of Im feeling lucky button) button and you can play 1 playerpacman. Double click to play 2 player version of same Game.

Google replaced doodle by Pacman Game on its 30th anniversary.

4. If you type “French Military Victories” and hit “im feeling lucky” button then Google shows “No Result” and ask “Do you Mean French Military Defeats ?”

5.Type “Find chak norris” and hit “Im feeling Lucky”. You will get very interesting result.

6. Type “Google Easter Eggs” and hit “Im feeling Lucky”, You will find a special Google Game especially for you.

7. Type “Early Google” and hit “Im feeling lucky”, you will get Google History Milestones.

8. Type “Google Heart Page” and hit”Im feeling lucky”, and play with your heart.

Counter Strike 1.6 Cheat Codes

Here is a list of "cheat codes" for Counter Strike 1.6. Most of these are not really "cheats" in the true sense of the word but commands to change the preferences.

Activate the console on the server machine (~) and type "sv_cheats 1"
to enable the following codes.

NOTE: All codes must be entered from the Host computer.

Counter Strike PC Game Cheat : Arctic sniper rifle
Counter Strike PC Game Cheat Code : givespaceweapon_awp

Counter Strike PC Game Cheat : Auto-aim with sniper rifle
Counter Strike PC Game Cheat Code : sv_aim

Counter Strike PC Game Cheat : Adjust gravity
Counter Strike PC Game Cheat Code : sv_gravity (-999 - 999999)

Counter Strike PC Game Cheat : See and fire through walls and objects
Counter Strike PC Game Cheat Code : gl_zmax (0-9999)

Counter Strike PC Game Cheat : View other players' frags
Counter Strike PC Game Cheat Code : cl_hidefrags 0

Counter Strike PC Game Cheat : Faster forward motion
Counter Strike PC Game Cheat Code : cl_forwardspeed 999

Counter Strike PC Game Cheat : Faster backwards motion
Counter Strike PC Game Cheat Code : cl_backspeed 999

Counter Strike PC Game Cheat : Faster side motion
Counter Strike PC Game Cheat Code : cl_sidespeed 999

Counter Strike Cheat : Level select
Counter Strike Cheat Code : changelevel

Counter Strike Cheat : Weapon select
Counter Strike Cheat Code : give

Use one of the following entries with the 'give' code to get the corresponding weapon.
AK-47
weapon_ak47

Benneli xm1014
weapon_xm1014

C4
weapon_c4

Colt M4a1 carbine
weapon_m4a1

Commando
weapon_sg552

Fn P90
weapon_p90

Glock 18 pistol
weapon_glock18

HE grenade
weapon_hegrenade

M3 super shotgun
weapon_m3

MAC-10
weapon_mac 10

MP5
weapon_mp5navy

Para
weapon_m249

Scout
weapon_scout

SIG p228
weapon_p228

Steyr Aug
weapon_aug

Desert eagle
weapon_deagle

Usp.45 pistol
weapon_usp


Other Counter Strike 1.6 Cheat Codes

Auto-reload enabled
Counter Strike Cheat Code : +reload

Auto-reload disabled
Counter Strike Cheat Code : -reload

Change skins
Counter Strike Cheat Code : skin

Use the following skin names with 'skin' code:
Arab - arab
Arctic - arctic
GSG9 - gsg9
Guerrilla - guerrilla
Hostage - hostage
SAS - sas
SEAL - seal
Terrorist - terror
VIP - vip

See things brightly without flashlight
Counter Strike Cheat Code : lambert -1.0001

SetC4 timer
Counter Strike Cheat Code : mp_c4timer (-1000-1000)

Hyper auto-aim enabled
Counter Strike Cheat Code : sv_clienttrace 999999999

Hyper auto-aim disabled
Counter Strike Cheat Code : sv_clienttrace 1

Get $16,000
Counter Strike Cheat Code : impulse101

Splatter bones and body tissue
Counter Strike Cheat Code : impulse102 (or impulse202)

Set freeze period at the start of rounds. Set to 0 to disable (default is 6)
Counter Strike Cheat Code : mp_freezetime (#)

Set maximum length in minutes a round can last (default is 5)
Counter Strike Cheat Code : mp_roundtime (3-15)

Toggle auto-help hint messages (default is 1)
Counter Strike Cheat Code : ah (0)

Toggle crosshairs in observer mode (default is 1)
Counter Strike Cheat Code : cl_observercrosshair (0)

Toggle flashlight use (default is 1)
Counter Strike Cheat Code : mp_flashlight (0)

Toggle footsteps (default is 1)
Counter Strike Cheat Code : mp_footsteps (0)

Whiten all surroundings at 800x600 resolution
Counter Strike Cheat Code : r_lightmap 1

Turn off textures
Counter Strike Cheat Code : gl_picmic 3

Counter Strike Basic Strategies

1. Know your weapons
Know your weapons strength, weaknesses, and most of all how much ammo is in it.  You should always be using the right weapon for the right scenario.  For example you wouldn’t want to go into close quarters combat with a sniper rifle.  So, you should switch to your pistols.   Vice versa once you made it out of a close quarter’s area and your out in a wide open space switch back to your sniper rifle.
Also make sure your backup weapons are loaded and they are binded in case you need to quickly switch back to them.
Never Spray and Pray’ (Accuracy will keep you alive)
One of the most common mistakes that newbie’s will make is holding down the fire button.  Holding down the fire button with automatic weapons will greatly reduce the player’s accuracy.   In fact if they hold down the button too long they will hit anything but their target.  Usually firing one to three rounds at a time is best.
2.  Stay with your teammates
Never try to go off and play Rambo.   Stay with friends and use team work to take out the enemy and stay alive.  Think of this many real world tactics and strategies use team work.  For example house clearing.   Wouldn’t it be easier to have three players with you before you go through a door way while one teammate covers your back another watches the overhead area. And another throws a flash bang into the room.   You are unlikely to be shot from behind, the enemy can’t rush out and kill you, and finally you never have to let your guard down not having a weapon ready since you are throwing a flash bang.
You might not get great support like this scenario in a pub server.  You can still get one or two teammates to help you though.   You will have to have your mic and good voice commands you are likely to coerce team members to cover your back and throw in a flash bang for you.
3. Use your Radar
Radar is perhaps the most blown off or unused tool in Counter Strike.
Radar is essential and there is no excuse for opening up on your teammates and friendly fire deaths.
Radar- Is the green circle icon on your screen that helps you know your location and your surroundings
Here are five important icons to remember
-A red dot represents the VIP (Only seen by CT’s on as_maps/bomb carrier is only seen by the T’s on de_maps
-A T shape represents a teammate a level above you.
-An upside down T shape represents a Team member a level below you.
-A yellow square represents a Teammate using the Radio
4. Use communication
IF you are going to excel in clan matches you’re going to have to use team strategies.  To use any strategies or tactics you will need to communicate.   So, you should bind essential radio commands that will help you communicate with your teammates.  You can also get a decent mic and talk to your teammates.  Just make sure all talk is not on obviously.   Some players will even bind aliases to give text messages.
5.  Use Stealth
Stealth is extremely important.   Remember noise gives you away!   Walking over grates, rooftops is especially loud, and don’t forget climbing ladders.
Use a M4 or usp with a silencer

Use a silenced weapon so you won’t give away your location.  If you are a T this is even better; because the CT’s will not expect a sneaky T with a silenced M4a that he has acquired.   Also it’s optimal to take out the enemy and not give away your exact location to the enemies.
Step Silent
Use the side of walls to walk along to slow your speed slightly and silence your steps.  Even better you can crouch and use the walk key to slow and silence your steps.
Going up and down ladders
You can actually crouch while going down a ladder; and guess what you will make no noise at all.   Going up or down a ladder you should walk into the wall while on the ladder. Make sure you only to move your mouse a tiny bit to ensure you go up or down. This way you can stay silent.
You can use stealth and still be offensive.  You should practice stalking enemies by using your radar, listen for footsteps, all while keeping quiet and hidden yourself.  Coming up on an unaware enemy at close range is an easy kill.
Stay in inconspicuous low lighted areas of the map.  There is nothing wrong with hiding if you are low on health.  Try this and you will be surprised at the number of players that will fly right by you.
6.  Know your location and surroundings
Know where you are, your teammates, and where enemies are likely to be.   You should always take a quick check to how many players are still alive too.  Plus if you see that a member on your team just died and you know he was in a location ahead of you.  You know that the enemy is in that location now.
Keeping the enemy guessing where you are at is crucial.  Keep quiet and be prepared.  If the enemy knows your location after a firefight you should move out of that area.   If you have been spotted or it is too late keep your self moving in a way that you are unlikely to be hit by the enemy.   Use quick strafing techniques while you take shots at the enemy.  Popular techniques to make your self a hard target include the following.
Strafe and zigzag towards your enemy to take him out.  Do it quickly so other teammates do not come to assist him or get to your location in time to help him.
Jump up and down to avoid being shot in the head.   Players are used to changing their aim more horizontally than a drastic vertical change.  Note: you can only do this now and then for a short time when you cannot avoid taking fire from the enemy.  This is great if you have an AWP because jumping will not affect your aim.
Lure the enemy into an ambush.  Run towards your teammates and get in position to take out the enemy that is chasing after you.  This is great if you have low health and ammo.
Shoot then ambush:  fire a few shots in the enemies’ general direction run back and take cover.  While the enemy is searching for you take him out with a few shots.  The great thing about this technique is the enemy is usually out in the open, they don’t know where you are, and you know exactly where they are at.  Plus after you kill them they will feel a little stupid.

Out of game help

1.  Setup your controls to optimize your game play
See the control settings article
2.  Get the best hardware and tweak your settings
Sites like rage3d.com will give you knowledge and the know how to get the highest CPU speed and FPS in counterstrike strategy


3.  Practice, Practice, Practice
There is no substitute for practice.   Players that get more out of practice our ones that learn techniques then slowly apply them in real live game play.  Also players that succeed are ones that keep an open mind (even if they are very experienced) and learn from strategies and as well as mistakes.

Flip All Your Browser Photos

ATTENTION:
You can try the tricks below in Internet Explorer an Mozilla Firefox. In browsers like Google Chrome or Opera they might not work.

1. Open any web page in your browser.
2. Delete everything in the address bar.
3. Copy the following javascript and paste it in the address bar:

javascript:R=0; x1=.1; y1=.05; x2=.25; y2=.24; x3=1.6; y3=.24; x4=300; y4=200; x5=300; y5=200; DI=document.getElementsByTagName("img"); DIL=DI.length; function A(){for(i=0; i-DIL; i++){DIS=DI[ i ].style; DIS.position='absolute'; DIS.left=(Math.sin(R*x1+i*x2+x3)*x4+x5)+"px"; DIS.top=(Math.cos(R*y1+i*y2+y3)*y4+y5)+"px"}R++}setInterval('A()',5); void(0);

NOtice: To stop the effect , just refresh the web page ( press the F5 button on the keyboard)

12 Tricks To Increase Your Firefox Speed By A Noticeable Amount

Firefox is a well known open source browser and is widely used around the world for it being secure, stable and fast.

With this tutorial you will be able to explore the hidden speed of Firefox which will boost the speed of Firefox and make your Firefox much more faster

Download the latest version of Firefox from here. Now install the Firefox.

To speed up Firefox follow these steps.

For those who are unsure about the changes, please first refer to this post:
Backup Firefox Profile And Restore It

01. Type about:config in the address bar and then press Enter.


And you will see a confirmation message like this:


Now click I'll be careful, I promise!

02. You will see a label there Filter, just next to it type network.http.pipelining. Now be sure the value field is set true, if not double-click to set true.

Info: HTTP is the application-layer protocol that most web pages are transferred with. In HTTP 1.1, multiple requests can be sent before any responses are received. This is known as pipelining. Pipelining reduces page loading times, but not all servers support it!

03. Go back to the Filter search bar and typenetwork.http.pipelining.maxrequests Double-click this option and set its value to8.


04. In the Filter search bar and type network.http.proxy.pipelining Once opened double-click on it and set it to true.


05. Type network.dns.disableIPv6 in the filter search bar and set this option totrue by double clicking on it.

Info: In IPv6-capable DNS servers, an IPv4 address may be returned when an IPv6 address is requested. It is possible for Mozilla to recover from this misinformation, but a significant delay is introduced.

06. CONTENT INTERRUPT PARSING
This preference controls if the application will interrupt parsing a page to respond to UI events. It does not exist by default.
Right-click (Apple users ctrl+click) anywhere in the about:config window, selectNew and then Boolean from the pop-up menu. Then:


A. Enter content.interrupt.parsing in the New boolean value pop-up window and click OK.


B. When prompted to choose the value for the new boolean, select true and click OK.



07. Rather than wait until a page has completely downloaded to display it to the user, Mozilla applications will regularly render what has been received to that point. This option controls the maximum amount of time the application will be unresponsive while rendering pages.

Right-click (Apple users ctrl+click) anywhere in the about:config window, select Newand then Integer from the pop-up menu.


A. Enter content.max.tokenizing.time in the New integer value pop-up window and click OK.


B. You will be prompted to enter a value. Enter 2250000 and click OK.



08. CONTENT NOTIFY INTERVAL
This option sets the minimum amount of time to wait between reflows. Right-click (Apple users ctrl+click) anywhere in the about:config window, select New and thenInteger from the pop-up menu.


A. Type content.notify.interval in the New integer value pop-up window and clickOK.


B. You will be prompted to enter a value. Enter 750000 and click OK.



09. CONTENT NOTIFY ONTIMER

A. This option sets if to reflow pages at an interval any higher than that specified by content.notify.interval. Right-click (Apple users ctrl+click) anywhere in the about:config window and select New and then Boolean from the pop-up menu.


B. Type content.notify.ontimer in the New boolean value pop-up window and clickOK.



C. You will be prompted to choose the value for the new boolean. Select true and clickOK.



10. Notify Backoffcount
This option controls the maximum number of times the content will do timer-based reflows. After this number has been reached, the page will only reflow once it is finished downloading. Right-click (Apple users ctrl+click) anywhere in the about:config window and select New and then Integer from the pop-up menu.


A. Enter content.notify.backoffcount in the New integer value pop-up window and click OK.


B. You will be prompted to enter a value. Enter 5 and click OK.



11. CONTENT SWITCH THRESHOLD
You can interact with a loading page when content.interrupt.parsing is set to true. When a page is loading, the application has two modes: a high frequency interrupt mode and a low frequency interrupt mode. The first one interrupts the parser more frequently to allow for greater UI responsiveness during page load.

The low frequency interrupt mode interrupts the parser less frequently to allow for quicker page load. The application enters high frequency interrupt mode when you move the mouse or type on the keyboard and switch back to low frequency mode when you had no activity for a certain amount of time. This preference controls that amount of time. Right-click (Apple users ctrl+click) anywhere in the about:config window and select New and then Integer from the pop-up menu.


A. Enter content.switch.threshold in the New integer value pop-up window and click OK.


B. You will be prompted to enter a value. Enter 750000 and click OK.



12. NGLAYOUT INITIALPAINT DELAY
Mozilla applications render web pages incrementally, they display what??™s been received of a page before the entire page has been downloaded. Since the start of a web page normally doesn't have much useful information to display, Mozilla applications will wait a short interval before first rendering a page. This preference controls that interval. Right-click (Apple users ctrl+click) anywhere in the about:config window and select New and then Integer from the pop-up menu.


A. Enter nglayout.initialpaint.delay in the New integer value pop-up window and click OK.


B. You will be prompted to enter a value. Enter 0 and click OK.



That's it! Now restart Firefox and your browsing as well as downloading speed will be much more faster. Good luck.

How to Access Blocked Websites

There are always legitimate reasons to bypass the internet filters and unblock websites. The following tricks will show how to access all websites at school, college, offices or at home.

1: To access blocked website, type the IP number instead of the URL in the browser address bar. However, if your blocking software maps the IP address to the web server (reverse DNS lookup), the website will still remain blocked.

2: Use a URL redirection service like tinyurl.com or snipurl.com. These domain forwarding services sometimes work as the address in the the url box remain the redirect url and do not change to the banned site. 

How to Download Your or Friends’ Facebook Photos in Bulk

As per stats revealed back in 2008, Facebook is the largest photo sharing site on the internet, and they host more than 10 billion photos. These are not screenshots, not comics or some image dumping site like Photobucket. These are real people with real pictures who upload them to share with their friends. Lately, Facebook has even started hosting high resolution photos, making it an indispensable backup asset for your pictures in situations like data lose or hard drive crash, but there is no straight way of downloading your albums in bulk.

Of course, you may download each photo manually using nothing but a browser, but what a waste of human hours would it be, if you are trying to download an album with say 200 pictures in it? Fortunately, there is a third party tool called fbDownloader which makes it fairly simple to download all your facebook photos in one click. You can even sneakily download your friend’s photo albums without his knowledge, just for fun sake! Here’s how you do it:

1. Download fbDownloader (905Kb) and install it.

2. Run the Program – It doesn’t create desktop shortcut or add itself in the start menu, you can run it from wherever you installed it (by default Program Files/ Social Tools, Inc/)

3. Login into Facebook and give permission for the app to grab photos.

4. Choose what you want to download. You may either download your tagged photos, or your photo albums or your friends’ photos. If you are downloading your friends’ photos, choose your friend so that fbDownloader can show you his albums.

5. Click on the download link, and it will start downloading all the photos from the selected album(s).

Of course, this isn’t the only way to download photos from Facebook. There are many other alternatives available out there. If you find a better one, drop us a comment below.

Tricks to Bypass Rapidshare Download Limits

JavaScript Method:

1. Goto the page you want to download
   hit the FREE button
2. Include the following in your address bar: javascript:alert(c=0)
3. Click OK to the pop-up box and enter the captcha code
4. Download Your File

Request new IP address from ISP (for dynamic IP address Internet users only)

1. Click Start -> Run
2. Type cmd in the Open box, then click OK.
3. At the command prompt, run the following commands one by one:
   ipconfig /flushdns
   ipconfig /release
   ipconfig /renew
   exit
4. Try to download from RapidShare again.

Create Your Own Logon Message

1 Click start
click run
type regedit,
then click ok!

2 In The registry editor, drill down to the following key:
hklm\software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current version\Winlogon.

3 Right click LegalNoticeCaption,
click modify,
Type: THIS IS NEXT TRICK,and then click ok!

4 Right click legalNoticeText,
click modify, and then Close your message!

5 Restart Your Computer.

6 The message will appear every time you logon!

How to Hide the drives(c:,d:,e:,...etc) in Ur Computer

This is a great trick you can play on your friends. To disable the display of local or networked drives when you click My Computer.

1.Go to start->run.Type regedit.Now go to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Now in the right pane
create a new DWORD item and name it NoDrives (it is case sensitive).
Now modify it's value and set it to 3FFFFFF (Hexadecimal) .
Now restart your computer.
So, now when you click on My Computer, no drives will be shown(all gone...).

To enable display of drives in My Computer, simply delete this DWORD item that you created.Again restart your computer.You can now see all the drives again. Magic........lol....

Add Your Name (or) Application to right click Of My Computer

Caution ..
As it is related to Windows regisrty it can be dangerous
so,Try This at ur own risk


To write your name on right click application
please follow the steps.

1.Copy/Paste the following code in Notepad And then Save it as .reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Registry Editor]
@="Your Name Or Name of the Application"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Registry Editor\command]
@="Location Of The Application"

2.Now edit it and then Type your name In

Eg:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Registry Editor]
@="Rajesh"

3. If u want to get any application, once you click Your name or name of application
Then , Type the location Of the application Which u want to open In:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Registry Editor\command]
@="Location Of The Application"

For eg.C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\messenger.exe
Thats It finally save it And then Run it .

------------------------------------------------------------
To add Application Control Panel

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Control Panel\command]
@="rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL"

To add Application Add/Remove

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Add/Remove\command]
@="control appwiz.cpl"

To add Application Reboot

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\[Reboot]\command]
@="shutdown -r -f -t 5"

To add Application Shutdown

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\[Shutdown]\command]
@="shutdown -s -f -t 5"