http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/-t1.htm Explore the possibilities of your computer. Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:00:56 GMT 10 http://www.geekpolice.net/users/2315/89/79/54/album/header17.png http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/-t1.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/some-xp-tips-tricks-t12730.htm Xenos Lock Windows to protect computer : You can lock Windows to protect the computer when leaving the station easily by creating a shortcut with the path rundll32.exeuser32.dll, LockWorkStation. The Windows key + L is also a shortcut to this feature. Edit sysoc.inf to list all software : To show all software that can be removed from your computer (including protected Windows services), you can manually edit (using notepad for example) the sysoc.inf file located in Windows\inf\. ... Tutorials & Guides Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:36:48 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/some-xp-tips-tricks-t12730.htm#81688 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/some-xp-tips-tricks-t12730.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/use-a-flash-drive-as-memory-in-windows-xp-t7242.htm techy Tutorials & Guides Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:47:37 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/use-a-flash-drive-as-memory-in-windows-xp-t7242.htm#44481 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/use-a-flash-drive-as-memory-in-windows-xp-t7242.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/completely-uninstall-firefox-t14503.htm Doctor Inferno Start >> Control Panel >> Add/Remove Programs >> Uninstall Firefox. During the uninstallation, check the Remove my Firefox personal data and customizations box. (Remember to backup any data first) Navigate to C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox and delete anything in that folder if there is any. Delete the following directories if they still exist: C:\Documents and Settings\%User Profile%\Application Data\Mozilla C:\Documents and Settings\%User Profile%\Local Settings\Application ... Tutorials & Guides Sat, 19 Sep 2009 06:38:43 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/completely-uninstall-firefox-t14503.htm#91130 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/completely-uninstall-firefox-t14503.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/how-to-reformat-and-reinstall-your-operating-system-t15119.htm DragonMaster Jay How to format your hard drive or OS partition, and re-install your Operating System This guide was originally posted on helpmyos.com, but I have re-posted it here. Introduction Formatting and re-installing? Most likely the reasons for format and re-install would be due to OS issues, or malware compromising your computer. Correct? Please print this tutorial, as it might not be available while you are doing this process. To print this tutorial in a printer-friendly format, click ... Tutorials & Guides Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:00:56 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/how-to-reformat-and-reinstall-your-operating-system-t15119.htm#95115 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/how-to-reformat-and-reinstall-your-operating-system-t15119.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/23-ways-to-speed-winxp-t2733.htm Nazzgull Since defragging the disk won't do much to improve Windows XP performance, here are 23 suggestions that will. Each can enhance the performance and reliability of your customers' PCs. Best of all, most of them will cost you nothing. 1.) To decrease a system's boot time and increase system performance, use the money you save by not buying defragmentation software -- the built-in Windows defragmenter works just fine -- and instead equip the computer with an Ultra-133 or Serial ATA hard drive ... Tutorials & Guides Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:19:16 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/23-ways-to-speed-winxp-t2733.htm#11674 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/23-ways-to-speed-winxp-t2733.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/how-to-get-the-secret-hidden-administrator-account-t12869.htm groovybluedog How to get the secret hidden administrator account. In XP: - Start - Run - Type 'cmd' without quotes - Press 'Enter' on the keyboard or 'OK' - You should see Command Prompt. In Vista, - Start - Start Menu Search - Type 'cmd' without quotes - Press enter Now, after getting up command prompt, type the following into CMD, correctly as done, including spaces where they are. Net user administrator /active: yes You should now log off, and see a account called ... Tutorials & Guides Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:14:45 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/how-to-get-the-secret-hidden-administrator-account-t12869.htm#82667 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/how-to-get-the-secret-hidden-administrator-account-t12869.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/hp-compaq-system-recovery-hotkey-instructions-hp-pc-system-recovery-t7662.htm Doctor Inferno To access the recovery partition on your HP or Compaq computer for recovery, follow the steps listed below. 1. Power on the computer 2. Press F10 repeatedly when you see the HP or Compaq logo. 2. When the recovery screen appears, press Next and then Yes to perform a non-destructive recovery. 3. To perform a destructive recovery, click Advanced and then Yes. 4. After the recovery is finished, the laptop will reboot. Tutorials & Guides Sun, 22 Mar 2009 09:03:04 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/hp-compaq-system-recovery-hotkey-instructions-hp-pc-system-recovery-t7662.htm#47270 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/hp-compaq-system-recovery-hotkey-instructions-hp-pc-system-recovery-t7662.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/solution-firefox-35-takes-a-long-time-to-start-slow-startup-t11493.htm Doctor Inferno I noticed it too. When I upgraded to version 3.5, my Firefox took about an extra 15 seconds to startup. This is due to a bug in the security feature built into Firefox 3.5. The security feature involves scanning temporary folders looking for bits normally added by OS and other applications operations. Firefox 3.5 scans more files and deeper into folders/subfolders which led to unexpected results where users with many temporary folders or files resulting in the slow start up. The ... Tutorials & Guides Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:37:02 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/solution-firefox-35-takes-a-long-time-to-start-slow-startup-t11493.htm#74373 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/solution-firefox-35-takes-a-long-time-to-start-slow-startup-t11493.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/add-a-pop3-live-mail-account-to-outlook-2007-t14505.htm Doctor Inferno This tutorial will teach you how to add a POP3 Windows Live Mail account in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 1. In Outlook, on the Tools menu, click Account Settings 2. Under E-mail tab, click New. 3. Choose Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP and click Next. 4. Click Manually configure server settings or additional server types and click Next. 5. Choose Interner E-mail and click Next. 6. Under User Information type your name and email address. 7. ... Tutorials & Guides Sat, 19 Sep 2009 06:57:51 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/add-a-pop3-live-mail-account-to-outlook-2007-t14505.htm#91133 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/add-a-pop3-live-mail-account-to-outlook-2007-t14505.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/set-up-space-saving-permanent-gmail-and-reader-tabs-in-firefox-t13201.htm Safan Reader Harsha Kotcherlakota on Lifehacker wrote in with a very detailed, very cool guide to how he uses a few Firefox extensions to create dedicated, always-available-yet-unobtrusive tabs for Gmail and Google Reader. Here's how.

http://lifehacker.com/5342149/set-up-space+saving-permanent-gmail-and-reader-tabs-in-firefox]]> Tutorials & Guides Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:33:34 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/set-up-space-saving-permanent-gmail-and-reader-tabs-in-firefox-t13201.htm#84994 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/set-up-space-saving-permanent-gmail-and-reader-tabs-in-firefox-t13201.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/create-one-click-shutdown-and-reboot-shortcuts-t2720.htm Nazzgull This is my tutorial First, create a shortcut on your desktop by right-clicking on the desktop, choosing New, and then choosing Shortcut. The Create Shortcut Wizard appears. shutdown -r -t 01 -c "Rebooting your PC" Double-clicking on that shortcut will reboot your PC after a one-second delay and display the message "Rebooting your PC." The shutdown command includes a variety of switches you can use to customize it. Table 1-3 lists all of them and describes their ... Tutorials & Guides Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:26:52 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/create-one-click-shutdown-and-reboot-shortcuts-t2720.htm#11645 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/create-one-click-shutdown-and-reboot-shortcuts-t2720.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/do-you-have-a-new-hp-laptop-read-here-t12870.htm groovybluedog If you have a new HP laptop, and have a 12 month gaurantee, you may realise that no disks containing the operating system are with the laptop (dont know if this applies to PC aswell) Its best to get these recovery disks that restore your laptop to factory settings, if needed before the gaurantee runs out. Simply go to the HP website in your country and find the email address. Email HP asking for a recovery disk, and they will ask for your name, address, Serial Number and Product ... Tutorials & Guides Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:21:05 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/do-you-have-a-new-hp-laptop-read-here-t12870.htm#82668 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/do-you-have-a-new-hp-laptop-read-here-t12870.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/easy-and-effective-way-to-speed-up-windows-t12727.htm Xenos If you don't use Windows XP's built-in search often (like every day), disabling indexing can significantly speed up your PC. By default Windows XP indexes files on your hard drive and stores them in memory to speed up its' built-in search. But if you rarely use Windows search, turn off indexing to free up memory and CPU horsepower for the files and applications you actually do use. A few simple how-to steps after the jump. To turn off indexing: 1. Open up "My Computer." ... Tutorials & Guides Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:15:25 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/easy-and-effective-way-to-speed-up-windows-t12727.htm#81674 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/easy-and-effective-way-to-speed-up-windows-t12727.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/brand-windows-with-your-name-t12413.htm Sir $wat Open notepad dump the following lines into it and save it with the name OEMINFO.INI in the c:\windows\system32 directory: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [General] Manufacturer=Your Name Here Model=Your Model Here [Support Information] Line1=Your Name Here Line2=Your Address Here Line3=Your Email Address Here ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Save the file. 2. ... Tutorials & Guides Sun, 02 Aug 2009 10:34:47 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/brand-windows-with-your-name-t12413.htm#79545 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/brand-windows-with-your-name-t12413.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/notepad-as-a-journal-t1782.htm Doctor Inferno This is a cool tip for people who use notepad to write down any info on a day to day basis... In Notepad: >> Create a blank text file with .LOG (Case sensitive) as the first line of the file, followed by a carriage return. [ Enter ] >> Save and close the file. >> Double-click the file to open it and notice that Notepad appends the current date and time to the end of the file and places the cursor on the next line. >> Type your notes and then save ... Tutorials & Guides Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:28:37 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/notepad-as-a-journal-t1782.htm#6312 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/notepad-as-a-journal-t1782.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/windows-xp-secret-song-t4981.htm Nazzgull First, you have to install Windows XP xD Go to My Computer --> C: --> WINDOWS --> system32 Now try to find folder name "oobe" Double-click to open folder name "images" Find a Music file, name "title" Double click on it and be amazed ! xD Nice Tutorials & Guides Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:19:55 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/windows-xp-secret-song-t4981.htm#26784 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/windows-xp-secret-song-t4981.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/dell-system-recovery-partition-hotkey-instructions-dell-pc-restore-t7661.htm Doctor Inferno To access the recovery partition on your Dell computer for recovery, follow the steps listed below. 1. Power on the computer 2. At the Dell logo, hold the Ctrl key and press the F11 key simultaneously. 2. The Dell PC Restore screen will come up. 3. Select Restore or use the Tab key to highlight it and press Enter. 4. if you wish to continue, click Confirm, or use the Tab key to highlight it and press Enter. 5. When the utility is finished, click Finish, or use the Tab key to highlight ... Tutorials & Guides Sun, 22 Mar 2009 08:56:10 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/dell-system-recovery-partition-hotkey-instructions-dell-pc-restore-t7661.htm#47269 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/dell-system-recovery-partition-hotkey-instructions-dell-pc-restore-t7661.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/acer-system-recovery-partition-hotkey-instructions-erecovery-t7449.htm Doctor Inferno To access the recovery partition on your Acer computer for recovery, follow the steps listed below. 1. Power on the computer 2. At the white ACER BIOS screen, hold the Alt key and press the F10 key simultaneously to start Acer eRecovery. 3. Once eRecovery has loaded, click Restore to Factory Default Settings 4. Click OK to continue 5. From here, the eRecovery process will update all the data on the C: drive and restore a fully functional factory image (approximately 10 minutes). 6. ... Tutorials & Guides Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:04:45 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/acer-system-recovery-partition-hotkey-instructions-erecovery-t7449.htm#45928 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/acer-system-recovery-partition-hotkey-instructions-erecovery-t7449.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/error-1309-licensing-for-this-product-has-stopped-working-adobe-t10975.htm Doctor Inferno You get the Error 130:9 (Licensing for this product has stopped working) message when installing Adobe softwares, this tutorial will teach you how to fix it. Download the following files for your operating system: Windows Download (ZIP, 4.4 MB) Mac Download (DMG, 3.0 MB) Extract the file you have downloaded. In Windows, double click LicenseRecovery.exe. In Mac, double click the LicenseRecoveryLauncher.app and enter your Mac OS X password when prompted. Confirm ... Tutorials & Guides Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:01:05 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/error-1309-licensing-for-this-product-has-stopped-working-adobe-t10975.htm#70717 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/error-1309-licensing-for-this-product-has-stopped-working-adobe-t10975.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/error-1935-assembly-component-microsoftvc80crt-adobe-t10974.htm Doctor Inferno You get the Error 1935. An error occurred during the installation of assembly component 'Microsoft.VC80.CRT when installing an Adobe CS4 Products on Windows. This tutorial will teach you how to fix it. Reason The Creative Suite 4 or Point Product installation was begun while Windows was installing Windows Updates and you dismissedthe Windows Update restart dialogue without restarting your system. Solution Reboot your system before you install Creative Suite ... Tutorials & Guides Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:56:32 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/error-1935-assembly-component-microsoftvc80crt-adobe-t10974.htm#70716 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/error-1935-assembly-component-microsoftvc80crt-adobe-t10974.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/error-1321-the-installer-has-insufficient-privileges-adobe-t10973.htm Doctor Inferno You get the Error 1321 (The Installer has insufficient privileges) message when installing Adobe CS4 products, this tutorial will teach you how to fix it. When you install Adobe Creative Suite 4 products one of the following error messages appears in the More Info dialog: Error 1321: The Installer has insufficient privileges to modify this file C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerTrust\AcrobatConnect.cfg. Error 1309: Error attempting to open the source file ... Tutorials & Guides Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:51:48 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/error-1321-the-installer-has-insufficient-privileges-adobe-t10973.htm#70715 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/error-1321-the-installer-has-insufficient-privileges-adobe-t10973.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/how-to-configure-virtual-memory-in-vista-t3043.htm Doctor Inferno Tweak VI Basic is one of the few tweaking solutions that were designed for Windows Vista. It was also the first to be available for free. As its name says, this solution allows you to tweak and optimize your Windows Vista operating system. Tweak VI Basic includes a set of 11 plug-ins that deliver a core set of tweaks split into the following categories: System Information and Tweaks, Miscellaneous Tweaks, Visual Tweaks, Internet Tweaks and Utilities. If you need additional tweaks you can ... Tutorials & Guides Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:51:20 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/how-to-configure-virtual-memory-in-vista-t3043.htm#13153 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/how-to-configure-virtual-memory-in-vista-t3043.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/fast-free-desktop-search-t9210.htm techy Tutorials & Guides Fri, 08 May 2009 03:23:18 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/fast-free-desktop-search-t9210.htm#57432 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/fast-free-desktop-search-t9210.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/combine-your-facebook-twitter-status-updates-t9209.htm techy Tutorials & Guides Fri, 08 May 2009 03:20:22 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/combine-your-facebook-twitter-status-updates-t9209.htm#57431 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/combine-your-facebook-twitter-status-updates-t9209.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/use-gmail-without-internet-access-t9208.htm techy Tutorials & Guides Fri, 08 May 2009 03:16:39 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/use-gmail-without-internet-access-t9208.htm#57430 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/use-gmail-without-internet-access-t9208.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/create-cd-covers-in-itunes-t9207.htm techy Tutorials & Guides Fri, 08 May 2009 03:09:19 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/create-cd-covers-in-itunes-t9207.htm#57429 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/tutorials-guides-f13/create-cd-covers-in-itunes-t9207.htm