Creating a desktop shortcut for locking your computer

If you use your computer in an area where others may have access to it, and there are things on your system you would



rather have kept confidential, locking your desktop when you leave the computer is an essential task. Here’s a recipe


for a desktop shortcut that will lock your computer in two easy clicks:


Right click on an empty area of the desktop


choose ‘new’ then 'shortcut'.


The create shortcut wizard will open.


in the first text box, type:


%windir%\System32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation

then give your shortcut an


appropriate name on the next page, and hit ‘finish.’


You will notice that the shortcut you created has a blank icon.


To select a more appropriate one, right click on the


shortcut and hit ‘properties.’ In the ’shortcut’ tab, click the ‘change icon’ button.


In the ‘look for icons in this file’ box


type:


%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll


then click ‘ok’ to see a range of


icons for your new shortcut.


Choose an appropriate icon.


Your desktop locking shortcut is now ready for use.


Test it out.

How To Add and Create Paypal Donate Button To My Site.

To be able to accept donation from your readers or visitors due to your outstanding contribution, you may want to insert a ‘Donation’ button onto your website. Donors can make donation via the button, some of the features are:
Accept donations made with credit cards, debit cards, and PayPal right away.
No monthly, set-up, or cancellation fees. Only low transaction fees.
Donors don’t need a PayPal account to make their donations.
Visit Paypal’s website to create a ‘Donation’ button. Gone as the good old days when creating a Paypal ‘Donate’ button requires some basic coding knowledge.
Based on my own past experience, a ‘Donate’ button is nothing more than an ornament, it does not generate much and occupies the precious space. It would be wiser to insert a tiny ads. Unless you have a pool of loyal readers, I strongly advice you against using this feature.

IMPROVE XP SHUTDOWN SPEED

This tweak reduces the time XP waits before automatically closing any running programs when you give it the



command to shutdown.


Go to Start then select Run


Type 'Regedit' and click ok


Find 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\'


Select 'WaitToKillAppTimeout'


Right click and select 'Modify'


Change the value to '1000'


Click 'OK'


Now select 'HungAppTimeout'


Right click and select 'Modify'


Change the value to '1000'


Click 'OK'

Start > Run Shortcuts

Use these shortcuts in Start > Run to get to your configuration tools faster in Windows



XP Professional:


compmgmt.msc Computer


management console


devmgmt.msc Device manager


diskmgmt.msc Disk management


dfrg.msc Disk defragmenter


fsmgmt.msc Shared folders


gpedit.msc Group policy editor


lusrmgr.msc Local users and groups


perfmon.msc Performance monitor


secpol.msc Local security settings

services.msc Manage services

Remove Stored username and Passwords !

To remove the Stored User Names and Passwords from your system, try this:



Click Start, Run and type Control keymgr.dll


Remove the entries from the list.


The other ways to access this dialog are:

Type Control Userpasswords2 in RUN box, click Advanced, Manage Passwords


-or-


From Control Panel, select your User Account, click Manage your network
passwords


It Works


~ Cheers ~

Disable Windows Key Shortcuts

If (for whatever reason) you want to prevent users from using shortcuts like [Windows]


+ [E] and so on, navigate to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows

Components > Windows Explorer and enable the “Turn off Windows + X hotkey
setting.