Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2)

Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) is a free update for Windows XP. It offers enhancements and better protection against viruses, hackers, and worms.

With features like Windows Firewall, Pop-up Blocker for Internet Explorer, and Windows Security Center, you can be confident that your computer has the right tools to stay more secure and up to date

Learn the basics and find out how to upgrade to Windows XP SP2 here:

Support and how-tos
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Why?
Learn why you should upgrade to Windows XP SP2. Here are two good reasons: 1) It's free! 2) You'll still be covered by product support.

How?
Now that you know you want Windows XP SP2, here are quick tips for a successful upgrade.

FILE SORTING

Windows Explorer has several new features for displaying and sorting files and folders. One of the most useful is Show In Groups, which is enabled on the View menu. You can now select the type of grouping that you require, if you click on the Name header the groups will be alphabetical, click on ‘Type’ and they will be sorted so that documents, images and spreadsheets etc. are grouped together. As a further enhancement you can enable Show In Groups in Details, Icons, Tiles and Thumbnails Views.

TIMER SHUTDOWN

Here’s a useful tip if you want to make sure your children switch the PC off at a particular time, or even limit your own usage to prompt you to go home/get to bed at a reasonable hour. XP has a built-in utility called Shutdown that can be programmed to switch the PC off after a predetermined delay. To use Shutdown go to Run on the Start menu and type ‘cmd’ (without the quotes) and this will bring up a DOS type window. Now type the following command: ‘shutdown.exe –s –t xx’, where –s is the shutdown ‘switch’, -t is the time switch and xx is the delay in seconds. So, if you want the PC to shutdown in 15 minutes, say, the command would be: ‘shutdown.exe –s –t 900’. When the Enter is pressed the countdown begins, with a dialogue box on the screen showing the time left and warning the user to save their work. For a full list of the switches available for this utility just type shutdown.exe at the command prompt.

INTERNET TIME

The internal clocks in most PCs are usually fairly accurate but they can drift by a few seconds a week. XP has a useful facility that allows you to synchronise your PC to an atomic clock when you are connected to the Internet. The next time you are online double click on the time display on the taskbar and select the Internet Time tab, check the item ‘Automatically Synchronise…’ and click the Update Now button. If the time-server web site selected by default is slow to respond or busy you can find a list of alternate servers at:http://ntp.isc.org/bin/view/Servers/NTPPoolServers

Copy Error Messages To Clipboard

What’s the first thing you do when you see a baffling error message in Windows? If you are anything like me you’ll pick out the keywords and look it up on Google. That’s fine when it’s something simple but all too often error messages are long-winded and contain lots of gibberish, which are a pain to type into the search box The temptation, is to try and copy and paste the message, but you will find that this doesn’t work as you can’t highlight the words in an error box, but there is another way.

Here’s a nifty little tweak that I came across the other day on Asp.net. From Windows 2k onwards you have been able to copy the text in error messages to the Windows Clipboard by pressing Ctrl + C, but Microsoft forgot to tell anyone. So the next time you get an indecipherable error message, just press Ctrl + C then open Notepad, WordPad, Word etc and press Ctrl + V, then you can highlight the text, and use it to search for a solution.

Folder Option Problem

Taip regedit di run untuk run program Registry Editor: Kalau kuar mesej "your regedit has been disable by administrator" taip arahan ni di run dahulu.

REG add
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

Kemudian wat step2 dibawah ni untuk kembalikan value di dalam registry

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer Tukar value NoFolderOption = 0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer Tukar value NoFolderOption = 0

Lajukan Masa Shut Down Computer

Cepatkan masa komputer anda shut down?

Ramai pengguna komputer termasuk saya selalu mengeluh mengapa komputer mengambil masa terlalu lama untuk shut down.”Malas a nak tunggu” secara tidak langsung anda meningalkan komputer tanpa off suis power.Inilah salah satu penyebab mengapa ramai yang tidak off power utama ke komputer.Sedangkan dengan off kan suis utama dapat memanjangkan hayat manusia peralatan komputer dan menjimatkan bil api elektrik.

Mengikut ilmu dan pengalaman saya , masa yang diambil oleh internet komputer untuk shut down bergantung kepada hardware dan aplication yang sedang runing/dijalankan.Jika komputer anda berkuasa kuda tinggi dari segi CPU dan RAM , masa yang diambil untuk shut down lebih laju dari komputer yang hardware berkuasa rendah.Aplication yang sedang running juga mempengaruhi masa yang diambil untuk shut down.Semakin banyak aplication sedang runing semakin lama masa diambil.

Hari ini saya akan kongsi satu tip untuk melajukan proses shut down komputer anda.Anda hanya perlu membuat sedikit perubahan pada setting di system registry.Boleh baca artikel sebelum ini jika belum mengenali apa itu system registry.Apa yang perlu anda lakukan adalah ubah value data pada AutoEndTasks dan WaitToKillAppTimeout.Double klik pada AutoEndTask dan ubah nilai 0 kepada 1000 dan value data WaitToKillAppTimeout dari 2000 kepada 5000.Selepas itu restart komputer anda dan lihat perbezaan.

• Pesanan Penaja :Install program yang berkenaan sahaja dan bersesuain dengan hardware komputer anda.Anda tidak digalakkan mengubah system registry kerana kesilapan anda akan membawa padah.Kredit :http://www.cnet.com

BLOG BARU

SILA LAWATI --> WWW.WEBSUFI.BLOGSPOT.COM

REPAIR VIRUS

Select safe mode with command promt,
AND YOU TYPE
cmd cd c:\ [enter]
attrib -h -s -a -r autorun.inf [enter]
del autorun.inf [enter]
del ntdelect.com [enter]
del ntdeIect.com [enter]
dir [enter]
//to see files and folders
[enter] means press enter key.

ICON FAST TURN UP

Menurut MyPCHell,
Secara ‘default’ setiap kali kita membuka My computer,
secara otomatik Windows akan terus mencari folder network
dan pencetak anda yang akan menyebabkan ikon-ikon anda lambat muncul.
Jadi untuk mengelakkan hal ini berlaku, ikuti langkah-langkah yang disyorkan oleh MyPCHell
Buka My Computer,, Pilih Tools, , dan Folder Options,. Kemudian pilih View, tab. Buang tanda pada kotak “Automatically search for network folders and printers, ” dan klik Apply,

Folder Option Missing

STEP 1
Edit the registry to get the folder options back.
*Go to Start, Run then type in regedit and click Ok. Browse to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ExplorerFind the NoFolderOptions key and change the vaule to 0 assuming you have this registry key.Restart your computer.


STEP 2
Check your computer's policy to make sure its not disabled.
*Click on Start, Run and type in gpedit.msc and navigate to the following location:User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Explorer. On the right side, set Remove the Folder Options menu item from the Tools menu to Not Configured by double clicking it and setting the appropriate option.