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One-click PC shut down

This is really very easy one but very effective one. Enjoy it! First, create a shortcut on your desktop by right-clicking on the desktop, choosing New, and then choosing Shortcut. The Create Shortcut Wizard appears. In the box asking for the location of the shortcut, type shutdown. After you create the shortcut, double-clicking on it will shut down your PC. But you can do much more with a shutdown shortcut than merely shut down your PC. You can add any combination of several switches to do extra duty, like this 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 use. I use this technique to create two shutdown shortcuts on my desktop—one for turning off my PC, and one for rebooting. Here are the ones I use: shutdown -s -t 03 -c “Bye Bye!” shutdo...

Countdown timer for shutdown computer

Many a times people like to sleep on music, but the problem is that the comp will continue running the whole night. Here is how you can create a countdown timer to shutdown your comp in your specified time. Go to run in start menu and input this command   shutdown -s -t 3600 this will create a countdown timer which will go off in 3600 seconds (1 Hour). you can replace the 3600 to any time limit you want the comp to shutdown ,but remember the time should always be expressed in seconds i.e if u want the comp to shutdown in Half an hour you have to write 1800 and so on... If you are as lazy as me and don't want to input the command each time, then create a batch file or shortcut Batch: open a notepad and type shutdown -s -t 3600 now in the files menu select "save as" and save this file as Activate.bat Just double clicking this file will activate your timer Shortcut: On the desktop right click and create a new shortcut. in the location type shutdown -s -t 3600 Give it an...

10 Great NotePad Tricks To Scare Your Friends

Most of you must be aware about a tool called notepad. It is a simple text based editor. But today I am going to discuss some cool tricks which you can perform on your computer using notepad. You can also use these tricks to scare your friends. 1.Cycle a message in your friend’s computer. Type : @ECHO off :Begin msg * Hi msg * Are you having fun? msg * I am! msg * Lets have fun together! msg * Because you have been o-w-n-e-d GOTO BEGIN Save it and... as pc.bat and send it to your friends. 2.Make Keyboard Keys Type Continuously: Type : MsgBox “stop me..! if you can” Set wshShell =wscript.CreateObject(“WScript.Shell”) do wscript.sleep 100 wshshell.sendkeys “{bs}” loop Save it as pc.vbs and send it to your friends. 3.Convey your friend a message and shut down his/ her computer. Type : @echo off msg * I don’t like you shutdown -c “Hahahah You are Doomed” -s Save it as pc.bat and send it to your friends. 4.Toggle your friend’s Caps Lock button simultaneously Type : Set wshShell =wscri...

Install Windows xp Very Fast

Now, this tip will be very helpful for those who frequently install windows xp operating system. Normally OS installation takes around 40 minutes to complete, but through this trick you can now save 10-15 minutes. This simple tricks goes this way. 1. Boot through Windows XP CD . 2. After all the files are completely loaded, you get the option to select the partition. Select “c”. 3. Now Format the partition, whether it is normal or quick with NTFS or FAT 4. Once the formatting is completed, All the setup files required for installation are copied. Restart your system by pressing Enter. Now, here begins the Simple trick to save 10-15 minutes. 5. After rebooting, you get a screen where it takes 40 minutes to complete or finalize the OS installation. 6. Now, Press SHIFT + F10 Key ->  This opens command prompt . 7. Enter “Taskmgr” at the command prompt window. This will open Task Manager. 8. Click the Process Tab, here we find a process called Setup.exe -...