In case of windows vista to run cool aero glass effects it normally require a powerful graphic card or some good amount of video memory shared on the motherboard and in case of windows xp it is not even possible without some modified theme softwares like window blinds.
So, In order to enable transparency effects (aero effects) in win xp you will need a small freeware called glass2k ,this software is suported on all the windows system windows 2000 onwards.
Have you ever wanted, To create shortcuts for the most common actions like shutdown, hibernate or restart on your desktop, so that you could fire up all these commands just by clicking a shortcut placed on your desktop.
All the operations shutdown, restart are nothing but a simple execution command for the system exe called shutdown.exe but with different parameter.
But this is not the same case with hibernate as it is a suspended state off in case of windows xp and it has nothing to do with shutdown.exe
I just received a mail from one of the readers of Technix Update asking for a method of locking any folder in win Xp ,this is most often asked question about windows xp and quite important question as per the security point of view.
When you would want some folders to be protected ?
If you share a computer with other users and want some extra security on your folders ? There are two ways to password protect a folder built into Windows XP.
This problem usually occurs in windows xp when a usb drive is usually plugged into a usb port but as some of the network permissions change overnight due to which the same drive that shown earlier as e: drive in windows explorer is not showing.
So now due to the network permission under E:\ and there is a conflict with the USb stick.
If you have seen a problem in windows when you plug your usb-data drive and after transfer all your data to or from your usb-thumb drive or any other portable drive.
When you want to safely remove that hardware you found no ‘safely remove hardware icon’ in the taskbar as it got disappeared from the taskbar due to some reason that you don’t know.
So what to do in such a situation to safely remove the hardware device safely out of windows system ?
Have you ever dreamed of creating a fake virus yourself to play a prank by installing the virus on your friend computer and a making a fool of him. If Yes then this post is of great interest to you.
So what would you like to do with a virus to make your friend believe that a virus has infected his/her computer.
Hmm….let me guess ?
1. Suddenly Opening and closing of cd drive.
2. Power off the monitor.
3. Log out the user out of windows xp.
4. Turn off the computer.
Almost most of us get bored by the operating system speed of windows Xp with the passage of time as it keeps getting slower and slower day by day with hell lot of new softwares getting installed.
Even if you don’t normally install a lot of softwareon your machine Windows Xp becomes very slow due to the alterations of system files and personalized settings of different users on Win XP.
Till now, I had integrated almost all the cool features of windows vista in windows xp including vista start menu in xp or vista like search in xp and you can also get vista like drives in xp or get the windows seven taskbar in xp
Similarly with this simple free utility called TheEnd you can get the feature of renaming the file names without selecting the extension of the file in windows xp just like it happens in vista.
Additional Tip: Get Transparent Vista Explorer With Aero Glass Effect In XP