Windows Secret

Exiting Windows the Cool and Quick Way

Normally it takes a hell lot of time just Shutting down Windows, you have to moveyour mouse to the Start Button, click on it, move it again over Shut Down, click,then move it over the necessary option and click, then move the cursor over the OKbutton and once again (you guessed it) click.This whole process can be shortenedby creating shortcuts on the Desktop which will shut down Windows at the click ofa button. Start by creating a new shortcut( right click and select New> Shortcut).Then in the command line box, type (without the quotes.)

'C:\windows\rundll.exe user.exe,exitwindowsexec'

This Shortcut on clicking will restart Windows immediately without any Warning. Tocreate a Shortcut to Restarting Windows, type the following in the Command Linebox:

'c:\windows\rundll.exe user.exe,exitwindows'

This Shortcut on clicking will shut down Windows immediately without any Warning.

Ban Shutdowns : A trick to Play on Lamers

This is a neat trick you can play on that lamer that has a huge ego, in thissection I teach you, how to disable the Shut Down option in the Shut Down DialogBox. This trick involves editing the registry, so please make backups. Launchregedit.exe and go to :

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

In the right pane look for the NoClose Key. If it is not already there then createit by right clicking in the right pane and selecting New > String Value.(Name itNoCloseKey ) Now once you see the NoCloseKey in the right pane, right click on itand select Modify. Then Type 1 in the Value Data Box.

Doing the above on a Win98 system disables the Shut Down option in the Shut DownDialog Box. But on a Win95 machine if the value of NoCloseKey is set to 1 then

click on the Start > Shut Down button displays the following error message:

This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer.Please contact your system administrator.

You can enable the shut down option by changing the value of NoCloseKey to 0 orsimply deleting the particular entry i.e. deleting NoCloseKey.

Instead of performing the above difficult to remember process, simply save thefollowing with an extension of .reg and add it's contents to the registry bydouble clicking on it.

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]"

NoClose"="1"

Disabling Display of Drives in My Computer

This is yet another trick you can play on your geek friend. To disable the displayof local or networked drives when you click My Computer go to :

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Now in the right pane create a new DWORD item and name it NoDrives. Now modifyit's value and set it to 3FFFFFF (Hexadecimal) Now press F5 to refresh. When youclick on My Computer, no drives will be shown. To enable display of drives in MyComputer, simply delete this DWORD item. It's .reg file is as follows:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

"NoDrives"=dword:03ffffff