Removing the Speaker on the task bar-
The yellow speaker in the lower-right of the screen, lets you display the volume control by clicking on it. For those of us who have volume controls elsewhere, or do not need to repeatedly change the volume, there is a way to remove the icon:
1.Click the Start button, point to Settings, then click Control Panel. 2.Double-click on the Multimedia icon. 3.Under the Audio tab, in the Playback section, turn off the volume control on the Taskbar option.
Resizing Icons on your Desktop-
To change the size of the Icons on the Desktop: 1.Right-click on the Desktop 2.Choose Properties from the context menu. On the Appearance tab look in the Item list box. Once you find Icon you can choose the size from the Size box 3.To pre-view, hit the Apply button, once you are satisfied hit OK
Control Panel folder
- On your Start Button Click Start button with the right mouse button, then Open, click inside the Start Menu window with the right mouse button-then New, and then select Folder. Now rename the folder: (right click), choose Rename, type this exactly:
Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
and hit enter.
PRINTER FOLDER
- On your Start button Click Start button with the right mouse button-then Open, click inside the Start Menu window with the right mouse button-then New, and then select Folder. Now rename the folder: (right click), choose Rename, type this exactly:
Printers.{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}
and hit enter.
URL History folder
- On your Start button Click Start button with the right mouse button-then Open, click inside the Start Menu window with the right mouse button-then New, and then select Folder. Now rename the folder: (right click), choose Rename, type this exactly:
URL History folder.{FF393560-C2A7-11CF-BFF4-444553540000}
Internet Cache folder
- On your Start button Click Start button with the right mouse button-then Open, click inside the Start Menu window with the right mouse button-then New, and then select Folder. Now rename the folder: (right click), choose Rename, type this exactly:
Internet Cache.{7BD29E00-76C1-11CF-9DD0-00A0C9034933}
Recycle Bin folder
- On your Start button Click Start button with the right mouse button-then Open, click inside the Start Menu window with the right mouse button-then New, and then select Folder. Now rename the folder: (right click), choose Rename, type this exactly:
Recycle Bin.{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
DIAL UP NETWORKING
- On your Start button Click Start button with the right mouse button-then Open, click inside the Start Menu window with the right mouse button-then New, and then select Folder. Now rename the folder: (right click), choose Rename, type this exactly:
DUN.{992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48}
Explorer- On your start button
Click Start button with the right mouse button-then Open, click inside the Start Menu window with the right mouse button-then short cut, then browse, look in Windows for explore.exe
You can make a short cut this way for any program or .exe you have
Send to- Adding Notepad
Create a shortcut to notepad in the \Windows\SendTo Folder:
1.Click Start, Select Programs and start Windows Explorer
2.Select the \Windows\SendTo Folder
3.Right-click an empty space in the folder, then choose New now, Shortcut
4.In the Create Shortcut window, enter C:\Windows\Notepad.exe in the Command line box
Note: If you installed windows in another directory, or on another drive, you'll have to replace the C:\Windows\ with the correct path
5.Press Next
6.You can remove the .exe from Notepad.exe in the Select a name for the shortcut box
7.Press Finish
Then you will have the option to view file contents by right-clicking on the file and "sending" it to Notepad.
Customizing OEM information
- To add or customize OEM (original equipment manufacturer) information to the system properties sheet, edit (or create) the file c:\windows\system\oeminfo.ini. It should at least contain the following lines:
[general]
Manufacturer= Enter your company or your name here
Model= Enter a model number here if you want.*
[support information]
Line1 = This section will add a button called "Support Information"
Line2= Enter line(s) here to put in the Support Information dialog box.
Line3= Add as many as you need, or omit this section if you'd like.
*You can leave any of these parameters blank if you wish like this:
Model= or put anything you want to
To create the logo, create a bitmap named oemlogo.bmp in the c:\windows\system\ folder no larger than 175 x 100 pixels. The lower-left pixel will define the bitmap's background color. Windows will change the background color of your bitmap to match the Window background color. Keep in mind that Windows will display the bitmap in 16 colors if you are running in 16 or 256 colors.
If you're using either 16-bit or 32-bit color mode, then Windows will display the bitmap in 256 or more colors. Use a standard 16-color bitmap if you want to make sure that it will display correctly in all color depths. To test your new info, right-click on My Computer and select Properties. (Or hold down the Windows key and press the Pause|Break key.)
