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Tech Shot - Rename Windows Recycle Bin
1 - Click Start
2- Click Run
3- Type regedit and click OK
4- Goto- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/CLSID/{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
5- Change the name " Recycle Bin" to the name of your choice.
Done.................................
How to: change the start button text on Windows XP
With a few modifications in the Windows Registry, you can replace the “start” text with anything you like. So let’s get started.
Step 1: Modify explorer.exe
Yes, we are going to change Explorer, the backbone of your Windows XP, but don’t worry. Everything should be safe as long as you follow the steps closely.
As explorer is a binary file, we need a special tool to modify it. One of the best ones for this purpose is Resource Hacker.
There are of course others that will get the trick done, but we will be using RH. Install it and let’s continue.
As always before changing anything. you want to back up. So open My Computer and navigate to and look for explorer. Copy paste it to a safe location on your hard drive.
Now that you’ve backed it up, fire up Resource Hacker and find the same explorer.exe.
When you’ve found and opened explorer in RH, navigate to
String Table -> 37 -> 1033.
The “start” value is on line 4, after the 578.
Change the text “start” to anything you want, making sure you keep the quotes.
Press the Compile Script button to make Resource Hacker put together the code.
Now click File and Save the script as explorer.exe. into C: \WINDOWS\inf or another C: \WINDOWS subfolder.
Note: make sure you choose Save AS, NOT just save!!
Step 2: changing the registry.
To do this, we need to make just one simple registry modification. To open up the registry, press start -> run and type regedit.
In the registry editor window that opens, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ Windows NT\ CurrentVersion\ Winlogon and look for the registry entry “shell”. Click it.
Change the explorer.exe to inf/explorer.exe or whereever you saved the modified explorer.
You’re done!!!!!!!!!!! All you have to do now is reboot or log out
Top Tech - Task Manager Disabled
My Task Manager is disabled and I donno " Who the hell has done this".......
Help Help............................................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here's the solution and its the tested one on my own computer:
The Problem
The Right Click
The Message
You didn't do that, you say?
Then a virus probably did.
Disabling Task Manager is one way viruses try to make hassles in your life.
Before the treatment..........................RUN THE COMPLETE VIRUS SCAN ON YOUR COMPUTER WITH AN UPDATED ANTI-VIRUS.
Method 1:
Goto Start
Click Run
Type gpedit.msc
Click OK.
Group Policy Editor will open. Click on the following:
- User Configuration
- Administrative Templates
- System
- Ctrl+Alt+Del Options
You should see something much like this:
Double click on Remove Task Manager to change its setting:
Now Enable the Task Manager.
Click Apply and OK.
Hopefully this works. In case this fails try this one out. It will work.
Method 2:
Click Start
Click Run
Type regedit
Click OK
Expand these registry keys in turn:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER
- Software
- Microsoft
- Windows
- CurrentVersion
- Policies
- System
You should see something like this:
Right Click on the DisableTaskMgr option
Click Delete
Confirm that you want to delete
Try and Check .Task Manager should be available once again.
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