GET LYRICS OF YOUR FAVORITE ON ITUNES OR WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER OR FOR VLC OR REAL OR MANY MORE VIA MINI LYRICS

GUYS 
For this all you have to do is to download mini lyrics from below


Click Here to Visit and Download mini lyrics

THE PRNTER SPOOLER ERROR IN WINDOWS 7 / VISTA [FIXED] ERROR=> "OPERATION COULD NOT BE COMPLETED(ERROR 0X000006ba). THE LOCAL PRINTER SPOOLER SERVICE IS NOT RUNNING. PLEASE RESTART THE SPOOLER OR RESTART THE MACHINE."

Whenever i use to install my printer drivers (for samsung laserjet ML-1640) in windows 7
it use to give following error
"OPERATION COULD NOT BE COMPLETED(ERROR 0X000006ba). THE LOCAL PRINTER SPOOLER SERVICE IS NOT RUNNING. PLEASE RESTART THE SPOOLER OR RESTART THE MACHINE."

HOW TO SAVE BOOT TIME OR STARTUP TIME IN WINDOWS XP OR WINDOWS VISTA OR WINDOWS 7 (HOW TO USE SOLUTO)

When we start our windows for first time or after format the time taken is very less after few weeks we install some software and antivirus which increases our boot time and we get our stable desktop very late as compare to first day so if u want all the softwares and just need to disable startup i have a trick which works 100%
Guys use the software callled SOLOTU (called as antifrutating software)
You can download it from below


CLICK HERE TO VISIT OFFICIAL WEBSITE

after download for installation you will require internet connection so keep it on after the installation it will ask you to restart the pc so that it will tell you the boot time
after restart soluto will start automatically
here its screen

NEWS OF RELEASING MICROSOFT XBOX KINECT vs SONY move

Microsoft has launch the xbox kinect which is a good competition with sony's PS3 move all the gamer's are exited to get over the motion world and get and feel the diffrence of life with the xbox kinect or sony move
Also some said that "It's an amazing technology," said David Braben, founder of British games studio, Frontier Developments. "If you were to describe this to someone just a couple of years ago, it would have sounded science fiction. There are things that it does that just feel magical."

WHAT IS RAM ?? FUCTIONS OF RAM OR RAM A IMPORTANT PART OF MOTHERBOARD

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RAM - Random Acess Memory 
RAM is a volatile type of Memory i.e It loses its data if computer is turned off
everyone knows the above but the main fuction of its is someway as i describe with the human mind

HOW TO CONNECT YOUR MOBILE IN LINUX OR UBUNTU AND CONNECT MOBILE INTERNET WITHOUT ANY PC SUITE [100% WORKING AND TESTED GPRS AND 3G ALSO]

   
For This you will require a mobile activated gprs or 3g if u want to browse and connect your mobile in pc suite mode
In this process i will be using my mobile as NOKIA 5230 and i have MTNL sim card both Gprs and 3g activated
1st after connecting your mobile in pc suite mode there is a internet icon just left to volume just left click once on it you will get this

HOW TO INSTALL OR RUN INSTALLED WINDOWS APPLICATION ON UBUNTU OR LINUX

In ubuntu software just search for wine and install both normal and beta version of wine

 

HOW TO INSTALL SOFTWARE or LINUX GAMES IN UBUNTU OR LINUX?????

      
 HERE i am gonna show you how to install software in linux and ubuntu
first step go in application

HOW TO SWITCH THE LANGUAGE IN DUAL AUDIO MOVIES FOR UBUNTU AND LINUX

        
For this you require a dual audio movie just search or google it or try for torrent search with movie name followed by dual audio
you check it too just check the whole movie name seach for dual audio then that movie has two audio

now i will proceed for this i will use normal player used in ubuntu to play movies
and i will be using the movie A-team for testing
this is how it will look when u play movie in ubuntu

 

BlackBerry PlayBook - Preview

BLACK BERRY PLAYBOOK CONFIGURATION

     1 GHz Dual Core Processor
     1 GB RAM
     7 inch LCD  display with 1024 x 600 screen resolution
     Multitouch capacitive display
     Dimensions : 130mm x 194mm x 10mm
     Weight : 400g
     microUSB , micro HDMI and DLNA connectivity
     Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n

[SOLVED]THE BEST AND EASY TO BOOT WINDOWS 7 , WINDOWS XP , WINDOWS VISTA FROM PEN DRIVE OR HOW TO BOOT WINDOWS FROM PEN DRIVE

1. For this you will require a pen drive of windows files size and a software WIN TO FLASH
so for downloading
WIN 2 FLASH CLICK HERE
Or If unable to download visit offical site of win to flah and select any version to download it


CLICK HERE TO VISIT OFFICIAL SITE DOWNLOAD PAGE

2.After downloading just extract it to some New folder or as you wish
after that start win to flash.exe

HOW TO INSTALL GOOGLE CHROME IN UBUNTU 10.04 OR FEDORA CORE OR DEBIAN OR openSUSE (IN EASY WAY)

             
GOOGLE CHROME ONE OF THE KNOWN AND FATESR BROWSER IN UBUNTU 10.04 OR FEDORA CORE OR DEBIAN OR openSUSE HOW TO INSTALL
FOLLOW THESE STEPS
1st Click here to download google chrome 

 after that just follow the process
on second page chose any one of these

as per your use select any of that
after that select open with

when download get complete just run it or it will get automatically run then it will get install manually after that it will be in application=>internet => google chrome

SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB REVIEW ALSO OFFICIAL LIVE DEMO VIDEO

         
SAMSUNG AFTER LAUNCHING GALAXY AND WAVE MOBILES OG 1GHZ PROCSSOR WILL BE LAUNCHING GALAXY TAB WHICH CONTAINS ANDROID OS AND WATCH OUT MORE FOR VIDEO

INFORMATION ABOUT DUAL AUDIO OR HOW TO SWITCH THE LANGUAGE IN DUAL AUDIO MOVIES IN WINDOWS XP, VISTA , 7 (VIA GOM PLAYER)

One of the very known is the dual audio movies rocking the floors but some pals get a problem how to switch the audio between two movies (NOTE : switching the launguge is only possible in dual audio movies)

• 1st. Download a dual audio movie You can get it in torrents too just search in torrent search engine "dual audio" or "movie name dual audio" download it                                                                                                 OR                                                                                                                                                               search in your computer for dual audio in my pc i got one movie "The A-Team 2010 720p Upscaled R5 (650MB) [Dual Audio]" and as u can see it was having dual audio word

World’s Fastest Processor –By IBM speed about 5.2Ghz

IBM one of the biggest and known company stuggling since 3 years to create a WORLD's FASTEST PROCESSOR
about on 1.5 million$ are spen on this project

All the work was done under the secret research lab aimed to improve also to better the performance of its existing mainframe systems. The new WORLD's FASTEST PROCESSOR would become the heart of IBM’s new zEnterprise clocked at 5.2GHz. Although, overclockers can challenge the “Fastest” processor with Liquid Nitrogen cooled systems, But, IBM’s processor is all about at native room temperatures with no special cooling requirements.

This 5.2GHz chip is not about generic x86 PC’s but designed to run on IBM’s mainframes and some unix based AIX systems that barely run UI or any of your hardcore graphics games.Also good for high end gamers for good and better fps

Youtube Testing Live Stream Broadcasts for sometime so enjoy guys

YouTube has announced that it will be testing its new Live Broadcasting platform with its partners, that will enable people to start broadcasting events  via Youtube.

Starting at 8:00 a.m. PT, Youtube had begun a limited trial of a new live streaming platform in conjunction with partners: Howcast, Next New Networks,  Rocketboom and Young Hollywood.

The system is easy to setup, all broadcasters need is a webcam or external USB/FireWire camera. Also, youtube is testing Live comments which lets you engage with the broadcaster and the broader YouTube community.

FIRST INDIAN WEB BROWSER POWERED BY MOZILLA (EPIC)

it Is  epic and it just know to rock as mozilla really

FEATURES OF EPIC

  1. It has about1500+ Indian Themes andWallpapers.
2. The BEst feature which it has it would be the only browser to come with inbuit antivirus which scan downloaded files and also your pc 
3.Type in Indian LanguagesEasily. Everywhere.
4.Blazing Fast
5.Sidebar Applications. 1500+ Apps. All FreeHave more fun. Be more productive.Or both 
6.Malicious Website Warnings: We'll warn you if you're about to visit a website known to host viruses or malware
7.Anti-Phishing Protection: A big, bolded domain so you know if you're at citibank.com or citiphishingsite.com.

HOW TO CONNECT MTNL OR BSNL 3G GPRS PREPAID OR POSTPAID TO PC VIA NOKIA PHONES OR NOKIA PC SUITE

SO Guys Here I am gonna show u how to connect MTNL 3G or BSNL 3G via nokia pc suite both for prepaid and postpaid (i own nokia 5230 so the images will be according to it)
just connect your mobile in pcsuite mode
and u will get your pc suite display like this when u open it

[sloved]NOKIA PC SUITE PROBLEM NOT DETECTING THE PHONE

Hello guys i own a nokia 5230 and i have got the same problem
it use to show phone in my computer in nokia phone browser but not in pc suite
so for that purpose don't uninstall and reinstall pc suite
just go in add and remove program
look for nokia conectivity cable 
just repair it and try rebooting or restarting your computer 
it worked 100% for me

PARTS OF MOTHERBOARD OR WHAT IS MOTHERBOARD ?? AND EVERTHING ABOUT MOTHERBOARD

WHAT IS MOTHERBOARD(MOBO) ????
Motherboard is a main and important unit of computer without motherboard computer cannot be a computer with the remaining parts. Also we can call it mother of computer situated in brain of computer i.e CPU every computer has a motherboard whatever the device maybe it has motherboard


the below is the image of motherboard but it is a high end motherboard

BEST WAY TO CLEAN ERROR OR A SOFTWARE WHICH SHOULD BE KEPT IN EVERY PC WITH ANTIVIRUS(IMPORTANT POST) OR HOW TO SPEED UP YOU PC

SO here i wana show u a important software which should be kept with antivirus 
that is REGISTRY BOOT SCANER 
download it from here




CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD REGISTRY BOOT SCANER

HOW TO CHANGE BOOT SCREEN WITHOUT SOFTWARE IN WINDOW VISTA (NO GUI BOOT)

SO here we are to change the boot screen no gui boot 
all u need is to go in run and type msconfig (note : run is present in start=>all program=> accessaries=> run )

HOW TO FREE THE RAM OR WHAT TO DO IF PC GETS HANG A LOT FOR WINDOWS XP , VISTA , 7

guys some time our pc gets hang sometimes we open large amount of files so it gets hand

the main problem here is the task bar

we have many items open when we start our pc
all we need to do work with the task manager
go in processes tab you will get something like this

GOOGLE CHROME TIPS AND TRICKS ALSO SOME SHOTCUTS USEFUL FOR EVERYTIME

1.Control + Shift + N -  It opens an 'incognito' window - sites you view in this window won't appear in your history and cookies served by sites in this window will be deleted when the window is closed. but not that useful


2.if u want to open ur home page just press alt + home it will open home page


3. ctrl+t used to open new tab


4.ctrl+shift+t used to open resently closed tab


5. for jumping from one tab to another press ctrl+1(TO OPEN 1ST TAB) , ctrl+2..................ETC ctrl+9 will open last tab everytime

HOW TO INSTALL GOOGLE CHROME IN UBUNTU

follow all the below steps 

1. install wine (follow the official instructions http://www.winehq.org/site/download-deb)

2. make sure wine = 1.1.3 is installed by entering the following in the terminal
wine --version

3. Download winetricks and install it
wget http://www.kegel.com/wine/winetrickssudo cp winetricks /usr/sbin

HOW TO USE DAEMON TOOLS FOR ISO AND OTHER DISK IMG FOR GAMES AND SOFTWARE ISO

its been seen long demand for daemon tools so lets start
first download daemon tools lite its the latest version and its easy to install and easy to use than previos version
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD DAEMON TOOLS LITE V4.35.6
NOTE: after installation it may ask for restart or during installation it will ask for restart then restart your pc otherwise it may not work
after that you may get icon at the lower right hand of task bar beside time like this shown in below image

COOL TRICKS AND TWEAKS FOR MOZILLA FIREFOX 100% WORKING

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THIS tips  are one of the best and unique tip

chrome://browser/content/browser.xul – Opens another Firefox inside a tab in the the existing Firefox window.

chrome://browser/content/preferences/preferences.xul -  Opens the Options dialog box inside the Firefox tab.

chrome://browser/content/bookmarks/bookmarksPanel.xul -  Opens the “Bookmarks Manager” inside a tab in the Firefox window.

chrome://browser/content/history/history-panel.xul – Opens the History Panel in the Firefox tab.

MOZILLA FIREFOX KEYBOARD AND MOUSE SHORTCUTS

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Keyboard shortcuts. This is where you become a real Jedi. It just takes a little while to learn these, but once you do, your browsing will be super fast. Here are some of the most common (and my personal favs):

• Spacebar (page down)
• Shift-Spacebar (page up)
• Ctrl+F (find)
• Alt-N (find next)
• Ctrl+D (bookmark page)
• Ctrl+T (new tab)
• Ctrl+K (go to search box)
• Ctrl+L (go to address bar)
• Ctrl+= (increase text size)
• Ctrl+- (decrease text size)
• Ctrl-W (close tab)
• F5 (reload)
• Alt-Home (go to home page)
  

India’s $35 Computer Tablet PC – Its Answer to MIT’s $100 computer

India’s Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal recently revealed the prototype of a $35 touchscreen tablet device, which is claim to be world’s cheapest computer PC.

It should be noted that in 2005, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – has developed a prototype of a $100 laptop, especially for children of developing nation. But, at that time, India has rejected the offer, quoting it too expensive, and decided to develop a cheaper alternate of its own.

The newly revealed Linux-based $35 device, looks very similar to iPad, and feature 2 GB of memory, a USB port, and built-in Wi-Fi connectivity.

Apart from this, $35 computer has capability to run all essential software such as PDF reader, multimedia player and content viewer, video conferencing, Web browser, and word processor through Open Office.

The $35 tablet prototype from India, which was developed by research teams at IIT and the Indian Institute of Science, is expected to go into production by 2011.

100% WORKING TRICK FOR INCRCREASING SPEED IN MOZILLA FIREFOX BY 40%

In this tutorial I’m going show you how to easily make Firefox load pages up to 40% faster !

Firefox, when tweaked in this manner, will render faster than Opera.

Type about:config on the Firefox address bar and hit Enter.

This will display an alphabetical listing of preferences by name, as well as a search bar at the top.

Type network.http.pipe on the Filter search bar.

how to customize panel in ubuntu (tips for what to do after installing ubuntu)

Ubuntu includes a top panel and a bottom panel by default. If you prefer to keep only one panel at the bottom just like the Windows Taskbar, then these are the steps to follow:

1. Delete the bottom panel: right-click over it and click "Delete This Panel".
2. Move the top panel to bottom: right-click over it, select "Properties" and change Orientation from "Top" to "Bottom".
3. Add running program buttons: right-click the panel, select "Add to Panel", scroll down and select "Window List", click "Add".

WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU GET BEEP SOUND FROM CPU OR NO DISPLAY

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Hello guys
This problem is seen in mostly every pc when you start your pc there is no display at moniter but from the cpu a beep sound is seen on such time what to do ???

solution:
This happen mostly in the rainy dayz due to moisture
and the beep sound is of memory i.e. RAM
for this you have to do is
1st OPEN UP YOU CPU
2nd FIND THE RAM SLOTS IN YOUR MOTHERBOARD (MOBO)
3rd REMOVE THE RAM'S PRESENT IN YOUR MOBO
4th GET A RUBBER AND CLICK THE BELOW PART OF YOUR RAM (i.e. a part where ram gets attached)
5th PUT THE RAM PERFECTLY IN YOUR MOBO
6th CLOSE THE CPU
7th TRY BOOTING

ENABLE WHINDOWS 7 STYLE SUPER BAR IN UBUNTU 10.04

Windows 7 provides the ability to pin frequently-used applications to the Taskbar, or Superbar, as it has become known. You can achieve a similar effect in Ubuntu using a Gnome panel plugin, called DockBarX, which allows you to pin, unpin, and launch applications from the panel.

Before you install DockBarX, you must first add the source for the DockBarX package. Select Administration | Software Sources from the System menu.

On the Software Sources dialog box, click the Other Software tab and click the Addbutton.

In the APT line of the dialog box that displays, enter the following line:

ppa:dockbar-main/ppa

Click Add Source.

Click the Close button.

NOTE: When you close the Software Sources dialog box, a dialog box may display asking you to reload to get the updated packages in the repository you added. If you see that notice, click the Reload button on the dialog box.

TORCH IS MOVING WHEN MY COMPUTER IS OPENED (IT TAKES TIME TO OPEN MY COMPUTER)

This is a problem -when you double click on My Computer,Windows takes a long time to open it searches for files for a long time.And during that period you will find a flashlight or a torch is moving from right to left and vice-versa. 

How To Fix:- 

1ST METHODStart>Run>type in cmd>ok [note: run in vista/7 is located in start=>all programs=>accessories or you can type run in search box it will appear]

Run these commands:- 
NET STOP STISVC (This stops the service)>press ENTER
SC CONFIG STISVC START= DISABLED (This sets the Service startup type to disabled)>Press ENTER 

2ND METHODStart>Run>type Services.msc>ok [note: run in vista/7 is located in start=>all programs=>accessories or you can type run in search box it will appear]
From the list of Services(local) scroll down to Windows Image Acquisition>Right click on it>Click on Stop. 

NEW VERSION OF WINDOWS (FIRST LOOK)(MAYBE WINDOWS 8 )

Watch It out here THE new version of windows will be lanunch soon Or first look for windows 8

SOFTWARE'S USEFUL FOR ALL WINDOWS XP VISTA AND 7 (EASY BCD)

eASY BCD IS A SOFWARE WHICH HELPS YOU TO DEVLOP PERFOMANCE OF THE SYSTEM. IT ALSO LETS U TO CINFIG BOOT MENU BUT NOT TO CHANGE ITS ALSO USEFUL FOR LINUX AND MAC TOO

easyBCD is NeoSmart Technologies' multiple award-winning answer to taking control of your bootloader. EasyBCD extends and revamps the Windows Vista/Windows 7 BCD bootloader, and with EasyBCD, almost anything is possible. Setting up and configuring a dual-boot between Windows 7, Windows Vista, older versions of Windows such as XP & 2003, Linux, Ubuntu, BSD, and Mac OS X is a breeze. You just point & click and EasyBCD does the rest.

EasyBCD is geared for users of all kinds. Whether you just want to add an entry to your old XP partition or want to create a duplicate for testing purposes; if you're interested in debugging the Windows Kernel or septuple-booting your seven test operating systems, EasyBCD is the key.

• Boot into XP/Vista/7/Ubuntu/OS X and more!
• Boot from USB, Network, ISO images, Virtual Harddisks (VHD), WinPE, and more!
• Repair the Windows bootloader, change your boot drive, create a bootable USB, and more!
• Rename entries, set default boot target, change BCD timeout, hide the boot menu, and more!
• Create your own custom boot sequence, hide drives on boot, backup and restore configurations, and more!

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD EASY BCD

MOZILLA FIREFOX ERROR "type error components.classes cid is undefined" WHILE STARTUP

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If you are getiing this error in your mozilla firefox browser
type error components.classes cid is undefined
i have a pure and tested solution for it


during that time just close mozilla firefox and go in start then mozilla firefox start it in safe mode

you will get a dialog box check all the box (i.e there must be tick in all the boxes) and click on restart mozilla firefox and that time you will not get error
now 
in mozilla go in tools=> addons and enable that addon which are need to you my suggestion enable shockwave , and flasH player and quiktime because those are important one

COPY FILES FASTER AND SAFER WITH APPLICATION WORKING ON WINDOWS XP, VISTA &7

Its been seen the world of pendrive has got a great success for such times we need to copy faster because some pendrive give low speed while copying
for such time i have a software called tera copy it works on windows xp , windows vista , windows 7
that is tera copy
SOME Features of tera copy
1)Copy faster - it lets you to copy faster your files than that of normal speed copying
2)Pause or resume feature - it lets you to pause copying also resume whenever you needed
3) Error  recovery - during the copy process TERA COPY will not stop processing when file is unable to copy it will try several times to copy if it is failed then it skip that file and contiue the process of copying other files rather than terminating the process .This is one of the best feature
4)Interactive file list - After completing the process of copying it will show you the list of failed copying files and recopy only problem files
5)Shell integration - Tera copy completely replace the explorer copy and move function allowing you to work with file asusual it means that it will not consume your ram and let your pc to work smoother while copying
6) also supported to 64bit windows


CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD TERA COPY
if u are unable to download contact me via comments

USEFUL APPLICATION (WINDOWS IN BOX)

here is a application of shortcut to get everything on the screen
here's its screenshot



click here to download


really 1000% works

HIDDEN APPLICATION AND GAMES IN WINDOWS XP (SOME OF THEM WORK IN WINDOWS VISTA AND 7)

 Defrag

Secret - Hidden Command Line Switch

Instructions - Go to "Start", "Run" and Type defrag c: -b to defragment the Boot and Application Prefetch information.

Notes - Windows XP will run this automatically every three days or so, during system idle periods. BootVis will evoke this when you run the "Optimize System" function. There is no need to manually run this unless you wish to immediately optimize a newly installed application's load time.


 IExpress

Secret - Hidden Install Creator

Instructions - Go to Start, Run, type iexpress - Source

Notes - IExpress is a technology designed to simplify creation of a setup program. Using the step-by-step IExpress Wizard, you can create self-extracting files that automatically run the setup program contained inside. The setup program can be an .inf file or an executable program. IExpress technology automatically removes the setup files after installation, saving the user time and frustration.


 MS-DOS Editor

Secret - Hidden Text Editor

Instructions - Go to Start, Run, type edit - Source

Notes - Windows XP comes with another text editor besides Notepad - it's called the MS-DOS Editor, and it's commonly referred to simply as Edit. It has features similar to Notepad, as well as additional features such as the ability to work with multiple text files and change the background and text colors.


 Netmeeting

Secret - Hidden Internet Conference Application

Instructions - Go to Start, Run, type conf - Source

Notes - Windows XP is the last version of Microsoft Windows to include NetMeeting. NetMeeting delivers a complete Internet conferencing solution for all Windows users with multi-point data conferencing, text chat, whiteboard, and file transfer, as well as point-to-point audio and video.


 Notepad

Secret - Create a Log File

Instructions - Launch Notepad, Type .LOG on the first line, and then press Enter to move to the next line. On the File menu, click Save As, type a descriptive name for your file in the File name box, and then click OK. When you next open the file, note that the date and time have been appended to the end of the log, immediately preceding the place where new text can be added. You can use this functionality to automatically add the current date and time to each log entry. - Source


 Paint

Secret - Image Trails

Instructions - Open an image and hold down Shift then drag the image around to create an image trail.

Secret - 10x Zoom

Instructions - Open an image and select the magnifying glass icon. Left-Click exactly on the line below the 8x.


 Private Character Editor

Secret - Hidden Font Editor

Instructions - Go to Start, Run, type eudcedit - Source

Notes - You can use Private Character Editor to create unique letters and logos for your font library.


 Windows Chat

Secret - Hidden Windows Chat Program

Instructions - Go to Start, Run, type winchat - Source

Notes - You can use Windows Chat on your computer to communicate with someone on another computer. Both computers must be connected to the same network (for example, a local area network [LAN] or the Internet). Also, each computer must be running a similar protocol, such as TCP/IP.


 Windows Media Player 5.1

Secret - Hidden Windows Media Player

Instructions - Go to Start, Run, type mplay32


 Windows Media Player 6.4

Secret - Hidden Windows Media Player

Instructions - Go to Start, Run, type mplayer2 - Source

Notes - Windows Media Player 6.4 (Classic) is installed along with Windows Media Player 7. The only update is that it now supports the latest codecs.

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Game Secrets

 FreeCell

Secret - Instant Win

Instructions - Hold down Ctrl + Shift + F10 during game play. Then you will be asked if you want to Abort, Retry or Ignore. Choose Abort, then move any card to instantly win.

Secret - Hidden Game Modes
Instructions - In the "Game" menu choose "Select Game". Enter -1 or -2 to activate the hidden game modes.


 Hearts

Secret - Show All Cards

Instructions - Go to Start, Run, Type: 'Regedit', OK. Edit this registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Hearts

Right click on the Hearts folder, select New, String Value and name it ZB. Right-click on ZB, select Modify and enter a Value Data of 42, OK and close Regedit. Start Hearts (not Internet Hearts). Once in a game Press Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F12 to show all the cards.

Background - This secret is a reference to Douglas Adams' book the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. 'ZB' is the initials of the character Zaphod Beeblebrox, the Galactic President. '42' is the answer to The Ultimate Question Of Life, the Universe and Everything.


 Minesweeper

Secret - Reveal Mines

Instructions - Minimize or close all running applications. Launch Minesweeper, then type xyzzy. Next hold down either shift key for one second. Now when you move the mouse cursor over a Minesweeper square you will see a tiny white pixel in the top left corner of your desktop screen. This pixel will change to black when your mouse moves over a mine. You may need to change you desktop background to a solid color other than white or black to see the pixel.

Secret - Stop Timer

Instructions - Launch Minesweeper and start a game so the timer starts counting, then press the Windows Key + D to show the desktop. Now when you select minesweeper from the taskbar you can continue playing with the timer stopped.


 Pinball

Secret - Extra Balls

Instructions - Type 1max at the start of a new ball to get extra balls.

Secret - Gravity Well

Instructions - Type gmax at the start of a new game to activate the Gravity Well.

Secret - Instant Promotion

Instructions - Type rmax at the start of a new game to go up in ranks.

Secret - Skill Shot

Instructions - Launch the ball partially up the chute past the third yellow light bar so it falls back down to get 75,000 points. There are six yellow light bars that are worth a varying amount of points:

First: 15,000 points
Second: 30,000 points
Third: 75,000 points
Fourth: 30,000 points
Fifth: 15,000 points
Sixth: 7,500 points

Secret - Test Mode

Instructions - Type hidden test at the start of a new ball to activate Test Mode. No notification will be given that this is activated but you can now left-click the mouse button and drag the ball around. While in test mode press the following keys for more secrets:

H - Get a 1,000,000,000 High Score
M - Shows the amount of system memory
R - Increases your rank in game
Y - Shows the Frames/sec rate

Secret - Unlimited Balls

Instructions - Type bmax at the start of a new ball. No notification will be given that this is activated but when a ball is lost a new ball will appear from the yellow wormhole indefinitely. Once this is activated you will be unable to activate other secrets without restarting the game.


 Solitaire

Secret - Instant Win

Instructions - Press Alt + Shift + 2 during game play to instantly win.

Secret - Draw single cards in a Draw Three game

Instructions - Hold down CTRL + ALT + SHIFT while drawing a new card. Instead of drawing three cards you will only draw one.

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OS Secrets

 Add/Remove

Secret - Hidden Uninstall Options

Instructions - Warning: Proceed at your own risk! Browse to C:\Windows\inf\ and make a backup copy of sysoc.inf. Then open the original file C:\Windows\inf\sysoc.inf in notepad. Go to "Edit" and select "Replace". In "Find what:" type,hide and in "Replace with:" type , then select "Replace All", save and close the file. Go to the "Control Panel", "Add/Remove", select "Add/Remove Windows Components". You will now see many more Windows components to uninstall. Do not remove anything with no label or that you do not recognize or fully understand what it does. Doing so can break certain functionality in Windows.


 Control Panel

Secret - Hidden Control Panel Extensions

Instructions - Download and install TweakUI, launch, go to "Control Panel" and check any item not selected, then "Apply" and "OK". You will now see the hidden control panel extensions.


 Device Manager

Secret - Hidden Devices

Instructions - Go to the "Control Panel", "System" icon, "Hardware" tab and select "Device Manager". Select "View" and Show hidden devices.

Secret - Phantom Devices

Instructions - Go to "Start", "Programs", "Accessories" and select "Command Prompt". At the command prompt, type "set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1" and press Enter. At the command prompt, type "start devmgmt.msc" and press Enter. Select "View" and Show hidden devices. You can see devices that are not connected to the computer. - Source

Notes - When you close the command prompt window, Windows clears the "devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1" variable that you set and prevents phantom devices from being displayed when you select "Show hidden devices".


 MIDI Files

Secret - Hidden MIDI Files

Instructions - Browse to C:\Windows\Media and you will find 3 hidden MIDI files:

flourish.mid
onestop.mid
town.mid

Notes - "MIDI" stands for "Musical Instrument Digital Interface" - A compression format for encoding music.


 Music

Secret - Music from the Installer

Instructions - Browse to C:\Windows\system32\oobe\images\title.wma and play.

Notes - "OOBE" stands for "Out-of-Box Experience".


 Shutdown

Secret - Display Hibernate Option on the Shut Down dialog

Instructions - Go to "Start", "Turn Off Computer..." and press either Shift key to change the "Stand By" button to "Hibernate".


 Support Tools

Secret - Over 100 Windows XP Support Utilities are on the install CD

Instructions for Pre-SP2 users - If you do not have SP2 installed, put the original Windows XP CD in the CD-ROM Drive, run the D:\Support\Tools\setup.exe file.