Hot New Tips from Tips Basket - Latest tips published at Tips Basket http://www.tipsbasket.com/newtip.php Latest tips published at Tips Basket en-us Copyright 2007 - Tips Basket webmaster@tipsbasket.com Humming Bird Feed Machine Extend the context menu on Start button http://www.tipsbasket.com/showtip.php?tipid=1 This tip explains the way in which shortcuts to important apps can be added to the context menu on the 'Start Button'. This can be done by editing the registry. How to store snapshots of complete websites http://www.tipsbasket.com/showtip.php?tipid=2 This tips lets you to store snapshots of entire screen area of a website. How to get the ownership of a folder in Windows XP http://www.tipsbasket.com/showtip.php?tipid=3 A common frustrating problem faced by many Windows XP users after an OS reinstall is related to the ownership of the folders belonging to previous users. Mostly you will be faced with an “Access Denied” error message when you try to open such a folder. In this tip we are taking a look at the solution for this problem. How to rename a bunch of files in a directory in a single step. http://www.tipsbasket.com/showtip.php?tipid=4 This tip lets you to rename multiple files residing in a directory in a single go. Using Create a Shared Folder Wizard to easily create multiple shares quickly http://www.tipsbasket.com/showtip.php?tipid=5 This tip provides help for you in using the Create a Shared Folder Wizard application provided with Windows XP to create multiple shared folders in a single step. This application lets you define a share and assign the permissions for it from a wizard like interface. Enabling Auto Logon in Windows XP http://www.tipsbasket.com/showtip.php?tipid=6 Enabling the Auto Logon feature takes the user of a machine direct into the desktop without asking for a password. This is a good option to enable if only one person uses the machine and sensitive information is not stored in the machine. This feature is not recommended in an environment where security is a factor. Switching off unwanted visual effects in Windows XP and making it respond faster http://www.tipsbasket.com/showtip.php?tipid=7 Windows XP has a lot of visual effects, which can be quite demanding on the system resources, but the good news is that they can be turned off. This tip shows you how to switch off the unwanted visual effects and enjoy a bit of performance gain. How to disable the Windows XP boot screen. http://www.tipsbasket.com/showtip.php?tipid=8 For power users a boot up gain of 1 second means much and this tip can help you make Windows XP boot a bit more fast. This tip can gain maybe 2-3 seconds in your Windows boot time. It will show you how to disable the boot screen shown by Windows XP at the startup. How to make Windows XP not to report Program Errors with Microsoft and gain a bit of performance http://www.tipsbasket.com/showtip.php?tipid=9 This tip lets you switch off the Error Reporting feature of Windows XP, as it can be quite annoying at times. And switching it can add a bit of performance gain also. The Error Reporting is a built in feature of Windows XP by which the OS sends a report about various Application or OS errors happening on your machine to Microsoft along with the details of the error and the offending application name. Customizing Windows XP Paging for performance gain http://www.tipsbasket.com/showtip.php?tipid=10 Windows XP uses Paging technique extensively for better performance and tweaking it a bit can squeeze out much more performance gain. Paging or Virtual memory is the technique used by operating systems when the application data that is to be stored on physical memory is much larger. In such a scenario the OS will use paging files on the hard drives to accommodate the application data. This tip shows you how to optimize the page file used by Windows XP for a substantial performance gain.