Guide on How to Make Screen Savers in Windows XP and Vista

Can anybody guide how to make a screen savers in Vista and in XP

Ace Pro Screensaver Creator

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Top Hidden Secret Tricks to Win Windows Games

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 -

• Edit this registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Applets\Hearts
• a new String value named ZB with a Data value of 42. Start Hearts and Press Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F12 to show all the cards.

Background - This secret is a reference to Douglas Adams’ book the Hitch Hiker’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 then 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: 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.

Trick Special

1. go to run
2. type "telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl" without the quotes("")
3. you will see star wars movie played out in ASCII art... its pretty cool!

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How Replace support information in Windows with my personal Details?

Open Notepad write following lines into it and Save It with the name OEMINFO.INI in the c:\windows\system32 directory:

- [General]
- Manufacturer=Your Name Here
- Model=Your Model Here
- [Support Information]
- Line1=Your Name Here
- Line2=Your Address Here
- Line3=Your Email Address Here

- Save the file, then make a right click on my computer select properties, in the general tab a button will be highlighted (support information) make a click on it, you will be able to see the changes.
- Now if you want to display some more information then simply increase the line in the file.

- ex: Line4=Your Working Hours Here

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How to Upgrade Windows XP Home to Windows XP Professional

There is a registry trick to convert and upgrade Windows XP Home Edition to Windows XP Professional Edition without using the OS software , follow procedure below.

1. Open registry edit (regedit).
2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/ControlSet00X/Control/Product Options, where ControlSet00X is the one with the highest number.
3. Delete the ProductSuite registry key
4. Then, create a new DWORD value and named it as Brand.
5. Set the “Brand” value data as 0.
6. Reboot the system.
7. On boot up after the Bios screen, press F8 to display Windows XP Startup Menu.
8. Choose Last Known Good Configuration (LNG) and hit Enter.
9. Windows XP will start up as usual. After logging into the desktop, check the system properties to verify that it’s now Windows XP Professional.

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