How to Backup Your Registry

Before you edit the registry, export the keys in the registry that you plan to edit, or back up the whole registry. If a problem occurs, you can then follow the steps how-to restore the registry to its previous state.

Click Start, and then click Run.

In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.

Set up Home Page Permanently in Internet Explorer

Some websites illegally modify your registry editor and set their website as default home page, to stop this,

Right-click on the Internet Explorer icon on your desktop and select "Properties".

In the Target box you will see "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE".

Change CHKDSK Countdown Time

When you schedule CHKDSK to run at the next boot, the system will prompt you to press a key to cancel the operation while CHKDSK is running.

The system will display a countdown during that cancel period. The default value is 10 seconds.

To change this open up Regedit and locate:

Create a Autorun File for Your CD

If you wanna make a autorun file for that CD you are ready to burn, just read this...

Open Notepad

Now you write:

[autorun]
OPEN=INSTALL\Setup_filename.EXE
ICON=INSTALL\Setup_filename.EXE

Now save it as autorun.inf.

How to Set Search for All Files in WindowsXP

When you perform a search for a file in Windows XP. The default setting is for XP to ONLY return files in the "Search Results" pane - when they are registered file types to a program on your PC.

In other words if you are looking for a file that is NOT registered with an application on your PC, it will not be found using the default search settings.

However, you can turn off the default by a quick Tweak of the registry!

Open the Registry editor (type regedit from the Run command) and navigate to: