Sometimes when you uninstall a program, corresponding entry in the Add or Remove Programs listing may not be removed. This may be due to incomplete uninstall or poorly designed uninstaller itself. To manually remove the orphaned entries from the Add or Remove Programs applet, follow these steps:
Click Start, Run and type regedit.exe
Navigate to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Uninstall
Backup the branch to a file
Note: Each subkey represents a program that you've installed. To determine which program that each key represents, click the key, and then view the DisplayName value data in the right pane
Select the subkey that you want to delete
Right-click on the subkey and choose Delete
Close Registry Editor
Still unable to remove an entry?
If the program was installed using Windows Installer, then you may use Windows Installer Cleanup Utility to remove the installer information for that program, and also the corresponding entry in Add or Remove programs.
Related links
Add/Remove program Cleaner is a free and useful program that allows you to clean up the Add/Remove programs list in the control panel. It should only be used to remove entries that are broken and cannot be removed by running the uninstall program.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
You can change your xp startup and shutdown music easy steps
Two type we can change First type
step1.Go to Control Panel
step2:Sounds and Audio prperties
step3:Click sounds tab in below list select windows logon
step4:click browse to select the sound in .wav format
step5:click ok and restart
Another Method
Step 1.
Choose the track which you want to play at start-up and shutdown jingles,
Limitations are
It should be in .WAV format.
The size of file should not be large, prefer keeping them within in 1 Mb, otherwise
your startup will take a bit longer.
If the file you want to make your start-up or shutdown is not in .WAV format, you can
easily convert them using Jet Audio 7, or any other converter.
Step 2.
Now rename these files as “Windows XP Startup.WAV” and “Windows XP
Shutdown.WAV” respectively.
Step 3.
Now Go to “C:\WINDOWS\MEDIA”, here you will find files “Windows XP
Startup.WAV” and “Windows XP Shutdown.WAV”, move them to some other
locations, this step is required for, in case you need to revert back these sounds, else
you can ignore this step.
Step 4.
Now the files you have chosen and renamed, just copy-paste or cut paste them in
“C:\WINDOWS\MEDIA”, here you go, now you can enjoy the new Start-up and
shutdown.
step1.Go to Control Panel
step2:Sounds and Audio prperties
step3:Click sounds tab in below list select windows logon
step4:click browse to select the sound in .wav format
step5:click ok and restart
Another Method
Step 1.
Choose the track which you want to play at start-up and shutdown jingles,
Limitations are
It should be in .WAV format.
The size of file should not be large, prefer keeping them within in 1 Mb, otherwise
your startup will take a bit longer.
If the file you want to make your start-up or shutdown is not in .WAV format, you can
easily convert them using Jet Audio 7, or any other converter.
Step 2.
Now rename these files as “Windows XP Startup.WAV” and “Windows XP
Shutdown.WAV” respectively.
Step 3.
Now Go to “C:\WINDOWS\MEDIA”, here you will find files “Windows XP
Startup.WAV” and “Windows XP Shutdown.WAV”, move them to some other
locations, this step is required for, in case you need to revert back these sounds, else
you can ignore this step.
Step 4.
Now the files you have chosen and renamed, just copy-paste or cut paste them in
“C:\WINDOWS\MEDIA”, here you go, now you can enjoy the new Start-up and
shutdown.
Adding the Windows Recovery Console as a startup option
If your computer starts Windows, you can add the Windows XP Recovery Console as a startup option from the Windows environment. To install the Recovery Console as a startup option, follow these steps:
With Windows running, insert the Windows CD into your CD drive.
Click Start and clickRun.
Type the following commands (where X: is the CD Drive letter), and then press ENTER on your keyboard.
X:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons
Note There is a space before /cmdcons.
Click OK and follow the instructions to finish Setup.
Note This adds the Windows Recovery Console to the Windows Startup folder.
Restart your computer and select the Recovery Console option from the list of available operating systems.
With Windows running, insert the Windows CD into your CD drive.
Click Start and clickRun.
Type the following commands (where X: is the CD Drive letter), and then press ENTER on your keyboard.
X:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons
Note There is a space before /cmdcons.
Click OK and follow the instructions to finish Setup.
Note This adds the Windows Recovery Console to the Windows Startup folder.
Restart your computer and select the Recovery Console option from the list of available operating systems.
To disable items from starting when xp also starts.
Steps:
1.Start>run>msconfig
2.Click selective startup
3.click startup tab
4.uncheck the items you dont want when the xp starts
5.Xp becomes faster Now
Next Step Services tab
1.Open msconfig click services tab
2.Click the check box "Hide all microsoft services"
3.Now uncheck the items that are causing your system slowing down and
unwanted startup Items.
4.Restart the system.
1.Start>run>msconfig
2.Click selective startup
3.click startup tab
4.uncheck the items you dont want when the xp starts
5.Xp becomes faster Now
Next Step Services tab
1.Open msconfig click services tab
2.Click the check box "Hide all microsoft services"
3.Now uncheck the items that are causing your system slowing down and
unwanted startup Items.
4.Restart the system.
Knowing Errors occurred in the System(xp)
Launch Event Viewer from Control Panel -> Administrative Tools.
Note: You can also go to Start -> Run and enter "eventvwr.msc" in the Open box to Launch EventViewer.
Look in the Application branch for events with a source of Userenv and ID of
1517 or 1524.
If you find those errors, download and install the User Profile Hive Cleanup
Service.
User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1B286E6D-8912-4E18-B570-42470E2F3582&displaylang=en
Note: You can also go to Start -> Run and enter "eventvwr.msc" in the Open box to Launch EventViewer.
Look in the Application branch for events with a source of Userenv and ID of
1517 or 1524.
If you find those errors, download and install the User Profile Hive Cleanup
Service.
User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1B286E6D-8912-4E18-B570-42470E2F3582&displaylang=en
Ways to Shutdown XP Fast:
Step1:Go to control panel by pressing ctr+shift+esc
or ctrl+alt+del
Step2 : go to shutdowntab->click ctrl+turnoff option
It will shutdown in a second.
or ctrl+alt+del
Step2 : go to shutdowntab->click ctrl+turnoff option
It will shutdown in a second.
Ways to Boot XP fast:
1.Use Windows defragmentation start->all programs->accessories->system tools-> windows defragmentation
2.delete temporary files go to start->run-> type %temp%
delete un wanted files or even all files it is not affect ur system.
3.Type msconfig in run prompt
select the selective startup and select startup tab ->uncheck the items u donot want to start when windows starting.
2.delete temporary files go to start->run-> type %temp%
delete un wanted files or even all files it is not affect ur system.
3.Type msconfig in run prompt
select the selective startup and select startup tab ->uncheck the items u donot want to start when windows starting.
Top 20 Tips To Keep Your System Faster
Download 1.System mechanic professional 5 or 6
or
2.Speed up my pc these give advantage to you.
Follow these tips and you will definitely have a much faster and more reliable PC! Most of the below tips works for windows XP.
1. Wallpapers: They slow your whole system down, so if you're willing to compromise, have a basic plain one instead!
2. Drivers: Update your hardware drivers as frequently as possible. New drivers tend to increase system speed especially in the case of graphics cards, their drivers are updated by the manufacturer very frequently!
3. Minimizing: If you want to use several programs at the same time then minimize those you are not using. This helps reduce the overload on RAM.
READ MORE...........
or
2.Speed up my pc these give advantage to you.
Follow these tips and you will definitely have a much faster and more reliable PC! Most of the below tips works for windows XP.
1. Wallpapers: They slow your whole system down, so if you're willing to compromise, have a basic plain one instead!
2. Drivers: Update your hardware drivers as frequently as possible. New drivers tend to increase system speed especially in the case of graphics cards, their drivers are updated by the manufacturer very frequently!
3. Minimizing: If you want to use several programs at the same time then minimize those you are not using. This helps reduce the overload on RAM.
READ MORE...........
How to Repair XP When Some files missing
Just get a xp cd from your freind or from whatsoever boot from xp cd
steps 1.Place xp cd and press restart .
step 2.Boot from cd menu appears press any key if u dont find the option when you restarted just restart and press del or f2 or f1 key to enter bios settings and change the priority to cdrom first and then harddisk and restart and
do step1
In next press enter and then after first menu
enter xp setup and "press R repair xp"
4.wait some minutes after repairing
you will get the xp back bye bye
steps 1.Place xp cd and press restart .
step 2.Boot from cd menu appears press any key if u dont find the option when you restarted just restart and press del or f2 or f1 key to enter bios settings and change the priority to cdrom first and then harddisk and restart and
do step1
In next press enter and then after first menu
enter xp setup and "press R repair xp"
4.wait some minutes after repairing
you will get the xp back bye bye
Changing File format and extend the space of the Hard disk
U can do this in two ways
1.Put xp cd in to drive and try
allocate using a seperate partition name
2.Start-> run->type diskmgmt.msc
right click the unallocated space and assign drive letter and allocate
1.Put xp cd in to drive and try
allocate using a seperate partition name
2.Start-> run->type diskmgmt.msc
right click the unallocated space and assign drive letter and allocate
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