[TUTORIAL] Disable Or Enable any device in a single click!!!

[TUTORIAL] Disable Or Enable any device in a single click!!!

Have you ever thought of scheduling your downloads in your laptop in a wifi network. And you wish to switch on wifi only at that time?

Or have you thought of disabling or enabling your Usb Ports with a single click Or any devices with a single click?
Here is the solution: (Works with windows XP, Vista ,………..)

1.    Download Devcon (Google it, you will find it in Microsoft site)

2.    Or From http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311272 (works with vista if used with skipuac)

3.    Copy Devcon.exe to C:\

4.    To know more about skipuac (TO disable UAC in vista only for specific appllcations) please visit
” http://msmvps.com/blogs/martinzugec/archive/2008/05/16/ignore-uac-for-specific-programs.aspx “  Hey thanks Martin!!!!!!!

5.    Use a batch file as follows: FOR ENABLING A DEVICE
[Open notepad and copy the following below and save as ENABLE DEVICE.bat
FOR VISTA AS FOLLOWS:
@echo off
start "" C:\SkipUAC\ElevatorRunner.exe C:\devcon.exe enable *DEVICE ID*
FOR XP AS FOLLOWS :
@echo off
start "" C:\devcon.exe enable *DEVICE ID*
]

6.    Use a batch file as follows: FOR DISABLING A DEVICE
[Open notepad and copy the following below and save as DISABLE DEVICE.bat
FOR VISTA AS FOLLOWS:
@echo off
start "" C:\SkipUAC\ElevatorRunner.exe C:\devcon.exe disable *DEVICE ID*
FOR XP AS FOLLOWS :
@echo off
start "" C:\devcon.exe disable *DEVICE ID*
]

Note 1 : SkipUAC is for Vista to Disable Uac Specific for this task!! See my next post regarding this!!
Note 2 : *DEVICE ID* is the device id for example my device id for my Wifi is :
1.    My Computer Right click
2.    Click Manage
3.    Then Click Device Manager
4.    Right Click Device you need  (here Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection)
5.    Click Properties
6.    Click Details TAB
7.    Select Hardware Ids in Properties
8.    You will get Device Id from here………

This is how we get from the window:

device properties

For Example :
[The window will look provide something  like this :
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_4222&SUBSYS_10008086&REV_02
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_4222&SUBSYS_10008086
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_4222&CC_028000
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_4222&CC_0280

So here DEVICE ID is DEV_4222

9.    SO TO DISABLE MY WIFI:
@echo off
start “” C:\SkipUAC\ElevatorRunner.exe C:\devcon.exe disable *DEV_4222*

10.    <<<<<THANK YOU HAPPY COMPUTING>>>>>

TUTORIAL: For getting better and boosted sound for Movies without distortion (Make Laptops Louder)!!!!

The Good:

1) Better Loud non distorted movie playback sound experiece in you laptop

2) Not amplyfing everything to avoid distortion

3) better sound like you here the songs in your laptops

The Bad :

Nothing..

TUTORIAL: Make movies Louder (songs arealready loud in windows media player)

1) Download and install Zoomplayer

2) Download and Install ffdshow decoder

3) In advanced settings in smartplay in audio and video decoders configure aac,ac3,lpcm,dts,dts in container and mp3 to ffdshow audio decoder

4)while playing a video fdshow audio icon appears in taskbar configure it as follows

5) In the volume tab enable volume and enable normalisation in it make Max amplification to 250%

(the max amplification value you may change it from 200 to 350 based on the sound of movies)

6)Enable Mixer and in mixer enable normalisation matrixand select the output speaker configaration correctly 2/0/2 quadro for lenovo y510/530

7)enable resample then in resample  enable resample to 48000 hz,liavcodec high quality, if lower than

8)In zoom player enable equalizer make preamp the first one a little higher( little means first possible step only in mp3 encoded movies and further more in ac3 encoded movies)

Thank you……………..

For decoding divx,xvid etc ffdshow video decoder is better if you care about quality ou can enable it in smartplay tab

Enjoyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

TUTORIAL: Enabling purevideo HD Hardware Acceleration for Nvidia 8(including 8400mgs),9,GTX series to acheive only 15%-20% cpu usage for 1080p Video (For Desktops and Laptops)

The Good:

1) only 10 – 20 % cpu is used

2) ultra smooth playback even in powersaver mode

3) Utilisation of what we have

4) More battery life and also you can multi task while playing hd

5) Cpu will run cooler

6) Better Video(image) Quality than Software Decoders

Hey Nvidia Users We have a video processor in our GPU .. Then why should we use CPU?

The Bad :

1)External Subtitles Wont Work……. (DirectVobSub Will break the Hardware acceleration)

Tutorial: FOR H.264/avc/Blueray/HD DVD

1) Update The Driver of your Nvidia 8(including 8400 m gs),9,GTX series and above to the latest WHQL driver from NVIDIA Support Site..  Now the latest is 185.85…… For Desktops and notebooks..

2)Download power dvd ultra version 8

(only powerdvd gives effecient hardware acceleration compared to intervideo windvd and arcsoft total theatre  and even Media player Classic Home Cinema)

3) In powerdvd video configaration “Enable hardware acceleration (Nvidia purevideo)”

4) Download Zoom player version 6 Max

5) In advanced options in playback take smartplay

6)In Audio and video decoders tab   in H.264 click configure and select “Cyberlink h.264/avc decoder”

7) In advanced options select video and subtitles the make the renderer to ” EVR”

Open a 1080p video in zoomplayer

9) right click on any part of the video then select filter properties the select cyberlink h.264/avc decoder then ensure whether “use dxVa is enabled if not the enable it”

10) From the next time onwards when you play HD 1080p in zoom player it will use only 10 % to 20 % cpu (Otherwise 60% to 90 %)

11) Enjoyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!

Note : You should Disable External Subtitles When using Hardware Acceleration/PureVideo HD (An easy solution is renaming the .srt file to .sr. TO reenable subtitles rename the .sr back to .srt

TUTORIAL : FOR VC1 /wmv HD/Blueray

note: VC 1 /wmv hd is extremely cpu intensive and the hardware acceleraton is not that efficient  cpu will be around 50 – 60 %

1)  Just play in windows media player or in the same zoomplayer

Note : You should Disable External Subtitles When using Hardware Acceleration/PureVideo HD (An easy solution is renaming the .srt file to .sr. TO reenable subtitles rename the .sr back to .srt

TUTORIAL : FOR MPEG 2 HD/SD/DVD/HD DVD/BLUERAY

1) In zoom player In advanced options in playback take smartplay In Audio and video decoders tab   in Mpeg2 video and Mpeg 2 transport video click configure and select “Cyberlink Video/SP decoder V8+”

2) In DVD option select decoder to cyberlink powerdvd

3) Enjoyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Note:  You should Disable External Subtitles When using Hardware Acceleration/PureVideo HD (An easy solution is renaming the .srt file to .sr. TO reenable subtitles rename the .sr back to .srt

Windows Vista service pack 1 (sp1) Released!

It has 23 security updates, 550 hotfixes, and is packed into a 434.5MB package or 726.5MB for the 64-bit version. That’s a fat service pack if I do say so myself.

Some of the more apparent fixes include file copying ETA being more accurate, UAC should pop up a bit less in certain areas, and DirectX has been fixed to support DX9, DX10, and DX10.1 hardware. They also fixed WGA to fix the two most common exploits of the system and they’ve added some more support for third party search solutions.

Prior to getting the service pack you must have,

1)935509 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935509/) A software update is available for versions of Windows Vista that include the Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption feature

2)938371 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938371/) A software update is available for the Windows Vista installation components

3)937287 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937287/) A software update is available for the Windows Vista installation software feature

What I really want to know from you, the readers, is does this new SP make Vista usable? You see I’ve had a copy of Vista Home Premium ever since it was released and I installed, and then promptly uninstalled it, shortly after I got it, but if Vista is now usable again, myself, and I am sure countless others, would be interested in knowing if its worth the update.

The link for 32 bit: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b0c7136d-5ebb-413b-89c9-cb3d06d12674&DisplayLang=en

Artificially Raise Your Windows Experience Index

When you first install and run Windows Vista, it will calculate your Windows Experience Index score to evaluate your computer’s speed and graphics capabilities. Microsoft defines the Windows Experience Index as the following: “The Windows Experience Index is a new feature built into Windows Vista that is designed to help you better understand how well Windows Vista and other software will perform on your PC.

Your computer, running Windows Vista, is assigned a rating number called a “base score” that is achieved by measuring the capability of your computer’s hardware configuration. This base score rating will help you to more confidently buy additional hardware, programs, and software that are matched to your computer’s base score.”

WEI has been a point of contention for many Windows Vista users because the WEI scores tend to be extremely low. Unfortunately, some software requires your WEI score to be above a certain threshold for all the features to work. Fortunately, it is easy to artificially raise your WEI score by modifying the configuration file.

1. The first step is to check your current score. In order to check your WEI score, go to to Start >> Computer >> System Properties >> Performance

2 .Click Rate this computer. It will take a few minutes while Windows evaluates your computer.

3.Your baseline WEI score will now be set.

4.In order to raise this score, navigate to the following directory: C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore

Note: You will need to have your UAC temporarily disabled to proceed with the rest of these steps

5. You will notice one or more XML files. Every time the WEI test is run, it will create a new XML file. Open the most recent file in Wordpad (Start >> All Programs >> Accessories >> Wordpad). Lines 14 – 21 have a simple score on each line with XML tags. You can manually change these scores to whatever value you want.

6.Re-save the file with the same name and close Wordpad. If Windows prevents your from saving the file, ensure that you have disabled UAC. When you check your WEI score again, you will now notice a major improvement. Start >> Computer >> System Properties >> Performance

Your new and improved Windows Experience Index will be permanently saved until you rerun the performance test. Any features of software relying on your Windows Experience Score will now be enabled. Don’t worry if you accidentally mess up the file. You can delete the file and rerun the performance test and Windows Vista will recreate the file automatically.

[SOLVED]Safely Remove an external hard disk/USB Thumb drive in Vista

[UPDATED]

(THE USUAL WORK AROUND IS SHUTTING DOWN THE PC OR SLEEPING IT AND THEN REMOVE. THIS IS THE ALTERNATE AND PROPER WAY OF DOING THAT)
Powering down USB-powered external hard disk in Vista

USB-powered external hard disk In Vista, even after safely removing USB-powered external hard disk will not work in the same way as the safe removal would do in Windows XP. What it won’t do is powering down the hard drive(Hard Disk Wont spin down in vista). You will notice this when you unplug the USB cable, because of the clickin sound coming from the hard disk, similar to the one you would hear if the power supply got suddenly cut off.

Steps Involved:

1) Download Sdparm for windows from http://sg.torque.net/sg/sdparm.html#mozTocId166213

sdparm.exe is now here:
http://sg.danny.cz/sg/sdparm.html

2) Download Unlocker Software (google it)

3) Use unlocker software to stop processes accessing the disk. So that we made sure disk is not getting accessed.

4)To detach,  stop the usb hard disk spinning,  by entering the following  in  command window

(sdparm.exe should be there inside the folder and You have to run that command in elevated command prompt otherwise sdparm does not see the drive.)

sdparm –command=stop [device]  (that is sdparm hyphen hyphen command=stop G:)

Replace [device] with the drive letter , and that’s it:

Example : sdparm –command=stop G:

If G is your Usb hard disk.

your hard disk will spin down , in the same way it would do in Windows after a safe removal.
Note :This how-to is based on my experience with a Western Digital WD Passport hard disk.
NB: it looks like this how-to won’t work with some Lacie external hard disks.

4) Then unplug it. (Physically pull the usb plug out)

Note : After Spinning Down the Hard disk Using sdparm “Please do not click windows safely remove function @ the taskbar as it will spin up the Hard disk again “
You can also use a batch file to spin down hard disk .

To create batch file

1)open notepad

2)Enter the following in notepad

sdparm –command=stop G:
pause

3) Save the file and name it as Spindown.bat

4)Place it in Desktop

5)To run it right click on it and Select “Run as administrator”

Safely Remove an external hard disk in linux(tested in ubuntu)

Powering down an USB-powered external hard disk
An USB-powered external hard disk

In Ubuntu, unmounting an USB-powered external hard disk will not work in the same way as the safe removal would in Windows. What it won’t do is powering down the hard drive. You will notice this when you unplug the USB cable, because of the nasty sound coming from the hard disk, similar to the one you would hear if the power supply got suddenly cut off.

Thanks to this post on Ubuntu Forums, I’ve figured out the solution.

First of all, you will need to install sdparm:
sudo apt-get install sdparm

At this point, unmount the drive and then issue the command:
sudo sdparm –command=stop [device]

Replace [device] with whatever you need, and that’s it: your hard disk will spin down and rest, in the same way it would do in Windows after a safe removal. Now you may safely unplug your hard disk.
Notes

This how-to is based on my experience with a Western Digital WD Passport hard disk.
NB: it looks like this how-to won’t work with some Lacie external hard disks.

Registry Hacking

Display legal notice on startup:
Wanna tell your friends about the do’s and dont’s in your computer when they login in your absence. Well you can do it pretty easily by displaying a legal notice at system start up.
REGEDIT
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionpoliciessystem]
“legalnoticecaption”=”enter your notice caption”
“legalnoticetext”=”enter your legal notice text”

Automatic Administrator Login:
Well here’s the trick which you can use to prove that Windows XP is not at all secure as multi-user operating system. Hacking the system registry from any account having access to system registry puts you in to the administrator account.
REGEDIT 4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionWinlogon]
“AutoAdminLogon”=”1″

No Shutdown:
Wanna play with your friends by removing the shutdown option from start menu in their computer.
Just hack it down !!!
Regedit
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorer
“NoClose”=”DWORD:1″

Menu Delays:

Another minor and easy tweak to remove any delay from menus sliding out. For this you will need to use regedit (open regedit by going to Start -> Run…, then typing ‘regedit’ and pressing enter). The key you need to change is located in HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop. The actual key is called MenuShowDelay – all you have to do is change the value to 0. Remember, you will have to re-boot your computer for this tweak to take effect.

GPEDIT.MSC And Autoplay

A great tweaking file that comes with XP is gpedit.msc. Go to Start -> Run… and then type in ‘gpedit.msc’ and press enter. This is effectively the Policies Editor, and it comes in handy often. For example, if you hate CD autoplay like I do and want to permanently disable it, you can use this tool to do so. Just run gpedit.msc, then go to Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System. In here you can see the value ‘Turn Off Autoplay’. Right-click on it and then click ‘Properties’.

Increasing options in add/remove programs:

Not a fan of MSN Messenger? don’t want Windows Media Player on your system? Fair enough, but if you go to Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel, by default none of Windows XP’s ‘built in’ programs are visible. it’s fairly easy to change, though… just open the file X:Windowsinfsysoc.inf (where X: is the drive letter where Windows XP is installed) in Notepad. You should see a section of the file something like this:

[Components]
NtComponents=ntoc.dll,NtOcSetupProc,,4
WBEM=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wbemoc.inf,hide,7
Display=desk.cpl,DisplayOcSetupProc,,7
Fax=fxsocm.dll,FaxOcmSetupProc,fxsocm.inf,,7
NetOC=netoc.dll,NetOcSetupProc,netoc.inf,,7
iis=iis.dll,OcEntry,iis.inf,,7
com=comsetup.dll,OcEntry,comnt5.inf,hide,7
dtc=msdtcstp.dll,OcEntry,dtcnt5.inf,hide,7
IndexSrv_System = setupqry.dll,IndexSrv,setupqry.inf,,7
TerminalServer=TsOc.dll, HydraOc, TsOc.inf,hide,2
msmq=msmqocm.dll,MsmqOcm,msmqocm.inf,,6
ims=imsinsnt.dll,OcEntry,ims.inf,,7
fp_extensions=fp40ext.dll,FrontPage4Extensions,fp40ext.inf,,7
AutoUpdate=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,au.inf,hide,7
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7
RootAutoUpdate=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,rootau.inf,,7
IEAccess=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,ieaccess.inf,,7

This is a list of all components installed at the moment. I’ve taken the example of MSN Messenger – the program entry called ‘msmsgs’, third-last line. You can see the word ‘hide’ highlighted – this is the string which tells Windows not to display the component in the Add/Remove Programs list. Fix this up by simply deleting the word ‘hide’ like so:

msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7

To this:

msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,,7

Now, after restarting, you should be able to see MSN Messenger in the Add/Remove Programs list. If you want to be able to quickly view and remove all components, simply open the sysoc.inf file and do a global find and replace for the word “,hide” and replace it with a single comma “,”.

Automatically Kill Programs At Shutdown:

don’t you hate it when, while trying to shut down, you get message boxes telling you that a program is still running? Making it so that Windows automatically kills applications running is a snap. Simply navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop directory in the Registry, then alter the key AutoEndTasks to the value 1.

Speeding Up Share Viewing:

This is a great tweak. Before I found it, I was always smashing my head against the table waiting to view shares on other computers. Basically, when you connect to another computer with Windows XP, it checks for any Scheduled tasks on that computer – a fairly useless task, but one that can add up to 30 seconds of waiting on the other end – not good! Fortunately, it’s fairly easy to disable this process. First, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Explorer/RemoteComputer/NameSpace in the Registry. Below that, there should be a key called {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}. Just delete this, and after a restart, Windows will no longer check for scheduled tasks – mucho performance improvement!

Create a Shortcut to Lock Your Computer

Leaving your computer in a hurry but you don’t want to log off? You can double-click a shortcut on your desktop to quickly lock the keyboard and display without using CTRL+ALT+DEL or a screen saver. To create a shortcut on your desktop to lock your computer: Right-click the desktop. Point to New, and then click Shortcut. The Create Shortcut Wizard opens. In the text box, type the following: rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation Click Next. Enter a name for the shortcut. You can call it “Lock Workstation” or choose any name you like. Click Finish. You can also change the shortcut’s icon (my personal favorite is the padlock icon in shell32.dll). To change the icon: Right click the shortcut and then select Properties. Click the Shortcut tab, and then click the Change Icon button. In the Look for icons in this file text box, type: Shell32.dll. Click OK. Select one of the icons from the list and then click OK You could also give it a shortcut keystroke such CTRL+ALT+L. This would save you only one keystroke from the normal command, but it could be more convenient.

Speed up Internet Explorer 6 Favorites For some reason, the Favorites menu in IE 6 seems to slow down dramatically sometimes–I’ve noticed this happens when you install Tweak UI 1.33, for example, and when you use the preview tip to speed up the Start menu. But here’s a fix for the problem that does work, though it’s unclear why: Just open a command line window (Start button -> Run -> cmd) and type sfc, then hit ENTER. This command line runs the System File Checker, which performs a number of services, all of which are completely unrelated to IE 6. But there you go: It works.

Aspi

WinXP does not come with an Aspi layer. So far almost 90% of the problems with WinXP and CD burning software are Aspi layer problems. After installing WinXP, before installing any CD burning software do a few things first: 1. Open up “My computer” and right click on the CD Recorder. If your CD recorder was detected as a CD recorder there will be a tab called “Recording”. On this tab uncheck ALL of the boxes. apply or OK out of it and close my computer. 2. Next install the standard Aspi layer for NT. Reboot when asked. That’s is. after the reboot you can install any of the currently working CD recording applications with no problems. If using CD Creator do not install direct CD or Take two as they are currently incompatible but Roxio has promised a fix as soon as XP is released.

Another way …

Boot from win98 cd, delete the SAM, SAM.SAV, SAM.LOg files ( in sytem32/config folder ). Note: don’t delete SAM.exe.

How to Use ANY Gadget on Vista’s SideBar

Here is a way to convert Google or almost any Gadgets and use them on your Vista SideBar. I have tried it successfully with Widgets from widgetbox too. You can transform almost any gadget into one that can live on the Windows Vista sidebar or your Desktop. Freeware Amnesty Generator lets you do it, without your having to know even a line of coding !

Download & Install Amnesty Generator (www.amnestywidgets.com/GeneratorWin.html) .Then, choose a Web gadget you’d like to turn into a Vista gadget, click a few buttons to display the gadget’s underlying HTML code. Copy and paste that code into Amnesty Generator, change a few settings, such as the gadget’s name or size, if you wish, and tell Amnesty Generator to turn it into a Windows Vista gadget. The gadget will appear in the Windows Vista Gadget Gallery. From there you can move it to the Sidebar or even your Desktop.

Slow shutdown XP? [Resolved]

When I shut down my computer or log off of my profile, my computer just sits there at the desktop or log off screen and does nothing. It takes two to three minutes for it to finally shut down. My computer never used to do this before. What is wrong with my computer, and how can I fix it?”

One of the most common complaints among Windows 2000 and XP users is that it takes too long for a user to log off. Sometimes this is a symptom of other problems; the user profile does not unload or a user’s roaming profile does not reconcile. The most extreme version of this problem is when the user attempts to log off and an error is logged indicating that the registry has reached its maximum size.

The most common event log that indicates a problem is an event ID 1000 or 1500 with the description “Windows cannot unload your registry file.” This error is not fatal, but it is problematic, and it should be corrected before it becomes chronic.

The most common reason for this happening is system services or programs that run in the background which don’t terminate correctly or relinquish their handles on the registry. On a system with many services running — some of which are highly interdependent — debugging a problem like this can be difficult.

Microsoft has created a tool, UPHCLEAN (User Profile Hive Cleanup Service), that allows the system to monitor applications that access the user registry hives, and determine if an application has left keys open at logoff. If this happens, UPHCLEAN will log the application name and the keys in question, release the keys in question and complete the logoff process. This will not only allow users to log off cleanly, but also allow the problem application to be flagged.

UPHCLEAN has an option to only report the problem applications without forcing open handles to close. To do this, edit the registry and add two keys at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServices

UPHCleanParameters. The keys, both DWORD, should be named REPORT_ONLY and CALLSTACK_LOG, and set to a hex or decimal value of 1.

UPHCLEAN can be downloaded from Microsoft at this address