Burn a CD on Windows XP without using software

Windows XP comes with a builtin CD-copy feature that not many people are aware of. Although almost everyone has his/her favorite CD-copy software to stick with, it is still good to know about this CDR feature from Windows XP. You will find it very useful when you come to another PC that doesn't have a CD-copy software, and you can't just install your favorite software to it. With this feature, you can write some data or MP3 files to a CD/DVD, or erase a re-writable CD/DVD.

If you're using a Re-Writable CD (CD-RW), make sure the disc is blank. You might need to erase (or "format") it before use. For information how to erase a CD-RW on Windows XP without using any other software, see this article.

Requirements: You need to enable the CD-R feature on Windows XP. If you haven't done so, see this article.

Insert a Formated-ReWritable CD or a Recordable (CD-R) disc into the CD drive.
 From Desktop, double-click on "My Computer".
 Navigate to the files/folders you want to copy to CD. Select them and press "Ctrl-c" to copy.
 Browse back to the CD-ROM, and press "Ctrl-V" to paste. The files/folders will show up as temporary files/folders at this time.

 On the left panel, select "Write these files to CD".

 The window "CD Writing Wizard" appears with the default CD name. Change the CD name if you wish, then click "Next".

 The "CD Writing Wizard" starts to write files/folders to the CD:

 Once the writing process is complete, the wizard will disappear and the CD-Rom will be ejected.

Add a "Show Desktop" Shortcut on Windows XP

By default, you should have a shortcut icon on the "Quick Launch" toolbar (the toolbar that normally sits next to the Start button) to toggle your Windows desktop...

But what if, for some reasons, this little icon is not there, missing from your Quick Launch toolbar. Well, you can always toggle to "show the desktop" or "show the active windows" by using the shortcut key "Windows-d".
However, if you really want to get that icon back, you can still create a new copy of it and put it back to your Quick Launch toolbar by following the instructions below.

1. First, create a text file on your desktop (right-click anywhere on your desktop and select "New" > "Text Document").
2. Double-click on this new file to edit it, then copy and paste the following text into the file:
   
   
   [Shell]
   Command=2
   IconFile=explorer.exe,3
   [Task bar]
   Command=Toggledesktop
   
   
   
3. Save the file, then rename it to "Show desktop.scf".
   
   
4. - Option 1. (Simple)
   At this point, you can click and drag this file to the Quick Launch toolbar. As you drop the file to the Quick Launch toorbar, a new shortcut icon will be created on the toolbar.
   The disadvantage: If you happen to delete the file "Show desktop.scf" from your desktop, the shortcut icon at the Quick Launch toolbar will no longer work.
   
   - Option 2. (Advanced)
   To get away from the problem mentioned on Option 1, simply move (or copy) the file ("Show desktop.scf") to the following folder:
   
   C:\Documents and Settings\{user-name}\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
   
   (replace "{user-name}" with your user name.)

WINDOWS XP FUNNY TRICKS

1. You always win while playing solitaire
Click start button, . All program's..... games,..... solitaire.
Now press Alt+Shift+2 at same time.
No need to play........ you are winner.

2. windows hidden music

when you install fresh windows xp, at the start up you listen a music. after pressing "finish" music stops.

but even now you can listen this secrete music again.

Go to run and type "oobe" and press enter.

you will see a window., double click on image folder.  At the end you will find a music file namely "title"

double click on it and enjoy the windows hidden music........

Change the background of welcome screen......very simple.

There is another trick to put a background of your own choice on windows xp for the welcome
screen. It is very interesting trick and you can use it easily. follow these instructions for this trick.
1.  Open your browser and type WWW.Google.com.
2.  In search bar type "logon studio" and press "i 'm feeling lucky"
3.  you will see a webpage. http://www.stardock.com/products/logonstudio/
4.  Press the button download near "logonStudio"
5.  On the next page you can see heading "LogonStudio For XP Download".
     Click on download button found right side of this heading.
6.  Save this setup file and double click to install the software.
7   In this software you see 3 available logos and also you can download more logos from the link
      mentioned below. Select any logo and click apply.
 8.  Done.

INSTALL WINDOWS XP FASTER

In this post I will tell you about installation of win XP in minimum time period. Normally when someone tries to install windows XP on computer, it takes around 30-40 min to complete entire setup. It is too much time to install windows setup. I will tell you a method to install windows more faster. It will take approximately 15 minutes to complete windows installation. So to install win XP in short time please follow these steps.

Power on your computer and start with boot-able windows XP cd
In first step window will load installation files.
Select any drive ( C: ) for installation.
Select NTFS to format the partition.
Setup will copy files on this drive and it will try to restart PC.
After restarting when you see Xp logo, press (Shift+F10).
It will open (CMD) prompt.
In CMD prompt type (Task-mgr)
It will open task manager. Now go to “process” tab and find “Setup exe” Right click on setup.exe and select “Set priority”
You will see a sub menu. Here priority will be normal. Select priority to (High)  or above (Normal).
Done. 

This will complete installation process much faster than the normal original time.

Try it…....... 

USE KEYBOARD WITH MOUSE

(ON SCREEN KEYBOARD)

    

Use Keyboard with mouse:-

If you feel that your external keyboard is not working properly or some particular key is not functioning then you can use internal keyboard on your desktop screen. This property of keyboard is found in windows xp and seven. Just follow these steps

Go to start menu and press “”run”
Type  “osk” 
Now press enter.

(note. Don’t use commas)

you will see keyboard on your desktop screen. Now use mouse to click on keys for operation