If you just want to transfer Outlook Express message to Windows Live Mail in Windows 7 or Vista here is a simple manual method to transfer emails.

Step-1

First of all you need to show the hidden files on Windows where the Outlook Express is installed, because the folder contains the Outlook Express emails / messages is hidden in Windows XP.

To Show hidden files/folders in Windows XP.

• Open “My Computer”.
• Click “Tools” menu and select “Folder Options”.
• Click the View tab and find “Show hidden files and folders” option under “Hidden files and folders”.
• Click “OK” button to save settings.

Step-2

Now locate the Outlook Express folder on the following path
C:\Documents and Settings\YourUserName\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{identity number}\Microsoft\Outlook Express

Note:
- If Windows on your computer is installed on different Drive instead “C:” then find the “Outlook Express” folder in that drive.
- YourUserName in the above mentioned path is logged in user name.
- {identity number} in the above mentioned path will be different for every user.

Step-3

When you found this “Outlook Express” folder copy and transfer to the computer where the “Windows Live Mail” is installed.

Step-4

Run “Windows Live Mail” on the computer where you want to import the Outlook Express emails. (If you don’t have installed yet, See how to install Windows Live Mail)

Step-5

Setup the same email account in “Windows Live Mail” that you have in “Outlook Express” (You don’t need to do this step if you already have added account in Windows Live Mail).

Step-6

Click on “File” menu > Import > Messages.

Step-7

Select “Microsoft Outlook Express 6″ format and click “Next” button.

Step-8

Click the “Browse” button.

choose the “Outlook Express” folder that copied in Step-3, click “OK” button.

Click “Next” button.

Step-8

Select a specific emails folder like “Inbox” that you would like to import into “Windows Live Mail” or select “All folders” and click “Next”.

Click “Finish” button when you see “Import Complete” message.

Step-9

Click on this tiny separator to view all folders, see screenshot below.

Step-9

All email messages that you have imported into “Windows Live Mail” will be under Storage folders > Imported Folders > Local Folder. Expand these folders and select “Inbox” folder as shown in screenshot.

Step-10

Select an email in Messages list pane and press Ctrl+A to select all messages. Right click and select “Move to folder…” option

Step-11

Select the relevant email folder (e.g. Inbox) under email account name that you have added in step-5 and click “OK” button to move all emails.

You have transferred all your Outlook Express Message into Windows Live Mail successfully.

See also:

• Import Outlook Express emails into Outlook 2007
• Backup Outlook Email

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On Mac OS X:

Step-1

Click on “Apple” icon and select “System Preferences”

Click on “Sharing” icon

Step-2

Click the “Screen Sharing” check box, Note down the IP address as in below screen shot “192.168.0.128″ your IP address may be different. Click on “Computer Settings” button as shown below.

Check the “VNC viewer…” check box,  enter a password for it and click “OK” button (you will enter this password when try to access Mac from PC).

Step-3

On Windows:

Download this TightVNC for Windows on your PC (Download a stable version.)

Step-4

Install TightVNC, during installation wizard only select “TighVNC Viewer” on “Select Components” screen. Don’t install the TightVNC Server, we don’t need that.

Step-5

Run TightVNC and enter the IP address of Mac computer (noted in step-2) and hit “Connect” button (Explore the “Options” button).

Enter password that you setup on Mac in step-2 and hit “OK” button

You are done! you have remotely accessed Mac from PC.

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• and more in Mac OS X

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Export iPhone contact as CSV file in Windows XP

Download and install iTunes, install and Run it

Connect your iPhone with computer using data cable, Click on iPhone device under “Devices” section in iTunes

Click on “Info” tab

Click on “Sync Contacts with” check box, select “Windows Contacts” from drop down menu and click “Apply” or “Sync” button. Now you can close the iTunes.

Open “Run” windows by Pressing “Windows + R” keys form keyboard and type “wab” command in “Open” filed and hit OK

This will open up “Address Book” application.

Click on “File” menu > “Export” > “Other Address Book”.

Select “Text File (Comma Separated Values)” option and hit “Export” button

Choose a location to save CSV file and hit “Next” button

Select contact fields that you want to export and hit “Finish” button

You will see this message if iPhone contacts saved successfully as CSV file.

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• What is winlogon.exe?
• Winlogon.exe Location?
• Winlogon.exe a Virus?

What is winlogon.exe?

The winlogon.exe process works to manage the user’s login and logout activity on system. The window which appears and asks for username and password to perform login and the window which prompts with the options to logout, restart, or shutdown are because of winlogon.exe process.

Where is Winlogon.exe location?

Winlogon.exe location is “%SystemRoot%\System32\” or in simple words “C:\Windows\System32\”

Is winlogon.exe a virus?

The winlogon.exe is not a virus but any virus may attack on this file or can use the same file name as winlogon.exe to reside on system on another path, so this is recommended to do system scan to eliminate viruses and trojans.

If you found more than one winlogon.exe is running in the task manager then one of winlogon.exe is virus. You must check the process location and if its different from the above specified one than you should kill the process and remove that file from its location as well.

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Some times, Viruses, Trojans or Worms use the same name as any system process and it became hard for users to differentiate between the original process and the fake ones that is running in the task manager. So it is important to know that how to locate Task Manager processes locations and identify whether its running from original location or not ( see also: task manager processes complete information ).

Locate Process Location in Windows 7

In Windows 7 Microsoft provides a very easy way to access the file location of the process as

Press “Alt+Ctrl+Del” and Click on “Start Task Manager”

Click on “Processes” tab then Right click on any process and select the option “Open File Location” and it will immediately open the container folder of that process file.

Locate process Location in Vista

• Use the same above Windows 7 method in Vista to find process location

Locate Processes Location in Windows XP

In Windows XP Task Manager shows the processes but it does not provide any direct method to open the process file location so in that case you may use Process Explorer utility to do that. Simply download and run Process Explorer,it will provide the details about the processes running in Task Manager accompanied with the information about the processes locations.

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• What is wuauclt.exe?
• wuauclt.exe location?
• Is wuauclt.exe virus, spyware…?
• wuauclt.exe removal
• Disable Windows updates

What is wuauclt.exe?

The wuauclt.exe refers to Windows Update AutoUpdate Client. This is an active process and runs in Task Manager all the time to check for new software, security or hardware updates by Microsoft and if there are some new updates available then it will download those for system. The wuauclt.exe just runs when you have automatic Windows updates feature enabled otherwise it will not appear under Task Manager processes.

Where is wuauclt.exe location.

Wuauclt.exe location is: %SystemRoot%\System32\ (or simply C:\Windows\System32\)
see also: how to check task manager process file location

Is wuauclt.exe a virus, Spyware, Trojan or Worm?

• The wuauclt.exe is a Windows system file if its in the folder as we specified above in location of wuauclt.exe.
• If Windows updates are turned on and more than one wuauclt.exe processes are running in task manager then one of them is virus, spyware, trojan or worm.
• If you turned off Windows updates and a process wuauclt.exe is running in task manager so you may identify the original one by checking process file location and delete the fake one. The best way to eliminate viruses is to do system scan using a good anti-virus.

Can we remove wuauclt.exe?

wuauclt.exe removal: As its a Windows system process associated with Windows automatic updates so this is not recommended to remove it from system. Instead of file you can remove wuauclt.exe process from task manager by disabling Windows updates according to Windows operating system (read below).

Turn off Windows Updates in Windows 7 :

• Follow this link: turn off Windows 7 automatic updates

Turn off Windows Updates in Vista :

Follow these steps to turn off automatic updates in Windows Vista

• Click on Start button and type “Windows Update” in the search box
• Click “Change settings” in the left pane
• Choose an option to disable automatic updates

Turn off Windows Updates in XP :

Follow these steps to turn off automatic updates in Windows XP

• Press “Windows Key + R” from keyboard
• Type “sysdm.cpl” in the Run window and hit Enter
• Click the “Automatic Updates” tab and then select “Turn off Automatic Updates” option.
• Finally Click OK

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• What is svchost.exe?
• Svchost.exe location?
• Svchost.exe a virus?
• Can we remove svchost.exe?
• Check services running under svchost.exe

What is svchost.exe?

The svchost.exe works as a host process for Windows operating system (Windows 7, Vista and XP) and hosts or contains other services or  processes which are required by Windows to perform different functions.

In Windows (XP, Vista, Windows 7) multiple svchost.exe can run at the same time and it could be possible that one instance of svchost.exe contains local or network service or services for a program and other instance of svchost.exe contains services for Windows system.

Where is svchost.exe location?

Svchost.exe location is, %SystemRoot%\System32\
or in simple words “C:\Windows\System32\” the drive letter C: may vary on your system according to Windows install location.

Is svchost.exe a virus?

The Windows svchost.exe file is not a virus but there is possibility that any virus sits on your system by using the same name as svchost.exe and defiantly it will not show an error message because of that as it is a virus, but you can identify the original svchost.exe from its location (see: how to check process location) and if you find svchost.exe on any other location than the above specified one then definitely that will be a fake file so you may remove that from system.

The other thing is svchost.exe could be infected by viruses or Trojans which may cause svchost.exe crash, so this is recommended to do system scan to fix these problems.

Can we remove svchost.exe?

The svchost.exe is an important Windows system process and this is not recommended to remove it because without this file Windows system will not function anymore. if you find svchost.exe in shape of virus, trojan, spyware then kill the process, delete it and scan your computer with an antivirus (see: Is the above section to check svchost process is virus or not).

How to view services currently running under svchost.exe instances?

In Task Manager Process you will find several instances of svchost.exe process so right click on any svchost.exe and click “Go to Service(s)”

It will take you to Services tab and highlights the services related to that svchost.exe instance

If you have any further questions about svchost.exe process then write us in comments.

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Explorer.exe Process Information

• What is explorer.exe
• Explorer.exe location
• Is explorer.exe a virus
• Can we remove explorer.exe

What is explorer.exe?

Explorer.exe process provides a GUI shell in Windows OS (like: XP, Vista, Windows 7) to view different items as desktop, icons, explorer windows, task manager, opening hard drives and all that stuff which is visible on system. You can also understand explorer.exe as Windows GUI shell or just Explorer.

Where is original explorer.exe file locations?

Original explorer.exe file location is C:\Windows\ the drive letter C: depends on Windows system (XP, Vista or Windows 7) install location.

Is explorer.exe a Virus?

• The explorer.exe is not a virus but it can get affect by virus. (Do a system scan using antivirus)
• If more than one explorer.exe process is running in Task Manager then identifying the original one. (In Windows 7 and Vista,  just open Task Manager > Processes tab then right click on Explorer.exe > Open File Location and file location should be as mentioned above.)

Can we remove explorer.exe?

Exploere.exe is major file of Windows OS so its not recommended to remove it. Without explorer.exe it would not be possible to see desktop so this is not recommended to remove this process file. Due to any reason if explorer.exe crashes you can restart it again.

Restart explorer.exe in Windows 7, Vista, XP

• Press Alt+Ctrl+Del from keyboard and click “Start Task Manager” (in XP click “Task Manager” button)
• Click on File Menu > New Task (Run)…
• Type explorer.exe in Create New Task window and hit enter

If Explorer.exe keeps crashing, scan you computer with an antivirus.

Share you experience about explorer.exe. If you have any questions related to explorer.exe process use comments form below.

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What is csrss.exe? The csrss.exe is Client Server Runtime Subsystem process file which must run all the time on Windows OS. Csrss.exe file works for Win32 console windows, manage the majority of the graphical instruction sets including GUI shutdown, creating or deleting threads and some parts of the 16-bit virtual MS-DOS.

In laptops, the csrss.exe process file works dependently with power management schemes defined by the systems under Control Panel option.

How many csrss.exe files run in Windows OS?

There is just a single csrss.exe file exists on Windows operating system but users may experience that more than one instance of csrss.exe are running under Task Manager as this is the case in Windows Vista which we observed that at least two instances of csrss.exe run at the same time. The number of csrss.exe file instances may differ according to the operating system version but still the Windows OS has just one csrss.exe file (see below where is csrss.exe located).

Can we remove csrss.exe?

Csrss.exe removal, the csrss.exe process is included by Microsoft and holds critical features and functions for Windows OS. This is not recommended to kill or terminate the genuine csrss.exe process improperly because it will result the Blue Screen of Death.

Is csrss.exe a virus?

The csrss.exe is a very important system file and its not a virus but some times it may get corrupted by virus and some times the virus, trojan and spyware use the same name hat of csrss.exe, just to hide themselves from system users and in return any anti-virus program can be used to scan and eliminate those malicious files.

Where is csrss.exe located?

Orignal csrss.exe location is C:\Windows\System32\ (your drive may be different from C:)

How to identify original csrss.exe system file and handle csrss.exe problems?

Method 1

The original csrss.exe is located at above mentioned path. In case there are more than one instance of csrss.exe running in Task Manger then you check their location by taking their properties

Right click on running csrss.exe process in task manager and select properties or Open file location.

if the file location is different from the above provided address then it means those are not original Windows files and should be killed and removed from its location. You may need administrator privileges to take properties of running process.

Method 2

There is also an alternative way to identify original csrss.exe file, just navigate to Task Manager > Processes and right click on csrss.exe and click End Process

If this csrss.exe will be a virus then it will not show any critical message about the deletion and complete the process otherwise you will find the following message that the deletion of this file is critical for system.

Share you experience about csrss.exe windows process, leave some comments below.

See also

• svchost.exe
• explorer.exe
• ipodservice.exe
• dwm.exe

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You can extract 7z, ZIP, RAR, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, GZIP, ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MSI, NSIS, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR and Z files by following the steps given below

Step-1

Download 7Zip and save somewhere in your computer (7Zip is free and open source utility).

Step-2

Double click on downloaded zZip setup file to install it

Step-3

After completing installation run 7Zip. Got to Start Menu > 7Zip > 7-Zip File Manager

Step-4

Browse the file, select it and click on Extract button. (Supported files: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MSI, NSIS, RAR, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR and Z)

Step-5

Browse the path where you want to save the extracted content and choose other options if needed and click OK button

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Step-1

Click Start Menu then Run

Step-2

type conf in it and hit Enter this will initialize the NetMeeting configuration setup.

Step-3

Follow all the instructions of that configuration setup

Step-4

After completing the NetMeeting configuration wizard this will automatically run the NetMeeting application, if not double click the NetMeeting icon on desktop of type conf in Run Window. When you have opened the NetMeeting application click on Phone button and enter the IP address of the system that you want to communicate with

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This guide is tested in Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7.

To add a new user account

Step-1

Press Windows Key + R then type in “cmd” (without quotes) and hit enter, this will run command line

Step-2

In command line type this command net user UserName Password /add

Where:
UserName = Name of the user account
Password = Password of the user account

See the new user account has been added (Start Menu > Control Panel > Users)

To delete user account

Step-1

Press Windows Key + R then type in “cmd” (without quotes) and hit enter, this will run command line

Step-2

In command line type this command net user UserName /del

Where:
UserName = Name of the user account that you want to delete

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Step 1

Run the cmd from Start menu

Step 2

Type this command in Command Prompt, hit the Enter button and let it complete the processing for few seconds

systeminfo|find/i"install date"

Now, see it shows the original installation date and time of operating system

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In this guide I will be showing you how to mount an ISO image in a virtual drive to extract data or may be to play or watch it. You can use Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel. This is a free utility of 60 kb size, which allows users to mount ISO image as a virtual drive. Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel is an unsupported tool by Microsoft, so check out the Readme file text given below before its use:

Readme for Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel

THIS TOOL IS UNSUPPORTED BY MICROSOFT PRODUCT SUPPORT SERVICES

System Requirements
===================
- Windows XP Home or Windows XP Professional

Installation instructions
=========================
1. Copy VCdRom.sys to your %systemroot%\system32\drivers folder.
2. Execute VCdControlTool.exe
3. Click “Driver control”
4. If the “Install Driver” button is available, click it. Navigate to the %systemroot%\system32\drivers folder, select VCdRom.sys, and click Open.
5. Click “Start”
6. Click OK
7. Click “Add Drive” to add a drive to the drive list. Ensure that the drive added is not a local drive. If it is, continue to click “Add Drive” until an unused drive letter is available.
8. Select an unused drive letter from the drive list and click “Mount”.
9. Navigate to the image file, select it, and click “OK”. UNC naming conventions should not be used, however mapped network drives should be OK.

You may now use the drive letter as if it were a local CD-ROM device. When you are finished you may unmount, stop, and remove the driver from memory using the driver control.

The Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel only works for Windows XP Home and Professional editions. As we mentioned above that its an unsupported tool by Microsoft, so you can try it on other versions of Windows operating system but on your own risk.

Download WinXP Virtual CD Control Panel

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How to Share Files and Printers between Windows 7 Based Computers with HomeGroup

Unfortunately, HomeGroup feature is not compatible with Windows XP and Vista. In this guide, you’ll learn how to enable file sharing between Windows 7 and Windows XP.

Sharing Files Between Windows 7 and Windows XP

Make sure both of the machines are on the same Workgroup which by default is named WORKGROUP.

From your Windows 7 machine, go to:

Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network and Sharing Center

Now click on Change advanced sharing settings.

Choose your desired options under Advanced Sharing Settings for the Home or Work and Public profile.

Now scroll down to the bottom of the list and choose turn off password protection if you want to give access to all users to your public shares.

If you want to turn it on then only those XP machines users having a user account and password on this machine (Windows 7) can access shared files, printers attached to this machine and Public folders.

Save the changes if you made any.

Now go to Network in your Windows 7. There you should see your Windows 7 and Windows XP machines .

Sharing Printers

In order to share printer on Windows 7 machine with Windows XP machines, go to:

Start Menu > Devices and Printers

Now double click on the printer icon.

Next double click on Customize your printer.

Now go to the Sharing Tab (Click on change sharing options button) and check the box to share the printer and type in its share name.

In case your XP machine is an x64 OS you can install Additional Drivers before setting up the XP machine.

Now if you go to Network and double click on you Windows 7 machine icon. There you will find everything you have shared from your Windows 7 machine.

Open the Users folder and then Public folder to see the shared items. You can create folders to keep things managed.

Now from your Windows XP machine go to My Network Places. There you’ll find  Shared folders of Windows 7.

If you double click the shared folder , you’ll come up with the list of folder available in the Public folder of Windows 7.

If you’ve enabled password protection, then you’ll be asked to input a username and password for the user account of the Windows 7 machine.

Add a Shared Printer to Windows XP

Here we have a printer that’s connected with Windows 7 machine and is shared over the network. In order to use that printer from XP, you need to setup it in Xp first.

Let’s setup that shared printer in the Windows XP.

To set up the shared printer in XP, go to:

Start Menu > Printers and Faxes > Add a Printer

A wizard will open up. Hit the Next button.

Select A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer.

Click Next.

Now select Connect to this printer (…) and type in the path for the printer connected to the Windows 7 machine.

Hit the Next button.

A confirmation message will appear, just hit the Yes button.

Then finally hit the Finish button to complete the Wizard and get the Printer installed.

In some cases you will need to install the x86 XP drivers for the shared printer because the Windows 7 drivers are not compatible with XP.  When everything is installed open up Printers and Faxes to find the shared printer.

This is it.

Now you can get started with sharing files with Windows 7 and Windows XP based machines. You might need to restart your Windows XP machines a couple of times in order to see the shared items of Windows 7 machine.

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• or more in Windows 7 section

Don’t forget to share your experience on Sharing files between Windows 7 and Windows XP.

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If ever you want to change the timestamp of a file, here’s the way to change the Created, Last Modified and Last Accessed Timestamps for any file in Windows:

How to Change TimeStamp of a File in Windows

Step-1

Download “SKTimeStamp” and install it.

Step-2

Right click on the file, of whom you want to change Timestamp and choose Properties.

Step-3

Under the General tab, you can see the Created, Modified and Accessed Timestamps.

You will notice third tab with label “TimeStamps”. Select this tab.

Step-4

From drop-down lists you can change the Timestamps of “Created, Last modified, and Last accessed” attribute of the file. You can also alter the specific time by using the up and down arrows of the ‘time’ section for each attribute.

Step-5

After making changes, click the Apply button and then press OK to confirm.

That’s it..

Now check the properties of the file again. You’ll notice that the Timestamps have changed.

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By default Windows 7 needs a password to log in to protect your PC from unauthorized access. But you can turn off Windows Native Password Protection log in to Windows 7 automatically each time you boot Windows.

Follow the instructions below to enable automatic login to Windows 7. (these steps also works on Windows Vista & XP)

Step-1

Press “Windows Key + R” buttons from your keyboard to launch the Run dialogue box and type
control userpasswords2
press Enter and it will bring up User Accounts screen.

Step-2

Now you have to uncheck the box labeled as

Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer.

After unchecking, hit Apply button.

Step-3

Automatically Log On screen will popup. Enter the required information and click OK.

That’s it. Now on, whenever you’ll boot up your Windows , it will automatically login to your account without asking for the credentials.

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Either you can download these registry tweaks extract the zip file and run them to add Copy To and Move To options easily
or
follow the procedure given below to do it manually

Step-1

Press Windows Key + R to open Run Window Type regedit and hit enter

Step-2

Locate the following key
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT > AllFilesystemObjects > shellex > ContextMenuHandlers

Step-3

Right click on it, choose New > Key as shown in the figure.

Step-4

Create new Key named as Copy To and double click the default icon enter the following value
{C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}
Click OK.

Step-5

Add Move To option too, just repeat steps 3 and create new Key named as Move To and enter the following value:
{C2FBB631-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}
Click OK.

Step-6

Now right click on any file / folder, you should see the following options

You can browse the place where you want to Copy / Move your Folder / File.

Now use these useful options and leave some comments below.

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Go to desktop and press F5 to refresh. You’ll find Recycle Bin with new name and hover on with mouse, it shows the new description Tooltip.

It is risky to work with Registry for example if you handle it incorrectly or enter wrong data then it may cause any damage to system. So, it is recommended that before editing Registry take back up of it.

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There are also some other options like Cascade, Minimize and Tile Horizontally / Vertically

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To Enable Automatic Restore:

In Windows XP: My Computer > Tools > Folder Options

In Windows Vista: My Computer > Organize > Folder & Search Options

in Folder options windows click View tab > and scroll down the Advanced settings, select checkbox Restore previous folder windows at logon

Click OK button and that’s all

Now, Windows will automatically restore and open your folders which were opened at the time, when you restart.

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1- Right click on Recycle Bin Icon > Properties

2- Uncheck the Display delete confirmation dialog check box

Above are the Windows 7 screen shots. You can do these steps in other Windows version like Windows XP or Vista

Deleted file or folder will be available in the Recycle Bin untill you empty the Recycle Bin. You can restore them from Recycle Bin.

To delete files permanently form your computer press Shift+Del. Make sure you don’t need these files.

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Well if the Start button is hidden and you want to access Start Menu using CTRL+ESC or Win Key form keyboard. You can also restore the Start button very easily by just closing the Stat Killer utility. You can close Start Killer utility from its system tray icon or to change setting press CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+F12 to open settings dialog box.

You can remove Start Menu Button in Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, XP, Me, 2000

In case of Windows 95/NT4 you must have Internet Explorer 4.0 or greater installed with integrated shell (Active Desktop).

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1. Click on Start Menu > Run > type “control.exe” and hit enter
2. Double click on “Add or Remove Programes” icon
   
3. On the left side click on “Add/Remove Window Components” button
4. In this Window scroll down and uncheck the “Windows Messenger” check box, click next and you are done.

Screen Shot

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To disable autorun option

1. Click Start, Run and enter gpedit.msc hit enter
2. In the left tree menu open Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System.
3. Find Turn autoplay off in the right side setting window double click on it
4. Select the “Enable” radio button and select the “On All Drive” option from “turn off autoplay on” drop down menu this will turn the aurorun feature off on all drives.

To enable the autorun option

Select the “Disbale” radio button in 4th step.

Screen Shots.

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