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With many ISPs using PPPoE-based connections, and many ISPs having awkward schemes such as nightunlimited starting at 2 AM, it’s a good idea to schedule your dialling process rather than staying up late at night. Once connected, your downloads canstart. You can also schedule to connect to VPNs. First we create a batch file. Start Notepad (or any other text editor). Enter the following: RASDIAL "connection Name" "username" "password" "connection Name" should be your exact connection name(don't write ""). Save the file using a suitable name such as “DIALNET.BAT”. Now create a schedule by clicking on Scheduled Tasks in the Control Panel. Double-click on Add Scheduled Task. Click Next. Browse and choose the path of the BAT file. Choose the type of frequency you want the task to run at.Next set the time and date. Finally enter the password for the account running the dialler. You can further make changes to the schedule by r...

Here’s how to create a custom folder inMy Computer, one that can’t be deleted or renamed. Step 1 In the Registry Editor, navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID. Create a new key with a Globally Unique Identifier(GUID). The GUID is a 128-bit identifier that is usually generated by Windows. This can be a random number that is used to uniquely identify COM objects. Create a key using this random GUID: {FD4DF9E0-E3DE-11CE-BFCFABCD1DE12345} Step 2 Set the value of the “(Default)” setting for this key to the name of the folder, say “My Personal Data”. Create a new sub-key under the main key and call it “DefaultIcon”. That is, create a key called: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{FD4DF9E0-E3DE-11CE-BFCFABCD1DE12345}\DefaultIcon.Set the value of “(DefaultIcon)”to the filename and path of the icon file you want to use for the folder, for example, “C:\Topsec.ico”, without the quotes. If you don’t specify a path to an icon file, Windows will use its default folder icon instead. Step 3 Create a...

Windows XP bundles some utilities to take care of common problems. The defragmenter brings scattered data together to boost file access speed. Scandisk checks for and fixes disk errors. Disk Cleanup sweeps unwanted files off your hard drive, and Backup backs up your files.While these utilities do what they claim to do, there are many other utilities that can do the same and more. Let’s see how the default tools in XP can be replaced by such third-party utilities.You first need to download those software, of course. We suggest the following three tools. Diskeeper from www.diskeeper.com . This is a defragmenting tool which is an excellent replacement for the standard defragmenter in Windows. Disk Cleaner, a freeware from www.diskcleaner.nl . A drive cleaning tool that can clean your system better than can the Windows utility. Paragon Drive Backup Personal 8.0 from www.drive-backup.com —a versatile backup utility. Note again that the tools specified here are only our suggestions. ...

Some malware (malicious software) intentionally disable or hide Folder Options to prevent users from deleting files related to it. Enable Hidden Folder Option with Registry Editor : To show/enable hidden Folfer Options please do the following: 1. Click on the Start > Run 2. Type “regedit” on the field and click on OK. 3. Navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer 4. In the right pane, delete the entry “NoFolderOption”. 5. If “NoFolderOption” is visible: 6. Right click on the right pane 7. Click New > DWORD Value 8. Name it “NoFolderOption” (without the quotes) 9. Set the value to 0 (zero) or double click on the “NoFolderOption” type 0 at “Value data” field 10. You may reboot your computer to see the effect of this registry modification. If the procedure above does not work try this one: Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\A...

Symptoms * Cannot directly double click and enter any drive (especially USB drives) * Computer slows down * A hidden xk2n.bat file in every drive * Double Click actions are happening in single click. If you have experienced any of the above problems, you have this little jerk on board your system. What does it do? * Makes it impossible to access the drives directly. i.e. You cannot enter the drives by double clicking on its icon in My Computer. If it does open, it opens in a new window. * Makes your system slow. Files involved *XK2N.BAT file in every drives. Removal The removal of this virus is simple.Just write the following code in a notepad and save the notepad as "remove.bat" or anything.bat in C drive. Code: --------------------------------------------------------- @echo off attrib "xk2n.bat" -s -h del/f "xk2n.bat" pause --------------------------------------------------------- run this bat file.The file XK2N.BAT will b...