Most people listen to songs from bands they like and sometimes search for the lyrics of a song if they can’t quite make out what’s being sung. However, for those of us who happen to listen to the lyrics of a song and want to find out who sang it, there are some useful lyric search engines

It’s amazing how many times I’ve jumped into my car and turned on the radio, really liked the song that was playing, but at the end of the song there was no announcement by the DJ of the artist or band! I understand the whole “back-to-back” song broadcasts on radios these days, but it would be really nice if there was a quick mention of the song name at the very end!

Anyway, so if you know some of the lyrics for the song you’re looking for, you can try out a few of these lyric search engines to try and find the band or song name. Actually, there are quite a few of them out there, but only a few really have large databases of song lyrics. So I put a couple to the test to try and find a fairly new song by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers called Californication with the query “the sun may rise in the east”.

These are the search engines that actually found the song:

1. Get Lyrical – You can also search by Artist, by Song, or by Album.

2. Search Lyrics – This site also has some non-English lyrics and you can translate any of the English lyrics to another language on the lyric pages. Get Lyrical finds an exact match for your lyrics whereas Search Lyrics searches for those words anywhere in a particular song and will return a result even if the words are all not together.

3. LyricsFly – Found my song also, but make sure you click on Lyrics first and then perform a search.

If you are a serious Googler, then you will know the fact that indexed data for the same search terms will vary depending on the Google server that’s queried.

If you are searching for a particular thing in India, the query is automatically directed to Google.co.in servers and the data indexed in Google.co.in will be different from the data that’ll be indexed in Google.com . The results returned from Google.co.in will be localized and hence the difference.

All your queries, by default will go to your local Search center and if in case you want to query to base Search Center then use this link.

After monotony of default Windows XP/ Windows Theme, it is the time to change yourself and try something new. After windows 7 beta has been released, its time to try the latest Windows Looks and Feels. So just grab the latest Windows 7 Theme (Transformation Pack) which will give a fresh look to your computer.

Seven Remix is a completely free transformation pack which lets you enjoy the look and feel of windows 7 very easily. Seven Remix transformation pack is designed by niwradsoft
Seven Remix transformation pack is made to work on following versions of windows vista, Windows Vista (all editions, SP1), Windows 2008 (all editions, SP1), All Language Versions
Note: This transformation pack is not supported on 64-bit versions of Windows Vista or Windows XP.
Link:- Download Seven Remix Transformation Pack For Windows Vista

I am using windows operating system for last decade and also sometime install Linux based distributions for testing purposes, this time I’ve found something really amazing to test operating system on my PC, and this amazing thing is React OS. It is Windows NT based open-source operating system, which supports Windows binary (exe) to run in it.

React OS is still under heavy development and is in alpha stage of development. The developers itself recommend not to use for daily purposes, till some more improvements are made; but if you are a computer geek and love to try out different OS, then you may give it a try. You can download React OS by various means-

• Download React OS as Installation CD, Live CD
• You can also run it virtualized using VMware virtual machine or QMenu
• You can also get the source code of React OS

You can get to downloads page of React OS at here.

1. Think of a memorable, eight or nine-word sentence like “Fred is a bad ninja but has 3 nunchucks”.
2. Take the first word of every sentence to turn it into a password. Result: “Fiabnbh3n”
3. Test your password using Microsoft Password Checker

You can access all these programs by going through START/RUN or Simply Click Windows Key+r

1. SQL Client Configuration - cliconfg

2. System Configuration Editor - sysedit

3. System Configuration Utility - msconfig

4. System File Checker Utility (Scan Immediately)- sfc /scannow

5. System File Checker Utility (Scan Once At Next Boot)- sfc /scanonce

6. System File Checker Utility (Scan On Every Boot) - sfc /scanboot

7. System File Checker Utility (Return to Default Setting)- sfc /revert

8. System File Checker Utility (Purge File Cache)- sfc /purgecache

9. System File Checker Utility (Set Cache Size to size x)-sfc/cachesize=x

10. System Information - msinfo32.

11. Task Manager – taskmgr

12. System Properties - sysdm.cpl

13. Task Manager – taskmgr

14. TCP Tester - tcptest

15. Telnet Client - telnet

16. Tweak UI (if installed) - tweakui

17. User Account Management- nusrmgr.cpl

18. Utility Manager - utilman

19. Windows Address Book - wab

20. Windows Address Book Import Utility - wabmig

21. Windows Backup Utility (if installed)- ntbackup

22. Windows Explorer - explorer

23. Windows Firewall- firewall.cpl

24. Windows Magnifier- magnify

25. Windows Management Infrastructure - wmimgmt.msc

26. Windows Media Player - wmplayer

27. Windows Messenger - msmsgs

28. Windows Picture Import Wizard (need camera connected)- wiaacmgr

29. Windows System Security Tool – syskey

30. Windows Update Launches - wupdmgr

31. Windows Version (to show which version of windows)- winver

32. Windows XP Tour Wizard - tourstart

33. Wordpad - write

34. Password Properties - password.cpl

35. Performance Monitor - perfmon.msc

36. Phone and Modem Options - telephon.cpl

37. Phone Dialer - dialer

38. Pinball Game - pinball

39. Power Configuration - powercfg.cpl

40. Printers and Faxes - control printers

41. Printers Folder – printers

42. Private Character Editor - eudcedit

43. Quicktime (If Installed)- QuickTime.cpl

44. Real Player (if installed)- realplay

45. Regional Settings - intl.cpl

46. Registry Editor - regedit

47. Registry Editor - regedit32

48. Remote Access Phonebook - rasphone

49. Remote Desktop - mstsc

50. Removable Storage - ntmsmgr.msc

51. Removable Storage Operator Requests - ntmsoprq.msc

52. Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof) - rsop.msc

53. Scanners and Cameras - sticpl.cpl

54. Scheduled Tasks - control schedtasks

55. Security Center - wscui.cpl

56. Services - services.msc

57. Shared Folders - fsmgmt.msc

58. Shuts Down Windows - shutdown

59. Sounds and Audio - mmsys.cpl

60. Spider Solitare Card Game - spider

61. Malicious Software Removal Tool - mrt

62. Microsoft Access (if installed) - access.cpl

63. Microsoft Chat - winchat

64. Microsoft Excel (if installed) - excel

65. Microsoft Frontpage (if installed)- frontpg

66. Microsoft Movie Maker - moviemk

67. Microsoft Paint - mspaint

68. Microsoft Powerpoint (if installed)- powerpnt

69. Microsoft Word (if installed)- winword

70. Microsoft Syncronization Tool - mobsync

71. Minesweeper Game - winmine

72. Mouse Properties - control mouse

73. Mouse Properties - main.cpl

74. Nero (if installed)- nero

75. Netmeeting - conf

76. Network Connections - control netconnections

77. Network Connections - ncpa.cpl

78. Network Setup Wizard - netsetup.cpl

79. Notepad - notepad

80. Nview Desktop Manager (If Installed)- nvtuicpl.cpl

81. Object Packager - packager

82. ODBC Data Source Administrator- odbccp32.cpl

83. On Screen Keyboard - osk

84. Opens AC3 Filter (If Installed) - ac3filter.cpl

85. Outlook Express - msimn

86. Paint – pbrush

87. Keyboard Properties - control keyboard

88. IP Configuration (Display Connection Configuration) - ipconfi/all

89. IP Configuration (Display DNS Cache Contents)- ipconfig /displaydns

90. IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents)- ipconfig /flushdns

91. IP Configuration (Release All Connections)- ipconfig /release

92. IP Configuration (Renew All Connections)- ipconfig /renew

93. IP Configuration(RefreshesDHCP&Re-RegistersDNS)-ipconfig/registerdns

94. IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID)- ipconfig/showclassid

95. IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID)- ipconfig /setclassid

96. Java Control Panel (If Installed)- jpicpl32.cpl

97. Java Control Panel (If Installed)- javaws

98. Local Security Settings - secpol.msc

99. Local Users and Groups - lusrmgr.msc

100. Logs You Out Of Windows - logoff.....

101. Accessibility Controls - access.cpl

102. Accessibility Wizard - accwiz

103. Add Hardware - Wizardhdwwiz.cpl

104. Add/Remove Programs - appwiz.cpl

105. Administrative Tools control - admintools

106. Adobe Acrobat (if installed) - acrobat

107. Adobe Designer (if installed)- acrodist

108. Adobe Distiller (if installed)- acrodist

109. Adobe ImageReady (if installed)- imageready

110. Adobe Photoshop (if installed)- photoshop

111. Automatic Updates - wuaucpl.cpl

112. Bluetooth Transfer Wizard – fsquirt

113. Calculator - calc

114. Certificate Manager - certmgr.msc

115. Character Map - charmap

116. Check Disk Utility - chkdsk

117. Clipboard Viewer - clipbrd

118. Command Prompt - cmd

119. Component Services - dcomcnfg

120. Computer Management - compmgmt.msc

121. Control Panel - control

122. Date and Time Properties - timedate.cpl

123. DDE Shares - ddeshare

124. Device Manager - devmgmt.msc

125. Direct X Control Panel (If Installed)- directx.cpl

126. Direct X Troubleshooter- dxdiag

127. Disk Cleanup Utility- cleanmgr

128. Disk Defragment- dfrg.msc

129. Disk Management- diskmgmt.msc

130. Disk Partition Manager- diskpart

131. Display Properties- control desktop

132. Display Properties- desk.cpl

133. Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Preselected)- control color

134. Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility- drwtsn32

135. Driver Verifier Utility- verifier

136. Event Viewer- eventvwr.msc

137. Files and Settings Transfer Tool- migwiz

138. File Signature Verification Tool- sigverif

139. Findfast- findfast.cpl

140. Firefox (if installed)- firefox

141. Folders Properties- control folders

142. Fonts- control fonts

143. Fonts Folder- fonts

144. Free Cell Card Game- freecell

145. Game Controllers- joy.cpl

146. Group Policy Editor (XP Prof)- gpedit.msc

147. Hearts Card Game- mshearts

148. Help and Support- helpctr

149. HyperTerminal- hypertrm

150. Iexpress Wizard- iexpress

151. Indexing Service- ciadv.msc

152. Internet Connection Wizard- icwconn1

153. Internet Explorer- iexplore

154. Internet Setup Wizard- inetwiz

155. Internet Properties- inetcpl.cpl

This is one of my favorite tweaks as it makes a huge difference to how fast your machine will 'feel'. What this tweak does is remove the slight delay between clicking on a menu and XP displaying the menu.



Go to Start then Run
Type 'Regedit' then click 'Ok'
Find "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\"
Select "MenuShowDelay"
Right click and select "Modify'
Reduce the number to around "100"
This is the delay time before a menu is opened. You can set it to "0" but it can make windows really hard to use as menus will open if you just look at them - well move your mouse over them anyway. I tend to go for anywhere between 50-150 depending on my mood.

Disable CD Autorun

( WinXP PRO Only)

1) Click Start, Run and enter GPEDIT.MSC

2) Go to Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, System.

3) Locate the entry for Turn autoplay off and modify it as you desire.


Speed Up Browsing


When you connect to a web site your computer sends information back and forth. Some of this information deals with resolving the site name to an IP address, the stuff that TCP/IP really deals with, not words. This is DNS information and is used so that you will not need to ask for the site location each and every time you visit the site. Although Windows XP and Windows XP have a pretty efficient DNS cache, you can increase its overall performance by increasing its size. You can do this with the registry entries below:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache\Parameters]
"CacheHashTableBucketSize"=dword:00000001
"CacheHashTableSize"=dword:00000180
"MaxCacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000fa00
"MaxSOACacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000012d

Make a new text file and rename it to dnscache.reg. Then copy and paste the above into it and save it. Merge it into the registry.


DISABLE INDEXING SERVICES

Indexing Services is a small little program that uses large amounts of RAM and can often make a computer endlessly loud and noisy. This system process indexes and updates lists of all the files that are on your computer. It does this so that when you do a search for something on your computer, it will search faster by scanning the index lists. If you don't search your computer often, or even if you do search often, this system service is completely unnecessary. To disable do the following:

1. Go to Start
2. Click Settings
3. Click Control Panel
4. Double-click Add/Remove Programs
5. Click the Add/Remove Window Components
6. Uncheck the Indexing services
7. Click Next

OPTIMISE DISPLAY SETTINGS

Windows XP can look sexy but displaying all the visual items can waste system resources. To optimize:

1.Go to Start
2. Click Settings
3. Click Control Panel
4. Click System
5. Click Advanced tab
6. In the Performance tab click Settings
7. Leave only the following ticked:
- Show shadows under menus
- Show shadows under mouse pointer
- Show translucent selection rectangle
- Use drop shadows for icons labels on the desktop
- Use visual styles on windows and buttons



SPEEDUP FOLDER BROWSING

You may have noticed that everytime you open my computer to browse folders that there is a slight delay. This is because Windows XP automatically searches for network files and printers everytime you open Windows Explorer. To fix this and to increase browsing significantly:

1. Open My Computer
2. Click on Tools menu
3. Click on Folder Options
4. Click on the View tab.
5. Uncheck the Automatically search for network folders and printers check box
6. Click Apply
7. Click Ok
8. Reboot your computer


REMOVE THE DESKTOP PICTURE

Your desktop background consumes a fair amount of memory and can slow the loading time of your system. Removing it will improve performance.

1. Right click on Desktop and select Properties
2. Select the Desktop tab
3. In the Background window select None
4. Click Ok

DISABLE UNNECESSARY SERVICES

Because Windows XP has to be all things to all people it has many services running that take up system resources that you will never need. Below is a list of services that can be disabled on most machines:

Alerter
Clipbook
Computer Browser
Distributed Link Tracking Client
Fast User Switching
Help and Support - (If you use Windows Help and Support leave this enabled)
Human Interface Access Devices
Indexing Service
IPSEC Services
Messenger
Netmeeting Remote Desktop Sharing (disabled for extra security)
Portable Media Serial Number
Remote Desktop Help Session Manager (disabled for extra security)
Remote Procedure Call Locator
Remote Registry (disabled for extra security)
Remote Registry Service
Secondary Logon
Routing & Remote Access (disabled for extra security)
Server
SSDP Discovery Service - (Unplug n' Pray will disable this)
Telnet
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
Upload Manager
Universal Plug and Play Device Host
Windows Time
Wireless Zero Configuration (Do not disable if you use a wireless network)
Workstation
To disable these services:

Go to Start and then Run and type "services.msc"
Doubleclick on the service you want to change
Change the startup type to 'Disable"

REMOVE ANNOYING DELETE CONFIRMATION MESSAGES

Although not strictly a performance tweak I love this fix as it makes my machine 'feel' faster. I hate the annoying 'are you sure?' messages that XP displays, especially if I have to use a laptop touchpad to close them. To remove these messages:

1. Right-click on the 'Recycle Bin' on the desktop and then click 'Properties'

2. Clear the 'Display Delete Confirmation Dialog' check box and click 'Ok'

If you do accidently delete a file don't worry as all is not lost. Just go to your Recycle Bin and 'Restore' the file.

To convert a FAT partition to NTFS, perform the following steps.

Click Start, click Programs, and then click Command Prompt. In Windows XP, click Start, click Run, type cmd and then click OK.

At the command prompt, type CONVERT [driveletter]: /FS:NTFS. Convert.exe will attempt to convert the partition to NTFS.

If this virus infected in you computer, It will Disable the following …

Task Manager, Registry Editor, Folder Options, Run in start menu

And it will create exes like the icon of folders. If this virus is running it will use more than 50 % of your processor

Some times due to a virus ur registry editing will be disabled.

Here is a VBScript file(size 1kb) which will enable or disable registry editing.

By this u can enable registry editing again.

DOWNLOAD IT

One common gripe I hear about Windows is how sometimes a USB device will no longer be recognized by the system when you plug it in.

This is generally due to a problem with the hardware manifest or the "device tree" in Windows, and there's a fairly simple solution.



1. Unplug all the USB devices that don't absolutely have to be there (i.e., your mouse and keyboard can stay).

2. Boot Windows in Safe Mode.

3. Open the Device Manager and look for everything in the USB Devices or Universal Serial Bus Controllers category.

4. Delete everything in that category.

5. Shut down and reboot the system normally. Windows will then re-install the USB controllers.

6. Re-add your USB devices. They should be recognized properly, although you may need to provide drivers for them if Windows can't find them in its own driver repository.

To Login automatically to a user account, follow the instructions below:

1) Click on Run
2) Type in the following command and click OK

control userpasswords2

3) Highlight the user you want to log into automatically, then uncheck the box for

"Users must enter a username and password to use this computer"

4) Click on Apply and you'll be asked to verify the username and password to log in automatically

5) Click OK and the next time you restart your computer, you'll automatically be logged in without having the classic prompt or Welcome Screen.

If you dont want to use "Fast User Switching", you may want to disable the Welcome Screen. You must be logged in as an Administrator to do this. Note:To do this follow the directions below:

1) Click on Start
2) Click on Control Panel
3) Double-click on User Accounts
4) Click on "Change the way users log on or off"
5) Uncheck "Use the Welcome Screen" (note: this will also disable "Fast User Switching")
6) Click on Apply Options
7) Close the User Accounts window and the Control Panel
8) The next time you reboot your computer, the classic login prompt will be used

You can not make any folder named any of the following :

CON, PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, LPT9

reason :
This is because these are windows inbuilt 'Reserved Device Names' .
Just avoid these words and name anything else

1.Let your PC boot up completely before opening any applications.



2.Refresh the desktop after closing any application. This will remove any unused files from the RAM.



3.Do not set very large file size images as your wallpaper. Do not keep a wallpaper at all if your PC is low on RAM (less than 64 MB).



4.Do not clutter your Desktop with a lot of shortcuts. Each shortcut on the desktop uses up to 500 bytes of RAM



5.Empty the recycle bin regularly. The files are not really deleted from your hard drive until you empty the recycle bin.



6.Delete the temporary internet files regularly.



7.Defragment your hard drive once every two months. This will free up a lot of space on your hard drive and rearrange the files so that your applications run faster.



8.Always make two partitions in your hard drive. Install all large Softwares (like PSP, Photoshop, 3DS Max etc) in the second partition. Windows uses all the available empty space in C drive as virtual memory when your Computer RAM is full. Keep the C Drive as empty as possible.

Just :

Start>>Run , type : telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl

And Enjoy The Movie !

First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.

· In regedit editor you will open HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT folder, In this folder open the CLSID folder then open the {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} folder >ShellFolder folder at last.

* Here simply change the data value from "40 01 00 20" to "70 01 00 20".

* Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect. When next time you start your computer then change the Recycle Bin name after right click on Recycle icon.

Is it strange to hear , but true that some good programs are hidden in Windows XP !!!

Programs :

1. Private Character Editor :

Used for editing fonts,etc.
** start>>Run
** Now, type eudcedit

2. Dr. Watson :

This an inbuilt windows repairing software !
** start>>Run
** Now, type drwtsn32

3. Media Player 5.1 :

Even if you upgrade your Media Player, you can still access your old player in case the new one fails !!!
** start>>Run
** Now, type mplay32

4. iExpress :

Used to create SetupsYou can create your own installers !
** start>>Run
** Now, type iexpress

Keeping the Windows XP Core in the RAM
If you have 512 MB or more of RAM, you can increase system performance by having the Windows XP 'Core' kept in the RAM instead of paged on the hard disk.

Go to Start -> Run - Type regedit and press enter - On the left hand side tree, navigate to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\

- On the list on the right side, look for an entry called 'DisablePagingExecutive'
- Double click it
- Press 1 on your keyboard
- Click OK
- Exit regedit and reboot the computer