Reduce the shutdown time of Windows 2000 and XP.

You can reduce the shutdown time of windows 2000 and XP using some tricks. Actually windows XP take time to close all running programs and applications before shutdown, but you can minimize this time if you have little knowledge about editing windows registry.
Follow the given steps to reduce the shutdown time:
First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option. Here locate the location to:
Go to Hkey_Current_User\Control Panel\Desktop
Here in right side panel, double click on AutoEndTasks and here its default value is 0. Now change it to 1.
Now in same side panel double click on value name WaitToKillAppTimeout. Its default value data is 20000; now change this value of WaitToKillAppTimeout to 3500.
Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

Changing the Title on Windows Media Player.

You can change the title bar for the Windows Media Player
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_USERS \ .DEFAULT \ Software \ Policies \ Microsoft \ WindowsMediaPlayer
Create a string value of TitleBar
Give it a value of whatever you want to appear in the title bar

Create Autorun CDsMake your CDs launch a file or program automatically.

Step :
1.Go to Start Menu > Programs > Accessories and click on 'Notepade'.
2.In the notepad, type '[autorun]' in the first line (without the quotes).
3.in the second line, type 'Open=', followed by the filename and its extension that you want to launch when the CD is insertred, such as execuutables, flash file,PowerPoint presentation, html page, etc. (E.g.: Open=start.html)
4.Save the file as 'autorun.inf' to your desktop.
5.When you write the CD, place this autorun.inf file along with the program to be launched in the root directory of the CD.
6.The CD will run in any windows PC that has autorun enabled.

Edit default Recycle Bin name with new name.

Recycle Bin name is the windows default name of Recycle Bin Desktop Icon. Normally there is no option to change the name of Recycle Bin Icon, but you can rename of Recycle Bin icon name using any windows tweak application or with edit the windows Registry. Always be careful to edit windows registry because any mistake can create problem for windows.
Follow the given steps to change the Recycle Bin name:
· 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.

Removing Unwanted or selected Items from the RUN Menu.

In Windows environment the Run prompt is the shortcut key to access mostly computer programs. You can open the lot of computer programs very quickly using Run command, that is why mostly computer professional love to using Run prompt. But if you want to clear the unwanted or selected search items from Run Menu, you must edit the registry of windows and be careful to work with computer registry.
Follow the given steps to clear the history Menu.
First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.
In Registry Editor go to Edit (Shortcut Ctrl+F) then Find to search the word RUNMRU.
In right panel delete the unwanted items using right click on that item then delete.
Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.