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Virus & Trojans screw up your PC - registry & task manager gets disabled, run command doesn't work, folder option gone, show hidden files doesn't work either. These effects exists even after a common removal of a virus or trojan from PC. "Virus Effect Remover" is the tool which help you to remove the effect of virus from windows registry and file system.

It detects the registry error caused by virus and enables the Blocked content like task manager , registry editor, folder option etc.

Download Virus Effect Remover: Link

* .NET Framework 2.0 or Higher is required for running this program.

Many a times after completing a windows update you get this notification - "You may be a victim of software counterfeiting.
This copy of windows did not pass Windows validation."












There are many tutorials online for removing this nag or notification. But the best way to remove this is to use this small program called "Remove WGA".

Download "Remove WGA": Link

Sometimes system restore doesn't work on Windows XP. After a restoration attempt windows says "Restoration Incomplete". This can happen for either low disk space or for a virus or trojan, or damage to hard disk or system restore files.

The solution to this problem though is very simple:

1. Right click on "My Computer". Go to properties.

2. Click on the "System Restore" tab and check mark on "Turn off System Restore on all drives"



3. Reboot windows

Doing this will make all your previous restore points on disk to be deleted.

4. Then after reboot again right click on "My Computer". Go to properties. Click on the
"System Restore" tab but this time uncheck the "Turn off System Restore on all
drives" box.

And that's it! System Restore is back in your PC with full functionality.
Enjoy!!!

How often this has happened to you? You need to copy files from 20 different folders to a single folder. It's very irritating to Open each folder, then select the required files, press Ctrl+C, then going to the target folder and having to press Ctrl+V. Well.....there's a more simple solution to it.

Suppose you have a folder on Desktop called "Test"

Here's What you need to do:

1. Click right button on the folder "Test" and select create shortcut.

2. Copy the shortcut to C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\SendTo folder (You can change the shortcut name to anything you like)

3. Now just go to the folder you need to copy files from.

4. Select required files, click right button.

5. Select Send To > Test



6. There you go. Files are copied to "Test" folder.

* Here user name refers to the user name used to login to Windows.

Many Viruses and Trojans disables the "Show Hidden Files" option in Windows XP.

For re-enabling this feature:

1. Go to Start->Run and

2. Type in the following:

regedit

3. Hit enter or press "OK".

4. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersio\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL

5. Delete checkedValue and then again creat new DWORD VALUE with same name Checkedvalue with data value=1

Hope this helps!

Here's how to determine whether your copy of Windows XP is activated or not.

1. Go to Start->Run and

2. Enter the following

oobe/msoobe /a

A windows should open up showing your activation status.

If your copy of Windows XP is activated you should see something like this:

Sometimes in Windows XP if you get attacked by any virus or trojan it removes the "Folder Option" from the "Tools" menu. Even if you get read of the virus somehow, sometimes it doesn't come back. Without the folder option you can't hide or show files. Here's how to get Folder Option back.

1st Method

1. Click on 'Start' and then 'Run'.
2. In the 'run' dialog box type gpedit.msc. The Group Policy window will open.
3. Navigate to the following location: User Configuration> Administrative Templates>
Window Components> Windows Explorer
4. In the right pane, find the 'Remove the folder options menu item'. Set its value
to 'Not Configured' by double clicking and setting the correct option.


2nd Method

If you are comfortable with modifying Windows Registry values, follow these steps:

1. Open registry editor by typing regedit in the run dialog box.

2. Navigate to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

3. Find the NoFolderOptions key in right pane. Change its value to 0. If you do not have this key just create it.

Windows XP has lots of features that many of us don't even know of. Such a feature is the "Tile Windows" feature. It allows a user to work with two separate windows at the same time. Here's how it works: