Changing router password

Login to the Modem \ Router,
Your Modem IP is 192.168.1.1 for lan \ ethernet users (put 192.168.1.1 into IE or FIREFOX URL bar)
for USB users type 192.168.1.2 in URL bar
login by admin user name and admin password , [ by default it is admin ]
to change the username or password
and search for the "Change Password" Option there!
after it reboot the modem .

Displaying legal notice at Windows startup

You can displaying a legal notice at system start up.

heres How to do it "
Start -->RUN ---> REGEDIT

Then traverse the registry

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system]
then Edit these

"LegalNoticeCaption"="Enter your notice caption "
"LegalNoticeText"="Enter your legal notice text "

Works well with Windows XP SP2

Pinning Programs to the Start Menu in Windows Vista

You can add programs that appear on the top of the Start Menu. These entries always remain there and remain above recently opened programs.

• Right click on the program you want to pin.

• Select Pin to Start Menu.

Changing the Desktop Icon Size in Windows Vista

By default, the icons on the desktop are quite large. To change the size of the icons;
Right click on the Desktop
Select View
Set it to Classic Icons

You can also hold down the Control key while the desktop is displayed. Use the wheel mouse to make the icons larger or smaller, this gives more control

Converting a FAT Partition to NTFS

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

1. START -> RUN -> type cmd ; this will open the command prompt.
2. Now in the command prompt, type CONVERT [driveletter]: /FS:NTFS
   

CONVERT.exe will try and convert the FAT partition to NTFS. Though the probability of data loss or data corruption is minimal, it is always better to backup your data before performing this conversion.

Enabling Hibernation

When you select hibernation from the Shutdown menu,all your applications as well as their location on your desktop come up the next time you start up your computer.It can be enabled with Windows 2000 as follows;

Open Go to the Control Panel --> Power Options.
Click on the Hibernate tab and check Enable hibernation support.
Since hibernation takes what is in memory and writes it to disk,the amount of hard drive space needed is the same as the amount of memory you have.

Checking to see how long Windows 2000 has been up?

 
This can be done by using a command line utility called uptime. You can also use it to check for remote machine.

Uptime [server] [/s ] [/a] [/d:mm/dd/yyyy | /p:n] [/heartbeat] [/? | /help]
server Name or IP address of remote server to process.
/s    Display key system events and statistics.
/a    Display application failure events (assumes /s).
/d    Only calculate for events after mm/dd/yyyy.
/p    Only calculate for events in the previous n days.
/heartbeat   Turn on/off the system's heartbeat
/?       Basic usage.
/help  Additional usage information.