This is not a technical guide or performance booster article. Just to have fun with windows xp, read this article. This article consists of three types of secrets given as under;
1. Program Secrets
2. Game Secrets
3. Operating System Secrets
1. Program Secrets
Defrag Secret – Hidden Command Line Switch
Instructions – Go to “Start”, “Run” and Type defrag c: -b to defragment the Boot and Application Prefetch information.
Notes – Windows XP will run this automatically every three days or so, during system idle periods. BootVis will evoke this when you run the “Optimize System” function. There is no need to manually run this unless you wish to immediately optimize a newly installed application’s load time.
IExpress Secret – Hidden Install Creator
Instructions – Go to Start, Run, type iexpress
Notes – IExpress is a technology designed to simplify creation of a setup program. Using the step-by-step IExpress Wizard, you can create self-extracting files that automatically run the setup program contained inside. The setup program can be an .inf file or an executable program. IExpress technology automatically removes the setup files after installation, saving the user time and frustration.
MS-DOS Editor Secret – Hidden Text Editor
Instructions – Go to Start, Run, type edit
Notes – Windows XP comes with another text editor besides Notepad – it’s called the MS-DOS Editor, and it’s commonly referred to simply as Edit. It has features similar to Notepad, as well as additional features such as the ability to work with multiple text files and change the background and text colors.
Netmeeting Secret – Hidden Internet Conference Application
Instructions – Go to Start, Run, type conf
Notes – Windows XP is the last version of Microsoft Windows to include NetMeeting. NetMeeting delivers a complete Internet conferencing solution for all Windows users with multi-point data conferencing, text chat, whiteboard, and file transfer, as well as point-to-point audio and video.
Notepad Secret – Create a Log File
Instructions – Launch Notepad, Type .LOG on the first line, and then press Enter to move to the next line. On the File menu, click Save As, type a descriptive name for your file in the File name box, and then click OK. When you next open the file, note that the date and time have been appended to the end of the log, immediately preceding the place where new text can be added. You can use this functionality to automatically add the current date and time to each log entry.
