Make icons background transparent in Windows XP (if its not)

If youve been wondering why your XP desktop icons have a background color, youll be glad to know you
can flip a checkbox and have them go back to a normal transparent background.

See the two below:

To set the transparent background on the icons, well need to open System Properties in Control Panel (or rightclick on My Computer and select Properties).

In this dialog, click the Advanced tab, and then the Settings button under the Performance section.

Now scroll down to the button where youll find a checkbox for Use drop shadows for icon labels on the
desktop. Make sure you check this box if you want transparent backgrounds on the icons.
Why this option isnt just labeled Enable Transparent Icons On the Desktop, I just cant say.
if checking it doesnt fix your problem there is another step you must do. Follow this procedure:
Control Panel > Display > Desktop > Customize Desktop > Web > Uncheck everything here > OK > Apply

How can i invert my desktop screen?

invert = ctrl+alt+down arrow
normal = ctrl+alt+up arrow

How do I configure Internet Explorer to download more than two

files at one time?
To increase the number of files that you can download at one time to 10, follow these steps:
1.

Start Registry Editor.

2.

Locate the following key in the registry:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings

3.

On the Edit menu, point to New, click DWORD Value, and then add the following registry values:

Value name: MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server

Value data: 10
Base: Decimal

Value Name: MaxConnectionsPerServer

Value data: 10
Base: Decimal

4.

Exit Registry Editor.

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Internet Explorer 8.0

How to configure the connection limit by modifying a registry key
1.
2.

Start Registry Editor.

Locate the following key in the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_MAXCONNECTIONSPERSERVER

3.

On the Edit menu, point to New, click DWORD Value, and then add the following registry values:

Value name: iexplore.exe

Value data: 10
Base: Decimal

Note set this value to the connection limit that you want for HTTP 1.1 connections. By setting the value to 10, you
increase the connection limit to 10.

4.

Locate and then click the following registry subkey:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_MAXCONNECTIONSPER1_0SERVER

5.

On the Edit menu, point to New, click DWORD Value, and then add the following registry values:

Value name: iexplore.exe

Value data: 10
Base: Decimal

Note set this value to the connection limit that you want for HTTP 1.1 connections. By setting the value to 10, you
increase the connection limit to 10.

6.

Exit Registry Editor.

How to configure the connection limit by using Group Policy

1.
2.

Click Start, click Run, type gpedit.msc, and then click OK.
Expand User Configuration, expand Administrative Templates, expand Windows Components, expand
Internet Explorer, expand Security Features, and then expand AJAX.

3.

Set the Maximum number of connections per server (HTTP 1.0) and Maximum number of connections per
server (HTTP 1.1) options to the settings that you want. You must update policies or restart the computer to apply
these changes.

How to Show Folder Options from Tools Menu

Registry Entry Details:
Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\]
Key Type :
Current User
Value Name :
NoFolderOptions
Data Type :
DWORD (DWORD Value)
Enabled Value :
1
Disabled value :
0
Other value :
Value Action :
Add an Entry

Steps ScreenShots:
Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.
The "Folder Options" from the 'Tools' menu in Internet Explorer is not visible.

The "Folder Options" from the 'Tools' menu in Internet Explorer is visible.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Second, go to the [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\] key,

right-click and click on "New > DWORD Value" to create a new DWORD value with the name "NoFolderOptions".

Third, right-click on the 'NoFolderOptions' DWORD value and click on "Modify".

Finally, enter the value "1" in the text box and click on 'OK'.

Show Hidden Files and Folders not working

It is because of a virus named USBWORM ( orkut ,youtube blocking virus ) do the following step to get
the result.
1. Go to your Start menu, click on Run and open up your Registry Editor by typing "regedit" without the
quotes and pressing OK.
2. Once there go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folde
r\Hidden\SHOWALL
3. Delete the value CheckedValue. (Its type should be REG_SZ and data should be 2.)
4. Create a new DWORD value called CheckedValue (same as above, except that the type is
REG_DWORD) by right clicking on the right pane->New->DWORD Value. Modify the value data to 1
(0x00000001).