Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Export from IE to Excel

To create an Excel version of the current Web page in Microsoft Internet Explorer, just right-click the page and choose Export to Microsoft Excel.

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Remove Tasks from Startup - Windows XP Tweaks

[Removing startup programs from Registry]
1 Goto Start > Run
2 Type REGEDIT and press ok
3 Goto [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] and delete the unnecessary tasks
4 Goto [HKEY_CURRENT_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] and delete the unnecessary tasks

For example, if you want to remove yahoo messenger from startup,
Delete Yahoo! Pager from [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]

Disclaimer: Modifying Registry entries may cause your applications crash. I assume no responsibility for your use of these files.



[Removing Startup programs from startup folder]
1 Goto Start > Programs > Startup
2 Delete the programs that you dont want to start up when windows starts.



[Removing Startup programs through MSCONFIG]
1 Goto Start > Run
2 Type MSCONFIG and press OK
3 Click on Services and uncheck the programs that you dont want at startup.
4 This will display a message at restart. Just ignore it.