How to Prevent Google Chrome From Storing Browser History (Windows)

You can press Ctrl+Shift+Del buttons to open Clear browsing data and so that you can delete your history. But if you don't want history anymore or permanently then use the following tip.

In windows:

Open the following path

C:\Users\[User Name]\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default

where [username] is a folder having name as your username of windows

Then the directory named "Default" contains a file named "History", 

right click that file and select "properties". then on its general tab,

 at bottom you can see "Attributes" there check the box to select the "read-only" option. 

You have done.  

 

How to check whether your LAN CARD is working or not... (Without connecting it into a computer)

All you need : One lan card and one multimeter or continuity tester.

[Remark: Dear friends this solution is what I find myself so anything wrong with this please comment here to make it better]

Please see the following pictures. On each picture the pin numbers (there are 8 pins marked from 1 to 8)

Back panel view of your LAN Card

Top View of your LAN Card

Bottom View of your LAN Card

A perfectly working LAN card shows continuity between the following pair of pins

1 and 2

3 and 6

5 and 4

7 and 8

So set your multimeter knob to continuity and connect its terminal lead to pin number 1 and 2 if a continuity is there it will beep or shows a continuity if you are using a continuity tester( which is cheap in cost than a multimeter) its light will turn on. Similarly check the continuity between the pins 3 and 6, 5 and 4, 7 and 8. If it shows discontinuity between any of the pair say 3 and 6 then you can identify that it is a faulty LAN card.

Disable Windows XP's Desktop Cleanup Wizard

Right-click on an empty space on the desktop and select the Properties . When the Display Properties dialog box appears, click the Desktop tab. Then click on the Desktop tab, click the Customize Desktop button. You'll then see the Desktop Items screen shown in Figure A.

Figure A

Turn off the Desktop Cleanup Wizard on the Desktop Items screen.

To disable the Desktop Cleanup Wizard, remove the checkmark from the Run Desktop Cleanup Wizard Every 60 Days.

Click OK to save your changes. 
You can also done it through a simple registry tip:

FOLLOW THESE STEPS

1. Open Registry editor (start > Run> then type "regedit" (without quotes) and press enter button
this will open registry editor
this will open registry editorthis will open registry editor 2.Go to path

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\CleanupWiz 

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called "NoRun" and set it as 1 to disable and 0 to enable the wizard .

Exit your registry; you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.

		(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
		NoRun	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)

	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\...

Disabling Drives in My Computer

To turn off the display of local or networked drives  on My Computer

FOLLOW THESE STEPS

1. Open Registry editor (start > Run> then type "regedit" (without quotes) and press enter button
this will open registry editor

 2.Go to path

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Policies\ Explorer 

3.Add a New DWORD item and name it NoDrives 
4.Double click on it and give it the value 3FFFFFF and select hexadecimal

5. Restart or Logoff the computer to save the changes
5.Now when open My Computer, none of your drives will show.

Wrong settings in the registry may cause unpredictable problems to your Windows. So carefully change the appropriate values.  

Do you want to Speedup the Windows XP Start Menu:

Follow these steps:
Open Registry editor (start > Run> then type "regedit" (without quotes) and press enter button
this will open registry editor
then follow this path  ...

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop



Here on the right pane of your Registry editor you can find a STRING value named "MenuShowDelay"(create a new String value if it doesn't already exist) then double click on it and change its value to "1" (without quotes) its default value may vary. This tweak will Speedup the Windows Xp Start Menu.
 
Wrong settings in the registry may cause unpredictable problems to your Windows. So carefully change the appropriate values.