How to disable scan disk at Start up

CAUSE:
It happened almost all the time when windows are improperly shut down after a troubleshoot that scan-disk will run on the next reboot to check the contents of the hard disk.

RESOLUTION:
chkdsk is a command that check the disk surface whenever there is physical errors. To disable to chkdsk, you must run the Registry Editor (regedt32.exe)

In the Run tab type:

regedit

* Under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE subtree, expand to:
\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager
then change the BootExecute entry to:


autocheck autochk *

*Finally exit the registry and restart your computer to save setting made to windows.

APPLIES TO:
* Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
* Microsoft Windows XP Professional
* Microsoft Windows 2000

How To Block Websites Without Software, block websites

How To Block Websites Without Software, block websites.

Steps:-

1] Browse C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
2] Find the file named "HOSTS"
3] Open it in notepad
4] Under "127.0.0.1 localhost" Add 127.0.0.2 www.sitenameyouwantblocked.com , and that site will no longer be accessable.
5] Save It

-So-

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.2 www.blockedsite.com

-->www.blockedsite.com is now unaccessable<--


For every site after that you want to add, just add "1" to the last number in the internal ip (127.0.0.2) and then the addy like before.

IE: 127.0.0.3 www.blablabla.com
127.0.0.4 www.blablabla.com
127.0.0.5 www.blablabla.com

etc