Nifty Windows tricks

[Jeansi]

I press the power button and the computer goes on.

[Stabwound]

My computer turns on even if I don't press anything. I'm not sure what's wrong with it but I have to unplug it if I want it to stay off.

[Overburn]

I just found this for some reason...



GJ WindowsXP!

[Qyll!]

Winamp

I saw this somewhere before. I forgot where.


- Play a song on Winamp and then on the View menu, click on visualizations. Choose any visualization to play.
-In the bottom right corner of the visualizations box, there's a little button. Click on it and then go to Dock in AVS Editor.
- Go to the settings menu and then go to Display.
- Check mark the Overlay mode option.
- Set the color box to white and exit

[1ight]

WIN XP
Run => shutdown -s -f -t 10 -c "Your computer will explode in 10 seconds"
While we are at it, lets shutdown internet!
www.turnofftheinternet.com

[Jeansi]

The sad thing is I'm too scared to press that button.

[Ewan]

I saw this somewhere before. I forgot where.


- Play a song on Winamp and then on the View menu, click on visualizations. Choose any visualization to play.
-In the bottom right corner of the visualizations box, there's a little button. Click on it and then go to Dock in AVS Editor.
- Go to the settings menu and then go to Display.
- Check mark the Overlay mode option.
- Set the color box to white and exit

I don't have winamp on this PC, but is this where it uses the winamp visualisation as your desktop wallpaper (so basically you have a wallpaper that beats in time to music). It's pretty cool.

Hi Qyll btw

[Ewan]

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[Qyll!]

Hello Ewan

If i remember correctly, everything white on the screen turns in to that visualization that u picked. It might be what u said but i'm too computer-newbie to realize it.

[colony]

Hey Qyll thats pretty cool.

[Ilya]

set the color to black and its funky

[fLaReD]

like voth showed an earlier usage trick heres another one for xp. open ur name in a zone and then minimize it. right click ss on desktop and do run as, then hit ok. most of you know that this cloens your ss client, which i believe is illegal :fear: but then you can go into say 4 different zones (must have already downloaded map for pub in zone or your other clients will get disconnected) and for every 10 minutes your on you get 40 minutes usage, 50 minutes, u get 200 minutes, etc, then you can switch user.

Another one of the most useful things i do is use the PrtScrn (Print Screen) button (used for screenshots in SS) which basically takes a picture of the screen and copies it, then you can open paint and paste it and all that good stuff

[Edify]

I saw this somewhere before. I forgot where.


- Play a song on Winamp and then on the View menu, click on visualizations. Choose any visualization to play.
-In the bottom right corner of the visualizations box, there's a little button. Click on it and then go to Dock in AVS Editor.
- Go to the settings menu and then go to Display.
- Check mark the Overlay mode option.
- Set the color box to white and exit

WOW THAT IS TOTALLY FREAKIN' AWESOME!!!
i'll post a screeny.

[Edify]

darn it doesnt pick up the thing!
just do it urself, its cool.

[Send]

My computer turns on even if I don't press anything. I'm not sure what's wrong with it but I have to unplug it if I want it to stay off.

You're gonna get electrified one of these days =/