Restore Recycle Bin

I posted an article on Recycle Bin-Windows XP on dated 20th November, 2007. People appreciated this article but they asked me how to enable/disable Recycle Bin in Windows XP. I got question regarding Restore disabled Recycle Bin in Windows XP. I forgot to write on this issue. Now, here I am for how to Restore Recycle Bin in Windows XP.

As usual it is just Registry trick. You can do yourself with following details.


Recycle Bin Enable:
Type following text in notepad or copy-paste it. Then run/merge it. It will Enable Recycle Bin.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel]
"{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"=dword:00000000

>>> Download Recycle Bin Enable File <<<

Recycle Bin Disable:
Type following text in notepad or copy-paste it. Then run/merge it. It will Disable Recycle Bin.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel]
"{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"=dword:00000001

>>> Download Recycle Bin Disable File <<<

Note: This trick works with Windows Vista too. Please try this one with Windows Vista.

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Third Party Uninstaller

I think everyone who installs software/application on regular basis might faced uninstall trouble with some software/application. Mostly all software/application have a file named uninstall.exe, from which you can uninstall that software/application in normal condition. But, sometimes you don't get uninstall.exe or don't find installed software/application in Add & Remove Programs options. In this situation it is hard to uninstall those kind of software/application. There is a software named 'Your Uninstaller' which gives you so many facility including uninstallation facility of this kind of software/application. It is official brand software of UR Software, Inc. Please see following screen shot of 'Your Uninstaller' software.


You can download it from following link. It has huge inbuilt facilities. It also adds in your context menu so you can uninstall any software/application with use of just right click. It has following inbuilt features.

Features:

• Completely remove any application installed.
• Deep scan of registry and entire disk for unused registry entries and files.
  
• Remove programs that could not be removed by Add/Remove Program.
• Uninstall screen savers.
• Remove internet surfing traces.
• Backup and restore registry.
• Registration key management.
• Built-in Disk Cleaner helps you find and remove unnecessary files on your disk to save space and make computer faster!
• Built-in IE Context Menu Cleaner, cleans the context menu of Internet Explorer.
• Built-in Startup Manager, take full control of Window startups.
• Fix invalid desktop shortcuts and start menu shortcuts.
• Get the applications detail info even if it hide itself in deep directory, especially useful for finding out "Spy" applications.
• Backup/restore installed-applications information.
• Uninstall with SINGLE drag-drop! Just drop a file on Your Uninstaller! icon on the desktop to see what happens!
• List installed applications with appropriate icons(same as you see in the Start Menu), you can easily find the application you want to uninstall.
• Powerful search feature allows you quickly find the program you are about to uninstall.
• Automatic detection of invalid installations and removing them with one click.
• Force removal of uninstall related entries in the registry.
• Lighting speed at startup, 5-10 times faster than Add/Remove Program of Windows XP

>>> Download Your Uninstaller <<<

>>> Download Your Uninstaller Link 1 <<<

>>> Download Your Uninstaller Link 2 <<<

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Hard Disk Partition

I posted an article on NTFS v/s FAT file system on July 08, 2007. Recently, I have noticed bad habit of Partitioning of Hard Disk. I found that people want more space on Data Partition instead of Main/OS Partition(e.g. once have 80 GB of HDD and make C = 20 GB, D=20 GB, E=20 GB, F=20 GB). The people cannot understand that C: is Primary/Logical Partition which needs more space than other partitions. Even, technical people don't have good practice regarding Partition. Thats why I need to write this article on Hard Disk Partition.

Disk Partition: It is nothing but separation/division of a single Hard Disk. There are Primary(logical) and Extended Partitions which contains NTFS or FAT file system.

Purpose for Partitioning:

• Separate area for Operating system.
• Separate area for Data.
• Multi booting operating system.
• Protect data when system crash.

Suggestion on Partitioning:

• Always use NTFS file system for partition.
• Always allocate more than 50% disk space to your logical partion.(I always create only 2 partitions per hard disk of 60:40 or 70:30 disk space ratio)
• Don't create so many partition. Use 2 or 3 partition per HDD.
• Always use compress drive on Data partition.
• Change default file save option so each and every file of your system may save on data partition.

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HP Scanjet 2400 Trouble

I faced trouble with HP 1000 series Laserjet printer before few years ago. That printer automatically lost its driver which installed by bundle packed driver CD. I tried and found a driver patch for HP 1000 series Laserjet printer from its own website. Then it worked perfect.



I wrote above story because, just few days ago I got same trouble regarding HP Scanjet 2400 series scanner on more than one computer systems. That Scanner automatically lost driver which installed by bundle packed driver CD as like as HP Printer. That driver CD created a shortcut named 'HP Director'(Please refer following screen shot) on Desktop of machine which didn't work after successfully installation. The 'HP Director' is so important for specialize scan like documents, and create a pdf format. After multiple tried I found driver patch from HP website. You can download same from following link.

>>> Download HP Scanjet 2400 driver here <<<

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