How To Enable Hibernation

Under Windows 98, Me, or 2000 there was an option in the shutdown dialog box to enter the computer into hibernation (where all the content of the RAM is copied to the hard disk). The shutdown dialog box of Windows XP doesn't offer any longer the hibernation button. Some users may get confused about how to enable the hibernation mode. If this mode is supported by your motherboard (ACPI) you have to do the following:

1. Click Start and Shut Down,
2. Point the standby button and maintain the shift key pushed,
3. A new hibernation button appears: click it while still holding the shift key: voila your PC will hibernate.

Microsoft Office 2007 filename extensions

Word 2007 File Type Extension


• docx - Word 2007 XML Document

• docm - Word 2007 XML Macro-Enabled Document

• dotx - Word 2007 XML Template

• dotm - Word 2007 XML Macro-Enabled Template

Excel 2007 File Type Extension

• xlsx - Excel 2007 XML Workbook


• xlsm - Excel 2007 XML Macro-Enabled Workbook

• xltx - Excel 2007 XML Template

• xltm - Excel 2007 XML Macro-Enabled Template

• xlsb - Excel 2007 binary workbook (BIFF12)
• xlam - Excel 2007 XML Macro-Enabled Add-In

PowerPoint 2007 File Type Extension

• pptx - PowerPoint 2007 XML Presentation

• pptm - PowerPoint 2007 Macro-Enabled XML Presentation

• potx - PowerPoint 2007 XML Template

• potm - PowerPoint 2007 Macro-Enabled XML Template

• ppam - PowerPoint 2007 Macro-Enabled XML Add-In

• ppsx - PowerPoint 2007 XML Show

• ppsm - PowerPoint 2007 Macro-Enabled XML Show

Access 2007 File Type Extension


Access 2007 introduces a few new file extensions

• ACCDB The file extension for the new Office Access 2007 file format. This takes the place of the MDB file extension.

• ACCDE The file extension for Office Access 2007 files that are in "execute only" mode. ACCDE files have all Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) source code hidden. A user of an ACCDE file can only execute VBA code, but not view or modify it. ACCDE takes the place of the MDE file extension.


• ACCDT The file extension for Access Database Templates.

• ACCDR is a new file extension that enables you to open a database in runtime mode. By simply changing a database's file extension from .accdb to .accdr, you can create a "locked-down" version of your Office Access 2007 database. You can change the file extension back to .accdb to restore full functionality.



.sldx = Slide .sldm = Macro-enabled slide .thmx = Office theme

Restricting Logon Access

If you work in a multiuser computing environment, and you have full (administrator level) access to your computer, you might want to restrict unauthorized access to your "sensitive" files under Windows 95/98.
One way is to disable the Cancel button in the Logon dialog box.
Just run Regedit and go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Network/Logon
Create the "Logon" subkey if it is not present on your machine: highlight the Network key -> right-click in the left hand Regedit pane -> select New -> Key -> name it "Logon" (no quotes) -> press Enter. Then add/modify a DWORD value and call it "MustBeValidated" (don't type the quotes). Double-click it, check the Decimal box and type 1 for value.
Now click the Start button -> Shut Down (Log off UserName) -> Log on as a different user, and you'll notice that the Logon Cancel button has been disabled.

Search For Hidden Or System Files In Windows XP

The Search companion in Windows XP searches for hidden and system files differently than in earlier versions of Windows. This guide describes how to search for hidden or system files in Windows XP.
Search for Hidden or System Files By default, the Search companion does not search for hidden or system files. Because of this, you may be unable to find files, even though they exist on the drive.
To search for hidden or system files in Windows XP:
Click Start, click Search, click All files and folders, and then click More advanced options.

Click to select the Search system folders and Search hidden files and folders check boxes.
NOTE: You do not need to configure your computer to show hidden files in the Folder Options dialog box in Windows Explorer to find files with either the hidden or system attributes, but you need to configure your computer not to hide protected operating system files to find files with both the hidden and system attributes. Search Companion shares the Hide protected operating system files option (which hides files with both the system and hidden attributes) with the Folder Options dialog box Windows Explorer.

Add Open With to all files

You can add "Open With..." to the Right click context menu of all files.This is great for when you have several programs you want to open the same file types with. I use three different text editors so I added it to the ".txt" key.

1. Open RegEdit
2. Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\Shell
3. Add a new Key named "OpenWith" by right clicking the "Shell" Key and selecting new
4. Set the (Default) to "Op&en With..."
5. Add a new Key named "Command" by right clicking the "OpenWith" Key and selecting new
6. Set the (Default) to "C:\Windows\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL %1", C:\ being your Windows drive. You must enter the "OpenAs_RunDLL %1" exactly this way.

Turn off Welcome screen

Open User Accounts in Control Panel.
Click Change the way users log on or off

XP Computer management console

To quickly access the computer management console, where you can see event logs (to see what's causing a problem, for example), right-click My Computer and choose Manage.
Then, select the Event viewer and double-click highlighted events in the Applications or System areas to view detailed explanations of what went wrong.