Getting Linux to run on a USB Drive may easily seem to be an overwhelming process, but we put together a very simple guide that an absolute novice could follow.

We successfully installed a distribution of Damn Small Linux on a Lexar 512mb Secure Disk USB 2.0 Jump Drive and it worked quickly and flawlessly. There’s no guarantee that every USB Drive will boot Linux using this method (for example, the new Imation 256mb Wristband Drives would not work properly), but we feel a vast majority will work fine.

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Ever wonder what everyone else is doing on their User Accounts on Windows XP but can’t get in to find out. Try This:

1) Select Run from the start menu and type control userpasswords2, this will open the user

accounts application.

2) On the Users tab, Uncheck the box for Users Must Enter A User Name And Password To Use

This
Computer, and Click OK.

3) An Automatic Log On dialog box will appear. Enter the User Name and Password for the account you want to use.

Note:
I have not tried this on networks just my computer but next time you are at work give it a shot. Also, I’m not sure if this will work on a secure network, like in an office environment because most people do not have Administrator privileges.

I think we have all done this before; turned off the computer, went and got a shower (in severe cases went to bed) only to come back to the machine later on and it still was shutting down. Now, if you are like me then you never want to turn off your computer because it takes too long to turn off and too long to turn on. AltHack’s shutdown tweak guide will show you what to do to shut down smooth and fast, just like when you first got it.

Step 1 Backing up the Reg.

Before we do anything, we need to back up the registry because we are going to be mucking around in there and if something does go wrong we can just double-click on our back up and everthing will hopefully be better again. First thing we need to do is to click on start, click on run, then type “regedit”, without the “”.This will bring up the registry editor.

Next,click on the file menu and click export. I would name this regbackup, or my favorite doomsday device and save it to a nice secure place, where you will know where it is at, (mine is on my second hard drive in my computer). NOW REMEMBER, IF YOU EVER SCREW UP YOUR REGISTRY JUST DOUBLE CLICK ON THIS AND IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY REPLACE THE CURRENT ONE THAT HAS BEEN ALTERED.

Step 2 Making the Device shutdown faster

Open your regedit, please refer to step one if you have forgotten how to do this. Next go get a drink, ahh much better i say, ahhh ADD kicking in. Sorry, now Next find the following key, (it is just like a folder system so this should not be too hard) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control

Next click on the control folder. Now right-click “WaitToKillServiceTimeout”, (if you can’t find it, it is on the right side last one in the list, look at the above picture)
In the value data box enter a lower number, something around 1000 or so.

Reboot the computer and voila, you are finished and ready to shutdown faster.