Disable the Windows XP Startup Screen

If you want to see what goes behind the Windows Startup Screen, you have to disable the Windows boot screen.

Right click “My Computer”. Select “Properties”. Select the “Advanced” tab. In the “Startup and Recovery” section, click “Settings”. In the “System Startup” section, click Edit to open the boot.ini file in Notepad. You will see a line that looks similar to the one below:

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional"
/fastdetect

To disable the Startup Screen, change the line as below:

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional"
/fastdetect /sos.

Note that there is a space between 'fastdetect' and '/sos'.
Close Notepad, click Yes when Notepad asks if you want to save your changes. Exit System Properties. Reboot computer and the Startup Screen will be gone.

How to Block Website without any Software

Trick to block website without any software.

Block website without any Software

Go to C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc
Find the File named "HOSTS"
Open the said file with the help of Notepad
Under "127.0.0.1 localhost" just add the site you want to block

e.g.
0.0.0.0 www.orkut.com
0.0.0.0 www.google.com

Save the file & exit notepad. (Some antivirus may prompt you the changes, simple allow the changes to take effect.)

Now both website are blocked at all. Just add anyother website you want to block

e. g.

127.0.0.1 localhost
0.0.0.0 www.orkut.com
0.0.0.0 www.google.com
0.0.0.0 www.yahoo.com