Secrets about WINXP

Speed up your browsing of Windows 2000 & XP machines:

Here's a great tip to speed up your browsing of Windows XP machines. Its actually a fix to a bug installed as default in Windows 2000 that scans shared files for Scheduled Tasks. And it turns out that you can experience a delay as long as 30 seconds when you try to view shared files across a network because Windows 2000 is using the extra time to search the remote computer for any Scheduled Tasks. Note that though the fix is originally intended for only those affected, Windows 2000 users will experience that the actual browsing speed of both the Internet & Windows Explorers improve significantly after applying it since it doesn't search for Scheduled Tasks anymore. Here's how :

Open up the Registry and go to :

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Explorer/RemoteComputer/NameSpace

Under that branch, select the key :

{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}

and delete it.

This is key that instructs Windows to search for Scheduled Tasks. If you like you may want to export the exact branch so that you can restore the key if necessary.

This fix is so effective that it doesn't require a reboot and you can almost immediately determine yourself how much it speeds up your browsing processes.
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What is the difference between Home and Professional editions:

The features of Windows XP Home and Pro are very similar. Most home users have no need to the Professional version. Windows XP Pro has support for multiple processors and an encrypted file system.
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How to create a boot disk:

This is quite simple.
1: Go into MY COMPUTER
2: Have a floppy disk in your drive and then RIGHT click on on the floppy drive and then click on FORMAT
3: You will be greeted with a number of options. The one you need to select is "Create an MS-DOS start up disk".
4: Click ok



Note: This requires up to 5 floppy disks and DOES NOT contain ANY CD-ROM drivers to boot from. A proper CD-ROM boot up disk is going to be release by Microsoft after the Windows XP public release. You can however use you old Windows Me start-up disk if you would prefer, as long as you have not upgraded to an NTFS drive.
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Adjust various visual effects:

1. Open up the control panel
2. Go under system and click on the advanced tab
3. Click settings under Performance options
4. You can now change various graphical effects (mainly animations and shadows)
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"STOP” ERROR MESSAGES AT SHUTDOWN:

Some users have gotten an error message similar to the following when attempting either to shutdown or restart Win XP:

STOP 0000009F, DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE
STOP 0x0000001E: KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
STOP 0x000000D1: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

TechNet and the Microsoft Knowledge Base have numerous articles discussing this type of error condition; for example, these. As a review of these articles will show, these are commonly device driver problems, but may also be caused by troublesome software (such as the notorious CrashGuard), or a problem in a system service. MSKB article Q262575 discusses a shutdown problem of this type, known to exist in Windows 2000 due to a resource (IRQ) conflict, if you have PACE Interlok anti-piracy software installed. This problem may occur in Windows XP as well.
Microsoft advises the following as one approach to these problems: Restart the computer. Press F8 during the restart and select “Last Known Good Configuration.” If you catch the problem when it first occurs (meaning you likely have installed only one or two drivers or new service), this will return you to a previous working condition. (Would System Restore accomplish the same thing? I don’t know, and don’t have a broken system to test it on.)

Microsoft reported similarly that these STOP code error message occur when Windows XP is trying to shut down devices. He says that he has seen this twice: once with Logitech Quickcam installed (with an unsupported driver), and once with a USB DSL modem that would hang if it wasn’t disconnected before shutdown.

SHUTDOWN WORKS, BUT IT’S REAL SLOW.

If it appears that Win XP is not shutting down, give it some time. Some users have reported a minute or longer for shutdown to visibly start. Thus far, it appears that this is a consequence of software that is running when shutdown is attempted, and it also may have something to do with particular hardware. If you are experiencing this problem, be sure to close all running programs before attempting shutdown and see if this solves your problem. If so, then you can determine, by trial and error, which program(s) are involved.
One specific solution for this was provided by Microsoft support. ” In Control Panel | Administrative Tools | Services. (You can also get this by launching SERVICES.MSC from a Run box. This utility is also built into the Computer Management console.) Stop the Nvidia Driver Helper service. Many other friends quickly confirmed that this solved this “extremely slow shutdown” problem for them.

POWERDOWN ISSUES.

“Powerdown issues” are quite distinctive from “shutdown issues.” I define a shutdown problem as one wherein Windows doesn’t make it at least to the “OK to shut off your computer” screen. If Windows gets that far, or farther, then it has shut down correctly. However, the computer may not powerdown correctly after that. This is a different problem, and I encourage that people reporting these issues to make a very clear distinction in their labeling.

When Windows XP won’t powerdown automatically, the APM/NT Legacy Power Node may not be enabled. To enable this, right-click on the My Computer icon, click Properties | Hardware | Device Manager | View. Check the box labeled “Show Hidden Devices.” If it’s available on your computer, there will be a red X on the APM/NT Legacy Node. Try enabling it and see if this resolves the powerdown problem.

This should resolve the powerdown issue in most cases. However, other factors can sometimes interfere with correct powerdown functioning. In that case, consider the following tips:
· If you are changing the default power settings in the BIOS, it can lead to a powerdown problem. Restoring all BIOS power settings to default will likely fix it.

OTHER KNOWN ISSUES & HINTS.

· BIOS UPGRADE.
As with every new operating system that comes along - especially one that is as much of a “step up” as Windows XP is from Windows 9x - the recommendation is made to be sure your BIOS is updated. Many people have reported that this has solved their shutdown problems (and had other advantages) with Win XP, just as it has in earlier versions of Windows.
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Make XP boot even Faster:

Microsoft has chosen a completely different path for XP and it's boot features by trying to incorporate as much support for newer fastboot BIOSes that are on most current motherboards. They built XP in such a way as to make it able to take advantage of features in these new BIOSes, and one of the coolest things is a small application called bootvis. bootvis.

Bootvis watches everything that loads at boot time, from the moment the OS begins to load just after POST (Power On Self-Test) to the moment you get to a usable Desktop. Some programs, most notably Norton AntiVirus 2002, suck up valuable seconds before you can actually DO anything even though you're at the Desktop. bootvis generates a trace file that you load and can then "see" a visual representation of what's happening. Every file, driver, hard drive read/write, etc., is recorded. You can then use bootvis to optimize the loading of files during the boot sequence. bootvis will rearrange the ways these very files are stored on the hard drive, thereby improving the boot time dramatically.
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Speed Up Browsing:

When you connect to a web site your computer sends information back and forth. Some of this information deals with resolving the site name to an IP address, the stuff that TCP/IP really deals with, not words. This is DNS information and is used so that you will not need to ask for the site location each and every time you visit the site. Although Windows XP and Windows XP have a pretty efficient DNS cache, you can increase its overall performance by increasing its size. You can do this with the registry entries below:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache\Parameters]
"CacheHashTableBucketSize"=dword:00000001
"CacheHashTableSize"=dword:00000180
"MaxCacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000fa00
"MaxSOACacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000012d

Make a new text file and rename it to dnscache.reg. Then copy and paste the above into it and save it. Merge it into the registry.
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Make Web Pages Available for Offline Viewing:

With Internet Explorer 6 in Windows XP, you can make a Web page available offline and view it when your computer is not connected to the Internet—for example on your laptop during a flight. This feature is also handy for viewing Web pages at home without tying up a phone line if you have a dial–up Internet connection.

To make the current Web page available offline

On the Favorites menu, click Add to Favorites.

Select the Make available offline check box.

To specify a schedule for updating that page, and how much content to download, click Customize.

Follow the instructions on your screen.
To make an existing favorite item available offline

On the Favorites menu, click Organize Favorites.

Click the page you want to make available offline.

Select the Make available offline check box.

To specify a schedule for updating that page, and how much content to download, click Properties.
To view Web pages without being connected to the Internet

After you mark your favorite pages for viewing offline, you can view them offline by following these steps

Before you disconnect from the Internet, on the Tools menu, click Synchronize.

When you're ready to work offline, on the File menu, click Work Offline. Internet Explorer will always start in Offline mode until you click Work Offline again to clear the check mark.

In your Favorites list, click the item you want to view.
You can also make Web pages available offline without adding them to your Favorites list, by saving the pages on your computer.

Follow these steps

On the File menu, click Save As.

Double–click the folder you want to save the page in.

In the File name box, type a name for the page.

In the Save as type box, select a file type.

Do one of the following:

To save all of the files needed to display this page, including graphics, frames, and style sheets, click Web Page, complete. This option saves each file in its original format.

To save all of the information needed to display this page in a single MIME–encoded file, click Web Archive. This option saves a snapshot of the current Web page. This option is available only if you have installed Outlook Express 5 or later. When you choose Web Page, complete, only the current page is saved. With Web Page, complete and Web Archive, you can view all of the Web page offline, without adding the page to your Favorites list and marking it for offline viewing.

To save just the current HTML page, click Web Page, HTML only. This option saves the information on the Web page, but it does not save the graphics, sounds, or other files.

To save just the text from the current Web page, click Text Only. This option saves the information on the Web page in straight text format.
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-Use Offline Files When You're off the Network:

Offline Files in Windows XP Professional can help you be more productive. You can use this feature on a portable computer, or on a desktop computer that occasionally connects to your workplace network. For example, this feature is useful if you are working at home on a desktop computer, and need to automatically get files off the network whenever you connect.

The files that you select are automatically downloaded from shared folders on the network and stored on your computer. When you disconnect, the files are available to use. When you reconnect to the network, your changes are added to the files on the network in a process called synchronization. If someone else on the network made changes to the same file, you can save your version, keep the other version, or save both.

To set up your computer to use offline files

1. Open My Computer. (Click Start, and then click My Computer.)

2. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options.

3. On the Offline Files tab, make sure that the Enable Offline Files check box is selected as shown below.

4. Select Synchronize all offline files before logging off to get a full synchronization. Leave it unselected for a quick synchronization. A full synchronization ensures that you have the most current version of every shared network file that you work with offline. A quick synchronization ensures that you have complete versions of your offline files, although they may not be the most current versions. You might select a quick synchronization if you are the only person working on a file or if you do not need the most current version of a file.

If you want to control which offline files are synchronized, when they are synchronized, and whether Windows prompts you before synchronizing your files, you can use Synchronization Manager.
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To make a file or folder available to you offline:

After you set up your computer to use offline files, you need to make shared network files available to you offline.
1. Open My Computer. (Click Start, and then click My Computer.)

2. Double–click a network drive to view its contents. If My Computer does not contain links to any network drives, you need to assign a drive letter to a shared network resource.

3. Click the shared network file or folder that you want to make available offline.

4. On the File menu, click Make Available Offline. This option appears on the File menu only after you set up your computer to use offline files as described above.

5. To make a network file or folder unavailable offline, right–click the item, and click Make Available Offline again to clear the check mark.

To view a list of all of the shared network files that are available offline

1. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options.
2. On the Offline Files tab, click View Files.

20 things you dont know about windows xp

20 things you didn't know about Windows XP


You've read the reviews and digested the key feature enhancements and operational changes. Now it's time to delve a bit deeper and uncover some of Windows XP's secrets.

1. It boasts how long it can stay up. Whereas previous versions of Windows were coy about how long they went between boots, XP is positively proud of its stamina. Go to the Command Prompt in the Accessories menu from the All Programs start button option, and then type 'systeminfo'. The computer will produce a lot of useful info, including the uptime. If you want to keep these, type 'systeminfo > info.txt'. This creates a file called info.txt you can look at later with Notepad. (Professional Edition only).

2. You can delete files immediately, without having them move to the Recycle Bin first. Go to the Start menu, select Run... and type 'gpedit.msc'; then select User Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, Windows Explorer and find the Do not move deleted files to the Recycle Bin setting. Set it. Poking around in gpedit will reveal a great many interface and system options, but take care -- some may stop your computer behaving as you wish. (Professional Edition only).

3. You can lock your XP workstation with two clicks of the mouse. Create a new shortcut on your desktop using a right mouse click, and enter 'rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation' in the location field. Give the shortcut a name you like. That's it -- just double click on it and your computer will be locked. And if that's not easy enough, Windows key + L will do the same.

4. XP hides some system software you might want to remove, such as Windows Messenger, but you can tickle it and make it disgorge everything. Using Notepad or Edit, edit the text file /windows/inf/sysoc.inf, search for the word 'hide' and remove it. You can then go to the Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel, select Add/Remove Windows Components and there will be your prey, exposed and vulnerable.

5. For those skilled in the art of DOS batch files, XP has a number of interesting new commands. These include 'eventcreate' and 'eventtriggers' for creating and watching system events, 'typeperf' for monitoring performance of various subsystems, and 'schtasks' for handling scheduled tasks. As usual, typing the command name followed by /? will give a list of options -- they're all far too baroque to go into here.

6. XP has IP version 6 support -- the next generation of IP. Unfortunately this is more than your ISP has, so you can only experiment with this on your LAN. Type 'ipv6 install' into Run... (it's OK, it won't ruin your existing network setup) and then 'ipv6 /?' at the command line to find out more. If you don't know what IPv6 is, don't worry and don't bother.

7. You can at last get rid of tasks on the computer from the command line by using 'taskkill /pid' and the task number, or just 'tskill' and the process number. Find that out by typing 'tasklist', which will also tell you a lot about what's going on in your system.

8. XP will treat Zip files like folders, which is nice if you've got a fast machine. On slower machines, you can make XP leave zip files well alone by typing 'regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll' at the command line. If you change your mind later, you can put things back as they were by typing 'regsvr32 zipfldr.dll'.

9. XP has ClearType -- Microsoft's anti-aliasing font display technology -- but doesn't have it enabled by default. It's well worth trying, especially if you were there for DOS and all those years of staring at a screen have given you the eyes of an astigmatic bat. To enable ClearType, right click on the desktop, select Properties, Appearance, Effects, select ClearType from the second drop-down menu and enable the selection. Expect best results on laptop displays. If you want to use ClearType on the Welcome login screen as well, set the registry entry HKEY_USERS/.DEFAULT/Control Panel/Desktop/FontSmoothingType to 2.

10. You can use Remote Assistance to help a friend who's using network address translation (NAT) on a home network, but not automatically. Get your pal to email you a Remote Assistance invitation and edit the file. Under the RCTICKET attribute will be a NAT IP address, like 192.168.1.10. Replace this with your chum's real IP address -- they can find this out by going to www.whatismyip.com -- and get them to make sure that they've got port 3389 open on their firewall and forwarded to the errant computer.

11. You can run a program as a different user without logging out and back in again. Right click the icon, select Run As... and enter the user name and password you want to use. This only applies for that run. The trick is particularly useful if you need to have administrative permissions to install a program, which many require. Note that you can have some fun by running programs multiple times on the same system as different users, but this can have unforeseen effects.

12. Windows XP can be very insistent about you checking for auto updates, registering a Passport, using Windows Messenger and so on. After a while, the nagging goes away, but if you feel you might slip the bonds of sanity before that point, run Regedit, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Explorer/Advanced and create a DWORD value called EnableBalloonTips with a value of 0.

13. You can start up without needing to enter a user name or password. Select Run... from the start menu and type 'control userpasswords2', which will open the user accounts application. On the Users tab, clear the box for Users Must Enter A User Name And Password To Use This Computer, and click on OK. An Automatically Log On dialog box will appear; enter the user name and password for the account you want to use.

14. Internet Explorer 6 will automatically delete temporary files, but only if you tell it to. Start the browser, select Tools / Internet Options... and Advanced, go down to the Security area and check the box to Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed.

15. XP comes with a free Network Activity Light, just in case you can't see the LEDs twinkle on your network card. Right click on My Network Places on the desktop, then select Properties. Right click on the description for your LAN or dial-up connection, select Properties, then check the Show icon in notification area when connected box. You'll now see a tiny network icon on the right of your task bar that glimmers nicely during network traffic.

16. The Start Menu can be leisurely when it decides to appear, but you can speed things along by changing the registry entry HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/Desktop/MenuShowDelay from the default 400 to something a little snappier. Like 0.

17. You can rename loads of files at once in Windows Explorer. Highlight a set of files in a window, then right click on one and rename it. All the other files will be renamed to that name, with individual numbers in brackets to distinguish them. Also, in a folder you can arrange icons in alphabetised groups by View, Arrange Icon By... Show In Groups.

18. Windows Media Player will display the cover art for albums as it plays the tracks -- if it found the picture on the Internet when you copied the tracks from the CD. If it didn't, or if you have lots of pre-WMP music files, you can put your own copy of the cover art in the same directory as the tracks. Just call it folder.jpg and Windows Media Player will pick it up and display it.

19. Windows key + Break brings up the System Properties dialogue box; Windows key + D brings up the desktop; Windows key + Tab moves through the taskbar buttons.

20. The next release of Windows XP, codenamed Longhorn, is due out late next year or early 2003 and won't be much to write home about. The next big release is codenamed Blackcomb and will be out in 2003/2004.

Gwyneth Paltrow waiting her third child

Gwyneth Paltrow was admitted to the hospital because she is expecting her third child, according to reports.

The star spent Monday night at New York's Mount Sinai Hospital, where she underwent treatment for an unknown ailment.

But the New York Daily News claims Paltrow was taken to the hospital by her husband, Chris Martin, because she is pregnant.

A source tells the publication they saw the couple in the maternity wing of the hospital, adding, "They looked very serious.

"She looked upset. They went right past everyone and into the elevator. It seemed like they were expected."

However, Paltrow's spokesman Stephen Huvane speculation about a troubled pregnancy is "guesswork at best."

He adds, "This is a private matter not for public consumption."

The couple already has two children--Apple, 3, and 1-year-old Moses.

Britney Spears celebrating with Paparazzi' s photographer

Spears tried to make peace with her army of paparazzi followers on Saturday when she invited a small group of snappers into her Los Angeles home to party with her.

Four photographers were arrested and charged with reckless driving in Los Angeles on Wednesday evening after a high-speed car chase in pursuit of Spears.

And the troubled singer felt so bad for the snappers, she decided to make it up to them over the weekend.

According to many sources, the pop star picked out photographer Filipe Teixeira from the crowd and asked him to join her in her Mercedes-Benz so that she could personally apologize for Wednesday's events.

Spears invited Teixeira, who was one of the four men arrested by Los Angeles police, to follow her back to her mansion, where they drank champagne and partied with two of the other snappers for four hours, according to various Internet reports.

And Spears had a special interest in Teixeira--he is alleged to have first introduced the singer to her paparazzo boyfriend, Adnan Ghalib. Ghalib spent the weekend in Santa Barbara after attending a family funeral, and did not join the late-night party.

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You might argue that hiring a web designer might be costly most of the time. Analyzing at this issue thoroughly, prices can be either low or high looking at the different ways how the services are delivered. For example, hiring a web designer to deliver a full webdesign solution from scratch to completion, is definitely more costly compared to a web designer providing ready made quality web templates.

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10 steps to make your computer faster without upgrading

1. Empty the Temp directory regularly. After a short while, the temp directory fills up with hundreds of temp files that always get scanned over when Windows starts up and when programs launch. This slows everything down immensely.

Rule of thumb for Temp Files: If you don’t have any programs open (and nothing minimized in the bar below), then you shouldn’t have ANY temp files in your temp directory. If you do, delete them.

To delete Temp files, make sure NO programs are open, and…

a. In Windows 95, 98 or Me, go to C:WindowsTemp and delete everything inside the Temp folder.

b. In Windows 2000 or XP, it is a little trickier. First, make sure that you can see hidden folders. Double-click My Computer. Click on the Tools pull-down menu, and then on Folder Options. Click on the View tab. Scroll down and click on Show Hidden Files and Folders. Click Ok. Now you can go to the C:Documents and SettingsAdministratorLocal SettingsTemp folder. Delete everything here.

2. Empty the Temporary Internet Files regularly. To empty Temporary Internet Files, go to your Control Panel and double-click the Internet Options icon. Choose to Delete Cookies, and to Delete Files. This will clear all of your Temporary Internet Files.

3. Check your hard disks for problems.

a. For Windows 95, 98, or Me, double-click My Computer. Right-click the C-drive and click on Properties. Click on the Tools tab and choose to check the computer for problems. If you choose to do a Thorough Scan, this will do the hardware check for physical disk damage or sector damage. Choose to fix any errors it finds.

b. For Windows 2000 and XP, double-click My Computer. Right-click the C-drive and click Properties. Click on the Tools tab and choose to check the computer for problems. Click on Check Now. You will then have two check boxes. The top option is for the file check, and the second option is for the hardware (physical disk) check. Check either one, or both. At least check the top one. Hit ok, and reboot. This may take some time, but let it run.

4. An even more thorough disk check, would be to use a 3rd party utility. One of my favorites is TuneUp Utilities 2004. It does cost $39.99, but they do offer a FREE download trial of 15 days. This program does a really good job of fixing software and physical hard drive problems. It also tunes up your system for increased speed, and streamlines your operating system for peak performance. Download it HERE... http://www.lapeertechgroup.com/downloads.asp

5. Or, you can do a few of the performance tweaks yourself, if you have Windows XP. By default, EVERYTHING is turned on in Windows XP. It isn’t very streamlined for performance, but rather for appearance. You can turn off a few of the unnecessary features, and Windows will still work just fine, and maybe a little faster.

To do this, right-click on My Computer and click on Properties. Click on the Advanced tab. Under the Performance section, click on the Settings button. On the Visual Effects tab, you will see a list of check boxes. By default, these are all on. You really don’t need any of them for Windows to run. Go through the check boxes one by one, and determine which ones you can and can’t live without.

6. Turn off Active Desktop. Active Desktop turns your desktop into a web page, and allows you to have things like a real-time calendar, and up-to-the-minute weather or stocks. These are nice, but really slow down your computer. And even if you don’t use Active Desktop for anything, just having it active can cause a performance decrease. Turn it off.

a. In Windows 95, 98 and Me, right-click on the desktop and in the pop-up menu, choose Active Desktop. Inside that option, uncheck Active Desktop. If there is no check next to it, then it isn’t on. Don’t choose it. Instead, just click the desktop again to get out of the menu.

b. In Windows 2000, right-click on the desktop and in the pop-up menu, choose Active Desktop. Inside that option, uncheck Show Web Content. Again, if there is no check next to it, then it is not on. Do not check it.

c. In Windows XP, right-click on the desktop and in the pop-up menu, choose Properties. On the Desktop tab, choose Customize Desktop. Now, on the Web tab, make sure that there are no websites chosen here. If there aren’t any, then Active Desktop is not on. Cancel and go back to the desktop.

7. Install and run a good AntiVirus program to keep out viruses that can take over your system. One of my favorites is AVG. It is not only a really good AntiVirus program, but it is also FREE! If you don’t have any AntiVirus software on your computer, get AVG AntiVirus NOW by downloading HERE... http://www.lapeertechgroup.com/downloads.asp

8. Get rid of Spyware. A lot of computer users have Spyware and don’t even know they have it, much less how to get rid of it. If your computer has been taking you to websites that you don’t want to go to, or if you get pop-ups when you aren’t even on the Internet, or if your computer has been running extremely slowly lately, for no reason, you probably have Spyware.

On all of the computers that I setup, I install two different AntiSpyware programs: AdAware SE and SpyBot. These two programs are highly recommended by TechTV (G4) and other computer authorities (including my own research on Spyware) and work very well together. They compliment each other and catch Spyware that the other misses, but together, do a very good job.

Get SpyBot HERE... http://www.lapeertechgroup.com/downloads.asp. Download all updates and run the Immunize option a couple of times.

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In some cases, when the Spyware has become too entwined into your system, even a computer repair technician can’t get rid of the Spyware. At this point, it is better to just backup only what you need and have the operating system reinstalled. Believe me, when your computer gets to this point, you don’t want to just put a “band-aid” on it. Just start from scratch with a clean system. It’s the best way to go.

9. Streamline MSCONFIG. One thing that really causes a HUGE performance decrease is to have unnecessary programs running in the background. Some of these programs can be seen in your System Tray (located next to the clock). These are tiny programs that are robbing you of memory and processing power. Some of them you need, while most you don’t. Some of the programs you DON’T need are printer icons, CD burning icons, shortcuts to programs (such as video settings), AOL, any Instant Messaging Programs, etc. Just because these programs aren’t always running, doesn’t mean that you still can’t print, burn CDs or Instant Message. They can all be run from a shortcut.

You can use a utility, called MSCONFIG, to turn OFF unnecessary Start Up items.

a. In Windows 98, Me, and XP, click on StartRun and type msconfig. Click on the Startup tab. This is a list of everything that is running in the background, some of which show up in the System Tray. Now, be careful, some of these you do need. Some items to keep are Ctfmon.exe (XP), Scan Registry (Win98, Me), Task Monitor (Win98, Me), System Tray (Win98, Me), LoadPowerProfile (Win98, Me), Rundll.32, any AntiVirus programs (such as McAfee, Norton, or AVG). Others, you can uncheck, such as NeroCheck, ypager, qttask, AOL, and any other Instant Messaging programs, or printing programs. Remember, if something doesn’t work, because you turned it off, it can always be turned back on. You just have to reboot every time you make a change here. But, as you uncheck the unnecessary programs that run in the background, you will see that Windows loads much faster, that there are less icons in the System Tray, and that your system is much more “snappy” and quick to respond.

b. In Windows 2000, MSCONFIG wasn’t supplied. You actually have to download and run an MSCONFIG utility. Download the MSCONFIG utility HERE... http://www.perfectdrivers.com/howto/msconfig.html.

After you reboot, you will have a window that says that the configuration utility was edited. Just check not to show that in the future, a check box at the bottom. This just means that there was a change made to the MSCONFIG.

10. Defragment your hard drives. NOTE: to efficiently defragment a hard drive, it likes to have 25% free space. It can still do the defragmentation with only 15% free space, but it takes quite a bit longer. If you can, delete any unnecessary files before deframenting your drives.

a. To defragment your hard drives (in any Windows operating system), double-click on My Computer. Right-click on the c-drive and click on Properties. Click on the Tools tab and choose the bottom button, to Defragment Now…

Good luck. I hope this article has helped you. If you live in the Lapeer County, MI area, and would like a Professional professionally TuneUp your computer(s) in your home or business, please contact Lapeer Tech Group at (810) 793-1093, or visit our website at www.LapeerTechGroup.com

473 things to do when u r bored

1. - Wax the ceiling
2. - Rearrange political campaign signs
3. - Sharpen your teeth
4. - Play Houdini with one of your siblings
5. - Braid your dog's hair
6. - Clean and polish your belly button
7. - Water your dog...see if he grows
8. - Wash a tree
9. - Knight yourself
10. - Name your child Edsel
11. - Scare Stephen King
12. - Give your cat a mohawk
13. - Purr
14. - Mow your carpet
15. - Play Pat Boone records backwards
16. - Vacuum your lawn
17. - Sleep on a bed of nails
18. - DON'T toss and turn
19. - Boil ice cream
20. - Run around in squares
21. - Think of quadruple entendres
22. - Speak in acronyms
23. - Have your pillow X-rayed
24. - Drink straight shots...of water
25. - Calmly have a nervous breakdown
26. - Give your goldfish a perm
27. - Fly a brick
28. - Play tag...on West 35th Street
29. - Exorcise a ghost
30. - Exercise a ghost
31. - Be blue
32. - Be red
33. - But don't be orange
34. - Plant a shoe
35. - Sweat
36. - Give a Rorschach test to your gerbil
37. - Turn
38. - Write a letter to Plato
39. - Mail it
40. - Take your sofa for a walk
41. - Start
42. - Stop
43. - Dial 911 and breathe heavily
44. - Go to a funeral...tell jokes
45. - Play the piano...with mittens on
46. - Scheme
47. - Sit
48. - Stay
49. - Water your family room
50. - Cause a power failure
51. - Roll over
52. - Play dead
53. - Find a witch
54. - Burn her
55. - Donate your brother's body to science
56. - Ask why
57. - Wriggle
58. - Regress
59. - Sleepwalk without sleeping
60. - Try to join Hell's Angels by mail
61. - Wonder
62. - Be a square root
63. - Ask stupid questions
64. - Weld your car doors shut
65. - Spew
66. - Vacation at Three-Mile Island
67. - Surf Ohio
68. - Teach your pet rock to play dead
69. - Go bowling for small game
70. - Be a monk...for a day
71. - Wear a sweatband to your wedding
72. - Staple
73. - Run away
74. - Intimidate a piece of chalk
75. - Abuse the plumbing
76. - Bend a florescent light
77. - Bend a brick
78. - Annoy total strangers
79. - Let the best man win
80. - Believe in Santa Claus
81. - Throw marshmallows against the wall
82. - Hold an ice cube as long as possible
83. - Adopt strange mannerisms
84. - Blow up a balloon until it pops
85. - Sing soft and sweet and clear
86. - Sing loud and sour and gravely
87. - Open everything
88. - Balance a pencil on your nose
89. - Pour milk in your shoes
90. - Write graffiti under the rug
91. - Embarrass yourself
92. - Grind your teeth
93. - Chew ice
94. - Count your belly button
95. - Sit in a row
96. - Stack crumbs
97. - Gesture
98. - Save your toenail clippings
99. - Make a pass at your blender
100. - Punt
101. - Make up words that start with X
102. - Make oatmeal in the bathtub
103. - Search for the Lost Chord
104. - Chew on a sofa cushion
105. - Sing a duet
106. - Balance a pillow on your head
107. - Hold your breath
108. - Faint
109. - Stretch
110. - Flash your mailman
111. - Teach your TA English
112. - Learn to speak Farsi
113. - Swear in Russian
114. - Use an eraser until it goes away
115. - Disassemble your car
116. - Put it together inside out
117. - Record your walls
118. - Interview your feet
119. - Make a list of your favorite fungi
120. - Sell formaldehyde
121. - Repeat
122. - Ad lib
123. - Fade
124. - File your teeth
125. - Whine
126. - Rake your carpet
127. - Re-elect Richard Nixon
128. - Critique "Three's Company"
129. - Listen to a painting
130. - Play with matches
131. - Buff your cat
132. - Race ferrets
133. - Paint your house...Day-Glow Orange
134. - Have a formal dinner at White Castle
135. - Read Homer in the original Greek
136. - Learn Greek
137. - Change your mind
138. - Change it back
139. - Watch the sun...see if it moves
140. - Build a pyramid
141. - Stand on your head
142. - Stand on someone else's head
143. - Spit shine your Nikes
144. - See how long you can stay awake
145. - See how long you can sleep
146. - Paint your teeth
147. - Wear a salad
148. - Speak with a forked tongue
149. - Paint stripes on a lake
150. - Ski Kansas
151. - Sleep in freefall
152. - Kill a Joule
153. - Test thin ice...with a pogo stick
154. - Apply for a unicorn hunting license
155. - Do a good job
156. - Crawl
157. - Invite the Mansons over for dinner
158. - Paint your windows
159. - Watch a watch until it stops
160. - Flash your goldfish
161. - Paint
162. - Flirt with an evergreen
163. - Smile
164. - Rotate your garden...daily
165. - Paint a smile
166. - Shoot a fire hydrant
167. - Apologize to it
168. - Pretend you're blind
169. - Annoy yourself
170. - Get mad at yourself
171. - Stop speaking to yourself
172. - Be a side effect
173. - Ride a bicycle...up Mt. McKinley
174. - Duck
175. - Redecorate...your garage
176. - Develop a complex
177. - Join the Army...be someone simple
178. - Try harder
179. - Hit the deck
180. - Put leg-warmers on your furniture
181. - Cut the deck
182. - Crumple
183. - Translate Shakespeare into English
184. - Skydive to church
185. - Cheer up a potato
186. - Do aerobic exercises...in your head
187. - Play cards with your swimming pool
188. - Pinstripe your driveway
189. - Play Kick the Fire Hydrant
190. - Harness chipmunk power
191. - Build a house with ice cubes
192. - Call London for a cab
193. - Mug a stop sign
194. - Change your name...daily
195. - Go for a walk in your attic
196. - Challenge your neighbor to a duel
197. - Build a house out of toothpicks
198. - Howl
199. - Wear a lampshade on your head
200. - Memorize the dictionary
201. - Stomp grapes in the bathtub
202. - Find a bug and chase it
203. - Make yourself a pair of wings
204. - Be immobile
205. - Dance 'til you drop
206. - Check under chairs for chewing gum
207. - Squish a loaf of bread
208. - Moo
209. - Bounce a potato
210. - Outmaneuver your shadow
211. - Climb the walls
212. - Appreciate everything
213. - Challenge yourself to a duel
214. - Make napalm
215. - Tattoo your dresser
216. - Watch a bowling ball
217. - Buy some diapers
218. - Eat everything
219. - Begin
220. - Pour milk in the sink
221. - Make cottage cheese
222. - Tie-dye your sheets
223. - Carpet your ceiling
224. - Hold your earlobes
225. - Fold your earlobes
226. - Flap
227. - Squawk
228. - Read tea leaves
229. - Analyze the Koran
230. - Be Buddha
231. - Award yourself a Nobel Peace Prize
232. - Plug in the cat
233. - Turn on everything
234. - Drop pebbles down the chimney
235. - Turn off your neighbor
236. - Kill a plant
237. - Buy a 1931 Almanac
238. - Memorize the weather section
239. - Think lewd thoughts about yourself
240. - Blow bubbles
241. - Send chills down your spine
242. - Peel grapes
243. - Make paper from the skins
244. - Bloat
245. - Catch them with your radiator
246. - Get run over by a train of thought
247. - Make up famous sayings
248. - Bite your pinkie
249. - Get your dog braces
250. - Shave a shrub
251. - Have a proton fight
252. - Watch a car rust
253. - Quiver
254. - Rotate your carpet
255. - Learn to type...with your toes
256. - Set up your Christmas tree in April
257. - Be someone special
258. - Buy the Brooklyn Bridge
259. - Mail it to a friend
260. - Go back to square one
261. - Factor your social security number
262. - Take the fifth
263. - Memorize a series of random numbers
264. - Read the 1962 Des Moines white pages
265. - Join the Foreign Legion
266. - Learn Sanskrit
267. - Exist...existentially, of course
268. - Print counterfeit Confederate money
269. - Kick a cabbage
270. - Take a picture
271. - Put it back
272. - Sandpaper a mushroom
273. - Play solitaire...for cash
274. - Abuse your patio furniture
275. - Run for Pope
276. - Count to a million...fast
277. - Make a schematic drawing...of a rock
278. - Commit seppuku...with a paper knife
279. - Revert
280. - Think shallow thoughts
281. - Starch your shoes
282. - Polish your Calvin's
283. - Contemplate a cockroach
284. - Get a dog to chase your car
285. - Let him catch it
286. - Investigate the Czar
287. - Form a political party
288. - Climb a sidewalk
289. - Have a political party
290. - Get diagonal...with a good friend
291. - Ride a loaf of bread
292. - Sharpen a carrot
293. - Interrogate a gerbil
294. - Go bow hunting for Toyotas
295. - Kidnap Cabbage Patch Kids
296. - Jump back
297. - Play to lose
298. - Scalp a street light
299. - Have your car painted...plaid
300. - Read a tomato
301. - Sharpen your sleeping skills
302. - Watch a game show...take notes
303. - Put out a fire
304. - If you can't find a fire, make one
305. - Interview a cloud
306. - Play tiddlywinks...go for blood
307. - Play basketball...in a minefield
308. - Don't talk to things
309. - Draw Lewis structures on your ceiling
310. - Have your cat bronzed
311. - Have your gerbil gilded
312. - Write books about writing books
313. - Create random equations
314. - Mispell words
315. - Tell your feet a joke
316. - Throw a tomato into a fan
317. - Sing the ABC song backwards
318. - Pretend you're a dog
319. - Dial-a-prayer and argue with it
320. - Grease the doorknobs
321. - String up a room
322. - Stack furniture
323. - Relive fond memories
324. - Tie your shoelaces together
325. - Gargle
326. - Count your teeth with your tongue
327. - Decay
328. - Find your half-life
329. - Design a better toilet seat
330. - Shred a newspaper
331. - Have a headache
332. - Scratch
333. - Sniff
334. - Hatch an egg
335. - Play air guitar
336. - Act profound
337. - Spill
338. - Spell
339. - Stare
340. - Truncate
341. - Slouch
342. - Develop hearing problems
343. - Put your feet behind your head
344. - Tie bows in everything
345. - Hold your hand
346. - Watch the minute hand move
347. - Grow your fingernails
348. - Pretend you're a telephone
349. - Ring
350. - Radiate
351. - Skip
352. - Play hopscotch...with real scotch
353. - Clock the velocity of your REMs
354. - Put your shoes on the opposite feet
355. - Cross your toes
356. - Roll your tongue
357. - Crystallize
358. - Baby oil the floor
359. - Hide
360. - Attack innocent bunnies
361. - Declare war
362. - Destroy a tree
363. - Hide the scrabble bag
364. - Seduce your stick shift
365. - Wink
366. - Memorize the periodic table
367. - Mummify
368. - Pretend you're a roadie
369. - Buy a Ginsu knife
370. - Collect electrons
371. - Correct typos that aren't there
372. - Polish your neck...use Pledge
373. - Recopy the Bible substituting your name for God
374. - Loosen the lug nuts on your dad's new car
375. - Drop your cat off the roof to see if it lands on all four feet
376. - Count the bags under Walter Mondale's eyes
377. - Unscrew all the lightbulbs and rearrange the furniture
378. - Found the Jim Jones School of Bartending
379. - Listen for non-satanic messages (i.e. "Drink milk")
380. - Dress like Motley Crue...surprise your grandmother
381. - Dial-a-Prayer and tell them they're wrong
382. - Go into a bar and ask for a Molotov Cocktail
383. - Learn everything there is to know about the Holy Roman Empire
384. - Make a drive-in window at your local bank where there wasn't one before
385. - Walk on water...but don't get caught
386. - Confess to a crime...that didn't happen
387. - Be in the wrong place at the right time
388. - Plot the overthrow of your local School Board
389. - Request covert assistance from the CIA
390. - Discover the source of the Mississippi
391. - Search for buried treasure...in Nebraska
392. - Hot wax the bottom of your brother's dress shoes
393. - Preach the philosophy of Marx...Groucho, that is
394. - Drink as much prune juice as you can
395. - Write a book about your previous life
396. - Serve ping-pong balls...as hors d'oeuvres
397. - Jump up and down...on your alarm clock
398. - Make a quilt out of used cocktail napkins
399. - Sterilize your stereo...with Jack Daniels
400. - Carve you and your girlfriend's initials...in a marshmallow
401. - Drive the speed limit...in your garage
402. - Sing the national anthem...during your calculus final
403. - Wear a three-piece suit...in a sauna
404. - Pay off the national debt...with a bad check
405. - Go to a cemetary and verbally abuse dead people
406. - Give yourself a hernia...for Christmas
407. - Defend your neighborhood from roving Mongol hordes
408. - Recite romantic poetry...to your toaster
409. - See if you really can build a nuclear device in your own basement
410. - Go to McDonald's and pretend you can't speak English
411. - Write to your congressmen, senators, President, etc. to tell them what a good
412. - job they're doing...On April 1st
413. - Find the heat capacity of your chemistry professor
414. - Take apart all your major kitchen appliances...mix and match them
415. - Turn your TV picture tube upside down
416. - Phone in a death threat on President Kennedy
417. - Put lighted EXIT signs on all your closets
418. - Carry a tune...drop it, see if it breaks
419. - Be planar...but don't tell your parents
420. - Play hockey with your little cousin...as the puck
421. - Make a deal with the devil...but keep your fingers crossed
422. - Put instant concrete in your big brother's waterbed
423. - Give a lecture on the historical significance of cream cheese
424. - Debate politics with a fern
425. - See how small you can scrunch your face
426. - Sell firewood door to door...in Atlantis
427. - Found the TLO (Toledo Liberation Organization)
428. - Play nuclear chicken with a small third world nation
429. - Raise professional certified racing turnips
430. - Give your grandmother a raise and another day of paid vacation
431. - Lead an aerobics class...for patients of the I.C.U.
432. - Go to a drive-in movie in a tank
433. - Go to a non-drive-in movie in a tank and drive in anyway
434. - Send President Reagan an alarm clock...wind it up first
435. - Found a cockroach stable and stud ranch
436. - Send your goldfish to obedience school
437. - Free the oppressed toasters of America
438. - Weave a tablecloth out of copper tubing
439. - Give your cat a suntan...in the microwave
440. - Park your car...with a friend
441. - Park your car...with a group of friends
442. - Frame your first statement of bankruptcy
443. - Place it on the wall of your office
444. - Solve the population problem (x^2 + y^2 = population...solve for x)
445. - Contribute to the population problem
446. - Wear a T-shirt that says "I'll walk on you to see The Who" and a peace sign
447. - Practice the Aztec method of heart removal on your professor
448. - Find out who made the super glue commercials and give them your Ginsu knife
449. - Get Ronco and K-tel to merge...they sell the same stuff anyway
450. - Sneak into a nuclear physics lab and stay the night
451. - Play with anything that looks interesting
452. - Drop piston engines on two people and see who squishes first
453. - See if your goldfish can live in Coors rather than water
454. - Try to ignite water...the Mississippi might work
455. - Draw Venn diagrams...screw them up
456. - State fallacies as fact (like, "peanuts grow on bushes")
457. - Visit the Architecture building...loudly criticize its design
458. - Make a schematic drawing...of a rock
459. - Wallpaper your laundry room...with pages from books you don't like
460. - See if diamonds really do cut glass...on everything in your neighbor's house
461. - Tenderize your tongue...chew on it for a while
462. - See how long you can stare at a fluorescent light...try green
463. - Bronze your sister's turtle
464. - See how long it takes for her to notice
465. - See what she does when she notices
466. - Bronze your sister- If you lose, stop watering it and try again.
467. - Increase your territorial holdings by force
468. - Find out how many ways there really are to skin a cat
469. - Boldly go where no man has gone before
470. - Be a threat to the American way of life
471. - Do research into the cause of World War III
472. - Be a threat to the Northwestern Tibetan way of life
473. - Re-establish the Roman Empire...in Pittsburgh

too many LOVE QUOTES

Seduce my mind and you can have my body,
Find my soul and I'm yours forever.
~ by Anonymous ~

So dear I love him that with him,
All deaths I could endure.
Without him, live no life.
~ by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet ~

Love is like a friendship caught on fire.
In the beginning a flame, very pretty,
Often hot and fierce,
But still only light and flickering.
As love grows older,
Our hearts mature
And our love becomes as coals,
Deep-burning and unquenchable.
~ by Bruce Lee ~

I have loved to the point of madness;
That which is called madness,
That which to me,
Is the only sensible way to love.
~ by F. Sagan ~

She walks in beauty,
Like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes.
~ by Byron ~

Your voice makes me tremble inside
And your smile is an invitation
For my imagination to go wild.
~ by Anonymous ~

One word frees us
Of all the weight and pain in life,
That word is Love
~ by Socrates ~

I have learned not to worry about love;
But to honor its coming with all my heart.
~ by Alice Walker ~

To love a person is to learn the song
That is in their heart,
And to sing it to them
When they have forgotten.
~ by Anonymous ~

Did my heart love till now?
Forswear it sight,
For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.
~ Romeo, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare ~

No man is truly married
until he understands
every word his wife is NOT saying.
~ by Unknown ~

You will never know true happiness
until you have truly loved,
and you will never understand
what pain really is
until you have lost it.
~ by Anonymous ~

To live is like to love -
all reason is against it,
and all healthy instinct for it.
~ by Samuel Butler, Life and love ~

....A simple I love you means more than money....
~ by Frank Sinatra ~

True love cannot be found where it truly does not exist,
Nor can it be hidden where it truly does.
~ by Anonymous ~

Love: a temporary insanity, curable by marriage...
~ by Ambrose Bierce ~

To be in love is merely to be
In a state of perpetual anesthesia:
To mistake an ordinary young man for a Greek god
Or an ordinary young woman for a goddess.
~ by H.L. Mencken ~

Life without love is like a tree
Without blossom and fruit.
~ by Khalil Gibra ~

I love thee, I love but thee
With a love that shall not die
Till the sun grows cold
And the stars grow old.
~ by Willam Shakespeare ~

Love is like war,
Easy to begin but hard to end.
~ by Anonymous ~

Love is a many splendid thing. Love lifts us up where we belong. All you need is love!

~ from the movie Moulin Rouge ~

Other men said they have seen angels,
But I have seen thee
And thou art enough.
~ by G. Moore ~

I would fly you to the moon and back if you'll be . . . if you'll be my baby.
~ From a song by Savage Garden ~

I love you - those three words have my life in them.
~ by Alexandrea to Nicholas III ~

What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
~ by Ralph Waldo Emerson ~

I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for their religion -
I have shudder'd at it.
I shudder no more.
I could be martyr'd for my religion
Love is my religion
And I could die for that.
I could die for you.
~ by John Keats ~

I'd like to run away
From you,
But if you didn't come
And find me ...
I would die.
~ by Shirley Bassey ~

When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out.
~ by Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973) ~

The greatest thing you'll ever learn
Is to love and be loved in return.
~ From "Unforgettable with Love" by Natalie Cole

Soul meets soul on lover's lips.
~ by Percy Bysshe Shelly ~

I have found men who didn't know how to kiss.
I've always found time to teach them.
~ by Mae West ~

The most precious possession that ever comes
To a man in this world
Is a woman's heart.
~ by Josiah G. Holland ~

And think not you can
Direct the course of love,
For love,
If it finds you worthy,
Directs your course.
~ by Gibran Kahlil Gibran ~

Love is a wonderful thing.
You never have to take it away
From one person to give it to another.
There's always more than enough to go around.
~ by Pamela de Roy ~

Love asks me no questions,
And gives me endless support...
~ by William Shakespeare ~

A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature
To stop speech when words become superfluous.
~ by Ingrid Bergman ~

Love is like a rumor,
Everyone talks about it,
But no one truly knows.
~ by Anonymous ~

Love is like swallowing hot chocolate
Before it has cooled off.
It takes you by surprise at first,
But keeps you warm for a long time.
~ by Anonymous ~

My love for you is a journey;
Starting at forever,
And ending at never.
~ by Anonymous ~

Love is a haunting melody
That I have never mastered
And I fear I never will.
~ by William S. Burroughs ~

A fool in love makes no sense to me.
I only think you are a fool
If you do not love.
~ by Anonymous ~

Once in awhile,
Right in the middle of an ordinary life,
Love gives us a fairy tale.
~ by Anonymous ~

True poets don't write
Their thoughts with a pen...
They release the ink that flows
From within their heart.
~ by Anonymous ~

The only things in life you regret,
Are the risks that you didn't take.
~ by Anonymous ~

You love simply because you cannot help it.
~ by Kim Anderson ~

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.
~ by Hubert Humprey ~

Hearts are not to be had as a gift
earts are to be earned...
~ by William Butler Yeats ~

True love doesn't have a happy ending:
True love doesn't have an ending.
~ by Anonymous ~

You don't love a woman because she's beautiful,
She is beautiful because you love her.
~ by Anonymous ~

Love is not a matter of counting the years...
But making the years count.
~ by Michelle St. Amand ~

Only love let's us see normal things
In an extraordinary way.
~ by Anonymous ~

A heart that loves is always young.
~ by A Greek Proverb ~

To get the full value of joy
You must have someone to divide it with.
~ by Mark Twain ~

Love doesn't sit there like a stone.
It has to be made like bread;
Remade all the time,
...Made new.
~ by Le Guin ~

My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as deep;
The more I give to thee
The more I have,
For both are infinite.
~ by William Shakespeare ~

Love is that condition in which
The happiness of another person
Is essential to your own.
~ by Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land ~

I only wish to be the fountain of love
From which you drink,
Every drop promising eternal passion.
~ by Unknown Author ~

If I know what love is,
It is because of you.
~ by Herman Hesse ~

You may only be one person to the world
But you may also be the world to one person.
~ by Anonymous ~

A part of you has grown in me.
And so you see, it's you and me
Together forever and never apart,
Maybe in distance, but never in heart.
~ by Anonymous ~

Age does not protect us from love,
But love to some extent protects us from age.
~ by Anonymous ~

You can give without loving,
But you cannot love without giving.
~ by Amy Carmichael ~

There are no guarantees.
From the viewpoint of fear,
None are strong enough.
From the viewpoint of love,
None are necessary.
~ by Anonymous ~

To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven.
~ by Karen Sunde ~

Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself
But if your love and must needs have desires,
Let these be your desires:

To melt and be like a running brook

That sings its melody to the night.

To know the pain of too much tenderness.

To be wounded by your own understanding of love;

And to bleed willingly and joyfully.

To wake at dawn with a winged heart

And give thanks for another day of loving;

To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy;

To return home at eventide with gratitude;

And then to sleep with a prayer

For the beloved in your heart

And a song of praise upon your lips.
~ by Gibran Kahlil Gibran ~

Husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it .. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.
~ by The Holy Bible, New International Version Ephesians 5:25-33 ~

Love doesn't make the world go round,
Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
~ by Elizabeth Browning ~

Love me without fear
Trust me without questioning
Need me without demanding
Want me without restrictions
Accept me without change
Desire me without inhibitions
For a love so free....
Will never fly away.
~ by Dick Sutphen ~

Love is a burning desire,
That makes your heart light on fire,
Love is being with you,
Someone saying I love you too,
Love is your tender kiss,
Something you don't want to miss,
Love is you and me,
And that is all I see.
~ by Anonymous ~

If I go away
What would still remain of me?
The ghost within your eyes?
The whisper in your sighs?
You see...Believe
And I'm always there.
~ by Jon Oliva ~

The greatest weakness of most humans
Is their hesitancy to tell others,
How much they love them
While they're alive.
~ by O.A. Battista ~

short romantic poem

Say You Love Me

Love in my heart is

as sweet as the rose

'twas you from the start

everyone knows.


Stay with me in sunshine

stay with me in rain

my world's dark without you

I cannot explain.


You are the obsession

that captures my brain

speak softly my darling

say you love me again.

another romantic poem

Book of Love

This book of love is yours,

take it and be glad,
and before you sleep tonight,
think of all the joys we shared.
Please always hold a place for me
within your memory,
forever to recall the eventide,
the moonlight,
the hours we spent together
when our love was all.

Your winsome charming ways
they captivated me,
in days of long ago
when I fell in love with thee.
O take this book of love
forever to recall the hinterland,
the river, the crystal waterfall,
the hours we spent together
when our love was all.

My heart is yours alone,
take it! Don't feel sad
and before you sleep tonight
remember love is never dead,
this book of love is yours
keep it, read it on a rainy day,
forever to recall
the hours we spent together
when our love was all.

another sweet poem

ANGEL OF MY LIFE

I love you so much that words can't explain

this joy that I have for you.

When I am at the weakest point of my life
you are there encouraging me to run this race
because I am not only cause you are there with me.

You are on my mind day and night.

When we are apart I picture you gracious smile and gentle hug.

I can let my feelings out to you and won't regret it
because no matter what is you are always on my side.

I thank God for sending me someone like you who is precious and loving.

So I can truly say that you are the Angel of My Life!

great poem

ALL I SEE IS YOU

I remember us,

the way we used to be,
I'd hold you in my arms,
your smile so sweet to me,

But now when I see you,
you look right through me,
I feel so alone now,
but when I close my eyes...

...All I see is you.

The love we used to share,
gone up in whirl winds,
will I ever love,
or ever live again,

I am tired of crying,
and I am done trying,
To remember all about you,
but when I close my eyes...

...All I see is you.

All the love I am sending,
the memories I won't sell,
I know there must be an ending,
to the story I will tell,

I dream only of your love,
and happiness in life,
I try not to think of you,
but when I close my eyes...

..All I see is you.

romantic poem

ALL I CAN'T SAY

There are so many words I cannot say,
when I look into your eyes.
I want to be able to tell you one day,
but I'm left speechless every time that I try.

You must have stumbled across the key,
and discovered so much more.
You found a hidden place in me,
you found my heart and opened the door.
And I cried in pain
of losing my dear friend.

Will it ever be the same again?
If it passes will it be the end?
I realized it was worth so much,
as I lie in bed that night.
So I allowed my soul to be touched,
without even putting up a fight.
Are my eyes deceiving me,
when I see you standing there?
Are you playing games,
just to prove I care?

You speak my name in a prelude,
in a reference to love,
with such loving attitude,
as if it were a message from above.
With the palms of your hands
pressed firmly against mine,
a white doves lands,
and the sun begins to shine.

Someday I will see,
though that day has not come yet.
You'll say you love me,
but will you ever forget?
If that happens and my spirit dies,
if my emotions drop,
will you want to hold me when I cry?
Or will the love just suddenly stop?
We can't expect to fall in love and never cry.

You'll stay and play your part,
but after the beauty starts to die,
will your footprints still be on my heart?
Though it would be hard to say goodbye,
your friend I'll always be,
as long as we always try,
to keep the friendship between you and me.

The letter I will not send
will casually inquire,
how could you have brought it to an end?
I was your one desire.
After this life is over,
you'll be one person I know I'll miss.

It'll be too late to start over, and so I leave you with this...
I'll hold you for a lifetime,
if you'll just hold my hand.
We could have a wonderful time,
in the days we have not yet planned.

poem for a cute girl

A CUTE POEM FOR A CUTE GIRL

You changed my world with a blink of an eye
That is something that I can not deny
You put my soul from worst to best
That is why I treasure you my dearest Marites

You just don't know what you have done for me
You even pushed me to the best that I can be
You really are an angel sent from above
To take care of me and shower with love

When I'm with you I will not cry even a single a tear
And your touch have chased away all of my fear
You have given me a life that I could live worthwhile
It is even better everytime you smile

It so magical those things you've made
To bring back my faith that almost fade
Now my life is a dream come true
It all began when I was loved by you

Now I have found what I am looking for
It's you and your love and nothing more
Co'z you have given me this feeling of contentment
In my life something I've never felt

I wish I could talk 'til the end of day
But now I'm running out of things to say
So I'll end by the line you already know
"I LOVE YOU" more than what I could show

poem for lovers

A Blue Star In Your Eye

On the wings of an eagle,

My love for you flies.
Soaring higher and higher,
And touching the skies.

I reached up above,
And pulled a star from the sky.
To place it within,
Your precious minds eye.

To dwell there forever,
As my love for you.
On the wings of our love,
Enduring and true.

I honor you my darling,
With all that I am.
Please darling please,
Will you be my man?

There are so many things,
My heart wants to say.
I love you sweetheart,
There is no other way.

Lyrics of few song for Barbara Streisand

Tell Him - Barbra Streisand

I'm scared
So afraid to show I care
Will he think me weak
If I tremble when I speak
Oooh
What if
There's another one he's thinking of
Maybe he's in love
I'd feel like a fool
Life can be so cruel
I don't know what to do

I've been there
With my heart out in my hand
But what you must understand
You can't let the chance
To love him pass you by

Tell him
Tell him that the sun and moon
Rise in his eyes
Reach out to him
And whisper
Tender words so soft and sweet
Hold him close to feel his heart beat
Love will be the gift you give yourself

Touch him (Oooh)
With the gentleness you feel inside (I feel it)
Your love can't be denied
The truth will set you free
You'll have what's meant to be
All in time you'll see

Oooh
I love him (Then show him)
Of that much I can be sure (Hold him close to you)
I don't think I could endure
If I let him walk away
When I have so much to say

Tell him
Tell him that the sun and moon
Rise in his eyes
Reach out to him
And whisper
Tender words so soft and sweet
Hold him close to feel his heart beat
Love will be the gift you give yourself

Love is light that surely glows
In the hearts of those who know
It's a steady flame that grows
Feed the fire with all the passion you can show
Tonight love will assume its place
This memory time cannot erase
Your faith will lead love where it has to go

Tell him
Tell him that the sun and moon
Rise in his eyes
Reach out to him
And whisper
Whisper words so soft and sweet
Hold him close to feel his heart beat
Love will be the gift you give yourself

Oooh
Never let him go.
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Close To You - Barbra Streisand

Why do birds suddenly appear
Every time you are near
Just like me
They long to be
Close to you
Why do stars fall down from the sky
Every time you walk by
Just like me
They long to be
Close to you

On the day that you were born
The angels got together and
Decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moondust in your hair
And golden starlight in your eyes of blue

That is why all the girls in town
Follow you all around
Just like me
They long to be
Close to you

That is why all the girls in town
Follow you all around
Just like me
They long to be
Close to you

Just like me
Close to you
They want to be
Close to you
Just like me
Close to you
Just like me
Close to you
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Evergreen (barbara streisand)

Love, soft as an easy chair,
love, fresh as the morning air.
One love that is shared by two,
I have found with you.
Like a rose under the April snow
I was always certain love would grow.
Love, ageless and evergreen
seldom seen by two.
You and I will make each night a first
every day a beginning.
Spirits rise and their dance is unrehearsed
they warm and excite us
cause we have the brightest love,
two lights that shine as one.
Morning glory and the midnight sun.
Time, we've learned to sail above,
time can't change the meaning of
one love ageless and ever, evergreen.
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Memory - Barbra Streisand

Midnight
Not a sound from the pavement
Has the moon lost her memory
She is smiling alone
In the lamplight
The withered leaves collect at my feet
And the wind begins to moan
Memory
All alone in the moonlight
I can smile happy your days
( I can dream of the old days)
Life was beautiful then
I remember the time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again
Every street lamp seems to beat
A fatalistic warning
Someone mutters and the street lamp gutters
And soon it will be morning
Daylight
I must wait for the sunrise
I must think of a new life
And I mustn’t give in
When the dawn comes
Tonight will be a memory too
And a new day will begin

Burnt out ends of smoky days
The still cold smell of morning
A street lamp dies ,another night is over
Another day is dawning
Touch me,
It is so easy to leave me
All alone with the memory
Of my days in the sun
If you touch me,
You’ll understand what happiness is
Look, a new day has begun.
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I FINALLY FOUND SOMEONE (Barbra Streisand & Bryan Adams)

I finally found someone, that knocks me off my feet
I finally found the one, that makes me feel complete
We started over coffee, we started out as friends
It's funny how from simple things, the best things begin

This time it's different, dah dah dah dah
It's all because of you, dah dah dah dah
It's better than it's ever been
'Cause we can talk it through
Oohh, my favorite line was "Can I call you sometime?"
It's all you had to say to take my breath away

(Chorus)
This is it, oh, I finally found someone
Someone to share my life
I finally found the one, to be with every night
'Cause whatever I do, it's just got to be you
My life has just begun
I finally found someone, ooh, someone
I finally found someone, oooh

Did I keep you waiting, I didn't mind
I apologize, baby, that's fine
I would wait forever just to know you were mine
And I love your hair, sure it looks fine
I love what you wear, isn't it the time?
You're exceptional, I can't wait for the rest of my life

(Repeat Chorus)

Whatever I do, it's just got to be you
My life has just begun
I finally found someone
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Lyrics of few songs for Shakira

WHENEVER, WHEREVER (Shakira)

Lucky you were born that far away so
We could both make fun of distance
Luck that I love a foreign land for
The lucky fact of your existance

Baby I would climb the Andes solely
To count the freckles on your body
Never could imagine there were only
Ten Million ways to love somebody

Le do le le le le, Le do le le le le
Can't you see
I'm at your feet

Whenever, wherever
We're meant to be together
I'll be there and you'll be near
And that's the deal my dear

Thereover, hereunder
You'll never have to wonder
We can always play by ear
But that's the deal my dear

Lucky that my lips not only mumble
They spill kisses like a fountain
Lucky that my breasts are small and humble
So you don't confuse them with mountains
Lucky I have strong legs like my mother
To run for cover when I need it
And these two eyes that for no other
The day you leave will cry a river

Le do le le le le, Le do le le le le
Can't you see
I'm at your feet

Whenever, wherever
We're meant to be together
I'll be there and you'll be near
And that's the deal my dear

Thereover, hereunder
You'll never have to wonder
We can always play by ear
But that's the deal my dear

Le do le le le le, Le do le le le le
Think out loud
Say it again

Le do le le le le
Tell me one more time
That you'll live
Lost in my eyes

Whenever, wherever
We're meant to be together
I'll be there and you'll be near
And that's the deal my dear

Thereover, hereunder
You've got me head over heals
There's nothing left to fear
If you really feel the way I feel
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THE ONE (Shakira)

So I find a reason to shave my legs
Each single morning
So I count on someone on Friday nights
To take me dancing again
To church on Sundays
To plant more trees
And someday think of kids
Or maybe just save a little money

[Chorus:]
You're the one I need
The way back home is always long
But if you're close to me I'm holding on
You're the one I need
My real life has just begun
Cause there's nothing like your smile made of sun

In the world full of strangers
You're the one I know

So I learned to cook and finally lose
My kitchen phobia
And so I got the arms to cuddle in
When there's a ghost or a news
That brings insomnia
To buy more thongs
To write more happy songs
It always takes a little help from someone

[Chorus 2X]

You're the one I need
You're the one I need

Youre my (??) real life has just begun

You're the one I need
You're the one I need

Nothing like your smile made of sun

Nothing like your love
Nothing like your love
Nothing like your love
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UNDERNEATH YOUR CLOTHES (Shakira)

You're a song
Written by the hands of god
Don't get me wrong cause
This might sound to you a bit odd
But you own the place
Where all my thoughts go hiding
And right under your clothes
Is where I find them

Underneath Your Clothes
There's an endless story
There's the man I chose
There's my territory
And all the things I deserve
For being such a good girl honey

Because of you
I forgot the smart ways to lie
Because of you
I'm running out of reasons to cry
When the friends are gone
When the party's over
We will still belong to each other

Underneath Your Clothes
There's an endless story
There's the man I chose
There's my territory
And all the things I deserve
For being such a good girl honey

I love you more than all that's on the planet
Movin' talkin' walkin' breathing
You know it's true
Oh baby it's so funny
You almost don't believe it
As every voice is hanging from the silence
Lamps are hanging from the ceiling
Like a lady tied to her manners
I'm tied up to this feeling

Underneath Your Clothes
There's an endless story
There's the man I chose
There's my territory
And all the things I deserve
For being such a good girl honey
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lyrics of few song for Mariah Carey

ALL IN YOUR MIND (Mariah Carey)

Come closer
You seem so far away
There's something
I know you need to say
I feel your emotions
When I look in your eyes

Your silence
Whispering misunderstandings
There's so much
You need to realize
You'll feel my emotions
If you look in my eyes

(Chorus:)
Hey, darlin'
I know you think my love is slipping away
But, baby, it's all in your mind
Don't worry
Hold on tight and hear me when I say
Baby, it's all in your mind

Believe me
I believe in you
There's nothing
This feeling couldn't do
Move closer, my darling
Feel the love in my eyes

(Repeat chorus)
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ALL I’VE EVER WANTED (Mariah Carey)

If you only knew
What I feel for you
If you only lived for me
The way I live for you
I’d be in heaven
My dreams would come true

‘Cause all I’ve ever wanted
Is you
And you alone
And I love you so
More than you could ever know
All I’ve ever wanted
Is you

If you were my own
To caress and hold
I would shower you with love
And drown within your soul
Because I live and breathe for you
And I really need to know

That all I’ve ever wanted
Is you
And you alone
And I love you so
More than you could ever know
All I’ve ever wanted
Is you

Everything I do is for you
You are every part of me
And I don’t want to face
Another day
Alone
Without your love

‘Cause all I’ve ever wanted
Is you
And you alone
And I love you so
More than you could ever know
All I’ve ever wanted
Is you
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BUTTERFLY (Mariah Carey)

When you love someone so deeply
They become your life
It’s easy to succumb to overwhelming fears inside
Blindly I imaged I could
Keep you under glass
Now I understand to hold you
I must open up my hands
And watch you rise

Spread your wings and prepare to fly
For you have become a butterfly
Fly abandonedly into the sun
If you should return to me
We truly were meant to be
So spread your wings and fly
Butterfly

I have learned that beauty
Has to flourish in the light
Wild horses run unbridled
Or their spirit dies
You have given me the courage
To be all that I can
And truly feel your heart will
Lead you back to me when you’re
Ready to land

Spread your wings and prepare to fly
For you have become a butterfly
Fly abandonedly into the sun
If you should return to me
We truly were meant to be
So spread your wings and fly
Butterfly

I can’t pretend these tears
Aren’t over flowing steadily
I can’t prevent this hurt from
Almost overtaking me
But I will stand and say goodbye
For you’ll never be mine
Until you know the way it feels to fly

Spread your wings and prepare to fly
For you have become a butterfly
Fly abandonedly into the sun
If you should return to me
We truly were meant to be
So spread your wings and fly
Butterfly

Spread your wings and prepare to fly
For you have become a butterfly
Fly abandonedly into the sun
If you should return to me
We truly were meant to be
So spread your wings and fly
Butterfly
So flutter through the sky
Butterfly
Fly
Spread your wings and fly
Butterfly
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ALL MY LIFE (Mariah Carey)

I’ve been waiting for someone to come into my life
Who would bring me joy and give me pleasure
I have taken chances on romances once or twice
And I found that in my heart it’s you I treasure

You and only you can make me feel the way I do
You and only you can make it better
You and only you can do the freaky things you do
And I’m so into you and that’s forever and ever

All my life
My love’s been waiting for you
All my life
My heart’s been waiting too

All my life…

I’ve been wishing on a star
I’ve been praying on my knees
I’ve got some sly and sexy tricks to show you
Most of all I’ll give you anything boy that you need
To keep you right here by my side
I know you
I’ll show you

You and only you can make me feel the way I do
You and only you can make it better
You and only you can do the freaky things you do
And I’m so into you and that’s forever and ever

All my life
My love’s been waiting for you
All my life
My heart’s been waiting too
Don’t you know I need you
And adore you
All my life I’ll give to only you
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HERO (Mariah Carey)

There's a hero
If you look inside your heart
You don't have to be afraid
Of what you are
There's an answer
If you reach into your soul
And the sorrow that you know
Will melt away

And then a hero comes along
With the strength to carry on
And you cast your fears aside
And you know you can survive
So when you feel like hope is gone
Look inside you and be strong
And you'll finally see the truth
That a hero lies in you

It's a long road
When you face the world alone
No one reaches out a hand
For you to hold
You can find love
If you search within yourself
And the emptiness you felt
Will disappear

And then a hero comes along
With the strength to carry on
And you cast your fears aside
And you know you can survive
So when you feel like hope is gone
Look inside you and be strong
And you'll finally see the truth
That a hero lies in you

Lord knows
Dreams are hard to follow
But don't let anyone
Tear them away
Hold on
There will be tomorrow
In time
You'll find the way

And then a hero comes along
With the strength to carry on
And you cast your fears aside
And you know you can survive
So when you feel like hope is gone
Look inside you and be strong
And you'll finally see the truth
That a hero lies in you
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