A Thoughtful Story

This is a very wonderful story from which i have learned very much...

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was. So the professor then picked up a box of small pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous "Yes." The professor then produced two cans of beer from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.

"Now", said the professor, as the laughter subsided, "I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things - your family, your children, your health, your friends, your favorite passions - things that, if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, your car.

The sand is everything else - the small stuff. If you put the sand into the jar first" he continued, "there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out to dinner. There will always be time to clean the house, and fix the rubbish. Take care of the golf balls first, the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand".

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the beer represented. The professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked. It just goes to show you that, no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of beers".

How to enable/disable Task Manager

Task Manager is a very useful utility for system administrators and users alike. This utility can be used to monitor system's performance, view running processes (with detailed information on resource utilization and performance of each process). Task Manager can be started by pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL or CTRL+ALT+ESC or by right-clicking on an empty area of the taskbar and selecting Task Manager from the drop-down menu. It can also be used to terminate running processes or change their priority. Several new features have been added in the Task Manager in Windows Vista. A services tab has been added from which system services can be started, stopped or disabled. Also, you can create a dump for any individual process for debugging purposes. Now, process executable properties can be viewed directly by right-clicking the process and selecting properties.

Task Manager may be disabled by malicious software, or viruses. If it is disabled, you will get a message that "Task Manager

There are different ways for enabling or disabling windows task manager:

1. Save the following code in a text file and name it "Enable Task Manager.reg". Double-click the file and select yes when prompted and Task Manager will be enabled. You can also right-click the file and select Merge.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"DisableTaskMgr"=dword:00000000

   
   To disable the task manager, simply change the dword value to 1.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"DisableTaskMgr"=dword:00000001

   
2. It can also be enabled or disabled using the Group Policy editor. Click Start Menu and select Run... Type "gpedit.msc" (without the quotes) in the Run dialog box and press Enter. When the Group Policy Editor opens, Go to User Configuration --> Administrative Templates --> System --> Ctrl+Alt+Del Options. Now in the right pane, double-click "Remove Task Manager". In the dialog box that opens,
   
   
   • Select Disabled - To enable Task Manager.
   • Select Enabled - To disable Task Manager.
     
   Choose OK and close the Group Policy Editor.
   
3. This is the simplest way to enable or disable Task Manager. Open Command Prompt and run this code or save it in a batch file and double-click the batch file to execute it.
   
   • To enable Task Manager.
REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

   • To disable Task Manager.
REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

     

You may have to restart the system after performing any of these steps for the result.

How to enable/disable Registry Editor

This hack will allow you to enable or disable the registry editor. If registry editing is disabled by malware or by administrator, you can use this tweak to regain registry access. Also you can disable registry editing if you don't want to allow anyone to perform any changes to the registry, especially in a public computer like in a cybercafe.
There are three possible ways to do this:

1. First of all open notepad or a text editor of your choice. Then copy the following text into it and save it as "Enable Regedit.reg". Double-click the file and select yes when prompted and Registry Editor will be enabled. You can also right-click the file and select "Merge".
   
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"DisableRegistryTools"=dword:00000000

   
   To disable the registry editor just change the dword value to 1. Or you can create another file and name it as "Disable Regedit.reg". Here is the code:
   
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"DisableRegistryTools"=dword:00000001

   
2. This method is possible only if Group Policy Editor is enabled. Click Start Menu and select Run... Type "gpedit.msc" (without the quotes) in the Run dialog box and press Enter. When the Group Policy Editor opens, Go to User Configuration --> Administrative Templates --> System. Now in the right pane, double-click "Prevent Access to Registry Editing Tools". In the dialog box that opens,
   • Select Disable - To Enable Registry Editor.
   • Select Enable - To Disable Registry Editor.
   Choose OK, close the Group Policy Editor and Restart the computer.
   
   
3. This method is the easiest, click Start Menu, select Run. In the Run dialog box, type the following code and press enter.
   • To enable Registry Editor:
     REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
   • To disable Registry Editor:
     REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
   You can also save these codes into a text file and rename it as *.bat (replace * with your desired name). On double-clicking the batch file the required action will be performed. These codes will also work in the command prompt.
   

These tweaks are for experienced users, modifying registry can make the system unstable. So do this at your own risk.