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Unmasking the hidden potential of Windows XP

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The best approach to boost the system performance

Truely, Windows XP is the most flexible, fast and very easy to operate. I think Ubuntu, being a freeware and a community developed OS, can give a good competition to Windows XP in future only if it is consistently worked on for improvement. I won’t call a Windows OS or any of the Linux derivatives “secure”, as one thing i’ve understood that no matter how capable human can be, everything will be vulnerable to something, as being “imperfect” is the stubborn rule of the system we live in.

Below are the  useful topics related to boosting, securing and again speeding the operations in Windows XP.  So, in this one, i’m clubbing all of them into one to make a complete user guide to ‘Unmasking the hidden potential of Windows XP’ :

FTP Error Codes

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FTP Error Codes Explained

The FTP errors suck. Not knowing the meaning of the error code can avoid a user from troubleshooting the issue. Here is a useful reference list that I found dumped inside the deepest region of my hard drive:

Code Description

  • 100 Codes The requested action is being taken. Expect a reply before proceeding with a new command.
  • 110 Restart marker reply.
  • 120 Service ready in (n) minutes.
  • 125 Data connection already open, transfer starting.
  • 150 File sta.us okay, about to open data connection.
  • 200 Codes The requested action has been successfully completed.
  • 200 Command okay.
  • 202 Command not implemented
  • 211 System sta.us, or system help reply.
  • 212 Directory sta.us.
  • 213 File sta.us.
  • 214 Help message.
  • 215 NAME system type. (NAME is an official system name from the list in the Assigned Numbers document.)
  • 220 Service ready for new.user.
  • 221 Service closing control connection. (Logged out if appropriate.)
  • 225 Data connection open, no transfer in progress.
  • 226 Closing data connection. Requested file action successful (file transfer, abort, etc.).
  • 227 Entering Passive Mode
  • 230 User logged in, proceed.
  • 250 Requested file action okay, completed.
  • 257 “PATHNAME” created.
  • 300 Codes The command has been accepted, but the requested action is being held pending receipt of further information.
  • 331 User name okay, need password.
  • 332 Need account for login.
  • 350 Requested file action pending further information.
  • 400 Codes The command was not accepted and the requested action did not take place.
  • 421 Service not available, closing control connection. (May be a reply to any command if the service knows it .ust shut down.)`
  • 425 Can’t open data connection.
  • 426 Connection closed, transfer aborted.
  • 450 Requested file action not taken. File unavailable (e.g., file .usy).
  • 451 Requested action aborted, local error in processing.
  • 452 Requested action not taken. Insufficient storage space in system.
  • 500 Codes The command was not accepted and the requested action did not take place.
  • 500 Syntax error, command unrecognized. This may include errors such as command line too long.
  • 501 Syntax error in parameters or arguments.
  • 502 Command not implemented.
  • 503 Bad sequence of commands.
  • 504 Command not implemented for that parameter.
  • 530 User not logged in.
  • 532 Need account for storing files.
  • 550 Requested action not taken. File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access).
  • 552 Requested file action aborted, storage allocation exceeded
  • 553 Requested action not taken. Illegal file name.

Using the Auto Shutdown Feature In Windows XP

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The easiest approach

This Auto Shutdown feature is among the most “under rated” features of Windows XP, probably because it’s not famous. There are applications dedicated to perform this function but, why increase the registry entries when you have a much better alternative?

1st Way:

Create a new shortcut, Right Click Menu shortcuts

In the “Type the location of the shortcut” type, shutdown -s -t 3600

Note: 3600 are the amount of seconds before your computer shuts down. So , 60secs*60mins=3600secs

Click next,

Name the new shortcut anything you prefer,

And you are done with the shortcut.

To abort the shutdown timer

Create another shortcut,

In the “Type the location of the shortcut” type  shutdown -a

And you are done.

2nd Way:

Here is another way to Auto shutdown. For example you wish to shutdown at 01:22am. Type this in

Start Menu, Run

Type at 01:22 shutdown -s

To abort,

start Run

Type shutdown -a

Note: The time format is 24hr,if you want to Auto Shutdown at 7:30pm, you should type

“at 19:30 shutdown -s” in the run command box, without the quotes.

3rd Way : (Creating a batch file)

Open Notepad,

Type in the following code as it is:

@echo off

title Scheduled Shutdown Batch Example at rajagrawal.com

color A

echo Enter Time To Shutdown (example 19:30)

set /p stime=

cls

at %stime% “”shutdown -s -t 00″”

echo Your PC Will Auto Shutdown At %stime%

echo Press Any Key To Exit

p.use

exit

Save it,

Rename the new file from *.txt to *.bat,

And you are done with the Auto Shutdown Batch file.

Note: Task Schedular Service must be running in the background in order for the batch method to work.