15 March, 2007

04 - Windows XP : How to speed up menu (Start button) display

When using the "Start menu > All Programs" then you will notice that there is a delay of the menu displaying.


  1. Start button > Run > Regedit. Click here to learn how to edit registry file.
  2. Look for HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
  3. Select on the Desktop folder.
  4. Select MenuShowDelay from the list on the right panel.
  5. Right-click on it and select Modify.
  6. Change the value to a lower value (the smaller value means the faster Menu display response, changing this value to zero, and you will see the different).
  7. Reboot your computer.




14 March, 2007

學識講廣東話 09 - 鬼域 == 鬼閾



漢字
漢語拼音
廣東拼音
同音廣東字

yu4
wik6
棫, 閾

呢個字經常被讀錯為“或 waak6” 。 “或者”個“或”。

例子: 區域,地域,領域。

P/S: 閾限: 界限之意。


下回預告:

“攫奪” 點讀?

13 March, 2007

03 - Windows Xp : How to edit Registry file?


1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then press ENTER button.




p.s : if you have no confidence to edit registry file, please backup the registry file first.

歇後語 04 - 光棍佬教仔

光棍佬教仔 ─ ─ 便宜莫貪

“光棍佬”即係“騙子”意思;专门呃人嘅人教自己個仔,必定係教佢如何避免受騙,最簡單就唔好貪小便宜。 正如,光棍佬曾經利用人個貪念,呃過唔少人,他因此希望自己個仔唔好因為貪心而被人呃。
其他有關“光棍佬”嘅歇後語
光棍佬教女,千祈咪蝕底。
財到光棍手,一去無回頭。

12 March, 2007

02 - Outlook express : Delete mail from the server

To delete mail from the server after several days with Outlook Express:


  • Select Tools > Accounts... from the menu in Outlook Express.
  • Highlight the desired email account.
  • Click Properties.
  • Go to the Advanced tab.
  • Make sure Leave a copy of messages on server is selected(checked).
  • Now also check Remove from server after __ day(s).
  • Specify how long you want messages to be kept at the server.
    • Taking into account how much mail you normally get, something between 3 and 10 days is useful.

  • Click OK.
  • Click Close.

<Tested, Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0>



11 March, 2007

歇後語 03 - 黄皮樹了哥

黄皮樹了哥── 唔熟唔食。
黄皮,一种热带水果, 有食療作用,原產於中國南部,黃皮一定要熟透先至好食 ,而且咁樣先至夠甜。黃皮樹有個特别之处,就係當整個樹都結滿晒D果實之後﹐你就要盡量採晒它﹐否則明年就會欠收﹐就算有雀仔食黃皮﹐D人都唔會趕走佢哋﹐日子久咗﹐發現「了哥」最識揀﹐專揀D又熟又甜嘅嚟食。
意思即係話有D人唔講交情﹐專響老友身上搵著數。