How to lock a folder without any software?
Follow these steps.1. Suppose you have a folder named abcd in D:\abcd.
2.In the same drive next to the folder create a new notepad file with the exact statement
ren abcd abcd.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
3.Now save this text file as loc.bat
4.Create another notepad file and type
ren abcd.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} abcd
5. Save this as key.bat
6. Now there are two batch files . Double click loc.bat and your folder will change into Control Panel and its contents cannot be viewed.
7. To open the folder double click key.bat and you get back your original folder .
8. For more safety keep the key.bat in another location .Only for unlocking copy paste to the original location and double click .
If you combine this with the hidden folder trick, it will be impossible for anyone else to access it
Setting the Recycle Bin to Always Delete
The Recycle Bin is the special folders of windows on the hard disk to store deleted files and folders. These files or folders can be restored from the Recycle Bin to their original location if required for use. But you can set the Recycle Bin setting that the files and folders are deleted from hard disk are not placed in the Recycle Bin. So with the help of windows registry editor you can set the Recycle Bin to always delete items.
Follow the given steps to edit computer registry for Recycle Bin:
First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.
Here locate the location to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\ Explorer\BitBucket
Here in right side panel, double click on NukeOnDelete and set its value 1.
Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
Set the status of NUM LOCK key enabled automatically.
You can manage the status of NUM LOCK key is different for each user and you can set its status enable or disable when user logon. NUM LOCK status is disable by default and if you want your NUM LOCK key is enable automatically before a user presses CTRL+ALT+DEL to log on. You need to edit the registry of your computer to change this status enabled.
Follow the given steps to enable NUM LOCK key :
Click Start button then type regedit in Run option then press Enter for next.
Here locate the location to:
HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Keyboard
Here in right side panel, double click on the value InitialKeyboardIndicators then change its value data from 0 to 2.
Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
How to add Items to the Start Button using Registry?
The best technique to edit the windows registry keys, always export or backup the whole windows registry keys on backup drive before editing. Because any mistake in Registry can cause serious problem in your computer to run properly.
Follow the given steps to change the Start button setting.
First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.
In Registry Editor go to left hand panel, and find HKey_Classes_Root / Directory / Shell
Here Right click on Shell folder option and add any new key with descriptive name and Press Enter.
Now Right click on that key and give the full path of that program you are interested to add in start button. For example if you want to add MS excel, then full path may be C:\program file\msoffice\msexcel.EXE.
Now close all open programs and check the changes in your computer Start button.
Automatic Screen Refresh Tips
When you are working on your local computer and want to refresh any changes in your system automatically. For example some times you are watching sports results, online Stock Exchange rates and any changes to your hard drive but these changes are not usually refreshed until you press the F5 key on your keyboard.
To refresh your screen automatically you should edit your system Registry. But the best technique to edit the windows registry keys, always export or backup the whole windows registry keys on backup drive before editing. Because any mistake in Registry can cause serious problem in your computer to run properly.
Follow the given steps to change the updates automatically.
First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.
In Registry Editor panel go to the path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / System / CurrentControlSet /
Control / UpdateMode
Here in right hand side panel edit the DWORD value to be between 1 and 5.
Now restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
Changing the Location of Special Folders
You can modify the registry to change the location of special folders like:
My Documents
Favorites
My Pictures
Personal
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
Double click on any locations you want to change and alter the path
Logoff or restart for the changes to go into effect
Edit windows registry keys to change the Registered Owner.
Some time you entered the wrong or invalid registered owner information when you installed the windows. But don’t worry you can change the registered owner information any time, if you have little knowledge about editing windows registry.
Follow the given steps to change the owner name:
First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.
Here locate the location to:
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows NT/CurrentVersion
Here in right side panel, double click on RegisteredOwner and here change its value data as you wish.
Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
Changing the Title on Windows Media Player
You can change the title bar for the Windows Media Player
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_USERS \ .DEFAULT \ Software \ Policies \ Microsoft \ WindowsMediaPlayer
Create a string value of TitleBar
Give it a value of whatever you want to appear in the title bar
Clearing the Documents History Automatically
The windows Documents Menu display all the information about last used files and programs as a history. Your co-workers, family members can trace your activities on the computer with clicking on Documents menu. If you are using internet at any public place like internet cafe then you should clear your documents menu history to safe yourself from cyber crimes. You can clear the documents menu history manually, but automatically history clean option can be useful if one computer used by multiple people. To clear the document history automatically, edit the computer registry keys.
Click Start button then type regedit in Run option then press Enter for next.
Here locate the location to:
Go to HKey_Current_User \ Software \ Microsoft
\ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ User Shell Folders
Here in right side panel, double click on Recent and change its value of C:\RECYCLED.
Now set your Recycle bin, “remove files immediately when deleted”.
Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
Disable the Security Center warnings
Security is a system of safeguards designed to protect a computer system and important data from damage or access by unauthorized persons. Different antivirus and firewall programs are used to manage the security of the computer. Some time this is build-in antivirus or firewall program in windows XP to maintain the computer security. But if your windows is not provided with any antivirus, firewall program and Automatic Updates, your windows security center will alerts you a message “Your computer may be at risk. Your virus protection status is unknown” with useless repeating reminder. You can disable this message permanently by changing the values of “AntiVirusDisableNotify” in windows registry.
Follow the given steps to edit the computer registry for disable message:
First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.
Here locate the location to:
· HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center
Here in right side panel, double click on AntiVirusDisableNotify and set its value 1.
Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
Displaying a Text Notice before Logon
You can create a funny message or legal warnings for others just before logon to your computer. This is very useful if you want to give a message to new user about the use of computer. Edit the value of registry keys to create a banner message.
Click Start button then type regedit in Run option then press Enter for next.
Here locate the location to:
HKeyLocalMachine \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Win Logon
Here in right side panel, right click to create a new string value LegalNoticeCaption and give it a value you want to see in the menu bar
Now again right click to create a new string value called LegalNoticeText and change the value you want to see in the dialog box
Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
Disable drives in My Computer from unknown user
If you want to prevent any users to access your computer or network shared drives using My Computer then you can hide the all drives for example C:/, D:/ and save your data from any unknown user. But next time you can turn on the display of these drives using registry editor. Now edit the computer registry to turn off the display of drives, but be careful to work with computer registry.
Follow the given steps to hide computer drives:
First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.
Here locate the location to:
HKey_Current_User \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows
\ Current Version \ Policies \ Explorer
Here right click on right side of Registry editor panel and add new DWORD then put its value 3FFFFFF.
Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
Disabling the ability to click on My Computer
You can restrict any user to access your system drives if you disable the click feature on My Computer. User will get no any changes when he will try to open My Computer.
By editing the windows registry keys, you can disable the click feature on My Computer. But always export or backup the whole windows registry keys on backup drive before editing. Because any mistake in Registry can cause serious problem in your computer to run properly.
Follow the given steps to disable My Computer setting.
First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.
In registry editor panel search the value
20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D
May be you will find this value on path HKey_Classes_Root \ CLSID section.
Here delete the entire section of this value.
Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
Disabling Run or Find from the Start Menu
Start Regedit
Go to HKey_Current_User \ Software\ Microsoft \Windows \ Current Version \ Policies \ Explorer
Right click on the right panel and add a New / DWORD
Name it NoFile or NoRun
Give it a value of 1
Logoff or Reboot the compute
Reduce the shutdown time of Windows 2000 and XP
You can reduce the shutdown time of windows 2000 and XP using some tricks. Actually windows XP take time to close all running programs and applications before shutdown, but you can minimize this time if you have little knowledge about editing windows registry.
Follow the given steps to reduce the shutdown time:
First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option. Here locate the location to:
Go to Hkey_Current_User\Control Panel\Desktop
Here in right side panel, double click on AutoEndTasks and here its default value is 0. Now change it to 1.
Now in same side panel double click on value name WaitToKillAppTimeout. Its default value data is 20000; now change this value of WaitToKillAppTimeout to 3500.
Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
How to fixing no AutoRun for CDs?
In windows environment you can enjoy a good feature to run CD or DVD automatically when you loaded it into you CD drives on your computer. But if you are not happy with this auto run then you can disable it. In user interface mode there is no option to disable this feature, you must edit the registry of windows and be careful to work registry.
Click Start button then type regedit in Run option then press Enter for next.
Here locate the location to:
HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Change the value of NoDriveTypeAutoRun to 95 00 00 00 for disable.
At the end restart your computer for this change.
Prevent Changes to the Start Menu
To prevent any changes to the Start Menu, even a right click:
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer
Add a DWORD called NoChangeStartMenu
Give it a value of 1
Removing Open, Explore & Find from Start Button
When you right click on the Start Button, you can select Open, Explore or Find.
Open shows your Programs folder. Explore starts the Explorer and allows access to all drives.
Find allows you to search and then run programs. In certain situations you might want to disable this feature.
To remove them:
1 Start Regedit
2 Search for Directory
3 This should bring you to Hkey_Classes_Root \ Directory
4 Expand this section by clicking on the “+”
5 Under shell is Find
6 Delete Find
7 Scroll down below Directory to Folder
8 Expand this section under shell
9 Delete Explore and Open
Removing Unwanted or selected Items from the RUN Menu
In Windows environment the Run prompt is the shortcut key to access mostly computer programs. You can open the lot of computer programs very quickly using Run command, that is why mostly computer professional love to using Run prompt. But if you want to clear the unwanted or selected search items from Run Menu, you must edit the registry of windows and be careful to work with computer registry.
Follow the given steps to clear the history Menu.
First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.
In Registry Editor go to Edit (Shortcut Ctrl+F) then Find to search the word RUNMRU.
In right panel delete the unwanted items using right click on that item then delete.
Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
Power off completely after shut down your Computer
Normally when you are trying to shut down your windows XP and some time you may receive the message “it’s now safe to power off the machine”. Here you should change your system Advanced Power Management setting or edit your system registry to solve this problem and power off completely.
Follow the given steps to solve this problem with Advanced Power Management.
First click on Start button then go to Control Panel.
Open the Performance and Maintenance option in control panel then click on Power Options.
Here Click on APM tab then select the option Enable Advanced Power Management Support box and press Ok.
Now follow the given steps to solve this problem by editing system registry.
First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.
Here locate the location to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Here in right side panel, double click on PowerdownAfterShutdown and set its value 1 to power down.
Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
Turning off the Help on Min, Max, Close Icons
When the mouse goes over the minimize, maximize and close icons on the upper right hand side of a window, you normally get a display telling you want those are for.
To disable that display:
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop
Create a String Value called MinMaxClose
Give it a value of 1
Reboot
Edit default Recycle Bin name with new name
Recycle Bin name is the windows default name of Recycle Bin Desktop Icon. Normally there is no option to change the name of Recycle Bin Icon, but you can rename of Recycle Bin icon name using any windows tweak application or with edit the windows Registry. Always be careful to edit windows registry because any mistake can create problem for windows.
Follow the given steps to change the Recycle Bin name:
· First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.
· In regedit editor you will open HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT folder, In this folder open the CLSID folder then open the {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} folder >ShellFolder folder at last.
Here simply change the data value from “40 01 00 20″ to “70 01 00 20″.
Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect. When next time you start your computer then change the Recycle Bin name after right click on Recycle icon
How to Rename the Recycle Bin
To change the name of the Recycle Bin desktop icon, open Regedit and go to:
and change the name “Recycle Bin” to whatever you want (don’t type any quotes).
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/CLSID/{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
Hide the Username on the start menu in XP
Hi Frineds, Use this hack to hide the username in ur XP start menu.
Open ur registry editor from Start>Run>regedit
Goto: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRE NTVERSION\POLICIES\EXPLORER
And Goto:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURR ENTVERSION\POLICIES\EXPLORER
Make a folder dissapear even from ctrl+A
This is a nice trick tht u can use if u have some files to hide from someone really smart:
if the folder u wanna hide was “hide me”
in C:\hide me
then open notpad and write
Quote:
| ren hide me hide me.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} |
now open notpad again and write
Quote:
| ren hide me.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} hide me |
now you have 2 batch files the loc.bat will hide the folder, the key.bat will do just the opposite
enjoy
Disabling the Blinking Cursor in Computer Applications
If you are using any computer application, for example MS Word or MS FrontPage and you did not like blinking of cursor. You can stop the cursor from blinking in these applications to edit your computer registry keys, but be careful to work with computer registry.
Follow the given steps to stop cursor from blinking:
* First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.
* Here locate the location to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
* Here add the string value with name CursorBlink and value -1
* At the end restart your computer for this change.
HOW TO ENABLE RIGHT-CLICK IN WEBSITES
well some websites disable right click so when you right-click it says …..right-click not autorised…
HOW TO REMOVE IT?
it’s very simple i just knew tht is was a JAVASCRIPT….so u have to disable javascript from your browser
IE6 or 7 not sure about other version…
Go to Tools —-> Internet Option
then choose “Security tab” click custom level…and find Scripting section..and disable “Active Scripting”….
For firefox…
GO TO tools —> Options then click web features..
now unselect “enable javascript”
and dnt forget to put them back after u r done with the site………
enjoy………………
How to Hide Your Files In A JPEG !!!
Well, did you know you could hide your files in a JPEG file? For this, you will only need to download WinRAR. You just need to have a little knowledge about Command Prompt and have WinRAR installed.
Ok, lets begin…
1. Gather all the files that you wish to hide in a folder anywhere in your PC (make it in C:\hidden – RECOMMENDED).
2. Now, add those files in a RAR archive (e.g. secret.rar). This file should also be in the same directory (C:\hidden).
3. Now, look for a simple JPEG picture file (e.g. logo.jpg). Copy/Paste that file also in C:\hidden.
4. Now, open Command Prompt (Go to Run and type ‘cmd‘). Make your working directory C:\hidden.
5. Now type: “COPY /b logo.jpg + secret.rar output.jpg” (without quotes) – Now, logo.jpg is the picture you want to show, secret.rar is the file to be hidden, and output.jpg is the file which contains both.
6. Now, after you have done this, you will see a file output.jpg in C:\hidden. Open it (double-click) and it will show the picture you wanted to show. Now try opening the same file with WinRAR, it will show the hidden archive…
How to make your Desktop Icons Transparent
Go to ontrol Panel > System, > Advanced > Performance area > Settings button Visual Effects tab “Use drop shadows for icon labels on the Desktop”
This hack will allow you to hide files in jpegs’s without software installed.
Eliminating the Right Click on the Task bar
To eliminate the right click on the taskbar:
Start Regedit
1. Start Regedit
2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer
3. Add a DWORD and give it a name of NoTrayContextMenu
4. Give it a value of 1
5. Reboot
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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