Windows XP | Hide Files and Folders without any software.

You can hide files and folders without any software in Windows XP. But for hiding files and folders in windows 7 you can check Another Tutorial. If you can hide files or folders without any software, then there is not any need to buy costly software.

 

For hiding files or folders in Windows XP the following simple steps are given:-

 

Firstly create a folder in which can hide files or folders. This folder should be placed at a location where it is not easily accessible by anybody else. For example, it may be created in C:\Program Files because C:\Program Files location generally contains system files and folders and generally people do not browse this derive. Give a name to this folder like Secret.

 

Now go to My computer >>Tools  >> Folder Options…

Click on View Tab and Select option Do not show hidden files and folders given under Hidden files and folders in Advanced settings.

Click Apply >> OK

Now go to the folder which you want to hide. Right click on this folder >> Properties.

 

Click on General Tab. check the Hidden option given under Attributes.

 

 

Click OK. The folder will become invisible till you disable Hidden in the similar procedure as given in below figure.

 

 

Now to hide file or folder, You just have to assign a path to it as given in figure below.

Just enter the name of file or folder instead of the text given in red as given ahead  C:\Program Files\Secret\Name of file or Folder

 

 

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Computer Tricks | Keep record of all USB activities - USB Log view

Almost everybody uses the USB devices to transfer data from one computer to another. USB means Universal Serial Bus. If the you store sensitive data on your computer and your system is used by more than one users. Then the security of stored data on your computer becomes very necessary. Besides this  USB devices can infect your computer with viruses.

 

To Tackle these problems, you can keep record of all the USB devices connected to your computer with small utility called USB LogView.

 

USB LogView is a small freeware utility which can serve your purpose.

 

 

USB LogView is utility which runs in background and keeps record of all the USB devices connected to your computer. Once you installed this utility, It will create a log for each USB activity done on your system. Log means a event done previously. This utility will provide the information like Event type whether plug/unplug, Event time, Device name, Description and much more…

 

This utility can be used on all versions of windows from Windows older versions to Windows 7. Also on 64 bit as well as 32 bit.

 

You can download this utility free of cost by clicking Here.

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How to remove or show the Recycle Bin from the desktop.

The Recycle Bin icon normally appears on the Desktop. It has many advantages as well as disadvantages. For example:-The advantage is that you can easily recover accidentally last deleted files. The disadvantage is that somebody can access or recover the deleted files by you which you don't want to show anybody from here. You cannot delete the Recycle Bin icon from the desktop directly. In spite of these facts, you can remove or show Recycle Bin from desktop in Windows 7 with the help of simple tutorial given below:-

Important Note: - it is to be noted that even the Recycle Bin is hidden, the deleted files are still stored there until you delete them permanently or recover. 

• Click on Start icon in left corner. Type the text “Desktop icons” into search box. 

     

• Click on Show or hide common icons on the desktop.
• The Desktop icon settings dialog box will open. Take the following steps as per your choice:

 

• To hide the Recycle Bin, un check the Recycle Bin check box given in the dialog box.
• To show the Recycle Bin, check the Recycle Bin check box.
• Finally click OK.

Similarly you can apply this tutorial for Computer, Network and Control Panel icons on the desktop. The same tutorial can also be applicable for Windows XP with some slightly different steps.

So enjoy this post.

How to change Taskbar Button width in Window XP.

            Sometimes when you have opened to many applications on your computer having Window XP, the taskbar becomes very crowded. You have to minimize too many applications. By default the window makes the group of similar applications. To avoid this, you can change the width of each taskbar buttons of opened applications so that the only the icons are shown. In this way, so many applications can be opened at same time and it will be very easy to navigate without making any similar groups. For doings so the following steps are given:-

•    Go to Start or Press R along with Window key.
•    Run will be opened.
•    Write regedit in Run.
•    Find HKEY _CURRENT_USER\Control Panel

              \Desktop\WindowMetrics

•     Find REG_SZ having name Min width If you can’t find it, creat new with name Minwidth
•     Double click on Minwidth  and adjust the number to 56
•     Click OK
•     Close the registry.
•     Restart your computer.

You will see the application icons on taskbar having small with showing only icons.

How to enable hibernation mode in windows XP

Hello friends, generally we are familiar with the Stand-By mode in computer. In stand-by mode, your PC remains ready for use. You can resume last state at any time by just pressing any key or power button. PC restores the information from the RAM very quickly. Also your computer remains power on in this state. 

                           Unfortunately if he power goes out, your all valuable data or last session is lost. To avoid this situation the hibernation mode can be very helpful. Hibernation is a state of computer, when all the content of the RAM is copied to the hard disk. Hibernation state is very useful because it stores the last session of your computer when your computer went in hibernation state. In this state the information about all the opened programs and files is copied from RAM of computer to the hard disk. So you can restore the last session when you power up your computer. This mode is already enabled in most of Window 7 computers.  For enabling hibernation mode in Window XP the following steps are given:-

1.       

1. Firstly to enable the hibernation mode, you should be logged on as administrator or user having            the   administrator rights. Go to Start-Control panel- User accounts to check the type of your user account.
2.   Next Start.
3.   Control panel
4.   Select Performance and Maintenance.
5.   Select Power option.
6.  Pick hibernation tab and click on enable hibernation tab.

In this way the hibernation will be appeared in the Shut down, Restart etc. options.If Hibernate still does not appear, it is due to your computer supports the stand by low power shut down option:-

1.       In this case press the turn off computer from start menu.

2.       You will see three options viz. Stand by, Restart, Turn off in new window.

3.       Now keep on pressing Shift key, The stand by options changes to Hibernation menu.

In this you can enable the hibernation mode in your PC. If you like this trick, Please share it with your friends.

Windows XP Tips & Tricks :- How to remove blue shadow behind Desktop icons

Sometimes the shadow behind the desktop icons looks very odd. Due to this shadow your desktop does not looks fresh. It is common problem having the shadows behind the desktop icons. Although it is very simple to remove this blue shadow yet most of computer users do not know the steps to remove this. There are following two methods for doings so:- 

First method:-  
       

        1.    Go to desktop by pressing window key along with R

        2.    Right click on desktop

        3.    Arrange icons by >Lock web items on desktop,
               make it unchecked> OK

        4.    Right click on desktop

        5.    Properties>desktop

        6.    Click on customize

        7.    Select web tab

        8.    Uncheck all the options in the web page box

        9.    Uncheck Lock desktop items

       10.   Press OK for going to the desktop.

       

  Second method:-

        1. Go to control panel

        2. System

        3. Advanced

        4. Performance area

        5. Settings

        6. Visual effects

        7. Select “use drop shadow for icon labels on desktop” if is unchecked

        8. Apply and finally OK

 

If the above said two methods do not work, try this method

  Third Method: -
        1. Go to desktop by pressing the window key along with the R

        2. Right click on the desktop.

        3. Select Arrange icon by.

        4. Uncheck the option Lock web items on desktop.

I hope this method will surely work for you to remove the shadow behind the desktop icons.

        
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How to remove Recycle Bin from desktop.

When you delete any file or data from your computer, this file is moved to the Recycle Bin. Also you have to delete this file from Recycle Bin to remove it permanently. This is very time consuming process. Also sometime you delete a file which you don't want to show anybody due to some privacy issues. Unfortunately you forgot to delete this file from Recycle Bin and somebody has found this file. You feel very frustrated at this time.

To overcome this problem you can remove Recycle Bin from desktop so that the deleted files can be deleted permanently automatically. These are the following steps to remove Recycle Bin from desktop:-

1. Press window key together with R.

         2. Write regedit and press enter.

          3. Run Regedit

         4. Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/ SOFTWARE/Microsoft/ Windows/CurrentVersion/ explorer/Desktop/NameSpace

         5. Click on the "Recycle Bin" from right hand pane.

         6. Click on delete

         7. Press OK

      That is done the Recycle Bin will be removed from the desktop.