Disable registry editing in Windows 7, Windows XP or Windows Vista.

You can disable registry editing in all versions of Windows viz. Windows 7, Windows XP, or Windows Vista. In this way, you can protect your system against any change in your Windows with the help of simple tutorial given below:-

Click Start > Run and Type regedit in Windows XP.

Click Start > and type regedit in Search for Programmes and files box in Windows 7 and Windows Vista.

Now follow the instructions as HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Policies

If there is no Key named as System under the Policies. Then right click on Policies > New > Key. Name this Key as System. Otherwise go to the next step.

Now right click on this System key > New > DWORD (32-bit) Value (REG_DWORD) as name this as DisableRegistryTools.

Double click on this DisableRegistryTools created. Put value data 1 and base Hexadecimal in DisableRegistryTools.

In this way you can disable Registry editing in Windows7, Windows XP or Windows Vista.

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

 

 

So enjoy this Tutorial an don’t forgot to share it with your friends.

How to take screenshot without any software installation in Windows.

Earlier if someone wanted to take screenshot in windows, he had to use the Print Screen option and paste the screenshot in any image editor for making the changes in that screenshot. Besides this, there are many softwares available on the internet for taking the screenshots or for screen-capturing. These softwares either they can be purchased or they come with trail period. After expiring their trail period, they becomes useless. At this time you have to download another one screen capturing software.

But the good news is that the Window 7, Window Vista and some latest Editions of Window XP has  inbuilt screen-capturing software called Snipping Tool. So What is the snipping tool?  The snipping Tool is a very handy and useful screen capturing utility. Snipping Tool can take screenshots of currently opened window, a rectangular area, entire screen or a freely selected area. Also Snipping tool can save the captured screenshots in PNG, GIF, or JPEG formats. You can edit the captured screenshot and send the captured screenshot by email. Also you can highlight any part of screenshot. The snipping tool has also many other useful options available. 

For opening Snipping Tool

Go to Programs > Accessories you will find snipping tool in this folder

You can also find this tool by typing Snipping tool in the search box.

So enjoy this very handy and simple utility.

How to lock a folder without any software in Window XP or Window 7.

If you can lock a folder without installing any software, then there is no need to buy costly software to lock the folders in window XP or window 7. Here is very simple trick to Lock any folder without any software in window XP or window 7. The simple steps are given below:- 

1.Open Notepad in your computer.  

2.Copy the code given below and paste it in the Notepad opened.

cls

@ECHO OFF

title Folder Locker

if EXIST "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" goto UNLOCK

if NOT EXIST Locker goto MDLOCKER

:CONFIRM

echo Are you sure u want to Lock the folder(Y/N)

set/p "cho=>"

if %cho%==Y goto LOCK

if %cho%==y goto LOCK

if %cho%==n goto END

if %cho%==N goto END

echo Invalid choice.

goto CONFIRM

:LOCK

ren Locker "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"

attrib +h +s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"

echo Folder locked

goto End

:UNLOCK

echo Enter password to Unlock folder

set/p "pass=>"

if NOT %pass%==PUT YOUR PASSWORD HERE goto FAIL

attrib -h -s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"

ren "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" Locker

echo Folder Unlocked successfully

goto End

:FAIL

echo Invalid password

goto end

:MDLOCKER

md Locker

echo Locker created successfully

goto End

:End

3. Replace “PUT YOUR PASSWORD HERE” text given in red color above code with password of your choice.  

4. Now the save this file as a .bat file having any name e.g. xyz.bat  

5. Try to save this file having name like the system files. And place this .bat file in the system folders. So that everybody will think, this file is a system file.  

6. Now close this .bat file. Double click on this .bat file, It will create a new folder called “Locker” automatically in the same directory as the .bat file created earlier.  

7. Now place the contents you want to hide or lock inside this Locker folder. And double click on .bat file. System will ask you “Are you sure u want to lock the folder”. Type Y and press Enter.  

8. The folder will be locked.  

9. To open this folder just double click the .bat file, the system will ask to enter the password. Just enter your password and Press Enter. The folder will be unlocked.  

10. So this is very simple trick to hide or lock the files in window XP or window 7. Just you have to be careful that nobody can access the .bat file generated and can know your password.

Enjoy this Trick.

How to Type New Indian Rupee Symbol in Windows XP or Windows 7 without any Font Installation.

Finally Indian Rupee has got its own symbol like other international currencies. By default, anybody can not type the new Indian rupee symbol like other special characters. Also it will take some time to get the Key position on keyboards like other symbols. Generally,  you have to install new font for typing  Indian Rupee Symbol from somewhere. But I will explain a tutorial to create your own font for typing this symbol as follow:-

1.       Press windows key along with R.

2.       Type C:\WINDOWS\system32\eudcedit.exe  in Run and hit enter.

3.       The “Private Character Editor” will be opened. Press OK in the “Select Code” window  opened along with this Editor.

4.       Go to Tools in the “Private Character Editor”  and Item and then Pencil option.

5.       Draw the Indian rupee symbol with the help of pencil.

6.       Now go to File>Exit, The system will ask to save this character click Yes.

7.       Save the character to all the fonts shown or any specific font family.

8.       Now go to Start>Accessories> System Tools> Charactre Map option.

9.       The new Indian Rupee symbol can be found in the famil where it was saved.

10.   Now just copy the character and paste it where required. And Enjoy this trick.

How to change Shutdown and Startup sound in Windows 7, Window XP or Vista.

Hello Friends! If you are bored due to the sounds of window during the startup and shutdown, then there is a good news for you. You can change the startup and shutdown sounds in windows 7, windows XP and Vista. You can use any track of your choice instead of these sounds provided you have track of your choice in  .WAV format. For this purpose the following steps are given:-

1.       Firstly decide the Track which you want to use during the Shutdown and Startup.

2.       This track should be in .WAV format as well as having size less than 1Mb. If the size of this file is greater than this the window will take some more time during the startup and shutdown.

3.       Now name this track as “Windows XP Startup.WAV” and “Windows XP Shutdown.WAV”

4.       Now go to the C drive>WINDOWS>MEDIA. Here you will see two files having names  “Windows XP Startup.WAV” and “Windows XP Shutdown.WAV”. Replace these files with the files selected by you respectively.

5.       Now all the steps are completed and you can enjoy new startup and shutdown sounds.

How to use windows Hidden Bluetooth suite.

Hello friends, Today I have noticed a very interesting hidden trick for Windows XP, vista or Windows 7. This trick will not work only for vistax86 sp2. In all the other windows editions you can use the windows inbuilt hidden Bluetooth suite to send or receive data. Their is no need to install any software for your usb Bluetooth provided you have necessary Bluetooth hardware. For using this hidden bluetooth the following steps are given:-

• Go to start >> Run or press windows key along with R.
• Type CMD in Run.
• Type fsquirt in CMD.

That is done. Now you can transfer any data without using or installing any software.
I hope you will like this nice trick.

How to know who used your PC in your absence.

The following steps are given to know who used your PC in your absence: - 

For Windows XP

• Go to start > run or by pressing window key along with R

• Type eventvwr.msc in run
• You will see three type of log files i.e. Application, Security, and system. These log files can be accessed at any time.
• For above said purpose, We just have to analyze System log only.
• Click on System for the list of the events.
• Find the time and date when you were not at home and your PC should not be ON.
• Double click on any event to view its details.

So you can know the time for which your PC was ON.

For Windows 7

• Go to start > run or press window key along with R
• Type eventvwr.msc and hit enter.
• Double click on Windows logs
• Double click on System logs
• You will see different logs files having different time at which they happened. You can also see the details about any event.

So you can find all the system logs when your PC was ON. And you can find whether your PC was turned on in your absence.

How to disable right click on computer or Laptop

Sometimes, You want to disable right click on your computer or laptop so that the settings associated with right click cannot be changed by some unknown person.

 

For disabling the right click on computer or laptop, the following steps are given: -

•  Log in to your computer with administrative account.
•  Click Start or press R alongwith window key.
• Type regedit in it.
•  Find HKEY_CURRENT_USER >Software >Microsoft >Windows >CurrentVersion >PoliciesExplorer
• Right click on right sidebar panel, creat a new DWORD value right clicking and name it   
• NoViewContextMenu (Case sensitive)
• Assign number1 in value data box.
• Now close registry editor.
• Restart your computer or laptop.

You will notice that the right click has been disabled in your computer or laptop. So enjoy this trick.

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.