tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51833566059839712512024-02-21T06:41:48.368+05:30Tamil ComputersTAMIZHAN RAJAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10522049289797517840noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183356605983971251.post-89397071480877847802011-07-21T18:57:00.000+05:302011-07-21T18:57:04.392+05:30Increase Laptop’s Battery Backup with Fixit<div style="text-align: justify;">Microsoft Fixit application for <a href="http://hackinguniversity.blogspot.com/search/label/Windows" target="_blank">windows</a> is the best tool to detect the problems and simply FIX them on the go. This application analysis all the default settings with the current applied one and then tell you what things are causing low battery problems and give you a simply option to fix them easily.</div><div> </div><h4 style="text-align: justify;">Follow the below steps to see how this application works .:</h4><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">1. Download <strong><a href="http://support.microsoft.com/mats/windows_battery_power_settings/" target="_blank">Microsoft Fixit Application</a></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">2. Now open the application and you will see something like below .:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="Increase Laptop’s Battery Backup with Fixit" border="0" height="449" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-YQLGywS3rno/TiFe56YtgFI/AAAAAAAAAwY/3FhlGGQWlNI/1%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Increase Laptop’s Battery Backup with Fixit" width="567" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">3. Now on this <a href="http://hackinguniversity.blogspot.com/search/label/Windows" target="_blank">windows</a> simply click the Accept Button and move forward to this below page .:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="Increase Laptop’s Battery Backup with Fixit" border="0" height="449" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ed0jpv27Fso/TiFe7h8AojI/AAAAAAAAAwc/X9rhgKnOmmc/2%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Increase Laptop’s Battery Backup with Fixit" width="567" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">4. Now it will download some file Fixit files for the further process and you will see something like below .: </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="Increase Laptop’s Battery Backup with Fixit" border="0" height="420" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ZpVwtJV-m7Q/TiFe9VSoPLI/AAAAAAAAAwg/70K9i18sqZA/3%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Increase Laptop’s Battery Backup with Fixit" width="567" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">5. Now here you get 2 options .:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>The first one gives you direct problems searching and Fixing option that is obviously recommended.</li>
<li>The second option simply searches for the problem and gives you the option to Fix them separately.</li>
</ul><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">From my recommendation you just click the second option and see what was the real problem.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">6. Now as soon as I clicked the second option I get the window like below .:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="Increase Laptop’s Battery Backup with Fixit" border="0" height="421" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Yof_8RPnr2o/TiFe-tYMhnI/AAAAAAAAAwk/a_6ANHqLios/4%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Increase Laptop’s Battery Backup with Fixit" width="567" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">7. So after the diagnostics are complete you will see something like above displaying you the set of problems which are causing the low battery problems so clicking next will Fix them or you can choose which problems you wanna choose and then click next.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="Increase Laptop’s Battery Backup with Fixit" border="0" height="420" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-7tKBM4RcRII/TiFfAUt80UI/AAAAAAAAAwo/DccDSJJ8Ka0/5%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Increase Laptop’s Battery Backup with Fixit" width="567" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">8. That’s it now problem is solved and you can fill up some survey asking you about the problem is that really solved or not. Just fill that and click next and you are done with the solution and now your battery backup may increase.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">So NJOY this free tool from Microsoft and gain some more Battery Backup to get more out of your busy life.</div>TAMIZHAN RAJAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10522049289797517840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183356605983971251.post-49499347093802910982011-07-21T18:55:00.002+05:302011-07-21T18:55:24.921+05:30How to Convert 1GB Memory Card to 2GB<div style="text-align: justify;">We all use memory sticks to store music, images, videos so that we can take them on the way to enjoy them easily. But what if memory gets less to store all your music and you don’t have enough money to buy another one, well <a href="http://www.hackinguniversity.in/" target="_blank">HackingUniversity</a> has the trick for you to make your 1GB Memory Card to 2Gb. </div><h4 style="text-align: justify;">Follow the below steps .:</h4><div> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">1. This trick only works on a 1Gb memory card so make sure your memory card is 1Gb and now follow the below steps.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">2. Now remember to backup your data on your memory card as we are going to format that card.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">3. Now download<strong> </strong><a href="http://adf.ly/26VeI" target="_blank"><strong>Skymedi 2GB Fix Software</strong></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">4. After downloading the above software open that software and you will see something like below .: </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="Convert 1GB Memory Card to 2GB" border="0" height="230" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-uUhFQ_a6tlQ/TiCeA7DOBFI/AAAAAAAAAwA/P6S4QqPb07E/new-113.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Convert 1GB Memory Card to 2GB" width="322" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">5. In the above image you can see it is saying that Total Space 955 MB, that’s because I have inserted a 1GB memory card so you also have to insert 1 GB card and it will show you the same thing.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">6. Now after you insert your card and open the software you just have to click FIX as mentioned in the above image.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">7. Now as soon as you click on FIX process will start up and it will you for the confirmation of the formatting step it has to take so click Yes and that’s it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">8. Now after the process is complete just remove the Memory Card and Reinsert it and you will see a gain in the storage space which is really awesome thing for an Non - Investor.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="Convert 1GB Memory Card to 2GB" border="0" height="192" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Nmm9XuvahlI/TiCeBXKij6I/AAAAAAAAAwE/FgThwGEbMK0/images13.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Convert 1GB Memory Card to 2GB" width="267" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">9. Now as you can see the above image is saying 1912 MB for the same 1 GB Memory Card so enjoy this trick and gain some huge space from 1 Gb sticks. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: red;">NOTE .:</span></strong> This trick works on some memory cards so just have a try and comment below with a if this worked for you and we are not responsible for any damage this software gives on your memory stick, so use this software @ your own risk.</div>TAMIZHAN RAJAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10522049289797517840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183356605983971251.post-41050866092786308102011-07-21T18:45:00.002+05:302011-07-21T18:45:48.534+05:30WinSetupFromUSB – Install Windows XP from USB Flash DriveThis guide will show you, how to use WinSetupFromUSB to create a bootable USB Flash Drive including all Windows source files, plus the following installation of Windows XP. Compare to the different USB_Multiboot versions, WinSetupFromUSB comes with a Graphical User Interface (GUI) and is in my opinion easier to use.<br />
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<a href="http://www.msfn.org/board/install-USB-WinSetupF-t120444.html">Here</a> you can get the latest version of the program and you will also find many detailed informations about WinSetupFromUSB.<br />
I’ve tested this guide with a 32-bit version of Windows XP and a 64-bit version of Windows Vista and it worked flawlessly.<br />
<h4>Prerequisites:</h4>All you need is:<br />
<ul><li>a USB Flash Drive with at least 1GB of storage</li>
<li>the original Windows XP Setup CD</li>
<li>WinSetupFromUSB</li>
</ul>If you use nLite to slim down your version of Windows XP, please keep the following in mind:<br />
<div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 231, 229); border: 1px solid rgb(209, 68, 55); margin: 10px; padding: 10px; text-align: center;">DO NOT remove “Manual Install and Upgrade”<br />
under Operating System Options!</div>I also recommend to <a href="http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/xpsp3_slipstream.asp">integrate</a> Service Pack 3 into your Windows XP source files.<br />
<h4>1. Preparations</h4>Download and install WinSetupFromUSB. Default installation path is <strong>C:\WinSetupFromUSB</strong>.<br />
Create a new folder with the name <strong>WINXPCD</strong> in the root directory of drive <strong>C:\</strong> and copy all files from your Windows XP Setup CD into this folder. Depending on your version of Windows XP, the content of <strong>C:\WINXPCD</strong> should look approximately like this:<br />
<img alt="Content of WINXPCD" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-84" height="285" src="http://myeeeguides.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/winusb03.png?w=318&h=285" title="Content of WINXPCD" width="318" /><br />
The following files will show you, which Service Pack is already integrated into your CD:<br />
<ul><li>WIN51IC.SP1, Sevice Pack 1</li>
<li>WIN51IC.SP2, Sevice Pack 2</li>
<li>WIN51IC.SP3, Sevice Pack 3</li>
</ul><h4>2. Start WinSetupFromUSB</h4>Connect the USB Flash Drive to your PC and start WinSetupFromUSB. It should show up under <em>USB Disk Selection</em> :<br />
<img alt="WinSetupFromUSB - main window" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-85" height="514" src="http://myeeeguides.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/winusb01.png?w=455&h=514" title="WinSetupFromUSB - main window" width="455" /><br />
<h4>3. Select your Source Path</h4>Click on <strong>Browse</strong> under <em>Windows 2000/XP/2003 Source</em> and navigate to the folder with your Windows XP Source Files. It should be <strong>C:\WINXPCD</strong>:<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Browse to Folder" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-86" height="332" src="http://myeeeguides.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/winusb02.png?w=324&h=332" title="WinSetupFromUSB - Browse to Folder" width="324" /></div>Click <strong>OK</strong> and <strong>C:\WINXPCD</strong> should show up under <em>Windows 2000/XP/2003 Source</em> :<br />
<img alt="WinSetupFromUSB - source path" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-87" height="514" src="http://myeeeguides.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/winusb04.png?w=455&h=514" title="WinSetupFromUSB - source path" width="455" /><br />
<h4>4. Format USB Flash Drive</h4><strong>PeToUSB</strong> or <strong>HP Format Tool</strong> are used to format the USB Flash Drive. There is no need to download these programs seperately as they are already included in WinSetupFromUSB.<br />
USB Flash Drives up to 2GB should be formatted with <strong>PeToUSB</strong> in FAT16, USB Flash Drives with 4GB or more with <strong>HP Format Tool</strong> in FAT32.<br />
I will use PeToUSB to format my Kingston Data Traveler with 2GB.<br />
In the main window of WinSetupFromUSB click <strong>PeToUSB</strong> under <em>Format target using</em> to start the program. The USB Flash Drive should show up under <em>Destination Drive</em>. Check <strong>USB Removable</strong>, <strong>Enable Disk Format</strong> and <strong>Quick Format</strong>. Uncheck <strong>Enable File Copy</strong> under <em>File Copy Options</em> :<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="PeToUSB" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-88" height="422" src="http://myeeeguides.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/winusb05.png?w=408&h=422" title="PeToUSB - main window" width="408" /></div>Click <strong>Start</strong> and answer the following two questions “Continue?” with <strong>Yes</strong>.<br />
<div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 231, 229); border: 1px solid rgb(209, 68, 55); margin: 10px; padding: 10px; text-align: center;">All existing volumes and data will be lost!</div>If everything goes well, the message “Operation Completed Successfully!” should appear. Click <strong>OK</strong> and close PeToUSB.<br />
The process with HP Format Tool is similar.<br />
<h4>5. Copy Windows XP Source Files</h4>To start the process of copying the Windows XP source files to the USB Flash Drive, click <strong>GO</strong> in the main window of WinSetupFromUSB. Depending on the write speed of your USB Flash drive it may take a while to copy all files.<br />
<img alt="WinSetupFromUSB - file copy" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-89" height="514" src="http://myeeeguides.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/winusb06.png?w=455&h=514" title="WinSetupFromUSB - file copy" width="455" /><br />
At the end the following notice about the Windows installation process should be displayed:<br />
<img alt="WinSetupFromUSB - notice" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-90" height="202" src="http://myeeeguides.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/winusb07.png?w=414&h=202" title="WinSetupFromUSB - notice" width="414" /><br />
Click <strong>OK</strong> and close WinSetupFromUSB with <strong>EXIT</strong>.<br />
<h4>6. Windows Installation – Part 1<strong><br />
</strong></h4>Connect the USB Flash Drive to your PC and turn on the computer. Press <strong>ESC</strong> at the boot screen and you will be able to select the USB Flash Drive as your boot device from the boot menu.<br />
<div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(253, 255, 217); border: 1px solid rgb(244, 206, 102); margin: 10px; padding: 10px; text-align: center;">The ESC key is used by ASUS for the Eee PC series.<br />
Other manufacturers may use other keys, e.g. F8 or F12.</div>After booting from USB Flash Drive, the following menu should be displayed:<br />
<ul><li>Windows XP/2000/2003 Setup – First and Second parts</li>
</ul>Press <strong>Enter</strong> or wait 10 seconds to get to the next menu:<br />
<ul><li>First part of Windows XP Home Edition setup</li>
<li>Second part of XP Home Edition setup+Start Windows for first time</li>
</ul><strong>First part of Windows XP Home Edition setup</strong> is already selected. Press <strong>Enter</strong> or wait 10 seconds to start the <strong>Text mode part of setup</strong>. During this part you can create, delete and format partitions and finally the setup files are copied to your hard disk. At the end the system will restart automatically.<br />
<h4>7. Windows Installation – Part 2</h4>After restart, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">boot the PC again from your USB Flash Drive</span>. The same menu should be displayed:<br />
<ul><li>Windows XP/2000/2003 Setup – First and Second parts</li>
</ul>Press <strong>Enter</strong> or wait 10 seconds to get to the next menu:<br />
<ul><li>First part of Windows XP Home Edition setup</li>
<li>Second part of XP Home Edition setup+Start Windows for first time</li>
</ul><strong>Second part of XP Home Edition setup+Start Windows for first time</strong> is already selected. Press <strong>Enter</strong> or wait 10 seconds to start the <strong>GUI mode part of setup</strong>. During this part you will be asked for your product key, timezone, usernames and other necessary informations. At the end the system will restart automatically.<br />
<h4>8. Windows Installation – Part 3</h4>After restart, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">boot the PC again from your USB Flash Drive</span>. The same menu should be displayed:<br />
<ul><li>Windows XP/2000/2003 Setup – First and Second parts</li>
</ul>Press <strong>Enter</strong> or wait 10 seconds to get to the next menu:<br />
<ul><li>First part of Windows XP Home Edition setup</li>
<li>Second part of XP Home Edition setup+Start Windows for first time</li>
</ul><strong>Second part of XP Home Edition setup+Start Windows for first time</strong> is already selected. Press <strong>Enter</strong> or wait 10 seconds to <strong>Start Windows for the first time</strong>. The Windows installation process will be finished and finally the Windows Desktop will appear.<br />
<div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 231, 229); border: 1px solid rgb(209, 68, 55); margin: 10px; padding: 10px; text-align: center;">DO NOT disconnect the USB Flash Drive too early!</div>At next startup you can boot into Windows from your hard disk.<br />
<h4><strong>Notes:</strong></h4>After successsful installation, the following boot menu will always be displayed during startup:<br />
<div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(0, 0, 0); color: white; margin: 10px; padding: 10px;">Please select the operating system to start: <ul><li>Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition</li>
<li>USB Repair NOT to Start Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition</li>
</ul></div>If you don’t plan to use the repair option and want to boot directly into windows, you have to do the following:<br />
Open the file <strong>boot.ini</strong> in the root directory of drive <strong>C:\</strong> with Notepad:<br />
<div style="background-color: #ededed; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 10px; padding: 10px;">[Boot Loader]timeout=30<br />
Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS<br />
[Operating Systems]<br />
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS=”Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition” /noexecute=optin /fastdetect<br />
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)WINDOWS=”USB Repair NOT to Start Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition” /noexecute=optin /fastdetect</div>Delete the following line:<br />
<div style="background-color: #ededed; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 10px; padding: 10px;">multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)WINDOWS=”USB Repair NOT to Start Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition” /noexecute=optin /fastdetect</div><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 231, 229); border: 1px solid rgb(209, 68, 55); margin: 10px; padding: 10px; text-align: center;">DO NOT delete the wrong line!<br />
Your computer may not boot the next time!</div>Save changes to the file.<br />
At next startup the boot menu will not be displayed.<br />
If you want to keep the repair option, you can reduce the time to display the operating system options from 30 to 5 seconds:<br />
<div style="background-color: #ededed; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 10px; padding: 10px;">[Boot Loader]<br />
timeout=5</div>Save changes to the file.<br />
At next startup the boot menu will be displayed only 5 seconds.TAMIZHAN RAJAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10522049289797517840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183356605983971251.post-66800214155942091942011-07-16T09:39:00.002+05:302011-07-16T09:39:48.239+05:30Create Multiboot USB Drive: Install Windows 7, XP From Same USB Drive<div style="text-align: justify;">Earlier, we have covered some tutorials: 1.<a href="http://www.techtipsgeek.com/install-windows-xp-from-usb-flash-drive-part-ii/1286/" target="_self">How to install windows XP From USB Drive</a> 2. <a href="http://www.techtipsgeek.com/install-windows-7-from-usb-flash-drive-without-software/1694/" target="_self">How to install Windows 7 From USB Drive</a>. Both the processes work fine and the readers feedback was positive. But there were some drawbacks with those procedures:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">1. Previous methods of creating of the bootable USB drive for Windows XP involves numbers of steps and takes lot of time to complete.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">2. You are to use the similar Operating System to prepare the USB disk. i.e if you want to prepare your USB drive to install Windows XP, you’ll have to use Windows XP to apply the preparation method. The similar condition is applicable when preparing the USB drive for Windows 7.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">3. Those methods do not have any option to prepare the USB disk in such a way that it would install both Windows XP and Windows 7 after spending one time effort.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">But we found an awesome free utility <a href="http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/120444-how-to-install-windows-from-usb-winsetupfromusb-with-gui/" target="_self">WinSetupFromUSB</a> which comes across drawbacks and allows you to create a Multiboot USB drive to install Windows XP and Windows 7 from the same USB drive. No need to prepare your USB stick separately. Even the tool works in both Windows XP and Windows 7.</div><h2 style="text-align: justify;">Creating the Multiboot USB Drive for Windows 7 and XP</h2><div style="text-align: justify;">Creating the multiboot USB drive is too easy and involves four simple steps. Before getting into the process, make sure that the USB drive that you have, is minimum 4 GB of volume (recommended 8 GB) and formatted with FAT32 file system. Once you are ready,<a href="http://www.datafilehost.com/download-3c7ead6d.html" target="_self"> download</a> WinSetupFromUSB and extract at any location of your computer.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13087" height="280" src="http://www.techtipsgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/WinSetupFromUSB-extracted-files.gif" title="WinSetupFromUSB-extracted-files" width="474" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then follow the steps below:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">1. Insert the formatted USB drive in the USB post of your computer and run the<strong> WinSetupFromUSB_1-0-beta7.exe</strong>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">2. Make sure that the the utility has detected your USB drive.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">3. Now enable the option <strong>Windows 2000/XP/2003 Setup </strong>selecting the check box and browse to the Windows XP installation file location. Next, enable the option <strong>Vista/7/Server 2008 Setup/PE/RecoveryISO</strong> and browse to the Windows 7 installation files’ location. In both of the cases, if you have the ISO images, extract them by WinRar or 7-Zip.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13086" height="598" src="http://www.techtipsgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/multiboot-windows-xp-windows-7-usb.gif" title="multiboot-windows-xp-windows-7-usb" width="458" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">4. Click the <strong>Go</strong> button to get started. It might take several minutes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Though we have discussed the process for only Windows XP and Windows 7, you can also add Windows Vista as well as Linux.</div>TAMIZHAN RAJAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10522049289797517840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183356605983971251.post-19477862901003258672011-03-26T10:09:00.003+05:302011-03-26T10:09:23.548+05:30How to use Kaspersky Free after 30 days trial period ?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://webtrickz.com/tag/kaspersky/"><strong>Kaspersky</strong></a> is one of the top security software providing best protection to your data from latest Viruses, worms, phishing attacks, malware, etc. I’ve now found a 100% working trick, using which one can use <strong>Kaspersky Antivirus 2010 </strong>and<strong> Kaspersky Internet Security 2010</strong> after end of its 30 days trail for Free.</b> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Follow the steps below carefully to do it:</span></strong></b></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span id="more-4128"></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1. Open Kaspersky settings > Options and <strong>uncheck Enable Self-Defense</strong>. Click Ok.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2. Exit Kaspersky.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>3. Go to Start, open Run, then type <em><strong>regedit</strong> </em>and press enter.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>4. Under Registry Editor, open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Kaspersky Lab > protected > AVP9 > environment.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="registry" border="0" height="188" src="http://webtrickz.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/kav.gif" style="border: 0px none; display: inline;" title="registry" width="537" /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>5. Find the entry <em>ProductStatus</em> and change Release to Beta.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>6. Press OK then open Kaspersky.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>7. Under License, <strong>Activate beta license</strong> then press Next and Finish (Delete any trial keys first if any, as they wont work).</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>8. Re-enable Self-Defense from options.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="activated kaspersky " border="0" height="423" src="http://webtrickz.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/kav3.gif" style="border: 0px none; display: inline;" title="activated
kaspersky " width="546" /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>9. Now you have 30 days of beta license activated. After every 30 days, simply click Activate Beta (delete the expired beta key first) and enjoy another 30 days Free <img alt=":D" class="wp-smiley" src="http://webtrickz.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif" /></b> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://webtrickz.com/tag/kaspersky/">Kaspersky</a> will now show as Beta Version though it is your final version only. Enjoy!</b></div></div>TAMIZHAN RAJAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10522049289797517840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183356605983971251.post-83126067875725352642011-03-26T10:08:00.001+05:302011-03-26T10:08:35.302+05:30Update – How to delete the expired key & activate beta license ?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><br />
</strong><strong></strong></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">To delete beta key, open Kaspersky > License Manager and click on the<strong> red X (cross)</strong> next to the code. Then click on Yes button as shown in below image.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="deleting kaspersky key" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4675" height="423" src="http://webtrickz.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/kas2.gif" title="deleting
kaspersky key" width="546" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now click ‘Activate New License’ option and then chose ‘Activate beta license’. Click Next to activate kaspersky.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="activating beta license" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4676" height="398" src="http://webtrickz.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/kas3.gif" title="activating beta
license" width="509" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Update (28 Jan)</strong> – As pointed out by most readers, I also got the same error saying ‘key is blocked’. I guess, Kaspersky has finally figured out this loophole and fixed it via updates <img alt=":(" class="wp-smiley" src="http://webtrickz.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif" /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Update (29 Jan)</strong> – Finally another way is out! Our smart readers ‘Stalin & Mr. Fix it’ have provided a quick and simple solution via comments to use Kaspersky for FREE <img alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" src="http://webtrickz.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" /> Check the new procedure below:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">1. Delete any license keys first.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">2. Disable Self-Defense and Exit kaspersky.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">3. Following above steps, change the ProductStatus back to <strong>Release</strong> in registry.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">4. Double click <strong>PCID</strong> and change the last 3 digits to what ever you want and click Ok.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="PCID" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5034" height="175" src="http://webtrickz.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/29-01-2010-17-57-12.png" title="PCID" width="394" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">5. Exit registry editor and restart kaspersky.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">6. Select activate trial license and you should now have 30 or 31 days remaining. Repeat this method any time to reset to 30 days.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>UPDATE</strong> – <strong><a href="http://webtrickz.com/kaspersky-trial-reset-tool" target="_self">Kaspersky Trial Reset tool</a> [Use Kaspersky for Free after 30 days]</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Disclaimer:</strong> <strong> </strong><em>This article is for informational and educational purposes only. We advice you to purchase genuine license to run your software.</em></div></div>TAMIZHAN RAJAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10522049289797517840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183356605983971251.post-22686748358315747942011-03-15T22:49:00.001+05:302011-07-21T18:44:56.440+05:30Reliance Free GPRS Trick/Hack (Free Internet With Rs. 99 Plan!) (January, 2011)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;">Here’s a trick to use free GPRS on your reliance mobile number without changing any APN, PORT and other settings. All you need to do is follow the below mentioned steps and get 2.5 GB of usage free! By following the steps reliance Rs. 99 plan will be activated on your mobile number: </div><ol style="text-align: justify;"><li>Visit this link: <a href="http://bit.ly/idlPnA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://bit.ly/idlPnA</span></a> and enter the details asked for (Name and reliance mobile <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD3">phone number</span>).</li>
<li>You will receive a text message with a pin code (password for the next step).</li>
<li>Now visit this link: <a href="http://bit.ly/gYvjIU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://bit.ly/gYvjIU</span></a> and use the Pin code acquired in the above step and enter it.</li>
<li>That’s it! Rs. 99 GPRS plan will be activated on your reliance mobile number.</li>
</ol><div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In case the link in Step 3 doesn’t work, visit this url instead: <i>http://bit.ly/h4Wexj</i>. You can try this url along with the url mentioned in Step 3 to get additional GPRS usage but be careful as it might also lead to deactivation of service. And do leave a comment in case you are able to get this trick (hack) working <img alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" src="http://www.techvorm.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Note:</span></b> <i>All the tricks/hacks shared are making use of the loop holes in Reliance’s network. None of these tricks/hacks have been discovered/made/influenced by me. Please use them at your own risk.</i></div></div>TAMIZHAN RAJAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10522049289797517840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183356605983971251.post-23561169280318809832011-03-14T12:25:00.001+05:302011-03-14T12:25:54.499+05:30How to create a locked folder in Win XP<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">To create a locked folder we need to create two batch files. The first batchfile will “lock” the folder (actually it will turn the ordinary folder into a link to the Control Panel using an address code), and the other one will “unlock” it. When someone tries to access that folder, he will be redirect to Control Panel(we can in fact type in any address code so that the user could be redirected to wherever we want). You should hide these batch files, especially the <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD4">second</span> one.<span id="more-1332"></span><br />
1. Create a folder, that you will use to store your protected data. For this example, I created a folder called “locked”, and put that folder in My <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD3">Documents</span>.<br />
<a href="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/my-documents.png"><img alt="create a locked folder" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1333" height="405" src="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/my-documents.png" title="locked folder" width="428" /></a><br />
2. Open Notepad and <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD9">copy this</span> code <strong>ren “<em>FOLDERNAME</em>” </strong><strong>“<em>FOLDERNAME</em>“</strong><strong>.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}</strong><br />
“FOLDERNAME” change in to name of your folder, in this example “FOLDERNAME” is locked.My code looks like this ren locked.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} locked<br />
Save notepad file like lock.bat in My Documents. In option Save as Type, select All Files<br />
<a href="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/save-as.png"><img alt="create a locked folder" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1334" height="396" src="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/save-as.png" title="locked folder" width="500" /></a><br />
3. Open another notepad file and copy this code <strong>ren </strong><strong>“<em>FOLDERNAME</em>“</strong><strong>.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} <em>“FOLDERNAME”</em> </strong>, <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD1">Save file</span> as in Step 2, just choose a different filename , like unlock.bat<br />
After this we can see in My Documents something like this:<a href="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/my-documents_2.png"><img alt="create a locked folder" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1335" height="393" src="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/my-documents_2.png" title="locked folder" width="387" /></a><br />
If we open (double click) lock.bat our folder will turn into a link to Control Panel, and the files will not be visible. until we use unlock.bat<br />
<a href="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/my-documents_3.png"><img alt="create a locked folder" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1336" height="397" src="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/my-documents_3.png" title="locked folder" width="388" /></a><br />
Here is video guide<br />
<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EV8ZFI9LXB4&hl=en&fs=1&ap=%2526fmt%3D18"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EV8ZFI9LXB4&hl=en&fs=1&ap=%2526fmt%3D18" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></object></div>TAMIZHAN RAJAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10522049289797517840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183356605983971251.post-40913740858273610122011-03-14T12:22:00.001+05:302011-03-14T12:22:41.356+05:30Command Prompt Hacks |How to hide partition<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Here is an interesting command prompt hack .You can hide, assign, delete etc. disk partition in few steps.<br />
1.Select<strong> Start</strong> , then <strong>Run </strong>, in Run option type <strong>cmd. </strong>(or start->All Programs->Accessories->Command Prompt)<br />
2.In Command Prompt (cmd) type <strong>DISKPART</strong><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/17.gif"><img alt="" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-376 aligncenter" height="140" src="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/17-150x150.gif" title="DISKPART zoom" width="150" /></a></div><span id="more-375"></span><br />
3. Then type <strong>LIST VOLUME</strong>, after this you will get an partition overview, as shown below<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/24.gif"><img alt="" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-377 aligncenter" height="150" src="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/24-150x150.gif" title="LIST VOLUME zoom" width="150" /></a></div>4. Type <strong>SELECT VOLUME</strong> (<span style="color: blue;">number<span style="color: black;">) , press ENTER on keyboard, then type <strong>REMOVE LETTER</strong> (</span></span><span style="color: blue;">letter<span style="color: black;"> )as shown below </span></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/37.gif"><img alt="" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-378 aligncenter" height="150" src="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/37-150x150.gif" title="SELECT VOLUME zoom" width="150" /></a></div>5.After this disk partition will be hidden. How to return disk partition? Easy, just type <strong>ASSIGN LETTER </strong>(<span style="color: blue;">letter</span>), as shown beloww<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/45.gif"><img alt="" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-381 aligncenter" height="150" src="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/45-150x150.gif" title="Assign Letter zoom" width="150" /></a></div>With Command Prompt (cmd) , you can manipulate disk partition. Here is list of possibility:</div>TAMIZHAN RAJAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10522049289797517840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183356605983971251.post-55917452513717724082011-03-14T12:19:00.000+05:302011-03-14T12:19:33.549+05:30How To Hide Any Drive Through Command Prompt<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Have you ever thought of hiding any drive from your system so that no one can knew about it. You may have heard or even used a lot of software’s that might be able to do that, but if you are GEEK like me and want to do things by your own without using any 3rd party software than this <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD8">tutorial</span> will show you how <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD9">you can</span> do it.<br />
Well there are 3 ways of doing it, in this tutorial we are covering <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD3">command prompt</span> way of doing it.<br />
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<h4><em> Here is how to do it:</em></h4><em></em><br />
<strong>Step 1.</strong> Open command Prompt, go to Start Menu > All Programs >Accessories > Command prompt<br />
<strong>Step 2.</strong> In the Command Prompt, type <strong>Diskpart</strong> and hit enter key. If UAC (User Account Control), dialog-box prompts than click Yes.<br />
<strong>Step 3.</strong> Then type<strong> List Volume</strong> and press enter, this will produce the list of all drives.<br />
<a href="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/cmd-1-.jpg"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6991" height="195" src="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/cmd-1-.jpg" title="cmd 1" width="590" /></a><br />
<strong>Step 4.</strong> Now select the drive which you want to hide, you can either do this by typing <strong>Select Volume 1</strong> (i.e. Volume Number) or by typing <strong>Select Volume C</strong>(i.e. Drive letter) <br />
<a href="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/cmd-2-.jpg"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6994" height="52" src="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/cmd-2-.jpg" title="cmd 2" width="261" /></a><br />
<strong>Step 5. </strong>To hide a drive, type <strong>Remove Letter C</strong>. Here, C is the drive letter than you want to hide. You can use any drive letter you want.<br />
<a href="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/cmd-2-_2.jpg"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6995" height="96" src="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/cmd-2-_2.jpg" title="cmd 2 _2" width="500" /></a><br />
<strong>Step 6.</strong> That’s it. You are done! C drive is now hidden<br />
<a href="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/cmd-3-.jpg"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6996" height="170" src="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/cmd-3-.jpg" title="cmd 3" width="590" /></a><br />
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<h4><em>How to unhide hidden drive</em></h4><em></em><br />
<strong>Step 1.</strong> Follow the procedure mentioned in step 1, 2, 3 and 4.<br />
<strong>Step 2.</strong> To show the hidden drive type <strong>Assign Letter C</strong> and hit enter, now you can view C: drive in explorer.<br />
<a href="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/cmd-4-.jpg"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6997" height="284" src="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/cmd-4-.jpg" title="cmd 4" width="590" /></a><br />
<a href="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/cmd-5-.jpg"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6999" height="213" src="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/cmd-5-.jpg" title="cmd 5" width="590" /></a><br />
That’s it. This is one way of hiding and un-hiding drives from explorer, for rest two stay tuned.</div>TAMIZHAN RAJAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10522049289797517840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183356605983971251.post-25512339691942894522011-03-14T12:16:00.000+05:302011-03-14T12:16:12.963+05:30How to Hack Into a Windows XP Computer Without Changing Password<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Yesterday I talked about how to “<a href="http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2006/09/01/recover-windows-login-password-within-minutes/">Recover Windows Login password within minutes</a>“. Another method to login to a password protected Windows even if you do not have the password is by making Windows accepting any passwords.<br />
There is a far better way to get into Windows XP. It is easy and it does not reset the password. Hack into a computer running Windows XP without changing the password and find out all and any passwords on the machine (including admin accounts). You do not need access to any accounts to do this. Of course, do not do this on anyone elses computer without proper authorisation.<br />
<img alt="Bypass Windows Login screen" src="http://cdn.raymond.cc/images/wxplgn06.gif" /><strong> </strong><br />
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<strong>Steps to Hack into a Windows XP Computer without changing password:</strong> <br />
1. Get physical access to the machine. Remember that it must have a CD or DVD drive.<br />
2. <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/92000816/dpl.zip">Download DreamPackPL HERE</a>.<br />
3. Unzip the downloaded dpl.zip and you’ll get dpl.ISO.<br />
4. Use any burning program that can burn ISO images.<br />
5. After you have the disk, boot from the CD or DVD drive. You will see Windows 2000 Setup and it will load some files.<br />
6. Press “<strong>R</strong>” to install DreamPackPL.<br />
7. Press “<strong>C</strong>” to install DreamPackPL by using the recovery console.<br />
8. Select the Windows installation that is currently on the computer (Normally is “1″ if you only have one Windows installed)<br />
9. Backup your original sfcfiles.dll by typing:<br />
“<strong>ren C:\Windows\System32\sfcfiles.dll sfcfiles.lld</strong>” (without quotes)<br />
10. Copy the hacked file from CD to system32 folder. Type:<br />
“<strong>copy D:\i386\pinball.ex_ C:\Windows\System32\sfcfiles.dll</strong>” (without quotes and assuming your CD drive is D:)<br />
11. Type “exit”, take out disk and reboot.<br />
12. In the password field, type “<strong>dreamon</strong>” (without quotes) and DreamPack menu will appear.<br />
13. Click the top graphic on the DreamPack menu and you will get a menu popup.<br />
<img alt="Hack Windows Login Dreamon" src="http://cdn.raymond.cc/images/dreamon.gif" /><br />
14. Go to commands and enable the options and enable the god command.<br />
<img alt="Bypass and hack user account passwords" src="http://cdn.raymond.cc/images/dppl06.gif" /><br />
15. Type “god” in the password field to get in Windows.<br />
You can also go to Passwords and select “Logon with wrong password and hash”. This option allows you to login with ANY password.<br />
<strong>Note:</strong> I was unable to bring up the DreamPackPL for the first time because I have Kaspersky Anti-Virus already running in background. I believe most antivirus already labelled this tool as a Hack-Tool. A Hack-Tool is NOT a virus. DreamPackPL helps you bypass the Windows Login screen and it is not destructive.</div>TAMIZHAN RAJAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10522049289797517840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183356605983971251.post-53072828154212434092011-03-14T12:12:00.000+05:302011-03-14T12:12:37.471+05:30Automatic Shortcut Viewer For Removable Storage Media In Desktop<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>You might have seen in Linux based OS like Ubuntu, whenever you insert a removable storage media in to your computer a shortcut to the storage device automatically appears in the desktop. If you are one of those who are keenly <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD4">interested</span> to get such <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD8">feature</span> in your Windows 7 or Windows XP or Windows Vista than have a rest on <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD3">reading</span> this article.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span id="more-7265"></span></b></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>There are some free software that helps you to make this thing really possible. Upon researching various tools like these, I found one of them very useful and worthy to use.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>This freeware I am talking about provide the user with automatic shortcuts to their USB and other drives that appear and disappear from the desktop as the user plugs their media in and out. The hero’s name is Desktop Media.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The best thing about this utility is that it uses very small amount of your Randomly Accessed Memory.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_7269" style="text-align: justify; width: 231px;"><b><a href="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/img_a.jpg"><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-7269 " height="243" src="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/img_a.jpg" width="221" /></a></b><div class="wp-caption-text"><b>Automatic shortcut created</b></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_7268" style="text-align: justify; width: 215px;"><b><a href="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/img_b.jpg"><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-7268 " height="233" src="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/img_b.jpg" width="205" /></a></b><div class="wp-caption-text"><b>When drive is removed</b></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Besides usual removable media shortcuts you can also add network shortcuts and even shortcut to your fixed drive.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/img_C.jpg"><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-7267 aligncenter" height="368" src="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/img_C.jpg" width="305" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To enable the plug and play shortcut just download and install the 300 KB file from the link below</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.ianandmonica.com/desktopmedia/download.php">Download the Desktop Media</a></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The system <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD9">tray icon</span> will always show up in the system tray or <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD7">notification</span> area.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/img_d.jpg"><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-7266 aligncenter" height="75" src="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/img_d.jpg" width="161" /></a>If you don’t want to see Desktop Media in system tray you can hide it from the options menu. Right click on the Desktop Media icon and choose Options, uncheck Show Tray Icon.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/img_e.jpg"><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-7270 aligncenter" height="264" src="http://hackspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/img_e.jpg" width="267" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Hope this <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD6">tutorial</span> was helpful and useful.</b></div></div>TAMIZHAN RAJAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10522049289797517840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183356605983971251.post-19634151069154352412011-03-08T20:49:00.001+05:302011-03-08T20:49:43.740+05:30Add Copy To / Move To to the Windows Explorer Right Click Menu<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>A hidden functionality in Windows allows you to right click on a file, select Copy To Folder or Move To Folder, and the move to box will pop up and let you choose a location to either copy or move the file or folder to.</b></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Update: <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/add-copy-to-move-to-on-windows-vista-right-click-menu/">Downloadable version</a> also available.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Here’s the quick registry hack to get this working. As usual, back up your registry just in case. You will want to browse down to this key:</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> <blockquote><b>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers</b></blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Once you are at that key, right click and choose the New Key option:<span id="more-40"></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img height="307" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/WindowsLiveWriter/AddCopyToMoveTototheWindowsExplorerRight_286F/newcopyregkey%5B4%5D.png" width="557" /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Now you will double-click on the (Default) value and enter the following:</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> <blockquote><b>{C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}</b></blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Click OK and continue.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img height="278" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/WindowsLiveWriter/AddCopyToMoveTototheWindowsExplorerRight_286F/newcopyregval%5B4%5D.png" width="448" /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you want to enable Move To, you will repeat the same steps, except creating a new key named Move To, and using this value:</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> <blockquote><b>{C2FBB631-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}</b></blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Now when you right click on a file or folder, you should see the following options:</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img height="202" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/WindowsLiveWriter/AddCopyToMoveTototheWindowsExplorerRight_286F/rightclickmenucopyto%5B5%5D.png" width="231" /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Let’s click Copy To Folder just to see what happens….</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img height="388" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/WindowsLiveWriter/AddCopyToMoveTototheWindowsExplorerRight_286F/copytofolderimg.png" width="348" /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>And that’s it. Useful!</b></div></div>TAMIZHAN RAJAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10522049289797517840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183356605983971251.post-47351017746606267232011-03-08T11:03:00.000+05:302011-03-08T11:03:14.003+05:30Disable Error Reporting in XP<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><strong><br />
</strong></b></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To disable error reporting in XP right click on My computer and select Properties. In the <em>System Properties</em><em>Advanced</em> tab then the <em>Error Reporting</em> button.</b> window click the </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="xperror" border="0" height="510" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/xperror.png" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="xperror" width="443" /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Error Reporting window comes up where you want to select <em>Disable error reporting</em>. Uncheck the box <em>But notify me when critical error occur </em>if you don’t want to see any errors at all then click Ok and Ok to close out of the System Properties window.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="xp1error" border="0" height="337" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/xp1error.png" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="xp1error" width="347" /></b></div></div>TAMIZHAN RAJAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10522049289797517840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183356605983971251.post-73326955498978759962011-03-08T11:02:00.001+05:302011-03-08T11:02:29.118+05:30Disable Error Reporting in Vista<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><strong><br />
</strong></b></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To disable Error Reporting in Vista click on Start and open Control Panel.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="errorvista" border="0" height="305" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/errorvista.png" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="errorvista" width="432" /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Make sure you’re in Classic View and double click on <em>Problem Reports and Solutions. </em></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="2errorvista" border="0" height="252" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/2errorvista.png" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="2errorvista" width="488" /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Under Tasks click on the <em>Change Settings</em> link.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="3errorvista" border="0" height="289" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/3errorvista.png" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="3errorvista" width="499" /> </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>It’s worth noting here that if you choose <em>Ask me to check if a problem occurs</em>, error reporting is enabled but you get to choose whether or not to send the diagnostics to Microsoft. If you select<em> Check for solutions automatically (recommended)</em> then all data will be sent to Microsoft automatically. Since we want to disable it all together, click on the <em>Advanced Settings </em>link.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="4errorvista" border="0" height="308" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/4errorvista.png" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="4errorvista" width="489" /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>In the next screen under <em>For my programs, problem reporting is…</em>select Off then click Ok to close out of the <em>Problem Reports and Solutions</em> window.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="5error" border="0" height="326" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/5error.png" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="5error" width="605" /> </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Next you’ll see that everything under <em>Choose how to check for solutions to computer problems</em> is grayed out. Click Ok to close out of this screen.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="6errorvista" border="0" height="400" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/6errorvista.png" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="6errorvista" width="566" /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Click Close on the message telling you that Error Reporting is turned off.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="7errorvista" border="0" height="201" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/7errorvista.png" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="7errorvista" width="386" /></b></div></div>TAMIZHAN RAJAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10522049289797517840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183356605983971251.post-74916811699709196942011-03-08T11:01:00.001+05:302011-03-08T11:01:02.407+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>When you’re trying to fix a computer or are setting it up for certain functionality for a business, it can be quite annoying always getting error messages when you know what your doing. Today we take a look at disabling those messages in XP, Vista, and Windows 7.</b></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><em>Note: Error Reporting can be valuable if Windows isn’t working correctly and shouldn’t be disabled unless you’re a system admin or power user. This is not recommended for the average home user.</em> </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="sshot-2009-12-19-[23-57-18]" border="0" height="434" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/sshot20091219235718.png" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="sshot-2009-12-19-[23-57-18]" width="528" /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Error Reporting is enabled by default on XP, Vista, and Windows 7. If an error occurs, a detailed message regarding the error pops up and you’re prompted to send the information to Microsoft. This is so they can gather error info from millions of PC’s and helps them create patches and Service Packs. In some cases it will check the error and provide solutions to fix it. When you’re setting up a machine for specific functionality, the messages get very annoying. There are a number of reasons why an experienced user or tech would want to turn them off, so lets begin.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><strong>Disable Error Reporting in Windows 7</strong></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Open up the start menu and type in <em>problem reporting settings</em> into the search box, or head to Action Center –> Change Action Center Settings –> Problem Reporting Settings. If you used the search, use the “Choose how to report problems” item in the list:</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="image" border="0" height="146" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/image57.png" style="border: 0px none; display: inline;" title="image" width="441" /></b> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Then you can easily choose the option from the list:</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="image" border="0" height="570" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/image58.png" style="border: 0px none; display: inline;" title="image" width="628" /></b> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Again, you probably should leave it enabled, but this will let you disable it.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><strong>Disable Error Reporting in Windows 7 with Group Policy</strong></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><em>Note: This method used Local Group Policy Editor which isn’t available in Home versions of Windows 7.</em></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Click on Start and enter <em>gpedit.msc</em> into the search box and hit Enter.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="gpedit_start" border="0" height="201" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/gpedit_start1.png" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="gpedit_start" width="439" /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Local Group Policy Editor opens and you want to navigate to User Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ Windows Components \ Windows Error Reporting and under Setting double click on <em>Disable Windows Error Reporting</em>.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="1error" border="0" height="496" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/1error.png" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="1error" width="611" /> </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Change it from Not Configured to Enabled, then click Apply and Ok and close out of Local Group Policy Editor.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="2error" border="0" height="232" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/2error.png" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="2error" width="513" /></b></div></div>TAMIZHAN RAJAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10522049289797517840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183356605983971251.post-19017636507361757502011-03-08T10:54:00.001+05:302011-03-08T10:54:37.204+05:30Disable Sidebar / Desktop Gadgets on Windows 7<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you just can’t see the point of the desktop Gadgets included in Windows 7, or even the Sidebar gadgets in Windows Vista, you’ll be happy to know that you can easily disable them with a simple configuration change.</b></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you are really, really new to Windows 7, the gadgets are accessible via the desktop context menu, and can be dropped anywhere on the desktop you’d like.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="image" border="0" height="346" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/image45.png" style="border: 0px none; display: inline;" title="image" width="461" /> </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><em>Note: If you are running Windows Vista, you can </em><a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/disable-windows-sidebar-in-vista/"><em>disable the sidebar there as well</em></a><em>.</em></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><strong>Disabling Sidebar/Desktop Gadgets in Windows 7</strong></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To disable them, simply open up Control Panel and type “features” into the search box. Find the link for “Turn Windows features on or off” and open it. </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="image[29]" border="0" height="417" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/image291.png" style="border: 0px none; display: inline;" title="image[29]" width="526" /></b> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Remove the checkbox from Windows Gadget Platform, click the OK button and restart your computer when it’s all done. </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="image[26]" border="0" height="438" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/image261.png" style="border: 0px none; display: inline;" title="image[26]" width="498" /></b> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Now the item should be gone from the menu…</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="image" border="0" height="302" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/image46.png" style="border: 0px none; display: inline;" title="image" width="283" /></b> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>And there won’t be any more gadgets laying around on your desktop.</b></div></div>TAMIZHAN RAJAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10522049289797517840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183356605983971251.post-5807191009583731182011-03-08T10:53:00.000+05:302011-03-08T10:53:14.352+05:30Disable Windows Sidebar in Vista<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Let’s be honest: If you are reading this article, then you probably think the Windows Sidebar in Windows Vista is cheesy and useless. Thankfully it’s also easy to disable.</b></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To disable the sidebar, right click on the sidebar or sidebar icon, and choose properties:</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><img alt="sidebar-disable-1.png" id="image1098" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/sidebar-disable-1.png" /></b> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Uncheck the “Start Sidebar when Windows starts” checkbox:</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="sidebar-disable-2.png" id="image1099" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/sidebar-disable-2.png" /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Then right-click on the icon, and choose Exit to close the sidebar:</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="sidebar-disable-3.png" id="image1100" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/sidebar-disable-3.png" /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Your sidebar should now be gone, and won’t start back up with Windows anymore.</b></div></div>TAMIZHAN RAJAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10522049289797517840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183356605983971251.post-9276599357353454602011-03-08T10:51:00.001+05:302011-03-08T10:51:51.659+05:30Disable Delete Confirmation Dialog in Windows 7 or Vista<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Every time you delete a file, Windows asks you “Are you sure you want to move this file to the Recycle Bin?” This is typically a good thing, to prevent you from deleting files by accident, but if you are trying to do some cleanup and need to delete a lot of files, you might not want to be prompted every single time.</b></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>There’s a simple way to turn it off, thankfully, although I’d recommend you leave it on the majority of the time.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="image" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/image82.png" /></b> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Just right-click on your Recycle Bin and choose Properties from the menu.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="image" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/image83.png" /></b> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Now you’ll see the Trash Properties dialog, and notice the “Display delete confirmation dialog” at the bottom.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="image" height="446" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/image84.png" width="404" /></b> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Just uncheck the box, and close the dialog. No more confirmations! (I’d still recommend that you turn it back on when you are done cleaning up your computer)</b></div></div>TAMIZHAN RAJAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10522049289797517840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183356605983971251.post-28107007684040548702011-03-08T10:49:00.001+05:302011-03-08T10:49:54.143+05:30Hide, Delete, or Destroy the Recycle Bin Icon in Windows 7 or Vista<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>I’ve never found the recycle bin on the desktop very useful, so I almost always disable it as one of the first things that I do. Windows 7 or Vista has an even simpler way to hide the icon than XP does, but why couldn’t they have disabled it by default?</b></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><strong>Deleting in Vista</strong></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Just right-click on the icon and select delete from the menu. It’s as simple as that.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="delete-recycle-bin.png" id="image1141" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/delete-recycle-bin.png" /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><strong>Deleting from Windows 7</strong></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Right-click on the desktop, choose Personalize, then choose Desktop Icon settings on the left-hand side.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img src="http://www.howtogeek.com/geekers/up/sshot-2009-12-13-20-35-12.png" /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Then simply remove the check from the box:</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img src="http://www.howtogeek.com/geekers/up/sshot-2009-12-13-20-35-53.png" /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Note that you can also configure this from the Desktop Icon Settings in Personalization.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you’ve removed or lost system icons on your desktop, <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/restore-missing-desktop-icons-in-windows-vista/">you can restore them easily</a>.</b></div></div>TAMIZHAN RAJAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10522049289797517840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183356605983971251.post-40369745674407643012011-03-08T10:48:00.000+05:302011-03-08T10:48:24.184+05:30Restore Missing Desktop Icons in Windows 7 or Vista<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you’ve <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/hide-delete-or-destroy-the-recycle-bin-icon-in-windows-vista/">removed your recycle bin icon</a>, or you previously added the some of the “special” icons like Computer, User or Control Panel to the desktop and they are now missing, you might want to know how to add them back.</b></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Go to Control Panel \ Personalize (or right-click on the desktop and select Personalize), and then choose the link for “Change Desktop Icons” on the left-hand side.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><img alt="change-desktop-icons.png" id="image1142" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/change-desktop-icons.png" /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b> Now you can chose the icons you want back on the desktop by checking the box next to the name: </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="desktop-icon-settings.png" id="image1143" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/desktop-icon-settings.png" /></b> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Click the Apply button, and you should see the icon show up on the desktop immediately.</b></div></div>TAMIZHAN RAJAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10522049289797517840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183356605983971251.post-80289619475255112992011-03-08T10:45:00.001+05:302011-03-08T10:45:39.665+05:30Remove NVIDIA Control Panel from Desktop Right-Click Menu<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Have you ever wondered how to remove the “NVIDIA Control Panel” item from the desktop context menu? If so, you probably didn’t realize that it’s trivially easy to remove.</b></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><em>Note: This method works the same for XP, Vista, and Windows 7.</em></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For those of you in the dark about what we’re talking about, here’s the menu item we’re looking to remove:</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="image" border="0" height="310" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/image21.png" title="image" width="323" /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>I rarely need to use the NVIDIA Control Panel, and it’s accessible via the control panel’s Additional Options section if I really needed to get to it.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><strong>Remove the Easy Way</strong></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Just open up the NVIDIA Control Panel, and uncheck View \ Add Desktop Context Menu</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="image" border="0" height="203" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/image22.png" title="image" width="344" /></b> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>This will immediately remove the item from the context menu:</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="image" border="0" height="282" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/image23.png" title="image" width="298" /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The only problem with this is that the shell menu item doesn’t actually get removed, just disabled.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><strong>Remove With a Registry Hack</strong></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you want to make remove the menu item from the registry, you can open up regedit.exe through the start menu search or run box, and then browse down to the following key:</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> <blockquote><b>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\</b><br />
</blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="image" border="0" height="419" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/image24.png" title="image" width="563" /></b> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Find the NvCplDesktopContext key on the left-hand side, and then make sure to Export the current key out to a file for backup purposes. Once you’ve done that, delete that key.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><strong>Completely Disable the Shell Extension</strong></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you don’t want that shell extension loading at all, you can use the awesome <a href="http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html">Nirsoft ShellExView</a> application to just completely disable the extension and prevent it from running.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><em>Note: make sure to launch ShellExView by right-clicking and choosing Run as Administrator if you are using Vista.</em></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Find “DesktopContextClass” with the description “NVIDIA Display Properties Extension”, and click the Disable button.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="image" border="0" height="236" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/image25.png" title="image" width="517" /></b> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you aren’t sure it’s the right one, double-click on it to see the details, and verify that it’s similar to this one (although your version could be different)</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b> <img alt="image" border="0" height="620" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/image26.png" title="image" width="541" /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>As soon as you use the Disable button, the menu item will be gone.</b></div></div>TAMIZHAN RAJAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10522049289797517840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183356605983971251.post-22598944837280776072011-03-08T10:43:00.001+05:302011-03-08T10:43:44.321+05:30Remove "Map Network Drive" Menu Item from Windows Vista or XP<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you have never used the “Map Network Drive” dialog box, do you ever wonder how to get rid of it? Personally I only map drives from the command line so I never use it either… so I’m thankful there’s a registry hack that can remove the menu items.</b></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you are unfamiliar with what I’m talking about, just right-click on the Computer icon and you’ll see:</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="image" height="335" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/image3.png" width="336" /></b> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Here’s that same context menu without the items.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="image" height="280" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/image4.png" width="264" /></b> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Of course, it would probably be simplest to just uninstall, disable or remove file sharing altogether, but if you don’t want to do that and still want the menu items gone, this registry hack is for you.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Note: This will completely disable all connect/disconnect menu items, including on currently mapped drives and the Tools menu.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><strong>Manual Registry Hack</strong></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Open regedit.exe through the start menu search or run box, and then navigate down to the following key, creating if it does not exist.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> <blockquote><b>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer</b><br />
</blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img alt="image" height="302" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/image5.png" width="583" /></b> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>On the right-hand pane create a new 32-bit DWORD value with the following values:</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><b>Name: NoNetConnectDisconnect</b></li>
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</ul><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The change should be immediate, you can right-click on Computer to see the difference. To remove, just delete the key or set the value to 0.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><strong>Download Registry Hack</strong></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Just download, extract, and double-click on RemoveMapNetworkDrive.reg to enter the information into the registry. There’s also an uninstall script included to reverse the effect.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/geekers/RemoveMapNetworkDrive.zip">Download RemoveMapNetworkDrive Registry Hack</a></b></div></div>TAMIZHAN RAJAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10522049289797517840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183356605983971251.post-64430184277687091602011-03-08T10:41:00.001+05:302011-03-08T10:41:50.589+05:30Registry Hack to Disable Writing to USB Drives<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>A common security concern at organizations is allowing users to plug in a usb flash drive, because they could so easily copy corporate data. </b></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Since Windows XP SP2, you can disable writing to USB devices altogether using a simple registry hack. Here it is:</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> <blockquote><b>[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies]<br />
“WriteProtect”=dword:00000001</b><br />
</blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>You can also just download one of the following registry tweaks to enable or disable writing to USB drives.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/EnableUSBWrite.zip" title="Enable USB Write">Enable USB Write</a></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/DisableUSBWrite.zip" title="Disable USB Write">Disable USB Write</a></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Once you use the registry hack, you will have to reboot for the changes to take effect. One should also note that if you are using this trick, you should make sure that the users are not administrators on the computer, because they could easily change this setting back.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>This works on Windows Vista as well. Here’s the window you’ll get when you try and write to a USB drive:</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><img height="294" src="http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/RegistryHacktoDisableWritingtoUSBDrives_3B18/image0.png" width="461" /></b></div></div>TAMIZHAN RAJAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10522049289797517840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183356605983971251.post-57248793104036379962011-03-08T10:25:00.000+05:302011-03-08T10:39:05.075+05:30Making Windows XP Start 60% Faster Tutorial<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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