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How to create an "Invisible" hidden drive in Windows

2011-01-11T02:45:00.000+05:00

You’ve probably read a bunch of posts on how to create hidden folders, secure folders, locked folders, etc, etc in Windows on many occasions! Hell, one of the most popular articles on this blog is How to create a secure and locked folder in Windows XP. However, hiding a folder is a tricky proposition and usually doesn’t work well unless you use something like Truecrypt.

But there’s yet ANOTHER way you can hide your “private” files using a nifty little registry hack that will completely remove an entire drive from your computer. The drive will not show up in My Computer, will not be accessible from the command prompt, and won’t even show up in Safe Mode!

Ok, so here’s how to implement the hack: first off, back up your registry as this requires adding a key to the registry. Once you’ve backed up your registry, open the registry editor by clicking on Start, Run and typing in regedit.

Now navigate to the following registry hive shown below:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Policies\Explorer

Right-click on Explorer and choose New and then DWORD Value.

Name the new value NoDrives and then double click on it to open the properties dialog box. Click on Decimal for the Base unit.

Type in one of the following values depending on that drive letter you want to hide.

A: 1B: 2C: 4D: 8

E: 16

F: 32G: 64H: 128I: 256

J: 512

K: 1024L: 2048M: 4096N: 8192

O: 16384

P: 32768Q: 65536R: 131072S: 262144

T: 524288

U: 1048576V: 2097152W: 4194304X: 8388608

Y: 16777216

Z: 33554432All: 67108863

If you want to hide drive E, just type in the value 16. The really cool thing about this trick is the fact that you can hide multiple drives by adding the numbers of the particular drives together. For example, if you want to hide drive E and drive G, you would type in the number 80, which is 64 + 16.

Restart your computer and your drive will now be hidden! Trying to hide your system drive (C) will not work as Windows has to use this drive to run correctly, so don’t store your secret files there!

When you want to get your drives back, change the value of NoDrives to 0 or simply delete the value altogether. Of course, having to do this everyday can be a pain, so if you’re up for it, you can try and write a registry file that will allow you to insert and delete the value by just double-clicking a file.

This trick also works for mapped drives, so if you want to hide mapped drives, you can do it this way (though it might just be easier to disconnect a mapped drive).

Enjoy!

Source via MindConnection

Mohammad Tahir Taous

How to create a secured and locked folder in Windows XP

2011-01-11T02:38:00.003+05:00

UPDATE: Since some people were having issues with this method of hiding a folder in XP (folder being renamed incorrectly, visible via the command prompt, etc), I am adding to the bottom another way to permanently hide a folder using a program called Free Hide Folder. Please scroll down to read about it.

If you’ve come across this page looking for a way to create a password protected, secure, hidden or locked folder in Windows XP for free, you’ve come to the right place. Unfortunately, Windows XP does not have any user-friendly built-in tools to create secure folders on computers with multiple users. Of course, you can encrypt data on your hard disk, but this only helps if your computer is stolen.

In a previous post, I wrote about how you can hide a folder in Windows XP using a rudimentary built-in feature. This method is useful if you want to hide a folder or file and you’re pretty sure that anyone who is using the computer will have no idea how to un-hide the data. If you’re dealing with someone a little more computer savvy, there is another way to create a secure locked folder without having to buy any 3rd party software.

It basically involves using a script to morph the folder into something completely different so that it’s still visible, but nothing inside the folder is accessible. In order to view the data, you have to run another script to morph it back. Anyone who clicks on the folder will be brought to the Control Panel and simply think it is a shortcut.

Here are the steps to create the protected folder in Windows XP:

First create a folder that you will use to store your confidential data. For example, I have created a folder called Fonts at the root of my D drive. Since the hidden folder will bring you to the Control Panel, it’s best to name the folder as one of the programs inside there.

In the same location where you created the new folder, create a new file in Notepad, copy the following below into it, replace Fonts with the name of your folder and save it as loc.bat.

ren Fonts Fonts.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

To save the file as a .bat file in Notepad, just put the whole thing in quotes, like “loc.bat” and then click Save.

Now you should have a bat file named loc in the same directory as your Fonts folder, not inside the Fonts folder.

Create another NotePad file and type in the following listed below and save it as “key.bat”.

ren Fonts.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} Fonts

Now you’ll have loc.bat and key.bat along with your folder. Go ahead and double-click on loc.bat and your folder will turn into the Control Panel and nothing inside can be viewed. Clicking on it will simply bring you to the Control Panel. You’ll notice the icon should have changed also.

To view the data inside your folder again, click on key.bat and your folder will return to normal! Pretty simple!

Of course, keeping the key.bat file in the same folder will defeat the purpose of securing the folder, so it’s best to move the key.bat file somewhere else, or even better, put it on a USB stick or CD that only you can access.

Most people will be probably look at the folder and simply ignore it since it has the control panel icon and it links directly there. Of course, if someone knows this trick also, they can create their own key.bat file, etc and open it back up. However, if you’re dealing with someone who can do all of that, it’s best you check out more advanced 3rd party software to lock down a folder.

ALTERNATIVE METHOD:

If you’re having trouble with the above-mentioned method (from what I can see from the comments, a good number of people), then here’s another quick and free way to create a secure folder in Windows XP. There is a very nice program called Free Hide Folder from Cleanersoft that allows you to easily hide your private folders.

Your folders are completely hidden and you must supply a password to open the program to unhide the folders. The personal edition is free, just click the Skip Registration button unless you’re using it for commercial purposes.

I’ve tried this program myself and I cannot access the hidden folder via Windows Explorer nor the command prompt. So if the above method is not working, give this a shot!

Any questions, post a comment! Enjoy!

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Mohammad Tahir Taous

BitSpirit - Torrent Client

2010-01-04T18:46:00.001+05:00

BitSpirit is a powerful and easy to use BitTorrent client which
provides not only full BitTorrent protocol implementation but also
many personalized features. It supports simultaneous downloads,
download queue, UPNP portmaping, NAT traversal (UDP
transport), downloads from multiple files torrent package, disk
cache, chatting with other peers, torrent market, ip-filter, etc.
Version 3.0 or above of BitSpirit also support DHT network - which
is based on Kademlia protocol, and fully compatible with Bittorrent
official client.

File Size: 2.27 MB
License: Free
Minimum Requirement: Windows All

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Super WinSpy

2010-01-01T06:36:00.001+05:00

Super WinSpy is a program designed that helps you find out
what's been done on your computer. The software enables
you to find out exactly what others have done on your computer,
including what web sites they have been, what text, images, movies
they have seen and also which files they opened/saved, what kind
of search they have done and what they ran at the start menu.

File Size: 812 KB
License: Free
Minimum Requirement:
Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
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2009-12-30T20:52:00.000+05:00

Do you want to create a Web Site yourself but don't know how to create. Here is a best solution for you. I am going to tell you about a free Web Designing book. It is written by Robert Schifreen, the well known UK IT commentator and security specialist. This book is very simple and easy. You can learn all basic skills to build a good Website yourself.
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MP3 CD Ripper Pro 2.0

2009-12-30T20:47:00.000+05:00

MP3 CD Ripper Pro is a powerful and easy CD ripper application. It builds CD ripper and audio converter in one. You can easily rip your favorite audio CD tracks to MP3 and other popular audio formats like WAV, WMA, OGG, FLAC, APE etc. With audio converter you can convert your MP3 to WAV, WAV to MP3, WAV to WMA etc. The CD ripper allows you to retrieve CD information from remote CDDB. It also supports ID3 tag and sound normalization. With the built-in CD player, you can preview the CD tracks before you start CD ripping process. With the simple and straightforward interface, you can get started by few clicks even without reading any help. If you're looking for an application to help you to rip audio CDs and convert audio files in different formats, you won't be disappointed in MP3 CD Ripper Pro.

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Ashampoo® ClipFinder

2009-12-30T20:44:00.000+05:00

Free Hide Folder 2.3

2009-12-30T20:40:00.000+05:00

Registry Fix Pro 1.5 - Remove error & invalid enttries

2009-12-30T20:39:00.000+05:00

Similarity - Find & Remove similer Files

2009-12-30T20:34:00.000+05:00

HD Clone

2009-12-30T20:30:00.000+05:00

HD Clone enables you to move the content from an entire
ATA/SATA hard drive to another, larger one. The program installs
itself on a bootable floppy or CD and includes its own operating
system, so it runs completely independent from Windows.
Once HDClone has created the bootable floppy or CD for you,
you can use it to boot your computer and copy the drive
content to the new (installed) drive, using a graphical
interface.

The free version is perfectly suitable to upgrade
your existing drive to a larger one. It supports IDE/ATA/SATA
hard disks and is able to copy up to 300 MB/minute. The latest
version now supports USB mouse and keyboard as well as
USB 1.1 drives.

File Size: 9.8 MB
License: Free
Minimum Requirement:
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Avast Home Edition - Free Antivirus 4.8.1367

2009-12-28T20:51:00.000+05:00

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Google Transliteration now Available in Urdu and Punjabi

2009-12-26T19:55:00.001+05:00

Google recently added Urdu and Punjabi support to Transliteration service.
Transliteration allows users to type words phonetically using their english keyboard. For example, in Urdu, you can type "shukriya" to get شکریہ and in Punjabi, you can type "duniya"to get ਦੁਨਿਯਾ . If a word did not get transliterated correctly, hit the backspace key or select the word to see list of alternatives to select from. Typing Control + G allows you to switch between english and local language typing.

In a Blog post from Google's software Engineers writes:

Launching Urdu and Punjabi has been a true labour of love for our team. Urdu brought with it some unique challenges: since it is written right to left, we needed to ensure that editing functions such as backspace, tab, etc all work as expected. Urdu diacriticals, or 'Aerabs', also needed special attention as they map the vowel sounds but are not necessarily visible in the word. For Punjabi, the 'addak', 'tippi' and 'bindi' posed its own challenge as they change the intonation of the previous character. We hope that Urdu and Punjabi speakers in India, Pakistan and elsewhere in the world find this tool useful to type in their native language.

With this launch our transliteration service now supports twelve languages, including: Hindi,Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali, Gujarati,Marathi, Nepali and Arabic

You can try Urdu and Punjabi Transliteration at:

http://www.google.com/transliterate/indic/Urdu

Similarity - Find & Remove similer Files

2009-12-24T22:18:00.001+05:00

Similarity is a useful program that helps you to find and remove similar, duplicate musical files (MP3, WMA, OGG, ASF, WAV, FLAC, APE, WV) with the same or similar sound content, music tags (ID3,WMF,Vorbis). This is the best program where similarity of a sound part is checked, not just music tags or file content (byte to byte comparision). In addition the program analyzes the artist, title, album information from the music tags contained in the audio files and compare these with the appropriate entries in other files.

Main features

* Three powerful comparing algorithms (content based, tags based
and experemental).
* Support lossy formats: MP3, MP2, OGG, WMA, ASF.
* Support lossless formats: FLAC, APE, WF, WMA.
* Support ID3v1, ID3v2, ASF, WMA, Vorbis tags.
* Find files with same sound content (not byte to byte comparison,
using sound analyzing).
* Very fast sound content scanning.
* User friendly.
* Works with removable media devices like USB, etc.
* Search local PC and over network.
* Find duplicate from a selected set of folders.
* Show files tags and properties.
* Results can be exported to playlist.

System requirements:

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Registry Fix Pro 1.5 - Remove error & invalid enttries

2009-12-22T22:12:00.001+05:00

Registry errors accumulate in your PC and cause Windows errors. Registry Fix Pro will optimize your system registry by finding and removing errors and invalid entries. After fixing the invalid entries, your system will be more stable and run faster. For maximum safety, Registry Fix Pro will make a backup of the repaired entries. You will be able to restore any changes made using the software by choosing Restore registry backup.

Why do you need Registry Fix Pro?

Most applications today use registry to store configuration and other important data. When you install an application, a new registry entries will be created. These entries will automatically be deleted when you uninstall the application. Unfortunately, it does not always work that way. Sometimes, you will find that some applications fail to remove their own registry entries. These entries will become obsolete.

After a long period, after installing and uninstalling a lot number of applications, your Windows registry will contain a large number of obsolete entries. These will significantly increase the registry size and thus will slowdown your computer, because Windows will need more time to load, search, and read data from registry.

Run registry cleaner software like Registry Fix Pro to get your computer working smoothly again.

Platform: Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista

File Size: 731 KB

License: Freeware

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PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition 6.1.0.25

2009-12-22T20:48:00.000+05:00

PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition 6.1.0.25 is a free Antivirus. You can download it for free. just click on download button.

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2009-12-22T20:44:00.000+05:00

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2009-12-22T20:37:00.000+05:00

Today everybody needs an Antivirus to keep your PC neat and clean. Here some best and Free Antivirus for you. Just download and give them a try.

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MP3 CD Ripper Pro 2.0

2009-12-20T22:08:00.001+05:00

Free Hide Folder 2.3

2009-12-18T22:01:00.001+05:00

Free Hide Folder is a free computer security software to hide your private folders. It is very useful to keep your personal data away from others. Others will not know where your personal files exist and they will not be able to accidentally view them. You can hide folders simply with a few mouse clicks. Free Hide Folder is protected by a password that you can change or remove at any time.

Why do you need Free Hide Folder?

Most people have many files or folders on their computer which they do not want to others see or use them. If you are interested in protecting your personal information, Free Hide Folder is just what you are searching for. With Free Hide Folder you will protect your files avoiding them to be being modified, seen or erased by other users.

Platform: Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista
File Size: 745 KB
License: Freeware

Using Free Hide Folder

It's actually very easy to hide a folder with Free Hide Folder. It takes only a few mouse clicks. First, you need to run Free Hide Folder, locate and select the folder you want to hide, and then click Hide Folder button to hide folders.

Key Features:

• Hide your folder completely. Unless you unhide it yourself, nobody can find it.
• Password protection when running program.
• No file system structure modifications needed.
• Any number of folders may be hidden at the same time.
• Easy-to-use user interface.
• 100% Spyware FREE. This software does NOT contain any Spyware, Adware or Viruses.

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Privacy and Registry Cleaner

2009-12-16T21:55:00.001+05:00

Privacy and Registry Cleaner

Privacy and Registry Cleaner is a safe and easy-to-use privacy protection tool, that allows you to erase common Internet and computing tracks, including browser cache, cookies, visited websites, typed URLs, recent documents, index.dat files and the tracks of up to 100 popular applications.

In addition, the program comes with a registry scanner to optimize your system registry by finding and removing errors and invalid entries.

Platform: Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista

Price: Freeware

Key Features:

• Remove Internet Explorer visit history.
• Remove Internet Explorer cache files.
• Remove Internet Explorer cookies.
• Remove Internet Explorer typed URLs history.
• Remove Internet Explorer index.dat Files.
• Remove Internet Explorer AutoComplete memory.
• Remove Windows recent documents history.
• Remove Windows Start menu -- Run/Find history.
• Remove the files in Window recycle bin.
• Remove Windows temporary files directory.
• Remove Windows open/save history.
• Remove Windows MediaPlayer/Real Player history.
• Remove Microsoft Office history.
• Remove Instant Messengers history.
• Support Mozilla Firefox, Netscape, Opera.
• Select which cookies you want to keep.
• Scheduled Tasks & Plug-In Support.
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Bump Top- 3D desktop Application

2009-12-14T21:12:00.001+05:00

Reinvent your desktop.

BumpTop™ is a fun, intuitive 3D desktop that keeps you organized and makes you more productive. Like a real desk, but better.
You can Create the desktop that suits your needs and style.

“Bumptop”; an innovative desktop application that has been doing the rounds for the last month.
Bumptop is a 3D application that allows users to group and stack icons, “pin them up” as you would on a real desk and even fling them against each other.

If you want to use The Pro version of BumpTop than you will have to Pay $29.
A free version is also available for users who would like to try out BumpTop and experience the fun, intuitive way to interact with their files and photos.

Bump Top lets You :

Organize

With its advanced search and sort capabilities, you'll always find what you're looking for.

Personalize

your desktop With dozens of themes to choose from, you can find the one for you. Serene blue or firely flames, change your desktop to suit your moods.

Visualize

Connect with your desktop. Pin important files or sticky notes to your wall so you don't forget them. And with BumpTop, more frequently used files get bigger and heavier so you can find them easily.

Socialize

You can stay connected to your friends and family right from your desktop and create photo frame on your wall to watch your friends' photo feeds, or toss a photo to a Twitter or Facebook widget to share it with your social network.

Get Organized, Instantly

Slice and dice a big, hairy mess of files into neatly stacked piles with Pile by Type, instantly.. If only it were this easy in real life.

Not All Files are Created Equal

Files that you use more often subtly grow bigger and heavier so they are easier to find . Or manually make important stuff bigger, give important docs the weight they deserve.

Toss to Print, Email or USB key

Reduce multiple clicks into a simple toss gesture! Tossing makes interacting efficient and fun. Just toss docs onto the printer to print them, into the recycle bin to delete or onto a pile to add them. Plug in a USB key and toss icons at it to instantly copy them over .

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See what your docs look like without opening them. Supporting PDFs, Word DOCs, Powerpoints and a slew of others. It also includes Webpage and Photoshop/PNG previews with transparency .

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Ashampoo® ClipFinder

2009-12-11T20:55:00.001+05:00

Ashampoo® ClipFinder
is a Search Engine for the most important video portals

You can Find and immediately download videos from YouTube, VideU, MyVideo, ClipFish, Google Video, sevenload, Dailymotion and many more at the click of a mouse!

After the picture and music files, now it’s time for the videos. Online portals like YouTube.com, MyVideo.de, VideU.de and ClipFish.de have long since become cult, they collect many funny and creative short videos. In the office and of course also in your everyday life in the meantime it is considered to be chic to call up the video portals for a short break and to start a couple of films to relax or for your own enjoyment.

The problem is that the offer of available videos has exploded so much in the past months that it is hardly possible to directly find the best contributions on an interesting topic. People who are in to the funny Star Wars parodies, the best animal films or quite seriously intended company presentations definitely need help with their orientation.
The Ashampoo ClipFinder knows the most important portals and can, analogue to a search machine, simultaneously pass on a quickly made search inquiry to all video portals. A few seconds later, the Ashampoo ClipFinder collects all hits in its program window in order to make the user curious with preview pictures.

Download films very quickly

The Ashampoo ClipFinder shows diverse information which fits each film in the results, including the length, the name of the film and its assessment. A click of the mouse is enough and the Ashampoo ClipFinder plays a film. It is however not a problem to transmit it completely to the hard drive. Then it is always available – and not only with an existing internet connection. Alternatively the link to a film can also be taken over in the favorite files and reactivated again from here at any time.

The Ashampoo ClipFinder proves to be very future-proof with all of its activities. Through an update function, it is possible at any time to expand the program by further video portals.

Video fun free of charge

The Ashampoo ClipFinder is available to all video fans as a free full version. Through a one-time online registration, the program can immediately be released as an unlimited full version.

Highlights:

* Finds online videos which fit a search word
* Supports the popular video portals YouTube, VideU, MyVideo, ClipFish,
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* Preview of all hit videos directly in the program window
* Shows the length, assessment and name of the videos
* Playing the videos directly in the Ashampoo ClipFinder
* Download of the videos in the FLV format on your own hard drive
* Your own favorite videos will be taken over in a separate favorites file
* Skins change the looks of the Ashampoo ClipFinders.

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2009-12-10T22:28:00.001+05:00

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Desktop Two

2009-12-10T20:58:00.001+05:00

Desk top Two < a href="htt="//desktoptwo.com/">http://desktoptwo.com/ is a java based Web operating system that's the quikest of all to set up and grt going. After a brief sign-up routine, the Desktop Two loads, and you are ready to start exploring. Desktop two offers more applications that alloe users to create their own presence on the web than the other major Web opertong Sysytems. Along with a word processor and e-mail program, Desktop Two provides a Web site editor and a bloggong program.

The Blogging application, is impressive, providing a two-click entry into the world of setting up and maintaining your own blog. Once you create your first blog entry, the program provides you with the Web address that you can distribute to the world so that others can visit your blog on the internet.

Desktop Two's conventional applications are less impresive, however, in part because the the operating system was not always able to save documents to Desktop Two's online storage system.