Pc Technics

* Do you want to use your CD/DVD RW as Pendrive ?

 If yes,then format your CD/DVD using NERO INCD READER and make it as Pen drive.

* Do you want to Change your Mouse Pointer ?

 > Go to >Start >Settings>Control Panel>mouse>pointers>browse Select and apply Pointer.


* Do you want  to increase your pc performance ?
 
  Run> msnconfig> services>click on hide all microsoft services> Disable all now see the change.

* If you want to secure your data  ?

> Start>settings
> control panel>user account
>Create a new account.

* Do you want Disabling Run or Find From the Start Menu ?

Start > Goto Run > Regedit

Go to HKey_Current_User \ Software\ Microsoft \Windows \ Current Version \ Policies \ Explorer

Right click on the right panel and add a New / DWORD

Name it NoFile or NoRun

Give it a value of 1

Logoff or Reboot the computer

* Do you want to Add a Folder to the Task bar  ?

Right click on the Tasks bar, and select Tool bars and click New Toolbar. Browse to the Folder you want and all the items in your chosen folder will be added to your task bar. You can remove the toolbar from the Task bar by right- clicking on the tasks bar and choosing the item to remove the check mark.

                                                Notepad Tips and Tricks

* If you press F5 in notepad, It will Insert current date and time in the file .

* Open Notepad
> Enter four words separated by spaces, wherein the first word has 4 letters, the next two have three letters, and the last word has five letters.
> DON'T hit enter at the end of the line.
> Save the file.
> Close Notepad.
> Reopen Notepad And see the Magic.

* Open a note pad then

> Type Bush hide the facts

>  save that file - > close it

> Reopen Notepad  and see the Magic.



* Open Notepad Type Q33N

> Click the Format Menu

> Choose Font Size up to 72

> Change Font style to Wingdings and see the Magic.


* Make your Notepad as DIARY :

> Open a Notepad Type .LOG in First Line and Hit Enter

> Save the File and Close

> Reopen the Notepad You can see the current  Date and Time Now.

> Write down your Notes and Hit Enter means Insert the current Date and Time Now.



* Make a sound when you press Caps lock ,Number lock

> Go to Control Panel

> Click Accessibility Option

> Mark the use Toggle Keys Option then

> Press Apply

* Hide your Recycle bin

> Start -> Run -> gpedit.msc

>Navigate to user configuration -> Administrative Templates and Find Recycle bin.

* Do you Want toHide your Folder Icon ?

> Alt + 0160 (OR) Alt + 255

Properties -> Customize -> Change Icon -> Blank Icon and see the Magic.

* Show your Desktop directily without closer or minimize any Application just Right click on toolbar & select show desktop.

* How to prevent users from writing to USB drives ?

   Today USB drive also known as keychain drive is becoming the most popular removable storage device to move data to different locations. USB drives are available in the market with different features, for example password protected, compatible with all windows versions and extra storage capacity .

   A common security issue at organizations is how to prevent their workers to write data onto USB drives using their PCs, because a user can easily move confidential data for other location.

   If you have windows XP with SP2, then you can disable the writing option to USB drives.

Follow the given steps to disable the USB writing option :

   To edit the computer registry, first you should log onto your computer with administrative rights.

  First click on Start button and type "Regedit" in Run option.

Here locate the location to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control
Here in right side panel, click right to create a key with the name "StorageDevicePolicies".

Now in left side panel, select "StorageDevicePolicies" key, again right click to create new DWORD value then label it "WriteProtect".
Set its value to "1". But again enable this option set its values "0".
Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.




How to hide user account from the windows XP welcome screen?



It is very useful particularly for expert users who want to create hidden or backup user accounts in windows XP. This trick permits an account that is normally displayed on the Welcome screen to be hidden from view. To hide the specific user account from the welcome screen, you need to create a special value under windows registry key.



Follow the given steps to hide any specific user account on welcome screen :



To use this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.

Click Start button and type regedit in Run option then press Enter for next.

Here locate the location to :

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\

Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList

       Here in right side panel, right click to create a new DWORD Value with the name of account to be hidden - the name matches the users name exactly.

To modify the "Value data" information as DWORD Value 0 to hide the account and 1 to

Display the user then click on Ok button.

Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

But next time, if you want to enable specific user account on welcome then simply change the value of data box to 1 or delete the DWORD Value item.
                       Disable Command by Administrator
          If you see this Message: "The command prompt has been

disabled by your administrator" when access cmd in the runmenu

you can try this method

Method 1:

Click Start -> Run and copy and paste this code

REG add HKCU \ Software \ Policies \ Microsoft \ Windows \

System / DisableCMD v / t REG_DWORD / d 0 / f

Method 2: Edit the registry

* Open the Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) and Search:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Policies \ Microsoft \

Windows \ System]

* Right on the Panel, double-click DisableCMD fox and the data to

Method 3: Using the Group Policy Editor in Windows XP

Professional :

* Click Start, Run, type gpedit.msc and click OK.

* Navigate to User Configuration \ Administrative Templates \System

* Prevent Double-click access to the command prompt.