INTERESTING TIPS & TRICKS FOR WINDOWS

Tips and Tricks


1.)Create ‘con’ folder on desktop :

+ Can you create ‘con‘ folder on desktop or in any part of your hard disk..
+ Okay then create it in your hard disk and show.
+ Ha...not succeded a ?
+ Hmm...the name ‘con’ is the reserved name
+ Which no body can use it
+ And even there are so many names which we cant create ,they are:
1.) CON---[console]
2.) PRN---[printer]
3.) NUL--- [nul1]
4.) COM1 TO COM9---[serial communicaton ports]
5.) LPT1 TO LPT9---[line printer ports]


+ So we cant use them
+ But by knowing this we can create
+ But not the exact con folder,i am just adding the ASCII code after that name which cannot be visible
+ Okay ..how to make that is ...
+ Create a new folder by right click on desktop
+ Rename it as a con and press 'ALT+0160'
+ Please remember that the numbers should be pressed from num pad only.
+ Here the key ALT0160 is the ascii code of the character ' ' which cannot be visible
+ Then hurry up create the folder...
+ There is an other trick to create this folder ,but that is by using MS DOS .But the draw back is that if u create that folder than its impossible to delete the folder. so, Im not writing here


2.)Make your folders private:


+Double-click the drive where Windows is installed (usually drive (C, unless you have more than one drive on your computer).

+If the contents of the drive are hidden, under System Tasks, click Show the contents of this drive.

+Double-click the Documents and Settings folder.

+Double-click your user folder.

+Right-click any folder in your user profile, and then click Properties.

+On the Sharing tab, select the Make this folder private so that only I have access to it check box.


Note:


+To open My Computer, click Start, and then click My Computer.

+This option is only available for folders included in your user profile. Folders in your user profile include My Documents and its subfolders, Desktop, Start Menu, Cookies, and Favorites. If you do not make these folders private, they are available to everyone who uses your computer.

+When you make a folder private, all of its subfolders are private as well. For example, when you make My Documents private, you also make My Music and My Pictures private. When you share a folder, you also share all of its subfolders unless you make them private.

+You cannot make your folders private if your drive is not formatted as NTFS


3.)Create your own invisible folder with out using any software :

* Here is the trick to create a folder which cannot be seen . To create that,u just follow the below steps

* Right click on desktop and create new folder

* After doing that windows will ask you for new name

* Then press back space to erase that name

* And just press ‘ALT0160’ from your kep board remember that you must press numbers from num pad only
* Then it creates the folder with out name

* u just right click on that folder and select properties

* Under the customise tab u can see 'change icon'

* Then select that and you can see big list of icons

* down further you will find blank icons

* Select that and click on Ok and Apply and again OK in previous box

And thats done!!!

U just drag your mouse pointer by holdind left click then you will find that folder is selected


4.)Increase your internet speed:

windows will blocks 20% of your internet speed for updates and for others

· Press (win logo+R) to open run window

· And then type ‘gpedit.msc’ press enter

· Go to below path of group policy

· Computer configiration >>adminstrative templates >> network >>Qos packet

· There you can see a panel at right named setting

· There you can find fourth option 'limit reservable band width'

· If it is not configured then double click it then choose enable

· And then edit the bandwidth limit(%)and set it to '0' (default 20 erase ‘20’ and mark it as ‘0’)

· Click apply and close group

· Reboot compulsory to make it work


You can also set your modem speed at 115 mbps:


· How to connect modem at 115 kbs

· first go to control panel in it click on phone and modem options in it click on modem in modem

· click on properties after that click on advanced in advanced u will see written"exta initiation commands there write 'AT&FX' and restart the computer and get conneted in 115kbs.


5.)Create shortcut for shutdown:


· I think you are very much bored to click on start menu and select Turn off computer and again clicking on shut down

· Hmm...! tooomuch long procedure na. Lets make a short cut for shut down on ur desktop amaging!!! Follow this steps:

· Right click on desktop and create new shortcut

· And in location dialogue box type the code just as below with out quotes :

· 'shutdown -s -t 01'

· [Similarly 'shutdown -r -t 01' ,'shutdown -l ' for restart and logoff respectively.]

· Press next and named it as shut down click finish

· From now you can shut down windows by using that short cut

6.)Use your notepad as daily diary:

+ For doing this you just open the notepad and type '.LOG' (w/o quotes) at the first line
+ Save it and reopen and you will find today’s date in it . Now you can write your daily diary which is inbuilt.


7.)Change folders back ground with your favourite image:



+ I think you are very bored to see the default white screen in your’s folder
+ Here is the trick to change your folder background
+ To do this ,
+ Open one new notepad and type below code:

+ [{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC**] iconarea_image=""

+ Between the quotes, you just type the address of the image where that exists
+ For example:

+ [{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC**] iconarea_image="D:\WALL'S\NEW WALLPAPERS\GREETINGS\flower.jpg"

+ 'D:\WALL'S\NEWWALLPAPERS\GREETINGS\flower.jpg ' is the path where the image exists.
+ And save that file as 'desktop.ini'
+ If it asks for replace that file then click on 'yes'

+ And now open run by pressing winlogo+R button
+ And type : attrib +s"F:\movies"
+ (with quotes) then press OK
+ Here 'F:\movies' is the drive or folder name where you want to insert image.
+ That Means in 'F:\' drive, 'movies' folder that image will insert.
+ Now open that folder ,WOW....!! its better now.


8.)Folder lock Without using any Third party software :

This is easy process to folderlock with out any software

follow the instructions its a helpful trick

1.copy and Paste the code given below in to notepad and 'Save' it as batch file
(with extension '.bat').

2.Any name will do.

for example :- David.bat


if EXIST "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D**" goto UNLOCK
if NOT EXIST Locker goto MDLOCKER
:CONFIRM
echo Are you sure u want to Lock the folder(Y/N)
set/p "cho=>"
if %cho%==Y goto LOCK
if %cho%==y goto LOCK
if %cho%==n goto END
if %cho%==N goto END
echo Invalid choice.
goto CONFIRM
:LOCK
ren Locker "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D**"
attrib +h +s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D**"
echo Folder locked
goto End
:UNLOCK
echo Enter password to Unlock folder
set/p "pass=>"
if NOT %pass%==type your password here goto FAIL
attrib -h -s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D**"
ren "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D**" Locker
echo Folder Unlocked successfully
goto End
:FAIL
echo Invalid password
goto end
:MDLOCKER
md Locker
echo Locker created successfully
goto End
:End



3.Then you see a batch file. Double click on this batch file to create a folder locker.

4.New folder named 'Locker' would be formed at the same location.

5.Now bring all the files you want to hide in the 'Locker' folder. Double click on the batch file to lock the folder namely 'Locker'.

If you want to unlock your files,double click the batch file again and you would be prompted for password.

Enter the password and enjoy access to the folder......cool


9.)Make your folders Hidden , And unsearchable w/o using any software:


Hey guyz...
You already know that File/Folder can be eaisly hidden by Right clicking on that ,and Ticking hidden Check Box and again clicking on OK .....

BUT, by doing that your File/Folder can be easily find by Showing hidden files and folders in folder options or even by searching technique....

BUT here I've a cool trick

which cannot be found either by searching or by any other way....interesting then follow these steps :

First create the folder which you want to make private Ex: foo and is created in
D:\ drive..
now open CMD prompt and type D: then you can go to D drive and now type

attrib +h +s foo "foo is the folder which you have created"

and see your folder will be hidden .....

and if you want to access you folder again

just open CMD prompt again and in D drive type: attrib -h -s foo

and your folder will be visible again.....WOW that's it....