How to make invisible password

Do you want to password protect your folder? Do you want to make it invisible so that it remains unnoticed by the normal users? Well here is a way to do that. In this post I will show you how to make a password protected folder in Windows without using any additional software. Here is is step by step procedure to create a password protected folder.

How to create a Password Protected Folder

Step-1: Create a new folder (Right-click -> New -> Folder) and give it any name of your choice. For instance I name it as ABC.

Step-2: Now in this folder place all the important files, documents or any folders that you want to password protect.

Step-3: Now Right-click on this folder (ABC) and select the option Send To ->Compressed (zipped) Folder.

Step-4: Now a new compressed zipped folder gets created next this folder (ABC) with the same name.

Step-5: Double-click on this compressed zipped folder and you should see your original folder (ABC) here.

Step-6: Now goto the File menu and select the option Add a password.

ie: File -> Add a password

Now a small window will pop up and here you can set your desired password. Once the password is set, the folder will ask for the password every time it is opened. Thus you have now created the password protected folder.

How to make it Invisible

Step-1: Now Right-click on this password protected folder and select Properties.

Step-2: At the bottom select the option Hidden and press OK. Now your folder gets invisible (hidden).

Step-3: In order to unhide this folder go to My Computer – >Tools -> Folder options. Switch to View tab, scroll down and under Hidden files and folders you’ll see the following two options

• Do not show hidden files and folders
• Show hidden files and folders

Now select the second option and press OK. Now the invisible folder becomes visible in it’s location. To access it you need the password. To make it invisible again repeat step -1 through step-3 and select the first option and click OK. Now the folder becomes invisible once again.

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How to make invisible password

Improve XP shut down speed

This tweak reduces the time XP waits before automatically closing any running programs when you give it the command to shutdown.

Go to Start then select Run

Type 'Regedit' and click ok

Find 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\'

Select 'WaitToKillAppTimeout'

Right click and select 'Modify'

Change the value to '1000'

Click 'OK'

Now select 'HungAppTimeout'

Right click and select 'Modify'

Change the value to '1000'

Click 'OK'

Now find 'HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop'

Select 'WaitToKillAppTimeout'

Right click and select 'Modify'

Change the value to '1000'

Click 'OK'

Now find 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\'

Select 'WaitToKillServiceTimeout'

Right click and select 'Modify'

Change the value to '1000'

Click 'OK'

Improve XP shut down speed

Enable Toggle Keys

Toggle Keys option designed for those people who are typing while looking away from the screen or for those who are vision impairment. When your system Toggle keys is turned on, you will get a special sound when special keys are pressed like CAPS, NUM, SCROLL LOCK keys.

To enable or disable your system Toggle keys, go to Control Panel using Start button. In your system Control Panel normally the first option will be Accessibility options. Double click on Accessibility options and check the Toggle keys box, Windows will automatically send you a special beeps when you will press locking keys.

Enable Toggle Keys

Turn Num Lock On Forever !

You can set your Num Lock to stay on by default when you logon your system.

There are two different techniques to set Num Lock stay on by default.

If you can use Registry Editor correctly then Click on start button and type Regedt32.exe in Run command. Here Navigate to HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Keyboard and change the value for InitialKeyboardIndicators from 0 to 2.

You can do same by configuring the script to change the NUM LOCK state. Click Start button and then open Notepad. Copy the giving code and paste in Notepad.

set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.SendKeys "{NUMLOCK}"

Now save this file with name "num.vbs" must including the quotes. At the end copy this file to user startup folder. The path for this folder is Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup.

Now restart the computer. Num Lock should come on and stay on.

Turn Num Lock On Forever !

Dragging Program Files in the Start MENU

DO YOU KNOW, how to sort the Programs menu in alphabetical order. The trick is- go to Start, Programs and then make sure that you move your cursor to the right, so that your cursor is inside the actual list of programs. Then you just right-click and choose Sort By Name.

This works with Favorites, too. Please note that in both these cases, unfortunately, new programs and Favorites are always added to the bottom of the list, so you'll have to re-sort them later. You can also drag and drop the shortcuts in the list of programs, just in case you want to move the most frequently accessed programs to the top. Just go to Start, Programs and then click and hold on a program or folder. Drag it and release to move it where you like.

Dragging Program Files in the Start MENU

Hide Shutdown Menu !!!

This tip is very interesting for home and some small office users, who wants to restrict user's ability to shutdown their computer. You can hide the Shutdown button from the Start menu using registry editor and also restrict access to shutdown, if a user clicks on Ctrl+Alt+Del.

Follow the given steps to hide system shutdown button from start menu:

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:

Here in right side panel, right click to create a new DWORD value with name NoClose.

Now assign number 1 to its value data box.

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

But next time, if you want to unhide the shutdown button then simply change the value data box to 0 or delete this DWORD item.

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

Hide Shutdown Menu !!!

How to find a lost file on your Computer?

THIS tip will help you to enjoy the quick and easy way to find lost files on your computer. Here I recommends you, try to search a file with its file extensions (for example for word file, type *.doc, Excel *.xls, Acrobat *.pdf, *.ppt and *.exe for executable files. If you don't know the name of file but know that it contains a string of text then try to search for files containing specific text, type the text you want to find from any file or folder. This is time taking process but creates very precise result. In Look in, click the drive, folder, or network you want to search. To save time, always select the specified drive or location instead of whole computer.

Click Start Button, point to Search, and then click For File or Folders, a Search Results dialog box will appear. In Search for files or folders named, type the file name or folder name you want to find in containing text.

To specify additional search criteria, click Search Options, and then click one or more of the following options to narrow your search:

Select Date to look for files that were created or modified on or between specific dates.
Select Type to look for files of a specific type, such as a text or WordPad document.
Select Size to look for files of a specific size.
Select Advanced Options to specify additional search criteria.
Click Search now.

How to find a lost file on your Computer?

AutomatiC ShuTdowN Trick!

Scare Your Friend With Auto Shutdown !!!

Read the following :
[1] Right click on desktop>select New>shortcut
[2] In the shortcut window type : shutdown -s -t 60 -c "the message you want to display"
[3] Select Next
[4] Name it anything.

Now, double click it !

Scared ???

Nothing happened !

Remedy :
[1] Go to start>Run
[2] Type : shutdown -a
[3] Hit Enter

Oh! You are rescued :)

AutomatiC ShuTdowN Trick!

Access Your Folders as Drive !

Well, this is my EXCLUSIVE !!!
Trick is all About :
You can create Virtual Drives in your Computer. Now you can access your Favorite Folders as a drive in My Computer.

What you can do ?
** Access your folders as a Drive !
** Fool 'Computer Beginners' or your 'Friends' (Non-Expert) , as the drive will show Disk Space of the folder's drive so it seems that the disk space has increased !!!

Do The Follwing :
► Start >> Run
► Type cmd and hit Enter
► This will open "Command Prompt"
► Type subst Z: E:\folder and hit Enter key.
→ You can replace Z: with your desired New Drive Letter (Except existing Drive letters)!
→ You can replace E:\folder with the path of your favorite folder !
► Now, type exit

*** This creates a new drive ! When you open this , it will open your folder !!!
*** Isn't it Awesome ?
*** And this is Exclusive at earnandtips.blogspot.com !
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But a Problem !
۩ On Restart the Virtual Drive Disappears !!!
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Solution !
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۩ We can make a batch file which will make the drive everytime on startup !
Here is how ?
► Open Notepad
► Type :
@ECHO OFF
subst Z: E:\folder
exit
► File >> Save As...
► Name it : Virtual Drive Emulator.bat
► Start >> All Programs
► Right Click on Startup >> Open
► This open the Startup folder
► Paste the Virtual Drive Emulator.bat file here !
*** That's all , now the drive will automatically be created when ever you start your pc

Access Your Folders as Drive !

Recover Windows XP Administrator Password

Have you forgotten Windows xp Administrator login password or do you want to hack or change the Administrator password of the windows system at your School, College or office, then this Trick is just for you.

Follow the steps below

1.  Restart your computer

2.  Press F8 key continuously until you get a black screen where you have many options to start you operating system

3.  From the options  “Select the Safe mode with Command Prompt”

4.  When your computer starts in DOS mode, type the following commands

net user

This command displays the list of users on this OS in ROWS

5. Now type the following commands to reset the windows Administrator password

net user username password

Note: Enter your username above and space then password.

Then it asks the new password without the last password.
Now type your new password ******
Again retype your new password********
Note: When you type the password, it will not be displayed

Recover Windows XP Administrator Password

Who Used Your Pc In Your Absence

Used Your Pc In Your Absence,what Did He Do?
First you should go

start > run >eventvwr.msc
Events are stored in three log files: Application, Security, and System. These logs can be reviewed and archived.
For our purposes we want the System log. Click on "System" in the left-hand column for a list of events.
Look for a date and time when you weren't home and your computer should have been off.
double click on the eg: info n it will show u the detail.
You can also use this log to see how long someone was on the computer. Just look at the time the computer was turned on and off for that day.
Hope u all will like it.
Thanks n enjoy

Who Used Your Pc In Your Absence

Check If Your Antivirus Is Alive Or Dead

Check if your antivirus is alive or dead...!
Open notepad and paste this:


X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*


Save it as eicar.com. The Anti-Virus should stop you (if it does that means its working).

Don't worry about it. European Institute for Computer Anti-virus Research (EICAR) have got people to program Anti-Virus to recognise this as a threat (even tough it's completely harmless)...

Check If Your Antivirus Is Alive Or Dead

How To Show Your Name After Time In Taskbar?

How to Show your name after time in taskbar…
Start -> Control Panel -> Regional and Language option -> Customize (beside English US) -> Go to TIME tab -> Change AM symbol and PM symbol from AM and PM to your name -> Apply -> OK …
IS it changed ??? Might be not …Now go to time in task bar and Double Click it to open “Date and time property” …Look place where time changes in digital form i.e. 02:47:52 AM , click to arrow to change the AM or PM by selecting and press arrow. It will Show your name or name that was entered by u, Apply -> OK

How To Show Your Name After Time In Taskbar?

How To Know Who Blocked You On Google Talk?

                                                          
If you are curious to know that someone has blocked you on Gtalk then you can easily find the person who avoiding you and blocked you. Sometimes you noticed that your friends is not contacting you , even when you send messages to them they never reply back. It means either he/she avoiding you or blocked you in gtalk.Would you like to find out who are those people who have blocked you on GTalk?

Here’s an easy way to do that.This can be done using the chat client Pidgin. Pidgin allows you to chat across multiple networks simultaneously. It means that you can chat with your MSN, GTalk, Yahoo and other online buddies all at the same time from one single IM client.
Just follow the simple steps :
Step 1 :Download & Install Pidgin
Step 2 : Configure Pidgin for Google Talk using the following steps :
a) Add Gtalk account to Pidgin, Go to Accounts > Manage > Add, this will bring a new window Add Accounts ;                     

 

 b)Enter you gmail account details as shown in the following image, Keep Protocol as XMPP , Domain as gmail.com and Resource as HOME,

                                            

c) Now click on Advance Tab in the same window; and make the settings as shown in the following figure.

                                           

d) That’s it. You are done with Pidgin settings. Now lets find out who has blocked you on Gtalk.

Step 3 : Sign in to Pidgin with your Google Talk account, Go to Buddies > Show Offline Buddies.

                                             

Step 4 : If someone has blocked you on Gtalk , then they appear offline just like other offline contacts who are really offline.

Step 5 : Select the contact from the list and then Right click, click on Get Info.

Step 6: Once you click on Get Info then it will show the some info about the profile of the person. But if the person has blocked you on Google Talk, you won’t be able to see his/her full profile. You can’t even see his/her profile name.

                         

                                                

So if you get the profile info like the left side image means this person has not blocked you. But if you get the blank screen like the right side image, it means this contact has blocked you and doesn’t wish to talk to you.

                                                    

Download Pidgin/Gtalk. 

How To Know Who Blocked You On Google Talk?