Windows With Your Name

Open notepad dump the following lines into it and save it with the name OEMINFO.INI in the c:\windows\system32 directory:

[General]

Manufacturer=Your Name Here

Model=Your Model Here

[Support Information]

Line1=Your Name Here

Line2=Your Address Here

Line3=Your Email Address Here

Save the file, then make a right click on my computer select properties, in the general tab a button will be highlighted (support information) make a click on it, you will be able to see the changes.

How to Create a Windows XP Hidden Folder Share

If you have multiple computers on a network and want to share folders between them, you can add an extra bit of security by creating a hidden Windows share. This guide is fairly basic and assumes that you are in either a workgroup or domain Windows environment. Hidden shares are useful if you want to share a folder, but only want it accessed by people who you’ve given the share name to.

Of course, a hidden share does NOT ensure that someone cannot gain access to the folder if they try hard enough. It’s best to use this as an extra security step along with your other network security policies. If you’re in a Windows domain, like within a corporate network, you will find that 99% of the time, your local hard drives are shared out. These are called admin shares in IT lingo. Basically, it’s configured that way so that any administrator can connect to any computer on the network and access all of the local files.

The admin shares are also all hidden shares, so that anyone browsing the network will not see them. You can see if your local drives are shared out by going to My Computer, right-clicking on the local C drive (or whatever letter you have), and choosing Properties. Click on the Sharing tab and you’ll see that “Share this folder” is selected and the share name is C$.

The $ symbol after the share name is what makes the folder hidden on the network. As you can see here, my entire C hard drive is shared out since I’m on a corporate domain. Remember, this means that any Administrator can access all of your files at any time! So you really have no privacy in a Windows domain.

Of course, to share a folder on a home network or even in your office, follow the same procedure as described above. By default, when you click Share this folder, the share name is filled in with the name of the folder. Just add the $ right after the share name without any spaces. Also, if you want people to be able to add and delete files in the folder, you’ll need to click on the Permissions button and click either Change or Full Control.

Change is usually good enough because it allows people to add files and delete files. Full Control allows someone to change the permissions on the folder itself.

In order to access the hidden share in Windows, you need to go to Windows Explorer (My Computer) and type the full UNC path to the folder. If that didn’t make any sense, the UNC path is simply the computer name and folder name that you want to access. So if I shared a folder called MyFiles as MyFiles$ on a computer named Comp1, I would access that folder by going to My Computer and typing in the address bar:

\\Comp1\MyFiles$

As long as everything was setup correctly, the contents of the folder should pop up without a problem!

Make Your Windows Shut Down Faster

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'

How to move your mouse cursor without mouse

You can control your mouse pointer with keyboard keys in all windows versions. When your mouse stops working, you can enable this keyboard feature to complete your important work. This keyboard mouse can performs all tasks same like a normal mouse.

Follow the given steps to activate the keyboard mouse: 

To edit this feature, first you should log onto your computer with administrative rights.

To activate this feature, press Alt+Shift+NumLock keys at once and you will receive a small MouseKey box.

To keep MouseKeys on, click on Ok button or click on cancel button to cancel MouseKeys box.

Click on Settings button, if you want to adjust the mouse cursor detail settings.



Here a new dialog box will appear with the title “Settings for MouseKeys", now you can manage all mouse settings for example mouse cursor speed, acceleration and some other features. 

Now using Numeric keypad, you can move your mouse pointer. The controls are: 

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1,2,3,4,6,7,8 and 9 keys are used to move the mouse cursor into different directions. 
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Key 5 is used as mouse click button. 
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Insert key used to hold down mouse button. 
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+ Sign used to double click on any object. 
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Delete button used to release the mouse.
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Click on NumLock button to disable this keyboard mouse feature.

Ultimate list of all Keyboard Shortcuts

CTRL+X (Cut)

CTRL+V (Paste)

DELETE (Delete)

CTRL+Z (Undo)

CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item)

SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin)

CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item)

F2 key (Rename the selected item)


CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph)

CTRL+UP ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph)

CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next
word)

CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word)


CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Highlight a block of text)
SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document)

CTRL+A (Select all)

F3 key (Search for a file or a folder)

ALT+ENTER (View the properties for the selected item)

ALT+F4 (Close the active item, or quit the active program)

ALT+ENTER (Display the properties of the selected object)

ALT+SPACEBAR (Open the shortcut menu for the active window)

CTRL+F4 (Close the active document in programs that enable you to have
multiple documents open simultaneously)

ALT+TAB (Switch between the open items)

ALT+ESC (Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened)

F4 key (Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer)

F6 key (Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop)

SHIFT+F10 (Display the shortcut menu for the selected item)

ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the System menu for the active window)

CTRL+ESC (Display the Start menu)

ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name (Display the corresponding menu)
Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu (Perform the corresponding command)

F10 key (Activate the menu bar in the active program)

RIGHT ARROW (Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu)

LEFT ARROW (Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu)

Make A Pen Drive As A RAM (Memory)

Hey are you facing slow processing problem of computers programs from short RAM...? Than you can use Pen Drive as a ram, yes you can convert your Pen Drive as a system memory without any thing buy. You have just read below information:

Step 1:

Connect your pen drive to your pc and let system to detect pen drive.

Step 2:

After your pc finished with his detection work, you have to do some little work. Right click on the My Computer and select the properties.

Step3:

Goto advanced and then performance setting then choose advanced tab then click on change.

Step 4:

Select pen drive and click on custom size.

Note:- Check the value of space available.

Step 5:

Now last step just Enter the same size in the Initial and the Max columns.

Thats it and Now seeing for magic just restart your pc and enjoy your fast and super system. 

How to Take a Screenshot in Microsoft Windows

In Windows XP

1.Press the "Prnt Scrn" button

2.Open Microsoft Paint. To do this, click Start > All Programs > Accessories > Paint. Click inside the white part of the screen

3.Go to the Edit menu and click Paste or you can press and hold "Ctrl" and tap V. Then you may crop if you like

4.Click File > Save As. In the box that pops up, change the "Save As Type" to PNG or JPG. Type in a filename for your image. Choose a place to save, like the Desktop, and click save

5.You have now successfully taken a screenshot! If you want to send your image to somebody, simply attach the .png file that you just saved to an email and send it along. Alternatively, you can upload it onto the internet by visiting a site like TinyPic.com and uploading it

In Windows Vista

1.In Windows Vista (except in Home Basic), there is a tool called the Snipping Tool. 

To open it, click on the start menu, type snip, then hit enter (the latest version of Windows Vista updates the search results as you type each letter).

2.Click on Snipping Tool.

3.The Snipping Tool opens, and a white mask is applied on the screen. In the drop-down menu for the 'New' button, choose from a free-form snip, rectangular snip, window snip, or full-screen snip

4.In free-form snip mode, draw around the area you want to be captured. Drag a rectangle in rectangular snip mode. For window snip mode, select the window you want to capture. In full-screen mode, just selecting it from the drop-down menu makes the capture.

5.The snipped image is then opened within the Snipping Tool, but is also copied to the Windows clipboard for use in other applications.

In Windows 7

1.If you want to take screenshots in Windows 7 it comes with little program called Snipping Tool, which can be found in the Start Menu/All Programs/Accessories.

You can take a screenshot of the entire screen, a window or just a selection of the screen, that you select

Tips

*If you want to take screenshot of just the active window (the one that's most on top and activated), press "Alt - Print Screen". This means, you should hold down the Alt key and then press the Print Screen key.

*A quicker way of accessing Microsoft Paint can be achieved by pressing the Windows key (Between "Ctrl" and "Alt" on many keyboards") and "R", then typing 'mspaint' in the box that appears.

*Many laptops, to conserve keyboard space, have mapped the "PrtSc" key as a primary or secondary function on a shared key. To take a screenshot with "PrtSc" mapped to a key as a secondary function, you will need to locate your notebook's function key (usually labeled "Fn" and located along the bottom row) and engage it before touching "PrtSc."

*Depending on your version of Windows, Paint will allow you to save the screenshot in different formats. 

*BMP is the default option (a lossless uncompressed format)

*PNG is a lossless compressed format

*JPEG is a lossy, compressed image format, specifically developed for photographic images. For these images, it allows for the smallest file size. When used for non-photographic images, file size is larger than e.g. PNG and GIF and the image has a lower quality.

*GIF is good for applications windows with a limited number of colors

*If you plan on putting your screenshot on a website, be sure it does not exceed a suggested size limit 

*It is also possible to pause an internet video and make a screenshot of it. In this way you can create a still from a video, e.g. from youtube. 

*As a rule your video player allows to make the video full screen and high quality, and to stop at the frame you want.

*This capturing method may not work if you play the video from version 11 or newer from Windows Media Player

Make Folders With No Name

Yes, windows allows us to rename any file/shortcut/folder to nothing!!!
Here is a small trick to play with your friends
Select your file/shortcut/folder and press F2 (rename)

Next erase the text and with alt key pressed type 0160 from the num pad (with num lock on) - not from nums above querty
Ok... Now you can check your file/shortcut/folder. The text disappears!!!

Make Your Computer Welcome You

With this trick, you can make your Computer welcome you in its computerized voice instead of having a human said Welcome. You can make your Windows based computer say "Welcome to your PC, Username."

Make Windows Greet you with a Custom Voice Message at Startup

To use this trick, follow the instructions given below:-

1.Click on Start. Navigate to All Programs, Accessories and Notepad.
2.Copy and paste the exact code given below.

Dim speaks, speech
speaks="Welcome to your PC, Username"
Set speech=CreateObject("sapi.spvoice")
speech.Speak speaks

3. Replace Username with your own name. 
4. Click on File Menu, Save As, select All Types in Save as Type option, and save the file as Welcome.vbs or "*.vbs".
5. Copy the saved file. 
6. Navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup(in Windows XP) or to C:\Users\ User-Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup (in Windows 7 and Windows Vista) if C: is your System drive.
7. Paste the file.

Now when the next time you start your computer, Windows will welcome you in its own computerized voice. 

Note: For best results, it is recommended to change sound scheme to No Sounds.
You can change the sound scheme to No Sounds by following the steps given below:-
1.Go to Control Panel.
2.Then click on Switch to Classic View.
3.Then Click on Sounds and Audio Devices.
4.Then Click on the Sounds Tab.
5.Select No Sounds from the Sound Scheme option.
6.If you wish to save your Previous Sound Scheme, you can save it by clicking Yes in the popup menu.
7.Click on OK.

Beware Of Vishing

A technique, much like phishing, that allows criminals to maliciously gain access to your personal information for the purposes of identity theft. Vishing scams use a combination social engineering and phishing to find victims that can be tricked into providing credit card or personally identifying information. Typically, the criminal sends the victim some kind of notice or leaves a message, requesting that the victim returns a call to verify an account or some similar ploy. When the victim returns the call, they are asked to provide account and identifying information under the guises of "updating" the account.

Once the criminal has access to that information, it is used for credit card or banking fraud, or as the first step in a stolen identity. Vishing also allows criminals to spoof caller-id, making a vishing scam hard to detect because everything appears to be legitimate.