So here is a cool way of making a folder in my computer. If you are tired of seeing only the drives in my computer the follow these steps and you will get your own folder in my computer.

Steps involved
Go to c drive
Create a new folder ( yournmame )
now go to command prompt (start -> Run -> CMD -> Ok) and type
subst z: c:\yourname

Now go to my computer and check it. You should see your folder at my computer.

to remove the drive just follow this simple step
go to command prompt and type
subst z: /d

I hope you find this small trick helpful.

Lock your folder in XP and Vista without any software

Steps:
1- make a new folder ( name it as you like )
2- inside this folder make a ( TXT ) file & copy these content (the entire thing)

Quote:
Quote: cls
@ECHO OFF
title Folder Private
if EXIST “Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}” goto UNLOCK
if NOT EXIST Private goto MDLOCKER
:CONFIRM
echo Are you sure you 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 Private “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%== password here goto FAIL
attrib -h -s “Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}”
ren “Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}” Private
echo Folder Unlocked successfully
goto End
:FAIL
echo Invalid password
goto end
:MDLOCKER
md Private
echo Private created successfully
goto End
:End

3- After you have copied the entire code, go to line 23 (or try using shortcut- CTRL+F and type password to locate the line) u will find this word : password (Change it with any password u like.)
eg: if NOT %pass%== crazyblogger goto FAIL
//so ur password here becomes crazyblogger .//
4- After that go to save as & name this file as “locker.bat ”
5- Now back to the folder & you will find a ( LOCKER ), (locker.exe)
6- Double Click on it & you will find a new folder (Private )
7- Ok ,, now copy what u want in this “private Folder” & after that come out of the folder, and Double click on locker again. It will open and ask if you want to lock your folder? Y/N ?
8- Type Y. your private folder will disappear.
9- If you want to UNLOCK your folder, go to (locker) & type your pass and you will see your private folder.
it not only hides the folder, but incase, you unhide all files… and try opening it without entering password, it’ll take u to the control panel…
Also, if u want to store files on your Flash-Drive, you can use this script. No Software Required
Incase u delete your Locker file (just in case), then u can make a new one (but with the same password) and open it from that.
Alternatively, u can keep this locker file somewhere else, and when u want to open ur folder, only then bring it back to that place

Accessibility Controls
access.cpl
Accessibility Wizard
accwiz
Add Hardware Wizard
hdwwiz.cpl
Add/Remove Programs
appwiz.cpl
Administrative Tools
control admintools
Adobe Acrobat (if installed)
acrobat
Adobe Designer (if installed)
acrodist
Adobe Distiller (if installed)
acrodist
Adobe ImageReady (if installed)
imageready
Adobe Photoshop (if installed)
photoshop
Automatic Updates
wuaucpl.cpl
Bluetooth Transfer Wizard
fsquirt
Calculator
calc
Certificate Manager
certmgr.msc
Character Map
charmap
Check Disk Utility
chkdsk
Clipboard Viewer
clipbrd
Command Prompt
cmd
Component Services
dcomcnfg
Computer Management
compmgmt.msc
Control Panel
control
Date and Time Properties
timedate.cpl
DDE Shares
ddeshare
Device Manager
devmgmt.msc
Direct X Control Panel (If Installed)*
directx.cpl
Direct X Troubleshooter
dxdiag
Disk Cleanup Utility
cleanmgr
Disk Defragment
dfrg.msc
Disk Management
diskmgmt.msc
Disk Partition Manager
diskpart
Display Properties
control desktop
Display Properties
desk.cpl
Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Preselected)
control color
Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility
drwtsn32
Driver Verifier Utility
verifier
Event Viewer
eventvwr.msc
Files and Settings Transfer Tool
migwiz
File Signature Verification Tool
sigverif
Findfast
findfast.cpl
Firefox (if installed)
firefox
Folders Properties
control folders
Fonts
control fonts
Fonts Folder
fonts
Free Cell Card Game
freecell
Game Controllers
joy.cpl
Group Policy Editor (XP Prof)
gpedit.msc
Hearts Card Game
mshearts
Help and Support
helpctr
HyperTerminal
hypertrm
Iexpress Wizard
iexpress
Indexing Service
ciadv.msc
Internet Connection Wizard
icwconn1
Internet Explorer
iexplore
Internet Properties
inetcpl.cpl
Internet Setup Wizard
inetwiz
IP Configuration (Display Connection Configuration) ipconfig /all
IP Configuration (Display DNS Cache Contents) ipconfig /displaydns
IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents) ipconfig /flushdns
IP Configuration (Release All Connections) ipconfig /release
IP Configuration (Renew All Connections) ipconfig /renew
IP Configuration (Refreshes DHCP & Re-Registers DNS) ipconfig /registerdns
IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID) ipconfig /showclassid
IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID) ipconfig /setclassid
Java Control Panel (If Installed)
jpicpl32.cpl
Java Control Panel (If Installed)
javaws
Keyboard Properties
control keyboard
Local Security Settings
secpol.msc
Local Users and Groups
lusrmgr.msc
Logs You Out Of Windows
logoff
Malicious Software Removal Tool
mrt
Microsoft Access (if installed)
access.cpl
Microsoft Chat
winchat
Microsoft Excel (if installed)
excel
Microsoft Frontpage (if installed)
frontpg
Microsoft Movie Maker
moviemk
Microsoft Paint
mspaint
Microsoft Powerpoint (if installed)
powerpnt
Microsoft Word (if installed)
winword
Microsoft Syncronization Tool
mobsync
Minesweeper Game
winmine
Mouse Properties
control mouse
Mouse Properties
main.cpl
Nero (if installed)
nero
Netmeeting
conf
Network Connections
control netconnections
Network Connections
ncpa.cpl
Network Setup Wizard
netsetup.cpl
Notepad
notepad
Nview Desktop Manager (If Installed)
nvtuicpl.cpl
Object Packager
packager
ODBC Data Source Administrator
odbccp32.cpl
On Screen Keyboard
osk
Opens AC3 Filter (If Installed)
ac3filter.cpl
Outlook Express
msimn
Paint
pbrush
Password Properties
password.cpl
Performance Monitor
perfmon.msc
Performance Monitor
perfmon
Phone and Modem Options
telephon.cpl
Phone Dialer
dialer
Pinball Game
pinball
Power Configuration
powercfg.cpl
Printers and Faxes
control printers
Printers Folder
printers
Private Character Editor
eudcedit
Quicktime (If Installed)
QuickTime.cpl
Quicktime Player (if installed)
quicktimeplayer
Real Player (if installed)
realplay
Regional Settings
intl.cpl
Registry Editor
regedit
Registry Editor
regedit32
Remote Access Phonebook
rasphone
Remote Desktop
mstsc
Removable Storage
ntmsmgr.msc
Removable Storage Operator Requests
ntmsoprq.msc
Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof)
rsop.msc
Scanners and Cameras
sticpl.cpl
Scheduled Tasks
control schedtasks
Security Center
wscui.cpl
Services
services.msc
Shared Folders
fsmgmt.msc
Shuts Down Windows
shutdown
Sounds and Audio
mmsys.cpl
Spider Solitare Card Game
spider
SQL Client Configuration
cliconfg
System Configuration Editor
sysedit
System Configuration Utility
msconfig
System File Checker Utility (Scan Immediately) sfc /scannow
System File Checker Utility (Scan Once At Next Boot) sfc /scanonce
System File Checker Utility (Scan On Every Boot) sfc /scanboot
System File Checker Utility (Return to Default Setting) sfc /revert
System File Checker Utility (Purge File Cache) sfc /purgecache
System File Checker Utility (Set Cache Size to size x)
sfc /cachesize=x
System Information
msinfo32
System Properties
sysdm.cpl
Task Manager
taskmgr
TCP Tester
tcptest
Telnet Client
telnet
Tweak UI (if installed)
tweakui
User Account Management
nusrmgr.cpl
Utility Manager
utilman
Windows Address Book
wab
Windows Address Book Import Utility
wabmig
Windows Backup Utility (if installed)
ntbackup
Windows Explorer
explorer
Windows Firewall
firewall.cpl
Windows Magnifier
magnify

Windows Management Infrastructure
wmimgmt.msc
Windows Media Player
wmplayer
Windows Messenger
msmsgs
Windows Picture Import Wizard (need camera connected)
wiaacmgr
Windows System Security Tool
syskey
Windows Update Launches
wupdmgr
Windows Version (to show which version of windows)
winver
Windows XP Tour Wizard
tourstart
Wordpad
write

Hide Any Drive In your PC with 3 easy Steps

Most of you must have wondered if there exists a way without using software to Hide A Drive completely so that it cannot be viewed or accessed without unlocking it. Well for those who have and who haven’t yet, here is a easiest method on How To Hide Any Drive In Just 3 Steps.

Here we go, follow these 3 simple steps:
01. Go to Start –> Run or use Win+R keys and type “cmd” and press Ok.
02. This will open Command Prompt for you. Now type “diskpart” and press Enter:
Once in Diskpart type “list volume” and press Enter:
This will list all the partitions in your system.
Enter The Following Command
“select volume 10″.
Remember to change 10 with the volume number of your partition you want to hide and press Enter:
03. Now as in my example I am hiding drive G: so my last command is “remove letter G” and then press Enter:
All done. Now open your computer and see that drive is made hidden
Now to make a drive Unhidden
Follow first 2 steps as such but in step 3 instead of remove letter G use “assign letter G”
for Vista/windows 7
The commands becomes slightly different here:”assign letter=G”
You have successfully unlocked the Hidden Drive.

How To Reinstall Windows Without Losing Anything

You can use this method as often as you like when you need to repair something that had gotten corrupted and you don’t want to do a clean install.
This is better than doing a windows repair install from the CD because doing that can cause changes to settings and even make it so you can’t get updates anymore from Microsoft update site because of the ‘silent install’ they did a year or so ago (unless you rereg some dll files).
1- Start WindowsXP
2- Go to the location of your source files
3- Run WINNT32 /unattend
For example, D:\I386\winnt32 /unattend ( copy & paste this command into the RUN box, then press ENTER ) Your computer will do the rest.
OR
Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt. or start click run and type cmd and click inter
Copy & paste > D:\I386\winnt32 /unattend (notice the space between 32 and / )
Press Enter. If you are reinstalling windows from CD then change D: drive to CD location something like E:  G:
If you have i386 on your drive, you can replace D: ( if D: is your CD drive ) with the location of it. (be sure it’s the full i386 though)

D: is the driver letter where your windows XP CD is

if D:\I386\winnt32 /unattend doesn’t work then try : d:\winnt32 /unattend

This way, you will reinstall Windows without Losing Anything.

Checking your Antivirus Performance

Copy and paste the code below into notepad
X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
(The text should be in one line.)
Save file as “checkantivirus.com” excluding quotation-marks (make sure it is saved in extention . com)
A few seconds after saving this file, your Anti-Virus should come with the message that this file is infected with virus asking permission for its deletion/clean.
*** This file is secure and it’s not going to infect your computer in whatever way. It is a standard text developed by the European Institute for Computer Anti-virus Research (EICAR). Every Anti-Virus is programmed to load this file as a virus.***
If your Anti-Virus will not detect this file as a virus, a program will appear as DOS window with this text EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE.
If this happens then you should probably find some other Anti-Virus up to date as you are

Not fully protected.

Speed up the Start Menu

Sometimes you may feel that Start Menu is taking a long time to appear, but you always have the control to speed things up by changing the registry. Go to RUN and type regedit and then Enter. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/Desktop/MenuShowDelay from the default 400 to something smaller like 0 or 25.

Rename multiple files at once

You can rename many files at once in Windows. Select a group of files in window and then right click on any one and rename it. Doing so will rename all other files to that name giving numbers to each individual files in the brackets to distinguish them.

Showing Album art in Media Player

Windows Media Player is able to display the Album art for albums as it plays the tracks — if it is able to found the picture on the Internet when you copied the tracks from the CD. If it didn’t, or if you have lots of pre-WMP music files, you can put your own copy of the cover art in the same directory as the tracks. Just call it folder.jpg and Windows Media Player will pick it up and display it.

Shutdown Your System in a Hurry

Sometimes we don’t have enough time to wait for computer to shutdown. If you need to shut down in a hurry-or if a non responding application is preventing you from shutting down in the normal ways-you can use the following procedure. Be aware, however, that you won’t get an opportunity to save open documents. To perform an emergency shutdown, press Ctrl+Alt+Del to display Task Manager. Open the Shut down menu and hold down the Ctrl key as you click the Turn Off command. Poof! In this case, you’ll get a warning message pointing out-quite correctly-that this should be used only as a last resort.

Hack IE Title Bar

This can be an one of those impressive way of personalization. Use your name to brand Internet Explorer. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ and left-click on Main to change the string “Window Title” to whatever you wish.

Save Streaming Media

It’s cool to listen to MP3s (or watch movies) over the Internet. Often, saving this media, however, seems impossible. Hey, if it plays on your computer, it’s on your hard drive. Once the file is fully loaded and with folder view set to show hidden and systems folders, searches for the media (.mp3 or .mpg). There it is!

Assign a Keyboard Shortcut

Click in the Shortcut Key field and press a keyboard combination that you want to use for launching or switching to this program. The shortcut key you assign must consist of one character key (a letter, number, or symbol) plus at least two of the following three keys: Ctrl, Alt, and Shift. (If you press a character key only, Windows automatically adds Ctrl+Alt.)

Shortcut keys work only when assigned to a program shortcut on the Start menu, the Programs menu, or the Desktop. The shortcuts you define will not work if it conflicts with a combination used in the program whose window has the focus.

• To switch between the open windows press ALT + TAB.
• To cycle through the item in their opening order press ALT + ESC.
• To display shortcut menu for window ALT + SPACEBAR.
• To display start menu press the flag button between CTRL and ALT or press CTRL + ESC.
• F10 activates the menu bar in the active program. RIGHT ARROW opens the next menu to right and LEFT ARROW opens the next menu to left.
• F5 to refresh the webpage in Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and Opera.
• To cancel the current task press ESC.
• To prevent the auto play feature in CD – ROM press SHIFT when you insert a CD into the CD – ROM drive.
• Use BACKSPACE to open a folder one level up.

Shortcuts for the Dialog Box

• To move forward in the tabs use CTRL + TAB.
• To move backward in the tabs use CTRL + SHIFT + TAB.
• To move through the options use TAB.
• To move backward in the option use SHIFT + TAB.
• To display help press F1.
• To display items in active list press F4 key.

• WINDOWS LOGO + BREAK to display system properties.
• WINDOWS LOGO + D to display desktop.
• WINDOWS LOGO + M to minimize all windows.
• WINDOWS LOGO + SHIFT + M to maximize windows
• WINDOWS LOGO + E will open My Computer.
• WINDOWS LOGO + F will open a search window.
• WINDOWS LOGO + F1 to go for windows help.

Some more shortcuts here

We use windows XP everyday but we seldom know the shortcut use in windows XP. Using shortcuts will save a lot of time if you get use to it. So, today I am sharing some shortcuts used in windows XP for you.

• To copy CTRL + C
• To cut CTRL + X
• To paste CTRL + V
• To undo CTRL + Z
• To delete DELETE
• To delete the item permanently without sending it to Recycle Bin SHIFT + DELETE
• While dragging press CTRL key and it will copy the item instead of moving it.
• To create shortcut of an item press CTRL + SHIFT and than drag the item.
• To rename the selected item press F2.
• CTRL + RIGHT ARROW moves the cursor to the start of the next word.
• CTRL + LEFT ARROW moves the cursor to the start of the previous word.
• CTRL + DOWN ARROW moves the cursor to the start of next paragraph.
• CTRL + UP ARROW moves the cursor to the start of previous paragraph.
• CTRL + SHIFT and ARROW KEY will highlight a block of text.
• To select many items on windows or desktop use SHIFT with arrow keys.
• Select all CTRL +A
• To search for files and folders press F3.
• To view properties of selected item press ALT + ENTER.
• To close or quit active window or program press ALT + F4.
• To open the shortcut menu for active window press ALT + SPACEBAR

These are some shortcuts that you can use in windows XP. I will post more shortcuts very soon.

More XP shortcuts here

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