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How to recover deleted files from Memory card and other portable storage devices

Tony — Tue, 03 May 2011 09:51:39 +0000

We all use a lot of portable storage devices in our every day life – in the form of USB Flash drives, Portable Hard Disks, Mobile memory cards, Micro SD, SD card etc etc. – the list goes on and on. And the more often we use these devices chances are that we accidentally loose data from them – in one or other way. You should have atleast one single experience of loosing data from your portable memory device – isn’t it ? Well the question is:- How to recover lost read more

Install Windows 7/Vista from Pendrive -Boot from USB

Tony — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 12:06:19 +0000

Do you own a laptop ? If yes, then you also must have faced a problem similar to mine atleast once in your laptop saga. A common problem with most of laptops is its DVD RW frequently showing complaints. It wont read some disks, some disks may get crashed inside and in some cases (like mine) your DVD RW may not even show any signs of life at all. Though a DVD RW is of not much use now a days, we all still find it unavoidable for Installing/Repairing your operating system – may it be read more

How To: Find If Your Computer Connecting To Websites Without Your Knowledge

Tony — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 02:37:57 +0000

Do you feel your computer is running slow? Or Do you feel some problems with your internet speed even if you are using a broadband internet connection? Or Do you feel that someone secretly use your internet connection? So there’s a small chance that some piece of malicious software’s like Trojan horses or spywares is consistently connecting to the internet without your knowledge.If you want to know about the programs on your computer,which are secretly making connections to read more

How To: Hide Files And Folders In A JPEG Image File

Tony — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 09:15:13 +0000

In the previous articles,I explained how to create super hidden files and folders in Windows and how to hide hard disk drives in Windows without using any third part applications and softwares.Here, I explained an interesting trick to hide files and folders within a JPEG Image file (ie the JPEG image mask the files and folders).Any type of file, any extension, any number and any size can be secretly embedded in a JPEG image with this simple Windows Trick. Basically,in this trick you create a read more

How To: Create A Batch File To Lock A Folder In Windows Vista

Tony — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 05:44:17 +0000

Many peoples ask me for an effective way to lock folders in Windows Vista without the use of any third party software’s.You can easily create a folder in Windows Vista that will not just be invisible, but also require a password to reveal it and open it.Simply says you can easily lock a folder using Notepad. Open Notepad editor from Windows Vista start menu and copy the code given below. cls @ECHO OFF title Folder Locker if EXIST “Control read more

How To: Add Custom Folder to My Computer or the Desktop That Can Not Be Deleted Or Renamed

Tony — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:16:49 +0000

You can easily create your own custom system folders in Windows Vista or in XP, like “My Documents” or “My Computer”, that can not be deleted or renamed and place it on the desktop and My Computer. Create the following series of keys and values in the Windows registry at [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID] or [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID]. The GUID, globally unique identifier, can be a random number, in this example “FD4DF9E0-E3DE-11CE-BFCF-ABCD1DE12345″ is read more

How To: Lock Disk Drives In Windows Vista Or In XP Without Any Softwares

Tony — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:22:58 +0000

Sometimes it becomes necessary to lock your hard disk drives in Windows Vista or in XP,to avoid un-authorized user access.For example you might have stored your office secret documents in D:\ and you don’t want strangers to access it, in such case this Windows registry tweak can be useful for you. Please don’t try this registry tweak with your root drive (usually C:\ is the root drive) since root drives are not intended to be locked because they are mandatory for the system and read more

How To: Lock Folders In Windows Vista Or In XP Without Any Softwares

Tony — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:54:43 +0000

There are plenty of third party softwares are available, which locks drives and folder to protect your confidential data.By a simple trick you can easily lock any folder in Windows Vista or in XP. Consider you want to lock a folder in your C drive, whose path is c:\TOMSTRICKS(or anything you like) Open a notepad and type “ren TOMSTRICKS TOMSTRICKS.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}” without quotes. Save it as lock.bat in c:\ (Note that the folder name is repeated two times in the read more

How To: Create A Super Hidden File Or Folder In Windows Vista Or In XP

Tony — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:46:00 +0000

You may have created normal hidden folders in Windows Vista and XP to store your private files , but these normal type of hidden folders in Windows Vista and XP is an old trick and not always effective.The problem behind this trick is that anyone with access to the Windows Vista or XP computer can easily turn on the Show Hidden Files and Folders option and then can easily see the hidden folder you created.But what if you can create a super hidden system folder which is not shown even if the read more

How To: Create a CON Folder in Windows Vista or in XP

Tony — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:58:49 +0000

Read this amazing fact:- “An Indian discovered that nobody can’t create a FOLDER anywhere named as “con“. This is something pretty cool….and unbelievable . At Microsoft the whole Team, including Bill Gates, couldn’t answer why this happened!!!” In Microsoft’s Windows operating systems like Windows XP or in Vista we cant create folders with names CON, PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, read more

How To: Disable CD/DVD Autorun on Windows Vista or in XP

Tony — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:15:55 +0000

Windows XP/Vista contains a feature which automatically runs the software on a CD or DVD loaded into an optical drive on your computer.Similarly the audio CD player pops up whenever you insert an audio CD and starts playing it immediately. This is designed as a convenience, but can have the unintended consequence of loading or executing programs on your PC without your permission. What’s worse, is that if you double-click on the your CD or DVD icon in My Computer, the autorun fires up, read more

How To: Reduce Disk Space Used by System Restore in Windows Vista/XP

Tony — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:18:17 +0000

System restore is a very necessary utility in Microsoft Windows operating systems and it has a tendency to consume large amounts of disk space. By default, System restore feature in Windows Vista and XP is allocated a minimum of 15% of disk volume for restore points. Decreasing system restore space is somewhat a trade off – reduce the allocated space and, although you gain extra free space, you also loose the earlier system restore points. If you are happy having a reduced number of read more

How To: Add “Explore From Here” Option To Windows Vista/XP Right-Click Context Menu

Tony — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:44:17 +0000

When you want to right click on any folder or file and want to open up an Explorer window of that folder,you can easily add “Explore From Here” option as folders context menu item in Windows Vista or in Windows XP.The steps for this registry tweak is given: Open the Windows Vista start menu by click on Vista start orb button. In the opened start menu you will find a search box and type regedit in the type field and then press Enter. This will launch up windows registry editor and read more

How To:Install Windows 7 Or Windows Vista On A Computer Without DVD Drive

Tony — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:41:50 +0000

A lot of people has soft copy of Microsoft Windows installation file, normally in the format of ISO format. Normally, the ISO has to be written or burnt to a DVD disc, which can then be used to insert into DVD drive to start the installation of Microsoft operating systems Windows Vista and Windows 7. Unless the ISO is been used to install in virtual machine powered by Microsoft Virtual PC, Virtual Server, VMWare or Sun xVM VirtualBOx, which can mount the ISO image as CD or DVD drive. For user read more

How To:Use a Batch File for Quickly Restarting Windows Explorer.exe

Tony — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 11:39:52 +0000

You always noticed that a process named as Explorer.exe runs continuously utilizing your system resources,when you are accessing Windows Vista or Windows XP task manager window. The Windows process Explorer.exe is the user shell on your Windows Vista or Windows XP system and periodically this process requires a restart to resume proper functionality and to avoid Windows crash. Also, if you do a lot of tweaking and tuning to your system registry, it is much easier to restart explorer.exe to read more

How To: Make Windows XP or Vista Genuine Using Notepad

Tony — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:13:27 +0000

Most of the time, the version of Microsoft Windows XP or Vista operating system we use are fake because it is not genuine. When we try to download Windows updates or other Windows components from Microsoft website, a windows genuine advantage wall(WGA) utility checks if the Windows version we are currently using is genuine or not. If the version of Windows we currently use is not genuine ,we can’t proceed for the Windows updates download or any other update actions. However, the annoying read more