Showing posts with label Windows Tricks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Windows Tricks. Show all posts

Monday, February 24, 2014

How To Create your Own Run Commands in Windows

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There is no doubt that Microsoft Windows is the most widely used operating system in all parts of the world. Apart from being simple to use, it is quite rich in features as well, which makes our lives quite easy.
The Run command available on Windows operating system is one such power packed feature that lets you to open a document or an application instantly with the help of just 1 command. So, rather than clicking several icons or using multiple commands, you can use the Run command to open any program or document instantly. For that you will need to Create Run Commands for any software of your Choice which you use Frequently.
Create Run CommandsBut, do you know how to Create Run Commands of your Own? Well, it is really easy, which involves just few steps. Through this article, I will help you understand how to access your favorite applications by creating custom Run commands.

Open Run Command:

Before I show you how to create your own Run commands, let’s take a quick look on how to open Run Command. First of all, you need to open the Run window by just pressing the Windows Key along with the R key, i.e. Windows + R. Now, you have to type the name of the program that you desire to open up or execute. Unfortunately, not all programs can be accessed through this method. So, let me show you how to create Run commands that do not come as inbuilt commands.

Steps to Create run commands of your own


Step 1. The first step is to select the software or application for which you want to make custom Run command. For example, let us consider Google Chrome as the example here. Remember, you can choose any application other than which is already there in the Run command.

Customize folders with different colors in Windows

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There are many softwares available today over the internet which can Customize your Computer in an efficient manner that it looks so attractive as well as it becomes very easy to use. We always want our computer to be clean and well organized so that whenever we need to access something or need to search a particular file/folder in our computer we could find it easily.
As similar to that, here I am going to share a software through which you can easily assign your favorite colors to your desired folders in order to differentiate them easily and to ease of access.


How do i Customize folders with different colors ?


Just follow the two simple steps given below to customize your folder :

Step 1 :

First of all Download and install the software FolderColorizer. It is tested and 100% virus free. You can download it from here : DOWNLOAD FOLDERCOLORIZER

Step 2 :

Now after installing the software, simply right click on any folder which you wish to customize. Here when you right click on folder, you will see a new option in the context menu i.e. Colorize !. Now simply go to that option and one submenu will appear. Now choose any color you want to assign to this folder.
Although it is a free software for everyone to use it but while you will use this software for the very first time , it will just ask your email id for activation of this software. But no need to worry because you wont need to confirm the activation by logging in to your e mail account. Even if you don’t wish to share your e mail id with developers of this software you can do it because product will be activated automatically once you enter any email id. So you can also enter any fake id if you want.
For your convenience I am providing you a screenshot of above mentioned procedure for changing folder color :
Customize folders with different Colors
In this way you will be able to easily organize folders in any of your drive weather C: , D: or any other drive. You can also assign different colors to several folders in the same drive to give it more attractive and cool looks.


Saturday, February 15, 2014

Uninstall Programs Easily with these Third-Party Uninstallers

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In Windows One Can not Just Click on “Delete” to Uninstall a program in Windows, you have to run the Software Uninstaller or you Can do it with Control Panel. Many a times People Find it Difficult to uninstall a Specific program. You might not be aware of the Fact that Uninstalling Programs through Control panel does not always uninstall it Completely. Traces are still left in Registry and Program Files folder.
To Overcome this Problem and Uninstall Programs once and for all, you need to use third party Uninstallers. I will Mention 3 best Uninstallers which will help you to uninstall any program completely and easily including the registry entries. These uninstallers also comes with additional features such as Batch Uninstall, Program Sorting which makes them much easier to use.

3 Third-Party uninstallers to Uninstall Programs in Windows


1) Iobit Uninstaller 3 : Iobit Uninstaller is my Preferred Program to Uninstall Applications from my PC without keeping any Leftovers. Iobit uninstaller 3 is Free to use and  Comes with beautiful and user Friendly Interface, Big advantage of Iobit Uninstaller 3 is the fact that it is Portable and Light. which means you don’t need to Install this Program and can Carry it anywhere you want.
Iobit uninstaller 3 Also Creates System Restore Point for you , It shows you the list of Programs that has been Installed on your Windows so that you Can easily Uninstall them, or Can even Batch Uninstall Programs to Speedup the Process.

2) Comodo Program Manager : Comodo Program manager is another Program to Uninstall Programs from Windows Easily. Besides Uninstalling Programs, Comodo Program Manager Comes with Many more Useful Features. its is Simple to use as it comes with User friendly interface. this Program also helps you to remove Drivers, services and Windows Updates.
Comodo Program Manager Is always Active and running in the Background, So whenever you try to run a setup , it checks for Malwares using their Cloud Technology. Only Disadvantage i Find with this Program is it may use Fair amount of your Computer resource as it is always Actively running in Background.

3) Revo Uninstaller : Revo Uninstaller is one of the Popular Third-Party software that is Used by many to Uninstall Programs. Revo uninstaller is Fast and reliable,you can uninstall single and multiple Programs easily and fast.
It is not Available to download for Free from their official site but you can enjoy all the features by downloading 30 days free trial pack. You may think of Purchasing if none of the above two programs Interests you Which are Free and much Better. 




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Friday, February 14, 2014

Best Windows Explorer Hacks You must know

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Every Windows User is well aware of What Windows Explorer is. Windows Explorer is also known as File Explorer particularly in Windows 8. Window’s File Explorer is something we all Use on daily basis. So why not try to make it more Productive and Efficient with some Cool Hacks.

Here in this article i have listed 5 Best Windows Explorer Hacks that you Must be aware of to make your Files management Experience more easy and efficient.

5 Best Windows Explorer Hacks


1) Edit Send to Menu: Windows By Default allows you to Send any file or folder to Desktop, or Compress it or Mail it to the Recipient of your Choice, We Can Edit this Send to Menu to display things that you want to display, you can add or delete anything from this menu Easily.
Navigate to C:\Users\*Username*\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo.
Appdata Folder is Hidden by Default, First unhide it by Clicking on View>Option>Folder option>View> Check show hidden files,folders and Drives.
OR
You Can alternatively open Send to Folder with Run Command, Press Win+R key to open up Run Dialog, and type in shell:sendto and press Enter.
There You Can see Some Similar Files That were showing you in the Send to Menu. To Remove any Option you can delete that File from Send to folder. On the other hand to add Something to Send to Menu, Just Copy the folder that you want to show up in Send to Menu and Paste it there in that Folder. Now Check the Send to menu to See the Changes. All Done !!!

2) Add Copy to and Move to Folder options : We can add “Copy to Folder” and “Move to Folder” to your Context Menu. Windows Don’t Provide these options by default but we can add with a simple Registry hack.
To add Copy to and move to  folder Option : Click here to Download Add_Move_To_Folder.reg File, These files are  small regsitry file for windows that will help you to add Copy to folder and Move to Folder option. Once downloaded, Double click on it, Click Run when Prompted. then you may be asked to click on yes and ok Couple of times.
Best WIndows Explorer TricksWhen Everything is done, Right Click on any folder and check if its Showing Move to and Copy to Folder options. You Can see Move to and Copy to Folders are now added to your Context menu like mine.
Best WIndows Explorer HacksBonus Noob Tip: Hold Down CTRL key , Drag and drop Source file to Destination to Copy it. And Hold down SHIFTkey, Drag and Drop Source file to Destination to Move it.

3) Change Default Folder: Whenever you Launch Windows Explorer in windows 7/8, it opens up Library folder, but may it its not that usefull for us or we need some other folder to open up when we Click on taskbar’s Windows Explorer Shortcut. So in this hack we will Change Windows Default Folder  to our Downloads Folder instead of library.
  • To Start with we will Right click on the Windows Explorer or File Explorer for Win 8 Users from the task bar icon. A list will show up, Now again Click on Windows Explorer (File Explorer) and Click on Properties.
  • You can see a Dialog Box appears, There you Can see target path is somewhat like AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Libraries all we have to do is change this path to your desired folder that you want to open up everythime you launch file explorer.
  • As here we are going to Change it to Download Folder we will change the path to C:\Users\*Username*\Downloads. Click OK and we have successfully changed the path now.

4) Add tabs to File manager: We will be Using a Third Party tool Which is QTTabBar (2.9 mb) to Get advantage of Tabs, just like we have tabs in our Browsers. It not only Facilitates with the tabs but also provides many other usefull features that shows up in you file explorer.
You will be asked for a Reboot in order to make changes after the installation process Completes.

5)Better File Copying Speed: Windows have made some efforts in windows 8 to improve Copying Speed. Copying FIles is better in windows 8 as compared to older versions but yet its slow and many times it Conflicts, so We will be Using TeraCopy to Takeup this task and its Fast and Effective. What it does is, it  Eliminates windows Default File-Copy Dialog  and gives us a better one.
After Installing TeraCopy, Whenever you Will Copy and paste, TeraCopy will Come into Action and do the Task for you much Faster. it also adds itself to Context Menu as an Option if in Case you prefer to Use it only when you Want to .

With this it Concludes my List of Best Windows Explorer Hacks, Which i have Tried and have helped me. if you know any other Trick of Windows Explorer then Feel free to Add a Comment Below.


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Monday, February 10, 2014

How to Skip Windows logon Screen in Windows XP,7 & 8

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Though Today we will learn to Skip Windows logon Screen in Windows 7/8 and xp, My First advice to all will be  not to do it if you are not the sole user of your PC or laptop. if you do so, it makes your PC vulnerable. Anyone will be able to access your PC , and hence your Important Files and other Data if you skip or disable windows logon screen.
On the other hand, if you are the only one to use your computer or if you don’t need to keep other people off your PC, then you can whole heartedly Skip Windows logon Screen without any Problem. At times its boring to enter passwords every time you boot your PC, So why not disable the logon screen so that your PC boots Directly and you can start working right away.

Steps to Skip Windows logon Screen In Windws Xp, 7 & 8


Step 1: First of all you will need to open Advanced User account, 
  • Click on Start , Type netplwiz and Click Enter (For Windows 7 & Vista users)
  • Click on Start, Type control userpasswords2 and Click Enter (For Windows xp users)
  • Hover your mouse to any corner, Click on Search and type netplwiz in the app section then click on netplwiz (For Windows 8 users)

Step 2: After performing the above tasks in your version of Windows You will Get a dialogue box similar to below Picture. 1st you will have to select the Account, then Uncheck the box Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer and lastly click on ok.
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Step 3: Now you will be asked to enter your password twice, so do it and thats enough we have done to SkipWindows logon Screen. You will see that the next time you boot your PC, you will not be asked for Username or Password.

How do I Get back the logon screen ?


After Disabling logon screen, if you feel insecure and whant the logon screen back then you can do it by again performing Step 1 in this tutorial and Check the box users must enter a user name and password to use this computer.
Thats it now the next time your PC will boot, you will be asked for username and password.
If you have any doubt in the tutorial, feel free to Speak your mind in Comments below, and don’t forget to Subscribe for daily updates if you have still not done it.




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Monday, February 3, 2014

Few Tricks for Windows

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Automatic Administrator Login:

Well here's the trick which you can use to prove that Windows XP is not at all secure as multi-user operating system. Hacking the system registry from any account having access to system registry puts you in to the administrator account.
REGEDIT 4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"AutoAdminLogon"="1"

No Shutdown:

Wanna play with your friends by removing the shutdown option from start menu in their computer.
Just hack it down !!!
Regedit
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
"NoClose"="DWORD:1"

Menu Delays:
Another minor and easy tweak to remove any delay from menus sliding out. For this you will need to use regedit (open regedit by going to Start -> Run..., then typing 'regedit' and pressing enter). The key you need to change is located in HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop. The actual key is called MenuShowDelay - all you have to do is change the value to 0. Remember, you will have to re-boot your computer for this tweak to take effect.

GPEDIT.MSC And Autoplay

A great tweaking file that comes with XP is gpedit.msc. Go to Start -> Run... and then type in 'gpedit.msc' and press enter. This is effectively the Policies Editor, and it comes in handy often. For example, if you hate CD autoplay like I do and want to permanently disable it, you can use this tool to do so. Just run gpedit.msc, then go to Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System. In here you can see the value 'Turn Off Autoplay'. Right-click on it and then click 'Properties'.

Increasing options in add/remove programs:

Not a fan of MSN Messenger? don't want Windows Media Player on your system? Fair enough, but if you go to Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel, by default none of Windows XP's 'built in' programs are visible. it's fairly easy to change, though... just open the file X:\Windows\inf\sysoc.inf (where X: is the drive letter where Windows XP is installed) in Notepad. You should see a section of the file something like this:

[Components]
NtComponents=ntoc.dll,NtOcSetupProc,,4
WBEM=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wbemoc.inf,hide,7
Display=desk.cpl,DisplayOcSetupProc,,7
Fax=fxsocm.dll,FaxOcmSetupProc,fxsocm.inf,,7
NetOC=netoc.dll,NetOcSetupProc,netoc.inf,,7
iis=iis.dll,OcEntry,iis.inf,,7
com=comsetup.dll,OcEntry,comnt5.inf,hide,7
dtc=msdtcstp.dll,OcEntry,dtcnt5.inf,hide,7
IndexSrv_System = setupqry.dll,IndexSrv,setupqry.inf,,7
TerminalServer=TsOc.dll, HydraOc, TsOc.inf,hide,2
msmq=msmqocm.dll,MsmqOcm,msmqocm.inf,,6
ims=imsinsnt.dll,OcEntry,ims.inf,,7
fp_extensions=fp40ext.dll,FrontPage4Extensions,fp40ext.inf,,7
AutoUpdate=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,au.inf,hide,7
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7
RootAutoUpdate=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,rootau.inf,,7
IEAccess=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,ieaccess.inf,,7

This is a list of all components installed at the moment. I've taken the example of MSN Messenger - the program entry called 'msmsgs', third-last line. You can see the word 'hide' highlighted - this is the string which tells Windows not to display the component in the Add/Remove Programs list. Fix this up by simply deleting the word 'hide' like so:

msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7

To this:

msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,,7

Now, after restarting, you should be able to see MSN Messenger in the Add/Remove Programs list. If you want to be able to quickly view and remove all components, simply open the sysoc.inf file and do a global find and replace for the word ",hide" and replace it with a single comma ",".

Automatically Kill Programs At Shutdown:


don't you hate it when, while trying to shut down, you get message boxes telling you that a program is still running? Making it so that Windows automatically kills applications running is a snap. Simply navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop directory in the Registry, then alter the key AutoEndTasks to the value 1.

Speeding Up Share Viewing:

This is a great tweak. Before I found it, I was always smashing my head against the table waiting to view shares on other computers. Basically, when you connect to another computer with Windows XP, it checks for any Scheduled tasks on that computer - a fairly useless task, but one that can add up to 30 seconds of waiting on the other end - not good! Fortunately, it's fairly easy to disable this process. First, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Explorer/RemoteComputer/NameSpace in the Registry. Below that, there should be a key called {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}. Just delete this, and after a restart, Windows will no longer check for scheduled tasks - mucho performance improvement!

Create a Shortcut to Lock Your Computer:

Leaving your computer in a hurry but you don�t want to log off? You can double-click a shortcut on your desktop to quickly lock the keyboard and display without using CTRL+ALT+DEL or a screen saver. To create a shortcut on your desktop to lock your computer: Right-click the desktop. Point to New, and then click Shortcut. The Create Shortcut Wizard opens. In the text box, type the following: rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation Click Next. Enter a name for the shortcut. You can call it "Lock Workstation" or choose any name you like. Click Finish. You can also change the shortcut's icon (my personal favorite is the padlock icon in shell32.dll). To change the icon: Right click the shortcut and then select Properties. Click the Shortcut tab, and then click the Change Icon button. In the Look for icons in this file text box, type: Shell32.dll. Click OK. Select one of the icons from the list and then click OK You could also give it a shortcut keystroke such CTRL+ALT+L. This would save you only one keystroke from the normal command, but it could be more convenient.





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How to reset Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000 admin password easily

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It must make you distraught after you can't login Windows Pc. It would make me crazy if I were you, since there are actually a lot of crucial files on the pc. There is nothing worse than lost Windows password or forgotten Windows password. Fortunately there are lots of online Windows password reset program tools that may help you, if you want to pay or wait for them to remove Windows password. Instead, this short article will show you how to reset your Windows 7/XP/Vista password within moments. In this article I will introduce two key strategies to resolve the problem of how to reset windows password and how to bypass Administrator password easily:

1.Burn a bootable Ophcrack reset disk to change Windows password

It istruly is free Windows password reset and recovery computer software based on rainbow tables. It may perform on Windows, Linux/Unix, Mac OS X- It is freeand easy to use, so it is one of the most well-known Windows password reset tool. To change Windows password, you need to do 2 actions:


(1) Download Ophcrack from sourceforge.net , run USBOphcrack.exe , extract for your Pc; then click USBOphcrack.bat out of your USBOphcrack folder, and stick to directions; then reboot your Laptop or computer and set bios to boot from USB.


(2) Booting from the USB sticks into a mini Linux setting. Ophcrack is launched after the technique has booted. You may finish resetting the forgottenWindows 7 Passwords operating with this single USB instrument.



2.Super Windows Password Reset software- The easiest way to reset Windows password

Super Windows Password Reset is a Windows password reset computer software to reset forgotten Windows Administrator passwords and other users' password; it can reset Windows passwords on all Windows family members. The factors you should do are burn this Windows 7 password recovery software onto a blank and bootable CD/DVD/USB flash drive, and use this password reset disk to reset forgotten Windows 7 password. This Windows password reset method is simple and this is the easiest strategy to reset forgotten Windows password. Beneath is a guide of how bypass Windows password with three steps:


(1) You can free to download Super Windows Password Reset from the official web page: http://www.passwordreset.biz/ ; install and run; a blank CD/DVD/USB flash drive is necessary.


(2) Burn the Windows password reset disk
Here we take Burn DVDCD Disc for instance.
Click "Burn DVDCD Disk"; double click on Burn_CD.exe to run "Burn CD"; then click "Browse"; choose SWPR.iso file; click "Start"; then the CD Drawer open up; it's going to ask you insert a blank CD-R disc into the drive; click "OK"; Windows password reset disk making function is done now.


(3) Insert the created Windows password reset disk into the laptop or computer which you lost Windows password; set bios, which is, set your computer system boot from CD/DVD. Adhere to the step by step wizard to get rid of Windows 7 password.



There are various methods to reset Windows 7 password, the above two methods are easier way, one is freeware and the other one needs to buy. Both need to create Windows password reset disk; and they're able to reset any Windows users' password, but we do suggest you choose the second way after you forgotten Windows 7 password, because it is actually a lot more stable than another one and you would not lose any information with this Windows password reset software. It's not only use for Windows 7 OS but use for all Windows family members. In fact, the 2 methods of Windows password recovery can use for all Windows family password reset, you may bypass Windows XP password and reset Windows Vista password in the same way. 





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How to Create Your Own Character ( Font ) With Windows Bult-in Utility

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Windows has a utility known as Private Character Editor which allow as to create character.
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Step 1
To run Private character editor, go to Start>Run and type the following:


%systemroot%\system32\eudcedit.exe

or simply type

eudcedit.exe



Private character editor will open , inchoose any of the blank box and click OK.
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Step 2
You’ll be welcomed in Edit window with a grid measuring 50 X 50. Each character that you draw becomes a black and white bitmap (*.bmp) .The drawing art board is simple enough to understand, but it needs some tricky art to draw a character in it. Use the left mouse button to draw in black and the right one to erase it. You can choose several tools from Tools menu, also you can rotate it.

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Step 3.
To Save go to Edit>Save Character or Ctrl+S

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Step 4
Now to go Character Map , Start>All programs>Accessories>System Tools>Character Map

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Step 5
In Character Map select font type as All Fonts (Private Character) . And then select the created character , after that click copy..

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Step 6
Now paste it notepad , wordpad etc....

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