Windows Secrets

9:00 AM

Windows Secrets

Create a log

   1. Open Notepad

   2. On the very first line, type in ".LOG" (without quotes) then press Enter for a new line

   3. Now you can type in some text if you want, then save the file.

   4. Next time when you open the file, notice its contents. Notepad automatically adds a time/date log everytime you open the file.

Text becomes unreadable

   1. Open Notepad

   2. On the very first line, type in "dont eat the donut" (without quotes) then save and close the file. Note: the file should have only one line of the text above.


Lock private folder

8:58 AM

Lock private folder

Do you worry about privacy or do you maintain some personal files on the office system or at Friends pc, then you must lock that folder. I know many software's that most people use to lock their Personal files. But this trick is the safest and locks files or folders without use of any software's.

Suppose you want to lock the folder movies in d: which has the path D:\movies.

In the same drive create a text file and type


Hide specific drive

8:57 AM

Hide specific drive

Just click on 

start>run type gpedit.msc, 

Now navigate through user 

configuration>

administrative templates >

windows components>

 windows explorer,

 now double click on

“Hide these specified 

drives in My Computer” 

modify it accordingly then just below 

you will find another option 

“Prevent access to drives from My 

Computer”,

double click on this option and modify it 

accordingly. 

Game Trick

8:55 AM

Game Trick

 Solitaire: Instant Win

   1. Press Alt + Shift + 2 to instantly win

Solitaire: Draw only 1 card (instead of 3)

   1. Hold down Ctrl + Alt + Shift then click on unopen cards to draw.

FreeCell: Instant Win

   1. Hold down Ctrl + Shift + F10 while playing, then click Abort.

   2. Now move one card.

FreeCell: Hidden Game Modes

   1. Go to "Game" menu choose "Select Game"

   2. Here you can choose from game mode 1 to 1,000,000. But -1 and -2 will also work (hidden modes)


Convert FAT to NTFS

8:53 AM

Convert FAT to NTFS

Click Start, click Programs, and then click Command Prompt. In Windows XP, click Start, click Run, type cmd and then click OK.

At the command prompt, type CONVERT [driveletter]: /FS:NTFS. Convert.exe will attempt to convert the partition to NTFS.

NOTE:

Although the chance of corruption or data loss during the 

conversion from FAT to NTFS is minimal, it is best to perform 

a full backup of the data on the drive that it is to be converted 

prior to executing the convert command.

.SPEED UP BOOT BY DISABLING UNUSED PORTS

8:52 AM

.SPEED UP BOOT BY DISABLING UNUSED PORTS

Many computers take a lot of time to boot (or start ).This is due to many reasons.

Some slight changes can do wonders for your system:

1. Press start->run then type msconfig and press enter.

Go to the startup tab. Here you will see a list of startup items. These are all the programs that automatically start when you boot your PC. It is these that slow down the boot up process.

                                 So uncheck all the unwanted items like ms-office, messengers other utilities that u may not need at startup). Don't uncheck your antivirus software.


Turn off Computer

8:48 AM

Turn off Computer

Start=>Run

Type Code:        at 11:35 shutdown -s

To cancel or Abort the shutdown:

Type Code:                   shutdown -a

Type  Code:  “shutdown –s –m\\computername –t60”. 

This command will shutdown the computer on network  if you have administrative access.  Here computer name  needs to be replaced by the exact computer name of the computer on the network to work.

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