Create a Folder With Out Any Name

This is not a super high-tech geeky trick, but it just a short and simple trick on how you can create a folder without name in Microsoft Windows (XP, Vista & 7) !!!

When each time you create a new folder in Windows XP, Vista or 7, Microsoft has made "New Folder" as the default name. Even you enter the space-bar so many times to create blank spaces, it still will generate the "New Folder" text like this.

So, how you can create a folder like this?

No, it is not a Photoshop trick. I did not edit the first image.  Here is how to do this trick :

• To rename the folder with blank spaces, just press Alt + 255 and hit Enter. Then you are successfully creating a folder without name in Windows XP.

Note : Make sure to press the numbers from the numpad and not from the numbers below the F1 - F12 keys. You only can create one folder without name in a directory.

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Lock PC Automatically When Stepping Out

While in office you may move around to different desks and cubicles. Most of the time you may think you will return to your desk in a minute or two but end up only after an hour or so. In the mean time your PC and data may be at risk if you have not locked your computer. So its better to set up an automatic lock on your computer after few minutes of inactivity.

First, what is the shortcut to lock the computer?

I have seen many people fighting hard to lock the computer as they first press ‘alt + ctrl + del’ and then they click ‘Lock this computer’. But windows key combination is a much simpler keyboard shortcut just press ‘Windows Key + L’ to lock your computer.

How to set up the computer to lock automatically?
If you don’t have the habit of locking your PC manually then I seriously advise you to follow this :

Windows has password protect option in screen savers. If you have enabled that, the system would automatically lock itself as soon as the screen saver comes up. On resume, you will be asked for the password before you can enter.

• Right click on the desktop -> Personalize -> Screen Saver.

• If you are using Vista or windows 7, check the box which says ‘On resume, display logon screen‘ or else in Windows XP this would be ‘On resume, password protect‘.

• Save and close.

Next time you move out of your PC it will lock itself after the time you have mentioned in the screen saver settings.

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Lock Drives In Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7

Many of us might be having confidential documents in various drives of our system, which we don’t like to be accessed by others. Here is the way for you to lock the drives of your choice and your files will be pretty safe inside !!!

Follow the simple steps below :

• Goto "RUN" and type "gpedit.msc"

• A window will be opened (Group Policy).You will find two options in left side of the page.

• Drop down the "user configuration" and again drop down sub menu "Administrative Templates" and again drop down another sub menu "Windows Components" and click on "Windows Explorer".

• Right click on "Prevent Access To Drives From My Computers" and then click on properties. (For Windows XP)

• Right click on "Prevent Access To Drives From My Computer" and then click on Edit. (For Windows Vista & Windows 7)

• Click on the radio button "Enabled" and you can select any option in the menu.( For Windows XP)

• Click on the radio button "Enabled" and a drop down menu of "Restrict all drives" will be activated. Under that you can select any drives of your choice to be locked. (For Windows Vista & Windows 7)

Follow the same procedures for disabling it.

Note : You have ample of options other than "Prevent Access To Drives From My Computer" under the "Windows Explorer" menu. You can have the complete available options that can be modified under "Administrative Templates" menu like; Control Panel, Desktop, Network, Shared Folders, Start Menu And Task Bar, System, Windows Components etc. You can have complete settings under the "All Settings" menu. According to your choice and use, you can modify the settings. All options can be disabled as they were before.

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Installation Of Additional Hard Disk

Running out of hard disk space, yet also want to keep all the files that are currently on the system in perfect order? Install an extra hard disk, and see your available space rise!

Firstly, make backups of your existing system files. You may never know when these may come in handy. If your current hard disk may go down the pan, you'll be glad to have something to start with again. Also, if you want to use all your data that is on this drive, back it up anyway; ready to be transferred to the new drive. Also, create a system disk for your PC. This can be created by going to Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs, and then the "System Disk" tab. The instructions should be there for you.

Once you are prepared on the software side, turn off your PC and open the case/cabin of CPU. (Please take proper precautions at this point. Anti-static wristbands and other such devices should be used). If you don't have these, just make sure you are properly earthed, and know what you are going to do. The hard disk is the metal box shaped thing that is either the size of the floppy drive or it could be the size of the CD/DVD-Rom drive. It should be easy to spot, because it might even say "Hard Disk" on it. At this point, look and see where you can put the new drive, and how you are going to connect it up. If there is no hard drive in there, then don't worry ; I'll explain how to connect it up as well.

Look at the end of the HDD. It should have a load of sockets and pins for you to play around with. At one point, you should be able to see some pins with some jumpers attached, and a sticker on another side telling you what configuration of jumper positions means what to the computer. If you are attaching it to the same IDE cable as your existing drive, then set it to "Slave", otherwise, select "Master" and fit it as close to the start of the cable as possible (The start of the cable being where it's connected to the motherboard). This cable is an "IDE" cable, and can only be fitted two ways to the drive itself. Look for an indication as to which side pin number 1 (Look for stickers again) and insert the IDE cable in that socket and pins, with the red side as close to pin 1 as possible. Then, just fit it into the computer, as you would do any other drive. Attach it to the case using the mounting screws that should come with the PC. Before you do this though, note down the extra information on the top of the drive, usually the number of cylinders, heads, sectors, and any other information. Next, connect one of the power cables to the HDD (These are the 4 cable collections with connectors attached, which leads from the power supply unit), and close the PC case/cabin.

Next, you will have to mess with CMOS. Turn on the PC, and hit whatever key you are told to at the boot up to get to the CMOS menus. When in there, choose the relevant section (I can't say exactly, because there are many different CMOS set-ups around) and select "IDE Auto-detection". If the hard disk does not appear on it, then you will have to enter the information manually. Use the notes you collected from the top of the hard disk earlier to tell the computer what the hard disk is.

Afterwards, insert the system disk ("The backup disk that can be created by right clicking a drive or partition and selecting format and then create backup disc option”) prepared earlier and "Save" your editing of the CMOS and exit. The system disk should work instead of the original hard disk. Type "fdisk" at the dos prompt. This runs a program called, FDISK. Tell the computer which drive ie ; the harddisk is the new one (Please choose the correct one at this point, and then tell it what partitions you want (Don't worry about it, as there are full instructions while you are running the program). Once this is done, you can reset your PC (Except if this drive is being installed from scratch and is on it's own). If this is the case, then you can format the drive by typing "format c:" This will format the drive for you, but what's really good is if you type "format c: /s" instead, as this installs some important files at the same time. Then, just follow the instructions as per the Operating System (OS) you are going to use. If you are adding this drive as a second HDD, the instructions may be different (no matter which OS your are using) and then format from "My Computer".

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How Long Has Your System Been Running?

Here's how you verify system uptime:

• Click Start | Run and type cmd to open a command prompt.

• At the prompt, type systeminfo

• Scroll down the list of information to the line that says System Up Time.

This will tell you in days, hours, minutes and seconds how long the system has been up !!!

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