Hiding Drive - Windows XP

1. Go to Start > run > type "diskpart".(Without Quote)a dos window will appear with following prompt.

DISKPART>

2. Then type "list volume" this will look like it

Volume### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info

-------------- ---- ------ --- ----- ---- ------- --

Volume 0 F DC-ROM

Volume 1 C NTFS Partition 7000MB Healthy

Volume 2 D soft NTFS Partition 8000MB Healthy

Volume 3 E ---- NTFS Partition 8000MB Healthy

3. If u wanna hide drive E then type "select volume 3"

then a message will appear in same winwods { Volume 3 is the selected volume}

4. Now type " remove letter E" now a message will come { Diskpart Removed the Drive letter }sometime it requires the reboot the computer .

5. Diskpart will remove the letter .Windows XP is not having capabilty to identify the unkown volume.

Don afraid ur Data will ramin same . To Come backe the Drive repeat the process . but in 4th step whish is shown in this post replace " remove" to "assign"i mean type " assign letter E"

Add your Photos in My Computer Properties

Todo this:

1. Open Notepad.

2. Type the following:

[General]

Manufacturer="Abdul Kader"

Model=HP d530 SFF(DC578AV)

[Support Information]

Line1= Your Ph No

Line2= Your Address

.....

3. Save as "oeminfo.ini" in the System32 folder.(Without Quote)

4. Create a bmp file(Your Photo) and save it the System32 folder as "oemlogo.bmp"(Without Quote).

5. Now Check your My Computer Properties.

Protect a Folder in Windows Xp:

1. First select the folder which you want to protect: (For example D:\movies\)

2. In the same drive create a batch file and type the following

ren movies movies.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

3. Save it as lock.bat

4. To unlock the folder create a another batch file in the same directory as following

ren movies.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} movies

5. Save it as unlock.bat

6. Now in D drive u can see two batch files Lock and Unlock. When u double click Lock the movie folder will change to control panel and whn u double click Unlock the control panel will change to normal folder..

Missing Folder Option in Windows Xp - Solution:

1. Open Registry Editor

2. Navigate to the following Registry value:hkey current user-->software-->microsoft-->windows-->currentversion-->policies-->explorer

3. In the Right Pane there will be an entry "NoFolderOptions" and the value to the entry is set to 1.

4. To get back your Folder Option, change the DWORD value to 0 or delete the entry.

5. Restart the System and your problem will be solved.

Note:

Editing the Registry will cause the System unstable. Please take a Proper Back-Up before editing with Registries. Author will not be responsible for any liabilities.

Restoring a Lost Desktop in Windows XP:

1. Goto Start --> Run

2. Type a Period " . " (Without Quote).

3. Press Enter.

Block WebSites in Windows XP:

1. Browse to C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc

2. Find the file named "HOSTS" .

3. Open it with Notepad.

4. Add 127.0.0.2 www.sitenameyouwantblocked.com , below 127.0.0.1 localhost line and that site will no longer be accessible.

Hard Drive AutoPlay Solution:

1. Open Notepad and type anything you want.

2. Save the file as autorun.inf

3. Copy the file and paste in your Drive Which is affected.

4. Is asks for replace the exisiting file. Just give Yes.

5. Then delete the autorun.inf file and reboot your PC. Your problem solved.

Note:

Before doing the above steps please confirm that u cleaned all the viruses in your PC.

Fun in the Notepad:

1. Open Notepad

2. Type the following:

this app can break

3. Save the file and Close.

4. Again Open the file and See the Magic