Creating a FOLDER without NAME

This is a simple prank that you can play to hide your folder from stupid users.simply try it out,
1. create a new folder anywhere you want.
2. Enter ancii code 0160 ( hold down "Alt-key" and press "0160" this will create an invisible space so it will apper as if it has no name. )
3. Press Enter u will see the effect.

Movie in MS Paint

I was not knowing that Painting area in MS paint utility works as Video screen!!!!!!!!!!
lovely trick.

1. First start a movie in any player.
2. Then open Paint.
3. Now, in the player when the movie is being played, press "Print screen" button on your key board.
4. Now, Press ctrl+v in Paint.
5. Leave the movie player open and don't minimize it.
6. Open Paint now and see the movie in the Paint!

Keyboard Shortcuts

F10 : Activate the menu bar in programs

ALT+underlined letter in Menu : carry out the corresponding command on the menu

CTRL+F4 : close the current window in middle of the programs

ALT+F4 : close the Current window or quit a program

F1 : Displays Help on the selected dialog box item

ALT+SPACEBAR : Displays the current system window’s menu

SHIFT+F10 : Displays the shortcut menu for the selected item

CTRL+ESC : Displays the START menu

ALT + HYPHEN(-) or SPACEBAR : Displays the system menu for MDI programs

ALT+TAB : Switch to the window you last used (OR) Switch to another window by holding down ALT while repeatedly pressing TAB

SHIFT : Bypass Autoplay when inserting a compact disc while inserting the CD-ROM

CTRL+SHIFT : Create a shortcut file while dragging the file

SHIFT+DELETE : delete an item immediately without placing it in the Recycle Bin

F3 : Display Find all Files

F5 : Refresh the Contents of a Window

ESC : Cancel the Current task


WINDOWS KEY or WIN key

Win Key + L shows the Welcome screen, or locks the machine if Fast User Switching is disabled

Win key + PRINT SCREEN : Copy the screen to the Clipboard, including the mouse cursor.

If u donot want the Start menu toolbar for PRINTSCREEN just Hold on ALT+PRINTSCREEN button then it will copies to Clipboard

Win key + SCROLL LOCK : Copy the screen to the Clipboard, without mouse cursor.

Win key +D : Shows the Desktop

Win key + E : Windows Explorer

Win key + F : Find files

Win key + R : Run Command in Start menu

CTRL+A : Select all the items

CTRL+B : Organise Favorites

CTRL+C : Copy all Files

CTRL+D : Confirmation of Delete

CTRL+V : Cut

CTRL+Z : Undo

CTRL+S : Saves the Current File

THIS key is the Shortcut key for the RIGHT CLICK IN MOUSE

CONVERT A 512 MB duo/produo/MMC CARD TO 640 MB

Guys, i think this post will be very useful to your computer.

CONVERT A 512 MB duo/produo/MMC CARD TO 640 MBI guess it works for duo/produo/mmc cards.

PrinCiple:--Your files in duo/produo/MMC is stored in multiple (disk) blocks.So if you format using 16K block, the space used will be 16K eventhough your file is just 1K.
If you buy DUO/PRO-DUO, it is usually preformatted with 16K block. Therefore a lot of space is wasted as most installed program files are usually less than 2K.

ProCeDure:-- You will need a card reader to do this
edit:u can also do it by connecting u r phone via USB be better to do it in Card reader only
1. Connect card reader and copy all your files in the memory card to computer disk.(Make sure you set the show all/hidden/os files to "on")
2. Do a format of the memory card using command line "format" and use the /A=size option.Alternative, you can use the Disk Management in Adminstrative Tools to format.Make sure you select FAT16. For 256MB memory card, smallest block you can use is 4K, 128MB is 2K, 64Mb is 1K and 32MB is 512B.(Note: You cannot use the phone "format ext.mem" to do this as the format just clear the allocation table and does not change the block size)
3. Copy back all files to memory card.

For those who have problem with command line format:
Just use the Disk Managament to format
1. Goto Start->control Panel->Administrative Tools->Computer management->Disk management
2. Select your memory card/usb drive. Right-click and select "Format"

Different ways to shutdown ur Personal Computer or Laptop

Among these ways check one of the way to shutdown the Pc or Laptop

1. Press the WIN key and press “u” letter two times this will approach very fast
2. Click the Start Button with your mouse, then select the Turn off menu and click the Turn off icon on the dialogue box which appears on the Computer

3. Press the Win key + R key to open the run window. Type shutdown -s -t 00. [s means shutdown while t means the duration after which you want to initiate the shutdown process].

NOTE: If some open processes or application won't let you turn off, append a -f switch to force a shut down by closing all active processes.

4. Win+M to minimize all windows and then Alt+F4 to bring the Turn Off computer dialog.

5. Click CTRL+ALT+DELETE to open Task manage then click on shutdown then hold the CTRL key and click on Turn off Computer will be turned off .

Shutdown XP Faster

Like previous versions of windows, it takes long time to restart or shutdown windows XP when the "Exit Windows" sound is enabled. To solve this problem you must disable this useless sound.

Click Start button.
Go to settings > Control Panel > Sound, Speech and Audio devices > Sounds and Audio Devices > Sounds.
Then under program events and windows menu click on "Exit Windows" sub-menu and highlight it. Now from sounds you can select, choose "none" and then click Apply and OK.
Now you should see some improvements when shutting down your system.

Convert FAT drive System to NTFS drive system

It Can be done any drives Except the drive in which Operating system is loaded
NOTE: For converting this to NTFS the drive should be clean all the Data will be erased

1. Right Click on the Drive to which u have to convert in to NTFS
2. Point to Format.
3. On the format dialogue box choose file system as NTFS
4. Click the Tick mark on the Quick format
5.click ok
6. displays Format Will clear all the disk information clean . click ok
7. Format Complete ok

Changing the Recycle Bin Size

You can change the size of the recycle bin for any drive.Just right click the recycle bin icon on the desktop.Make sure that the 'configure each drive independently' option is on.Then move to the tab for the drive that you want to configure and specify the size as the percentage of the drives space.

Deleting Files Without Sending Them to the Recycle Bin

You can delete your files without sending them to the recycle binJust shift-right click the file icon and choose delete from the menu that comes up.The file when deleted will not go to the recycle bin.
BEWARE: The deleted file can not be restored

Renaming CD ROM Drive Letter

Rename the drive letters of your CD drive(s) from the back of the alphabet, eg, Z, Y. This way, if you add extra hard disks, your CD drives do not get re-lettered.
1. You can do this from the Device Manager.
2. Open up the CD ROM section
3. Open the CD ROM you want to change
4. Under Settings, change the Start Drive Letter to higher in the alphabet

GUIDELINES

In this Guide you will learn:
1. Important files on your system.
2. My first program.
3. Getting help.
4. Finding out about programs.
5. What can I do with an Internet connection?
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Well, you're in luck, the answer is a resounding YES!! However, there is a very basic step that must first be taken, and that is to define what is meant by "hacking." We'll start with what hacking is not...it's not denial of service (DoS) attacks, nuking, mail bombing, IRC, or ICQ. Anyone can run a program, but a hacker learns how things work, and tries to push them to their limits. Exposing vulnerabilities is only part of what a hacker does, and when he finds them, the hacker has the maturity and sense of responsibility to not use the vulnerability for his own gain.
The Hacker Manifesto clearly states "thou shalt do no harm."
**Historical Note: If you want a role model for becoming a hacker, try these names: Dennis Ritchie, Bob Metcalfe, Steve Wozniak, and yes, Bill Gates.
With that aside, on with the show. Past editions of the Guides to (mostly) Harmless Hacking have talked about how to make modifications to a Win95 system to WOW your friends. The point of those articles was that you can begin hacking by learning all there is to know about your system. I know a lot of text files out there talk about using Linux and FreeBSD, shell accounts, Un*x tools, and telnet, but if you don't have any of these available to you, not to worry. You can still learn, which is the whole point.

**Note: Linux and FreeBSD are freeware or commercial (depending upon where you go) versions of Un*x that run on the Intel platform (a PC computer).
These systems have uses throughout academia and research facilities, but maybe a bit difficult to get running on your own system unless you know quite a bit about your system and the operating system. The word "Un*x" uses the star to refer to the various flavors of the Unix operating system.
1. IMPORTANT FILES ON YOUR SYSTEM.
The first thing we'll look at are the important files of the Win95 operating system. The autoexec.bat, config.sys, win.ini, and system.ini files are holdovers from DOS, but are also still used. The config.sys file is used to configure hardware on your system and the autoexec.bat file is used to load parameters and environment variables that are needed when your system first starts.
In the next section, we'll discuss how to load environment variables for specific purposes using batch files. We'll look specifically at the autoexec.bat file, as it will lead into batch file programming in the next section.
To take a look at this file, go to the DOS prompt and type:
c:\>edit autoexec.bat
Your screen will turn blue when the editor opens and the autoexec.bat file will be loaded automatically, because it's located in the current directory.
If you had typed:
c:\>notepad autoexec.bat
the file would've been opened in NotePad. Use whichever is easier.
**Note: This leads us to the subject of paths. Paths in DOS are areas where DOS will look on your hard drive for programs that you type in at the prompt. You may have the program on your hard drive but you won't be able to run it from the prompt unless it's in your path or you are in the directory where the program resides.
One command that should be visible in the autoexec.bat file is the PATH statement. It may look something like this:
SET PATH=.;c:\;c:\Windows;c:\windows\command
You don't need much more than this in your path, and you don't want it to get out of control, so it's best if you leave it like as it is. The "." (period) that is in the beginning of the line says to begin the search for the command in the current working directory.
You can add other tasks in the autoexec.bat file that you want run upon startup, and you can even include command line parameters, as necessary.
Now let's change directories at the DOS prompt:
c:\>cd windows
Now open the win.ini file in Notepad, and take a look at it. We're not going to make any changes to it, or go into a long explanation of it's contents. You can see that it contains different sections that pertain to different components and applications on your system.
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Evil Genius\Elite Hacker Tip: Go to the section of the win.ini file called "[Extensions]". One of the first lines should be:
txt=notepad.exe ^.txt
You can use this line to plant messages on your computer. Simply change the reference to a batch file that contains some commands and the line:
notepad %1 %2 %3 %4
...at the end.
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Now, open the system.ini file.
**Note: To avoid having to type the same commands over and over, type in "doskey" at the prompt, or edit the autoexec.bat file to include the command "doskey on". Then when you are in a DOS window, you can hit the up and down arrow keys to move amongst commands you've already typed in.
You'll see that the system.ini file contains sections similar to the win.ini file.
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Evil Genius\Elite Hacker Tip: Go to the "[boot]" section and locate the line that reads:
shell=Explorer.exe
This is the line that tells Win95 which shell to use for your system. The commands that control what colors to use are locatedin the win.ini file. However, you can change shells. Change the line to read:
shell=progman.exe
The next time you reboot the computer, the old Win3.1 Program Manager shell will be loaded.
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2. MY FIRST PROGRAM.
Most program languages that I have used have all started out with the ubiquitous "Hello, World" program, so we'll start there.
A batch file is really more of an interpreted file. The system reads the file, and executes the commands within the file one at a time. You can run into problems if the command you put into the file requires input from the user, but some useful tasks can be accomplished through the use of batch files.
So, for our first program, type:
@echo off
echo Hello, World!
Save the file as "hello.bat", and at the prompt, type:
c:\>hello
You have now written your first program! Now, open hello.bat again, and type change the second line to:
echo Hello, %1
Save this, and run the program again, but enter in an argument:
c:\>hello Dave
What the "%1" does is take the first argument ("Dave") and includes it inthe echo statement.
You can use batch file programming to load specific environment variables, as well. If you do Java programming, for instance, you can leave the autoexec.bat file the way it is, but you will need to load specific environment variables so that you can use your development environment, specifically the JDK from Sun. So type:
@echo off
SET PATH=%PATH%;c:\java\;c:\java\bin
SET CLASSPATH=c:\java\lib\classes.zip
SET JAVAHOME=c:\java
Save this file as "java.bat" and whenever you want to do some development, run the file. You can even include a reference to the batch file in the autoexec.bat file. Notice the "%PATH%" in the second line...this is an environment variable that exists for the DOS environment. It refers to the PATH variable, as it exists before you run the new batch file. To view the path, type:
c:\>path
3. GETTING HELP
It's actually pretty easy to find out about particular things on your Win95 computer. The first and easiest way to find anything is to use the Start ->Help (click on the Start button, then choose Help) feature. From there select a topic. Some of the entries are pretty detailed, with examples.
A resource that is very often overlooked by folks who are new to computing in general is your local public library. DOS has been available for quite a while, and you will likely find books about DOS and Windows at the library. Some books even cover the specifics of batch files or other aspects of DOS, and will prove to be very useful. Now, you won't be interested in sections on EDLIN, but you find lots of valuable information.
After libraries are used bookstores. Lots of folks would rather sell their old books rather than donate them to a library. You can find many useful books on a wide range of subjects.
Finally, new bookstores, such as Barnes and Noble, Borders, and especially Computer Literacy are excellent sources of information. If you can't afford some of the new books, don't worry. Just drop by the bookstore, look something up, and put the book back. Many of these bookstores also carry a wide variety of magazines, many of which are specific to computer systems. There are even magazines available for Atari and Amiga systems!
4. FINDING OUT ABOUT PROGRAMS.
While in DOS, if you want to get some quick information about a command on your computer and don't want to go through the steps of opening the online Help, just type the command, followed by "/?":
c:\>edit /?
This provides a quick explanation of the command and a list of arguments that can be used with it. Keep in mind that this technique works with DOS commands...programs written by folks outside of Microsoft don't have to provide this functionality.
5. WHAT CAN I DO WITH AN INTERNET CONNECTION?
So you have an Internet connection, eh? Well, you already have a shell account, of sorts. It's your DOS window. Yes, you can run commands from your DOS window, as well as from the GUI. For example, once you have connected, try this:
c:\>telnet rs.internic.net (Sorry, this doesn't work anymore)
This will open up a telnet window directly to InterNIC. After the host, you can even specify a port:
c:\>telnet [host] [port]
This is useful if you want to see if a host has a particular port open.
Your system also has a command line FTP program. Just type:
c:\>ftp [host]
and it will attempt to connect you to the host. You can use this FTP client to connect to your own ftp sites, or to anonymous ftp sites such as ftp.microsoft.com.There are also other commands that you can use in a networked environment, but they will be covered in another article