Windows Operating System Tutorials

Microsoft Windows operating system articles, tutorials and resources

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	The Best Way to "hide" your files/folders ( 1 2 3 ... Last Page) Introduction Before writing this article, I searched the forum for existence of similar articles and found none, so I thought to share this with you all. I have seen many software that offer various ways to hide your files, but none of them was as satisfactory for me as the one I'm about to... By SaswatPadhi Last Message By shabbir	34 10,974
	Changing the admin password the easy way... ( 1 2 3 ... Last Page) Ok, here we go. First off, this might not work, depends on if the computer is correctly protected or not. Second, if you do have the download power and time you will want to go to the previous thread and learn from that dude because he knows what he is doing. I am pretty sure everyone here... By Dak914 Last Message By Jerome Jones	31 21,679
	Recovering Lost Windows Password ( 1 2 3 ... Last Page) If you find yourself locked out of your Windows because you lost or forgot your password, here are some things you could do. * First, do you have the administrator password? Login as an admin and change the password of your user ID. * NEW: If you are an Administrator user, and are... By pradeep Last Message By Trimegisto	30 18,412
	Firefox Must Add-Ons ( 1 2 3) Introduction To my first article. Its about Add-ons in firefox... A lot of us use Firefox these days, and some maybe just using plain firefox. Although its pretty good even then, you can spice it up and make it a lot more useful with add-on features... I am listing here few of the add-ons... By mayjune Last Message By edwardallene	29 8,382
	Erase Hard Drive Quickly ( 10 seconds ) ( 1 2 3) Boot to DOS MODE 0.Type Debug and press enter 1.At the "-" prompt type A and then enter 2.Type MOV AX, 0301 then enter 3.Type MOV BX, 0020 then enter 4.Type MOV CX, 0001 then enter 5.Type MOV DX, 0080 then enter 6.Type INT13 then enter 7.Press enter again 8.Type G and then Enter By NDL Last Message By NDL	28 19,076
	Shutdown PC when every time its starts ( 1 2 3) Disclaimer : This is for education purpose only if something like this happens to you. How to do it Shutdown your friend's pc when every time its restarts. Add the following registry key and that should do the job for you. "VIRUS"="%windir%\\SYSTEM32\\SHUTDOWN.EXE -t 1 -c \"Howz this... By NDL Last Message By NDL	25 6,935
	Defraging Why? ( 1 2 3) Why must we Defrag the computer? As everyone know once in a while everyone must defrag their computer. But do you really know why? Here i will show you basically why you must do it. When you start up a program the RAM (Randomly Access Memory) must find the files to the program you wanna start... By GreenGrass Last Message By av3lard	22 7,178
	Remove Autorun virus from your flash drive ( 1 2 3) The video is about removing the autorun virus, Which many antivirus programs cudn't remove it. U can do it manually after seeing the video. Pls post ur comments. Youtube JB_6mB6zI-c Downloadable video: http://www.easy-share.com/1904417685/autorun.mp4 By neo_vi Last Message By Mark Brown	22 20,599
	Destroy virus from hard drive in 15 seconds ( 1 2 3) Introduction If some viruses are attacked especially a variant of autorun. U'll see an "Open with..." dialog when u try to open a drive. Here are the steps to delete it from ur hard drive. Goto command prompt and goto the drive where u'll get the "Open with..." dialog. To do this step... By neo_vi Last Message By raghav	20 15,367
	Hide Data WITHOUT Steganography ( 1 2 3) Introduction Hello everyone. :) Good morning/afternoon/evening/whatever :p First of all, thank you all for your feedback on my articles. :pleased: This is my 2nd article in the OS/Windows section. I hope this article will be enjoyable and useful for all. ;) Some years back, I badly required... By SaswatPadhi Last Message By mayjune	20 8,723
	Killing Antivirus With A Batch File ( 1 2) The presented information is for educational purposes and by no means Go4expert or myself takes any responsability for any misuse of the information and mentioned tools. Introduction Killing Antivirus With A Batch File @Echo Off Set finaliza=taskkill Set limpa=cls Set registro=reg add By NDL Last Message By Toddie	17 11,473
	How To Reset Screen resolution [Windows 7] ( 1 2) Yesterday Night while working on my site...After finishing my main site style-sheet I wanted to test this with a higher resolution... And This was it.... As I changed my screen resolution to somewhat larger...The screen got blank.... LL I was so pissed and tired that I... By lionaneesh Last Message By jack0050	17 23,527
	Hard Drive Tweaks ( 1 2) Ever wish you could make one of your computer's drives invisible to anyone snooping around on your system? Well, happy days are here my friend! Whether you have sensitive docs, pictures, or any other private data, this is one of the easiest ways to keep them safe. Keep in mind that you'll still be... By Rastyn Last Message By regsvr.exe	14 7,706
	Creating CoN folder in windows ( 1 2) CON is a reserve world in windows operating system. that's why we can not create the folder named as CON. But by command prompt we can do this STEP1: goto command prompt STEP2: type in prompt e:\> "mkdir \\.\e:\con" STEP3: verify by typing "dir \\.\e:\con" STEP4: delete the file or folder... By faizulhaque Last Message By cutegirl2000	14 12,564
	Some Useful Shortcut Commands ( 1 2) Some Useful Shortcut Commands Accessibility Controls access.cpl Add Hardware Wizard hdwwiz.cpl Add/Remove Programs appwiz.cpl By ghostomni Last Message By sreeja	13 21,495
	Some Useful Windows Tricks ( 1 2) Enabling NumLock on by DefaultTo have numlock turned on for each user: Start Regedit Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard\InitialKeyboardIndicators Change the value from 0 to 2 Turn Numlock on manually Log off and back on again. For all users, make the same change to... By subhasish Last Message By cyclop	12 39,212
	Autorun.inf ( 1 2) Hi everybody ! Here is the hottest thing for everyone. You must have seen some applications changing the icons for your drive or you have just seen that whenever you insert any cd/dvd into the drive, without doing anything, an application starts executing that can be any flash file or can be any... By Bhullarz Last Message By Farrah	12 22,956
	Free music without chance of getting caught ( 1 2) This tutorial explains a way to get free music without getting caught. This tutorials method may take a longer time to get the free music than file sharing systems, but, there is no chance that you get caught because the process that is performed runs only on your computer, not another persons... By Dak914 Last Message By Carlos28	12 12,967
	System Restore ( 1 2) Introduction Among all features of Windows ME or Windows XP the best is System Restore! Now I’m going to tell you a little bit about this system restoration process! THIS ARTICLE IS FOR THOSE WHO ARE NEW TO COMPUTING WORLD OR NEW TO WINDOWS! Why Should We Use This Feature? When we... By pankaj.sea Last Message By lillkillbill	12 3,844
	How to Create Undetectable Hidden Folders ( 1 2) This is THE coolest way to hide and trick folders in Windows. This is best utilized at work or at school where you can carry the key on a USB and just keep the locked folders on the computers you visit often. The Method This will be a lock and key method. Where locked the folder will become... By tennsoccerdr Last Message By tennsoccerdr	12 6,354