To Remove an Item from "New" Context Menu

1. Open Registry editor [by typing regedit in RUN dialog box and press Enter]. 
2. Now expand "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" key.
3. Search for the file type you  want to remove from "New" menu, e.g. for removing "Rich Text Document (.rtf)" file type look for .rtf key under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT key.
4. Now Expand it and delete the ShellNew key present under it.
5. That's it. The file type will no longer be available under the "New" menu.

How to Add Items to “New” Context Menu in Windows

1. Type regedit in RUN dialog box and press Enter. It'll open Registry Editor. 
2. Now expand "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" key.
3. Now look for a sub-key having same name as the file type which you want to add in "New" menu. e.g. if you want to add JS file type to "New" menu, look for .js key under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT key.
4. Now right-click on it and select "New -> Key" option. It'll create a new key, give it name ShellNew
5. Now in right-side pane, right-click and select "New -> String Value". Give it a name NullFile and press Enter.
6. Hurray!! You  done it. Now you will have a new JavaScript file option in context menu.

Enable Administrator account in Windows 7 or later versions

Yes! It's possible.
The biggest mystery finally revealed. We can enable the administrator account in any version of windows. You might be wondering sometime that even your account is already an admin account, why your pc asks/prompts  you  to run a program as admin. This is because every pc has a hidden administrator account, and only that particular account has the full permission to do any thing.
So here you go-
To enable the administrator account :
1. Open command prompt as Administrator.
 a. To do so you can right click on the cmd icon in start menu and select Run as Admin.
2. Type the following command on the command prompt:
       net user administrator /active:yes  
    and press enter key. A message will appear saying Command competed successfully.
    and you are done, go back to logon screen and you will have a Administrator account.
3. To switch it off back again go to command prompt. and type the following command.
       net user administrator /active:no

Change the ICON of drives in my computer

All the Xp users would have been bored by the boring icons in their My Computer panel which are adjacent to the Hard disk drives(C:,D: or whatever drive letter you have).

Here is a simple tweak by which you will be able to change this monotonous icon to anything you like, even your own Picture if you wish.

You can put any image in place of one which I have shown, even the picture of your favourite celebrity or your  own Picture.

Here are the steps you need to follow:

1. First of all the picture you want to use should have .ico extension(if you already have a pic with .ico extension proceed to step 2

2. Most of the pictures we normally use have extensions like .jpg, .bmp, .png, .gif etc, so you first need to convert them to one with .ico extension. This is simple. Use any Image Converter Softwares to convert your image to .ico format.

3. Now go to My Computer. Suppose you want to put this icon in place of your original C: Drive.

Double click and enter C: Paste your .ico image file in it. Also create a new text file and in it type the following lines:
[autorun]
ICON=favicon.ico

Remember that 'favicon.ico' in the second line is the name of your image file. If you have an image file with .ico extension by the name of 'abc.ico', then use that in the second line in place of 'favicon.ico'.

4. Now rename this text file as "autorun.inf" (without the quotes).

5. Now restart your Pc. You are done. Check out the cool new picture you have just added in your My computer panel.
Like the one given below...  Below is my My Computer Image!

AR-PC Image

Recover the lost administrators password in Windows XP

Slightly more work needed if you lose or forget the Windows XP administrator password.

1. First reboot Windows XP in safe mode by re-starting the computer and pressing F8 repeated as the computer starts up.

2. Then (in safe mode) click Start and then click Run. In the open box type
"control userpasswords2"
without the quotes - I have just used quotes to differentiate what you have to type.

3. You will now have access to all the user accounts, including the administrators account and will be able to reset the lost password.

4. Just click the administrators user account, and then click Reset Password.

5. You will need to add a new password in the New password and the Confirm new password boxes, and confirm by clicking OK.


All done, you have recovered the lost administrators password!

How to bypass WGA notification in ur windows OS...

1. Print these directions before proceeding because you will have to restart your computer.

2. Open the Task Manager by pressing "Ctrl," "Alt," and "Delete" together. Click the "Processes" tab.

3. Scroll down and click "wgatray.exe." Click "End Process" to stop this program from running.

4. Restart your computer and press "F8" consistently before the Windows logo screen to launch the Windows Options Menu. Scroll down the menu and select "Safe Mode." Press "Enter" to log into Windows Safe Mode.

5. Double-click "My Computer" on your desktop and double-click the "C:" drive. Double-click the "Windows" folder and double-click the "System32" folder. Locate the "WgaTray.exe" file and delete it.

6. Double-click the "dllcache" folder in the System32 folder. Locate the other "WgaTray.exe" and delete it.

7. Click the Windows "Start" button and click "Run." Type "regedit" (without quotes) and press "Enter" to open the registry.

8. Click "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" on the left panel and click "SOFTWARE." Click "Microsoft" an click "Windows NT." Click "CurrentVersion" and click "Winlogon." Click "Notify." Delete the "WgaLogon." folder. Close the registry and restart your computer normally.

Remove Recycle Bin Icon from Desktop

How to remove Recycle Bin Icon from Desktop

In Windows XP Pro

1>Go to START > RUN

2>Type GPEDIT.MSC

3>Navagate to USER CONFIGURATION >ADMINISTRATIVE TEMPLATES >Click on DESKTOP,
On the right hand pane find ” Remove Recycle Bin icon on the desktop ” , double left click on it to ENABLE it.
Sorted!

Want to Reveal the Passwords Hidden Behind Asterisk (****) ?

Follow the steps given below-

1) Open the Login Page of any website. (eg. http://mail.yahoo.com)

2) Type your 'Username' and 'Password'.

3) Copy and paste the JavaScript code given below into your browser's address bar and press 'Enter'.

javascript: alert(document.getElementById('Passwd').value);

4) As soon as you press 'Enter', A window pops up showing Password typed by you..!


Note :- Please use Microsoft Internet Explorer Web Browser, This trick may not be working with firefox

Change Start button name in Windows XP

Hi Guys,
In this post i’ll be telling you how you can change start button name.
First of all you will have to download Resource hacker. Resource Hacker is a freeware utility to view, modify, rename, add, delete and extract resources in 32bit Windows executables and resource files (*.res). It incorporates an internal resource script compiler and decompiler and works on Win95, Win98, WinME, WinNT, Win2000 and WinXP operating systems.

1. Create a system restore point just incase if something goes wrong you can roll back to the original settings or make a backup copy of the file explorer.exe located at C:\Windows\explorer. Place it in a folder somewhere on your hard drive where it will be safe.

2. Open Resource Hacker utility. Click on File >> Open. Type “explorer.exe” in the text box.

3. Expand String Table, select 37 from the tree view and click on 1033 as shown in the If you are using the Classic Layout rather than the XP Layout, use number 38.

4. The right hand pane will display the stringtable. We’re going to modify item 578, currently showing the word “start” just as it displays on the current Start button.

5. Just double click on the word “start” so that it’s highlighted, making sure the quotation marks are not part of the highlight. They need to remain in place, surrounding the new text that you’ll type. Go ahead and type your new entry say “ALOK”.

6. Open registry editor by clicking on Start >> Run and typing “regedit” at the text box. Navigate to HKEY_Local_Machine -> Software -> Microsoft -> Windows NT -> CurrentVersion -> Winlogon

7. In the Right pane double click the Shell entry to open the Edit String dialog box. In Value data: line, enter the name that was used to save the modified explorer.exe file say “my_Explorer”. Click OK.

4. Close Registry Editor and either log off the system and log back in, or reboot the entire system if that’s your preference. If all went as planned you should see your new Start button with the revised text.

XP start up without user name or password!

You can start up without needing to enter a user name or password. Select run... From the start menu and type 'control userpasswords2', which will open the user accounts application. On the users tab, clear the box for users must enter a user name and password to use this computer, and click on OK. 

An automatically log on dialog box will appear; enter the user name and password for the account you want to use...

How to Restrict Website Access in Firefox Browsers »

Without any doubt there are a lot of ways to block and restrict website access on your Windows operating system. Most of such methods  involve the use of tricky software you have to pay for. Other times instead all you have to do is use a geek trick (for computer expert only!) able to block  unwanted websites without any third-party software. The reasons behind this choice are almost identical. You have children and you want to be in control of what they are able to view and browse while you are not with them, in front of the computer. If you use Firefox browser and you are looking for a simple, thus effective way to restrict the access to certain “explicit” websites and blogs, I have got a nice, free and simple solution for you.  The Firefox addon I am going to show you is one of a kind.  In fact, it is able to block and restrict any website you want in a very simple way. But the addon goes beyond this. In fact, as you know, explicit content, images and videos can also be accessed via “masked and disguised hyperlinks” that can be accessed by going to other  safe websites and blogs. Well, thanks to this addon you will be 100% sure that your smart kids won’t be able to gain access  to anything  forbidden or age-restricted in any way!  Let your children surf safely. Put a lock to the Internet the way you want!

BlockSite is one of those Firefox addons that make you wonder: “Why is it for free?”. In fact, it is so well-done, so effective and secure that only paid application have got such distinguished features and options! Reading from the official Firefox addon page: “BlockSite is an extension, which automagically blocks websites of your choice. Additionally, this extension will disable all hyperlinks to these websites, by just displaying the link text without the clicking functionality.”

Here is a list of its most important features:

• Add or block certain websites from being accessed.
• Block whole websites by using wildcard symbols. This way is the most effective one as it will  forbid the access to websites even if  do not know their addresses. If you want to block those websites which contain the word “Microsoft”, all you have to do is enter “http://*.microsoft.*” and “http://microsoft.*” to Blocksite addon and you are done. Even if you do not the web address of the  websites you wish to block,  you will be sure that your kids won’t be able to access them in any way.
• Import/export your blacklist.
• Password protect BlockSite using a master-password.
• you can download this add-on from the following link...
  Download BlockSite extension or Firefox

Secrets Hidden in Windows XP

Secrets Hidden in Windows XP

A hidden message or feature in an application. This guide covers the undocumented and hidden features in Windows XP. All of the following were tested in Windows XP only.

Defrag

Secret - Hidden Command Line Switch
Instructions - Go to “Start”, “Run” and Type defrag c: -b to defragment the Boot and Application Prefetch information.
Windows XP will run this automatically every three days or so, during system idle periods. BootVis will evoke this when you run the “Optimize System” function. There is no need to manually run this unless you wish to immediately optimize a newly installed application’s load time.

IExpress

Secret - Hidden Install Creator

Instructions - Go to Start, Run, type iexpress
Notes - IExpress is a technology designed to simplify creation of a setup program. Using the step-by-step IExpress Wizard, you can create self-extracting files that automatically run the setup program contained inside. The setup program can be an .inf file or an executable program.
IExpress technology automatically removes the setup files after installation, saving the user time and frustration.