Lock folders with password - explained

This is really very good video, explaining how to lock
folders with password.

Really useful if you are using a shared PC or want some of your
sensitive documents to be protected from others.


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Change your Computer Name on network

Get ready to think of some high quality appealing name for your
computer so that when you apply that, everybody else on the network
would identify you by that name.

To achieve this travel to following registry key through Registry
editor:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ComputerName\ComputerName

Then selecting the 'ComputerName' Key in left pane of registry editor,
you would find the entry in right pane as 'ComputerName'.



This name is your computers name on network, change this to whatever
that you want. And you are through to it.

Recover the lost product ID for Windows Installation

Ever imagined, that you lost your Windows product ID and later
due to some unexpected reasons your windows installation got
corrupt as a result some files went missing and finally you need
to perform reinstallation.
Then how are you going to install it back again without Product ID.

Usually when we install the Windows its ID is stored in Registry.

To get back this ID, travel to following path;

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\

Then selecting the 'CurrentVersion' key in left pane, find for the
entry 'ProductID' in right pane.
And there it is the ID you wanted.



Alternatively you can also get your product ID by right clicking on
the 'My Computers' icon on Desktop or Start Menu.
And then uder the General tab you would find your product ID at
lower section of dialog box as shown below.



So now keep it safe, may be next time even your computer won't boot,
to recover it.

Change taskbar clock AM & PM text

This is the one of the best registry tweak available.
In this tweak we change the AM and PM that is shown in taskbar
clock to some other name.



To achieve this follow steps given below:

1. Travel to following key in registry editor
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\
2. Now select the 'International' key in left pane and search for
the following two entries in right pane of registry editor.
s1159 - for changing AM
s2359 - for changing PM
3. Once you have found this entries now double click it to change
the text.

Remember it only accepts characters of minimum six letters even
if you try to stuff more, only first six will be displayed.

Enjoy the tweak, please let me know in case you are finding
some problems.

Refine your Google search using keywords

You can make google speed up the search for your queries by
displaying only the most relevant links.
For that you have to learn the google language, which is nothing
more than handful of queries; mentioned below are most frquently used.

you can even combine two or more of above keywords to get the results
more accurate and specific.

Disable all Balloon tips in Windows

I always felt it wary about those balloon tips in Windows task bar for
'low disk space', 'new hardware', etc.

The following small registry tweak can disable these balloon tips:

Go to following registry key

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
\Explorer\Advanced

and then in right pane search for entry 'EnableBalloonTips' and if it is
not present then add the DWORD entry and name it as ' EnableBalloonTips'.

Once this is done then add the value to it as '0' (zero in number).

If you want to enable it again than change the value to '1'.

Remember the key and entry names are Case Sensitive.

Add Google Search in your browser address bar

One can now easily Google search for any term using the browser's
address bar, and the search results will be displayed to you in
the Google's page.

The following small registry tweak can do this for you;

Go to following registry path
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl

sometimes the 'SearchUrl' key might not be present, in that case add
it as sub-key under 'Internet Explorer'.

Now in right pane for above key 'SeacrhUrl', change the default value to

http://www.google.com/search?q=%s

press F5 to refresh registry and then exit.
For this tweak to work you might need to close all the browsers and
open again.

Browse any Website in Text only mode

Last time when I was surfing the net, I found the site that allows
to browse any website in text only mode.
This website is http://mytoday.com

To view any website in text only mode follow the steps detailed
below:
1. Type the following address in your browser address bar

http://mytoday.com/v/

2. Once this is done, now add the protocol of access
like http, https, ftp, etc. as shown below

http://mytoday.com/v/http/

3. After this add the website address that you want to view
in text mode, in following way (as shown for technoglitters)

http://mytoday.com/v/http/technoglitters.blogspot.com

so that finally it looks as shown below in your browsers address bar:



Enjoy text only browsing.

Shortcut to open Registry Editor

Now to open the Registry editor no need of going to Start Menu > Run.
One can create a shortcut on desktop to open the Registry Editor
follow the steps given blow:

1. Open the Notepad and copy the following code snippet:

'Open Registry Editor
'from http://www.technoglitters.blogspot.com
Option Explicit
On Error Resume Next

Dim WSHShell
Set WSHShell=Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
WSHShell.Run "REGEDIT"

Set WSHShell = Nothing

2. Once this is done now save the file as 'Open_Registry.vbs'
(without quotes) remember to make the file type option in
Save As dialog box to 'All files'
3. Now you can create as many shortcuts for these files as possible.
4. Since this is script file, some Antivirus or antispyware softwares
may report abuse, but override the rules and allow it to run and
enjoy the Registry Editor at click of you mouse.

Start Button Context Menu

Using this tweak, you can run applications from the context menu
of the start button, i.e. by right clicking on the start button.

Open the registry from Start Menu > Run > regedit and follow the path:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shell Key.

Right click on Shell Key, and create a new sub-key named after the
program you want to associate it with, say, Notepad. Now select this key
and create another sub-key named 'Command' and set its 'Default' entry
value as the path to the executable for example 'C:\windows\notepad.exe'.

Now if you right click on Start Menu you will see new entry for launching
Notepad.

Related Limks:
Add 'Copy To' and 'Move To' in Context Menu