Simple Folder Lock

Very Simple method to secure your folder without use any software

Step 1: Go to Command Prompt

Step 2: Type the following command
          Syntax
            ren .{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

         Example

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

Step 3: After run this command the Test folder will be renamed. if you try to open this folder Control panel  
            will be opened

Step 4: If you want to Access the folder content then do the reverse process you will get it

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

Firefox tweaks Part II

Firefox having a lot of hidden Properties. By using this properties we can improve our browser performance  To view this Hidden properties do the following steps


1) Open the firefox
2) To get this hidden property type “about:config” at address bar
    ( if above 3.2 version you will get get warning information just click "I'll be careful, I Promise" Button
after that you can see the number of properties

1) Reduce the amount of RAM Firefox uses for its cache feature
         Find “browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewer” and change the value into 0

2) Stop Displaying Website Icon (Favicon) in Address bar & On Tab
         browser.chrome.site_icons = False

3) Remove Tab Close Button from all Tab and set A single Close Button at Right
         browser.tabs.closeButtons = 3
         Single Close Button to control all Firefox Opened Tabs.

4) Disable Browser Toolbar Tip

         browser.chrome.toolbar_tips = False

5) Past Copy Content with Middle mouse Click

        middlemouse.paste = True

6) Increase History Undo Close Tab Limit ( Recently Closed Tabs )

         browser.sessionstore.max_tabs_undo=15

Firefox Fun

Fun with Firefox Browser

Run Firefox Browser to Inside the Firefox:

chrome://browser/content/browser.xul

Copy the url and paste it to the firefox address bar 

have a fun ....

cheer
Ravi

Control Panel

Disable Or Limit Access To The Control Panel



How to disable or limit access to the Control Panel (Windows NT, 2000, XP)

1- Run Group Policy; for this click Start > Run > and type gpedit.msc and press OK.
2- In left side under User Configuration section select Administrative Templates and click on (+) and select Control Panel. In right side :
3- In Windows 2000 double click on Disable Control Panel and in Windows XP
double click on Prohibit access to the Control Panel.
4- select Enabled and press OK.

To hide Control Panel items from Control Panel window
 
1- double click on Hide Specified Control Panel Applets and select Enabled.
2- click on Show; in new window click Add.
3- to hide Control Panel items from Control Panel type its name in dialog box. For example : if you type System, Windows will hide System icon from Control Panel.
Note that Group Policy will hide Control Panel items from Control Panel, a professional user can type sysdm.cpl in Run dialog box and run System Properties.

Windows Registory Hacking

Disable Task Manager

Go to Start -> Run  type regedit.exe (enter)

Go to the following location in the Registory Editor

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

and create a new DWORD value named "DisableTaskMgr" and set it to "1" to disable Task Manager


Disable Folder Options Menu

Go to Start-> Run type regedit.exe (enter)

Go to the following location in the Registory Editor

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value named "NoFolderOptions" and set it to equal "1" to hide the options or "0" to show the options

Shortcut Keys

Mozilla Firefox Shortcuts

Ctrl + Tab or Ctrl + PageDown: Cycle through tabs.
Ctrl + Shift + Tab or Ctrl + PageUp: Cycle through tabs in reverse.
Ctrl + (1-9): Switch to tab corresponding to number.
Ctrl + N: New window.
Ctrl + T: New tab.
Ctrl + L or Alt + D or F6: Switch focus to location bar.
Ctrl + Enter: Open location in new tab.
Shift + Enter: Open location in new window.
Ctrl + K or Ctrl + E: Switch focus to search bar.
Ctrl + O: Open a local file.
Ctrl + W: Close tab, or window if there's only one tab open.
Ctrl + Shift + W: Close window.
Ctrl + S: Save page as a local file.
Ctrl + P: Print page.
Ctrl + F or F3: Open find toolbar.
Ctrl + G or F3: Find next...
Ctrl + Shift + G or Shift + F3: Find previous...
Ctrl + B or Ctrl + I: Open Bookmarks sidebar.
Ctrl + H: Open History sidebar.
Escape: Stop loading page.
Ctrl + R or F5: Reload current page.
Ctrl + Shift + R or Ctrl + F5: Reload current page; bypass cache.
Ctrl + U: View page source.
Ctrl + D: Bookmark current page.
Ctrl + NumpadPlus or Ctrl + Equals (+/=): Increase text size.
Ctrl + NumpadMinus or Ctrl + Minus: Decrease text size.
Ctrl + Numpad0 or Ctrl + 0: Set text size to default.
Alt + Left or Backspace: Back.
Alt + Right or Shift + Backspace: Forward.
Alt + Home: Open home page.
Ctrl + M: Open new message in integrated mail client.
Ctrl + J: Open Downloads dialog.
F6: Switch to next frame. You must have selected something on the page already, e.g. by use of Tab.
Shift + F6: Switch to previous frame.
Apostrophe ('): Find link as you type.
Slash (/): Find text as you type.


Windows Hotkeys

Shift + F10 right-clicks.
Win + L (XP Only): Locks keyboard. Similar to Lock Workstation.
Win + F or F3: Open Find dialog. (All Files) F3 may not work in some applications which use F3 for their own find dialogs.
Win + Control + F: Open Find dialog. (Computers)
Win + U: Open Utility Manager.
Win + F1: Open Windows help.
Win + Pause: Open System Properties dialog.
Win + Tab: Cycle through taskbar buttons. Enter clicks, AppsKey or Shift + F10 right-clicks.
Win + Shift + Tab: Cycle through taskbar buttons in reverse.
Alt + Tab: Display Cool Switch. More commonly known as the AltTab dialog.
Alt + Shift + Tab: Display Cool Switch; go in reverse.
Alt + Escape: Send active window to the bottom of the z-order.
Alt + Shift + Escape: Activate the window at the bottom of the z-order.
Alt + F4: Close active window; or, if all windows are closed, open shutdown dialog.
Shift while a CD is loading: Bypass AutoPlay.
Shift while login: Bypass startup folder. Only those applications will be ignored which are in the startup folder, not those started from the registry (Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\)
Ctrl + Alt + Delete or Ctrl + Alt + NumpadDel (Both NumLock states): Invoke the Task Manager or NT Security dialog.
Ctrl + Shift + Escape (2000/XP ) or (Ctrl + Alt + NumpadDot) : Invoke the task manager. On earlier OSes, acts like Ctrl + Escape.
Print screen: Copy screenshot of current screen to clipboard.
Alt + Print screen: Copy screenshot of current active window to clipboard.
Ctrl + Alt + Down Arrow: Invert screen. Untested on OS's other than XP.
Ctrl + Alt + Up Arrow: Undo inversion.
Win + B : Move focus to systray icons.

Hacking

Turn off the "Downloads Complete" alert in Firefox

Some folks don’t like the pop-up notification Mozilla Firefox gives, when downloads are completed

You can turn that off using a hidden setting. Enter about:config in the location bar.
Search for the preference

browser.download.manager.showAlertOnComplete.
Modify the value to false