Receive message to your mobile if you get a mail.

Some of us are not connected to the internet all the time.
For those buddies it is an useful tip. by creating a mail account in www.live.com and confirming our mobile number we can receive messages without any cost.

open the website www.live.com
create a new account by clicking sign up.
After creating your account click options > more options which is at the right top corner.

In customise your mail click mobile alerts for new messages.



register you mobile number.

open you gmail or yahoo mail click settings
click forwarding and POP/IMAP
select forwarding copy of incoming mail to by giving the mail id which you created in www.live.com and finish the confirmation process.

View hidden files of your operating system

There are some files in our PC which are hidden state. We can view them by without changing the "show hidden folders and files" option in folder options of our PC. Even we can view the operating system's hidden files which are not possible to view directly through the Windows explorer

Few days ago I noticed that entering the address of a website in the address bar of the Windows explorer will open webpages. I mean that our Windows explorer will also act as web browser. Then I tried that reverse of the above process will work or not? I mean entering the path of a file (which was in our hard disk or secondary storage device) in the web browser. It worked.
I enter the path of a folder/directory in the address bar(also known as URL bar where we enter address of the sites) of web brosers like Google chrome, Mozilla Firefox. These browsers showed the all the files of the directory which I entered in the address bar of the web browser including the OS hidden Files like Recyler,System Volume Information. etc,.
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Folder names in color.

Are you boring with the black color of your file/folder names.
This is for you.
This tutorial teaches you how to change color of your folder/file names.

1)Open notepad
2)Copy the following text into it.


[ExtShellFolderViews]
{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC} = {BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}

[{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]
Attributes=1
IconArea_TextBackground=0xffffffff
IconArea_Text=0x00FF0000


3)Save the file as "desktop.ini" by keeping file type as All files



4)Place the desktop.ini file in any folder and click refresh.
you will see the names of your files/folders in blue color in the folder where desktop.ini is placed.

5)To change it into other color open the desktop.ini with notepad and replace the IconArea_Text value into
0x00000000 for Black
0x00FFFFFF for White
0x0000FF00 for Green
0x00FF0000 for Blue
0x00C000C0 for Purple
0x000000FF for Red
0x0000FFFF for Yellow
0x00FFFF00 for Indigo

6) save the file and click refresh.
Similarly you can change the text back ground by changing the values of IconArea_TextBackground with the above values.

Capture Screen of your PC

Without any third party software you can capture your desktop by following simple steps.
1)Click on the "PrtScn SysRq" key of your keyboard.

2)open ms paint(Click start>All programs>Accessories>paint.
3)Select edit>paste.
4)Select save as
Give your desired name and desired location.

Display you desired name at clock of the task bar.

You can keep your desired name at the Clock on the task bar.It is a cake walk if you follow these steps.

1)Goto Control Panel
2)Select regional and language options.
3)Click on customize button.
A new window named "customize regional options" opens.
4)Select Time Tab at the top
5)Change the AM and PM symbol drop down boxes with your desired values.
6)Click OK
7)Click OK button on the Regional and languages options window

Hide a Folder?

Without using folder options we can hide a folder.
1)Select the folder which you want to hide.
2)click on the properties
3)Click on customize
4)Click on change Icon
5)Select blank ICON and click OK


6)Now select rename
7)BY holding Alt key press 255(or 32)in your number pad(Calculator keys)of your keyboard.Press Enter
The folder will be invisible.

Create/Rename A folder/file Without name.

Do you want to create/rename a Folder/File without name. i.e.,The name part will remain blank.
Come on grab this Tip.
1)Select Rename of any folder which you want to see without name
2)Holding the Alt key of your keyboard type the number 255(or 32) on your number keys(Calculator keys) of your key board.
3)Press Enter.
If you want multiple files/folders without a name in a same folder Press Alt+255 more then once and press Enter

Shut Down your PC in 3 seconds

If you want to shutdown your PC immediately here is the tip
1)Click Ctrl+Alt+Delete
Windows Task Manager will be opened
2)Select shutdown
3)By holding the control Button select Turn off option.
Thats it!!
Your PC will be turned off.

Note :
This method is not best to use frequently.

Hiding the Drive

It is easy to hide a folder or a file. But hiding the drive is a bit big task then the former.

Well here the steps for hiding the drive in your PC

1)open command prompt

2)type DISKPART and press Enter.

3)type list volume

DISKPART>list volume

4)Select the volume which you want to hide by selecting the corresponding number which is displayed

DISKPART>select Volume 2

It will show volume 2 is selected.

5)Now remove letter of the volume you want to hide

DISKPART>remove letter f

It will show Diskpart successfully removed the drive letter or mount point.

now exit the command prompt and open My computer to see weather the drive is hidded.

To make the drive visible do the steps 1,2,3,4 as mentioned above.

do the fifth step like this

5)DISKPART assign letter f.

Add a folder into the SendTo option of the Context Menu

Context menu is the graphical menu which will opens when the user right clicks on any item.
If you want to add a directory to SendTo option in the context menu ,it is very easy.
1.goto control panel>Folder options>view and selct "Show hidden files and folders" and press Apply
2.Create a short cut to the directory by right clicking it and select create shortcut
A shortcut of your directory will be created
3.Cut and paste the short cut directory at "C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\SendTo"
USERNAME=any user name in your PC