Repair corrupted files in windows XP

People who use Windows XP operating system often fetch a problem with corrupted files. Most of the times they reinstall the operating system to get rid from this problem. But they need to install all necessary softwares. From this tricks you can learn how to fix the corrupted files easy.  Follow the steps below.

• For this a Windows XP cd required.
• Now place the Windows XP cd in your cd/dvd drive.
• Go to start menu and click on Run button and type sfc/scannow or chkdsk/r.

It should load all and fix all your corrupted files in Windows XP.
this is meant for windows XP users alone.

Hide folder name and icon

Hide folder name and icon Today I shall tell you how to hide a folder name & icon without any software. This method only hides your folder icon and name. This is not protecting your folder from other people to open it. Follow the steps below. Create a new folder on your computer hard drive or select a folder that you want to hide the name & icon. Rename the folder. When you rename it, hold down Alt key and press 0160 . (When you are pressing 0160 this will show nothing.) NOTE : You must on Num Lock (short for Number Lock) and use numeric keypad. Don't use the number on the top side of Alphabet keys. If you use laptop or other device where there are no extra Numerical keypad, then check the device manual to use Numerical keypad. Now right click on the folder and select Properties select the tab Customize and select Change Icon. Scroll along and you should see a few blank spaces. Click on any one and click OK and Apply the settings. Now your folder name and icon is invisible. If it shows the Type i.e. File Folder, then change your view to List, Small Icons, Medium Icons or Large Icons. To protect your folder from other people, visit my previos post Folder lock with password and hide without any software.

Remove shortcut arrow from desktop icon completely

Hello friends, today I am going to tell you how to remove shortcut arrow from your desktop icons in any type of documents. I hope you all like this post. So follow the steps 1 to 4.

1. Go to Run and type 'regedit'.
2. At the left side Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile  (Click on lnkfile folder)
3. Delete IsShortcut registry value.
4. Close regedit and restart your computer.

Now your shortcut arrow has removed.

For piffile, docshortcut, conferencelink, wshfile, internetshortcut do the same things given below.

• Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\piffile
• Delete IsShortcut registry value.

• Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DocShortcut
• Delete IsShortcut registry value.

• Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ConferenceLink
• Delete IsShortcut registry value.

• Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WSHFile
• Delete IsShortcut registry value.

• Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut
• Delete IsShortcut registry value.

After Deleting or changing registry value close regedit and restart your computer.

Test the working speed of your antivirus

Most of the people think about the best antivirus for their computer. Sometimes the antivirus might not be work properly. So you want to test the working of your pc antivirus but the question is how to check whether it is working correctly or not.
Today I am going to tell you how you check the working of your pc antivirus. European Institute of Computer Antivirus Research (EICAR) uses the following steps to test any antivirus.

• At first open a notepad, copy the following code and paste it into the notepad and save it.

X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*

• Rename the file from New Text Document.TXT to testfile.com
• Now scan this testfile.com file.

If your antivirus gives a warning or alert then it is working correctly and deletes the file immediately. If no such warning or alert is shown then either re-install your antivirus or use another one. An important thing is that most of the antivirus will display a warning in first step and will remove the file

How to increase the speed of your MOZILLA FIREFOX

Firefox is a faster, safe and secure internet browser. But it would be amazing if you make it more faster. Today I will tell you how to increase Firefox's speed to allow a much more enjoyable internet experience. If so, follow these steps below......

1. Open your Firefox browser.
2. Type about:config in address bar.
3. Filter the settings (Italic

i>) below, and change then to the values (Bold) specified:

                  network.http.max-connections : 48

                  network.http.max-connections-per-server : 24

                  network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy : 12

                  network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server : 6

                  network.http.pipelining : true

                  network.http.pipelining.maxrequests : 8

                  network.http.proxy.pipelining : true   ( double click to 'true')

     4.  Exit your Firefox browser, and restart it.

Now navigate to Tools and choose Clear Recent History. Open your favorite website and enjoy Firefox Speed Increase.

Create a folder lock without any software.

  Today I shall tell you how to lock a folder with password without any software. Only you need to create a batch file. So follow the steps.

• Open a Notepad. Copy the code below and paste it into notepad.
• Save as the notepad as NAME.bat (E.g. Folder_lock.bat).
• Keep the batch file (Folder_lock.bat) in any hard drive or on the desktop and double click on it. It will create a new folder locker at the same location.
• Keep the files that you want to hide and also lock with password into the folder locker. If you want to unlock your files then double click on the batch file again and type Y (for yes). Here I set the password 12345. You can change the password by editing the batch file.

Here the batch file code :

cls
@ECHO OFF
title Folder LockerByPrabirGhoshIndia
if EXIST "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" goto UNLOCK
if NOT EXIST Locker goto MDLOCKER
:CONFIRM
echo Are you sure u want to Lock the folder(Y/N)
set/p "cho=>"
if %cho%==Y goto LOCK
if %cho%==y goto LOCK
if %cho%==n goto END
if %cho%==N goto END
echo Invalid choice.
goto CONFIRM
:LOCK
ren Locker "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
attrib +h +s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
echo Folder locked
goto End
:UNLOCK
echo Enter password to Unlock folder
set/p "pass=>"
if NOT %pass%==12345 goto FAIL
attrib -h -s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
ren "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" Locker
echo Folder Unlocked successfully
goto End
:FAIL
echo Invalid password
goto end
:MDLOCKER
md Locker
echo Locker created successfully
goto End
:End

Make a text to audio converter

Do you want to listen the speech which was written in text format? Then you have to make a text to audio converter. You can make it easily by writing some commands into notepad. The commands are given below.
Just copy the commands and paste it into notepad. Give the notepad any name.vbs (e.g. Speak.vbs), Save as type: All Files and Save it.

Copy the text below:

Dim message, sapi
message=InputBox("What do you want me to say?","Speak to Me powered by 001 Easy Tricks")
Set sapi=CreateObject("sapi.spvoice")
sapi.Speak message

After saving  it double click on .vbs file and write anything (in English) into the box and click OK.