This setting allows you to control which drives are visible in My Computer and Explorer. It is possible to hide all drives or just selected ones.
Open your registry (press win+r and type regedit , hit enter )
goto
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
and find or create the DWORD “NoDrives” there by right clicking on explorer -> NEW -> DWORD value .
The “NoDrives” value uses a 32-bit word to define local and network drive visibility for each logical drive in the computer. The lower 26 bits of the 32-bit word correspond to drive letters A through Z. Drives are visible when set to 0 and hidden when set to 1.
If your not happy working in Hex, add these decimal numbers to hide the drive(s):
A: 1, B: 2, C: 4, D: 8, E: 16, F: 32, G: 64, H: 128, I: 256, J: 512, K: 1024, L: 2048, M: 4096, N: 8192, O: 16384, P: 32768, Q: 65536, R: 131072, S: 262144, T: 524288, U: 1048576, V: 2097152, W: 4194304, X: 8388608, Y: 16777216, Z: 33554432, ALL: 67108863
For example to hide drive A and drive D, you would add 1 (A) + 8 (D) which means the value should be set to “9″.
To disable all the drives set the value to “67108863″.
Restart Windows for the change to take effect.
Note: These drives will still appear in File Manager, to remove File Manager, delete or rename winfile.exe.
Registry Settings
User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer]
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer]
Value Name: NoDrives
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
What is Microsoft Groove ?
Written by Ray Ozzie, the author of Lotus Notes, now Chief Architect at Microsoft, you could call it version 2 of Lotus Notes and it's opposite in many ways. It is a more powerful, collaboration tool, but also easy to install, needs no servers or IT administration, and is cost effective for even the smallest user in a small town with nothing more than a phone / internet line.
1. Microsoft Office Groove 2007 creates dynamic workspaces to hold all digital information related to any Task, this could be a software project, a board discussion, or even a virtual classroom.
2. Each workspace is populated with only those members who have a need to know that information. Nobody else has access to it and even the roles and permissions allowed to each member can be set by the workspace manager.
3. All members in a workspace have all information automatically synchronised. No cc's and no acts of ommission or commission permit information to leak out or be forgotten. Groove is both identity and device secured, so leaking of a password means little, and data cannot just be copied and restored on another Groove account.
4. Groove guarantees not just security but also reliability of the information passing through the workspace. Once posted, you can be assured that ALL members WILL get that data - even under battlefield conditions, certified by the US DoD, Interpol and other security conscious organisations from GSK to KPMG to the UN.
5. Finally it is a viral product, that just grows in usage and benefits organically. It the best catalyst to innovation within any company, because it brings people together into a real time virtual world, just like being in the same room with the others. It cuts out fritter, speeds up decision making and improves team efficiency by at least 40%.
1. Microsoft Office Groove 2007 creates dynamic workspaces to hold all digital information related to any Task, this could be a software project, a board discussion, or even a virtual classroom.
2. Each workspace is populated with only those members who have a need to know that information. Nobody else has access to it and even the roles and permissions allowed to each member can be set by the workspace manager.
3. All members in a workspace have all information automatically synchronised. No cc's and no acts of ommission or commission permit information to leak out or be forgotten. Groove is both identity and device secured, so leaking of a password means little, and data cannot just be copied and restored on another Groove account.
4. Groove guarantees not just security but also reliability of the information passing through the workspace. Once posted, you can be assured that ALL members WILL get that data - even under battlefield conditions, certified by the US DoD, Interpol and other security conscious organisations from GSK to KPMG to the UN.
5. Finally it is a viral product, that just grows in usage and benefits organically. It the best catalyst to innovation within any company, because it brings people together into a real time virtual world, just like being in the same room with the others. It cuts out fritter, speeds up decision making and improves team efficiency by at least 40%.
Copy Data From Virus Infected Pen Drive
Pen drives these days has become some major mediums behind spreading viruses which cause various troubles on your computer. Many of friends often got their pen drives infected by virus and they have crucial data on their virus infected pen drive.
Now the question arises here is how can you back up data from a virus infected pen drive. If you insert you pen drive on your computer it may infect your computer also. Some times you may not be able to open the virus infected pen drive in that case it becomes more difficult as the pen drive does not open on double click.
Today we will tell you how can you back up data from your virus infected pen drive. Let’s discuss two most simple methods to backup data from your virus infected pen drive.
Before backing up data form your virus infected pen drive make sure to disable autorun before connecting your pen drive to your computer and don’t double click on the pen drive icon in my computer to open it.
1. Right click on the Removable pen drive in My Computer
2. Select Properties >Tools.
3. Click the Back Up >> Choose the file to back up from your removable pen drive
4. Choose the Destination path where you want to store the back up files.
Now the question arises here is how can you back up data from a virus infected pen drive. If you insert you pen drive on your computer it may infect your computer also. Some times you may not be able to open the virus infected pen drive in that case it becomes more difficult as the pen drive does not open on double click.
Today we will tell you how can you back up data from your virus infected pen drive. Let’s discuss two most simple methods to backup data from your virus infected pen drive.
Before backing up data form your virus infected pen drive make sure to disable autorun before connecting your pen drive to your computer and don’t double click on the pen drive icon in my computer to open it.
1. Right click on the Removable pen drive in My Computer
2. Select Properties >Tools.
3. Click the Back Up >> Choose the file to back up from your removable pen drive
4. Choose the Destination path where you want to store the back up files.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Change display name in GTalk/Gmail
Changing the name in Gtalk/Gmail is the issue which many people find it difficult to do so. After getting the same query each month by some one or the other, I decided to write the procedure in an article. Well changing the name is not at all difficult but you have to dig around a little in Gmail.
Here is the 11 step process that will easily let you change your name in Gmail/Gtalk.
Changing name in Gmail/Gtalk
1. Sign in to you Google Account.
2. Go to “My Account” Page.
3. Click on Edit Link.
4. Enter your First name & last name here.
5. Click on “Save”.
6. Now open Gmail.
7. Click on settings.
8. Then go to the accounts tab.
9. Click on edit info.
10. Now you can either select the name you just changed in the above step or you can type a new name you want to use for Gmail/Gtalk.
11. Click on “Save”.
That’s it. Your (new) name will appear in Gtalk & will also be attached when you will compose an email.
Here is the 11 step process that will easily let you change your name in Gmail/Gtalk.
Changing name in Gmail/Gtalk
1. Sign in to you Google Account.
2. Go to “My Account” Page.
3. Click on Edit Link.
4. Enter your First name & last name here.
5. Click on “Save”.
6. Now open Gmail.
7. Click on settings.
8. Then go to the accounts tab.
9. Click on edit info.
10. Now you can either select the name you just changed in the above step or you can type a new name you want to use for Gmail/Gtalk.
11. Click on “Save”.
That’s it. Your (new) name will appear in Gtalk & will also be attached when you will compose an email.
Chat Without Messenger in Windows
Little Guide to Start Messenger Service :
1. Go To Start Click on Run (or Use Windows + R shortcut for Run)
2. Enter services.msc , Click OK
3. Search for Messenger, Right Click go to properties, probably its Disabled so make it manual, hit Start.
Well you have done it, For now.
Time For your Messenger Code
Save this code in Text file, Renaming as Messenger.bat(what ever name you love, remember to keep its extension as .Bat)
Running your Messenger :
1. Go To command prompt.
2. run your Batch file (messenger.bat)
3. Will ask for user name- enter the IP address of person whom you want to talk.
4. Then for Message - Enter Message.
5. Just wait for reply. and Njoy the Chat.
1. Go To Start Click on Run (or Use Windows + R shortcut for Run)
2. Enter services.msc , Click OK
3. Search for Messenger, Right Click go to properties, probably its Disabled so make it manual, hit Start.
Well you have done it, For now.
Time For your Messenger Code
@echo off
:A
Cls
echo MESSENGER
set /p n=User:
set /p m=Message:
net send %n% %m%
Pause
Goto A
Save this code in Text file, Renaming as Messenger.bat(what ever name you love, remember to keep its extension as .Bat)
Running your Messenger :
1. Go To command prompt.
2. run your Batch file (messenger.bat)
3. Will ask for user name- enter the IP address of person whom you want to talk.
4. Then for Message - Enter Message.
5. Just wait for reply. and Njoy the Chat.
Opening Multiple GMail accounts in GTalk
This is quite often when we want to use GTalk with more than one gMAil account. Follow the below process to achieve it:
After one copy is opened make a new shortcut for GoogleTalk but at the end of it add /nomutex.
If you installed it to the default folder then your shortcut should read
"C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe" /nomutex.
After one copy is opened make a new shortcut for GoogleTalk but at the end of it add /nomutex.
If you installed it to the default folder then your shortcut should read
"C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe" /nomutex.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Current Location in Gmail Signatures
Gmail users who travel frequently will simply love this. You can now instruct Gmail to automatically add your current geographic location to all your outgoing email messages so that recipients get to know where you are at the moment.
That;s it . Next time location with the State name will be appended to all your outgoing mails.
Gmail takes the IP address of the computer from where you are sending that email and uses it to determine the city / state / country from where you are writing that email.
How to Do ?
Go to Settings-->Labs, there check for 
below feature and enable it
Then Go to General tab under Settings and check the below option.
That;s it . Next time location with the State name will be appended to all your outgoing mails.
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