Jan 13, 2012

How to Change Windows 7 Password without Knowing Current Password


  • Go to Control Panel and click on the Administrative Tools.
  • Under this section double click on Computer Management.
  •  Select  System Tools from right window pane.
  • Under this, just double click on Local Users and Groups and then on Users
  • Now you will see all the login accounts of your computer. Right click on any the account whose password you want to change and then click on Set Password.
  • A warning message will popup on your screen just click on Proceed button.
  • Now enter your New Password  and click on OK button.
That’s it! your windows 7 password is changed without knowing current password. The only limitation of this method is that your current  account should  have Administrative privileges.

Method 2:

If you love to be work on Command Line then this method is for you.
  • Open command prompt by typing with administrative privileges .( Type CMD in start, right click on it and select Run as Administrative )
  • In the CMD window  type the following command and  hit Enter
net user Account Name Your New Password
In this command replace Account Name by the account name (Account Name is case sensitive) whose password you want to change and replace Your New Password by the password that you want to set.
  • Now if everything goes alright  you will see “The command completed successfully” on your screen, now type exit command and hit Enter

How to Query Google Results Via Sms

SMS’s are one of the most preferred mode of communication among people.Usually people believe that Internet is the only way to get google results.Recently Google has launched a new service that gives you  access to Movie show times ,Locations of local businesses ,Word meanings ,weather forecast ,Product prices and much more.
So, if you don’t have a data plan (although they are cheap these days) you can still get answers for your queries by Google.At present this service is only available in India and USA.
India users can send their queries at  : 9773300000
USA users can send their queries at : 466453

Dec 26, 2011

Change the icon on any Drive on your Computer

You can easily change the icon on your internal hard drives and portable drives with the free Drive Icon Changer application.  Simply download and unzip the file (link below), and then run the application as administrator by right-clicking on the icon and selecting “Run as administrator”.



Now, select the drive that you want to change the icon of, and select your desired icon file.


Click Save, and Drive Icon Changer will let you know that the icon has been changed successfully.


You will then need to reboot your computer to complete the changes.  Simply click Yes to reboot.


Now, our Drive icon is changed from this default image:


to a Laptop icon we chose!
 TO DOWNLOAD THIS SOFTWARE CLICK HERE DOWNLOAD

Dec 24, 2011

Create a Shortcut to Lock Your Computer


1. Right click the desktop.
2. Point to New, and then click Shortcut.
3. The Create Shortcut Wizard opens. In the text box, type the following:
     rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation  Click Next.
 4. Enter a name for the shortcut. You can call it "Lock Workstation" or choose any name you like. Click Finish.
You can also change the shortcut's icon (my personal favorite is the padlock icon in shell32.dll).
To change the icon:
1. Right click the shortcut and then select Properties.
2. Click the Shortcut tab, and then click the Change Icon button.

Dec 23, 2011

Lock a Folder in Windows 7 &XP

To Lock a folder in windows XP without any software. Follow the steps Below.
  1. Make a Folder in C drive rename it as "abc" without quotes.
  2. Now open Command Prompt from Start Menu.
  3. Type "attrib +s +h C:\abc" without quotes and press enter.
  4. This command will Make your folder invisble and it can not be seen even in hidden files and folders
  5. To make it visible again type "attrib -s -h C:\abc"
  6. You can lock any other folder also by changing the location C:\abc to address of your folder.

Dec 16, 2011

WINDOWS 7:Create Keyboard Shortcuts for Programs


You can create keyboard shortcuts for any program in Windows 7. Right-click the program icon and select Properties. Select the Shortcut tab, click in Shortcut key, to set the keyboard shortcut for that program.


WINDOWS 7:Pin a drive to the taskbar

The taskbar isn't just for apps and documents. With just a few seconds work you can pin drive icons there, too.
Right-click an empty part of the desktop, select New > Text File, and rename the file to drive.exe. Drag and drop this onto your taskbar, then delete the original file.
Right-click your new "drive.exe" taskbar button, then right-click its file name and select Properties. Change the contents of both the Target and Start In boxes to point at the drive or folder of your choice, perhaps click Change Icon to choose an appropriate drive icon, and you're done - that drive or folder is now available at a click.