How to create a Password Protected folder in Windows 7....

Hi folks,

We all have various kinds of personal things in our computers. Because of some reasons we want to keep those things personal. But it's hard to do that if we are sharing one computer among few people. Therefore we have to our own folder which has password to protect it from other viewers. Below steps will help you to create a hidden folder and password protected files.

• Create a new folder and name it whatever you would like.
• Open the folder, right click on a blank area in it, then select New and then select Text Document from the pop up menu.
• Open the text file you just created by double clicking on it and copy / paste in the following text

cls
@ECHO OFF
title Folder Private
if EXIST "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" goto UNLOCK
if NOT EXIST Private goto MDLOCKER
:CONFIRM
echo Are you sure you 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 Private "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%== PASSWORD_GOES_HERE goto FAIL
attrib -h -s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
ren "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" Private
echo Folder Unlocked successfully
goto End
:FAIL
echo Invalid password
goto end
:MDLOCKER
md Private
echo Private created successfully
goto End
:End

In the above code, replace the key PASSWORD_GOES_HERE with the password you want to use. For example, if your password is 123 then,

if NOT %pass%== 123 goto FAIL

• Save your new file in .bat format with a complete file name being locker.bat. To do this, make sure to change the Save as type: to All Files(*.*).
• In the folder you created earlier, double click the locker.bat file and there will now be a new folder name Private where you can put anything you want. 

• Upon existing, double click on the locker.bat file again. It will prompt you to answer weather you want to lock your folder or not. Press Y and the folder will disappear. 
• In order to retrieve the folder, all you have to do is double click the locker.bat file and enter the password which you set in step 4 and the folder will be appear again and you can access. 

Trick to Automatically shutdown PC in Windows

Hi folks,

Sometimes we were running virus scan, huge file downloads and stuff like that in our computers. those things might take few hours to get it done. Therefore we might not be able to sit in front of the computer until those process get done. In a situation like that, we wont be able to shut the computer after complete those process. therefore it's really helpful if we have some one to do that for us.

There are lot of third party softwares available which can do this for us. these softwares can schedule the shutdown process. By using this method we can shutdown our PC using Windows Scheduler.

• Go to Start and type Task Scheduler in search box and press enter.
• You will get a new window and click on the Action and then lick on the Create Basic Task.

• In the Name field give any name for your task and then click on next button.
• Select the delay(Daily, weekly, etc) after which you want to repeat this task and click on the next button.
• Now specify the time at which when you want this task tom execute and click on the next button.

• Now select Start a Program and then click on the next button.
• Browse the program which you want to execute and click on the next button.
• For shutdown copy and paste this location.
  C:\Windows\system32\shutdown.exe

• After this click on the Finish button.

If someone is logged-on your PC at the execution time of the task, he/she is given one minute to save all data which is open before the computer shutdown.

Task scheduler can also be use to schedule other programs.Even Google Chrome uses Task Scheduler to run the Automatic Update.

Change the size of the virtual memory paging file.....

You must be logged on as a Administrator or a member of Administration group to do this. If your computer is connected to a network, network policy settings may also prevent you of completing this procedure.

• Click and open Control Panel.
• Click Performance and Maintenance and then click System.
• On the Advanced tab, under Virtual Memory, click Change.
• Under drive (volume), click the drive that contains the paging file you want to change.
• Under Paging file size for selected drive, click Custom size.
• Type a new paging file size in megabytes in the Initial size (MB) or Maximum size (MB) box, and then click Set.

If you decrease the size of either initial or maximum page file settings, you must restart your computer to see the effects on those changes. Increases typically do not require a restart.

To have windows choose the best paging file size, click System managed size.

For best performance, do not set the initial size to less than the minimum recommended size under Total paging file size for all drives. The recommended size is equivalent to 1.5 times the amount of RAM on your system.

Using memory in your storage device to speed up your computer....

Hi folks,

Recently I'm having an issue with my CPU memory. Actually is about RAM capacity. I want to increase my RAM capacity to speed up my computer. ReadyBoost helped me to do this. ReadyBoost can speed up your computer by using storage space on most USB Flash drives and Flash Memory Cards. When you plug a ReadyBoost - compatible storage device to your computer, the Autoplay dialog box offers you the option to speed up your computer by using ReadyBoost. If you select this option, you can choose how much memory on the device to use for this purpose.

When you setup a device to work with ReadyBoost, windows shows you how much space it recommends you allow it to use for optimal performance. For ReadyBoost  to effectively speed up your computer, the flash drive or memory card should have at least 1Gb of available space.

You can enable or disable ReadyBoost for a specific flash drive or other removable storage devices.

 Here are some tips on what to look for when selecting a USB flash drive or memory card to use with ReadyBoost .

• The minimum amount of available space recommended is 1Gb.
• For best results, use a storage device with available space of  at least double the amount of memory in your computer (RAM).
• To work with ReadyBoost, storage device must support USB 2.0 or higher.
• For best results, plug the device directly to the computer instead of using external cables or hubs.

If your computer has a hard disk that uses solid-state drive (SSD) technology, you might not seen an option to speed up your computer with ReadyBoost when you plug in a USB flash. You may instead receive a message " ReadyBoost is not enable on this computer because the system disk is fast enough that ReadyBoost  is unlikely to provide any additional benefit. " This is because some SSD drivers are so fast they're unlikely to benefit from ReadyBoost.

In some situations, you might not be able to use all of the memory on your device to speed up your computer. For example, some memory devices contain both slow and fast flash memory. But ReadyBoost  can only use fast flash memory to speed up computers.

This function is currently available only on WINDOWS 7 operating system.