Today tip is very helpful to hide and secure your personal data from other users, particularly on home computer. Just imagine if multiple users are using the same computer at home or in office environment then there is no any 100% secure method to protect your personal files. You may be used any third party tools to protect your folders but it is not recommended by Microsoft to use such kinds of tools. Using built-in windows (XP, 2003, Vista) Attrib commands option, you can change the attributes of a folder (Read only, Hidden and System attributes) and safe your data.
Follow the given steps to edit the folders attributes to secure your data:
To enable this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.
Now create a folder that you want to hide on any computer drive. (For example, you have created a folder on D drive with the name Data.)
First click on Start button and type CMD in Run box then press Ok button to display the windows command prompt.
Now type the command "attrib +s +h D:\Data" without quotation marks and press Enter button to execute it.
This command will hide your "Data" folder from D drive and now you can verify it.
Any one cannot unhide this folder using windows "Show hidden files and folders" option also.
When you want to unhide this folder, again open command prompt and type the command "attrib -s -h D:\Data" and press Enter button. If you want to hide files then simply move all these files to this "Data" folder.
DISABLING THE ABILITY TO CLICK ON MY COMPUTER
You can restrict any user to access your system drives if you disable the click feature on My Computer. User will get no any changes when he will try to open My Computer.
By editing the windows registry keys, you can disable the click feature on My Computer. But always export or backup the whole windows registry keys on backup drive before editing. Because any mistake in Registry can cause serious problem in your computer to run properly.
Follow the given steps to disable My Computer setting.
First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.
In registry editor panel search the value
20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D
May be you will find this value on path HKey_Classes_Root \ CLSID section.
Here delete the entire section of this value.
Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
By editing the windows registry keys, you can disable the click feature on My Computer. But always export or backup the whole windows registry keys on backup drive before editing. Because any mistake in Registry can cause serious problem in your computer to run properly.
Follow the given steps to disable My Computer setting.
First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.
In registry editor panel search the value
20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D
May be you will find this value on path HKey_Classes_Root \ CLSID section.
Here delete the entire section of this value.
Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
DISPLAYING A TEXT NOTICE BEFORE LOGON
You can create a funny message or legal warnings for others just before logon to your computer. This is very useful if you want to give a message to new user about the use of computer. Edit the value of registry keys to create a banner message.
Click Start button then type regedit in Run option then press Enter for next.
Here locate the location to:
HKeyLocalMachine \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Win Logon
Here in right side panel, right click to create a new string value LegalNoticeCaption and give it a value you want to see in the menu bar
Now again right click to create a new string value called LegalNoticeText and change the value you want to see in the dialog box
Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
Click Start button then type regedit in Run option then press Enter for next.
Here locate the location to:
HKeyLocalMachine \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Win Logon
Here in right side panel, right click to create a new string value LegalNoticeCaption and give it a value you want to see in the menu bar
Now again right click to create a new string value called LegalNoticeText and change the value you want to see in the dialog box
Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
DISABLE DRIVES IN MY COMPUTER FROM UNKNOWN USER
If you want to prevent any users to access your computer or network shared drives using My Computer then you can hide the all drives for example C:/, D:/ and save your data from any unknown user. But next time you can turn on the display of these drives using registry editor. Now edit the computer registry to turn off the display of drives, but be careful to work with computer registry.
Follow the given steps to hide computer drives:
First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.
Here locate the location to:
HKey_Current_User \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows
\ Current Version \ Policies \ Explorer
Here right click on right side of Registry editor panel and add new DWORD then put its value 3FFFFFF.
Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
Follow the given steps to hide computer drives:
First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.
Here locate the location to:
HKey_Current_User \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows
\ Current Version \ Policies \ Explorer
Here right click on right side of Registry editor panel and add new DWORD then put its value 3FFFFFF.
Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
Power off completely after shut down your Computer.
Normally when you are trying to shut down your windows XP and some time you may receive the message “it's now safe to power off the machine”. Here you should change your system Advanced Power Management setting or edit your system registry to solve this problem and power off completely.
Follow the given steps to solve this problem with Advanced Power Management.
First click on Start button then go to Control Panel.
Open the Performance and Maintenance option in control panel then click on Power Options.
Here Click on APM tab then select the option Enable Advanced Power Management Support box and press Ok.
Now follow the given steps to solve this problem by editing system registry.
First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.
Here locate the location to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Here in right side panel, double click on PowerdownAfterShutdown and set its value 1 to power down.
Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
Follow the given steps to solve this problem with Advanced Power Management.
First click on Start button then go to Control Panel.
Open the Performance and Maintenance option in control panel then click on Power Options.
Here Click on APM tab then select the option Enable Advanced Power Management Support box and press Ok.
Now follow the given steps to solve this problem by editing system registry.
First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.
Here locate the location to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Here in right side panel, double click on PowerdownAfterShutdown and set its value 1 to power down.
Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
PREVENT CHANGES TO THE START MENU
To prevent any changes to the Start Menu, even a right click:
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer
Add a DWORD called NoChangeStartMenu
Give it a value of 1
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer
Add a DWORD called NoChangeStartMenu
Give it a value of 1
AUTOMATIC SCREEN REFRESH TIPS
When you are working on your local computer and want to refresh any changes in your system automatically. For example some times you are watching sports results, online Stock Exchange rates and any changes to your hard drive but these changes are not usually refreshed until you press the F5 key on your keyboard.
To refresh your screen automatically you should edit your system Registry. But the best technique to edit the windows registry keys, always export or backup the whole windows registry keys on backup drive before editing. Because any mistake in Registry can cause serious problem in your computer to run properly.
Follow the given steps to change the updates automatically.
First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.
In Registry Editor panel go to the path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / System / CurrentControlSet /
Control / UpdateMode
Here in right hand side panel edit the DWORD value to be between 1 and 5.
Now restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
To refresh your screen automatically you should edit your system Registry. But the best technique to edit the windows registry keys, always export or backup the whole windows registry keys on backup drive before editing. Because any mistake in Registry can cause serious problem in your computer to run properly.
Follow the given steps to change the updates automatically.
First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.
In Registry Editor panel go to the path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / System / CurrentControlSet /
Control / UpdateMode
Here in right hand side panel edit the DWORD value to be between 1 and 5.
Now restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
How to add Items to the Start Button using Registry?
The best technique to edit the windows registry keys, always export or backup the whole windows registry keys on backup drive before editing. Because any mistake in Registry can cause serious problem in your computer to run properly.
Follow the given steps to change the Start button setting.
First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.
In Registry Editor go to left hand panel, and find HKey_Classes_Root / Directory / Shell
Here Right click on Shell folder option and add any new key with descriptive name and Press Enter.
Now Right click on that key and give the full path of that program you are interested to add in start button. For example if you want to add MS excel, then full path may be C:\program file\msoffice\msexcel.EXE.
Now close all open programs and check the changes in your computer Start button.
Follow the given steps to change the Start button setting.
First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.
In Registry Editor go to left hand panel, and find HKey_Classes_Root / Directory / Shell
Here Right click on Shell folder option and add any new key with descriptive name and Press Enter.
Now Right click on that key and give the full path of that program you are interested to add in start button. For example if you want to add MS excel, then full path may be C:\program file\msoffice\msexcel.EXE.
Now close all open programs and check the changes in your computer Start button.
HOW TO ACCESS THE SHARING DATA OFFLINE
Access the shared data offline allows you to keep using your shared files, folders and software programs when disconnected from the data server. When you reconnect to your data server, all files will be synchronized to the files on the network.
There are two types of configurations required to set the access shared folders offline available, one for data server and other for client computer.
Configuration on Data Server.
First locate the folders that you would like to share or make new folders then share these folders so they can be accessible to any one on the network.
Now right click on that folder and click on the option "Sharing and security".
A small dialog box will appear with the title "data properties". Under the "Sharing" tab, select the check box "Share this folder on the network" under the "Network sharing and security".
Now set the share level permissions that you want to give the users on every folder. Enable cache of share folders by click on cache button (by default it will be enabled).
Configuration on Client Computer
On the client computer, first open My Computer then click on Tools.
In Tools menu bar, click on Folder Options, a window will appear with the title Folder Options.
Under the Offline File tab, check the option Enable Offline File. Here you can choose the synchronization process "Synchronize all offline files when logging on", "Synchronize all offline files before logging off" and others.
Click on Apply button to save the settings and then Ok button to close this window.
Now sitting on the client computer, try to access the shared folder from the data server.
First Right click on the shared folder and Click on Make available offline.
To synchronizing the offline work from client computer to data server, again open My Computer then click on Tools. Click on Synchronize then click on synchronizing button.
After that down to data server and then try to access share folders by give the UNC (Universal Naming Convention) path of data server. But it will be accessible weather the server is down or up.
There are two types of configurations required to set the access shared folders offline available, one for data server and other for client computer.
Configuration on Data Server.
First locate the folders that you would like to share or make new folders then share these folders so they can be accessible to any one on the network.
Now right click on that folder and click on the option "Sharing and security".
A small dialog box will appear with the title "data properties". Under the "Sharing" tab, select the check box "Share this folder on the network" under the "Network sharing and security".
Now set the share level permissions that you want to give the users on every folder. Enable cache of share folders by click on cache button (by default it will be enabled).
Configuration on Client Computer
On the client computer, first open My Computer then click on Tools.
In Tools menu bar, click on Folder Options, a window will appear with the title Folder Options.
Under the Offline File tab, check the option Enable Offline File. Here you can choose the synchronization process "Synchronize all offline files when logging on", "Synchronize all offline files before logging off" and others.
Click on Apply button to save the settings and then Ok button to close this window.
Now sitting on the client computer, try to access the shared folder from the data server.
First Right click on the shared folder and Click on Make available offline.
To synchronizing the offline work from client computer to data server, again open My Computer then click on Tools. Click on Synchronize then click on synchronizing button.
After that down to data server and then try to access share folders by give the UNC (Universal Naming Convention) path of data server. But it will be accessible weather the server is down or up.
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