TechThem Howto's and Tricks » how to http://www.techthem.com Technology news, Howto's, Tips, hacks and tricks about Windows, Programming, Designing, Blogging Sat, 27 Mar 2010 12:01:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 How To Defragment Mutiple Drives At Once http://www.techthem.com/how-to-defragment-mutiple-drives-at-once/ http://www.techthem.com/how-to-defragment-mutiple-drives-at-once/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:38:31 +0000 admin http://www.techthem.com/?p=1657 Their is no option to defragment multiple hard drives at once, You have to create a batch file to do the process.

Open Notepad and Paste below code in it, Save it as defragall.bat and choose option “All Files” and Save it.

Windows Disk Defragmenter
Copyright (c) 2001 Microsoft Corp. and Executive Software International, Inc.
Usage:
defrag [-a] [-f] [-v] [-?]
volume drive letter or mount point (d: or d:\vol\mountpoint)
-a Analyze only
-f Force defragmentation even if free space is low
-v Verbose output
-? Display this help text
defrag c:-f
defrag d:-f
defrag e:-f
defrag f:-f

Now whenever you open this batch file, it will Analyze and Defragment your drives automatically. By default it will defragment Drive C, D, E and F. If you want to add other drive replace it with your drive letter.

For Example, if your drive letter is H, Then

defrag c:-f WITH defrag H:-f

Thats all. You can now Paste this file on desktop so you will remember to start every time you start your pc.

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Most Windows User dont even know the other features of Windows Start Key. Lets See what Windows Key can do for you.

Windows : Display the Start menu (lol, i guess…!)

Windows + D : It Minimize and restore all window, just like pressing the ‘Show Desktop’ button on taskbar.

Windows + E : Allows you to open Windows Explorer

Windows + F : Shortcut to open the Search for files

Windows + Ctrl + F : Shortcut to open Search for computer

Windows + F1 : Shortcut for Help and Support Center

Windows + R : Shortcut to Display Run dialog box

Windows + break : Shortcut to open System Properties

Windows + shift + M : Allows you to Undo minimize all Windows

Windows + L : To Lock the workstation

Windows + U : Shortcut to Open Utility Manager


]]> http://www.techthem.com/dont-underestimate-the-windows-start-key/feed/ 0 How to Rename Recycle Bin icon on your Desktop. http://www.techthem.com/how-to-rename-recycle-bin-icon-on-your-desktop/ http://www.techthem.com/how-to-rename-recycle-bin-icon-on-your-desktop/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:52:51 +0000 admin http://www.techthem.com/?p=1625 How to Rename Recycle Bin icon on your Desktop.
1. Click Start
2. Click Run
3. Write REGEDIT in Run Bar
4. Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/CLSID/{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
5. You will see Recycle Bin on the right side of the window
6. Click (Default)
7. Rename Recycle bin to your desired name
Enjoy!

]]> http://www.techthem.com/how-to-rename-recycle-bin-icon-on-your-desktop/feed/ 0 How To Turn Off Welcome Screen In Windows Xp http://www.techthem.com/how-to-turn-off-welcome-screen-in-windows-xp/ http://www.techthem.com/how-to-turn-off-welcome-screen-in-windows-xp/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:56:38 +0000 admin http://www.techthem.com/?p=1622 Turning off the welcome screen in windows xp is not a big deal. Just follow 3 to 4 simple steps and you are done!

1. Click Start.

2. Click on the Control Panel.

3. In Control Panel, Choose User Accounts.

4. In User Account window, Navigate to “Pick a task…” and click on the Change the way user log on or off

5. Uncheck the Use the Welcome Screen and Click Apply Options

]]> http://www.techthem.com/how-to-turn-off-welcome-screen-in-windows-xp/feed/ 0 How to Permissions For Shared Files And Folders In Windows Xp http://www.techthem.com/how-to-permissions-for-shared-files-and-folders-in-windows-xp/ http://www.techthem.com/how-to-permissions-for-shared-files-and-folders-in-windows-xp/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:00:14 +0000 admin http://www.techthem.com/?p=307 Windows Xp has a unique feature, which allows you to set permissions to each user. However, default permission in windows xp is ’Simple file sharing’. Just follow the simple steps as shown below.

Note: You can set File and Folder permissions only if you pc is formatted with NTFS.

  1. Firstly you have to change the default settings which is ’simple file sharing’.
  2. Click ‘Start’, Open control panel and double click Folder Options.
  3. When clicking ‘Folder options’, a panel will be open. Then Click on ‘View’ tab and look for option called ’simple file sharing (Recommended)’, Mostly its located at the end, otherwise look for it and uncheck it.
  4. Now we changed the default settings. To change Folder permissions, browse the folder you want to change., Right click on the folder and click properties.
  5. Click on the security tab, and change the folder permissions to specific user, such as  modify, Read, Write or Full Control.
]]> http://www.techthem.com/how-to-permissions-for-shared-files-and-folders-in-windows-xp/feed/ 0 How to Put Adsense on Your Wordpress Blog http://www.techthem.com/how-to-put-adsense-on-your-wordpress-blog/ http://www.techthem.com/how-to-put-adsense-on-your-wordpress-blog/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:28:21 +0000 admin http://www.techthem.com/?p=288 How To Of The Week

Video shows you two easy ways to put your Google Adsense code on your Wordpress blog.

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Features:

  • Widget ready
  • two column
  • dark with white font, so its more readable
  • and lot more basic features (bla bla!)

Demo and details

download

]]> http://www.techthem.com/elite-wordpress-theme-by-wpzonenet/feed/ 2 How to Remove Recycle Bin from the Desktop for Windows XP http://www.techthem.com/how-to-remove-recycle-bin-from-the-desktop-for-windows-xp/ http://www.techthem.com/how-to-remove-recycle-bin-from-the-desktop-for-windows-xp/#comments Sun, 17 May 2009 23:34:02 +0000 admin http://www.techthem.com/?p=37 Yet another cool new tweak (How-to) from techthem :) , How to Remove Recycle Bin from your Desktop for Windows XP.  As you know we do some things very Simple for everyone who visit us, so just follow some simple steps and get rid of all icons on your desktop.

  • Click on Start
  • Then Click on the Run
  • and Type Regedit and new window will be opened named ‘Registry Editor‘.
  • Then go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/explorer/Desktop/NameSpace.
  • Then look for ‘Recycle Bin’  string in the right hand pane  and Delete it

Looks easy huh?!! Lol

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]]> http://www.techthem.com/how-to-remove-recycle-bin-from-the-desktop-for-windows-xp/feed/ 0 How to hide User Accounts from Users for Xp http://www.techthem.com/how-to-hide-user-accounts-from-users-for-xp/ http://www.techthem.com/how-to-hide-user-accounts-from-users-for-xp/#comments Sun, 17 May 2009 17:46:03 +0000 admin http://www.techthem.com/?p=32 Yea,  we bring another hack or tweak for Our readers.

To Hide User Accounts From User (For Windows Xp Users)

  • Click the  Start button.
  • Then Click on the Run and type  GPEDIT.MSC and open it.
  • Then User Config then go to Admin Templates.
  • Click On Control Panel and double click on the ‘Hide specific control panel applets’.
  • Not check the ‘enabled’ and then click on the ‘Show’
  • Click Add button and type ‘ nusrmgt.cpl’ in box.

Not its done.  Also comment your experience. Why don’t you subscribe to our website so you never miss any new tweaks.

]]> http://www.techthem.com/how-to-hide-user-accounts-from-users-for-xp/feed/ 0 How to make your Desktop icons Transparent http://www.techthem.com/how-to-make-your-desktop-icons-transparent/ http://www.techthem.com/how-to-make-your-desktop-icons-transparent/#comments Sun, 17 May 2009 02:13:57 +0000 admin http://www.techthem.com/google-to-shoot-street-view-of-japanese-cities/ Transparent your friends desktop icons and shock him. May be this is very useful hack for that kinda guys.

To Trasparent your desktop icons, Do the following:

  • Click Start and then click on Control Panel.
  • Then click on System.
  • Then Click on Advance.
  • Then Click on Performance area.
  • Then Settings and then click on Visual Effects tab and select “Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop“

I hope you enjoy this one. If you have some other question related to this then Please post in comments

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