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6. VistaGlazz 1.1 for Windows Vista
7. Fun Desktop Wallpaper Changer 1.22
8. Animated Wallpaper - Watery Desktop 3D 2.16
9. Wallpaper Changer 1.90
10. Vista Visual Styles Pack 6.0
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12. Windows XP Theme Sound Package
13. EmuleVista 1.1 skins for windows Vista
14. Universal Vista Inspirat Brico Pack Ultimate 2 1.0...
15. BioniX Wallpaper 5.6.10 RC desktop manager
16. Theme Manager 2.3
17. ArtDesk 2.1.1 desktop wallpaper updater
18. Royale Theme for WinXP - Official
19. UXTheme Patch For Windows XP SP2 Final
20. VistaVG Ultimate Theme
21. VistaMizer 3.1.0.0 Windows XP To Vista look
22. Automatic Wallpaper Changer Software 3.0.7

Virus in your pen drive ??

1. How a virus in your pen drive infects?
2. How to backup your important data when your pen drive is infected with a virus

How a virus in your pen drive infects?

i will tell you how pen drives normally infect your computer systems and how can you open pen drive safely and back up your important data.
Most of the active viruses infect your windows system as soon as you double click on the Pen Drive icon in your my computer. As virus always creates a autorun.inf file which is a system ,hidden and a read only file on your pen drive. It point to the main virus file which is also located on the pen drive. When user double clicks on the pen drive files pointed by the autorun.inf got executed which copies the virus files on your system.
The image below shows the Autorun file entries in some special characters when you right click on the drive.

Fix:
Let’s discuss these practices one by one:
1. Disable Autorun on Your Pen Drive:
Open to Start >> Run and type “gpedit.msc” (without quotes) and press enter. This will open Group policy editor.
Browse to Administrative templates >> System >> double click on Turn off Autoplay click on Enabled and Under Settings >> Select All Drives in the drop down and click OK (as shown in the image below)

2. Scan Your Pen Drive:
Whenever you insert your pen drive / portable drive into USB port on your system make sure to run a virus scan with your anti virus before opening your pen drive contents in windows explorer.
3. Use FreeCommander:
FreeCommander is again a file explorer like windows explorer, so you just need to download it by clicking here and install it.
After installing open your pen drive through FreeCommander (as shown in the image below)

Check if there are some additional files like autorun.inf , Funny UST Scandal.avi.exe ,Ravmon.exe ,New Folder.exe etc or any other file which you have not copied or created, delete all these suspicious files on your pen drive.

How to backup your important data when your pen drive is infected with a virus

a. Insert your pen drive into the usb port, if it detects your drive you will see it in my computer.
b. Now don’t double click on your drive, rather open the pen drive contents by typing the drive letter.
For Example: type g: and press enter if your pen drive is shown as new g drive under my computer.
c. Copy your important files from your pen drive close the window and format your pen drive after then.

-----Enjoy-----

Password Protect Folders in XP

Password Protect Folders in XP :

Do you share a computer with other users and want some extra security on your folders? There are two ways to password protect a folder built into Windows XP (for other Windows flavors, there are some freeware/shareware programs out there).
#1: If you have a log in password for your account, this can be used to protect folders from other users. Your hard drive must be formatted using NTFS (which it probably is unless you're dual booting with another operating system). Here's what to do...
Right-click the folder that you want to make private and choose "Properties" (or Alt+Double-click). Go to the "Sharing" tab and check the "Make this folder private" box.

Click Apply . If you do not have a password on your account, a box will pop up asking if you want to assign a password. This must be done if you want to make the folder private, so click Yes . You will need to use your password to log on to your computer from then on.
Type in a password then confirm it. Click the "Create Password" button then close the Password window.
Click OK in the Properties dialog box.
Now anyone else logged on to your computer can't access that file without knowing your password.
#2: If the Folder is Zipped you can give it a unique password.
Just double-click the zipped folder. In the top menu select File then click "Add a Password".

Type a password into the Password box. Then again in the "Confirm Password" box. Now, you are the only person who can access files in this folder. The folder can be opened allowing the files to be seen, but you are the only one who can access them.
Don't you feel more secure now?

Shutdown Shortcut

Do you ever get tired of the repetitive process of shutting down your computer?

You know, you have to go to your Start menu and then select Turn Off or Shut Down, whichever your computer has. Then you have to wait for it to actually shut down just to make sure it did it properly. Well, how would you like to bypass all of that and make the process a little easier?

You can do so by creating a shutdown shortcut for your computer. This shortcut will just be like another icon either on your desktop or in your quick launch area. To create one, right click anywhere on your desktop and go to New, Shortcut. A wizard will then pop up and walk you through the steps. In the "Type the location of the item:" box, enter this code: %windir%\System32\shutdown.exe -s
Now, the s stands for shutdown. If you use this option, your computer will give you a brief waiting time before it actually shuts down. You can also choose to force running applications to stop (f) or choose to have no wait time before your PC turns completely off (t xx). So, if you would like to have both of those along with your command, enter this code instead: %windir%\System32\shutdown.exe -s -f -t 00. Your computer will then shut down instantly.

Once you have the one you want, click Next. You can then pick a name for your shortcut. I just named mine "Shut Down," but you can use whatever you want. When done, click Finish and the new icon will appear on your desktop. You can add it to your quick launch area now as well if you want. When you're ready to shut down your computer, double click this new icon and your computer will turn off. Cool, huh?! And the best part is, it's all done with one quick step!

The below information is for Computers with Windows O.S

1. How to increase the computer speed using msconfig utility?
2. How to hide your important data from other users?

• How to increase the computer speed using msconfig utility?

You can configure windows XP to boot up using minimum list of startup programs and services. You can boot your system faster by short listing the startup programs and services list. Each item in startup list loads automatically after windows starts. By using the "Windows System Configuration (msconfig)" utility, you can create the list of windows necessary programs which allows for performance improvement while starting up your computer.
Perform the following steps to edit the msconfig utility:

To edit this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.
First click on Start button to open "Run" and type "msconfig" then press Ok button to run configuration utility.

Here a small windows dialog box will appear with the title "System Configuration Utility". There are many options tab here, for example
General
System.ini
Win.ini
Boot.ini
Services
Startup
But we will discuss here on only Services and Startup tab.

First click on the Startup tab to view the programs list that begins on windows startup.
Here you can examine the all programs list and uncheck the program that is unnecessary or slow down your computer boot up process.

Click on Apply button to save the Startup tab setting.
Now click on "Services" tab to view the all running windows services. On the bottom, first check the option "Hide All Microsoft Services" to hide all windows necessary services.


When you have checked the option "Hide All Microsoft Services" then you can see what unnecessary services are running. Uncheck the unnecessary service box to remove it and press Apply button to save the Services tab setting.

• How to hide your important data from other users?
  Normally when you need to secure your important data from other users, then your first choice is to burn it on CD or put it to removable drive instead of hard drive. But imagine if your data size is more than 100 GB then it is not easy to burn it on CD. No worry, you can save your full drive from other users access using this trick.
  

Perform the given steps to hide your system data partition:

• To enable this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.
• First click on Start button to open "Run" and type "CMD" (without the quotes) then press Ok button to open Command Prompt.

Now type diskpart on the blinking cursor and wait for 5 seconds to appear diskpart> utility.

To show the list of volume, type list volume command after the diskpart> prompt, this command will show you all system drives detail.

if you need to hide F drive then first type select volume 2 (in this case) and press enter button.After loading volume, type remove letter F (in this case) to hide F drive.

Now exit from command prompt and open My Computer to verify drives.
But next time, when you want to unhide the D drive, just run assign drive F command after loading volume 2.