Minggu, 23 Mei 2010

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.

Now first select the volume that you want to hide, for example,

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.

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Sabtu, 22 Mei 2010

How to Manage Devices and Printers in Windows 7?


In the previous version of Windows, device management was very hard. You had to open the Control Panel or My computer etc for managing the different functions of a single device. The Devices and Printers applet in Control Panel allows the user to manage devices and printers in Windows 7 very easily. This feature provides just one doorway to manage all sorts of devices whether they are multifunction or single-purpose.

The dialog box of Devices and Printers consists of two parts: the devices section and the printers and faxes section.

Generic images are shown for all the devices and printers on the computer. You can also view the properties of a device if you select it in the Devices and printers window. Here is an example:

Managing devices in the Device section:

Like the previous versions, the easy way to manage Devices and Printers in Windows 7 is by right-clicking on the icon of the specific device in the Devices section.

If you want to manage a device on your computer, e.g. the mouse, you have to follow these steps:

  • Click Start.

    • Type Devices and Printers in the search box of the Start menu.

    • Right-click on the icon of mouse in the Device section.

    • You will see options in the right-click menu. Windows 7 opens the properties list for all the devices. Choose the mouse settings option.

    A dialog box of Mouse Properties will appear. Now you can do button configuration, choose the double-click speed by dragging the slider etc. After you are done with changing the settings, click the Apply button.

    Hence, it is very easy to manage the Devices and Printers in Windows 7.

    Managing Printers and Multifunction Devices in the Printers and Faxes Section:

    The feature of managing all the functions of printers was available in the former versions of Windows. But it is much easier to manage devices and printers in Windows 7. If you want to manage a printer on your computer, follow these steps:

    Click Start.

    Type Devices and Printers in the search box of the Start menu.

    Right-click on the printer you want to manage. You will be given the following options in order to manage it.

    If you want to manage a multi-function device, you can manage it in the same way. Only when you right-click on it, you will be given a list of the additional features of the device, like scanning functions and support for removable media. These can be managed or launched.

    If you use Devices and Printers to access and manage the devices and printers in Windows 7, you can save a lot of your time.


    Source : http://www.computeronlinetips.com


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