How to Hide all the Drives from My Computer

Hide all the drives from My Computer
or
How to Hide the drives(c:,d:,e:,...etc) in 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.

::~STEPS~::

1. Go to Start -> Run.
2. Type regedit
3. Now go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
4. Now in the right pane, create a new DWORD item and name it NoDrives (it is case sensitive).
5. Now modify it's value and set it to 3FFFFFF (Hexadecimal) .
6. Now restart your computer.
7. 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.

HOW TO TYPE / CREATE SYMBOLS WITH KEYBOARD

HOW TO TYPE / CREATE SYMBOLS WITH KEYBOARD

For Creating / Typing a Symbol; Here is a list of codes:
Alt Key + Calculator Number = Symbol.
:Press ALT KEY and Type the Number for The corresponding Symbol Given Below:
For Eg: To create the ® symbol
Press Alt + 0174 = ®

~~::Symbol Codes::~~
130 = é [accent over e ]
0176 = ° [degrees for Temperature]
0169 = © [Copyright]
0174 = ® [Registered Trademark]
0153 = ™ [Trade Mark]
155 = ¢ [cent sign]
156 = £ [Pound Sterling]
0165 = ¥ [Japanese Yen sign]
0128 = € [Euro symbol]

0190 = ¾
171 = ½
172 = ¼
21 = §
144 = É [Capitalised accent over E]
241 = ±
246 = ÷
174 = «
175 = »
225 = ß
135 = ç
137 = ë
132 = ä
160 = á
133 = à
136 = ê
15 = ¤
170 = ¬
159 = ƒ
146 = Æ
145 = æ
129 = ü
253 = ² [Square sign]
350 = ^
352 = `
382 = ~
166 = ª
254 = ¦
249 = ·
152 = ÿ
142 = Ä
154 = Ü
230 = µ
0134 = † [dagger sign]
20 = ¶
195 = +
194 = -
168 = ¿
197 = +
0179 = ³ [cubic sign]
0161 = ¡

[NOTE : PRESS "ALT KEY"]

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HOW TO DISABLE PENDRIVE FROM ACCESSING YOUR PC

HOW TO DISABLE PENDRIVE FROM ACCESSING YOUR PC

To Disable the Access to USB port, in windows Vista / XP follow the steps below:

* Goto Start and click on Run and type Regedit, and then click OK.
* In the registry menu Locate and then click the following registry key:
* HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsbStor
* In the right hand pane double-click Start as shown in the image below.
* In the Value data box, type 4 and then click OK.
* Quit Registry Editor and refresh your desktop.

NOTE : You can Re-enable your USB port to accept pen drive by following the same procedure and changing the value to 3.

HOW TO TYPE / CREATE SYMBOLS WITH KEYBOARD

HOW TO TYPE / CREATE SYMBOLS WITH KEYBOARD

For Creating / Typing a Symbol; Here is a list of codes:

Alt Key + Calculator Number = Symbol.

:Press ALT KEY and Type the Number for The corresponding Symbol Given Below:

For Eg: To create the ® symbol

Press Alt + 0174 = ®

~~::Symbol Codes::~~

130 = é [accent over e ]

0176 = ° [degrees for Temperature]

0169 = © [Copyright]

0174 = ® [Registered Trademark]

0153 = ™ [Trade Mark]

155 = ¢ [cent sign]

156 = £ [Pound Sterling]

0165 = ¥ [Japanese Yen sign]

0128 = € [Euro symbol]

0190 = ¾

171 = ½

172 = ¼

21 = §

144 = É [Capitalised accent over E]

241 = ±

246 = ÷

174 = «

175 = »

225 = ß

135 = ç

137 = ë

132 = ä

160 = á

133 = à

136 = ê

15 = ¤

170 = ¬

159 = ƒ

146 = Æ

145 = æ

129 = ü

253 = ² [Square sign]

350 = ^

352 = `

382 = ~

166 = ª

254 = ¦

249 = ·

152 = ÿ

142 = Ä

154 = Ü

230 = µ

0134 = † [dagger sign]

20 = ¶

195 = +

194 = -

168 = ¿

197 = +

0179 = ³ [cubic sign]

0161 = ¡

[NOTE : PRESS "ALT KEY"]

REMOVE BACKGROUND FROM PHOTOS USING MICROSOFT OFFICE

REMOVE BACKGROUND FROM PHOTOS USING MICROSOFT OFFICE

Now you can use Microsoft Office to easily remove background from digital photographs. Microsoft Office 2010 has intelligent image editing tools that can help you extract images from complex or cluttered backgrounds.

Adobe Photoshop and other popular image editing software like GIMP have tools like background eraser or extract filters that allow you to erase complicated background images from digital photos. However, now Microsoft Office has in-built image editing features that include background removal options. Thus you can do some of the advanced image editing stuff without having to use Photoshop.

~~Procedure~~
1. Simply drag and drop the image you wish to edit into Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook.
2. Click on Picture Tools or Format tab and choose Remove Background. The unwanted portions of the image like background and other distracting details will be automatically removed.
OR
You can use the automatic background removal or you can further refine the areas to remove by drawing lines to indicate what portions to keep and what portions to remove.

Once you have chosen the areas to remove,
3. Click on Keep Changes to remove background.
4. To save the new image, simply right-click on the image and choose Save as Picture and you can save the edited image as JPG or PNG to your hard drive.
5. To save multiple images from Office documents to your hard disk at once check out the article on extracting multiple images from Word documents.

Thus we have learned the simplest way to remove background from images without having to use digital image editing software like Photoshop.

[NOTE: SCREENSHOT OF EDITED PHOTO IS POSTED ABOVE]