Sunday, August 17, 2008

Rename Recycle Bin

1. Open Run box from Start menu or use shortcut " windows key + r "

2. Type " regedit " and press enter.

3. Then a window named " Registry Editor " opens.

4. Go to My computer\HKEY-CURRENT_USER\Software in the left hand side

5.a) Now if you have installed " Google Desktop " follow the following instructions

- Go to Google\Google Desktop\Localized in the left hand side

- Go to " Recycle Bin " in the right hand side and right click on it and choose the option

" Modify "

In the pop up window, change the value data to your desired name and that will be

the new name of the Recycle Bin.

b) If you haven't installed Google Desktop, then follow the following steps

- Go to Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache in the left hand side after going to

My computer\HKEY-CURRENT_USER\Software

- go to the key " @c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll,-8964 " in the right side and has

a name ' recycle bin ' right click on it and choose the option ' Modify '.

- In the pop up window, change the value data to your desired name and that will be

the new name of the Recycle Bin.

6. Refresh the desktop and you will see the new name of the Recycle Bin.
Have fun!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday, August 15, 2008

Disable Right Click on Desktop

To disable the right click on the desktop:====>
1. Click Start
2. Select Run Command
3. Type Regedit
4. Click OK
5. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer
6. Add a DWORD and give it a name of NoViewContextMenu
7. Make DWORD value as 1
8. Restart the system.Then the desktop will be restricted.
Block USB Devices

To this what can be done is that the USB can be blocked and then stopping the use of USB drives. Here is a simple registry hack to do so, try it with care.
1. Go to Start –> Run, type Regedit.
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlset\Services\USBStor
3. In the right pane, look for value Start and have value as 0000000(3)
4. Double click on that and change that value to 4.
You might be required to restart the PC, and then you are done with it, USB is now blocked.
In case if you want to get the USB unblocked, just change the value again to 3.See, its so easy. Isn’t it