Use of PrintScreen for some fun

You know the use of Print screen button on the keyboard [present on top right above insert] .It captures the screen , right ?But now I will tell you how to use it for some fun .

Take screen shot of the desktop by pressing Print Screen on the desktop .

Go to Paint and paste this . Save it .

For Windows XP users

1. On the desktop right click -----> arrange icons by ----> De-select 'Show Desktop Icons '.
2. Now right click the taskbar and select properties .
3. Check auto hide the taskbar. Click OK.
4. Now change your wallpaper and keep the one you saved earlier.
5. If paint is not closed, select File ---------> 'Set as background (Centered) '.

Now on the desktop even if you click any icon nothing will happen !!!Now do I need to tell youhow you can use it for fun on someone else's PC ?

To revert back to normalcy change the wallpaper and select 'show desktop icons' on the right click menu .

Quick Shutdown

Give this a try .

• Open task manager by Ctrl + Alt + Delete .
• Now press ctrl and open the Shutdown menu on top .
• Keeping ctrl pressed click on Shutdown .
  

Some Shortcuts for Programs

Press 'Windows key' + R and type the following (without qoutes) :

1. "winword" to open Word.
2. "powerpnt" to open Powerpoint.
3. "excel" to open Excel
4. "mspaint" to open Paint.
5. "notepad" to open Notepad.
6. "wmplayer" to open Windows Media Player.
7. "wordpad" to open Wordpad.
8. "sndrec32" to open Sound Recorder.
9. "iexplore" to open Internet Explorer.
10. "firefox" to open Firefox.
11. "msconfig" to control startup.
12. "services.msc" to manage the Services.

You can put shortcuts for shortcuts!!

You can put Keyboard shortcuts for desktop shortcuts. To do this follow these steps :

1. Right click on the shortcut.
2. Go to properties.
3. Click once on the "Shortcut Key" bar.
4. Press any alphabet that you want to use as Shortcut Key.
5. Press OK.Now to open that shortcut, Press CTRL+ALT+"the alphabet".

How to Restart Windows without Restarting your PC

When you click on the SHUTDOWN button, make sure to simultaneous press SHIFT Button.

If you hold the Shift key down while clicking on SHUTDOWN button, you computer would restart without restarting the Computer. This is equivalent to term "HOT REBOOT".

Really invisible folders!!

Make your folders totally invisible ...

1)Make a new folder
2)Now rename the folder with a space(U have to hold ALT key and type 0160).
3)Now u have a folder with out a name.
4)Right click on the folder>properties>customize. Click on change icon.
5)Scroll a bit, u should find some empty spaces, Click on any one of them.click ok

Thats it, it has become invisible .

To view it just type the folder name in the address bar .

Put shortcuts for Reboot, Shutdown and even Logout!!

Follow these steps :

1. On the desktop right click ----> New----> shortcut .
2. In the location area type (without quotes) "shutdown -r" to reboot, "shutdown -l" to logout, "shutdown -s" to shutdown.
3. In the name for the shortcut type in any name you are comfortable with e.g SHUTDOWN or RESTART etc.
4. Click Finish and its done.
5. Now double-click the icon created to perform the actions.
   

Lock Folders without any Software

Yes thats right. You can lock any folder without using any software. Follow these steps.

1.Suppose you have a folder named abcd in D:\abcd.
2.In the same drive next to the folder create a new notepad file with the exact statementren abcd abcd.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
3.Now save this text file as loc.bat
4.Create another notepad file and typeren abcd.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} abcd
5.Save this as key.bat
6.Now there are two batch files . Double click loc.bat and your folder will change into Control Panel and its contents cannot be viewed .
7.To open the folder double click key.bat and you get back your original folder.
8.For more safety keep the key.bat in another location .Only for unlocking copy paste to the original location and double click .

If you combine this with the hidden folder trick, it will be impossible for anyone else to access it .