Hide your Folder in Windows without any software

After posting my trick on how to hide drives in computer without using any software, I thought it would be really nice if only some of the important folders could only be hidden from others.
So today i found this new trick to hide your folders in Windows. This new trick does not require any software, so you just need to follow these steps:

GPRS APN SETTINGS For All Network Providers In India

Internet is nowadays a basic need for all of us. Many times we change our network providers to them who provides the best Internet connectivity. In these situations you must have the settings for connecting to the internet via the Service Provider. So today I decided to provide the settings for Network Providers in India.
Here are the list of all the GPRS APN settings for Network Providers in India.

Websites to Check Internet Speed

Is your internet fast enough to play videos, stream movies online and stream music or is slow just to surf websites?
Using Internet Speed Tests you can find out whether your internet speed is fast or slow.
It will give you a fairly accurate idea about the internet speeds your ISP is providing, and how much bandwidth is available to you.
You can also check worldwide results of Internet Speed at
OOKLA Net Matrics. These results are collected from the tests done at Speedtest.net

Visit the sites below to test your Internet Speed.

• SpeedTest.net Internet Speed Test
• Speakeasy Speed Test
• Bandwidth Place Speed Test
Speed.io
• CNET Bandwidth Meter Online Speed Test

Softwares to Recover Deleted Files

You just accidentally deleted some files and somehow those files are not present in the Recycle Bin. Those were very much important to you, and you feel like hitting the computer very hard. But don't panic, may be the accidentally deleted files are still present in the hard disk.

Here are a list of some software which you might find useful while recovering those deleted files.

1. Recuva
2. SoftPerfect File Recovery
3. FreeUndelete
4. NTFS Undelete
5. Recover Files
6. ADRC Data Recovery Tools
7. Restoration

Hide Drives in your Computer using Command Prompt

Do you have a computer that has many important files that are personal to you?
And you frequently share you computer with your friends, when they visit you.
So you might want to hide and protect them from others.
Then here's a trick for you to hide your disk drives using command prompt.

How To Hide?

• Go to Start, Click on Run then type cmd.
  A new Command Prompt screen will appear.
• Type diskpart
  You will see the Disk Partition Utility
• Then to see your partition(drives) list, type list volume
  You will get a list of all the volumes(drives) of your computer
• Then you have to select the volume(drive) that you want to hide from your My Computer or Windows Explorer.
  To do this type select volume volume letter
  For example: select volume 4
• After your volume(drive) is being selected, you now have to hide the drive from appearing it in your Windows Explorer.
  To do this type remove letter volume_letter_of_drive_to_be_hidden
  For example: remove letter e

Note: Alternatively you can also use only remove to remove the drive letter but remove letter volume_letter_of_drive_to_be_hidden is recommended.

Now Open My Computer and voila there is one drive less, the drive that you used in the above steps is now hidden. Since your drive is hidden, it will now not be available on Windows Explorer or Command Prompt.

Important Note: Since the drive is hidden, it is also not available to the Antivirus Programs. So if any virus attacks your computer than you antivirus will not be able to detect it

Now that you have seen how to hide the drives, it is also important to know how to unhide the drives.
To Unhide your drive, perform the following steps:

Open the Disk Partition Utility in Command Prompt and type list volume.
• The drive which is hidden will have no drive letter.
  So to select the drive type select volume volume_number
  For example: select volume 4
• After your volume is selected type assign letter drive_letter_to_assign
  Note: You can alternatively also type in assign instead of assign letter drive_letter_to_assign, but it will randomly assign a drive letter to the volume(drive).

Now your volume will get unhidden and will be available to use on Windows Explorer.

How To Block Websites On Your Computer Without Software

When you surf the web its possible that you may potentially visit a unsafe website. Most of the time it happens that you don't want some sites to load in your computer mostly the porn sites. But someone using your computer may visit those sites. These site not only distracts the users but also (most of the times) installs viruses or worms in your computer which later leads to malfunctioning and slowing down of your computer.
However, you may block any website on your pc without using any software.

To do this you have to follow the simple steps on your computer:

• Open My Computer and open your root drive(the drive where your operating system is installed).
• Then go to RootDrive:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc
• Select the hosts file
and press Enter, then 'Open With' dialog box appears. From there select Notepad and then click OK.
• Go to the end of the notepad where you opened the hosts file
• Now Just add the line 127.0.0.1 website_you_want_to block
  For example: add the line 127.0.0.1 example.com at the end and example.com will be blocked.

Now just Save The Notepad and the website you provided will be blocked.
Note: To unblock that site open the hosts file as mentioned above and just delete the line 127.0.0.1 website_that_is currently_blocked_by_you and save the notepad. For example: delete the line 127.0.0.1 example.com from the notepad and example.com will be available to visit.

Nokia Mobile Secret Codes

As you know today most of the mobile phones are of Nokia.
So as a Nokia mobile user you must know some secret codes of Nokia phones.

Here are some of the Nokia Secret Codes that you should definitely know about.

*#06# - For checking the IMEI(International Mobile Equipment Identity) of your phone
*#0000# - Displays your software Version: 1st line - Software Version, 2nd line - Software Release Date, 3rd line - Compression Type
*#9999# - Phone Software Version (if *#0000# does not work)
*#7760 - Manufacturers Code
*#3283# - Date of Manufacturing
*#7780 - Restore Factory Settings
*#73# - Reset phone timers and game scores.
*#92702689# - SIM Lock Info
*3370# - Activate Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) - Your phone uses the best sound quality but talktime is reduced by approx. 5%
#3370# - Deactivate Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR)
*#4720# - Activate Half Rate Codec - Your phone uses a lower quality sound but you should gain approx 30% more Talk Time.
*#4720# - Deactivate Half Rate Codec.
*#2640# - Displays security code in use.
*#30# - Lets you see the private number.

Basic Windows Keyboard Shortcuts

Windows Keyboards shortcuts are great when doing tasks faster or make look your work like a professional.
Here are some keyboard short cuts that you might find useful while using computer on a Windows machine.

Shortcut Combination	Description
CTRL + c	Copy
CTRL+X	Cut
CTRL + V	Paste
CTRL + Z	Undo
DELETE	Delete
SHIFT+DELETE	Delete the selected item permanently
CTRL	Press CTRL and drag or click on different items to select it
CTRL+SHIFT	Create shortcut to the selected item
F2	Rename the selected item
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW	Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word
CTRL+LEFT ARROW	Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word
CTRL+DOWN ARROW	Move the cursor to the beginning of next paragraph
CTRL+UP ARROW	Move the cursor to the beginning of previous paragraph
CTRL+SHIFT + any of the arrow keys	Highlight a block of text
SHIFT + any of the arrow keys	Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document
CTRL+A	Select all
F3	Search a file or a folder
ALT+ENTER	View the properties for the selected items
ALT+F4	Close the active item, or quit the active program
ALT+SPACEBAR	Open the shortcut menu for the active window
CTRL+F4	Close the active tab
ALT+TAB	Switch between open items
ALT+ESC	Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened
F6	Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop
F4	Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer or Microsoft Internet Explores
SHIFT+F10	Display the shortcut menu for the selected item
ALT+SPACEBAR	Display the System menu for the active window
CTRL+ESC	Display the Start Menu
ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name	Display the corresponding menu
Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu	Perform the corresponding command
F10	Activate the menu bar in the active program
RIGHT ARROW	Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu
LEFT ARROW	Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu
F5	Update the active window
BACKSPACE	View the folder one level up in my Computer or Windows Explorer
ESC	Cancel the current task
SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROM into the CD drive	Prevent the CD-ROM from autoplay
CTRL+SHIFT+ESC	Open Task Manager

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