The Tech Diary of an IT support geek

How would you like to change the logon screen background in Windows 7 so as to give your Windows a customized look and feel? With a small tweak it is possible to change the Windows 7 logon screen and set your own picture/wallpaper as the background.Customizing the logon screen background in Windows 7 is as simple as changing your desktop wallpaper. Well, here is a step-by-step instruction to … [Read more...]

This article explains how to inspect and repair the registry errors in your Windows PC so as to improve its overall performance. If you are a Windows user, you are most likely to be aware of the fact that the Windows registry gets corrupted over time resulting in an overall decreased performance of the computer.At times, registry errors can also make your PC to freeze down and hang up every now … [Read more...]

This post will show you how to reset Windows administrator password at times when you forget it or when you want to gain access to a computer for which you do not know the password.Most of us have experienced a situation where in we need to gain access to a computer which is password protected or at times we may forget the administrator password without which it becomes impossible to log in to the … [Read more...]

Do you want to password protect your folder? Do you want to make it invisible so that it remains unnoticed by other users of your PC? Well, here is a way to do that.In this post, I will show you how to make an invisible password protected folder in Windows without using any additional software.How to Create a Password Protected Folder?Here is is step-by-step procedure to do this:Step-1: Create a … [Read more...]

In this post, I will show how to create a simple program that disables the USB ports on the computer (PC). As usual, I am using my favorite C programming language to create this program . Anyone with a basic knowledge of C language should be able to understand the working of this program.Once this program is executed it will immediately disable all the USB ports on the computer. As a result you’ll … [Read more...]

The hosts file is one of the interesting and useful feature of both Windows and Linux operating systems that provides many handy options in addressing network nodes. For instance, you can use the hosts file to block annoying ads, pop-ups, banners, porn sites, or even redirect one website to another.In this post I will show you how to play around with the hosts file to accomplish some of the above … [Read more...]