Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Hide files behind images

 

files-behind-img

Most of the time you need to save your files from others. To do this you may use this simple trick to hide files behind any image. You can use any type of image to do this. Only you need is a compression tool named WinRAR which is most commonly used tool for compressing files  and folders.

How to hide files using WinRAR

To hide files behind images you just need to follow simple steps as given below. Note that you must compress your files using WinRAR for using this trick.

*. Press Win+R and type cmd to open command prompt or open it from from menu.

*. Type cd\ in command prompt to change the directory.

*. Now type cd users\xyz\desktop to access the location of your image. Your image may be anywhere in your computer. So you need to change the path according to the image location.
                                               cmd

*. After this type copy /b img.jpg+files.rar pic.jpg

                                                hide img cmd

*. Now another image named pic.jpg will be created in the same directory where your image and files are located.

*. To access the files from the image just Right click on the image and open the file using WinRAR and extract it.

                                  winrar open

That’s it! Thumbs up Your job is done. Now you can see the files that you have hidden behind image.

Thanks for reading. Keep visiting for more such simple and useful tricks.

Sunday, 6 July 2014

How to Shut Down Windows Automatically

shut down logo

Have you ever needs to Shut Down your computer automatically after some specified time. Are you slept by keeping your computer ON and forgot to Shut it down. Then this post will certainly help you. You can now sleep or go to another place without worrying about your PC and it will shut down automatically after some specified time.

How to shut down Windows 7,8 or 8.1

In the case of Windows operating system there is no predefined key to Shut Down your computer after specified amount of time. For this this simple tutorial will certainly help you. Follow the steps given below....


*. Firstly Right click on Desktop go to New and select Shortcut.

creating shortcut

*. In the text box saying Type the location of the item type  shutdown.exe -s -t 1800 and click Next.(Here 1800 denotes the time in seconds after which your system will be Shut Down)


shut down shortcut command
  
*. Now in the Next field type the name of the Shortcut and you are done.

*. You can also change the icon of the Shortcut. For this go to properties of the Shortcut and click on Change Icon and select the icon that you want to set.

                                           select icon for shortcut

*. Double click on the created icon to start the process of Shut Down. It will be shut down after the time that you set.

system logging of alert
It is also possible to restart your system follow the same procedure and change the value to shutdown.exe -r -t 00

Same procedure can be applied to Hibernate or Sleep. For that the value is rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState 0,1,0

To Lock your system the value is rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation

Isn't it very simple.....That's it enjoy this tutorial and share with friends.

Friday, 4 July 2014

How to copy text from images

Did you ever need to copy text from any type of images? If you didn't able to do that then this post should be helpful for you. Yo will able to copy text from images without any need to download third party software.
 

copy text from images

There are certain tools available on the Internet that you can use but these tools are not that much accurate for copying text from images. So this guide will help you.

How to copy text from images

You know about a built in Windows softwares which comes under the Microsoft Office software tools i.e Microsoft Office OneNote. Actually it is a new software from Windows and it is pre-installed in Windows Vista or Windows 7, 8.

*. Open Microsoft Office OneNote from Start menu.

*. Copy the image from which you want to copy text and paste it into Microsoft Office OneNote.

*. Now, Right click on the image and select Copy Text from Picture.
                
                          copy text from images using onenote

*. Finally paste the copied text into any text editor like Notepad.

You done it! Isn't it very easy. You can also search text from images when you copy the image into OneNote.

Wednesday, 2 July 2014

How to get more RAM in Windows 7

You will able to know from this post about how you can increase your RAM in Windows 7. Basically we need RAM to improve performance of our computer and we can do any work on our computer efficiently. Gaming or running any heavy graphic application consume more amount of RAM, so we will learn to increase it. 

Following steps will improve your PC's performance

*. Right click on Computer or My Computer and select properties.
 

computer properties

*. Now click on Advanced system settings and in the Advanced tab click on Settings.
advanced system settings

*. Now  go to Advanced tab and click on Change.

                            performance options

*. Uncheck the option Automatically manage paging file size for all drives.
virtual memory management

*. Then select the drive (Recommended C: drive or any System managed drive).

*. Now select Custom size and enter the Initial size in MB like Recommended size. For ex. 4479 MB.

*. Enter Maximum size in MB like Recommended size. For ex. 4479 MB. 

That's it click on OK and restart your system you can feel the improvement in your system.

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