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Before this, I use Nod32 antivirus (now I’m using Kaspersky 7) to protect my PC from viruses. Although Nod32 is good but my PC was once got infected by a virus and it had remove my Folder Options from the menu. Other than that, it also had disabled my Task Manager.
I thought I can get the Folder Options and the Task Manager back by using Regedit, but this virus is way too smart and it also disabled the Regedit. There is nothing I can do and lastly I format my PC.
Here is a nice trick that you can use if you want to do some funs with your friends. This trick will block them from access any websites that you specify in the HOSTS file in Windows. But you only can do this trick if you can get access to his/her PC without he/she know. Let say when he/she leave the PC for awhile.
First thing that you need to do is to open HOSTS file which is located at
C:/windows/system32/drivers/etc
If you like to have a simple and quick access to Control Panel tools, you can create them by your own. This trick is only to create a special folder that we cakk “My Control Panel” for the favourite items.
By using Flip Text Generator (a javascript tool), you can invert your text from this
Can you read this text?
into this
¿ʇxÇʇ sıɥʇ pÉÇɹ noÊŽ uÉÉ”
This is not a super high-tech geeky trick but it just a short and simple trick on how you can create a folder without name in Windows XP.
When each time you create a new folder in Windows XP, Microsoft has made “New Folder” as the default name. Even you enter the spacebar so many times to create blank spaces, it still will generate the “New Folder” text like this.
So, how you can create a folder like this?