#1. Change windows password without knowing the existing password
You can change the password without knowing the existing password. But this trick works only when your PC was logged in.
step1: Right click on computer and select manage
step2: Go to Local users and Groups option and then click on users. You can see the list of users.
step3: Right click on the user whose password you want to change and then select set password
step4: click on proceed on the pop-up window
step5: Enter the new password and click on Ok.
#2. Block Websites
You can block some websites from opening on your computer using this trick.
step1: Type this %windir%\system32\drivers\etc in run (WIN + R)
step2: open notepad from start menu by typing notepad and running it as an administrator and then Open the hosts file by navigating to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc.
step3: Now if you want to block a site. say facebook or google for an example. Then type these lines.
From the next time, the above sites will not open in your browser. To unblock, remove the above lines from the notepad (Note: This trick will work if your browser is not open.If your browser is open then close the browser and restart it.
#3. Website redirecting
For example, if someone wants to open facebook but you want them to be redirected to google. Then use this simple trick.
step1: Firstly know the IP address of the google by typing tracert google.com in cmd.
step2: Type the google address along with facebook.com in the hosts opened from notepad. (from the above trick)
You will be redirected to facebook.com if you try to open google.com. To remove redirecting remove the above lines from notepad.
#4. Boost Your Broadband Speed
Though the broadband speed
step1: open cmd in administrator mode and type netsh int tcp show global and then press enter
step2: Now change the TCP parameters. Open notepad and type these commands
cd\
netsh int tcp show global
netsh int tcp set global chimney=enabled
netsh int tcp set heuristics disabled
netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=normal
netsh int tcp set global congestionprovider=ctcp
step3: save the file as Speedbooster.bat
step4: Run speedbooster.bat in administrator mode. You can notice 30-35% increase in the speed.
To reset TCP global parameters to default values Type these in notepad
cd\
netsh int tcp show global
netsh int tcp set global chimney=default
netsh int tcp set heuristics enabled
netsh int tcp set global congestionprovider=none
and save it as say Reset.bat to reset the TCP global parameters to their respective default values.
Run it as an administrator.
#5. Go to Task manager
Go to Task manager directly by pressing ctrl+shift+Esc instead of ctrl+alt+del
#6. Create Undeletable and Unrenamable Folders
Create a folder.
step1: Go to run and type cmd
step2: In the Command Prompt , type the name of the drive you wish to create your folder in the format <drive-name>: and press Enter. e.g. If you wish to create the undeletable folder in D drive, type “D:” without the quotes. Folder cannot be created in the root of C: drive (if C: is your system drive).
step3: Type this command- “md con\” or “md lpt1\” without the quotes and press Enter. Any of the keywords can be used.
Deleting the Folder: Folder cannot be deleted manually, you can delete the folder by typing “rd con\” or “rd lpt1\” in Step 3 instead of “md con\” or “md lpt1\”.
#7. Add Mouse Friendly Checkboxes to icons.
No need of holding control button to select multiple files simply use checkboxes by selecting icon check boxes from view.
#8. Know the details of your Internet Connection
Go to command prompt from the run and type ipconfig/ all for all the details like IP address, DNS server address etc. about your Internet connection.
#9. Know, if your neighbors are using your WiFi connection
step1: Open your browser and visit http://192.168.1.1 or http://192.168.0.1
step2: Go to the “Attached Devices” tab
step3: Find the computer name, IP address and MAC Address of your computer using the previous trick.
step4: Compare it with those displayed by your router.
10.Access blocked websites by using IP address
websites by using IP address
If any of the site you want to open was blocked in the browser, then go to the required site by searching the site with an IP address.
For IP address of a site, ping the website domain name in the Command Prompt in Windows.
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