VIRUS, TROJAN | What is the difference?

Everyone (almost) of us have heard of Computer Viruses and Trojans and probably faced a fair (unfair?) share of problems because of them. But, how much do you really know about these Spyware? Here's a quick article
to understand all about them.

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Things you don't know about STICKY NOTES in Windows

STICKY NOTES is an inbuilt application in Windows 7 that helps you to catalogue your events and also to remember them. You can save important ideas,to-do list, meetings or any other things you want to remember just like the normal sticky notes but electronically (Save paper, save the world :)). Here are a few things you probably don't know about STICKY NOTES.

To change the color of a sticky note:

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How To Password Protect your Folders without using software

Are you insecure of your privacy? Do you want to keep your secret files hidden from other people like your friends or brothers & sisters? Then here is an easy way to We are going to create password protected folder without using any software just using batch script file(.bat).

• Decide where you want to have your PRIVATE folder first. It could be on your desktop or in your C Drive or somewhere else.
• Now open 'Notepad' and copy the following code into it. 

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List of Commands for RUN

The following are the list of commands you can use in your Windows 'RUN' prompt to easily open many applications.

To Open Run , you can type 'Run' in search or use the shortcut, 

 'window button' + R.

Then you put any of these in to that and you can get the desired output. This is the sort of like command line environment and you may think it is outdated. But, trust meonce u start using it you don't wonna stop it. Even for those who thinks 'command line' is a complete waste of time, just once start using it. It is always good to have a change over. Who knows, you may even change your mind :)

This is the list. Enjoy !!

• Administrative Tools = control admin tools
• Calculator = calc
• Command Prompt = cmd

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Restart Your Computer Using C Program

You can easily do all your typical system operations using C programming. This article will show you how to restart from C programming console. Just Compile and execute the following program.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
 main()
{
   char Restart;
 
   printf("Do you want to restart your computer now (y/n)\n");
   scanf("%c",&Restart);
 
   if (Restart== 'y' ||Restart == 'Y')
      system("C:\\windows\\System32\\shutdown /r"); //for windows 7
//  system("C:\\windows\\System32\\shutdown -r"); for windows xp

/* for ubuntu linux
      system("shutdown -"your option") */

   return 0;
}

 This program calls the system function of "stdlib.h" which is used to execute  shutdown.exe which is present in C:\windows\system32 in Windows XP,Windows 7. For more options take a look at this.

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