I can’t create a new folder

Cause: 

Folders can be created directly on your desktop by right-clicking an empty area of the desktop and clicking New--> Folder. They can also be created within any folder by clicking File--> New--> Folder.

However, in order to create a new folder, you must actually be in a current folder, or the option does not appear on the File menu. For example, you cannot create a new folder while you are working in an application, such as Microsoft Word. Also, some folders do not allow you to create subfolders. An example is My Computer, which you can find on your Start menu, is a special folder that contains drives on your computer. If you click the File menu in My Computer, there is no option to create a new folder.

Solution:
To fix the problem, make sure you are trying to create a new folder on your
desktop or you are trying to create a new folder using the File menu in a folder that supports subfolders.

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Display Mycomputer as Menu In Windows XP

By default, Windows XP will show Control Panel on the Start menu as a 'link'.

This means that you have to click Control Panel to open it from the Start menu. However, you can change this link behavior to a menu so that you can access Control Panel icons directly from the Start menu. When you point to Control Panel on the Start menu, a submenu will pop out showing the icons.

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GMER Rootkit Remover

GMER is an application that detects and removes rootkits.

It scans for:

• hidden processes
• hidden threads
• hidden modules
• hidden services
• hidden files
• hidden Alternate Data Streams
• hidden registry keys
• drivers hooking SSDT
• drivers hooking IDT
• drivers hooking IRP calls
• inline hooks

Download GMER

Note: You should use this tool very carefully, and only after you have exhausted other options.

 

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Advantages and Disadvantages of External hard disk drives

Advantages and Disadvantages of External hard disk drives

External drives are arguably the biggest growth area in data storage of recent times. They offer the possibility of transferring all user’s valuable data, documents, photographs, music and movies. Alternatively they can provide a destination for a user to backup their valued files, in case the data held on their internal storage is lost, or the internal storage fails. But are they lulling users into a false sense of security?

They are being offered with ever increasing capacity and at ever decreasing prices. Many are advertised using ‘pence per Gigabyte’ prices as a lure. However a few notes of caution arise from the recent spate of external hard drives being sent for Data Recovery.

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Why are Spam Emails a Threat?

Why should someone send you emails for marketing products, when you have not subscribed to any such service? Why is someone sitting in some part of Nigeria or may be some other far off place, willing to deposit a huge amount of money into your account? Do you know that a person sending you a spam email, as per the cyber law is entitled to pay a huge amount of fine for every such mail that he sends? This article has been thus written to make you aware of all such facts and also present to you some effective methods on how to stop spam emails.

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Outlook 2007: Scheduling a meeting request

A meeting is an appointment to which you invite people in outlook. 

You can create and send meeting requests for face-to-face meetings or for online meetings. When you create a meeting, you identify the people to invite and you pick a meeting time. Responses to your meeting request appear in your Inbox. You can also add people to an existing meeting or reschedule a meeting.

 

How to schedule a meeting in Outlook 2007

1. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Meeting Request.

          Keyboard shortcut: To create a new meeting request, press CTRL+SHIFT+Q.

2. In the Subject box, type a description.

3. In the Location box, type a description or click Rooms to choose from rooms available for automatic scheduling by using Microsoft Exchange.

4. In the Start time and End time lists, select the start and end time for the meeting. If this is an all day event, select the All day event  check box. An all day event is a full 24 hour event lasting from midnight to midnight.  
   Note:  By default, the current time zone setting on your computer system is used to schedule meetings. If you want to schedule meetings based upon an alternate time zone, on the Meeting tab, in the Options group, click Time Zones.

5. Type any information that you want to share with the recipients, attach any files, or create a Meeting Workspace.
6.  
7. On the Meeting tab, in the Show group, click Scheduling Assistant. The Scheduling Assistant helps to find the best time for your meeting.

7. Click Add Others, and then click Add from Address Book.

8. In the Select Attendees and Resources dialog box, in the Search box, enter the name of a person or resource that you want to invite to the meeting. If you are searching with the More Columns option, then click Go.

9. Select the name from the results list, and click Required, Optional, or Resources, and then clicks OK. Required and Optional attendees appear in the To box on the Meeting tab, and Resources appear in the Location box.
    
   The free/busy grid shows the availability of attendees. A green vertical line represents the start of the meeting. A red vertical line represents the end of the meeting.

 

The Suggested Times pane locates the best time for your meeting, which is defined as the time when most attendees are available. The best meeting time appears at the top of the pane. To select any of the suggested times, click the time suggestion in the Suggested Times pane. You can also manually pick a time on the free/busy grid.

10. If you want to make the meeting recur, on the Meeting tab, in the Options group, click Recurrence, select the recurrence pattern, and then click OK. When you add a recurrence pattern to a meeting request, the Meeting tab changes to Recurring Meeting.

11. On the Meeting tab, in the Show group, click Appointment.

12. Click Send.

You can follow same steps on Windows 7 and Windows XP

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Keep Your Data Safe In Windows XP

Encrypt a file or folder: 
When you encrypt a file or folder, you are converting it to a format that can't be read by others. A file encryption key is added to files or folders that you choose to encrypt. This key is needed to read the file. Windows XP Professional makes the encryption and decryption process easy

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