When you add drives to your computer, such as an extra hard drive, a CD drive, or a storage device that corresponds to a drive, Windows automatically assigns letters to the drives. However, this assignment might not suit your system; for example, you might have mapped a network drive to the same letter that Windows assigns to a new drive. When you want to change drive letters, follow these steps:

• Right-click My Computer, and then click Manage.
• Under Computer Management, click Disk Management.
• In the right pane, you’ll see your drives listed. CD-ROM drives are listed at the bottom of the pane.
• Right-click the drive or device you want to change,
• and then click Change Drive Letter and Paths.
• Click Change, click Assign the following drive letter,
• click the drive letter you want to assign, and then click OK.

You will not be able to change the boot or system drive letter in this manner. Many MS-DOS-based and Windows-based programs make references to a specific drive letter (for example, environment variables). If you modify the drive letter, these programs may not function correctly.

HOW TO: Change the System/Boot Drive Letter in Windows
This article is for Windows 2000, but the same concepts apply to Windows XP. I do not offer ANY support for this procedure.  NOTE: Some user's have reported that this has rendered their system unbootable. Others have reported that it works.  If you follow this procedure, you do so at your own risk

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Control Panel is important part of windows system. If your computer use by many people and if the Control Panel can be accessed by the wrong person it can make windows system crash and damage. So, if we don't want others to change or damaging your computer, you must limited access to the control panel section. One of the widely use ways to prevent others to access the control panel is to "HIDE" the control Panel. If it's hidden then nobody can gain access to the control panel or "LOCK" the control panel.

Here are the steps to prevent others to gain access to the control panel :

• Click "START" then "RUN"
• On the Window Box type"gpedit.msc" and press "Enter"
• Now on the GGpedit window select "User Configuration" then select "Administrator Template" then select "Control Panel"
• On the control Panel section "double click on "Prohibit access to the Control Panel"
• Choose "Enabled" from the option that pop up from the "Prohibit access to the Control Panel" Properties.
• Now you have to restart your computer

After restarting the computer check on the Control Panel section. Is it visible to you or not...? if not that mean you have successfully "hide" your Control Panel Section.

Hope to write more..and feel free to leave your comment for my improvement and motivation.

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Windows Operating System have a default built in tools that we can use to manage our installation or install or uninstall software in the computer. The usual tools and the fastest is through this steps. Go to Start > Control Panel > Add remove Programs and we presented with window that contained 3 (three) main functions.

• Change or Remove Programs ( Change or Un-install Software )
• Add New Programs ( Install New Software )
• Add Remove Windows Component ( Add or remove Windows Component )

Now, the issue is “ if someone use your computer , and go to this section and try to “un-installing” your Software ? “ ( by accident or not). Would it be safe that someone who use your computer can’t access to this windows section..?

This is one way to prevent that from happen and to make the “Change or Remove Programs” section Hidden.

1. Click “START” then “RUN”
2. Type “REGEDIT” in the pop up window box.
3. Go to or select “HKEY_CURRENT _USER then select SOFTWARE then select MICROSOFT then select WINDOWS then select CURRENT VERSION then select POLICIES then select UNINSTALL.. I assume , maybe the “UNINSTALL folder doesn’t exist ( so, we create one ) use Right Click button on the Mouse and on the pop up window select “NEW” then choose “KEY”. On the “New Key Name” type “Uninstall”.
4. After that click on “EDIT Menu” then choose “NEW” then select “DWORD Value”. Give it name “NoRemovePrograms”.
5. Then “Right Click” on the “NoRemovePrograms” Dword Value and then select “Modify” then change the number from”0” to “1”.

Restart the computer and Check if the “Change or Remove Programs” still visible or not.

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There are many function of the “RUN” menu that provided by windows and some of those function is to manually start many application that many of computer user did not know it’s existence. The “RUN” menu main function is to start default windows application that not listed on the start menu. Many of use usually use the “RUN” menu to start application likes; REGEDIT ( Registry Editor) MSCONFIG ( Windows Configuration) and CMD ( DOS Command Prompt) and lots of different tools that can change the windows system and setting that “dangerous” to the computer “IF” do not know the correct setting.

If Someone can gain access to your Registry Editor (REGEDIT) and change the value or delete string in the registry editor. What will happen…?? It can Totally Crashing the Windows System and damaging the file that we stored in the harddisk. What can we do to prevent this kind of Disaster?... here are one way from many different ways to protect someone from gaining access to your windows registry or other tools that can be run from the “RUN” menu.
“IF YOU CAN SEE IT THAT YOU CAN’T USE IT” this steps explain how to “HIDE” the “RUN” menu from accessed from the Desktop or Start Menu.

• Go To “START” then select “RUN”
• On the window box appear type “gpedit.msc” press the “OK” button
• Go to “User Configuration” then choose “Administrative Template”
• Then Choose “Start Menu and Taskbar”
• Check the option “Remove Run Menu from Start Menu” select and then “Double Click on it.
• On the “Remove Run Menu from Start Menu” properties that appear choose “Enabled” and press OK” button.

Now Check on the “Startmenu” and notice that “RUN” menu is no longer appear on the start menu.

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Everytime we install new software to our computer, the software shortcut will be listed in the “Start Menu”. Go to “START” button Click on it then Choose “ALL PROGRAMS” and then we will prompted with list of programs that installed in the computer. For instance, if someone who use the computer “ACCIDENTLY” or “NOT” select one of the shortcut or folder listed in the “Start Menu” list, and then they right click the mouse button and on the pop up menu click on “DELETE” option they will “ERASE” the shortcut from the start menu list. It will make you go through more steps to open the deleted software in the computer.

To Prevent this kind of thing from happen ( by accident or not) by you or people who use your computer, you can do this simple steps to prevent listed Software in the Start Menu from “Deleted” by user.

1. Go to “START” and then click on “RUN”
2. Then on the “RUN” window box ; type “REGEDIT”
3. On the “Registry Editor” (REGEDIT” window click to choose or select on “HKEY_CURRENT _USER then select SOFTWARE then select MICROSOFT then select WINDOWS then select CURRENT VERSION then select POLICIES then select EXPLORER”
4. click on the “EDIT MENU”
5. And select “NEW” then select “DWORD Value”, give the new DWORD Value name “ NoChangesStartMenu”
6. Click on “EDIT” menu then select “MODIFY” and on the “Edit Dword Value Data” change the number from ”0” to “1”.
7. Restart your computer.

Hope this steps will help you to make more of your windows functionality. And more understand of the windows registry.

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Microsoft has taken two parallel routes in its operating systems. One route has been for the home user and the other has been for the professional IT user. The dual routes have generally led to home versions having greater multimedia support and less functionality in networking and security, and professional versions having inferior multimedia support and better networking and security.
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