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Enabling and Disabling the USB Port in Windows

Enabling & Disabling the USB port in Windows via Registry Editor. To disable the access to USB port, in windows XP and 2000: 1. Click Start, and then click Run. 2. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK. 3. Locate, and then click the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\ Services\UsbStor 4. In the right pane, double-click Start. 5. In the Value data box, type  4 , click Hexadecimal (if it is not already selected), and then click OK. 6. Quit Registry Editor. To re-enable a disabled port: 1. Click Start, and then click Run. 2. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK. 3. Locate, and then click the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\ Services\UsbStor 4. In the right pane, double-click Start. 5. In the Value data box, type  3 , click Hexadecimal (if it is not already selected), and then click OK. 6. Quit Registry Editor. However, there can be other way...

Windows 7 Tips

Top Windows 7 Tips Just got your hands on   Windows 7   and want to bend it to your will? No problem. We've got plenty of tips, hacks and secrets to keep you busy for a long time, including automatically opening Windows Explorer to a folder of your choice, speeding up taskbar thumbnails, finding hidden desktop themes, forcing User Account Control to act the way you'd like, keeping your Explorer searches secret from others, and more. So check out these tips. General tips We'll start with a few nifty tips that can make your desktop more interesting, make it easier to get around and increase your computer's power efficiency. Use Hidden International Wallpapers and Themes When you first install Windows 7, it asks for your language, time and currency. Based on your responses, it installs a set of wallpapers and themes. If you choose English (United States) for your time and currency format, for example, the available desktop backgrounds and themes will inc...

Drives and Folder Not Open

This 2 Step u can do it  Step 1: 1.Start Registry Editor. (start -> Run... -> regedit)  2.Locate the Default value under the following key in the registry:  HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell  3.Click Modify on the Edit menu.  4.In the File data box, type:  none  5.Click OK.  6.Quit Registry Editor.  Step 2: 1. Open Start>>Run and type cmd and press enter. This will open a command prompt window. On this command prompt window type the following steps.  2. type cd\  3. type attrib -r -h -s autorun.inf  4. type del autorun.inf  5. now type d: and press enter for d: drive partition. Now repeat steps 3 and 4. Similarly repeat step 5 for all your hard disk partition.  Restart your system and your trouble will be fixed

Software Testing - Part1

How to write a Software Test Plan With different types of complex software systems been made these days, it is important to have a software test plan in place. The test plan will ensure that most of the functionalities of the system are tested. However, one has to know how to write a such a test plan to be able to devise an effective testing strategy. It is not uncommon to see that some software defects are encountered when it is time for the system to be delivered. This is often caused due to an ineffective test plan. One may have sufficient knowledge about software testing but when it comes to writing a good test plan, people often make blunders. It is a skill which can be achieved with detailed analysis of the system along with some experience in the field of software testing. Now this brings us to the matter of why a test plan have such an important place in the field of software testing. Well, it is the test plan which is a reflection of the testing schedule and ...

Software Testing - Part3

Software Testing – Brief Introduction to Security Testing Security testing is an important process in order to ensure that the system/applications that your organization is using meet security policies and are free from any type of loopholes that can cause your organization a big loss. Security Testing of any developed system (or a system under development) is all about finding out all the potential loopholes and weaknesses of the system, which might result into loss/theft of highly sensitive information or destruction of the system by an intruder/outsider. It helps in finding out all the possible vulnerabilities of the system and help developers in fixing those problems. Need of Security Testing Security test helps in finding out loopholes that can cause loss of important information and allow any intruder enter into the systems. It helps in improving the current system and also helps in ensuring that the system will work for longer time (or it ...

Software Testing - Part 2

Software Testing - Black Box Testing Strategy  Black box testing is not a type of testing; it instead is a testing strategy, which does not need any knowledge of internal design or code, etc. As the name "black box" suggests, no knowledge of internal logic or code structure is required. The types of testing under this strategy are totally based/focused on the testing for requirements and functionality of the work product/software application. Black box testing is sometimes also called "Opaque Testing", "Functional/Behavioral Testing" and "Closed Box Testing". The base of the black box testing strategy lies in the selection of appropriate data as per functionality and testing it against the functional specifications in order to check for normal and abnormal behavior of the system. Nowadays, it is becoming common to route the testing work to a third party as the developer of the system knows too much of the internal logic and codi...