1. Go to Start –> Run, type Regedit.
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlset\Servic es\USBStor
3. In the right pane, look for value Start and have value as 0000000(3)
4. Double click on that and change that value to 4.
You might be required to restart the PC, and then you are done with it, USB is now blocked.
In case if you want to get the USB unblocked, just change the value again to 3

To Recover Information From A Corrupt File
follow these steps
goto
start > run > type cmd
when command prompt opens type
recover file.ext
where file is file name & ext is extension of file
for eg you want to recover from abc.txt type
recover abc.txt
Note:
If you have a disk with damaged sectors, you can recover as much information as possible from the damaged file. Data that is not damaged can be retrieved but data in damaged sectors will be lost.

Because of frequent downloads from Internet, copying from music CDs, sharing files with friends, one tends to end up with a lot of duplicate files on the PC. to clean up such unwanted junk and get back the lost space, you need to periodically find and remove duplicate files.
Clone spy
Provides users with an incredibly fast way of checking their computers for duplicate files that may be taking up valuable space. It’s fast, it’s easy to use and it is effective as …

There are many different ways to remove the BIOS password. You may have forgotten the password of your BIOS . Sometimes it becomes necessary to access the BIOS to change system settings.
OK so how to get back or remove the password
1>The simplest way to remove the BIOS password is to remove the CMOS battery for few seconds. because computer uses this battery to remember its settings and date & time when your computer is turned off.
The CMOS battery is the reason why you …

Many old computer systems with outdated BIOS programs does not allow user to boot from USB devices. This prevents them to run any Live operating system.Plop Boot Manager is a perfect tool to overcome this problem. Using this tool you can boot from your External Hard disk or Pen Drive or CD-ROM device even if it is not supported by your BIOS.

Features:

USB boot without BIOS support (UHCI, OHCI and EHCI)
CD/DVD boot without BIOS support (IDE)
Floppy boot
Different profiles for operating systems
Define up to 16 partitions
No extra partition …

There are many different ways to remove the BIOS password. You may have forgotten the password of your BIOS or you never knew it, whatever may be the case is. Sometimes it becomes necessary to access the BIOS to change system settings.
The simplest way to remove the BIOS password is to remove the CMOS battery for few seconds.A computer uses this battery to remember its settings and date & time when your computer is turned off. The CMOS battery is the reason why you always get the correct date and …

Have you ever thought that a Simple USB Drive can be used as a Destructive Tool for Hacking Passwords? Today I will show you how to hack Passwords using an USB Pen Drive.
As we all know, Windows stores most of the passwords which are used on a daily basis, including instant messenger passwords such as MSN, Yahoo, AOL, Windows messenger etc. Along with these, Windows also stores passwords of Outlook Express, SMTP, POP, FTP accounts and auto-complete passwords of many browsers like IE and Firefox. There exists many tools for …

Alternate Tag: Disable USB Drives Ports By Regedit
For many IT managers USB port connectivity can still pose a large threat to company security.  One quick down-and-dirty method is disabling the read and write from any system USB port.  This can be done through a quick registry edit.
Here is the full Microsoft article explaining how to disable a USB port (link). Note:  This is a registry edit so be sure to backup your registry first and know how to restore it in case something terrible happens.
To disable the access to USB …

eBay has lots of cheap stuff that you can buy. The price are normally lower than the retail suggested price to attract buyers but beware! Not all cheap stuff are good and some of them can be counterfeit. I know that almost anything can be copied because when I walk along the night market (pasar malam), I can see fake branded bags such as LV, Gucci, Prada and etc, perfumes, software, games, music CDs, DVD movies and many more being sold there. You name it, they got it.
Anyway, if you’ve …

For convenience sake, many users tend to store or save their log in name and password in some websites, email account, forum, etc with their browser in the sign-on database file in encrypted format. With the stored username and password, users can speed up the log in process without having to type in again. Storing log in username and password in the browser generally poses quite high security risk to users. Essential data or info might be leaked out under some circumstances, for instance, when laptops get stolen, sharing the …