How to change Windows cursor?

If you want to change the look of default cursor in Windows, then here are some step by step instructions for you.

1) Download cursor file from cursors-4u.com

2) In Start menu, click Control Panel.

3) In Control Panel, double-click Mouse, switch to classic view or navigate to Hardware and Devices section if you do not see the Mouse icon.

4) Switch to Pointers tab.

5) Select a cursor to modify and click on browse button.

6) Navigate to the downloaded cursor.

7) Repeat for another cursor role and then click OK.


Control Panel with Mouse properties highlightedChanging pointers in Mouse properties dialog

Double click the Mouse icon to display Mouse Properties and then switch to Pointers tab.

Select a pointer role to replace, click on Browse, and navigate to your downloaded cursor.

How to Change the Logon Screen in Windows 7?

1) Manual Method


Step 1 : Open the Windows Start menu and enter regedit into the search bar.
Step 2 : Right click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and select Find.

Step 3
: Search for OEMBackground, which should be in the following lacation.


Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
           Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background.

If the key does not exits, add a new DWORD value with the name OEMBackground.

Step 4 : Double click on the entry OEMBackground, and change the Data value from 0 to 1.





Step 5 : Open Windows Explorer and browse to the following path
%windir%\system32\oobe by typing this Address in the Address bar.

Step 6 : Create a new folder named info, and open it by double clicking.

Step 7 : Create a new folder within info named backgrounds.

Step 8 : Rename your desired wallpaper as backgroundDefault.jpg and place it inside the folder backgrounds.






That should do the trick, now just roboot your system and enjoy.


NOTE : The image size must be less than 245KB.


2) Using Logon Changer

If first method puts a knot in your stomach, then you can download Logon changer.
This software is ridiculously easy to use, it doesn't require installation, and it even has built-in tools to automatically resize and recompress your images while leaving the original file untouched. the logon changer also lets you quickly change your logon wallpaper back to windows 7 default.






Download the app from here, and then unzip the executable.
Run the program and it should resent you with a priew of your logon screen along with a few self-explanatory options.

How to create an invisible folder?

If you want to create an invisible folder i.e. a folder with no icon and no name in Windows XpWindows VistaWindows 7Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 , then here are steps to do it.

To create such folder, just follow these simple steps.
1. Go to start menu and type Character map, Open Character Map and select a blank symbol from the Character Map.
2. Copy the symbol by pressing the copy button.




3. Open the location, where you want to create the invisible folder.
4. Right click and make an empty folder.
5. Paste the symbol in the name of the folder.
6. Now press enter.
7. Here you can see a folder with no name, now its time to change the folder's icon to invisible.
8. Right click on the folder and go to properties.
9. Select Customize>Change Icon


10. Scroll and select an invisible icon(with no image)
11. Press OK and your invisible folder is ready.

How to download Google books?

1) Using Google Books Downloader

You can download Google books by following these simple and easy steps.

  1. Download Google Books Downloader.
  2. Install the googlebooksetup.exe file.
  3. Run the application.
  4. Select Automatically download, if you want to download whole book otherwise select Manual Download if you want to download only a specific part of the book.
  5. Go to books.google.com, and copy the URL of the book you want to download.
  6. Paste the URL of the book you want to download. You can also surf using the application instead of copy-pasting the URL.
  7. Press download button, at the top-right corner of the application.
  8. Whole book will be saved in PDF format.
If you want the full cracked version of Google book downloaderhen you can get its torrent from here.
To learn downloading torrents using IDM, you may read this article.
After downloading the torrent, extract the files.
Install googlebooksetup.exe
Copy GoogleBooks file from the folder named crack and paste it to the installation folder, replacing the original file.
Now your Google books Downloader is cracked.

2) Without any tools (applicable for Windows XP only)

If you are using Windows XP, then you can download google books without any software or tool.
Just follow these steps.
  1. Open computer with admin privileges and launch your Internet Explorer.
  2. Now visit to the page in books.google.com that you want to download.
  3. Navigate to "C:\Documents and Settings\%admin_name%\Local Settings\temporary Internet Files\" of your computer machine and delete all of the contents of the folder.
  4. Browse the pages of the books that you want to download.
  5. Open "Temporary Internet Files" folder, Copy all PNG files.
    These are nothing but the scanned book.
  6. You can save or print the PNG files and arrange them in order for reading.

How to download Youtube videos? - 13 easiest and fastest methods

According to the YouTube policy, downloading videos from YouTube is not allowed.
In this article, we are going to discuss some easiest, fastest and greatest ways to download videos from YouTube. You can also use some of these methods to download videos from other webpages as well.



Method 1 : keepvid.com

All you need to do is just follow these simple steps.
1. Go to www.youtube.com
2. Click on the video you want to download
3. Copy the URL of that video.




4. Open another browser tab or window.
5. Go to www.keepvid.com