Hide data in a secret text file compartment of Windows 8 / 7

The Windows operating system offers many tweaks and tricks. If you are aware of these, then you can complete your tasks quickly and in a simple way. You may never need to use any third-party software, if you are good at using those tricks. Among those many tweaks available, I will let you know, how to hide data in a secret text file compartment, created using a Notepad in Windows 8 / 7.

We normally save our bank account numbers, credit card numbers, important passwords and so on, in text files and place them on our desktop to access them easily.
 But, if your system is being shared with others, then there is chance of this information being compromised.
What I suggest is, follow this method of hiding data whenever necessary and remove those text files immediately once you are done with your work, as once anything is made, there are many ways to break it. This method makes use of the Alternate Data Streams of the NTFS file system, which Windows supports.

Hide data in a secret text file compartment

First open the command prompt in your Windows system and type the following command:
Syntax:

notepad FileName.txt:SecretWord.txt

Example Command:

notepad HideData.txt:FirstSecret.txt

Now, when you hit Enter, it says Cannot find the file specified at the location and asks whether to create or not. Just click ‘Yes’. Start typing into the file and save it.



The file shows a 0 KB size and it means there is nothing in that file.

So, the text which we wrote, is hidden in this file and if you double click the file to open it, you see nothing written in it. Even if someone opens it, they will see an empty text file, and can start typing data in to it. It does not affect our hidden data at all.

See and Edit the hidden data which was saved before
Now, if you want to see the hidden data, you need type the same command. You can even add some more data in this step itself.

If you want to add some more hidden data to the same file, then you need to use another secret word. This is not at all related to the data hidden with the first secret word.

Example Command:

notepad HideData.txt:SecondSecret.txt

None of them will have impact on either files or the main data. One thing to remember is, you need to go through command prompt to access the hidden data.

Now, when everything is done remove that text file completely using Shift+DEL and no one knows about that file any more.

This is a simple way to natively hide data in a text file of Windows. Use this tips whenever you need to save some confidential information for that span of time.

Remote Mouse: Convert mobile phone into mouse and keyboard

If we want to stop a video or want to move to the next slide, which may be running on our Windows desktop, then we need to go to the desktop to do so manually. Have you ever thought of doing these tasks by just sitting at your place? Using Remote Mouse you can use your mobile phone or tablet as a set of mouse and keyboard to operate your computer. You need to install this app on your mobile and the software on your Desktop.

Remote Mouse review

There are many apps to control your computer remotely, but Remote Mouse has some additional features which makes it acceptable to  everyone. To begin using it, first you need to set it up in both, on you mobile phone as well as your computer.
Here are the steps:
Set Remote Mouse in both mobile and desktop and connect them remotely
First visit your Phone’s Store to install the Remote Mouse app in your device. It supports Windows Phone, Android as well as iPhone.
Next, visit the website of Remote Mouse and install the software on your Windows PC. As of now, you can download and install it for Windows 8, 7, Vista and XP.  Now, open it in your computer and mobile.
In order to connect your computer and mobile, both the devices should be in the same Wi-Fi network.

Now, you can connect the mobile to your computer through the IP Address or QR Scan, which are shown on the desktop, once you open the Remote Mouse on your computer.

Enter that IP Address or QR Scan Code and your mobile and computer got connected.
These are the 3 simple steps to set it up and connect mobile and computer. Now, everything is ready and you will be able to control your computer remotely, using the mobile or tablet, as mouse and keyboard.

Convert mobile phone or tablet into mouse and keyboard

There are many features in Remote Mouse. Apart from using it as mouse and keyboard, you can control playing videos, presentations and many more. We will look at them individually.

1] Using your mobile as mouse
After connecting your mobile with your computer remotely, you can use it as mouse by just tapping on the screen. There are some gestures to be followed to use left click, right click, scroll and drag. Here they are,
Left click = Single tap on the screen.
Right Click = Tap the screen with both the fingers.
Scroll = Move two fingers on the screen up and down to perform scroll from top to bottom.

You can even get the buttons and scroll which you see on the mouse on your mobile screen, by just enabling the Mouse option in Panels section which can be accessed through menu.
2] Using your mobile as Keyboard
Just tap on the keyboard icon and start typing it. You can see the text on mobile screen and computer. If you do not want the text to be displayed on the mobile screen, then you can toggle the Show Input Text option in Settings.

3] Open Applications of your desktop through mobile
Remote Mouse also provides you the feature of accessing applications present in computer. Just tap on the respective icon and it lists down all the applications available in your computer. You can open Notepad, word document, audio/video player, folders and many more.

4] Shutdown or hibernate your PC through mobile
You can even Shutdown, Restart, Logoff your Windows PC through your mobile using Remote Mouse. You can even put your PC in sleep mode and controls are displayed by tapping the power icon in the Remote Mouse app.

All these feature are of free of cost for both Android and iPhone users. If you want to use Spotify Remote, Media Control and Functional keyboard you need to pay separately for each of them.

5] Panels and Settings Sections
You can use Panels and Settings Sections from the Menu to toggle some options. You can show mouse keys, hid/show input text, enabling left hand mouse and more.

6] Air Mouse Mode
You can just shake the handheld device to move the mouse cursor on the desktop screen. In order to use this Air Mouse Mode, just press and hold the button on the screen of app and sway or shake mobile to move the cursor.

7] Set up a password for connection
You can even set up a password for connecting your mobile and computer remotely. For this, right click on the Remote Mouse icon (from quick launch) on desktop and click “Preferences”. Then tap on “Settings” tab and create password.

Now the next time, when you try to connect to computer, it asks for password. This is very important from a security point of view.
These are the things which you can do with Remote Mouse. This is really a good app to turn your mobile or tablet in to mouse and keyboard. You can control your PC right from your smart mobile. It is for free of cost and it very simple to set up and use.

Visit the home page and download Remote Mouse software for Windows. Get the app for your Windows Phone from the Windows Phone Store.
This tool is also available for Mac computers, Android Phones and iPhone.
You will be able to get the details on its home page.

Manage Users in Windows 8 / 7 with Quick User Manager

The Control Panel’s User Account applet, helps you manage your User Accounts. You can create a new User Account, change User Account name and do more. But it doesn’t help you much when you need to quickly perform operations like deactivating accounts, changing user benefits and addition of multiple users at once. If you want to manage your Users quickly, you can use Quick User Manager, a free portable software for Windows.

Manage Users in Windows 8 / 7

Quick User Manager enhances the use of your user accounts as you can manage multiple features together. You can see all the features on the home page itself, which also includes inbuilt Administrator or Guest accounts.



Using this freeare, you can change user account settings, create, disable, enable, remove user accounts, clear the lockout state, auto-logon a user, set picture to be associated with a user account, set or remove its password and more!
In the left section, click on any account you wish to modify. A detailed description will be automatically displayed in the right panel of the home screen which includes:

1. User account name – This contains the account name which is saved in the Security Account Manager and cannot be changed.
2. User display name – Display name is present on the user control panel, welcome screen and start menu. It can be edited by clicking on the text box.
3. User privilege – This includes Guest, Standard user and Administrator option.
4. The account is disabled- You can disable the selected administrator account. This option is not available for inbuilt and the current user accounts.
5. The account is locked – This option is to check if your account is locked by any chance.
6. Whether the user account password can be changed, is required or the password has an expiry.
7. Whether the password is expired of the selected user account.
8. Auto logon – Only single user account can be set to log on automatically.
9. Remove user from the welcome screen- By selecting this user account will be removed from the welcome screen.

You can make all these changes with a click in the check boxes available. To apply and confirm these settings, press Save changes. Once you click, a successful pop up message box will show as the confirmation.

You can also change the user account picture by clicking on the Change picture button available on the interface itself. After selecting, a pop up will be displayed from where you can browse your favorite picture and set the new picture to centre, crop or stretch.



To manage your user accounts the Quick user manager lets you easily change the password. By pressing the Set password button it will show a box from where you can change the password by entering the current and new password. This application also lets you to create or delete new existing accounts.



To create multiple user accounts or modify existing accounts this program will be very helpful for you.

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