Trick To Enable/Unlock Hidden Themes In Windows 7

Windows 7 has been a real delight for the eyes due to its excellent graphics.By defualt Windows 7 has 5 themes enabled for all countries but there are additional themes which are country specific and enabled according to your demographic location.In this tutorial I will show you how to enable/unlock the country specific hidden themes in windows 7.

Once enabled these themes will always be available to you.There are two ways to enable these hidden themes.I will explain both of them to you and you can use any one of them whichever you find easy.

Here is the step by step tutorial with screenshots on how to Enable/Unlock Hidden Themes In Windows 7

Method 1:-

1.Goto Control Panel.
2.Click on Folder Options.
 
Note:- If Folder options is not available ,change the view to large icons at top-right corner of the screen



3.Now Click On the View tab.



4.Now uncheck the box Hide protected operating system files (Recommended).



5.It will show you a warning.Click Yes.



6.Now Goto C:\Windows\Globalization\MCT\
7.Inside this folder you will see folders with name MCT-XX where XX will be AU,CA etc.These are the country codes in which these themes are automatically available.
8.Inside each MCT-XX you will see a Theme folder.Open it and click on the .theme file to unlock it.
9.Once unlocked the theme will be available to you in personalization option.

METHOD 2:- This is a simple method as compared to the above method

1.Open Notepad
2.Copy and Paste the following code into it.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\InstalledThemes\MCT]
“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-AU\\Theme\\AU.theme”=””
“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-CA\\Theme\\CA.theme”=””
“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-GB\\Theme\\GB.theme”=””
“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-US\\Theme\\US.theme”=””
“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-ZA\\Theme\\ZA.theme”=””

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Wallpapers\KnownFolders\Windows Wallpapers\MergeFolders]
“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-AU\\Wallpaper”=””
“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-CA\\Wallpaper”=””
“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-GB\\Wallpaper”=””
“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-US\\Wallpaper”=””
“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-ZA\\Wallpaper”=””

3.Save it with the name allregional.reg
4.Now double click on it.It will ask for your permission to add the file to registry.Click on Yes.
5.Right click on desktop and select personolize.You new themes will be available to you.

Axcrypt: Freeware Software To Encrypt Files and folders

Have you ever felt the need to encrypt your files and folders to protect your secret data like I use to have a lot of hacking softwares  and guides on my computer that are only for my personal use.
So if you have some secret and special personal data that needs to be protected/Encrypted then I have a freeware solution for you i.e Axcrypt.It is one of the best freeware software to encrypt your files and folders.

If you are using Windows 7 then you should also read my post on how to Lock drives and encrypt  files and folders.
Now I will show you all the magnificent features that Axcrypt provides you for the encryption of your files and folders

§  Click here to download Axcrypt (only 1.4 mb)
§  Now install the software and follow the instructions.
§  Put the data that you want to encrypt into a folder and right click on it.


§  Now click on Axcrypt-> Encrypt



§  Click ok and now it will ask for you to enter passphrase.Enter and confirm your passphrase.




§  Now click ok and within minutes it will encrypt your data.
§  Now open your folder and and you will notice that the icons of your files have been changed.



§  Now it will ask for a password every time somebody tries to open it
§  While the above encryption features are provided by other softwares also the special feature of Acrypt is that if you create a key file and store it into a usb drive then it will only open the encrypted files if and only if a correct path to the key file is provided otherwise it will not open the encryption even if the correct password is provided.
So the files can now only be opened by the combination of correct password and correct path to the key file.



Note:- If you create a key file please do save another copy at some safer place because if you you loose it then your encrypted data cannot be opened by any means
Another feature of Axcrypt is that it provides a file shredder using which you can permanently and securely delete your files and folders which cannot be recovered by using any data recovery software.To use it right click on the file or folder and then Axcrypt->Shred and Delete