Widows Xp Secrets

Widows Tricks & Tips Author: Puneet Gupta Url: http://www.kn0w1ed9e.blogspot.com Disclaimer: For Information Purpose Only. 1) Disabling Display of Drives in My Computer : This is yet another trick you can play on your geek friend. To disable the display of local or networked drives when you click My Computer go to : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer Now in the right pane create a new DWORD item and name it NoDrives. Now modify it's value and set it to 3FFFFFF (Hexadecimal) Now press F5 to refresh. When you click on My Computer, no drives will be shown. To enable display of drives in My Computer, simply delete this DWORD item. It's .reg file is as follows: REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explore r] "NoDrives"=dword:03ffffff 2) Pop a banner each time Windows Boots : To pop a banner which can contain any message you want to display just before a user is going to log on, go to the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WinLogon Now create a new string Value in the right pane named LegalNoticeCaption and enter the value that you want to see in the Menu Bar. Now create yet another new string value and name it: LegalNoticeText. Modify it and insert the message you want to display each time Windows boots. This can be effectively used to display the company's private policy each time the user logs on to his NT box. It's .reg file would be: REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] "LegalNoticeCaption"="Caption here."

3)

Exiting

Windows

the

Cool

and

Quick

Way

Normally it takes a hell lot of time just Shutting down Windows, you have to move your mouse to the Start Button, click on it, move it again over Shut Down, click, then move it over the necessary option and click, then move the cursor over the OK button and once again (you guessed it) click.This whole process can be shortened by creating shortcuts on the Desktop which will shut down Windows at the click of a button. Start by creating a new shortcut( right click and select New> Shortcut). Then in

the

command

line

box,

type

(without

the

quotes.)

'C:\windows\rundll.exeuser.exe,exitwindowsexec'

This Shortcut on clicking will restart Windows immediately without any Warning. To create a Shortcut to Restarting Windows, type the following in the Command Line box:

'c:\windows\rundll.exeuser.exe,exitwindows' This Shortcut on clicking will shut down Windows immediately without any Warning.

4. Ban Shutdown HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer NoClose(String Value)=1

5. Start Screen Saver when the mouse is at Top Right Corner HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionScreenSavers MouseCorners(String Value)=-Y-N

6. Change Internet Explorers Caption HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain

Window Title(String Value)=String

7. Making Explorers Toolbar Fancy HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerToolbar BackBitmap(String Value)=Path of BMP Image File.

8. Changing Default Background Files Directory For DesktopProperties. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersion WallPaperDir(String Value)=Path Of Image FilesDirectory.

9. Remove Documents From Start Menu HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer NoRecentDocsMenu(Dword Value)=1

10. Sometimes, even after programs are uninstalled, or dueto the files being deleted instead of uninstalled, the entry in the Add/RemovePrograms list do not get removed. To remove them from the list: 1. Start the Registry Editor and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstall. 2. Locate the program entry here and delete it.

11.

Cracking

Windows

XP

Passwords

Windows XP is said to be the most secure operating system, it is said to be an invulnerable operating system. 80% of the computer users in this world use Windows XP. Microsoft has said that Windows XP has will help you to have a safe and secure

computing experience. I am completely agreeing with this, but I want to tell that Windows XP is not invulnerable; there are some security holes in this operating system. Here, I will be discussing a security hole. Through this security hole, you will be

able

to

penetrate

the

administrator

password.

NOTE: Please note, here, I am assuming that your Windows XP box has an administrator

password.

First of all, get a Windows XP bootable CD, if you don’t have one , please read the section

Hacking

Techniques

–

Beginners.

Okay, after you get a Windows XP bootable CD, place it in your CD ROM or CD ReWriter,

now

boot

your

computer

through

CD.

In Windows XP, during the splash screen, press F4 and then choose boot from CD.

Now, “Press

you

will

see

any

a key

message

on

to

the

boot

screen

saying

from

that

CD”

Once you get into the setup, you will observe that setup is inspecting your system and loading setup files. Once you get the Welcome to Setup screen, press ENTER to setup windows. The Licensing Agreement will be displayed next press F8 to agree it. The next screen will give you an option to do a repair. You will see that “If one of the following Windows XP installations is damaged, Setup can try to repair it”

Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to select Windows XP Installation and then press R to begin

the

Repair

Process.

You must let the repair run. Setup will now check your disks and start copying installation files, this may take few minutes. After the Copying File process, you will be

required

to

reboot.

NOTE: Reboot will happen automatically, you will see a red progress bar.

“Your

Computer

will

reboot

in

15

seconds”

During the reboot, do not press any key to continue because if you do then the normal

boot

up

process

will

start.

Setup will automatically start and you will observe that Installing Windows is highlighted.

You have to keep your eye on the lower left side of the screen, when you see “Installing Devices”, press SHIFT+F10, this is the security hole in this operating system, you will now see a command console which will enable you to access your system.

Now, you have to type NUSRMGR.CPL and then press enter, to execute your command. Believe it or not, you will now gain a graphical access to your User Account

in

the

Control

Panel.

Now, you can do anything, you can change the passwords of the accounts or you can even remove the passwords. After you have completed the manipulations, go to command prompt and type exit. Wait for the repair process to get over, then reboot your

system

and

find

the

change.

You can also stop the password prompt, for this you must follow the same procedure given above. But, only one thing you have to change, in the command prompt type in control userpassword2, a screen will popup, choose log on without being asked for the

password.

NOTE: After making changes in the command prompt or through the command prompt, always exit using the exit command, this will save the changes.