Bring Back Default IE logo

Your browser logo shows something other than the IE logo. Maybe you have installed your ISP software and you have a different logo on the top right. How do you remove it?

1. Close all browser windows
2. Start -> Run
3. Type RunDLL32.EXE IEdkcs32.dll,Clear
4. Click on OK, and start Internet Explorer. You should find the old spinning IE logo.

Shutting down Windows the fastest way

1. Start -> Run
2. Type rundll.exe user.exe,exitwindows

How to Hack PC in Network (Remote Registry)

Open Run Dialog Box and Type regedit

Click on File, and then select Connect Network Registry

Type the remote computer IP or host name in the Enter the object name to select and the click OK.

If you don’t have permission to access the remote computer, the logon screen will show up. Type the username and password for the remote computer. Then click OK.

Now, the remote computer is listed in the Registry Editor.


Navigate HKLM\System\CurrentConsolSet\Control\Terminal Server in the Right Panel. Allow Remote PC Change.
1 for (Disabled Remote Desktop) 0 For (Enable Remote Desktop)

How to clear all windows history files with a single click?

Today tip will help you to manage the all types of user history in windows operating system. This is a built-in feature of all windows keeps track the user's history, for example the websites you have visited, the documents you have opened and the keywords or files for which you've searched. However this tip is very useful for you, if you are sharing your computer with others or you do not want that the other persons know about your last visited documents history. You can clear these kinds of user's history with a single click on desktop icon named Cleanmru.reg. There is no need to clear each history file one by one. This trick will work in nearly all of the windows versions like windows 2000, XP and 2003.

Follow the given steps for configuration to clear recently opened documents automatically:

To edit the computer registry, first you should log onto your computer with administrative rights.

Here copy the following 6 lines and paste in notepad then save with the name Cleanmru.reg on your desktop.

REGEDIT4

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLs]

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU]

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RecentDocs]

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32\

LastVisitedMRU]

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Search Assistant\ACMru]

CD ROM STOPS AUTOPLAYING/AUTORUN.!!

AutoPlay Tab has disappeared in My Computer, Devices With Removable Storage, Right Click on CDROM, Properties.

Solution: The service: "Shell Hardware Detection" has been set to Manual or Disabled. Go to Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services. Return this service to "Automatic".

Speed Up Start Menu .>!!

When using the start menu the you will notice a delay between different tiers of the menu hierarchy. For the fastest computer experience possible I recommend changing this value to zero. This will allow the different tiers to appear instantly.

Start Regedit. If you are unfamiliar with regedit please refer to our FAQ on how to get started.

Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Select MenuShowDelay from the list on the right.

Right on it and select Modify.
Change the value to 0.
Reboot your computer.

Speed up your NTFS file system

1. Click Start and choose Run,

2. Type regedit,

3. Go to:

Run then type regedit:-
then Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>SYSTEM>CurrentControlSet>Control>FileSystem

4. Find item NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate and give her a Value 00000001. If item don't exist make new DWORD and give her a name NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate and Value 00000001.

5. Restart your computer

How to prevent users from writing to USB drives

Today USB drive also known as keychain drive is becoming the most popular removable storage device to move data to different locations. USB drives are available in the market with different features, for example password protected, compatible with all windows versions and extra storage capacity (up to 65 GB).
A common security issue at organizations is how to prevent their workers to write data onto USB drives using their PCs, because a user can easily move confidential data for other location.

 

if you have windows XP with SP2, then you can disable the writing option to USB drives.
Follow the given steps to disable the USB writing option:
To edit the computer registry, first you should log onto your computer with administrative rights.
First click on Start button and type "Regedit" in Run option.

Here locate the location to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControl
Here in right side panel, click right to create a key with the name "StorageDevicePolicies".

 

Now in left side panel, select "StorageDevicePolicies" key, again right click to create new DWORD value then label it "WriteProtect".

 

Set its value to "1". But again enable this option set its values "0"

 

Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

 

 

 

Haking "ADMIN" from "USER" mode and more

Really that is possible !

Refer to the other articles on this wiki for the same topic
as windows seems to have fixed this bug..
still u can browse for educational purpose

u know why is it a "user" account because it lacks come service layer than that in "administrator" account

Using simple command line tools on a machine running Windows XP we will obtain system level privileges, and run the entire explorer process (Desktop), and all processes that run from it have system privileges. The system run level is higher than administrator, and has full control of the operating system and it’s kernel. On many machines this can be exploited even with the guest account. At the time I’m publishing this, I have been unable to find any other mention of people running an entire desktop as system, although I have seen some articles regarding the SYSTEM command prompt.

Local privilege escalation is useful on any system that a hacker may compromise; the system account allows for several other things that aren’t normally possible (like resetting the administrator password).

The Local System account is used by the Windows OS to control various aspects of the system (kernel, services, etc); the account shows up as SYSTEM in the Task Manager

Local System differs from an Administrator account in that it has full control of the operating system, similar to root on a *nix machine. Most System processes are required by the operating system, and cannot be closed, even by an Administrator account; attempting to close them will result in a error message. The following quote from Wikipedia explains this in a easy to understand way:

You can trick the system into running a program, script, or batch file with system level privileges.

One sample

One trick is to use a vulnerability in Windows long filename support.

Try placing an executable named Program.*, in the root directory of the "Windows" drive. Then reboot. The system may run the Program.*, with system level privileges. So long as one of the applications in the "Program Files" directory is a startup app. The call to "Program Files", will be intercepted by Program.*.

Microsoft eventually caught on to that trick. Now days, more and more, of the startup applications are being coded to use limited privileges.

Set the status of NUM LOCK key enabled automatically

You can manage the status of NUM LOCK key is different for each user and you can set its status enable or disable when user logon. NUM LOCK status is disable by default and if you want your NUM LOCK key is enable automatically before a user presses CTRL+ALT+DEL to log on. You need to edit the registry of your computer to change this status enabled.

Follow the given steps to enable NUM LOCK key :

•click start button then Go to Run and type regedit and press enter.

•Here locate the location to HKEY_USERS Default Control Panel Keyboard

Here in right side panel, double click on the value

InitialKeyboardIndicators change its value data from 0 to 2

Customize Windows Media Player Title Bar

Change the title bar to read Windows Media Player provided by , so if I had entered text MAYANK , it would read: Windows Media Player provided by MAYANK.

[Start] [Run] [Regedit]

HKEY_CURRENT_USER>Software>Policies>Microsoft Create the Key [WindowsMediaPlayer] Create String value named [TitleBar]

Data Type: REG_SZ // Value Name: TitleBar
Double click TitleBar and Enter the text to be displayed in the title bar.

Exit Registry / Reboot

Pop up banner each time window opens

To pop a banner which can contain any msg you want 2 display just b4 a user is goin to log on.

Go to run and type regedit and press enter.
Then go to key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>software>Microsoft>windows>current version>winlogon

Now create a new string value in the right pane named "LegalNoticeCaption" and enter the value that u want ti see in menubar.

Now create another new string value in the right pane named "LegalNoticeText".
Modify it and insert the msg you want 2 display each time windows boots.
Its".reg"file would b:

Name==REGEDIT4
code=="[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrent VersionWinlogon]"legalNoticeCaption"="Captionhere."

How Add Control Panel to the Desktop Right-Click Menu : Hack

The steps given below will add Control Panel to your Desktop Right Click Menu.
 

Once you select that item, it will immediately open up Control Panel:

You could use the same technique to add any item into the context menu, or you could even use the same location in the registry to remove things like the NVIDIA Control Panel or ATI Control Center from the menu.

Manual Registry Hack

Open up regedit.exe through the start menu search or run box, and then browse down to the following key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell

Once you are there, you’ll want to right-click on “shell” and create a new key called Control Panel.

Under that one, you’ll want to right-click and create a new key called “command”.

Select the “command” key on the left-hand side, and then

How To Add Defragment Option to the Right-Click Menu for a Drive : Hack

After writing the article last week about how to add Disk Cleanup to the context menu for a drive, I received several requests for how to add another menu item for Defrag instead. With a simple registry hack we can do just that.

After manually applying or downloading the hack, you’ll have a new item on the right-click menu for your drives…

 

Which will start up the command-line version of Disk Defragmenter (after accepting the UAC prompt)

 

Manual Registry Hack

Open up regedit.exe through the start menu search or run box, and then browse down to the following key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell

Create a new key under shell called “runas”, and then set the (Default) value to “Defragment”. If you want to hide this menu item behind the Shift key right-click menu, then

How to Add Registry Editor to Control Panel : Hack

Here is a registry hack to add the registry editor as another option in the Control Panel in any version of Windows.

Usage in Windows 7 or Vista

After installation you’ll need to choose System and Maintenance in the control panel.

 

And you’ll see the new Registry Editor item at the bottom of the list:

Perhaps most useful, it’s now available through the start menu search box.

Usage in Windows XP

After installation you’ll see the new icon in Control Panel if you choose the classic view.

Installation

Just extract and double-click on the installation script. You can remove using the included removal script.

Download AddRegeditToControlPanel Registry Hack

Add "Open with Notepad" to the Right Click Menu for All Files : Hack

The default method of opening unknown files forces you to go through a list of known applications and is generally a pain to deal with. That’s why I like to have a context menu option for “Open with Notepad” so that I can quickly open up files without having to go through a lot of trouble.

This registry hack is nothing new, it’s been around forever. Also note that you can use this same technique to substitute any other application that you’d like by adjusting the path in the registry to point to the different editor.

Manual Registry Hack

Open regedit.exe through the start menu search or run box, and then browse down to the following key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell

Right-click on “shell” and choose to create a new key, calling it “Open with Notepad”. Create a new key below that one called “command”. Double-click on the (Default) value in the

How To Add "Take Ownership" option to Right-Click Menu : Hack

Taking ownership of system files or folders in Windows 7 or Vista is not a simple task. Whether you use the GUI or the command line, it takes far too many steps. Take ownership option will also help you to delete  the files you were not able to.

Thankfully somebody created a registry hack that will give you a menu item for “Take Ownership” that will handle all the steps for you.

Here’s what the new right-click menu will look like after installing this registry hack.

 

Install

Download and unzip the files contained in the zipfile. Double-click the InstallTakeOwnership.reg file and click through the prompts. No reboot necessary.

Uninstall

Double-click the RemoveTakeOwnership.reg file and click through the prompts. No reboot necessary.

How To Create Google Chrome Themes Skins Templates

1. Download and install Google Chrome
2. Download and install Resource Hacker
3. Open Resource hacker and goto > file > open,
4. XP : Navigate to [LOCAL DRIVE LETTER]:\Documents and Settings\[Username]\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\0.2.149.27\Themes\VISTA : [LOCAL DRIVE LETTER]:\Users\[Username]\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\0.2.149.27\Themes\

5. Within that directory there should be “default.dll” -> Open it with Resource Hacker
6. Right Click on BINDATA and click “Save [BINDATA] Resources
7. Make a new folder on your desktop called “BINDATA” and save the file as “1.txt”
8. You should now have a directory called “BINDATA” on your desktop
- Opening it should reveal many files.
9. DELETE “1.txt” within that directory. You should still be left with many files.
10. Open up Command Prompt – START>>RUN>>”CMD”

11. Navigate to the “BINDATA” Directory
- To go up a directory in CMD type “cd..”
- To access a directory type “cd [directory name]”
- So when I opened CMD I typed in the following:
- cd “c:\documents and settings\**MY USERNAME**\desktop\BINDATA”
12. Once you have navigated to the BINDATA folder which you created, type in “ren *.bin *.png”
13. If you open up the BINDATA folder you should find a tonne of PNG files all making up the Chrome GUI.
14. You need to go through and open the ones you want to change. If you don’t have Photoshop/fireworks or some other photo/image editing application then download GIMP  or GIMPshop
15. Once you have edited all the files you want to open up Resource Hacker again!
16. In the directory tree, open up BINDATA > 9000 > Now Right click on 1033 and click Replace Resource

- In the dialog box, click “open file with new resource”
- Navigate to your BINDATA folder
- All the PNG files in this folder should be named numerically (e.g. DATA_1, DATA_2 etc.)
- Select the first PNG (probably “DATA_1.png” and click open.
- There should now be three empty text input boxes
- in “RESOURCE TYPE” enter “BINDATA”
- in “RESOURCE NAME” enter “9000″ (or whichever directory you’re within) (If you are replacing the resource under “9001″ then enter “9001″ here etc. etc.)
- in “RESOURCE LANGUAGE” enter “1033″
17. Repeat step 17 for every single resource under BINDATA. (VERY TEDIOUS)
- Remember to change “RESOURCE NAME” each time you do this, second time it will be “9001″, then “9002″… etc….
18. The numbers within your BINDATA folder (on your desktop) may NOT correspond to the resource names under BINDATA in resource hacker, so don’t worry about that – you’ll have to progressively work your way through the resources.
19. WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED in Resource hacker go > file > save – NOW RESTART CHROME!

How to reduce memory usage in Mozilla Firefox

Type about:config in the Firefox address bar

Search for browser.sessionhistory.max_entries

Double click on the value 50, change it to something lower, 5 should be good.

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What this means?

Averagely we surf less than 5 of the websites we previously surfed before, there is no need to use up that much memory (which is 50 by default).

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SHOW YOUR PC QUAD CORE

SHOW YOUR QUAD CORE OR MORE

SHOW YOUR PC QUAD CORE OR MORE

GO TO START>RUN>TYPE REGEDIT>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>HARDWARE>DISCRIPTION>SYSTEM>CENTRAL PROCESSOR>
ON RIGHT HAND SIDE RIGHT CLICK ON PROCESSOR NAME AND STRING AND THE CLICK ON MODIFY AND WRITE WHAT EVER YOU WANT
OR NAME IT QUAD CORE OR MORE

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