Xp Tricks ll some call it Hack
1)Shortcut
to restarting xp..
You can
restart a Windows XP Pro and Home machine easily by creating a shortcut with
following path. (Assume you installed Windows XP on your C: Partition) "c:\windows\system32\shutdown.exe
-r -f -t 00" -r is for restarting the
computer. -f is to force close all programs without saving. -t 00 is used to
restart in zero seconds. i.e. as soon as you D.Click on the shortcut. You can
log off from a Windows XP Professional or Home edition by running "C:\windows\system32\shutdown.exe
-l -f -t 00". Also you can shutdown a
Windows XP Home or Professional edition by running "c:\windows\system32\shutdown.exe
-s -f -t 00". You always have to turn
from the CPU after running this command. (Same with AT and ATX powered
machines.) If you want to turn down power of ATX machine automatically, run "c:\windows\system32\tsshutdn.exe
00 /POWERDOWN /DELAY:00" This is used
to turn off a server. Even though your computer will be
shutdown completely, this whole operation will take 30 seconds to finish. Even
though you don't have networked computers attached to your computer, this works.
2)
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
3)
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."
4)
Great trick Lock ur PC yourself
lock ur pc..
open notepad copy and paste the script below and save it .VBS extention
This wil create a shortcut.. run(click) it
set WshShell =
WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
set oShellLink = WshShell.CreateShortcut(wshShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop") & "\LockWorkstation.lnk")
oShellLink.TargetPath = "%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe"
oShellLink.Arguments = "user32.dll,LockWorkStation"
oShellLink.Save
first select a folder for example i'll use a folder name movies in D drive
D:\movies\
in the same drive u create a text file and type
ren movies
movies.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
and save it as loc.bat
again u type in a notepad as
ren
movies.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} movies
and save it as key.bat
now in D drive u can see two batch files loc and key.. when u double click loc
the movie folder will change to control panel and whn u double click key the
control panel will change to normal folder..
there are two more different tricks in dis site to lock ur pc down in a unique
ways.. donno where i have typed it.. !!!
5) Deleting System
Options from the Start menu :
You can actually remove the Find and Run
options from the start menu by performing a simple registry hack. Again like
always Launch the registry editor and scroll down to the below key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Right-click on the right pane and select New, DWORD Value. Name it NoFind.(To
remove the RUN option name it NoRun). Double-click the newly create DWORD to
edit it's value and enter 1 as its value. This will disable the FIND option of
the Start Menu and will also disable the default Shortcut key(F3 for Find.) To
restore the Run or find command modify the value of the DWORD to 0 or simply
Delete the DWORD value.
6) Cleaning Recent Docs Menu and the RUN MRU :
The Recent Docs menu can be easily
disabled by editing the Registry. To do this go to the following Key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Now in the right pane, create a new DWORD value by the name: NoRecentDocsMenu
and set it's value to 1. Restart Explorer to save the changes. You can also
clear the RUN MRU history. All the listings are stored in the key:
HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMR
U You can delete individual listings
or the entire listing. To delete History of Find listings go to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Doc
Find Spec MRU and delete
7) Can u Delete Recycle Bin?
1 thing is 4 sure, delete option can be
added 2 recycle bin...
the old registry thing will work out.....
* launch d registry...
* open HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder
* to add a rename and delete option, change the Dword attribute to 70 01 00 20
* refresh and reboot the system..... u r done.
PS: always backup ur data as well as registry b4 attempting 2 work on it if u
r a newbie....
8) To change the icons used
for specific drives in explorer
Open
regedit by typing regedit into start->run
then navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer
now create a key(KEY not VALUE!!) called DriveIcons
under Explorer...
now within DriveIcons, create another key with the drive letter you want to
change (e.g.,HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\K)...
create another key within the drive letter key called DefaultIcon...
now set the default String value equal to the icon you want to use. if you have
a file that has more than one icon in it, such as a DLL file, use the standard
C:\full_path\icon_file.dll,n <file:///C:/full_path/icon_file.dll,n>)
where n is the number of the icon within the file icon_file.dll...
9)Change
drive icons.....
first of all copy a icon file to the root of the drive.
example: c:\icon.ico
then create a file called: autorun.inf in c:\autorun.inf
then open that file and type the following:
[autorun]
icon=icon.ico
save and close the file.
now open my computer and resfresh.. and woh! icon changed....
you can apply to other drives too.
be carefull:
"autorun.inf" and "ico.ico" must be in the root of the drive.
example: c:\autorun.inf and c:\icon.ico.
same on the root.
ENJOY, this works on 98 too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10) Hacking windows SEND TO
MENU
I know this
is a very simple thing but the problem, as like many other issues, is the
ignorance about it.
How often do you copy songs from a CD? Or some photos from a CD?
What do you do? You select the required files and do a CTRL –C. Open the
destination folder and do a CTRL-V. Here is something you can benefit time from.
Customize your SEND TO MENU.
This sounds simple and you can do it in less than sixty seconds.
You can create your own BASKET.
First you’ll need access to hidden files. So change your view settings to make
all hidden files visible.
Tools -> folder options -> view (tab) and select the show hidden files and
folders.
go to parent drive:/documents and
settings/(user name)/send to
Open up my computer and locate your most used folders.
Create a shortcut of the most used folders in SEND TO FOLDER.You can do this in
a number of ways.
Right click -> send to desktop(create
shortcut) and move the shortcut from
the desktop to the SEND TO FOLDER
Copy the most used folder and go to SEND TO FOLDER and right click -> paste
shortcut.
Also remember to rename the shortcuts to send to videos or send to potos. We
don’t need confusion when we use the same later.
5. DONE
11) How to remove the shortcut
arrow from the desktop ?
Open Regedit and navigate to the following
key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \
Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Shell Icons
Backup the key. More information.
In the right-pane, create a new String value named "29"
Double-click 29 and set its data to:
C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,50
(an empty icon)
Close Registry Editor.
Now,
Right-click Desktop,
choose Properties
Click the Appearance
Tab.
Click Advanced
button.
Choose Icon from the drop-down list
Set it's size to 31
and press OK, OK.
The changes will be applied now. Repeat the above steps and then set the Icon
size back to 32 (defaults). The above steps are required to force Windows to
redraw the icons
12) The Complete list ! Can u Do it!
Try to create a folder in Windows with either
of these names--
"con" or "nul" or "Aux" or "Lpt1".
Windows will not let u create ....
This s coz these refer 2 some well known ports....
-con corresponds to the console
-Lpt1 corresponds to printer and so on....
well dat was common but hw bt this ? Try these more
CON, PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8,
COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9.
13)TURN NUMLOCK ON AT
LOGON.!!
NumLock does not toggle on by default
(system-wide), even if you have it set in your PC's BIOS, because of XP's
multi-user functionality. Guess Microsoft doesn't know everyone actually turns
it on, which should be reason enough for what acts as "default"...
Anyway, you can hack the Windows Registry to change this behavior, or run a
script at logon to turn NumLock on.
1. To enable NumLock through the Registry:
* Open Windows' Registry Editor (START > RUN, type "REGEDIT").
*. Navigate to HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control
Panel\Keyboard.
*. Change the value for
InitialKeyboardIndicators from 0 to 2.
2. To enable NumLock using a script, see this MS Knowledgebase article for
complete instructions:
CODEhttp://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q262625
Option 1 is the quicker method, but if you have more than one user on your
system and one or more don't want NumLock on (stranger things have been known
of), then option 2 is the way to go since it allows you to only attach the
script to specific users.
14)REMOVING
SERVICES DEPENDENCIES.!!
This will
allow you to disable a service or uninstall it from your system without
effecting another service that depends on it. Here's how you do it
1. After you have set your services the way you want them and you have
disabled/uninstalled something that another services depends on, run "regedit"
2.
Under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\find the service that will not function, do
to another service being disabled/uninstall (found in
ControlSet001\Services,
ControlSet002\Services, and CurrentControlSet\Services)
3. Once you have found the service right-click on the string value, "DependOnService,"and
modify
4.
You should now see a list of services that it is dependent on. Simply delete
the service that you have disabled/uninstalled
5. Restart your computer and your ready to go Disclaimer REMEMBER TO BACKUP YOU
REGISTRY FIRST I'm not totaly sure if this will have any negative effects on
your system. I used this method after uninstalling "Netbios over Tcpip" from my
system completely, so that my Dhcp service would function and I have had NO
negative effects on my system.
15)TURN
ON UR PC IN JUST 10 SECONDS
Aight so u wanna know how to turn the pc on in 10 seconds (may vary)Aight heres
what u have to do to turn ur pc on in 10 seconds
Aite Click on the start button then press R it will take u to Run well go to run
n type Regedit
press enter
this will open Registery Editor
now look for the key
HKEY_LOACAL_MECHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndex
now there find the Key Called
"Startup Delay"
Double Click On It
Now where its Base
Click Decimal
Now its Default Value Is 4800000
(75300:hexadecimal)
Change The Value To 40000
here u go u have done it
now close the Registery Editor and Restart Your Computer