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Untold Windows Secrets
Welcome to Hacking World Manual. I have a collection of Tips and Tricks which no
body normally knows, the secrets which Microsoft is afraid to tell the people,
the information which you will seldom find all gathered up and arranged in a
single file. To fully reap this Manual you need to have a basic understanding of
the Windows Registry, as almost all the Tricks and Tips involve this file.
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Important Note: Before you read on, you need to keep one thing in mind. Whenever
you make changes to the Windows Registry you need to Refresh it before the
changes take place. Simply press F5 to refresh the registry and enable the
changes. If this does not work Restart your system
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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.exe user.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.exe user.exe,exitwindows'
This Shortcut on clicking will shut down Windows immediately without any
Warning.
Ban Shutdowns : A trick to Play on Lamers
This is a neat trick you can play on that lamer that has a huge ego, in this
section I teach you, how to disable the Shut Down option in the Shut Down Dialog
Box. This trick involves editing the registry, so please make backups. Launch
regedit.exe and go to :
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
In the right pane look for the NoClose Key. If it is not already there then
create it by right clicking in the right pane and selecting New > String
Value.(Name it NoCloseKey ) Now once you see the NoCloseKey in the right pane,
right click on it and select Modify. Then Type 1 in the Value Data Box.
Doing the above on a Win98 system disables the Shut Down option in the Shut Down
Dialog Box. But on a Win95 machine if the value of NoCloseKey is set to 1 then
click on the Start > Shut Down button displays the following error message:
This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this
computer. Please contact your system administrator.
You can enable the shut down option by changing the value of NoCloseKey to 0 or
simply deleting the particular entry i.e. deleting NoCloseKey.
Instead of performing the above difficult to remember process, simply save the
following with an extension of .reg and add it's contents to the registry by
double clicking on it.
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoClose"="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\Explorer]
"NoDrives"=dword:03ffffff
Take Over the Screen Saver
To activate and deactivate the screen saver whenever you want, goto the
following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ScreenSavers
Now add a new string value and name it Mouse Corners. Edit this new value to
-Y-N. Press F5 to refresh the registry. Voila! Now you can activate your
screensaver by simply placing the mouse cursor at the top right corner of the
screen and if you take the mouse to the bottom left corner of the screen, the
screensaver will deactivate.
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."
Delete the Tips of the Day to save 5KB
Windows 95 had these tips of the day which appeared on a system running a newly
installed Windows OS. These tips of the day are stored in the Windows Registry
and consume 5K of space. For those of you who are really concerned about how
much free space your hard disk has, I have the perfect trick.
To save 5K go to the following key in Regedit:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Tips
Now simply delete these tricks by selecting and pressing the DEL key.
Change the Default Locations
To change the default drive or path where Windows will look for it's
installation files, go to the key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\SourcePath
Now you can edit as you wish.
Secure your Desktop Icons and Settings
You can save your desktop settings and secure it from your nerdy friend by
playing with the registry. Simply launch the Registry Editor go to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
In the right pane create a new DWORD Value named NoSaveSettings and modify it's
value to 1. Refresh and restart for the settings to get saved.
CLSID Folders Explained
Don't you just hate those stubborn stupid icons that refuse to leave the
desktop, like the Network Neighborhood icon. I am sure you want to know how you
can delete them. You may say, that is really simple, simply right click on the
concerned icon and select Delete. Well not exactly, you see when you right click
on these special folders( see entire list below)neither the rename nor the
delete option does not appear. To delete these folders, there are two methods,
the first one is using the System Policy Editor(Poledit in the Windows
installation CD)and the second is using the Registry.
Before we go on, you need to understand what CLSID values are. These folders,
like the Control Panel, Inbox, The Microsoft Network, Dial Up Networking etc are
system folders. Each system folder has a unique CLSID key or the Class ID which
is a 16-byte value which identifies an individual object that points to a
corresponding key in the registry.
To delete these system Folders from the desktop simply go to the following
registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\Namespace{xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}
To delete an icon simply delete the 16 byte CLSID value within "NameSpace". The
following are the CLSID values of the most commonly used icons:
My Briefcase:{85BBD920-42AO-1069-A2E4-08002B30309D}
Desktop: {00021400-0000-0000-C000-0000000000046}
Control Panel:{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
Dial-Up-Networking:{992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD01CCC48}
Fonts: {BD84B380-8CA2-1069-AB1D-08000948534}
Inbox :{00020D76-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
My Computer :{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
Network Neighborhood:{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-O8002B30309D}
Printers :{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-O8002B30309D}
Recycle Bin :{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
The Microsoft Network:{00028B00-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
History: {FF393560-C2A7-11CF-BFF4-444553540000}