How to Change the Logon Screen in Windows 7

  1. Go to registry editor by typing 'regedit' on start menu.
  2. In the Registry Editor goto Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background
  3. Change the value of DWORD OEMBackground from 0 to 1
  4. Now goto to the folder %windir%\System32\oobe
  5. Make a folder info
  6. Inside info make another folder backgrounds.
  7. Change the name of your picture as backgroundDefault.jpg and place it in backgrounds folder (image size < 245KB).
  8. Restart

Deleting a Windows Service

Unused Windows Services Can be Deleted in Following steps:
  1. Start>Run>regedit

  2. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services

  3. Remove the folder with the service name you want to remove
  4. Restart!

How to Hide Drives in Windows 7

  • Open Registry Editor (regedit in run)
  • Go To: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies
  • Create Key: Explorer
  • Inside Explorer Create 32-bit DWORD:  NoDrives
  • Open  NoDrives and put one of the followng value corresponding to the drive letter you have to hide:
Drive Decimal
C 4
D 8
E 16
F 32
G 64
H 128
I 256
J 512
  • Restart

Linux Create A Bootable USB Pen

You need to format your USB pen device as Win FAT32. Once formatted type the following commands to make it bootable.


USB Pen Device Name : /dev/sdb1
DVD Mount : /media/cdrom0
USB Mount Point : /media/usb
USB File System : Win FAT32
ISO or DVD Image : Fedora / CentOS / RHEL


WARNING: These examples may crash your computer or result in data loss if not executed properly. You must understand device names, file systems and required to use fdisk partition table manipulator for Linux. This howto intended to simplify first-time installation of Linux, and for creation of rescue and other special-purpose boot disks.


Mount CD/DVD ISO or DVD ITSELF




Type the following command to mount Fedora 12 iso image:
# mount Fedora-12-x86_64-netinst.iso -o loop /media/cdrom0/
# DVD=/media/cdrom0
# ls -l $DVD

Install XP from USB - reboot.pro

***** USB_MultiBoot.cmd - Install XP from USB *****
1. Introduction
The Batch Program USB_MultiBoot.cmd can prepare a Bootable USB-Stick,
which can be used to Install XP from USB.
Install from USB-Drive is of general use, it's convenient and faster than installing from CD or DVD,
but is limited to computers that are able to boot from USB, as determined by BIOS and Motherboard.
Updating and Changing an USB-stick is also easier than preparing a new Bootable CD or DVD.
Install XP from USB is very useful when the computer does not have a optical drive,
like e.g. ASUS Eee subnotebook.
Preparing a Bootable USB-Drive with USB_MultiBoot.cmd Involves:

  • Format USB-stick like a Bootable Harddisk Drive with NTLDR BootSector
    using PeToUSB or HP USB Format Tool
  • Select from the Main Menu of USB_MultiBoot.cmd
    1 - Give XP Setup Source Folder and give UserData for XP Setup
    2 - Give USB-Drive Target
    3 - Make Bootable USB-Drive with XP Setup Folders
Installing XP from USB requires a Reboot from USB-Drive
and Select from Boot Menu: 1. Begin TXT Mode Setup Windows XP

- Download Direct from CD Forum:
USB_MultiBoot_10.zip

Or from BootLand Forum:
USB_MultiBoot_10.zip

Or from Mirror (Thanks to Siginet) -
USB_MultiBoot_10.zip

- Unpack USB_MultiBoot.zip to your Harddisk in a simple Path without SPACES.

USB_MultiBoot.cmd is Vista Compatible, but requires User Account Control OFF.
In this case a BOOTMGR type BootSector is made when Formatting the USB-Drive.
Such Bootsector is Detected and Auto Converted by BootSect.exe to
NTLDR type Bootsector required for booting with boot.ini Menu
XP as OS is Preferred for Speed of FileCopy to USB ( 10 min instead of 30 minutes for Vista OS )

The procedure for installing Windows XP from a bootable USB-stick was developed by
ilko_t , jaclaz , cdob, porear and wimb at MSFN Forum

- Install XP from USB at MSFN Forum
http://www.msfn.org/...m-USB-f157.html

- List of FAQs
http://www.msfn.org/...Qs-t116766.html

- More Info See
Guide with ScreenShots

- More Help with Bookmarks is available in the Help_Info Folder in USB_MultiBoot.zip

- Use of MultiBoot.cmd and everything in this Guide is COMPLETELY
use at your own risk.

How To Change Your Ip In Less Then 1 Minute

"This article will help you to change your IP address within a minute. Just follow the following step and you will be thru."
1. Click on "Start" in the bottom left hand corner of screen
2. Click on "Run"
3. Type in "command" and hit ok

You should now be at an MSDOS prompt screen.

4. Type "ipconfig /release" just like that, and hit "enter"
5. Type "exit" and leave the prompt
6. Right-click on "Network Places" or "My Network Places" on your desktop.
7. Click on "properties"

You should now be on a screen with something titled "Local Area Connection", or something close to that, and, if you have a network hooked up, all of your other networks.

8. Right click on "Local Area Connection" and click "properties"
9. Double-click on the "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" from the list under the "General" tab
10. Click on "Use the following IP address" under the "General" tab
11. Create an IP address (It doesn't matter what it is. I just type 1 and 2 until i fill the area up).
12. Press "Tab" and it should automatically fill in the "Subnet Mask" section with default numbers.
13. Hit the "Ok" button here
14. Hit the "Ok" button again

You should now be back to the "Local Area Connection" screen.

15. Right-click back on "Local Area Connection" and go to properties again.
16. Go back to the "TCP/IP" settings
17. This time, select "Obtain an IP address automatically"
tongue.gif 18. Hit "Ok"
19. Hit "Ok" again
20. You now have a new IP address

With a little practice, you can easily get this process down to 15 seconds.

P.S:
This only changes your dynamic IP address, not your ISP/IP address. If you plan on hacking a website with this trick be extremely careful, because if they try a little, they can trace it back

How To Hack Folder Lock Password

Folder Lock is one of another folder protection or file encrypting software which helps you to hide confidential or non confidential data’s safely without any unauthorised access But today I’m going to teach you to hack folder lock STEP 1 First open REGEDIT using RUN command, and go to the following path [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\QualityControl] “_pack”=”this is [...]

Copy folders without file contents

If you have a folder full of sub-folders that contain some files and you want to create a new folder with the same sub-folder names, but without the files that are contained in the 2008 folders You should open command prompt and use the command xcopy with /t switch to copy the directory structure only without data.

Note: \t switch does not include empty directories. For empty directories you should add another switch \e with \t to xcopy command.

Create A XP Boot Disk from System Files

As a hedge against being unable to start XP, you can create a boot disk specifically for Windows XP that may allow you to boot the operating system. This can occur when the active partition boot record or other required files become corrupted.
Using Windows XP, place a blank floppy in drive A and format the disk. Navigate to the root folder of the system (in most cases this will be C:\) and copy the following files to the floppy disk.
Boot.ini
NTLDR
Ntdetect.com

If you can't see the files, click [Tools] and [Folder Options...] in the Menu Bar of Windows Explorer. Click the [View] tab and click the radio button next to [Show Hidden Files and Folders]. Remove the check mark next to [Hide Protected Operating System Files (Recommended)] then click [Apply] and [OK]. The files should now be visible in Windows Explorer. If the files still cannot be copied, right click each file, click [Properties] and remove the checkmark from the Read-Only attributes. Reset whatever attributes were unchecked after the copy procedure is completed.

In addition to the files listed above, check the same directory for bootsect.dos and ntbootdd.sys files. If they are present on your system, copy them to the same floppy diskette.

The disk is used as any other boot disk, inserting it into the floppy drive (A:\) and initiating a cold boot. Make sure the BIOS is set so that the A:\ drive is first in the boot sequence.

Quickly Remove Hyperlinks from a Word Document

From time-to-time you may wish to remove the hyperlinks from your Word documents. Those blue underlines are helpful on your computer, but you may not want them showing up on your printouts. Here is a method for removing all hyperlinks from a Word document in no time flat:
  1. Select the entire document by holding CTRL and pressing A.
  2. While holding down CTRL and Shift, press F9.
Your document is now hyperlink-free. More speedy key combos can be learned from.

Now sometimes removing Hyperlinks doesn't Remove the Hyperlink Format i.e. Green Underlined Text. To Remove this select the text near the hyperlinked text and press Ctrl+Shift+C and then select the hyperlinked text (In Word 2007 or > On the
Home tab, in the Editing group, click Select, and then click Select Text With Similar Formatting) and press Ctrl+Shift+V to paste the formatting of the nearby text.