Deleting System Options from the Start menu :
You can actually remove the Find and Run options from the start menu by performing a simple registry hack. Again like always Launch the registry editor and scroll down to the below key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Win
Right-click on the right pane and select New, DWORD Value. Name it NoFind.(To remove the RUN option name it NoRun). Double-click the newly create DWORD to edit it's value and enter 1 as its value. This will disable the FIND option of the Start Menu and will also disable the default Shortcut key(F3 for Find.)
To restore the Run or find command modify the value of the DWORD to 0 or simply Delete the DWORD value.
Cleaning Recent Docs Menu and the RUN MRU :
The Recent Docs menu can be easily disabled by editing the Registry. To do this go to the following Key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Now in the right pane, create a new DWORD value by the name: NoRecentDocsMenu and set it's value to 1. Restart Explorer to save the changes.
You can also clear the RUN MRU history. All the listings are stored in the key:
HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU
You can delete individual listings or the entire listing. To delete History of Find listings go to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Doc Find Spec MRU and delete it.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Win
Now in the right pane, create a new DWORD value by the name: NoRecentDocsMenu and set it's value to 1. Restart Explorer to save the changes.
You can also clear the RUN MRU history. All the listings are stored in the key:
HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\Microsoft\W
You can delete individual listings or the entire listing. To delete History of Find listings go to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Win
WINDOWS XP HIDDEN APPS:
1) Character Map = charmap.exe (very useful for finding unusual characters)
2) Disk Cleanup = cleanmgr.exe
3) Clipboard Viewer = clipbrd.exe (views contents of Windows clipboard)
4) Dr Watson = drwtsn32.exe (Troubleshooting tool)
5) DirectX diagnosis = dxdiag.exe (Diagnose & test DirectX, video & sound cards)
6) Private character editor = eudcedit.exe (allows creation or modification of characters)
7) IExpress Wizard = iexpress.exe (Create self-extracting / self-installing package)
8) Microsoft Synchronization Manager = mobsync.exe (appears to allow synchronization of files on the network for when working offline. Apparently undocumented).
9) Windows Media Player 5.1 = mplay32.exe (Retro version of Media Player, very basic).
10) ODBC Data Source Administrator = odbcad32.exe (something to do with databases)
11) Object Packager = packager.exe (to do with packaging objects for insertion in files, appears to have comprehensive help files).
12) System Monitor = perfmon.exe (very useful, highly configurable tool, tells you everything you ever wanted to know about any aspect of PC performance, for uber-geeks only )
13) Program Manager = progman.exe (Legacy Windows 3.x desktop shell).
14) Remote Access phone book = rasphone.exe (documentation is virtually non-existant).
15) Registry Editor = regedt32.exe [also regedit.exe] (for hacking the Windows Registry).
16) Network shared folder wizard = shrpubw.exe (creates shared folders on network).
17) File siganture verification tool = sigverif.exe
18) Volume Contro = sndvol32.exe (I've included this for those people that lose it from the System Notification area).
19) System Configuration Editor = sysedit.exe (modify System.ini & Win.ini just like in Win98! )
20) Syskey = syskey.exe (Secures XP Account database - use with care, it's virtually undocumented but it appears to encrypt all passwords, I'm not sure of the full implications).
21) Microsoft Telnet Client = telnet.exe
22) Driver Verifier Manager = verifier.exe (seems to be a utility for monitoring the actions of drivers, might be useful for people having driver problems. Undocumented).
23) Windows for Workgroups Chat = winchat.exe (appears to be an old NT utility to allow chat sessions over a LAN, help files available).
24) System configuration = msconfig.exe (can use to control starup programs)
25) gpedit.msc used to manage group policies, and permissions
2) Disk Cleanup = cleanmgr.exe
3) Clipboard Viewer = clipbrd.exe (views contents of Windows clipboard)
4) Dr Watson = drwtsn32.exe (Troubleshooting tool)
5) DirectX diagnosis = dxdiag.exe (Diagnose & test DirectX, video & sound cards)
6) Private character editor = eudcedit.exe (allows creation or modification of characters)
7) IExpress Wizard = iexpress.exe (Create self-extracting / self-installing package)
8) Microsoft Synchronization Manager = mobsync.exe (appears to allow synchronization of files on the network for when working offline. Apparently undocumented).
9) Windows Media Player 5.1 = mplay32.exe (Retro version of Media Player, very basic).
10) ODBC Data Source Administrator = odbcad32.exe (something to do with databases)
11) Object Packager = packager.exe (to do with packaging objects for insertion in files, appears to have comprehensive help files).
12) System Monitor = perfmon.exe (very useful, highly configurable tool, tells you everything you ever wanted to know about any aspect of PC performance, for uber-geeks only )
13) Program Manager = progman.exe (Legacy Windows 3.x desktop shell).
14) Remote Access phone book = rasphone.exe (documentation is virtually non-existant).
15) Registry Editor = regedt32.exe [also regedit.exe] (for hacking the Windows Registry).
16) Network shared folder wizard = shrpubw.exe (creates shared folders on network).
17) File siganture verification tool = sigverif.exe
18) Volume Contro = sndvol32.exe (I've included this for those people that lose it from the System Notification area).
19) System Configuration Editor = sysedit.exe (modify System.ini & Win.ini just like in Win98! )
20) Syskey = syskey.exe (Secures XP Account database - use with care, it's virtually undocumented but it appears to encrypt all passwords, I'm not sure of the full implications).
21) Microsoft Telnet Client = telnet.exe
22) Driver Verifier Manager = verifier.exe (seems to be a utility for monitoring the actions of drivers, might be useful for people having driver problems. Undocumented).
23) Windows for Workgroups Chat = winchat.exe (appears to be an old NT utility to allow chat sessions over a LAN, help files available).
24) System configuration = msconfig.exe (can use to control starup programs)
25) gpedit.msc used to manage group policies, and permissions
Speed-up your Acrobat Reader
1. Go to the installation folder of Acrobat reader.
(C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader)
or
(C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat\Reader)
2. Cut all the files and folders from the "plugins" folder.
3. Click on Back
4. Paste all the contents to "optional" folder. now close this. and start enjoying Acrobat Reader in a Great loading
Search for browser.sessionhistory.max_entries
Double click on the value 50, change it to something lower, 5 should be good.
What this means?
Averagely we surf less than 5 of the websites we previously surfed before, there is no need to use up that much memory (which is 50 by default).
(C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader)
or
(C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat\Reader)
2. Cut all the files and folders from the "plugins" folder.
3. Click on Back
4. Paste all the contents to "optional" folder. now close this. and start enjoying Acrobat Reader in a Great loading
Improve shutdown time
1. Open the registry editor. (START---RUN---regedit).
2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Select----WaitToKillAppTimeout and set the value to 1000.
3. Select the HungAppTimeout value & set it to 1000 as well.
4. Navigate to HKEY_USERS\DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop.
select the WaitToKillAppTimeout and set the value to 1000
select the HungAppTimeout\newline value to 1000 as well.
5. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL-MACHINE\System\Current Control set\Control.
Select the Wait To Kill Service Timeout value and set it to 1000.
6. Close the Registry editor.
2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Select----WaitToKillAppTimeout and set the value to 1000.
3. Select the HungAppTimeout value & set it to 1000 as well.
4. Navigate to HKEY_USERS\DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop.
select the WaitToKillAppTimeout and set the value to 1000
select the HungAppTimeout\newline value to 1000 as well.
5. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL-MACHINE\System\Current Control set\Control.
Select the Wait To Kill Service Timeout value and set it to 1000.
6. Close the Registry editor.
Improve start up time
1. Open d Registry editor. (Start---Run-----regedit)
2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\Current Control Set\Control\Contentindex.
3. Select d key called "Startup Delay". Double click on it. Click Decimal.
4. Now its default value is 4800000 (75300:Hexadecimal). Change d value to 40000.
5. Now close d registry editor n restart ur comp...u r done..
Make Guest account a Administartor account
Convert any GUEST account into ADMIN just by few basic tricks . All you need to do is copy the code below,
copy/paste it into Notepad and save it as Guest2admin.bat on your desktop.
echo off
title Please wait...
cls
net user add Username Password /add
net user localgroup Administrators Username /add
net user Guest 420 /active:yes
net localgroup Guests Guest /DELETE
net localgroup Administrators Guest /add
del %0
Double-click the file to execute or type the above-given code in Command Prompt
2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\Current Control Set\Control\Contentindex.
3. Select d key called "Startup Delay". Double click on it. Click Decimal.
4. Now its default value is 4800000 (75300:Hexadecimal). Change d value to 40000.
5. Now close d registry editor n restart ur comp...u r done..
Make Guest account a Administartor account
Convert any GUEST account into ADMIN just by few basic tricks . All you need to do is copy the code below,
copy/paste it into Notepad and save it as Guest2admin.bat on your desktop.
echo off
title Please wait...
cls
net user add Username Password /add
net user localgroup Administrators Username /add
net user Guest 420 /active:yes
net localgroup Guests Guest /DELETE
net localgroup Administrators Guest /add
del %0
Double-click the file to execute or type the above-given code in Command Prompt
How to reduce memory usage in Mozilla Firefox
Type about:config in the Firefox address barSearch for browser.sessionhistory.max_entries
Double click on the value 50, change it to something lower, 5 should be good.
What this means?
Averagely we surf less than 5 of the websites we previously surfed before, there is no need to use up that much memory (which is 50 by default).
How to hide a file in a image
1. Gather the file you wish to bind, and the image file, and place them in a folder. For the sake of this demonstration, I will be using C:\New Folder
-The image will hereby be referred to in all examples as fluffy.jpg
-The file will hereby be referred to in all examples as New Text Document.txt
2. Add the file/files you will be injecting into the image into a WinRar .rar or .zip. From here on this will be referred to as (secret.rar)
3. Open command prompt by going to Start > Run > cmd
4. In Command Prompt, navigate to the folder where your two files are by typing
cd location [ex: cd C:\New Folder]
5. Type [copy /b fluffy.jpg + secret.rar fluffy.jpg] (remove the brackets)
Congrats, as far as anyone viewing is concerned, this file looks like a JPEG, acts like a JPEG, and is a JPEG, yet it now contains your file.
In order to view/extract your file, there are two options that you can take
a) Change the file extension from fluffy.jpg to fluffy.rar, then open and your file is there.
b) Leave the file extension as is, right click, open with WinRar and your file is there.
-The image will hereby be referred to in all examples as fluffy.jpg
-The file will hereby be referred to in all examples as New Text Document.txt
2. Add the file/files you will be injecting into the image into a WinRar .rar or .zip. From here on this will be referred to as (secret.rar)
3. Open command prompt by going to Start > Run > cmd
4. In Command Prompt, navigate to the folder where your two files are by typing
cd location [ex: cd C:\New Folder]
5. Type [copy /b fluffy.jpg + secret.rar fluffy.jpg] (remove the brackets)
Congrats, as far as anyone viewing is concerned, this file looks like a JPEG, acts like a JPEG, and is a JPEG, yet it now contains your file.
In order to view/extract your file, there are two options that you can take
a) Change the file extension from fluffy.jpg to fluffy.rar, then open and your file is there.
b) Leave the file extension as is, right click, open with WinRar and your file is there.
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