Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Registry Hacks |
If applications are not responding during the Windows shut down process, it will prompt you to “End Task” instead of completing the shut down process.
You will need to play with the AutoEndTasks value in the registry.
1. Click START–>RUN and type REGEDIT. Click OK.
2. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER
then Control Panel
then Desktop
3. Double-Click the AutoEndTasks value.
4. Set it to 1 to automatically end tasks at shut down or restart.
Set it to 0 to disable automatically ending tasks at shut down or restart.
Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Registry Hacks |
This registry hack forces the use of the classic windows start menu and disables the Windows XP style menu. Good hack for admins.
1. Click START–>RUN and type REGEDIT. Click OK.
2. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER
then SOFTWARE
then Microsoft
then Windows
then CurrentVersion
then Policies
then Explorer
3. Double-click on NoSimpleStartMenu if it exists.
If it doesn’t, right-click on ADVANCED and Select NEW–>DWORD VALUE and name it NoSimpleStartMenu
4. Set this value to 1 to disable the XP menu.
This setting will permanently disable the Windows XP style Start Menu unles the policy or registry is changed.
Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Windows XP Tips |
Disable the annoying Search Assistant in Windows XP.
1. Click START–>RUN.
2. type regsvr32 /u “%Systemroot%\System32\omniband.dll”
Now the Search assistant should be disabled, and the classic search should be enabled.
Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Registry Hacks, Windows Vista Tips |
Disable the annoying balloon tips messages that appear in Windows Vista.
1. Click START and in the Start Search and type REGEDIT
2. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER
then SOFTWARE
then Microsoft
then Windows
then CurrentVersion
then Explorer
Right-click on ADVANCED and Select NEW–>DWORD VALUE
Name it EnableBalloonTips
Double-click EnableBalloonTips, and then give it a value of 0
This setting should disable the balloon tips messages from appearing in the future.
Prevent IE from opening PDF files within an IE window. Enable it to propt you to save or open the file seperately instead.
1. Click START–>RUN and type REGEDIT
2. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
then AcroPDF.PDF.1
3. On the right side, double-click the EditFlags value.
4. Set it to 00 00 00 00
5. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
then AcroExch.Document.7
6. On the right side, double-click the EditFlags value.
7. Set it to 00 00 00 00
Now when you click on a PDF file within Internet Explorer, you will be promted to save the file instead of IE opening it.
Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Registry Hacks |
hange the product key on your Windows XP computer.
The following steps are only valid on Windows XP SP1 and above.
1. Click Start–>Run.
2. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
3. In the left pane, locate and then click the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNTCurrent \VersionWPAEvents
4. In the right pane, right-click OOBETimer, and then click Modify.
5. Change at least one digit of this value to deactivate Windows.
6. Click Start–>Run.
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Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Registry Hacks |
Disable the Thumbs.db file from getting created every time you view a folder using the Thumbnails view.
1. Click START–>RUN and type REGEDIT
2. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER
then Software
then Microsoft
then Windows NT
then CurrentVersion
then Program Manager
then Restrictions
Create or edit the DWORD value NoSaveSettings. Give it a value of 0.
Now you should never see a Thumbs.db file appear again.
Change what the Internet Explorer title bar says with this registry hack.
1. Click START–>RUN and type REGEDIT
2. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER
then SOFTWARE
then Microsoft
then Internet Explorer
then Main
3. Change or create the value of the string Window Title to whatever you desire.
Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Registry Hacks |
There is a registry key that controls whether the username is saved at startup on the login screen.
1. Click START–>RUN and type REGEDIT
2. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER
then SOFTWARE
then Microsoft
then Windows
then Current Version
then Policies
then System
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This registry hack will allow you to enable or disable third party Extensions and Add-ons for Internet Explorer.
1. Click START–>RUN and type REGEDIT
2. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER
then SOFTWARE
then Microsoft
then Internet Explorer
then Main
Set the value for Enable Browser Extensions
If the value doesn’t exist, you can create it by right-clicking Main and clicking New–>String Value
Set it to no if you wish for extensions to be disabled.
Set it to yes if you wish for extensions to be enabled.
This setting controls third party plug-ins for Internet Explorer including toolbars.
Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Firefox Tips |
It’s kind of sad that Firefox is so much more secure than Internet Explorer in so many ways, but the feature that saves passwords leaves access to your data wide open.
If you are an administrator or you have direct access to a Firefox users’ PC, you can grab their passwords and transfer them over to your computer very easily. The file holding all the data is the SIGNONS.TXT file. This holds all saved usernames and passwords for each firefox profile. You can find the file at:
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\Profile Folder
The file is encrypted, but if you also take the KEY3.DB file from the same directory and put it on your computer you can use the Firefox browser on your computer to access all of the sites of the hacked user. Just place the files in the same location (be sure to backup your copies first).
You can also view the passwords in Firefox at:
TOOLS–>OPTIONS–>PRIVACY and click on the VIEW SAVED PASSWORS button. Then choose SHOW PASSWORDS.
Protect yourself from this vulnerability:
Set a master password on Firefox.
Always lock your screen.
Disable the Saved Passwords feature in Firefox
This article applies to Mozilla Firefox 1.5x
Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Windows XP Tips |
Enable the features found in Windows XP Professional on your Windows XP Home Edition installation with this hack. It will allow you to turn your Windows XP Home CD into a Windows XP Professional CD.
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Posted on Nov 18, 2007 under Registry Hacks |
This registry hack controls whether the Numlock option is enabled or disabled when you first login to Windows.
Go to START–>RUN and type REGEDIT. This will open the registry editor.
Find the following registry key:
HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Keyboard
Change the value of InitialKeyboardIndicators
Set it to 0 to set NumLock OFF
Set it to 2 to set NumLock ON
Sources for this article are below:
- InitialKeyboardIndicators
- NumLock Key State Not Saved When Logging Off
Posted on Nov 18, 2007 under Internet Tips |
A quick and easy way to find MP3’s (or any other type of file on the interweb)
intitle:index.of “mp3″ +”songname” -htm -html -php -asp “last modified”
replace the songname with the name of the artist/song you are looking for.
To search for other file types, change the mp3 to xls, or doc, or mdb or whatever.
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