Modify Internet Explorer

Ever felt that the colour present on the toolbars of IE or even the Windows Explorer (colour I don't even remember) is too simple and boring, then go ahead and Change it!

Run "Regedit" and go to the entry HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar

Here, right-click and create a new string value with name as "BackBitmap". Again right-click on this entry and select "Modify". In its value type in the file path of the Bitmap image you want to set in the background of the toolbars.

You can even change the caption, Windows Internet Explorer that comes on the Title bar of the Internet explorer. For this, reach

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main

Create new string value named: Window Title set its value to the desired caption. Viola!

A little of tweaking with your computer does not cause any trouble. Your computer is made to follow you so make it do so instead of accepting the things it presents just like that!

Banning Shut down

pTo stop any PC from shutting down, go to the key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

In the right hand side pane find a value named "NoClose". If it is not there, make a new string value by the name "NoCloseKey" and assign it the value 1.

This is a simple hack to do on someone else's copmputer and give him/her a shock. They would be running for computer mechanics immediately!

"Tip of the Day"

Today's Tip of the Day is that if you are so annoyed with those "Tip of the Day" that you don't want them to even haunt your computer (or maybe just play around with them - adding your own tips, modifying existing ones). just do it!

For this simple task just go to this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Tips

and add new string values with any name and value as the desired tip (/edit the desired ones).

The tip you just wrote would now appear randomly in the Tip of the Day of Microsoft office.

Cracking Windows logon password

If you want to get through the user passwords in Windows 98, get ready to go ahead.

For this you will have to restart your computer (in case it is already ON). Reach the startup screen and as soon as "Starting Windows..." appears on screen, press F8 on your keyboard (without any delay) and select option no.7 from the list that appears i.e. Start your computer in DOS mode

When in the DOS mode type out the following:

(the text before > appears itself, so you don't have to type it)

c:\......\>cd\

c:\>cd windows

c:\windows\>ren *.pwl *.xyz

-or-

c:\windows\>del *.pwl

 

Here, the 1st option (ren...) renames all the password files in the folder with a different file extension (as a result you can even restore the passwords after your hack is complete .

The 2nd option simple deletes all the password files present in the Windows folder and cannot be recovered back.

Using any one of these two options won't make any difference to your hack.

After this, at the login screen type any password for fun and it will assume it is the correct password and you are done!