Move your wallpaper from its original position

This will move the starting position of your wallpaper horizontally and vertically.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

Tweak: In the right pane, create 2 String values WallpaperOriginX & WallpaperOriginY

- Set the values of those string values according to your screen resolution

e.g.: If screen resolution is 1024 x 768, so value for WallpaperOriginX is any value between 0-1024 and value for WallpaperOriginY is any value between 0-768

For this tweak to take effect you may need to Logoff or Restart windows.

Remove startup items from the registry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Tweak: In the right pane, Delete the values that u don't want on start-up

For this tweak to take effect you may need to Logoff or Restart windows.

Lock the Taskbar

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

Tweak: Create a new DWORD value “LockTaskbar “ and set it to 1

Remove Run from the Start Menu

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

Tweak: Create a new DWORD value “NoRun” and set it to 1

Lock all Folder

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

Tweak: Open your registry and find the key [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell] then rename it from 'shell' to 'shell.old'.

Do the same with the key [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell] and rename it to [...\shell.old].

Once complete the two original keys should now be called [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell.old] and [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell.old] respectively.

How To Remove and Add Right-Click Menu Items from Files and Folders

Removing Items

A lot of programs you install will add themselves to the right-click menu of your files and/or folders. And most times, you have no choice in the matter and, as a result, your right-click menu can get very long with added items you don't even use. The last person I was helping with this had a right context menu so long that the Rename option was no longer visible!

Fortunately, you can easily remove those unwanted menu items, if you know the registry values to edit. And it's not at all difficult once you know the keys responsible for the additions.

For Files, the secret lies in the "context menu handlers" under the shellex subkey for "All Files" which, in the registry, is nothing but an asterisk - like a dos wildcard, which means the values entered apply to all files. It is at the very top of the Root key, right here:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers

Click the the + sign next to the ContextMenuHandlers key, to expand it.

Now you will see some of the programs that have added items to your right-click menu. Simply delete the program keys you don't want.

Yup! It's that simple. If deleting makes you uneasy, just export the key before deleting it. Or, instead of deleting the values, disable them. Simply double click the default value for the program on the right hand pane and rename the clsid value by placing a period or dash in front of it.

ie; - {b5eedee0-c06e-11cf-8c56-444553540000}

Then exit the registry, refresh, and right click a file to see if the item was removed from the menu.

Some programs - like WinZip or WinRar - will add several items to your right click menu but all of them will be removed by deleting or disabling their one context menu handler.

Note that the above key only applies to the right click menu of files.

To remove entries from the right click context menu of folders, you need to navigate to the Folder and Drive keys:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers

All you have to do is follow the same procedure as for Files - either disable or delete items you wish to remove.

Adding Items

Adding Items to the right click menu of Files and Folders is also fairly simple using the Registry. It just involves the creation of a few new keys for each item you wish to add. You edit the same keys used for removing items. Let's use Notepad as an example of an item you'd like to add to the right click menu of all your files or folders.

For folders, go to this key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder

Click the + sign next to Folder and expand it so that the Shell key is visible. Right click the Shell key and choose New>Key and name the key Notepad or whatever else you'd prefer (whatever the key is named is what will appear in the right-click menu). Now right click the new key you made and create another key named Command. Then, in the right hand pane, double click "Default" and enter Notepad.exe as the value.

Exit the registry, refresh, and right click any folder. Notepad should now be on the context menu.

For files, go here again:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*

Expand the * key and see if a Shell key exists. If it does exist, follow the same procedure as for folders. If it does not exist, you'll have to create a new Shell first. Just right click the * key and choose New>Key and name it Shell. Then right click the Shell key and continue on the same way you did for adding items to the right click menu of folders.

Once done, Notepad should appear as an option in the right click menu of all your files.

Change Start Button Text

Step 1 - Modify Explorer.exe File

In order to make the changes, the file explorer.exe located at C:\Windows needs to be edited. Since explorer.exe is a binary file it requires a special editor. For purposes of this article I have used Resource Hacker. Resource HackerTM is a freeware utility to view, modify, rename, add, delete and extract resources in 32bit Windows executables and resource files (*.res). It incorporates an internal resource script compiler and decompiler and works on Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP operating systems.

get this from h**p://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/tools/ResHack.zip

The first step is to make a backup copy of the file explorer.exe located at C:\Windows\explorer. Place it in a folder somewhere on your hard drive where it will be safe. Start Resource Hacker and open explorer.exe located at C:\Windows\explorer.exe.

The category we are going to be using is "String Table". Expand it by clicking the plus sign then navigate down to and expand string 37 followed by highlighting 1033. If you are using the Classic Layout rather than the XP Layout, use number 38. The right hand pane will display the stringtable. We’re going to modify item 578, currently showing the word “start” just as it displays on the current Start button.

There is no magic here. Just double click on the word “start” so that it’s highlighted, making sure the quotation marks are not part of the highlight. They need to remain in place, surrounding the new text that you’ll type. Go ahead and type your new entry. In my case I used Click Me!

You’ll notice that after the new text string has been entered the Compile Script button that was grayed out is now active. I won’t get into what’s involved in compiling a script, but suffice it to say it’s going to make this exercise worthwhile. Click Compile Script and then save the altered file using the Save As command on the File Menu. Do not use the Save command – Make sure to use the Save As command and choose a name for the file. Save the newly named file to C:\Windows.

Step 2 – Modify the Registry

!!!make a backup of your registry before making changes!!!

Now that the modified explorer.exe has been created it’s necessary to modify the registry so the file will be recognized when the user logs on to the system. If you don’t know how to access the registry I’m not sure this article is for you, but just in case it’s a temporary memory lapse, go to Start (soon to be something else) Run and type regedit in the Open field. Navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows NT\ CurrentVersion\ Winlogon

In the right pane, double click the "Shell" entry to open the Edit String dialog box. In Value data: line, enter the name that was used to save the modified explorer.exe file. Click OK.

Close Registry Editor and either log off the system and log back in, or reboot the entire system if that’s your preference. If all went as planned you should see your new Start button with the revised text.

Free Access To Websites Without Registering

Go to

-http://bugmenot.com/

and type the URL of the website you want to log into.

Examples:

-http://www.nytimes.com/, -http://www.winnetmag.com/

etcetera.

Another (and better) way is changing the user agent of your browser to:

Googlebot/2.1+

-http://www.googlebot.com/bot.html

This is very easy in Mozilla's Firefox. Download and install the User Agent Switcher from

-http://www.chrispederick.com/work/firefox/useragentswitcher/

and add the Googlebot user agent.

Have fun, Dead Dreamer!

-]Edit[- Now this kicks ass, was just browsing entire forum without even needing to login to view restricted areas, and it works on other sites

And no, you cant access the hidden forums either, already tried that

How to hack/change your Windows XP Boot Screen

This is a very simple trick to do if you have done the same for the logon screen and the start button. There are 2 ways to do this trick that I know about one is doing it manually and the other is using a program called bootxp. I am going to tell you the manual way to do it, but if you want to know the other way just let me know, so I can do an update to the guide. Now once you have downloaded your ntoskrnl.exe file save it a general location so that you will have easy access to it, like my folder.

Once you have ntoskrnl.exe file in an easy access folder, restart your pc into safe mode. Once into safe mode go to the folder where your files are located. Now that you are there copy the file that you want to change your boot screen too. Once you have copied that file, hit the window key + r or type %windir%\system32 in the run command, so that folder as follows. Once there paste your new file into the folder and overwrite the existing folder.

Now that you have your new file in the folder restart your pc as you normally would and your new boot screen should appear. You can download this bootscreen here.

ALWAYS BACKUP EVERYTHING YOU EDIT OR DELETE. I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU MESS YOUR COMPUTER UP BY DOING THIS HACK OR ANY TYPE OF HACK. DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK. Image and ntoskrnl.exe files provided by www.themexp.org or u can go to code: http://www.overclockersclub.com/guides/hackxpbootscreen.php

Remove Tray Items from Taskbar

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

Tweak: Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called "NoTrayItemsDisplay" and set it 1

Reducing animations in Windows XP

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics

Tweak: In the right pane, find the value name(if necessary create a String value and name it) MinAnimate

- Set the value to 0

For this tweak to take effect you may need to Logoff or Restart windows.

Disable Menu Bars

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{5b4dae26-b807-11d0-9815-00c04fd91972}

Tweak: Rename the key by placing a dash “-” in front of the GUID(i.e., {-5b4dae26-b807-11d0-9815-00c04fd91972})

Restart windows to take effect

Closing applications quicker

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

Tweak: In the right pane find the value name WaitToKillAppTimeout

- Set the value to 0

For this tweak to take effect you may need to Logoff or Restart windows.

Clear all the Entries from the Run Dialog Box

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU

Tweak: Delete All entries on the Right Pane except “Default”

Disable Excecutive Paging(Recommended if RAM memory is 512 or greater)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management

DisablePagingExecutive=dword:00000000

Tweak: Change its value to 1

Clear Page File At Shutdown

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management

ClearPageFileAtShutdown=dword:00000000

Tweak: Change its value to 1

How To Block Websties Without Software

Steps:

1] Browse C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc

2] Find the file named "HOSTS"

3] Open it in notepad

4] Under "127.0.0.1 localhost" Add 127.0.0.2 www.sitenameyouwantblocked.com , and that site will no longer be accessable.

5] Done!

-So-

127.0.0.1 localhost

127.0.0.2 www.blockedsite.com

-->www.blockedsite.com is now unaccessable<--

For every site after that you want to add, just add "1" to the last number in the internal ip (127.0.0.2) and then the addy like before.

IE: 127.0.0.3 www.blablabla.com

127.0.0.4 www.blablabla.com

127.0.0.5 www.blablabla.com

etc

Great Tip For Mp3 Searching On Google

go to google copy and paste in

?intitle:index.of? mp3

and after mp3 put in an artist or album or whatever and hit enter... what you get is lists of downloadable mp3s

eg:

?intitle:index.of? mp3 santana

Another trick:

Use the following

inurl:microsoft filetype:iso

You can change the string to watever you want, ex. microsoft to adobe, iso to zip etc…

Another trick: http://www.google.com/ie?q=parent-directory+"Warez"+exe+OR+zip+OR+rar+OR+gzip+OR+tar+OR+bzip&num=100

Replace "Warez" with "Gamez" "Mp3" anything you like....

Mozilla Firefox, Speed it up!

• Type "about :config" in the adress field.
• Set the value of network.http.pipelining to "true".
• Set the value of network.http.pipelining.maxrequests to "100".
• Set the value of network.http.proxy.pipelining to "true"
• Set the value of nglayout.initialpaint.delay to "0" (not availible in newer versions)

Windows uses 20% of your bandwidth Here's how to Get it back

A nice little tweak for XP. Microsoft reserve 20% of your available bandwidth for their own purposes (suspect for updates and interrogating your machine etc..)

Here's how to get it back:

Click Start-->Run-->type "gpedit.msc" without the "

This opens the group policy editor. Then go to:

Local Computer Policy-->Computer Configuration-->Administrative Templates-->Network-->QOS Packet Scheduler-->Limit Reservable Bandwidth

Double click on Limit Reservable bandwidth. It will say it is not configured, but the truth is under the 'Explain' tab :

"By default, the Packet Scheduler limits the system to 20 percent of the bandwidth of a connection, but you can use this setting to override the default."

So the trick is to ENABLE reservable bandwidth, then set it to ZERO.

This will allow the system to reserve nothing, rather than the default 20%.

I have tested on XP Pro, and 2000 other o/s not tested.

Creating custom entry in Run Dialog

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths

Tweak: Right Click on “App Paths”. Select New-> Key. Give it the name u want, with “.exe” extension. In the Right Pane, Double Click on the “Default” entry and write the full location of the file. No Need to restart or logoff the computer.

Cant See Secure Sites

Fix the problem with seeing them secrue sites (banks or online stores) i found this very usefull to me at my work (isp backbone support lol, at the time i was regular support )

Any way... what u need to do is make a new notepad file and write in it the followng DLL's.. just copy-paste these

regsvr32 SOFTPUB.DLL

regsvr32 WINTRUST.DLL

regsvr32 INITPKI.DLL

regsvr32 dssenh.dll

regsvr32 Rsaenh.dll

regsvr32 gpkcsp.dll

regsvr32 sccbase.dll

regsvr32 slbcsp.dll

regsvr32 Cryptdlg.dll

and save it as > all file types, and make it something like securefix.bat.

then just run the file and ur problem shuld be gone.

Display a detailed information of your Windows XP version in the bottom right corner of your desktop

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

PaintDesktopVersion=dword:00000000

Tweak: This is a DWORD Value. Just double click on the entry and change 0 to 1

Make Menus Faster when u stop with mouse on them

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

MenuShowDelay=400

Tweak: Change it to anything less and watch your menus pop faster(e.g.: start menu)

Change The amount of Time after which a hung application will close itself

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

HungAppTimeout"="5000"

Tweak: Make it 0

Change The Cursor Blink Rate

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

CursorBlinkRate=530

Tweak: Change the value of CursorBlinkRate to increase or Decrease Cursor’s BlinkRate

Automatically End Tasks at Shutdown or Log Off(you will not get the “End now” Dialog)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

AutoEndTasks = 0

Tweak: change AutoEndTasks from 0 to 1

Remove the arrow (in the bottom right corner) of an shortcut icon

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\piffile

Tweak: delete the following entry:

IsShortcut =""

and

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile

Tweak: delete the following entry:

IsShortcut=""

Display your Windows XP version on your desktop

This will display the current version of your Window XP, on the right-bottom corner of your desktop.

• Open the registry editor
• Locate HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
• In the right pane find the value name PaintDesktopVersion
• Set the value to 1

For this tweak to take effect you may need to Logoff or Restart windows.

Close hung applications with less or no delay

This will close the application that is hung with lees or no delay.

• Open the registry editor
• Locate HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
• In the right pane find the value name HungAppTimeout
• Set the value to 0

For this tweak to take effect you may need to Logoff or Restart windows.

Stop moving whole window while dragging

When a window is dragged, u can see the contents inside that window(in Windows XP), u can disable this as follows:

• Open the registry editor
• Locate HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
• In the right pane find the value name DragFullWindows
• The default value for DragFullWindows is 1, set it to 1

For this tweak to take effect you may need to Logoff or Restart windows.

Increase the speed of your menus

Will decrease the delay in opening the menu, when u pause with your mouse on a menu.

• Open the registry editor
• Locate HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
• In the right pane find the value name MenuShowDelay
• The default value for MenuShowDelay is 400, set it to any value less than 400

For this tweak to take effect you may need to Logoff or Restart windows.

Open folder in command prompt option in right click

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\cmd]

@="Command Prompt"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\cmd\command]

@="cmd.exe /k \"cd %L\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd]

@="Command Prompt"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd\command]

@="cmd.exe /k \"cd %L\""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\

{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\cmd]

@="Command Prompt"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\

{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\cmd\command]

@="cmd.exe /k \"cd %L\""

Save the file as

Double click the file to import into your registry.

Notepad on right clicks

Manually: regedit and navigate to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*\Shell

add the key "notepad"

it's default value should be "Open with Notepad"

now, under "notepad", add the key "Command"

it's default value should be (with the quotes) "C:\Windows\System32\Notepad.exe" "%1"

ok, exit regedit and go right click on ANY file...

your new option: Open with Notepad

Refresh on right click

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]

"NoNetCrawling"=dword:00000000

Save the file as

Double click the file to import into your registry.

Auto End Tasks to Enable a Proper Shutdown

This reg file automatically ends tasks and timeouts that prevent programs from shutting down and clears the Paging File on Exit.

1. Copy the following (everything in the box) into notepad.

QUOTE

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]

"ClearPageFileAtShutdown"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop]

"AutoEndTasks"="1"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control]

"WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="1000"

Save the file as shutdown.reg

Double click the file to import into your registry.

Chang you’re my computer name

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}]

@="My Computer"

"LocalizedString"=hex(2):25,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,4e,00,41,00,4d,00,45,00,\

25,00,20,00,6f,00,6e,00,20,00,25,00,43,00,4f,00,4d,00,50,00,55,00,54,00,45,\

00,52,00,4e,00,41,00,4d,00,45,00,25,00,00,00

"LocalizedString"=hex(2):25,00,63,00,6f,00,6d,00,70,00,75,00,74,00,65,00,72,00,\

6e,00,61,00,6d,00,65,00,25,00,00,00

And save as mycomputer.reg

double-click the file

ok

Lock your windows key while playing games

Write following code in notepad

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout]

"Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,00,00,5b,e0,00,00,5c,e0,\

00,00,00,00

And save as lockwin.reg

double-click the file

ok

Add add remove program in context menu

Write following code in notepad

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;ADDS ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS TO MY COMPUTER CONTEXT MENU

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

\shell\Add/Remove Programs\command]

@="control appwiz.cpl"

And save as addremove.reg

double-click the file

ok