Changing Startup and Log-off screens

Startup Screen

1. Create a 320x400 bitmap in the root directory and name it LOGO.SYS
2. You can use LOGOW.SYS file in the Windows directory as a starter

Logoff Screens

1. There are many system file that constitutes Lofoff screen.
2. They are actually bitmaps 320x400 that just have a different extension
3. The hidden file in the root directory LOGO.SYS is the startup logo.
4. There are two files in the Windows directory.
5. LOGOW.SYS is the Wait while Shutting down ... screen.
6. LOGOS.SYS is the You may now shut-off or Reboot screen.
7. Make two new image files of your chice in Paint and name it as LOGOW.SYS and LOGOS.SYS and replce the actual windows file by this two.
8. But make sure they should be of the same size

How To speed up your windows

To speed up your windows or to increase RAM virtually,
Right click on My Computer
>> Properties
>> Advanced
>> Performance - Settings
>> Advanced
>> Virtual Memory - Change
Keep the initial size same as recommended and maximum size double of it then restart your system.
It will improve speed of windows and you can play some games which require higher RAM.

5 Ways to Protect Facebook Account Against Clickjacking, Hacking

Facebook teamed up with internet safety browsing company Web of Trust in early May in an effort to beef up the social networking site’s security settings and to prevent spamming and clickjacking—a malicious hacker technique that "tricks" web users to revealing sensitive information such as passwords and social security numbers whenever they "click" on a attractive and misleading link, such as "click here to win a free iPad2."

Tip : Report Fake Facebook Profile, Impostor Account

Facebook Security : Protect Profile, Account from Clickjacking, Untrusted Sites

While the social networking site will soon require users to confirm before posting comments and will mandate that users enter a special code before accessing the site from an unrecognized computer, the security modifications are still receiving harsh criticisms since the changes only "warn" users of potential threats, it doesn’t get rid of them.

While at the very least the amped security setting

Print tree root

a. Open NOTEPAD and enter {print tree root}

b. After that hit enter and type C:\windows\system

c. After that hit enter and type {print C:\windows\system\winlog

d. Hit enter and type 4*43″$@[455]3hr4~

e. Then save the file as teekids in C:\windows\system.

log trick !! make ur Notepad a diary !!

Sometimes we want to insert current data and time, whenever we open the file in the notepad. If you are a lazy person like me, who don’t like to press F5 whenever you open a notepad. Then here is a trick to avoid this. Just add a .LOG in the first line of your text file and close it.

Whenever you open the file with that text in the first line in the notepad, it will insert the current date and time at the end of the file. You can start entering your text after that.

WHY?

World trade centre trick

Did you know that the flight number of the plane that had hit WTC ...on

9/11 was Q33N ....Open your Notepad in ur computer and type the flight

number i.e Q33N... Increase the Font Size to 72, Change the Font to

Wingdings. U will be amazed by the findings.

My Top-Secret Passwords Notepad

Do you have so many passwords that you can’t actually remember all of them? Try jotting them down on th

Notepad Easter Egg - Hidden Bush Secrets!

1.) Open an empty notepad file.

2.) Type "Bush hid the facts" (without the quotes)

3.) Save it with any file name with as .TXT file.

close it & reopen it

How To Change Your Computer’s Screen Resolution

Normally, a computer’s screen resolution is at its maximum by default, but in some cases, you need to change it manually to get the most out of your computing experience. If you don’t have an exceptionally slow machine, it’s definitely worth the effort.

Here’s how to change your screen resolution:

Go to your Windows XP’s desktop and right click on an empty space. Select “Properties”.

How To Speed Up Your Windows XP

If like mine, your PC is getting slower and slower, there are a number of things you can do to speed it up. You will be surprised how much faster your computer gets after these steps, you won’t need to buy a new one. In addition to following the tips below, it’s a good idea to buy a trusted all-in-one PC optimizer. I would recommend FixCleaner, a Microsoft Certified all-in-one tool which optimizes your computer and hugely improves speed through a number of tasks, including:

• cleaning the registry
• removing errors
• deleting junk files
• downloading critical updates
• improving browser speed

Please refer to the FixCleaner website at www.fixcleaner.com to see the full list of features. By using a PC maintenance program such as FixCleaner, you can save a load of money from buying a new computer.

Here is what you can do yourself to improve your Windows XP’s performance:

Step 1 :

change ur password without knowing existing

This tweak gives a user the opportunity to use it for good or bad. It enables the user to re-password any account without having to know the existing password and also shows you every account that exists on the machine (even the ones that are hidden). This is a good tool to use if you forgot a password to say your administrator account and you needed to be logged into the admin account for any reason.

To view all of the user accounts:

1) While logged onto the computer, click on Start>Run>and type in CMD.

2) From the command prompt window, type in net users. This will show you every account that is made onto the computer whether it is hidden or not.

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Play ps2 game on pc

Download pcsx2 ,configure and insert ps2 cd and play

Download it from here

How to Write-Protect USB Flash Drive

This can be done by adding a small entry to the Windows registry which acts as a switch that can be enabled to make use of the write protection or disabled to allow write access. Just follow these steps:

1. Open the Registry Editor (Open the “Run” dialog box, type regedit and hit “Enter”).

2. Navigate to the following Registry key:

PLAY GAMES WITHOUT Graphics card[NeW]

First of all i tell you this[swiftshader] is best than 3d analyser

Want to remove Virus from USB?

One of the ways by which a virus can infect your PC is through USB/Pen drives. Common viruses such as ’Ravmon’ , ‘New Folder.exe’, ‘Orkut is banned’ etc are spreading through USB drives. Most anti virus programs are unable to detect them and even if they do, in most cases they are unable to delete the file, only quarantine it. Here are the things which you can do if you want to remove such viruses from your USB Drive


Whenever you plug a USB drive in your system, a window will appear.
AS I HAVE SHOWN BELOW:

Don’t click on Ok , just choose ‘Cancel’. Open the Command Prompt by typing ‘cmd‘ in the run box. In the command prompt type the drive letter: and press enter . Now type dir /w/a and press enter.

This will display a list of the files in the pen drive. Check whether the following files are there or not

Autorun.inf
Ravmon.exe
New Folder.exe
svchost.exe
Heap41a
or any other exe file which may be suspicious.
If any of the above files are there, then probably the USB drive is infected. In command prompt type attrib -r -a -s -h *.* and press

Remove Bios Password

Forgot BIOS Password ?


Do the following :

1. Open the CPU
2. Now, observe themotherboard.
3. You notice a coin likesilver Battery (3V).

-----------------------------------------NOTE--------------------------------------------------------
This battery is 24 x 7 power supply for the BIOS, which is used to run the system clock will the main power is off. It also initiates the booting process when power is switched on.
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Create icon in windows XP

Now even personalize your ICONS with Windows XP !

To make your own ICON :

1. Start>>All Programs>>Accessories2. Click Paint
3. In toolbar select Image4. Click Attributes

---------------------Note : The size of a icon is 32 x 32 pixels---------------------

Block or Unblock A website

Many times in schools, colleges & offices surfing some sites like orkut,etc are banned !

To overcome this you can unblock these or block some other websites and play pranks !

Do The Following :

For eg you want to block www.xyz.com !

* Open the folder C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc

* There you will find a file named HOSTS

* Click on the file and press SHIFT and now right click on it .

* From the right click menu select Open with .

* Now, select Notepad to open the file from the list !

* Now, in the file under the line 127.0.0.1 localhost add another line as 127.0.0.2 www.xyz.com.

* Now, File>>Save !

Now, open your web browser and try opening www.xyz.com , it will not load !

To unblock sites just do the opposite !

Error in Notepad

Do the following : 
1. Open Notepad.
2. Type : bush hid the facts3. Save it !
4. Open it again !

Wow !
You got an error !

Reason : 
The sentence you type is a 4-3-3-5 combination, which is not valid in UNICODE which is used to make notepad !

Trick To create Table In MS word

To create a table in Ms Word you can use this shortcut !

>> Just type : +======+=====+====+===+==+=+

>> And simply hit 'Enter' !

>> You will see that the text changes to a table. Here, the number '=' represent the number of characters in each cell !

>> Just it makes your work easy and fast !

Backup your Firefox Password

All firefox passwords are stored in three files signons.txt, signons2.txt, key3.db.

These files are stored in your firefox profile folder.

In Windows XP firefox profile is at:c:\Documents and Settings\WindowsUsername\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\profilename.

Copy these three files and save them where ever you want and if you want these passwords in your other os also then just replace these three files.
DONE...............

Block Any Website On Any Browser

This action will require you to edit your Host file. Your host file is a computer file used to store information on where to find a node on a computer network. For more a more detailed description. Check out this link Host File Description Link

In Windows XP

1. Click Start->All Programs->Accessories->Command Prompt

2. Click Command Prompt This will open a DOS command window.
3. Type: notepad C:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts
4. Locate the line 127.0.0.1 localhost
5. To block the website google.com for example, just add this text under 127.0.0.1 localhost:

Block Virus Or Trojans Being Transferred To Pendrive

Want to protect your USB Flash Drive, iPod and other removable USB storage device from getting infected from virus ?
Viruses spread fastly through pendrives when we use in schools, colleges and office. In order to prevent your USB Drive from getting infected, you will need to create some files on your pen drive likeAutorun.inf file(Check this if you face Autorun.inf problem) and some other files which will later prevent the virus infection as these files being already created and cannot be deleted, so that virus or trojancannot copy files and folders or create them on your USB Drive when you connect your drive to virus infected PC.
There some freeware to vaccinate your USB drives from virus infection. I have already discussed in detail about Panda USB Vaccine 1.0.1.4 .Today I came across a similar tool called USB Defender. Its really cool !!!

Features of “USB Defender”
USB Defender is a simple tool which extremely easy to use.
You can see just two buttons on it: “Protect” and “Unprotect”. First button you are using to vaccinateyour drive,

How to Secure a Wireless Network from Hackers?

The reason we secure a wireless network is to stop people from using the services of our network who don't have permission to utilize them. It is harder to secure a wireless network from hackers as compared to a classic wired network. This is due to the fact that a wireless network can be accessed anywhere inside the range of its antenna.

In order to secure a wireless network from hackers, we should take proper steps to save ourselves against security issues. If you don't secure a wireless network from hackers, you might end up without its service. The consequence might also include the utilization of our network to attack further networks. To secure a wireless network from hackers, you should follow these simple wireless networking tips:

1.       Strategic antenna placement:

The first thing you have to do is to position the access point's antenna in a place which restricts the range of its signal to go further than the required area. You should not put the antenna close to a window because glass can't obstruct its signals. Place it in a central location of the building.