Tuesday, June 3, 2008

TRICKS

HIDE UR SECRET FILES AS IMAGE FILE:

1. Gather all the files that you wish to hide in a folder anywhere in your PC (take exmple C:\hidden).

2. Now, add those files in a RAR archive (e.g. secret.rar). This file should also be in the same directory (C:\hidden).

3. Now, look for a simple JPEG picture file (e.g. logo.jpg). Copy/Paste that file also in C:\hidden.

4. Now, open Command Prompt (Go to Run and type 'cmd').

5. in command propt : go to hidden directory by command "cd c:\hidden" wen u in hidden folder via cmd Now type: "COPY /b logo.jpg + secret.rar output.jpg"(without quotes)Now, logo.jpg is the picture you want to show, secret.rar is the file to be hidden, and output.jpg is the file which contains both.

6. after you have done this, you will see a file output.jpg in C:\hidden. Open it (double-click) and it will show the picture you wanted to show. Now try opening the same file with WinRAR, it will show the hidden archive .names given above are for examples only, u can keep names as ur choice.

Remove The Recent Documents Folder From The Start Menu:

1) Goto Start --> Run

2) Type Regedit

3) Goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE --> Software --> Microsoft --> Windows --> CurrentVersion --> Policies

4) On the right panel, Right Click and creat a new DWORD value (if not exists) "NoRecentDocsMenu" (without quotes) and set its value to 1.

5) Exit the registry and restart your computer.

Fasten Up All Programs Link On The Start Button:
The Start Menu can be leisurely when it decides to appear, but you can speed things along by changing the registry entryto edit registry.

1. go to run

2. type 'regedit'

3. find--HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/Desktop/MenuShowDelay from the default 400 to something a little snappier. Like 0

Default Or Administrative Shares Problem:
What are Default or Administrative Shares?Every Windows NT/W2K/XP/2003 machine automatically creates a share for each drive on the system. These shares are hidden, but available with full control to domain administrators. The drive letter, followed by the $ sign is the name, and it is shared from the root. When trying to attain a highly secure network, you may wish to address this potential security issue by disabling these shares, or at least restricting their permissions to specific users or services.

The default-hidden shares are:

*C$ D$ E$ - Root of each partition. For a Windows NT workstation/W2K/2003/XP Professional computer only members of the Administrators or Backup Operators group can connect to these shared folders. For a Windows NT Server/W2K Server computer, members of the Server Operators group can also connect to these shared folders.

*ADMIN$ - %SYSTEMROOT% -This share is used by the system during any remote administration of a computer. The path of this resource is always the path to the W2K/NT system root (the directory in which W2K/NT is installed usually C:\Winnt and in XP it's C:\Windows).

*FAX$ - On W2K Server, this used by fax clients in the process of sending a fax. The shared folder temporarily caches files and accesses cover pages stored on the server.

*IPC$ - Temporary connections between servers using named pipes essential for communication between programs. It is used during remote administration of a computer and when viewing a computer's shared resources. This share can be very dangerous and can be used to extract large amounts of information about your network, even by an anonymous account.

*NetLogon - This share is used by the Net Logon service of a W2K, 2003 and NT Server computer while processing domain logon requests, and by Pre-W2K computers when running logon scripts.

*PRINT$ - %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\SPOOL\DRIVERS Used during remote administration of printers.


In order to disable these shares permanently, a registry edit will be necessary. You have to follow the steps to disable these shares:

For Server, the change is:

1) Goto Start --> Run

2) Type Regedit

3) Goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE --> SYSTEM --> CurrentControlSet --> Services --> LanManServer --> Parameters

4) On the right panel, Right Click and creat a new DWORD value "AutoShareServer" (without quotes) and set its value to 0 (zero).

5) Exit the registry and restart your computer.

For Workstartion i.e WinXP,Win2000 etc:

1) Goto Start --> Run

2) Type Regedit

3) Goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE --> SYSTEM --> CurrentControlSet --> Services --> LanManServer --> Parameters

4) On the right panel, Right Click and creat a new DWORD value "AutoShareWks" (without quotes) and set its value to 0 (zero).

5) Exit the registry and restart your computer.

Enable RUN:

1.go to c:\windows\registry.exe

2.registry ull find follow the pathRegistry Key:

3.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Policies\Explorerin this ull find "norun"towards the right side just delete it.....

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