Softwares, Antivirus, Hacking tricks, computer tricks, key & keygens

Customizing the icon drop shadow effect
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Steps...

1. Click the Start button, and select Run.

2. Key in sysdm.cpl and click OK to launch system properties.

3. Click the Advanced tab, and then click the Settings button under the Performance section.

4. While on the Visual Effects tab, scroll down to the bottom of the box.

5. Locate Use Drop Shadows for Icon Labels on the Desktop,check or uncheck the value, depending on what you would like to do.

6. Click OK to save your changes.

7. Click OK once more to close the System Properties window.

Adding Web site links to your Start panel
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Steps..

1. Click the Start Menu and select Run. Then type regedit to launch the Registry Editor.

2. When the Registry Editor has launched, you will want to expand the
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT folder and then the CLSID folder.

3. Next, you will want to scroll through the list of Class IDs until you find {2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0} and expand it as well.

4. Start your modifications by naming this class. Right-click the (default) entry within the
{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0} folder and select modify.

5. Then type blackhathacks.blogspot.com in the value data box and click OK to save your changes.

6. Now you are going to set up the icon that will be displayed on the Start panel next to the
name.To do this, you will need to create a new folder. Select the {2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0} folder again and right-click it. Then select New and then Key. This will create a new subfolder that you should call DefaultIcon.

7. Right-click the DefaultIcon folder that you just created and create a new string value by expanding new and selecting string value. Name this new value (Default). The value of this string will be the location of the icon that you want to use.

8. I like using the system icons which are stored in the shell32.dll.To use these icons, right-click the new (Default) string value that you created and select modify. Then type%SystemRoot%\\system32\\shell32.dll,-47 in the value box and click OK to save. The47 in that line is the index of the icon that I wanted to use for my link to blackhathacks.blogspot.com.

Ifyou want to use a different icon, replace the 47 with the icon index number you want. You are free to use any icon that you want, including icons that are not in the shell32.dll file. If you want to use an icon that you downloaded or made, just enter the full path to that icon in place of the line mentioned above.

9. Now that the shortcut is set up, specify what it is supposed to do.To do this, expand the Instance folder that is inside the {2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0} folder and then expand the InitPropertyBag folder.

10. Inside the InitPropertyBag folder, you will be making the last changes for this hack.To start off, you will want to create a new string value and call it Command. You can create this by right-clicking the InitPropertyBag folder and selecting New, and then String Value.

11. Right-click the new string value that you created and select modify. Key in blackhathacks.blogspot.com in the value data box and click OK. This value will be the text that is displayed on the Start Panel.

12. Now you are almost finished. Create one more string value in the InitPropertyBag folder and name it Param1. Then right-click the string value, select Modify, type www.blackhathacks.blogspot.com, and click OK to save.

Hiding programs from appearing in the Start panel
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Steps....

1. Click the Start Menu and select Run.Type in regedit and click OK to start up the Registry Editor.

2. Next, expand the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT folder.

3. Search through the list of folders until he finds the folder called Applications and expand that as well.

4. Now you will see a list of every executable file for the programs installed on his computer. To hide a program from the frequently run programs list, you will want to expand the folder that is the executable for the program.To hide Solitaire, you will want to expand the sol.exe folder.

If you do not know the name of the executable file that a program shortcut points to, you can easily look this up by right-clicking the shortcut and selecting Properties. In the Properties box, you will see a full path to where the file is located as well as the name of the file. When you right-click the shortcut in the Start Menu for Solitaire,you will discover that the name of the executable for the game is sol.exe.

5. To do so, he selects the Applications folder with the mouse. Then you right-clicks and selects New and then Select Key. Then you types in the name of the executable for the name of the key. For Solitaire, you will want to name the key sol.exe.

6. Now that you has found the folder for the application or has created one, you expands it so that you can see all of its values. Then, he right-clicks the executable’s folder that he just created or found in the registry. Select New and then select String. Next, you types in NoStartPage as the name of the string variable.

7. He closes the Registry Editor and logs off and then back in. He will never see Solitaire in his frequently run programs list again.

Using BootSkin to change your boot screen
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To get the copy of this application go through this site www.bootskin.com.

Once you have the BootSkin application installed, start it up by using the link in the Start
menu under WinCustomize and perform the following steps:

Steps...

1. Once you have the application running, changing the boot screen is very simple. Just
navigate through the list of boot screens by using the scrollbar arrows.

2. Once you find the boot screen that you like, click the item and then click the Preview
button to see a full-screen animated preview of what the boot screen will look like.

3. Click a button on the mouse again to exit the full-screen preview. If you like the boot
screen, then click the Apply button. That’s it!

Once you reboot, your new boot screen will be displayed every time.
If you would like to change your boot screen back to the default Windows XP boot screen, reopen the BootSkin program and select the default system boot screen from the top of the list;
click Apply.

Where to get more boot screens for BootSkin
Want more boot screens that will work with BootSkin? The following are two sites where you can find more skins that are already compatible with the program.

 Win Customize: www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=32
 Skinbase: www.skinbase.org/section.php?sections=BootSkin

Customize your Start Button
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First you need a tool called "Resource Hacker". This free program allows you to change resources in any .exe file such as "Explorer.exe", which includes the [Start] button's Label. You can visit Google.com and search there for "Resource Hacker".

After you download it, follow the guide here:

Step 1:

A - Run "Resource Hacker" and open the file "%windir%\Explorer.exe".

B - You see a Tree of all Resources in this file, expand the "String Table"

C - Find the "start" and replace it with your own text. then press the [Compile Script] button.

D - Save "Explorer.exe" as "MyStart.exe" DONT save it as Explorer.exe, do "save as.." and give it a new name.

E - Quit "Resource Hacker".

Step 2:

A - Click on the [Start] button and choose the "Run..." item from the start menu.
(Or use the shortcut key WinKey+R)

B - Type "RegEdit" in the Run "Dialog Box". And then press the [Ok] buton to run the "Registry Editor" program.

C - Go to: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\C urrentVersion\Winlogon" and find the "Shell" property.

D - Replace value of the "Shell" property to "MyStart.exe".

E - Quit "Registry Editor".

F - Restart your system.


Note about Registry Editor:

If you did not find the key

"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon", you can search the Registry for the "Explorer.exe", to do this use the Edit Menu | Find Next (Ctrl+F).

Multiple Login in Google Talk
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You can login with multiple ID's on the same yahoo messenger.
You can login simultaneously to more than one account. Unlike yahoo multiple login no need of registry editing here.

Steps...

1. Create a shortcut of your Google talk.

2. Right click the shortcut ----> choose Properties.

3. In the "Target" you will find this
"C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe"

4. Now at the end of target add this "/nomutex" without the quotes.
It should be like this
"C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe" /nomutex
There is a space after googletalk.exe"

5. Click OK and you can open more than one Google talk.


Enjoy...

Multiple Login in Yahoo Messenger at same time
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Steps:-


1. Go to Start > Run > Type regedit,hit enter

2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Yahoo > pager >Test

3. On the right pane > right-click and choose new Dword value .

4. Rename it as Plural.

5. Double click and assign a decimal value of 1.

6. Now close registry and restart yahoo messenger.

7. For signing in with new ID open another messenger.


Enjoy........