It is easy to change the OEM information and the picture in the My Computers -> Properties. This is how we do it.
To change OEM information.
1. Open notepad and copy the following into it.
[General][You can type in anything after = sign]
Manufacturer=Any Content you like
[Support Information]
Line1=Any content you like
Line2=Any content you like
Line3=Any content you like
Google has launched URL shortener for youtube video links and has named it youtu.be. To manually use this service
replace "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v" in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbCDEfgHiJ with "http://youtu.be/".
This is a cool trick to make the three small LEDs on your keyboard flash in a cool and rhythmic manner.
Open Notepad and paste the following on to it.
Set wshShell =wscript.CreateObject(“WScript.Shell”)Now save the file using the Save As option as CoolLights.vbs (anyname with an extension of vbs will work). While saving do make sure that you select the "All Files" from the "Save As type" in the save dialog box.
do
wscript.sleep 100
wshshell.sendkeys “{CAPSLOCK}”
wshshell.sendkeys “{NUMLOCK}”
wshshell.sendkeys “{SCROLLLOCK}”
loop
Pixel Doctor is a utility I found on the internet which is very helpful in fixing the Dead cells on your LCD monitor. It is very simple to use. Just select a color and run the test.
Many of us have probably thought that the Administrators are the most powerful users in the Windows Operating System. We were wrong. There is a user named "System" which has more powers than the Administrators.
Administrators are unable to end certain system processes, but System can kill all processes. This can be seen from the processes tab in the Task Manager; wherein the username of many system processes is "SYSTEM".
Even if you have a guest account, I think if you are able to get two things i.e. Command prompt and Task Manager, you can hack into becoming a SYSTEM user.
If you are running Windows 7 you can turn your PC into a Wi-fi hotspot by installing a small program called Virtual Router Manager. Yes, you need to have wireless adapters on all the devices as well as on your computer for it to work. This is especially good for people who have more than one computers at home and since internet connection can be enabled to both without using a router or switch.
Some webpages may be very clumsy or disoriented. And if you want to print only the topics that you are interested in or you want to save only what you want to see in future, there is a little trick to edit any webpages. When I say editing, its just the page on your browser that you are editing; not the one in the sites webserver. I am not sure about legal issues about editing webpages. But here is the trick
1. Open up the webpage you want to edit.
Ah! At last I have found a little time for my favourite subject - Registry editing again. Let me tell you about hiding all the drives in My Computers with a Registry edit.
1. Go to Start ->Run->type regedit to open the Registry editor.
2. Find the following key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Micro$oft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
3. Right click on the panel on the right side of Registry Editor and create a DWORD item and name it "NoDrives" (without quotes).
A good friend of mine's computer is infected by _ex-08.exe trojan and asked me to help him remove it from the computer.
About _ex-08.exe : Technical name Trojan/Dropper/Win-NV
It changes/deletes the wallpaper on your desktop. It can can spread by sending an email containing links to copies of itself, and it is capable of sending out email messages with the built-in SMTP client engine.
Now to delete it
1. Go to Registry editor and find the following key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
2. Check for the key named PromoReg and delete it.
3. Now try deleting the file named _ex-08.exe in your Temp folder under Windows.
If it is not allowing to be deleted you can use a software called unlocker.
The method of changing your IP address depends on the nature of your IP address, i.e. whether your IP address is static or dynamic.
Static IP means that your IP address will be just yours and there is no one in the world with the address other than you.
Dynamic IP means that your IP address is allotted by a DHCP server. Since the addresses are limited in IPv4, more Internet Service Providers (if not all) provides these types of service.
Now if you have a Dynamic IP, it is easy to have a new IP address with the following DOS commands.
1. Go to Start->Run and then type cmd in the box and press enter. You would be taken to the DOS prompt.
Similar to Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome also have some hidden commands which user can enter after an about: in the address bar. Here is a small list of those commands.
WinX HD Video Converter is free from 01 Dec 09 to 15 Dec 09. Go ahead and download your copy.
Let me show how you can automate the process of deletion of Temp files in Windows Vista.
Open notepad and type the following exactly as it is
cd C:\Users\%username%\AppData\LocalI guess your OS is installed in C drive. If it is not then you should change the drive letter from the above command.
rmdir /S /Q Temp
Now a days the main route taken by Trojan/Virus to get into your system and infect it is through the Autorun.inf file.
The virus writes its path to the Autorun.inf and when you double click the drive or when you plug in your USB drive and if your Autorun feature is enabled, the virus gets activated and invades your system. These viruses can get help from Autorun.inf file present in root of each drive.
