There are quite a few services you can disable from starting automatically. This would be to speed up your boot time and free resources. They are only suggestions so I suggestion you read the description of each one when you run Services and that you turn them off one at a time.
Some possibilities are: Alerter Application Management Clipbook Fast UserSwitching Human Interface Devices Indexing Service Messenger Net Logon NetMeeting QOS RSVP Remote Desktop Help Session Manager Remote Registry Routing & Remote Access SSDP Discovery Service Universal Plug and Play Device Host Web Client
Not Displaying Logon, Logoff, Startup and Shutdown Status Messages
To turn these off:
Start Regedit Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionpoliciessystem If it is not already there, create a DWORD value named DisableStatusMessages Give it a value of 1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clearing the Page File on Shutdown
Click on the Start button Go to the Control Panel Administrative Tools Local Security Policy Local Policies Click on Security Options Right hand menu - right click on "Shutdown: Clear Virtual Memory Pagefile" Select "Enable" Reboot
For regedit users..... If you want to clear the page file on each shutdown:
Start Regedit Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerMemory ManagementClearPageFileAtShutdown Set the value to 1
Run MSCONFIG Click on the BOOT.INI tab Check the box for /NOGUIBOOT
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Speeding the Startup of Some CD Burner Programs
If you use program other than the native WindowsXP CD Burner software, you might be able to increase the speed that it loads.
Go to Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Services Double-click on IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service For the Startup Type, select Disabled Click on the OK button and then close the Services window If you dont You should notice
To remove the Unread Email message by user's login names:
Start Regedit For a single user: Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUnreadMail For all users: Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUnreadMail Create a DWORD key called MessageExpiryDays Give it a value of 0
Microsoft has made available a program to analyze and decrease the time it takes to boot to WindowsXP The program is called BootVis
Uncompress the file. Run BOOTVIS.EXE For a starting point, run Trace / Next Boot + Driver Delays This will reboot your computer and provide a benchmark After the reboot, BootVis will take a minute or two to show graphs of your system startup. Note how much time it takes for your system to load (click on the red vertical line) Then run Trace / Optimize System Re-Run the Next Boot + Drive Delays Note how much the time has decreased Mine went from approximately 33 to 25 seconds.
By default, WindowsXP turns on a lot of shadows, fades, slides etc to menu items. Most simply slow down their display.
To turn these off selectively:
Right click on the My Computer icon Select Properties Click on the Advanced tab Under Performance, click on the Settings button To turn them all of, select Adjust for best performance My preference is to leave them all off except for Show shadows under mouse pointer and Show window contents while dragging
If you have 512 megs or more of memory, you can increase system performance by having the core system kept in memory.
Start Regedit Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerMemory ManagementDisablePagingExecutive Set the value to be 1 Reboot the computer
How To Make Perfect Copies Of Maxis The Sims Discs, CloneCD Style!
verry simple.. get the latest version from h**p://slysoft.com download it , install, restart.
now that it's installed. Click in the "Read to Image" icon.. click next to get to the next screen.. select "Protected PC Game" click next.. and after it makes the image.. exit the program..
Now re-open CloneCD click on the "Write from image" icon.. clicik next.. select "Protected PC Game" and click next.. NOTE:!! i tested this method with an CD-RW.. so far i wont/cant test with a CD-R (shouldn't make a difference) because i'm down to my last 3 CD-R's.. so you can try a CD-R.. i dont care but sofar i tested with the TDK 80min/700mb CD-RW blanks..
now i had it working without a patch.. after i burnt the disc.. i installed the sims from the burnt copy and tried to load.. IT Worked! i've got the sims in the background as i speak!.. not sure if anyone else knew about this but i got this idea in a dream about Digimon and Dragon Drive.. (DONT EVEN ASK WHY!) but "Guilmon" and "Chibi" said Tom.. to make a Perfect copy of The Sims CD's.. Use Clone CD.. afterwards . i woke up.. and i tried it! henh .. uncanny hunh?
Have you ever got stuck some ware and just about 6'ft away from you there is a pay phone, but yet you dont have any change(=( bummer) to call your famaly members or some one to come and pick you up(hehe that sux)?
Well im going to show you some thing that might get you arrested(shit now what) or it might get you home( now thats what im talking about!)its a chance that you have to take depends were are you.
Ok now before we go on let me let you know that this is not thateasy to do, but anyways lets start. A pay phone is not like a regular home phone. A pay phone runs through a diffrent amount of electricity and wires even the electricity flow is diffrent, Well anyways that is enoght of electrical talk lets get to the good part.
Ok to get free call's on a pay phone you will frist have to twist the phone wire just about 50 to 60 times then you will pull on the phonewire untill the metal part crackes off phone keep doing it if the metalpart is completely off the phone.... Now assuming that it is off you willsee a few colored wires in side the metal wire of the pay phone there should be a black, red, yellow one in side it and a really metallthick one in the middle(NOTE that some phone has diffrent colored wires)now the one wire that we are looking for is the black one. Now here ishow its done.. rip off the plastic of that wire(you can take it out with your teeth, you wont get electricuted =) hehe ).
Now assuming that you have taken apart the plastic off the wire(does not has to be all of it)now you will take that wire and aply it to the phone with the metal part of the phone touching the wire that you ripped off its plastic.. if you are aplying it correctly then you should here a static on the phone.. so make sure you have that phone on your ear.. now with the wire being aplyed to the phone(the metal part right next tothe buttons)Dial the number that you wish to call.. onces you hear it ringing then you can let go of the wire that you was applying.. and BINGO... say hello to mami and daddy for me =).. welp that is all enjoy your call.. ohh and by the wayyes this also comes with long distance hehe, and no! you can not use it to logg on to aol... Peace.
Things you will need: QUOTE 1. Photoshop or Paintshop (any versions) 2. Xara3D 5.xx 3. Jasc animation shop 3.xx 4. DUH!! A pic you want as a logo LOL
Things you MIGHT need: 1. a computer 2. Internet connection 3. consciousness 4. corn on the cob
Here they are for your convinience: Adobe Photoshop CS v8.0 thanx to TheCollector http://www.shareordie.com/index.php?showto...85&hl=Photoshop
Jasc Paint Shop Pro 9.0 Retail thanx to arclite http://www.shareordie.com/index.php?showto...&hl=Jasc&st=100
Xara3D 5.02 thanx to Zabref http://www.shareordie.com/index.php?showtopic=6512&hl=XARA
Jasc Animation Shop 3.11 thanx to sev7en http://www.shareordie.com/index.php?showtopic=34928&hl=
Steps: 1. Using your photo editor fix/touch up you pic/logo to your liking….too easy(example bellow) user posted image
2. Save it some where easy to find, for example “C:\pictures” or “C:\Windows\thecenterofhell\system\system32\system64\system128\???” although I don’t recommend the second one.
3.Open Xara3D 5.xx, press “Alt+T” or click on the “T” button on the LEFT PANEL erase all of the text in the window that pops up then press ok. user posted image user posted image
4. Press “Alt+U” or click on the yellow “U” surrounded in gray on the LEFT PANEL, check the “button” box and select a desire button type and leave this option window open you will need it again. user posted image
5. Press the “At+X” or click the black “X” on the LEFT PANEL, click “load texture” in the pop up window, find the picture you made/adjusted and highlight it then click open or just double-click it. Use the “size, x, y, angle” sliders to adjust the picture or “texture” and in the “button options” windows use the “stretch, corners”(corners, only if using this option you can adjust) to adjust the button size. user posted image
6. Press “Alt+A” or click the black “A” on the LEFT PANEL with what looks like to me is a half-halo with an arrow tip!? Anyway, here is a quick rundown on what the options here do: (BY THE WAY TO ACTIVATE OR “PREVIEW ANIMATION” PRESS “Ctrl+spacebar”). user posted image
A. Frames per cycle: This is the number of frames for each complete cycle through the animation sequence. The greater the number of frames the smoother the animation. The drawback is that the file is bigger - this is a big disadvantage for web graphics. You may need to try different values to get the best results. B. Frames per second: The animation speed. Slow speeds can give jerky movement. High speeds can also give jerky movement as the program displaying the animation may not be able to keep up. Again you may need to try different values. C. Pause: This pauses the first frame before continuing the rest of the animation. Type in a value in centiseconds (1/100ths of a second) - a 2 second pause is 200 cs. Note that this applies only to the first frame; use Frames per cycle and Frames per second to control the overall speed of the animation. D. Loop Value: Unchecked is Infinite, Any other value see for yourself. Lmao E. Loop: This lets you specify how many times the animation should repeat itself. Note that some browsers take any value other than 1 to mean 'loop forever'. Therefore, your animation either plays once or forever. F. Style: This controls the type of animation: Rotate 1 rotates all the text as one; Rotate 2 rotates each character. (Buttons have a single Rotate option.) Rotate text/Rotate lights - select whether you want the text to rotate or the lights or both. You cannot rotate the shadow as this would create very large files. Direction - selects the direction of rotation.
Swing options: Swing 1 swings all the text as one; Swing 2 swings each character. (Buttons have a single Swing option.) Angle - how much you want the heading to swing.
Pulsate options: Pulsate 1 pulsates all the text as one; Pulsate 2 pulsates each character. (Buttons have a single Pulsate option.) Minimum text size - how far back to pulsate the text. Shrink+Grow & Grow+Shrink - only have an effect if you Pause the animation. These options select the starting point for the animation (maximum or minimum.)
Fade options: Fade in - the heading emerges from the background color. Fade out - the heading merges into the background color. SO AFTER PICKING ONE………………..
7. On the top left go to FILE>>>EXPORT ANIMATION or press “Ctrl+Shift+X” and save in desired location. user posted image
8. When the next window pops up (Export as animated gif save location then options): Experiment with each one to get it right, but remember the SoD rules about Siggys and Avatars. user posted image user posted image
Because Animated GIFs can be quite large, you may find that a 16 or 32 color, optimized palette per frame, produces the best results for the smallest file size. However you might need to experiment. Dithering always makes GIFs look better, but also makes them larger. When outputting at 256 colors you may find that there is no need to turn dithering on. Current Window Size lets you export just the area surrounding the text (Crop on) or the entire window area (Crop off.) User Defined lets you specify the dimensions of the bitmap.
Tools required: Latest Virtual dub, TMPGEnc and Nero ( and the DivX codecs.)
Preparing: Download all tools, Be sure to install DivX 3.11 DivX4 and the latest DivX5 codecs.
Extracting the audio : Start Virtualdub. Open your video File->Open video file.(if you get any warnings just ignore them because you won't edit the video just extract the audio) Select File->File Information and note the fps as the video source fps because you will need it later. Select under Audio->Full processing mode. Select Audio->Compression and select Select Audio->Conversion. Change the the Sampling rate to 44100Hz if you are going to make VCD or SVCD MPEGs. Save the wav by clicking on File->Save WAV...the wav will be a huge audio uncompressed video file(about 10 MB/minute. Encoding: Start TMPEnc. Press cancel if the Project Wizard comes. Press Browse… and select the DivX file as Video source input. Now you press the Browse button for choosing the Audio source input and use the saved wav file. Press load and load the file which in the Template directory of TMPGenc. If the video source fps is 29,970 load VideoCD (NTSC).mcf If the video source fps is 23,970 load VideoCD (NTSCFilm).mcf If the video source fps is 25,000 load VideoCD (PAL).mcf If the video source fps is anything else else just load NTSC if you live in US or Japan and PAL if you live anywhere else. Note if you live in US or Japan and get problem playing PAL, often causing black and white TV playback problems, then first check if you can change to PAL on your TV or DVD Player if not then instead convert it to NTSC by loading the VideoCD(NTSC) template. Note if you live Europe and the rest of the world and get problem playing NTSC or NTSCFilm, often causing black and white TV playback problems, then first check if you can change to PAL on your TV or DVD Player if not convert it to PAL by loading the VideoCD(Pal) template.
Press Settings and choose Advanced. Select Full screen (keep aspect ratio) under Video arrange method to keep the same aspect ratio(widescreen,fullscreen) as the video source(if you have a widescreen movie and you want it to be in fullscreen select No margin(keep aspect ratio). Select Source range and double-click on it with the mouse.
In the next dialog you can choose the source range. This process depends on the DivX file. If the DivX file is less than 80min (for a 80min/700mb CDR) then you do not have to split the file to two CDs. Also if the DivX file is already in two parts you have just to convert the first file and then the second. But if there should be the case that the movie is in one file over 80minutes long then it is necessary to select the source range. In this new dialog you put the horizontal scrollbar to the middle of the selection so that you will get the same length on the first CD as on the second. After you selected the middle do you have press Set end frame. A new value should be under End Frame. This value you should notice somewhere for the encoding of the second part. Of course the start frame must be 0.
After pressing ok, you only have to select the output file name. I prefer the movie name with the CD number (e.g. Ghost in the Shell CD1) for the burning. Now encode the file by pressing the Start-Button. While encoding you can select File->Preview(it won't effect the encoding) to see how the output will be, it it looks wrong(widescreen or fullscreen) you can stop the encoding and start over and change especially the Settings->Advanced->Video arange method.) If you only want to burn the movie on one CD jump to the burning guide else follow the next points.
Repeat the third, forth and fifth point. In the source range dialog you now use as Start frame the noticed value and move with the horizontal scrollbar to the end of the movie. After pressing Set end frame, press two times OK.
Now select the output filename for the second file. (e.g. Ghost in the Shell CD2) and encode it. After the encoding is done and you did all right, you should have for every CD a file.
Burning: Launch Nero.Close the Wizard. Select File->New. 1. Select VideoCD 2. Select PAL or NTSC depending what format your source MPEG is in. 3. And hit New.
1. Locate your .mpg and drag it(see picture below). Remember that you can add several .mpgs also, each mpg will be a own track on the VCD and you can add data files also, just drag them to any folder. 2. Check the time. It should be the same as in the movie.
3. Rename the CD to anything you like by clicking F2 on NEW.
4. Select File->Write CD.
don't know about everyone else.. but the only options i choose on tmpgenc to make mpeg-1 files are either NTSC film 23.976, or NTSC video 29.97 fps..
i also live in the u.s. so i do all of mine accordingly.. why do you save the wave file with virtual dub.. or should i say, why do you even process the divx file with vdub.. yeah if it is your last resort and the divx for some reason doesn't open in tmpgenc.. i've got 180+ Divx movies, some downloaded mostly ripped, never had a problem encoding them with tmpgenc plus.
just seems like you are going from your a$$ to your elbow to do this.
1. take divx movie (120 minutes long for example).. open with vdub.. find a keyframe about halfway through the film, preferrably at a scene change.
choose "SET SELECTION START" from the EDIT menu.. scroll all the way to the end of the film, choose "SET SELECTION END"... hit DELETE or choose "DELETE SELECTION", all from the EDIT menu
2. Now you have 1 half of your movie. under the VIDEO menu, choose "DIRECT STREAM COPY", also make sure that under AUDIO is going to generate a "DIRECT STREAAM COPY". Then go to FILE and choose "SAVE as AVI..."
on a newer computer this will take less than 2 minutes..
3. When it is complete, the quickest way to proceed is to just click on FILE / "OPEN VIDEO FILE". at the beginning of the clip, choose "SET SELECTION START" again, snap back to the keyframe (half way through the film) which you cut half the film off at and choose "SET SELECTION END". DELETE... FILE / "SAVE AS AVI..." save as the other half of film..
once again, will usually take less than 2 minutes...
4. choose option accordingly, this next part can be important.. (i'm going to give the rest of the instructions as if you were making ntsc movie)
since you want to make a standard mpeg-1 file, choose NTSC FILM or NTSC VIDEO.. BROWSE for your file, then hit NEXT, then it OTHER SETTINGS / ADVANCED tab ... now there is an option that says "VIDEO ARRANGE METHOD".. if you are making a fullscreen movie, lleave on FULLSCREEN.. if you are encoding a widescreen movie, choose "FULL SCREEN (KEEP ASPECT RATIO).. OK / NEXT / NEXT (you get the point)
basically takes 1 step out of the tutorial above.. the instructions for nero appear to be correct.. but here's another tip..
dvd burners are becoming more and more popular and even i got one now, like many of you do. tired of old vcd's or wanna encode a VCD standard DVD with nearly 9 hours of video (but same quality as normal 80 minute VCD),
if this is the case, make sure you encode your DivX files as "NTSC VIDEO 29.97 FPS".. even if source is 23 fps... and once you have 3 or 4 movies, get yourself a proggy called TMPGENC DVD AUTHOR.. make a track for each movie.. and you got yourself a dvd with 3 or 4 average length movies on 1 dvd (with menus if you like) that is WAY MORE COMPATIBLE than a VCD..
do a search for the keyword VCD-DVD and i posted a more descriptive tutorial on how to do this..
How to make a kvcd or in other words how to get 700meg avi file down to about 450megs to make a vcd without any picture loss
so youve download a movie its in avi format you want to watch it on your dvd player so you reencode it it comes out to about 1100 maybe 1200 megs so you got to split it and save on 2 disks well the following tut will show you how to do it on one disk
you will have to have nero as well but im hoping you have that already if not it on this forum
tmpegnc
again its on this forum
you will need some templates
CODE http://www.kvcd.net/dvd-models.html
right click all the pal templates if your dvd player is pal or ntsc if ntsc
save them to the template folder in the tmpegnc folder
so to begin
open virtualdub
goto file open video file
locate the avi file you want to convert if you get a warning ignore it click the audio button at the top make sure source audio and direct stream copy have a black dot next to it goto file save wav now you have to call this with a .ac3 extension for example view from the top.ac3 i would save this in the same file your avi is so youve named it press save box will open let it do its thing this is taking the sound from the film now press audio and select no audio you should have a black dot next to no audio and direct stream copy goto video select direct stream copy goto file save as avi save the file what you want again put in the same folder as the original avi to make life easier i call mine the film title no sound ie viewfromthetopnosound press save this is now saving the film without sound
you can now close virtualdub
open besweet scary looking box appears dont worry heres what to do at the besweet.exe locate the besweet folder it will show besweet.exe in the enter file name box click on this and at the bottom it will say valid press ok now goto input and find the ac3 file we just made you will need to change the enter file name from .Lst to .ac3 double click on the ac3 file you made and at the bottom it will say valid press ok now looking at the gui make sure Use ac3 decoder is tick downconvert sample rate is ticked in the toolame dropdown box make sure it says mp2 leave the rest alone now press copy command to clipboard goto start run and right click paste press ok if all the settings are correct a black box will open and the ac3 will be transcoding to mp2 if not check the boxes are ticked if ok leave it to do its thing once the black box has disappered close besweet
open heada3che hopefully you put all the dlls in the heada3che folder other wise you will get error messages so make sure you do that done it ok lets go press source file find the new mp2 file we just made change the destination format to mp2 press start thats it once its finished close headac3he
for your info things are going to start looking messy inside your folder so if you want you can delete some things goto the folder where youre original avi file is you can delete the ac3 file and the mp2 file without the .2 in it ie you will have two file names the same one with .2 on the end keep this one this is so we dont get confused later
open tmpegnc close the wizard if it opens press the video source browse button find the file we made with nosound on the end ie viewfromthetopnosound now if you had gone to the kvcd page and downloaded all the templates this will help if not go do that now done it right lets go now im afraid im not in front of your pc doing this for you so i hope i explain well press load you will see a load of files in front of you some starting with kvcd right this is trial and error stuff now pick the first one begining with kvcd highlight it press open now press start what will happen is the preview box in front of you will start encoding now depending on the make up of the original avi file will effect the outcome of the finished film so if you look at the box and all you see is a tiny box with film thats the size it will come out if it looks weird press stop and reload a different template the best result is one that looks like widescreen i hope that made sense
just press start and overwrite the file any way let it do its thing depending on your pc specs depends how long this takes
so lets assume its done press file mpeg tools the first box should be simple multiplex press the video input browse button and find the new file we just made it will have a m1v extension press the audio input browse button find the mp2 file with the .2 in the title the output box will be automatically set to mpeg press run let it do its thing
close tmpgenc
open nero select vcd untick the create standard compliant cd press new find the new file we have made it will be in the original avi folder but will have a mpeg extension now you have to drag this into the left box dont right click and copy to compliation a box will appear and a blue line will go across if a warning comes up with not being a compliant vcd ignore carry on press burn and burn at the speed you want once finished press the ok box press done the disk will come out and now to test put it in your dvd player and hay presto the film kicks in
depending if your dvd player can play vcds that is
Download the full official tree. It comes in at over 5 gig. The full tree includes the usual mandrake, 3 gig of extra apps under contrib and 330meg of java apps under contrib/jpackage.
After downloading I have successfully created 4 versions including the Hard Drive Installation.
1) Hard Drive/Network/FTP Install (same thing) 2) 10 CD version including everything 3) 5 CD Version (use to be 4 CDs. This will eventually be the ISO download) 4) 2 DVD Version which includes everything int the 10 CD Version.
Additionally I have discovered that Mandrake is stressing everyone for no apparent reason. The much talked about 8 meg boot.iso file that is needed to be able to boot and chose your method of installation, is no different from the regular boot files that come on CD1 of any version.
The only thing you have to do is to edit the file "isolinux.cfg" in the isolinux folder. Inside the file, remove all instances of "automatic=method:cdrom" and save the file. Then create the images for whichever "version" of mdk10 that you choose. To create the different versions that I have listed above you have to do 2 things first:
1) edit the "hdlist" file in the "Mandrake/base" folder. In this file you will find a list of all the hdlist.cz files needed to build a particular version. Remove the 3 lines for "SRPM" files. Now depending on which version you want to create, the 10CD and the DVD versions will have 3 lines. a) hdlist.cz Mandrake/RPMS Installation CD hdlist2.cz Mandrake/RPMS2 Contrib CD c) hdlist3.cz Mandrake/RPMS3 Jpackage.org take note of the paths above. if you downloaded the whole tree like I did, you will have these folders. The RPMS folder is the standard 4 or 5 CD download version. The RPMS2 and RPMS3 folders added to the RPMS folder make the 10CD and DVD version. So to make the 5CD version, remove the last two lines. Dont forget to backup the original "hdlists" file.
2) To make the 10 CD or 2 DVD version, use the "mkcd"command below. Use 716800000 discsize for the 10CD version and 4000000000 for the 2 DVD version. When the command finishes, the images will be in the directory you specified after the -t option.
To make the 5CD version, move the folders "RPMS2" and RPMS3" someplace safe and don't forget to remove the last two lines in the "hdlists" file as described above. The RPMS2 and RPMS3 folders are only links so it should take no time at all to move them. Then use 716800000 discsize and run the "mkcd" command. Don't forget to move the RPMS2 and RPMS3 folders back to their original location when you finish your 5CD images.
Also rememeber that you will need plenty of disc space if you wantto keep all the images for all version on your hard drive. I have the 10CD, 5CD, 2 DVD and the HD install files all on my hard rive and they take up 23GIG.
mkcd --discsize 716800000 -t ./5CD-Version -a -s ./hdinstall
--discsize is the size of the image you want to make in bytes. the above figure is for a 700M CD. I used 4000000000 (9 zeroes) to make 2 DVDs.
-t
-a means automatic creation based on the hdlist files and the downloaded directory structure. It keeps you from having to use many other ugly options on the command line.
-s this is the top fodler not thr RPM folder. This top folder will have the "Mandrake" folder in it.
original Link CODE http://linuxiso.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=18140
How to: Install and run Windows CE on your USB Stick
Portable Windows CE is a 'launcher' for the Windows CE device emulator that can run an emulator-based image from a USB keychain.
Download the Windows CE 5.0 Device Emulator. Code: http://www.Mcft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=A120E012-CA31-4BE9-A3BF-B9BF4F64CE72&displaylang=en
Change "Mcft" in link to what it is supposed to be icon_wink.gif
Extract the emulator to a folder on your hard drive by running "setup /a". The installer will prompt you to specify a directory to extract to . For example: D:\PortableCE
Download this launcher script: Code: http://www.furrygoat.com/Software/launchce.cmd.txt
Copy the following launcher script to the directory you extracted the setup to. You'll need to rename the file from launchce.cmd.txt to launchce.cmd Once you have that set up, just copy the entire D:\PortableCE folder over to your USB keychain.
To launch the emulator, just plug in your USB keychain, navigate to the PortableCE folder, and run launchce.cmd. You should (hopefully) have the emulator fire up.
Don't want your XP computer to show up in the network browse list (Network Neighborhood/My Network Places) to other users on your network? One way to accomplish that is to disable file sharing. To do this, click Start, right click My Network Places and select Properties. Right click your local area connection and click Properties. Uncheck the box that says File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks. Click OK.
But what if you want to be able to share folders with some users; you just don't want everyone on the network to see your computer's shares? There's a way:
Click Start and select Run. In the Run box, type net config server /hidden:yes Click OK. Now others who know the UNC path (\\computer name\share name) can connect to your computer's shares from the Run box, but it won't show up in the network browse list.
This is a very simple trick to do if you have done the same for the logon screen and the start button. There are 2 ways to do this trick that I know about one is doing it manually and the other is using a program called bootxp. I am going to tell you the manual way to do it, but if you want to know the other way just let me know, so I can do an update to the guide. Now once you have downloaded your ntoskrnl.exe file save it a general location so that you will have easy access to it, like my folder.
Once you have ntoskrnl.exe file in an easy access folder, restart your pc into safe mode. Once into safe mode go to the folder where your files are located.
Now that you are there copy the file that you want to change your boot screen too. Once you have copied that file, hit the window key + r or type %windir%\system32 in the run command, so that folder as follows.
Once there paste your new file into the folder and overwrite the existing folder.
Now that you have your new file in the folder restart your pc as you normally would and your new boot screen should appear. You can download this bootscreen here.
ALWAYS BACKUP EVERYTHING YOU EDIT OR DELETE. I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU MESS YOUR COMPUTER UP BY DOING THIS HACK OR ANY TYPE OF HACK. DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Image and ntoskrnl.exe files provided by www.themexp.org
How to hack Windows XP Admin Passwords the easy way by Estyle, Jaoibh and Azrael. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This hack will only work if the person that owns the machine has no intelligence. This is how it works: When you or anyone installs Windows XP for the first time your asked to put in your username and up to five others. Now, unknownst to a lot of other people this is the only place in Windows XP that you can password the default Administrator Diagnostic Account. This means that to by pass most administrators accounts on Windows XP all you have to do is boot to safe mode by pressing F8 during boot up and choosing it. Log into the Administrator Account and create your own or change the password on the current Account. This only works if the user on setup specified a password for the Administrator Account.
This has worked for me on both Windows XP Home and Pro. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now this one seems to be machine dependant, it works randomly(don't know why)
If you log into a limited account on your target machine and open up a dos prompt then enter this set of commands Exactly: (this appeared on www.astalavista.com a few days ago but i found that it wouldn't work on the welcome screen of a normal booted machine) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- cd\ *drops to root cd\windows\system32 *directs to the system32 dir mkdir temphack *creates the folder temphack copy logon.scr temphack\logon.scr *backsup logon.scr copy cmd.exe temphack\cmd.exe *backsup cmd.exe del logon.scr *deletes original logon.scr rename cmd.exe logon.scr *renames cmd.exe to logon.scr exit *quits dos ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now what you have just done is told the computer to backup the command program and the screen saver file, then edits the settings so when the machine boots the screen saver you will get an unprotected dos prompt with out logging into XP. Once this happens if you enter this command minus the quotes "net user password" If the Administrator Account is called Frank and you want the password blah enter this "net user Frank blah" and this changes the password on franks machine to blah and your in.
Have fun p.s: dont forget to copy the contents of temphack back into the system32 dir to cover tracks Any updates, Errors, Suggestions or just general comments mail them to either
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