Hidden Programs in Windows XP

Below are the lists of some of the Hidden Programs in the Windows XP operating System. Go to start and select Run. There typing the command on right side of the list will open the application in the left side.

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
System File Checker Utility (Set Cache Size to size x)-sfc/cachesize=x
System Information- msinfo32
System Properties - sysdm.cpl
Task Manager - taskmgr
TCP Tester - tcptest
Telnet Client - telnet
Tweak UI (if installed) - tweakui
User Account Management- nusrmgr.cpl
Utility Manager - utilman
Windows Address Book - wab
Windows Address Book Import Utility - wabmig
Windows Backup Utility (if installed)- ntbackup
Windows Explorer - explorer
Windows Firewall- firewall.cpl
Windows Magnifier- magnify
Windows Management Infrastructure - wmimgmt.msc
Windows Media Player - wmplayer
Windows Messenger - msmsgs
Windows Picture Import Wizard (need camera connected)- wiaacmgr
Windows System Security Tool - syskey
Windows Update Launches - wupdmgr
Windows Version (to show which version of windows)- winver
Windows XP Tour Wizard - tourstart
Wordpad - write
Password Properties - password.cpl
Performance Monitor - perfmon.msc
Phone and Modem Options - telephon.cpl
Phone Dialer - dialer
Pinball Game - pinball
Power Configuration - powercfg.cpl
Printers and Faxes - control printers
Printers Folder - printers
Private Character Editor - eudcedit
Quicktime (If Installed)- QuickTime.cpl
Quicktime Player (if installed)- quicktimeplayer
Real Player (if installed)- realplay
Regional Settings - intl.cpl
Registry Editor - regedit
Registry Editor - regedit32
Remote Access Phonebook - rasphone
Remote Desktop - mstsc
Removable Storage - ntmsmgr.msc
Removable Storage Operator Requests - ntmsoprq.msc
Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof) - rsop.msc
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
Malicious Software Removal Tool - mrt
Microsoft Access (if installed) - access.cpl
Microsoft Chat - winchat
Microsoft Excel (if installed) - excel
Microsoft Frontpage (if installed)- frontpg
Microsoft Movie Maker - moviemk
Microsoft Paint - mspaint
Microsoft Powerpoint (if installed)- powerpnt
Microsoft Word (if installed)- winword
Microsoft Syncronization Tool - mobsync
Minesweeper Game - winmine
Mouse Properties - control mouse
Mouse Properties - main.cpl
Nero (if installed)- nero
Netmeeting - conf
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
Outlook Express - msimn
Paint - pbrush
IP Configuration (Display Connection Configuration) - ipconfi/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(RefreshesDHCP&Re-RegistersDNS)-ipconfig/registerdns
IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID)- ipconfig/showclassid
IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID)- ipconfig /setclassid
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.....
Accessibility Controls - access.cpl
Accessibility Wizard - accwiz
Add Hardware - Wizardhdwwiz.cpl
Add/Remove Programs - appwiz.cpl
Administrative Tools control - admintools
Adobe Acrobat (if installed) - acrobat
Adobe Designer (if installed)- acrodist
Adobe Distiller (if installed)- acrodist
Adobe ImageReady (if installed)- imageready
Adobe Photoshop (if installed)- photoshop
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
Control Panel - control
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
Files and Settings Transfer Tool- migwiz
File Signature Verification Tool- sigverif
Findfast- findfast.cpl
Firefox (if installed)- firefox
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
Help and Support- helpctr
HyperTerminal- hypertrm
Iexpress Wizard- iexpress
Indexing Service- ciadv.msc
Internet Connection Wizard- icwconn1
Internet Explorer- iexplore
Internet Properties- inetcpl.cpl
Internet Setup Wizard- inetwiz

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[Source: Hidden Tricks of Windows - Posted by Kishore Vengala]

20 things you dont know about Windos XP

You've read the reviews and digested the key feature enhancements and operational
changes. Now it's time to delve a bit deeper and uncover some of Windows XP's secrets.
1. It boasts how long it can stay up. Whereas previous versions of Windows were coy
about how long they went between boots, XP is positively proud of its stamina. Go to the
Command Prompt in the Accessories menu from the All Programs start button option,
and then type 'systeminfo'. The computer will produce a lot of useful info, including the
uptime. If you want to keep these, type 'systeminfo > info.txt'. This creates a file called
info.txt you can look at later with Notepad. (Professional Edition only).
2. You can delete files immediately, without having them move to the Recycle Bin first.
Go to the Start menu, select Run... and type 'gpedit.msc'; then select User Configuration,
Administrative Templates, Windows Components, Windows Explorer and find the Do
not move deleted files to the Recycle Bin setting. Set it. Poking around in gpedit will
reveal a great many interface and system options, but take care -- some may stop your
computer behaving as you wish. (Professional Edition only).
3. You can lock your XP workstation with two clicks of the mouse. Create a new shortcut
on your desktop using a right mouse click, and enter 'rundll32.exe
user32.dll,LockWorkStation' in the location field. Give the shortcut a name you like.
That's it -- just double click on it and your computer will be locked. And if that's not easy
enough, Windows key + L will do the same.
4. XP hides some system software you might want to remove, such as Windows
Messenger, but you can tickle it and make it disgorge everything. Using Notepad or Edit,
edit the text file /windows/inf/sysoc.inf, search for the word 'hide' and remove it. You can
then go to the Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel, select Add/Remove
Windows Components and there will be your prey, exposed and vulnerable.
5. For those skilled in the art of DOS batch files, XP has a number of interesting new
commands. These include 'eventcreate' and 'eventtriggers' for creating and watching
system events, 'typeperf' for monitoring performance of various subsystems, and
'schtasks' for handling scheduled tasks. As usual, typing the command name followed by
/? will give a list of options -- they're all far too baroque to go into here.
6. XP has IP version 6 support -- the next generation of IP. Unfortunately this is more
than your ISP has, so you can only experiment with this on your LAN. Type 'ipv6 install'
into Run... (it's OK, it won't ruin your existing network setup) and then 'ipv6 /?' at the
command line to find out more. If you don't know what IPv6 is, don't worry and don't
bother.
7. You can at last get rid of tasks on the computer from the command line by using
'taskkill /pid' and the task number, or just 'tskill' and the process number. Find that out by
typing 'tasklist', which will also tell you a lot about what's going on in your system.
8. XP will treat Zip files like folders, which is nice if you've got a fast machine. On
slower machines, you can make XP leave zip files well alone by typing 'regsvr32 /u
zipfldr.dll' at the command line. If you change your mind later, you can put things back
as they were by typing 'regsvr32 zipfldr.dll'.
9. XP has ClearType -- Microsoft's anti-aliasing font display technology -- but doesn't
have it enabled by default. It's well worth trying, especially if you were there for DOS
and all those years of staring at a screen have given you the eyes of an astigmatic bat. To
enable ClearType, right click on the desktop, select Properties, Appearance, Effects,
select ClearType from the second drop-down menu and enable the selection. Expect best
results on laptop displays. If you want to use ClearType on the Welcome login screen as
well, set the registry entry HKEY_USERS/.DEFAULT/Control
Panel/Desktop/FontSmoothingType to 2.
10. You can use Remote Assistance to help a friend who's using network address
translation (NAT) on a home network, but not automatically. Get your pal to email you a
Remote Assistance invitation and edit the file. Under the RCTICKET attribute will be a
NAT IP address, like 192.168.1.10. Replace this with your chum's real IP address -- they
can find this out by going to www.whatismyip.com -- and get them to make sure that
they've got port 3389 open on their firewall and forwarded to the errant computer.
11. You can run a program as a different user without logging out and back in again.
Right click the icon, select Run As... and enter the user name and password you want to
use. This only applies for that run. The trick is particularly useful if you need to have
administrative permissions to install a program, which many require. Note that you can
have some fun by running programs multiple times on the same system as different users,
but this can have unforeseen effects.
12. Windows XP can be very insistent about you checking for auto updates, registering a
Passport, using Windows Messenger and so on. After a while, the nagging goes away, but
if you feel you might slip the bonds of sanity before that point, run Regedit, go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current
Version/Explorer/Advanced and create a DWORD value called EnableBalloonTips with
a value of 0.
13. You can start up without needing to enter a user name or password. Select Run...
from the start menu and type 'control userpasswords2', which will open the user accounts
application. On the Users tab, clear the box for Users Must Enter A User Name And
Password To Use This Computer, and click on OK. An Automatically Log On dialog box
will appear; enter the user name and password for the account you want to use.
14. Internet Explorer 6 will automatically delete temporary files, but only if you tell it to.
Start the browser, select Tools / Internet Options... and Advanced, go down to the
Security area and check the box to Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser
is closed.
15. XP comes with a free Network Activity Light, just in case you can't see the LEDs
twinkle on your network card. Right click on My Network Places on the desktop, then
select Properties. Right click on the description for your LAN or dial-up connection,
select Properties, then check the Show icon in notification area when connected box.
You'll now see a tiny network icon on the right of your task bar that glimmers nicely
during network traffic.
16. The Start Menu can be leisurely when it decides to appear, but you can speed things
along by changing the registry entry HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control
Panel/Desktop/MenuShowDelay from the default 400 to something a little snappier. Like
0.
17. You can rename loads of files at once in Windows Explorer. Highlight a set of files in
a window, then right click on one and rename it. All the other files will be renamed to
that name, with individual numbers in brackets to distinguish them. Also, in a folder you
can arrange icons in alphabetised groups by View, Arrange Icon By... Show In Groups.
18. Windows Media Player will display the cover art for albums as it plays the tracks -- if
it found the picture on the Internet when you copied the tracks from the CD. If it didn't,
or if you have lots of pre-WMP music files, you can put your own copy of the cover art in
the same directory as the tracks. Just call it folder.jpg and Windows Media Player will
pick it up and display it.
19. Windows key + Break brings up the System Properties dialogue box; Windows key +
D brings up the desktop; Windows key + Tab moves through the taskbar buttons.

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[Source: Hidden Tricks of Windows - Posted by Kishore Vengala]

Protecting Taskbar from Changes

Open Registry and navigate to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer". Now click on edit->new->DWORD-Value and create an entry with the name "LockTaskbar". Double click on it and set the value to "1". This will disable the context menu "Lock the Taskbar". To enable it, just change the value to "0" again.

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[Source: Hidden Tricks of Windows - Posted by Kishore Vengala]

Well, Have you tried to create A folder named CON in Windows

Well, Try to create a folder in windows platform with the name CON, AUX, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, PRN, NUL....

You cant able to do it...
Its just because of some system calls of this services already been there for those names. So If you try to create or delete those system calls, It will restrict you in doing them... But I have a solution to this..
Try the following steps.. :

STEP1: goto command prompt

STEP2: type in prompt c:\> "md \\.\c:\con"

STEP3: verify by typing "dir \\.\c:\con"

STEP4: delete the file or folder "rd \\.\c:\con"
Now you can see a folder named con in your c drive... Give replies...


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[Source: Hidden Tricks of Windows - Posted by Kishore Vengala]

HIDDEN TRICKS.... of Windows

Introduction

I would like to thank you for appreciating my postings, and also for your lovely responses to my mailbox. Well, this time I am not writing on any of the technical stuffs. Lets change our topic a bit.
Well, nowadays the most popular operating system is Microsoft's Windows operating system. It is a GUI (Graphic User Interface) based operating system. Windows is widely accepteble because of its simplicity. Any type of user can handle this operating system very easily. All of the options in windows corresponds with appropriate informations regrading it. There is a huge amount of help associated with windows.
But having so much of help, there are some hidden truths regarding windows. I would like to share some of them with you that I know with you now.

First of all, I must tell you that most of the hidden tricks are associated with registry values. It is very dangerous to change registry values because microsoft is using all of its objects associated with a registry values. So deleting some key may harm your computer and may lead to reloading of the Operating system again afresh. So be very careful of what I am telling you and dont delete other keys by mistake.

Now, How to open Registry.....

To open Registry, first go to Start menu, then RUN. Type "regedit" without quotes there and press Enter. This will open a new window called Registry Editor with two divisions on the screen. The left hand part is having a hierarchy of folders. And the right hand side is its associated content. Well, it is very similar to the Windows Explorer. Now moving to the Tricks........

(CLSID)

Well, basically windows is build with the microsoft's COM (Component Object Model) based architecture. They have built lots of dlls to provide full graphical windows. Everything in windows is built with classes. The classes of windows are assigned to an unique ID with it called Class ID or CLSID. Now any special folders or any icon of windows OS is associated to its respective CLSIDs, and they are just an object of those classes. An ICON is just a special file when associated with the approprite clsid will behave specially. For instance, if a file or folder is assigned to the CLSID of Recycle Bin will definately behave like it. Even the picture of the ICON will also change if we change the CLSID of it.

I would like to thank you for appreciating my postings, and also for your lovely responses to my mailbox. Well, this time I am not writing on any of the technical stuffs. Lets change our topic a bit.

Well, nowadays the most popular operating system is Microsoft's Windows operating system. It is a GUI (Graphic User Interface) based operating system. Windows is widely accepteble because of its simplicity. Any type of user can handle this operating system very easily. All of the options in windows corresponds with appropriate informations regrading it. There is a huge amount of help associated with windows.
But having so much of help, there are some hidden truths regarding windows. I would like to share some of them with you that I know with you now.

First of all, I must tell you that most of the hidden tricks are associated with registry values. It is very dangerous to change registry values because microsoft is using all of its objects associated with a registry values. So deleting some key may harm your computer and may lead to reloading of the Operating system again afresh. So be very careful of what I am telling you and dont delete other keys by mistake.

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[Source: Hidden Tricks of Windows - Posted by Kishore Vengala]

Restrict User Timely login

Xp offers a possibility of deciding the logon times for each user in the system.Comfortable access to the settings is howev er only possible with the server version. The quickest way to do this in XP is by command line.
The "net user" command followed by the appropriate user account and the option "/times" enabhle the configuration of the logon times. For example to restrict access to the guest account, enter the follwing command
net user guest /times:Mo Fr,10 18;Sa,9 12
The change is effective immediately. The user can login from Monday to Friday between 10 to 18 and Saturday between 9 to 12. Outside this range will ask for password. And even if you give correct password, it will reject it being wrong.
To cancel the timely constraing just type
net user guest /times:all

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[Source: Hidden Tricks of Windows - Posted by Kishore Vengala]

Some Important Tricky Issues

Well, the total thing is going very long, lets do it in short. Open registry and navigate to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/CurrentVersion/Policies\explorer". Under this create a DWORD-Value and name it from the list below to impose restriction. The value of which will be 1 to restrict and 0 to remove restriction. Lets look at the following list:

NoDeletePrinter: Disables Deletion of already installed Printers

NoAddPrinter: Disables Addition of new Printers

NoRun : Disables or hides the Run Command

NoSetFolders: Removes Folders from the Settings option on Start Menu (Control Panel, Printers, Taskbar)

NoSetTaskbar: Removes Taskbar system folder from the Settings option on Start Menu

NoFind: Removes the Find Tool (Start >Find)

NoDrives: Hides and does not display any Drives in My Computer

NoNetHood: Hides or removes the Network Neighborhood icon from the desktop

NoDesktop: Hides all items including, file, folders and system folders from the Desktop

NoClose: Disables Shutdown and prevents the user from normally shutting down Windows.

NoSaveSettings: Means to say, 'Don't save settings on exit'

DisableRegistryTools: Disable Registry Editing Tools (If you disable this option, the Windows Registry Editor(regedit.exe) too will not work.). So be very careful.

NoRecentDocsHistory: Removes Recent Document system folder from the Start Menu (IE 4 and above)

NoFileMenu _ Hides the Files Menu in Explorer

NoActiveDesktop - No Active Desktop

NoActiveDesktopChanges- No changes allowed

NoInternetIcon - No Internet Explorer Icon on the Desktop

NoFavoritesMenu - Hides the Favorites menu

NoChangeStartMenu _ Disables changes to the Start Menu

NoFolderOptions _ Hides the Folder Options in the Explorer

NoLogoff - Hides the Log Off .... in the Start Menu

NoViewOnDrive Restrict a drive to open

NoTrayContextMenu - No context menu in tray.

NoStartMenuSubFolders
NoWindowsUpdate
NoViewContextMenu
EnforceShellExtensionSecurity
LinkResolveIgnoreLinkInfo
NoDriveTypeAutoRun
NoStartBanner
NoSetActiveDesktop
NoNetConnectDisconnect

ClearRecentDocsOnExit: Clears the Recent Documents system folder on Exit.

RestrictRun - Disables all exe programs except those listed in the RestrictRun subkey

Under the same key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/CurrentVersion/Policies" you can create new subkeys other than the already existing Explorer key. Now create a new key and name it System. Under this new key, system we can create the following new DWORD values(1 for enabling the particular option and 0 for disabling the particular
option):
NODispCPL: Hides Control Panel
NoDispBackgroundPage: Hides Background page.
NoDispScrsavPage: Hides Screen Saver Page
NoDispAppearancePage: Hides Appearance Page
NoDispSettingsPage: Hides Settings Page
NoSecCPL: Disables Password Control Panel
NoPwdPage: Hides Password Change Page
NoAdminPaqe: Hides Remote Administration Page
NoProfilePage: Hides User Profiles Page
NoDevMgrPage: Hides Device Manager Page
NoConfigPage: Hides Hardware Profiles Page
NoFileSysPage: Hides File System Button
NoVirtMemPage: Hides Virtual Memory Button
Similarly, if we create a new subkey named WinOldApp, we can add the following
DWORD values under it(1 for enabling the particular option and 0 for disabling the
particular option):
Disabled: Disable MS-DOS Prompt
NoRealMode: Disable Single-Mode MS-DOS.

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[Source: Hidden Tricks of Windows - Posted by Kishore Vengala]

Protecting A folder in Windows XP

I have just told you about CLSID. Its true that microsoft named all its COM objects with a unique CLSID. This ID is responsible for any behaviorial instinct in your file system. So the trick is very simple. IF we could somehow apply this trick to change the behaviour of a folder created by you with some system defined ones, our job will be over.
To do this let us create a folder named "abc" (without quotes). Now, you need to assign something to this folder so that it could be disallowed to open... Just there is a CLSID to do that.
open notepad and write

"ren abc abc.{2559a1f2-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}" without quotes. Save the file with ".bat" extension. Let us save it as protect.bat (This is the extension of batch files) in the same location where the folder in so that it can be directly be called upon. I mean to say you need to create the batch file in the parent directory of abc. Double click on the file and your folder will be locked.

To unprotect it just change the line to this:
"ren abc.{2559a1f2-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0} abc"

You will have to change the folder name in place of abc. Thats all.

To attach an application with your folder:

Well, you can attach any application with your folder. Even the System services like My Computer or Recycle bin. Just you will have to create a batch file and write
"ren abc abc.{FB0C9C8A-6C50-11D1-9F1D-0000F8757FCD}" to make it behave like Scanners and Faxes. This trick will be applicable to any of the folders or files.
To unprotect, you will need to write
"ren abc.{FB0C9C8A-6C50-11D1-9F1D-0000F8757FCD} abc". Where abc is the folder name. I am giving some of the CLSID. Try them and get your work done easily....

CLSID

"{85BBD920-42A0-1069-A2E4-08002B30309D}"="Briefcase"
"{BD84B380-8CA2-1069-AB1D-08000948F534}"="Fonts"
"{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}"="Network Connections"
"{992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48}"="Network Connections"
"{E211B736-43FD-11D1-9EFB-0000F8757FCD}"="Scanners & Cameras"
"{FB0C9C8A-6C50-11D1-9F1D-0000F8757FCD}"="Scanners & Cameras"
"{905667aa-acd6-11d2-8080-00805f6596d2}"="Scanners & Cameras"
"{3F953603-1008-4f6e-A73A-04AAC7A992F1}"="Scanners & Cameras"
"{83bbcbf3-b28a-4919-a5aa-73027445d672}"="Scanners & Cameras"
"{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}"="Scheduled Tasks"
"{0DF44EAA-FF21-4412-828E-260A8728E7F1}"="Taskbar and Start Menu"
"{2559a1f0-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}"="Search"
"{2559a1f1-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}"="Help and Support"
"{2559a1f2-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}"="Help and Support"
"{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}"="Run..."
"{2559a1f4-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}"="Internet"
"{2559a1f5-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}"="E-mail"
"{D20EA4E1-3957-11d2-A40B-0C5020524152}"="Fonts"
"{D20EA4E1-3957-11d2-A40B-0C5020524153}"="Administrative Tools"
"{01E04581-4EEE-11d0-BFE9-00AA005B4383}"="&Address"
"{FF393560-C2A7-11CF-BFF4-444553540000}"="History"
"{7A9D77BD-5403-11d2-8785-2E0420524153}"="User Accounts"
"{32714800-2E5F-11d0-8B85-00AA0044F941}"="For &People..."
"{5464D816-CF16-4784-B9F3-75C0DB52B499}"="Yahoo! Mail"
"{B41DB860-8EE4-11D2-9906-E49FADC173CA}"="WinRAR shell extension"
"{BDEADF00-C265-11D0-BCED-00A0C90AB50F}"="Web Folders"

"{F2CF5485-4E02-4f68-819C-B92DE9277049}"="&Links"

"{416651E4-9C3C-11D9-8BDE-F66BAD1E3F3A}"="PhoneBrowser"

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[Source: Hidden Tricks of Windows - Posted by Kishore Vengala]

Convert Windows XP Guest Account to Admin

Using simple command line tools on a machine running Windows XP wewill obtain system level privileges, and run the entire explorerprocess (Desktop), and all processes that run from it have systemprivileges. The system run level is higher than administrator, and hasfull control of the operating system and it"s kernel. On many machinesthis can be exploited even with the guest account.

Follow these steps:
1. open command prompt (Start->Run->cmd),
2. enter the following command, then press ENTER]:
at 15:25 /interactive Scmd.exe
Letsbreak down the preceding code. The Sat told the machine to run the atcommand, everything after that are the operators for the command, theimportant thing here, is to change the time (24 hour format) to oneminute after the time currently set on your computers clock, forexample: If your computer"s clock says it"s 4:30pm, convert this to 24hour format (16:30) then use 16:31 as the time in the command.
Whenthe system clock reaches the time you set, then a new command promptwill magically run. You"ll notice that the title bar has changed fromcmd.exe to svchost.exe (which is short for Service Host). Now that wehave our system command prompt, you may close the old one. Thedifference is that this one is running with system privileges (becauseit was started by the task scheduler service, which runs under theLocal System account).
3. enter the following command, then press ENTER]:
compmgmt.msc
this will open the computer management console
4. Go to local users and groups->users.
Right click on any user and select "set password".
its done now...

if it says access denied do this


start>run>cmd

net use \\(your ip add)\IPS$ /u:Administrator

or

start>run>cmd
then use following commands
1) net user test /add (this command will make test named user)
2) net localgroup administrators test /add (this command will make test user as administrators rights)

and use net user command to reset your admin. password

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[Source: Hidden Tricks of Windows - Posted by Kishore Vengala]

To Hide Disk Drives

Open Registry and navigate to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer". Create a new entry by clicking on edit-> new->"Dword value". Name the value as 3fffffff.
Now each drive letter has a number. The value of the key will be the sum of the drive letter numbers. Some of the numbers are :

A:=1, B:=2,C:\4,D:=8,e:=16,f:=32,g:=64,H:=128,I:=256,j:=512,k:=1024,L:=2048 and so on. ..... Now if you want to hide "C:" and "D:" , you just have to enter value as '12'(4+8). Enter as decimal value in the dword key and restart windows.
To get back your drives just delete the key called "3fffffff".

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[Source: Hidden Tricks of Windows - Posted by Kishore Vengala]