No More MSN Spyware In Your Comp

Remove Some time back when ever i used to visit my c drive a balloon reminder used to pop up asking me to enter your MSN Messenger username and password. This started to happen the same day i downloaded a software from torrent.

I was under the impression that that the software contained virus. Now i know it it isnt a virus but it could be still be dangerous. Once you enter it, it seems it will be stored forever!. So someone could make use of this . If you don?t want to be nagged by the balloon, use this hack to disable the reminder forever.

Navigate to:

HCU\Software\Microsoft\MessengerService

Change the Binary Value PassportBalloon to 0a 00 00 00 to permanently disable the reminder.

Auto-Reboot After A Crash

When Windows crashes due to application, hardware or any other system fault or due to power failure, it will to automatically reboot. You might not want the system to go into auto-reboot mode while you are troubleshooting your PC. This Registry Hack will show you how to stop it. Just open Regedit(START>>RUN>>Type REGEDIT)

Navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl

Change the value of AutoReboot to 0 to prevent an automatic reboot after a crash. Incase it is o and you want it to reboot change it to 1. You may have to restart the computer for the change/effect to take place. Back up your registry before you do it(click here)

Enable /Disable Task manager

Poor thing your Task manager has been disable by admin or by some virus. I will tell you how to enable it. Let's enable it. Go to regedit(START>>>RUN>>>Now type REGEDIT)

Navigate to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion \Policies\System

Now make the find value DisableTaskMgr change it's Data to one of these as required (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled). This is method is for windows NT but will work on 2000

Enable/Disable REGEDIT

There are several viruses that Disable your Registry Editor. To enable it just follow the following steps based on your version of windows. We will be using dos programing for this.

ON 98 ME, NT, and 2000:

• Open Notepad.


• Copy and paste the following:
  
  REGEDIT4
  
  
  
  [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows \CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
  
  "DisableRegistryTools" = dword:00000000
  
  


• Save this file as RESTORE.REG. Save it in C: drive.


• Now the file's location is C:\RESTORE.REG


• Click Start and select Run


• Type C:\RESTORE.REG, then press Enter.


• Click Yes at the prompt of the message box.

On Windows XP and Server 2003:

Just replace the code in the notepad file.



REG add

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

/v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

This should enable your regedit. You can also try this

• Start your comp save all inportant data.


• Retart your computer in safe mode with command prompt


• Now type the following command (to enable registry editor)
  
  reg delete HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows \currentversion\policies\system /v "DisableRegistryTools"
  
  and
  
  run HKEY_Local_Machine\software\microsoft\windows \currentversion\policies\system /v "DisableRegistryTools"

Download ActiveX Files To A Specfic Location

The default path where the ActiveX files are installed when you download an ActiveX control is Windows\Downloaded Program Files. It is good thing to change this location.This saves your OS. Just open Regedit(START>>RUN>>Type REGEDIT)

Navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows \CurrentVersion\Internet Settings

Change the ActiveXCache String Value to the desired download location like?F:\MyActiveX?.



Also

Navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows \CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ActiveX Cache

Here, change the ?0? value to the same folder you specified in the other location.You just need to restart IE for the change to take effect.



This is for win xp. Back up your registry before you do it(click here)

Solve Greek And Latin character Problem in MS Office

You might have seen some characters in MS Word getting printed out as little square boxes?such characters include Greek symbols and such. This happens on printers that don?t support Unicode characters. Here?s a hack to make those gammas and lambdas print out properly.

Navigate to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Word

\Options

Here, the ?11.0? is for Office 2003 . It?s 10.0 for Office XP and 9.0 for Office 2000



Create a new String value (or modify the existing value) called NoWideTextPrinting. Set it to 1 to enable the interesting characters. The default is 0.



This is for win xp. You need to restart the computer for the change/effect to take place. Back up your registry before you do it(click here)

Enable/remove image toolbar

IE has an annoying feature. When ever you hover your mouse over a little floating toolbar comes up with buttons. This toolbar has save, print, and a few other option to do with the image. It ?s pretty useless, since you can just right-click on the image and perform the same options. With this hack you can prevent that toolbar from

appearing. just open regedit(Start>>>Run>>>Type regedit)

Navigate to:

HCU\Software\ Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PhotoSupport

Here, create(right-click &  new) or modify the DWORD Value called MyPics_Hoverbar. Set it to 0 to allow the toolbar to come up, and to1 to prevent it from coming up.Restart Windows or log out and log back in for the change to

take effect.

Add A Command-Prompt Right-Click To Every Folder

If you use the command line window a lot, this hack will let you open a command prompt at the selected directory.

Navigate to:

HCR\Directory\shell

Create a new sub-key called Command under the main key i.e shell. Just right click on the key(shell) and select key from NEW option.Change the value of (Default) within that key to Open Prompt Here.



Create another, new sub-key under the key created aboveagain called command. Change the value of (Default) here to cmd.exe /k cd %1, without the quotes.

Load Kernel Into RAM

In Windows 98, programs could be loaded and kept in RAM for as long as you wanted. You could even load a anything into the RAM even video clip and have it play from there!. this feature doesnto exists in XP  or by defaut it's disabled. this is done mostly due to security reasons.



But when it comes to the Windows XP kernel there is nothing to worry about. By default, XP only loads the required parts of the kernel into RAM at boot time. as and when needed the other parts are called. Having the entire kernel available in memory speeds up processing.

Navigate to:

HLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control \SessionManager \Memory Management

Set the value of the DisablePagingExecutive key to 1. This will make the entire kernel be loaded in memory. To diable it you can set it back to ) . You need to reboot for the changes to take effect.