Some Window 7 Cheats

As you all know Windows 7 RC3 is launched. Here‘s a little cheat sheet I made up for some of the handy new hot key combination, many of which I‘ve become quite dependent on!

From Desktop

1. Windows Key + Tab : Aero
2. Windows Key + E : Windows Explorer is launched.
3. Windows Key + R : Run Command is launched.
4. Windows Key + F : Search
5. Windows Key + X : Mobility Center
6. Windows Key + L : Lock Computer
7. Windows Key + U : Launches Ease of Access
8. Windows Key + P : Projector
9. Windows Key + T : Cycle Super Taskbar Items
10. Windows Key + S : OneNote Screen Clipping Tool
11. Windows Key + M : Minimize All Windows
12. Windows Key + D : Show/Hide Desktop
13. Windows Key + Up : Maximize Current Window
14. Windows Key + Down : Restore Down / Minimize
15. Windows Key + Left : Tile Current Window to the Left
16. Windows Key + Right : Tile Current Windows Right
17. Windows Key + # (# is any number)
18. Windows Key + = : Launches the Magnifier
19. Windows Key + Plus : Zoom in
20. Windows Key + Minus : Zooms out
21. Windows Key + Space : Peek at the desktop

From Windows Explorer

22. Alt + Up: Go up one level 

23. Alt + Left/ Right: Back/ Forward 

24. Alt + P: Show/hide Preview Pane

Taskbar modifiers
25. Shift + Click on icon: Open a new instance 

26. Middle click on icon: Open a new instance 

27. Ctrl + Shift + Click on icon: Open a new instance with Admin privileges 

28. Shift + Right-click on icon: Show window menu 

29. Shift + Right-click on grouped icon: Menu with Restore All / Minimize All / Close All, etc. 

30. Ctrl + Click on grouped icon: Cycle between the windows (or tabs) in the group

Gillhacker‟s Suggesion: - “Though some of them are there in previous “versions of Windows, Windows 7 has incorporated many of them and have started many afresh.”

Hack To Change Your IP Address

1. Click on "Start" in the bottom left hand corner of screen 

2. Click on "Run"

 3. Type in "cmd" and hit ok

 You should now be at an MSDOS prompt screen.

 4. Type "ipconfig /release" just like that, and hit "enter" 

5. Type "exit" and leave the prompt 

6. Right-click on "Network Places" or "My Network Places" on your desktop. 

7. Click on "properties

 You should now be on a screen with something titled "Local Area Connection", or something close to that, and, if you have a network hooked up, all of your other networks.

 8. Right click on "Local Area Connection" and click "properties"

 9. Double-click on the "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" from the list under the "General" tab

 10. Click on "Use the following IP address" under the "General" tab 

11. Create an IP address (It doesn't matter what it is. I just type 1 and 2 until i fill the area up). 

12. Press "Tab" and it should automatically fill in the "Subnet Mask" section with default numbers.

 13. Hit the "Ok" button here 

14. Hit the "Ok" button again 

You should now be back to the "Local Area Connection" screen.

 15. Right-click back on "Local Area Connection" and go to properties again.

16. Go back to the "TCP/IP" settings 

17. This time, select "Obtain an IP address automatically" tongue.gif

 18. Hit "Ok" 

19. Hit "Ok" again

 20. You now have a new IP address

With a little practice, you can easily get this process down to 15 seconds.

Recover Hacked Yahoo Accounts

As we are entered 2010 the hacking future is going to change with lightning speed as blackhat hackers issue a news to media that in this year there first target will be ADOBE and YAHOO. So now what more a common man can do if these companies are not safe then what about us.

Preventing hacking is not easy that is seemed so we are ready to be hacked in future without any notification. From Anil Ambani to a computer shop owner all are going to hack. So question arise here that what to do then?

Well in this article i will discuss a common problem that we often see in routine life i.e yahoo account hacking. Most of us have been hacked or going to be hacked some how. But after hacking we have no option to reclaim that account except ―alternative email address and secret question‖options. But in the below tutorial I will guide you to how to get back your hacked account by talking directly with the yahoo employees. 

Solution 1

In case of a hacked account send a mail describing your problem to account-security-help @cc.yahoo-inc.com

 Note: please delete the blank space between help and @ which I had to insert because Yahoo can't handle long addresses.

 Solution 2

 If this doesn't help, call Yahoo: 1-408-349-1572, explain to a customer service person what happened.

They will ask you to do certain things and then they compare your original info with the changed info. Within 24 hrs you should get your account back!

Many users got their hacked account back with in 30 minutes

Here is a comment from the user.

“I am very grateful! I have solved my email problem in just 30 min by calling the number I was given.

 I am very, very grateful with the person that answered my question and helped me!!! 

Thank you very much!”

GillHacker‟s Suggesion: - “Mostly after been hacked we make new ID and aging starts our life but for a big business man. So try to be safe but if you are hacked then pick up the phone and make acall to yahoo itself (Note:- The phone no is not Toll Free)

Hack P4 To Make Core2Dual Processor

Note, this trick is really not recommended as this may cause windows to provide falsified information to it self and other applications, which would cause system stability issue and may slow down the system….

 How to Change the Processor Name shown in the System properties Dialog Box ?? 

Under Windows XP, Click Start, then RUN Command, 

―regedit―… (Without the quote symbols)… Now please navigate your self to this Registry location,

 >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > HARDWARE > DESCRIPTION > SYSTEM > CENTRAL PROCESSOR > GO TO 0 Now please double click, on the key PROCESSORNAMESTRING . Change the value as you like…

Here you can see I changed my processor to 8.0GHz. So go and showoff to your friends that you have 8Ghz processor he he.

Block Sites Without Costly Firewalls

If you work in a kiosk mode PC say a computer cafe or in a school setting, there are restrictions that you want to enforce when it comes to sites that users can browse. This is specially important when you have a family workstation which little kids can use. Filtering is an option but programs Procon and others can definitely affect system and browser performance. You can also use software like AnyWeblock but it is pretty complicated and time-consuming for busy users to configure. For starters here‘s a nifty way to filter those unwanted websites off your computer. For either Vista or Windows XP, go to the directory C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc (If C is your default Windows directory). Back-up first your Hosts file in another secured directory. Next, open the Hosts file with Notepad (or any other text editor like Vim or Darkroom). Most probably the file is in Read-Only attribute so you cannot edit the Hosts file. First off, right click on Hosts, click Properties and uncheck Read-Only. Now go open and edit it in Notepad and you will see this:

Add the following on its own line in the hosts file below 127.0.0.1 localhost: 

127.0.0.1 www.orkut.com (we will use it as an example).

 Save the file and make sure you don‘t save it in txt extension but choose all files, exit notepad and make sure you check read-only attribute again in properties. Make sure you have cleared your browser history or flush the DNS cache, otherwise you will still see the blocked site. If you cleared the history, fire-up your favorite browser , You cannot access orkut but you can still access other sites. Accessing your listed site will return a Server not found error.

 Just a note, For gillhacker followers, just go to /etc/ folder and edit Hosts. In Windows 2k the directory should be

 C:\Winnt\System32\drivers\etc (if c: is the default drive) in Windows 98 and ME it is C:\Winnt if (if c: is the default drive).

In Ubuntu and other Linux distros do this in your favorite text editor echo "127.0.0.1 www.google.com‖ | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts. There is a downside if you have a very big list of blocked sites in Hosts file. It can slow down your machine. It seems to affect PCs in the 2k kernel and Vista but not the 9x Windows systems.
To avoid slowdowns, do this: Type services.msc in Run dialog box. In the new Services window scroll down to DNS Client and double-click it or just right-click and hit Properties. Click the drop-down for Start-up type then either select Manual or Disabled. Hit ok, exit the window and restart your PC.

So in this way if some one want to access www.orkut.com or any pron site in school he/she will be denied.

 Anybody with a depth knowledge in Hosts files and ports like myself, even proxy settings can bypass this technique and browse into any intended website. But what we are concerned here is the easiest way to block sites from common users without them even knowing that somebody blocked their ability to browse specific sites. It is better to have a layer of protection, than nothing at all. Now apply it, test it, and have a happy filtered browsing!

Extend Window Vista Activation

We always use Windows which demands activation after 30 days so in below article I will guide you to how to extend your Vista activation period, I do not tested it on Window 7 but I guess it will work too in Window 7.

 Ryan from Cybernet wrote a nice article days back that explains how every Windows Vista user can extend the activation period by the factor three raising the total time until Windows Vista has to be activated to 360 days. The first steps are basically the same as before. 

Run the command prompt as an administrator, you can do this by starting cmd and pressing CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER. Type ―slmgr -rearm‖ and hit return. 

The activation period will be reset to another 30 days after a reboot. To check if this procedure was successful you can type ―slmgr -xpr‖ at the same command prompt after the reboot.

 This was the usual way of extending the Windows Vista activation period from 30 to 120 days. We are now going to increase this period by the factor two again to have 360 days to activate Windows Vista. 

Open the registry with ―regedit‖ and navigate to the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ SL

Right-click the SkipRearm key and choose to modify it. Change the value to 1 and close regedit again. Start the command prompt as an administrator again and type ―slmgr -rearm‖ again. Reboot

the pc again and the Vista activation period was again reset to another 30 days. This can be done eight times.

 To outline it again:

-> slmgr -rearm as an administrator in the Windows Vista command prompt (3 times)

-> change SkipRearm to 1 in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ SL

-> slmgr -rearm as an administrator in the Windows Vista command prompt (both 8 times)
This extends the Windows Vista activation period to 360 days.

How To: Jailbreak iOS 5.1.1 Untethered On iPod Touch 4G, iPod Touch 3G With Absinthe 2.0.1 [Windows]

Windows users looking to Jailbreak their iPod Touch 4G or iPod Touch 3G running the iOS 5.1.1 firmware are in luck! Pod2G recently released his Absinthe 2.0 Jailbreaking solution to Jailbreak the iPod Touch 4G and iPod Touch 3G running the iOS 5.1.1 firmware Untethered. Thus, in this how to guide you will learn how to Jailbreak your iPod Touch 4G or iPod Touch 3G running the iOS 5.1.1 firmware Untethered using the Windows version of Absinthe 2.0.1.

iPod Touch 4G/3G iOS 5.1.1 Untethered Jailbreak

Perquisites: The first thing you need to do before starting this how to is make sure your iPod Touch is backed up. As the Absinthe Jailbreaking tool was just released, there is a good chance that you may experience an error Jailbreaking it. Thus, it is always a good idea to make sure all your content on your iPod Touch is backed up.

Recommendation: It is our personal recommendation and Pod2G’s that you restore your iPod Touch to factory settings on the iOS 5.1.1 firmware. This will dramatically reduce the chance you have of experiencing an error while Jailbreaking it.

Step 1) – The first thing you will need to do is download the latest version of the Absinthe Jailbreaking tool from the iJailbreak Downloads Section or from one of the direct download links below. It is always recommend that you check the iJailbreak Download Section, however, to ensure that you are downloading the latest version (we do not always update these guides with the up-to-date versions).

DOWNLOAD  Absinthe 2.0.1 for Windows

 Step 2) – Once you have downloaded Absinthe 2.0.1 you will need to extract it to your desktop.

Step 3) – Next you will need to right click on the absinthe-win-2.0.1.exe file and then click the Run in administrator option.

 Upon doing this a terminal window will appear with lines of code flashing by. This is because Absinthe is now extracting itself properly and will appear in a new folder called absinthe-win-2.0.1 once terminal disappears.

 Go inside this newly created folder and then right click on the absinthe.exe file and then click the Run in administrator option

Step 4) – With Absinthe 2.0.1 up and running you will need to plug your iPod Touch into your computer (if you have not done this already). Upon doing this Absinthe should recognize your iPod Touch, and once this happens, you will need to click the Jailbreak button in the middle-right side of the screen.

When you click the Jailbreak button your iPod Touch will look like it is being officially restored through iTunes; it should say something along the lines of “restore in progress.”

Note: The Jailbreaking process can take anywhere from 5-minutes to 10-minutes so be patient.

Step 5) - Once your iPod Touch reboots you can slide-to-unlock it and then on your SpringBoard (homescreen) you should notice Cydia. Tap on the Cydia icon and let it prepare its filesystem. Congrats! You have just Jailbroken your iPod Touch 4G or iPod Touch 3G Untethered running the iOS 5.1.1 firmware with Absinthe 2.0.1.

Hopefully this how to guide has helped you Jailbreak your iPod Touch 4G or iPod Touch 3G running the iOS 5.1.1 firmware using Absinthe 2.0.1 on Windows. If you have any questions or thoughts related to this tutorial please leave them in the comments.