Disable Autorun In Windows XP, Vista, 7

This trick will help you in disabling Autorun of USB pen drive. If your drive is infected with viruses, then Autorun should be disabled.
1.Click on Start button. Type 'gpedit.msc' in the Search Box to open the Group Policy Editor.
2.Go to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components.
3.On the right side of the window double click on "Turn off Autoplay" to turn it off.
4.Click on 'enabled' option of 'Turn off autoplay' and apply it to 'all drives'.

Save the changes to disable the autorun of a pen drive.

Please Note

Please note that it is important to take a backup of the windows registry before tweaking. We are not responsible if the system does not function well after tweaking the registry.

Windows 7 Registry Tweaks

Turn Off Aero Snap
Aero Snap is a feature of Windows 7 mainly for better arrangement of the windows on the desktop. When you drag a window to the top of the screen, Aero Snap will automatically maximise it to full size. Similarly, when you drag a window to the left or right portion of the screen it will automatically arrange it to fit in half of the screen size.
You can turn off Aero Snap by the following Registry trick.
1. Open the registry editor by typing 'regedit' in the search box.
2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop.
Scroll down to "WindowArrangementActive" in the right-hand pane, and double-click it to open it.
3. Change the number in the "Value data" field from 1 (Aero Snap is enabled) to 0.
4. Click OK.
This is how Aero Snap is disabled.


Set Time Delay To Aero Peek
Windows 7 has a feature of Aero Peek with which you can directly view the desktop even if you have a number of applications open and executing side by side.

Internet Explorer Trick : Hidden URL shortcuts.

With this trick you can add a shortcut to your favourite URLs in IE but not display them in the Favourites Folder. Here is how you can do it .
1.Open the Registry Editor by typing 'regedit'.
2.Go to : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES / Software / Microsoft / InternetExplorer / AboutURLs
3. Add a string value with the name of the shortcut you want to use.
4. In the data field, give them the calue of the url you want them to point.(eg http://blogger.com/)
5.In the IE address bar, type about:shortcut_name.

These favourites wont be displayed in the Favourites folder.

Hacking for beginners- IP addresses and IP tracing in Gmail

This post will cover the following points:
1.IP addresses.
2.IP tracing.
3.How to find the IP address of the sender in Gmail.

IP Tracing:-
IP tracing is said to be one of the most important steps in Hacking a remote system because it gives more information about the system, the host on which resides, the potential weaknesses in the system and so on.
Thus, the first step in attacking a system is the identifying and locating the target. For doing this we need to know the ip address of the system. This is where IP tracing comes into the picture.But before going into details, it is important to understand a few things about ip addresses.

IP Address:-
Every system connected to the internet has a unique address which is called IP address or the Internet Protocol address. Just like the address of your home tells the location the IP address tells the other systems about your location on network. Thus, an IP address identifies your system among the millions of systems connected to the net. Every data packet sent or recieved by your system contains your IP address.

The IP addresses are designed in such a way that you cannot predict the location of the system just by looking at its fields. So, if somebody tells you that the location(or country) of a system is decided, say, by its third field or second field then that is completely false. However there are many tools and sites available which tell you the geograpical information just by entering the ip address.

Windows Registry Tweak : Prevent Changes To Start Menu

Windows Registry Trick : How to prevent changes to the start menu.
This tweak will stop any change done to the Start Menu.
1.Open the Registry Editor.
2.Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer .
3. Add a Dword called NoChangeStartMenu.
4.Set it to Value 1.

Save the changes and Reboot the system for effects to take place. Note : I have tried it on Windows XP, I am not sure about other OS. As always, take a backup of the registry before messing up its values. :)

Windows 7 trick : Remove Thumbnail Preview Time Delay

If you are using Windows 7, you must be aware that you can preview a window by hovering the mouse pointer over its taskbar icon. Well, most of us think that it is a great feature to use. However, in case you have noticed, there is a time delay before which the thumbnail gets displayed. We can remove this time delay by doing this simple registry tweak.