TECH TOLA: Windows XP Tweaks

Forgot your Windows XP Password?

Written by Quakeboy on Saturday, December 22, 2007

Have you forgotten your Windows XP Password?
Have you forgotten your Windows Vista password?
Have you forgotten your Windows 2000 password?

Here is open source freeware tool to reset your Windows XP Password. Whats more this tool works on all Windows NT Operating System including Windows Vista.

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All you need to do is download the ISO image file from the site, burn it to a CD. Then boot your system with CD. Follow the simple instruction on the screen and voila your password is reset to blank.

Works with All Windows NT operating systems - XP, 2000, Vista
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Show Hidden files in Folder options doesn't work !!

Written by Quakeboy on Friday, June 22, 2007

A new bunch of viruses, malware, spywares around use this technique to hide themselves from the users. Seems like a new work around in the registry can hide files with hidden attribute, and disable the show hidden files option in the Folder options.

Even after you set the option to show hidden files and folders. It comes back to Do not show hidden files and folders.

Here is a solution to this problem. Go to Run>type Regedit and press enter.
Now navigate to

- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL

Make sure there is an entry called CheckedValue with type REG_DWORD and value is '1'

Now come back to folder option and set show hidden files and it will work

UPDATE:-

If the above solution doesn't work. You can download this registry data file.
Once it is downloaded, just double click to merge the registry file in any XP system.
And see the problems fixed.

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Windows XP - I Don't want to.......

Written by Quakeboy on Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Well i have got some tweaks for Windows XP...

1) Don't want to logon as a guest when accessing from the network problem

You have done with all your settings for LAN with windows xp. (ie set ip, create users, shared folders etc) now when you try to access the system either by going to start>run and then typing //(ip address) or by going to windows network select the workgroup and then click on the computer icon. now all it does is pop up a dialog and says Login but shows only the username as GUEST and you are unable to change it. Most of the time we disable the guest account and if you have done it then you cant login unless you enable it again.

Here's the solution
1. Go to Start>Run>type gpedit.msc
2. Under Local computer Policy>computer config>windows settings>security settings>Local Policies>Security Options
3. Then search for Network Access : Sharing and security model for local accounts.
4. Double click and Change it to Classic

Now try to access the system from the network.

2) Don't want to display user account on the welcome screen.

You don't want to show certain user accounts on the welcome screen for security reasons.

Here's the solution
1. Go to Start>Run>type regedit
2. go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ WindowsNT\ CurrentVersion\ Winlogon\ SpecialAccounts\ UserList

3. Right click add a new DWORD and set the name to your username (eg.Administrator, John etc) and by default the value will be 0 (zero). leave it to that.

(updated - After hiding the user from welcome screen. If you need to log in as that user. Just press CTRL+ALT+DEL(2 times) and a login dialog appears and there enter your username and password - thanks to ATUL for his comment that made me update this)