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First of all you will need to download a exe editor – Resource Hacker
are avaliable from www.downloads.com and are adequate for the task in hand.

Step 1 – Modify Explorer.exe File

The first step is to make a backup copy of the file explorer.exe located at C:\Windows\explorer. Place it in a folder somewhere on your hard drive where it will be safe. Start Resource Hacker and open explorer.exe located at C:\Windows\explorer.exe as shown

The category we are going to be using is String Table. Expand it by clicking the plus sign then navigate down to and expand string 37 followed by highlighting 1033. If you are using the Classic Layout rather than the XP Layout, use number 38. The right hand pane will display the stringtable as shown in Figure We’re going to modify item 578, currently showing the word “start” just as it displays on the current Start button

Just double click on the word “start” so that it’s highlighted, making sure the quotation marks are not part of the highlight. They need to remain in place, surrounding the new text that you’ll type. Go ahead and type your new entry. In my case I used  “Ankit“ as shown in Figure

Click Compile Script and then save the altered file using the Save As command on the File Menu. Do not use the Save command – Make sure to use the Save As command and choose a name for the file. eg- ankitexplorer.exe

You canchange the text that appears when you take your mouse on start button. Default text is “click here to begin”. To change the text select String Table. Expand it by clicking the plus sign then navigate down to and expand string 34 followed by highlighting 1033.The right hand pane will display the stringtable as shown in Figure We’re going to modify item 533, currently showing the word “start” just as it displays on the current Start butto. Just change the text whatever you want here i change it by “click kar na yaar”. Then click on the “Compile Script”. Rest of the procedure is same.

Step 2 – Modify the Registry

Now that the ankitexplorer.exe has been created it’s necessary to modify the registry so the file will be recognized when the user logs on to the system.

goto

start>run>regedit

Navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows NT\ CurrentVersion\ Winlogon

In the right pane double click the Shell entry to open the Edit String dialog box. In Value data: line, enter the name that was used to save the modified explorer.exe file(here is use ankitexplorer.exe). Click OK.

Close Registry Editor and either log off the system and log back in, or reboot the entire system if that’s your preference. If all went as planned you should see your new Start button with the revised text.

Downoald Resource Hacker: http://www.download.com/3001-2352_4-10178588.html

ThankYou

ANSI.SYS Defines functions that change display graphics, control cursor movement, and reassign keys.
APPEND Causes MS-DOS to look in other directories when editing a file or running a command.
ARP Displays, adds, and removes arp information from important]devices[.
ASSIGN Assign a drive letter to an alternate letter.
ASSOC View the file associations.
AT Schedule a time to execute commands or programs.
ATMADM Lists connections and addresses seen by Windows ATM call manager.
ATTRIB Display and change file attributes.
BATCH Recovery console command that executes a series of commands in a file.
BOOTCFG Recovery console command that allows a user to view, modify, and rebuild the boot.ini
BREAK Enable / disable CTRL + C feature.
CACLS View and modify file ACL’s.
CALL Calls a batch file from another batch file.
CD Changes directories.
CHCP Supplement the International keyboard and character set information.
CHDIR Changes directories.
CHKDSK Check the important harddisk
running FAT for errors.
CHKNTFS Check the hard disk drive running NTFS for errors.
CHOICE Specify a listing of multiple options within a batch file.
CLS Clears the screen.
CMD Opens the command interpreter.
COLOR Easily change the foreground and background color of the MS-DOS window.
COMMAND Opens the command interpreter.
COMP Compares files.
COMPACT Compresses and uncompress files.
CONTROL Open control panel icons from the MS-DOS prompt.
CONVERT Convert FAT to NTFS.
COPY Copy one or more files to an alternate location.
CTTY Change the computers input/output devices.
DATE View or change the systems date.
DEBUG Debug utility to create assembly programs to modify hardware settings.
DEFRAG Re-arrange the hard disk drive to help with loading programs.
DEL Deletes one or more files.
DELETE Recovery console command that deletes a file.
DELTREE Deletes one or more files and/or directories.
DIR List the contents of one or more directory.
DISABLE Recovery console command that disables Windows system services or drivers.
DISKCOMP Compare a disk with another disk.
DISKCOPY Copy the contents of one disk and place them on another disk.
DOSKEY Command to view and execute commands that have been run in the past.
DOSSHELL A GUI to help with early MS-DOS users.
DRIVPARM Enables overwrite of original
ECHO Displays messages and enables and disables echo.
EDIT View and edit files.
EDLIN View and edit files.
EMM386 Load extended Memory Manager.
ENABLE Recovery console command to enable a disable service or driver.
ENDLOCAL Stops the localization of the environment changes enabled by the setlocal command.
ERASE Erase files from computer.
EXIT Exit from the command interpreter.
EXPAND Expand a file back to it’s original format.
EXTRACT Extract files from the Microsoft Windows cabinets.
FASTHELP Displays a listing of MS-DOS commands and information about them.
FC Compare files.
FDISK Utility used to create partitions on the hard disk drive.
FIND Search for text within a file.
FINDSTR Searches for a string of text within a file.
FIXBOOT Writes a new boot sector.
FIXMBR Writes a new boot record to drive
FOR Boolean used in batch files.
FORMAT Command to erase and prepare a disk drive.
FTP Command to connect and operate on a server.
FTYPE Displays or modifies file types used in file extension associations.
GOTO Moves a batch file to a specific label or location.
GRAFTABL Show extended characters in graphics mode.
HELP Display a listing of commands and brief explanation. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
IF Allows for batch files to perform conditional processing.
IFSHLP.SYS 32-bit file manager.
IPCONFIG Network command to view network adapter settings and assigned values.
KEYB Change layout of keyboard.
LABEL Change the label of a disk drive.
LH Load a device driver in to high memory.
LISTSVC Recovery console command that displays the services and drivers.
LOADFIX Load a program above the first 64k.
LOADHIGH Load a device driver in to high memory.
LOCK Lock the hard disk drive.
LOGON Recovery console command to list installations and enable administrator login.
MAP Displays the device name of a drive.
MD Command to create a new directory.
MEM Display memory on system.
MKDIR Command to create a new directory.
MODE Modify the port or display settings.
MORE Display one page at a time.
MOVE Move one or more files from one directory to another directory.
MSAV Early Microsoft Virus scanner.
MSD Diagnostics utility.
MSCDEX Utility used to load and provide access to the CD-ROM.
NBTSTAT Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections using NBT
NET Update, fix, or view the network or network settings
NETSH Configure dynamic and static network information from MS-DOS.
NETSTAT Display the TCP/IP network protocol statistics and information.
NLSFUNC Load country specific information.
NSLOOKUP Look up an IP address of a domain or host on a network.
PATH View and modify the computers path location.
PATHPING View and locate locations of network latency.
PAUSE Command used in batch files to stop the processing of a command.
PING Test / send information to another network computer or network device.
POPD Changes to the directory or network path stored by the pushd command.
POWER Conserve power with computer portables.
PRINT Prints data to a printer port.
PROMPT View and change the MS-DOS prompt.
PUSHD Stores a directory or network path in memory so it can be returned to at any time.
QBASIC Open the QBasic.
RD Removes an empty directory.
RECOVER Recovers readable information from a bad or defective disk.
REM Records comments (remarks) in batch files or CONFIG.SYS.
REN Renames a file or directory.
RENAME Renames a file or directory.
REPLACE Replaces files.
RMDIR Removes an empty directory.
ROUTE View and configure windows network route tables.
RUNAS Enables a user to execute a program on another computer.
SCANDISK Run the scandisk utility.
SCANREG Scan registry and recover registry from errors.
SET Change one variable or string to another.
SETLOCAL Enables local environments to be changed without affecting anything else.
SETVER Change MS-DOS version to trick older MS-DOS programs.
SHARE Installs support for file sharing and locking capabilities.
SHIFT Changes the position of replaceable parameters in a batch program.
SHUTDOWN Shutdown the computer from the MS-DOS prompt.
SMARTDRV Create a disk cache in conventional memory or extended memory.
SORT Sorts the input and displays the output to the screen.
START Start a separate window in Windows from the MS-DOS prompt.
SUBST Substitute a folder on your computer for another drive letter.
SWITCHES Remove add functions from MS-DOS.
SYS Transfer system files to disk drive.
TELNET Telnet to another computer / device from the prompt.
TIME View or modify the system time.
TITLE Change the title of their MS-DOS window.
TRACERT Visually view a network packets route across a network.
TREE View a visual tree of the hard disk drive.
TYPE Display the contents of a file.
UNDELETE Undelete a file that has been deleted.
UNFORMAT Unformat a hard disk drive.
UNLOCK Unlock a disk drive.
VER Display the version information.
VERIFY Enables or disables the feature to determine if files have been written properly.
VOL Displays the volume information about the designated drive.
XCOPY Copy multiple files, directories, and/or drives from one location to another.

ANSI.SYS Defines functions that change display graphics, control cursor movement, and reassign keys.
APPEND Causes MS-DOS to look in other directories when editing a file or running a command.
ARP Displays, adds, and removes arp information from important]devices[.
ASSIGN Assign a drive letter to an alternate letter.
ASSOC View the file associations.
AT Schedule a time to execute commands or programs.
ATMADM Lists connections and addresses seen by Windows ATM call manager.
ATTRIB Display and change file attributes.
BATCH Recovery console command that executes a series of commands in a file.
BOOTCFG Recovery console command that allows a user to view, modify, and rebuild the boot.ini
BREAK Enable / disable CTRL + C feature.
CACLS View and modify file ACL’s.
CALL Calls a batch file from another batch file.
CD Changes directories.
CHCP Supplement the International keyboard and character set information.
CHDIR Changes directories.
CHKDSK Check the important harddisk
running FAT for errors.
CHKNTFS Check the hard disk drive running NTFS for errors.
CHOICE Specify a listing of multiple options within a batch file.
CLS Clears the screen.
CMD Opens the command interpreter.
COLOR Easily change the foreground and background color of the MS-DOS window.
COMMAND Opens the command interpreter.
COMP Compares files.
COMPACT Compresses and uncompress files.
CONTROL Open control panel icons from the MS-DOS prompt.
CONVERT Convert FAT to NTFS.
COPY Copy one or more files to an alternate location.
CTTY Change the computers input/output devices.
DATE View or change the systems date.
DEBUG Debug utility to create assembly programs to modify hardware settings.
DEFRAG Re-arrange the hard disk drive to help with loading programs.
DEL Deletes one or more files.
DELETE Recovery console command that deletes a file.
DELTREE Deletes one or more files and/or directories.
DIR List the contents of one or more directory.
DISABLE Recovery console command that disables Windows system services or drivers.
DISKCOMP Compare a disk with another disk.
DISKCOPY Copy the contents of one disk and place them on another disk.
DOSKEY Command to view and execute commands that have been run in the past.
DOSSHELL A GUI to help with early MS-DOS users.
DRIVPARM Enables overwrite of original
ECHO Displays messages and enables and disables echo.
EDIT View and edit files.
EDLIN View and edit files.
EMM386 Load extended Memory Manager.
ENABLE Recovery console command to enable a disable service or driver.
ENDLOCAL Stops the localization of the environment changes enabled by the setlocal command.
ERASE Erase files from computer.
EXIT Exit from the command interpreter.
EXPAND Expand a file back to it’s original format.
EXTRACT Extract files from the Microsoft Windows cabinets.
FASTHELP Displays a listing of MS-DOS commands and information about them.
FC Compare files.
FDISK Utility used to create partitions on the hard disk drive.
FIND Search for text within a file.
FINDSTR Searches for a string of text within a file.
FIXBOOT Writes a new boot sector.
FIXMBR Writes a new boot record to drive
FOR Boolean used in batch files.
FORMAT Command to erase and prepare a disk drive.
FTP Command to connect and operate on a server.
FTYPE Displays or modifies file types used in file extension associations.
GOTO Moves a batch file to a specific label or location.
GRAFTABL Show extended characters in graphics mode.
HELP Display a listing of commands and brief explanation. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
IF Allows for batch files to perform conditional processing.
IFSHLP.SYS 32-bit file manager.
IPCONFIG Network command to view network adapter settings and assigned values.
KEYB Change layout of keyboard.
LABEL Change the label of a disk drive.
LH Load a device driver in to high memory.
LISTSVC Recovery console command that displays the services and drivers.
LOADFIX Load a program above the first 64k.
LOADHIGH Load a device driver in to high memory.
LOCK Lock the hard disk drive.
LOGON Recovery console command to list installations and enable administrator login.
MAP Displays the device name of a drive.
MD Command to create a new directory.
MEM Display memory on system.
MKDIR Command to create a new directory.
MODE Modify the port or display settings.
MORE Display one page at a time.
MOVE Move one or more files from one directory to another directory.
MSAV Early Microsoft Virus scanner.
MSD Diagnostics utility.
MSCDEX Utility used to load and provide access to the CD-ROM.
NBTSTAT Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections using NBT
NET Update, fix, or view the network or network settings
NETSH Configure dynamic and static network information from MS-DOS.
NETSTAT Display the TCP/IP network protocol statistics and information.
NLSFUNC Load country specific information.
NSLOOKUP Look up an IP address of a domain or host on a network.
PATH View and modify the computers path location.
PATHPING View and locate locations of network latency.
PAUSE Command used in batch files to stop the processing of a command.
PING Test / send information to another network computer or network device.
POPD Changes to the directory or network path stored by the pushd command.
POWER Conserve power with computer portables.
PRINT Prints data to a printer port.
PROMPT View and change the MS-DOS prompt.
PUSHD Stores a directory or network path in memory so it can be returned to at any time.
QBASIC Open the QBasic.
RD Removes an empty directory.
RECOVER Recovers readable information from a bad or defective disk.
REM Records comments (remarks) in batch files or CONFIG.SYS.
REN Renames a file or directory.
RENAME Renames a file or directory.
REPLACE Replaces files.
RMDIR Removes an empty directory.
ROUTE View and configure windows network route tables.
RUNAS Enables a user to execute a program on another computer.
SCANDISK Run the scandisk utility.
SCANREG Scan registry and recover registry from errors.
SET Change one variable or string to another.
SETLOCAL Enables local environments to be changed without affecting anything else.
SETVER Change MS-DOS version to trick older MS-DOS programs.
SHARE Installs support for file sharing and locking capabilities.
SHIFT Changes the position of replaceable parameters in a batch program.
SHUTDOWN Shutdown the computer from the MS-DOS prompt.
SMARTDRV Create a disk cache in conventional memory or extended memory.
SORT Sorts the input and displays the output to the screen.
START Start a separate window in Windows from the MS-DOS prompt.
SUBST Substitute a folder on your computer for another drive letter.
SWITCHES Remove add functions from MS-DOS.
SYS Transfer system files to disk drive.
TELNET Telnet to another computer / device from the prompt.
TIME View or modify the system time.
TITLE Change the title of their MS-DOS window.
TRACERT Visually view a network packets route across a network.
TREE View a visual tree of the hard disk drive.
TYPE Display the contents of a file.
UNDELETE Undelete a file that has been deleted.
UNFORMAT Unformat a hard disk drive.
UNLOCK Unlock a disk drive.
VER Display the version information.
VERIFY Enables or disables the feature to determine if files have been written properly.
VOL Displays the volume information about the designated drive.
XCOPY Copy multiple files, directories, and/or drives from one location to another.

Desktop.ini

Playing With Desktop.ini
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Here are some ways via which you can spice up the look within your folder.

1. Start with the basics

You need to have a Desktop.ini file created within the folder or the partition;
where you want to perform the tricks.

Normally, a folder contains a Desktop.ini, but its presence is not necessary
you might need to create that file

You can perform Step 2. “Activate the file ” to create the file automatically

Or :.

Open Notepad, then save the file in the required folder with File Name
Desktop.ini, and then close it.

Open the folder; you will see the newly created file.

2. Activate the File

The newly created Desktop.ini, needs to be activated in the registry
You can activate the file, by another method also.

Right-click the folder and select properties
Click the Customize tab and then click change icon
Select any random icon.

You can change it later on

Or:

Add the following snippet in the first line of Desktop.ini

[{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]

3. Now Start the Play

I. Applying Icons to folder and partitions.

This is the easiest scene of the play, as I’ve told earlier
in the ” Activate the File ” section, how you can change icons.
You can browse for more icons,
Any exe, bmp, icon file will be a source for icons

You can create your own icons, by
Converting a bmp file to an ico file
by using this tool

http://www.bm2blog.zoomshare.com/tools/icon-maker.zip

Tip, If you are using an icon file, then it is advised to have that
Icons file within the folder, and then replace the following lines
in the Desktop.ini

IconFile=something
Iconindex=something

With

IconFIle=icon.ico

Where, icon is the name of the icon file

II. Applying Wallpapers within Folder

Add the following code within the Desktop.ini file

iconarea_image=bg.jpg
iconarea_text=000000

Where bg.jpg is the wallpaper you want to apply to the folder
It should be present within the folder
the dimensions of bg.jpg varies with the resolution and explorer view
Here are some of the dimensions

800 X 600 – classic view = 750 X 480
800 X 600 – modern view = 590 X 480
1024 X 768 – classic view =1000 X 635
1024 X 768 – modern view = 815 X 635

You might need to adjust a little bit.

III. Applying Album Art in bulk

It might not be possible for a guy to apply the same
album art to dozens of mp3s, so you can actually
take a shortcut
create a picture titled folder. jpg in the folder
now all the mp3 or wma format files,
Which are not preoccupied by an album art;
will show this file as the album art.

Advantages:
a) Less tiresome method
b) Reduces the cache file, hence saves atleast 50 mb of HD space

IV. A Prank

Can two or more different Folder, have the same name ?
No ?
But If I show you, how to do so then…………
Well here is some prank which you can play with anybody
Just add the following code in Desktop.ini
add it in more than one folder

[DeleteOnCOpy]
Owner=Rox
Personalized=5
PersonalizedName=temp

The new Folder’s name will be Rox’s Document
ie; Owner’s Dcument
Here, temp is the original folder name

Need Explanations ?

Obviously anybody will call it as a bug,
but I don’t think so
Actually, what happens here is that the folder name is not
ACTUALLY changed, it is just a mirage sort of thing
For, eg: the user’s folder like My Document
is just an example of this thing….. Its actual name is
Rox’s Document, where Rox is the UserName.

You just see what the explorer diverges to show you,
you can’t create another folder with the name temp
and thats why it is not a bug

You can change the persoalized number to get
another unique name, you can always check the Desktop.ini
file of some of the system folders like My Music , My Pictures
etc

5 – My Document
13 – My Music
39 – My Picture
14 – My Videos

4. Wanna Restore ?

Simple, just delete the desktop.ini file.
And remove the particular entries for a stuff
like, the Icon, wallpaper…..pictures etc…

5. Problems?

Contact me

6. Sample Code

[{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]
[.ShellClassInfo]
IconFile=Rox.ico
IconIndex=0
InfoTip=Rox’s Document
iconarea_image=bg.jpg
iconarea_text=000000
[DeleteOnCopy]
Owner=Rox
Personalized=5
PersonalizedName=temp

7. Download the collection

http://www.bm2blog.zoomshare.com/tut/desktop.zip

Add a comment,

8. Contact

Rox Macduff ( Virus Kraker )

virus.kraker@gmail.com
virus.kraker@yahoo.com

Ankit ( Ankit .Cracker )

prof.ankit@gmail.com

www.dotcracker.co.cc

Article by Virus Kraker
Snaps by Ankit .Cracker
Edited by Ankit .Cracker
Published by Virus Kraker

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This is The English version of Windows XP Pro SP3 integrated updates until July 13, 2008 with Windows Media Player 11 and Internet Explorer 7. This image was not processed by various programs and therefore it retains the entire structure. You can enter the computer name as you want. No activation needed, The serial is genuine and it is in a text file in the windows image file. This is Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (English) x86 Build Version 5.1.2600.5512 MVL – Microsoft Volume License (Academic Volume Licensing). Integrated with all hotfixes and security updates until July 13th of 2008 Nothing has been tweaked or removed. The key is fully genuine so you can use windows update etc without any need for a crack.

File Type:
Application

Password:
No Password

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This article has every possible method on how you can reset an XP password.

Recovering lost administrator windows N4/XP/Vista isn’t a complicated task and I know several easy ways to do so. Which method you’d use it’s up to you, but I usually try ERD first. But first things first – let’s present the options:

Option #1

ERD – Emergency recovery disk. Using this method you need to prepare ahead, by downloading one of FREE ERD tools and burning it onto CD.

ERDs are Free Windows password-cracking tools are usually Linux boot disks that have NT file system (NTFS) drivers and software that will read the registry and rewrite the password hashes for any account including the Administrators. This process requires physical access to the console but it works like a charm! I’ve done it myself several times with no glitch or problem whatsoever.

Caution: If used on users that have EFS encrypted files, and the system is XP or later service packs on W2K, all encrypted files for that user will be UNREADABLE! And cannot be recovered unless you remember the old password again!

Pros: Quick, Works in 99% of cases.

Cons: Might seem complicated for notice user, doesn’t work with certain SATA disk and/or Raid controllers

Here are my favorite tools:

Petter Nordahl-Hagen’s Offline NT Password & Registry Editor – A great boot CD/Floppy that can reset the local administrator’s password. (The only tool for Windows VISTA)

EBCD – Emergency Boot CD – Bootable CD, intended for system recovery in the case of software or hardware faults.

Offline NT Password & Registry Editor (v060213 – February 2006)

Petter Nordahl-Hagen has written a Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista offline password editor:

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd

· This is a utility to (re)set the password of any user that has a valid (local) account on your Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista system, by modifying the encrypted password in the registry’s SAM file.

· You do not need to know the old password to set a new one.

· It works offline, that is, you have to shutdown your computer and boot off a floppy disk or CD. The boot-disk includes stuff to access NTFS partitions and scripts to glue the whole thing together.

· Works with syskey (no need to turn it off, but you can if you have lost the key)

· Will detect and offer to unlock locked or disabled out user accounts!

Download links:

· cd060213.zip (~3MB) – Bootable CD image with newer drivers

· bd050303.zip (~1.1MB) – Bootdisk image, date 050303.

· sc050303.zip(~1.4MB) – SCSI-drivers (050303) (only use newest drivers with newest bootdisk, this one works with bd050303)

To write these images to a floppy disk you’ll need RawWrite2 which is included in the Bootdisk image download. To create the CD you just need to use your favorite CD burning program and burn the .ISO file to CD. I personally prefer CD option since I don’t have to fiddle around with antique technology like floppy drives, besides most of new pc don’t have floppy drive at all.

Support and Problems? Good FAQ set up covering most of the day-to-day questions. Read it right HERE

Author claims that this tool was successfully tested on NT 3.51, NT 4, Windows 2000 (except datacenter), Windows XP (all versions) and Window Server 2003. Notice that it is NOT compatible with Active Directory. To work around this limitations please read the Forgot the Administrator’s Password? – Reset Domain Admin Password in Windows Server 2003 AD page.

EBCD – Emergency Boot CD (v0.61 – October 2004)

EBCD is a bootable CD, intended for system recovery in the case of software or hardware faults. It is able to create backup copies of normally working system and restore system to saved state. It contains the best system software ever created, properly compiled and configured for the maximum efficient use.

EBCD will be very useful when you need to:

· Copy/move files (with long names, not necessary in CP437 encoding) from/to the disk but OS which can handle them (windows, Linux…) cannot boot. In particular, you may create a backup copy of normally installed and configured Windows and later restore Windows from such backup copy. So, in the case of fault OS itself and all software and its settings can be restored in 5-10 minutes.

· Perform emergency boot of Windows NT / 2000 / XP. When the loader of this OS on the hard disk is damaged or misconfigured, you are able to load OS using another, standalone loader from this CD.

· Recover master boot record of HDD. This allows to boot OS after incorrect uninstallation of custom loader (LILO, for example), which made all OS on your PC not bootable.

· Delete, move, copy to file (image) and re-create partition from file. Image transfer over network is also supported: so you may configure one PC and then make contents of hard disks of other PCs same as contents of the hard disk of the first one.

· Change password of any user, including administrator of Windows NT/2000/XP OS. You do not need to know the old password.

· Recover deleted file, even file re-deleted from Windows Recycle Bin, and, in contrast, wipe single file or a whole disk so that it will be impossible to recover it in any way.

· Recover data from accidentally formatted disk. Sometimes it helps to recover data from the disk, damaged by a virus.

· Recover data from a floppy disk, which is not readable by OS. Format 3.5″ disk for 1.7 Mb size.

Also the disk includes full set of external DOS commands, console versions of the most popular archivers/compressors.

Moreover, emergency boot CD includes minimal Linux distribution (Rescue Linux distribution) which may be very useful to a professional user.

Download links:

EBCD Pro distribution (18mb)

Option #2

Lets say, worst happened – its past 11pm, you are still at work, accidentally forgot admin password and ALL ERD tools don’t work, since the pc you are working on have non-standard disk controller. What to do???

Luckily for us, Microsoft left loophole, big enough to do the task relatively easy:

1. Place in windows XP CD and start your computer (it’s assumed here that your XP CD is bootable – as it should be – and that you have your bios set to boot from CD)

2. Keep your eye on the screen messages for booting to your cd usually it will be “Press any key to boot from cd”

3. Begin windows Repair process.

4. During the reboot, do not make the mistake of “pressing any key” to boot from the CD again!

5. Keep your eye on the lower left hand side of the screen and when you see the Installing Devices progress bar, press SHIFT + F10. This is the security hole! A command console will now open up giving you the potential for wide access to your system.

>From here you can run any windows command and you’ll have full administrator access. To reset password you can use ether of two ways:

1) Run NUSRMGR.CPL to get graphical interface

2) Run Compmgmt.msc to get Computer Management console. From there use Local User and Groups->Users