Internet Explorer Tricks and Tips

Resizable Full Screen Toolbar

The Full Screen option increases the viewable area and makes surfing more enjoya ble but sometimes we need the Toolbar but also need to have extra viewing area. Now this hack teaches you how to change the size of the Internet Explorer toolba r. This registry hack is a bit complicated as it involves Binary values, so to m ake it simple, I have included the following registry file which will enable the resizable option of the Internet Explorer toolbar which was present in the beta version of IE.

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[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar]

"Theater"=hex:0c,00,00,00,4c,00,00,00,74,00,00,00,18,00,00,00,1b,00,00,00,5c,\

00,00,00,01,00,00,00,e0,00,00,00,a0,0f,00,00,05,00,00,00,22,00,00,00,26,00,\

00,00,02,00,00,00,21,00,00,00,a0,0f,00,00,04,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,a0,0f,00,\

00,03,00,00,00,08,00,00,00,00,00,00,00

******************* Mar 11 HACKING TRUTH: Internet Explorer 5 displays the friendly version of HTTP errors like NOT FOUND etc . They are aimed at making things easier for newbies. If you would rather prefer to see the proper error pages for the web server you're usin g, go to Tools, Internet Options and select the Advanced tab. Then scroll down a nd uncheck the Show friendly http errors box.

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Making the Internet Explorer & the Explorer Toolbars Fancy

The Internet Explorer toolbar looks pretty simple. Want to make it fancy and kew l? Why not add a background image to it. To do this kewl hack launch the Windows Registry Editor and go to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microso ft\ Internet Explorer\Toolbar\.

Now in the right pane create a new String Value and name it BackBitmap and modif y it's value to the path of the Bitmap you want to dress it up with by rightclic king on it and choosing Modify. When you reboot the Internet Explorer and the Wi ndows Explorer toolbars will have a new look.

Change Internet Explorer's Caption

Don't like the caption of Internet Explorer caption? Want to change it? Open the registry editor and go to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main.

In the right pane create a new String Value names Window Title (Note the space b etween Window and Title). Right click on this newly created String Value and sel ect Modify. Type in the new caption you want to be displayed. Restart for the se ttings to take place. Mar 11 Now let's move on to some Outlook Express Tricks.

Colorful Background

Don't like the boring background colors of Outlook Express? To change it launch the Windows Registry Editor and scroll down to the

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Mail And News key.

On the left pane, click on ColorCycle or select Edit and Modify in the menu. Now change the value to 1. Close and restart. Now, launch Outlook Express and whene ver you open up a New Message, hold down ctrl-shift and tap the z key to scroll to change the background color. Repeat the keystroke to cycle through the colors .

Internet Explorer 5 Hidden Features

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 has several hidden features which can be controlle d using the Windows Registry. Open your registry and scroll down to the followin g key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions

Create a new DWORD value named x(See complete list of values of x below) and mod ify it's value to 1 to enable it and to 0 to disable it.

NoBrowserClose : Disable the option of closing Internet Explorer.

NoBrowserContextMenu : Disable right-click context menu.

NoBrowserOptions : Disable the Tools / Internet Options menu.

NoBrowserSaveAs : Disable the ability to Save As.

NoFavorites : Disable the Favorites.

NoFileNew : Disable the File / New command.

NoFileOpen : Disable the File / Open command.

NoFindFiles : Disable the Find Files command.

NoSelectDownloadDir : Disable the option of selecting a download directory.

NoTheaterMode : Disable the Full Screen view option. Mar 11 Hacking Secrets

Almost all system administrators make certain changes and make the system restri cted. System Administrators can hide the RUN option, the FIND command, the entir e Control Panel, drives in My Computer like D: A: etc. They can even restrict ac tivities of a hacker my disabling or hiding, even the tiniest options or tools.

Most commonly these restrictions are imposed locally and are controlled by the W indows Registry. But sometimes the smart system administrators control the activ ities of the hacker by imposing restrictions remotely through the main server.

Poledit or Policy Editor is a small kewl tool which is being commonly used by sy stem administrators to alter the settings of a system. This utility is not insta lled by default by Windows. You need to install in manually from the Windows 98 Installation Kit from the Resource Kit folder. user.dat file that we saw earlier .

The Policy Editor tool imposes restrictions on the user's system by editing the user.dat file which in turn means that it edits the Windows Registry to change t he settings. It can be used to control or restrict access to each and every fold er and option you could ever think of. It has the power to even restrict access to individual folders, files, the Control Panel, MS DOS, the drives available et c. Sometimes this software does make life really hard for a Hacker. So how can w e remove the restrictions imposed by the Policy Editor? Well read ahead to learn more.

You see the Policy Editor is not the only way to restrict a user's activities. A s we already know that the Policy Editor edits the Windows Registry(user.dat) fi le to impose such restrictions. So this in turn would mean that we can directly make changes to the Windows Registry using a .reg file or directly to remove or add restrictions. Mar 11 Launch Regedit and go to the following Registry Key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/CurrentVersion/Policies

Under this key, there will definitely be a key named explorer. Now under this ex plorer key we can create new DWORD values and modify it's value to 1 in order to impose the restriction. If you want to remove the Restriction, then you can sim ply delete the respective DWORD values or instead change their values to 0. The following is a list of DWORD values that can be created under the Explorer Key-:

NoDeletePrinter: Disables Deletion of already installed Printers

NoAddPrinter: Disables Addition of new Printers

NoRun : Disables or hides the Run Command

NoSetFolders: Removes Folders from the Settings option on Start Menu (Control Pa nel, Printers, Taskbar)

NoSetTaskbar: Removes Taskbar system folder from the Settings option on Start Me nu

NoFind: Removes the Find Tool (Start >Find)

NoDrives: Hides and does not display any Drives in My Computer

NoNetHood: Hides or removes the Network Neighborhood icon from the desktop

NoDesktop: Hides all items including, file, folders and system folders from the Desktop

NoClose: Disables Shutdown and prevents the user from normally shutting down Win dows. NoSaveSettings: Means to say, 'Don't save settings on exit'

DisableRegistryTools: Disable Registry Editing Tools (If you disable this option , the Windows Registry Editor(regedit.exe) too

will not work.)

NoRecentDocsHistory: Removes Recent Document system folder from the Start Menu ( IE 4 and above)

ClearRecentDocsOnExit: Clears the Recent Documents system folder on Exit.

Nolnternetlcon: Removes the Internet (system folder) icon from the Desktop Mar 11 Under the same key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/CurrentVersion/Policies you can create new subkeys other than the already existing Explorer key. Now cr eate a new key and name it System. Under this new key, system we can create the following new DWORD values(1 for enabling the particular option and 0 for disabl ing the particular option):

NODispCPL: Hides Control Panel

NoDispBackgroundPage: Hides Background page.

NoDispScrsavPage: Hides Screen Saver Page

NoDispAppearancePage: Hides Appearance Page

NoDispSettingsPage: Hides Settings Page

NoSecCPL: Disables Password Control Panel

NoPwdPage: Hides Password Change Page

NoAdminPaqe: Hides Remote Administration Page

NoProfilePage: Hides User Profiles Page

NoDevMgrPage: Hides Device Manager Page

NoConfigPage: Hides Hardware Profiles Page

NoFileSysPage: Hides File System Button

NoVirtMemPage: Hides Virtual Memory Button Similarly, if we create a new subkey named Network, we can add the following DWO RD values under it(1 for enabling the particular option and 0 for disabling the particular option):

NoNetSetupSecurityPage: Hides Network Security Page

NoNelSetup: Hides or disables the Network option in the Control Panel

NoNetSetupIDPage: Hides the Identification Page

NoNetSetupSecurityPage: Hides the Access Control Page

NoFileSharingControl: Disables File Sharing Controls

NoPrintSharing: Disables Print Sharing Controls

Similarly, if we create a new subkey named WinOldApp, we can add the following D WORD values under it(1 for enabling the particular option and 0 for disabling th e particular option):

Disabled: Disable MS-DOS Prompt

NoRealMode: Disable Single-Mode MS-DOS.

So you see if you have access to the Windows Registry, then you can easily creat e new DWORD values and set heir value to 1 for enabling the particular option an d 0 for disabling the particular option. But Sometimes, access to the Windows Re gistry is blocked. So what do you do? Go to the Windows Directory and delete eit her user.dat or system.dat (These 2 files constitute the Windows Registry.) and reboot. As soon as Windows logs in, it will display a Warning Message informing you about an error in the Windows Registry. Simply ignore this Warning Message a nd Press CTRL+DEL+ALT to get out of this warning message.(Do not press OK) You w ill find that all restrictions have been removed. The most kind of restriction found quite commonly is the Specific Folder Restric tion, in which users are not allowed access to specific folders, the most common being the Windows folder, or sometimes even access to My Computer is blocked. I

n effect, you simply cannot seem to access the important eded by you to do remove restrictions. What do you? Well TART >RUN). But unfortunately a system administrator who o block access to specific folder, would definitely have UN command. Again we are stuck.

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Windows is supposed to be the most User Friendly Operating System on earth. [At least Microsoft Says so ;) ]

It gives the User an option to do the same thing in various ways. You see the RU N command is only the most convenient option of launching applications, but not the only way. In Windows you can create shortcuts to almost anything from a file , folder to a Web URL. So say your system administrator has blocked access to th e c:\windows\system folder and you need to access it. What do you do? Simply cre ate a Shortcut to it. To do this right click anywhere on the desktop and select New > Shortcut. A new window titled Create Shortcut pops up. Type in the path of the restricted folder you wish to access, in this case c:\windows\system. Click Next, Enter the friendly name of the Shortcut and then click Finish. Now you ca n access the restricted folder by simply double clicking on the shortcut icon. W ell that shows how protected and secure *ahem Windows *ahem is. Mar 11 HACKING TRUTH: Sometimes when you try to delete a file or a folder, Windows disp lays an error message saying that the file is protected. This simply means that the file is write protected, or in other words the R option is +. Get it? Anyway , you can stop Windows from displaying this error message and straightaway delet e this file by changing its attributes to Non Read Only. This can be done by Rig ht Clicking on the file, selecting Properties and then

unselecting the Read Only Option.

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There is yet another way of accessing restricted folders. Use see, DOS has a lov ely command known as START. Its general syntax is:

START application_path

It does do what it seems to do, start applications. So in you have access to DOS then you can type in the START command to get access to the restricted folder. Now mostly access to DOS too would be blocked. So again you can use the shortcut trick to launch, c:\command.com or c:\windows\command.com. (Command.com is the file which launches MS DOS).

Accessing Restricted Drives.

The problem with most system administrators is that they think that the users or Hackers too are stupid. Almost all system administrators use the Registry Trick (Explained Earlier) to hide all drives in My Computer. So in order to unhide or display all drives, simply delete that particular key.(Refer to beginning of Un told Secrets Section.)

Some systems have the floppy disk disabled through the BIOS. On those systems if the BIOS is protected, you may need to crack the BIOS password. (For that Refer to the Windows Hacking Chapter). Sometimes making drives readable (Removing R + ) and then creating Shortcuts to them also helps us to get access to them. Mar 11 Further Changing your Operating System's Looks by editing .htt files

If you have installed Windows Desktop Update and have the view as Web Page optio n enabled, you can customise the way the folder looks by selecting View > Custom ise this folder. Here you can change the background and other things about that particular folder. Well that is pretty lame, right? We hackers already know thin gs as lame as that. Read on for some kewl stuff.

Well, you could also change the default that is stored in a Hidden HTML Template file (I think so..) which is nothing but a HTML document with a .htt extension. This .htt file is found at: %systemroot%\web\folder.htt.

The %systemroot% stands for the drive in which Windows is Installed, which is no rmally C: Mar 11 You can edit these .htt files almost just like you edit normal .HTM or .HTML fil es. Simply open them in an ASCII editor like Notepad. The following is a list of .htt files on your system which control various folders and which can be edited to customise the way various folders look.

controlp.htt Control Panel

printers.htt Printers

mycomp.htt My Computer

safemode.htt Safe Mode

All these files are found in the web folder in %systemfolder%. The folder.htt fi le has a line:

'Here's a good place to add a few lines of your own"

which is the place where you can add your own A HREF links. These links would th en appear in the folder whose folder.htt file you edited. All this might sound r eally easy and simple, but you see these .htt files do not contain normal HTML c ode, instead they contain a mixture of HTML and web bots. Hence they can be diff icult for newbies to understand. IMP NOTE: Have fun with playing these tricks but dont edit/modify anything else if u arent sure enough. It can harm ur OS harshly. So better be precautious!! Happy h4ck!ng

Hw AOH Mar 11 Oh yes for got 2 mention.... Have u ever wondered where do outlook express save in-box, outbox, drafts & dele ted item Tools>options>maintenance>Store Folder...>it will show you the location C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{C 108F4B3-EF97-4A61-B498-0C0887B8D0B1}\Microsoft\Outlook Express Copy the above link in address bar & you will see .dbx files for in-box, outbox, drafts & deleted item, do a right click delete the .dbx file & you are done!! Mar 11 Its a simple dos command & i would like to tell you how you can use it to show u s something interesting from your drives>folders Syntax of the command : Code: E:\>tree /? Graphically displays the folder structure of a drive or path. TREE [drive:][path] [/F] [/A] /F Display the names of the files in each folder. /A Use ASCII instead of extended characters.

Example ::: Let me show you my horror movie collection which i have got stored in "E" drive under movies folder so, this is the command which i am going to type to show you a list of all my horror flicks in a tree like fashion. Mar 11 Code: E:\Movies>tree > horrorflicks.txt /A /F Here comes the output of the command ::: Quote Folder PATH listing Volume serial number is 00002A38 DCAD:E4B6 E:. horrorflicks.txt +---100.Feet.2008.DvDRip-FxM 100.Feet.2008.DvDRip-FxM.avi +---Baby.Blues Baby.Blues.2008_REENCODED_BY_ULTRASCORP.mkv +---Bordello.Of.Blood Bordello.Of.Blood.avi ~BitTorrentPartFile_2BEA202F.dat +---Dead Set.2008.DVDRip.XVID.Yokie Dead Set.2008.DVDRip.XVID.Yokie.avi +---Eleven_Eleven_The_Gate_EnGo_Release Eleven_Eleven_The_Gate_EnGo_Release.avi +---Fear_House Fear House.avi +---FridayThe13th12 ~BitTorrentPartFile_32548CA7.dat \---Video_TS VTS_01_1.VOB +---gnaw gnaw.avi +---Roy_Ward_Baker__And_Now_The_Screaming_Starts_1973 Roy_Ward_Baker__And_Now_The_Screaming_Starts_1973.avi +---The_Rage \---The Rage The Rage DVDRip.avi The Rage DVDRip.jpg The Rage DVDRip.srt +---The_Spiritual_World_2008_ \---The Spiritual World(2008)

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