How to Change the Logon Screen in Windows 7

By Vishal Choudhary

Screensavers, desktop wallpapers or font type and sizes, visual customization at the OS level is usually important to all kinds of users. Recognizing this, Microsoft has made it easier than ever to apply and adjust individual themes with Windows 7. 

Today I am going to show you how to customize the Windows 7 logon screen. There are various methods to accomplish this, with and without third-party software. I understand many people might not want to rely on a third-party application, while others would appreciate a quicker, safer route. First up is the more hands-on approach, and then the utility.

Hands-on approach

This method will require you to modify the registry, and if that puts a knot in your stomach, you should move on to the next section.

Step 1: Open the Windows Start menu and enter regedit into the search bar.

Step 2: Right click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and select Find.

Step 3: Search for OEMBackground, which should be in Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background. If the key does not exist, add a new DWORD value with the name OEMBackground.

Step 4: Double click on the entry OEMBackground, and change the value from 0 to 1.

Step 5: Open Windows Explorer and go to the following path: %windir%\system32\oobe.

Step 6: Create a new folder named info, and open it.

Step 7: Create a new folder within info named backgrounds.

Step 8: Rename your desired wallpaper as backgroundDefault.jpg and place it inside the folder backgrounds (images must be less than 245KB in size).

That should do the trick, now just lock your PC, log off or reboot and enjoy.

Third-party software

If you are uncomfortable with manually tinkering with the registry -- or simply have better things to be doing with your time -- we understand. Various third-party applications can change Windows 7's default logon wallpaper, but my personal favorite is this one, click here to download.

The software is ridiculously easy to use, doesn't require installation, and it even has built-in tools to automatically resize and recompress your images while leaving the original file untouched. The Logon Changer also lets you quickly change your logon wallpaper back to the Windows 7 default.

Download the Program and then unzip the executable. Run the program and it should present you with a preview of your logon screen along with a few self-explanatory options: "Change Logon Screen" lets you browse to a new image, "Test" will bring up your logon screen, "Revert to Default Logon Screen" reapplies Windows 7's original wallpaper.

That's it.....


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Hack facebook account and Gmail account using Backtrack 5

In this tutorial I am going to show you how to hack facebook account using backtrack 5. So just follow the simple steps. 

Open your backtrack 5’s terminal and type cd /pentest/exploits/set 

Now Open social Engineering Tool kit (SET) ./set 

Just hit ENTER and SET will Open , Now just select 1st option (1 Social-Engineering Attacks) and hit enter after that 2nd number (just type 2 as shown in snapshot)

Now Just select 4th Option “Tabnabbing Attack Method” and Hit ENTER

Then select 2nd option “Site Cloner” and Hit ENTER

Now here you need to add the URL of Facebook (if you want to hack gmail then just add the gmail’s URL)

Now just hit the enter.

Open new terminal and just type ifconfig and hit ENTER

Now just copy this IP address and open it in Browser.

Now here I am just typing test email and password to see whether it works or not.

Now just hit enter and switch back to our terminal and we found the Email and password !

This tutorial is for educational purpose only.

How to run BackTrack 5 in Windows Virtual PC in Windows 7

Got Backtrack 5? know how to use it on Windows Virtual PC in WIndows 7 ?

Got Windows 7 and prefer using Windows Virtual PC over Virtual Box or VMWare then you are in the right place.


Downloads Required.

1. Windows Virtual PC [validation required - if you do not have genuine windows download virtual PC hereor make your windows genuine ! for free]
2. Backtrack  5 ISO -Gnome or KDE but NOT ARM 

How to run BackTrack 5 in WIndows Virtual PC , after configuring correctly!


After installing , Windows Virtual PC and enabling Hardware Virtualisation , you are set up to run BackTrack 5.

1. Start > Windows Virtual PC > Windows Virtual PC

Now click Create Virtual Machine

Give a name like BackTrack 5 and click next.

Now specify the amount of RAM , remember NEVER give more than 50 % of your RAM to a VM !

Check the enable computer network connections and click next .

Now create a dynamically expanding virtual hard disk .

Now you will see a .vmcx file , right click it and go to settings.

Go to the Networking tab and in Network Adapter #1 Select Shared Networking (NAT) or else networking will NOT work!

Now go to DVD drive tab there select open an ISO image and select the location where the backtrack 5 iso is present!

Now Click OK and double click the .vmcx file and backtrack will run!

How to get your own Rapidshare Premium Account

Hello Friends,

Everybody wants a personal Rapidshare Premium account but not all can afford it. If you are one of those people who can’t afford it or don’t want to ask your parent to buy you one then there are only 2 ways of getting a Rapidshare premium account. First one is to hack a Rapidshare premium account of some other user. Hacking a Rapidshare premium account isn’t that difficult. But Rapidshare guys are very smart. They provide users with a feature of security lock due to which you will need access to the unlock code for that account to change the password of that Rapidshare account. Thus you can only use that hacked account till the owner of that account changes the password. This one seems to be a temporary solution. Second way is to earn some easy bucks online and buy your own Rapidshare account. The second way may seem difficult at first but to tell you the truth its very easy.

Today I will show how you can earn money online and that too without much difficulty. Just follow the steps given below:

1. Create a Paypal Premium Account( Don’t Worry its free) . When asked for credit card details simply say cancel. You do not need to fill it.

2. Then click on the link below:

www.AWSurveys.com

3. On joining this website, you will get 27 USD just for writing 7 simple surveys which will take not more than 30 minutes.

4. Now the only problem is that the minimum payout limit for this website is 75 USD. But you can earn 1.25 USD on referring this website to your friend.

5. So you just take the referral link from this website and paste it on your facebook status. Don’t forget to mention about it benefits so that your friends register through that link.

6. Suppose you have 500 friends on facebook and out of them only 10% register through your link then also you earn 62.5 USD which gets added to 27 USD that you had earned from surveys. Thus the total 89.5 USD crosses the Payout limit.

7. Now you can get that money into your Paypal Account use it not only to buy your own Rapidshare premium account but also for buying other stuff online.

8. That’s it. So Simple and I swear it works.

Update: Some people have a compliant that Awsurveys doesn’t pay them what they have earned and that it is a SPAM. I would like to tell you that I have already used this website earlier and I had received the payment every time. I am not saying that these guys are lying about their experience with Awsurveys but there are few reasons why they may not have received the payment. The only problem with this website is that it doesn’t communicate with the user if he is violating any terms and conditions instead of that it just cancels their payments. When you request some payout from this website, they have a policy to verify if the accounts that were referred by the user are not fraudulent and they remove the amount gained from these fraudulent accounts from the total amount in your account. Sometimes the reduced amount is less than the amount redeemed by the user and their harsh policy is to cancel the whole payment without even reimbursing the remaining amount. Now you might be thinking how to avoid this? One advice i would give you is to keep atleast 20-25 USD in excess when you are redeeming the amount. In this way you are making sure that even if there were 15 accounts which the website found to be fraudulent still the total wont get below the amount requested by you. Another condition is  of the maximum amount that one can redeem in a year. A user can redeem at max 550 USD in one year if you request for payout more than that then hey will just cancel that payment without reimbursing the money in your account. I already faced the latter one which indicates that I have atleast earned upto 550 USD.

Free Unlimited 3G Service on Tata Docomo

Are you tired of using the low speed 2G service? I know your answer is ‘YES’. We all want to lay our hands on the latest high speed 3G service which gives a  download speed of 500 kbps to 1000 kbps. Today I will show a trick using which you can use unlimited 3G service for free.


REQUIREMENTS
Tata Docomo SIM Card with a balance of more than Rs. 1
3G enabled cellphone
STEPS
Create New Access Point Using Below Configuration and restart your cellphone.
Name : Tata Docomo or any
Access Point ( APN ) – tata.docomo.dive.in
Homepage : www.google.com or any
Proxy : 202.87.41.147
Proxy Port : 8080
Username : leave blank
Password : leave blank
Download Operamini 4.2 Handler Browser
Open your Opera mini handler and do the following changes in the Setiings:
Set Divein Settings as Default Settings For Opera Mini
Set http in Custom Field in your Opera Mini handler
Set Socket Server to http://203.115.112.5.server4.operamini.com OR http://10.124.72.171.server4.operamini.com
Keep Proxy Type as blank (Don’t Enter Anything in Proxy Server Field)
Done!! Now use your free unlimited 3G service. Enjoy!!

Tips and tricks for Nokia symbian phones

Tip 1 : Do u know how to use the edit button (abc or pencil button)?Heres how… in the inbox for example; u wanna delete multiple sms, simply hold the edit button, scroll down, and then, press c to delete the marked sms. The edit button can also b used to copy and past text in sms, simply hold it and scroll across, choose copy. pretty good for placing song names in ngages

Tip 2 : Shit happens, on a smartphone, its inevitable u do something wrong, and tis calls for a format of fone. to format the fone, press *#7370#, then enter the lock code, which is the sec code of the fone. NOTE: batt must b full, else if format is disrupted by low batt, consequences will b disatrous I heard the code *#7780# works too, pretty much the same i tink.

For 6600 users, to format the fone, theres an alternative way. Press and hold <3>, <*>, and the buttons, then power on fone, keep holding on the 3 buttons, till u come to a format screen. tis method ONLY works on 6600, and need not enter the sec code. BUT sec code wun be reset to default 12345.

Tip 3 : TO NGAGE USERS; Did u know u can install .sis files simply using the cable given? Juz plug it in, place the .sis file anywhere on e: (the mmc), not in any folders, root of e:, disconnect, then look for it in manager.

Tip 4 : Save on battery and system memory being used by regulary checking the task manager which can be accessed by holding down the menu button!!

Tip 4a : Set the screen saver to a short time out period to prolong battery life.

Tip 4b : Avoid restarting the phone, or repeatedly turning it on and off. This helps increase battery life.

Tip 5 : If you would like to avoid being “blue jacked”, keep bluetooth turned off, or set your phone’s visibility to hidden.

Tip 6 : Save memory when installing apps, by installing over bluetooth. This can be done using the nokia phone suite and a bluetooth serial connection. Only works with .SIS files, so java still has to be sent to the phone, but will save space when using .SIS files.

Tip 7 : Operator logosUse a filemanager like FExplorer or SeleQ to add the folders: “c:/system/Apps/phone/oplogo”. Add a .bmp picture to folder “oplogo” and restart your phone! The .bmp picture size needs to be: 97 x 25 pixels

Tip 8 : While you are viewing a picture in your phone’s gallery, press one of these shortcut keys (definitely works on 6600, not sure about other symbians)1 – turn image anticlockwise3 – turn image clockwise* – toggle on/off of full screen5 – zoom in0 – zoom out

Tip 9 : If you often copy large files to your MultiMedia Card, I recommend a card reader.E.g. With a card reader it takes only 12 seconds to copy a 10 MB file!

Useful Nokia Mobile Secret Codes

Nokia 31xx
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Firmware version
*#0000# or *#3110#
IMEI Code
*# 06 #
Restores Factory Settings
*#7780#
Warranty Codes
*#92702689# (= *#war0anty#)

Just scroll down through the information. If entering the above code requires a
further warranty code try entering the following:

6232 (OK) : Month and year of manufacture
7332 (OK) : Last repair date
7832 (OK) : Purchase date (if previously set)
9268 (OK) : Serial number
37832 (OK) : Set purchase date (this can only be done once)
87267 (OK) : Confirm transfer

Nokia 5110
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IMEI Number *#06#
For checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity).
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Security Code 12345
Default security code is 12345. If you forgot your security code, there s so many program on the net which allowed you to know the security code likes Security ID Generator, Nokia IMEI Changer, etc.

update:
Security ID Generator (SID.EXE) and IMEI Generator (NOKIAIMEI.EXE) doesn t works with Nokia 5110
Resetting Security Code

If you accidentally lock the phone or forgot the security code, the best thing to do is check it with your local Nokia dealer. For advanced user, you can use WinTesla, PCLocals or LogoManager program to read the security code or resetting the code (You will need an FBUS/MBUS (or compatible) cable to do this.