Facts: Windows XP

Get XP Key From CD itself

There is a way to get XP product code from CD itself, it really works!!!
I was once wondering around the XP CD......and got this!!!
Just try it out.....

Just explore the CD then open the folder I386 then open the file UNATTEND.TXT and scroll down to the last line.
You have a product code.


How to Change the Registered Owner and Organization in XP
It is possible to change the name of the registered owner and registered organisation in Windows XP.
For those who dont know how to see the owner and the organisation follow these steps to check.
Right click on My computer, click properties. Under the general tab,there is a line 'Registered to'The first line has the name of the owner and the next line has the name of the organisation.

To change these,follow the steps given below.

1. Click Start, Run and type regedit and press enter. Go to the following location in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows NT CurrentVersion

2.To change the registered organization, double-click on RegisteredOrganization.Under Value data,type the name that you want, and then click OK.

3.To change the name of the registered owner, double-click RegisteredOwner.

4.Under Value data, type the name that you want, and then click OK.

5.Click Exit on the File menu to quit.

You are done. You make check out the changes as described earlier.

1. Click on your Start button.

2. Go to "Run"

3. Type "control userpasswords2" and click OK button

4. A User Account dialog box will appear.
Uncheck "Users must enter a user name
and password to use this computer."
and click OK button.

5. Another dialog box will appear asking you to type in the DEFAULT user account that you'd like to login
whenever you start your computer. Type in the user name and password. You only need to do this once.

That's it. Only requires 5 steps to automatically login Windows XP. Please take note that this only works
if you're trying to login locally. This feature allows other users to start your computer and use the account that you establish to automatically log on.
Enabling auto logon makes your computer more convenient to use, but can pose a security risk since anyone can just turn
the machine on and access your files.
So be VERY sure that no one else has physical access to your computer.

Am not a big fan of chasing free, open proxies all over the place. I use google instead. Here I describe what I believe is an uncommon way for bypassing blocked sites using google.

1) The first and most common way of using google to bypass blocked sites is just to search for the site and then clicked the "cached"
link that appears on google. Easy, simple, and frequently works for static information.

2) Passing the site through google translator works well as well. Here's the URL to use:
Code:
http://www.google.com/translate?langpair=enen&u=www.blockedsite.com

(where blockedsite.com is the site that you wish to visit)

This translates the site from english to english and works because the ip address will appear as google instead of you.
Here's a link to tech-recipes passed through the translator as an example.
You can actually do this with any langpair. Change enen in the URL above to spanish by using eses and it still works.

3) Unique method that I have not seen described before is to search through google mobile. Google mobile will "convert as you go"
very similiar to the translation method above.

Just search for your site with google mobile and click on the link it provides. Here's is tech-recipes brought up through google
mobile search. Once again, this will allow you to bypass any blocks because the IP request comes from google not for you.
Like the translation method above, google will continue to "proxy" as you continue to visit links through the site.
And ya it is also useful to retrive some information from net which is currently not available.