Expense Tracker

This is a simple light weight expense tracker created in Microsoft Excel.
Click here to download.
NB:Contact me if you want this to be customized for your use.

How to Connect using proxy IP

Connecting using proxy ip

Open Internet Explorer.
Select: Tools>Internet Options>Connections>LAN Settings

Now tick "Use a proxy server.." and provide a proxy address and port.
You will get it from many sites. eg www.hidemyass.com. (http://www.hidemyass.com/proxy-list/)

I used the IP address from UK. So when i took Google, its displaying as Google UK.

Controlling PC remotely

Easy way to control your PC remotely from another PC or even smart phones over Internet.

This is possible using a software called TeamViewer. Click Here to download.(downloaded from TeamViewer site. www.teamviewer.com)

On your Desktop

After installation and signing up, you will get an ID and Password.

On your smartphone or laptop
Now download TeamViewer on your smart phone or on laptop from where you need to access your desktop. Enter your partner ID(ID on TeamViewer installed on desktop), select Remote control and press "Connect to Partner". Enter partner password(Password on TeamViewer installed on desktop) when it asks. You will soon get remote access to your desktop. Enjoy!!!

Changing Logon screen in Windows 7

Changing logon screen in Windows 7

Step 1: Modify the registry value.
Open the registry by typing "regedit" on windows run (windows key + r).

Go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>SOFTWARE>Microsoft>Windows>CurrentVersion>Authentication
>LogonUI>Background

Select OEMBackground and change value to "1"

Step 2: Copying background pic
Copy the pic which you want to make as logon background to C:\Windows\System32\oobe\info\backgrounds
(Make sure the pic is less than 250kb in size.)

If the folder info/backgrounds is not there, please make it.
In case you are not able to copy the pic to the mentioned destination, try using Administrator account.
(Click here to know how to enable Administrator account).

Now when u log off of or lock you user account, you can see the logon background has changed to new one.

Activating Administrator account in windows

Activating real Administrator account in windows

Run command prompt as administrator.
Type the command: net user administrator /active:yes

Now you can see the administrator account on the login screen

This account will have all the access on your machine.

Now to disable this account, use the command: net user administrator /active:no 

Changing "Send to" menu in windows

How to change "Send to" menu in windows?

Open this location.

%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo

'

Copy shortcut to this folder and exit.

Now if you right click any file, you can see the new shortcut appearing in the "Send to" menu.

Unauthorized access to windows machine

How to access files in a Windows machine when you don't know the username and password?

Method 1:

The machine should be running on windows operating system.

STEP 1: Place a bootable windows installation CD\DVD.
STEP 2: While booting choose the option, boot from CD\DVD.
STEP 3:  You will find a command prompt when you select repair.

Using this command prompt, with basic knowledge on how to work on DOS you can access the files, copy files to/from pendrive etc.

Method 2:

Use a normal Linux live CD and you can access the files.

Method 2:

BRUTE FORCE using ophcrack live CD.

Download ophcrack live CD. Click Here

Boot using this live CD

It will take some time but it will eventually boot and you will see windows login screen.

It will notify you when it finds the password or when it couldn't find it.