PC Magazine: Hack Everything
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- Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:45:49 -0700
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2156069,00.asp
Hack Everything
07.11.07
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By Jeremy A. Kaplan
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Hackers aren't magicians; they just like having things their way. To
make your computer, Apple TV, or other device work for you doesn't
require smoke and mirrors-you just need the right know-how.
Once upon a time, the hacker was a pale, solitary nerd. Armed with his
300-baud modem, soldering iron, and Atari 800, he coded and hacked his
way into phone systems, networks, and anywhere else he wasn't supposed
to go. The hacker may have been portrayed as socially awkward, but he
knew what he wanted and wore his credo on his sleeve for all to see:
"Why settle?" Today, you can take the hacker's place. Except for
socially, you're just like him; you think the same way he does. After
all, you're smarter than most people, you're adept, and you know what
you want. Whether it's a faster computer, more features and options,
or merely to tinker in order to learn how something works, you hold
fast to the same beliefs as the hacker. Today, the hacker is you. -
next: Hack Your Registry
Hack Your Registry
Just about everything that is important about your Microsoft Windows
configuration is stored in the Registry somewhere. It's like a magic
level underneath your computer's ordinary reality. Muggles can make
only the changes that Microsoft has exposed in this or that
configuration window. But Registry wizards can go straight to the
source and hack the underlying system. Join them! To see what's in the
Registry, just click Start | Run and enter REGEDIT; it's all right
there in the Registry Editor. If you're using Windows XP, the editor
will launch smoothly. But standard users in Windows Vista will have to
get an Administrator to enter a password before the Registry Editor
will launch. Once active, you'll see that it's just like navigating in
Windows Explorer, with keys and values taking the roles of files and
folders.
Look all you want, but before you touch anything, make a backup.
First, export the whole Registry, then back up just the key that
contains the things you're going to change. Right-click the key,
choose Export, and export just that key to a REG file. Give the REG
file a name that matches what you're doing. Now if you don't like the
results of your hack, you can just launch that file to put things back
the way they were. Well, almost-you'll have to manually delete any
keys or values that you added to the system.
Do watch out for compatibility, however. A tip that works for Windows
95/98/ME may not be useful in Windows 2000/XP/Vista, or vice versa.
And a tip written for a pre-Vista OS may be irrelevant under Vista.
That's why you need to be sure you can undo whatever you've done. -
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