WINDOWS REGISTRY HACKS

How to hack the windows registry

 

THE PROBLEM:

 

What is the Windows Registry?

Why would I need to hack it?

How can I actually Hack it? 

THE PRINCIPLE:

     The Windows Registry, usually referred to as "the registry," is a hierarchical database that contains most (90%) of the important configuration information and settings about software programs, system hardware devices, user preferences, operating system configurations, and much more.

 Normally, you should not need to make any manual changes to the registry because programs and applications typically make all the necessary changes automatically. Furthermore, an incorrect change to your computer's registry could render your computer inoperable. However, by knowing how to hack into the windows registry you will also be able to secure a computer or to fix computers broken by hackers.

 

The Windows registry as a whole is a very broad topic, so this will not be a in depth class. Basically, I will show you how to find which registry key(s) you need to modify to perform a task of your choice, then how to change that knowledge into a hack. To conclude, I will give some examples of the most common registry hacks such as enabling/disabling the task manager, enabling/disabling the command prompt and much more...

Enough of talking, now let’s do some hacking :)

               

THE SOLUTION:

               

DISCLAIMER: Neither Computer Tips and Tricks nor its authors are responsible for any damage the application of these hacks may cause on your computer. We strongly recommend that you try them in a virtual machine or backup the registry before making any changes. You can learn more on how to backup the registry on one of my previous articles here

               

First of all you must know how to find which key(s) to modify to perform a task of your choice. Here all you will need is the Google search engine. Let’s say I am looking for which registry key I need to modify in order to disable usb drives in my computer, I will just have to open up google and type the string   “disabling usb drives in my computer + registry “ (Note: the ‘+’ is a special operator for google searches which can be used amongst others to refine results of google searches, I will be writing a series of articles on Google hacking very soon :).

As you can see on the screenshot below, you are quickly served with a lot of relevant information on how to disabling usb drives in your computer using the registry.

As shown on the screenshot below, I have selected the first result and I am given a step by step guide on how to perform the task, you just need to follow the steps and you are done.

 So that is how you can get the keys for any hack you can think about.

Now that you know how to find which keys to modify in order to perform the task of your choice, I will now show you how to transform that simple knowledge into a hack.

 

  Basically there are two ways with which you can apply changes to the registry

1. The classic way using the regedit (Registry Editor) tool this is built-in in all Windows 95 and later OS’s. Here you have to run regedit, navigate to the specific key you want to modify and then play with it. I’m sure you agree with me that it’s quite cumbersome, unlike the second way…
2. By creating a .reg file which will, upon double clicking perform all the changes to the registry automatically J cool, isn’t it?

So coming back to our example - disabling usb drives in a computer, let’s say we want to do that to someone else’s computer? How would you go along it? Quite easy! You will just have to export that modified key into a .reg file (See screenshots below), First of all navigate to the desired key then apply the necessary modification. Then from the Registry Editor menu, choose File and then Export. You can then store the .reg file where you want and give it any name of your choice. If you double click on it on another computer, it will automatically disable usb drives and the victim will be like OMG WTF is wrong with my Computer while you will be like cooool... 

  

 

  

NOTE: In recent operating systems (Windows Vista and later) you will be prompted to confirm that you want to make changes to the registry, just press OK, if successful, a confirmation window will then appear.

               

Now that you know how to create the .reg files, I will show you more examples of cool registry hacks like disabling the task manager, the command prompt and even the registry editor itself, but that will be in my next article because this one is getting too long already. So see you guys.

Stay Tuned!!!

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