Hiding Windows

Hiding Windows

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XP: Bypassing Windows Explorer; running a different shell

If you want to almost completely bypass Windows and all things Windows, you may want to set your front end as a shell. Note; to do this automatically during startup in XP your computer may be a part of a workgroup, but it can't be part of a domain.

Steps

• Create a user that will be auto logged in. This user should have admin rights.
• Set XP to automate the login process.
  1. Click start>run> type "'control userpasswords2
  2. Deselect the Users must enter a username and password... checkbox.
  3. Click Apply
  4. Enter the user & pass you want to login with & click OK
  5. Click OK again
• Configure your front end... this is not a trial run, so make sure it's the way you want it. You can always get the explorer back, but it will take a minute or two to do so.
• Open regedit and find HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
• Find a string entry called Shell. If you can't find Shell create a string entry and name it Shell. Set the string entry to the name and directory location of your front end, for example C:\arcade\mamewah.exe
• IF you want to limit the access of the auto log-in user, log out of it, and login to another admin user and set the auto-login user to a standard user

Before you follow this advice... you should wait for me to finish this up.... MORE TO COME