After the post about killing explorer, some people asked me how to kill a process on Windows XP using the Command Prompt.
It’s really easy, all you have to do is type pskill programname.exe [For example: pskill notepad.exe]

To start a process, type start programname.exe

You might need to kill explorer if it stops responding. You would probably open up Task Manager (Ctrl + Alt + Del) or even restart if you were really dumb. The clean way to close explorer is like this:
Go to Start > Turn Off Computer and hold Ctrl + Alt + Shift and press Cancel.
The start bar and desktop will disappear. To start explorer again and get them back, press Ctrl + Alt + Delete to bring up the Task Manager, click New task and type explorer. Press enter to …

This clever little tutorial is from Bloody Computer!
You probably know most of XP’s useful shortcuts, but did you know that you can make your own to programs? To do this, right click the shortcut icon of a program (in the desktop or preferably in the start menu) and click Properties.
Select the Shortcut tab and click the Shortcut box. Type Ctrl + Alt + W (In this example, were making a shortcut to Word). You can only make Ctrl + Alt shortcuts, by the way. Press ok and you’re done!
It’s …

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This nice little tutorial is based on the one at The Tech Tray.
So, basically you compress your files into a .rar archive and copy them into an innocent-looking .jpeg image. (You’ll need WinRar to make .rar’s)
The only thing that will look suspicious, is the file size which (depending on what you’re hiding) can be quite large.
Step 1: Make a new folder, in this case, C:\Hidden. Move your files into it and compress the files with WinRAR.

Step 2: Open the Command Prompt by typing cmd into the Run box from the …