Increase Hard Disk speed in Windows

If you like to increase/optimize your Hard Disk I/O - read/write speed without buying expensive software utilities to do that job or changing the HD, just follow next steps. With doing these steps you will increase Hard disk speed (depends of manufacture and specification, but its worth to try). The most speed improvement is visible with IDE drives; however there are reports that this tweak also does good for SCSI disks.

In any case, it won't harm your system, so try it yourself and let me know what you find!

Steps:

1. Run SYSEDIT.EXE from the start & then Run command.
2. Expand the system.ini file window.
3. Scroll down almost to the end of the file untill you find a line called [386enh].
4. Press Enter to make one blank line, and in that line type
5. Irq14=4096 (note: This line IS CASE SENSITIVE)
6. Click on the File menu, then choose Save.
7. Close SYSEDIT and reboot your computer.
8. Restart windows!

The speed improvement will be noticed just after the system reboots, any system info. software can be used to check the improvement.

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3D virtual desktop (XP & VISTA)

Tired of your old desktop????

Here's a free software to convert your desktop into a 3D desktop. Here's a screenshot



A normal graphic card can also this application. So what are you waiting for, get this free software and convert your normal desktop into a 3D desktop.

Minimum system requirements

• Operating system Windows® XP / Vista
• Windows® DirectX 9.0c
• Intel® Pentium IV 1500 MHz
• 256 MB main memory
• DirectX capable graphic card: 64 MB NVIDIA® Geforce™ 3 or better,
  ATI® Radeon™ 8500 or better
• Screen resolution 800x600 at True Color (16 million colours)
• Internet connection

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Reset passwords in Windows XP from CMD

Almost everyone, who used a Computer must have faced the problem of getting stuck due to the passwords in Windows XP, coz sometimes we mess with them and sometimes we wanna mess with others' passwords. So here's a trick to get rid of this hurdle.

1. First thing you need to do is to start command prompt or CMD. There is two ways to do that:
• Press F8 when Windows XP start up (before windows xp logo - progress bar for loading) and choose "Save Mode Command prompt" option
• If you are logged in: click on start -> Run, type "cmd" and press ENTER.
2. In command prompt window type command "net user" or "net users". You will see the list of users that are created on current running OS.
3. Type "net user" "user name" "*". You will see that windows will ask you to enter new password for that particular user account! No super user privileges needed. Just type new password two times and you are done.
4. Example of process: If the administrator username is "administrator" then command for changing its password will be: "net user administrator *".

This information is given only for educational purpose, so i hope people out there will use it in a good way.

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How to Restore Lost Firefox 2 bookmarks in Firefox 3

As MOZILLA releases its latest version of FIREFOX, FIREFOX 3. Many of you would have downloaded it. As its arguably the best browser available. So many of you would faced the problem that after downloading, you would have realized that THE BOOKMARKS HAVE GONE, which is a normal thing. So here's the method of GETTING THEM BACK.

For Windows XP

1: Click on Start- > Run

2: Type - > C:\Documents and Settings\YourWindowsUserName

3: Display the Hidden folders by clicking on Tools at the top the Folder Options-> View -> Show Hidden Files

4: Now you should see a folder named Application data. Double click on it and then go to Mozilla-> Firefox -> Profiles

5: Under Profiles, you’ll find a folder having the name default with a combination of numbers and letters. Just double click it and you’ll find a folder bookmarkbackups . In that you’ll find some HTML files named bookmark with a date associated with them.

6: Copy the bookmark file with the most recent date and paste it on your desktop.

7: Now go to Firefox-> Bookmarks -> Organize Bookmarks-> Import and Backup -> Import HTML and choose that file which you had saved on your desktop. And you are done. Your bookmarks will appear now.

For Windows Vista

1: Click Start and in the Search box Type C:\Users \ YourWindowsUserName

2: Display the Hidden folders by clicking on Tools at the top the Folder Options-> View -> Show Hidden Files

3: Now again here you’ll find Application Data. So click on it then Roaming - > Mozilla-> Firefox -> Profiles

Rest of the steps are same as steps 5, 6, 7 mentioned above.

This was HOW TO GET BACK YOUR BOOKMARKS IN FIREFOX 3 FROM FIREFOX 2, IF UV LOST DEM.

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USB flash drive lighter

If you have a smoking habbit, and also a habbit of carrying a usb flash drive, then this is just the perfect thing. It throws them both, use it as a lighter when you want and then switch to the flash drive according to your need. It also has a vast memory of 4GB.
The good thing is that CHINAVASION has made it available on wholesale, which means you can buy it for your friends also. The 4GB USB Flash Drive Lighter measures 61 x 38 x 15 mm and is available from the Chinavsion website for 17.33 EUR (about $27 USD).

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GET RID OF ALMOST ALL VIRUSES

TO GET RID OF ALL VIRUSES , JUST FOLLOW THE STEPS.

1. WHEN YOU INSERT ANY PEN DRIVE OR CD, START PRESSING RIGHT SHIFT KEY (PLZ BE CAREFUL ONLY RIGHT SHIFT KEY NOT LEFT KEY).

2. THIS STOPS THE AUTOPLAY OPTION. MOST OF THE VIRUSES HAVE THEIR AUTORUN FILE WITH THEM.

3. NOW OPEN CMD AND SWITCH TO THE PEN DRIVE. TYPE "ATTRIB" AND PRESS ENTER.

4. THIS COMMAND DISPLAYS THE ATTRIBUTES ASSOCIATED WITH EACH FILE IN THE PEN DRIVE.

5. NOW SEARCH FOR FILES THAT HAVE ATTRIBUTES "SHR".IT MEANS THE FILE IS HIDDEN, READ ONLY & SYSTEM FILE.

6. MOST OF THE VIRUSES HAVE SHR ATTRIBUTE.

7. NOW TYPE ATTRIB -S -H -R FILENAME AND REMOVE ALL ATTRIBUTES OF FILES.(DO THIS FOR ALL FILES)

8. NOW OPEN AUTORUN.INF FILE FROM CMD.

9. SEARCH FOR THE NAME OF VIRUS IN THE AUTORUN FILE.

10. DELETE THE VIRUSES FROM THE PEN DRIVE BY USING DEL COMMAND.

11. YOUR PEN DRIVE IS FREE FROM ALL VIRUSES.

HAVE A VIRUS FREE COMPUTER !!!


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Send Your Name To The Moon

So you wanna make it to the sky, huh ? Well, very few people make it in the strict sense of the term ( I am talking about astronauts obviously ) but you can always send your name to the space and to the moon.

NASA will be sending a spacecraft named Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) to the moon and it will mark the return of man to the moon. You can also send your name to them and it will be loaded onto a microchip which will built into the LRO. Its a free service and so far 784,000 people have signed up for it.

So what are you waiting for ? Go to Send Your Name to the Moon and get your free certificate. Here's mine

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SHUT DOWN in 5 Seconds

If you work on windows , you know that shutting it down can be really a hassle and time taking , especially when a lot of programs are running . Most of us tend to avoid shut down due to this reason but we know that shut down is always safer and also considered good for the pc .

There are a lot of shut down tricks and tools available , which help you to achieve a smooth and fast shut down of windows without negatively affecting your pc . However this trick , is probably the simplest one and also the fastest way to shut down your pc .

Here are the steps :-

1: Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to go to the Task Manager .

2: Click on Shut Down on the Top .

3: Highlight ‘ Turn Off ‘ and while holding down the Ctrl key , click on it .

And thats it ! Just count 1 , 2 , 3…5 and there you go…your pc is off !

I have tried this trick on my XP system and it has worked everytime and hasn’t negatively affected my pc . I haven’t tried this on any other version of Windows but I think it’ll work .

However I advise you to use this trick only when you are in a rush and you need a speedy shut down of your pc .

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Now Open Closed TAB in IE7

You may have had this nagging problem while using the Internet Explorer 7. I open countless number of tabs in IE 7, and when I get irked with the cluttering, I close them in a hurry, just to realize I have closed a window I may have reached through like a hundred sites of linking. In firefox it was never a problem, and a simple CNTRL+SHIFT+T would solve it there. But not the case in IE 7. So after determined searching on the world wide web for a solution for this headache in IE 7, voila ...


There are some added features as well to this version of the 'solution' . . . :

• Added a “Find” feature that searches the title and url of all previously closed tabs and only shows those that contain what you searched for, in the “Quick Tab Style View”.
  
• Added a messagebox to verify the clearing of tab history from the toolbar button.
  
• Added logging capabilities to help troubleshoot issues (disabled by default).
  
• Changed the “More Previously Closed Tabs Available…” to be bold, to stand out on the context menu rather than looking like a website name.
  
• Decreased tab closing time due to inefficiency with html document size.
  
• Removed straggler message boxes (they now are logged, if enabled).

Download it at : http://www.muvextoe.com/release/muvextoe-openlastclosedtab.exe

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FREE INTERNET COMING IN USA

According to Reuters report, the goal of FCC is exploring ways to bring free broadband to all Americans.

The father of the plan is FCC Chairman Kevin Martin. He proposes to auction an unused piece of 25 megahertz wireless spectrum. The winning bidder would be allowed to use the spectrum as they see fit, provided that access is free. Winning bidder must keep the network free of pornography.

FCC spokesman Rob Kenny said: "We're hoping there will be increased interest in the proposal; and because this will provide wireless broadband services to more Americans, it is certainly something we want to see,"

"Too rigid" is the term for free access requirement - which use CTIA, a trade group for U.S. wireless carriers, which balked at the proposal.

FCC presided over a similar auction for wireless spectrum in the 700 MHz range earlier this year. That process proved a difficult fight between traditional telecoms and Google. While Verizon Wireless won the bulk of the spectrum, many believe it was Google that won the war.

In the present auction there is no company which emerged as a potential bidder. The winning bidder also would have to build out the system to serve 50 percent of the U.S. population within four years and 95 percent within 10 years. It would have provided FREE service, generating revenue partly through advertising.

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CONVERT IMAGES & VIDEOS INTO CARTOON

This would be the best software which you can use to make a cartoon of yourself or even your video. Before I really start talking about Hats off to the Bfunky Online Application which converts your images and videos into a perfect cartoon. Here is a sample of mine.

This online tool can do anything to make your image into a perfect cartoon and its pretty simple to use. Here are the following features which you would find in it:

• Cartoonizer
• Uvtar ( The image is the out come of uvtar)
• Video Cartoonizer.

Another thing which can be done is SKETCH. Here is the SKETCH of the above cartoonised pic.

There are various levels, so you can select the amount of sketch or amount of cartoonising the pic according to your wish. Another good option is GOODIES. Here various tools are available to make the image look more appealing.

You will be able to download the picture after you have Cartoonized it enough and you are happy about it. So what are you waiting for,

Go to Bfunky and Cartoonize your self

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Hide Webpages as MS Office files ! ! !

This tool is pretty cool and comes out as a result of people scared of visiting websites in office as they can be caught by the boss and loose impression. All it does is it opens a pop up window which allows you to read web pages but that pop up looks like a Microsoft office Word 2003 document.

So if your boss shows up just hover the boss key and some random paragraphs will be displayed. However there is not much benefit of this, as you loose all formatting and Images don’t load. In short its like a text browser. So happy working and Just give it a try at WorkFriendly

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Acrobat Brio

After the recent announcement of Acrobat Online Office Suite what attracted me best out of it the Acrobat Brio - An online Meeting Application which is integrated with it. Though it allows only 3 people to connect together but its worth.

Other features which Includes Office Suite and Acrobat Share did not impress me that much. I would still prefer using Microsoft Office with Drop Box for collaboration which is the fastest of all, but there is no match for the meeting feature it has. I am totally blown with the simplicty and effectiveness.

It includes voice, webcam, desktop sharing and chat, almost everything one would require for an online meeting. If you have an good internet speed Acrobat Brio will work like a charm.

But it has many limitations on the other side:

1. Only 3 people connect with each other.
2. You can not convert more than 5 dcoument into PDF. ( NOW is adobe running out of resource ? )
3. Google Docs got search inbuilt but Acrobat doesnt have it.
4. How about browsers or people who block FLASH ?

Its good try and Acrobat might need to do something about it soon if they really want to compete. But still You better give it a try and see how it suits you. Visit Acobat and enjoy it.

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Analogy Clock - Really Good ! ! !

Analogy is a clock which runs on your computer and its with a Twist. Its called as a typographic clock which has looks of Digital Clock and Movement of Analog clock. The programmer is really admired for bringing up such a concept. This is basically for those who love to keep their system well designed and at the same time geeky. The size is only 1.4 MB for WINDOWS and 2.3 MB for OSX


Get your own Analogy for both Mac and Windows

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Increase your PC speed by making RAM cleaner on Notepad ! ! !

One of the most irritating problems that you come across with your PC is its slowing down at times.This is normally due to burden on the your Pc's ram . And worst part this not due to any noticeable change or work.And you have no solution for that.But you can make this simple application yourself and can improve your PC browsing speed.

1. Create a new text file on your desktop, name it as "ramcleaner"

2. Type:

FreeMem=space(64000000)

3. Save it as "ramcleaner.vbs"

4. Run the file to clean your RAM.

You can also edit the code for GREATER CLEANING PURPOSE

Freemem=space(1280000000)
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Remove Task Manager has been disabled by your Administrator ! ! !

Method to Remove Task Manager has been disabled by your Administrator

You have to use Group Policy Editor for Windows XP Professional

• Click Start>Run>type gpedit.msc and click OK.
• Navigate to this line:

User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> System >> Ctrl+Alt+Delete Options >> Remove Task Manager

• Double-click the Remove Task Manager option.
• Set the policy to “Not Configured”.

thats it, its removed now.

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