Internet and Computers Tips and Tricks: 2009

Applying Blogger Templates/Themes

I've got a lot of questions from my friends about this, well maybe to me this technique is simple but for Blogger newbies it might be tricky and hard to understand about how to applying templates to your blog. Okay, now let me help you step by step.

Step 1
First of all you need to publish your blog. Choose any topic or niche you wanted. For tutorial to setup your new blog, you can follow this tutorial. Then login to your Blogger dashboard. Next click on the "Layout".

Step 2
Then you will see the your blog layout page, on the second tab menu, click on "Edit HTML".

Step 3
Download your current template for backup.

Step 4
Now leave your blog and find any templates you wanted your blog look like. For example, I suggest you try http://www.eblogtemplates.com/ and choose any templates you like. But this site required you to register before you can proceed the download. I take an example if you want to applying Langit Blogger Template as your blog template, download the template from eblogtemplates. You will get a file titled "langit-blogger.zip". Unzip or extract the file to get an xml file.

Step 5
Upload your template to your blog. Go back to your blog Edit Template HTML page and click on "Browse" and upload the xml file you've extracted/unzipped. Then confirm and save. Now preview your blog.

Hidden Microsoft Song

Do you know the hidden Microsoft song? I hear this song while im installing windows, where its almost at the end where have to register your windows,
enter your username.......etc.
Some people might not hear it because, your sound card driver isn't installed.
If you want to know and hear that song, here it:

C: WINDOWS -SYSTEM32-OOBE-IMAGES-TITLE.WMA (SEARCH IN FOLDERS)

& ALSO YOU CAN TYPE IN RUN(BOX)

Start > Run > Copy and then Paste, or press and hold the Start + r .

C:\windows\system32\oobe\images\title.wma

Yahoo! Screamer on Yahoo!

This is a hidden secrets that you might not know about it, everyone know what Yahoo! is one of most popular search engine. Consider it is one of Yahoo! easter egg.

First go to Yahoo! ---> http://www.yahoo.com/

Then click "!" at the Yahoo! symbols at that page, don't forget to turn on the speaker and you will heard sound of funny guy screaming Yahooooooooooooo!!!!!!....

Customize Background Image in a Pendrive/Thumbdrive

Step 1:
Copy this code into notepad (copy and paste), then save it as "desktop.ini"

[.ShellClassInfo] IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll IconIndex=127 ConfirmFileOp=0 [{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}] Attributes=1 IconArea_Image="your_picture.jpg" IconArea_Text="0xFFFFFF" VeBRA sources - don't delete the tag above, it's there for XXXXX purposes - [ExtShellFolderViews] {BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}={BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC} {5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262}={5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262} [{5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262}] PersistMoniker=Folder.htt PersistMonikerPreview=%WebDir%\folder.bmp

Step 2:
Put "desktop.ini" file onto your flash drive and replace "your_picture" with the
name of the picture you want to use leaving the .jpg extension the same and change the 0xFFFFFF the color code you want for your folder name font, for example, FFFFFF mean white whether 000000 mean black color.

Step 3:
Now copy the picture that you want to use onto your flash drive.

Step 4:
Refresh (F5) or Go back to My Computer and open your flash drive again ..and enjoy with new background...

Fix Corrupted File in Windows XP

MOST EASY WAY to fix corrupted file in win xp(must read)

This tutorial has been made so people that are having problems with corrupted files, can learn how to fix them easy.

Now, follow this steps:

1. Place the xp cd in your cd/dvd drive

2. Go to start

3. Run

4. Type in 'sfc /scannow' (without the ')

Now it should all load, and fix all your corrupted file on win XP.

Bypass Country Limitation in Youtube

Ever wondered why certain videos are country restricted ??
Ever wanted to view those videos ??
Here is a clean solution on how to view those videos...

Here is another simple hack to watch videos not available for your country bypassing YouTube's geographical restrictions, many videos on YouTube are not available for all countries and users from non-allowed countries are shown the message "This video is not available in your country" on accessing these videos.
Bypass YouTube Restrictions

However, YouTube can be easily tricked into displaying the videos in all countries by altering the URL a bit, for example instead of the regular url - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNIQUEVIDEOID, access http://www.youtube.com/v/UNIQUEVIDEOID (here UNIQUEVIDEOID is a unique 11 character video id code of the particular video).

Example:
Try watching this US specific video using the regular URL - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9ciR9qR1dU, now try this altered URL - http://www.youtube.com/v/I9ciR9qR1dU.

Easter Egg in Firefox 3

Firefox 3 which was recenlty released is one of the best softwares to come in the recent times..

But wait.. did you know that even though its open source , developers have found some place in the program to put in thier easter eggs.. how cool??
shall we tke a look at those easter eggs ???

Note : If you dont have the latest Firefox 3 .. Please Download them from the side bar under " Latest Firefox "
To see the first easter egg in Firefox 3, click here or type about:Mozilla into the Address Location Bar.

You will see the following text in dark red background:

Mammon slept. And the beast reborn spread over the earth and its numbers grew legion. And they proclaimed the times and sacrificed crops unto the fire, with the cunning of foxes. And they built a new world in their own image as promised by the sacred words, and spoke of the beast with their children. Mammon awoke, and lo! it was naught but a follower.

from The Book of Mozilla, 11:9
(10th Edition)

Not surprising? Well, the similar easter egg exists in Firefox 2 too, so it’s guessable. How about trying to click here, or type about:robots into the Firefox 3 Location Bar? This easter egg is lesser known and will get you the following ‘theory’:

Welcome Humans!

We have come to visit you in peace and with goodwill!
Robots may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
Robots have seen things you people wouldn’t believe.
Robots are Your Plastic Pal Who’s Fun To Be With.
Robots have shiny metal posteriors which should not be bitten.

And they have a plan.

There is a button saying Try Again. Don’t be fool to click the button just to see Please do not press this button again.

Hidden Vista Boot Screen

Enable hidden Boot Screen - vista aurora
Tired of the pathetic boot screen in Windows Vista? There is a cool trick that will allow you to see what may have been a new boot screen for Windows Vista.

Here is how you do the trick..

To enable the hidden BootScreen:
1.Open the start menu search box.
2.Type “msconfig” and hit enter.
3.Open the Boot tab.
4.Check the “No GUI boot” checkbox.
5.Hit OK.
6.Reboot the computer.

The new boot screen should appear immediately.

Note: A Windows Defender error may appear on the next startup. This error can be made to go away by enabling the system config utility using the tray icon.

Optimize Internet Connections

There are so many hidden features within Windows that can actually boost your internet speed...
finding and changing Registry can be tricky and harmful.. So here we have a application to that for you...

Today we are going to see about a nice application called Internet Cyclone..
Here is a Small description of it...

Internet Cyclone is a powerful, easy-to-use, Internet Optimizer for Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 and XP designed to automatically optimize your Windows settings wich will boost your Internet connection up to 200%. Internet Cyclone is compatible with all modems and high-speed LAN, ISDN, CABLE, DSL, T1 or other connections. This Internet Connection optimizer speeds up Web browsing, file downloading, e-mailing, online gaming, chat and all other Internet related software utilities by preventing the data fragmentation during transmission.

This actually lets you optimize various settings and registry to make your net connection much faster..

Follow the simple onscreen Wizard to complete through your setting.. that's it..

Download here

Login to Windows XP without Password

How many times have we happen to forget the F%cking Login Password for our windows ?
Ok worry no more coz if you next time forget your password.. we have a solution to actually allows you to login without any password.

This is the only soft that allow you to log on into any local account without reset existing passwords.
DreamPackPL will just turn off the password validation process. If you dont want to log on into any existing account, then you can execute any application (e.g. Regedit or window with accounts management) at the logon desktop. You may also load the Explorer shell at new desktop and work with admin privileges.

Features :

*Configurable command interpreter in logon window (DreamOn, PassOn, PassOff, *LogonLoggerOn, LogonLoggerOff, DreamDesktop, God-Password)
*Three logon modes:
- standard with password
- with wrong password and wrong hash (LM+NT)
- with given hash (LM+NT
*Hash Audit (show hashes of all users) and Hash Calculator
*Logon Logger (date and time, user name, password, character codes in password)
*Executing programs at the logon desktop with system privileges
*Access to EFS encrypted files after log on
*Loading Explorer shell at new desktop and work with system privileges
*Displaying local accounts list (user names) at the logon desktop
*Disabling Windows File Protection

Instructions :

1.)Download the ISO file (4Mb) and DreamPackPL (74KB)

2.)Burnt it on a CD with Nero Buning Software or anyother Burning Software

3.)Restart Your system and login into BIOS and Set booting From CD/DVD Drive

4.)Save and exit

5.)Now while restarting The CD gets booted and you will find

6.)User must load system in Recovery Console, so press R to continue and install DreamPackPL.

7.)Press C to install DreamPackPL by using Recovery Console.

8.)Then select which Windows (XP/2000) installation that want to log onto by keying in appropriate number (normally 1 for system with only 1 Windows installation).

9.)Key in any password when prompt for Administrator password.

10.)Make a backup of the original sfcfiles.dll by using the following command:

ren C:\Windows\System32\sfcfiles.dll sfcfiles.lld (for Windows XP)

or

ren C:\Winnt\System32\sfcfiles.dll sfcfiles.lld (for Windows 2000)

11.)Copy the patched sfcfiles.dll file from the CD to \Windows\System32 (or \WinNT\System32 depending on your Windows installation) folder by using following command (CD drive in this example is D, change according to your CD drive letter. You can use “map” command to display all drive letters):

copy D:\i386\pinball.ex_ C:\Windows\System32\sfcfiles.dll (for Windows XP)

copy D:\i386\pinball.ex_ C:\Winnt\System32\sfcfiles.dll (for Windows 2000)

12.)Type “Exit” and press Enter to exit from Recovery Console, and restart the PC, and let the Windows boot normally.

13.)Once Windows display Windows Logon prompt, key in “dreamon” DreamPackPL command (without quotes) in the user name or password field to display the DreamPackPL menu.

14.)Click on the top graphic on the DreamPackPL menu to display the commands options and configuration menu.

15.)Navigate to Command and click on Command Setting options.

16.)Enable the God-Password setting by selecting (check) the tick box at the end.

17.)Exit from all DreamPackPL and type “god” in the user name or password field on Windows Logon screen to log on into Windows, bypassing all users or administrator account password.

18.)Another option is to navigate to Password at DreamPackPL commands settings menu and select (check) the “Logon with wrong password and hash” option, which allows user to log-in into Windows using any administrator or user account with any correct or wrong password.

If you have any question .. pleas ask in our comment system...

Top 20 Add-Ons for Firefox

Here is a Collection of BEST-OF-THE-BEST firefox add-ons..
If you ever wanted the full power of Firefox ..try all of them and see why firefox is celebrated as the World`s best Browser..

Top Sites to Search Files Hosted at Rapidshare

Rapidshare is the most popular and user friendly file hosting services, you can download variety kind of data such as movies, games and software from this file hosting site.

Here is the Top 101 Sites that could help you get files you ever wanted..from Rapidshare!
This is a excellent list and should be bookmarked for all those Chronic Downloaders..

This is purely for eductaional Purpose...

If you didn’t know, RapidShare is one of the largest file hosting website. Rapidshare claims to have a storage capacity of several petabytes (a petabyte is a million gigabytes) of files and an internet connection that transfers hundreds of gigabytes simultaneously. You can imagine the amount of files that is hosted there.

Too bad RapidShare doesn’t have an official search engine for people to find files in its servers. Fortunately I found a total of 99 RapidShare search engine websites and 2 free software that can help you find files hosted in RapidShare according to the keywords. With the help of 101 rapidshare search engines, searching for files in RapidShare is no longer a problem!

Also Visit AlphaBlog for more similar articles...

Here is the Exclusive List :

1. RapidShare1 - Rapidshare Search Engine

2. RapidShare Searcher - Search in rapidshare.com

3. FileZ - Rapidshare Search - File Search

4. LoadingVault - RapidShare Search

5. RapidOSearch - RapidShare Search Engine

6. Rapidoogle - The RapidShare Search Engine

7. HellaFiles - Rapidshare and Megaupload Search Engine

8. RapidShare-Search-Engine - Find files on rapidshare

9. FileCrop - Find Rapidshare & Megaupload files

10. ThuVienPHP - RapidShare Search Engine from Vietnam

11. RapidZilla - Your rapidshare.com search engine

12. OplaHol - We find any file for you

13. FileSearch - Advanced Search Engine for Rapidshare Files

14. FileScoop - Makes File Searching a Snap

15. FilesBot - File Storages Search Engine

16. SearchFiles.de - The Premium File Search Engine

17. OneClickFiles - Search for files on rapidshare, megaupload, etc

18. SearchShared - Search Shared File Servers

19. FilesTube - Every search is a direct hit

20. Rapidfox - RapidShare Search Engine

21. ShareMiner - Search Files on Rapidshare, Megaupload, SendSpace, ZShare

22. ShareDigger - File Search Engine

23. Share4VN - Download Everything You Need!

24. JuSearch - File Hosting Search

25. Avun - File Hosting Search

26. FilesHunt - Rapidshare Search Engine

27. MEGAPID - Official RapidShare Search Engine

28. TotMe! - Rapidshare Search Engine

29. FileSearch - Rapidshare and megaupload file search engine

30. MegaDownload - Megaupload and Rapidshare search engine

31. RapidLibrary - RapidShare Search Engine

32. RapidAll - Rapidshare and others Web Host download Search!

33. RapidSearch.CA - RapidShare Search Engine

34. Gappon - Your Rapidshare, megaupload, mediafire search engines

35. Search4File - Free file search on RapidShare, Youtube and more

36. NewRapidHunter - The easy way to find rapidshare files

37. LoadEvery - More than Search!

38. FileField - Search for files download

39. Leecha - Get it while it’s hot

40. RapidShareIndex - Rapidshare Search Engine

41. RapidRat - RapidShare Search Engine

42. RSDown - Rapidshare links search engine

43. Search.jrfreelancer.com - File Search Engine

44. Sharech - Search for files on the best servers download

45. RapidBurner - RapidShare Search Engine

46. RapidshareDATA - RapidShare Search Engine

47. Search Rapidshare and Megaupload

48. SharingEngines - Search rapidshare megaupload torrents emule mp3 movies

49. QuickSearch - Find needed files from RapidShare Links

50. Funfail - File Search

51. InfoBind RapidSearch

52. 4Chan - RapidShares

53. MegaTao - RapidShare RssSearch

54. RapidExplorer - RapidShare Megaupload Search Engine

55. Busca-RapidShare - Buscador de Rapidshare

56. DownloadList - Download RapidShare Search Engine File

57. rsSearch - Rapidshare Search Engine

58. Rapidor - RapidShare Search Engine

59. RapidSearch.in - Rapidshare links search

60. UVRX - Internet Search

61. BioScience - Search Shared Files

62. ShowIP - RapidShare Search Engine

63. Rapidshare Meta search engine

64. Rapidwolf - RapidShare Search Engine

65. FindAnyLinks - RapidSearch and Other Hosts Download Links Finder

66. RSFilez

67. Jwagal - Rapidshare search

68. Search Rapid Share . net - RapidShare Search Engine

69. RapidSearchLinks - The easiest way to share your file around

70. Megaxo - Search RapidShare, Search MegaUpload

71. DDL Search - Rapidshare search engine

72. RapidSurfing - RapidShare Search Engine

73. Rapidsharelink - Rapidshare Search Engine

74. JamesWatt - RapidShare and Megaupload Search

75. RapidLinks - Locate Your Links Rapidly

76. FreeXFile - Your RapidShare Search Engine

77. 890m rapidshare download search

78. RapidZero - Rapidshare Search Engine

79. DiggRapidShare - Search Your RapidShare Files

80. EliteSearch - Direct Download Search Engine

81. SharingRapid - Search rapidshare megaupload and more

82. 5iles - The Best Search Engine

83. INetList.com - Your RapidShare Search Engine

84. Search-File

85. PakAdTrader - Rapid Search

86. Shared File Searcher

87. LiveThunder Files

88. ShareMinerScript - My Query Builder

89. Medianet - RapidShare Search Engine

90. RapidShareFinder

91. FNETS - Search Rapidshare Files

92. ShareYard Search

93. HuHiHo - Universal File Search

94. goinFiles

95. Yourfile.US

96. GoFileZ File Search Engine

97. RSFind - RapidShare Files Search

98. RapidSeek - Search Shared Files

99. Rapid2Share - RapidShare Search Engine

100. RapidMe - RapidShare Search Engine Software

101. RapidSeek .NET Pro 2007 - Seek links to files on RapidShare network software

Download Faster from the Internet

Are you feeling that your download speed is too poor...
Then here is a good tutorial on how to speed up those downloads.. Though the speed of internet connections continue to rise in line with new technology when we go to download files and WebPages the speed of these downloads is sadly not as fast as advertised it seems and we wonder why faster internet downloads elude us. The reasons are many but there are a few things you can do to increase your download speed quickly.

1. Get a Spyware Remover

One reason you may have a slower than expected internet connection stifling faster internet downloads is spyware. From browsing and downloading you can pick up nasty little buggers called spyware or malware which runs in the background of your machine feeding information back to their masters and slowing things down when browsing. Spyware is a sad fact of the internet and while we can take precautions by using safer browsers like firefox and being careful where we go and what we download we will always attract some. There are many spyware removers on the net you can download however and I suggest you get one to clean up your PC!

2. Change Your Firewall Settings

Many people have firewalls that protect you from unwanted intrusions by hackers and while they can be good things they can sometimes lock down your PC so hard that it throttles back your connection speed to prehistoric levels! Every firewall is different, some are software driven some are stored in your modem or router and you may not even know it is there but by lowering some of the security levels you can increase the speed of your downloads without any significant increase in security risk.

3. Stop Background Programs

Another issue that slows down download speeds and often the entire performance of your computer are programs that run in the background taking up computer power and sometimes are downloading or uploading data as well. Some are more visible than others, if you look at the bottom right of your screen you can see little icons showing some necessary services but if you have a lot there you may want to turn some off like virus checkers, and especially if you do not know what they are! You can also press ctrl-alt-del and go to the "processes" and you will see a large list of programs running. Most of these are essential but some can be stopped to free up your connection for faster internet downloads and computer performance (do not do this unless you are sure of what you are stopping!)

These practical tips can help you to a degree but if you want to double, triple of even quadruple your download speeds in just a few minutes click below to find out more!

Use Proxy to Bypass Webfilters

--“There are times when when we are forced to use proxy and we know , with proxy many sites are blocked, But here is a way to bypass all the Webfilters. When a site is blocked , you can use this method to bypass the block!

Lets pretend for a moment that the Internet is made up of 26 websites, A-Z. The web filter blocks your browser from accessing sites X-Z, but not sites A-W. Simply make the browser think you--„¢re going to A-
W. There are a variety of ways to do this:

Proxy Servers:
This is a list of http proxies. These sites may not be up forever, so you may need to search for free http proxy--� or --“public proxy servers--� or other similar terms.

Proxy server lists:
-- http://www.aliveproxy.com
-- http://www.multiproxy.org
-- http://www.publicproxyservers.com/index.html
-- http://www.tehbox.com/proxy
-- http://www.proxz.com
-- http://www.proxy4free.com/index.html
-- http://free-proxies.com

Now that you have a list of proxies, you would open IE (internet explorer) and click on Tools > Internet Options > Connections > LAN Settings > Advanced. Enter the address and port of one of the servers from the list in the proper area (http) and make sure the --“use a proxy server for your LAN--� option is selected. Remember to replace the proxy and port at your terminal to the original when you're done.

*Note: Some proxies listed may not work, and this method may decrease your surfing speed. By trying various entries, you--„¢ll find one that works, or works faster.

The infamous translation trick:
Go to a web page translation site and use their services to --“translate a page to English--� thus accessing the blocked page through their trusted site.

You--„¢ll notice that several translation sites are blocked, but by using less popular ones, this method can still be effective. Here is a list of some translation services. Again, these sites may not be up forever, so you may need to search for them.

-- http://babelfish.altavista.com
-- http://world.altavista.com
-- http://translation.langenberg.com
-- http://freetranslation.com/web.thm

Url Scripting:

Url scripting is the easiest method. It works on a select few web filters and is based on the same principal as the translation trick. By typing and address like --“www.yahoo.com@www.restricted_site.com the filter will not go into effect as it recognizes the trusted site (in this case yahoo.com)

Other tricks:
Simply open the command prompt and type:
Ping restricted.com ? restricted.com obviously being the restricted site
At this point you can take down the IP address (ex. 216.109.124.73) and enter it into the browser. If access to the command prompt is also restricted, see --“How to bypass restrictions to get to the command prompt.--� If this article has been taken from information leak, then know that it involves anything from opening the browser, selecting view > source, then saving it as X.bat and opening it to opening a folder or browser and typing in the location of cmd.exe depending on the OS. I will not go into further, as this a completely different topic.

Use https://restrictedsite.com as referring to it as a secured site may confuse the filter.

Note: These are ancient methods that many new filters defend against, but still may be applicable in your situation. If not, a little history never hurt anyone.

Web based Proxies:
Another one of the easier, yet effective methods include web based proxies. These are simple in the fact that you just enter the restricted address and surf! Some of these have some restrictions, like daily usage limits, etc but you can also use another proxy (perhaps one that sucks, like a text only) to bypass their restrictions as well. Here is a list of some:

-- http://proxify.com]http://proxify.com
-- http://www.anonymizer.com/index.cgi]http://www.anonymizer.com/index.cgi
-- http://www.guardster.com/]http://www.guardster.com/
-- http://anonymouse.ws/anonwww.html]http://anonymouse.ws/anonwww.html
-- http://www.the-cloak.com/login.html]http://www.the-cloak.com/login.html
-- https://www.megaproxy.com/freesurf]https://www.megaproxy.com/freesurf
-- http://www.anonymizer.ru]http://www.anonymizer.ru
-- https://nadaily.com/cgi-bin/nph-proxyb.cgi]https://nadaily.com/cgi-bin/nph-proxyb.cgi
-- http://www.userbeam.de/cgi-bin/nph-userbeam.cgi]http://www.userbeam.de/cgi-bin/nph-userbeam.cgi
-- http://www.free2.surffreedom.com/nph-free.cgi]http://www.free2.surffreedom.com/nph-free.cgi

Proxy Programs:
There are many proxy programs that allow you to surf anonymously that are more or less based on the same topics we--„¢ve covered here. I--„¢ve added them just to cover the topic thoroughly:

-- http://www.hotscripts.com/Detailed/28480.html]http://www.hotscripts.com/Detailed/28480.html
-- http://www.inetprivacy.com/a4proxy/anonymous-grc.htm]http://www.inetprivacy.com/a4proxy/anonymous-grc.htm
-- http://www.orangatango.com/home/index.ie.html]http://www.orangatango.com/home/index.ie.html
-- http://www.steganos.com]http://www.steganos.com
-- http://www.anonymization.net]http://www.anonymization.net ? toolbar that requires admin rights to install

Making your own CGI proxy server:

Making your own proxy server may come in handy, but I personally find that simply uploading a txt file/w a list of proxies to a free host makes for a much easier and headache free solution. If you don--„¢t know PERL, there is code out there to help you set it up. Check out these sites for more info:

-- http://httpbridge.sourceforge.net]http://httpbridge.sourceforge.net
-- http://www.jmarshall.com/tools/cgiproxy]http://www.jmarshall.com/tools/cgiproxy

Admin Access:
When all else fails, you can simply take over the PC and alter or delete the damn filter. This method varies according to the OS (operating system) you are dealing with. Please see --“Hacking Windows NT--� for more information. If this tutorial has been taken from information leak, then I will go as far as to say it involves booting the PC in another OS, copying the SAM file and cracking it using a program like saminside or LC5 rather than start a whole new topic within one.

Access Restricted Sites From Your Workplace

Here is the tutorial to bypass any websites blocked by your "IT Department" at your workplaces. An example of blocked websites like myspace, friendster, youtube or orkut. Just follow this trick:

For Internet Explorer user:

Follow this link ---> http://www.ultrareach.com/ <--- Download the UltraSurf applications and run the applications, it's will automatically Internet Explorer browser and start browsing by typing url address at the address bar.

For Mozilla Firefox user:

Firefox users need to download the firefox add-on besides the above software:

Download Firefox add-on

Drag and drop the file you have download named "wjbutton_en.xpi" in to the Firefox browser or open the file using Firefox and it will automatically install the Add-ons, then restart the computer and start browsing.
For more information, visit the User Center.

This tutorial found through keywords:

wjbutton_en.xpi add-in

A Hidden Secret About Ctrl + C

Please be very careful when u press Ctrl + C ..

Here is some useful information for all.

Ctrl+C may be the most important work we do everyday. But it's not a very safe thing to do.
Read on to know why.

What happens when you press Ctrl+C while you are Online... We do copy various data by
Ctrl + C for copying & pasting elsewhere.

This copied data is stored in clipboard and is accessible from the net by a combination of Javascripts and ASP.

Just try this:

Copy any text by Ctrl + C

Click the Link: http://www.sourcecodesworld.com/special/clipboard.asp

You will see the text you copied was accessed by this web page.

Do not keep sensitive data (like passwords, credit card numbers, PIN etc.) in the clipboard while surfing the web. It is extremely easy to extract the text stored in the clipboard to steal your sensitive information.

See a suggestion from an expert:

You can stop hacking of clipboard content by doing:

Go to internet options of explorer -_ tools menu -> Internet option -> Security Custom level

In settings - Select disable under allow past operations via script.

Solving Virtual Memory Too Low Problems

When there is less physical memory than needed, then some virtual memory (virtual RAM) is created on the disk. When there is a limit set to the size of virtual memory usage and there is not enough of it present there is a warning that frequently comes “Virtual Memory too low”.

Solution 1 :

This problem occurs when physical RAM + Virtual RAM (usually created on hard disk) together are not sufficient to take care of the currently needed RAM size, or this situation is about to arise. This usually happens when some fixed upper limit for Virtual Memory has been set. To solve this problem, you can either upgrade you physical RAM on your computer (recommended), or you can set the Virtual Memory to system managed size or you can do both. Setting Virtual Memory to system managed size means windows will set it to higher size whenever needed automatically,for this,

Right click on My computer --> goto properties, goto advanced tab, click on performance settings, now click on advanced, now click on advanced, now click on change button for Virtual memory.

On this screen select the System managed size, press OK. After this re-start your computer. This will solve the virtual memory too low problem.

Solution 2:

Recommended solution is to upgrade your physical memory (RAM) according to requirements of the kind of applications that you run on your computer. If you upgrade RAM or not, the following procedure will help prevent this warning by increasing the virtual memory limit.

Right click on My computer icon and click properties.
This will show system properties window. Click on a advanced tab and click on the settings button under heading performance.
This will open performance options window. Click on advanced tab and click on change button under heading virtual memory.
Check if the space available is set to some custom value or double the RAM size ?
If it is not double the RAM memory size , then select the size option set the virtual memory size double the RAM Size and press set button and press OK button.
Restart the computer.

Accessing System Restore When You Cannot Access it in Normal Way

I've faced this kind of problems before where when my computer is infected with a virus and it's disable you to use Task Manager, MS Config or System Restore. If your system has failed to the point where you cannot access the Windows GUI or any that I've mentioned before, either through booting normally or through safe mode, you may still have the chance to use the System Restore feature if you have it enabled, by running it form the command prompt.

To do this: Restart your computer and press F8 after the POST screen to bring up the Windows XP boot menu. Choose 'boot in safe mode with command prompt.' If your system gets to the command prompt successfully, type "%systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe" and then press enter.

Follow the onscreen instructions to restore your computer to a previous saved point.

Removing Multiple Bootscreen

If you are getting unwanted multiple boot screen
Then Follow these Steps.

Right Click on My Computer
Select Properties
Select Advanced Tab
Select Settings In the Startup & Recovery Section(3rd grp)
Select the operating system which u want.
And Click OK.
Further again press the setting and click on Edit.
It will open boot.ini File.
Now u can delete those o/s which you don't want to be displayed.

Note: For deleting operating systems from boot.ini file, keep it mind that you can't delete that o/s which is selected by default there. Before making any changes make a copy of boot.ini file.

Hidden Star Wars Movie in Windows XP

Microsoft has hidden a version of Star Wars done entirely with ASCII characters in the Windows XP operating system.But you must be connected to internet to view it.When online,go to start->run.Now type ' telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl ' without the single quotes.See it for yourself.

Bypass Web Content Filter

You can easily get around many Web content filters with the simple trick of using a "proxy" as a go between. By far the easiest, quickest, and least suspicious method is to use a search engine as your proxy. Any network monitoring tools that may be in place might think that you're simply using a search engine, not visiting prohibited sites.

Many search engines, such as Google and Altavista, offer Web-site translation services or other conversion tools, such as for mobile-computing devices. By using those services, the search engine can deliver otherwise-blocked content to your Web browser.

To try this technique, go to Google's translator page or Altavista's translator page. Then enter the URL of the site you want to view and configure the service to convert French (or any langauge) into English. It doesn't matter which origin language you choose, as long as you convert the site into English. Sites written in English will be automatically detected and delivered to your browser in the original language.

Another method is to use Google's mobile conversion tool. This service does tend to strip down the content for use on a cell-phone screen, so sites won't look the same as they do in a browser

You can also use Google's cache to retrieve Web pages, although the process is a bit more tedious. To do that, you must search for the page you want to view (using keywords or a URL string) and then click on the Cached link, if one exists.

Any of these approaches have one problem that you need to keep in mind. Your browser will try to load images directly from the target site, not from Google or Altavista. That process could trigger content filters and other monitoring software.

How to Know If Someone is Blocking You on MSN

This tricks allow you to know if someone is blocking you on MSN messenger, just follow this step by step:

Open msn messenger
Click on file
Then click on tools
On the bottom it say options click on it
On the sides go to privacy click on it
Click on the MSN name that you want to see if she/he blocked you and then right click if the delete button is available that means the person has blocked you

Performance Increase Through My Computer

Easy enough tweak to usually find out about it on your own, but still, some of us still don't find it right away. So here it is:

Start > right-click on My Computer and select Properties.

Click on the "Advanced" tab.

See the "Performance" section? Click "Settings".

Disable the following:

Fade or slide menus into view
Fade or slide ToolTips into view
Fade out menu items after clicking
Show Shadows under menus
Slide open combo boxes
Slide taskbar buttons
Use a background image for each folder type
Use common tasks in folders

There, now Windows will still look nice and perform faster.

Export messages and folders from Thunderbird to Outlook / Outlook Express

I was tired of some problems experienced in Thunderbird database and the lack of support of Windows Desktop Search and I decided to migrate from Thunderbird to Outlook.

I found several tutorials explaining how to do it using the free tool IMAPSize.

The problem with that procedure is that email conversion using this tool needs to select manually each Thunderbird directory that contains the messages of each folder. It is fine for a few directories but a very long task if you have more than a hundred.

In addition to this issue, I found some export problems using the tool: it works in most of the messages but there are some problems with certain messages that are created with a wrong structure or with problems in the header (e.g.: empty subject and wrong received timestamp) when importing into Outlook Express.

Looking for another method, I found a free tool Tbird2OE from PractiSoft. It is rudimentary but it does the first job: it exports all the messages to eml format keeping folder structure and no errors.

To import messages into Outlook Express, the tutorial suggests to drag them in each exported folder. Again, this is simple for small amount of folders but it could take considerable time if you have lots of folders.

For that reason I wrote a tool to import the exported messages using our product OEAPI to store messages in Outlook Express.

Here is the step-by-step tutorial:

Compact messages (recommended but optional)
Use Tbird2OE to export messages from your Thunderbird profile:
- Top edit box your mail root in the top edit box, usually something like this: C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\awfiwoeu.default\Mail\Local Folders
- Bottom edit box: any path where the emails will be stored in eml format keeping folder structure
Install OEImportEml:
- Set the same directory that you specified in Tbird2OE as export path (the bottom edit box)
- Set Thunderbird ‘Sent’ folder if your installation is not English (the folder specified here is forwarded to ‘Sent Items’ in Outlook Express)
If you want to use Outlook, run Outlook and select to import messages from Outlook Express

Using Remote Desktop with Windows XP Professional

In this article we will cover the use of Remote Desktop, a tool that once mastered can help you to connect over the network to remote servers to perform maintenance or to launch tests from. This article will cover the basic setup and use of it.

This will be important when we talk about Windows based networking services and how to set them up remotely, like Network Monitor for example. You could set up a remote Windows Server with Network Monitor, remotely control it via Remote Desktop and watch the packets flow over the wire from your VPN at home! Remote Desktop is definitely a tool you will want to master the use of.

What is Remote Desktop?

With the Remote Desktop feature in Windows XP, you can remotely control a computer from another office, from home, or while traveling. This allows you to use the data, applications, and network resources that are on your office computer, without being in your office. In the Illustration below, you can see that an Systems Administrator can quickly (and securely) get into their corporate offices and do that, system down, no problem, you can fix from anywhere you can find an Internet connection that is stable enough to let you work.

Remote Desktop is the new name for the older Windows based Terminal Services Client that (like with Windows 2000), would allow you to connect to and manage a server remotely for up to two connections, allowing you to do maintenance on the server and so on. Remote Desktop (Windows Server 2003 / XP), allows the same functionality, except it's enhanced and easier to use.

To use Remote Desktop, you need the following:

* Windows XP Professional installed on your office computer, or whichever computer you plan to operate remotely. This computer is known as the host. This article was written using Microsoft’s most current operating system – Windows XP Professional.
* Display data and keyboard data are sent over a WAN or Internet connection so make sure that you are working over a good connection… to use Remote Desktop over a slow connection could be a burden. It will work, but it may not respond as well as you would like. You can use low bandwidth connections, it will allow you to remotely control a system.

Get Remote Desktop

* The Remote Desktop Connection software is pre-installed with Windows XP so to verify that you have it, use the following URL:
o Start => All Programs => Accessories => Communications, => Remote Desktop Connection
* If you don’t have it, then you need to get it. There are options. First, you can get the Remote Desktop Connection software on the Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home Edition product CDs
* If you don’t have a CD, then you can get it online. Use the links I provided in the links and references section to get the clients if you don’t have it currently available on your system.

The Remote Desktop Connection software can be installed on any supported Windows platform. One you get it, install it and open it up.

Let’s look at how install Remote Desktop (if not already installed)
Install the Client Software

To install Remote Desktop Connection software on a client computer

1. Insert the Windows XP CD into your CD-ROM drive.
2. When the Welcome page appears, click Perform additional tasks, and then click Setup Remote Desktop Connection as shown below.

3. When the installation wizard starts, follow the directions that appear on your screen.
4. You will have to agree to the license agreement

5. Enter your personal information and click Next
6. Finish the installation and you will now have Remote Desktop Installed on your XP system.

Enable Your Computer as the Host

Before you use Remote Desktop, your systems have to be set up properly to allow it to be ‘controlled’. One of the first things you will need to do is to ‘enable’ the remote control of a system. To do that, you will need to make a quick setting change in the System Properties.

1. Log in as an Administrator (or as a member of the Administrators group)
2. Open the System Applet in the Control Panel.
3. Click Start => Control Panel => System Applet => Remote Tab

4. On the Remote tab, select the Allow users to connect remotely to this computer check box, as shown below.

5. Make sure that you have the proper permissions to connect to a computer remotely, and click OK.

Remote Desktop and XP Service Pack 2

If you're running Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) and you enable Remote Desktop, Windows Firewall will be automatically configured to allow Remote Desktop connections to your computer. There is one exception; this will not happen unless you have the Windows Firewall configured to allow no exceptions.

To allow exceptions in Windows Firewall:

1. Open the Control Panel, Double Click the Security Center applet

2. When the Security Center opens, Click on Windows Firewall

3. Make sure you Clear the check box next to “Don't allow exceptions”

Start a Session

Once you have enabled your Windows XP Professional computer to allow remote connections, and installed client software on a Windows-based client computer, you are ready to start a Remote Desktop session.

Remember, as I laid out in the diagram in the beginning of this article, you must first establish a virtual private network (VPN) connection or remote access service (RAS) connection from your client computer to your office network. Without a connection ‘into’ the corporate network, you will not be able to remote a server, especially if its not internet facing *like on a DMZ* and using a private RFC 1918 address.
To create a new Remote Desktop Connection

1. Open Remote Desktop Connection.
2. Click Start => All Programs => Accessories => Communications => Remote Desktop Connection
3. In Computer, type the computer name or TCP/IP (shown below) address of the host you want to control… remember, they have to be ‘allowed’ to be controlled first.
4. Fill in your credentials, Domain if needed, save the connection as a ‘profile’ so you can quickly go back to it later and use it again.

5. I don’t recommend checking the ‘Save my password’ check box because if your system becomes compromised, your servers (or other systems) have now become exposed to the Hacker. Now in the server, the whole corporate network is potentially exposed.
6. Once you have put in your credentials and all other pertinent information, Click Connect.
7. Your request will now be sent to the system you want to connect to. The Log On to Windows dialog box appears.
8. In the Log On to Windows dialog box, type your user name, password, and domain (if required), and then click OK.
9. The Remote Desktop window will open and you will see the desktop settings, files, and programs that are the system. The system that is in the corporate network can remain locked and safe while you are now inside it, working on it. Whatever you are doing cannot be seen by someone watching the console.
10. Problems do occur, most commonly it’s just that the connection is either refused or it timed out because of latency. Here is a commonly seen error message:

Note:
To change your connection settings, (such as screen size, automatic logon information, and performance options), click on the other tabs available when you open the Remote Desktop Client.
To open a saved connection

1. Saved connections are stored in you’re my Documents folder
2. Windows Explorer => My Documents folder
3. Click the .Rdp file for the connection you want to use

A Remote Desktop file (*.rdp) file is a profile that holds a bunch of settings. You can make copies of them as you would any other file and just change the options internally to that profile and save it with another name. You can copy all the *.rdp files and store them in a folder on your desktop; you can even edit the Start Menu and make a folder called RDP with all your profiles in it. Whatever makes it easy for you to manage…

To edit an *.rdp file and change the connections settings it contains, right-click the file and then click Edit.
To log off and end the session

1. In the Remote Desktop Connection window => click Start => Shut Down.
2. The Shut Down Windows dialog box appears
3. In the drop-down menu, select Log Off => click OK

Summary

In this article we covered the basics of Remote Desktop. We covered what its used for, how to install it, how to configure it and how to use it. Make sure you don’t leave this article out of your tool belt, in future articles you will see just how handy Remote Desktop can be.

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