Deleting Recovery Console

To delete the Recovery Console:

§ Restart your computer, click Start, click My Computer, and then double-click the hard disk where you installed the Recovery Console.
§ On the Tools menu, click Folder Options, and then click the View tab.
§ Click Show hidden files and folders, click to clear the Hide protected operating system files check box, and then click ok.
§ At the root folder, delete the Cmdcons folder and the Cmldr file.
§ At the root folder, right-click the Boot.ini file, and then click Properties.
§ Click to clear the Read-only check box, and then click ok.

Warning: Modifying the boot.ini file incorrectly may prevent your computer from restarting. Make sure that you delete only the entry for the Recovery Console. Also, change the attribute for the Boot.ini file back to a read-only state after you finish this procedure. Open the Boot.ini file in Microsoft Windows Notepad, and remove the entry for the Recovery Console. It looks similar to this:

C:\cmdcons\bootsect.dat=”Microsoft Windows Recovery Console” /cmdcons

Save the file and close it.

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Using Recovery Console in XP

You can enable and disable services, format drives, read and write data on a local drive (including drives that are formatted to use the NTFS file system), and perform many other administrative tasks. The Recovery Console is particularly useful if you have to repair your computer by copying a file from a disk or CD-ROM to your hard disk, or if you have to reconfigure a service that is preventing your computer from starting correctly.

If you cannot start your computer, you can run the Recovery Console from the Microsoft Windows XP startup disks or the Windows XP CD-ROM. This article describes how to perform this task.

After Windows XP is installed on your computer, to start the computer and use the Recovery Console you require the Windows XP startup-disks or the Windows XP CD-ROM.

To run the Recovery Console from the Windows XP startup disks or the Windows XP CD-ROM, follow these steps.

1. Insert the Windows XP startup disk into the floppy disk drive, or insert the Windows XP CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive, and then restart the computer. Click to select any options that are required to start the computer from the CD-ROM drive if you are prompted.
2. When the “Welcome to Setup” screen appears, press R to start the Recovery Console.
3. If you have a dual-boot or multiple-boot computer, select the installation that you must access from the Recovery Console.
4. When you are prompted, type the Administrator password. If the administrator password is blank, just press Enter.
5. At the command prompt, type the appropriate commands to diagnose and repair your Windows XP installation.
For a list of commands that are available in Recovery Console, type recovery console commands or help at the command prompt, and then press Enter.

For information about a specific command, type help commandname at the command prompt, and then press ENTER.
6. To exit the Recovery Console and restart the computer, type exit at the command prompt, and then press ENTER.


How to use the Recovery Console command prompt

When you use the Recovery Console, you are working at a special command prompt instead of the ordinary Windows command prompt. The Recovery Console has its own command interpreter. To enter this command interpreter, you are prompted by Recovery Console to type the local Administrator password.

When the Recovery Console starts, you can press F6 to install a third-party SCSI or RAID driver, in case you need such a driver to access the hard disk. This prompt works the same as it does during installation of the operating system.

The Recovery Console takes several seconds to start. When the Recovery Console menu appears, a numbered list of the Windows installations of the computer appears. (Generally, only C:\Windows exists). Press a number before you press ENTER, even when only one entry appears. If you press ENTER without selecting a number, the computer restarts and begins the process again.

When you see the prompt for %SystemRoot% (generally C:\Windows), you can start using the available commands for the Recovery Console.

Command Actions

The following list describes the available commands for the Recovery Console.

Attrib changes attributes on one file or subdirectory.
Batch executes commands that you specify in the text file, Input file. Output file holds the output of the commands. If you omit the output file parameter, output appears on the screen.
Bootcfg modifies the boot.ini file for boot configuration and recovery.
CD (Chdir) operates only in the system directories of the current Windows installation, removable media, the root directory of any hard disk partition, or the local installation sources.
Chkdsk The /p switch runs Chkdsk even if the drive is not flagged as dirty. The /r switch locates bad sectors and recovers readable information. This switch implies /p. Chkdsk requires Autochk. Chkdsk automatically looks Autochk.exe in the startup folder. If Chkdsk cannot find the file in the startup folder, it looks for the Windows 2000 Setup CD-ROM automatically decompresses the file.
Cls clears the screen.
Copy copies one file to a target location. By default, the target cannot be removable media, and you cannot use wildcard characters. Copying a compressed file from the Windows 2000 Setup CD-ROM automatically decompresses the file.
Del (Delete) deletes one file. Operates within the system directories of the current Windows installation, removable media, the root directory of any hard disk partition, or the local installation sources. By default, you cannot use wildcard characters.
Dir displays a list of all files, including hidden and system files.
Disable disables a Windows system service or driver. The variable service_or_driver is the name of the service or driver that you want to disable. When you use this command to disable a service, the command displays the service’s original startup type before it changes the type to SERVICE_DISABLED. Note the original startup type so that you can use the enable command to restart the service.
Diskpart manages partitions on hard disk volumes. The /add option creates a new partition. The /delete option deletes an existing partition. The variable device is the device name for a new partition (such as \device\hard disk 0). The variable drive is the drive letter for a partition that you are deleting (for example, D). Partition is the partition-based name for a partition that you are deleting, (for example: \device\harddisk0\partition1) and can be used instead of the drive variable. The variable size is the size, in megabytes, of a new partition.
Enable enables a Windows system service or driver. The variable service_or_driver is the name of the serviceor driver that you want to enable, and start_ type is the startup type for an enabled service. The startup type uses one of the following formats:

SERVICE_BOOT_START
SERVICE_SYSTEM_START
SERVICE_AUTO_START
SERVICE_DEMAND_START


Exit quits the Recovery Console, and then restarts the computer
Expand expands a compressed file. The variable source is the file that you want to expand. By default, you cannot use wildcard characters. The variable destination is the directory for the new file. By default, the destination cannot be removable media and cannot be read only. You can use the attrib command to remove the read only attribute from the destination directory. The option /f:filespec is required if the source contains more than one file. This option permits wildcard characters. The /y switch disables the overwrite confirmation prompt. The /d switch specifies that the files will not be expanded and displays a directory of the files in the source.
Fixboot writes a new startup sector on the system partition.
Fixmbr repairs the startup partition’s master boot code. The variable device is an optional name that specifies the device that requires a new Master Boot Record. Omit this variable when the target is the startup device.
Format formats a disk. The /q switch performs a quick format. The /fs switch specifies the file system.
Help If you do not use the command variable to specify a command, help lists all the commands that the Recovery Console supports.
Listsvc displays all available services and drivers on the computer.
Logon displays detected installations of Windows and requests the local administrator password for those installations. Use this command to move to another installation or subdirectory.
Map displays currently active device mappings. Include the arc option to specify the use of Advanced RISC Computing (ARC) paths (the format or boot.ini) instead of Windows device paths.
MD (Mkdir) operates only within the system directories of the current Windows installation, removable media, the root directory of any hard disk partition, or the local installation sources.
More/Type displays the specified text file on screen.
Rd (Rmdir) operates only within the system directories of the current Windows installation, removable media, the root directory of any hard disk partition, or the local installation sources.
Ren(Rename) operates only within the system directories of the current Windows installation, removable media, the root directory of any hard disk partition, or the local installation sources. You cannot specify a new drive or path as the target.
Set displays and sets the Recovery Console environment variables.
Systemroot sets the current directory to %SystemRoot%

Recovery Console Rules

Several environment rules are in affect while you are working in the Recovery Console. Type set to see the current environment. By default, these are the rules:

Ø AllowAllPaths=FALSE prevents access to directories and subdirectories outside the system installation that you selected when you entered the Recovery Console.
Ø AllowRemovableMedia=FALSE prevents access to removable media as a target for copied files.
Ø AllowWildCards=FALSE prevents wildcard support for commands such as copy and del
Ø NoCopyPrompt=FALSE means that you are prompted by the Recovery Console for confirmation when overwriting an existing file.

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Installing the Recovery Console in XP

You can install the Recovery Console On your computer to make it available if you cannot restart windows. You can then select the Recovery Console option from the list of available operating systems during startup. Install the Recovery Console on important servers and on the work stations of IT personnel. This article describes how to install the Recovery Console to your Microsoft Windows XP-based computer. To install the Recovery Console, You must be logged on as an administrator.

Although you can run the Recovery Console by starting directly from the Windows XP CD, it is generally more convenient to set it up as a startup option on your startup menu.

To install Recovery Console follow these steps:

1. Insert the Windows XP CD into the CD-ROM Drive.
2. Click Start and then click Run.
3. In the Open box, type d:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons where d is the drive letter for the CD-ROM drive.
4. A Windows Setup Dialog Box appears. The Windows Setup Dialog Box describes the Recovery Console option. To confirm the installation click yes.
5. Restart the computer. The next time that you start your computer “Microsoft Windows Recovery Console” appears on the startup menu.

Alternatively you can use a Universal Naming Convention (UNC)-established connection to install the Recovery Console from a from a network share point.

You may receive an error message that is similar the following.

Setup cannot continue because the version of Windows on your computer is newer than the version on the CD.

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Audio & Video Tips

Most of the PC users use, Windows Media Player to play MP3 songs. Windows Media Player takes up to 10 MB memory. To save memory you can use WINAMP to play MP3 songs. It will take up to 4 MB only. So, as per my choice it is better to use WINAMP, than Windows Media Player.

Audiograbber, Musicmatch Jukebox and CD-DA Extractor softwares are the best ones to encode Audio CD songs into WMA, MP3 formats.

PowerDVD is the best software to play a video file. It plays a CD/DVD perfectly even they have scratches.

If you have a TV tuner card and whenever you capture a video using that card, capture the video in MPEG format. Don’t capture the video as in another format, or it may create errors while playing that video.

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Some tips to make your system clean

Whenever your pc hangs suddenly and if you restart your pc by pressing reset or power on button, your system starts with hard disk scan check. Don’t bypass that scan, it is very necessary to check all your pc drives to prevent damage to your system. It keeps your system hard disks healthy.

Don’t fix high resolution Bitmap images as your desktop wallpapers. It occupies too much memory and it will take too much time load OS.

Don’t put too many icons on your pc desktop. Don’t load too many fonts into your fonts folder in control panel. It will take too much time to load OS.

Always keep 20-40% free space in all your pc hard disk drives. Delete unnecessary and not using files. Always clean temporary files & cookies or they can make your system run slowly. If you will not provide that above 20-40% free space to your hard disk drives, sometimes there can occur invalid page fault errors.

Use regularly Scan Disk and Disk defragmentation tools, which are given in

Start -> Programs -> Accessories-> System Tools ->

They will keep your system running fastly.

Don’t put high resolution for your pc desktop. For a 15” monitor the recommended resolution is 800x600. For a 17” monitor the recommended resolution is 1024x768.

Always back up your windows registry in to a separate system folder. Sometimes some of the virus programs may attack your windows registry, and can damage your system.

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Know about windows registry


WINDOWS REGISTRY

The Registry is a database used to store settings and options for the 32 bit versions of Microsoft Windows including Windows 95, 98, ME and NT/2000. It contains information and settings for all the hardware, software, users, and preferences of the PC. Whenever a user makes changes to a Control Panel settings, or File Associations, System Policies, or installed software, the changes are reflected and stored in the Registry.


The physical files that make up the registry are stored differently depending on your version of Windows; under Windows 95 & 98 it is contained in two hidden files in your Windows directory, called USER.DAT and SYSTEM.DAT, for Windows Me there is an additional CLASSES.DAT file, while under Windows NT/2000 the files are contained separately in the %SystemRoot%\System32\Config directory. You can’t edit these files directly; you must use a tool commonly known as a "Registry Editor" to make any changes.


The Structure of the Registry

The Registry has a hierarchal structure; although it looks complicated the structure is similar to the directory structure on your hard disk, with REGEDIT being similar to Windows Explorer.

Each main branch (denoted by a folder icon in the Registry Editor) is called a Hive, and Hives contains Keys. Each key can contain other keys (sometimes referred to as sub-keys), as well as Values. The values contain the actual information stored in the Registry. There are three types of values; String, Binary, and DWORD - the use of these depends upon the context.

There are six main branches, each containing a specific portion of the information stored in the Registry. They are as follows:

* HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT - This branch contains all of your file association mappings to support the drag-and-drop feature, OLE information, Windows shortcuts, and core aspects of the Windows user interface.
* HKEY_CURRENT_USER - This branch links to the section of HKEY_USERS appropriate for the user currently logged onto the PC and contains information such as logon names, desktop settings, and Start menu settings.
* HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE - This branch contains computer specific information about the type of hardware, software, and other preferences on a given PC, this information is used for all users who log onto this computer.
* HKEY_USERS - This branch contains individual preferences for each user of the computer, each user is represented by a SID sub-key located under the main branch.
* HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG - This branch links to the section of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE appropriate for the current hardware configuration.
* HKEY_DYN_DATA - This branch points to the part of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, for use with the Plug-&-Play features of Windows, this section is dynamic and will change as devices are added and removed from the system.

Each registry value is stored as one of five main data types:

* REG_BINARY - This type stores the value as raw binary data. Most hardware component information is stored as binary data, and can be displayed in an editor in hexadecimal format.
* REG_DWORD - This type represents the data by a four byte number and is commonly used for boolean values, such as "0" is disabled and "1" is enabled. Additionally many parameters for device driver and services are this type, and can be displayed in REGEDT32 in binary, hexadecimal and decimal format, or in REGEDIT in hexadecimal and decimal format.
* REG_EXPAND_SZ - This type is an expandable data string that is string containing a variable to be replaced when called by an application. For example, for the following value, the string "%SystemRoot%" will replaced by the actual location of the directory containing the Windows NT system files. (This type is only available using an advanced registry editor such as REGEDT32)
* REG_MULTI_SZ - This type is a multiple string used to represent values that contain lists or multiple values, each entry is separated by a NULL character. (This type is only available using an advanced registry editor such as REGEDT32)
* REG_SZ - This type is a standard string, used to represent human readable text values.
* REG_DWORD_LITTLE_ENDIAN - A 32-bit number in little-endian format.
* REG_DWORD_BIG_ENDIAN - A 32-bit number in big-endian format.
* REG_LINK - A Unicode symbolic link. Used internally; applications should not use this type.
* REG_NONE - No defined value type.
* REG_QWORD - A 64-bit number.
* REG_QWORD_LITTLE_ENDIAN - A 64-bit number in little-endian format.
* REG_RESOURCE_LIST - A device-driver resource list.

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To get motherboard drivers or other drivers whatever you need…

If you have no correct driver for a component it will not work correctly in any OS.
In Windows Me/XP/Vista or in other OS’s some drivers have given. But in some cases these drivers can’t help you. You need some other sources to find those drivers.
Here I am giving some of the websites information to download drivers whatever you need.

· For all Intel chipset motherboard drivers go to http://support.intel.com and download drivers for your motherboard model.
· For ASUS/QDI motherboard drivers, visit http://www.interteccorp.com/drivers/motherboard.htm
· For VIA motherboard drivers, go to www.viatech.com
· For MTIUSA, FIC motherboard drivers visit, www.advcomptech.com/motherboards.html
· For ASUS, FICA, Intel, Micronics, Super Micro motherboard drivers, go to http://www.nciconnect.com/netcentre/faq/mbdrive.htm
· For DFI, Super Galaxy motherboard drivers, visit http://www.vegas.com.au/~specials/drivers/motherboard.html

To get Display Card Drivers

· For Zp;trox AGP card drivers, visit www.zoltrix.com/support_html/Multimedia/video/AGP-driver.htm
· For Magic-Pro display drivers, visit www.magic-pro.com.hk/driver/vga.htm
· For all NVIDIA display drivers, visit www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=drivers
· For all Matrox display drivers, visit www.matrox.com/mga/support/drivers/home.cfm
· For all old generation display card drivers, go to www.opti.com/html/drivers.html

For any driver (VGA/AGP/Sound/Modem)

Go to www.driverguide.com . If you want to download a driver software, first of all you have to register in this site with any of your e-mail Id. It is free to create an account in this site.
They will send an activation link to your registered e-mail Id. Click on the link and activate your account.
Login to your account and browse all categories, download whatever driver you want.

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Troubleshooting a hanged PC

Here are some methods to troubleshoot and getting worked a hanged PC.
Follow these methods at your own risk. I am not responsible for any system crash.

1. Check the power supply

If the LED on your pc cabinet’s front panel can’t display light by pressing the POWERON button, check the SMPS in the PC cabinet’s back.
If the SMPS fan is working fine, then check the power supply, which goes to motherboard.
Whenever you check the SMPS’s inner parts, if some liquid is flowing or leaking from capacitors or if any parts are damaged by power failure, replace the SMPS with new one.
Don’t replace the capacitors or fuses in the SMPS. If you replace them, sometimes they may cause system failure due to the insufficient power supply.

2. Remove Cards/Drives

If the SMPS is OK, then remove all PCI/AGP cards and Hard Disk / Floppy Disk / CD/DVD media cable connections from the motherboard.
Then Power On your PC. If you see display on your monitor screen, then connect each and every drive/PCI/AGP card one by one and check display. If you can’t see display by connecting any one of them remove that card/drive.
Generally, the IDE/power supply/RESET button cables can create problems.
Check them clearly.


3. Physically checking the motherboard

If all the cable connections/card connections are OK, go to this below step.
Sometimes some of the components on the motherboard can look like color less due to overheating. Don’t neglect them. Remove the RAM/PCI cards from those slots, clean both slots and RAM/CARDS and fix them in those slots again as they are fixed previously. Sometimes the display card on the motherboard PCI/AGP slot can cause a problem. Remove that card once, clean it with a dry cloth and fix it in the slot. If you found something bad with those RAM/Cards, replace them with the new ones.

4. Check the CPU & BIOS Jumper Settings

If all are OK as I said above, follow this step.
Replace the processor with another one if it is available with you, or somewhere else, as the processor clock speed is compatible with your processor clock speed. If it is OK, then check the BIOS jumper settings. Sometimes system can hang if the BIOS jumper settings are wrong.

5. Check the Keyboard Fuse

If you connect or remove your keyboard when your system power is on, it may cause damage to your pc or hang, by keyboard fuse burning out. It is too difficult to identify keyboard fuse in the keyboard inner part. See for F1, F2 names on the keyboard controller board, there exists keyboard fuse. Check the keyboard inner part board with multimeter when it is connected to pc. If there is no reading in the multimeter replace the keyboard with new one.

6. Check CPU fan

If all are OK, follow this step.
Whenever you are working on your pc, suddenly if system halts, first of all check the CPU fan. Sometimes overheating can also cause system hang. Remove one of the cabinet cover and keep it up to 30-60 minutes. Then restart the system. If your system works, the system hang is caused by overheating. Fix one extra SMPS fan in the cabinet backside.

7. Check L1, L2 Cache

If your system hangs within seconds when you boot PC, it’s all about you have to check L1, L2 cache. How can it possible? Here is the way….
Whenever you boot from floppy drive, these type of problems will come.
Go to BIOS setup prompt when your system boots. It is easy to enter BIOS.
You have to press F1or F2 or DEL or ESC keys to enter BIOS at system startup.
Then you will see a setup prompt. Find L1, L2 cache options from those options given in your BIOS setup prompt. Disable those L1, L2 cache and restart your PC. If your PC works correctly, keep those L1, L2 caches disabled.

The Last and final step to getting worked your PC…

If nothing helps as I have mentioned above, remove the motherboard from cabinet and take it away to a well known hardware technician. Sometimes the onboard VGA display can cause problems. The display chip controller can also cause problems. Check it with a good hardware specialist.
The information above, I have given is collected from various sources. I am not tried those above tips. If you found this article helpful and got the information you needed please forward it to your friends and share it in online communities and forums and give me feedback.

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Deleting a Yahoo ID permanently…

Most of the net users like to create more & more e-mail Ids and they don’t use them always.
If you have more than an e-mail Id in Yahoo account, and if you don’t want to use them, here is a way to delete them permanently.
To delete those e-mail Ids that you are not using, follow these simple steps.

Go to your Internet browser and in address bar type,

http://edit.yahoo.com/config/delete_user

In that site it asks for the username & password, which you want to delete.
That’s it, the e-mail Id will be deleted permanently.
I am not tried this one. If it is useful, give me your feedback.

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Windows Shortcuts

Here are some of the most useful windows shortcuts:

CTRL+C (Copy)
CTRL+X (Cut)
CTRL+V (Paste)
CTRL+Z (Undo)
DELETE (Delete)
SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin)
CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item)
CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item)
F2 key (Rename the selected item)
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word)CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word)CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph)CTRL+UP ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph)CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Highlight a block of text)
SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document)
CTRL+A (Select all)
F3 key (Search for a file or a folder)
ALT+ENTER (View the properties for the selected item)
ALT+F4 (Close the active item, or quit the active program)
ALT+ENTER (Display the properties of the selected object)
ALT+SPACEBAR (Open the shortcut menu for the active window)
CTRL+F4 (Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously)
ALT+TAB (Switch between the open items)
ALT+ESC (Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened)
F6 key (Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop)
F4 key (Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer)
SHIFT+F10 (Display the shortcut menu for the selected item)
ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the System menu for the active window)
CTRL+ESC (Display the Start menu)
ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name (Display the corresponding menu)
Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu (Perform the corresponding command)F10 key (Activate the menu bar in the active program)
RIGHT ARROW (Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu)
LEFT ARROW (Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu)
F5 key (Update the active window)
BACKSPACE (View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer)
ESC (Cancel the current task)
SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive (Prevent the CD-ROM from automatically playing)

Dialog Box Keyboard Shortcuts:
CTRL+TAB (Move forward through the tabs)
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through the tabs)
TAB (Move forward through the options)
SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through the options)
ALT+Underlined letter (Perform the corresponding command or select the corresponding option)
ENTER (Perform the command for the active option or button)
SPACEBAR (Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box)
Arrow keys (Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons)
F1 key (Display Help)
F4 key (Display the items in the active list)
BACKSPACE (Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box)Microsoft Natural Keyboard ShortcutsWindows Logo (Display or hide the Start menu)
Windows Logo+BREAK (Display the System Properties dialog box)
Windows Logo+D (Display the desktop)
Windows Logo+M (Minimize all of the windows)
Windows Logo+SHIFT+M (Restore the minimized windows)
Windows Logo+E (Open My Computer)
Windows Logo+F (Search for a file or a folder)
CTRL+Windows Logo+F (Search for computers)
Windows Logo+F1 (Display Windows Help)
Windows Logo+ L (Lock the keyboard)
Windows Logo+R (Open the Run dialog box)
Windows Logo+U (Open Utility Manager)
Accessibility Keyboard ShortcutsRight SHIFT for eight seconds (Switch FilterKeys either on or off)
Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN (Switch High Contrast either on or off)
Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK (Switch the MouseKeys either on or off)
SHIFT five times (Switch the StickyKeys either on or off)
NUM LOCK for five seconds (Switch the ToggleKeys either on or off)
Windows Logo +U (Open Utility Manager)
Windows Explorer Keyboard ShortcutsEND (Display the bottom of the active window)
HOME (Display the top of the active window)
NUM LOCK+Asterisk sign (*) (Display all of the subfolders that are under the selected folder)NUM LOCK+Plus sign (+) (Display the contents of the selected folder)NUM LOCK+Minus sign (-) (Collapse the selected folder)
LEFT ARROW (Collapse the current selection if it is expanded, or select the parent folder)RIGHT ARROW (Display the current selection if it is collapsed, or select the first subfolder)

Shortcut Keys for Character Map:
After you double-click a character on the grid of characters, you can move through the grid by using the keyboard shortcuts:
RIGHT ARROW (Move to the right or to the beginning of the next line)
LEFT ARROW (Move to the left or to the end of the previous line)
UP ARROW (Move up one row)
DOWN ARROW (Move down one row)
PAGE UP (Move up one screen at a time)
PAGE DOWN (Move down one screen at a time)
HOME (Move to the beginning of the line)
END (Move to the end of the line)
CTRL+HOME (Move to the first character)
CTRL+END (Move to the last character)
SPACEBAR (Switch between Enlarged and Normal mode when a character is selected)

Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Main Window Keyboard Shortcuts:
CTRL+O (Open a saved console)
CTRL+N (Open a new console)
CTRL+S (Save the open console)
CTRL+M (Add or remove a console item)
CTRL+W (Open a new window)
F5 key (Update the content of all console windows)
ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the MMC window menu)
ALT+F4 (Close the console)
ALT+A (Display the Action menu)
ALT+V (Display the View menu)
ALT+F (Display the File menu)
ALT+O (Display the Favorites menu)

MMC Console Window Keyboard Shortcuts:
CTRL+P (Print the current page or active pane)
ALT+Minus sign (-) (Display the window menu for the active console window)
SHIFT+F10 (Display the Action shortcut menu for the selected item)
F1 key (Open the Help topic, if any, for the selected item)
F5 key (Update the content of all console windows)
CTRL+F10 (Maximize the active console window)
CTRL+F5 (Restore the active console window)
ALT+ENTER (Display the Properties dialog box, if any, for the selected item)
F2 key (Rename the selected item)
CTRL+F4 (Close the active console window. When a console has only one console window, this shortcut closes the console)

Remote Desktop Connection Navigation:
CTRL+ALT+END (Open the Microsoft Windows NT Security dialog box)
ALT+PAGE UP (Switch between programs from left to right)
ALT+PAGE DOWN (Switch between programs from right to left)
ALT+INSERT (Cycle through the programs in most recently used order)
ALT+HOME (Display the Start menu)
CTRL+ALT+BREAK (Switch the client computer between a window and a full screen)ALT+DELETE (Display the Windows menu)
CTRL+ALT+Minus sign (-) (Place a snapshot of the active window in the client on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.)
CTRL+ALT+Plus sign (+) (Place a snapshot of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing ALT+PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.)

Microsoft Internet Explorer Navigation:
CTRL+B (Open the Organize Favorites dialog box)
CTRL+E (Open the Search bar)
CTRL+F (Start the Find utility)
CTRL+H (Open the History bar)
CTRL+I (Open the Favorites bar)
CTRL+L (Open the Open dialog box)
CTRL+N (Start another instance of the browser with the same Web address)
CTRL+O (Open the Open dialog box, the same as CTRL+L)
CTRL+P (Open the Print dialog box)
CTRL+R (Update the current Web page)
CTRL+W (Close the current window)

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Saving Windows XP Updates

To save the Windows XP updates:

  • Go to the Windows Update web site.
  • In the left pane, under Other Options, select “Personalize Windows Update”.
  • Under “Set Options for Windows Update”, select the checkbox for “Display the Link to Windows Update Catalog under ‘See Also’”, then click “Save Settings”.
  • Go back to the Windows Update web site.
  • In the left pane, under “See Also”, select “Windows Update Catalog”.
  • Select “Find Updates for Microsoft Operating Systems”.
  • Select the operating system and language of your choice.
  • Select “Critical Updates and Service Packs”.
  • Select all of the patches you’d like to download, then click on “Go to download basket” to download them.


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Making XP run faster

Services You Have to Disable:

There are quite a few services you can disable from starting automatically.
This would be to speed up your boot time and free resources.
They are only suggestions so I suggestion you read the description of each one when you run Services
and that you turn them off one at a time.

Some possibilities are:
Alerter
Application Management
Clipbook
Fast UserSwitching
Human Interface Devices
Indexing Service
Messenger
Net Logon
NetMeeting
QOS RSVP
Remote Desktop Help Session Manager
Remote Registry
Routing & Remote Access
SSDP Discovery Service
Universal Plug and Play Device Host
Web Client

to stop these services go to Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Services.
Double-click on any service and start or stop that service.

Cleaning the Prefetch Directory

WindowsXP has a new feature called Prefetch.
This keeps a shortcut to recently used programs.
However it can fill up with old and obsolete programs.

To clean this periodically go to:

Star / Run / Prefetch
Press Ctrl-A to highlight all the shorcuts
Delete them

Not Displaying Logon, Logoff, Startup and Shutdown Status Messages

To turn these off:

Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionpoliciessystem
If it is not already there, create a DWORD value named DisableStatusMessages
Give it a value of 1

Clearing the Page File on Shutdown

Click on the Start button
Go to the Control Panel
Administrative Tools
Local Security Policy
Local Policies
Click on Security Options
Right hand menu - right click on "Shutdown: Clear Virtual Memory Pagefile"
Select "Enable"
Reboot

For regedit users.....
If you want to clear the page file on each shutdown:

Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerMemory ManagementClearPageFileAtShutdown
Set the value to 1

No GUI Boot

If you don't need to see the XP boot logo,

Run MSCONFIG
Click on the BOOT.INI tab
Check the box for /NOGUIBOOT

Speeding the Startup of Some CD Burner Programs

If you use program other than the native WindowsXP CD Burner software,
you might be able to increase the speed that it loads.

Go to Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Services
Double-click on IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service
For the Startup Type, select Disabled
Click on the OK button and then close the Services window
If you dont You should notice

Getting Rid of Unread Email Messages

To remove the Unread Email message by user's login names:

Start Regedit
For a single user: Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUnreadMail
For all users: Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUnreadMail
Create a DWORD key called MessageExpiryDays
Give it a value of 0

Decreasing Boot Time

Microsoft has made available a program to analyze and decrease the time it takes to boot to WindowsXP
The program is called BootVis

Uncompress the file.
Run BOOTVIS.EXE
For a starting point, run Trace / Next Boot + Driver Delays
This will reboot your computer and provide a benchmark
After the reboot, BootVis will take a minute or two to show graphs of your system startup.
Note how much time it takes for your system to load (click on the red vertical line)
Then run Trace / Optimize System
Re-Run the Next Boot + Drive Delays
Note how much the time has decreased
Mine went from approximately 33 to 25 seconds.

Adjusting Graphics Performance

By default, WindowsXP turns on a lot of shadows, fades, slides etc to menu items.
Most simply slow down their display.

To turn these off selectively:

Right click on the My Computer icon
Select Properties
Click on the Advanced tab
Under Performance, click on the Settings button
To turn them all of, select Adjust for best performance
My preference is to leave them all off except for Show shadows under mouse pointer and Show window contents while dragging

Increasing System Performance

If you have 512 megs or more of memory, you can increase system performance
by having the core system kept in memory.

Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerMemory ManagementDisablePagingExecutive
Set the value to be 1
Reboot the computer

Increasing File System Caching

To increase the amount of memory Windows will locked for I/O operations:

Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerMemory Management
Edit the key IoPageLockLimit

Resolving Inability to Add or Remove Programs

If a particular user cannot add or remove programs, there might be a simple registry edit neeed.
Go to HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesUninstall
Change the DWORD NoAddRemovePrograms to 0 disable it

4096 - 32megs of memory or less
8192 - 32+ megs of memory
16384 - 64+ megs of memory
32768 - 128+ megs of memory
65536 - 256+ megs of memory

Warning: Try at your own risk!-Iam not responsible for any system crash.

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Speed up your bandwidth by 20%

Windows uses 20% of your bandwidth.
Here's how to Get it back
A nice little tweak for XP. Microsoft reserve 20% of your available bandwidth for their own purposes (suspect for updates and interrogating your machine etc..)

Here's how to get it back:

Click Start-->Run-->type "gpedit.msc" without the quotes (")
This opens the group policy editor.
Then go to:
Local Computer Policy-->Computer Configuration-->Administrative Templates-->Network-->QOS Packet Scheduler-->Limit Reservable Bandwidth
Double click on Limit Reservable bandwidth.
It will say it is not configured, but the truth is under the 'Explain' tab :
"By default, the Packet Scheduler limits the system to 20 percent of the bandwidth of a connection, but you can use this setting to override the default."
So the trick is to ENABLE reservable bandwidth, then set it to ZERO.
This will allow the system to reserve nothing, rather than the default 20%.
I have tested on XP Pro, and 2000other o/s not tested.

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Hide drives and partitions

Do you have data on a partition or hard drive that you don't want tampered with or easily accessible to other users?
Well, you can hide any drive/partition in Windows XP, NT, and 2000.
That means that they won't show up in Explorer or My Computer.
If you want access to that drive from your user account you should create a desktop shortcut before proceeding.
Once hidden, you can still access by typing the drive letter and a colon in Start/Run—for example, "D:" will bring up a folder of the contents on your D drive.
The easiest way with Win XP is to use the TweakUI power toy from Mcft.
Go to Start/Run and type in "tweakui" (without the quotes).
Go to My Computer/Drives and uncheck the drive/partition(s) you want hidden.
Click "Apply" or "OK" when finished.
If you have XP but not Tweak UI you can download it here...
http://www.Mcft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

For Win NT, 2000, and XP you can use the following Registry edit:
*Be sure to back up the Registry before proceeding
Open the Registry Editor by going to Start/Run and typing in "regedit" (without the quotes). Find your way to...
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mcft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies
Click on "Explorer".
Double-click the "NoDrives" key in the right column.
If you don't find a "NoDrives" registry key, just right-click in the right pane and choose "New/DWORD Value" then name the key "NoDrives".
You'll see a value like "0000 00 00 00 00".
This is where the fun starts.
The four sets of double zeros (after the "0000") are where you'll enter the values for the drive/partitions.
Now, stay with me on this—it's not as complicated as it sounds:
The first column is for drives A-H, the second for I-P, the third for Q-X, and the fourth for Y-Z.
The values for each drive are as follows:
1 - A I Q Y
2 - B J R Z
4 - C K S
8 - D L T
16 - E M U
32 - F N V
64 - G O W
80 - H P X
So, let's say you want to hide drive D. In the first column you would put "08". For drive K you would put "04" in the second column.
But what if you want to hide more than one drive in a column? Simply add the values together: D+E = 8+16 = 24. So in the first column you would put "24".
Still baffled? If you have XP then go get TweakUI and save yourself the math.
Whichever method you use, you can rest easy knowing that the files on that drive or partition are less accessible to other users.

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Google Secrets for Search

method 1?

www.google.com

put this string in google search box:

"parent directory " /appz/ -xxx -html -htm -php -shtml -opendivx -md5 -md5sums

"parent directory " DVDRip -xxx -html -htm -php -shtml -opendivx -md5 -md5sums

"parent directory "Xvid -xxx -html -htm -php -shtml -opendivx -md5 -md5sums

"parent directory " Gamez -xxx -html -htm -php -shtml -opendivx -md5 -md5sums

"parent directory " MP3 -xxx -html -htm -php -shtml -opendivx -md5 -md5sums

"parent directory " Name of Singer or album -xxx -html -htm -php -shtml -opendivx -md5 -md5sums

Notice that i am only changing the word after the parent directory, change it to what you want and you will get a lot of stuff.

method 2?

www.google.com

put this string in google search box:

?intitle:index.of? mp3
You only need add the name of the song/artist/singer.
Example: ?intitle:index.of? mp3 jackson

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Disabling "Send Error Report" in Windows

To disable the stupid feature in WinXP which tries to send a report to microsoft every time a program crashes you will have to do this:
*************************************************************************
Open Control Panel, Click on Preformance and Maintenance.
Click on System.
Then click on the Advanced tab, click on the error reporting button on the bottom of the windows.
Select Disable error reporting.
Click OK.

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DVD Regions Information

The DVD region code identifies a DVD's compatibility with the players typically sold in a particular region.
Region 0 (or "region free") is compatible with DVD players from any region.
The majority of all current titles play only in one specific region unless otherwise noted.
DVDs sold by Amazon.co.uk are encoded for Region 2 or Region 0. Region 2 DVDs may not work on DVD players in other countries.
Region 1 DVDs sold by Marketplace sellers
Region 1 discs are intended for use with standard DVD players in North America (Canada and the USA).
In most instances they can also be played on compatible "multi-region" DVD players (also known as "chipped" or "region-free" players).
They also require an NTSC-compatible television.
NTSC is the standard picture format in North America, and differs from the PAL format adopted in Britain and Europe.
Region 1 DVDs are usually presented in NTSC format, so you should ensure that your TV is capable of reading the NTSC signal before purchasing Region 1 DVDs.

Regional Coding Enhancement (RCE)
Regional Coding Enhancement (RCE) has been added by some film studios (specifically Warner and Columbia) to selected Region 1 DVDs, with the intention of preventing these discs from playing on some multi-region DVD players.
We are therefore unable to guarantee that all Region 1 discs will be compatible with all multi-region players.

Global DVD region countries
This is not a definitive list and is intended only as a guide.

Region 1 - US, US Territories and Canada
American Samoa, Canada, Guam, Palau, Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, Puerto Rico, Micronesia, United States, U.S. Virgin Islands

Region 2 - UK, Europe, Japan, South Africa and Middle East
Albania, Andorra, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vatican City, Yemen, Yugoslavia

Region 3 - Southeast and East Asia
Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Phillipines, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

Region 4 - Australia, New Zealand, Central and South America
Antigua, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Barbuda, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, New Guinea, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad, Tobago, Uruguay

Region 5 - Former Soviet Union, Indian sub-continent, Africa, North Korea and Mongolia
Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, St. Helena, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Region 6 - China

Region 7 - Reserved for future use

Region 8 - International Territories (ships, planes, etc)

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Making Money from Google Adsense


Well, in this post I am going to explain you:
* How we can earn money using Google Adsense?
* How much money we can earn from Google Adsense?
Ok, when we get into the matter: How we can earn money from Google Adsense?
It is not a big thing to earn money online, but it is a simple task to do with Google Adsense.
In this www world so many netizens are earning some amount of money with Google Adsense.
Ofcourse, in those people I am also One of the person. So many people are showing interest to make money through online.
All you need is a website or a blog with a few information/posts on it. Registering a domain, making a site and buying hosting package from web hosting companies is so long process, and it is being involved with money investment.
A simple free task is that, open a blog account, chose a template, arrange & set your blog with good colors & elements. Chose a topic in which you are most interested, write some good content and post it.
Still confusing,
I will explain you this clearly.....
* Then open a blog account in those sites with any of your mail-ID.
* Chose a good name for your blog like,
* Chose a good template that shows your blog beautiful.
* Chose a topic in which you are most interested like,
softwares,hardware,fun,health,movies etc.,
* Go to New post in your blog account which you have created, and write some content about your topic whatever you have chosen.
* Then post it.
* Open your blog site in new internet explorer window, there you will see your post that you have been posted.
Opening Google Adsense Account:
* After creating your first post, create some( just4-5 posts..Otherwise Goolge can't give you Adsense account for empty blog/site) posts just like that about your topic which you have chosen.
* Go to www.google.com/adsense and click on Signup.
* There comes a form just like an application, fill it with your details.
* After that with in One week (approx....may take 10-15 days), Google will verify your site/blog and sends you the activation link to your e-mail with which you have opened Adsense account.
* Check your e-mail regularly for that link, whenever you see that link in your mail box, click on it and activate your Google Adsense account.
* Now you are completely setted up your blog and adsense account.
* Now you have to put some ads in your blog.
* In blogger go to template you will some page elements in it.
* There exists add a page element boxes.
* Click that one ( as they are in small boxes format), a pop-up window comes out.
* In that window you can see Adsense button (in green), click on that one.
* It opens another page in the same window.
* Chose the size of your ad (it has to be fit correctly in your blog) and ad template
* Click on save changes.
* Open your blog site and now you can see your ad on your site.
* When people opens up your blog and click the ads, you will get money for that.
* The more page impressions & clicks you get, the more money you can get.
* Don't click on your ads, Google has a perfect software and identifies if you click on your own ads.
* If you click your ads neglecting the warning your adsense account will be suspended, and you can't get any other account in future.
Some people are making daily $10-$1000 per day (as I have seen in some websites....)
Thats all,
I will come back with some good adsense tips....!

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Atomic RAR Password Recovery


* Atomic RAR Password Recovery is a software designed to restore the password for the archives created by WinRAR.
* For ZIP-files password please use Atomic ZIP Password Recovery.
* Due to the structure of the RAR-file, encryption in RAR is quite strong, so the password can not be found instantly as it takes a lot of resources.
*The speed of the password search depends on the archive version.
* Password restoring procedure for RAR 2.xx archives is much faster then for the RAR 3.xx ones.
* There are two methods of attack available in Atomic RAR Password Recovery:
Brute-force attack (the program finds by the method of exhaustive search all possible combinations of characters)
* Dictionary (wordlist) attack (finds using passwords from special word lists)
* Atomic RAR Password Cracker has a friendly user interface.
* It has a wizard which helps you to find the password in the fastest way.
* The program is able to save a current state (you can interrupt the program at any time, and restart from the same state later).
* Estimated time calculator allows you to configure the program more carefully.
* Atomic RAR Password Cracker is intended to recover lost passwords for the following types of RAR/WinRAR archives:
version 2.xx;
version 3.xx;
self-extracting archives;
multivolume archives;
all compression methods.
Software Type: Shareware
Size: 0.55 MB

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Belarc Advisor 7.2.22.4


Belarc Advisor shows all the hardware and software installed on your PC right in your Web browser.
You will see personalized advice on how well software and hardware products will work with your computer, along with a detailed description of your computer profile.
All of your profile information is kept in privacy on your PC and is not sent to a Web server.
The program also keeps your software serial numbers.
Software Type: Freeware
Size: 1.48 MB
OS: Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/2K3

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PDF2Word(PDF to Word) 3.0

PDF2Word(pdf to word) software enable export the text, images and other contents from pdf document into word document, so you can reuse your PDF content, pdf to word software will preserving text, layout and bitmap images in the generated word document.
PDF2Word(pdf to word) software is a standalone program and does not require Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat, or even Acrobat Reader.

Software Type: Shareware
Size: 1983 KB
System Requirements: Win95,Win98,WinME,WinNT 3.x,WinNT 4.x,WinXP,Windows2000
Download: http://www.gold-software.com/2236.exe

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EditPlus Text Editor v2.31




EditPlus is an Internet-ready 32-bit text editor, HTML editor and programmers editor for Windows.

While it can serve as a good replacement for Notepad, it also offers many powerful features for Web page authors and programmers.

Syntax highlighting for HTML, CSS, PHP, ASP, Perl, C/C++, Java, JavaScript and VBScript. Also, it can be extended for other programming languages based on custom syntax files.
Seamless Web browser for previewing HTML pages, and FTP commands for uploading local files to FTP server.
Other features include HTML toolbar, user tools, line number, ruler, URL highlighting, auto-completion, cliptext, column selection, powerful search and replace, multiple undo/redo, spell checker, customizable keyboard shortcuts, and more.
System requirements: Windows 95/98/Me/NT4/2000/XP/Vista
Software Type: Shareware
Size: 1 MB

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CD-DVD Lock - More Info



Description:

* CD-DVD Lock is intended for restricting read or write access to removable media devices such as CD, DVD, floppy and flash, as well as for restricting access to certain partitions of hard disk drives.
* You can restrict access by two ways: hide your devices from viewing or lock access to them.
* You can gain access to your devices back by entering a valid password that only you know.
* Your data on your media are not going to be encrypted or altered in any way, therefore if you forget your password, you'll never lose your data stored on the protected media.
* Moreover, it works more faster than any other software using cryptooperation mechanisms.
* The main purpose of the program is to restrict an ability of copying data between removable media and hard disk drives as well as deny access to media itself.
* CD-DVD Lock will allow you avoid many of headaches connected with unauthorized software installations from any removable media, and also prevent data leak by removable media.

Compatibility:
Windows 9x/ME
Windows NT4
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows 2003
Windows Vista


Software Type: Shareware
Size: 938 KB
Download: http://www.softheap.com/download/cdvlock.zip



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Driver Magician


Description:
* Driver Magician offers a professional solution for device drivers backup, restoration, update and removal in Windows operating system.
* It identifies all the hardware in the system, extracts their associated drivers from the hard disk and backs them up to a location of your choice.
* Then when you format and reinstall/upgrade your operating system, you can restore all the "saved" drivers just as if you had the original driver diskettes in your hands.
* After one system reboot, your PC will be loaded and running with the required hardware drivers.
* What's more, Driver Magician has a built in database of the latest drivers with the ability to go to the Internet to receive the driver updates. * It saves lots of time to find the correct drivers and mature drivers will obviously increase the performance of hardware.
* If there are unknown devices in your PC, Driver Magician helps you detect them easily and quickly with its built in hardware identifier database.
* Back up device drivers of your computer in four modes.
* Restore device drivers from backup in one mouse click.
* Update device drivers of your PC to improve system performance and stability.
* Uninstall device drivers
* Live Update device identifier database and driver update database.
* Detect unknown devices.
* Back up more items such as My Documents and Registry.
* Restore more items from backup.
* Get detailed information of the hardware drivers.
* Clone all drivers to an auto-setup package (.EXE), so you can restore drivers without installing Driver Magician.
Software Type: Shareware
Size: 3.37 MB
System Requiremets:
Pentium 166MHz
Windows© 98/ME/2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista/x64
32 MB of available RAM (64 MB recommended) plus 5 MB of available disk space for installation

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PC Diagnose


Description:
* Determine actual speed of computer hardware components in realtime:
CPU (MHz)
RAM (MHz)
Hard Disk (Mb/sec)
Video (fps)
* Sizeable
* Integrated Help
* Multilingual interface - see our Select Language * No installation
Standard Features:
* Internet style interface
* New generation code base with User Management / Schemes v3.00.*
- customise Arrow / Link / Text / Busy cursors - comes with 59 cursors
- customise scrollbars
- customise font style and color
- Rounded / Borders
- Background / Title Colors - Realtime click and drag (screen color grab) or single click Color palette - RGB labeled
- Automatic Startup
- Start Minimised
- Display Splash Screen option
- On Top
* Intelligent behaviour
* Schemes - 'Load Appearance' (or double click) one of 21 color schemes, or make your own
* Clone support for multiple independent instances
* Default settings
PC Diagnose places itself on your Start button:
.. Start > Programs > Blaiz Enterprises > Tools Schemes Folder places itself on your Start button:
.. Start > Programs > Blaiz Enterprises > Files > Schemes Cursors Folder places itself on your Start button:
.. Start > Programs > Blaiz Enterprises > Files > Cursors
Software Type: Freeware
Size: 413 KB
Operating Systems:
Win95,Win98,WinME,WinNT 3.x,WinNT 4.x,Windows2000,WinXP

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Windows Doctor 1.7



* It thoroughly scans patch vulnerabilities, Startup items, plug-ins, services and processes, in the system with its rapid and stable search engine to diagnose possible security threats and protect your system from the threats of spyware, adware, Trojans and viruses.
* Windows Doctor also provides functions such as Registry Cleanup, Privacy Cleanup, System Speed-Up and Advanced Tools.
* They help you clean up garbage information in the registry, protect your privacy, make your computer run more stable and with better performance.
* Version 1.7 scans more errors.

Software Type: Shareware
Size: 4.48 MB
Requirements: Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server

Download: http://www.download.com/Windows-Doctor/3000-2086_4-10772101.html

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Bad Copy Pro v4.10


* BadCopy Pro is the leading data recovery software for floppy disk, CD, DVD, memory card, Zip disk, USB flash drive and other storage media.
* BadCopy Pro can effectively recover and rescue corrupted or lost data from damaged, unreadable, formatted or defective disks.
* It works with Microsoft Windows 95/98/2000/NT/ME/XP/2003/Vista.
* Damaged floppy disk repair and floppy data recovery.
* Damaged or defective CD data recovery including CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW.
* Damaged or defective DVD data recovery including DVD-ROM, DVD+/-R/W.
* Recovery of inaccessible data on floppy disk, CD, DVD and flash drive.
* Rescuing lost files from a floppy disk, CD and DVD and flash drive.
* CD, DVD burning problems and data loss recovery.
* Recovery of corrupted or unreadable files from CD, DVD, floppy, flash drive.
* Retrieval of data from all sessions on multi-session CD and DVD.
* Lost photo recovery for memory card used in digital camera.
* Recovery of files deleted or formatted from floppy disk and USB flash drive.
* Data recovery on UDF and packet-writing disks. Supports DirectCD and InCD.
* Recovery of data on Iomega Zip disk, Jaz, MO disk, and USB external drive.
Software Type: Shareware
Size: 869 KB
Supported Platforms: Microsoft Windows 9x/2000/NT/ME/XP/2003/Vista

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Easy Drive Lock 4.1


* This software was created to help you protect important data on your PC against accidental or intentional deletion or intrusion.
* Easy Drive Lock is a fast drive lock & green application that can lock any Harddisk drives in seconds.
* Without your password, nobody can access files on locked drive.
* You can use this soft with Fengsu Screen Lock and Fengsu Drive lock to make your computer safe enough.
* You are given the possibility to change your password anytime.
Requirements:
· PII 466 Mhz
· 16 MB RAM
Software Type: Shareware
Size: 2.64 MB
Download:

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Nmap free security scanner


* Nmap free security scanner is a complete free software and it secures your network.
* It scans your network and keeps your systems safe.
Software Type: Opensource Freeware
Size: 12 MB
For all types of operating systems (e.g. linux, solaris, windows) this software is available.
Go to this below site and download the software for your OS

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Damn Small Linux (DSL) v4.2.1


Features:
* DSL is a very versatile 50MB mini desktop oriented Linux distribution.
* Damn Small is small enough and smart enough to do the following things:
* Boot from a business card CD as a live linux distribution (LiveCD)
* Boot from a USB pen drive
* Boot from within a host operating system (that's right, it can run *inside* Windows)
* Run very nicely from an IDE Compact Flash drive via a method we call "frugal install"
* Transform into a Debian OS with a traditional hard drive install
* Run light enough to power a 486DX with 16MB of Ram
* Run fully in RAM with as little as 128MB (you will be amazed at how fast your computer can be!)
* Modularly grow -- DSL is highly extendable without the need to customize
* DSL was originally developed as an experiment to see how many usable desktop applications can fit inside a 50MB live CD.
* It was at first just a personal tool/toy.
* But over time Damn Small Linux grew into a community project with hundreds of development hours put into refinements including a fully automated remote and local application installation system and a very versatile backup and restore system which may be used with any writable media including a hard drive, a floppy drive, or a USB device.
* DSL has a nearly complete desktop, and many command line tools.
* All applications are chosen with the best balance of functionality, size and speed.
* Damn Small also has the ability to act as an SSH/FTP/HTTPD server right off of a live CD.
* In our quest to save space and have a fully functional desktop we've made many GUI administration tools which are fast yet still easy to use.
* What does DSL have? XMMS (MP3, CD Music, and MPEG), FTP client, Dillo web browser, Netrik web browser, FireFox, spreadsheet, Sylpheed email, spellcheck (US English), a word-processor (Ted), three editors (Beaver, Vim, and Nano [Pico clone]), graphics editing and viewing (Xpaint, and xzgv), Xpdf (PDF Viewer), emelFM (file manager), Naim (AIM, ICQ, IRC), VNCviwer, Rdesktop, SSH/SCP server and client, DHCP client, PPP, PPPoE (ADSL), a web server, calculator, generic and GhostScript printer support, NFS, Fluxbox and JWM window managers, games, system monitoring apps, a host of command line tools, USB support, and pcmcia support, some wireless support.
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Golden Inventory System


Features:
* This is a complete inventory management system that performs the functions of Purchases, Sales and payments.
* This system will guide you through the creation of vendors list, purchase orders, products list, receiving lists, sales orders, invoices, sale and payment receipts.
* This is in addition to product labels with barcodes, work orders for creation inventory assemblies, transfer orders between locations, customers and vendors balances and various types of reports for monitoring your business.
* XML synchronization with remote locations.
* System has improved security feature.
* You can exact define access rights for each warehouse employer.
* We've added RMA, hierarchical groups for products, improved import and export functions for QuickBooks 2007 and XML files, multi-currencies and expiration dates features in the last version.
Software Type: Shareware
Size: 2191 KB
Platform: WinME,WinNT 4.x,WinXP,Windows2000

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Free Windows Registry Cleaner


Features:
* Free Windows Registry Cleaner is a 100% free, easy-to-use utility that scan and removes registry errors from your computer.
* Registry errors occur for many reasons, including references left behind after uninstallation, incorrect removal of software, missing or corrupt hardware drivers. or orphaned start-up program.
* Use Free Windows Registry Cleaner when you are tired of your computer crashing, slowing down or freezing when you least expect it.
* It is so easy to set up and use that you'll have a lean, clean, mean machine in minutes and without any cost!
Software Type: Freeware
Size: 869 KB
Platform: Windows 95/98/98SE/ME/2000/XP

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SNAGIT 8.2


Features:
* Capture anything on your screen - from an area to a scrolling webpage.
* Edit your screen capture using this software.
* Share, save, print your screen capture.
Software Type: Shareware (30 Days Trial)
Size: 13.90 MB
System Requirements:
* Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, XP x64, Vista 32-bit, or Vista 64-bit installed and configured on your system.
* Internet Explorer 5.5 or later required.
* Windows 2000 users require Windows Installer 2.0.
* 90 MHz processor (400 MHz recommended)
* 16 MB of RAM (64 MB recommended)
* 20 MB of free hard disk space (30 MB for CDROM installations due to video tutorials)
* SnagIt add-ins for Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook works with Office 2000, Office XP or later.
* SnagIt add-in for Microsoft Internet Explorer works with Internet Explorer 5.0 or later.
* SnagIt plug-in for Adobe FrameMaker works with FrameMaker version 5.5 or later.
* SnagIt Instant Messenger output requires either Windows Messenger 4.7 or later.
* SnagIt requires Active Accessibility 2.0 to capture links from web pages.
* SnagIt Stamps requires SnagIt 6.3 or later.

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RSS Reader 1.0.88.0

Features:
* RssReader is a program to read RSS and Atom news feeds.
* RssReader collect news in the background at user configurable intervals and warn with a little popup in the system tray that there is a new message arrived.
* You can click the news headline to see a short description of the news and click or open the original news web page in an RssReader browser or default browser window.
* RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a format for syndicating news.
* Many news and web log sites support RSS by adding these pictograms as or to their web pages.
* RssReader support RSS versions 0.9x, 1.0 and 2.0 and Atom 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3. Running under Windows 98/NT/Me/2000/XP/2003.

Software Type: Freeware
Size: 1.41 MB (.zip)

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First time installation instructions:
Step 1:
* If you have never run RssReader before, not running Windows 2003 or the latest Windows XP version and never installed the free Microsoft .NET framework (What is Microsoft .NET framework?) you first need to download and install it.
The easiest way is to run Windows update or otherwise visit Microsoft How to Get the .NET Framework 1.1.
Step 2:
* Download RssReader 1.0.88.0 as: rssreader.zip or as rssreader.exe
Step 3:
* Install RssReader (if you have installed RssReader before see Step 1 of the upgrade instructions).
* If you downloaded the .zip version then unzip the file (using for example WinZip) and run setup.exe
* If you downloaded the .exe version run that one.
Step 4:
* Look for this or RSS feed pictograms in news pages of websites, for example Yahoo! news or BBC news.
* Place the mouse arrow on one of the above pictograms (in the website you found) and click the right mouse button, then choose "Copy Shortcut".
* Start RssReader and go to add(+) channel/feed and then paste (click right mouse button) the url and press ok.
* Add as many feeds to this free RSS reader as you want and use it as free news aggregator. Free Dutch News feed: http://rss.fok.nl/feeds/nieuws

RSS Feed of my site is http://feeds.feedburner.com/InfoMinds

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XP Codec Pack 2.3.4


Features:
* XP Codec Pack is one of the most complete codec packs which helps you to play all major audio and video formats.
* And... to complete your multimedia experience, instead of 3 or 4 different players you get one, simple integrated player that plays almost all audio and video files: Media Player Classic.
* XP Codec Pack is spyware / adware free!
XP Codec Pack 2.3.4 includes :
- AC3Filter 1.46
- AVI Splitter 1.0.0.9
- CDXA Reader 1.0.0.2
- CoreAAC (AAC DirectShow Decoder) 1.2.0
- CoreFlac Decoder 0.4
- FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder 2007.07.01
- GPL MPEG-1/2 Decoder 0.1.2.0
- Matroska Splitter 1.0.3.0
- Media Player Classic 6.4.9.1
- OggSplitter/CoreVorbis 1.1.0.79
- RealMedia Splitter 1.0.1.2
- RadLight MPC Filter 1.0.0.4
- RadLight APE Filter 1.0.0.4
- RadLight OFR Filter 1.0.0.4
- RadLight TTA Filter 1.0.0.2
- The Codec Detective 2.0
- VSFilter (DirectVobSub) 2.38
Software Type: Freeware
Size: 6.71 MB

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