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How to Hack your Windows Experience Index 2007-10-06 12:51:00 The results of the Windows
Experience Index
are stored in an XML file that you can modify to spoof your score.Who wants to show off a 2.1 system?Let’s make that a 9.9 powerhouse. Navigate to C:WindowsPerformanceWinSATDataStore. Open up the most recent file in that folder. Make sure that your account has write access to that file. If not change the file permissions. Parse the file looking for the WinSPR entry. These are the items you want to edit. The maximum value you can use is 9.9.Save the file and you just turned your 2.1 system into a supercomputer.Source: TweakVISTA
Speed Up Your External Storage in Vista 2007-10-06 12:36:00 Windows Vista
operates external hard drives that are connected with USB differently than internal drives.Write caching is disabled so that you can safely remove the drive at almost any time. This is a great feature for USB thumb drives that are frequently inserted and removed from your computer. But if you have a large hard drive that is in an external enclosure that you never disconnect from your computer, write caching is also disabled which can decrease performance.This tweak is going to show you how to increase the performance of your external hard drives by turning write caching back on as well as activating advanced performance. Let’s get started: Click on the start button, then right click on Computer and select Manage.Click on Device Manager on the side menu.Expand Disk drives and locate your external drive from the list.Right click on the drive and select Properties.On the Policies tab, select Optimize for performance.Next, check Enable write caching on the disk and Enabl Read more:External
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Lock Your Computer Fastly: a Windows Trick 2007-10-06 07:41:00 Leaving your computer in a hurry but you don’t want to log off? You can double-click a shortcut on your desktop to quickly lock the keyboard and display without using CTRL+ALT+DEL or a screen saver.To create a shortcut on your desktop to lock your computer: Right-click the desktop.Point to New, and then click Shortcut.The Create Shortcut Wizard opens.In the text box, type the following: rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStationClick Next. Enter a name for the shortcut.You can call it "Lock Workstation" or choose any name you like.Click Finish. You can also change the shortcut's icon (ie: the padlock icon in shell32.dll).To change the icon: Right click the shortcut and then select Properties.Click the Shortcut tab, and then click the Change Icon button.In the Look for icons in this file text box, type: Shell32.dll.Click OK.Select one of the icons from the list and then click OKYou could also give it a shortcut keystroke such CTRL+ALT+L. This would save you only one keystroke from th Read more:Computer
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Increasing options in Add/Remove programs 2007-10-06 07:24:00 Not a fan of MSN Messenger? Don't want Windows Media Player on your system? Fair enough, but if you go to Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel, by default none of Windows XP's 'built in' programs are visible. It's fairly easy to change, though... just open the file X:Windowsinfsysoc.inf (where X: is the drive letter where Windows XP is installed) in Notepad. You should see a section of the file something like this: [Components]NtComponents=ntoc.dll,NtOcSetupProc,,4WBEM=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wbemoc.inf,hide,7Display=desk.cpl,DisplayOcSetupProc,,7Fax=fxsocm.dll,FaxOcmSetupProc,fxsocm.inf,,7NetOC=netoc.dll,NetOcSetupProc,netoc.inf,,7iis=iis.dll,OcEntry,iis.inf,,7com=comsetup.dll,OcEntry,comnt5.inf,hide,7dtc=msdtcstp.dll,OcEntry,dtcnt5.inf,hide,7IndexSrv_System = setupqry.dll,IndexSrv,setupqry.inf,,7TerminalServer=TsOc.dll, HydraOc, TsOc.inf,hide,2msmq=msmqocm.dll,MsmqOcm,msmqocm.inf,,6ims=imsinsnt.dll,OcEntry,ims.inf,,7fp_extensions=fp40ext.dll,FrontPage4Extensions,fp40ext.inf,, Read more:Increasing
The Free Tools That Can Access 100 Hidden XP Commands 2007-10-03 20:06:00 Hidden Utilities XP allows access to nearly 100 hidden utilities that are not normally accessible to the average user. System information, diagnostics, repair tools and more in both Windows and Command Line utilities are now easily opened.Hidden Utilities XP includes easy access to 53 Windows tools and 43 Command Line utilities. And, Camtech2000, its developer now gives you it for free. You can download here.
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Solution for XP that can't start 2007-10-03 19:40:00 XP Start up problemsIf you can't get system to boot, here the solution:Boot your PC with Windows XP installer CD ( you have to set your BIOS setup in order your CD device will be running first on Boot priority).Let the XP Setup progress running until you see the Setup option screen.Recovery Console: the recovery console is actually the first option you can choose in the setup. It will look something like this:Enter = Continue R = Repair F3 = QuitMake sure you press R at the first selection screen and then press '1' to choose to work with the Windows XP installation. When asked for the password for Administrator, enter it in otherwise just press the enter key.From there it will give you a screen that just says 'C:\_'. Make sure you type the following just as it is shown: CHKDSK /p. This will attempt to repair any serious errors found on the partition tables. (There are also other options as far as ways to repair the XP installation but i'll let someone else show that trick.)Afte Read more:Solution
I have Windows XP on my pocket - 3 2007-10-02 11:50:00 Installing applicationsNow that I have shown you how to create and install a basic Windows
build, I want to talk for a moment about how you can add an application to the build (prior to creating it). The PEBuilder program comes pre-configured to support a number of common Windows applications, but does not come with the applications themselves.The reason why installing applications can be a little bit tricky is because most Windows applications modify the Windows registry. The build that you are creating is basically a collection of installation files, and the build itself does not contain a registry (the registry gets created when Windows is installed onto the flash drive).As such, PEBuilder uses a sort of registry emulator. If you go to the C:PEBUILDER313PLUGIN folder, you will see sub folders for a number of different applications. If you open one of these application folders, you will see that the folder contains an INF file and a FILES folder. The INF file contains all of the
I have Windows XP on my pocket - 2 2007-10-02 11:37:00 Booting from the USB flash drive.Now that you have formatted your USB flash drive and installed the boot files onto it, the next thing that you must do is to configure your PC to allow you to boot from the flash drive. This is all done through the computer's BIOS Setup. I can't give you specific instructions for this part, because every computer is different. I can give you a few pointers though.You can access your computer's BIOS by pressing a specific key immediately after you turn the PC on. The key varies, but it is usually either [F1], [F2], or [Delete]. Once you are in the BIOS Setup, you should verify that all of your computer's USB options are enabled. This might include things like support for legacy USB devices or support for USB 2.0. If there is a time out setting for USB devices, you should set it to the max to insure that the system doesn't time out while waiting on the USB device to boot.Next, find the section on boot device priority. Normally, a USB flash drive (whi Read more:Windows
I have Windows XP on my pocket 2007-10-02 11:23:00 You can't boot Windows
XP from a floppy disk the way you used to be able to with DOS. One handy way to easily boot XP is by using a USB flash drive. Here's how to make it work.Almost everyone who has worked with computers for any length of time at all has run into at least one situation in which a problem left a PC unbootable.What if you could return the machine to a bootable state just by inserting a USB flash drive though? Believe it or not, it is actually possible to install a bootable copy of Windows XP onto a flash drive and then boot a PC off of the flash drive. From there, you can use applications that you have installed on the flash drive (anti virus, anti spyware, disk repair, etc.) to fix the PC's problem. In this article, I will show you how.As with most cool new techniques, there are a few catches. For starters, not every PC is capable of booting from a USB flash drive. For the most part, computers manufactured within the last two years are generally able to boot from a
The Hidden Application in Windows 2007-09-30 17:50:00 You can see the hidden application you never see before in your XP. Go to Start > Run > and type in: eudceditand press ENTERthis will open up a font editor, names Private Character Editor, this program allowing you to design your own custom fonts and characters to be used in Windows
apps like Microsoft Word, Adobe PhotoShop, etc. This the Microsoft Word Font Character hidden secret program in Windows XP. Enjoy it.
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The Hidden Microsoft Song 2007-09-30 17:27:00 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: Go to Start > Run > Copy and then Paste, or press and hold the Start + r . C:windowssystem32oobeimages itle.wma and hit Enter, of course ... Your media player should load the song, and now you can hear it.
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Mailplane: The Mac OS X Gmail Desktop 2007-09-29 17:31:00 Do you love Gmail
? I really do.These days, web apps are giving their desktop equivalents a run for their money. Still, desktop apps provide a level of integration that is difficult to recreate through a browser. Mailplane aims to provide the best of both worlds for users of the popular web-based email service Gmail, plus some clever new features that aren’t found anywhere else.Mailplane will be released in the coming weeks. Mailplane tries to bridge the gap between web app and desktop, bringing drag-and-drop file management and integration with other applications to Gmail. While you can still use the “attach a file” link when composing an email, it’s now possible to simply drop an attachment into a new message.An “iMedia” browser gives direct access to the most likely locations for media files, potentially removing several steps from the process of attaching frequently mailed file types. While these features may be nothing new for most well-made Mac applications, Mailplane Read more:Desktop
Tweak Aero's glass borders: Vista Hack 2007-09-26 08:44:00 The borders around system windows, such as dialog boxes and the Control Panel, are transparent in Windows Vista
's Aero interface. These borders are hackable; you can shrink them, make them larger, and change their colors and transparency levels.To make the borders larger or smaller:1. Right-click the desktop and select Personalize.2. Click Window Color and Appearance.3. Click Open classic appearance properties for more color options.4. From the dialog box that appears, make sure that Windows Aero is selected as the color scheme. Click the Advanced button on the right side of the dialog box. The Advanced Appearance dialog box appears.5. Select Border Padding in the Item drop-down menu. To change the size of the border, type a new size for the border. (The default is 4.) Click OK, then OK again. The sizes of the borders will now change.There's more you can do to the borders as well. To change the border color, transparency and more, right-click the desktop and select Personalize > Wind Read more:Tweak
Cannot Run .exe files ? 2007-09-23 15:49:00 What causes the program to run ("execute") when you double click the file name in My Computer or put it in the Run dialog box? Briefly put, it is an entry in the Windows Registry that does this.For many, many different file extensions for files
-- such as .doc for Word documents, or .txt for ASCII text files -- there is a location in the Registry that specifies how Windows handles such files. For .doc files it specifies, usually, that the Microsoft Word program (if present on the computer), or the Windows Accessory Wordpad if MS Word is not present, will be used to open up the document file so you can read and edit it. For .exe files, it specifies the "Open" action to be that which causes the program to run.There are a number of viruses, trojans, and worms that mess up the Registry data for running executable (.exe) files, so this can cause nothing to seem to happen when you double click an .exe file name in My Computer or try to execute one by putting the name in the Run dialog box of
Windows CE on your USB Stick : How To 2007-09-21 09:31:00 Portable Windows
CE is a 'launcher' for the Windows CE device emulator that can run an emulator-based image from a USB keychain.Download the Windows CE 5.0 Device Emulator here.Change "Mcft" in link to what it is supposed to beExtract the emulator to a folder on your hard drive by running "setup /a". The installer will prompt you to specify a directory to extract to.For example: D:PortableCEDownload this launcher script.Copy the following launcher script to the folder you extracted the setup to. You'll need to rename the file from launchce.cmd.txt to launchce.cmdOnce you have that set up, just copy the entire D:PortableCE folder over to your USB keychain.To launch the emulator, just plug in your USB keychain, navigate to the PortableCE folder, and run launchce.cmd. You should (hopefully) have the emulator fire up.
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Change Your IP In Less Than 1 Minute 2007-09-21 09:11:00 Do this steps :Click on "Start" in the bottom left hand corner of screenClick on "Run"Type in "command" and hit okYou should now be at an MSDOS prompt screen.Type "ipconfig /release" just like that, and hit "enter"Type "exit" and leave the promptRight-click on "Network Places" or "My Network Places" on your desktop.Click on "properties"You should now be on a screen with something titled "Local Area Connection", or something close to that, and, if you have a network hooked up, all of your other networks.Right click on "Local Area Connection" and click "properties"Double-click on the "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" from the list under the "General" tabClick on "Use the following IP address" under the "General" tabCreate an IP address (It doesn't matter what it is. I just type 1 and 2 until i fill the area up).Press "Tab" and it should automatically fill in the "Subnet Mask" section with default numbers.Hit the "Ok" button hereHit the "Ok" button againYou should now be back to the "Local Ar Read more:Change
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Recovering a Corrupt AMI BIOS chip 2007-09-21 09:06:00 With motherboards that use BOOT BLOCK BIOS it is possible to recover a corrupted BIOS because the BOOT BLOCK section of the BIOS, which is responsible for booting the computer remains unmodified.When an AMI BIOS becomes corrupt the system will appear to start, but nothing will appear on the screen, the floppy drive light will come on and the system will access the floppy drive repeatedly. If your motherboard has an ISA slot and you have an old ISA video card lying around, put the ISA video card in your system and connect the monitor.The BOOT BLOCK section of the BIOS only supports ISA video cards, so if you do not have an ISA video card or your motherboard does not have ISA slots, you will have to restore your BIOS blind, with no monitor to show you what’s going on.AMI has integrated a recovery routine into the BOOT BLOCK of the BIOS, which in the event the BIOS becomes corrupt can be used to restore the BIOS to a working state.The routine is called when the SYSTEM BLOCK of the BIOS Read more:Corrupt
Boot Block Recovery For Free 2007-09-21 09:01:00 You don't need to pay a measly sum of dollars just to recover from a boot block mode. Here it is folks:AWARD Bootblock recovery:That shorting trick should work if the boot block code is not corrupted, and it should not be if /sb switch is used when flashing the bios (instead of /wb switch).The 2 pins to short to force a checksum error varies from chip to chip. But these are usually the highest-numbered address pins (A10 and above).These are the pins used by the system to read the System BIOS (original.bin for award v6), calculate the ROM checksum and see if it's valid before decompressing it into memory, and subsequently allow Bootblock POST to pass control over to the System BIOS.You just have to fool the system into believing that the System BIOS is corrupt. This you do by giving your system a hard time reading the System BIOS by shorting the 2 high address pins. And when it could not read the System BIOS properly, ROM Checksum Error is detected "so to speak" and Bootblock recovery Read more:Recovery
Run System Apps via Run Command 2007-08-30 00:43:00 Access The Control Panel :Add/Remove Programs control appwiz.cplDate/Time Properties control timedate.cplDisplay Properties control desk.cplFindFast control findfast.cplFonts Folder control fontsInternet Properties control inetcpl.cplKeyboard Properties control main.cpl keyboardMouse Properties control main.cplMultimedia Properties control mmsys.cplNetwork Properties control netcpl.cplPassword Properties control password.cplPrinters Folder control printersSound Properties control mmsys.cpl soundsSystem
Properties control sysdm.cplSystem Apps :compmgmt.msc - Computer managementdevmgmt.msc - Device managerdiskmgmt.msc - Disk managementdfrg.msc - Disk defrageventvwr.msc - Event viewerfsmgmt.msc - Shared foldersgpedit.msc - Group policieslusrmgr.msc - Local users and groupsperfmon.msc - Performance monitorrsop.msc - Resultant set of policiessecpol.msc - Local security settingsservices.msc - Various Servicesmsconfig - System Configuration Utilityregedit - Registry E
The Eee PC will be priced at $199 for bulk customers 2007-10-16 11:54:00 While the UMPC platform has sparked some interest from consumers, the high price of entry -- around $1,000 for entry-level models -- has stalled significant growth of the sector. Asustek hopes to change that with its new Eee PC.According to Reuters, the Eee PC will be priced from $199 for its bulk customers
. Asustek's Eee PC will be available at brick-and-mortar stores like Best Buy and online retailers like Newegg within the next few weeks. The UMPC will later make an appearance in Europe."If we can sell a couple million [Eee PCs], we'll be confident," remarked Jonathan Tsang, Asustek's president of sales and marketing.The Eee PC features a 7" display (800x480), 10/100 NIC, 56k modem, WiFi, 256MB to 1GB of DDR2 memory and solid-state memory for storage (2GB to 8GB). To keep prices low, the device runs a Linux-based operating system although it is compatible with Windows XP.The range-topping Eee PC 8G features 1GB of memory and 8GB of storage space. It also features a 5200 mAh batte
Remove the limit on TCP connection attempts: P2P Hack 2007-10-15 01:56:00 Windows XP SP2 introduces a few new twists to TCP/IP in order to babysit users and "reduce the threat" of worms spreading fast without control. In one such attempt, the devs seem to have limited the number of possible TCP connection
attempts per second to 10 (from unlimited in SP1). This argumentative feature can possibly affect server and P2P programs that need to open many outbound connections at the same time.Rant: The forward thinking of Microsoft developers here is that you can only infect 10 new systems per second via TCP/IP ?!?... If you also consider that each of those infected computers will infect 10 others at the same rate:second 1: 1+10 computerssecond 2: 10+10*10 computers (110 new ones)second 3: 10+100*10 computers ( 1110 new ones)second 4: 10+1000*10 computers (11110 new ones)....all the way to 10*60 + 10^60 computers in a single minute (that's a number with 60 digits, or it would far exceed Earth's population). Even if we consider that 90% of those computers are unrea
Tips for make XP as easier as never before 2007-10-15 01:30:00 Opening Ports or Adding Allowed Programs with SP2's Firewall1.Click on Start / Run2.Enter in firewall.cpl3.Click on the Exceptions tabAdding a Port for Internet Access1.Click on the Add Port button2.Name it whatever you want3.Enter in the ports you want to openAdding a Program for Internet Access1.Click on Add Program... button2.A list of all installed programs will be displayed3.Highlight the one you want to include for Internet access4.Click on the OK buttonAutoexec.nt or Config.nt ErrorsIf you are getting errors similar to:The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application.Try copying the file from windows
epair directory to the one that is in the windowssystem32 directory.Common Control Panel AppletsThe follow are some common Control Panel Applets that are located in the windowssystem32 directory.If you find yourself using any of these frequently, then you can simply make shortcuts to them on y
Making Windows Xp Start 60% Faster 2007-10-15 01:20:00 Whenever you start your computer, you are faced with a few moments of thumb twiddling while Windows
XP boots and prompts you to log on. Although you should expect to wait for a few moments, sometimes Windows XP seems to boot rather slowly. In fact, you may notice that over a period of time the PC that used to roar to life seems a bit sluggish instead. Fortunately, you can perform several techniques that help Windows XP get the bootup speed you want. This chapter explores how to put these techniques to work.Stopping Unneeded Start
up ServicesAlong with the core operating system and programs that Windows XP runs when it starts, there is also a host of services involved. Many of these services are necessary for Windows XP to operate correctly. However, many of them are for features in Windows XP that you may not use at all. You can peruse the services and disable any service that you do not want to run. The fewer services that run, the more quickly Windows XP will boot.Caution:Exercise cau
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