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Thursday, February 28, 2008

SUPER © v2008.build.25 Free Converter



-Freeware Application-

Download from erightsoft
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SUPER © Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer. A GUI to ffmpeg, MEncoder, mplayer, x264, mppenc, ffmpeg2theora & the theora/vorbis RealProducer plugIn.
If you need a simple, yet very efficient tool to convert (encode) or play any Multimedia file, without reading manuals or spending long hours training, then SUPER © is all you need. It is a Multimedia Encoder and a Multimedia Player, easy-to-use with 1 simple click.
SUPER © "The Player" surpasses any known player by supporting just any Multimedia file format. SUPER © plays files that cannot be played with WMP or even MPC and VLC the advanced Libavcodec based players. SUPER © also plays and saves Internet Media Streams of different protocols ( mms:// rtsp:// http://)

SUPER © "The Encoder" is the fastest and simplest tool to encode full
length movies to any other format without any time or function limitation.

NO trial or evaluation version of SUPER © but one unique
Free to download and Free to use fully working version.

SUPER © does NOT require any additional external codec to
be installed, absolutely nothing. Necessary codecs are built in!

Customize Your Login Screen with LogonStudio



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Windows only: Freeware application LogonStudio brings full login screen customization to your Windows XP or Vista PC. The app comes with several built-in login screens and images, but you can customize practically ever section of your login screen to your heart's content. LogonStudio is freeware, Windows only.

Download LogonStudio here

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

How to unregister yahoo messenger mobile device?



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How Do I Unregister My Mobile Device From Yahoo! Messenger?

This is one of the most asked questions by Yahoo! msgr users...
so I thought you may find this information helpful...
You have two options.. You can disable the SMS messages for yahoo messenger only, or you can unregister your mobile device for all yahoo services.

If you are wanting to disable the SMS from yahoo messenger only, then:

1. Click on 'Messenger' then 'Preferences' (or CTRL + SHIFT + P)

2. Click on the 'General' Tab

3. Uncheck the box that says 'Always sign in to my mobile device when I exit messenger'

If you would rather unregister your mobile device so you can't receive SMS for any yahoo services then:

1. Go here: http://sites.mobile.yahoo.com/wireless/mymobile

2. Sign in and where you see your registered mobile devices, click on 'delete'

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Disabling File Sharing in P2P programs



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While you download a file using P2P it will not only download the file but also will upload a portion of the downloaded file causing more bandwidth usage, thus slow down your internet network connection. Peer-to-peer file sharing software (like Kazaa) turn users' computers into servers that allow other users to connect to your computer and download any files you share. Many of the file sharing programs install with the file sharing feature enabled to use the maximum bandwidth available.

When you disabling file sharing, you will still be able to download
files and use other features of your P2P software. Disabling file sharing only limits the ability of other Internet users to download content you share. This will, in effect, slightly improve speed of your Internet connection as you will no longer compete over bandwidth with anonymous users around the world.

How To Disable File Sharing
The process is very easy though different for various programs. Instructions for some of the most popular software are detailed below.

Ares

1. Select Control Panel.
2. In the General tab clear "Load Ares when windows starts" and check "Exit Ares when I click on close button" options.
3. In the Transfer tab under "Bandwidth" change the "Upload bandwidth" value from "0" (zero) to "1".

Bearshare

1. Select Setup and then Options.
2. In the Options tab clear the "Launch BearShare on System Startup" and set the "When I click close" to "Close Immediately".
3. In the Connection tab set "Bandwidth Capacity" to "Asymmetric" and then set the "Kbps Out" value to "0" (zero).
4. In the Uploads tab clear everything under "Sharing" and set the minimum and maximum "Connections" values to "1".

eDonkey

1. Select Options.
2. In the General section clear the "Launch on Startup" and "Close to System Tray" options.
3. In the Network section check "Limit Uploads Speed" option and set the value to "1" KB/s.

Gnotella

1. Select Setup and then "Shared Files" tab.
2. Clear all entries under "Shared Files".
3. Set the "Maximum number of search results sent" value to "0" (zero).
4. Clear the "Web Interface" option.
5. Remove all entries from "Extentions".

Kazaa

1. Select Tools and then Options from the menu.
2. In the My Kazaa tab clear "Launch Kazaa automatically" option.
3. In the Sharing tab clear "Share files in 'My Shared Folder'".
4. In the Advanced tab use the arrows to set the "Maximum bandwidth in kilobits to b used for transferring files to other Kazaa users" to the lowest allowable value ("24").
5. Check "Do not function as a Supermode".
6. Set the "Maximum simultaneous uploads to" value to "1" (Kazaa won't allow a "0" here).
7. In the Firewall tab clear the "Use port 80 as alternative for incoming connections".

LimeWire

1. Select Tools and then Options from the menu.
2. In the Sharing section clear the "Share Finished Downloads" option.
3. In the Uploads (Basic) section use the slider to set "Upload Bandwidth" to the lowest setting possible.
4. In the System Tray section set the "Shutdown Behavior" to "Shutdown Immediately".

Morpheus

1. Select Preferences or Setup (depending on what skin/version you're using).
2. In the File Transfer section set all the upload limits to "1" and "Maximum simultaneous upload" to "1".

Shareaza

1. Select Tools and then "Shareaza Settings".
2. In the General section clear "Start Shareaza at Windows startup" option.
3. In the Connection section for Inbound Address set the "Speed" value to "3 KB/s".
4. Set the "Can accept incoming connections" to "No".
5. In the Uploads section set the "Bandwidth" limit to "1 kb/s".
6. If, on Exit, Shareaza prompts you to select shut down action, choose "Shut down Shareaza immediately".

Usefull MS-DOS Commands For Easy Use



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The commonly used commands in dos are listed here with a brief description

md

Creates a directory.

MKDIR [drive:]path
MD [drive:]path

If Command Extensions are enabled MKDIR changes as follows:

MKDIR creates any intermediate directories in the path, if needed.
For example, assume \a does not exist then:

mkdir \a\b\c\d

is the same as:

mkdir \a
chdir \a
mkdir b
chdir b
mkdir c
chdir c
mkdir d

which is what you would have to type if extensions were disabled.

cd

Displays the name of or changes the current directory.

CHDIR [/D] [drive:][path]
CHDIR [..]
CD [/D] [drive:][path]
CD [..]

.. Specifies that you want to change to the parent directory.

Type CD drive: to display the current directory in the specified drive.
Type CD without parameters to display the current drive and directory.

Use the /D switch to change current drive in addition to changing current
directory for a drive.

If Command Extensions are enabled CHDIR changes as follows:

The current directory string is converted to use the same case as
the on disk names. So CD C:\TEMP would actually set the current
directory to C:\Temp if that is the case on disk.

CHDIR command does not treat spaces as delimiters, so it is possible to
CD into a subdirectory name that contains a space without surrounding
the name with quotes. For example:

cd \winnt\profiles\username\programs\start menu

is the same as:

cd "\winnt\profiles\username\programs\start menu"

which is what you would have to type if extensions were disabled.

rd

Removes (deletes) a directory.

RMDIR [/S] [/Q] [drive:]path
RD [/S] [/Q] [drive:]path

/S Removes all directories and files in the specified directory
in addition to the directory itself. Used to remove a directory
tree.

/Q Quiet mode, do not ask if ok to remove a directory tree with /S

dir

Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory.

DIR [drive:][path][filename] [/A[[:]attributes]] [/B] [/C] [/D] [/L] [/N]
[/O[[:]sortorder]] [/P] [/Q] [/S] [/T[[:]timefield]] [/W] [/X] [/4]

[drive:][path][filename]
Specifies drive, directory, and/or files to list.

/A Displays files with specified attributes.
attributes D Directories R Read-only files
H Hidden files A Files ready for archiving
S System files - Prefix meaning not
/B Uses bare format (no heading information or summary).
/C Display the thousand separator in file sizes. This is the
default. Use /-C to disable display of separator.
/D Same as wide but files are list sorted by column.
/L Uses lowercase.
/N New long list format where filenames are on the far right.
/O List by files in sorted order.
sortorder N By name (alphabetic) S By size (smallest first)
E By extension (alphabetic) D By date/time (oldest first)
G Group directories first - Prefix to reverse order
/P Pauses after each screenful of information.
/Q Display the owner of the file.
/S Displays files in specified directory and all subdirectories.
/T Controls which time field displayed or used for sorting
timefield C Creation
A Last Access
W Last Written
/W Uses wide list format.
/X This displays the short names generated for non-8dot3 file
names. The format is that of /N with the short name inserted
before the long name. If no short name is present, blanks are
displayed in its place.
/4 Displays four-digit years

Switches may be preset in the DIRCMD environment variable. Override
preset switches by prefixing any switch with - (hyphen)--for example, /-W.

tree

Graphically displays the folder structure of a drive or path.

TREE [drive:][path] [/F] [/A]

/F Display the names of the files in each folder.
/A Use ASCII instead of extended characters.

ren

Renames a file or files.

RENAME [drive:][path]filename1 filename2.
REN [drive:][path]filename1 filename2.

Note that you cannot specify a new drive or path for your destination file.

copy

Copies one or more files to another location.

COPY [/D] [/V] [/N] [/Y | /-Y] [/Z] [/A | /B ] source [/A | /B]
[+ source [/A | /B] [+ ...]] [destination [/A | /B]]

source Specifies the file or files to be copied.
/A Indicates an ASCII text file.
/B Indicates a binary file.
/D Allow the destination file to be created decrypted
destination Specifies the directory and/or filename for the new file(s).
/V Verifies that new files are written correctly.
/N Uses short filename, if available, when copying a file with a
non-8dot3 name.
/Y Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an
existing destination file.
/-Y Causes prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an
existing destination file.
/Z Copies networked files in restartable mode.

The switch /Y may be preset in the COPYCMD environment variable.
This may be overridden with /-Y on the command line. Default is
to prompt on overwrites unless COPY command is being executed from
within a batch script.

To append files, specify a single file for destination, but multiple files
for source (using wildcards or file1+file2+file3 format).

format

Formats a disk for use with Windows XP.

FORMAT volume [/FS:file-system] [/V:label] [/Q] [/A:size] [/C] [/X]
FORMAT volume [/V:label] [/Q] [/F:size]
FORMAT volume [/V:label] [/Q] [/T:tracks /N:sectors]
FORMAT volume [/V:label] [/Q]
FORMAT volume [/Q]

volume Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon),
mount point, or volume name.
/FS:filesystem Specifies the type of the file system (FAT, FAT32, or NTFS).
/V:label Specifies the volume label.
/Q Performs a quick format.
/C NTFS only: Files created on the new volume will be compressed
by default.
/X Forces the volume to dismount first if necessary. All opened
handles to the volume would no longer be valid.
/A:size Overrides the default allocation unit size. Default settings
are strongly recommended for general use.
NTFS supports 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16K, 32K, 64K.
FAT supports 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16K, 32K, 64K,
(128K, 256K for sector size > 512 bytes).
FAT32 supports 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16K, 32K, 64K,
(128K, 256K for sector size > 512 bytes).

Note that the FAT and FAT32 files systems impose the
following restrictions on the number of clusters on a volume:

FAT: Number of clusters <= 65526
FAT32: 65526 < Number of clusters < 4177918

Format will immediately stop processing if it decides that
the above requirements cannot be met using the specified
cluster size.

NTFS compression is not supported for allocation unit sizes
above 4096.

/F:size Specifies the size of the floppy disk to format (1.44)
/T:tracks Specifies the number of tracks per disk side.
/N:sectors Specifies the number of sectors per track.

Online Photo Editing Sites



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Many sites offer Online Photo editing, it is very easy to use and very useful. to do simple editing in images we can use these sites. first you have to upload your image to that site and do the editing you want and then download it to your computer. some of good online image editor sites are listed below

PIXENATE

PHIXR

CREATING ONLINE

Remove Security Alerts From System Tray



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Are you bored of alerting that your automatic update is turned of or anitvirus program is not installed or out of date, everytime windows start up? It can be removes easily with the few following steps

1. Goto Start > Control Panel > Security Center.

In the left pane, click the Change the way Security Center alerts me link, located at the end of the column. In the new window that pops up, uncheck everything or what you don't want.

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Download Free Music from Social Music Service



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Download Free Music Zilla Here

Free music zilla, the first tool specialized for social music downloading, enables you download free music from IMEEM™, Last.fm™, Pandora™, Myspace, eSnips™, Mog™, iJigg™, Radio.blog.club™ and almost all social music services.
Free music zilla, the first tool specialized for social music downloading, enables you download free mp3/music/song from imeem,last.fm,pandora,myspace and almost all social music services.
Free Music Zilla - enables you to get free music from the huge music libraries in social music service. It's easy to operate and a really hear-and-get tool, from which you can obtain unlimited mount of mp3/music/songs.

Example
Start Free Music Zilla and open your favorite browser and point it to myspace.com. Once there open a bands homepage and play one of the songs in the Myspace music player. Bring Free Music Zilla back to the front and notice that the mp3 that is currently playing on the Myspace website is listed there.

Just check the box in front of that mp3 and click on download. The default download location for mp3 that you download is c:\download, you might want to change that in the options.

You notice several other values in the listing. The filename has to be changed manually unfortunately because Myspace is using that random mp3 name script to avoid direct links to their mp3 songs. The Leech Timeout displays the time that you have to start the mp3 download. You need to play the mp3 again on Myspace if you did not make it in that time.

The Myspace mp3 download were incredibly fast. I hit the download button and it said completed almost immediately. Not sure how fast it is on slower connections though. The music needs to be playing during the download, make sure it is because the download will fail otherwise.

Saturday, February 23, 2008

Free Portable Programs for Your Thumbdrive



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Now you can carry your favorite computer programs along with all of your bookmarks, settings, email and more with you. Use them on any Windows computer. All without leaving any personal data behind.
Now you can have many popular application like mozzila firefox, thunderbird, 7 zip, audacity, open office, abi word, vlc palyer and even Mac operating system in your thumb drive.
To download these and a lot more portable application, visit portableapps.com

Google guide



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Find out secrets about google search tips here

Keyboard Shortcuts

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Click Here to find out the useful keyboard shortcuts


Change the text in Internet Explorers title bar to anything you want



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In regedit navigate to this key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain

change the value of the string "Window Title" to whatever you want on the title bar of Internet Explorer - to have no title except the title of the web pages you are browsing do not enter anything for a value.


Easy sendto menu modification



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first open - X:\Documents and Settings\username\SendTo (it is hidden) where X is your drive letter and username is your username make and delete shortcuts to folders and devices at will


Remove the Recycle Bin from the Desktop



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If you don't use the Recycle Bin to store deleted files , you can get rid of its desktop icon all together.

Run Regedit and go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/explorer/Desktop/NameSpace


Click on the "Recycle Bin" string in the right hand pane. Hit Del, click OK.

Speed up Mozilla Firefox



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If you are a user of mozilla firefox, then you must have experienced that it takes too much time in startup. Now you can make your firefox to open “instantly” by using this small peice of software which is named Firefox Preloader. It loads parts of Mozilla Firefox into main memory before it is used, it improves the speed of the startup time.

Download Firefox Preloader

Run Multiple Instances of Yahoo Messenger


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You can run multiple yahoo messenger with different ids at the same time. Just follow the steps.

Download this file - A plug-in By Sahil

The plugin will be unzipped in your c:/programfiles/yahoo/messenger/plugins/

Please unzip in different directory if your yahoo messenger’s installation directory is different, but it works in most of the cases.

  • Click start then run
  • Write regedit, press enter
  • Goto “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Yahoo\Pager\Test”
  • Create a DWORD registry value named “Plural” by right clicking the right hand side window.
  • Double click the new DWORD entry and set the value to 1
    Now you remain online with two or more different yahoo ids at the same time.

    How to use this plugin ?

    This is a very useful plugin. You can install it by clicking
    action” and then “load test plugin” in your yahoo messenger’s main window.

    With this plugin you can easily check whether someone is invisible to you or not.

Removing Programs listed from the Control Panel’s Add/Remove Programs



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If you remove an installed program and its files by deleting the files, it may still show up in the Add/Remove programs list through the control panel. In order to remove it from the list (so you don’t need to re-install in order to just remove it again).
  1. Start the Registry Editor by clicking RUN from start menu and entering ‘regedit’ without quotes.
  2. Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SOFTWARE / Microsoft / Windows / CurrentVersion / Uninstall
  3. Delete any programs from the list.
This will only delete them from the list, not delete the actual programs. Only programs designed for Windows95 will show up here in the first place.

Saving youtube videos

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Haven’t you always wanted to save those video files on Youtube / Google videos and metacafe?
It’s truly boring/tiring to save those url’s for your favourite videos, and everytime copy-pasting it to see them.

Here’s an easy way to get out of the loop and start saving the video streams into your hard disk.

Install this small firefox extension

here

Saving Flash files from websites



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  • Visit the webpage (here i’m using http://www.anyweb.com, just for an example)
  • Select Source( View > Source )
  • Now it would show up the HTML code for the site.
  • Now click CTRL+F buttons together or go to the Edit menu and select Find( Edit > Find )
  • In the search bar type swf and click find.
  • It will take you to something similar to EMBED xsrc=”abcd.swf”
  • Now select the file path. Example if it is EMBED xsrc=”/files/flash/abcd.swf” , copy the entire file path starting from the forward slash(/)
  • Now goto the address bar and paste the path next to the end of the current address.
  • It wouldd look like - www.anyweb.com/files/flash/abcd.swf
  • Now click go or hit Enter and the same flash file will load for you but without the HTML - only the file.
  • Goto File > Save as and save the file in a safe place.

This may not work with some websites that has the files protected / also with some sites that use frames.

Chat with robots

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Now you can chatting with robot and it is absolutely free of cost. It is really fun chatting with them, they often surprise you with their intelligence. Sometimes they can even make fun of you.
Visit this site to chat with the robot.

Other site ALICE chat
Other site Oliverbot

Friday, February 22, 2008

Search Rapidshare with Rapidshare Search Engines



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Search Rapidshare using Google

When we talk about search, Google can never be avoided. Yes, we can do Rapidshare search with the help of some tricky google queries too. So, what all you need to do is just put some standard search operators like inurl:pdf avi|wmv|mpg|nva inurl:mp3
for example if you are searching for xyz software in zip format then Google,
site:

rapidshare.de inurl:zip xyz or site:rapidshare.com inurl:zip xyz

Best Rapidshare Search Engines

Ok, if you don’t want to use those complex looking operators, then you can use following search engines which are made specifically for doing rapidshare. There are hundreds of rapidshare search tools, here are some...

funfail.com
rapidshared.org.
rapidsharer.org
rapidsharelinks.org
rapidsharefiles.net
rapidsearch.org
rapidshare-search.com
megadownload.net
eatpaper.com/rapidshare
rapidshare-search-engine.com
rapidfox.net
rapidosearch.com
rapidexplorer.net
searchshared.com
RapidSharing.net
linkosearch.com


Download Yahoo Messenger 9.0 Beta


-New Application Update-

Download Yahoo Messenger 9.0 Beta

What is new in Yahoo Messenger 9.0 beta?

The new version comes with whole new look and feel and a hell lot of features which make it worth the upgrade. The contact section has been revamped and now it looks cool with large avatar images besides the contact details. The contact view can always be switched back to the classic compact view.

All new Skins and Emoticons

They have incorporated many new skins and emoticons, that will be fun to use. The emoticons list has been extended, though the previous emoticons have been kept intact. The new emoticons have been suggested and created by users themselves through a contest organised by Yahoo earliar this year.

Flickr Images

You can easily import and save photos from/to your flickr account. Image management was never so easy in Yahoo Messenger. The user interface looks impressive too. Flickr integration makes sharing and saving of pictures easy, conveniet and loveable.

Inline Youtube Videos

So, the next time you paste a youtube link in an IM window, the link will be parsed to an inline video, provided you switch to the beta 9 version before you log into yahoo messenger again.

Enhanced Voice Call features

You can have your incoming Phone In or free PC calls forwarded to another number like your mobile, home or office phone, even if you’re signed out of Messenger. When someone leaves you a voicemail in Messenger, an email is sent to you with an MP3 of the voice message attached, it is a similar feature that Gtalk is providing from many days.

Yahoo messenger invisible status

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You can check if your yahoo buddy is invisible to you or not. Just install this plugin
-Yahoo messenger invisible status plugin By Sahil

The plugin will be unzipped in your c:/programfiles/yahoo/messenger/plugins/

Please unzip in different directory if your yahoo messenger’s installation directory is different, but it works in most of the cases.

You can actvate it by clicking “action” and then “load test plugin” in your yahoo messenger’s main window.

Faster loading Gmail



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For low speed connections logging in to gmail could becomes an irritating task. You must have experienced gmail login problem especially on a dial up connection. Login in to gmail is comparatively slower because of its rich user interface, because of that sometimes the gmail login screens gives an error. And in orkut also sometimes the login box does not appears and says “connection timed out” or “server not responding” kind of messages. Following are some tips and tricks to login into gmail and orkut faster even with low speed internet connections.

Gmail login tricks
Use this url
http://mail.google.com/mail/h/
-Use HTML version of gmail instead of standard version
or http://m.gmail.com
-gmail mobile version

I DNT HATE MOZILLA BUT USE IE OR ELSE… --virus


If you find this message “I DNT HATE MOZILLA BUT USE IE OR ELSE…” when you launch Firefox or this” ORKUT IS BANNED, Orkut is banned you fool`, The administrators didn’t write this program guess who did?? ” when you try to launch Orkut Or “youtube IS BANNED,youtube is banned you fool`, The administrators didn’t write this program guess who did??`r`r MUHAHAHA!!,30″, then you are system is infected with w32.USBworm.

This virus spreads through USB drives. It will not let you install Firefox and if it’s already installed in your PC, it won’t let you use Firefox!

The virus is known as heap41a W32.USBWorm.

-Solution-

Guide for removing the virus from your computer, click here

Download Worm Remover Here

For USB drives, But be sure to delete the autorun.inf file and any folder which ends with .exe in the USB drive, backup your files and format the USB drive to rid it of the worm.




Regedit disabled by virus


-Solution-

Download Registry Fix 1.0

Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator” - Error you get when you try to open the Registry Editor in Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Vista and prevents access to registry editing.

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Task Manager DIsabled by virus



-Solution-

Download Fix Task Manager 2.0 Freeware

info
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Windows system recovery tool to enable disabled Windows Task Manager. Utility to enable Task Manager disabled by virus, trojans, spyware etc. Software is designed to enable taskmanager which is disabled by the virus, trojans and spywares.

RUN command missing from start menu
















-Solution-

Go to C:\WINDOWS\system32\gpedit.msc

open gpedit.msc

goto:

"user config..."
"admin..."
"start menu..."
set "remove run menu from start menu" to "disabled"

and YOU are DONE....

my FIRST post


This blog was created to help anyone with pc problem....Nowadays viruses, spy ware, etc, have give a lot of trouble to pc user..I will post the tips and solution regarding this matter..If you have any problem feel free to ask me....