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What is Web Hosting?

If you're new to the world of creating websites, you might find yourself asking yourself "What Is Web Hosting?". Maybe you have some idea about what hosting is but you're not too sure. Fortunately (for me!), the question "What is web hosting" is a relatively easy one to explain (I think!).

Web hosting refers to a service that makes your website available to your users. In general, most websites are intended to be viewed by anyone on the Internet, at any time. If you want anyone on the Internet to be able to view your website at any time, you need to make sure your website is running on a computer which is connected to the Internet 24 hours per day, 7 days per week (24/7).

To do this you have two options.

OPTION 1: HOSTING THE WEBSITE YOURSELF

Hosting the website yourself means that you will need to have the right equipment, including a web server and a permanent connection to the Internet. You would need to ensure that your Internet service provider (ISP) allows this type of usage too. You would also need to have website administration skills such as managing/configuring a web server, patch management, firewalls, virus protection etc

Most people don't do their own website hosting. Even if they have the skills or equipment, it often makes more sense to hand this task to a third party who can monitor the website 24/7.

OPTION 2: FIND A HOSTING PROVIDER TO HOST YOUR WEBSITE

This is the most common choice for web hosting. Using a third party hosting provider allows you to concentrate on developing your website (or whatever else it is you may do), and leave the hosting tasks up to a company who (presumably) specializes in web hosting.

A good web hosting company will provide at least the following services:

• 24/7 support
• 24/7 FTP access (so you can update your website)
• A number of email accounts (i.e. yourName@yourDomain.com)
• Online control panel for managing your website
• Online traffic statistics (so you can see how much traffic your website receives)
• A robust database management system, such as MySQL or MS SQL. This is so you can add your own database if required

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Freeware Software List

Freeware Software List:

# 3D Modeling
Blender - http://www.blender.org/
Google SketchUp - http://sketchup.google.com/download/

# Anti Virus
AntiVir - http://www.free-av.com/
Avast - http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
AVG - http://free.grisoft.com/
BitDefender - http://www.bitdefender.com/
ClamWin - http://www.clamwin.com/
Kaspersky Security Suite CBE 2009 – http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/…uite-cbe-2009/

# Anti Spyware
Ad-aware SE Personal – http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware.php
ComboFix – http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/anti-virus/combofix
Hijackthis - http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware - http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
Microsoft Windows Defender – http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx
Ninja Pendisk - http://nunobrito.eu/ninja/
SpyBot Search & Destroy - http://spybot.safer-networking.de/
WinPatrol - http://www.winpatrol.com/

# Archive Managers
7-zip - http://www.7-zip.org/
Compress it - http://www.rg-software.de/
KGB Archiver - http://kgbarchiver.sourceforge.net/
QuickZip - http://www.quickzip.org/
SimplyzIP - http://www.dpaehl.de/
TUGZip - http://www.tugzip.com/

# Audio Creation and Manipulation
Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Audiograbber - http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/
CDex - http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/
EAC - http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/
MediaInfo - http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en
MIDI Pattern Generator 64 - http://www.gradywerks.com/mpg64/
MP3Gain - http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/
Reaper - http://www.cockos.com/reaper/index.php
Smart PC Record - http://www.voiceemotion.com/smartrecorder.htm

# Audio Players
AIMP2 - http://www.aimp.ru/
Foobar 2000 - http://www.foobar2000.org/
iTunes - http://www.apple.com/itunes/
Jet Audio Basic - http://www.cowonamerica.com/products/jetaudio/
musikCube - http://www.musikcube.com/
Songbird - http://getsongbird.com/
Winamp - http://www.winamp.com/

# BitTorrent Clients
µTorrent - http://www.utorrent.com/
Azureus - http://azureus.sourceforge.net/
Deluge - http://deluge-torrent.org/

# CD/DVD Burning
Burn4Free - http://www.burn4free.com/
Burnatonce - http://www.burnatonce.com/
CDBurnerXP - http://www.cdburnerxp.se/
Deepburner - http://www.deepburner.com/
ImgBurn - http://www.imgburn.com/
InfraRecorder - http://infrarecorder.org/
Ultimate CD/DVD Burner - http://www.mispbo.com/burner.htm

# Checksum Utilities
fsum - http://www.slavasoft.com/fsum/
HashCalc - http://www.slavasoft.com/hashcalc/
HashTab - http://beeblebrox.org/hashtab/
ICEECC - http://www.ice-graphics.com/ICEECC/IndexE.html
md5sum - http://www.etree.org/md5com.html
md5summer - http://www.md5summer.org/
MooSFV - http://www.ubercow.com/moosfv/
QuickPar - http://www.quickpar.org.uk/
QuickSFV - http://www.quicksfv.org/

# Defrag Software
Auslogics Disk Defrag - http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag/index.php
JkDefrag - http://www.kessels.com/JkDefrag/

# Desktop Customization
AveDesk - http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=17372
CursorXP - http://www.stardock.com/products/cursorxp/download.html
Desktop Sidebar - http://www.desktopsidebar.com/
Glass2k - http://www.chime.tv/products/glass2k.shtml
Kapsules - http://kapsules.shellscape.org/
Rainlendar - http://www.rainlendar.net/cms/index.php
RKLauncher - http://home.cogeco.ca/~rklauncher/
RocketDock - http://rocketdock.com/
Samurize - http://www.samurize.com/
TaskSwitchXP Pro - http://www.ntwind.com/taskswitchxp/
WinRoll - http://www.palma.com.au/winroll/
Yahoo! Widget Engine (Formerly Konfabulator) - http://widgets.yahoo.com/

# Download Managers
Flashget - http://www.amazesoft.com/index_en.htm
Free Download Manager - http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/
Gigaget - http://www.gigaget.com/
LeechGet - http://www.leechget.net/en/
wget - http://xoomer.virgilio.it/hherold/

# Email Clients
Evolution for Windows - http://shellter.sourceforge.net/evolution/
Foxmail – http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/E-mail/E-mail-Clients/Foxmail.shtml
Pegasus Mail - http://www.pmail.com/
Thunderbird - http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/
Zimbra – http://www.zimbra.com/products/desktop.html

# Encryption and Data Security
Axcrypt - http://axcrypt.sourceforge.net/
Blowfish Advanced CS- http://web.bsn.ch/lasse/bfacs.htm
ccrypt - http://ccrypt.sourceforge.net/
CRYPTAINER LE – www.cypherix.com
Eraser - http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/default.php
File Shredder - http://www.sys-shield.com/fileshredder.htm
GnuPG - http://www.gnupg.org/
PGP Freeware - http://www.pgp.com/products/freeware.html
TrueCrypt - http://www.truecrypt.org/

# File Managers
2xExplorer - http://netez.com/2xExplorer/
CubicExplorer - http://www.cubicreality.com/
ExplorerXP - http://www.explorerxp.com/
freeCommander - http://www.freecommander.com/index_en.htm

# File Repair and Recovery
ADRC Data Recovery Software Tools - http://www.adrc.net/data_recovery_software/index.html
Avira UnErase Personal – http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-Up-and-Recovery/Avira-UnErase-Personal.shtml
FreeUndelete - http://www.officerecovery.com/freeundelete/
PC Inspector File Recovery - http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm
VAIOSoft Recovery Manager - http://www.vaiosoft.com/products/recoverymanager.html

# Firewalls
Comodo Personal Firewall - http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/
Outpost Firewall (version 1 is free) - http://www.agnitum.com/download/outpost1.html
SoftPerfect Personal Firewall - http://www.softperfect.com/products/firewall/
Zonealarm Basic firewall – www.zonealarm.com

# FTP Clients
CoreFTP - http://www.coreftp.com/
Filezilla - http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla
SmartFTP - http://www.smartftp.com/

# FTP Servers
FileZilla - http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/
SlimFTPd - http://www.whitsoftdev.com/slimftpd
TYPSoft FTP Server - http://en.typsoft.com/
WarFTPD - http://www.jgaa.com/

# Image Capture
MWSnap - http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html

# Image Editors
GIMP - http://www.gimp.org/
Inkscape - http://www.inkscape.org/
Paint.net - http://www.getpaint.net/

# Image Viewers
FastStone Image Viewer - http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm
Irfanview - http://www.irfanview.com/
Picasa - http://picasa.google.com/
XNView - http://www.xnview.com/

# Instant Messengers
AMSN - http://amsn.sourceforge.net/index.php
Google Talk - http://www.google.com/talk/
Miranda IM - http://www.miranda-im.org/
Pidgin - http://www.pidgin.im/
Skype - http://www.skype.com/
Trillian Basic - http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/downloads/
Yahoo! Messenger - http://messenger.yahoo.com/

# IRC Clients
BersIRC - http://www.bersirc.com/
BitchX - http://bitchx.org/
Clicks&Whistles - http://i42.co.uk/stuff/
HydraIRC - http://www.hydrairc.com/
NodeIRC - http://node.sourceforge.net/
TinyIRC - http://www.tinyirc.net/
XChat - http://www.silverex.org/news/

# Maps
Goggle Earth - http://earth.google.com/
NASA World Wind - http://sourceforge.net/projects/nasa-exp/

# Misc Tools
Evernote - http://www.evernote.com/

# Network Tools
Ethereal Protocol Analyzer - http://www.ethereal.com/
Fomine NetSend GUI - http://www.fomine.com/net-send-gui.html
Free IP Switcher - http://www.eusing.com/ipswitch/free_ip_switcher.htm
FreeNAS - http://www.freenas.org/
Hamachi - http://www.hamachi.cc/
NetMeter - http://readerror.gmxhome.de/
NMap - http://www.insecure.org/nmap/
Ntop - http://www.ntop.org/
PingPlotter - http://www.pingplotter.com/
PRTG Traffic Grapher - http://www.paessler.com/prtg
PuTTY - http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty
RealVNC - http://www.realvnc.com/
TightVNC - http://www.tightvnc.org/
Ultr@VNC - http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/
WinSCP - http://www.winscp.com/

# Office Applications
AbiWord - http://www.abiword.com/
OpenOffice.org - http://www.openoffice.org/

# Partition Managers
GParted LiveCD http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php
Partition Logic - http://partitionlogic.org.uk/
Ranish Partition Manager - http://www.ranish.com/part/

# PDF Utilities
Adobe Reader - http://get.adobe.com/reader/
CutePDF - http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp
Foxit PDF Reader - http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
Ghostscript/GSView - http://www.ghostscript.com/awki
PDFCreator - http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
PrimoPDF - http://www.primopdf.com/
Sumatra PDF - http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/

# Programming
ActivePerl - http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl
BlueJ - http://www.bluej.org/download/download.html
Crimson Editor - http://www.crimsoneditor.com/
Code::Blocks - http://www.codeblocks.org/
Context - http://www.context.cx/
Dev C++ - http://www.bloodshed.net/
Dev Pascal - http://www.bloodshed.net/
Digital Mars C++ - http://www.digitalmars.com/download/freecompiler.html
Eclipse - http://www.eclipse.org/
Enigma - http://www.enigma-uk.freeserve.co.uk/Enigma.htm
ExamDiff - http://www.prestosoft.com/ps.asp?page=edp_examdiff
Freepascal - http://www.freepascal.org/
JCreator LE - http://www.jcreator.com/download.htm
jEdit - http://www.jedit.org/
Metapad - http://www.liquidninja.com/metapad/
Notepad++ - http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm
Notepad2 - http://www.flos-freeware.ch/
Open Watcom - http://www.openwatcom.org/
PaseoExpress - http://www.paseosoft.com/
Pelles C - http://www.smorgasbordet.com/pellesc/index.htm
PHP Designer 2007 Personal - http://www.mpsoftware.dk/products.php
PHP Hypertext Parser - http://www.php.net/
Programmer’s Notepad - http://www.pnotepad.org/
PSPad - http://www.pspad.com/
Python - http://www.python.org/
Ruby - http://www.ruby-lang.org/
Screenweaver - http://screenweaver.com/download
SE|PY ActionScript Editor - http://www.sephiroth.it/python/sepy.php
SharpDevelop - http://www.icsharpcode.net/opensource/sd/
WebMatrix - http://www.asp.net/webmatrix/
WinMerge - http://winmerge.org/
XML Copy Editor - http://xml-copy-editor.sourceforge.net/

# RSS Readers
klipfolio - http://www.serence.com/site.php
RssReader - http://www.rssreader.com/
SharpReader - http://www.sharpreader.net/

# System Info and Monitoring
AIDA32 - http://www.sofotex.com/AIDA32-download_L9326.html
ATITool - http://www.techpowerup.com/atitool/
ATI Tray Tools - http://www.guru3d.com/article/atitraytools/189/
CPU-Z - http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
GPU-Z - http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/
HWiNFO - http://www.hwinfo.com/
Motherboard Monitor - http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=311
SpeedFan - http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
Sysmetrix - http://www.xymantix.com/
WCPUID – http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002374/src/download.html

# System Tools
AutoHotkey - http://www.autohotkey.com/
CCleaner - http://www.ccleaner.com/

# Video Codecs
Real Alternative – http://www.free-codecs.com/download/real_alternative.htm
k-lite codec pack - http://www.codecguide.com/
Combined Community Codec Pack (cccp) - http://www.cccp-project.net/

# Video Players
BsPlayer - http://www.bsplayer.org/
Crystal Player - http://www.crystalplayer.com/index.php?page=downloads
DivX Player - http://www.divx.com/
KMPlayer - http://www.kmplayer.com/
Media Player Classic – http://sourceforge.net/projects/mpc-hc/
VLC - http://www.videolan.org/
Gom Player - http://www.gomlab.com/eng/

# Video Tools and Converters
AVIDemux - http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/
DScaler - http://deinterlace.sourceforge.net/
DVDx - http://www.labdv.com/dvdx/
GSpot - http://www.headbands.com/gspot/
Handbrake - http://handbrake.fr/
MobileVideo For iPod – www.keronsoft.com
Movica - http://vani.bhargav.googlepages.com/movica
Personal Video Database - http://www.videodb.info/
PSP Video 9 - http://www.pspvideo9.com/
RatDVD - http://www.ratdvd.ca/
Super - http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html
TMPGEnc - http://www.tmpgenc.net/en/e_main.html
VirtualDub - http://www.virtualdub.org/
VirtualDubMod -http://sourceforge.net/projects/virtualdubmod/

# Web Browsers
Firefox - http://www.getfirefox.com/
Flock - http://www.flock.com/
Chrome - http://www.google.com/chrome
K-Meleon - http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/
Mozilla - http://www.mozilla.org/
Netscape - http://browser.netscape.com/ns8/
Opera - http://www.opera.com/

# Web Servers
Apache - http://httpd.apache.org/
HTTP File Server - http://www.rejetto.com/hfs/
Sambar - http://www.sambar.com/
TinyWeb - http://www.ritlabs.com/tinyweb/index.html

# Webcam Software
booruWebCam - http://www.booru.net/
Dorgem - http://dorgem.sourceforge.net/
grabMotion - http://www.grabmotion.com/
Pryme - http://www.hilo.dk/pryme/
Splitcam - http://www.splitcamera.com/index.html

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NTFS VS. FAT

To NTFS or not to NTFS—that is the question. But unlike the deeper questions of life, this one isn't really all that hard to answer. For most users running Windows XP, NTFS is the obvious choice. It's more powerful and offers security advantages not found in the other file systems. But let's go over the differences among the files systems so we're all clear about the choice. There are essentially three different file systems available in Windows XP: FAT16, short for File Allocation Table, FAT32, and NTFS, short for NT File System.

FAT16
The FAT16 file system was introduced way back with MS–DOS in 1981, and it's showing its age. It was designed originally to handle files on a floppy drive, and has had minor modifications over the years so it can handle hard disks, and even file names longer than the original limitation of 8.3 characters, but it's still the lowest common denominator. The biggest advantage of FAT16 is that it is compatible across a wide variety of operating systems, including Windows 95/98/Me, OS/2, Linux, and some versions of UNIX. The biggest problem of FAT16 is that it has a fixed maximum number of clusters per partition, so as hard disks get bigger and bigger, the size of each cluster has to get larger. In a 2–GB partition, each cluster is 32 kilobytes, meaning that even the smallest file on the partition will take up 32 KB of space. FAT16 also doesn't support compression, encryption, or advanced security using access control lists.
FAT32
The FAT32 file system, originally introduced in Windows 95 Service Pack 2, is really just an extension of the original FAT16 file system that provides for a much larger number of clusters per partition. As such, it greatly improves the overall disk utilization when compared to a FAT16 file system. However, FAT32 shares all of the other limitations of FAT16, and adds an important additional limitation—many operating systems that can recognize FAT16 will not work with FAT32—most notably Windows NT, but also Linux and UNIX as well. Now this isn't a problem if you're running FAT32 on a Windows XP computer and sharing your drive out to other computers on your network—they don't need to know (and generally don't really care) what your underlying file system is.
The Advantages of NTFS
The NTFS file system, introduced with first version of Windows NT, is a completely different file system from FAT. It provides for greatly increased security, file–by–file compression, quotas, and even encryption. It is the default file system for new installations of Windows XP, and if you're doing an upgrade from a previous version of Windows, you'll be asked if you want to convert your existing file systems to NTFS. Don't worry. If you've already upgraded to Windows XP and didn't do the conversion then, it's not a problem. You can convert FAT16 or FAT32 volumes to NTFS at any point. Just remember that you can't easily go back to FAT or FAT32 (without reformatting the drive or partition), not that I think you'll want to.
The NTFS file system is generally not compatible with other operating systems installed on the same computer, nor is it available when you've booted a computer from a floppy disk. For this reason, many system administrators, myself included, used to recommend that users format at least a small partition at the beginning of their main hard disk as FAT. This partition provided a place to store emergency recovery tools or special drivers needed for reinstallation, and was a mechanism for digging yourself out of the hole you'd just dug into. But with the enhanced recovery abilities built into Windows XP (more on that in a future column), I don't think it's necessary or desirable to create that initial FAT partition.
When to Use FAT or FAT32
If you're running more than one operating system on a single computer (see Dual booting in Guides), you will definitely need to format some of your volumes as FAT. Any programs or data that need to be accessed by more than one operating system on that computer should be stored on a FAT16 or possibly FAT32 volume. But keep in mind that you have no security for data on a FAT16 or FAT32 volume—any one with access to the computer can read, change, or even delete any file that is stored on a FAT16 or FAT32 partition. In many cases, this is even possible over a network. So do not store sensitive files on drives or partitions formatted with FAT file systems.

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Set Permissions for Shared Files and Folders

Sharing of files and folders can be managed in two ways. If you chose simplified file sharing, your folders can be shared with everyone on your network or workgroup, or you can make your folders private. (This is how folders are shared in Windows 2000.) However, in Windows XP Professional, you can also set folder permissions for specific users or groups. To do this, you must first change the default setting, which is simple file sharing. To change this setting, follow these steps:
•Open Control Panel, click Tools, and then click Folder Options.
•Click the View tab, and scroll to the bottom of the Advanced Settings list.
•Clear the Use simple file sharing (Recommended) check box.
•To manage folder permissions, browse to the folder in Windows Explorer, right–click the folder, and then click Properties. Click the Security tab, and assign permissions, such as Full Control, Modify, Read, and/or Write, to specific users.

You can set file and folder permissions only on drives formatted to use NTFS, and you must be the owner or have been granted permission to do so by the owner.

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Locking Folders

There are plenty of software which locks drives and folder to protect your confidential data. Why waste money on such tools when you can do it with a simple registry tweak? Here’s how: Caution: Before you attempt these tweaks, please make sure that you have a backup of your registry, just incase something goes wrong in the middle. Locking Folders: Consider you want to lock a folder named XXXX in your E:\, whose path is E:\XXXX. Now open the Notepad and type the following ren xxxx xxxx.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} Where xxxx is your folder name. Save the text file as loc.bat in the same drive. Open another new notepad text file and type the following ren xxxx.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} xxxx Save the text file as key.bat in the same drive. Steps to lock the folder: To lock the xxxx folder, simply click the loc.bat and it will transform into control panel icon which is inaccessible. To unlock the folder click the key.bat file. Thus the folder will be unlocked and the contents are accessible.

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This setting allows you to control which drives are visible in My Computer and Explorer. It is possible to hide all drives or just selected ones.

Open your registry (press win+r and type regedit , hit enter ) goto

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

and find or create the DWORD “NoDrives” there by right clicking on explorer -> NEW -> DWORD value .

The “NoDrives” value uses a 32-bit word to define local and network drive visibility for each logical drive in the computer. The lower 26 bits of the 32-bit word correspond to drive letters A through Z. Drives are visible when set to 0 and hidden when set to 1.

If your not happy working in Hex, add these decimal numbers to hide the drive(s):

A: 1, B: 2, C: 4, D: 8, E: 16, F: 32, G: 64, H: 128, I: 256, J: 512, K: 1024, L: 2048, M: 4096, N: 8192, O: 16384, P: 32768, Q: 65536, R: 131072, S: 262144, T: 524288, U: 1048576, V: 2097152, W: 4194304, X: 8388608, Y: 16777216, Z: 33554432, ALL: 67108863

For example to hide drive A and drive D, you would add 1 (A) + 8 (D) which means the value should be set to “9″.

To disable all the drives set the value to “67108863″.

Restart Windows for the change to take effect.

Note: These drives will still appear in File Manager, to remove File Manager, delete or rename winfile.exe.

Registry Settings
User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ Explorer]

System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ Explorer]

Value Name: NoDrives

Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value

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Top 15 Ways to Extend Your Laptop’s Battery Life

Laptops tend to lose their charm quickly when you’re constantly looking for the nearest power outlet to charge up. How do you keep your battery going for as long as possible? Here are 15 easy ways to do so.

1. Defrag regularly - The faster your hard drive does its work - less demand you are going to put on the hard drive and your battery. Make your hard drive as efficient as possible by defragging it regularly. (but not while it’s on battery of course!) Mac OSX is better built to handle fragmentation so it may not be very applicable for Apple systems.

2. Dim your screen - Most laptops come with the ability to dim your laptop screen. Some even come with ways to modify CPU and cooling performance. Cut them down to the lowest level you can tolerate to squeeze out some extra battery juice.

3. Cut down on programs running in the background. Itunes, Desktop Search, etc. All these add to the CPU load and cut down battery life. Shut down everything that isn’t crucial when you’re on battery.

4. Cut down external devices - USB devices (including your mouse) & WiFi drain down your laptop battery. Remove or shut them down when not in use. It goes without saying that charging other devices (like your iPod) with your laptop when on battery is a surefire way of quickly wiping out the charge on your laptop battery.

5. Add more RAM - This will allow you to process more with the memory your laptop has, rather than relying on virtual memory. Virtual memory results in hard drive use, and is much less power efficient. Note that adding more RAM will consume more energy, so this is most applicable if you do need to run memory intensive programs which actually require heavy usage of virtual memory.

6. Run off a hard drive rather than CD/DVD - As power consuming as hard drives are, CD and DVD drives are worse. Even having one in the drive can be power consuming. They spin, taking power, even when they?re not actively being used. Wherever possible, try to run on virtual drives using programs like Alcohol 120% rather than optical ones.

7. Keep the battery contacts clean: Clean your battery’s metal contacts every couple of months with a cloth moistened with rubbing alcohol. This keeps the transfer of power from your battery more efficient.

8. Take care of your battery - Exercise the Battery. Do not leave a charged battery dormant for long periods of time. Once charged, you should at least use the battery at least once every two to three weeks. Also, do not let a Li-On battery completely discharge. (Discharing is only for older batteries with memory effects)

9. Hibernate not standby - Although placing a laptop in standby mode saves some power and you can instantly resume where you left off, it doesn’t save anywhere as much power as the hibernate function does. Hibernating a PC will actually save your PC’s state as it is, and completely shut itself down.

10. Keep operating temperature down - Your laptop operates more efficiently when it’s cooler. Clean out your air vents with a cloth or keyboard cleaner, or refer to some extra tips by LapTopMag.com.

11. Set up and optimize your power options - Go to ‘Power Options’ in your windows control panel and set it up so that power usage is optimized (Select the ‘max battery’ for maximum effect).

12. Don’t multitask - Do one thing at a time when you’re on battery. Rather than working on a spreadsheet, letting your email client run in the background and listening to your latest set of MP3’s, set your mind to one thing only. If you don’t you’ll only drain out your batteries before anything gets completed!

13. Go easy on the PC demands - The more you demand from your PC. Passive activities like email and word processing consume much less power than gaming or playing a DVD. If you’ve got a single battery charge - pick your priorities wisely.

14. Get yourself a more efficient laptop - Laptops are getting more and more efficient in nature to the point where some manufacturers are talking about all day long batteries. Picking up a newer more efficient laptop to replace an aging one is usually a quick fix.

15. Prevent the Memory Effect - If you’re using a very old laptop, you’ll want to prevent the ‘memory effect’ - Keep the battery healthy by fully charging and then fully discharging it at least once every two to three weeks. Exceptions to the rule are Li-Ion batteries (which most laptops have) which do not suffer from the memory effect.

Bonus Tip #1: Turn off the autosave function. MS-Word’s and Excel’s autosave functions are great but because they keep saving regular intervals, they work your hard driver harder than it may have to. If you plan to do this, you may want to turn it back on as the battery runs low. While it saves battery life in the beginning, you will want to make sure your work is saved when your battery dies. Bonus Tip #2: Lower the graphics use. You can do this by changing the screen resolution and shutting off fancy graphic drivers. Graphics cards (video cards) use as much or more power today as hard disks Bonus Tip #1 to give caution about turning off autosave, tip #8 to change information about discharging batteries - thanks to all who pointed it out. Added Bonus tip #2, Tip #1 to add in clause in regards to Mac OSX, Tip #1 about the spinning of hard drives - thanks to all who pointed it out

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Locking Drives

We don’t usually prefer to lock our drives, but sometimes it becomes nesscary.

Say for instance you might have stored your office documents in D:\ and you don’t want your kids to access it, in such case this technique can be useful for you.

Please don’t try this tweak with your root drive (usually C:\ is the root drive) since root drives are not intended to be locked because they are mandatory for the system and application programs. Start & Run and type Regedit to open Registry editor Browse HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer Create a new DWORD value NoViewOnDrive and set its value as 2^ (Alpha Number of Drive Letter-1) where Alpha number are simple counting of alphabets from A to Z as 1 - 26

For example: to lock C:\, Alpha number of C is 3 so 2^ (3-1) = 4 (decimal value) To lock more drives, calculate the value of each drive and then set sum of those numbers as value To unlock your drive just delete the key from the registry.

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How to make your Desktop Icons Transparent

Go to ontrol Panel > System, > Advanced > Performance area > Settings button Visual Effects tab "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the Desktop"

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Speed up your browsing of Windows 2000 & XP machines

Here's a great tip to speed up your browsing of Windows XP machines. Its actually a fix to a bug installed as default in Windows 2000 that scans shared files for Scheduled Tasks. And it turns out that you can experience a delay as long as 30 seconds when you try to view shared files across a network because Windows 2000 is using the extra time to search the remote computer for any Scheduled Tasks. Note that though the fix is originally intended for only those affected, Windows 2000 users will experience that the actual browsing speed of both the Internet & Windows Explorers improve significantly after applying it since it doesn't search for Scheduled Tasks anymore. Here's how :

Open up the Registry and go to :

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Explorer/RemoteComputer/NameSpace

Under that branch, select the key :

{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}

and delete it.

This is key that instructs Windows to search for Scheduled Tasks. If you like you may want to export the exact branch so that you can restore the key if necessary.

This fix is so effective that it doesn't require a reboot and you can almost immediately determine yourself how much it speeds up your browsing processes.

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Set up and Use Internet Connection Sharing

With Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) in Windows XP, you can connect one computer to the Internet, then share the Internet service with several computers on your home or small office network. The Network Setup Wizard in Windows XP Professional will automatically provide all of the network settings you need to share one Internet connection with all the computers in your network. Each computer can use programs such as Internet Explorer and Outlook Express as if they were directly connected to the Internet.
You should not use this feature in an existing network with Windows 2000 Server domain controllers, DNS servers, gateways, DHCP servers, or systems configured for static IP addresses.


Enabling ICS

The ICS host computer needs two network connections. The local area network connection, automatically created by installing a network adapter, connects to the computers on your home or small office network. The other connection, using a 56k modem, ISDN, DSL, or cable modem, connects the home or small office network to the Internet. You need to ensure that ICS is enabled on the connection that has the Internet connection. By doing this, the shared connection can connect your home or small office network to the Internet, and users outside your network are not at risk of receiving inappropriate addresses from your network.
When you enable ICS, the local area network connection to the home or small office network is given a new static IP address and configuration. Consequently, TCP/IP connections established between any home or small office computer and the ICS host computer at the time of enabling ICS are lost and need to be reestablished. For example, if Internet Explorer is connecting to a Web site when Internet Connection Sharing is enabled, refresh the browser to reestablish the connection. You must configure client machines on your home or small office network so TCP/IP on the local area connection obtains an IP address automatically. Home or small office network users must also configure Internet options for Internet Connection Sharing. To enable Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) Discovery and Control on Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Millennium Edition computers, run the Network Setup Wizard from the CD or floppy disk on these computers. For ICS Discovery and Control to work on Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Millennium Edition computers, Internet Explorer version 5.0 or later must be installed.

To enable Internet Connection Sharing on a network connection

You must be logged on to your computer with an owner account in order to complete this procedure.
Open Network Connections. (Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double–click Network Connections.)

Click the dial–up, local area network, PPPoE, or VPN connection you want to share, and then, under Network Tasks, click Change settings of this connection.

On the Advanced tab, select the Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection check box.
If you want this connection to dial automatically when another computer on your home or small office network attempts to access external resources, select the Establish a dial–up connection whenever a computer on my network attempts to access the Internet check box.

If you want other network users to enable or disable the shared Internet connection, select the Allow other network users to control or disable the shared Internet connection check box.

Under Internet Connection Sharing, in Home networking connection, select any adapter that connects the computer sharing its Internet connection to the other computers on your network. The Home networking connection is only present when two or more network adapters are installed on the computer.


To configure Internet options on your client computers for Internet Connection Sharing

Open Internet Explorer. Click Start, point to All Programs, and then click Internet Explorer.)

On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.

On the Connections tab, click Never dial a connection, and then click LAN Settings.

In Automatic configuration, clear the Automatically detect settings and Use automatic configuration script check boxes.

In Proxy Server, clear the Use a proxy server check box.

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Install/Enable NetBEUI Under WinXP

If for some reason you need to install NetBEUI then follow these instructions.

**Note - You will need the WinXP CD in order to to this!

Support for the NetBIOS Extended User Interface protocols (also called NetBEUI or NBF) in Windows XP has been discontinued. If your configuration requires temporary use of NetBEUI for Windows XP, follow these steps:

To install the NETBEUI protocol:

- Locate the Valueadd/msft/net/netbeui directory on your Windows XP CD.Copy nbf.sys into the %SYSTEMROOT%SYSTEM32DRIVERS directory.

- Copy netnbf.inf into the %SYSTEMROOT%INF directory.

- In Control Panel, click Network and Internet Connections and then click Network Connections.

- Right-click the connection you want to configure, and then click Properties.

- On the General tab, click the INSTALL button to add the NetBEUI protocol.

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How to Convert FAT to NTFS file system

To convert a FAT partition to NTFS, perform the following steps.

Click Start, click Programs, and then click Command Prompt.

In Windows XP, click Start, click Run, type cmd and then click OK.

At the command prompt, type CONVERT [driveletter]: /FS:NTFS.

Convert.exe will attempt to convert the partition to NTFS.

NOTE: Although the chance of corruption or data loss during the conversion from FAT to NTFS is minimal, it is best to perform a full backup of the data on the drive that it is to be converted prior to executing the convert command. It is also recommended to verify the integrity of the backup before proceeding, as well as to run RDISK and update the emergency repair disk (ERD).

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20 things you don't know about Windows XP

You've read the reviews and digested the key feature enhancements and operational changes. Now it's time to delve a bit deeper and uncover some of Windows XP's secrets.

1. It boasts how long it can stay up. Whereas previous versions of Windows were coy about how long they went between boots, XP is positively proud of its stamina. Go to the Command Prompt in the Accessories menu from the All Programs start button option, and then type 'systeminfo'. The computer will produce a lot of useful info, including the uptime. If you want to keep these, type 'systeminfo > info.txt'. This creates a file called info.txt you can look at later with Notepad. (Professional Edition only).

2. You can delete files immediately, without having them move to the Recycle Bin first. Go to the Start menu, select Run... and type 'gpedit.msc'; then select User Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, Windows Explorer and find the Do not move deleted files to the Recycle Bin setting. Set it. Poking around in gpedit will reveal a great many interface and system options, but take care -- some may stop your computer behaving as you wish. (Professional Edition only).

3. You can lock your XP workstation with two clicks of the mouse. Create a new shortcut on your desktop using a right mouse click, and enter 'rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation' in the location field. Give the shortcut a name you like. That's it -- just double click on it and your computer will be locked. And if that's not easy enough, Windows key + L will do the same.

4. XP hides some system software you might want to remove, such as Windows Messenger, but you can tickle it and make it disgorge everything. Using Notepad or Edit, edit the text file /windows/inf/sysoc.inf, search for the word 'hide' and remove it. You can then go to the Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel, select Add/Remove Windows Components and there will be your prey, exposed and vulnerable.

5. For those skilled in the art of DOS batch files, XP has a number of interesting new commands. These include 'eventcreate' and 'eventtriggers' for creating and watching system events, 'typeperf' for monitoring performance of various subsystems, and 'schtasks' for handling scheduled tasks. As usual, typing the command name followed by /? will give a list of options -- they're all far too baroque to go into here.

6. XP has IP version 6 support -- the next generation of IP. Unfortunately this is more than your ISP has, so you can only experiment with this on your LAN. Type 'ipv6 install' into Run... (it's OK, it won't ruin your existing network setup) and then 'ipv6 /?' at the command line to find out more. If you don't know what IPv6 is, don't worry and don't bother.

7. You can at last get rid of tasks on the computer from the command line by using 'taskkill /pid' and the task number, or just 'tskill' and the process number. Find that out by typing 'tasklist', which will also tell you a lot about what's going on in your system.

8. XP will treat Zip files like folders, which is nice if you've got a fast machine. On slower machines, you can make XP leave zip files well alone by typing 'regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll' at the command line. If you change your mind later, you can put things back as they were by typing 'regsvr32 zipfldr.dll'.

9. XP has ClearType -- Microsoft's anti-aliasing font display technology -- but doesn't have it enabled by default. It's well worth trying, especially if you were there for DOS and all those years of staring at a screen have given you the eyes of an astigmatic bat. To enable ClearType, right click on the desktop, select Properties, Appearance, Effects, select ClearType from the second drop-down menu and enable the selection. Expect best results on laptop displays. If you want to use ClearType on the Welcome login screen as well, set the registry entry HKEY_USERS/.DEFAULT/Control Panel/Desktop/FontSmoothingType to 2.

10. You can use Remote Assistance to help a friend who's using network address translation (NAT) on a home network, but not automatically. Get your pal to email you a Remote Assistance invitation and edit the file. Under the RCTICKET attribute will be a NAT IP address, like 192.168.1.10. Replace this with your chum's real IP address -- they can find this out by going to www.whatismyip.com -- and get them to make sure that they've got port 3389 open on their firewall and forwarded to the errant computer.

11. You can run a program as a different user without logging out and back in again. Right click the icon, select Run As... and enter the user name and password you want to use. This only applies for that run. The trick is particularly useful if you need to have administrative permissions to install a program, which many require. Note that you can have some fun by running programs multiple times on the same system as different users, but this can have unforeseen effects.

12. Windows XP can be very insistent about you checking for auto updates, registering a Passport, using Windows Messenger and so on. After a while, the nagging goes away, but if you feel you might slip the bonds of sanity before that point, run Regedit, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Explorer/Advanced and create a DWORD value called EnableBalloonTips with a value of 0.

13. You can start up without needing to enter a user name or password. Select Run... from the start menu and type 'control userpasswords2', which will open the user accounts application. On the Users tab, clear the box for Users Must Enter A User Name And Password To Use This Computer, and click on OK. An Automatically Log On dialog box will appear; enter the user name and password for the account you want to use.

14. Internet Explorer 6 will automatically delete temporary files, but only if you tell it to. Start the browser, select Tools / Internet Options... and Advanced, go down to the Security area and check the box to Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed.

15. XP comes with a free Network Activity Light, just in case you can't see the LEDs twinkle on your network card. Right click on My Network Places on the desktop, then select Properties. Right click on the description for your LAN or dial-up connection, select Properties, then check the Show icon in notification area when connected box. You'll now see a tiny network icon on the right of your task bar that glimmers nicely during network traffic.

16. The Start Menu can be leisurely when it decides to appear, but you can speed things along by changing the registry entry HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/Desktop/MenuShowDelay from the default 400 to something a little snappier. Like 0.

17. You can rename loads of files at once in Windows Explorer. Highlight a set of files in a window, then right click on one and rename it. All the other files will be renamed to that name, with individual numbers in brackets to distinguish them. Also, in a folder you can arrange icons in alphabetised groups by View, Arrange Icon By... Show In Groups.

18. Windows Media Player will display the cover art for albums as it plays the tracks -- if it found the picture on the Internet when you copied the tracks from the CD. If it didn't, or if you have lots of pre-WMP music files, you can put your own copy of the cover art in the same directory as the tracks. Just call it folder.jpg and Windows Media Player will pick it up and display it.

19. Windows key + Break brings up the System Properties dialogue box; Windows key + D brings up the desktop; Windows key + Tab moves through the taskbar buttons.

20. The next release of Windows XP, codenamed Longhorn, is due out late next year or early 2003 and won't be much to write home about. The next big release is codenamed Blackcomb and will be out in 2003/2004.

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For a Safer, faster XP Close Unwanted Services

To disable unneeded startup services for a safer, faster XP, use the "Services" Admin Tool (Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services). If you are a single user of a non-networked machine, you can disable the following items, with no ill effect.

Alerter
Clipbook
Computer Browser
Fast User Switching
Human Interface Access Devices
Indexing Service (Slows the hard drive down)
Messenger
Net Logon (unnecessary unless networked on a Domain)
Netmeeting Remote Desktop Sharing (disabled for extra security)
Remote Desktop Help Session Manager (disabled for extra security)
Remote Procedure Call Locator
Remote Registry (disabled for extra security)
Routing & Remote Access (disabled for extra security)
Server
SSDP Discovery Service (this is for the utterly pointless "Universal P'n'P", & leaves TCP Port 5000 wide open)
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
Telnet (disabled for extra security)
Universal Plug and Play Device Host
Upload Manager
Windows Time
Wireless Zero Configuration (for wireless networks)
Workstation

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Slow Shutdown

Some people have noticed that they are experiencing a really slow shutdown after installing Windows XP Home or Professional. Although this can be caused a number of ways, the most clear cut one so far is happening on systems with an NVidia card installed with the latest set of drivers. A service called NVIDIA Driver Helper Service is loading up on start up and for whatever reason doesn't shut itself down properly. The service isn't needed and can also increase the amount of memory available to your system. Here is how to disable it.

1: Go into your Control Panel
2: Select Administrative Tools and then click on Services
3: Right click on the file "NVIDIA Driver Helper Service" and then select STOP.
4: To stop this loading up every time you boot up your PC Right click it again and select properties - then where the option "Startup Type" is shown - make sure it is set at Manual like we have shown in the image below.

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Rename as series of files

When you download photos from your digital camera, they often have unrecognizable names. You can rename several similar files at once with the following procedure. This also works for renaming other types of files.

1.Open the My Pictures folder. (Click Start, and then click My Pictures.) Or open another folder containing files that you want to rename.
2.Select the files you want to rename. If the files you want are not adjacent in the file list, press and hold CTRL, and then click each item to select it.
3.On the File menu, click Rename.
4.Type the new name, and then press ENTER.


All of the files in the series will be named in sequence using the new name you type. For example, if you type Birthday, the first will be named Birthday and subsequent files in the series will be named Birthday (1), Birthday (2), and so on. To specify the starting number for the series, type the starting number in parentheses after the new file name. The files in the series will be numbered in sequence starting with the number you type. For example, if you type Birthday (10), the other files will be named Birthday (11), Birthday (12), and so on.

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Using Remote Desktop

You must first enable the Remote Desktop feature on your office computer so that you can control it remotely from another computer. You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group to enable Remote Desktop on your Windows XP Professional-based computer.

To setup your office computer to use Remote Desktop:

Open the System folder in Control Panel. Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click the System icon.

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

Ensure that you have the proper permissions to connect to your computer remotely, and click OK.

Leave your computer running and connected to the company network with Internet access. Lock your computer, and leave your office.

The Remote Desktop Connection client software allows a computer running Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 to control your Windows XP Professional computer remotely. The client software is available on the installation CD for Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home Edition. The client software is installed by default on computers running Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home Edition.
To install Remote Desktop Connection software on a client computer

Insert the Windows XP compact disc into your CD-ROM drive.

When the Welcome page appears, click Perform additional tasks, and then click Setup Remote Desktop Connection as shown below.

When the installation wizard starts, follow the directions that appear on your screen.

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


To create a new Remote Desktop Connection

Open Remote Desktop Connection. (Click Start, point to Programs or All Programs, point to Accessories, point to Communications, and then click Remote Desktop Connection.)

In Computer, type the computer name for your computer running Windows XP Professional that has Remote Desktop enabled and for which you have Remote Desktop permissions

Click Connect.

The Log On to Windows dialog box appears.

In the Log On to Windows dialog box, type your user name, password, and domain (if required), and then click OK. The Remote Desktop window will open and you will see the desktop settings, files, and programs that are on your office computer. Your office computer will remain locked.

Nobody will be able to work at your office computer without a password, nor will anyone see the work you are doing on your office computer remotely. Note: To change your connection settings, (such as screen size, automatic logon information, and performance options), click Options before you connect.
To open a saved connection

In Windows Explorer, open the My DocumentsRemote Desktops folder.

Click the .Rdp file for the connection you want to open. Note: A Remote Desktop file (.rdp) file contains all of the information for a connection to a remote computer, including the Options settings that were configured when the file was saved. You can customize any number of .rdp files, including files for connecting to the same computer with different settings. For example, you can save a file that connects to MyComputer in full screen mode and another file that connects to the same computer in 800×600 screen size. By default, .rdp files are saved in the My DocumentsRemote Desktops folder. To edit an .rdp file and change the connections settings it contains, right-click the file and then click Edit.


To log off and end the session

In the Remote Desktop Connection window, click Start, and then click Shut Down.

The Shut Down Windows dialog box appears.

In the drop-down menu, select Log Off , and then click OK.

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Make a Fake Virus

step 1Creating the Shortcut
Step 1: Start at the Desktop. Step 2: Right click on desktop, go to New, then over to Shortcuts and click. Step 3: This widow should open. In the box type ( shutdown -s -t 60 -c "your message")


step 2Edit the Fake Virus
Step 1: Right click on the fake virus. Select Properties. Step 2: Go to the Shortcut tab. Click on "Change Icon". Step 3: If this window pops up click OK. Step 4: Select…


step 3What the Fake Virus does
Step 1: Double click on the Fake Virus. Step 2: A window pops up and says what you typed in for the comment and the time you set and starts counting down. Step 3: To abor…


step 4Alterations to the Fake Virus
Step 1: You can make it look like a My Computer icon by right clicking on the icon, click rename and name it My Computer and change the icon to the My Computer icon. ....

Try it..its really so Funny

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HIde Folder XP Software for the beginners
Select unlimited number of folders and files of your choice to hide and protect by a password. In one mouse click your selected folders became invisible: it is impossible to find hidden folders, access any file in them and remove them (even when removing upper-level folders). You may leave your computer unattended without worrying if someone will access your private data. Then just run the program and enter your password - your hidden folders will become visible
instantly.

Hide Folders® XP is a simple but ingenious program for Microsoft Windows XP and 2000 users. Every day we trust our personal files to a computer. Who knows how many people will want to get access to them? If you share your computer with coworkers, children, spouse or your computer is always connected to the Internet, your private files are under threat of being revealed. Since 2001, our Hide Folders software products help our users to hide private files and folders from prying eyes.



With Hide Folders XP you can easily protect any number of folders and files on your computer. You can select any file or folder to protect from the program, drag-and-drop the desired files and folders from Windows Explorer into the Hide Folders XP window or just right click mouse button on a file or folder in Explorer and select “Hide & Lock with Hide Folders XP” from the drop-down menu.

Features and benefits
• Unlimited number of files and folders to protect
• Different protection modes: Hide folder, Lock folder, Hide & Lock folder
• Instance protection - It doesn't perform any file scrambling or moving to another "secret" place.
• Protected folders will be inaccessible to all users including system administrators
• Password protection against unauthorized users
• Folders can be protected even in Safe mode
• True stealth mode
• Windows XP x64 compatibility
• Optional Windows Explorer integration
• Evidence elimination
• Hot keys support
Difference from internal Windows XP data protection features
A lot of advanced users believe that Hide Folders XP (as well as any other third party folder protection software) is useless because Windows has integrated file and folder lock features.
Well, indeed, you can lock folders with Windows XP and this folder will be inaccessible by the other (unauthorized) users. But there are some annoying limitations that you should be aware of:

1 Windows allows you to lock files and folders on NTFS volumes only. FAT and FAT32 are not supported. Although nowadays it's too difficult to find a Hard Disk Drive (HDD) formatted with FAT, it's still in use in different removable storage devices.
2 It is impossible to hide folder or file with standard Windows XP facilities. Only file and folder lock is possible.
3 There is no way to make folder invisible but accessible which is helpful for different security tasks like logging, private data recording, backing up etc.
4 A system administrator can easily get access to the locked folders and files.
5 Windows XP home edition doesn't have a user interface to protect files and folders.
6 There is no files and folders password protection in Windows XP (except the password you provide during Windows logon) - as soon as an authorized user authenticate himself by logging on, s/he get access to the protected files and folders. If you share your account with the another users then you can't exploit

Windows folder protection features.
New protection modes: Hide folder, Lock folder, Hide & Lock folder
If you are a Hide Folders XP 1.x user, you are probably know, that all hidden folders were inaccessible as well. So if you hide a folder with Hide Folders XP 1.x you also lock this folder. In Hide Folders XP 2.x this mode is called Hide & Lock. When you add a new folder to Hide Folders XP list, it will receive Hide &

Lock protection attribute by default.
There are 3 additional protection modes available in Hide Folders XP 2.x:
Hide folder protection mode. The protected file or folder will not be visible to a user, but it will be possible to access it if you know the path to the object. This can be helpful when you want to hide application folders but allow running the applications from these folders. E.g. you can hide Hide Folders XP application folder, so nobody will know about it, but if you type from the command prompt "C:\Program Files\HFXP2\hfxp.exe", Hide Folders XP will run.
Lock folder protection mode. The protected file or folder will be visible but not accessible. It is similar to built-in protection of Windows NT-based operating systems on NTFS volumes. You cannot use this protection method for Windows, System and Hide Folders XP application folders.
No protection mode. If you choose this method, your file or folder will remain unprotected even if the protection is activated.

Easy password protection for any private folder
It is very easy to protect files and folders with a password. Just specify your own password for opening Hide Folders XP and nobody but you will access your hidden files and folders! For more security you can password protect Hide Folders XP from unauthorized uninstall.

Stealth mode - Hide a folder and nobody will know about it
It is possible to remove all the tracks of Hide Folders XP.
When Hide Folders XP application is not running, hidden files and folders are invisible anyway. Moreover, you can remove your Hide Folders XP application folder and the hidden files and folders will stay invisible.

When you quit Hide Folders XP, it can clear links to protected files from My Recent Documents folder, clear Recycle Bin file and folders that were protected before deletion and remove Hide Folders XP application from the mostly used programs list.

Moreover it is possible to hide uninstall information about Hide Folders XP software and hide folders even in Windows Safe mode.

As flexible and advanced as you want it to be!
During the development process of the Hide Folders XP we discussed and considered every detail. Our users offered some of them, so we made the program as flexible as it was possible:

• You can assign hot keys to basic Hide Folders XP actions.

• You can change the default behavior of standard Microsoft Windows actions (Close window, minimize window).

• You can add Hide Folders XP into Windows Explorer context menu to hide and lock a file or folder easy even when the program in not running.

• Hide Folders XP is multilingual software – it can be easily translated into new languages.

• Command line options allow to use Hide Folders XP from other software, scripts etc.

Safe and reliable - Hide files and folders safely

Any system and security utilities require more accurate work because such kind of software can easily make the system unstable. A great number of testers are testing our software to make sure that it will not be a reason of data loss.

In compare with other folder protection software, Hide Folders XP gives you the following benefits:
• Hide Folders XP is fully compatible with Windows 2000 and Windows XP including Service Pack 2 and x64 edition.

• It works with any Windows-compatible file systems (NTFS, FAT32 and FAT).

• When Hide Folders XP protects files and folders, no file system structure modifications occurs.

• If you protect a lower-level file or folder and then try to remove or rename an upper folder, Hide Folders XP will prohibit this operation.

• Security tips that explain how to use Hide Folders XP effectively and prevent misuse of the program.

• Free and Fast customer support will be happy to help in case of any problem with software operating.

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7 Zip

7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio.


7-Zip is open source software. Most of the source code is under the GNU LGPL license. The unRAR code is under a mixed license: GNU LGPL + unRAR restrictions. Check license information here: 7-Zip license.
You can use 7-Zip on any computer, including a computer in a commercial organization. You don't need to register or pay for 7-Zip. But you can make a donation to support further development of 7-Zip.
The main features of 7-Zip
High compression ratio in new 7z format with LZMA compression
Supported formats:
Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR
Unpacking only: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MSI, NSIS, RAR, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR and Z.
For ZIP and GZIP formats, 7-Zip provides a compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than the ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
Strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats
Self-extracting capability for 7z format
Integration with Windows Shell
Powerful File Manager
Powerful command line version
Plugin for FAR Manager
Localizations for 74 languages.

Download :

http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sevenzip/7z465.exe

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CC Cleaner

Lets start with the developers description of CCleaner:

CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system – allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. But the best part is that it’s fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware!

Sounds good, right? Lets have a closer look on what CCleaner actually cleans:

Temp files and similar from the following applications:

Internet Explorer
Recycle Bin
Clipboard
Windows Temporary files
Windows Log files
Recent Documents (on the Start Menu)
Run history (on the Start Menu)
Windows XP Search Assistant history
Windows XP old Prefetch data
Windows memory dumps after crashes
Chkdsk file fragments
Temporary files and recent file lists for the following applications:

Firefox
Opera
Safari
Media Player
eMule
Kazaa
Google Toolbar
Netscape
Microsoft Office
Nero
Adobe Acrobat Reader
WinRAR
WinAce
WinZip
and more…

You may also choose to clean:

Menu Order cache
Tray Notifications Cache
Window Size and Location Cache
User Assist history
IIS Log Files
Custom Folders
We do not recommend you choosing the last six them if you aren’t a advanced user
and know what you are doing.
What we think so far:

The list is long, but running CCleaner doesn’t take a lot of time. We have also experienced that we got more disc space to play with after deleting lots of temp files, if you have used your computer for
some time it isn’t unusual that CCleaner would delete several
gigabytes of crap. Remember to defrag your hard drive if this happens to you!
The registry cleaning:

CCleaner is designed from the ground to be safe and secure to use. It has
multiple levels of checks in place to ensure that it won’t delete any useful information or documents you may still need.



CCleaner is capable of cleaning the following entries from the registry:

File Extensions
ActiveX Controls
ClassIDs
ProgIDs
Uninstallers
Shared DLLs
Fonts
Help File references
Application Paths
Icons
Invalid Shortcuts and more…
Our Conclusion:

We have been using CCleaner for several months now, and we think that CCleaner is getting better and better by every program update. Did we mention that CCleaner got a auto update function? There is a new CCleaner release every month so remember to update CCleaner!
Cleaner is fast in use as long as you choose just to delete files, but if you choose the safe file deletion it takes much longer time, but this is normal as the files are overwritten several times. For normal users we would recommend just using the normal deletions method, but if you want your temp files to really be deleted, then go ahead, use the secure file deletion.
The registry cleaner part of CCleaner is not the best registry cleaner out there, but it’s good enough for a normal Windows user. Remember that this piece of software is free! Available in 35 different languages.

Pros:

Freeware
Easy in use
Fast
Doesn’t delete needed files/entries
Download: http://www.4shared.com/file/36539833/6af74784/CCleaner_221940.html?s=1

Or: http://software-today.com/ccleaner-review

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IF U R IN TROUBLE ? LOST YOUR XP LOGIN USERNAME AND PASSWORD

You can get in to anu user account if you are using windows administrative account its a simple methord !


STEP 1 . CLCIK - START MENU !
STEP 2 . TAKE "RUN"
STEP 3 . RUN "mmc" - Microsoft Management Console

There u get a new NEW WINDOW - name Console

STEP 4. Click FILE TAB
STEP 5. TAKE " ADD / REMOVE "
STEP 6. Click " Add.." - (Child window)
STEP 7. "Add Local User and Groups " From the category
STEP 8. THEN CLICK - OK
STEP 9. CLICK USER
Now u can see all USER account
STEP 10. Right Click on any user u want to change !
STEP 11. Choose " Set Password "
STEP 12. Type NEWPASSWORD - and click OK !



Process Over ! Now you can Logout .... then Login with other user ( that u change password ) with Newpassword !

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How to remove Windows XP's Messenger

Windows Xp,Messenger

Theoretically, you can get rid of it (as well as a few other things). Windows 2000 power users should already be familiar with this tweak. 

Fire up the Windows Explorer and navigate your way to the %SYSTEMROOT% \ INF folder. What the heck is that thingy with the percentage signs? It's a variable. For most people, %SYSTEMROOT% is C:\Windows. For others, it may be E:\WinXP. Get it? Okay, on with the hack! In the INF folder, open sysoc.inf (but not before making a BACKUP copy first). Before your eyes glaze over, look for the line containing "msmsgs" in it. Near the end of that particular line, you'll notice that the word "hide" is not so hidden. Go ahead and delete "hide" (so that the flanking commas are left sitting next to one another). Save the file and close it. Now, open the Add and Remove Programs applet in the Control Panel. Click the Add / Remove Windows Components icon. You should see "Windows Messenger" in that list. Remove the checkmark from its box, and you should be set. NOTE: there are other hidden system components in that sysoc.inf file, too. Remove "hide" and the subsequent programs at your own risk.

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Make Your Folders Private

•Open My Computer
•Double-click the drive where Windows is installed (usually drive (C:), unless you have more than one drive on your computer).
•If the contents of the drive are hidden, under System Tasks, click Show the contents of this drive.
•Double-click the Documents and Settings folder.
•Double-click your user folder.
•Right-click any folder in your user profile, and then click Properties.
•On the Sharing tab, select the Make this folder private so that only I have access to it check box.

Note
•To open My Computer, click Start, and then click My Computer.
•This option is only available for folders included in your user profile. Folders in your user profile include My Documents and its subfolders, Desktop, Start Menu, Cookies, and Favorites. If you do not make these folders private, they are available to everyone who uses your computer.
•When you make a folder private, all of its subfolders are private as well. For example, when you make My Documents private, you also make My Music and My Pictures private. When you share a folder, you also share all of its subfolders unless you make them private.

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