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Showing posts with label Computer. Show all posts

5 Apr 2013

Turn On-Off Hibernation in Windows 8

Its easy to turn on & off hibernation via command prompt in windows 8. To check if hibernation is on or not… Just open command prompt as admin and run following command.

dir c:\ /ah

If hibernation is turned on then you will see hiberfil.sys listed in the file directory.

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To turn off hibernation: Run following command in command prompt as admin.

powercfg /h 0ff

To turn on hibernation: Run following command in command prompt as admin.

powercfg /h on

That's it… its done. Thumbs up

Want to know more about hibernation? Just check THIS webpage.

20 Nov 2012

d3dx9_42.dll & XINPUT1_3.dll Missing Errors Solved

After installing ‘Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit v1.1’ today on my PC (Windows 8 Pro).., My PC unable to run the game and its given two errors. Both errors is related to two missing DLL files… d3dx9_42.dll and xinput1_3.dll. After downloading and copy-paste both DLL files in C:\Program Files\Need For Speed Hot Pursuit folder… Both errors is gone and i able to play the game. Here i am posting links to download those DLL files. I hope this will be helpful to those who facing same problem after installing NFS Hot Pursuit v1.1.
Need For Speed Hot Pursuit
Download Links:

1 Nov 2012

Download Windows 8’s All Versions, Pre-activated

Find this one on one of the internet forum, so posting it here for all those who wanted to try Windows 8 OS. Not downloaded & tested by me so try at your own risk. Winking smile Links will not work for long so hurry up.

Windows 8 Pro-Start screen
Microsoft Windows 8, x86 - x64 All in one (16) RTM MSDN Original, Incl. Activator 2012, 4.73 GB.
Download Links: Part-1, Part-2, Part-3, Part-4 & Part-5.



Version's Included is:
Windows 8 x86
Windows 8 N x86
Windows 8 Pro x86
Windows 8 Pro VL x86
Windows 8 Pro N x86
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center x86
Windows 8 Enterprise x86
Windows 8 Enterprise N x86
Win 8
Windows 8 x64
Windows 8 N x64
Windows 8 Pro x64
Windows 8 Pro VL x64
Windows 8 Pro N x64
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center x64
Windows 8 Enterprise x64
Windows 8 Enterprise N x64
Installation Instruction:
1. Extract ISO with WinRAR or 7zip.
2. Burn or install to USB.
3. Install Windows 8 Professional. No serial will be required.
4. Once completed and set up, run the KMS Activator tool and follow the instructions.
5. (Optional) Back up your activation with the Advanced Tokens Manager tool.



Windows 8 Pro Activator: Link
Windows 8 Activator, New version 12.10.26: Link



Note: No product key is needed. Please note that you cannot Burn it on a DVD5 and will need to use the USB install. You might need to activate it after you have successfully installed it. All version's are from Original MSDN Image.



System Requirements:
~ Processor: 1 Gigahertz (GHz) or Higher.
~ RAM: 1 Gigabyte (GB) for the 32-bit version or 2 GB for 64-bit version.
~ Free hard drive space: 16 Gigabytes (GB) for the 32-bit version or 20 GB for 64-bit version.
~ Graphics: the graphics device Microsoft DirectX 9 or later.
~ Date of Release: October, 2012
~ Developer: Microsoft Corporation

9 Jul 2012

DNS Changer virus removal tool

~ Spread of DNSChanger and interim measures:

DNSChanger (Also known as Internet Doomsday virus) was a DNS hijacking trojan (Malware) active from 2007 to 2011. It’s spread by an Estonian company known as Rove Digital. DNSChanger trojan infected computers by modifying a computer's DNS entries to point toward its own rogue name servers, which then injected its own advertising into web pages. At its peak, DNSChanger was estimated to have infected over 4 million computers, bringing in at least $14 million in profits to its operator (Rove Digital) from fraudulent advertising revenue.

On November 9, 2011, as part of Operation Ghost Click (a collaboration between authorities in several countries and others that was investigating it), the United States announced charges against six Estonian nationals and one Russian national connected to the DNSChanger trojan, for wire fraud, computer intrusion, and conspiracy. Arrests were made by Estonian authorities, and its control and DNS servers in the U.S. were seized by the FBI.

Due to concerns by the FBI that users still infected by DNSChanger could lose internet access if the rogue DNS servers were shut down entirely, a temporary court order was obtained to allow the Internet Systems Consortium to operate replacement servers to serve DNS requests from those who had not yet removed the infection. While the court order was  expired in March 8, 2012, an extension was granted until July 9, 2012, due to concerns that there were still many infected computers. F-Secure estimated on July 4, 2012 that at least 300,000 computers were still infected with the DNSChanger malware. ‘These computers will lose most access to the internet on July 9, 2012 due to the shutdown of the interim DNS servers’.

~ How to find out if your PC have been infected with the DNSChanger?

To find out if your computer have been infected with the DNSChanger go to McAfee website HERE (see bellow picture).

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If your computer is not infected with DNSChanger then you will get message (see bellow picture) which says Congratulations, you are OK.

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Or download THIS FBI document for more information - details.

~ DNSChanger Removal tool:

To download ‘DNSChanger Removal tool’ click HERE. This tool (Known as Stinger) is supplied FREE of cost by McAfee. Go HERE to know how to use the tool.

8 Mar 2012

Repairing Win XP without installation CD

Not having installed Windows XP’s CD can be very annoying if Operating System needs to be repaired because of Virus or any other reasons. Win XP will show errors many times if system files get corrupted. But there are ways to repair Win XP without installation CD… So don’t worry and follow below steps if your PC’s Win XP needs to be repaired.

1. Click on Start > Run > Now type webfldrs.msi

2. Now follow the instructions and select Reinstall Mode

3. Now Check all the Options available on the screen and click OK 

4. Restart your PC after that.

Its Done. Thumbs up

6 Feb 2012

Clearing clipboard in Windows 7

Copy-Paste (Ctrl+C - Ctrl+V) is one of the most widely used option by computer users worldwide. Everything you copies is stored in Clipboard. But did you know that  every copied data (stored in clipboard) is accessible from the internet by a combination of Java scripts and ASP? Surprised smile In short... Every data which is in your PC's clipboard is unsafe and can be accessed-stolen by website or hacker if your PC is connected to internet.

Don't keep sensitive data in the clipboard while using the internet. Best way to protect your data is to delete copied data from clipboard soon after pasted it.

To create shortcut which will clear your PC's clipboard everytime you run it... Follow the below steps:

1. Right-click on desktop and select... New > Shortcut option.
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2. In shortcut location box type cmd.exe /c echo off | clip
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3. Now type any name you want for that Shortcut and click Finish

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Its Done. Angel

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Feeling Safe? Open-mouthed smile Please don't. Because nothing is safe on PC from expert hackers. Angry smile So never keep any sensitive information in your computer if your computer is connected to internet.

4 Jan 2012

Stopping unwanted emails in Gmail

Sometimes you may get unwanted mail that isn't necessarily spam. Gmail  allows its users to create a filter that will send messages from the specified email directly to the trash folder. This will effectively block messages of the specific email address from reaching your inbox. Also Gmail gives option to report about those Gmail users who harassing someone via his/her Gmail account.



 
- Creating Filters in Gmail:

Step 1- Log in to your Gmail account, and Go to Settings.

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Step 2- Click the Filter option.

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Step 3- Click Create a new filter option.

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Step 4- Enter the email address you want to block in the From field and click the Create filter with this search option.

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Step 5- Select the Delete it and Click the Create Filter option.

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Its done. Thumbs up

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Now Gmail will Trash all the messages from the email address you entered in newly created filter.


- Reporting those who harassing you:

If you facing Harassment from a Gmail user then you can Report that user to Gmail. To report those users who violate the Gmail program policies and rules go HERE.

2 Dec 2011

All in one Audio, Video & Image converter

This FREE Software can convert... any video file to any video format, any audio file to any audio format and any image file to any image format you want.

Yes... it does convert your multimedia file to almost any format you want. I am using this software from long time. Software is compatible with Win XP, Win Vista and Win-7 OS.

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Also this software can make DVD/CD to ISO/CSO. This software also can join audio and video files... and if you use little trick... You can Split audio and video files too. List of option also includes watermarking videos too.

Software is called FORMAT FACTORY and you can download it from HERE. 

- Supported file formats by the Format Factory: 
Audio: Mp3, Wma, Flac, Aac, Mmf, Amr, M4a, M4r, Ogg, Mp2, Wav and WavPack.
Video: Mp4, AVI, 3gp, Rmvb, Wmw, Mkv, Mpg, Vob, Mov, Flv and SWF.
Image: Jpg, Png, Bmp, Gif, Tif, Pcx and TGA.

In my view there is no other free multimedia file converting software in the market which can compete against this software.

18 Oct 2011

All versions of the Microsoft .NET Framework

Sometimes you download a software & find that its not working in your Computer. Many times software gives an error that Microsoft .NET Framework needs to be installed or sometimes the developer of software mentions that you need Microsoft .NET Framework installed in your PC to be able to use the software.

.NET Framework creates the required software environment to provide the appropriate runtime requirements to the software. In simple terms some softwares runs only if your PC has Microsoft .NET Framework installed.

There are many .NET Framework versions available. Some are included in some Windows OS by default.

Released versions of .NET Framework is:
• .NET Framework 1.0
• .NET Framework 1.1
(pre-installed in Windows Server 2003)
• .NET Framework 2.0
• .NET Framework 3.0
(pre-installed in Windows Vista & Server 2008)
• .NET Framework 3.5 (pre-installed in Windows 7 & Server 2008 R2)
• .NET Framework 4.0

So below is the official Microsoft download links of each version of .NET Framework:
1. Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0 / SP3
2. Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 / SP1
3. Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 x86 / SP1 / SP2
4. Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 x64 / SP1 / SP2
5. Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 x86
6. Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 x64
7. Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 / SP1
8. Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 for x86, x64 & ia64

.NET Framework can be installed in Windows NT, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008 and 7.

5 Oct 2011

Three Useful Notepad Tricks

1. TESTING ANTI-VIRUS EFFECTIVENESS:

You can test your anti virus program for its effectiveness via this Notepad trick. To check your anti-virus:

Open Notepad. Copy the code give below in the notepad file:

X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*

Save it with an .exe extension, like testvirus.exe.

Soon as you save this file, your anti virus program will detect the file (test virus) immediately and will attempt to delete it. If this happens then your Antivirus is working properly. If not, then its time for you to change your PC anti virus program.

This EICAR test file is a 16-bit application & can't be run on 64-bit versions of Windows.

Antivirus warning

My PC Anti-virus given above warning soon after creating that test file.

 

2. FLUSH DNS CACHE:

Most operating systems and DNS clients automatically cache IP Addresses & other DNS results, this is done in order to speed up subsequent requests to the same hostname. Sometimes bad results will be cached & need to be cleared from the cache in order for you to communicate with the host correctly. All major operating systems allow you to force this process. Copy the code given below in notepad:

@echo off
echo ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /flushdns
echo ipconfig /release
ipconfig /release
echo ipconfig /renew
ipconfig /renew

And save it as flushdns.bat.

Now click on that file whenever you need to clear DNS cache.

You can do clear DNS cache via  Command Prompt too. Just Click the Start button>  Accessories> Command Prompt> Right click on it & open it as Administrator.

Type ipconfig /flushdns in the command prompt & hit enter, It will clear DNS cache. You can flush DNS cache on computers running... Windows 2000,  Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems.

 

3. CREATING PERSONAL DIARY OR A LOG-BOOK:

We can use Notepad as a simple digital diary or a personal Log-Book. Follow the below mentioned steps to make Diary or Log-Book for yourself:

Open Notepad.., Type .LOG (in capital letters) and press Enter. Save it with any name and close it. That's it... your Diary is created.

From now on... Whenever you open that Notepad file you will see the current date and time being inserted automatically after the .LOG line. This will happen automatically every time you open that notepad file. So there will be no need to manually enter date and time whenever you write something in that file.

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Screen shot of the Notepad Diary which is created using above trick.

15 Sept 2011

Stuxnet… Most sophisticated cyber weapon ever deployed


Today I read very interesting article on The New York Times webite. Below is some parts of that article. Hope you will like it. Smile


Iran's Nuclear Facilities
Iran's Nuclear Facilities

Stuxnet is the name given to a computer worm, or malicious computer program, that began to spread in mid-2009. It may the most sophisticated cyber weapon ever deployed.

Stuxnet turned up in industrial programs around the world. But experts dissecting it soon determined that it had been precisely calibrated in a way that would send nuclear centrifuges wildly out of control, adding to suspicions that it was meant to sabotage Iran’s nuclear program.

It appears to have wiped out roughly a fifth of Iran’s nuclear centrifuges and helped delay, though not destroy, Tehran’s ability to make its first nuclear arms. After its spread, intelligence officials began to talk of setbacks in Iran's program that could delay the day it is able to produce a nuclear weapon.

Many mysteries remain, chief among them, exactly who constructed a computer worm that appears to have several authors on several continents. But the digital trail is littered with intriguing bits of evidence, many of which suggest that the virus was designed as an American-Israeli project to sabotage the Iranian program.

The worm itself now appears to have included two major components. One was designed to send Iran’s nuclear centrifuges spinning wildly out of control. Another seems right out of the movies: The computer program also secretly recorded what normal operations at the nuclear plant looked like, then played those readings back to plant operators, like a pre-recorded security tape in a bank heist, so that it would appear that everything was operating normally while the centrifuges were actually tearing themselves apart.

Stuxnet at natanz
Stuxnet at natanz

The attacks were not fully successful: Some parts of Iran’s operations ground to a halt, while others survived, according to the reports of international nuclear inspectors. Nor is it clear the attacks are over: Some experts who have examined the code believe it contains the seeds for yet more versions and assaults.

Dimona Nuclear Facility
Dimona Nuclear Facility

The Dimona complex in the Negev desert, the heavily guarded heart of Israel’s never-acknowledged nuclear arms program, became a critical testing ground in a joint American and Israeli effort to undermine Iran’s efforts to make a bomb of its own.

Behind Dimona’s barbed wire, the experts say, Israel spun nuclear centrifuges virtually identical to Iran’s at Natanz, where Iranian scientists are struggling to enrich uranium. They say Dimona tested the effectiveness of the computer worm, a critical step in honing its effectiveness.

The paternity of the worm is still in dispute, but officials from Israel have broken into wide smiles when asked whether Israel was behind the attack, or knew who was. Several obscure hints hidden deep within its code suggest a possible Israeli origin -- or an attempt to deceive investigators.

Article copyrights:  The New York Times
Pictures copyrights: Various Sources

14 Sept 2011

Want to Download Windows 8 Developer Preview?

Yesterday Microsoft launched pre-beta version of Windows 8 for developers. The next version of Windows is now available to anyone who wants it. So if you want to download Windows 8 developer preview than you can download it. Read ahead for that. :)

Before you download it is important to note that this early builds is far from final and unstable. A disclaimer on the Microsoft site says, "These downloads include prerelease software that may change without notice. The software is provided as is, and you bear the risk of using it. It may not be stable, operate correctly or work the way the final version of the software will. It should not be used in a production environment."












~ Windows Developer Preview with developer tools English, 64-bit, 4.8GB: 
Download from here.

~ Windows Developer Preview English, 64-bit, 3.6GB:
Download from here.












~ Windows Developer Preview English, 32-bit, 2.8GB:
Download from here

~ System Requirements:

• 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
• 1 GB RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
• 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
• DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver

For further info go to Microsoft's developer site


© Microsoft

12 Sept 2011

Force Flash Movies & Animations to Low Quality in Firefox

If you have a computer with  very slow internet than you may find that Flash movies and animations loads VERY slowly for you. Usually the way to speed them up and improve Flash's performance is to right-click on the Flash object and choose Quality to Low. But how can you force Flash to run movies at low quality automatically?

Flash itself does not provide the ability to automatically set a quality rating. It's done by the author of the movie or animation, who usually set the quality to HIGH. But, with the power of Firefox and an add-in called Greasemonkey, you can set Firefox to automatically set the Flash quality to LOW.

This works great for users who have very slow Internet connections.

Step 1: Install Greasemonkey:
First, with Firefox, download the Greasemonkey add-on from here.

Install the add-on, then restart Firefox. Then return to this article to finish the tutorial.

Step 2: Install the User Script:
Next, you'll need to install a user script called Force Low Quality Flash. The script available for public download here.

When you go to that link, click the Install button and it will grab the latest version of the script.

Step 3: Test:
Next, go to a site heavy on Flash. After the Flash animation loads, right-click on it and check the quality. If it is set to Low, you have success!