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How to Skip Or Bypass Rapidshare, Megaupload Waiting Time

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Yes, you are reading it correctly, its not a prank or joke, now you can easily avoid the waiting time or usually we say time limit when you download as a free user from the file sharing services such as rapidshare, megaupload, deposifiles, hotfile. Normally you have to wait for 20-60 minutes to download the second file after downloading the first one. They implement ways to invite users to purchase a premium service. But this way of limiting Free download limit and asking free users to wait for long time to start another download can be annoying one. Skipscreen  is an extension to browser to by pass waiting time on download. Unfortunately it can only be used with Firefox browsers to avoid waiting time while downloading files from some popular File hosting services like: * Rapidshare.com * zShare.net * MediaFire.com * Megaupload.com * Sharebee.com * Depositfiles.com * Sendspace.com * Divshare.com * Linkbucks.com * Uploaded.to * Hotfiles.com * 4shared.com * Limelinx.com * Lin

How to Hack Youtube To Find Good Quality Videos

 Many of us are really found of videos and watch videos at youtube or Google Videos.  Ofcourse you prefer to watch good quality videos at youtube than those worse videos. I am gonna show you a small trick that will do all the wonders, and now you can always  get good quality youtube videos . Step1:  Click to video that you want to see, the link will display on Address bar. Example:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= Ne1l6VNkuLM Step2:  Add  &fmt=6  to the end of that string. That address like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne1l6VNkuLM &fmt=6 Optional Step:  To get more quality youtube video .Add    &fmt=18  to the end of that string, you’ll have the best quality video with direct download link ! Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne1l6VNkuLM &fmt=18 Note:  Appending &fmt=6 to the URL delivers a  448×336  resolution version of the video and appending &fmt=18 delivers a even better  480×360  resolution version. Its that simple, now

For Safe Computing Disable CD/DVD Or USB Autorun In Windows

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When ever you plug a  usb device  to the system or insert a cd/dvd disk, The  windows  Autorun Run utility runs and displays certain options like Open files to view, Play, Do nothing etc. Although this a good utility provided by windows  xp  operating  system , It is sometimes very dangerous too. When A virus infected Usb drive or Cd is plugged into the system, the virus gets a chance to attack you Operating system, by running automatically when you plug your device in. So, for this safety purpose, we need to  Disable this Autorun feature in windows XP . Follow the below steps and ensure your systems safety. 1) Click Start –> Run and type  GPEDIT.MSC  –  This opens Group Policy editor window. 2) On the left side –> expand  Computer Configuration–> Administrative Templates–> System. 3)  Locate the entry for Turn autoplay off on the right side. 4) Double click it and select “Enabled” For any further assistance to Disable Cd Autorun view the sample screen s

Notepad Trick: How To Open Notepad Continuously

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his simple computer prank consists of a code below that will drive your friend crazy as it opens notepad continuously. When you type the below code and rename it as *.bat it take the above showed icon shape. To Open Notepad continuously in your friend’s computer: Type the code in notepad as : @ECHO off :top START %SystemRoot%\system32\notepad.exe GOTO top Save it as “notepad.BAT” and send it. Note:  If you want to try it, then go ahead and when you built this file double click to open it. But beware it slows your system and you will be left with no other option than to restart, as this script opens 100’s of notepad window. So, If you want to try this than save all your work and then run this file.

Windows Tweak: How To Speed Up Your Hard Disk Speed

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To speed up your hard disk speed means, its read and write speed. For this we need to configure a special buffer in the computer’s memory in order to enable it to better deal with interrupts made from the disk. This tip is only recommended if you have 256MB RAM or higher. Follow these steps: 1. Open Run Command –> Start –>RUN 2. Type  SYSEDIT.EXE This will open system editor window Expand the system.ini file window. Scroll down almost to the end of the file till you find a line called [386enh]. Press Enter to make one blank line, and in that line type Irq14=4096 Note: This line IS CASE SENSITIVE! Click on the File menu, then choose Save. Close SYSEDIT and reboot your computer Done.  Speed improvement will be noticed after the computer reboots. Extra Points:  The most speed improvement is visible with IDE drives; however there are reports that this tweak also does good for SCSI disks. In any case, it won’t harm your system, so don’t worry to try it and

How to Block A Website Address From Opening In Windows or tabs

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photo by wikihow This trick will be helpful for those who want to block access to particular websites on their system.  Parents can block certain websites from their younger ones. It can also be used in schools and colleges etc…. Well this trick is very simple and it goes this way. 1. Open MyComputer 2. Browse C:   (or your Operating system drive) 3. Browse Windows –>System32–>drivers–>etc so the Location will be  C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc In the  etc  folder look for the file  hosts 4. Open this file  hosts  with notepad. 5.  Locate the line 127.0.0.1 localhost 6. To block www.google.com for example, just add this text under 127.0.0.1  localhost: 127.0.0.1 www.google.com 127.0.0.1 www.yahoo.com 7. Save the file. In this way add any number of sites you want,  however you will need to prefix it with “127.0.0.1″. Note:  This blocks the website from opening in any browser whether it is Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer

Useful Computer Tip To Display A Shortcut Of Removable Drives On Desktop

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Wonder How to Create Removable Drives Shortcuts Automatically on Windows Desktop. I mean a shortcut icon of drives like USB drives, flash disks onto desktop when ever you connect it to you usb port, so that you can have a quick and fast access to the contents of the drive. To do so, I recommend the following free software. It supports almost all windows operating systems like xp, vista and windows 7 and also comes with many languages apart from english. Desk Drive Desk Drive™  solves a really annoying problem. You pop a USB thumb drive or DVD into your computer and then you have to open Window’s Explorer and find the mapped drive or folder. Desk Drive adds a desktop icon pointing to the drive automatically. Remove the media and the shortcut goes away. Brilliantly simple and effective. Download Link

How to Trace A Website Using Command Prompt – Hacking Tip

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Tracing or Routing a website using command prompt. This tip is only meant for educational purpose. I mainly use this trick to find out the hosting provider where a particular domain is hosted. Follow the below steps: 1.   Start->Run->CMD  ie; open Command prompt 2.  Type the following command and press enter. tracert www.websitename.com in the above command, enter the desired website name. Once you press enter, it tell you where a particular domain is hosted, Location, Country and some details of that domain. Disclaimer:  I am not responsible for this trick if this is used in a wrong way. I didn’t invent this method rather I myself found it somewhere else. Do not use this for Hacking purpose.

10 Simple Tips To Bring Computer To Normal State When It Freezes Or Hangs Up

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Sometimes when you are in the middle of someting and suddenly your computer hangs or freezes. You are left with no other option than to restart your computer directly. But the only problem is, you have not saved your work! Don’t panic! There is a solution for that! And you can surely save your file! Here’s how: First keep on pressing  “Num Lock”  key until your  Operating  system   is back to normal state. This releases the processor from any busy process. If this doesn’t work then follow the below ten tips to bring you computer back to normal state when it is struck. 1.  Click on “ctrl-alt-delete” keys. The windows task manager will then open, click on all programs that you don’t need and end the task. You will see that all programs on your taskbar will close one by one. If this will resolve the issue! – then save! ( tip# 1:  if you’re working on an MS Office application, it will automatically save your file in case the programs suddenly shut down — tip# 2:  always sav

How To Recover Or Repair Scratched CD/DVD

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Once it did happen to me that I got to retrieve a family photo and some documents from a CD which I have written a long time, but when I inserted the disk onto the CD-ROM, the system hangs or struck whenever I open the CD to browse it. But by adopting the following tips, I was successful in recovering most of the data from the scratched CD. Here’s an easy home remedy, which might give you the desired results. Rub a small amount of toothpaste on the scratch and polish the CD with a soft cloth and any petroleum-based polishing solution (like clear shoe polish). Squirt a drop of Brasso and wipe it with a clean cloth. Recover CD/DVD Using Softwares:  There are many softwares available on the net, which enable the recovery of the CD data. BadCopy Pro is one such software, which can be used to recover destroyed data and files from a range of media. Just a few clicks is all it requires to recover the disc from almost all kind of damage situation; be it corrupted, lost data, unreadable

How to Freeup Or Clean RAM Using Notepad

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RAM – Random Access Memory is one of the main component of computer that is responsible for the process of the operating system. Since all the Operating systems support Multiprocessing, hence require a good RAM speed. Since all the current running processes are stored onto the RAM, it slows the system speed. Sometimes the process which have executed but are not required by the OS are stored on the RAM. So, we can remove or freeup the RAM with unused junk data to Speedup the System or processing speed. We can clean the RAM just by using a Notepad application. This donot require any advanced software. The process to do so is as follows. Open Notepad Type FreeMem=Space(64000000) save it as “CleanRAM.vbs” on desktop Note:  Type the name of file along with inverted commas Run the file and your RAM may be free. Of course you can edit the code in the file for a greater “cleaning-progress”. For example: FreeMem=Space(1280000000) FreeMem=Space(2560000000) FreeMem=S

How to Turn On Or Off Monitor Using Keyboard

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If you are using a  Desktop computer  then  it’s easy to turn On or Off your monitor screen. But still if you are lazy enough to stretch your hand to the monitor screen you can use one cool small app to make your life easier. PushMoitorOff  is a tiny app which allows you to control your monitor screen from your keyboard. This tool comes handy for laptop users too. As most of the laptops don’t have the different On/Off button for the screen. So those who believe in saving energy can use this tool when needed. The app is very easy to use. Whenever you feel like turning on/off  your monitor you just have to press  Shift+f1 . You can change this shortcut key also using the options provided in the  software . Download PushMoitorOff

Recover Windows XP Administrator Password

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Have you forgotten Windows xp Administrator login password or do you want to hack or change the Administrator password of the windows system at your School, College or office, then this Trick is just for you. Follow the steps below 1.  Restart your computer 2.  Press F8 key continuously until you get a black screen where you have many options to start you  operating system 3.  From the options  “Select the Safe mode with Command Prompt” 4.  When your computer starts in DOS mode, type the following commands net user This command displays the list of users on this OS in ROWS 5. Now type the following commands to reset the windows Administrator password net user  username   password Note:  Enter your  username  above and  space  then  password . Then it asks the new password without the last password. Now type your new password ****** Again retype your new password******** Note: When you type the password, it will not be displayed