Microsoft Security Essentials Beta Released

Microsoft unveiled its new free anti virus software Microsoft Security Essentianls Beta for public formerly named “Morro“.

It seems Microsoft Security Essentianls Beta available for limited number of downloads, but you can still download Microsoft Security Essentianls Beta from alternative downloads from softpedia.



Minimum system requirements for Microsoft Security Essentials Beta
 * Operating System: Windows XP (Service Pack 2 or Service Pack 3);               Windows Vista; Windows 7 (Beta or Release Candidate)

*   For Windows XP
      CPU with clock speed of 500 MHz or higher
      Memory: 256 MB RAM or higher

*   For Windows Vista and Windows 7
      CPU with clock speed of 1.0 GHz or higher
*   Memory: 1 GB RAM or higher
*   VGA (Display): 800 x 600 or higher
*   Storage: 140 MB of available hard-disk space
An Internet connection is required for installation and to download the latest virus and spyware definitions for Microsoft Microsoft Security Essentials.
Internet Browser:
Windows Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
Mozilla Firefox 2.0 or later.

Note : Microsoft Security Essentials requires genuine validation, If you are using pirated Windows operating system you cannot install Microsoft Security Essentianls Beta

Download Microsoft Security Essentianls Beta.

Mirror 1 : Download Microsoft Security Essentianls Beta

HitWicket – See Live Cricket Score In FireFox Status Bar

HitWicket is another cool firefox addon which lets you monitor the live cricket scores on any cricket match going on. It is based on ScoreWatch Firefox extension and fetches the updates from CMDN.com in the status bar panel.

It will alert you about any fall of wickets even if you are running a screensaver it will pop up in that case, you can anytime configure the refresh interval of the scores 

 You will not only be able to see the current match score but can also track hat happened in the previous matches

In all this is a great addon to get live scores all the time at work place if you have firefox and internet connectivity.

Install HitWicket

Check If Someone is Invisible, Offline Or Blocked You On GTalk

 


There is a great little instant messaging utility, Pidgin that helps to find who has blocked you in Google Talk. If you not sure how to configure Pidgin with Google Talk, I advice you to first visit this page.

Ok, now when you are aware of how to configure Pidgin to work with Google Talk, I’ll guide how to make smart use of Pidgin to identify who has blocked you on Google Talk.

It’s very simple. Just follow the steps:-

* download pidgin

1- Log in to your Gmail account on Pidgin.

2- Go to “Buddies” -> “Show Offline Buddies“. (A person who has blocked you must be showing offline to you. So you need to make all offline friends visible)

3- Now all your contacts are visible to you. Pick any one of those.

4- Right Click on your chosen contact name and select “Get Info“.
 

It will show you the brief information of your contact. Now, if any of your contact has blocked you on Google Talk, you will not be able to see his/her profile.

6- Select a contact who you think may have blocked you. Again, Right Click on his/her name and select “Get Info“. You will not see anything. Not even the contact’s name.


This goes to show that this particular contact has blocked you on Google Talk and don’t want to talk to you and so it appears to be offline always.

Hope, you like this article. This is the only way I could able to find out to determine who has blocked you on Google Talk. What’s your comment on this?

0 UNetbootin – Install Any Version Linux To Your USB Drive or Hard Drive Partition http://www.technixupdate.com/unetbootin-install-any-version-linux

UNetbootin is one such free application which allows you to install various linux / BSD distributions to your hard drive partition or USB drive connected to your computer.

You can even create a disk image (ISO) simply on your computer and later burn it on the disc. This small TOOL created by UBUNTU which will help you install a wide variety of linux distributions on your portable USB drive.The only requirement to run this application is that you need to have a USB or enough hard drive free space , another thing you will need is the broadband internet connection , download the files required.

Download UNetbootin

DeskLock – Lock Desktop Icons – Prevent The Movement Of Desktop Icons – Fix Desktop Layout

One of the most annoying this I had experienced in windows is when ever I play a game on my desktop or laptop after resuming back from the game. I was used to find my desktop cluttered and all the desktop icons scattered every where.

This was really frustrating for me, as I had to rearrange them on the desktop area for easy accessibility. DeskLock is such free software which lets you lock your desktop icons locations so that they can not move from the specified positions you had set.

You just need to make sure that this small utility is running in the system tray and irrespective of what ever you do the desktop icons will not move from their

You can any time disable or enable the DeskLock by double clicking the tray icon in system tray. It is optional to disable left drag and right mouse button for moving the desktop icons

Download DeskLock

DomainResolver - Find The IP Address Of Any Website Through Its Domain Name

DomainResolver is small free to use tool which lets you find the IP address of any website on web with its domain name. You just need to type in the domain name and press the resolve button at the bottom of the application to get the IP address of the website.

It will also retrieve the domain location easily and even works with sub domain names.

CLICK HERE    

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Password Revealer - Free Portable Password Revealer | Reveal Hidden Password Behind Asterisks

Password Revealer is a small FREE tool (only 65KB) which lets you see most of the password typed in various password box in different password dialog windows of various programs.

  


In order to reveal any password, you just need bring the password box on the screen, run portable password revealer and click reveal. 

Related Tip: Asterisk Key – See Hidden Passwords Under Hidden Asterisks

 
 

This small password revealer does not need any installation so you place it any where or take it anywhere on your USB pen drive or any other portable device.

Please Note: some antivirus programs may mark this program as a "Potentially unwanted program". This is to let you know that if it is left on your computer without you knowing it, that someone with access to your computer may have used it to reveal your passwords. 

Note: Password Revealer is NOT a virus, nor does it contain viruses.

Download Portable Password Revealer

iPhone 3G S Features and Specifications

Apple has officially announced the launch of its fastest and most powerful iPhone called iPhone 3G S.



It is almost same in the shape but it has some new features added including the the camera of the new iphone is upgraded to 3 megapixel with auto focus, Tap to focus, Video recording, VGA up to 30 fps with audio and lot more other features listed below

New Features Added with To iPhone 3G S
* 3MP camera with autofocus, auto exposure, automatic white balance, low light sensitivity,  * macro mode, photo and video geotagging
* 3.5-inch Multi-Touch display with 480 x 320 pixels resolution at 163 ppi
* Records high-quality VGA video at 30 frames per second with video recording built in
* Voice Control enables make call as well as play music with users voice
* Assisted GPS and Digital compass with google Maps for finding location quickly and precisly
* HSDPA, Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR connectivity
* Intelligent Keyboard delivers fast, better and more precise typing experience
* Cut, copy and paste words and photos, even between applications installed on your iphone
* Added new Voice Memos application
* Improved battery life
* It has Built-in Nike + iPod support
# Will Be Available in white or black color, till July 19 in US

You can see the detailed features of New iPhone 3G S on this technical specifications and feature page

If you have any other questions related to iphone 3g or iphone 3g S, let us know through comments we would love to answer them.
http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html

Microsoft Morro

Microsft is getting ready to release Morro which is its free antivirus software for its Windows operating systems. A trial version or public beta will be available soon but no specific date has been released.

Morro may hurt the sales of its comptetitors, McAfee and Symantec antivirus softwares. “It’s a long-term competitive threat,” said Daniel Ives who is an analyst with FBR Capital Markets.

It is designed to prevent viruses, spyware, rootkits, trojans, and other malicious software to run or enter a user’s computer.

“Microsoft’s free product is basically a stripped down version of the OneCare product Microsoft pulled from the shelves,” said Janice Chaffin of Symantec.

Source: Reuters

awesome websites of combination of google and bing.....

Microsoft decision engine Bing is the top stories in all tech blogs and media. Every one likes to know whether Bing decision engine is better than Google search engine.

If you want to compare Google search results and Bing search results in a single page with different keywords.

Websites used to compare Bing and Google search engines use frames to split and display Bing and Google search engine.

1. BING N GOOGLE :

Website compares Bing and Google search engine after entering any keyword in their main page.

2. Bingle :

Website compares Bing and Google search engine after entering keyword which issimilar to Bing & Google .

3. Blackdog Google - Bing :

Website is similar to bingle and Bing & Google, where you can compare results in the same page by repeating different keywords.

October 22 - Windows 7 Release

The date of the official release of Windows 7 has been confirmed by a Microsoft spokesperson. “I can finally confirm Windows 7 timing,” said the spokesperson.

A program called Windows Upgrade Option will also be launced for those users who want to upgrade to Windows 7 from Windows Vista.

There will be several editions of Microsoft’s next operating system including Starter Edition, Home Premium, and Enterprise.

The beta version of Windows 7 will end by July 1.

source:

http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=217701330&subSection=News

Download Free Gmail Notifier For Windows 7

Neowin.net has recently released the free gmail notifier application for windows 7, this tiny application will sit in windows 7 system tray and keep running in the background checking for new mails in your gmail inbox you had configured with the application, it will notify you for any new messages in your inbox.

  

This particular version of gmail notifier is developed to work on windows 7 only, you can right click anytime to see the subject of all the mails together.

   

Not only this will also notify you when it is unable to check for new mails due to lost internet connectivity, or due to wrong password.

  

Download Free Gmail Notifier For Windows 7 :

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=777838&st=0

Search On Bing From FireFox Search Bar – Add Bing To FireFox Search Box

Microsoft has recently publicly launched their new search engine Bing which is much better and faster as compared to old live search. I had performed couple of searches on bing and found the results very good and quickly, looks like Microsoft had modified the old live search to make it more precise and quick this time.



Bing provides some great general search results now, with high relevance, big index and quick speed. So, lately I have been studying about various other articles of bing tips and tricks and how to add bing to windows 7 and while surfing I came across another cool addon which adds bing to the firefox search bar.

The name of this firefox addon is Bing and its adds bing as a search engine source to the firefox address bar so that you can search any text query on bing from the firefox search bar itself without opening bing.com



This addon will allow you to search any text with search suggestions which makes it more usable and behave just like google tool bar embedded in firefox search bar which provides suggestions when you search.

Install Bing FireFox Addon:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/12205/

Bing a New Search Engine From Microsoft

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a new n great search engine had come..............

Microsoft a multinational computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices. But Microsoft can’t beat search engine giant Google.So Microsoft planned to competete with Google and there was a rumor about “Kumo” called as microsoft next search engine which is going to be replaced by Live search.

Intially Microsoft products will have a demo’s and rumors before launching and BING is not officially launched.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_UyVmITiYQ

The above video describes Bing not only a simple search engine like Google a multipurpose search engine for business, shopping, travel and health. The quality of Bing search engine can be measured check it out .it is released officially.

www.bing.com

How To Run Your Favorite Softwares and Songs Directly From Run

Today i am going to share a cool windows trick with all the readers of Technix Update about how can you run your favorite programs directly typing it from run prompt.



Let us assume that your favorite program is firefox as it is in my case we want to run firefox directly from run prompt and when i type “fire” in run prompt firefox get started automatically.. 

So how are you going to do it.You need to follow some very simple steps…..listed below: -

1.Make a shortcut of your favorite applications or songs which you want to run. 

2.Now Rename these shortcuts with small names so that they become easy to remember like “fire” for the firefox.(Optional Step)
3.Now copy these shortcuts in the folder called system32(which contains some .exe and large no of other files to provide support for various commands like msconfig,cmd etc.) in your operating system drive which is by default is “c drive”. 

Note: so the path to the folder would be if it is a “c drive” :- c:\windows\system32 or You can directly open this folder by typing “system32″ without double quotes in run prompt else replace the drive letter in the above path.


4.Now close all windows and open run prompt by pressing window+r or by selecting it from all programs and type the respective shortcut name for your program n see the magic.

If you like this trick please post your valuable comments about it…

Remove or hide the arrow on the shortcuts in windows vista

There is very simple registry trick behind removing the arrow from the shortcuts in windows vista.

By following the procedure below you will be able to hide or remove the arrow displayed with the shortcuts in windows vista.


Step By Step Procedure :


1. Type “regedit.exe” in the search box without double  quotes.
2. Browse to key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
3. Open the Key LNKFILE
4. Rename the value assigned with this key “IsShortcut” something other than.
5. Log out and back in again.
6. You will notice the change.

Revert the procedure to get the arrow again on the shortcuts.If you have any problems in implementing it leave a comment here.

Auto Clicker Typer – Record Clicks and Typing and Replay To Automate Any Action On Your Computer

Auto Clicker Typer is a free to use tool which lets you record all the clicks and typing you do on your computer and replay it to do every action you had performed.

   

This means that just by recording all the clicks and mouse actions you can automate all the actions which you had performed while recording this software.

To start the program you just need to click the Record button on the program interface, in order to repeat what you have done you just need to click the Play button, you can stop any time by clicking the Stop button.

You can define custom hotkeys to play the record script and also set a specific amount of delay in between the consecutive clicks. 

Auto Script Keys 

It also provides a feature called Auto Script Keys. By this you can set hotkeys for upto 10 different saved scripts. This means whatever you are doing if you need your favorite script to run, you simply need to press its hotkey.

Note: This program is free from any kind of adware, spyware and malware etc

Download Auto Clicker Typer:

http://www.asoftwareplus.com/auto-clicker-typer-download.html

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WINDOWS XP HIDDEN APPS

WINDOWS XP HIDDEN APPS

To run any of these apps go to Start > Run and type the executable name (ie charmap).

WINDOWS XP HIDDEN APPS:
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1) Character Map = charmap.exe (very useful for finding unusual characters)

2) Disk Cleanup = cleanmgr.exe

3) Clipboard Viewer = clipbrd.exe (views contents of Windows clipboard)

4) Dr Watson = drwtsn32.exe (Troubleshooting tool)

5) DirectX diagnosis = dxdiag.exe (Diagnose & test DirectX, video & sound cards)

6) Private character editor = eudcedit.exe (allows creation or modification of characters)

7) IExpress Wizard = iexpress.exe (Create self-extracting / self-installing package)

8) Microsoft Synchronization Manager = mobsync.exe (appears to allow synchronization of files on the network for when working offline. Apparently undocumented).

9) Windows Media Player 5.1 = mplay32.exe (Retro version of Media Player, very basic).

10) ODBC Data Source Administrator = odbcad32.exe (something to do with databases)

11) Object Packager = packager.exe (to do with packaging objects for insertion in files, appears to have comprehensive help files).

12) System Monitor = perfmon.exe (very useful, highly configurable tool, tells you everything you ever wanted to know about any aspect of PC performance, for uber-geeks only )

13) Program Manager = progman.exe (Legacy Windows 3.x desktop shell).

14) Remote Access phone book = rasphone.exe (documentation is virtually non-existant).

15) Registry Editor = regedt32.exe [also regedit.exe] (for hacking the Windows Registry).

16) Network shared folder wizard = shrpubw.exe (creates shared folders on network).

17) File siganture verification tool = sigverif.exe

18) Volume Contro = sndvol32.exe (I've included this for those people that lose it from the System Notification area).

19) System Configuration Editor = sysedit.exe (modify System.ini & Win.ini just like in Win98! ).

20) Syskey = syskey.exe (Secures XP Account database - use with care, it's virtually undocumented but it appears to encrypt all passwords, I'm not sure of the full implications).

21) Microsoft Telnet Client = telnet.exe

22) Driver Verifier Manager = verifier.exe (seems to be a utility for monitoring the actions of drivers, might be useful for people having driver problems. Undocumented).

23) Windows for Workgroups Chat = winchat.exe (appears to be an old NT utility to allow chat sessions over a LAN, help files available).

24) System configuration = msconfig.exe (can use to control starup programs)

25) gpedit.msc used to manage group policies, and permissions

Chat With Command Prompt...

If you want a private chat with a friend or client on you Network, you don't need to download any fancy program!
All you need is your friends IP address and Command Prompt.
Firstly, open Notepad and enter:

@echo off
:A
Cls
echo MESSENGER
set /p n=User:
set /p m=Message:
net send %n% %m%
Pause
Goto A

Now save this as "Messenger.bat". Open the .bat file and in Command Prompt you should see:

MESSENGER
User:

After "User" type the IP address of the computer you want to contact.
After this, you should see this:
Message:
Now type in the message you wish to send.
Before you press "Enter" it should look like this:

MESSENGER
User: 56.108.104.107
Message: Hi

Now all you need to do is press "Enter", and start chatting!

Create Folders And Files With NO! Name

This trick will allow you to create files and folders without any name.

Just follow the following steps:
1.Select any file or folder.
2.Right click on it, press rename or simply press F2.
3.Press and hold the alt key. While holding the Alt key, type numbers 0160 from the numpad.

Note: Type the numbers 0160 from the numpad, that is, the numbers present on the right side of the keyboard. Don’t type the numbers which are present on top of the character keys.

4.Press Enter and the nameless file or folder will be created.

Reason: The file or folder that seems nameless is actually named with a single space.

But what if you want to create another nameless file or folder in the same directory ?

For this you will have to rename the file with 2 spaces. Just follow these steps below:

1.Select file, press F2.
2.Hold alt key and type 0160 from the numpad.
3.Release the alt key. Now without doing anything else, again hold alt key and press 0160.
4.Press enter and you will have second nameless file in the same directory.
5.Repeat step 3 to create as many nameless files or folders in the same directory.

(we’ve had a problem with deleting these folders, to do so, start your computer in safe mode and delete it from there.) 
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Some quick shortcuts 4 gtalk....

Here r some quick shortcuts used 4 gtalk... enjoy all this 2 mak u r chating smart and efficient...

ctrl+e=center align text inthe chat window
ctrl+r=right align text inthe chat window
ctrl+l=left elign text i the chat window
ctrl+i or tab cycle through windows
shift+tab=cycle through windows in reverse order
ctrl+1=type single spaced lines
ctrl+7(numaric pad)=go to begining of the first line
alt+esc=close all gtalk windows
f9=send an email 2 current contact
f11=start a phone call with the current contact
f12=cancle a phone call
esc=close the current window
ctrl+2=type double spaced lines

LOCK A FOLDER WITHOUT ANY SOFTWARE

EG: HIDE A FOLDR NAMD "SAJ" IN C DRIVE:
1. RUN>CMD
2. Type-
attrib +s +h c:\saj & enter

wait....

2 Ways Abort Shutdown / Restart and Disable Remote Shutdown On Your Computer

It may happen sometimes when you are working on your computer and you suddenly see a message saying that this computer is getting shutdown with in the next 60 seconds and then if you dont know how to abort the shutdown you will loose all your unsaved data after 60 seconds

This may also happen to you when you are working on the computer connected to your LAN network and some one just to annoy you try to shutdown the computer you are working on.(as shown in the above image)

So, In this article we will discuss all the methods and tools with which you can abort shutdown initiated by some else or any application on windows, this way you can prevent what ever closing of all the programs and loosing of data which you have not saved.

There are simple ways through which you can simply abort a shutdown with minimum effort required at your end.

The first method to abort or stop initiated shutdown of your computer is by typing a command at the run prompt and press Ok. We recommend you can also create a desktop shortcut for the same so you dont have to type the command to abort shutdown again and again if this unexpected shutdown notification happens very frequently.

Here it goes.

First Method: Abort Shutdown Command Shortcut

When you see the shutdown notification screen with some message, quickly open Start Menu >> Run prompt and type

shutdown a

and press Ok, thats it done.

You can optionally create a desktop shortcut for the same, here is how to do it.

1. Right click on the empty area of the desktop and select New >> Desktop (create shortcut)

2. In the target box type shutdown.exe a

3. Name the shortcut as Abort Shutdown or any other name you like

4. click Finish and you will see the new desktop shortcut which will act same as typing a command quickly

Note: If you are not comfortable typing a command you should better create desktop shortcut.

Second Method: Using the Abort Shutdown Utility :http://www.coruscant.co.uk/files/AbtSht10.exe

Abort shutdown is free utility which sits in your system tray, provided you have administrative privileges on the computer you want to prevent shutdown. When a remote shutdown request is issued against your computer and the system dialog pops up to inform you, you simply need to double click the Abort Shutdown tray icon shown in the system tray.

Download Abort Shutdown

In case you want to get rid these shutdown initiated by administrators on your network to which your computer is connected. You will need to remove rights for administrators to shutdown your computer locally but this will work only if they dont have any server group policy applied on the network.

1. Open Start Menu >> Run and type secpol.msc and press Enter

2. Navigate to Local Polices >> User Rights Assignments and select

Force shutdown from a remote system 



3. Double click the selected entry, you will see another windows to modify this policy rule



4. Select Administrators and click remove and press Ok,

5. Thats it, now on the network to which your computer is connected no one can remote shutdown on your computer

If for any reason you are not able to open local security policy on your computer, you run the following command at the command prompt to disable remote shutdown on your computer

Go To Start Menu >>Run and type or copy paste the following command in run prompt and press ok

cmd /c reg add “hklm\software\microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\image file execution options\shutdown.exe” /v Debugger /d “Disabled”

Running this command will automatically disable the remote shutdown

Rapidshare Auto Downloader - Automatic Download Of Multiple Files One By One From Rapidshare.com For Free Users

Rapidshare Auto Downloader is a handy free tool which lets you download multiple files from specially from rapidshare.com download links.

 

It acts like a auto downloader for free users to download more than one files from rapidshare in one go, moreover it will keep downloading the incomplete downloads until all the links are downloaded which makes its best suitable free rapidshare downloader specially for free users.

See Also:  http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/Rapidshare-Auto-Downloader-Download-118376.html

You dont have to to anything to download any file from rapidshare.com other than adding the rapidshare link to the Rapidshare Auto Downloader, it will automatically download all the files queued for you one by one.
 
Some Concluded Key Features Of Rapidshare Auto Downloader

1. It supports three languages including English, Farsi, French

2. Check for new version of the program and automatically update itslef.

3. It will let you download everything you queued automatically one by one

4. It has a special auto shutdown feature 

5. Keep downloading the uncompleted downloads until finished 

6. When you click the close button it will keep running in the system tray and downloading all the files in the background without any user interaction.

How Long Has Your System Been Running?

Here's how you verify system uptime:

Click Start | Run and type cmd to open a command prompt.
At the prompt, type systeminfo

Scroll down the list of information to the line that says System Up Time.

This will tell you in days, hours, minutes and seconds how long the system has been up.

Note that this command only works in XP Pro, not in XP Home. You can, however, type net statistics workstation at the prompt in Home. The first line will tell you the day and time that the system came online.

secret codes 4 nokia 7100

*#06# For checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity)

*#0000# To view Software Version.

*#3370# Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) activation. It will automatically restart.

*#3370* Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) deactivation. It will automatically restart.

*#4720# Half Rate Codec activation. It will automatically restart

*#4720* Half Rate Codec deactivation. It will automatically restart

*#746025625# Sim clock allowed status

*#92702689# [*#war0anty#] Takes you to a secret menu with 6 choices

1. Displays Serial Number. 2. Displays the Month and Year of Manufacture (0997) 3. Displays (if there) the date where the phone was purchased (MMYY) 4. Displays the date of the last repairment - if found (0000) 5. makes you capebel of transferring user data if you have the gear for it 6. shows how many hours the phone has been on

174 Run Commands for WinXp

Run Commands Listed below In Alphabetical Order.
All of the Run Command below Work in the Windows XP Operating System Some do Require that you have the application installed. To provoke the run dialogue box where you can enter the run commands Click start and then select Run or even faster hold down the Windows key and press ‘R’ then enter your command.
Program Run Command
Accessibility Controls access.cpl
Accessibility Wizard accwiz
Add Hardware Wizard hdwwiz.cpl
Add/Remove Programs appwiz.cpl
Administrative Tools control admintools
Adobe Acrobat ( if installed ) acrobat
Adobe Distiller ( if installed ) acrodist
Adobe ImageReady ( if installed ) imageready
Adobe Photoshop ( if installed ) photoshop
Automatic Updates wuaucpl.cpl
B
Basic Media Player mplay32
Bluetooth Transfer Wizard fsquirt
C
Calculator calc
Ccleaner ( if installed ) ccleaner
C: Drive c:
Certificate Manager cdrtmgr.msc
Character Map charmap
Check Disk Utility chkdsk
Clipboard Viewer clipbrd
Command Prompt cmd
Command Prompt command
Component Services dcomcnfg
Computer Management compmgmt.msc
Compare Files comp
Control Panel control
Create a shared folder Wizard shrpubw
D
Date and Time Properties timedate.cpl
DDE Shares ddeshare
Device Manager devmgmt.msc
Direct X Control Panel ( if installed ) directx.cpl
Direct X Troubleshooter dxdiag
Disk Cleanup Utility cleanmgr
Disk Defragment dfrg.msc
Disk Partition Manager diskmgmt.msc
Display Properties control desktop
Display Properties desk.cpl
Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Preselected ) control color
Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility drwtsn32
Driver Verifier Utility verifier
E
Ethereal ( if installed ) ethereal
Event Viewer eventvwr.msc
F
Files and Settings Transfer Tool migwiz
File Signature Verification Tool sigverif
Findfast findfast.cpl
Firefox firefox
Folders Properties control folders
Fonts fonts
Fonts Folder fonts
Free Cell Card Game freecell
G
Game Controllers joy.cpl
Group Policy Editor ( xp pro ) gpedit.msc
H
Hearts Card Game mshearts
Help and Support helpctr
Hyperterminal hypertrm
Hotline Client hotlineclient
I
Iexpress Wizard iexpress
Indexing Service ciadv.msc
Internet Connection Wizard icwonn1
Internet Properties inetcpl.cpl
Internet Setup Wizard inetwiz
IP Configuration (Display Connection Configuration) ipconfig /all
IP Configuration (Display DNS Cache Contents) ipconfig /displaydns
IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents) ipconfig /flushdns
IP Configuration (Release All Connections) ipconfig /release
IP Configuration (Renew All Connections) ipconfig /renew
IP Configuration (Refreshes DHCP & Re-Registers DNS) ipconfig /registerdns
IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID) ipconfig /showclassid
IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID) ipconfig /setclassid
J
Java Control Panel ( if installed ) jpicpl32.cpl
Java Control Panel ( if installed ) javaws
K
Keyboard Properties control keyboard
L
Local Security Settings secpol.msc
Local Users and Groups lusrmgr.msc
Logs You Out of Windows logoff
M
Malicious Software Removal Tool mrt
Microsoft Access ( if installed ) access.cpl
Microsoft Chat winchat
Microsoft Excel ( if installed ) excel
Microsoft Diskpart diskpart
Microsoft Frontpage ( if installed ) frontpg
Microsoft Movie Maker moviemk
Microsoft Management Console mmc
Microsoft Narrator narrator
Microsoft Paint mspaint
Microsoft Powerpoint powerpnt
Microsoft Word ( if installed ) winword
Microsoft Syncronization Tool mobsync
Minesweeper Game winmine
Mouse Properties control mouse
Mouse Properties main.cpl
MS-Dos Editor edit
MS-Dos FTP ftp
N
Nero ( if installed ) nero
Netmeeting conf
Network Connections control netconnections
Network Connections ncpa.cpl
Network Setup Wizard netsetup.cpl
Notepad notepad
Nview Desktop Manager ( if installed ) nvtuicpl.cpl
O
Object Packager packager
ODBC Data Source Administrator odbccp32
ODBC Data Source Administrator odbccp32.cpl
On Screen Keyboard osk
Opens AC3 Filter ( if installed ) ac3filter.cpl
Outlook Express msimn
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Paint pbrush
Password Properties password.cpl
Performance Monitor perfmon.msc
Performance Monitor perfmon
Phone and Modem Options telephon.cpl
Phone Dialer dialer
Pinball Game pinball
Power Configuration powercfg.cpl
Printers and Faxes control printers
Printers Folder printers
Private Characters Editor eudcedit
Q
Quicktime ( if installed ) quicktime.cpl
Quicktime Player ( if installed ) quicktimeplayer
R
Real Player ( if installed ) realplay
Regional Settings intl.cpl
Registry Editor regedit
Registry Editor regedit32
Remote Access Phonebook rasphone
Remote Desktop mstsc
Removable Storage ntmsmgr.msc
Removable Storage Operator Requests ntmsoprq.msc
Resultant Set of Policy ( xp pro ) rsop.msc
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Scanners and Cameras sticpl.cpl
Scheduled Tasks control schedtasks
Security Center wscui.cpl
Services services.msc
Shared Folders fsmgmt.msc
Sharing Session rtcshare
Shuts Down Windows shutdown
Sounds Recorder sndrec32
Sounds and Audio mmsys.cpl
Spider Solitare Card Game spider
SQL Client Configuration clicongf
System Configuration Editor sysedit
System Configuration Utility msconfig
System File Checker Utility ( Scan Immediately ) sfc /scannow
System File Checker Utility ( Scan Once At Next Boot ) sfc /scanonce
System File Checker Utility ( Scan On Every Boot ) sfc /scanboot
System File Checker Utility ( Return to Default Settings) sfc /revert
System File Checker Utility ( Purge File Cache ) sfc /purgecache
System File Checker Utility ( Set Cache Size to Size x ) sfc /cachesize=x
System Information msinfo32
System Properties sysdm.cpl
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Task Manager taskmgr
TCP Tester tcptest
Telnet Client telnet
Tweak UI ( if installed ) tweakui
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User Account Management nusrmgr.cpl
Utility Manager utilman
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Volume Serial Number for C: label
Volume Control sndvol32
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Windows Address Book wab
Windows Address Book Import Utility wabmig
Windows Backup Utility ( if installed ) ntbackup
Windows Explorer explorer
Windows Firewall firewall.cpl
Windows Installer Details msiexec
Windows Magnifier magnify
Windows Management Infrastructure wmimgmt.msc
Windows Media Player wmplayer
Windows Messenger msnsgs
Windows Picture Import Wizard (Need camera connected) wiaacmgr
Windows System Security Tool syskey
Windows Script host settings wscript
Widnows Update Launches wupdmgr
Windows Version ( shows your windows version ) winver
Windows XP Tour Wizard tourstart
Wordpad write
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Zoom Utility igfxzoom

BIOS -WHAT IS THIS EXACTLY?

(bī´ōs) Acronym for basic input/output system, the built-in software that determines what a computer can do without accessing programs from a disk. On PCs, the BIOS contains all the code required to control the keyboard, display screen, disk drives, serial communications, and a number of miscellaneous functions.

The BIOS is typically placed in a ROM chip that comes with the computer (it is often called a ROM BIOS). This ensures that the BIOS will always be available and will not be damaged by disk failures. It also makes it possible for a computer to boot itself. Because RAM is faster than ROM, though, many computer manufacturers design systems so that the BIOS is copied from ROM to RAM each time the computer is booted. This is known as shadowing.

Many modern PCs have a flash BIOS, which means that the BIOS has been recorded on a flash memory chip, which can be updated if necessary.

The PC BIOS is fairly standardized, so all PCs are similar at this level (although there are different BIOS versions). Additional DOS functions are usually added through software modules. This means you can upgrade to a newer version of DOS without changing the BIOS.

PC BIOSes that can handle Plug-and-Play (PnP) devices are known as PnP BIOSes, or PnP-aware BIOSes. These BIOSes are always implemented with flash memory rather than ROM. 

Install Windows from a USB drive

Step 1: Download the software ‘Komku-SP-usb.exe’ from the websites mentioned earlier and execute it. The executable file will extract the necessary utilities to a folder called ‘C:komku’.
 
 
Step 2: Once the package has been extracted, go to the folder ‘C:komkuPeToUSB’ using Windows Explorer. Execute the file ‘PeToUSB.exe’. Plug in the USB flash drive and make sure you choose the following (see image below) before clicking the start button. Select ‘USB removable’, ‘Enable Disk Format’, ‘Quick format’, ‘Enable LBA (Fat 16x)’ and finally give the drive a name under ‘Drive Label’. Once it’s done, click start to let the utility format the drive.
 
 
Step 3: Next you will need to start the command prompt. Click ‘Start | Run’, type ‘cmd’ and press [Enter]. Then go to the ‘bootsect’ directory by typing the command ‘cd C:komkubootsect’ and pressing [Enter]. Now type the command ‘bootsect /nt52 F:’ and press [Enter]. (The ‘F:’ is the USB flash drive letter represented in ‘My Computer’. Check to verify the drive letter used by your USB flash drive). Let the utility do the needful. Do not exit the Command Prompt yet.
 
 
Step 4: Now you will need to change to the directory ‘Usb_Prep8’ by using the command ‘cd C:komkuusb_prep8’ and pressing [Enter]. Here execute the command ‘usb_prep8’ and press [Enter]. Press any key to continue and you will see a welcome screen with a menu appear in the Command Prompt.
 
 
Step 5: Now at this stage, you will have to insert the Windows XP installation disk into your optical drive. At the Command Prompt menu, type ‘1’ and press [Enter]. A new popup will appear asking you to choose the location (path) of the Windows installation disk. Select the optical drive and click ‘OK’. Next choose ‘2’ from the menu and change the drive letter to any drive letter which has not been taken. It is drive ‘T:’ by default and you can ignore this step unless you do have a ‘T:’ drive on your computer. 
 
After this, choose ‘3’ from the menu and enter the drive letter of your USB flash drive (in this case it would be ‘F’). Finally choose ‘4’ from the menu and press [Enter]. Wait for a few seconds for the process to complete and you will see a prompt to allow the utility to format the USB flash drive. Type ‘Y’ and then press [Enter] at this stage to let the utility proceed and install the necessary files from the Windows XP installation disk to the USB flash drive. This process will take a few minutes and depends on the speed of the flash drive. 
 
 
Step 6: After the files are copied, you will see a popup window asking you for permission to copy files from the temp drive to the USB flash drive. Select ‘Yes’.
 
Step 7: Next there will be another popup window asking you to allow the utility to change the boot drive letter of the USB flash drive from ‘F:’ to ‘U:’. Select ‘Yes’.
 
 
Step 8: Finally, after all the processes are complete, you will see yet another popup window asking if you want to unmount the virtual drive. Select ‘Yes’. Exit the Command Prompt now and you will see that your flash drive is ready to install Windows XP to another computer.
 
To install Windows XP to the computer, you will have to go to the BIOS and enable the option of booting from a USB removable device. This option is usually found under the boot sequence menu of the BIOS. Plug in the USB drive to the computer before you turn it on. Now your computer will boot from the USB flash drive and will be ready to install Windows XP. Follow the necessary steps to install Windows XP and your computer will be up, raring and ready to go and running Windows in no time. 
 
 
 
SOURCE: CHIP MAGZINE

Enable Task Manager Disabled by Viruses

If you have any experience about viruses, then probably you may notice most of the viruses are affect to the task manager and disable it completely right after affect to the computer.This is because if we know that there is a virus active in our background there’ll be a chance to stop it using task manager. Disable task manager doing by viruses editing the computer registry.Here how you can fix and get back the Task manager again.

Method 1:Click Start >> Run >> and type the code below and press Enter.
REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG

Method 02:Click Start>> Run>> and type Regedit.exe (open registry editor)
Navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies\ System .In the right-pane, delete the value named DisableTaskMgrClose Registry editor. You may want to restart you computer for changes take effect.

Method 3:Click Start >> Run >> type gpedit.msc (Open Group policy editor)
Navigate to:User Configuration / Administrative Templates / System / Ctrl+Alt+Delete Options / Remove Task Manager .Double click the Remove Task Manager option.Change the policy to Not Configured and click ok.
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