Wireless Keyboard lost ?

My MacBook Air has problems finding my wireless keyboard. It is paired, but not seen. I have to go through the whole rigmarole of adding a new device to make it visible. Why?

Sometimes Bluetooth preferences lets me connect; sometimes not.

My Keyboard isn't a favourite! Solving this should be easy—just use Bluetooth panel in System Preferences.

There's an obvious button to press in Tiger; but on Leopard it's hidden.

Solution

Open Bluetooth Preferences ...

Select your device (Keyboard or whatever).

For an immediate fix select Connect from the settings menu.

For something longer-lasting, select Show More Info

The trick: From the settings menu (which has now changed) select Add to Favorites. You're done.

Sometimes it shows connected but still no keystrokes appear: Disconnect and then Connect using the settings menu.

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MacBook Air freeze: reset SMC

Daily, I take my MBA to work, and connect it to my 30" cinema display. At the end of the day I disconnect and take it home. Once back home, I plug into the 24" LED display and keep on working. The MBA sleeps while I'm cycling to and fro — and wakes up when I plug it in.

Today, I got home, plugged in, and found a blank screen. I waited; nothing happened. I waited some more. Eventually I gave up waiting and did a forced shut-down, by pressing and holding the power button.

To restart, I pressed the power button. The chimes, and the apple came up just as usual; then the little wheel thing came up, but it didn't move. I waited — nothing. I plugged in, unplugged, opened. closed, shut-down (again) etc. I tried all of this again, and again, in various permutations, and with plenty of waiting — nothing. Frozen as a dead parrot!

So, I reset the System Management Controller — that worked :-)

To reset the SMC: Shutdown; plug in to mains power; hold down shift-ctrl-alt (alt is aka option) on the left side of the keyboard, and press the power key once; then release the keys, wait 5 seconds, and press the power key to restart. Effective magic!

The SMC includes the Power Management Unit (PMU) you may be familiar with from other devices.

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How to Check and Download The Latest Drivers for your Windows System

DriverMax - Free driver download program for Windows XP & Vista

I am shure that you've been in situations when you want to format your hard drive and reinstall Windows, but you're not sure you have all the hardware driver disks to get everything working again. I've been in situations when after a reinstalation of Windows, i had to spend a lot of hours in searching and downloading drivers, so belive me that's not interesting at all. Instead of searching for drivers over the internet or borrowing CD from friend, you can use simple and very effective tool called DriverMax. This tool allows you to download, backup and restore the drivers installed on your Windows Vista or Windows XP computer and check if newer versions are available. After reinstalling Windows you will have everything in one place.
In this post i'll explain and show you how to use DriverMax.

Before the use of DriverMax you need to register. It's simple and totally free.


DriverMax Complete Features:

* Back up your drivers for fast and easy Windows re-installation
* Download the latest driver updates from one place
* Get detailed reports about the your computer’s components
* Check for driver updates
* Search and get accurate and detailed information when planning to buy new hardware
* Share your computer’s hardware information with your friends.


Back up your drivers for fast and easy Windows re-installation

To backup your drivers to a folder , click on "Exports Drivers" under "Driver Operation" tab and after the re-installation is complete you can restore them from a single page rather than having to install each driver separately.


Download the latest driver updates from one place

If you want to find new drivers or display a detailed list of updates, just click on "Check for drivers updates", under "Update and Identification" tab and DriverMax will do the rest.
Here you can also get detailed information about many devices installed in your computer and also identify unknown hardware installed in your pc based on an exact search in the DriverMax database.


DriverMax has a lot of interesting options like identify unknown hardware, find detailed hardware information, check best and popular hardware and etc. For sure it's very useful tool.

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Download Portable Windows Keys Finder

The utility allows you to recover your CD key for Windows for the purposes of reinstalling / repairing your Windows setup.

In case you lost your CD key, this little portable utility can retrieve Keys information for windows. You can also call this serial number or registration information of windows.


Features:

This version will currently retrieve the CD keys for the following products

* Windows 2000,XP
* Office 2007 beta
* Office Professional 2003
* Front Page 2003

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Detect and Remove Trojans, Spyware, Malware, Rouge Software and Keyloggers with NVT Malware Remover

Remove any malware from your computer with a single click.

NVT Malware Remover Tool is an application designed to detect and remove most of the Malware, Trojans, Keyloggers and other malicious threats from your computer. It includes also the ability to remove rogue software, Spyware and it allows you to do a complete system scan.


Features:

• Accurate and Complete Disinfection Method
• Save Report Log
• Save infected files into "Infected" directory
• Remove Rogue Software and Unwanted Applications
• Remove Trojans, Spyware and Keyloggers
• Remove more than 6000 malicious threads
• Complete System Scan
• Easy to use

Usage

The usage of NVT Malware Remover Tool is very easy:
1) Download and Install it
2) Update
3) Scan your Computer
4) To remove a detected file just click over the file with the right click of the mouse and select "Delete selected file".

NOTE:
To avoid possible false positives you can submit detected files in online malware scanners before delete them.

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* Platform: Microsoft ® Windows All
* File Size: 1118 KB
* License: Freeware

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Locking the desktop

If you are leaving your computer for a while and do not wish to turn it off, but want to assure that no-one else can use the computer while you are away, locking the desktop is the best option.

By pressing WINDOWSKEY+L, you password protect your system just as if you had logged out or restarted the computer. The advantage is that any programs or processes that were running when you locked the desktop will stay open and running in the background, ready for you to resume work or play.


Windows XP is like a big ocean of tips and tricks. In the coming days I will add more and more Windows XP tips, tricks and hacks to this article.

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Force windows XP to reboot upon crashing

This registry edit will cause your system to reboot itself automatically upon crashing. This can be useful if you have a reason for keeping your system on 24/7:

Open REGEDIT

Navigate to 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM
\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl'

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Renaming The Recycle Bin icon

To change the name of the Recycle Bin desktop icon, click Start then goto Run, write Regedit and press Enter. It opens Registry Editor. Now in Registry Editor go to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/CLSID/{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
and change the name "Recycle Bin" to whatever you want (don’t type any quotes).

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Removing Shared Documents folder From My Computer

Open registry editor by going to Start then Run and entering regedit. Once in registry, navigate to key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ My Computer \ NameSpace \ DelegateFolders

You must see a sub-key named {59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}. If you delete this key, you have effectively removed the my shared documents folder.

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Creating Shutdown Icon or One Click Shutdown

Navigate to your desktop. On the desktop, right-click and go to New, then to Shortcut (in other words, create a new shortcut). You should now see a pop-up window instructing you to enter a command line path.
Use this path in "Type Location of the Item"
SHUTDOWN -s -t 01
If the C: drive is not your local hard drive, then replace "C" with the correct letter of the hard drive. Click the "Next" button. Name the shortcut and click the "Finish" button. Now whenever you want to shut down, just click on this shortcut and you’re done.

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Creating a desktop shortcut for locking your pc !

If you use your computer in an area where others may have access to it, and there are things on your system you would rather have kept confidential, locking your desktop when you leave the computer is an essential task. Here's a recipe for a desktop shortcut that will lock your computer in two easy clicks:

Right click on an empty area of the desktop and choose 'new' then 'shortcut.' The create shortcut wizard will open; in the first text box, type '%windir%\System32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation' and then give your shortcut an appropriate name on the next page, and hit 'finish.'

You will notice that the shortcut you created has a blank icon. To select a more appropriate one, right click on the shortcut and hit 'properties.' In the 'shortcut' tab, click the 'change icon' button.

In the 'look for icons in this file' box, type '%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll' then click 'ok' to see a range of icons for your new shortcut. Choose an appropriate icon. Your desktop locking shortcut is now ready for use. Test it out.

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Modify autoplay for different types of CD

Windows XP includes the ability to perform different actions depending on the type of CD you insert into the drive. For example, you could set your system to always respond to CDs containing MP3 files by opening Windows Media Player.

To edit the Autoplay properties: Open 'my computer'. Right click on the drive you wish to set and select 'properties'. Choose the autoplay tab. Use the dropdown box to see the various recognized types of CD and choose appropriate actions for them.

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Recover Stored Passwords from Firefox with FirePasswordViewer

Utility to decrypt and recover stored passwords and logins stored by FireFox Web Browse in the local computer system.

FirePasswordViewer is the GUI version of FirePassword tool designed to decrypt sign-on secrets stored by Firefox. Firefox records the login details such as username and password for every website authorized by the user and stores them in the sign-on database file in encrypted format.


FirePasswordViewer tool can decrypt and display these secrets on the same lines as the Firefox built-in password manager. The main advantage of FirePasswordViewer is that it does not require Firefox to be running. This is very useful in recovering the sign-on details when Firefox fails to function properly.

Also FirePasswordViewer can be used to display sign-on secrets from different profile (other than current profile) as well as from the different operating system altogether. This greatly helps forensic investigators who can copy the relevant files from the target system to test machine and view the credentials offline without affecting the target environment. In addition, you will be able to save the shown sign-on information to a file in standard HTML format and you can store it for later reference.


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Mozilla Firefox Addons for All Internet Users

Customize and supercharge your Web browsing experience with these awesome Firefox Add-ons!

In this post i'll show you some Firefox addons that are useful to anyone who uses the Web. These extensions make surfing the net, reading email, bookmarking links, and talking to friends easier.

Here is the list of my Top Mozilla Firefox Addons for All Internet Users :

Music Addons

1. FoxyTunes - If you listen to music while you surf, you might find FoxyTunes useful. It embeds audio player controls (play, pause, etc) into Firefox. It can be in the status bar or a toolbar. Supported media players include iTunes, Pandora, Windows Media, Winamp, and lots more.

2. TwittyTunes - Quickly post what you’re listening to (or watching) on Twitter. (Also see TwitterFox for more general purpose Twitter updates.)


Webmail Addons

3. Better Gmail 2 - This addon is a compilation of a bunch of Greasemonkey (required) scripts that enhance Gmail. For the full list of features and screenshots, visit the Better Gmail homepage at Lifehacker.

4. Gmail Manager lets you manage multiple Gmail accounts at the same time. You’re logged into multiple accounts, and get updates via the a new dropdown added to your navigation bar.

5. Yahoo Mail Notifier - If you just want to know when you get new Yahoo mail without all the other features of the Yahoo Toolbar, this addon is for you. It places a small icon in the status bar with the number of new unread messages in your inbox.


Surf the Web

6. Fire Gestures - With this extension, you can use your mouse for much more than clicking. For example, by holding down the right mouse button and moving the mouse to the left a bit, Firefox will go to the previous page as if you had clicked the Back button.

7. GooglePreview Adds a thumbnail preview next to the Google search results page. Being a visually oriented person who spends a lot of time at Google, this addon is one of my favorites. I like seeing what the linked website looks like before I click through.


Social Networking

8. LinkedIn Companion - Integrates with your webmail (eg., Gmail, Yahoo) and adds a button you can click next to contacts with LinkedIn profiles. Adds a dropdown menu of things you can do with LinkedIn — search jobs, search profiles, add a connection, etc. Useful for people who use LinkedIn extensively for business networking.

9. Facebook Toolbar - Always be on Facebook, literally, by embedding it into your Firefox! This toolbar lets you search Facebook, pop open a sidebar and quickly connect with friends, and get notifications while you surf. With the toolbar, you don’t have to periodically check back in at the Facebook website because you’ll always be connectecd.


Bookmarking

10. Del.icio.us - Del.icio.us is the original social bookmarking service. It lets you bookmark links and organize them by tags. Because it’s a Web based service, all your bookmarks sync up on all your computers. The del.icio.us addon provides buttons to quickly bookmark and tag a webpage, and displays the last few links you’ve bookmarked.

11. Foxmarks - Foxmarks synchronizes your Firefox bookmarks across all the computers you use. Bookmarks are synced via a central location at my.foxmarks.com.

12. Fast Dial creates a page with thumbnail links to your top 15 bookmarks. Links are assigned to numbers, so you can also use the keyboard shortcut ALT- to quickly jump to one of your fast dial websites.


Block Online Advertising

13. Adblock Plus block banner ads from being displayed. The killer feature of this addon is the subscription list. When you install Adblock Plus, you are asked if you want to subscribe to a list of ad servers to be blocked. Choose Yes. The list is maintained by someone else, so by doing nothing other than installing this extension, you’ve eliminated 90% of Web advertising that you used to see.


Other Great Mozilla Firefox Add-ons

14. Adblock Plus
15. ChatZilla
16. Google Preview
17. Linkification
18. Flashgot
19. FlagFox
20. SwitchProxy Tool
21. ShowIP
22. Timetracker
23. IE Tab

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Tools to Find Invisible Yahoo Messenger Users

Top tools to detect online status for yahoo messenger. Scan online, offline and invisible status for yahoo messenger.

I'm shure all of yahoo messsenger member knows that Yahoo has a Stealth settings feature that lets you choose the people who see you as online and offline (Invisible Mode), but have you ever wondered if your Friend is in Invisible mode or its Offline? Now you can spy your buddy to see his/her real yahoo status.

1. XEEBER - The best and easy way to detect your buddy is XEEBER. With Xeeber you can discover who is online available at yahoo messenger and who is invisible.

2. Invisible.ir is a website for Yahoo! Messenger status checking. With invisible.ir you can now bypass Yahoo! Messenger's Invisible Settings with ease. With its quick and intuitive interface invisible.ir offers you the ability to see if your friend is truly online or if they are invisible.

3. Invisible-scanner.com - Invisible-scanner.com is a new webtool which also help you to find the Invisible user and also let you know which Avatar he is Using.

4. 4invisible.com is a website from where you can find invisible people in yahoo! messenger with their avatar.

5. Imvisible - IMvisible is one of the fastest free Yahoo Messenger invisible detectors.

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How to disable Right click on Desktop?

This tweak removes the context menu that would normally appear when the user right clicks on the desktop or in the Explorer right results.

In this post i want to show you how to disable the right click functionality on desktop and explorer by using a simple registry hack. The bad thing is that people can still drag files and folders and drop them everywhere but it does provide some level of protection.

Lets start:

To use this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.

1. Go to Start > Run > type REGEDIT and hit enter. Navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer


2. Here in right side panel, right click to create a new DWORD value with the name NoViewContextMenu (it is case sensitive), then assign number 1 in value data box.


Adding the registry tweak above will disable mouse right click for ALL users. If you only want to disable for the current logged in user, you should add the registry tweak to HKEY_CURRENT_USER instead of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.

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Learn How To Hack

A couple of days ago I find great hacking (e)book called The Hacker’s Underground Handbook, (e)book that comes as an aid for all those that are starting journey to learn how to hack It was made specifically for the beginners who really want to get into hacking and for those of us who began and got lost.

The Hacker’s Underground Handbook

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This book will guide you in the right direction helping you understand password cracking, phishing, network hacking, wireless hacking, malware, Windows hacking and etc.

I was really surprised how this book laid out the information, presenting it in an easy to read and understandable fashion. In each chapter the author first introduces you to the topic and then shows you a real-world example with step-by-step instructions with images. It makes hacking look so easy!

Once you complete reading this book, the author explains where to go from there and how to keep learning. You will never again be lost and overwhelmed by all the hacking information out there.
If you think this book is something you would be interested in, you can get it here. Hacker's Underground Handbook

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Most important keyboard shortcuts

Windows key + R = Run menu

This is usually followed by:

cmd = Command Prompt

iexplore + "web address" = Internet Explorer

compmgmt.msc = Computer Management

dhcpmgmt.msc = DHCP Management

dnsmgmt.msc = DNS Management

services.msc = Services

eventvwr = Event Viewer

dsa.msc = Active Directory Users and Computers

dssite.msc = Active Directory Sites and Services

Windows key + E = Explorer

ALT + Tab = Switch between windows

ALT, Space, X = Maximize window

CTRL + Shift + Esc = Task Manager

Windows key + Break = System properties

Windows key + F = Search

Windows key + D = Hide/Display all windows

CTRL + C = copy

CTRL + X = cut

CTRL + V = paste

Also don't forget about the "Right-click" key next to the right Windows key on your keyboard. Using the arrows and that key can get just about anything done once you've opened up any program.


Explorer shortcuts

END - Display the bottom of the active window.

HOME - Display the top of the active window.

NUM LOCK+ASTERISK - on numeric keypad (*) Display all subfolders under the selected folder.

NUM LOCK+PLUS SIGN - on numeric keypad (+) Display the contents of the selected folder.

NUM LOCK+MINUS SIGN - on numeric keypad (-) Collapse the selected folder.

LEFT ARROW -Collapse current selection if it's expanded, or select parent folder.

RIGHT ARROW - Display current selection if it's collapsed, or select first subfolder.


For Windows XP:

Copy - CTRL+C

Cut - CTRL+X

Paste - CTRL+V

Undo - CTRL+Z

Delete - DELETE

Delete selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin - SHIFT+DELETE

Copy selected item - CTRL while dragging an item

Create shortcut to selected item - CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item

Rename selected item - F2

Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word - CTRL+RIGHT ARROW

Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word - CTRL+LEFT ARROW

Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph - CTRL+DOWN ARROW

Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph - CTRL+UP ARROW

Highlight a block of text - CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys

Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text within a document - SHIFT with any of the arrow keys

Select all - CTRL+A

Search for a file or folder - F3

View properties for the selected item - ALT+ENTER

Close the active item, or quit the active program - ALT+F4

Opens the shortcut menu for the active window - ALT+SPACEBAR

Close the active document in programs that allow you to have multiple documents open simultaneously - CTRL+F4

Switch between open items - ALT+TAB

Cycle through items in the order they were opened - ALT+ESC

Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop - F6

Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer - F4

Display the shortcut menu for the selected item - SHIFT+F10

Display the System menu for the active window - ALT+SPACEBAR

Display the Start menu - CTRL+ESC

Display the corresponding menu - ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name

Carry out the corresponding command - Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu

Activate the menu bar in the active program - F10

Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu - RIGHT ARROW

Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu - LEFT ARROW

Refresh the active window - F5

View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer - BACKSPACE

Cancel the current task - ESC

SHIFT when you insert a CD into the CD-ROM drive Prevent the CD from automatically playing.


Accessibility keyboard shortcuts:

Switch FilterKeys on and off - Right SHIFT for eight seconds

Switch High Contrast on and off - Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN

Switch MouseKeys on and off - Left ALT +left SHIFT +NUM LOCK

Switch StickyKeys on and off - SHIFT five times

Switch ToggleKeys on and off - NUM LOCK for five seconds

Open Utility Manager - WIN Key+U

Keyboard Shortcuts

[Alt] and [Esc] - Switch between running applications

[Alt] and letter Select menu item by underlined letter

[Ctrl] and [Esc] - Open Program Menu

[Ctrl] and [F4] - Close active document or group windows (does not work with some applications)

[Alt] and [F4] - Quit active application or close current window

[Alt] and [-] - Open Control menu for active document

[Ctrl] Lft., Rt. arrow - Move cursor forward or back one word

[Ctrl] Up, Down arrow - Move cursor forward or back one paragraph

[F1] - Open Help for active application

Windows+M - Minimize all open windows

Shift+Windows+M - Undo minimize all open windows

Windows+F1 - Open Windows Help

Windows+Tab - Cycle through the Taskbar buttons

Windows+Break - Open the System Properties dialog box


Acessability shortcuts

Right SHIFT for eight seconds - Switch FilterKeys on and off.

Left ALT +left SHIFT +PRINT SCREEN - Switch High Contrast on and off.

Left ALT +left SHIFT +NUM LOCK - Switch MouseKeys on and off.

SHIFT five times - Switch StickyKeys on and off.

NUM LOCK - for five seconds Switch ToggleKeys on and off.


Type the following commands in your Run Box (Windows Key + R) or Start Run

devmgmt.msc = Device Manager

msinfo32 = System Information

cleanmgr = Disk Cleanup

ntbackup = Backup or Restore Wizard (Windows Backup Utility)

mmc = Microsoft Management Console

excel = Microsoft Excel (If Installed)

msaccess = Microsoft Access (If Installed)

powerpnt = Microsoft PowerPoint (If Installed)

winword = Microsoft Word (If Installed)

frontpg = Microsoft FrontPage (If Installed)

notepad = Notepad

wordpad = WordPad

calc = Calculator

msmsgs = Windows Messenger

mspaint = Microsoft Paint

wmplayer = Windows Media Player

rstrui = System Restore

netscp6 = Netscape 6.x

netscp = Netscape 7.x

netscape = Netscape 4.x

waol = America Online

control = Opens the Control Panel

control printers = Opens the Printers Dialog


Internet browser

Type in u're adress "google", then press [Right CTRL] and [Enter]
add www. and .com to word and go to it


Use these keyboard shortcuts for dialog boxes:

Move forward through tabs - CTRL+TAB

Move backward through tabs - CTRL+SHIFT+TAB

Move forward through options - TAB

Move backward through options - SHIFT+TAB

Carry out the corresponding command or select the corresponding option - ALT+Underlined letter

Carry out the command for the active option or button - ENTER

Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box - SPACEBAR

Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons - Arrow keys

Display Help - F1

Display the items in the active list - F4

Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box - BACKSPACE


If you have a Microsoft Natural Keyboard, or any other compatible keyboard that includes the Windows logo key and the Application key , you can use these keyboard shortcuts:

Display or hide the Start menu - WIN Key

Display the System Properties dialog box - WIN Key+BREAK

Show the desktop - WIN Key+D

Minimize all windows - WIN Key+M

Restores minimized windows - WIN Key+Shift+M

Open My Computer - WIN Key+E

Search for a file or folder - WIN Key+F

Search for computers - CTRL+WIN Key+F

Display Windows Help - WIN Key+F1

Lock your computer if you are connected to a network domain, or switch users if you are not connected to a network domain - WIN Key+ L

Open the Run dialog box - WIN Key+R

Open Utility Manager - WIN Key+U


Shortcuts you can use with Windows Explorer:

Display the bottom of the active window - END

Display the top of the active window - HOME

Display all subfolders under the selected folder - NUM LOCK+ASTERISK on numeric keypad (*)

Display the contents of the selected folder - NUM LOCK+PLUS SIGN on numeric keypad (+)

Collapse the selected folder - NUM LOCK+MINUS SIGN on numeric keypad (-)

Collapse current selection if it's expanded, or select parent folder - LEFT ARROW

Display current selection if it's collapsed, or select first subfolder - RIGHT ARROW

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How to find the IP address of the email sender in Yahoo! Mail

Guide to tracking of emails to find sender's IP address using email headers.

In this tutorial i shall be writing about the trick to get the IP Address of sender in Yahoo Mail. This is useful if someone is spamming your inbox with junk mail or any other reason you may have to find the location of the email sender.


Note: You won't be able to find the real IP address if the sender uses an anonymous proxy server.

Here is a step by step guide to get the IP address of an email sender in Yahoo! Mail:

1. Log into your Yahoo! mail with your username and password.
2. Click on Inbox or any folder where you have stored your mail.
3. Open the mail
4. At the bottom right region of the email, you'll see there is a drop-down option "Full Headers". If you can't find it press Ctrl+F and search for "header".


5. Click on it and look for Received: from followed by the IP address between square brackets [ ].


6. That should most likely be the IP address of the sender. If there are many instances of Received: from with the IP address, select the IP address in the last pattern. If there are no instances of Received: from with the IP address, select the first IP address in X-Originating-IP.

Now, you can find the exact location of the sender by using GeoBytes IP Locator or IP2Location.

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What Is A Proxy Server And How To Use It

Instructions on how to use a web proxy server with a variety of browsers.

Proxies are store-and-forward caches. When you configure your web browser to use a proxy, it never connects to the URL. Instead, it always connects to the proxy server, and asks it to get the URL for you. Proxies can be used as a sort of firewall, because it isolates you from connecting to the Internet. When you use a proxy server, your computer will send a request to the proxy server, then the proxy server will send it to the destination (for example a website), the destination will answer the request the proxy has sent and finally the proxy will return the data to you computer. For example when you visit http://supertrickz.blogspot.com/ via proxy.


Why should you use proxy servers?

• Using proxy server you can bypass security/ parental controls
• To scan transmitted content before delivery for malware.
  
• Proxy server is able to increase or decrease the speed of your connection to the Internet depending on the location of the proxy
• Proxy server ( but only anonymous) can hide your IP address (the resource you visit will retrieve the IP of the proxy, and not your
• Proxy servers can help in case some owner of an Internet resource impose restrictions for users from certain countries ( for example hulu.com is only reserved for those from United States, if you are not from United States, you can’t watch videos on hulu.com)

How to use a proxy server?

It is simple, just follow these instructions for Internet Explorer

1. Open Internet Explorer

2. In the Menu bar, select Tools, then Internet Options


3. After that click the Connection tab


4. In the Connection tab, on the bottom , you will find LAN settings;

5. In LAN tab, check "Use a proxy server for your LAN (These settings will not apply to dial-up or or VPN connections)", in Address add the IP Addresses of the proxy you would like to use, and add Port, and finally click OK. It looks like this:


In this example i am using an anonymous proxy server from United Kingdom with this IP address: 64.66.192.61 and port 80. Here you can find a free proxy list. These are free proxy servers. For more free proxies, just google "free proxy server list".


The same is for Mozilla Firefox

1. Open Mozilla Firefox

2. In Menu bar, select Tools, then Options…

3. After this will appear Options window, click Advanced tab


4. In Advanced tab, you will find Settings, click it

5. In Settings tab, check Manually proxy configuration, in HTTP Proxy add IP addresses from proxy server, and add Port, you can also set sites where you wont't use proxy server. For Example if you are from Germany, no sense to use a proxy server for German sites.
In the end click Ok;


I used the same proxy server(therefore the same address) also for Mozilla.

Instructions for Netscape:

1. Select the Tools Menu
2. Select Options
3. Select General
4. Select Connection Settings...
5. Check Manual Proxy Configuration
6. Enter the proxy server's IP address in the HTTP Proxy field and the proxy's port into the Port field.
7. OK your way out


Instructions for Opera

1. Select the Tools Menu
2. Select Preferences
3. Select Advanced Tab
4. Select Proxy Servers
5. Check the box next to HTTP
6. Enter the proxy server's IP address in the first box and the proxy's port in the box after "Port"
7. OK your way out

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Best Freeware Softwares in One Single Smart Installer Pack for Windows

Using Smart Installer Pack you can save a lot of time when downloading and installing your favorite software after an OS re-installation.

It becomes very annoying to re-install all the previously installed applications after a Windows format. Generally there are must have softwares or rather freewares that need to be reinstalled after the format. The most annoying thing after you format your pc is to search the web, download programs one by one and install them on the computer system. The Smart Installer Pack tries to reduce the time it takes to install popular software by providing an interface to download and install dozens of popular software programs.

Smart Installer Pack is one executable file, which can automatically install more than 70 freeware applications in one click. It eliminates the task of searching around the Internet, waiting, downloading and installing the apps one by one. It has a easy and intuitive user interface design.


Features:

• Easy, intuitive user interface design
• Contains usual start-up software
• Greatly reduces the time needed to install that software, eliminating some of the unnecessary searching, waiting, etc.
• All free
• The installer comes packed in a convenient executable file
• You can choose which software you want to download and install from within the program using suggestive icons
• The application is made as small as possible
• Install fast, fast, faster!

It is also a good idea to check the version of the programs downloaded with the latest version on the developer’s website (or through an existing update function in the software) to make sure the latest version has indeed been installed.

Download latest version of Smart Installer Pack (Size: 227 MB)

* Software included in Smart Installer Pack:

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Now, all you have to do is download this Smart Installer Pack and put it to work to get the job done fast.

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How to use Trial Version software forever without Expiration

Here is the list of my top softwares that will stop time of each trial version software:

1. Time Stopper

Time Stopper is a software which can stop a time for try out version software. When you stop the time you can use your try-out versions forever. When you stop the time of a try-out version using this Time Stopper it works via this Time Stopper. Real time and date run normally on your system. You can use any number of try-out version softwares with this software.


How it Works?

* Open Time Stopper
* Browse and select .exe of required trial software
* Choose the new date (Any date which occurs in between your trial software time period before expiration, suggestion: set it to two days before trial software expiration date).
* Choose any time
* Click open software on your selected date

If you wish to create an icon for your modified trial software and do not want to open Time stopper every time then use last button in software to create new icon. open that trial software after that from that newly created icon always otherwise it can expire.

Download Time Stopper | Size: 844 KB

2. RunAsDate

RunAsDate is a small utility that allows you to run a program in the date and time that you specify. This utility doesn't change the current system date and time of your computer, but it only injects the date/time that you specify into the desired application.
You can run multiple applications simultaneously, each application works with different date and time, while the real date/time of your system continues to run normally.


How does it work ?

RunAsDate intercepts the kernel API calls that returns the current date and time (GetSystemTime, GetLocalTime, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime), and replaces the current date/time with the date/time that you specify.

Download RunAsDate | Size: 21.3 KB

3. Date Cracker 2000

Date Cracker 2000 is a program which removes the date protection from programs which expire after a specific date. It is most useful for shareware or trial versions of software. Note that this program should be used for educational purposes only. Another interesting software developed allows you to remove passwords from MS Access '95 or '97 MDB files.

Software like Date Cracker 2000 helps two kinds of people.

Software Users...........
Software Developers...

Software Users are benefited by a great extent because they can use a shareware or trial version of a software indefinitely. This means that most software which expire after a certain date can be used well after that date (almost indefinitely). The key is to run the software via Date Cracker 2000 when you get a demo / trial version of any software.

Software Developers should be aware of such programs (trust me, they are!). They must devise better algorithms so that their software will be protected better. But the fact is, most software developers do not mind their software (Trial versions/ Demo's) being run by such programs....while some developers cannot do anything about their software after releasing it. But they can ensure that later versions of their software should have better date protection. Of course, there will be always be a newer version of Date Cracker 2000.


How it Works?

* Start by opening Date Cracker
* Click Add
* Enter the description for your program
* Click the [...] button at the bottom of the screen
* Search for the executable file of the trial program
* Set the Simulated Run Date past the trial expiration date
* Click Run

That’s it, you’re now on your way to using your favorite trials hassle free.

A Few Tips:

The key is to run the software via Date Cracker when you run a trial for the first time.
Dates should be entered in full e.g. 2090/06/30

Download Date Cracker 2000 | Size: 1.5 MB

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Remotely Control Any Computer in The World Using TeamViewer

TeamViewer is a good program to quickly share desktops with another user. The free version will let you create secure sessions and control what you show to your contact over the internet.

Some time ago i was looking for a software which is able to establish a connection to another pc through internet. Many different remote access softwares exist, but not all are equally fast, reliable, and secure. I found an amazing software "Teamviewer" which lets you remote control, desktop sharing and file transfer that works behind any firewall and NAT proxy. This software has amazing features like file transfer, presentation, remote support, vpn. The best of all is that this software provides remote support. When you try to help your friends with problems in their computer via phone or instant messaging most of the times they don't understand what you are saying and you need to spend precious time explaining them. Using this software you can fix any computer connected to the internet just by sitting in front of your computer. You just have to install this software on your system and ask the people on the other side to install the same and tell u the ID and password. Once you enter the id and password you will be able to connect to their system. People on the other side can watch what you are doing on their computer screen and can learn how to fix the problem themselves if it happens again. You can also record sessions and play them back afterward. These can then be used as tutorials or to go back on what you've done in previous sessions. The login id and password will be valid only for one session.


Here are some key features of TeamViewer:

* Remote Control without Installation
With TeamViewer you can remotely control any PC anywhere on the Internet. No installation is required, just run the application on both sides and connect - even through tight firewalls.

* Remote Presentation of Products, Solutions and Services
The second TeamViewer mode allows you to present your desktop to a partner. Show your demos, products and presentations over the Internet within seconds - live from your screen.

* File Transfer
TeamViewer comes with integrated file transfer that allows you to copy files and folders from and to a remote partner - which also works behind firewalls

* Works behind Firewalls
The major difficulties in using remote control software are firewalls and blocked ports, as well as NAT routing for local IP addresses.
If you use TeamViewer you don't have to worry about firewalls: TeamViewer will find a route to your partner.

* Highest Security Standard
TeamViewer is a very secure solution. The commercial TeamViewer versions feature completely secure data channels with key exchange and RC4 session encoding, the same security standard used by https/SSL.

* No Installation Required
To install TeamViewer no admin rights are required. Just run the software and off you go...

* High Performance
Optimized for connections over LANs AND the Internet, TeamViewer features automatic bandwidth-based quality selection for optimized use on any connection.

* Very Competitively Priced, Free Versions available
TeamViewer offers a lot of value for low prices, there even is a free version for non-commercial use available.


TeamViewer


Softwares like TeamViewer can be easyly used for hacking. Imagine that this is something like a Trojan (This isn't exactly a Trojan), a Trojan installs on the victims computer without his knowledge and runs in the background which gives you access to his computer. This software proves that hacking is not impossible. Anyway i'll explain about this way of hacking in some other post.

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