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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

HOWTO Change Windows XP Home to Windows XP Pro


HOWTO Change Windows XP Home to Windows XP Pro



We can’t vouch for this hack, because we are too lazy to try it (and we never, ever violate copyrights or EULAs), but kind reader Martin explains the process for turning an Windows XP Home install disc to a Windows XP Pro disc after the jump.


It sounds pretty simple to do (just some registry changes), but you can’t install Service Pack 2, so you might try to slipstream in the changes to your modified install disc (if that’s even possible).

Alternately, buy XP Pro, or get a Mac.


Code:
yes indeed, you can’t change an installed Windows but only your Installation CD (or even a recovery CD in case the manufacturer had not left out important parts)


Here’s the detailed breakdown you asked for.


1. Copy the root directory and the i386 directory of the WindowsXP CD
to your harddisk


2. Extract the Bootsector of your WindowsXP CD

3. Change 2 Bytes in i386\Setupreg.hiv :

a) Open Regedit

b) Highlight HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

c) Menu: File -> Load Structure -> i386\Setupreg.hiv

d) Assign an arbitrary name to the imported structure e.g. “Homekey”

e) Goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Homekey\ControlSet001\Services\setupdd

f) edit the binary key “default” and change “01” to “00” and “02” to
“00”

g) Highlight “Homekey” and select menu: File -> unload structure

4. Burn your new XP Pro CD

5. Install WindowsXP as usual. Your XP Home Key will work.

Note: You cannot apply SP2 to such a WindowsXP Pro, so step 1.b)
might be to integrate SP2 in your Installation CD

Please check the menu-entries as I don’t owe an English copy of
XP and have to guess them.

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Monday, February 15, 2010

how to set proxy in flashget

This is in answer to a few requests due to some of my posts in the Music Forum.

1. Open Flashget and select options > Proxy.

2. Click Add and give your proxy a name relevant to what you use it for.

3. Select HTTP

4. Enter the proxy address and port number.

5. Select OK

6. When clicking on a link or copying a link into Flashget when the "Add new Download" prompt appears you must select the Advanced tab then from the proxy section select "HTTP" and select the name of the proxy you wish.

7. Once done select OK and that is it.

This tutorial is only intended for help in downloading the posts I have posted. It is not a concise Flashget / Proxy Tutorial.

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"Search Results in xp

When you perform a search for a file in Windows XP. The default setting is for XP to ONLY return files in the "Search Results" pane - when they are registered file types to a program on your PC.


In other words if you are looking for a file that is NOT registered with an application on your PC, it will not be found using the default search settings.

However, you can turn off the default by a quick Tweak of the registry!

Open the Registry editor (type regedit from the Run command) and navigate to:

HKEY LOCAL MACHINE\ SYSTEM\ CurrentControlSet\ Control\
ContentIndex

Double-Click the value named:

FilterFilesWithUnknownExtensions

..and change the value from 0 to 1

Exit the registry editor and reboot!

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how to see hidden files in dos

at command prompt just type


dir /ah

if the list is too long u can use

dir /ah/p/w

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If your computer hasn't crashed yet, it will in the future

First thing to keep in mind: If your computer hasn't crashed yet, it will in the future! So instead of waiting for fate to strike, take some precautions now:


1) BACK-UP! Buy some decent DVD-R discs and put everything useful in them. When you have more useful stuff, backup again. Do this often.


2) Keep your computer healthy. Use an antivirus, an anti-spy, and a firewall. Keep them updated. Check regularly for Windows critical fixes.


3) Don't install software that would do dangerous things to your hard drive. A boot manager would fall in this category.


4) Use a registry cleaner before and after you install or uninstall any software. Many of the problems that will keep Windows from booting are caused by sloppy software that mess up your registry. A good registry cleaner is Tune-up Utilities.
Code:
http://www.tune-up.com/



5) Run chkdsk now and then. Go to Start> Run. Type chkdsk /F. Press enter.


In case your PC has already crashed, read the following:

Most important: Don't panic! Panic is like a little demon that whispers in your ear to format your hard drive and reinstall everything. Don't do it! You will lose all your data and the little demon will laugh at you.

To be exact you can still recover your data if you format your drive (by using special software), but only if you don't write anything on the disc afterwards. In other words format + windows install = bad idea. If you reinstall windows without formating your drive, you will only lose the files on your desktop and "My Documents" folder.

In all occasions you should make sure to safeguard your files before attempting any kind of repair!

So let's go about how to do that:


The fast way: Go to this site:
Code:
http://www.knoppix.org
. Knoppix is a Linux distribution than runs from a CD. Download the Knoppix ISO and burn it. Put it in your CD drive. On startup access BIOS and change the boot sequence so that your computer boots from the CD drive. Save settings and exit. Upon reboot, Knoppix will load.

Knoppix is much like windows and it comes with its own CD burner. Locate it, launch it and backup everything you want on CD. Now you don't have to worry anymore!


The less fast way: This requires that you have access to a second PC. Open the case of your computer and remove the hard disk.

Install it as a slave on the second PC.

Depending on respective configurations, you may have to change some jumper settings on the drive. Read the manual for help with installing hard drives and setting jumpers.

After this is done, boot the second PC. If everything went out ok, you should be able to access your drive without problems. (Edit: Note that Win98 cannot recognize a local NTFS (Win2K/XP) disk.)

Copy everything you need from your own hard drive to the other one. Now you don't have to worry anymore!

Replace your computer's hard disk, fix all problems and reverse the process to copy the data back to your computer, or take CD backups on the other PC.

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Friday, February 5, 2010

Just start out on Emule and still a beginner.
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The speed is really killing me, even configured ports 4662 & 4672. I got high ID but the quene is round up to hundreds before I capable to get any files.

I always keep my upload speed @ 20kbs, but d/l speed still suck. The speed only pick-up after 40minutes but not over 30kbs even there are 300 resource of sharing files.

Gone thru a lot of searches hope to get stuff from emule faster.

And here is one way to optimize the bandwidth for emule, which not on the manual.




CODE
With Windows 2000/XP:

Open "regedit.exe" and do the following:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEM]
CurrentControlSet
Services
Tcpip
Parameters
Set as: "GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize"=dword:00007fff

[HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT]
Software
Microsoft
Windows
CurrentVersion
Internet Settings
Set as: "MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:00000020
"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:00000020

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER]
Software
Microsoft
Windows
CurrentVersion
Internet Settings
Set as: "MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:00000020
"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:00000020




I heard someone mention earlier that BT engine can speed up emule but don't know it's true.

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