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Run Commands to access the control panel:

Command Prompt:

Windows XP Shortcuts:

Windows Explorer Shortcuts:

Internet Explorer Shortcuts:

If you’re using Windows XP and you want to change your Administrator’s account password, you’ll need to know the current password before you can change it. This is IF you’re trying to change the Administrator’s account password from Control Panel -> User Accounts.

But if you go to Computer Management from Control Panel -> Administrative Tools, you’re able to RESET the password without knowing the current password! However, this way of resetting your password might cause an irreversible loss of information. For security reasons, Windows protects certain information by making it impossible to access if the password is reset. So it’s a risk doing that.

Here’s a better way on how you can hack and change your Windows XP Administrator password without knowing it.

Arash Veyskarami has developed a freeware called XP Password Manager where you can set your new Windows XP Administrator password without knowing the current one. It has another feature where it can also remove your Administrator’s password. Meaning you can login without password.

Very easy to use because it only has 2 functions and the interface is very basic. Do take note that when you run the tool, the “OK” button is blurred out and the text “Coded by Arash Veyskarami” will be shown. You have to wait for 5 seconds for the text to dissapear and the OK button will be available for you to press.

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Tip 10: Halt background services to improve performance.

This tip is one of our favorites because it always works. Running in the background of Windows are scores of services, small processes used by Windows and many Windows applications. The thing is, you don’t need all these services — especially for applications you never use — and many of them actually slow your PC down.

Win XP power users have long known that you can easily eke a little extra performance out of your PC by disabling services that are completely unnecessary or that don’t need to be running all the time. Here’s how it works.

1. Click Start > Run, type services.msc and click OK. This will bring up the Services management console. Click on the Extended tab at the bottom of this window; each background service running on your PC is listed here. Windows includes a fairly detailed description of each service; simply drag the Description column wider to read more of each description, or click on a service to see its full description in the left pane.

2. Double-click a service to bring up a window with several options. In the Startup Type area, you can set the service to run automatically in the background at all times so it’s ready whenever it’s needed, or you can tell it to run manually, which means you’ll have to go into this Services management console and re-enable it if an application needs it.

You can also completely disable the service. In general, you want to disable services tied to applications and/or features you don’t use or rarely use. You can find a great list of appropriate services to disable at the Elder Geek’s Services Guide For Windows XP.

If you’re logged onto the computer as the administrator, you can also pause the service (click the Pause button in the Service Status area just below the Startup Type area), then see how the computer behaves. Danger signs include crashes or other erratic behaviors in your applications, such as running slowly or getting stuck on a query prompt. Click Resume to start up the service again.

Tip 9: Increase available disk space by scaling back System Restore.

It’s not perfect, but Windows System Restore is a useful first step in recovering your PC or drive from a major system error. However, it can consume more than 10 percent of your total hard drive space.

If you find yourself desperate for an extra few gigabytes — particularly on secondary storage drives — there’s an easy way to reclaim data space by simply limiting the number of System Restore points Windows XP establishes. This one’s a snap and there’s no tangible increase of risk, which is why we love it.

1. Right-click on My Computer and select Properties > System Restore.

2. If you have just one hard drive, skip to step 3. Otherwise, select the drive on which you want to gain storage space and click the Settings button.

3. Adjust the slider to the left to use less disk space, and Win XP will reduce the number of System Restore points by the appropriate amount.

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This is more of a “counter what XP does” thing. In other words, XP seems to want to reserve 20% of the bandwidth for its self. Even with QoS disabled, even when this item is disabled. So why not use it to your advantage. To demonstrate the problem with this on stand alone machines start up a big download from a server with an FTP client. Try to find a server that doesn’t max out your bandwidth. In this case you want a slow to medium speed server to demonstrate this. Let it run for a couple of minutes to get stable. The start up another download from the same server with another instance of your FTP client. You will notice that the available bandwidth is now being fought over and one of the clients download will be very slow or both will slow down when they should both be using the available bandwidth. Using this “tweak” both clients will have a fair share of the bandwidth and will not fight over the bandwidth.

This is for broad band connections. I didn’t try it on dial up but might work for dial up.
1.make sure your logged on as actually “Administrator”. do not log on with any account that just has administrator privileges.
2. start - run - type gpedit.msc
3. expand the “local computer policy” branch
4. expand the “administrative templates” branch
5. expand the “network branch”
6. Highlight the “QoS Packet Scheduler” in left window
7. in right window double click the “limit reservable bandwidth” setting
8. on setting tab check the “enabled” item
9. where it says “Bandwidth limit %” change it to read 0

With Easy Rapidshare Points, you can gain as much as 43,000 points a month.
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-All u have to do is up load a 1 Mb file the one u have uploaded and paste the link in Easy Rapidshare Points and soo u will be able to add to your points tally.
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An ultra-thin television brighter and crisper than current generation screens will go on sale from Sony in December.

The TV uses organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) to produce the image, resulting in a screen only 3mm thick.

OLED screens are more energy efficient than LCD panels as they do not need a backlight to boost brightness.

But it is difficult and expensive to make large screens using the technology. Sony’s first OLED TV costs £850 and has an 11in display.

OLED screens are brighter than LCD panels and also have better contrast ratio - resulting in sharper pictures.

The diodes emit a brilliant white light when attached to an electricity supply and are also being developed for use as replacements to traditional light bulbs.

Colour display

Different organic materials produce different colours and are combined to produce a colour display.

Sony has hailed the new television as a signal of its returning strength as a technology innovator.

“Some people have said attractive products are slow to come at Sony despite its technological strength,” said Sony president Ryoji Chubachi at a news conference at its Tokyo headquarters.
He added: “I want this world’s first OLED TV to be the symbol of the revival of Sony’s technological prowess.

“I want this to be the flag under which we charge forward to turn the fortunes around.”

Other firms are also working on OLED screens - Samsung has shown off a 40-inch TV using the technology - but Sony is the first to market.

“I don’t think OLED TVs will replace LCD TVs overnight. But I do believe this is a type of technology with very high potential, something that will come after LCD TVs,” said Sony executive deputy president Katsumi Ihara.

The new TV goes on sale in Japan on 1 December. There are no plans for a global launch as yet.

The OLED TV has a lifespan of about 30,000 hours of viewing - half that of Sony’s LCD televisions.

The DivX Codec takes the power of advanced digital video compression to the next level, encoding video at resolutions up to high-definition 1920 x 1080. That’s right, you heard it straight: 1080i and 1080p, at a fraction of the file size. What more can we say? Wait, we almost forgot, there is more. Read on, dear friend, for a list of DivX Codec features.

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- Compress digital video 5 to 10 times more than MPEG-2/DVD format and hundreds of times over raw digital video
- Encode high-definition (HD) video at resolutions up to 1080p
- Maximized performance for all HyperThreaded, dual core and dual CPU (SMP) systems
- Improved support for interlaced video
- Six carefully optimized encoding modes for balancing visual quality and performance
- Automated noise reduction reduces grain and low-light noise (common with DV cameras) without significantly degrading the video

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The Voiceâ„¢ is a professional audio conference system that is ideal for group conference calls. It can be connected to any analog telephone line or digital PBX, with the optional digital adapter.

The Voice’s full-duplex sound provides for excellent voice transmission, with echo cancellation and noise suppression features.

§ Full duplex

§ Echo cancellation

§ Automatic noise suppression

§ Pulse or tone dialing mode

§ Optional Digital Adapter

§ Auxiliary recording jack and audio-data port

§ 100-number phonebook

§ UL, CSA, FCC, CE certified

The available models:

- Aethra “The Voice” Basic

for small meeting room with about 3-meter radius coverage from the audio conference system.

Equipped with:

- a parallel phone port for connection to an ordinary telephone set for private conversation

- an audio output port for connection to an optional external voice recorder.

- Aethra “The Voice” EX

for large meeting room with about 6-meter radius coverage from the audio conference system.

Equipped with:

- 2 extended microphones for large coverage area

- a parallel phone port for connection to an ordinary telephone set for private conversation

- an audio output port for connection to an optional external voice recorder.

Ad-Aware 2007 Free remains the most popular anti-spyware product for computer users around the world, with nearly one million downloads every week. Ad-Aware 2007 Free version provides you with advanced protection against spyware that secretly attaches and takes control of your computer, resulting in aggressive advertising pop-ups, sluggish computer activity, even identity theft through stolen bank details, passwords, and credit card account numbers. If you want real-time scanning capabilities, consider upgrading to Ad-Aware 2007 Plus for real-time protection against spyware, all the time! What’s New in Ad-Aware 2007 Free?

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