Speed up your internet by 20%

Microsoft reserves 20% of your available bandwidth for their own purposes like Windows Updates and interrogating your PC etc

You can get it back:

Click Start then Run and type "gpedit.msc" without quotes.This opens the group policy editor. Then go to:
Local Computer Policy
then Computer Configuration
then Administrative Templates then Network then QOS Packet Scheduler and then to Limit Reservable Bandwidth.

Double click on Limit Reservable bandwidth. It will say it is not configured, but the truth is under the 'Explain' tab i.e."By default, the Packet Scheduler limits the system to 20 percent of the bandwidth of a connection, but you can use this setting to override the default."
So the trick is to ENABLE reservable bandwidth, then set it to ZERO. This will allow the system to reserve nothing, rather than the default 20%.

Gr8 no.......

Folder Lock With Password Without Any Software-

Paste the code given below in notepad and 'Save' it as batch file (with extension '.bat').
Any name will do.
Then you see a batch file. Double click on this batch file to create a folder locker.
New folder named 'Locker' would be formed at the same location.
Now bring all the files you want to hide in the 'Locker' folder. Double click on the batch file to lock the folder namely 'Locker'.
If you want to unlock your files,double click the batch file again and you would be prompted for password.
Enter the password and enjoy access to the folder.


if EXIST "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" goto UNLOCK
if NOT EXIST Locker goto MDLOCKER
:CONFIRM
echo Are you sure u want to Lock the folder(Y/N)
set/p "cho=>"
if %cho%==Y goto LOCK
if %cho%==y goto LOCK
if %cho%==n goto END
if %cho%==N goto END
echo Invalid choice.
goto CONFIRM
:LOCK
ren Locker "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
attrib +h +s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
echo Folder locked
goto End
:UNLOCK
echo Enter password to Unlock folder
set/p "pass=>"
if NOT %pass%==D4rk3n-ROCKS goto FAIL
attrib -h -s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
ren "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" Locker
echo Folder Unlocked successfully
goto End
:FAIL
echo Invalid password
goto end
:MDLOCKER
md Locker
echo Locker created successfully
goto End
:End



Remember to change the password from D4rk3n-ROCKS in the code......
njoy.......

Increase Virtual RAM - To Make Your System Faster

Hey friends, itz time to speed up ur system.... Follow the steps given below :- 1) Hold down the 'Windows' Key and Press the 'Pause/Break' button at the top right of your keyboard. Another way is Right-Clicking 'My Computer' and then Select 'Properties'. 2) Click on the 'Advanced' tab. 3) Under 'Performance', click 'Settings'. 4) Then click the 'Advanced' tab on the button that pops up. 5) Under 'Virtual Memory' at the bottom, click 'Change'. 6) Click the 'Custom Size' button. 7) For the initial size (depending on your HD space), type in anywhere from 1000-1500 (although I use 4000), and for the Maximum size type in anywhere from 2000-2500 (although I use 6000). 8) Click 'Set', and then exit out of all of the windows. 9) Finally, Restart your computer. 10) You now have a faster computer and 1-2GB of Virtual RAM..!

Hide Entire Drives Partition Using Command Prompt

Here is a cool technique which hides entire hard disk drives by a simple procedure.
This is the best security tip to be employ against unauthorised users.

1) Go to Start > Run > type "diskpart".
A DOS window will appear with following description.

DISKPART>

2) Then type "list volume"
The result will look something like one as shown below-

3) Suppose you want to hide drive E then type "select volume 3"
Then a message will appear in same window { Volume 3 is the selected volume}

4) Now type "remove letter E"
Now a message will come { Diskpart Removed the Drive letter }

sometime it requires to reboot the computer.
Diskpart will remove the letter.

Windows XP is not having capabilty to identify the unknown volume.
Your Data is now safe from unauthorised users.

To access the content of hidden Drive repeat the process mentioned above. But in 4th step replace " remove" by "assign".
It means type "assign letter E".

Calculations On Command Prompt

The command processor CMD.EXE comes with a mini-calculator that can perform simple arithmetic on 32-bit signed integers:

C:\>set /a 2+2
4
C:\>set /a 2*(9/2)
8
C:\>set /a (2*9)/2
9
C:\>set /a "31>>2"
7

Note that we had to quote the shift operator since it would otherwise be misinterpreted as a "redirect stdout and append" operator.

For more information, type set /? at the command prompt.

Google Dorks

We call them ‘googledorks’ (gOO gôl’Dôrk, noun, slang) : An inept or foolish person as revealed by Google.

Google dorks are the center of the Google Hacking. Many hackers use google to find vulnerable webpages and later use these vulnerabilities for hacking.

Google Dorks. That's what they call you if you've left sensitive data available for Google's bot to see and index. These "Google Hackers" use long, complex and very specific search strings in Google's search engine to find this information right in Google search results. While fortunately it is very difficult to find data for specific individuals this way they can find passwords, bank account numbers, credit card numbers, etc for random individuals. These data miners don't need to find many victims to show a huge profit.

Example Dorks:-
1. CGI directories contain scripts which can often be exploited by attackers.
Click here for the Google search ==> “index of cgi-bin”

This way you will find many CGI directories some of them may be vulnerable.
2. Another famous Google Dork is the PhpMyAdmin Dork. phpMyAdmin is a widly spread webfrontend used to mantain sql databases. The default security mechanism is to leave it up to the admin of the website to put a .htaccess file in the directory of the application. Well gues what, obviously some admins are either too lazy or don’t know how to secure their directories.

Click here for the Google search ==> “Welcome to phpMyAdmin” ” Create new database”

This way you may find some vulnerable pages to gain access to someone’s PhpMyAdmin.
Honeypots
Honeypot or Honeypages are webpages designed to attract Google Dorkyz or Google Hackers. If you search for “index of /etc/passwd” on google. The first link you find is a very famous gray-world.net honeypot.
http://johnny.ihackstuff.com/ghdb/

Tip and Tricks----------------->Part 2

1.Change the Default Directory of Software Installad


You may want to change the location of your system default folder (C:\Program Files) from C drive to another system drives (D or E drive). By default software setup will attempt to install program in C:\Program Files directory. It is good practice to make the backup of the installed programs, if you installed all your programs in other than C drive. If you have little knowledge about editing windows registry then you can configure your computer for this purpose.

Follow the given steps to configure windows registry:

1. Click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.

2. Here navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

3. In right side panel, double click on ProgramFileDir.

4. Now modify the value to any other drive (for example D:\Program Files).

Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

2.multiple logins in you Yahoo! Messenger

To enable multiple logins in you Yahoo! Messenger, Follow these steps :

*
Click Start Menu And Click On “RUN”
*
Type “regedit” and click OK
*
You will see the REGISTRY EDITOR
*
Navigate to “ HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Yahoo/Pager/Test “
*
Here in right side panel, right click to create a new Dword value with name Plural and give it value 1.
*
Close the registry editor and enjoy multiple yahoo logins.

3.Hide the Text Below Desktop Icons


Some icons you use so regularly that you don’t need that annoying text below the icon. A good example of this is Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox. We all know what those icons look like. To remove that text, just follow these instructions.

Right-click on the shortcut icon, and choose Rename. Now hold down the Alt key and type in 255 on the keypad to the right of the keyboard. You can’t use the number keys right above the keyboard. If you have a laptop, you can turn on Numlock and then use the little number keys next to the regular letters.

The way this works is that the Alt+255 character is blank, so the shortcut filename is actually just named with a character that is completely blank. For the first shortcut on the desktop, you would use Alt+255, but for the next shortcut, you’ll have to enter the combination twice (Alt+255, Alt+255). For the third, three times… and so on. This is because you can’t name two different shortcuts or files the same thing. Entering Alt+225 twice would give you two blanks instead of one.

Now we have a beautiful icon, with no text underneath it!

4.SPEED-UP MENUS

1. Click Start, and then click Run.

2. Type Regedit in the box, and then click OK.

3. Expand the menu in the left panel and select the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop folder.

4. Scroll down in the right panel and double click on the MenuShowDelay file.

5. In the Value Data box, change to default value for the menu speed from 400 to a lesser number, such as 1.

6. Click OK.

Caution: Incorrectly editing the registry may severely damage your system. Before making changes to the registry, you should back up any valued data on your computer.

Tip and Tricks-------->Part-1

1.Proxies
Are you frustrated because you are not able to visit your favorite websites in your school or college or any place where some sites are blocked? There are two methods to access these sites:

Below are the list of various sites from which you can surf the blocked websites !

* http://kproxy.com
* http://backfox.com
* http://atunnel.com
* http://calculatepie.com
* http://www.stupidcensorship.com
* http://www.vmathpie.com
* http://www.xroxee.com
* http://mathtunnel.com
* http://www.pagemod.com

2.Restore Previously Open Folders After Shutdown


If you need to access lot of folders on your home computer or on the network regularly, then you can set them re-open automatically, when you will login, shutdown or restart your computer next time. There is no need to open regularly used folders manually, just configure the simple sitting, your computer will automatically reload all the previously opened windows.

By default windows XP disables this option to reload automatically all the previously opened windows, when you login on, shutdown or restart your computer.

Follow the given steps to configure your computer to reload previously opened folders automatically after shutdown.

* To edit this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.
* First click on Start button then go to Control Panel.
* Open the “Appearance and Themes” option in control panel then click on Folder Options.
* A small windows dialog box will appear with the title “Folder options”, click on View tab.
* Under the Advanced setting section, scroll down to bottom and click the “Restore previous folder windows at logon” option and then click Ok button to save sitting.
* Now when you log off, restart or shutdown, your computer will automatically open the previously opened folders from the same location as before.

3. Prevent Users From Writing to USB

If you have windows XP with SP2, then you can disable the writing option to USB drives. This trick is very useful if you have virus in your computer and want to copy files from a USB Drive but don’t want to transfer virus to the USB. Follow the given steps to disable the USB writing option:

To edit the computer registry, first you should log onto your computer with administrative rights.

First click on Start button and type “Regedit” in Run option.

Here locate the location to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control

Here in right side panel, click right to create a key with the name “StorageDevicePolicies”.

Now in left side panel, select “StorageDevicePolicies” key, again right click to create new DWORD value then label it “WriteProtect”. Set its value to “1″. But again to enable writing, set its values to “0″.

Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

4.Use Notepad As a Diary

Want to write your diary on your computer? You can do it without using any software.

1. Open Notepad

2. Type “.LOG”

3. Save it

4. Now every time you open this file notepad will automatically insert date and time to the last line of the file. You can type anything after that line and save it. In this way you can use it as a diary.

Use Proxy Browser

USE PROXY BROWSER

@ Mozilla Firefox

1. Open Mozilla Firefox.

2. Click on Tools then click on Options….

3. Click on the Advance tab, then click on the Network sub-tab and finally on the Settings… button.

4. Tick the Manual Proxy Configuration: radio button.

5. In the HTTP Proxy: box, type the IP address of the proxy server.

6. In the Port: box, type the in the port number that is used by the proxy server.

7. Click OK to close the Connection Settings window.

8. Click OK to close the Options window.

9. DONE
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@ Internet Explorer

1. On the Tools menu in Internet Explorer, click Internet Options, click the Connections tab, and then click LAN Settings.
2. Under Proxy server, click to select the Use a proxy server for your LAN check box.
3. In the Address box, type the IP address of the proxy server.
4. In the Port box, type the port number that is used by the proxy server for client connections (by default, 8080).
5. You can click to select the Bypass proxy server for local addresses check box if you do not want the proxy server computer to be used when you connect to a computer on the local network (this may speed up performance).
6. Click OK to close the LAN Settings dialog box.
7. Click OK again to close the Internet Options dialog box.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Uses of Proxy Browser
A proxy server acts as a security barrier between your internal network and the Internet, keeping others on the Internet from being able to obtain access to information that is located on your internal network.........and your browser is become like invible........its hide your ip. like you use china country proxy den open google.com now google will open in china language form............!~

Make A Logo For Your Blog

Make A free logo for your blog, I got a ite offering this their might be more you may google it but i think this one the best. just go there i think it would not be difficult.

A logo is a kind of banner for your website !!

http://www.logomaker.com/

Also, I got a fevicon generator link below.

Ever noticed the O near your url field while surfing orkut? thats favicon and every website has its own favicon to get a pro look. how to apply favicon is also explained ;-)

http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/

Keep your E-mail id and Password Secure

Ohk lets come to the point without beating around the bush. Many of us have same passwords for all our social networking sites, email accounts, paypal and many more.

I was also one of those who did this mistake and one day some hacker was able to hack in my email account and from there within a day he was controlling all my online identity, my paid paypal and rapidshare accounts. But i was lucky and the hacker just left a message and you have been Hacked but didnt change the password . so i was able to regain them.

BUT I KNOW MANY PPL WHO WERE NOT AS LUCKY AS I WAS.

why do we keep same passwords for all our accounts??

because we are afraid that we might forget the passwords if we keep too many.

wot if i say you can keep as many passwords as you want but you will never forget any password??

dont believe me??

read it….

Ultimate Trick to get Secure Passwords

This has ben my secret for about a year but anything for my readers .

A secure and a memorable password is supposed to be simple for you to remember, and hard for others to guess.

Everywhere you have to use your password to login or register at a site. Whether it’s the dozens of web sites that crave you log in to use them, or your ATM card PIN, how do you decide on a new password? More importantly, how do you remember that?

Don’t use the same password for every site.

The problem with using the same password for everything you do is that if it’s compromised and someone finds it, the rest of your identity is at risk. for example if your email account has a security breach or you may have been tricked into lossing your password , potentially thieves will not only compromise your email account but also your Online bank account or Paypal acc or maybe your Facebook account because you are using the same password for all of them.

Use 1 Rule Set for all your Passwords

You do not need to remember all your passwords if you have 1 rule set for generating them. One Trick to get unique and easy-to-remember passwords is to choose a base password and then apply a rule that includes the name of the service in it. For example, let’s say your base password is “XITA.” Then your password for Gmail would be “XITAGMAIL”, and your password for Paypal would be .XITAPYPL

You can use many other great combinations along this same rule (say, your initials and a favorite number) plus the first three letters of your service. so my password for Yahoo would be Pk1YAHO. Including Special Chars will be better.

Choosing your Rule Set (Base Password)

You can use anything in it , maybe your favourite song like take Beyonce’s “All the single ladies” so my rule set can be ATSL and you can add the services name , your fav number , maybe a special charachter too. so it can be like ATSL56YAHO&.

Before you decide your Password rule set, keep in mind that every service has different password requirements in terms of length and charachters allowed, you should go for a 8 letter password which has both upper and lower class alphabets & numbers or maybe a special charachter “!@#$%^&*()”.

You can generate 100’s of unique passes.

KEEP YOU ONLINE IDENTITY SECURE.

USE DIFFERENT PASSWORDS FOR EACH ACCOUNT .

BE HAPPY

Keep your email untraceble

An email, you need it to sign up to websites across the internet, but by simply entering an email into a popular search engine, you can find out almost everything about a person.

In order to maintain the best amount of anonymity so people cant track you it is best to maintain multiple email adresses.

1. Personal Email
This email you use for anything where you don’t care about having anonymity, for example, Facebook, where your using your full name and real info.

2. Semi-Personal Email
This email you use for anything semi-personal, perhaps your part of a community where you dont really care if users know who you are in real life, for example, thewarclan.com, we share our pictures, many of us know eithers real full names, we’re friends and we dont really need to remain anonymous. Therefore i would use my “Semi-Personal Email” for accounts I use the name ‘Satros’.

3. Anonymous Email
This is the email you use for remaining anonymous, you don’t post or connect any personal or semipersonal info they could lead you to yourself in real life. Perhaps you want to sign up and be an active part of a website that you dont want connected to youself through a search, such as hacking or porn or something, then you use this email.

4. Don’t-Care Email
This is the email you use to sign up for websites you have no intention on being a part of, you just need to sign up to view the websites content. Im sure we have all been to websites where we need to download something but they make you sign up first even though you don’t want to and dont plan on comming back anytime soon.

5.Master Email
This is the most important email, you will make all the other email forward everything sent to them to this one. Although you may wish to keep the Don’tCare Email unforwarded since you will mostly be using it to vertify accounts you wont be needing. Once you do this you will only have to log into your master email to check the email’s of all your email accounts at once. You do not release or use this email to sign up anywhere or give it out to people.

Other Emails You Might/Have Want:
-BackUp Email
Have a website? Set it to backup all the data by sending it to your email address.

-Organization Email
Run some kind of organization? For example WaR Clan, need its own email for accounts such as youtube?

-Blog Email
If you run a blog you may get many email’s recieving offers and promotions so its a good idea to make a separate one.

-School Email
Some colleges give you an email that they send all theyre important info to.

For every email you want to use a different username, i will now give you an Example for someone named ‘John Smith’, who uses the username ‘Nitemare’:

1. Personal Email – JSmith@gmail.com / JSmith
2. Semi-Personal Email – Nitemare@gmail.com / Nitemare
3. Anonymous Email – Darkhorse@gmail.com / Darkhorse
4. Don’t-Care Email – dhdontcare@gmail.com / dhdc25

after you do that you make a ‘Master Email’, and your all set

Note: choose passwords wisely, each email should have a hard password which you keep down somewhere, you won’t need to remember them since they will be forwarded to your master email, which should have a strong password you remember(VISIT MY PREVIOUS POST TODAY ABOUT PASSWORDS FOR MORE INFO.). Also each account name should have a different password, its okay for the dontcare email to have a weak password, but your anonymous, semipersonal and personal should have strong passwords, so you will need to remember a total of 4 strong passes for everything on the internet.

Also note dont use real info for anything but your personal info when signing up. Hope this helps

Keep yourself safe from Keyloggers

ohk..

first what is Keylogger:

Keystroke logging (often called keylogging) is the practice of noting (or logging) the keys struck on a keyboard, typically in a covert manner so that the person using the keyboard is unaware that their actions are being monitored. There are numerous keylogging methods, ranging from hardware- and software-based to electromagnetic and acoustic analysis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keylogger

Basically if someone is able to install a Keylogger in your system he can get to know all the keys you press , thus , when you enter your password he/she will get your password, your messages and many more.

so now how to save yourself from Keylogger.??

answer is KeyScrambler

KeyScrambler Personal encrypts your keystrokes at the kernel driver level to protect what you type from keyloggers.

Starting with version 2.0, KeyScrambler protects everything you type into Firefox, including:

* All login forms and dialogs, online shopping, webmail, forums, and more
* The Firefox master password dialog
* URL and search bar
* Other Firefox add-ons and toolbars like RoboForm, Chatzilla, and Sxipper.

How KeyScrambler Works:
When you type on your keyboard, the keys travel along a path within the operating system before it arrives at your browser. Keyloggers plant themselves along this path and observe and record your keystrokes. The collected information is then sent to the criminals who will use it to steal from you

KeyScrambler defeats keyloggers by encrypting your keystrokes at the keyboard driver level, deep within the operating system. When the encrypted keystrokes reach your browser, KeyScrambler then decrypts them so you see exactly the keys you’ve typed. Keyloggers can only record the encrypted keys, which are completely indecipherable.

Unlike anti-virus and anti-spyware programs that depend on recognition to remove keyloggers that they know about, KeyScrambler will protect you from both known and unknown keyloggers. What’s more, KeyScrambler provides protection without getting in your way. You don’t have anything to learn about the program and you don’t have to do anything differently, but with KeyScrambler your important personal information will be a whole lot safer.

Note: Due to kernel architecture, KeyScrambler currently only works on Windows 2000 and later.

Download link:

http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/addons/3383/keyscrambler_personal-2.1.0.1-fx-win.xpi

KEEP SAFE

ENJOY