How to increase your cable modem / DSL internet speed in Windows

This tweak is for broad band cable connections on stand alone machines with WinXP
professional version - might work on Home version also. It may also work with networked machines as well.

This tweak assumes that you have let WinXP create a connection on install for your
cable modem/NIC combination and that your connection has tcp/ip - QoS - file and print sharing - and client for Microsoft networks , only, installed. It also assumes that WinXP will detect your NIC and has in-box drivers for it. If it doesn't do not try this.

Step 1: In the "My Network Places" properties (right-click on the desktop icon and choose
properties), highlight the connection then at the menu bar choose "Advanced" then "Advanced Settings". Uncheck the two boxes in the lower half for the
bindings for File and Printer sharing and Client for MS networks. Click OK.

Step 2: From the Windows XP CD in the support directory from the support cab, extract the
file netcap.exe and place it in a directory on your hard drive or even in the root of your C:\ drive.

Step 3: Next, open up a command prompt window and change directories to where you put
netcap.exe. then type "netcap/?".
It will list some commands that are available for netcap and a netmon driver will be
installed. At the bottom you will see your adapters. You should see two of them if using a 3Com card. One will be for LAN and the other will be for WAN something or other.

Step 4: Next type "netcap/Remove". This will remove the netmon driver.

Step 5: Open up Control Panel->System->Dev Man and look at your network adapters. You
should now see two of them and one will have a yellow ! on it. Right-click on the one
without the yellow ! and choose uninstall. YES! You are uninstalling your network
adapter, continue with the uninstall. Do not restart yet.

Step 6: Check your connection properties to make sure that no connection exists. If you get
a wizard just cancel out of it.
Now re-start the machine.

Step 7: After re-start go to your connection properties again and you should have a new
connection called "Local area connection 2". Highlight the connection, then at the menu bar choose "Advanced" then "Advanced Settings". Uncheck the two boxes in the lower half for the bindings for File and Printer sharing and Client for MS networks. Click OK.

Step 8: Choose connection properties and uncheck the "QOS" box.

Step 9: Re-start the machine.

After restart enjoy the increased responsiveness of IE, faster page loading, and a
connection speed boost.

Why it works, it seems that windows XP, in its zeal to make sure every base is covered installs two separate versions of the NIC card. One you do not normally see in any properties. Remember the "netcap/?" command above showing two different adapters? The LAN one is the one you see. The invisible one loads everything down and its like your running two separate cards together, sharing a connection among two cards, this method breaks this "bond" and allows the NIC to run un-hindered.

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How to Download YouTube Videos (in FLV and MP4 format)

Download YouTube video in FLV Format

Download any You-tube movies, clips or videos directly from your Google Chrome Browser. No Website or software is needed. While watching the video in Youtube, Just Copy and Paste the Code Below to your Address Bar:

javascript:window.location.href = 'http://youtube.com/get_video?video_id=' + swfArgs['video_id'] + "&l=" + swfArgs['l'] + "&sk=" + swfArgs['sk'] + '&fmt_map' + swfArgs['fmt_map'] + '&t=' + swfArgs['t'];

If the code above doesn't works and if it gives a warning like "Invalid parameters" then Copy and Paste the Code Below to your Address Bar:

javascript:window.location.href = 'http://youtube.com/get_video?video_id=' + swfArgs['video_id'] + "&l=" + swfArgs['l'] + "&sk=" + swfArgs['sk'] + '&t=' + swfArgs['t'];

Note: Don't forget to rename and change it's extension to flv.
This trick will work in Firefox, Safari, Chrome and Opera.
Above trick will not work in IE.

Download YouTube video in High Quality MP4 Format

If you want to download the Youtube video in High Quality MP4 Format, Just Copy and Paste the Code Below to your Address Bar:

javascript:window.location.href = 'http://youtube.com/get_video?video_id=' + swfArgs['video_id'] + "&fmt=18" + "&l=" + swfArgs['l'] + "&sk=" + swfArgs['sk'] + '&fmt_map' + swfArgs['fmt_map'] + '&t=' + swfArgs['t'];

If the code above doesn't works, Try this:

javascript:window.location.href = 'http://youtube.com/get_video?video_id=' + swfArgs['video_id'] + "&fmt=18" + "&l=" + swfArgs['l'] + "&sk=" + swfArgs['sk'] + '&t=' + swfArgs['t'];

Now we are done with the task. Enjoy !!

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How To Get Orkut Scraps On Mobile ??

This hack will enable you to receive your scraps on your mobiles via SMS.This hack may be very helpful for those who cannot access system because of long travel or on a strict schedule and who cannot access internet frequently.

The best part of this feature is that, you get all the updates on your mobile and youdon't spend a single penny except that one time initial registrationfee.

This is a very simple hack which uses services provided by Mytoday and Orkutfeeds. So, visit the above mentioned link and get the trick done.

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How To Block A Web Site On My Computer (In All Web Browsers)

Below are the steps to do the task..

step 1: Click Start->All Programs->Accessories->Command Prompt.

step 2: Click Command Prompt This will open a DOS command window.

step 3: Type: notepad C:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts

step 4: Locate the line 127.0.0.1 localhost

step 5: To block the website orkut.com for example, just add this text under 127.0.0.1 localhost:

127.0.0.1 orkut.com
127.0.0.1 www.orkut.com

You can add as many sites any site, However you will need to prefix it with "127.0.0.1".

step 6: Save the file

Google will now be blocked in all web browser. This is an advanced but easy method on how to block a website.

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Convert Your Voice To Text , Email , Remainder , Appointments Program

This is an awesome program that takes your voice and converts them to email, texts, reminders and appointments.
This service has been popularized by articles in the CNN, New York Times, Washington Post, Computerworld and Network World it is really a fantastic service. All you have to do is call a toll free number and you are able to do like below. Here are just a few of things you can do with it.
>>Call and send yourself an email or text
>>Call and set a reminder for yourself. You will then be sent an email and a text message 15 minutes prior to your reminder time.
>>Call the number and add items to your to do list. You will then be sent a text and/or email and the items will be added to a to do list on the site.
>>Call the number and send a text and/or email to one of your contacts.
>>Call the number and send a text and/or an email to a group of your contacts.
>>Call the number and send a text and/or an email to a link.
Anyways here is the link: Voice Conversion Program

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How To Login With Multiple Orkut/Gmail/Yahoo ID In Firefox:

Here I have Created a simple tutorial to show you how to login with Multiple Orkut/Gmail or Yahoo Id at the same time using Firefox Browser.

This is simple hack that you will love to do if you are a Firefox Lover.By doing this you can login with Multiple Ids for any mail service.So Here we go,

1.Right Click on My Computer-->Properties-->Choose Advanced Tab.

2.Click Environment variables button.Under System Variables section, Click new.

3.Now type this information to each textbox.variable name: moz_no_remotevariable value: 1

4.Press ok.

5.Now Right Click Firefox icon in desktop Select Properties.

6.Add extension -p to command line(like "c:\program files\mozilla firefox\firefox.exe" -p).As i have shown in the below screenshot,

7.Press ok.

8.Now Open the Firefox it will ask for Choose Profile.

9.Now you can Create a new Profile by clicking Create Profile Button.

10.After Creating a Profile,select any one Profile for using Firefox.

11.So by selecting Other Profile you can simultaneously login to two accounts of any(orkut,yahoo,rediff or anything else)

Note:You can increase you Create more Profiles for accessing more than 2 account

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Search / Find / Read All Unread Emails In Gmail

If you get tons of E-mails on Your Gmail account that you leave unread for future reading. You know those not-so-important mails, which can slip for then but would require some attention at some point.I normally let the list grow really big and it gets annoying at times. I was finding a way to list all the unread emails and found the easiest way to do it.

Search for
is:unread
in the search bar and all the unread e mails will be listed for you.

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How to Select and Copy Text from Restricted Website

Have you ever experienced some of web pages that don’t allow you to select and copy text? One of the intention is to prevent anybody from stealing the content and distribute it for commercial purpose. In fact this is a little trick that is done by using javascript which prevent you from selecting the text and eventually fail to copy it. Here I would like to show some simple steps that you can turn the situation around by able to copy the text without any restriction.
To overcome this restriction, follow below steps:
1) Go to the website which restricts you from selecting and copying.2) Copy below javascript and paste it at the address bar and hit enter key.
javascript:void(document.onselectstart=null)
3) Now you can select and copy the text from this website using conventional way - highlight the text followed by CTRL C to copy, then paste it into notepad or word document.
Also note that if you are using Opera Web Browser then you do not need to put this javascript since it has its own built-in context menu!

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How to Pretend to Hack a Website

Go to the page you want to hack and wait for it to be loaded fully. If you do it before, it will only edit what has already loaded.Copy the code into the url bar.
javascript: document.body.contentEditable = 'true'; document.designMode = 'on'; void 0
Hit go! If it worked right the links will have turned a more saturated blue, and when you click somewhere you'll be able to edit textEdit! You can change text by highlighting it and typing.
You can stretch or delete images just by clicking on them. Or you can just highlight the whole page and hit delete! Have fun!
Type the following code to make the page uneditable again:
javascript: document.body.contentEditable = 'false'; document.designMode = 'off'; void 1
Once you have made the page uneditable again, left-click in the URL Bar and press ESC. This will reset the URL to the page you are on, making it look authentic!

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Skpe Recorder : Record Conversations now for free!!

This will be good news for Skype fans all around the world. Skype recorder is a freeware which has ability of recording all your conversations and conferences for future reference.

Making call could cost nothing to you, but the information and conversation itself could be invaluable for you, your business and your reputation. Recording calls is simple step to be on a safe side.Download here: SkypeCallRecorder.zip (1.4 MB)

Functionality and Advantages:

>Skype recorder saves Skype conversations in compact and widely used format (mp3 files)
>It has ability of recording P2P Skype calls, SkypeOut calls, as well as calls to Skype Online numbers .
>Automatically start and recording
>Simple interface (Easy to use)Skype recorder seats in the icon in system try and monitoring

Skype calls and starts the recording automatically when you start a conversation.As well as it has ability for recording several simultaneous calls (Eg: one active while others on hold) in separate files for easy and convenient access.

Very simple interface requires virtually no tuning or setup. Just install it, allow access to the Skype client and that's it.

System requirements:
Operating System : Windows 2000, XP, Vista
.Net Framework 2.0 or later (will be installed automatically from Microsoft.com)
Skype Software

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Create GIF Files Online For Free

Create animated GIF files online for your photos with Gickr. This service allows you to upload your photos and you can make it as GIF files.
Features
>You can choose your own sizes.
>You can set up the speed of GIF file.
>Easy to create GIF files by uploading pictures.
>You can upload Maximum of 10 files.
Source : http://www.gickr.com/

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Type Email in Indian Languages With Gmail

Google has officially announced Google Indic Transliteration service inside Gmail. Now you can write email in Indian languages you can write inside Gmail without using any software’s.
Basically for all Indian users, this service is enabled by default inside Gmail. To enable this service go to settings and enable transliteration as shown below picture.
Transliteration currently supports five Indian languages Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam.

Google transliteration service available in Google India Labs, Orkut, Blogger and iGoogle.

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Undo Sent Mail in Gmail

The official Gmail blog has introduced a new feature in Gmail labs to undo the sent mail. If you have sent an email without attaching any file or mis spelled or forgot to write content this feature will help you to undo the sent mail.
So that you can stop sending mail to receiver .
Let’s see the steps to enable this feature
1. Log in to your Gmail account
2. Move to settings page and select labs option (If you haven’t enabled Gmail labs click here)
3. Find out undo send option in labs and enable it
4. Save the settings and come back to Gmail.

image credit:gmail

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Add Music To Your Blog or Site

Here I keydown a very popular method to add music or audio file in to your site or blog.The sound interface will be placed right on the page and can be configured to start automatically, repeat over and over, or just play through once.

So, how do you do it? With the tag. This tag works in much the same way an image tag does. You will need to specify the source of the sound file and add additional commands as needed.

Here is an example of the tag:

This tells the browser to place this file on the page right where you placed the tag. You don't have to use a midi file, you can embed a .wav, .aud, and most other sound formats in this way.

As you can see, the src="" is asking for the source of the midi file, or its Internet address. Just type in the Web address of your midi file here, and you are on your way.
Now, you can add additional commands to the tag to control the output and appearance of your sound file.

Here are some common commands you may wish to use:
1. width="144 " : Tells the browser how wide you wish the sound display to be. Input a number in pixels.
2. height="60" : Tells the browser how tall you want the sound display to be. Input a number in pixels.
3. autostart="true" : Instructs the browser to begin playing the file automatically once it has been loaded on the page. You can set this value to true or false.
4. loop="true" : Instructs the browser to play the file over and over again for as long as someone is on that page, or until the user hits the stop button on the display. You can set this value to true or false.
5. hidden="true" : This command tells the browser to hide the sound display so people viewing your page don't see the sound display with the control buttons. The sound plays as though it were just in the background somewhere. You can set this to true or false.
Here is an example using multiple commands:





Well,Hence the task get done! Enjoy!!

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Reduce RAM Usage Of Mozilla Firefox and Increase System Performance

Mozilla Firefox the most popular web browser today.The most important problem people facing while using Mozilla Firefox is its High Memory Usage.Most people avoid using Mozilla firefoz because of the above reason.Here is a solution the problem mentioned above.
But actually this problem is not coming with the Firefox as we open it for first time I couldn’t notice this thing happen. But after some time later it’s going to eat more and more memory and also Firefox start up time increasing.

This can happen by many of our improper usage of Firefox. In here I mentioned few causes which you should consider about your Firefox browser.

Firefox extensions and themes:

Most common cause is Firefox extensions and themes, if you have installed lots of extensions and themes probably your browser very slow and show high memory usage.

Overall performance of your computer can be reducing.Check your Add-ons, Themes and remove all unnecessary extensions and themes.

Compare your extensions with Problematic extensions published by mozillazine and follow the recommendations there if any extension found.

Update all your extensions to newest versions, newest versions have lots of improvements and bug fixes for smooth usage.

Still your browser remaining the same status it’s proper to go through this tutorial and follow every this which I discussed here.

Check your extensions for high memory usage:

Let’s check the remaining extensions for memory usage. Even any of your extension not in the Problematic extensions it isn't guarantees that all your extensions are perfect.Open task manager and in “processes” tab check the memory usage of Firefox and write it down somewhere.

Exit from Firefox, Go to start and run type "Firefox -safe-mode" without double quotation marksCheck Disable all add-ons in opened window and click “continue with safe mood”Again in task manager check memory usage of Firefox and compare with previous result.

If there is high flow of memory usage there is an extension still want be removing.Again open Firefox in normal mood, go to "tools" "add-ons" and disable extensions one by one and compare the memory usage after disabling each and restarting the browser.

If you find huge memory reduction after disabling any particular extension that one should be removed if it's not providing a precious service.

Firefox Plug-ins:

Firefox plug-ins also acts as a devil in sometime, so it is better to read plug-ins section of mozillazine which has all the information and trouble shootings for latest plug-ins.

It is recommended you to pay your attention about Quicktime, Java, RealPlayer, Windows Media Player, Flash as they use normally.

Clear your Cookies and Download History:Remaining cookies, history and download history is also impact to speed of Firefox.

Removing them every day after done all of work is can be cause for better performance.Go to "tools" "Options" "privacy" and check "Always clear my private data when I close firefox" under private data and in "settings" (right to check box) select all available options and click ok.

This will prompt you to delete your junk data every time you close your firefox browser.

about:config Settings:

Type "about:config" bar and check "browser.cache.memory.enable" is true or not if it is false double click on it and change the attribute to true.

Right click on anywhere of the window and go to New > "Boolean" and enter "config.trim_on_minimize" set attribute to true. This will automatically reduce the memory usage when your browser is minimized.

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Add Background Music to your email ,an attractive trick

Step 1: Find a music or sound file that you'd like to use. Midi (.mid) is a good sound format to use because these files are generally smaller and load quickly.There plenty of sites on the internet that allow you to download these types of songs for free. Use your favorite search engine to find the perfect song for your site.

Step 2: Next, upload (save) this music file to some web space server either using your FTP program or your web host's file management control panel.You can save your files in yahoo geocities as me usethen u should know the internet adress of that file

Step 3: html code for back groumd music isinsert internet adress of saved midi file in between " " as done in step 2For examplehttp://site name/music.midso html code will be

Step 4: As your html code is ready add this code in your signatures . you can find signatures option in ur mail options

Step 5: Don't forget to add signature while mailing

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Increase your Computer and Internet connection speed

Sometimes, your computer or internet connection speed becomes slower than usual. There is not any specific cause for this; this can be rectified by Disc or Registry Cleanup, Fixing the disc errors etc.
There are small softwares, which can help you to rectify these kinds of problems. Auslogics is such a award winning utility. It is easy and simple to use. You just need to run the program on a weekly basis to clean up disks and the registry, fix errors, and tune up the one-size-fits-all Windows settings to your particular computer configuration.
This will reduce the computer start up and shutdown time, improve Internet speed, and tweak Windows to its top performance.
Its latest version 4.1.3 has the ability to track eraser and disk wiper stability. It also improves the Registry Cleaner compatibility, and adds Firefox browser support to Speed Optimizer.

It has following main components:
>Uninstall manager
>Start up manager for boot cycle customizations
>RAM and browser optimizers
>File shredder
>DirectX diagnostic
>Windows tweak manager
>Rescue centre that can back up any settings before you change them
It also holds several other functionalities to manage Windows settings.All these things are also available as different softwares utilities. But, the convenience of having all these tools located under one roof is a good thing.

Click here to download for free

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Copy Text on One Computer and Paste it on Another

With this Firefox Addon, you can share text between computers. You can copy and paste text between computers simply with ctrl+c and ctrl+v. This addon lets you copy text instantly between Mac, Windows, and Linux. It is perfect if you use two computers side by side. The Copy and Paste Addon works between computers when Firefox is running with ctrl+c and ctrl+v (cmd+c and cmd+v on Mac). This add-on shares your text clipboard between computers so you can copy and paste text between computers instantly, even from a Mac to a PC. To set up Copy And Paste, add desired computers IP Addresses to the Copy And Paste Preferences in the Firefox menubar at Firefox->Tools->PonPon - Copy And Paste. Ensure that Firefox is running on the local and remote computers when trying to share text.


Please note that this addon works only for texts, you cannot copy and paste images.
Download this Addon for Firefox Here

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How to check all of your email accounts from Gmail

Just about everybody these days has more than one email account, usually more than can be counted on one hand. Personally, I have 8+ accounts with different email service providers, including Yahoo, Gmail, Aol, hotmail, etc. Currently, I use Outlook to check all of my accounts from one client application since it makes it easier to manage.
If you’re ok with Outlook, then there’s not a problem. However, if you prefer to use Gmail for everything since it’s web-based and therefore not tied down to one computer like Outlook, then you might be interested in knowing how to setup all of your email accounts in Gmail so you can receive all emails via your Google Inbox.
So here’s how to setup Gmail as a master account for collecting email from all of your other online accounts: First, log into your Gmail account and click on Settings at the top right corner.

Now click on the Accounts tab and click on Add another email account under the Get mail from other accounts heading.

Now you’ll be presented with a little pop-up window where you can enter in the email address for the account you want to add in. The cool thing about this is that you don’t have to sit there and worry about finding the pop and smtp server names for your ISP, Google will automatically try to determine the servers for you based on the email address!

After I entered my email address, Google automatically determined the POP server name and the port number. All you have to do is enter in your password for the account.

You also have the option to leave a copy in your account, label the messages from the new account so you can sort them quickly, and to archive them directly so that they don’t show up in your Inbox.

Now the email accounts will be checked by Google on some periodic basis and the emails will be retrieved and stored according to your preferences. Unfortunately, you cannot set the time period for the email checking.

Even if you do not want to use Gmail as a catch-all account, it’s still a great way to backup all of your other email accounts, especially if you’re using Outlook. Just configure each new account to be archived automatically. That way, you can continue to check emails through Outlook, but it’ll all be backed up on Gmail too. If your computer crashes and you lose your Outlook data file, the emails will still be in Gmail!!!

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Send Voice e-Mails to your friends now!!

Let your friends here what you have written into an email. With BlindSpeak, you can send emails that convert text to voice. Recipients will receive your email as .mp3 and they simply can listen to it.
This can also be used as Accessibility Utility for the visually challenged people. Initially you can send 5 emails. Recipient will receive email from BlindSpeak (No-Reply).Simply write in the email address and the contents you wish your friends to listen to, as shown below. And press "Speak" to send email.

Visit BlindSpeak Now

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