Posts Tagged ‘PC’

What to Do When Windows Gets Really Messed Up

May 7, 2008 in Popular
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“To err is human,” the old joke goes. “But to really mess things up requires a computer.”
This Answer Line collection concentrates on the absolute disasters of Windows computing–the problems that threaten your PC, your career, and your peace of mind. Here’s what to do when Windows throws the dreaded Blue Screen of Death your way, [...]

What can you do with a second Ethernet port?

May 7, 2008 in Popular
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Purchase a new PC or motherboard soon, and the chances are good that it will come with two built-in network interfaces — either two Ethernet jacks or one Ethernet and one Wi-Fi. Tossing in a second adapter is an inexpensive way for the manufacturer to add another bullet point to the product description — but [...]

Windows XP SP3 hits Windows Update, Vista SP1 makes a comeback

May 6, 2008 in Popular
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Source: engadget.com
At last the moment you’ve been waiting for. Microsoft wants to hit your version of Windows with an update, and this time you don’t have to go rummaging around the internet to find it: just fire up Windows Update and let Microsoft do all the work. After a few false starts XP users get [...]

6 Excellent Firefox Extensions Made To Save You Time

May 6, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Source: makeuseof.com
If you are a die-hard Firefox user then I am sure you are always on the look-out for tips and tweaks to get more out of Firefox in less time and hence be more productive.
Keeping that in mind, I decided to list six Firefox extensions, which I use in my daily life and which [...]

Make Windows Genuine by a simple trick

May 5, 2008 in Popular
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BEFORE

Right click your desktop and select new text document.
Open that document and paste the following info.

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion]
“CurrentBuild”=”1.511.1 () (Obsolete data – do not use)”
“ProductId”=”55274-640-1011873-23081″
“DigitalProductId”=hex:a4,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,35,35,32,37,34,2d,36,34,30,2d,\
31,30,31,31,38,37,33,2d,32,33,30,38,31,00,2e,00,00,00,41,32,32,2d,30,30,30,\
30,31,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,86,56,4e,4c,21,1b,2b,6a,a3,78,8e,8f,98,5c,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,dd,da,47,41,cc,6b,06,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,38,31,30,32,36,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,b5,16,\
00,00,83,83,1f,38,f8,01,00,00,f5,1c,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,66,e5,70,f3
“LicenseInfo”=hex:33,b7,21,c1,e5,e7,cd,4b,fd,7c,c6,35,51,fd,52,57,17,86,3e,18,\
d3,f4,8c,8e,35,32,7b,d1,43,8d,61,38,60,a4,ca,55,c9,9a,35,17,46,7a,4f,91,fc,\
4a,d9,db,64,5c,c4,e2,0f,34,f3,ea

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WPAEvents]
“OOBETimer”=hex:ff,d5,71,d6,8b,6a,8d,6f,d5,33,93,fd
In notepad click <file> then <save>. For file type in the save dialog box
select “all files” and for the filename type in License Key.reg or [...]