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Recovering seemingly lost firefox bookmarks
2008-04-01 04:04:00
On a Windows XP system, it should be easy to find your bookmarks file, then restore it. 1. In the My Computer directory/folder, choose the C: Drive. 2. Choose the Documents and Settings folder; 3. Then your user folder (what ever your user name is, there will be a folder for it) 4. Next, Application Data folder 5. Choose Firefox 6. Then choose the Profiles folder.IMPORTANT: If you do not see the Application Data, your system is probably not set up to view hidden files/folders. In that case, while in My Computer (or any Windows Explorer window), choose Tools > Folder Options > View > select the radio button next to Show hidden files and folders. The Application Data folder should now be viewable.For Windows Vista users, follow this path to find the Firefox profile folder:In My Computer, choose the C: drive: 1. Then, Users 2. Then your user folder (what ever your user name is, there will be a folder for it) 3. Followed by AppData 4. Roaming 5. Mozilla 6. Firefo...
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My movie Collection ....Till date and still counting......
2008-03-10 19:23:00
The Infamous movie collectionFor Ratings or reviews for the following movies please visithttp://imdb.comDisk 11. Austin powers(1&2)2. Back to the future IIDisk 23. Harry potter 14. Harry potter 25. Harry potter 36. Harry potter 4Disk 3-67. Dragonball8. Dragonball Z9. Dragonball GTDisk 7-1110. Friends Season (1 to 10)Disk 12-1711. God father part 112. God father part II13. God father part IIIDisk 1814. Mary PoppinsDisk 1915. Changing LanesDisk 2016. Scent of a womanDisk 2117. The ghost and the Darkness18. The seventh seal19. The treasure of sierra madre20. Tron21. What dream may comeDisk 2222. Ab tak chappan23. Air force one24. American History X25. As good as it gets26. The league of extraordinary Gentlemen27. I, robotDisk 2328. Communism29. Air power(doc)30. Pyramids(doc)31. Inside the space station(doc)32. The concord story33. Mughal-e-azam34. Planes , trains & AutomobilesDisk 2435. 25th hour36. Get Shorty37. In the heat of the night(1967)38. Patch Adams(1998)39. The Break fast c...
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Disable those annoying "X Application has Encountered a Problem and Must be
2008-01-31 16:48:00
It's frustrating enough when your application crashes. Then the annoying dialog expects you to "Send an Error Report to Microsoft". As if I want Microsoft to know exactly which programs I'm running on my computer.Here's two ways to turn off that error reporting. First, you can Right-Click on My Computer, go to the Advanced Tab, and choose the "Disable error reporting" option. Alternatively, you can navigate to the services console in Administrative tools, find the Error Reporting Service, go into properties and disable it. Either way, those annoying dialogs are gone!There it is u are all done n ready
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Make VLC Player Look like Windows Media Player 11
2008-01-31 16:44:00
The VLC Media Player is an open source, cross-platform media client that supports the vast majority of media formats. One of the great features is that it supports skins that work across different platforms. This article will cover installing on both linux and windows.You will first need to download the skin named WMP11 from theskinspage. This skin looks a lot like Windows Media Player 11. It's not exact, but it's a pretty good skin. N yeah u get that Windows Player Look But oN a much better Player
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Fix slow web page loading on DSL or any connection
2008-01-17 01:31:00
This tweak is also valid for any windows version, and I have heard other operating systems to include Linux.Symptom: 10 to 30 seconds delay or maybe even up to 1 minute when loading any web page. Once a web page is up, full internet speed is available, also downloads are not affected by speed loss. If you have TCP/IP version 6 installed this is highly likely the problem.How to check if IPv6 is installed (Windows XP): Open up the control pannel. If it is titled "pick a category", click "switch to classic view." Open "Network Connection s." Here there should be a list of your internet connections, they could be network cards, dial-up connections, or others. Find the one you connect to the internet with, for example "Local Area Connection #1" Right-click on its icon and choose properties. In the middle of the properties window you will see a smaller window that is titled "This connection uses the following items." Some of the common items are: "Client for microsoft networks" ...
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Stopping your system from the 60 second restart
2007-12-25 16:25:00
You can stop a computer from automatically rebooting during the 60 second countdown by doing the following: 1. Head to the Start button 2. Select Run... 3. type shutdown -a in the popup window 4. Select the Ok button to issue the commandSelect Recovery tabImage 1.1: (45KB .jpg)You can "stop" the Remote Procedure Call Service from shutting down the system after 60 seconds each time the attack is attempted. This does not apply to LSASS.exe. I absolutely do not condone this action as a "fix," but it could be used to stop the system from rebooting while you are attempting to repair the issue and scan your computer for vulnerabilities if you have not already activated your firewall. In an effort to ensure that your system will not be attacked while attempting to solve the problem, disconnect the computer from the internet: 1. Head to the Start button 2. Select Run... 3. type services.msc in the popup window 4. Select the Ok button to issue the command 5. Select the Remo...
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How to avoid Fake Axxo Torrents & More.
2007-12-05 05:04:00
The anti-filesharing organisations like the MPAA and RIAA use plenty of dirty tricks to spy on filesharers: from spreading viruses to hacking into servers to plant 'evidence', and now they are applying tricks on Bittorrent:Fake Torrents:They plant fake torrent files on regular torrent listing sites. The torrent-filename will be similar to what you are used to, like the special way aXXo names his files, for example.The fake torrents will either have spying trackers attached that record your IP address, or the torrent will download a special type of movieformat which requires a spyware-filled movieplayer that you are tricked into downloading (like the 3wplayer from play.com3w.com or play.play3w.com, or the DivoCodec, or the DomPlayer). Also, files that are compressed with the WinZix compressor are very likely to be fake.Remedies:-- Try to get your torrents from a trusted site, and from a user-account that you know you can trust (check the torrent's comments if there are any).-- If ...
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Microsoft to modify Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy scheme
2007-12-04 11:36:00
Microsoft is making changes to its Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) anti-piracy strategy via a coupleof modifications it will implement in Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 and Windows Server 2008 next year.Microsoft to modify Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy schemeMicrosoft is doing away with ?reduced functionality mode? for individuals that its WGA activation and validation scheme deems to be running ?non-genuine? software. The company also is plugging two WGA loopholes that pirates have been exploiting successfully.Microsoft is attributing the changes it is making to ?feedback from customers and partners.?Microsoft announced plans for its WGA changes on December 4. The Release Candidate build of Windows Vista that is expected to go to testers before the end of this week will not include the changes. But Microsoft will introduce the changes to future test builds of Windows SP 1 before the final version is released in the first quarter of 2008. Ditto with Windows Server 2008 ? the curr...
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Creating a Shutdown/Reboot/Logoff Icon
2007-11-28 16:50:00
WindowsXP has a program called SHUTDOWN.EXE which allows you to easily create icons to shutdown or restart your computer.To create a shutdown shortcut on the desktop:Right click on an open area of the desktopSelect New / ShortcutEnter in "shutdown -s -t 00" - no quotesPress the Next buttonFor the name, enter in anything you like. I just use shutdown. Click on the Finish button.For a reboot, enter "shutdown -r -t 00"For a logoff, enter "shutdown -l -t 00"Shutdown [{-l|-s|-r|-a}] [-f] [-m [\ComputerName]] [-t xx] [-c "message"] [-d[u][p]:xx:yy]Parameters-l - Logs off the current user, this is also the defualt. -m ComputerName takes precedence.-s - Shuts down the local computer.-r - Reboots after shutdown.-a - Aborts shutdown. Ignores other parameters, except -l and ComputerName. You can only use -a during the time-out period.-f - Forces running applications to close.-m [\ComputerName] - Specifies the computer that you want to shut down.-t xx - Sets the timer for system shutdown in x...
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Photoshop Tutorials: Create the World in Sixty Seconds (and without drawing
2007-09-11 13:31:00
1.From the menu bar, select File/New, and make the file size about 200 pixels by 200 pixels. Make sure that the file is in RGB mode.2.Select a light blue for the foreground color, (I used #cff8fc) and a darker blue for the background color (I used #010d62). Of course, you can select any colors that you prefer, but for best results select two colors that have a high constrast. 3.Select Filters > Render > Clouds.4.Behold! The heavens appear within your file. The clouds filter uses the foreground and background colors you have chosen to create the clouds in your file. If you don't like the first effect you get with this filter, hit Ctrl + F on Windows, Command + F on the mac, which will reapply the filter and give a slightly different result each time.5. Return to the Filter menu. Select Render > Lighting Effects.6. In the Light Effects menu, change the shape of the ellipse to a circle that is centered within your file. Use the Default Spotlight setting, but change the Narrow settin...
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Ports That Are Used by Windows Product Activation
2007-08-23 17:30:00
Windows Product Activa tion uses the following ports:80 - HTTP443 - HTTPS
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How to Upgrade Windows 98 or Windows Millennium Edition Profiles to Windows
2007-08-23 17:28:00
This guide describes how to upgrade a Microsoft Microsoft Windows 98-based, or Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition -based client that has user profiles to a Microsoft Windows XP-based client.The following steps enable the Windows 98 and Windows Millennium Edition (Me) profiles to be retained throughout the process.Your best method to retain the profiles is to join the domain during the upgrade installation process.Otherwise, you must use a workaround method to transfer the profile information over to the Windows XP profile.During the upgrade installation process, at the networking section, the administrator is offered the choice to join a domain or a workgroup.If you join the domain at this juncture, you ensure that all the existing profiles are migrated successfully to the Windows XP-based installation.If you did not join the computer to the domain during the upgrade process, you must use the following workaround method:Join the upgraded computer to the target domain.All applicable...
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AVI File Fix in Windows XP
2007-08-22 22:42:00
If you have any AVI files that you saved in Windows 9x, which have interference when opened in Windows XP, there is an easy fix to get rid of the interference: Open Windows Movie Maker. Click View and then click Options. Click in the box to remove the check mark beside Automatically create clips. Now, import the movie file that has interference and drag it onto the timeline. Then save the movie, and during the re-rendering, the interference will be removed.
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Set up and Use Internet Connection Sharing
2007-08-22 22:40:00
With Internet Connection Shari ng (ICS) in Windows XP, you can connect one computer to the Internet, then share the Internet service with several computers on your home or small office network. The Network Setup Wizard in Windows XP Professional will automatically provide all of the network settings you need to share one Internet connection with all the computers in your network. Each computer can use programs such as Internet Explorer and Outlook Express as if they were directly connected to the Internet.You should not use this feature in an existing network with Windows 2000 Server domain controllers, DNS servers, gateways, DHCP servers, or systems configured for static IP addresses.Enabling ICSThe ICS host computer needs two network connections. The local area network connection, automatically created by installing a network adapter, connects to the computers on your home or small office network. The other connection, using a 56k modem, ISDN, DSL, or cable modem, connects the home...
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For a Safer, faster XP Close Unwanted Services
2007-08-21 16:32:00
To disable unneeded startup services for a safer, faster XP, use the "Services " Admin Tool (Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services). If you are a single user of a non-networked machine, you can disable the following items, with no ill effect.AlerterClipbookComputer BrowserFast User SwitchingHuman Interface Access DevicesIndexing Service (Slows the hard drive down)MessengerNet Logon (unnecessary unless networked on a Domain)Netmeeting Remote Desktop Sharing (disabled for extra security)Remote Desktop Help Session Manager (disabled for extra security)Remote Procedure Call LocatorRemote Registry (disabled for extra security)Routing & Remote Access (disabled for extra security)ServerSSDP Discovery Service (this is for the utterly pointless "Universal P'n'P", & leaves TCP Port 5000 wide open)TCP/IP NetBIOS HelperTelnet (disabled for extra security)Universal Plug and Play Device HostUpload ManagerWindows TimeWireless Zero Configuration (for wireless networks)Workstation
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NTFS Vs FAT32
2007-08-21 16:30:00
To NTFS or not to NTFS?that is the question. But unlike the deeper questions of life, this one isn't really all that hard to answer. For most users running Windows XP, NTFS is the obvious choice. It's more powerful and offers security advantages not found in the other file systems. But let's go over the differences among the files systems so we're all clear about the choice. There are essentially three different file systems available in Windows XP: FAT16, short for File Allocation Table, FAT32, and NTFS, short for NT File System. FAT16 The FAT16 file system was introduced way back with MS?DOS in 1981, and it's showing its age. It was designed originally to handle files on a floppy drive, and has had minor modifications over the years so it can handle hard disks, and even file names longer than the original limitation of 8.3 characters, but it's still the lowest common denominator. The biggest advantage of FAT16 is that it is compatible across a wide variety of operating...
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Microsoft Common Interview questions
2007-08-19 09:57:00
Microsoft Interview Questions The following are actual questions from actual interviews conducted by Microsoft employees on the main campus. Microsoft Consultants are sometimes allowed to have a life, so questions asked of them during interviews don't really count and aren't listed.The questions tend to follow some basic themes: * Riddles * Algorithms * Applications * ThinkersRiddles * Why is a manhole cover round? * How many cars are there in the USA? (A popular variant is "How many gas stations are there in the USA?") * How many manhole covers are there in the USA? * You've got someone working for you for seven days and a gold bar to pay them. The gold bar is segmented into seven connected pieces. You must give them a piece of gold at the end of every day. If you are only allowed to make two breaks in the gold bar, how do you pay your worker? * One train leaves Los Angeles at 15mph heading for New York. Another train leaves from New York at 20mph headi...
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Want to keystroke ur entire desktop and even more...
2007-08-19 09:48:00
Launchy is a free windows utility designed to help you forget about your start menu, the icons on your desktop, and even your file manager.Launchy indexes the programs in your start menu and can launch your documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes!To download launchy go here
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Make Windows XP Start Faster
2007-08-16 12:56:00
Most of the time you install an application in Windows XP, it adds an entry to the list of programs which autostart when Windows XP boots up. As time progresses, this list keeps on growing making Windows XP boot slow.The solutionSysInternals Autorun is a nifty utility to track down the notorious programs which run at start-up and slow down the booting of Windows XP. This utility, which has the most comprehensive knowledge of auto-starting locations of any startup monitor, shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and shows you the entries in the order Windows processes them. These programs include ones in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce, and other Registry keys.It also has an option to hide signed Microsoft entries to help you to zoom in on third-party auto-starting images that have been added to your system.If you want to disable an auto-start entry uncheck its check box. To delete an auto-start configuration entry use the Delete menu item or...
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Disable Automatic Delivery Of IE7 Via Automatic Updates
2007-08-16 12:47:00
Don't want to install IE7 but are bugged by Windows Update everytime ?After the release of Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft started distributing IE7 as high-priority update via Automatic Updates for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. But there are still some Windows customers who want to stick with Internet Explorer 6 and do not want to see those nagging screens from Microsoft to install Internet Explorer 7.Here is how you can block the install of IE7 via Windows Update while getting other important updates.How To Block Automatic Delivery Of IE7Microsoft has released a toolkit to disable the automatic install of IE7 via Automatic Updates while enabling the customer to get other updates via Automatic Updates. The Internet Explorer 7 Blocker Toolkit enables IT Administrators to disable automatic delivery of Internet Explorer 7 as a high-priority update via Automatic Updates and the Windows Update and Microsoft Update sites.The toolkit download requires genuine Windows validation an...
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How to turn on automatic logon in Windows XP
2007-08-09 13:49:00
ou can use Registry Editor to add your log on information. To do this, follow these steps:1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.2. Locate the following registry key:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWi ndowsNTCurrentVersionWinlogon3. Using your account name and password, double-click the DefaultUserName entry, type your user name, and then click OK.4. Double-click the DefaultPassword entry, type your password under the value data box, and then click OK.If there is no DefaultPassword value, create the value. To do this, follow these steps:a. In Registry Editor, click Edit, click New, and then click String Value.b. Type DefaultPassword as the value name, and then press ENTER.c. Double-click the newly created key, and then type your password in the Value Data box.If no DefaultPassword string is specified, Windows XP automatically changes the value of the AutoAdminLogon registry key from 1 (true) to 0 (false) to turn off the AutoAdminLogon feature.5. Double-...
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How To recover Lost XP Password
2007-08-05 18:18:00
To gain access to the Windows XP system, when you?ve lost the password, you can do these things.Reset the passwordIf you have any other administrator account besides your own, you can ask the other user on the system to reset your Windows XP password from the control panel. Or you can yourself use the following dos command to reset the password:Net user ?username? 123456Replace the ?username? above with your username on the pc and 123456 becomes your new password. Now you can access your account using your new password (123456).Recover the password (if you have access to internet enabled computer)If you want to recover the password, you can use Login recovery for this purpose. Download the image file from there. Put it up in a floppy or burn it into a CD.Start your computer using the newly created floppy disk or CD, your encrypted password will be automatically saved to the floppy disk.Then upload the encrypted password file (A:UPLOAD.TXT) to Login recovery and enter your email add...
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How to search for Rapidshare files ???
2007-08-05 18:06:00
Rapidshare is still the biggest file upload site on the internet. It is also one of the messiest and hard to work out sites that I came upon. sadThere is no way to search for files hosted on Rapidshare.com itself. The only way that was known to me was to use a Google search exclusively for Rapidshare. (site:Rapidshare.com keywords)This is not an ideal situation, many links found by Google are already dead at Rapidshare and the overall process takes too much time.However, you can use other websites which provide the facility to search Rapidshare for files and you can be sure that the links are not dead. smileSearch ing Rapidshare using RapidfoxYou should be very cautious downloading anything that has an executable from Rapidshare, make sure your virus scanner is up to date before you start unpacking and installing files.I personally think that Rapidfox offers a good alternative to Google searching Rapidshare. One should also consider that files uploaded to Rapidshare are supposed to b...
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Convert WMA to MP3 for your MP3 players
2007-08-04 13:25:00
Several software music players and mp3 players do not support WMA files at all. WMA, Windows Media Audio, is a format that was developed by Microsoft and initially designed to compete with the popular mp3 format.WMA however never received the popularity of the mp3 format and many people including myself wink don?t like WMA.Convert ing WMA to MP3 is one solution to get rid of WMA files and make them playable in your software and mp3 players. The easy way to convert wma audio files to mp3 is to use the software titled ?Free WMA to MP3 Converter?.The WMA to MP3 converter is probably not the fastest one out there or with the greatest functionality but it does exactly what you can expect of it.The time taken for the conversion will depend upon on the cpu that you have. But, but can be considered fast in most cases. * Besides WMA, it can also convert ASF files to MP3. You can also rip the sound from the WMV files into MP3. * You can select and convert multiple files at once without h...
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Disable Right Click for Windows
2007-08-04 13:23:00
The following tricks will let you disable right click for Windows , which means completely disable right click for files, folders, explorer, desktop etc. Since, the first trick doesn't stops right click access for Taskbar and Start Menu, but the second trick will let us disable right click access for Taskbar, Start menu and the clock. However, both the tricks will not disable the system menu (i.e. restore, move, size, close etc when you right click on title of any application).Disable right click for Taskbar and Start Menu * Start Group Policy Editor. (Start->Run->"gpedit.msc") * On the left, go to User Configuration->Administrative Templates->Start Menu and Taskbar. * On the right, enable this option "Remove access to the context menus for the taskbar".The above setting hides the menus that appear when you right-click the taskbar and items on the taskbar, such as the Start button, the clock, and the taskbar buttons. This setting does not prevent users from using other meth...
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Cool Ebooks
2007-07-25 20:32:00
Below I am listing some of the good and reliable sources for finding Computer and IT related ebooks on the internet.You can virtually find any ebook or any tutorial on these sites.Here are the links with the description of each site: * (BEST SITE)Free Computer Books online, Tutorials , Lecture Notes. This is the best site for free books that I have seen. It is updated regularly as new books become available.Books on :JAVA,Windows Programming(VB ∓ VC++),Web Designing and Publishing, XML ∓ XSL,Internet ∓ Intranet,Web Programming,Unix, Linux, X-Windows,Networking,Databases,Computer Science are available.So check this one out for sure.Recommended for all users. * Flazx This site contains a huge collection for books on nearly all the topics related to programming or computers both new and old at the time of writing all the links on the site are working. *IT EbookSimilar to flazx.com this site also contains huge collection for books on nearly all the topics related to ...
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Preventing Sudden PC shut downs
2007-07-25 20:17:00
Annoyance: The pc suddenly shuts down and then i see the led flashing!!The solution: If the system temperature exceeds a certain limit then the sytem is programmed to automatically shut down so as to avoid damage to heat sensitivi parts like the processor.first make sure that the outer covers are in place. DOnt ever leave the pc without cause the pc makers design the airflow in such a way that removing the case might actually hamper the airflow. POwer down ur pc then then take out the covers .check the air vents in the covers for dust or other particles that might block the air ventilation. check the fan connections and then replace any broken fan(s).then after all this is done let the pc cool down for sayy half an hour or so n then turn it back on n check the cpu heat .SisoftAnalyze the latest pc hardware and software setup for ur pcFuture mark
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Handling Ipod File Exclamations
2007-07-25 20:02:00
Annoyance: When i turn on my ipod music player i can see a big folder with a huge exclamation mark on it !!!The answer: if u are using the ipod on windows make sure that u use the latest ipod software for ur version, otherwise windows may not recognise ur pod.for example a 10 gb ipod can use a version sayyyy 1.3, but it later version with a dock connector can only use a version 2.1.if u arent sure wqat version ur ipod is then go to the following website n check outIpod supportThe other thing that might be wrong is that the unit might also be short of power. Charge the ipod n then replug it n then test it if it still isnt wrking then the only final conclusion is that the internal hardisk of the ipod has been improperly formattedcheerio hope this helpeddo post ur comments
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A tweak to boost up network application performance. Change thread priority
2007-06-19 10:39:00
You can change the priority of applications as soon as associated IO tasks are completed. Microsoft TCP/IP Stack component AFD.SYS allows you to do this. You can read all about it at http://rdweb.cns.vt.edu/public/notes/tcpi p2000.pdf Again this is a registry tweak and works well with XP.Open Registry by going to START-RUN and entering REGEDIT and Navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSe tServicesAFDParameters] and set the following key values to the values shown."TransmitWorker"=dword:00000010 "PriorityBoost"=dword:0000000a
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Do You want Windows to unload dll immediately?
2007-06-19 10:25:00
Folks, I read about this a long time ago and my preliminary findings are that it works on XP as well even though I can not say how beneficial this trick is (or how damaging !). Also there might be some potential problems with a a few apps. But I would still provide it to You There is a way in registry for You to tell Window s OS to unload DLL,immediately as soon as its use is over. Here is how to do that: . Open Registry by going to START-RUN and entering REGEDIT and Navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindo wsCurrentVersionExplorer] and look for AlwaysUnloadDLL parameter. It may not be present by default. If not, add a key by the name AlwaysUnloadDLL and set it to value of 1. This would inform OS to unload the DLL files from memory immediately. This has its advantages and disadvantages. It may also crash some Microsoft applications (like Access).
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