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I finally got around to formatting my harddrive, everythings gone and i reinstalled Windows XP no problems, installed my drivers got internet up.
Now the little keys in the notification area appeared, i used the register online option and entered the product key on the side of my tower, as i always have. But no matter what i do i made sure i entered it perfectly, but it says incorrect product key.
What can i do? i dont want to have to format every 30 days! i have a legal copy of windows and it just wont register! help please
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GIMP is by far the best free image editor around, it rivals Photoshop in several areas.
Official main site, if you use windows and you want the exe installer go to http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/
So many cool things have changed in this realease if you use gimp download this immdiatly.
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Thanks, but what is the appeal of Frostwire? They don't contrast it against Limewire on their website or in their user forum (that I could find). I could try it myself, but I can't tell if it would end up being more redundant than worthwhile.
having used both, i say go for frost wire. It has everything limewire has and its better, faster downloads
it is updated more frequently as well
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I got thinking, and the question popped into my head.
In eraser you have to option to erase free space, when thinking of this i wondered how the different passes "stacked" on eachother. Say you want to erase your freespace with 40 passes as a example, would it make a difference if you sperate the erasing as 4 10 pass erases?
Say you do a 10 pass psedorandom data free space erase at 4 different times would it be the same as doing one 40 pass pesodorandom data free space erase?
Would it be the same level of data erasing if you did the 40 passes at 4 different times?
This just popped into my head, and i always want to learn about this kind of stuff its interesting to me.
Another but minor question, what do you think is better as a image viewer?
XNview, or Irfanview?
Thanks!
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I have found the perfect visual style Royale Vista 2
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Fire thanks for the wall paper, it matchs my Aquanox very well
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just download vdownloader, itll conevert it to avi, theres no need to install sep software over one crappy file type.
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http://pack.google.com/intl/en/product_info.html?sd
Google is offering a free starter edition of their excellent Spyware Doctor anti-spyware program. Some of the guards aren't active, but it will scan and remove spyware and has some "on guard" protection. Just having access to their signature updates and being able to scan on demand is an asset.
Has anyone tried this yet and can you just install this program from the whole Google pack?
I use to use it, its a bloated POS don't bother. It takes 10 minutes to shut down and even longer to start up. It's slow as hell, and it hasnt found anything except a tracking cookie that both sas and avgas found. Don't bother, and yes you can download it you just uncheck the things on the download page, but my recommendation is don't bother. Others may feel diff.
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Ahhh
thank you!
gia gui kit am ii correct? Only for mac osx? do you know of a visual style equvilant??
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I use http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/ as mine, even thought 8/10 nothing useful is given away, it's free, the day i take it off, might be the day i miss out on something really good. Besides, ive gotten some really useful give aways. Loads pretty fast, it works for me.
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Hey, that site's good, because that pic opened really quickly and the web page is clean and nice to look at.
Glad to help, and "xs.to" can shove their google ad where the sun don't shine.
http://www.tinypic.com is great, i switched over to it after being constantly annoyed by imageshack, i love it its lighting fast and can also host video.
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Thanks for the replies everyone, ill keep searching
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Funny thing is that its true
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Unless someone recognizes that, you're looking for a needle in a haystack, which you already know.
But I'm puzzled by why you're looking for it if you already have it, or are you simply trying to find the same site, or some similar wallpaper?
Although it's a probably a forlorn hope, I'll keep my eye out for it.
Thats not my desktop. Thanks for being on the lookout, ill be on the lookout as well
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I really can't find this wallpaper, can anyone help?
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I have downloaded http://scilab-aurora.sourceforge.net/English/index.html because it looks much beter then avidemux, but its like gimp where you have to cpmplie it with something, when this happened to me in gimp i went and downloaded the allready complied installers from the other gimp site. I have even installed scilab itself, and it can open the .sci files but i cant find any way to ocmplie it so i can use this video editor. Can anyone tell me how i would go about doing this? Thanks!
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Hi BC,
Fancy meeting you here. I wonder how many other Wilders' are here also. As far as your question is concerned, I was only able to find very little information on TrackMeNot that does not relate to the FF extension. What I was able to find had to do with various freeware spyware scanners. Please be more specific.
Nate
Only reason i go to wildders is to see if javacool's new mru blaster and spywareblaster have been released
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I never thought id find a vs thats more stable and good looking then Luna Element 5.1, but it happened Luminous is the most amazing vs i have ever found!
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This is terrible, thought im fairly careful when opening my emails, and i always use my email when sandboxed so im good.
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I'm basing my query on this: "Note that the program does NOT change the contents of the registry in
any way, nor does it physically defrag the registry files on the drive
(as the PageDefrag program from SysInternals does). The optimization
done by NTREGOPT is simply compacting the registry hives to the
minimum size possible."!
I have used both, and i have configured pagedefrag to do its thing each boot, i don't think it mattere as to which one is used first, i use both and i have noticed no performance increase if i switch around the order.
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Thank You!
I don't think it matters, they both defragment the registry. I don't think it matters which one is used first. Someone else may think otherwise however.
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Hallo and greetings,
I'm attempting to use Recuva to reveal and / or recover files which have been wiped or over-written.
I first mounted a TrueCrypt volume and wiped multiple unencrypted files using the PGP Wipe function.
I then used BCWipe to overwrite file slack and free space on the entire volume with 35 passes of Peter
Guttman's algorithm. I then opened Recuva to view what remained.
I'll attach a screenshot of what was displayed. Note the 'Comment' column. All files shown ( partial ) were
wiped at the same time.
Should I expect or assume that those files _could_ be recovered by those _other_ than the 3-letter folks ?
Or is it some type of misinterpretation(s) of data by Recuva ?
I'd really appreciate any and all comments / solutions or suggestions.
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Amalthea
I am pretty sure i heard one of the recuva devs say that it cannot recover files from formated hdds, im no expert in this, but im sure it would be easier to recover files from a formated hdd then securly overwritten files.
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I have limited knowlage when it comes to this kind of thing, so maybe some of you computer experts can tell if this is effective? <!--QuoteBegin-This Tweak is meant for increasing the performance of Windows XP+ it can either be a fresh installation or a old one .This tweak Will surely increase the performance for your computer .
To make ur Windows Xp Super fast follow The following easy steps :-
1. Disable Dos 8.3 naming in Windows Xp.(Consumes lot of resources)
Windows XP uses two different names for each file on your computer. One is the name that you see in explorer and in the command prompt, and the other is an MSDOS compatible 8.3 (8 character title followed by a ?.? .Then three more characters to indicate the type of file) name. If you are intending to run DOS only software, or connect to pre-Windows 95 computers, you will need this second set of names. If not, you are simply wasting resources. To disable the 8.3 naming convention:
Open REGEDIT (Start, Run, regedit)
Navigate to :
CODEHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ System\ CurrentControlSet\ Control\ FileSystem
Then In the right hand panel ,Change the value of the NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation to ?1'
Or
Just Copy the following code in notepad and then save it as .REG
CODEWindows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(This Tweak is meant for increasing the performance of Windows XP @ it can either be a fresh installation or a old one .This tweak Will surely increase the performance for your computer .
To make ur Windows Xp Super fast follow The following easy steps :-
1. Disable Dos 8.3 naming in Windows Xp.(Consumes lot of resources)
Windows XP uses two different names for each file on your computer. One is the name that you see in explorer and in the command prompt, and the other is an MSDOS compatible 8.3 (8 character title followed by a ?.? .Then three more characters to indicate the type of file) name. If you are intending to run DOS only software, or connect to pre-Windows 95 computers, you will need this second set of names. If not, you are simply wasting resources. To disable the 8.3 naming convention:
Open REGEDIT (Start, Run, regedit)
Navigate to :
CODEHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ System\ CurrentControlSet\ Control\ FileSystem
Then In the right hand panel ,Change the value of the NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation to ?1'
Or
Just Copy the following code in notepad and then save it as .REG
CODEWindows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->"NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation"=dword:00000001
2. Right-click on My Computer icon on Desktop and select Properties, now goto Advanced tab in new window and click on Settings button in Performance section click on settings :
Now uncheck all the options in Visual Effects, but u can check following options :
1.) Show window contents while dragging.
2.) Smooth edges of screen fonts.
3.) Use common tasks in folders (If u use the left side pane in My computer, I don?t use it.)
4.) Show translucent selection rectangle
5.) Use drop shadows on icon labels on the desktop. (to make the desktop icons label transparent.)
6.) Use visual styles on windows and buttons.
3. I have also made a regedit file which wil surely increase your system performance .All you need to do is copy/paste the following code in notepad and then save it as a .REG file ,Double click on it n then click on Yes .Restart and then c the changes
CODE
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"Link"=hex:00,00,00,00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad]
"StatusBar"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"AutoEndTasks"="1"
"HungAppTimeout"="1000"
"MenuShowDelay"="8"
"WaitToKillAppTimeout"="2000"
"LowLevelHooksTimeout"="1000"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters]
"EnablePrefetcher"=dword:00000002
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\Shell\DosHere\Command]
@="%windir%\\System32\\cmd.exe /k cd \"%1\""
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoLowDiskSpaceChecks"=dword:00000001
"ClearRecentDocsOnExit"=dword:00000001
"NoRecentDocsHistory"=hex:01,00,00,00
"LinkResolveIgnoreLinkInfo"=dword:00000001
"NoResolveSearch"=dword:00000001
"NoResolveTrack"=dword:00000001
"NoInternetOpenWith"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad]
"fWrap"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}\InProcServer32]
@=hex(2):00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control]
"WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="0"
4. Go To Control Panel And Open Sound & Audio Devices in Control Panel (or type mmsys.cpl in RUN), goto Sounds tab and select No Sounds in Sound Scheme section. Or u can remain some of ur favorite sounds there but set Exit Windows, Start Windows, Windows Logoff, Windows Logon to (None).
5. Start -> Run and type msconfig, now goto Startup tab and uncheck the entries, which u don?t want to start automatically with the windows, like u some softwares, and many more.
6. Open Tools -> Folder Options and click on View tab:
Now uncheck following options:
a.) Automatically search for network folders & printers.
b.) Display file size information in folder tips.
c.) Display simple folder view in Explorer?s Folders list.
d.) Show encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color. (I don?t use this option.)
e.) Show pop-up description for folder and desktop icons.
f.) Use simple file sharing.
Other remaining options are totally based upon user?s requirements, they usually don?t affect the performance! So u can enable/disable them acc. to ur requirements.
7. List of Automatic services in Windows Xp and which of them can Be Disabled .Guys these are the services in Windows which start automatically when windows starts and they also consume lot of resources making your bootup speed slow. To disable some of the services go to:-
Start -> Run and type msconfig, now goto Services tab and uncheck the entries which u dont need .Below is detailed information about them:-
Alerter (service.exe)
Depends on the ?workstation? service working, and is set to ?manual? by default.
This service is used to send alerts directly to adminstrators on networks. If dont use this service, and dont want the machine sending alerts then this services can be disabled.
Application Layer Gateway Service (alg.exe)
Service is required to allow the machine to share its internet connection. This service is set to ?manual? by default. If not sharing then then this service can be disabled. Doesnt depend on any other services working.
Automattic updates
If you dont want you PC upgrade itself then you can just disable this service. But do remember to keep your PC up-to-date. This service needs ?Background Intelligent Transfer Service? set to manual as to be to download the updates.
Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)
I believe only ?Automattic update? needs this to receive update files. Can be disabled, but you wont need to, as it is only activated when required.
Clipbook
This not the clipboard, but something very simular. Allows clipboards to be shared accross machines. But yet to know anyone who actually uses this. Can be disabled.
COM+ Event System (svchost.exe)
Depends on the ?Remote Procedure Call (RPC)? working
COM+ System Application (dllhost.exe )
Certain applications use this application (see C:\Program Files\ComPlus Applications). If stopped, some application will not work, and even if they do, your likely to receive loads of warning messages. Service is set to ?manual? by default and is often advised left at this setting.
Computer Browser (svchost.exe)
Used to maintain the list of computers attached to network. Though it seems the network can still be browsed with this service disabled so not quite sure what function it actually performs, maybe for running the network ?master?controller. This service is on by default, by if not using a network, can be disabled.
Cryptographic Services (svchost.exe)
Allows software signatures to be checked. It handles software signatures. You will need this service as to install certain types of software and often windows updates. This service is on by default, but recommend setting to ?manual? as to be used when required.
DCOM Server Process Launcher (svchost -k DcomLaunch)
Not quite sure what this performs but most be set to automattic for some internal processes to work. If DCOM is switched off, services like defrag will not work, and Work starts producing problem messages.
DHCP Client (svchost.exe)
This service is on by default and requires your networking services to be already working. This allows your machine to receive an allocated IP address from a server. Which is often required when connecting to the internet or a network. If you don?t use the internet or don?t connect to a network this service can be disabled. Also if do, but your network or internet service provider uses static IPs and you have set a static IP in your TCP/IP settings, then you could disable this service.
Distributed Link Tracking Client (svchost.exe)
This service is on by default, and may only be necessary if part of a network. It tracks shortcuts accross machines as to make sure the shortcut still works when the location of a file is moved. I normally disable this service unless you have a number of unskilled staff using networked machines.
DNS Client
Used to resolve DNS names locally by caching, and preforms some local Active Directory domain controller functions. If you are not instending to use the internet or a network, this service can be disabled. Your machine will still resolve DNS names if disabled, but you might see ?DNS resolver failed to flush the cache,? errors when ?repair? your network connection. Also used for IPSEC.
Error reporting service
This sends your errors to microsoft, if you want to. If you never want to, then disable it.
HTTP SSL
Allow secure connections for software
This service doesnt get used by internet explorer, its available component for which some software might use. Usually can be disabled.
Event Log (services.exe)
This service on by default. It cannot and should not be stopped. It controls the messages sent and displayed in the machine?s event log.
Messenger (services.exe)
This is the ?net send? service used for machines to send alert message directly to other machines (nothing to do with MSN messenger). Service is on by default, but can be disabled.
Network DDE & Network DDE DSDM (svchost.exe)
Allows ?Dynamic Data Exchange? between computers. The only service that sometimes uses this is the clipbook. Generally can be disabled unless you do use this facility. Also some software (none that know of) may use these services.
Network Connections Service (svchost.exe)
Controls network and internet connections. If you use either, than you need this service, if you dont, then this service can be disabled. Service is set to ?manual? by default.
Network Location Awareness (svchost.exe)
Used in conjuction with Internet Connection Sharing. Service set as ?manual? by default. If not using internet connection sharing and not making changes to your dialup or network settings then it can be disabled.
Printer Spooler
Used to communicate to any printer. If you dont wish to ever print, then disable it.
Remote Access Connection Manager
This doesnt not create a network connection, as the network will run fine without it. Also wont stop you remote desktop access either. Maybe required for internet sharing.
Task Scheduler
This runs the tasks within task scheduler. If you dont want to ever use windows task scheduling then disable it.
Telephony (svchost.exe)
Controls anything to do with dialin numbers. Usually used for PCs that are using dialup internet, and some broadband connectionss. Would also be used for fax and voice IP software. If none of this is being used then it could be disabled.
Themes (svchost.exe)
Usually on by default, and just changes the look of desktop. Can be disabled without any effect other than a different window styles.
Upload Manager (svchost.exe)
The service on by default, but can be disabled. It has something to do with sending your hardware details to microsoft. Dont think it actually gets used, and turning it off has no side effects.
Wireless Zero Configuration Service (svchost.exe)
Controls configuration of wireless networking devices. This services is on by default, but if you don?t use wireless networking it can be disabled.
8. Explore your computer and then go to %windows/prefetch% folder delete all files in the folder and then restart (make sure u make a backup of the files in some other folder before deleting it ) .Your computer might require more time to boot up for 1 or 2 restarts but after 3 boots it will be super fast.Believe this really helps
Reguarding the backup files if after 5 or 6 restarts you feel that the computer is taking more time (This happens once in thousand times ) then you can replace all the files in the same folder .
You can also use many softwares such as Tuneup 2007 ..Which wil also help you to increase performance
Would this be safe to tweak my windows with? thanks
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It over-writes a file seven times, in effect, erasing (or shredding) it. Such a file is not normally recoverable, if at all. In fact a file overwritten at all is difficult to recover, 3 would be considered pretty secure, 7 very, and there is an overwriting protocol called the Gnutman (named for the Author) which overwrites 35 times, for the truly paranoid.
Just deleting a file merely gets rid of the header information; the remainder of the file is left behind and if not overwritten, can be easily recovered. Overwriting a file takes a bit longer than just deleting it.
(I think NSA stands for No Such Agency..7 overwrites is the protocol they consider adequate to destroy a file.)
nsa is some sort of gov orgazation from eraser hompage: Other methods include the one defined in the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual of the US Department of Defence and overwriting with pseudorandom data.
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thanks humpty i used the telephone option, and a smart robot or soemthing answered (i say robot because no living person would be like how it was) and it responded to my voice, and gave step by step instructions and now my windows is activated