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Disabling USB drives/Storage: Prevent Users from Accessing your Flash Disk

This article will provide two topics in locking and unlocking your USB, while still allowing the use of USB peripherals such as keyboard, mouse, printer or scanner. This can be use in preventing users from copying data from the computer or preventing them in plugging usb storage devices such as flash disk and usb hardisk.

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Note: This article can be applied to Windows Vista and Windows Xp Service Pack 2.

[Vista] If you don’t want to do it manually or again and again.

Download and Use WinBubble:

Open WinBubble > Security tab > Click any options and the Apply button > Restart your computer. That's it!

Enjoy!

Disable Writing to USB Drives in Windows Vista/Xp

1. Open the Notepad, copy and paste the settings below:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies]
"WriteProtect"=dword:00000001

2. Open the File menu->Save As and Select "All Files (*.*)" from Save as type options. Input any file name with ".reg" extension, example "DisableWrite2USB.reg"

3. To Disable, just double click the file, click "Continue", if UAC is enabled and choose "Yes" for the confirmation.

To enable writing to usb storage, change first the value to zero and repeat the procedure above.

"WriteProtect"=dword:00000000

Disable plugging of USB storage such as flash drives/USB hardisks in Windows Vista/Xp

1. Open the Notepad, copy and paste the settings below:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR]
"Start"=dword:00000004

2. Open the File menu->Save As and Select "All Files (*.*)" from Save as type options. Input any file name with ".reg" extension, example "DisableUSB.reg"

3. To Disable, just double click the file, click "Continue", if UAC is enabled and choose "Yes" for the confirmation.

To enable usb storage, change first the value to 3 and repeat the procedure above.

"Start"=dword:00000003

Note: Don't forget to restart your computer afterwards.

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Fun Stuff! Hack your Windows Experience Index (WEI) score

The first time many of us checked the Windows Experience Index (WEI), we were shock. A newly bought Laptop/PC has a WEI score of 1.0 to 2.9.

The Windows System Assessment Tool (WinSAT), is a free benchmarking tool that measures various performance characteristics and capabilities of a computer running in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. The ratings are displayed as Windows Experience Index or WEI score.

How to edit, modify and change WEI score easily? Download and Open WinBubble > Specific Tab > Hacking WEI Score Button. That's it!

The hack stuff: WinSAT saves the scores in a XML file located in the Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore folder. Each time you perform benchmarking using WinSAT, it creates a new XML file and stores it in this folder. All you have to do is to open the latest XML file and edit it using WORDPAD.

Fun stuff: Modify your WEI score and show it to your friends just for fun.

How about in Windows Seven? Read Here

CONS: Computer stores may trick their customers by editing the WEI scores. So, be careful! Always, check them by Re-running WinSAT.

How? type "Performance Inf" in the start menu Quick search and press "Enter" to open the tool (Performance Information and Tools).

Click "Update my score". For laptops, be sure that it is connected in AC source.

Enjoy!

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UnlockThis! How to Get the Windows Experience Index (WEI) score of a Network Computer

Windows System Assessment Tool (WINSAT), is a free benchmarking tool that measures various performance characteristics and capabilities of a computer running in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. The ratings are displayed as Windows Experience Index or WEI score.

How to get the WEI score of a Network Computer running in Windows Vista? Use Vbscript to access the new WMI class, Win32_WinSAT, that can retrieve system assessment information from ANY Windows Vista computer. Sadly, for Windows Vista only.

If you don't understand the above explanation, don't mind about it, just follow the steps below.

1. Open the notepad and paste the code below.

strCompName = Inputbox("Get Hardware Performance Ratings" & vbcrlf & "of a Remote computer," & vbcrlf & "Input the Computer Name:")

Set objWMIservices = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strCompName & "\root\cimv2")
Set colWSA = objWMIservices.ExecQuery("Select * From Win32_WinSAT")

For Each objItem in colWSA
    Wscript.Echo "Hardware Performance Ratings"
    Wscript.Echo "Processor : " & objItem.CPUScore
    Wscript.Echo "Memory: " & objItem.MemoryScore
    Wscript.Echo "Graphics: " & objItem.GraphicsScore
    Wscript.Echo "Gaming graphics: " & objItem.D3DScore
    Wscript.Echo "Primary hard disk: " & objItem.DiskScore
next

2. When saving the script, In the "Save as type", Select "ALL Files (*.*)" and input any name with ".vbs" extension.

File menu->Save As->Select ALL Files->type "GetWinSAT.vbs"

If you enter a wrong computer name, it will display an error.

Error: The remote server machine does not exist or is unavailable: 'GetObject'

Enjoy!

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Unlockthis: Speed Up! Use "Quick Explorer" to navigate your files easily

While you are using Microsoft Office Programs, Internet Explorer or Firefox for surfing the net, or even Windows Live Writer when writing a blog. You use the Quick search in Windows Vista start menu, if you have a clue about the name of the file you want to open. If not, you open the Windows Explorer for navigating, copying, moving, opening and many more. There's an quick alternative for navigating your files. Using the Windows Vista Toolbar, I called "Quick Explorer".

You can navigate and open your files easily. You can also copy, delete and move files but it depends on the hierarchy of folders. It is cumbersome to do file copy, if the folder location is located at the topmost part of the folder hierarchy.

One thing that I have noticed, at first, when you navigate a folder having a large hierarchy. It will caused an increased in the CPU usage but next time you open it again, it will not increase anymore. Maybe, it is now save in the memory. Same thing happened when I used Quick search in the start menu.

How to put "Quick Explorer" in the task bar:

1. Right-click the task bar->Toolbars->New Toolbar

2. Click the Computer icon and Select Folder button afterwards.

Enjoy!

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Windows XP, Web, Software Reviews and Hacks

UnlockForUs Ultimate collection of Hacks, Security, Tutorials, Windows XP Q&A, Web and Software Reviews. This is updated frequently, so check it out and Enjoy Learning Windows!

"Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim" --Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hacks

YouTube Hack

"Hidden Windows XP Serial Key"

Force Youtube Video to Stream in Normal Quality

Easily Download and Save Youtube Videos in Firefox using my Youtube Hack Code

iUnlockThis! Google Chrome YouTube Hack

Google Chrome Temporary Files location (Cache), Bookmarks/Favorites Database Hack!

How to Download and Save Youtube Videos in Safari (Opera too!) Browser using my Youtube Hack Script Code

News

Closed: English AdSense Help Forum in Google Groups

Windows 7 Features: New UI, Networking, Media Player, Device Stage and Customizations

~~The Next Version of~~ ~~WinBubbles~~ ~~will support~~ ~~Windows XP~~

Web and Software Reviews

What is Google Chrome? Download Now!

* Youtube File Hack, Download and Save Youtube Video in Internet Explorer Easily, UnlockForUs small and intelligent program that will add a Context Menu entry or extension to your IE.

Quick Tip: Simplest way to Save Time in using Google Search

Virtual Girl of the Future, A.I. (Artificial Intelligence)?

How to Open/Load .ISO Files in Windows Vista/XP

WinGuggle, Get your Windows Vista/XP Product Key easily UnlockForUs "Useful", Product Key Recovery Tool

CPU-Z, a useful System Profiler tool

Windows DVD Maker, create your own Professional-looking video DVDs

CDBurnerXP, burns Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs for FREE

Shock 4way 3D, adds a WOW factor.

WebGadgetsUnlimited!

Put a Language translation to your website

Internet Explorer 7 Top Ten features

Security

[How] Hack Attack: Easily Backup and Restore Google Chrome Saved Username and Passwords

Secure logon for Windows XP and Vista

Hide your computer in the Network

Google Chrome Tips, Tricks and Tweaks

Useful [Google Chrome] Sync your Bookmarks / Favorites Across Two or more Computers (Passwords too!)

[Google Chrome] Save Youtube Videos using the Favorites/Bookmarks

Tips and tricks: Google Chrome Secret Pages Hack!

[How] Opening Google Chrome SQLite V3 Database Files

[How] Opening Google Chrome Files: History, Archived History, Cookies, Thumbnails and Web Data

[Help-Files] Find, Edit and Change Google Chrome Download Directory Location

[Help] Where is Google Chrome Homepage Button, Gone?

Windows XP Tips and Tricks

* Skip the Welcome Screen in Windows 7/Vista/XP

* Creating a Windows XP Unattended Installer

How to Remove Entering of Serial Key in Windows XP Setup

Use the Task Manager like a Widget or Sidebar Gadgets

Task Manager's Menu Bar, Tabs, Minimize, Maximize and Close Button is Missing in Windows XP and Vista

[Vista/XP] How to Set up Ad hoc Wifi Wireless Networking Without a Router

[Vista/XP] How to Share Internet Connection in Ad hoc Network

System File Checker Tool: Scans, Checks and Restore Corruptions in Windows System Files

Opening CD/USB Flash Drive "Application not found" [Vista-XP Security: Virus/Worm Busted!]

[Vista/XP] How to Enable or Disable a User Account

* [Vista/XP] How to Customize your OEM Information

* [Vista/XP] Launch and Run Programs during Startup

Adding your applications to Context Menu (Right-Click Menu)

How to Restore DVD Drive Label / Names in Windows Vista/XP

* Partitioning your Drive in Windows XP without destroying your files

* Customize your boot Menu in Windows XP

Unlock Me! Disabling USB drives/Storage

Unlock Me! Pinning your icons in the start menu

"I can't see my new hardisk"

Quicktip: How to prolong your Laptop Battery

Other Topics

Sudden Dropped of Google Search Hits

Google (organic) Hits Restored

* [Help] How to Get your Feed-ID (Blog-ID)

USEFUL Windows Live Writer: File Upload Failed

Windows Live Writer Basics

Windows Live Writer, an excellent WYSWG Blog tool (What You See What You Get)

How to download/Save Youtube videos

How to Backup/Copy a DVD Movie

Latitude D630, Ultimate Business Notebook

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Windows Vista Tips and Secrets, Tricks, Tweaks, Unlocks and Downloads

UnlockForUs Ultimate collection of (How-To) Windows Vista Tweaks, Tutorials, Tips and Tricks. This is being updated frequently, so check it out and Enjoy Learning Windows Vista!

New! Simple Ways to Improve/Enhance Windows Vista Performance

New! Another Way to Add Icons to Desktop

Please Scroll-Down to Read more Windows Vista Tips & Tricks

WinBubble 1.76 was released UnlockForUs "Useful", Easy to use Customization and Tweaking Utility for Windows Vista

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*FreewareFiles.com Editor's Pick
*Softpedia 100% Clean Award and 5/5-Rating
*MajorGeeks.com Editor's Pick
*Proudly listed and Reviewed by PCWorld.com
*Proudly member of NotebookReview.com and WinMatrix.com
*Uptodown.com Tested and Awarded
*Proudly Listed at BetaNews.com
*5-Stars Neowin Choice Logo (WinBubble 1.6)
*Featured on Snapfiles.com with 4-Stars rating
*Soft82 5 stars Award & 100% Clean
*CFS 5 Doves Award
*Download.hr 100% Clean Award and 5-Stars Award

WinGuggle, Get your Windows Vista-XP Product Key easily UnlockForUs "Useful", Product Key Recovery Tool and OEM Customization for Windows 7/Vista/XP

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*MajorGeeks.com Editor's Pick
*Freewarefiles.com Editor's Pick
*Soft82.com 5/5 Stars Award
*Download.hr 100% Clean Award and 4-Stars Award
*Softpedia 100% Clean Award

RegDevelop: Open For All – IDE For Geeks - a small, safe and intelligent way of creating the Next Generation of Customization Programs and TweakUI For Windows.

Youtube File Hack, Download and Save Youtube Video in Internet Explorer And Google Chrome Easily, A small and intelligent program that will add a Right-Click Menu entry to your IE and will let you add a bookmarks downloader in Google Chrome.

WinFlog eXTreMe, "You're in Control", Enhances your Windows Vista Experience by Powering-up Context Menu such as Monitor OFF, Aero OFF, Customizing the Middle Mouse button and Many more...

*Softpedia 100% Clean Award
*Download.hr 100% Clean Award and 5-Stars Award
*Proudly listed at Windows Forest

New! Download Vista SP2 - New Service Pack for Windows Vista

New! How to Remove Invalid “Open With” Menu Program Entry

New! Keyboard Shortcut to Shutdown Button

Recent News

*** Innovation Wave – Users will become more Happy Soon

YOUTUBE HACKS

***** [MP4 Format] Save Youtube videos in 1280x720 HD!

***** Directly Download Youtube Videos (iUnlockThis: Youtube Hack Part 2!)

Great! Easily Download and Save Youtube Videos in Firefox using my Youtube Hack Code

How to Download and Save Youtube Videos in Safari Browser (Opera too!) using my Youtube Hack Script Code

Great! [Google Chrome] Save Youtube Videos using the Favorites/Bookmarks

Force Youtube Video to Stream in Normal Quality

WinBubbles

* Unlocking WinBubble Part 1 *Tips and Tweaks

Unlocking WinBubble Part 2 *Icon Customizations

Unlocking WinBubble Part 3 *Securing your desktop

Unlocking WinBubble Part 4 *Screensaver Customizations

Unlocking WinBubble Part 5 *Optimize your Windows Vista Experience

Unlocking WinBubble Part 6 *More Security options

Unlocking WinBubble Part 7 *Miscellaneous Tweaks

* Unlocking WinBubble Part 8 *Customizing Windows Vista Icons easily

* How To Create your own Tweaking Toolbox

* Adding your applications to Context Menu (Right-Click Menu)

* "My Tweaker Tool", Create your Own Tweaker

***** [Vista] Easily Change Hard Disk Icons

Youtube File Hack Tool

*** Setup Documentation – New Youtube File Hack 1.5

* Unlocking Youtube File Hack-1 Running the Program for the First Time, Tips and Tricks

Unlocking Youtube File Hack-2 Download a Video after Search

Unlocking Youtube File Hack-3 Download while Watching the Video

Unlocking Youtube File Hack-4 Download in User-Response, Related and Featured Videos

Unlocking Youtube File Hack-5 Downloading the Youtube File through the GUI Application

How to Play the Downloaded Youtube Video

WinFlog eXTreMe

Registry Hack! How to Launch Applications using the Middle Mouse Button

* Shutdown, Restart, Lock, Sleep Or Hibernate your Computer using the Middle Mouse Button

* Eject your CD/DVD using a Keyboard Shortcut

* How To Activate Flip 3d using the Middle Mouse Button / Scroll Wheel Button

How To Turn Off Aero using the Middle Mouse Button

* Eject your CD/DVD using the Middle mouse button

RegDevelop, Create your own WinBubbles - IDE For Geeks!

RegDevelop Hidden Features

RegDevelop Part 1 – Introduction and Screenshots

RegDevelop Part 2 – Using Button, Label and PictureBox Controls

RegDevelop Part 3 – Using CheckBox and TextBox Controls

Simple Portable Drive Scanner

How to Customize or Change the Welcome Screen Background in Windows 7

[Easy Fix] Enabling Registry Editor

Windows Vista Security Tips

***** Creating a Backdoor in Windows Vista Welcome Screen

[How] Hack Attack: Easily Crack the Google Chrome Saved Password using the Built-In Decryption Utility Feature

[Vista/XP] Worm Busted Part 2! How to Detect, Clean/Remove Manually inside the USB Flash Drive

* The Best Protection Against Worms in Windows Vista

Another Worm: SVHOST.EXE and NEW FOLDER.EXE

* Opening CD/USB Drive "Application not found" [Vista-XP Security: Virus/Worm Busted!]

Opening CD/USB Drive "Application not found" [Vista-XP Security: Virus/Worm Busted!]-2

Password to Folder? Setting the Ownership Of File or Folder to the Current User

[Vista Security] Manually Selecting the programs to be elevated or Run outside the Internet Explorer

* Monitor attempts to access and change settings in Windows Vista

* Secure logon for Windows XP and Vista

Useful "Access denied", opening a folder in Windows Vista

*** I SEE YOU...view your connections

Unlock Me! Disabling USB drives/Storage

* Restriction: Locking System Time and Date Settings

How to Remove, Create and Add Security Policy: Disable/Enable IE7 and the New IE8 Restrictions

Disable Auto Play in All types of Media

Computer Network Related Tips and Tricks:

* Internet Connection Sharing to Several Computers using Windows

Shortcut Key to Disconnect GPRS, EDGE, 3G/HSDPA Dial-up Internet Connection in Windows Vista

Simple Way to Monitor Opened Files in a Shared Folder Across the Network

USEFUL Simple Ways to Tweak your Network and Internet Connections- Part 1

USEFUL Simple Ways to Tweak your Network and Internet Connections- Part 2

* [Vista/XP] How to Set up Ad hoc Wifi Wireless Networking Without a Router

[Vista/XP] How to Share Internet Connection in Ad hoc Network

* Hide your computer in the Network

* [Help] How to Setup Broadband DSL Internet Connection in Windows Vista for a Single PC

How to Get the Windows Experience Index (WEI) score of a Network Computer

Quick Tips

How to Copy & Paste Text from CMD or Command Prompt Window

Annoyed? A Windows Vista Power Button that actually Turns off your PC

Useful Opening Network Connections Window easily

Useful Simplest way to Save Time in using Google Search

Quick Tip: How to Find and Get the Windows Directory Name or Folder

Quick Tip: Create a shortcut and Go directly to Device Manager

* Speeding Up! Using Quick Launch Toolbar's Keyboard Shortcut

USEFUL Quicktip: How to prolong your Laptop Battery

Useful Windows Vista Home Premium is Asking for Product Key

* HideDrivesWithNoMedia

Windows Vista Tips, Tricks and Tweaks

* Free Vista Password Reset Tool – How to Create a USB Recovery Disk

* Easily Remove or Set OEM Logo and Support Information in Windows 7/Vista/XP

* Show the Hidden Shutdown Dialog Window in Windows Vista

Use Automatic Completion of Directory or Path for Command Prompt in Windows Vista

Changing the Default Search For Executables Path in Command Prompt

Add "Disable UAC" or "Enable UAC" to Right-click Menu / Context Menu

How to Show/Remove the Language Bar in Windows Vista Taskbar

Unable to Change the Login Password in Windows Vista

* Universal Script Template in Elevating Commands as Administrator in Windows Vista

* Add "Hide This File" and "Hide This Folder" to your Right-Click / Context Menu in Windows Vista and XP

Cool Use the Task Manager like a Widget or Sidebar Gadgets

Fun Stuff Task Manager's Menu Bar, Tabs, Minimize, Maximize and Close Button is Missing in Windows XP and Vista

Nokia [Vista] FIX: Your phone is in file transfer mode and cannot be used with PC Suite...

Complete [Vista] Icon Changer (It's FREE!)

Clean Up Time Removing Right-Click Menu Items, Customizing and Changing File Type Icons (File Extension) in Windows Vista

Useful How to Make/Create a Bootable USB Flash Disk Windows Vista Installer

Useful System File Checker Tool: Scans, Checks and Restore Corruptions in Windows System Files

Useful [Help] How to Fix, Repair and Restore (Recover) Windows Vista Easily

* Customize your Folder Icons to Enhance Windows Vista Experience

[Vista/XP] Easily Remove/Clean-up Internet Explorer Context Menu Entry

* [Vista] Adding Internet Explorer Icon, Network, Control Panel, Username and Public Folder to Desktop

[Vista/XP] Add Safely Remove Hardware (UNPLUG) in Right-Click/Context Menu

[Vista] How to Reset IE Security Warning "A website wants to open web content using this program on your computer" to default

* [Vista/XP-IE] How to Show the File Download Window after "Always ask before opening this type of file" was Unchecked

Lost? How to Find or Specify the Download Directory Before and After Downloading a file

[Vista] How to Restore Folder Icons to Default

Download Free Amazing MyColor Themes

HELPFUL [Vista] Hibernate Button is gone

[Vista/XP] How to Enable or Disable a User Account

Internet Explorer Command to Delete Temporary Files, All History, Passwords and Forms

WOW Hacking Bubbles Screensaver: The First WinBubble Video

BLOG UnlockME: Internet Explorer 7 and FireFox 3 doesn't load the latest web page

[Vista/XP] Launch and Run Programs during Startup

The Most Annoying message next to UAC: "This Driver is Blocked Due to Compatibility Issues"

Advanced: How to Create/Generate a New GUID using Vb.Net, C# and Vb.Script

USEFUL Add "Remove Temp Files" to Right-Click Menu

Hacking WinBubble: Customizing the Restore Point Creator designed for Windows Vista

Create a Shortcut for Shutdown, Restart, Sleep, Lock and Hibernate Button

Extremely Useful Add "Create a Restore Point" to your Context Menu

Educational How to Run VBScripts as Administrator in Windows Vista

Useful Notes Before Taking the Ownership of File and Folder

WinBubble Tip: Adding Device Manager to Right-Click Menu in Windows Vista

FUN Greetings, Reminders Or Any Message Before Entering Windows Vista

How to Hide or Disable a User Account at the Welcome Screen in Windows Vista/XP (Local and Remote Users)

Useful Registry Editor Tip: Change the Open Folder Icon, Helps in Finding Any Registry Keys and Values

Pin the Search Shortcut in the Start Menu

"Windows can't verify the publisher of this driver"

How to Open/Load .ISO Files in Windows Vista/XP

Windows Vista SP1 File Removal tool: Free up more space on your hard drive

How to Show/Hide Start Menu Search in Windows Vista Service Pack 1, I Unlock This First!!!

Hardware Problem After Installation of Windows Vista SP 1

USEFUL Windows Live Writer: File Upload Failed

NEW How to Enable/Disable Task Manager option in Windows Vista

UnlockMe! "Windows has blocked some startup programs"

How to Remove/Disable Start-up programs in Windows Vista

* Add "Hide/Show Computer" in Network Icon Context Menu

Registry Hack! How to Restore DVD Drive Label / Names in Windows Vista

How to Enable/Disable "On Resume, Display Logon Screen"

NEAT Kill 'em All: Close Multiple Programs at the Same Time

* NETPLWIZ, Advanced User Accounts Control Panel

The Windows Desktop Bug

Customizing Windows Vista: Using Large Icons in the Taskbar's Quick Launch toolbar

Customizing OEM Logo in Windows Vista

Pinning All Shortcuts to Start Menu

Unlock Me! Pinning your icons in the start menu

Speed Up! Use the "Quick Explorer" to navigate your files easily

UnlockThis! Shock 4way 3D, adds a WOW factor

Windows Vista Benchmarking tool

* Windows DVD Maker, create your own Professional-looking video DVDs

* Login Automatically in Windows Vista

* Ten ways on enhancing your Windows Vista User Experience

* Gear up your new Windows Vista OS with tweaks for beginners

Tweak your Windows Vista, the easiest way when arranging your files

File association problem in Windows Vista

Low 'Virtual Memory' warning on Windows Vista

Internet Explorer 7 Top Ten features

Capture anything on your screen with Windows Snipping tool

Show 'Open command window here...

* Partitioning your Drive in Windows Vista

Google Chrome

Useful [Google Chrome] Synchronize your Bookmarks / Favorites Across Two or more Computers (Passwords too!)

NEW Google Chrome Temporary Files location (Cache), Bookmarks/Favorites Database Hack!

[How] Opening Google Chrome SQLite V3 Database Files

Hack [How] Opening Google Chrome Files: History, Archived History, Cookies, Thumbnails and Web Data

[Help] Where's the "Recent Pages" Button in Google Chrome? It's Gone!

[Help] Where is Google Chrome Homepage Button, Gone?

[Help-Files] Find, Edit and Change Google Chrome Download Directory Location

* Tips and tricks: Google Chrome Secret Pages Hack!

Microsoft Excel Tips and Tricks

How to Create a Random Number Generator in Excel using VBA without Repetition

Can't Find Insert ActiveX and Form Controls in Excel 2007 (Buttons, Combo Box, Check Box, Option Button and List Box)

Security Warning Some Active Content has been disabled Security Warning Some Active Content has been disabled

Others:

Quick Tip [Help] How to Get your Feed-ID (Blog-ID)

[Vista] Download uTorrent Manually To Update and Prevent the Error "Access is Denied"

How to Download and Watch NOVA Programs: Science and Technology in Full Episodes for Free

Windows 7 - aka "Vista version 2.0"

*** Windows 7 New Features, Technologies and Terms to Learn

* Hiding Drives with No Media mounted in Windows 7

* The New Windows 7 Useful Keyboard Shortcuts or Hotkey Lists

* Hotkey to open a program in Administrator mode or Privilege in Windows 7

* Easily Remove or Set OEM Logo and Support Information in Windows 7/Vista/XP

* Fun Stuff! How to Change Windows Experience Index (WEI) in Windows 7

* Setup a Backdoor in Windows 7 Welcome Screen

* How to Create a Password Recovery USB Disk in Windows 7

Using Windows 7 BitLocker To Go, Secures USB Flash Disk Easily

How To Remove BitLocker Encryption in Windows 7

* Skip the Welcome Screen in Windows 7/Vista/XP

Windows 7 RC Download Problem: 32-bit and 64-bit

* TweakUI For Windows 7 : The Ultimate Tweaker

Windows 7 Features: New UI, Networking, Media Player, Device Stage and Customizations

Windows 7 "Touch For Engineers"

[Code 500] Downloading Windows 7 RC – Internal server error

Cracking the 8-Character Windows Vista Password for three to five days

Important Changes to Windows Vista Service Pack 1

Installing Windows Vista Service Pack 1

Windows Vista Basic, Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows Vista Ultimate Edition. UnlockForUs Ultimate Windows Vista computer help guide, only here at UnlockForUs.Blogspot.com.

UnlockThis! Cracking the 8-Character Windows Vista Password for three to five days

Using NVIDIA GPU, dual core CPU and "Brute force" technique, it is now possible to recover the logon password for Windows Vista.

Last October 22, 2007, ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. has filed a US patent on a breakthrough. A technology based on the combined power of Central Processing Unit and its video card's Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). The result will allow to build low cost PCs that will work like supercomputers when recovering lost passwords. It will decrease the time that it takes to perform password recovery by a factor of up to 25.

ElcomSoft, a Russian computer software company specializing in computer security and data recovery applications provides state-of-the-art software cryptology and forensics, offers a wide range of password recovery solutions. They said that using their new technology, the process would take only three to five days for an 8-character string composed of uppercase and lowercase alphabetic characters to be cracked using the combination of dual-core CPU and a $150 Nvidia GPU. Unlike using a modern dual-core PC only, you can perform a brute-force technique up to 10,000,000 passwords per second, and it will complete the task in two months.

Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery can be downloaded using the following link. ElcomSoft is a Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner and member of the Intel® Software Partner Program.

Credits: Elcomsoft

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UnlockThis! Monitor attempts to access and change settings in Windows Vista

Did you ever wonder if there's someone tried to use/access your computer when you're not around? Windows Vista will help you to monitor what's happening on your computer to make it more secure.

1. Open Local Security Policy by clicking the Start button, typing "Local secu" or just type "secpol.msc" into the Search box, and open it.‌ If you are prompted by UAC for confirmation, click "Continue".

2. Click Local Policies -> Audit Policy.

3. Double-click the Policy that you want to monitor/audit.

Audit account Logon events, To see when someone has logged on or off your computer (both local and over the network).

Account management, To see when someone has changed settings on any account such as account name, changed a password, or changed a user group, enabled or disabled an account and created or deleted an account.

Directory service access, To see when somebody accesses an Active Directory object that has its own system access control list (SACL).

Object access, To see when someone has used a file, folder, printer, or other object.

Policy change, To see attempts to change any settings in local security policies

Privilege use, To see when someone performs a user right.

Process tracking, To see when events such as program activation or a process exiting occur.

System events, To see when somebody has turn off or restarted the computer, or when a program tries to do something that it doesn't have permission to do, like if a spyware tried to change a setting on your computer without your permission.

Source: Microsoft.com

4. Choose if you will monitor both Success and Failure attempts or just pick one of them and afterwards click the Apply button.

5. Monitor these events using the Event Viewer.

Start menu->Type "Event Viewer"->Open it and click "Continue" to confirm.

In the Event viewer->Go to Windows Logs->Security

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UnlockThis! CPU-Z, a useful System Profiler tool

CPU-Z is a portable freeware system profiler for Microsoft Windows that gathers information about the central processing unit (CPU), RAM, motherboard, and other hardware features.

"Before I upgrade my laptop memory, I used this portable application to see and verify the memory type and frequency. "

CPU-Z is needed to identify certain hardware components without opening the PC or laptop, especially the memory type and frequency, mainboard vendor, core revision and RAM clock rate. The ability to get clock speed makes it an important tool for motherboard overclockers.

Hardware Information List:

(SOURCE: http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php)

CPU - Name and number, Core stepping and process, Package, Core voltage, Internal and external clocks, clock multiplier, Supported instructions sets and Cache information.

Mainboard - Vendor, model and revision, BIOS model and date, Chipset (northbridge and southbridge) and sensor, Graphic interface.

Memory - Frequency and timings, Module(s) specification using SPD (Serial Presence Detect) : vendor, serial number, timings table.

System - Windows and DirectX version.

Other Topics:

Quicktip: How to prolong your Laptop Battery

CDBurnerXP, burns Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs for FREE

Windows DVD Maker, create your own Professional-looking video DVDs

How to Open/Load .ISO Files in Windows Vista/XP

Windows Xp, Web, Software Reviews and Hacks

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iUnlockThis! New Thread

This NEW thread presents a topic that cannot be seen in any Windows Vista/XP Tweaking guides, Tips and Tricks websites and other famous websites. Based on Google search that I have done.

A. Microsoft Desktop Window Manager command list (Flip3d and Glass style effect)

Microsoft Desktop Window Manager is responsible for the Aero effects in our Windows Vista machine.

Recently, I read a Windows Vista Tip on how to create a Flip 3D shortcut, maybe almost all of the Vista forums, Windows Vista Tweaking guides and Windows Vista Tips and tricks websites has this tip. I was amazed about the tip...because you can create an application that if you click the middle part of your mouse (scroll wheel button), Flip3D will execute. WOW!

One question pops-up in my head, how about the other commands? After experimenting with it, I found 3 functioning parameters.

Activate Flip3D: Rundll32 dwmApi #105

Turn off the Glass style effect: Rundll32 dwmApi #104

Turn on the Glass style effect: Rundll32 dwmApi #102

Note: Run the command prompt as Administrator

B. Direct download link of YouTube

YouTube Hack! Get Youtube Direct download link without using any website or windows application.

1. Go to the Youtube video that you want to download. and Right Click to the vacant space->View source

2. Press CTRL+F, and type "watch_fullscreen?"

3. Copy the next String starting from "Video_id=...." up to "title" only, no more "=" character at the end.

Example:

video_id=8ZEzNQ-CoV0&l=375&t=OEgsToPDskJn0I7mio7H8261dbG7AW5c&sk=9CjRopcFAKzQ8Pb8lNLXwwC&fs=1&title

4. Direct Download link:

htpp://www.youtube.com/get_video? + COPIED string

http://www.youtube.com/get_video?video_id=8ZEzNQ-CoV0&l=375&t=OEgsToPDskJn0I7mio7H8261dbG7AW5c&sk=9CjRopcFAKzQ8Pb8lNLXwwC&fs=1&title

Enjoy!

This Windows Vista Tip, Turning on and turning off the Windows Vista Aero (Glass style effect) using these parameters in one click is FIRST, and can only be seen here in UnlockForUs.Blogspot.com. Same in getting the youtube direct download link.

So, any blogs or articles that will use this Windows Vista tip, Please give a credit to this BlogSite, Example:

"SOURCE: unlockforus.blogspot.com" or

"Thanks to http://unlockforus.blogspot.com"

Thank you very much!

Related Topics:

How to download/Save Youtube videos

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Gear up your new Windows Vista OS with tweak for Beginners

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Ten ways on enhancing your Windows Vista User Experience

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October 22, 2007

YouTube Hack! Get the Youtube direct download link without using any website or windows application.

1. Go to the Youtube video that you want to download. and Right Click to the vacant space->View source

2. Press CTRL+F, and type "watch_fullscreen?"

3. Copy the next String starting from "Video_id=...." up to "title" only, no more "=" character at the end.

Example:

video_id=8ZEzNQ-CoV0&l=375&t=OEgsToPDskJn0I7mio7H8261dbG7AW5c&sk=9CjRopcFAKzQ8Pb8lNLXwwC&fs=1&title

4. Direct Download link:

http://www.youtube.com/get_video? + COPIED string

http://www.youtube.com/get_video?video_id=8ZEzNQ-CoV0&l=375&t=OEgsToPDskJn0I7mio7H8261dbG7AW5c&sk=9CjRopcFAKzQ8Pb8lNLXwwC&fs=1&title

Enjoy!

Any blogs or articles that will use this guide/hack, Please give credit to this BlogSite, Example:

"SOURCE: unlockforus.blogspot.com" or

"Thanks to http://unlockforus.blogspot.com"

Thank you very much!

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Directly Download Youtube Videos in Google Chrome, Safari Opera and Firefox (iUnlockThis: Youtube Hack Part 2!)

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Downloading High Quality video

Just Add this at the end of the link:

&fmt=18

http://www.youtube.com/get_video?video_id=8ZEzNQ-CoV0&l=375&t=OEgsToPDskJn0I7mio7H8261dbG7AW5c&sk=9CjRopcFAKzQ8Pb8lNLXwwC&fs=1&title&fmt=18

Thanks to this guy who hack the HQ thing, Tons of downloaders followed: Mr. HQ

Latest NEWS (July 21, 2008) Youtube File Hack Tool was released! It is a Context menu (Right-Click Menu) Addition to Internet Explorer to Download youtube videos for offline viewing. The program was optimized and designed as simple as possible.

Just Right-Click and Download.

That's it! Enjoy!

Getting the link was based on this procedure.

How to Play the Downloaded Youtube videos

[Google Chrome] Save Youtube Videos using the Favorites/Bookmarks

Easily Download and Save Youtube Videos in Firefox using my Youtube Hack Code

How to Download and Save Youtube Videos in Safari (Opera too!) Browser using my Youtube Hack Script Code

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iUnlockThis! Windows Vista Tip, Create an Aero On Off and Flip3D Shortcut

Microsoft Desktop Window Manager is responsible for the Aero effects in our Windows Vista machine.

Recently, I read a Windows Vista Tip on how to create a Flip 3D shortcut, maybe almost all the Vista forums, Windows Vista Tweaking guides and Windows Vista Tips and tricks has this tip. I was amazed about the tip...because you can create an application that if you click the middle part of your mouse (scroll wheel button), Flip3D will execute. WOW!

One question pops-up in my head, how about the other commands? After experimenting with it, I found 3 functioning parameters.

How to Create a Windows Vista Aero On Off shortcut

1. Right-Click on the desktop->New->Shortcut

2. Type the following commands: Rundll32 dwmApi #104

3. Click Next and input any name that you want, example: "AeroOff".

4. To change the icon, Right-click on the shortcut -> Properties --> Change icon

5. Shell32.dll has a big collection of icons, so let's choose and use that file. type "Shell32.dll" and press enter on the Textbox.

6. Choose any icon that you want to use

You can see from the picture above that the Aero, Glass interface is Off. To turn it on, create a shortcut with same procedure but use the following command parameters, same in Flip3D shortcut.

Turn on the Windows Vista Aero (Glass style effect):
Rundll32 dwmApi #102

Activate Flip3D: Rundll32 dwmApi #105

Enjoy!

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UnlockThis! Windows Vista Benchmarking tool

1. 3D benchmarks
a. In the command prompt(RUN as administrator), type "winsat aurora"

b. Winsat D3D, evaluates a computer system ability to run D3D based applications such as games.
Note: Run the command prompt as administrator and type the following
Example: winsat d3d -alushader -texshader -totalobj 12

2. Aero benchmarks
Winsat DWM, evaluates computer system ability to display the Aero desktop effects.
Note: Run the command prompt as administrator and type the following
Example: winsat dwm -normalw 8 -glassw 3 -time 6 -fullscreen

3. Hardisk Benchmarks
WINSAT DISK - evaluates the performance of a storage device
Note: Run the command prompt as administrator
a. Sequential I/O read performance of drive C:
winsat disk -seq -read -drive c

b. Random I/O write performance of drive number
winsat disk -ran -write -drive c

c. flush performance of drive C:
winsat disk -flush -drive c

4. CPU Benchmarks
Winsat CPU - evaluates the performance of the processors using encryption and decryption or compression and decompression.

encryption - encryption and decryption sub-assessment using 256-bit AES cryptographic algorithms.
encryption2 - encryption and decryption sub-assessment computing using a SHA1 hash
compression - compression and decompression sub-assessment using a Lempel-Zev algorithm.
compression2 - CPU performance test using the same compression algorithms that Windows Vista uses internally, same algorithm used to compress the hibernation file and with ReadyBoost and ReadyDrive technologies.

Examples

(Note: Run the command prompt as administrator and type the following)

a. winsat cpu -encryption2

b. winsat cpu -compression2

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UnlockMe! Secure logon for Windows XP and Vista

Secure Logon is a common feature of office computers on a domain network which guarantees an authentic login prompt, protecting the system from programs that mimic a logon to retrieve password information.

Enable Secure Logon in Windows Vista

Type netplwiz in the Run window (Windows+R) or Start Menu’s Search box.
Click "Continue" button if UAC is turn on. In the Advanced User Account window, click the Advanced tab.
Select the Require users to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete check box.

Enable Secure Logon in Windows XP

Go to Start menu-> Control Panel (Classic View) -> User Accounts
In the Advanced User account window, click the Advanced tab.
Select the Require users to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete check box.

How to use:

You have to press Ctrl+Alt+Del on your keyboard to unlock your computer before you can logon to Windows.

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UnlockThis! Windows DVD Maker, create your own Professional-looking video DVDs

Windows DVD Maker introduces an easy and simple steps in creating a professional-looking video DVDs and pictures that can be opened on your standard DVD players, regardless of your geographical region codes. It serves as a companion program to Windows Movie Maker and available in Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows Vista Ultimate edition.

Important settings that you must check before creating a Dvd movie:

1. Hardisk space, you should have a free space for temporary files that are created when making a DVD. (At least 5gb)

2. Video format: NTSC or PAL, check this options after adding the files into the Windows DVD Maker.

3. DVD aspect ratio: 4:3 (standard) or 16:9 (widescreen), if you did not set this option, video files in a widescreen format will be stretch if the standard setting is used (4:3) and vice-versa.

How to burn and change Windows DVD Maker Options/Settings:

Open Windows DVD Maker->Choose Pictures and Videos. On the Main window (Add pictures and video to the DVD window), change the title of the disc.
Put videos and pictures using "Add items" button. You can arrange them afterwards by clicking Move up and Move down button.
Click Options, don't forget to check and change the settings.

4. Click Ok.

After that choose the menu style that you want. If you like to customize it, edit text, add some videos (foreground and background) and audio, go to "Menu Text" and "Customize Menu".

If not, just click the burn button.

I have encountered these problems while using Windows DVD Maker because I did not check the above settings. So, I would like to share this to all of you.

Enjoy!

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Login Automatically in Windows Vista, Removes or Disables the Welcome Screen

This is a quick information that allows your computer to logon automatically at the startup of Windows Vista (Also Works in Windows 7). You can select and set the user account that will be use during the startup.

Login Automatically in Windows Vista

<<-Advanced User Accounts Control Panel->>

Open the RUN window (Press Windows+R)->type "netplwiz" and press Enter. Select "Continue" if the UAC pop-ups.

In the Advanced User Account window, uncheck the checkbox "User must enter a username and password to use this computer.", then click the "Apply" button. Once the Automatic Log On Window appears, set the username and password that will be use during the startup of Windows Vista.

For Windows XP or manually setting in the registry, Read here.

Simple but sometimes useful… It removes your annoyances. Enjoy!

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UnlockMe! "I can't see my new hardisk"

This is a question that I encountered last week. "Yesterday, I bought a SEAGATE SATA hardisk. But when I opened my computer, running in windows XP, I can't see my new hardisk in windows explorer. Please help..."

After you bought a hardisk in the shop, always ask the computer technician if it is already formatted and it has a partition or not. Because when you buy a hardisk, usually it has no partition and not yet formatted. That's why you cannot see the hardisk in windows explorer.

Here's a complete guide to create a partition and format the hardisk in Windows XP.

1. Open the Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management

2. In the Computer Management tool, Click "Disk Management".

3. You will see the "Unallocated disk', this is your new hardisk.

Right-Click->click New Logical Drive.

4. In the New Partition Wizard, click Next.

5. Click the type of partition that you want to create (either Primary partition, Extended partition, or Logical drive),

For simpler explanation: use Primary partition, if you want to make it bootable. You can create up to four Primary partition. If you will use it as data storage only, use the Extended Partition.

For example: If your computer has only one partition (c:). You can use a Primary partition for your new hardisk (d:). But if you want to make a two partition (say d: and e:) in your new hardisk, use Primary partition in the first drive and Extended partition for the second drive (e:). In depends on you, as long as you use up to four primary partition.

6. Specify the size of the partition in the Partition size in MB box, If you want to make a single partition, click Next. If you want to make a two partition, input the size of the first hardisk partition that you will create.

7. Next I suggest let the system automatically enumerate the drive (default option, no modifications) and then click Next.

8. In choosing the formatting options, Use the default options. Please check if it is NTFS and then click Next.

9. click Finish.

10. If you want a two partition, repeat the steps above and choose the default options only, especially in number 6 by clicking NEXT button until Finish. No more modifications in the options. This means that you will use the entire unallocated disk space left.

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UnlockForMe! "Access denied", opening a folder or file in Windows Vista/XP

This is a request from katherine, she wants to open and delete a folder but it says "Access is denied".

When you try to open a folder and files in Microsoft Windows Vista/XP, you may receive the following error message, "Access is denied."

Usually in Windows Vista, you may encounter this in opening "UserName" folder > My Documents, My Videos, My Pictures and My Music folder. Also you will notice that they are displayed as a semi-transparent icon with a shortcut symbol. These are called NTFS Junction point. Windows Vista uses them to maintain backward naming compatibility and redirect programs that accesses these folders.

The solution is taking the ownership of system files or folders that you want to open or modify.

The same situation in deleting files that has been created by another user.

Read First: Notes Before Taking the Ownership of File and Folder

LONG METHOD:

1. Right click the folder->Security Tab->Advanced->Edit

2. Select your Username and click the checkbox option->Apply.

3. Click Yes. You can now open the folder.

Note: You can use this procedure in Windows XP.

SHORTCUT METHOD: (Windows Vista only)

1. Download and use WinBubble to Add "Take Ownership of this folder" feature in Windows Explorer's Context Menu.

2. To Unlock Files, use WinBubble to Add "Take Ownership of this file" feature in Windows Explorer's Right-Click Menu.

Documentation of WinBubble:

Unlocking WinBubble Part 1

To download WinBubble, Click Here

For more Advanced Taking the ownership Example: Read Here

Enjoy!

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UnlockMe! Ten ways on enhancing your Windows Vista User Experience

In this article, we will tell you in ten ways to improve your User Experience in Windows Vista without using third party tools.

Anyway, I recommend to Download and Use WinBubbles to ultimate enhance your Vista Experience. Here's the Complete Documentation

1. User Account Control
A security feature in Windows Vista that always ask a permission to run or install some applications, sometimes it is so annoying that you want to turn it off. Even if a user may have administrator privileges, but an application that the user open will not run unless it is approved or the user authorizes it. It is a security model that other operating systems such as Mac OS X and Linux have employed for years and had proven to be effective.

To turn it off go to Control Panel -> User Account -> Turn User Account Control on or off. Uncheck the option below and restart your computer.

Note: UAC make your computer more secure and prevent viruses, malware to do something in your computer without your consent. It helps to prevent malicious programs silent installation and computer-wide infection, Microsoft developed the UAC feature for Windows Vista. I RECOMMEND that turn off UAC, only if you have an anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-malware and anti-rootkits installed in your computer. And use firefox when using the Internet because turning off UAC will also turn-off Protected Mode in Internet Explorer.

2. Desktop Icons

I noticed that when you buy a new laptop, some of them, the desktop icons are too large and not proportional to its taskbar and startmenu. To change, press CTRL key and scroll your mouse down and up. Choose the size that is proportional and comfortable with you.

3. RUN window

When I bought my laptop loaded with Windows Vista, the first thing that I have noticed is that RUN command in startmenu is missing. To put it back, Right-click in the taskbar -> Choose Properties -> Start menu tabs -> Customize -> scroll-down and check Run window.

4. Shutdown button

Here's a guide for changing the function of the Start menu power button. I always mistaken this one for shutdown, It goes to sleep rather than shutdown. If you enabled the Run command in start menu click it, if not just press WindowsKey+R. Type "cmd" and press enter. type "powercfg.cpl,1" without spaces. Scroll-down and find these options 'Startmenu power button'.

Change the settings to Shut down.

5. Quick Search

Turn-on Quick search, this is very useful when searching inside a folder.

Open the Windows Explorer.
click Organize menu ->
Folder and Search options -> View tab and scroll-down to the bottom.

Select 'Automatically type into the Search Box' option

quicksearch2

6. Windows Update

These are some issues that we need to resolve after Windows Vista Installation: Poor playback quality of HD-DVDs and Blu-Ray when you play on large monitors, Universal Serial Bus issues, improve Windows Media Player and patch Media Center, slow file operations and many more. Windows Vista performed file operations such as copying and deletion runs more slowly than other operating systems. Fixed them by using Windows update.

a) Press WindowsKey+Pause
b) Click Windows update which is located down-left side of the screen
c) Click Check for updates.

7. Security and Internet

Windows Vista is the most secure OS that Microsoft has created. But some features need to be manually turn-on. You can read first my previous post on Top ten features of Internet explorer. Click Here.

Phishing Filter, a protection against online scams that are considered to be dangerous for a user to enter and is checked against a masterlist of known sites (both local and online service). This is not turn-on by default so you have to manually turn it on in Internet explorer Tools Menu-->Phising filter-->Turn On Automatic Website Checking.

Protected Mode, sadly this is available only in Windows Vista. The browser runs in a lower rights that prevents malicious websites to write anything in the operating system beside the Temporary Internet files folder. I will call this feature as 'IE shield'. To check if it is turn-on, Internet explorer Tools Menu-->Options-->Security

8. Using Quick Tabs (CTRL-Q), a very useful feature for Internet Explorer users which displays a thumbnail view of opened tabs.

9. Add "Move to", "Copy to" and "Send to" items in the Context menu to improve file management. Click here to open my previous article.

10. Set your default programs to always start using administrator account. To set this property, just right-click on any shortcut of your application. Click the Advanced button on the Shortcut page/tab to get to the Advanced Properties window.

Click "Run as administrator".

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UnlockThis! Quick Info: Windows Vista Service Pack Beta 1

Windows Vista features an amazing design, easy-to-use tools and security that make it simpler to get things done. Bring more convenience to your tasks with the Windows Aero user experience and Windows Flip 3D, allowing you to see everything you're working on instantly. Find what you need on your PC or on the web quickly, with Instant Search.

After nine months of usage, it's evident that Microsoft investments are improving the Windows computing experience. According to them in the first six months of use, Windows Vista had fewer security issues than Windows XP (Windows Vista had only 12 issues, and Windows XP had 36).

Windows Vista Updates

On-going update which addresses some of the most important issues affecting its users. Here are some of them:

projector problems
GPUs stability issues
very slow file copy
long delays when open and exit an application
poor playback quality of HD-DVDs and Blu-Ray when you play on large monitors
Universal Serial Bus issues, improve Windows Media Player and patch Media Center
multiple hardware and operating system issues
Network and security issues
many more

Application compatibility improvements is steadily being done by Microsoft to improve the compatibility issues among Independent Software Vendors (ISV) like McAfee, Norton, Adobe, Oracle, HP and many more.

Device driver improvements, Microsoft has added 700,000 new device types including device drivers in the box. By July 2007 Windows Vista supported nearly 2.2 million devices. These problem is a major setback for Windows Vista and for my opinion, they should include it in its first release.

How about Windows Vista Service Pack beta 1?

According to Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack beta 1 White Paper. Windows Vista Service Pack beta 1 includes the following:

Previously released updates, which address reliability, security, and performance.
Administration improvements, including BitLocker^TM Drive Encryption (BDE).
Support for emerging hardware and standards, such as an Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) and an Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT).

For a more detailed information about Windows Vista Service Pack Beta 1, download the following information's from Microsoft.

Download Windows Vista Service Pack Beta 1 Overview

UnlockThis! I earned money in a new, easy, customizable advertising option to your Blog

Do you want an easy way to put a flash based advertisement to your blog site? Or even choose what kind of products you want on it. Here it is!

Its amazing! It took me only 5mins to put my ads without knowing how to set it up.

After one week of trying I was shock because I earned money instantly. Plus the sign-up bonus! huh?! It depends on the number of clicks in the advertisement.

In WidgetBucks, you can get 25$ upon signing up.

Click this to try

The best thing with this advertisement option, it is easy to put, flash based, you can narrow-down/choose what kind of products you want, you can put multiple different kinds of advertisements and even you can be paid through your paypal account.

That's what I am looking for!

Here's a sample I have created, an advertisement for Softwares:

Please support us:

It can easily integrate with your Windows Live Writer / Wordpress blog, just copy and paste a simple javascript code in your blog. Currently there are 5 ad sizes are available and you can set the colors to match with your website.

Cons

Almost perfect but I'd like to see more options like in Ad sizes. It is few, specially the small ones. or maybe make it customizable? How about letting me choose what product I want to advertise? Lastly, I would like to see an option that you can set if it is text based and flash based.

Conclusion

WidgetBucks is worth to try... There are many good features and cannot be found on other advertisement options.

For me, I will try it. How about you?

For a quick try please click the image below:

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UnlockMe! Gear up your new Windows Vista OS with tweaks for beginners

A Windows Vista guide for all beginners to intermediate. I noticed that there are so many articles in the web about windows vista but few of them has something that a beginner can do it by themselves. There are some articles for beginners but it is scattered in a way that it is difficult for a new user to find.

These article will cover desktop customization, security, Internet and few tips for beginners.

Enhancing your Windows Vista User Experience

I noticed that when you buy a new laptop, some of them, the desktop icons are too large and not proportional to its taskbar and startmenu. To change, press CTRL key and scroll your mouse down and up. Choose the size that is proportional and comfortable with you.
When I bought my laptop loaded with Windows Vista, the first thing that I have noticed is the RUN command in startmenu is missing. To put it back, Right-click in the taskbar -> Choose Properties -> Start menu tabs -> Customize -> scroll-down and check Run window.
Here's a guide for changing the function of the Start menu power button. I always mistaken this one for shutdown, It goes to sleep rather than shutdown. If you enabled the Run command in start menu click it, if not just press WindowsKey+R. Type "cmd" and press enter. type "powercfg.cpl,1" without spaces. Scroll-down and find these options 'Startmenu power button'.

Change the settings to Shut down.
Turn-on Quick search, this is very useful when searching inside a folder.
2. Open the Windows Explorer.
3. click Organize menu ->
4. Folder and Search options -> View tab and scroll-down to the bottom.
Select 'Automatically type into the Search Box' option
When you are working with your computer, suddenly your desktop icons disappear. Maybe accidentally you hide all your icons. To make them re-appear, Right-click to desktop -> View -> Show desktop icons.
Slow file operations, when released, Windows Vista performed file operations such as copying and deletion runs more slowly than other operating systems. Other problems, there are many bugs in windows vista since it came out but it is few than Windows XP. To fix these problems, after you bought your laptop/PC loaded with Windows vista, Update your windows.

How? Press WindowsKey+Pause, Click Windows update which is located down-left side of the screen. Click Check for updates.

Security and Internet

Windows Vista is the most secure OS that Microsoft has created. But some features need to be manually turn-on. You can read first my previous post on Top ten features of Internet explorer. Click Here.

Phishing Filter, a protection against online scams that are considered to be dangerous for a user to enter and is checked against a masterlist of known sites (both local and online service). This is not turn-on by default so you have to manually turn it on in Internet explorer Tools Menu-->Phising filter-->Turn On Automatic Website Checking.

Protected Mode, sadly this is available only in Windows Vista. The browser runs in a lower rights that prevents malicious websites to write anything in the operating system beside the Temporary Internet files folder. I will call this feature as 'IE shield'. To check if it is turn-on, Internet explorer Tools Menu-->Options-->Security

Quick Tabs (CTRL-Q), a very useful feature for general users which displays a thumbnail view of opened tabs.

Anti-virus and Anti-spyware Programs

I recommend for a user to install only one anti-virus. If you install more than one (which I found in many inexperience users) of these anti-virus softwares like Norton, Mcafee, AVG , and AVAST. It will suck up your resources and your pc/laptop will run very very slowly.

Use AVG Anti-virus, why?
Easy to install and use
Do not suck up your resources unlike Norton Anti-virus.
Has a reputable good detection capability
Real-time anti-virus protection of files and e-mails, I found it effective after months of use.
Regular and Automatic database and program updates
FREE
To download: http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10746390.html?tag=lst-0-1

Avast is also a good anti-virus and has a reputable good detection capability. But the simplicity of AVG wins my vote.

For anti-spyware, use Ad-aware 2007 and Spybot search&destroy. You can install both of them. For links:

http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-2007/3000-8022_4-10747652.html?tag=lst-0-2

http://www.download.com/Spybot-Search-Destroy/3000-8022_4-10743107.html?tag=lst-0-1

Scan your pc/laptop and update your file definition at least once a week.

I hope this helps... This week I will post an advance tweaks for Windows Vista. Please check it out.

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UnlockThis! Quicktip: How to prolong your Laptop Battery

A Lithium-ion battery provides 300-500 discharge/charge cycles. The battery prefers a PARTIAL charge rather than a FULL Discharge. Because of this, frequent full discharges should be AVOIDED as much as possible because it will lessen the life of the battery.

If the laptop will use the main power always, the battery inside will only last for 1-2yrs.

Quick Tips:
1. Try to keep the laptop battery at 40% charge in lower temperature.
I'm sure all of you will laugh at this, put it in a refrigerator if not in use at 40% charge. This is effective, I already tried it.
2. CONSIDER removing the laptop battery when running on AC power. Problem: transient due to power outage at blackouts. Solution: Use UPS, Uninterruptible Power Supply.

More than a year ago, I bought my Inspiron laptop, after 5-6months almost 18-20% of battery performance was decreased. When I read some research about Lithium-ion (BatteryUniversity.com). I tried to follow the recommended levels. Surprisingly, it reduces the aging of my battery. After one year, still the battery is in good condition. Here's the table they have published. A One-Year Performance Table.

Temp	40% charge (Recommended)	100% charge
0	98	94
25	96	80
40	85	65
60	75	60

This is all applicable to all Lithium-ion batteries.

I hope this helps!

Other Topics:

CPU-Z, a useful System Profiler tool

Windows DVD Maker, create your own Professional-looking video DVDs

CDBurnerXP, burns Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs for FREE

Windows Xp, Web, Software Reviews and Hacks

How to Open/Load .ISO Files in Windows Vista/XP

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UnlockThis! Shock 4way 3D, adds a WOW factor.

I was surfing the net when I stumbled upon a website that has so many freeware's. One interesting application that caught my attention is the freeware called Shock 4way 3D.

I saw some pictures and installed it quickly... I said WOW!

Although there are some bugs in it but I am looking forward for more development of this application. I hope it will still be a freeware...

To activate the 3d browsing for virtual desktops press CTRL+`

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UnlockMe! Tweak your Windows Vista, the easiest way when arranging your files

Tweak your Windows Vista! Do you want to know the easiest way to arrange your data? When arranging your files, click "Send To" menu and "Mp3" folders, "MyPictures", "MyDownloads" folders, "My documents", etc. and use "Move To/Copy To" in Windows Explorers right-click menu. In just two clicks, you can send your files anywhere in windows explorer including the desktop. But how?

In this picture I am sending my files to "CurrentDownloads" folder. It is very useful especially if your files are scattered to different folders. Instead drag and drop, just customize your 'Send To' menu.

First, create a shortcut of any folder that you want. Second, open the "UserName" folder, it is the folder created by the windows that is based on the Username that you used. You can easily open that in the Start Menu->"UserName" folder. Click the "SendTo" file folder and copy the shortcut file inside. That's it! Create a shortcut, as many as you like. Customize it depends on your needs.

StartMenu->"UserName" Folder->SendTo

Note: If you cannot see the "SendTo" Folder, it is hidden by default. Go to Windows Explorer->Tools->Folder Options->View Tab. Then choose "Show hidden files and folders" option.

Move to Menu

Press windows key->Run, to open the run window. type "Regedit".

1. Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers

2. Right-Click the ContextMenuHandlers->New->Key

3. Write "Move to".

4. Double click the "(Default)" name.

5. Input these Value Data:

{C2FBB631-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}

For "Copy To" Menu, just repeat 2-4 steps and enter this value data: {C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}

Close the Registry Editor.

Enjoy!

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UnlockMe! File association problem in Windows Vista

Have you experience a problem in file association of Windows Vista? It's easy to fix. Here's a quick tip to all of you.

Go to Control Panel->Default Programs->Set Associations.

In this example I will change ".mp3" files file association to WinAmp. After highlighting .mp3 name, Click "Change program".

Then Select Winamp as the default .mp3 files player. If you want another program, expand 'Other Programs'. And if it is not included in the list, click Browse and select the program (.exe) file.

Enjoy!

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WebGadgetsUnlimited! Home of the coolest Google Gadgets now open

Lets us give an applause to Google! For opening our minds to the future of Web. A platform which does not focus on Desktop environment but to the future of internet applications. No installation is needed...just access the website and use the program.

UnlockforUs has open WebGadgetsUnlimited, a collection of google Gadgets. All popular and new web gadgets will be seen here everyday!

Here are some of the Web applications:

Cons

You need a fast internet connection but once you open them. It's cool!

What if Windows/operating system is access directly to the Internet explorer? No more hardisk, maintenance, virus infection is limited and many more. I want to see that one day.

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UnlockMe! Low 'Virtual Memory' warning on Windows Vista

If you receive an error messages that warns you about low virtual memory, it means that you have so many programs running at the same time and your temporary space in your hardisk called paging file is not enough. Virtual memory is use to compensate if your RAM is not enough.

Solution

If you have a budget increase your Random Access Memory (RAM) memory, which is better.

Or increase your paging file size.

Here's how:

Press windows key+Pause/break-->Advance System Settings --> Advanced Tab-->Performance(Settings)-->Advanced Tab--> Virtual Memory(Change).

Uncheck the "Automatically manage paging file size", and select 'Custom Size'. Increased the size based on the Recommended levels+200mb or more.

Example: For me, the recommended level is 2289 I increased it to 2500 because currently I have no problem on virtual memory, but I do recommend 2800mb-3000mb. The maximum size of virtual memory is 3xRAM, and it is better if your hardisk is 7200rpm for better Windows Vista performance.

Unlockz! Put a Language translation to your website

Recently, I stumble upon a website that gives a tutorial on how to put a language translation on your blogs. But the problem is, the example doesn't automatically change your website in ONECLICK. So, I studied it. After 1 hour, I hack it!

Here's the code. It is very much different to the website I stumbled upon. It uses Google Translation technology. Just copy and paste it.

Note: Change 'unlockforus.blogspot.com' to your web address.

If you put this in your website, please give me credit. Just published a blog that is saying thanks to me, :) Enjoy!

<span style="font-weight: bold;">Change the Website Language:</span>
<a href="http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Funlockforus.blogspot.com&langpair=en%7Cja&hl=en&ie=UTF8"> <img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/320/13539955_925e6683c8.jpg" value="en|ja" name="langpair" title="日本語/Japanese" type="image" height="20" width="30" /></a><a href="http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Funlockforus.blogspot.com&langpair=en%7Cfr&hl=en&ie=UTF8"> <img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/320/13539949_e76af75976.jpg" value="en|fr" title="Français/French" type="image" height="20" width="30" /></a><a href="http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Funlockforus.blogspot.com&langpair=en%7Cde&hl=en&ie=UTF8"> <img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/320/13539933_041ca1eda2.jpg" value="en|de" name="langpair" title="Deutsch/German" type="image" height="20" width="30" /></a><a href="http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Funlockforus.blogspot.com&langpair=en%7Cit&hl=en&ie=UTF8"> <img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/320/13539953_0384ccecf9.jpg" value="en|de" name="langpair" title="Italian" type="image" height="20" width="30" /></a><a href="http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Funlockforus.blogspot.com&langpair=en%7Ces&hl=en&ie=UTF8"> <img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/320/13539946_2fabed0dbf.jpg" value="en|es" name="langpair" title="Español/Spanish" type="image" height="20" width="30" /></a><a href="http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Funlockforus.blogspot.com&langpair=en%7Cpt&hl=en&ie=UTF8"> <img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/320/13539966_0d09b410b5.jpg" value="en|pt" name="langpair" title="Português/Portuguese" type="image" height="20" width="30" /></a>
<a href="http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Funlockforus.blogspot.com&langpair=en%7Cko&hl=en&ie=UTF8"> <img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/320/13539958_3c3b482c95.jpg" value="en|ko" name="langpair" title="한국어/Korean" type="image" height="20" width="30" /></a><a href="http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Funlockforus.blogspot.com&langpair=en%7Czh-TW&hl=en&ie=UTF8"> <img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/320/14324441_5ca5ce3423.jpg" value="en|zh-CN" name="langpair" title="中文（简体）/Chinese Simplified" type="image" height="20" width="30" /></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Cbr/"></a>

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UnlockThis! Internet Explorer 7 Top Ten features

After a long stagnation and criticisms, they fix some of them. Let us give thanks to Firefox for waking them up!

Internet Explorer 6 below is subject to many criticism, most of them concerns is its security and degree of support for open standards. There are many vulnerabilities and exploitation of security holes has earned IE as the least secure of the major browsers. Spyware, Adware and computer viruses across the Internet are made possible by bugs and flaws.

Windows Internet Explorer 7

The first major version of IE in over 4 years of stagnation. Large portion of this program have been significantly rework. Microsoft dubbed it as the "most secure" version of Internet Explorer to date.

Top 10 New features

Integration, for better security the Internet explorer is no longer integrated to windows explorer shell. They are now separated.

Phishing Filter, a protection against online scams that are considered to be dangerous for a user to enter and is checked against a masterlist of known sites (both local and online service). This is not turn-on by default so you have to manually turn it on in Tools Menu-->Phising filter-->Turn On Automatic Website Checking.

ActiveX Opt-In, by default ActiveX are disabled. This improves security concerns against its own technology.

IE7 cipher strength, 256-bit sadly for Windows Vista only, 128 bit for Windows XP.

Pop-up blocker, a built-in pop-up blocker that prevents malicious sites disguising as trusted sites.

Tabbed browsing, a popular feature that can be seen in firefox.

Quick Tabs (CTRL-Q), a very useful feature for general users which displays a thumbnail view of opened tabs.

Search box, has been added to the top-right corner which is useful for everyday surfing to the net.

One touch deletion, "Delete Browsing History" cleans the browsing history in a single step. Unlike the previous version that you have to go to a multistage process.

There are many other useful changes in the Internet explorer like 'Reset Internet Explorer Settings', Clear type feature, improvements that benefits most developers, Page Zoom and many more. These Top ten are the most needed and usable features in everyday surfing the Internet.

What do you think about it?

UnlockThis! Capture anything on your screen with Windows Vista Snipping tool

It enables you to capture anything in your screen. Great for Blogger's like me!

Just go to All Programs->Accessories.

or Just type 'snipp' on the search box. Enjoy!

UnlockWindowsVista! Show 'Open command window here'

Do you wish that when you right-click a folder you will have an option to automatically open it in Command Shell? Here it is!

This is very useful especially if you want to open a network share using command prompt. It automatically maps to that location and delete the network drive after you close the command prompt.

How?

Right click on any Windows Vista folder that you want to open in the command shell while holding down the 'shift key' (Right-Click+shift).

Enjoy!

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UnlockThis! CDBurnerXP, burns Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs for FREE

Now, we are experiencing the power of VB.Net. Little by little useful programs are being written in .NET. CDBurnerXP is one of them!

It can be use to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs for FREE. It includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, bin/nrg to ISO converter, multilanguage interface and cover printing. Everyone, even companies, can use it for free. It does not include adware or similar malicious components.

Create Audio CDs from ogg, mp3, flac, wma and wav files. It supports M3U or WPL playlists.

Notes: If you will use WMA format, you need Windows Media Player 9 update.

Portability, for all windows vista users this program can be copied to your usb drive without installation. On Windows XP/2000 .NET runtimes should be installed.

To download CDBurnerXP, Click Here.

It is simple and easy to use burning tool. Upon opening, just choose if you will burn DVD/CD or AudioCD.

CONS

One feature I want to see is the ability to edit existing ISO images. So that you can add and erase files inside the ISO file.

CONCLUSION

It supports drag and drop capability. So it's not difficult to add files. The feature to burn HD DVDs and Blu-Ray Disc for free is a big thanks for this guys. Rating: 9/10

I will call it CDBurnerforALL. What do you think?

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UnlockME! Hide your computer in the Network

"I want to hide my computer in the network neighborhood, also I don't want them to discover me...Please help me. Thanks." This is a message from an anonymous computer user.

Network Places in Windows XP na Network Explorer in Windows Vista

I will give two solutions in your requested topic. I hope you'll always be a fan of this site and please support us.

Using my Software WinBubble: Go to specific Tab > Tweaking Toolbox > Hide your Computer

That's it! This is great, if you don't want to memorize lot's of commands...

Learn How to do it Manually:

First, go to Start Menu->Run window. type: "cmd". In the command prompt enter the following commands:

Net config server /hidden:yes

This command will hide you from the Network neighborhood but your shared folders can still be access.

Note: in Windows Vista, you need to open the command Prompt as Administrator: Start Menu > type "cmd" > CTRL+Shift+Enter and hit Continue.

or else you’ll get this message:

System error 5 has occurred.

Access is denied.

So how about my IP address? what if they have an ip-scanner, still they can find me?

They can find you by using an ipscanner. The solution for this problem is by using a Firewall. Upgrade to Windows XP Service Pack 2, there is a free inbound protection firewall. For Windows Vista users, there is an inbound and outbound firewall protection by default.

To check if your computer is hidden in the network neighborhood type this in the command prompt

Net config server

Server Name \\MyPc
Server Comment

Software version Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate
Server is active on
NetbiosSmb (MyPC)
NetBT_Tcpip_{4365E532-AF25-4C8E-C31E-5D3BG50F7043} (MyPC)

Server hidden Yes
Maximum Logged On Users 10
Maximum open files per session 16384

Idle session time (min) 15
The command completed successfully.

How to Show your Computer Again inside the Network Neighborhood

Net config server /hidden:no

Enjoy!

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UnlockMe! Customize your boot Menu in Windows XP

Do you want to customize your boot menu in windows XP? It's easy!

This is an answer to the request of my friend. He requested for a step by step, or for beginner's guide.

Here it is,

1. Go to the StartMenu -> Run, type "cmd"

2. type: "cd\", means it will go to the root directory

3. if you are not in drive C:, type "c:" and "cd\" again.

4. type "attrib -r -h -s boot.ini"

5. type "notepad boot.ini"

6. it will open the notepad and it will show the names.

7. Just Change the name like "Windows Windows eXPerience", anything!

8. save it and close the notepad

9. go back to the command prompt

10. type "attrib +h +r +s boot.ini"

That's all! if you have a request just email me at unlockforme@gmail.com

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UnlockMe! A new, easy, customizable advertising option to your Blog

Do you want an easy way to put a flash based advertisement to your blog site? Or even choose what kind of products you want on it. Here it is!

Its amazing! It took me only 5mins to put my ads without knowing how to set it up.

In WidgetBucks, you can get 25$ upon signing up.

That's what I am looking for!

Here's a sample I have created, an advertisement for Digital Cameras.

Cons

Conclusion

WidgetBucks is worth to try... There are many good features and cannot be found on other advertisement options.

For me, I will try it. How about you?

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Unlock This! Who's watching you?

Today, the complexity of Computer Technology has gotten so far that virtually you can now go anywhere around the world.

But how about your privacy? Whenever you visit a website, you leave an 'ID' that reveals where you came from, what kind of computer you have, OS and many more.

How about your company?

A connection to the Internet means that you are connected in the network which is provided by your internet service provider (ISP). A packet sniffer that is located at your ISP would be able to look all of your online activities like web sites you visited, even where you sent the e-mail and its content. Everything, if they really want it.

What if your a genius? You have the potential for creating new products and you are living in a place provided by your company. They can sniff all the things that you do and STEAL your ideas.

They can also put a desktop monitoring software that acts like a trojan virus. What can you do about it? Plug it out...

Please share your ideas...

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Check this out, a tutorial on how to view programs inside your computer that are connected to any port outside the world.

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Unlock This! I see you...view your connections

What current Internet connections and listening ports has open and operating in your computer? What if a program was installed to sneak up on you and sends information remotely like a Trojan Virus.

You can see what ports are open and which programs are using these ports. In this blog, I will give two ways on how to view your Internet connections and listening ports that are currently open.

NETSTAT

Netstat according to Microsoft, It displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP network connections.

How to use Netstat to view your connections:

Open the command prompt, type: netstat -ao

In the 2nd Column, you will see my ip-address connected to a remote host 'sip46' and 'cs1' using Process Identitifer (PID) 3820.
Next, open the Task manager (Ctrl-Shift-Esc). Add the PID column by clicking

View Menu--> Select Column

Now you can find the application using the PID 3820

Gotcha! It is a port used by yahoo messenger.

TCPVIEW

The more convenient way is by using TCPVIEW program. To download, click here. It is a graphical representation of netstat, a free utility by Sysinternals (has been acquired by Microsoft) which not only lists the IP addresses communicating with your computer, it tells you what program is using that connection. So you can use this in finding a trojan virus.

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Quote of the Week: "Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim" --Ralph Waldo Emerson

Aspirations brings us to the world of dreams. Where certainty is not true. Dreams may come and go but grabbing it depends on you.

While achieving something BIG a separate path of greatness may open go in front of you. It depends on us if it will be manage so true.

So LET's explore everything in our path and don't pass anything without looking. Just for a while, just for a little time...

Unlock This! A guide for Partitioning a hardisk without destroying your data files

Partitioning a single hard drive into two or more partitions is very common now. The use of multiple partitions allows computer users to quickly recover from trojans, rootkits, spyware, viruses, and damaged/corrupt operating systems. Also, for advance users it allows them to have a multiple operating systems. But the truth is many of us partitioned a hardisk because they want their files separate from operating system data. It is very convenient to store and arrange files in separate drives.

How to Partition a hardisk

During the Windows 95 and 98 era, the most accessible program that you can use is Fdisk. Before a hard disk can be used by an operating system on a PC, it must be divided into one or more logical disks called partitions. But the problem in this tool is that if you want a two logical partition in an existing one, you have to delete it first and create two logical partitions. Therefore, destroying your data.There are third party tools that you can used without damaging your data but the problem, it is not free.

This third-party partition management programs such as Acronis True Image, Norton PartitionMagic and Norton Ghost can easily create and resize partitions without destroying an existing data. I have used them for years. So far, no problems.

Recently, when Windows Vista was released. Windows Vista includes built-in Disk Management program which allows for the creation, deletion and movement of partitions. I have used them several times especially Shrink Volume function, for easily creating a partition. The best thing for that it is FREE.

Here's 'Unlock Me!' tutorial on how to use Shrink function.

http://unlockforus.blogspot.com/2007/10/unlock-me-partitioning-your-drive-in.html

But what if you are using Windows XP? You want to make a partition so that you can install Windows Vista or other OS? Or Maybe you just want to have a separate drive for your files.

Just use GParted, Click Here for the direct download link. If the link is not available go to the main site, http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php and download the LiveCD iso file.

GParted is an Open source software in creating, resizing, moving and copying partitions. I have use this 3 times already but so far no problems in creating a partition. Except, when I use this on my old laptop (Celeron 1Ghz) it hang during the creation of partition after resize. So, I recommend using Windows XP Computer Management tool if your laptop is old. I tried it to a new laptop, it has no problem.

Here's 'Unlock Me!' tutorial on how to use GParted LiveCD.

http://unlockforus.blogspot.com/2007/10/unlock-me-partitioning-your-drive-in_02.html

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Unlock Me! Partitioning your Drive in Windows XP/Vista without destroying/losing your files

This tutorial was requested by Hubert from the Philippines.

1. First, Download Gparted LiveCD, here

2. Burn the ISO file using Roxio or Nero, or the other free burning tools like CDburnerXP Pro.

3. Reboot your computer and start it using the Gparted LiveCD. Before you do it, you must set the boot sequence first in your BIOS options.

4. During the load, Select auto-configuration->Press Enter to load keymap->Enter for US.

5. Right Click the drive to be partitioned and Select 'Resize/Move'.

6. Next Click and move the Slider (GREEN colored box) to resize.

A picture from http://gparted.sourceforge.net/screenshots.php

7. After that Click 'Resize/Move' button and then the Apply Button. Viola!

8. Format and Create a partition
NEXT: Choose between Method 1 or 2

Method 1
Using Gparted:

a. Mark the 'Unallocated Space' and click the NEW icon-> use as primary disk.

b. Right Click -> format -> NTFS.

c. Click the Apply button.

That's all!

Method 2
After that reboot and remove the LiveCD.
Windows XP/Vista will detect something wrong, it will reconfigure and have a disk check.

Go to Control Panel\Administrative Tools. Select Computer Management. Select the Unallocated Space-> Right Click choose 'New Partition'.

Just select the default options: (Next Button)

Enjoy!

Unlock Me! Partitioning your Drive in Windows Vista using the Disk Management utility

A UnlockforUs Fan (Anonymous) ask me how to partition his hardrive because it has only one partition. It is running in Windows Vista. This is for you...

First, you must logged into an Administrator Account. You can only use this utility if it is NTFS format or unformatted RAW. I recommend that you should use this in a hardisk with no bad sectors and of course if there is enough space that 'can be freed' or shrink because some of the files that are use by the OS like page file or shadow copy storage area cannot be relocated.

Go to Control Panel\System and Maintenance\Administrative Tools. Select Computer Management then Disk Management. Select the Drive, example Drive C.

Right Click and choose Shrink Volume. Windows vista will calculate first and give the maximum space that can be freed. You can manually enter the amount of space by changing the "Enter the amount of space to shrink in MB" values. So it must be 20000Mb, if you want to have 20Gbytes of shrink space (almost, but not exact).

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In this example it is only 519Mbytes is to be Shrink. Click the "Shrink" button to use the maximum allowable amount of space.

After that you will see the "unallocated space". Right Click-> Choose 'New Simple Volume'. The New simple volume wizard will open and click 'Next' to continue. Choose the default options, simply by clicking 'NEXT' button on other window like when assigning the drive letter and formatting the volume.

Now, you have successfully created a hardisk partition.

Enjoy!

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Unlock ME! "Hidden Windows XP Serial Key"

Last month, a friend of mine ask me.
"Why is it that when I re-installed Windows XP on my laptop, it did not ask for a license key? Where can I find it?"

A day before, I am trying to pre-configure my Windows installation disc. I noticed that there is a file located in the disc that has the Product key. It contains information about how to automate the installation or upgrade so the setup runs without requiring user input.

Where is it?
Open windows explorer and go to the [discdrive]\I386 folder, browse for "Winnt.sif" file and drag it to notepad...

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