Video: How Thieves Clone Your Credit Card

If you think paying your coffee bills using Credit Card is safe, please reconsider because hi-fi thieves don’t steal your credit card anymore, but instead they clone it. Thieves make it so clean that you won’t even realize that your credit card information was stolen (forget about calling your bank). This video from TechEBlog demonstrates the whole process:

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Funny Insults



1. I bet your brain feels as good as new, seeing that you?ve never used it.
2. If we were to kill everybody who hates you, it wouldn?t be murder; it would be genocide!
3. Even your best friend cheats on you and lies to you, and that?s the best friend you can get.
4. I don?t think you are a fool. But then, what?s my own humble opinion against thousands of others?
5. Nobody says that you are dumb. They just say you were sixteen years old before you learned how to wave goodbye.
6. I thought of you all day today when I was at the zoo.

Sneak into Websites using Sneakyuser.com

Internet is supposed to be a repository of free information, but some places like schools, office etc block access to certain websites or some people prefer to stay anonymous while browsing websites, so that webmaster of that site can’t view information about you such as your country, browser, operation system, window revolution and more data. So Sneakyuser.com help you to sneak into any websites anonymously and browse the web without any restriction.

Unlike other proxy services, Sneakyuser has a neat layout without too many ads. Moreover, its absolutely free, you don’t even have to sign-up to use this service.

Sneakyuser provide two different types of proxies:
1) PHP Proxy - Basic browsing, nice and fast.
2) CGI Proxy - Use for login or any type of online form (like MySpace); a bit slower & heavier than the PHP.

Happy Sneaking ;)

How to Break Into a Password Protected Windows XP

Here are two simple ways to access Windows with Administrator rights and privileges if:


* You have password protected your Windows XP system and can’t remember the password(s) to login regularly.
* You’ve forgotten the password to an Administrator account and have lost the ability to change any of the vital system settings.

Steps:

1. The first method is incredibly easy. Whenever Windows XP is installed on a system, it creates a default administrator account called “Administrator” and by default this account is not password protected. Therefore, if you bought a brand name computer (such as Dell, HP, Compaq or Sony) or installed Windows XP yourself, you should be able to login to the computer through the unprotected Administrator account.
2. The previous author wrote the login to the unprotected Administratior account is normally accessible only through safe mode, but this is not correct. If the computer utilizes the welcome screen instead of the standard NT domain logon prompt, you can press Ctrl + Alt + Del twice to get to the logon prompt. You can access the Administrator account through the logon prompt without logging into safe mode. If the target system does not use the welcome screen or you cannot log off, continue following these steps.
3. Reboot your machine. Before the Windows Boot screen appears, press F8. Do not press F5 used on the NT/9x series of Windows. You will be be prompted with a boot options menu.
4. Select the “Boot Windows in Safe Mode” option.
5. After several screens this should bring you to the familiar ‘Welcome’ screen, except the colors will be reduced to 256 colors and 640×480 resolution because the primary graphics will have been set to the Windows Safe Mode software VGA adapter. You will not be able to change this mode even in Display options, while Windows is running in Safe Mode.
6. The ‘Welcome’ screen might display some of the users you had configured on your system, but most importantly it should display an icon for the user “Administrator”. If the default settings of your system haven’t been changed, there should be no password for this account.
7. Login and Press ‘No’ at the prompt, asking if you would like to continue using System Restore Mode and continue on to the User Settings in your control panel. Here you can change any of the other passwords for any other user on the account.
8. Make the changes you want and then reboot your computer. As long as you don’t press any keys (i.e. F8) during the boot-up this time, the computer will boot normally. You can then login as the User for which you set the password..

Tips:

* Some users are smart enough to password protect their Administrator account when they install windows. If that’s the case, you’ll have to know THAT password in order for this method to work.
* Note there is a way to crack the windows “SAM” and system files to retrieve the original passwords you’ve forgotten. But this process is a little more complicated and isn’t always succesfull based on the complexity of the password you’re trying to retrieve.

Source: WikiHow

How to Search Rapidshare Files using Google

Just go to Google.com and punch “site:rapidshare.de” followed by:

* “inurl:pdf” for Ebooks in PDF Format
* “inurl:avi|wmv|mpg|nva” for Movies
* “inurl:mp3|ogg|wma” for Audio Files
* “inurl:exe” for executable application
* “inurl:zip|rar|7zip|tar” for RAR, ZIP, 7ZIP or TAR compressed archieve

Examples:

If your searching for Google Earth in ZIP format, then you must search for “site:rapidshare.de inurl:zip google earth” (obviously without the quotes)

Similarly if your searching for XYZ video, then it should be something like “site:rapidshare.de nurl:avi|wmv|mpg|nva XYZ”

I've posted this b4 in Utilizing Search Engines.. But this is a shorter more concise version.

How to Search Torrents using Google

We all know that Google is the grand daddy of all search engines, but hardly few of us know that we can search Google for torrents only !! How this is done ? Simple, just follow the steps below

1. Google to http://www.google.com
2. Enter “filetype:torrent <name>” [Replace <name> with torrents name]
3. Hit Search Button

How to download like a Premium User without waiting:

One thing I don’t like about Rapidshare is waiting! I have to wait for one hour before downloading the next file. Many other weblogs claim to have a solution to this problem, but non work! I have a solution which practically works and it’s very simple.

1. You need Firefox to attempt this trick, Get Firefox - if you don’t have it.
2. Install Stealther Addon for Firefox (You have to restart Firefox after Installation)
3. Now, you are ready go!

While Downloading Files from Rapidshare, if have to wait (like 60 min or so). Then do the following:

1. Turn off your DSL modem and turn back on again.
2. Restart Firefox and enable Stealther Extension from Tools > Stealther
3. Now, your cookies will be temporarily disabled and you’ll get a new IP (assuming the your have a dynamic IP)
4. Go to the rapidshare URL and the timer is gone!!
5. Simple isn’t it?

How to Watch Remote Live Cameras

Thesedays security Cameras are so cheap. Anybody can get one and connect it onto the net and start streaming it unprotected (without passwords). They do this so that they can keep an eye over their place from office, cafeteria or wherever, but they never know that Googlebot is spying over them :D

You can access these remote camera with a mere Google Search for “inurl:/view.index.shtml”. Some results might return a time out error and some might ask for a password, but keep trying.



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Faster browsing on the Internet or your Network

By doing the following steps you canbrowse on the Internet or Network faster. It uses the same tecnique as http://localhost. When you type http://localhost you will be redirected to your own ip. By adding some lines you could reach your ip by just typing http://l. Observe that some names can effect your network.

1. Find out which ip you would like to have a name for. It could bea website, a place on your network or anything else that got an ip-number. The localhost uses the ip 127.0.0.1. To find out a website’s ip just type ”ping www.website.com” (without the “”)in the command prompt (start>run>cmd.exe).

2. Browse to WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc. Open the file called hosts in notepad.

3. Below “127.0.0.1 localhost” type the ip followed by a name. Read in the file itself for more information.

4. If you for example type 216.239.51.99 search (the ip belongs to www.google.com) and saves the file, you will end up on google’s site if you type search in the adress bar in your Internet Browser.

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Hide MP3 audio inside GIF picture


How cool is that? It's really cool! You can send special messages in recorded audio that no one would even guess to your friend in picture format.
It's like combining 2 files to become 1 and when you run the combined file, it will by default display the picture. To listen to the audio that is embedded into the picture file, you'll need to manually load the combined file into Winamp.
Here's the test I did.

1. Combine audio (*****) with picture (.gif)
I use the command "copy picture.gif /b + audio***** /b combined.gif" in DOS prompt.
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I look in my C:\ drive and now I have a new file "combined.gif"
I run the combined.gif file and it display the same picture as picture.gif.
I run Winamp and manually load the combined.gif, I am able to play the audio***** sound. I tried to load combined.gif file into Windows Media Player and I can only see the picture.gif. No sound at all. Looks like Winamp can support this feature but not Windows Media Player.

2. Combine audio (.wav) with picture (.gif)
I use the same picture.gif but now I am combining the picture file with a .wav sound file. Wav is another type of sound format.
Used the same command "copy picture.gif /b + audio.wav /b combined.gif" in DOS prompt. I ran combined.gif and it is able to display the picture.gif picture file. Tried to load it into Winamp, doesn't play this time. Loaded the combined.gif into Windows Media Player, it also only display the picture but no sound.
Looks like only ***** sound format is supported.

3. Combine audio (*****) with picture (.jpg)
Since only mp3 works, we'll try combining mp3 with another type of picture format with is JPG.
Used the same command "copy picture.jpg /b + audio***** /b combined.jpg" in DOS prompt. Ran the combined.jpg and it displayed the picture.jpg. Then I tried loading the combined.jpg into Winamp, and it played the music. Again, loaded combined.jpg into Windows Media Player, I can only see the picture but no music.

From the test above, I believe that hiding audio inside picture can only work when you embed MP3 audio into picture file. I also believe that other picture format such as TIFF, PNG or Bitmap will work.
Tom Scott explains that the GIF format allows for an "application extension block" - an arbitrary section for applications that isn't checked by the GIF parser. Meanwhile, Winamp and other MP3 players ignore all data in the file that isn't marked as an MP3 block. The result: the picture viewer ignores the music, and the MP3 player ignores the picture.
Eventhough he only mentioned GIF, but I tested on JPG and it works as well.

If you're on a Linux box, you can do it by using the command "cat picture.gif sound***** > combined.gif"

Don't know anything about Dos prompt and the copy /b command? Here's an easier way to do it but with limitation. Thomas Scott has created an online tool where you can easily upload your picture and audio into his website and it will automatically combine it for you. The limitation of using his free picture with audio combine service is the GIF file size is limited to 40KB and MP3 80KB in size.

http://www.thomasscott.net/mp3gif/

Services You Can Disable in WinXP

There are quite a few services you can disable from starting automatically.
This would be to speed up your boot time and free resources.
They are only suggestions so I suggestion you read the description of each one when you run Services
and that you turn them off one at a time.

Some possibilities are:

Alerter - Sends alert messages to specified users that are connected to the server computer.

Application Management - Allows software to tap directly into the Add/Remove Programs feature via the Windows Installer technology.

Background Intelligent Transfer Service - The Background Intelligent Transfer service is used by programs (such as Windows AutoUpdate) to download files by using spare bandwidth.

Clipbook - ClipBook permits you to cut and paste text and graphics over the network.

Error Reporting Service - Allows applications to send error reports to M*crosoft in the event of an application fault.

Fast User Switching - Windows XP allows users to switch quickly between accounts, without requiring them to log off.

Help and Support - Allows the XP Built-in Help and Support Center to run.

IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service - You don't need this if you have other software to create CDs.

Indexing Service - Indexes contents and properties of files on local and remote computers; provides rapid access to files through flexible querying language.

IP SEC - Manages IP security policy and starts the ISAKMP/Oakley (IKE) and the IP security driver. If you are not on a domain, you likely don't need this running.

Messenger - Transmits net send and Alerter service messages between clients and servers. This is how a lot of pop-up windows start appearing on your desktop.

Net Logon - Supports pass-through authentication of account logon events for computers in a domain. If you are not on a domain, you don't need this running

Network DDE - Provides network transport and security for Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) for programs running on the same computer or on different computers.

NT LM Security Support Provider - Provides security to remote procedure call (RPC) programs that use transports other than named pipes.

Performance Logs and Alerts - Collects performance data from local or remote computers based on preconfigured schedule parameters, then writes the data to a log or triggers an alert. If you don't need to monitor your performance logs, then you don't need this service.

Portable Media Serial Number - Retrieves the serial number of any portable music player connected to your computer

QOS RSVP - Provides network signaling and local traffic control setup functionality for QoS-aware programs and control applets.

Remote Desktop Help Session Manager - Manages and controls Remote Assistance. If you are not using Remote Desktop you don't need this service.

Remote Registry - Enables remote users to modify registry settings on this computer.

Routing & Remote Access - Offers routing services to businesses in local area and wide area network environments. Allows dial-in access.

Secondary Login - Enables starting processes under alternate credentials. This is what allows you to run an application as another user.

Smart Card - Manages access to smart cards read by this computer.

Smart Card Helper - Enables support for legacy non-plug and play smart-card readers used by this computer.

SSDP Discovery Service - Enables discovery of UPnP devices on your home network.

TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper - Enables support for NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NetBT) service and NetBIOS name resolution. This should not be needed in today's network environment.

Telnet - Enables a remote user to log on to this computer and run programs, and supports various TCP/IP Telnet clients.

Uninterruptible Power Supply Service - Manages an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) connected to the computer.

Universal Plug and Play Device Host - Provides support to host Universal Plug and Play devices

Upload Manager - Manages synchronous and asynchronous file transfers between clients and servers on the network.

Volume Shadow Copy Service - Manages and implements Volume Shadow Copies used for backup and other purposes.

Web Client - Enables Windows-based programs to create, access, and modify non-local files across the Internet.

Wireless Zero Configuration - Provides automatic configuration for the 802.11 adapters
WMI Performance Adapter - Provides performance library information from WMI HiPerf providers.

1. Setting up an FTP server on your computer has many advantages. First, if you want other people to download files off of your computer, they'll be able to do that. You can limit the amount of users that can login so your upstream doesn't get killed too badly. The easiest, simplest FTP server to setup is TYPSoft FTP Server.

Download it from Here

http://www.snapdrive.net/files/262238/ftpserv_neo%40studentshangout.com.rar

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2. Once you've downloaded the installation file, install it to your computer at C:\Program Files\TYPSoft or something like that.

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3. After you have finished installing the program, run it, and you will see something like the following:

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4. Go to Setup and then select Users. Click New User to create a new account (I called mine music). Enter in a password, and TYPSoft FTP Server will automatically encrypt it so no one else can see it. For the Root Directory, enter in the folder you want the user to see when they login to your FTP server.
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5. On the right side under Directory Access, you should see your Root Directory listed. Click on that. Under files, select the permissions you want the user to have in that directory. Usually you should only select Download here to give the user permission to download files. Under directory, you should select Sub Directory Include if you want the user to be able to view sub folders under the root directory too (ex: C:\My Music\Linkin Park).

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6. Hit Save to save the settings then Close to close down the User Options dialog.
7. Now that you are done setting up your FTP server, you will need to tell other people about it. You can view your current IP address at showmyip.com.
8. The address to your FTP server will be: ftp://username:password@IPaddress:port The username and password is for the FTP account you setup. Insert your IP address and the port (which is 21, unless you changed it to something else). An example would be: ftp://music:asdf1234@67.142.188.23:21
9. The best way for your friends to access your FTP server is with an FTP client, such as FlashFXP. Just tell them your FTP address and they will be able to download anything from your computer!

Reduce Firefox Memory Leakage Problem

Firefox continues to be the application that's the single largest memory and virtual memory hog on all my PCs. Despite that shortcoming, I haven't experienced any of the side effects detailed in my earlier articles starting when Firefox 1.5 was first released. Well, there's one I've continued to see: Firefox takes absolutely forever to launch when initiated from hyperlinks in third-party apps such as e-mail and instant messaging clients. That problem predates Firefox 1.5 though (as did the high memory usage).

But while Firefox 1.5 has been pretty clear sailing for me, not a day goes by when I don't get at least one e-mail from a frustrated Firefox user who has some mix of the problems I've described in the past, including exceptionally high use of physical and virtual memory, CPU usage that climbs to 100%, program hesitations and freezes, a launch failure that requires an operating system reboot or termination of the firefox.exe process in Task Manager, specific Web pages that don't load, and crashes.

I'm not getting as many messages as I once did, but they're still trickling in. One reader wrote:

"Not long ago you mentioned a memory hole problem in Firefox. I experience the problem on a daily basis and it's been driving me nuts. I can see RAM usage via Task Manager going up and up and up until even virtual memory gets swamped. As soon as Firefox 1.5 came out, the memory problems began. If I use IE6 instead of Firefox, I have no memory problems. I've searched the help forums MozillaZine.org without luck. Does Mozilla think it's fixed this problem?"

What he is describing is a memory leak, and it sounds more serious on his machine than on some others. I don't see an ever-escalating use of memory, but some other people have. Because a small number of people are struggling with this, I'm going to pass along a tip that has worked for some users, although I'm quite sure it won't work for everyone.

Start by checking how much memory Firefox is using. There are many ways to do this, but under Windows there's only one easy way that everyone has access to. Press Ctrl-Alt-Del once. In Windows XP, that opens the Task Manager. Click the Processes tab, and check the numbers on the firefox.exe line under the headings "Mem Usage" and "VM Size." Click the Mem Usage header twice to sort the rows by memory usage, highest to lowest. Is Firefox at the top? Is it a six-digit number? If so, Firefox is consuming a lot more memory than it should. Watch these numbers over time as you run Firefox to see whether they grow significantly.

Double-check your browser cache settings to make sure they're functional. You can also adjust the browser cache to match the amount of memory on your system. Follow these steps:

Firefox has a special settings screen called about:config. To access it, open a new tab and type "about:config" (without quotation marks) into the URL bar. Press Enter.

You'll see a long list of text entries. Each line is a different setting, like lines in an .INI file or System Registry entries. You're looking for this line: browser.cache.memory.enable.

There's a type-ahead feature, so just start typing. Once you get there, check to make sure its "Value" setting reads "true," then follow these steps:

1. Right-click any blank area in the about:config window and choose New > Integer from the pop-up menu.

2. The New Integer Value box will open. Copy and paste this setting name into the open dialog box: browser.cache.memory.capacity

3. In the Enter Integer Value box that opens, enter -1 to preserve Firefox's default operational mode.

4. To customize the setting to your computer's physical memory, consult this MozillaZine page. For RAM sizes between 512BM and 1GB, start with 15000. For RAM sizes between 128MB and 512M, try 5000. Note: If you have less than 128MB of RAM, that's probably the cause of your Firefox issues.

Heavy Firefox users should strongly consider upgrading their RAM to at least 1GB.

Crack Megaupload/ Get Direct Links of Megaupload.

Download the extension from this
CODE
http://sharedzilla.com/en/get?id=71494


Open with firefox...

1. Install the extension
2. Restart Firefox.
3. Type the megaupload link in the address bar.
4. Dont press 'Enter' or click 'Go'. Instead go to Tools>Megaupload 2 and click on 'Enable'
5. Now click 'Go' and go to the megaupload download page.
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Or Else Try this... this is also workin


download the premium link grabber from this
CODE
http://www.csscobalt.com/uploads/GetLink5_beta.rar

Mirror
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Mirror
CODE
http://sharedzilla.com/en/get?id=68756


first step: set the language to English at the right corner
second step: enter the megaupload link in the "Megaupload/ Share.am link" bar...
Third Step: Click "Get Link"

I've posted about this before.

Removing DRM From Windows Media and SEEKMO Media

1. Download Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=04D26402-3199-48A3-AFA2-2DC0B40A73B6&displaylang=en#filelist)
2. Install Windows XP Home in a virtual Machine without installing any Virtual Machine Additions.
3. Disable Automatic Updates in the virtual machine and then install the following updates within the virtual machine with the network disabled.

A.Windows Media Player 10 (http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/6/5/e653991a-4223-409a-9a55-c017178ff4e1/mpsetup.cab)

B. This Update (http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/1/5/31545397-c828-49c6-a30f-65799d411ce1/WindowsMedia-KB911564-x86-ENU.exe)

C. And This Update (http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/a/7/da78cee2-f32f-4a13-a5fc-f7b13269ae92/WindowsMedia10-KB911565-v2-x86-ENU.exe)

4. Make sure auto updates are disabled and within the virtual machine go to this website: services.wmdrm.windowsmedia.com/indivSite
and click UPGRADE.

5. Download FairUse4WM (http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/FairUse4WM/1156529648/1)

6. Extract Fair Use and Open it.

7. Click on start and then when it asks for a list of files, then you should be able to figure it out from their.

For Removing DRM on SEEKMO and possibly other adware based media follow these instructions.

1. Download and Install the SEEKMO Search Assistant within the virtual machine.

2. Pick the wmv file you want to decrypt, and open in with windows media player.

3. It will take a while, but when it says "license aquired" immediatly reset the Virtual Machine. When it starts back up open FAIRUSE4WM and select the file and it will be decrypted.

4. Install Virtual Machine Additions and Copy the file over to your computer.

5. Uninstall Virtual Machine additions to be able to continue removing DRM.

keep up the good work my friend

:neo:

Here is a list for websites that run the rapidleech script.
Rapidleech is a PHP script that allows downloading from rapidshare to the websites server at amazing speeds, and then you can copy the link and remote upload to rapidshare Wink

A really easy way to get points Razz

Code:
http://www.lapa20.com
http://www.tranhaihau.com/download
http://www.uac.pt/~geografia/rapidleech/777
http://www.nbebroadcast.com/download
http://www.nbe-broadcast.com/soft
http://www.msdll.info/rapidleech
http://www.urban-fix.com
http://www.untusoft.com/rg
http://www.holul.com/sharekiller


ENJOY!

Nonresident viruses

Nonresident viruses can be thought of as consisting of a finder module and a replication module. The finder module is responsible for finding new files to infect. For each new executable file the finder module encounters, it calls the replication module to infect that file.

For simple viruses the replicator's tasks are to:


1. Open the new file

2. Check if the executable file has already been infected (if it is, return to the finder module)

3. Append the virus code to the executable file

4. Save the executable's starting point

5. Change the executable's starting point so that it points to the start location of the newly copied virus code

6. Save the old start location to the virus in a way so that the virus branches to that location right after its execution.

7. Save the changes to the executable file

8. Close the infected file

9. Return to the finder so that it can find new files for the replicator to infect.


Resident viruses

Resident viruses contain a replication module that is similar to the one that is employed by nonresident viruses. However, this module is not called by a finder module. Instead, the virus loads the replication module into memory when it is executed and ensures that this module is executed each time the operating system is called to perform a certain operation. For example, the replication module can be called each time the operating system executes a file. In this case, the virus infects every suitable program that is executed on the computer.

Resident viruses are sometimes subdivided into a category of fast infectors and a category of slow infectors. Fast infectors are designed to infect as many files as possible. For instance, a fast infector can infect every potential host file that is accessed. This poses a special problem to anti-virus software, since a virus scanner will access every potential host file on a computer when it performs a system-wide scan. If the virus scanner fails to notice that such a virus is present in memory, the virus can "piggy-back" on the virus scanner and in this way infect all files that are scanned. Fast infectors rely on their fast infection rate to spread. The disadvantage of this method is that infecting many files may make detection more likely, because the virus may slow down a computer or perform many suspicious actions that can be noticed by anti-virus software. Slow infectors, on the other hand, are designed to infect hosts infrequently. For instance, some slow infectors only infect files when they are copied. Slow infectors are designed to avoid detection by limiting their actions: they are less likely to slow down a computer noticeably, and will at most infrequently trigger anti-virus software that detects suspicious behavior by programs. The slow infector approach does not seem very successful however.

Here is a list of commands that you can run off from the Run Command prompt in XP:


CODE
Accessibility Controls
access.cpl

Add Hardware Wizard
hdwwiz.cpl

Add/Remove Programs
appwiz.cpl

Administrative Tools
control admintools

Automatic Updates
wuaucpl.cpl

Bluetooth Transfer Wizard
fsquirt

Calculator
calc

Certificate Manager
certmgr.msc

Character Map
charmap

Check Disk Utility
chkdsk

Clipboard Viewer
clipbrd

Command Prompt
cmd

Component Services
dcomcnfg

Computer Management
compmgmt.msc

Date and Time Properties
timedate.cpl

DDE Shares
ddeshare

Device Manager
devmgmt.msc

Direct X Control Panel (If Installed)*
directx.cpl

Direct X Troubleshooter
dxdiag

Disk Cleanup Utility
cleanmgr

Disk Defragment
dfrg.msc

Disk Management
diskmgmt.msc

Disk Partition Manager
diskpart

Display Properties
control desktop

Display Properties
desk.cpl

Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Preselected)
control color

Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility
drwtsn32

Driver Verifier Utility
verifier

Event Viewer
eventvwr.msc

File Signature Verification Tool
sigverif

Findfast
findfast.cpl

Folders Properties
control folders

Fonts
control fonts

Fonts Folder
fonts

Free Cell Card Game
freecell

Game Controllers
joy.cpl

Group Policy Editor (XP Prof)
gpedit.msc

Hearts Card Game
mshearts

Iexpress Wizard
iexpress

Indexing Service
ciadv.msc

Internet Properties
inetcpl.cpl


IP Configuration (Display Connection Configuration)
ipconfig /all

IP Configuration (Display DNS Cache Contents)
ipconfig /displaydns

IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents)
ipconfig /flushdns

IP Configuration (Release All Connections)
ipconfig /release

IP Configuration (Renew All Connections)
ipconfig /renew

IP Configuration (Refreshes DHCP & Re-Registers DNS)
ipconfig /registerdns

IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID)
ipconfig /showclassid

IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID)
ipconfig /setclassid


ava Control Panel (If Installed)
jpicpl32.cpl

Java Control Panel (If Installed)
javaws

Keyboard Properties
control keyboard

Local Security Settings
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Movie Jargon

CAM -
A cam is a theater rip usually done with a digital video camera. A mini tripod is sometimes used, but a lot of the time this wont be possible, so the camera make shake. Also seating placement isn't always idle, and it might be filmed from an angle. If cropped properly, this is hard to tell unless there's text on the screen, but a lot of times these are left with triangular borders on the top and bottom of the screen. Sound is taken from the onboard microphone of the camera, and especially in comedies, laughter can often be heard during the film. Due to these factors picture and sound quality are usually quite poor, but sometimes we're lucky, and the theater will be fairly empty and a fairly clear signal will be heard.


TELESYNC (TS) -
A telesync is the same spec as a CAM except it uses an external audio source (most likely an audio jack in the chair for hard of hearing people). A direct audio source does not ensure a good quality audio source, as a lot of background noise can interfere. A lot of the times a telesync is filmed in an empty cinema or from the projection booth with a professional camera, giving a better picture quality. Quality ranges drastically, check the sample before downloading the full release. A high percentage of Telesyncs are CAMs that have been mislabeled.



TELECINE (TC) -
A telecine machine copies the film digitally from the reels. Sound and picture should be very good, but due to the equipment involved and cost telecines are fairly uncommon. Generally the film will be in correct aspect ratio, although 4:3 telecines have existed. A great example is the JURASSIC PARK 3 TC done last year. TC should not be confused with TimeCode , which is a visible counter on screen throughout the film.


SCREENER (SCR) -
A pre VHS tape, sent to rental stores, and various other places for promotional use. A screener is supplied on a VHS tape, and is usually in a 4:3 (full screen) a/r, although letterboxed screeners are sometimes found. The main draw back is a "ticker" (a message that scrolls past at the bottom of the screen, with the copyright and anti-copy telephone number). Also, if the tape contains any serial numbers, or any other markings that could lead to the source of the tape, these will have to be blocked, usually with a black mark over the section. This is sometimes only for a few seconds, but unfortunately on some copies this will last for the entire film, and some can be quite big. Depending on the equipment used, screener quality can range from excellent if done from a MASTER copy, to very poor if done on an old VHS recorder thru poor capture equipment on a copied tape. Most screeners are transferred to VCD, but a few attempts at SVCD have occurred, some looking better than others.


DVD-SCREENER (DVDscr) -
Same premise as a screener, but transferred off a DVD. Usually letterbox , but without the extras that a DVD retail would contain. The ticker is not usually in the black bars, and will disrupt the viewing. If the ripper has any skill, a DVDscr should be very good. Usually transferred to SVCD or DivX/XviD.


DVDRip -
A copy of the final released DVD. If possible this is released PRE retail (for example, Star Wars episode 2) again, should be excellent quality. DVDrips are released in SVCD and DivX/XviD.



VHSRip -
Transferred off a retail VHS, mainly skating/sports videos and XXX releases.


TVRip -
TV episode that is either from Network (capped using digital cable/satellite boxes are preferable) or PRE-AIR from satellite feeds sending the program around to networks a few days earlier (do not contain "dogs" but sometimes have flickers etc) Some programs such as WWF Raw Is War contain extra parts, and the "dark matches" and camera/commentary tests are included on the rips. PDTV is capped from a digital TV PCI card, generally giving the best results, and groups tend to release in SVCD for these. VCD/SVCD/DivX/XviD rips are all supported by the TV scene.


WORKPRINT (WP) -
A workprint is a copy of the film that has not been finished. It can be missing scenes, music, and quality can range from excellent to very poor. Some WPs are very different from the final print (Men In Black is missing all the aliens, and has actors in their places) and others can contain extra scenes (Jay and Silent Bob) . WPs can be nice additions to the collection once a good quality final has been obtained.


DivX Re-Enc -
A DivX re-enc is a film that has been taken from its original VCD source, and re-encoded into a small DivX file. Most commonly found on file sharers, these are usually labeled something like Film.Name.Group(1of2) etc. Common groups are SMR and TND. These aren't really worth downloading, unless you're that unsure about a film u only want a 200mb copy of it. Generally avoid.



Watermarks -
A lot of films come from Asian Silvers/PDVD (see below) and these are tagged by the people responsible. Usually with a letter/initials or a little logo, generally in one of the corners. Most famous are the "Z" "A" and "Globe" watermarks.


Asian Silvers / PDVD -
These are films put out by eastern bootleggers, and these are usually bought by some groups to put out as their own. Silvers are very cheap and easily available in a lot of countries, and its easy to put out a release, which is why there are so many in the scene at the moment, mainly from smaller groups who don't last more than a few releases. PDVDs are the same thing pressed onto a DVD. They have removable subtitles, and the quality is usually better than the silvers. These are ripped like a normal DVD, but usually released as VCD.



Formats

VCD -
VCD is an mpeg1 based format, with a constant bitrate of 1150kbit at a resolution of 352x240 (NTCS). VCDs are generally used for lower quality transfers (CAM/TS/TC/Screener(VHS)/TVrip(analogue) in order to make smaller file sizes, and fit as much on a single disc as possible. Both VCDs and SVCDs are timed in minutes, rather than MB, so when looking at an mpeg, it may appear larger than the disc capacity, and in reality u can fit 74min on a CDR74.


SVCD -
SVCD is an mpeg2 based (same as DVD) which allows variable bit-rates of up to 2500kbits at a resolution of 480x480 (NTSC) which is then decompressed into a 4:3 aspect ratio when played back. Due to the variable bit-rate, the length you can fit on a single CDR is not fixed, but generally between 35-60 Mins are the most common. To get a better SVCD encode using variable bit-rates, it is important to use multiple "passes". this takes a lot longer, but the results are far clearer.


XVCD/XSVCD -
These are basically VCD/SVCD that don't obey the "rules". They are both capable of much higher resolutions and bit-rates, but it all depends on the player to whether the disc can be played. X(S)VCD are total non-standards, and are usually for home-ripping by people who don't intend to release them.



DivX / XviD -
DivX is a format designed for multimedia platforms. It uses two codecs, one low motion, one high motion. most older films were encoded in low motion only, and they have problems with high motion too. A method known as SBC (Smart Bit-rate Control) was developed which switches codecs at the encoding stage, making a much better print. The format is Ana orphic and the bit-rate/resolution are interchangeable. Due to the higher processing power required, and the different codecs for playback, its unlikely we'll see a DVD player capable of play DivX for quite a while, if at all. There have been players in development which are supposedly capable, but nothing has ever arisen. The majority of PROPER DivX rips (not Re-Encs) are taken from DVDs, and generally up to 2hours in good quality is possible per disc. Various codecs exist, most popular being the original Divx3.11a and the new XviD codecs.


CVD -
CVD is a combination of VCD and SVCD formats, and is generally supported by a majority of DVD players. It supports MPEG2 bit-rates of SVCD, but uses a resolution of 352x480(ntsc) as the horizontal resolution is generally less important. Currently no groups release in CVD.


DVD-R -
Is the recordable DVD solution that seems to be the most popular (out of DVD-RAM, DVD-R and DVD+R). it holds 4.7gb of data per side, and double sided discs are available, so discs can hold nearly 10gb in some circumstances. SVCD mpeg2 images must be converted before they can be burnt to DVD-R and played successfully. DVD>DVDR copies are possible, but sometimes extras/languages have to be removed to stick within the available 4.7gb.


MiniDVD -
MiniDVD/cDVD is the same format as DVD but on a standard CDR/CDRW. Because of the high resolution/bit-rates, its only possible to fit about 18-21 mins of footage per disc, and the format is only compatible with a few players.


Misc Info

Regional Coding -
This was designed to stop people buying American DVDs and watching them earlier in other countries, or for older films where world distribution is handled by different companies. A lot of players can either be hacked with a chip, or via a remote to disable this.


RCE -
RCE (Regional Coding Enhancement) was designed to overcome "Multiregion" players, but it had a lot of faults and was overcome. Very few titles are RCE encoded now, and it was very unpopular.


Macrovision -
Macrovision is the copy protection employed on most commercial DVDs. Its a system that will display lines and darken the images of copies that are made by sending the VHS signals it can't understand. Certain DVD players (for example the Dansai 852 from Tescos) have a secret menu where you can disable the macrovision, or a "video stabaliser" costs about 30UKP from Maplin (www.maplin.co.uk)


NTSC/PAL -
NTSC and PAL are the two main standards used across the world. NTSC has a higher frame rate than pal (29fps compared to 25fps) but PAL has an increased resolution, and gives off a generally sharper picture. Playing NTSC discs on PAL systems seems a lot easier than vice-versa, which is good news for the Brits icon_smile.gif An RGB enabled scart lead will play an NTSC picture in full colour on most modern tv sets, but to record this to a VHS tape, you will need to convert it to PAL50 (not PAL60 as the majority of DVD players do.) This is either achieved by an expensive converter box (in the regions of £200+) an onboard converter (such as the Dansai 852 / certain Daewoos / Samsung 709 ) or using a World Standards VCR which can record in any format.


News Sites -
There are generally 2 news sites, and I'm allowed to be biased icon_smile.gif For Games/Apps/Console :: www.isonews.com is generally regarded as the best, but for VCD/SVCD/DivX/TV/XXX www.vcdquality.com displays screen grabs and allows feedback. **NOTICE** neither site offers movie downloads, and requesting movies/trades etc on the forums of either is NOT permitted.


Release Files

RARset -
The movies are all supplied in RAR form, whether its v2 (rar>.rxx) or v3 (part01.rar > partxx.rar) form.


BIN/CUE -
VCD and SVCD films will extract to give a BIN/CUE. Load the .CUE into notepad and make sure the first line contains only a filename, and no path information. Then load the cue into Nero/CDRWin etc and this will burn the VCD/SVCD correctly. TV rips are released as MPEG. DivX files are just the plain DivX - .AVI


NFO -
An NFO file is supplied with each movie to promote the group, and give general iNFOrmation about the release, such as format, source, size, and any notes that may be of use. They are also used to recruit members and acquire hardware for the group.

SFV -
Also supplied for each disc is an SFV file. These are mainly used on site level to check each file has been uploaded correctly, but are also handy for people downloading to check they have all the files, and the CRC is correct. A program such as pdSFV or hkSFV is required to use these files.



Usenet Information

Access -
To get onto newsgroups, you will need a news server. Most ISPs supply one, but this is usually of poor retention (the amount of time the files are on server for) and poor completition (the amount of files that make it there). For the best service, a premium news server should be paid for, and these will often have bandwidth restrictions in place.


Software -
You will need a newsreader to access the files in the binary newsgroups. There are many different readers, and its usually down to personal opinion which is best. Xnews / Forte Agent / BNR 1 / BNR 2 are amongst the popular choices. Outlook has the ability to read newsgroups, but its recommended to not use that.


Format -
Usenet posts are often the same as those listed on VCDQUALiTY (i.e., untouched group releases) but you have to check the filenames and the description to make sure you get what you think you are getting. Generally releases should come down in .RAR sets. Posts will usually take more than one day to be uploaded, and can be spread out as far as a week.


PAR files -
As well as the .rxx files, you will also see files listed as .pxx/.par . These are PARITY files. Parity files are common in usenet posts, as a lot of times, there will be at least one or two damaged files on some servers. A parity file can be used to replace ANY ONE file that is missing from the rar set. The more PAR files you have, the more files you can replace. You will need a program called SMARTPAR for this.


Scene Tags

PROPER -
Due to scene rules, whoever releases the first Telesync has won that race (for example). But if the quality of that release is fairly poor, if another group has another telesync (or the same source in higher quality) then the tag PROPER is added to the folder to avoid being duped. PROPER is the most subjective tag in the scene, and a lot of people will generally argue whether the PROPER is better than the original release. A lot of groups release PROPERS just out of desperation due to losing the race. A reason for the PROPER should always be included in the NFO.



SUBBED -
In the case of a VCD, if a release is subbed, it usually means it has hard encoded subtitles burnt throughout the movie. These are generally in malaysian/chinese/thai etc, and sometimes there are two different languages, which can take up quite a large amount of the screen. SVCD supports switch able subtitles, so some DVDRips are released with switch able subs. This will be mentioned in the NFO file if included.


UNSUBBED -
When a film has had a subbed release in the past, an Unsubbed release may be released

LIMITED -
A limited movie means it has had a limited theater run, generally opening in less than 250 theaters, generally smaller films (such as art house films) are released as limited.


INTERNAL -
An internal release is done for several reasons. Classic DVD groups do a lot of .INTERNAL. releases, as they wont be dupe'd on it. Also lower quality theater rips are done INTERNAL so not to lower the reputation of the group, or due to the amount of rips done already. An INTERNAL release is available as normal on the groups affiliate sites, but they can't be traded to other sites without request from the site ops. Some INTERNAL releases still trickle down to IRC/Newsgroups, it usually depends on the title and the popularity. Earlier in the year people referred to Centropy going "internal". This meant the group were only releasing the movies to their members and site ops. This is in a different context to the usual definition.


STV -
Straight To Video. Was never released in theaters, and therefore a lot of sites do not allow these.


ASPECT RATIO TAGS -
These are *WS* for widescreen (letterbox) and *FS* for Fullscreen.


RECODE -
A recode is a previously released version, usually filtered through TMPGenc to remove subtitles, fix color etc. Whilst they can look better, its not looked upon highly as groups are expected to obtain their own sources.


REPACK -
If a group releases a bad rip, they will release a Repack which will fix the problems.


NUKED -
A film can be nuked for various reasons. Individual sites will nuke for breaking their rules (such as "No Telesyncs") but if the film has something extremely wrong with it (no soundtrack for 20mins, CD2 is incorrect film/game etc) then a global nuke will occur, and people trading it across sites will lose their credits. Nuked films can still reach other sources such as p2p/usenet, but its a good idea to check why it was nuked first in case. If a group realise there is something wrong, they can request a nuke.

NUKE REASONS :: this is a list of common reasons a film can be nuked for (generally DVDRip)

** BAD A/R ** :: bad aspect ratio, ie people appear too fat/thin
** BAD IVTC ** :: bad inverse telecine. process of converting framerates was incorrect.
** INTERLACED ** :: black lines on movement as the field order is incorrect.



DUPE -
Dupe is quite simply, if something exists already, then theres no reason for it to exist again without proper reason.

www.vcdquality.com (http://www.vcdquality.com)

how does this site work magus?

Couldnt find no DL Links Bro. iTS too3:30 in the morn So prolly will have a better look 2moro. But tis good for nfo.

Ya man good for getting covers screenshots and other info to make pirated cds look almost real. You can get covers and other stuff from there. Couldn't find no dl links. Thanx for sharing.

^^^^^ Thats what it is.!! Isn't it? Bro.

P.S. BTJ Repped.

thats all i found at it- it came from your post 22. i thought that you might know where all the copies they are rating came from.

i'll rep you back but i have to spread it round before i rep you again.

I couldnt find the source of its ratings. Tried to get info from its partner sites but no success there either.

Found nothing worthwhile in faqs either.
http://www.vcdquality.com/index.php?page=faq

There is so much information available on the web these days that it is becoming increasingly difficult to find what you want.
Thankfully, we have search engines like Google to sift through the dross and help us to find what we are looking for.
Unfortunately, there is still so much info that even with these search engines, it is often a painstakingly slow process to find exactly what you are after.

I currently use Google as my primary search engine mainly because it presently tops the charts as far as indexing is concerned.

Now, do you just plug in a keyword or two and hope for the best? That may be the quickest way to search, but with more than 3 billion pages in Google’s index, it is still a struggle to pare results to a manageable number.

Here are a few tips that I have found on my travels whilst browsing the internet.
There is not one person to thank here as these tips come from many sources.

Page translation
Just because someone speaks another language, it does not mean they do not have something useful or interesting to say.

I use the Google translation tools,
Code:
http://www.google.com/language_tools
Which are similar to the ones found at:
Code:
http://babelfish.altavista.com
And
Code:
http://world.altavista.com

When translating, be specific and creative because these tools are not really the most accurate things on the planet.

Useful Key words
These are some of the more popular keywords for you to use within your search string, just replace the x with your own text:

1. “xxxx” = will look for the exact phrase. For example, “George Bush” will avoid any reference to foliage. (Google is not case sensitive)
2. -x = will search for something excluding a certain term For example, if you were looking for a Hilton hotel and not the Paris Hilton, you’d type Hilton-Paris as your search criteria.
3. filetype:xxx = searches for a particular file extension (exe, mp3, etc)
4. -filetype:xxx = excludes a particular file extension
5. allinurl:x = term in the url
6. allintext:x = terms in the text of the page
7. allintitle:x = terms in the html title of that page
8. allinanchor:x = terms in the links
9. “ORâ€� = Self-explanatory, one or the other… (i.e.: binder OR joiner)
10. ~X = Synonyms/similar terms (in case you can’t think of any yourself)

Numbers in a range
Lets say you’re looking for an mp3 player but only want to spend up to £150. Why swim through all the others? MP3 player £0..£150
The 2 periods will set a numeric range to search between and will also work with dates, weights, etc.

Calculations
For example, to find out how many times the number 8 goes into the number 720, just type 720/8 in the search box and press the Enter key to get the results. You can use the standard + and - keys to add or subtract. Use the / key to divide and the * to multiply.

Measurements
For example, type “100 meters in feet” (without the quotes) and press the
Enter key for the results.

Denied / common words & omitted results
Ever type in a search and see something like this:
“The following words are very common and were not included in your search:”
What if those common words were important to the search criteria?
You can force Google to search through even the common terms by putting a + in front of the denied word.

Or ever see this?
“In order to show you the most relevant results, we have omitted some entries very similar to the X already displayed. If you like, you can repeat the search with the omitted results included.â€� The answer is YES. yes yes yes. Did I mention yes? I meant to.

Preferences
It amazes me when I use other peoples PCs that they do not have their Google search preferences saved. When you use Google as much as I do, who can afford to not have preferences? They are located on the right of the search box, and have several options, though I only find three applicable for myself…
A. Open results in new browser.
B. Display 10-100 results per page.
C. Do not filter.

Wildcard searches. *
Great when applied to a previously mentioned method and handy if you only know part of a program name. I.e. *rar as in Winrar.

If you’ve read this far into this tutorial without saying, “Great, another guy that copied a few Google help pages and thinks its useful info” then I will show you why (besides accuracy, speed, and consistency finding info on anything) it’s nice to know how a search engine works. You combine it with your knowledge of other protocols.

Example:
Do you want free music, free games, free software or free movies? God bless FTP! Try this search:
Code:
intitle:”Index of music” “rolling stones” mp3

Now, what did that search turn up? Let us see if we can better it:
Now search for:
Code:
intitle:”Index of music” ” rolling stones ” *

Notice any difference? A bit better yes?
Now search for:
Code:
intitle:”index of *” ” rolling stones ” mp3

Bang on, a hell of a lot better.

Substitute rolling stones with your favourite band. No? Try the song name, or another file format. Play with it. Assuming someone made an FTP and uploaded it, you will find it. Play around with different search strings and try things like inurl:ftp. I find that * works better for me than trying to guess other peoples spellings mistakes.
The same method here applies for e-books, games, movies or anything that may be on an FTP site.

Intitle: at the beginning of a query word or phrase (intitle:”Three Blind Mice”) restricts your search results to just the titles of Web pages.

Intext: does the opposite of intitle:, searching only the body text, ignoring titles, links, and so forth. Intext: is perfect when what you’re searching for might commonly appear in URLs.

Try using site: (which restricts results to top-level domains) with intitle: to find certain types of pages. For example, get scholarly pages about Mark Twain by searching for intitle:”Mark Twain”site:edu. Experiment with mixing various elements; you’ll develop several strategies for finding the stuff you want more effectively. The site: command is very helpful as an alternative to the mediocre search engines built into many sites.

Now what if you want a song, but cannot remember the name of the artist or for that matter, the song. Here is a foolproof way to find songs you do not know the name for, but you know some of the lyrics:
Code:
“Lyrics” XXXXXXXX (Replace XXX with lyrics you know for sure, make sure you punctuate it properly)
The first search return should be the name of the song; if it isn’t, try other lyrics that you know, or keep refining the lyrics you have already entered.

Alternatively, if you know the artist or song you also use this string by pasting it into your browser replacing “XXX” with the artist/album/song name:
Code:
google.com/ie?q=parent-directory+%22XXX%22+mp3+OR+wma+OR+m3u+OR+ogg+OR+mp 3s+OR+mp3z&num=100

Now for something a bit different and something Teddy, Halo & Big-Al should find interesting.

Find Apache’s (default) Index page by pasting this code into Google:
Code:
+(”index of”) +(”/ebooks”|”/book”) +(chm|pdf|zip|rar) +apache

Find a particular e-Book file by replacing XXX with the title or author.
Code:
allinurl: +(rar|chm|zip|pdf|tgz) XXX

Or the age old way:
Codes:
“parent directory ” /appz/ -xxx -html -htm -php -shtml -opendivx -md5 -md5sums
“parent directory ” Gamez -xxx -html -htm -php -shtml -opendivx -md5 -md5sums
“parent directory ” DVDRip -xxx -html -htm -php -shtml -opendivx -md5 -md5sums
“parent directory ” Xvid -xxx -html -htm -php -shtml -opendivx -md5 -md5sums
“parent directory ” MP3 -xxx -html -htm -php -shtml -opendivx -md5 -md5sums

You only need change the word after the parent directory (in bold font)…

Hope these will help you find what you want from Google!

If you want to use a simple no-right-clicking ban (without annoying pop-ups etc) simply use this as your <body> code without the *


<*body oncontextmenu="return false">

Basicly means that the page wont respond when a user right clicks - doesn't include any pop-ups...which is good.

Enjoy!

but then people can easily use print screen, go view source and make their own page etc. its still pretty easy to do

If you want to use a simple no-right-clicking ban (without annoying pop-ups etc) simply use this as your <body> code without the *


<*body oncontextmenu="return false">

Basicly means that the page wont respond when a user right clicks - doesn't include any pop-ups...which is good.

Enjoy!

but then people can easily use print screen, go view source and make their own page etc. its still pretty easy to do

this is a cool tip, thanks

Some facts bout google

→ The name 'Google' is a spelling error.The founders of the site thought they were going for 'Googol'.

→ The reason the Google page is so bare is because the founders didn't know HTML and just wanted a quick interface.

→ Google started as a research project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin when they were 24 and 23 years old respectively.

→ Google receives about 200 million search queries each day from every part of the world, including Antartica and Vatican.

→ In the earliest stage of Google,there was no the submit button rather a hit on the ENTER key.

→ You can have the Google home page set up in 88 different languages-including Urdu,Latin and Klingon.

→ It would take 5,707 years for a person to search Google's 3 billion pages. The Google software does it in .5 seconds.

→ The logos that appear on the Google homepage during noteworthy days are called Google Doodle.

→ You've heard of Google Earth,but not many know there is a site called Google Moon,Which maps the lunar surface.

→ Keyhole,the satellite imaging company that Google acquired in October 2004, was funded by the CIA.

Spy on security cameras.
Go to google and put this in the search bar, inurl:view/index.shtml and click search.

Some of them you can control, while some just sit there and some just have screenshots.

Here are some examples.

http://tayracers.redirectme.net:8084/view/index.shtml = a model shop

http://83.236.152.251/view/index.shtml = an internet cafe in germany ( there was a guy looking at pron on this one once)

http://webcam5.hrz.tu-darmstadt.de/v...tml?videos=one (you can control this one) = some building in germany, not sure what it is.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^Another quality leech !!!!!!

List of the keyboard shortcuts that are available in Windows XP


General Keyboard Shortcuts
• CTRL+C (Copy)
• CTRL+X (Cut)
• CTRL+V (Paste)
• CTRL+Z (Undo)
• DELETE (Delete)
• SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin)
• CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item)
• CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item)
• F2 key (Rename the selected item)
• CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word)
• CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word)
• CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph)
• CTRL+UP ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph)
• CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Highlight a block of text)
• SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document)
• CTRL+A (Select all)
• F3 key (Search for a file or a folder)
• ALT+ENTER (View the properties for the selected item)
• ALT+F4 (Close the active item, or quit the active program)
• ALT+ENTER (Display the properties of the selected object)
• ALT+SPACEBAR (Open the shortcut menu for the active window)
• CTRL+F4 (Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously)
• ALT+TAB (Switch between the open items)
• ALT+ESC (Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened)
• F6 key (Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop)
• F4 key (Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer)
• SHIFT+F10 (Display the shortcut menu for the selected item)
• ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the System menu for the active window)
• CTRL+ESC (Display the Start menu)
• ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name (Display the corresponding menu)
• Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu (Perform the corresponding command)
• F10 key (Activate the menu bar in the active program)
• RIGHT ARROW (Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu)
• LEFT ARROW (Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu)
• F5 key (Update the active window)
• BACKSPACE (View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer)
• ESC (Cancel the current task)
• SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive (Prevent the CD-ROM from automatically playing)


Dialog Box Keyboard Shortcuts
• CTRL+TAB (Move forward through the tabs)
• CTRL+SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through the tabs)
• TAB (Move forward through the options)
• SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through the options)
• ALT+Underlined letter (Perform the corresponding command or select the corresponding option)
• ENTER (Perform the command for the active option or button)
• SPACEBAR (Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box)
• Arrow keys (Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons)
• F1 key (Display Help)
• F4 key (Display the items in the active list)
• BACKSPACE (Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box)


Microsoft Natural Keyboard Shortcuts
• Windows Logo (Display or hide the Start menu)
• Windows Logo+BREAK (Display the System Properties dialog box)
• Windows Logo+D (Display the desktop)
• Windows Logo+M (Minimize all of the windows)
• Windows Logo+SHIFT+M (Restore the minimized windows)
• Windows Logo+E (Open My Computer)
• Windows Logo+F (Search for a file or a folder)
• CTRL+Windows Logo+F (Search for computers)
• Windows Logo+F1 (Display Windows Help)
• Windows Logo+ L (Lock the keyboard)
• Windows Logo+R (Open the Run dialog box)
• Windows Logo+U (Open Utility Manager)


Accessibility Keyboard Shortcuts
• Right SHIFT for eight seconds (Switch FilterKeys either on or off)
• Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN (Switch High Contrast either on or off)
• Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK (Switch the MouseKeys either on or off)
• SHIFT five times (Switch the StickyKeys either on or off)
• NUM LOCK for five seconds (Switch the ToggleKeys either on or off)
• Windows Logo +U (Open Utility Manager)


Windows Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts
• END (Display the bottom of the active window)
• HOME (Display the top of the active window)
• NUM LOCK+Asterisk sign (*) (Display all of the subfolders that are under the selected folder)
• NUM LOCK+Plus sign (+) (Display the contents of the selected folder)
• NUM LOCK+Minus sign (-) (Collapse the selected folder)
• LEFT ARROW (Collapse the current selection if it is expanded, or select the parent folder)
• RIGHT ARROW (Display the current selection if it is collapsed, or select the first subfolder)

Shortcut Keys for Character Map
After you double-click a character on the grid of characters, you can move through the grid by using the keyboard shortcuts:
• RIGHT ARROW (Move to the right or to the beginning of the next line)
• LEFT ARROW (Move to the left or to the end of the previous line)
• UP ARROW (Move up one row)
• DOWN ARROW (Move down one row)
• PAGE UP (Move up one screen at a time)
• PAGE DOWN (Move down one screen at a time)
• HOME (Move to the beginning of the line)
• END (Move to the end of the line)
• CTRL+HOME (Move to the first character)
• CTRL+END (Move to the last character)
• SPACEBAR (Switch between Enlarged and Normal mode when a character is selected)


Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Main Window Keyboard Shortcuts
• CTRL+O (Open a saved console)
• CTRL+N (Open a new console)
• CTRL+S (Save the open console)
• CTRL+M (Add or remove a console item)
• CTRL+W (Open a new window)
• F5 key (Update the content of all console windows)
• ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the MMC window menu)
• ALT+F4 (Close the console)
• ALT+A (Display the Action menu)
• ALT+V (Display the View menu)
• ALT+F (Display the File menu)
• ALT+O (Display the Favorites menu)


MMC Console Window Keyboard Shortcuts
• CTRL+P (Print the current page or active pane)
• ALT+Minus sign (-) (Display the window menu for the active console window)
• SHIFT+F10 (Display the Action shortcut menu for the selected item)
• F1 key (Open the Help topic, if any, for the selected item)
• F5 key (Update the content of all console windows)
• CTRL+F10 (Maximize the active console window)
• CTRL+F5 (Restore the active console window)
• ALT+ENTER (Display the Properties dialog box, if any, for the selected item)
• F2 key (Rename the selected item)
• CTRL+F4 (Close the active console window. When a console has only one console window, this shortcut closes the console)


Remote Desktop Connection Navigation
• CTRL+ALT+END (Open the Microsoft Windows NT Security dialog box)
• ALT+PAGE UP (Switch between programs from left to right)
• ALT+PAGE DOWN (Switch between programs from right to left)
• ALT+INSERT (Cycle through the programs in most recently used order)
• ALT+HOME (Display the Start menu)
• CTRL+ALT+BREAK (Switch the client computer between a window and a full screen)
• ALT+DELETE (Display the Windows menu)
• CTRL+ALT+Minus sign (-) (Place a snapshot of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing ALT+PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.)
• CTRL+ALT+Plus sign (+) (Place a snapshot of the active window in the client on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.)


Microsoft Internet Explorer Navigation
• CTRL+B (Open the Organize Favorites dialog box)
• CTRL+E (Open the Search bar)
• CTRL+F (Start the Find utility)
• CTRL+H (Open the History bar)
• CTRL+I (Open the Favorites bar)
• CTRL+L (Open the Open dialog box)
• CTRL+N (Start another instance of the browser with the same Web address)
• CTRL+O (Open the Open dialog box, the same as CTRL+L)
• CTRL+P (Open the Print dialog box)
• CTRL+R (Update the current Web page)
• CTRL+W (Close the current window)

All keyboard Shortcuts

Windows Shortcuts

* Shift + F10 right-clicks.

* Win + L (XP Only): Locks keyboard. Similar to Lock Workstation.

* Win + F or F3: Open Find dialog. (All Files) F3 may not work in some applications which use F3 for their own find dialogs.

* Win + Control + F: Open Find dialog. (Computers)

* Win + U: Open Utility Manager.

* Win + F1: Open Windows help.

* Win + Pause: Open System Properties dialog.

* Win + Tab: Cycle through taskbar buttons. Enter clicks, AppsKey or Shift + F10 right-clicks.

* Win + Shift + Tab: Cycle through taskbar buttons in reverse.

* Alt + Tab: Display Cool Switch. More commonly known as the AltTab dialog.

* Alt + Shift + Tab: Display Cool Switch; go in reverse.

* Alt + Escape: Send active window to the bottom of the z-order.

* Alt + Shift + Escape: Activate the window at the bottom of the z-order.

* Alt + F4: Close active window; or, if all windows are closed, open shutdown dialog.

* Shift while a CD is loading: Bypass AutoPlay.

* Shift while login: Bypass startup folder. Only those applications will be ignored which are in the startup folder, not those started from the registry (Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\)

* Ctrl + Alt + Delete or Ctrl + Alt + NumpadDel (Both NumLock states): Invoke the Task Manager or NT Security dialog.

* Ctrl + Shift + Escape (2000/XP ) or (Ctrl + Alt + NumpadDot) : Invoke the task manager. On earlier OSes, acts like Ctrl + Escape.

* Print screen: Copy screenshot of current screen to clipboard.

* Alt + Print screen: Copy screenshot of current active window to clipboard.

* Ctrl + Alt + Down Arrow: Invert screen. Untested on OS's other than XP.

* Ctrl + Alt + Up Arrow: Undo inversion.

* Win + B : Move focus to systray icons.


General


* Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert: Copy.

* Ctrl + X or Shift + Delete: Cut.

* Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert: Paste/Move.

* Ctrl + N: New... File, Tab, Entry, etc.

* Ctrl + S: Save.

* Ctrl + O: Open...

* Ctrl + P: Print.

* Ctrl + Z: Undo.

* Ctrl + A: Select all.

* Ctrl + F: Find...

* Ctrl+W : to close the current window

* Ctrl + F4: Close tab or child window.

* F1: Open help.

* F11: Toggle full screen mode.

* Alt or F10: Activate menu bar.

* Alt + Space: Display system menu. Same as clicking the icon on the titlebar.

* Escape: Remove focus from current control/menu, or close dialog box.


General Navigation


* Tab: Forward one item.

* Shift + Tab: Backward one item.

* Ctrl + Tab: Cycle through tabs/child windows.

* Ctrl + Shift + Tab: Cycle backwards through tabs/child windows.

* Enter: If a button's selected, click it, otherwise, click default button.

* Space: Toggle items such as radio buttons or checkboxes.

* Alt + (Letter): Activate item corresponding to (Letter). (Letter) is the underlined letter on the item's name.

* Ctrl + Left: Move cursor to the beginning of previous word.

* Ctrl + Right: Move cursor to the beginning of next word.

* Ctrl + Up: Move cursor to beginning of previous paragraph. This and all subsequent Up/Down hotkeys in this section have only been known to work in Rich Edit controls.

* Ctrl + Down: Move cursor to beginning of next paragraph.

* Shift + Left: Highlight one character to the left.

* Shift + Right: Highlight one character to the right.

* Shift + Up: Highlight from current cursor position, to one line up.

* Shift + Down: Highlight from current cursor position, to one line down.

* Ctrl + Shift + Left: Highlight to beginning of previous word.

* Ctrl + Shift + Right: Highlight to beginning of next word.

* Ctrl + Shift + Up: Highlight to beginning of previous paragraph.

* Ctrl + Shift + Down: Highlight to beginning of next paragraph.

* Home: Move cursor to top of a scrollable control.

* End: Move cursor to bottom of a scrollable control.


File Browser

* Arrow Keys: Navigate.

* Shift + Arrow Keys: Select multiple items.

* Ctrl + Arrow Keys: Change focus without changing selection. "Focus" is the object that will run on Enter. Space toggles selection of the focused item.

* (Letter): Select first found item that begins with (Letter).

* BackSpace: Go up one level to the parent directory.

* Alt + Left: Go back one folder.

* Alt + Right: Go forward one folder.

* Enter: Activate (Double-click) selected item(s).

* Alt + Enter: View properties for selected item.

* F2: Rename selected item(s).

* Ctrl + NumpadPlus: In a Details view, resizes all columns to fit the longest item in each one.

* Delete: Delete selected item(s).

* Shift + Delete: Delete selected item(s); bypass Recycle Bin.

* Ctrl while dragging item(s): Copy.

* Ctrl + Shift while dragging item(s): Create shortcut(s).

* In tree pane, if any:

* Left: Collapse the current selection if expanded, or select the parent folder.

* Right: Expand the current selection if collapsed, or select the first subfolder.

* Numpad Asterisk: Expand currently selected directory and all subdirectories. No undo.

* Numpad Plus: Expand currently selected directory.

* Numpad Minus: Collapse currently selected directory.


Accessibility

* Right Shift for eight seconds: Toggle FilterKeys on and off. FilterKeys must be enabled.

* Left Alt + Left Shift + PrintScreen: Toggle High Contrast on and off. High Contrast must be enabled.

* Left Alt + Left Shift + NumLock: Toggle MouseKeys on and off. MouseKeys must be enabled.

* NumLock for five seconds: Toggle ToggleKeys on and off. ToggleKeys must be enabled.

* Shift five times: Toggle StickyKeys on and off. StickyKeys must be enabled.

6.) Microsoft Natural Keyboard with IntelliType Software Installed

* Win + L: Log off Windows.

* Win + P: Open Print Manager.

* Win + C: Open control panel.

* Win + V: Open clipboard.

* Win + K: Open keyboard properties.

* Win + I: Open mouse properties.

* Win + A: Open Accessibility properties.

* Win + Space: Displays the list of Microsoft IntelliType shortcut keys.

* Win + S: Toggle CapsLock on and off.


Remote Desktop Connection Navigation



* Ctrl + Alt + End: Open the NT Security dialog.

* Alt + PageUp: Switch between programs.

* Alt + PageDown: Switch between programs in reverse.

* Alt + Insert: Cycle through the programs in most recently used order.

* Alt + Home: Display start menu.

* Ctrl + Alt + Break: Switch the client computer between a window and a full screen.

* Alt + Delete: Display the Windows menu.

* Ctrl + Alt + NumpadMinus: Place a snapshot of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing Alt + PrintScreen on a local computer.

* Ctrl + Alt + NumpadPlus: Place a snapshot of the active window in the client on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing PrintScreen on a local computer.


Mozilla Firefox Shortcuts

* Ctrl + Tab or Ctrl + PageDown: Cycle through tabs.

* Ctrl + Shift + Tab or Ctrl + PageUp: Cycle through tabs in reverse.

* Ctrl + (1-9): Switch to tab corresponding to number.

* Ctrl + N: New window.

* Ctrl + T: New tab.

* Ctrl + L or Alt + D or F6: Switch focus to location bar.

* Ctrl + Enter: Open location in new tab.

* Shift + Enter: Open location in new window.

* Ctrl + K or Ctrl + E: Switch focus to search bar.

* Ctrl + O: Open a local file.

* Ctrl + W: Close tab, or window if there's only one tab open.

* Ctrl + Shift + W: Close window.

* Ctrl + S: Save page as a local file.

* Ctrl + P: Print page.

* Ctrl + F or F3: Open find toolbar.

* Ctrl + G or F3: Find next...

* Ctrl + Shift + G or Shift + F3: Find previous...

* Ctrl + B or Ctrl + I: Open Bookmarks sidebar.

* Ctrl + H: Open History sidebar.

* Escape: Stop loading page.

* Ctrl + R or F5: Reload current page.

* Ctrl + Shift + R or Ctrl + F5: Reload current page; bypass cache.

* Ctrl + U: View page source.

* Ctrl + D: Bookmark current page.

* Ctrl + NumpadPlus or Ctrl + Equals (+/=): Increase text size.

* Ctrl + NumpadMinus or Ctrl + Minus: Decrease text size.

* Ctrl + Numpad0 or Ctrl + 0: Set text size to default.

* Alt + Left or Backspace: Back.

* Alt + Right or Shift + Backspace: Forward.

* Alt + Home: Open home page.

* Ctrl + M: Open new message in integrated mail client.

* Ctrl + J: Open Downloads dialog.

* F6: Switch to next frame. You must have selected something on the page already, e.g. by use of Tab.

* Shift + F6: Switch to previous frame.

* Apostrophe ('): Find link as you type.

* Slash (/): Find text as you type.


Gmail Shortcuts

* Note: Must have "keyboard shortcuts" on in settings.

* C: Compose new message.

* Shift + C: Open new window to compose new message.

* Slash (/): Switch focus to search box.

* K: Switch focus to the next most recent email. Enter or "O" opens focused email.

* J: Switch focus to the next oldest email.

* N: Switch focus to the next message in the "conversation." Enter or "O" expands/collapses messages.

* P: Switch focus to the previous message.

* U: Takes you back to the inbox and checks for new mail.

* Y: Various actions depending on current view:

* Has no effect in "Sent" and "All Mail" views.

* Inbox: Archive email or message.

* Starred: Unstar email or message.

* Spam: Unmark as spam and move back to "Inbox."

* Trash: Move back to "Inbox."

* Any label: Remove the label.

* X: "Check" an email. Various actions can be performed against all checked emails.

* S: "Star" an email. Identical to the more familiar term, "flagging."

* R: Reply to the email.

* A: Reply to all recipients of the email.

* F: Forward an email.

* Shift + R: Reply to the email in a new window.

* Shift + A: Reply to all recipients of the email in a new window.

* Shift + F: Forward an email in a new window.

* Shift + 1 (!): Mark an email as spam and remove it from the inbox.

* G then I: Switch to "Inbox" view.

* G then S: Switch to "Starred" view.

* G then A: Switch to "All Mail" view.

* G then C: Switch to "Contacts" view.

* G then S: Switch to "Drafts" view.


List of F1-F9 Key Commands for the Command Prompt



* F1 / right arrow: Repeats the letters of the last command line, one by one.

* F2: Displays a dialog asking user to "enter the char to copy up to" of the last command line

* F3: Repeats the last command line

* F4: Displays a dialog asking user to "enter the char to delete up to" of the last command line

* F5: Goes back one command line

* F6: Enters the traditional CTRL+Z (^z)

* F7: Displays a menu with the command line history

* F8: Cycles back through previous command lines (beginning with most recent)

* F9: Displays a dialog asking user to enter a command number, where 0 is for first command line entered.

* Alt+Enter: toggle full Screen mode.

* up/down: scroll thru/repeat previous entries

* Esc: delete line

* Note: The buffer allows a maximum of 50 command lines. After this number is reached, the first line will be replaced in sequence.

Helpful accessibility keyboard shortcuts

* Switch FilterKeys on and off. Right SHIFT for eight seconds

* Switch High Contrast on and off. Left ALT +left SHIFT +PRINT SCREEN

* Switch MouseKeys on and off. Left ALT +left SHIFT +NUM LOCK

* Switch StickyKeys on and off. SHIFT five times

* Switch ToggleKeys on and off. NUM LOCK for five seconds

Convert text to spoken audio

Want to listen to documents on-the-go with your MP3 player? The Apple Phone Show weblog provides step-by-step instructions for converting text to speech for both Mac and Windows users. On the Mac, the process involves setting up a simple Automator workflow; on Windows, the post suggests a shareware program called TextAloud2. The Automator solution is workable, but nobody likes shareware if they can help it, so for a free Windows alternative, you have a few potential options.

AT&T's text-to-speech demo (which has been around forever) lets you download audio files as WAVs and has several actually listenable voices, but it has a 300 character limit, so that's not great. You could print the document as a PDF and use Adobe Reader's Read Out Loud feature while recording your audio output with Audacity. One reader has suggested several other Windows alternatives, though none seem altogether perfect. If you have a text-to-speech solution that's worked well for you on Windows and it's (preferably) free, let's hear about it in the comments.

http://lifehacker.com/software/ultranewb/a-beginners-guide-to-bittorrent-285489.php

A beginner's guide to BitTorrent

Despite the fact that BitTorrent has been around for a good 6 years now, the lightning fast file sharing protocol hasn't completely taken off in the mainstream. Since we post a decent amount about BitTorrent around here, we figured it was just time we put out a beginner's guide to BitTorrent. This is the guide you can send to your friend next time he gets that glassy look in his eyes when you mention BitTorrent and how quick and easy it makes downloading albums educational, public domain videos and other large files.

Without going into too much detail, here's a crash course in the file sharing protocol that is BitTorrent (feel free to skip to the How to find and download a file with BitTorrent section if you're not all that interested in the details).
What is it
BitTorrent is not a program. [1] It's a method of downloading files using a distributed peer-to-peer file sharing system. The programs that you use to download files via the BitTorrent protocol are called BitTorrent clients.

BitTorrent is not like Limewire/Kazaa/Napster/other P2P programs you've used in the past. This is often the biggest source of confusion for people new to BitTorrent. It's not difficult to use, it's just different. As soon as you forget about your old file-sharing program (and you will once you start using BT), the easier it will be to start using BitTorrent.
How does it work
how-bittorrent-works.pngWhat makes the BitTorrent protocol unique is that it distributes the sharing of files across all users who have downloaded or are in the process of downloading a file. Because BitTorrent breaks up and distributes files in hundreds of small chunks, you don't even need to have downloaded the whole file before you start sharing. As soon as you have even a piece of the file, you can start sharing that piece with other users. That's what makes BitTorrent so fast; your BitTorrent client starts sharing as soon as it downloads one chunk of the file (instead of waiting until the entire download has been completed).

In order to download a file like the educational public domain video we mentioned above, you have to find and download a torrent file (which uses the .torrent file extension) and then open it with your BitTorrent client. The torrent file does not contain your files. Instead, it contains information which tells your BitTorrent client where it can find peers who are also sharing and downloading the file.
How to find and download a file with BitTorrent
Now that you've got a better idea of the terminology and process behind BitTorrent, let's jump right into using BitTorrent.

First you need to download a BitTorrent client (the program that manages your BitTorrent downloads). I'd recommend:

* uTorrent for Windows
* Transmission for Mac
* Azureus or KTorrent for Linux (Actually, Azureus is cross platform, meaning it will work on Windows and Mac, but on those platforms it's not nearly as lightweight as the alternatives listed above.)


Search for a good torrent. There are a handful of really good web sites for downloading torrents (that's right, you search for torrents on the internet). The sites I'd recommend (in no particular order) are:mininova.png

* Mininova
* The Pirate Bay
* isoHunt
* TorrentSpy
* btjunkie
* Demonoid (Demonoid is sort of a members only site, but if you can get yourself a membership, it's one of my favorites [and a great place to find more esoteric downloads].)

seeders-health-files.pngTry out whichever one you like. One might fit your tastes better than another, but I've had good experiences with all of these. From this point, search the site using their search box like you're using Google—just type in the name of what you're looking for. You'll likely get several results, but you want to choose the torrent with the highest number of seeders (indicated in most BitTorrent search results under a field labeled 'S'). Seeders are people who have already downloaded and are sharing the entire file. The more seeders, the faster your download will be. Some sites also provide you with a health meter, which is generally a measure of seeders vs. active downloaders.

open-with-client.pngDownload the torrent. Once you've found a good and healthy torrent, find the download link and download the torrent. Your browser will ask you what you want to do with the file, so be sure to tell it to open the torrent in the BitTorrent client you downloaded above.

save-as.pngYour BitTorrent client will open and (possibly) ask you where you want to save the file(s). Pick your save location, hit OK, and that's it; your file will begin downloading. If you're not impressed with the speed at first, be patient. It can sometimes take a minute or two before the download ramps up to full speed. If you're still not happy, try searching for another torrent with more seeders.
That's it?
Yep, that's it. That, in a nutshell, is how to download files using BitTorrent. There can be more to it, of course, if you want to dive in a bit deeper. For example, you can run through the Speed Guide in uTorrent to improve your download speeds (the guide is fairly self explanatory—just go to Options -> Speed Guide to get started), download select files from the torrent rather than every file, throttle your bandwidth, and so on, but this basic guide should get you started.

ratio.pngAlso, to ensure you stay in good standing in the BitTorrent community (and aren't labeled a leecher), you should always try to upload as much as you download. Most BitTorrent clients keep track of your upload/download ratio, and you should generally continue sharing a file until your ratio reaches 1, after which you can feel free to remove it from your client (the file will remain on your computer—you just stop sharing it).

Defrag your hard drive with JkDefrag GUI

Windows only: Freeware application JkDefrag GUI is an advanced hard drive defrag application that provides a graphical user interface for the open source JkDefrag command line defrag tool. JkDefrag puts the standard Windows defragger to shame with scheduled defrags, file optimization, and options to include/exclude directories. On the fun end of the spectrum, JkDefrag GUI has an installable screensaver tool that automatically turns on and visualizes your defrag when your computer is idle and hasn't been defragged for a user-defined amount of time. In all, JkDefrag GUI is the coolest Windows defrag app I've ever seen, and best of all, it's totally free.


http://lifehacker.com/software/featured-windows-download/defrag-your-hard-drive-with-jkdefrag-gui-284680.php

http://lifehacker.com/software/lifehacker-top-10/top-10-firefox-features-that-dont-require-extensions-284532.php

Top 10 Firefox features that don't require extensions

Search Wikipedia via text message

http://lifehacker.com/software/sms/search-wikipedia-via-text-message-286656.php

SMS service GoLive! Mobile now offers a convenient text messaging interface to the Wikipedia. Text the words about <your search term> to short code 23907 and you'll get back a link to a mobile-friendly, shortened Wikipedia page. This is fantastic for quick trivia look-ups on the go - but it does require that you can surf the web on your cell phone. (If only they texted you back the results...) Just beware of GoLive! Mobile's homepage, which features an annoying "Chat with us!" box that floats back and forth across the screen. Also, your mobile plan's regular SMS charges apply.

File sharing for college students

You're headed off to university this month and you've got visions of downloading huge files over a high-speed network right from your dorm room dancing in your head. Wired runs down file-sharing options for college students, including BitTorrent, Direct Connect and one click hosting services. But freshman, beware: institutions of higher education are right in the copyright police's crosshairs, so those file-sharing apps you use without repercussion at home could get you into some hot water on campus.

http://lifehacker.com/software/p2p/file-sharing-for-college-students-286738.php

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