Free Up Memory(RAM) used by firefox

January 21st, 2010 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Computer tips

Like all of you , I love to browse using firefox . Even at times when i go to internet cafe , i will install and use firefox . But In these days I am experiencing slow performance . But cant blame Firefox, there wil be 100′s (YES) of tabs opened .

Searching for a solution to free up the ram , I got a superb plugin from mozilla addon directory . Its RAMBack . As the name suggests, it will give you your RAm back ;-)

Go to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5972

RAMBACK

Install the plugin

install

And restart firefox

RAMBack working

After re start you can see a new option in the tools menu which will free up RAM . Wishing you a Speedy and safe browsing .

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DOS programmes on 64 bit windows 7 (DOS emulator)

January 21st, 2010 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Computer tips, Tech News

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Most of the new PC’s today come with a brand new 64 bit processor and the latest Windows 7 Operating system .  The question is how can you run a old vesrsion of DOS only programme like CPP programmer on your 64 bit monster or some old DOS games  . Here is a solution

Go to http://dosbox.com/ . It is a free DOS emulator .  You can download a copy from http://dosbox.com/download.php?main=1

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How To Make A Screencap Of A Movie!

October 23rd, 2006 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Computer tips

This is a guide on how to easily create and add great looking screenshots to your upload.

The 2 things you need are:

1. ImageGrabberII – A brilliant program!

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http://www45.brinkster.com/antworkz

2. A free image host – Stickied.net is probably the best at the moment.

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http://fellop.net/index.php

1. Creating screenshots

To get started open up your movie in ImageGrabber (supports wmv aswell) and the movie will start playing. Click the red stop button and the movie is open and ready to go.

Click this buttonImage and the following dialog box will appear
Image

Enter the number of screens shots you would like to take of the scene. A good number for a scene is probably about 10-15 and you can have a play around with this and the number of columns explained in the settings below to see what you like.

When you click OK it will go through the movie taking the screen shots and add them to the timeline across the bottom.

You can add individual selected screenshots by using the scrollbar to move to the picture you want and clicking this button to add the current image at the end of the timeline.

Once you have all the pics you want you can arrange the screenshots in the timeline.
* Right click a screenshot to delete it, delete all or change the text label.

* Left click a screenshot to drag it to where you want in the timeline.
ImageGrabber settings

Once you have all the screens you want, on the File menu click Save File and you will see the following default settings dialog box …

Image

Layout: Good idea to make the dimensions of each screen (Tile) a fraction of the original to avoid distortion.

Style: Details of the drop shadow around your screens and the background color for your image.

Info: You can include the time each sample was taken in the vid.

JPEG: You can adjust the quality down to reduce the file size say for a full movie with many screens.

Details: You can include the basic movie statistics in the image.

There are plenty of possible configurations, try playing around with different settings until you find a layout you like.
Click the save button and using the Default settings will produce an image with a layout similar to this …

Image

Once you have your image you may want to resize it or modify it in some way, a nice free and easy to use image viewing/editing tool is irfanview -

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http://www.irfanview.com/

Now you have your screenshots, the next step is hosting your cool new image.

2. Hosting screenshots

The are a few free image hosting web sites around and most of them operate the same way. The best 1 at the moment is:

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http://fellop.net/index.php

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All FTP Codes

October 23rd, 2006 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Computer tips

FTP Error Messages


some nice info about ftp error codes so you know what they mean. i am sure you see them all the time and sometimes you dont know what they mean, so take a look here.

The most common codes:
421 – often means: too many users logged to the same account.

530 – wrong login:pass, some servers auto-switch to 530 from
421 when they reach the max # of users. so notice the
error message attached to the code.

550 – common in Ratio site, If the file exsist it means you have no
access to the file or dir.
if you try changing dirs in an FTP and you`re getting a 550
message, it means you don`t have access to the dir, but,
It doesn`t mean you don`t have access to a dir
inside that dir. (meaning when getting a direct path, log into
the path directly, not 1 dir by 1).

All others:

110 Restart marker reply. In this case, the text is exact and not left to the particular implementation; it must read: MARK yyyy = mmmm Where yyyy is User-process data stream marker, and mmmm server’s equivalent marker (note the spaces between markers and “=”).
120 Service ready in nnn minutes.
125 Data connection already open; transfer starting.
150 File status okay; about to open data connection.
200 Command okay.
202 Command not implemented, superfluous at this site.
211 System status, or system help reply.
212 Directory status.
213 File status.
214 Help message. On how to use the server or the meaning of a particular non-standard command. This reply is useful only to the human user.
215 NAME system type. Where NAME is an official system name from the list in the Assigned Numbers document.
220 Service ready for new user.
221 Service closing control connection. Logged out if appropriate.
225 Data connection open; no transfer in progress.
226 Closing data connection. Requested file action successful (for example, file transfer or file abort).
227 Entering Passive Mode (h1,h2,h3,h4,p1,p2).
230 User logged in, proceed.
250 Requested file action okay, completed.
257 “PATHNAME” created.
331 User name okay, need password.
332 Need account for login.
350 Requested file action pending further information.
421 Too many users logged to the same account
425 Can’t open data connection.
426 Connection closed; transfer aborted.
450 Requested file action not taken. File unavailable (e.g., file busy).
451 Requested action aborted: local error in processing.
452 Requested action not taken. Insufficient storage space in system.
500 Syntax error, command unrecognized. This may include errors such as command line too long.
501 Syntax error in parameters or arguments.
502 Command not implemented.
503 Bad sequence of commands.
504 Command not implemented for that parameter.
530 Not logged in.
532 Need account for storing files.
550 Requested action not taken. File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access).
551 Requested action aborted: page type unknown.
552 Requested file action aborted. Exceeded storage allocation (for current directory or dataset).
553 Requested action not taken. File name not allowed.

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Tweak Your Xp

October 23rd, 2006 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Computer tips

-To Increase System Performance

Right click my computer.
Click properties.
Click advanced.
Click settings (under performance).
Click Adjust for best performance.
Scroll to the bottom and check the last one “use visual styles on windows and buttons”.

-How to Disable XP’s crap built in CD Burner

Click the start button.
Select Run.
Type services.msc and click ok.
Go to IMAPI CD-Burning Com Services open it and click on start up type, change to “Disabled”.

-Fine Tune Your Systems Memory

These Settings will fine tune your systems memory
You need at least 256MB of ram to do this:
Go to Start > Run then type in REGEDIT -and then to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM \CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management

1.DisablePagingExecutive -Double click it and in the decimal put a 1 – this allows XP to keep data in memory now instead of paging sections of ram to harddrive yeilds faster performance.

2.LargeSystemCache- Double click it and change the decimal to 1 -this allows XP Kernal to Run in memory and improves system performance a lot.

3.IOPageLockLimit – Create a new dword and name it double click it and set the value in hex – 4000 if you have 128MB of ram or set it to 10000 if you have 256MB set it to 40000 if you have more than 512MB of ram -this tweak will speed up your disckcache.

Reboot

-Unable to delete from Avi files from HD

XP holds files in it’s memory even after you have closed the application using them making it impossible to delete them from your harddrive. To fix this:
Start -> Run -> Regedit
Find the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.avi\shel lex\PropertyHandl er\ directory and delete the “DEFAULT” key.

-Tweak The Swap File

For Users with 256 MB RAM or more this tweak will boost their Windows- and Game-Performance.
What it does: It tells Windows not to use any Swap File until there is really no more free RAM left.
Open the System Configuration Utility by typing msconfig.exe in the RUNConservativeSwapfileUsage =1″ under the 386enh section.
Restart your Windows and enjoy better Game performance
command. There in your System.ini you have to add ”

-Disable Services

XP Pro runs a lot of services by default that are pointless if your not on a corporate network, the following services are ones that I safely disable thereby freeing up memory but check what each one does first to make sure your not using it for something:

Go to Run and type services.msc, right click on each service, properties and choose disable.

Alerter
Application Layer Gateway Service,
Application Management
Automatic Updates
Background Intelligent Transfer
Clipbook
Distributed Link Tracking Client
Distributed Transaction Coordinater
Error Reporting Service
Fast User Switching Compatibility
IMAPI CD-Burning
Indexing Service
IPSEC Services
Messenger
Net Logon
Net Meeting
Remote Desktop Sharing
Network DDE
Network DDE DSDM
Portable Media Serial Number
Remote Desktop Help Session Manager
Remote Registry
Secondary Logon
Smartcard
SSDP Discovery Service
Telnet Themes
Uninterruptible Power Supply
Universal Plug and Play Device Host
Upload Manager
Webclient
Wireless Zero Configuration
WMI Performance Adaptor

-Speed Up The File System

NTFS is a great file system, but its feature-set comes at a slight cost in performance. You can negate this a little with the following tips:

* By default NTFS will automatically update timestamps whenever a directory is traversed. This isn’t a necessary feature, and it slows down large volumes. Disable it by going to Run and type regedit:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM \CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem and set ‘DisableNTFSLastAccessUpd ate’ to 1.

* NTFS uses disparate master file control tables to store filesystem information about your drives. Over time these core MFT files grow and become fragmented, slowing down all accesses to the drive. By setting aside a little space, MFT’s can grow without becoming fragmented.

In the same key where you disabled the last access feature creat a new DWORD value called ‘NtfsMftZoneReservation’ and set it to 2.

-Disable DLL Caching

Windows Explorer caches DLLs (Dynamic-Link Libraries) in memory for a period of time after the application using them has been closed. This can be an inefficient use of memory.

1. Find the key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWA RE\M'zoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer].

2. Create a new DWORD sub-key named ‘AlwaysUnloadDLL’ and set the default value to equal ’1′ to disable Windows caching the DLL in memory.

3. Restart Windows for the change to take effect.

-Tweak The Prefetch

1. Run “Regedit”
2. Goto [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM \CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParame ters\EnablePrefetcher]

3. Set the value to either 0-Disable, 1-App launch prefetch, 2-Boot Prefetch, 3-Both (“3″ is recommended).

4. Reboot.

It will decrease the boot time but double and increase the performance of your XP.

-Performance Increase Through My Computer

Easy enough tweak to usually find out about it on your own, but still, some of us still don’t find it right away. So here it is:

Start > right-click on My Computer and select Properties.
Click on the “Advanced” tab.
See the “Performance” section? Click “Settings”.
Disable the following:

Fade or slide menus into view
Fade or slide ToolTips into view
Fade out menu items after clicking
Show Shadows under menus
Slide open combo boxes
Slide taskbar buttons
Use a background image for each folder type
Use common tasks in folders
There, now Windows will still look nice and perform faster.

-Remove Windows Messenger

Go to Start/Run, and type: “rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection BLC.Remove 128 %SystemRoot%INFmsmsgs.inf”

Do Not Highlight Newly Installed Programs

Tired of that annoying little window that pops up to tell you that new software is installed? If it gets in the way when you?re logging off, turn it off completely. To do this:

Click Start, right-click at the top of the Start menu where your name is displayed, and then click Properties.
In the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties dialog box, on the Start Menu tab, click Customize.
Click the Advanced tab, and then clear the Highlight newly installed programs check box.
Click OK, and then click OK again.

-Customize the Start menu

The Start menu gets more real estate in XP than in previous versions, and it’s more customizable. To make the Start menu display only the applications you want, rather than the default determined by M’zoft:

Right-click in an empty section of the Start menu’s left column.
Select Properties > Start Menu > Customize. Here you’ll find a list of your most frequently used programs. (XP keeps track of what you use and what you don’t, then updates this list dynamically).
Don’t want your boss to know that Pinball, Solitaire, and Quake all make your list?

Go to the General tab, click Clear List, and set the counter to zero.

- Search Companion Error

When doing a file search, if you get the error A File That Is Required to Run Search Companion Cannot Be Found

Log on as an Administrator
Click Start
Select Run
Enter in the command – %systemroot%\inf
Right-click the Srchasst.inf file
Click Install

-Installing the Backup Program on the Home Version

By default, the NTBACKUP program is not installed on the home version.

You can find it on the CD in the \VALUEADD\MSFT\NTBACKUP directory

Since not all vendors include the actual source code for XP,
you can download a copy

-Changing Drive Letters

If you want to change the letters assigned to your fixed or removable drives:

Right Click on My Computer
Select Manage
Select Disk Management
For a Fixed Disk:

Select it
Right click
Select Change Drive Letter and Path
Click on the Edit button
Enter in the letter you want to use
For a Removable Disk:

In the lower, right hand panel, right click on the Disk or CD ROM #
Select Change Drive Letter and Path
Click on the Edit button
Enter in the letter you want to use

[COLOR=red]- Turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer as the Default Image Viewer

You can also change the file associations for the specific file types you want.

Open the Windows Explorer
Go to Tools / Folder Options / File Types
Scroll down to the extension you want to change
Click on the Change button
Select the program you want to associate with that extension
Click on the OK button

If the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer is set as the default for many of your graphic file types,
you can remove it so other graphics programs can be used.

Run Regedit
Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT / SystemFileAssociations / image / ShellEx / ContextMenuHandlers
Delete the key ShellImagePreview
Download reg file

-Allowing Network Access with Blank Passwords

Although you can log in locally without a password, by default, WindowsXP Pro does not allow network users to access the computer without a password. Typically you will receive an Unknown error 31 if this is the case.

To change this setting:

Run gpedit.msc
Go to Computer Configuration / Windows Settings / Security Settings / Local Policies / Security Options
Double click on Accounts: Limit local account use of blank passwords to console login only
Disable this option

-Changing the Default DOS Window Properties

If you want to change the default DOS windows properties like:

Size
Color
Font
Buffer Size
Window / Full Screen
Open up a DOS window
Right click on the Title Bar
Select Defaults
Make any of the changes you like
All subsequent DOS windows will assume these defaults

-Changing the Registered Owner

Start Regedit
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\M’zoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
From there you can edit the name in the Registered Owner key

-Opening a Command Prompt to a Particular Directory from Explorer

If you want to open a command prompt to a directory that is selected in the Explorer:

Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ Directory \ shell
Create a new key called Command
Give it the value of the name you want to appear in the Explorer. Something like Open DOS Box
Under this create a new key called command
Give it a value of cmd.exe /k “cd %L”
Now when you are in the Explorer, right click on a folder, select Open DOS Box, and a command prompt will open to the selected directory.
Download reg file

-Adding Time Servers

With WindowsXP, you can double-click on the time in the System Tray and connect to Time Servers on the Internet to synchronize with.
To add to the list of available servers:

Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\M’zoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\DateTime\Servers
Add new string keys named 2, 3, etc. with a value of the time server you want to use.

-Creating a Boot Floppy

To create a bootable floppy from within WindowsXP:

Insert a floppy into the A: drive
Open the Explorer
Right click on the A: Drive
Select Format
Check Create an MS-DOS startup disk
Click on the Start button
This will create a Millennium boot disk

-Changing the Login Screen Saver

If you want to change the screen saver that runs at the login prompt:

Start Regedit

Go to HK_USERS / .DEFAULT / Control Panel / Desktop
Double click on SCRNSAVE.EXE
Enter in the screen saver you want to use

-Running NetMeeting

To run NetMeeting:

Do a Start / Run
Enter conf
Answer the prompts along the way for name, e-mail etc.

-Set the Online Registration as Being Completed

You can set WindowsXP to assume the online registration has been completed.

Run Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ M’zoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion
Create a String Value called RegDone
Give it a value of 1
Download reg file

-Decreasing Boot Time

M’zoft has made available a program to analyze and decrease the time it takes to boot to WindowsXP
The program is called BootVis

Uncompress the file.
Run BOOTVIS.EXE
For a starting point, run Trace / Next Boot + Driver Delays
This will reboot your computer and provide a benchmark
After the reboot, BootVis will take a minute or two to show graphs of your system startup.
Note how much time it takes for your system to load (click on the red vertical line)
Then run Trace / Optimize System
Re-Run the Next Boot + Drive Delays
Note how much the time has decreased
Mine went from approximately 39 to 30 seconds.

-Re-Enabling System Restore

If you previously disabled system restore through the Group Policy Editor,
the option to start it again does not show in the System Properties.
You can re-enable it again by:

Run the Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc)
Go to Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / System / System Restore
Set Turn off System Restore and Turn off Configuration to Disable
Right click on My Computer
Select Manage
Go to Services and Applications / Services
Scroll down to System Restore Service
Set it for Automatic
Click on the Start button to start the service
Close down this window
Go back to the Group Policy Editor and configure both to Not configured
Now when you right click on My Computer, there should be a tab for System Restore and you can configure how much space will be used.

-Hide/Unhide Logon Names

If you want to hide or unhide the names of users that are displayed on the initial logon screen:

Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ M’zoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon \ SpecialAccounts \ UserList
Add a DWORD with the name of the user account you want to hide
Make sure it has a value of 0
If there is an existing account, you can unhide it by giving it a value of 1

-Speed up start menu

Start -> Run -> regedit

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop and then right click on “”MenuShowDelay” and click on “Modify”, the figure you have here is in milliseconds. The standard is 400, I have mine set to 50, 0 is instant.
Take your pick

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Guide To Downloading From Megashares

October 23rd, 2006 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Computer tips

How to get the extra Megabytes when your over the 300Mb Megashare limit (Resuming)

I’m using FlashGet.

1/ Right click on your FlashGet Taskbar icon and Enable Browser Monitoring, click on the new download link and it should automatically update the old link to the new link and then go back to FlashGet, right click, and click on Start again so it will resume.

Image

2/ If the download doesn’t start….Left click on the MegaShares download button then click on Cancel. Go to back to FlashGet, right click then click on Start

Alternative

1/ Load the MegaShares page of course
2/ Wait for the renew timer to time out, then right click on the Download button, then click on Copy Shortcut(leave the MegaShare page open)

3/ Open FlashGet and right click on the stopped download(it should have a red Image) and open Properties. Now Paste the new link over the old URL address and press OK

4/ If the download doesn’t start….Left click on the MegaShares download button then click on Cancel. Go to back to FlashGet, right click then click on Start

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How to: TORRENT [Bitorrent & Bitcomet]

October 23rd, 2006 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Computer tips, Tech Gadgets

I always see people complaing for ftp that are deleted, full, 421, who missed files, who downloaded brocken one, who fight with anti-leecher things or just waiting days for an ftp, and so on. And i’m a lit confusing, cuz in the while i never had a problem downloading a game, using bittorrent network. Also edonkey work but with it u need to spend more time to get the job done and u can get some crap if u don’t know how to examine the files ur downloading. So i prefer a lit more torrent when i’m impatience, and not just because i’m sure i will get the job done but also cuz seems latest release come in the fist time trought this network.

So i would to give u a little suggestion on how to install and use it. Believe me it worth the 10 minutes u need to configure:

1) Max Connection:

    If u use windows xp get ride of the max connections limit. This is cuz m i c r o s o f t limited the max connection to 10. By using this patch, u can growing it up to 50. Get it here, run just one time, then u will not need it again:
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http://www.lvllord.de/?lang=en&url=tools#4226patch

2) Port fowarding

    Fowarding the ports on ur router if u have one, otherwise got to point 3). Port fowarding is the most important part to get a clear and fast download. See why u need to open ur port here:_http://bt.degreez.net/firewalled.html
    Bittorrent network use the following port: 6881 to 6889, recently was estended to 6999 (ALL TCP). How to do it depend on ur router. U will need the ip of ur local machine. U can get it easy:
    Go to 'Start -> Run' and type in 'cmd' , this opens a black 'dos' screen, type ipconfig and hit ok, u should see something like this:

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    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2
    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

    write down ur internal IP address u will need later to fowarding ur port.
    Also see ur predefenite Gateway address, u can access ur router configuration simple put this address to ur browser. If u accessing ur router for the first time, user and psw should be by default admin/admin.
    To get all the information on how portfowarding ur own router go here, its easy:

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http://www.portforward.com/
    Remember you need to be sure you have it forward to YOUR INTERNAL IP ADDRESS. DO NOT! use the ip address (public) of your internet provider, your ip is the one assigned to you by the router, in this exemple 192.168.0.2.
    If ur router doesn't allow a range of ports (from/to) u will need to open them singulary. It's easy and just 2 ports chosen from 6881 to 6999 are enough.
    If you would like to check your firewall/NAT port forwarding configuration, try the Natcheck page. http://btfaq.com/natcheck.pl
    U will need to enter the hash ID of the torrent. In bittornato while its running can be found on main screen under "deteils".

3) Firewall.

    U don't need to configure it but just hit ALLOW (both server and internet access) everytime u start to run a download and it warning about ur torrent application is trying to connect. Everytime is better then forever, in this way u have a just a lit more control on these ports when ur not using them. That's all.
    If ur using zonealarm left the trusted zone on med, as is by default. If using windows xp firewall, its suggest to deactive it right clicking on your network connection>properties>advanced and uncheck the box.

4) The client

    In this exemple: bittornado. Bittornado have not a nice look, but its good, and many nice looking client are just using its engine add multiple downloads and nice button u dont need. It have all to take control on ur download in just an efficent way.
    Download the stable version (0.3.7) here do not download latest experimental 0.3.12 cuz still have a bug, it crash on exit (at this time 05.17.05) .

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    http://www.bittornado.com/download.html

    Its not easy to find previos experimental version then 0.3.12. I any case i found the 0.3.10 here and it work good: _http://membres.lycos.fr/voceerf/ or here _http://www.planetspectre.com/bt/BitTornado-0.3.10-Py2.3-w32install.exe

    Install it. U can't run it, u still just need a .torrent file, so choose a torrent from some latest recent post u like (not to old or there will not be seeder), doubleclick on this file u have downloaded and at this only point the client will come up asking where u want to store the file u are downloading.
    When done the main program window come up, go to "Prefs"(see img.2) and put the same port u have fowarding on ur router under "port range". If u have fowarded just 2 port uncheck randomized (see img.1).
    The first time, once time at all, close it and restart, cuz as shown (img.1) *These settings will not take effect until the next time you start Bit Torrent.

    Image
    img.1 Preferences
    If u did all correctly, u'll be reachable, i mean ur having a clear connection, the upper sphere on the main windows will be green (see img.2). You HAVE DONE! the green color mean u have portfowarded right ur router and ur firewall its doing want u ask to do: don't bother. Click on this sphere for more advice on the status. For others questions on bittornado visit its official forum _http://forums.degreez.net/
    Imageimg.2 Main windows

Tips:

    - Often connections through bit torrent take time (20-30mins) to get to full speed so be patient.
    - If u will use Bit Tornado choose automatic on "setting for" in the main window when u start, then, after 5-10 minutes when upload and download is more or less balanced, adjust it to ur convenience, according on ur connection.
    - Bittornado can open as many downloads as u whis, everyone with its separate windows. But i don't suggest. Concentrate it to just one file at time or two if ur connection is large enough (lowering the one u want less), multiple download means multiple connections and this can kill ur bandwidth and slowdown the whole work. For this reason, in my opinion, the nice looking client i say above, with multiple downloads and nice icons are just smoke on the eyes, useless.
    - Use torrent link when the game its hot or u will lose ur chance. Seeder and peers will not stay forever.
    - Don't lose ur faith on ur first try, just look well ur configuration again, the most important thing is to fowarding ur port correctly accordly with the client and viceversa. U will be glad when u will start downloading torrents fast enough.
    - Give other people opportunity to get files by seeding a little more time when u finished a download, u need the same favor to get the job done.
    - As every p2p or network user do not store sensibile data on ur pc.
    - If u want to keep out some well known bad ips.., install PeerGuardian, its just a little more help on your security _http://www.methlabs.org/

Troubleshooting:

    U have the light green but still low speed:
    Most time the upload speed should be set to around 13-20Kbps. But if u experiencing very low speed you may be flooding your connection. Reduce your upload to 90% of your total upstream bandwidth.
    If u experiencing a slower download that the upload, try adjust connections and upload it by time to time, or try just once to manual announce (see advance link on main bit tirnado windows to find out), or be patience or just abort and forget the tracker choosing another one torrent link if available.
    Remember, sometimes there simply isn't a lot of upload bandwidth available on a torrent. This means that only a few people are participating or don't have a lot of bandwidth to spare. Your download speed will only ever be as fast as another persons upload speed, so look for torrents with the most seeds and peers.

    isp is blocking p2p:
    If ur isp is blocking p2p, or its using "packet shaping" technology to cripple your speed, i'm apologize, that just suck, i have not a suggestion other then change ur isp, or try using un-common ports, the acceptable range to choose a new port from is 49152 - 65535. Someone say to try port 443 too. Just try.

More links:

    http://btfaq.com/

    http://www.bittorrent.com/index.html

    http://www.bittornado.com/faq.html

    http://forums.degreez.net/

    http://www.bittorrent.com/introduction.html

    http://www.bamber.org/wiki/ow.asp?PortForwarding

Note:
- If no one upload no one download it is how torrent work. Torrents doesnt allow 100% leechers, so do not be disappointed if in some private site, u will be ip-banned if u have for long time a very low ratio.

- If this tutorial helped u out let me know, or if u have other solution or just suggestions feel free to pm me

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Host your own website (a Turtorial)

October 23rd, 2006 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Computer tips, Tech Gadgets

I felt like telling everyone on here how to host a web site from their computer, this tutorial will do just that. The first thing you need to do is download a web server client, one of the best free ones in Abyss web server which can be found here.

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http://www.aprelium.com/abyssws/download.php

Once you download abyss you will need to register a domain name, (e.g. www.projectw.org). the places that you can register a domain name Is called a domain registar, there are quite a few of them, registerfly is a good one and they also offer web hosting, they can be found here.

https://registerfly.com

Most domain names cost like $10 USD per year
After you register a domain name, you will need to point the domain name to your computer VIA your IP address. If you do not know your IP address or are using a router, you need to go to

www.ipchicken.com

to get your public IP address. Once you get your IP you need to go the my setting tab on your domain registrar’s website, and find DNS settings. Find the one that says www and put your IP address in the box that says address. Save the settings. Now to set up your computers end, install abyss, and make sure it has the web server as on. ****SETUP NOTES*** first part select run as service, this will start the web server as soon as your computer starts up, then it was say services and installation complete, click ok and it will take you to the config console. Make up a username and a password then click ok, then enter the username and password your just made. Everything should be good so click ok. Now navigate to C:\Program Files\Abyss Web Server\htdocs, in here you will put your website documents. A good html editor is FrontPage for beginners or macromedia dreamweaver for more advanced. Inside the htdocs folder open up the index.html file inside FrontPage or dreamweaver, and you can edit the words and add pictures and what have you. Now for the router config, only follow this if you are using a router. Go into your router config usually done by going into the web browser and enter 192.168.0.1 or whatever yours is. To find it go to start>run>cmd>ipconfig and hit enter (see pic below) type the default gateway address into your browser and hit enter, it should prompt you for username and a password, usually by default the username is either admin or administrator and there is usually no password. Navigate to virtual server or port fowarding and add a new rule, what this will do is when a connection comes in on port 80 it will send it to the computer you specify. You will need to know your mac address or network name, to get your mac address go back to start>run>cmd>ipconfig /all and hit enter. You can find your mac address under physical address. Go back to the router config and type in your mac address and add port 80 for start and port 80 for end. Please download your router manual for more info. Click save settings and your may have to restart your router. To check to see if everything works go enter your web address (eg.:mysite.com) and if you see something that say welcome to abyss web server then it is successful.
If any question or if i did not cover anything please pm me or post a comment.

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How to do a high Quality DivX rip

October 23rd, 2006 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Computer tips, Tech Gadgets

How to do a high Quality DivX rip

First and foremost, go to

http://www.doom9.org

and go to their downloads section.
get the following files:
under Audio:
Besweet
Besweet GUI

Under Codecs:
DivX 5.2.1 Pro

Under Divx/Mpeg-4 encoders:
Nandub 1.0RC2

then get this:

http://www.dvd-digest.tv/downloads/files/virtualdub/vdub_pack-145.exe

alternatively, get any version of virtualdub that includes mp3 support.

these are all the required tools, there are ways with fewer items, but they produce very inferior outputs. Besides, after you get used to it, the whole process is really easy.

Okay, first and foremost, pull out Nandub. This is the step that takes the longest, as well as where you will make most of your decisions. I am going to assume that you are making a 1 cd rip. If you do what is in this faq, there won’t be much reason to do anything else. Twisted Evil

First of all, run Nandub . It will pop up a dialogue box, and want to know if you are making a new project or resuming an old. New, of course. Give it a name and tell fairuse where you want it to store its data. Fairuse is about to rip the entire movie to your harddrive(nice if you want to go rent a movie and return it the next day).

Then it will ask for your DVD drive with a dvd in it. give it. Then, select which video stream you want. This is usually pretty obvious as the movie stream is the one that is an hour or so long. If there are two of these, check out the other tags. which languages and so on. worst case senario is that you have to trial and error. but that is rare. choose the long stream and hit next.

This is where Nandub rips everything to your hard drive. depending on the speed of various components in your computer, and the length of the movie, this could take a while. let it finish. and then move on.

Once all that is done, the really important screen pops up. this is where you set resolutions and video length. first, cut off the ending credits with the slider, but DO NOT mess with the beginning, as the sound and video frames need to start at the same point for sync. Then hit auto set for the cropping region, this is usually just fine. Then decide whether or not you want subtitles, which would be the subpicture stream. When you’re done, hit next.

Set the field mode to IVTC. This will give you better quality for size, as it runs at 24 frames instead of 30, due to the nature of divx, there won’t be any noticeable difference in quality, but 6 less frames to deal with each second(and to store data for) really add up. Besides this is the correct mode for all movies anyway. NExt.

This is where you set FINAL file size, including audio, for 1 cd rip, set to 690, for 2, set to double that. Then follow the directions they give you and choose a final resolution that has between a 120:1 and 150:1 (if possible, sometimes the movie is compression ratio. NEXT!

This screen is where you determine quality. The autoadd button is usefull, and will give you decent quality, with 4 encodings. What this does is encode the movie 4 times, and then mix the frames to creat the final encoding, with the most efficient possible encoding for each frame. which is how we get bad ass quality for a single cd. I usually go for 8 encodings, as on my athlon 1600+ this rarely takes more than 8 hours to do, so I just go to sleep, wake up, and its done.

Then add the audio encoding that you want.

Hit next.
And let the bastard fly. Depending on what you set, and your computer, this could take from a few hours to a few days. CPU’s of 1.2Ghz+ are nice right about here. You can do stuff while this is going on, but it makes things take much longer.

In the end you will have a bunch of encodings in the folder you specified at the beginning, the 4+ you chose and the final. You will also have an AC3 stream. Take the final AVI and toss it someplace to await the rest of the audio work you have to do, and you can erase the other encodings, freeing up a few gigs in the process of space.

NEXT: AUDIO

Ok, this is where Besweet comes in.

Extract BeSweet and the GUI into the same folder. Now Run the GUI.

At the top there are three fields. One for BeSweet which you should point at the besweet.exe that you should have unzipped to the same directory you are running the Gui from, A field for the AC3 stream, which is in the folder where you sent the encoded video from Fairuse, and an output mp3. The output mp3 has to be an existing file, so make a text file, rename it (yourmovie).mp3 and just say yeah, its cool to change the extension and make things weird. besweet will overwrite it so don’t worry. point the third field at that file. The default values for stuff should be fine. but to make sure go to Azid 1(on the left) and select stereo, and then go to Lame 2 and select constant bit rate, and 128(assuming that is what you want). then click on besweet again, and finally, click on AC3 to MP3.

Now. When its done you should have an mp3 that is the entire soundtrack for the movie. This is where virtualdub comes in. run the virtualdub mp3 version. go to File:open video file and select the final encoding that you had from way back. Then go to audio and select mp3 audio. it will ask you for the file, give it the mp3. Go to audio again and make sure direct stream copy is selected. Then go to video and make sure that direct stream copy is also selected. Finally go to file again and SAVE AVI. give it a file name and let the bastard fly. This final file is your movie. Beautiful and glorious. Congratulations, its a DivX rip. Aren’t you proud. burn to cd, and give copies to all your friends.

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How to copy Any DVD movie with NERO!!

October 23rd, 2006 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Computer tips

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How to copy Any DVD movie with NERO!!
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That is an easy task if you have the rite software and Know HOW for the job you can be
Ripping and Burning ANY DVD from ANY movie rental store (i.e. blockbuster movie
rentals) and watching your own copies within an HOUR!.

I used to goto all these sites to find out how to do it and there list of instructions was
hard to believe what you had to download and do for such an easy task and the time it
took to just Rip the movie was almost a DAY.

No matter which site you goto for the information they all say the same, they all give you
the same instructions on how to do this and yes it does work but the amount of time it
takes is just to much especially if you have 3 or 4 DVDs to copy in a certain time span (i.e
the have to go back to the movie store) it just couldn’t be at done at one time, if you did it
there way..

S0.. here is how i Rip and Burn ANY DVD from ANY movie rental store in an HOUR!

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What you need:
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1. DVD Burner (if you don’t have this you don’t need to read on)
2. AnyDVD from SlySoft.com
3. Nero Recode (NeroVision Express) from Nero.com

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Stage one: the dL0adZ
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SlySoft AnyDVD v5.7.2.1

dL0ad the latest version of AnyDVD from this location:
(latest version at the time of this tutorial was v5.7.2.1)

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http://rapidshare.de/files/10416632/Advd5721_TiLt.rar.html

NeroVision Express v3.1.0.2.1

dL0ad NeroVision Express from this location:
(latest version at the time of this tutorial was v3.1.0.21)

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ftp://ftp.nero.com/software/Nero6/NVE-3.1.0.21_no_yt.exe

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Stage two: the SetUP
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Install both the apps, then Restart your Computer.

Start AnyDVD
Click the DVD settings tab.
Choose your Region.
Tick ALL the boxes at the bottom.

Click the 'CD Digital Audio' tab.
Make sure this box is Ticked.

Click the 'Drive' tab.

Here, it shows you your DVD Burner which should already be ticked
if it isn't, make sure you Tick the box beside your Burner in the display.

'Enable Speed Control' should NOT be ticked as Nero will take control
of this function while your DVD is Ripping and Burning.

Click the 'Program' tab.
Choose your Language.
Tick the bottom boxes 1, 2 and 3.
The last two boxes should NOT be ticked.

All other settings should be left Default so click OK (bottom right).

Start Nero Recode.
Click 'Copy Entire DVD to DVD' (the top one).
Click the 'More' tab (bottom left).
Click the 'Profiles' button.

Here, we will configure Nero Recode and save your settings for for future use.

Click the 'Video' tab.
Make sure 'Assign best quality to Main Movie' is Ticked.
Also, the 'Keep all menus in original quality' should be Ticked.

Click the 'Audio' Tab.
The bottom and top boxes should be Ticked.
'English' should be displayed.
'Dolby Digital' should also be displayed.
All other Settings can be left at Default.

Click the 'New' button (top right).
Type in ANY name and click OK to save your settings.

Click the 'Options' tab (bottom left).
Here, is where we configure Nero Recode.

Click the 'DVD' tab.
Tick boxes 1, 3 and 4 only.

Click the 'Nero Digital' tab.

Click the 'Ask me to confirm which files need a second pass' tab.
Change this to 'Don't ask me, Never do a second pass'.
All other Settings can be left at Default.

Click the 'Preview Window' tab.
Make sure this says 'Multichannel'

Now click OK, all other settings can be left Default.

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Stage three: the Copying
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Goto your local Movie Rental store and hire ANY movie you want to Burn.

Now your wondering how this will work, it works because AnyDVD has already taken
the Macro-vision (copy protection) off from the DVD you are about to Rip and Burn.

Make sure DVD-Video Files is selected (top left).

Click the 'Import DVD' tab (top right).
Browse to your DVD-Rom, click to highlight it and click OK.

Nero Recode will now 'Analise' the DVD before the Copy Process begins.
After this is done, Click Next (bottom right).

At the top 'Destination' click the tab and choose 'Your DVD Burner'.
Folder for temporary files is where you want Recode to Rip the DVD to before Burning.

(this should be at least 5 GB free space on your Hard Drive).

Click the 'Browse' tab.
Browse to where you want Nero Recode to Rip to.
(i usually just make a folder in MyDocuments and just Rip it there).

Click the 'Burn' tab. (bottom right).

Nero Recode will now Rip your DVD and then Eject it.

After eject, put a blank DVD in your DVD Recorder.

Click OK.

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