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Beginners Guides: 99 Performance Tips and Tweaks for Windows Vista

<span name="KonaBody"><span class="artcat"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span name="KonaBody"><span class="artcat"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjibc_NftdAU79pSrdjTZC0CDHQhhrP22HlzOBkqMaR5nhB82H0-yI3oaBFLS-Y7GmteyRMc1m7LcAMoYvh1NcxBcOO7uNx_rPvOlEXAowZPK5Eog3w2qTqGMsHtFAi1yRa2JntXqc_pcM/s1600/99VistaTips_Vlogolarge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjibc_NftdAU79pSrdjTZC0CDHQhhrP22HlzOBkqMaR5nhB82H0-yI3oaBFLS-Y7GmteyRMc1m7LcAMoYvh1NcxBcOO7uNx_rPvOlEXAowZPK5Eog3w2qTqGMsHtFAi1yRa2JntXqc_pcM/s1600/99VistaTips_Vlogolarge.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span name="KonaBody"><span class="artcat"><b><span style="font-size: small;">People are complaining of vista of not user friendly and all sort. So I got hold of this site PCSTATS. They provide great tips on how to tweak Vista and its well compiled. Take control of  Windows Vista with help from PCSTATS. They provided 99 ways to  squeeze out better performance, enhance boot times, free up hard drive  space and trim away  Vista's fat. - Version 1.3.0</span></b></span></span></span></div><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Windows Vista was supposed to revolutionize computing.  Microsoft's new  operating system was going to accomplish the difficult task of  succeeding</span><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-weight: 400; position: static;"> Windows XP</span><span class="preLoadWrap" id="preLoadWrap1" style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; position: relative;"><div id="preLoadLayer1" style="display: none; left: -18px; position: absolute; top: -32px; z-index: 2147482647;"><img class="preloadImg" src="http://kona.kontera.com/javascript/lib/imgs/grey_loader.gif" style="border: medium none; height: 22px; width: 22px;" /></div></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> (by far the most popular and  successful Windows operating system to  date) by introducing a raft of new features. We were going to have a new  file  system to replace the aging NTFS, unprecedented levels of both  interactivity and  security provided by a new 3D interface and the 'Palladium' secure  encryption  system, all coupled with a rock solid platform based on Windows XP.</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /> <br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> A  funny  thing happened on the way to the CD press though, as features started to   disappear. Away went the Microsoft File System, away too went many of  the new  security options. In the end, </span><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" target="_blank">Microsoft</a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-weight: 400; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="font-weight: 400; position: relative;">Windows  </span><span class="kLink" style="font-weight: 400; position: relative;">Vista</span></span> launched, yet  instead of the promised software miracle we were left with an operating  system  that didn't significantly improve on its predecessor.<br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /> <br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Initial reviews were mixed; users complained about having Windows  Vista  forced on them, about its apparent sluggishness, over-protective  safeguards and unfamiliar interface. Toss in the (expected) teething  troubles  with hardware and driver support and it was the makings of a Windows  ME-like public relations disaster. That was then, by now most users have  become  familiar with it's new features, and it's becoming apparent that  Vista really is a very good operating system.</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /> <br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> It's true Vista is power  hungry, but it's customizable and feature-laden too. It's large, but  it's stable  and thoughtfully designed. Many of the features that were an  afterthought or an  annoyance in Windows XP (think file pre-fetching and indexing) have been  molded  into useful and integral parts of Vista.</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">let's begin!</span><br /><br /><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr>     <td bgcolor="#7ca0b8"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#184563">     <th background="http://www.pcstats.com/i/v3pctats_menuBL.gif" colspan="3" height="35" style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Table of Contents</th></tr><tr bgcolor="#fff8d0">     <td valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr>  <td align="middle" background="http://www.pcstats.com/i/gradient_grey.gif" valign="top"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">System Preparation:  Tweak Insurance (1-3)</span></b></td> </tr></tbody></table><ol><li>  Back up and restore Windows Vista Registry </li><li>How to edit the Windows Vista Registry </li><li>Creating a system restore point in Windows Vista</li></ol><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr>  <td align="middle" background="http://www.pcstats.com/i/gradient_grey.gif" valign="top"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">System Preparation: Hardware (4-10)</span></b></td> </tr></tbody></table><ol start="4"><li>Add more memory (RAM)! </li><li>Update the motherboard BIOS </li><li> Update hardware drivers </li><li>Test the Computer's RAM </li><li>Optimize the memory timings and voltage </li><li>Overclock the processor and memory </li><li>Overclock the videocard</li></ol><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr>  <td align="middle" background="http://www.pcstats.com/i/gradient_grey.gif" valign="top"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">First Boot - The Essential Tweaks (11-20)</span></b></td> </tr></tbody></table><ol start="11"><li>Turn off User Account Control (UAC) </li><li>Set Automatic Update to download only </li><li>Learn to use the search bar as a Run command. </li><li>Disable automatic device driver searching and installation </li><li>Use Windows Defender to disable startup programs </li><li>Power options to high performance. </li><li>Enable DVD playback in Vista Basic and Vista Business. </li><li>Make the 64-bit version of Windows Media Player 11 the default  player in Windows Vista x64 </li><li>Update vista! </li><li>Run programs with administrator rights</li></ol><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr>  <td align="middle" background="http://www.pcstats.com/i/gradient_grey.gif" valign="top"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Windows Vista Performance Boosting Tweaks (21-53)</b></span><b></b></td> </tr></tbody></table><ol start="21"><li>Disable search indexing  </li><li>Limit start menu search options </li><li>Remove remote differential compression </li><li>Boost external hard drive performance </li><li>Enable Readyboost on any flash memory device. </li><li>Speed up SATA drives in Vista. </li><li>Assign specific CPUs to applications </li><li>Assign priorities to applications </li><li>Create shortcuts for running applications with certain  CPU/Priority settings </li><li>Disable unnecessary services </li><li>De-automate Windows Defender </li><li>Upgrade to Vista Service Pack 1 Beta (SP1-beta) </li><li>Disable superfetch for computers with less memory </li><li>Boot Vista with all available processors </li><li>Force 32-bit Windows Vista to use all your memory by enabling  PAE </li><li>Used advanced disk cleanup tools to regain more space </li><li>Shut down services faster for faster shutdown. </li><li>Disable the Vista sidebar </li><li>Set the Sidebar to low priority </li><li>Kill the RSS feed sidebar gadget </li><li>Disable automatic backup/system restore </li><li>Disable hibernate on desktops </li><li>Stop scheduled disk defragmentation </li><li>Move the Vista paging file for better performance </li><li>Set a fixed paging file size </li><li>Rebuild the paging file to optimize performance </li><li>Move search index to another physical drive </li><li>Disable the low disk space check  </li><li>Disable 8.3 name creation </li><li>Disable last access file update </li><li>Disable unneeded hardware </li><li>Check bootup and shutdown times with the Windows Vista Event  viewer </li><li>Check your system's health in 60 seconds or less</li></ol></td>     <td valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr>  <td align="middle" background="http://www.pcstats.com/i/gradient_grey.gif" valign="top"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">  Mastering &                    Streamlining the Vista                    Interface<br />(54-83)</span></b></td> </tr></tbody></table><ol start="54"><li>Use checkboxes for multiple file selection </li><li>Enable Windows classic desktop appearance </li><li>Reduce start menu opening delay </li><li>Disable mandatory thumbnail previews </li><li>Remove unnecessary Windows Vista features  </li><li>Start task manager directly </li><li>Run sidebar gadgets without the sidebar </li><li>Backup your entire computer with Vista Backup and restore  (Vista Business and Ultimate only) </li><li>Essential hotkey shortcuts for Vista </li><li>Return the run command to the start menu </li><li>Using the new 'resource overview' monitor in Windows Vista </li><li>Use the Vista reliability checker to track system issues </li><li>Disable warning sounds and add visual cues </li><li>Create desktop shutdown and reboot icons </li><li>Good sidebar gadgets to have (and not to have) </li><li>Run any application as administrator with a few keystrokes </li><li>Configure Windows Vista autoplay manually to suit your  preferences </li><li>Disable security notifications </li><li>Tweak the mouse scroll wheel </li><li>Add Encrypt / Decrypt to Right Click Menu </li><li>Disable 'GUI boot' to speed startup </li><li>Add administrator account to welcome screen. </li><li>Change volume levels for individual applications </li><li>Display your backed-up DVD media in Vista Media Center (applies  to Vista Home Premium and Ultimate only) </li><li>Reveal Vista's hidden context menu power tools </li><li>Be the super user </li><li>Fix the Start Menu Power button </li><li>Enable verbose shutdown messages (Vista business and Ultimate  only) </li><li>Customize Vista desktop performance </li><li>The ultimate Vista performance Tweak (not really)</li></ol><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr>  <td align="middle" background="http://www.pcstats.com/i/gradient_grey.gif" valign="top"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">'Aero'-Dynamics - Customizing the Vista Aeroglass  Interface (84-86)</span></b></td> </tr></tbody></table><ol start="84"><li>Disable Aero (All versions except Vista Basic) </li><li>Disable Aero transparency (All versions except Vista Basic) </li><li>Disable min/max window animation in Aero (All versions except  Vista Basic)</li></ol><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr>  <td align="middle" background="http://www.pcstats.com/i/gradient_grey.gif" valign="top"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Network & Internet                    Performance Tweaks                <br />(87-91)</span></b></td> </tr></tbody></table><ol start="87"><li>Enable more simultaneous downloads in Internet Explorer 7 </li><li>Enable more simultaneous Downloads in Firefox </li><li>Fix large file copying problems in Windows Vista </li><li>Disable IPV6 in Windows Vista </li><li>Refresh shortcut for wireless network searching</li></ol><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr>  <td align="middle" background="http://www.pcstats.com/i/gradient_grey.gif" valign="top"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Vista Tuning Tips for Notebooks (92-94)</span></b></td> </tr></tbody></table><ol start="92"><li>Disable Transient Multi-monitor manager to speed up boot times </li><li>Tweak your Vista power saving options for more travel time </li><li>Disable Aero interface to save big on              battery life </li></ol><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr>  <td align="middle" background="http://www.pcstats.com/i/gradient_grey.gif" valign="top"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Windows Vista Gaming Tips (95-99)</span></b></td> </tr></tbody></table><ol start="95"><li>Update Vista's DirectX9 files for better game compatibility </li><li>Disable background features while gaming </li><li>Run directX 9 games in Windows XP compatibility mode </li><li>Fix/enable 3D sound in some games </li><li>Poor game performance? Try DirectX9 mode</li></ol></td></tr><tr>     <td background="http://www.pcstats.com/i/gradient_grey.gif" colspan="2" height="18" valign="top">Note: The Credit goes to <a href="http://pcstats.com./">PCSTATS.com.</a> You can get the rest of the article <a href="http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2238">here</a> Hope you'll enjoy and please do comment if you notice some important point missing.</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span>

Beginners Guides: 99 Performance Tips and Tweaks for Windows Vista

People are complaining of vista of not user friendly and all sort. So I got hold of this site PCSTATS. They provide great tips on how to twe...

1000 Hacking Tutorials (The Best of 2008)

<span style="font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-size: small;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIIDA_LutDRT5Jy_aLjrNVVmaYEyZWEj1ADbbEji9uz9KbEpk71KSobYTttvMiYD5zHdAOdMydFbsMCi74Ycrkj1_wUA7LJKL3sE8Eh16vdlG3RIDr8NwB34iuebv79wnMqERedLt6guc/s1600/Hackers5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIIDA_LutDRT5Jy_aLjrNVVmaYEyZWEj1ADbbEji9uz9KbEpk71KSobYTttvMiYD5zHdAOdMydFbsMCi74Ycrkj1_wUA7LJKL3sE8Eh16vdlG3RIDr8NwB34iuebv79wnMqERedLt6guc/s320/Hackers5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><pre style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: small;">IMPORTANT NOTES- Scanning results of 1000 Hacking Tutorials (The Best of 2008):<br />****************************************</span></pre><pre style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: small;">1- Norton Internet Security: Clean.<br />2- Kaspersky Anti-Virus Pro: Clean. <br />3- AVG Anti-Virus Pro: Clean.<br />4- NOD32 Anti-Virus: Clean.<br />5- Avast Anti-Virus Pro: Detected in .../1000 Hacking Tutorials (The Best of 2008)<br />   /Tutorials - blacksun.box.sk/net/sendmail2.txt: <br />   - Malwarename: Unix:Sendmail [Expl]<br />   - Malwaretype: Exploitation  <br /><br />The scan result of Avast Anti-Virus is a false positive!<br />So just stay cool or don't use this!!!<br /><br />... 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How To: Avoid Getting Fleeced By Firesheep

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp6_tNaoNkUY_Jv4-RTR_SIlDFAlSuXTtPS_OkXOYA-0yD0BL104-DLXi34OPSwPCzSYHkKeb08AeBlLQzJ75yoiViC6PUHJvabH1K-cb6QXtVXqvEXoEtdaEYQQuytfANY8drcLeZOBw/s1600/3sheep-300x254.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616080954904582242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp6_tNaoNkUY_Jv4-RTR_SIlDFAlSuXTtPS_OkXOYA-0yD0BL104-DLXi34OPSwPCzSYHkKeb08AeBlLQzJ75yoiViC6PUHJvabH1K-cb6QXtVXqvEXoEtdaEYQQuytfANY8drcLeZOBw/s320/3sheep-300x254.png" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 254px;" /></a>Over the last 24 hours the world has been abuzz with talk about a small Firefox extension. Usually Firefox extensions don’t make headlines, but in this case one did. Why? This extension is called <a href="http://codebutler.com/firesheep">Firesheep</a>, and it’s scary.<br /><br />The Firesheep plugin can hijack your Facebook, Twitter, and Flikr sessions while you are connected to unsecured wifi. What do we mean hijack? We mean that it can steal your sessions, pretend to be you, and you won’t even know it.<br /><br />Yeah, wow.<br /><br />There is a lot of discussion about the ramifications of releasing something that is<a href="http://www.betanews.com/joewilcox/article/Frak-Firesheep-The-whole-Internet-needs-to-run-on-SSL-NOW/1288051443?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+bn+%28Betanews+Full+Content+Feed+-+BN%29"> simple enough to let anyone become a hacker</a>, and <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/10/26/how-to-guard-yourself-and-your-mac-from-firesheep-and-wi-fi-snoo/">TUAW</a> has some good suggestions for how to guard against Firesheep, but I want to give you my take on it and what practical steps you can take.<br /><br />First off I want to tell you about my day yesterday (it relates, trust me). Sitting at home working on articles for this joint, I get a call from one of my friends at the CBC. “Have you heard about Firesheep?” I said I saw some headlines, but I hadn’t really looked at it. “Could you look at it and talk about it on camera?”, umm…sure….when? “How about an hour?” Eek. Sure…why not.<br /><br />I dash to one of my favourite coffee places close by (which I also knew had open wifi) after getting Firesheep all loaded up (it took less than a minute). I order a latte, settle in and …<br /><br />Holy crap.<br /><br />Just like everyone said, running Firesheep I could see who was logged into Facebook and a bunch of other sites and with a double-click be that person.<br /><br />Holy crap.<br /><br />I’m not usually a terribly paranoid person online, but this gave me the willies. Anyone could have this running and you’d never know it. Oh sure, packet sniffers have been around for a while (that’s how it works), but packet sniffing isn’t easy for most people. Firesheep is easy enough for a kid to use. So how do you combat this? Well let’s get to that now…<br /><br />First thing, if you have a wireless network at home and you haven’t set up a WPA (or even WEP) password on it, do it now.<br /><br />Next, for all the businesses that have open wifi, now is the time to bite the bullet and put a password on the network. No, I’m not talking about a “gatekeeper” password that lets you in for a period of time, but WPA/WEP. Encryption. Yes, I know it’s a hassle for people to ask, but just make it obvious. This isn’t about access control, it’s about safety. I showed the manager of the place where the CBC segment was shot what the risk was and he was pretty shocked.<br /><br />If you frequent a place that has open wifi, ask them to put a password on it. If you lock down your wireless network, then that’s it. Firesheep isn’t a problem. If you’re slightly techie and know how to do this, offer to help. For free.<br /><br />In the meantime, you can try Firefox extensions like <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/12714/">Force-TLS</a> or <a href="https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere">HTTPS Everywhere</a> or Chrome a extension like <a href="https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/flcpelgcagfhfoegekianiofphddckof">KB SSL enforcer</a> all of which force the site you’re on to load the HTTPS (encrypted) version of the site. The problem I ran into with KB SSL today was that a lot of sites don’t have their HTTP and HTTPS versions working together very well. I had to shut it off to read some things…so what does that do? These solutions are only a stop gap as far as I’m concerned.<br /><br />For those of you lucky enough to have a mobile data stick or can tether your phone for access—both of those are nice and secure. What about your WiFi only mobile devices? Those I don’t have good solutions for. Myself I have both my iPhone and iPad set not to just autoconnect to available networks and I’m going to have them both “forget” several of the local places I go to that don’t have secured wifi. Yes, mobile devices are also vulnerable because this isn’t a vulnerability in a browser or device it’s while how you can the sites connect to each other.<br /><br />This is what bugs me the most about the whole Firesheep problem. Websites like Facebook and Twitter could force everyone to https like gmail does, but they choose not to. Until now, the risk hasn’t been that huge, but now…now I don’t think they can say that.<br /><br />From now on, if it’s unsecured WiFi, I’m not using it. Period. If I absolutely have to, then I’ll run a proxy. Yeah, it’s harsh, but even the Firefox and Chrome extensions are only a partial solution. They aren’t 100% and they don’t work with all sites equally well. All you need to do is forget to turn them on or have an application notifier running in the background and …<br /><br />Done like dinner.<br /><br />My last tip is for the rather geeky of you who happen to have a web host who lets you have an SSH (shell or terminal) connection (both Dreamhost and Bluehost do) is to use this <a href="http://lifehacker.com/237227/geek-to-live--encrypt-your-web-browsing-session-with-an-ssh-socks-proxy">awesome trick for setting up a secure/encrypted proxy</a>. I use this one all the time, it takes just a moment to set up, but is very, very secure.<br /><br />If you want to see the entire CBC piece (which gives the right level of urgency I think), <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/Canada/BC/1258521056/ID=1625002550">the video is up on the CBC site now</a>.<br /><br />And if you have more suggestions…please let us know in the comments.

How To: Avoid Getting Fleeced By Firesheep

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Notorious Koobface worm ported to Mac OS X

Security researchers say they've been monitoring a Mac OS X version of the notorious Koobface worm, which uses advanced rootkit techniques to stealthily hijack infected machines.<br /><br />Although the Mac version isn't yet ready for prime time, it is nonetheless a sophisticated piece of software that developers put a fair amount of effort into implementing. It was designed to use Oracle's Java framework to infect not just Macs, but Linux and Windows machines as well, according to Mac antivirus provider Intego. Once installed, the malware gives attackers complete control over the computer.<br /><br />“While this is an especially malicious piece of malware, the current Mac OS X implementation is flawed, and the threat is therefore low,” Intego researchers wrote in a <a href="http://blog.intego.com/2010/10/27/intego-security-memo-trojan-horse-osxkoobface-a-affects-mac-os-x-mac-koobface-variant-spreads-via-facebook-twitter-and-more/">blog post published Wednesday</a>. “However, Mac users should be aware that this threat exists, and that it is likely to be operative in the future, so this Koobface Trojan horse may become an issue for Macs.”<br /><br />For that to happen, attackers will probably have to figure out how to bypass a window OS X prominently displays warning that a self-signed Java applet is requesting access to the computer. Assuming they do, or are able to trick users into clicking “Allow” anyway, they will also need to resolve issues preventing the downloaded files from installing.<br /><br />Those are high hurdles. But Koobface's considerable success on Windows shows just how gullible many marks are when it comes to scams promising free videos.<br /><br />Once installed, the downloaded files are stored in an invisible folder and give the infected Mac the ability to run a local webserver or IRC server and to act as an DNS changer.<br /><br />Intego is calling the malware OSX/Koobface.A, while SecureMac, which also <a href="http://www.securemac.com/boonana-bulletin.php">blogged about the attack</a>, calls it trojan.osx.boonana.a.

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I thought I would clear up a few things so that you hopefully will  get your questions answered.<br /><br />Firstly. If you don't have time to learn the background information  needed or you simple can't be bothered to research this topic on your  own and you just want to Hack MSN then this service </span> <span style="font-size: small;"><a class="bbc_url" href="http://www.astalavista.com/index.php?app=autohacking&service=hotmail" rel="nofollow external" title="External link">http://www.astalavis...service=hotmail</a> is for you and just let the astalavista autohacking service for hotmail take care of the rest.<br /><br />Hopefully you want to learn more and are continuing to read my blog entry...</span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br />Quick Q & A:</span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span> </div><ul class="bbc" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">Q: I want a program or software that hack msn passwords / accounts for me. Where can I get that and please give me this program. </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">A:  There are NO such program that will hack msn passwords. I mean NO  available software online. The reason for this statement is simple.  Think about who is developing MSN messenger.. Microsoft has thousands of  programmers, have introduced numerous security standards, spend  billions of dollars on their software. Do you really think that 1)  Microsoft would not be able to secure one of its most used services from  your little point-and-click program? Think again. 2) If a vulnerability  was found it would most likely be with the software in itself (and then  you only can extract your own password and not other peoples). 3) Real  hacking programs don't come with a messed up graphical user interface  screaming "MSN HACK MSN HACK". 4) These programs usually ask for YOUR  username / password in order to hack other peoples account. If you are  smart enough to give away that information you have just been the victim  of a social engineering attack. Stupid...</span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">Q: How can I get msn passwords?</span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">A:  I am assuming you are not interested in your own password. 1) Just ask  them for their password. This is known as a "social engineering attack"  and is the most effective means of stealing information. "Kevin Mitnick"  might be a nice thing to search google for. An example: "Hello, I'm  calling from msn tech support. We are currently changing all the  passwords and are wondering if you have recieved information about this?  No? Then we will have to do it manually... What is you password and  username?" 2)Trick the victim into running a file you send them. This  file would then contain a trojan that monitores keystrokes and transmits  it back to your computer. There are numerous software available for  that. Just use google. 3) If all that fails or you again can't be  bothered learning "how to hack" by educating yourself. You can again use  the autohack service located here: <a class="bbc_url" href="http://www.astalavista.com/index.php?app=autohacking&service=hotmail" rel="nofollow external" title="External link">http://www.astalavis...service=hotmail</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">Q: How do I learn how to hack?</span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">A:  You start by learning how to program. Start with a simple programming  language such as Python or Java (not so simple, but anyway). Read books  such as <strong class="bbc">Practical Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science Using Python <a class="bbc_url" href="http://pragprog.com/titles/gwpy/practical-programming" rel="nofollow external" title="External link">http://pragprog.com/...cal-programming</a></strong> and <strong class="bbc">Learn to Program, 2nd Edition <a class="bbc_url" href="http://pragprog.com/...ram-2nd-edition" rel="nofollow external" title="External link">http://pragprog.com/...ram-2nd-edition</a> </strong> Once you have read these books you should start learning SQL and trying to understand what SQL Injection is.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">A  v2: Hacking is just knowing a programming language so well that you can  see problems that the original developers did not see. Example: A  developer that does not sanitize the input to the program, may have  create a vulnerable attack point to injection attacks. The hackers SQL  injection is dangerous because he/she knows that the developer might not  have programmed the application correctly and by inserting values that  the original developer did not intent to be handled. One can perform a  "hack". In is simplest form this will be entering a string ('abc') when  the software / web page wants a number as an input.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">Q: Teach me how to hack!</span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">A: That is not a question and you will recieve no help. Start by asking!</span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">Q: CAN you teach me how to hack?</span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">A:  Still no! If you don't try to learn about SQL atleast and programming  in general, you will NOT understand what I am telling you anyway. One  must have a common background knowledge in order to teach anything to  anybody.</span></li></ul><span style="font-size: small;"><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Note: One thing to think about is that "point and click" hacking is  dangerous. You should always know what you are asking the program to do.  It's still illegal and you WILL be caught because you don't know what  you are dooing. Educate yourself, help others. Don't be destructive, be  creative. If you are serious about learning hacking you should download  backtrack: </span><a class="bbc_url" href="http://www.remote-exploit.org/backtrack.html" rel="nofollow external" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" title="External link">http://www.remote-ex.../backtrack.html</a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> and start webGoat from OWASP: </span><a class="bbc_url" href="http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_WebGoat_Project" rel="nofollow external" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" title="External link">http://www.owasp.org...WebGoat_Project</a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> This way you can educate yourself by using your own computer instead of ruining someone else's day.</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Advice: If you are so desperate to hack msn passwords, email accounts  and so forth I assume you want to spy on your girlfriend/boyfriend. If  you are gooing to the step of trying to hack their private accounts you  should step back and think about the trust issues you have and consider  dumping that person. It's just not worth it. </span></span>

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Web 2.0 Expo: Top ten Web hacking techniques

<span style="font-size: small;"></span><div class="content-1 entry space-1 clear" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">                           <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6OzlnwTeWV55I14OiEG4WKTMokw-R_L4TPk0PHC3WLNnXmlcSqld4be_cyBUJk7OKy7IveV6al9GTum2bGC4hkZOv1tVOxetAnFioCAtnonxzEtrhC7ZjjOU5bso7e9G5QIpOAI21oWQ/s1600/hacker.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6OzlnwTeWV55I14OiEG4WKTMokw-R_L4TPk0PHC3WLNnXmlcSqld4be_cyBUJk7OKy7IveV6al9GTum2bGC4hkZOv1tVOxetAnFioCAtnonxzEtrhC7ZjjOU5bso7e9G5QIpOAI21oWQ/s320/hacker.gif" width="284" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;">A large portion of the Web 2.0 Expo attendees are focused  on content. They want to create better, more engaging content for  social media programs and Web engagement with their customers. But the  Web and application developers behind this content need to know how to  secure it. This is what <a href="http://www.twitter.com/jeremiahg">Jeremiah Grossman</a>, CTO and founder of <a href="http://www.whitehatsec.com/">WhiteHat Security</a>, discussed today during his presentation, “The Web Just Got A Little More Dangerous.”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">“I say a little more dangerous because the Web was already broken,” he said.</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Grossman stressed that the more we rely on the Web, the more  attractive the Web becomes as an attack vector. Companies need to be  concerned both about data security and potential brand damage when it  comes to Web security. He shared with the audience a top ten — or most  dangerous — list of Web hacking techniques from 2008 of which developers  especially should be aware:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">10.  <a href="http://http//blog.watchfire.com/">Flash Parameter Injection</a>  - Using cross-site scripting, this can grant the attacker full control  over the page, as well as control over other objects within the movie.  Best defense, when you’re developing flash applications be sure to  sanitize user input according to context before its reflected back to  the user.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">9. <a href="http://carnal0wnage.blogspot.com/">ActiveX Repurposing</a>  - Multi-staged attack to get code execution on victims who were running  a vulnerable and popular SSL-VPN attack. Defenses are making sure  ActiveX makes use of Sitelock wherever possible and restrict Active X to  the maximum degree possible.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">8. <a href="http://www.sensepost.com/research/reDuh/">Tunneling TCP over HTTP over SQL-injection</a> - The best defense against this kind of attack is a good network architecture, solid application design and database hardening.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">7. <a href="http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/">Cross-domain leaks of site logins via authenticated CSS</a>  - Checks the contents of a stylesheet property across domains to  determine whether the victim is logged in to a given Web site. Do not  store anything user-sensitive in a CSS style sheet. It won’t prevent the  bad guy from knowing the user uses your site, but it will prevent them  for knowing if they are logged in.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">6. <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/4012693/Abusing-HTML-5-Structured-Clientside-Storage">Abusing HTML 5 structured client-side storage</a>.  Attackers could steal or modify sensitive data online or offline. If a  Web app uses this kind of client-side storage is vulnerable to attacks.  Avoid saving sensitive data on the users machine and clear the  client-side storage whenever possible; regularly check the content of  the HTML5 client-side storage.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span id="more-908"></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">5. <a href="http://aviv.raffon.net/2008/10/30/ADifferentOpera.aspx">A different Opera</a> - Exploit an XSS in Opera, however, upgrading to Opera 9.62 versions and up should take care of the problem.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">4. <a href="http://www.whitehatsecurity.com/">Clickjacking / videojacking</a>  - An attacker can invisibly hover buttons, images or links below a  user’s mouse so that when a user clicks on what they think is a trusted  button or link, but they are actually executing an embedded code .  Without the user knowing, it can even capture pictures and video, and  even audio. Clickjacking enables corporate espionage, government  surveillance, home user spying, etc.  Upgrading to Adobe Flash 10 can  help. Also, frame-busting code to make sure any pages you deem important  are not as susceptible for clickjacking. Internet Explorer 8 also has  some anti-clickjacking functionality.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">3. <a href="http://www.dhanjani.com/">Safari carpet bomb</a> - Allows  an attacker to litter a Windows’ user’s desktop or a Mac users’ desktop  with arbitrary files and malware. Windows users should download the  latest ersion of Safari.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">2. <a href="http://blog.watchfire.com/">Breaking google gears’ cross-origin communication model</a>  - The cross-origin comm model could be bypassed so an attacker could  gain access to sensitive resources of the victim in other Web sites  (even those that do not use Google Gears). Update Google Gears to  minimize risk.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">1. <a href="http://riosec.com/how-to-create-a-gifar">GIFAR</a> -  Content ownership issue. The attacker combines a GIF image file and a  Java archive (JAR) that contains class files for a Java Applet. A Web  application will then allow the upload the image to a server, but the  malicious applet code can be executed. To protect against this do not  accept file uploads. Or, upload you get convert it to another image no  matter what (Facebook does a good job with this). For an end user,  disable the third-party browser extensions and install the latest JVM  and remove older versions.</span><br /></div><div class="space-2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">      <br /><span style="font-size: small;">Kick off your day with <a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=secretofgreatachievers&amp;loc=en_US">ProHackingTricks </a>daily e-mail newsletter. 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10 Must-Have applications for your USB PenDrive

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBxUu47nq3EJNgpYVf0PMKL-npVztZNG-3bPZLxd4w_xV_KIdSDE1bW1Wy1kdF_6X1SrnpuEWq1mNgNUsDSdOzpK90HJCjbqpdV7JJ1y1YCXNYtCVjfxFZ7pezND0M2402CjAym44-3XQ/s1600/portable.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Having portable apps in Pen Drive is must for computer geeks. No need to  install this softwares in your PC. Just double click on them and they  are ready to use.Here is the list of 10 must have portable freewares.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBxUu47nq3EJNgpYVf0PMKL-npVztZNG-3bPZLxd4w_xV_KIdSDE1bW1Wy1kdF_6X1SrnpuEWq1mNgNUsDSdOzpK90HJCjbqpdV7JJ1y1YCXNYtCVjfxFZ7pezND0M2402CjAym44-3XQ/s1600/portable.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBxUu47nq3EJNgpYVf0PMKL-npVztZNG-3bPZLxd4w_xV_KIdSDE1bW1Wy1kdF_6X1SrnpuEWq1mNgNUsDSdOzpK90HJCjbqpdV7JJ1y1YCXNYtCVjfxFZ7pezND0M2402CjAym44-3XQ/s200/portable.png" width="200" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>1. Mozilla Firefox Portable Edition</b></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Carry the  “safest browser in the world” with you,  also have your extensions, bookmarks and addons ready to use any time.<br /></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><a href="http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download firefox portable</a></b></span> </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>2. VLC Media Player Portable</b></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Best <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD1">media player</span> supports almost all popular media file formats.  Now take it with you anywhere you go.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://portableapps.com/apps/music_video/vlc_portable" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>Download VLC player portable</b></span></a> </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>3. Pidgin Portable</b></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">All-in-one instant messaging (supports AIM, ICQ, <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD5">MSN Messenger</span>, Yahoo, Gtalk, etc)</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><a href="http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/pidgin_portable" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Download Pidgin Portable</b></a></b></span> </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>4. ClamWin Antivirus Portable</b></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you are a tech-geek you must be already having this on your thumb drive, free professional <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD3">antivirus</span> to keep your PC safe anytime, anywhere.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><a href="http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/clamwin_portable" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Download ClamWin AntiVirus</b></a></b></span> </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>5. Notepad++ Portable</b></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Must have tool for programmers and developers. It’s main syntax  highlighting feature makes it look different from other common text  editors.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><a href="http://portableapps.com/apps/development/notepadpp_portable" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Download Notepad++ Portable</b></a></b></span> </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>6. 7-Zip Portable</b></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Now uncompress all types of compressed files with this cool free app. This is one of the most popular <a href="http://tipsfromgeek.com/category/softwares/freeware-softwares" title="freeware">freeware</a> now made portable.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><b><a href="http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/7-zip_portable" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download 7-zip Portable</a></b></b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b></b></span> </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>7. CCleaner Portable</b></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Free, easy to use and very useful application. Cleans crap files from your system in few minutes. Makes you PC run faster.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><a href="http://www.ccleaner.com/download/builds/downloading-portable" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download CCleaner portable</a></b></span> </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>8. Utorrent</b></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD2">Download</span> torrent files from anywhere you go.Tiny bittorrent client.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><a href="http://www.utorrent.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download Utorrent</a></b></span> </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>9. R</b><b>estoration</b></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Recover accidentally deleted files – even after they were deleted from the recycle bin.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><a href="http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/Restoration/restoration.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download Restoration</a></b></span> </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>10. Foxit Reader</b></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Foxit Reader is a small and fast PDF viewer that is compatible with  PDF Standard 1.7. It includes Javascript support, interactive form  filler, annotation tools and built-in text converter.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><a href="http://mirrors.foxitsoftware.com/pub/foxit/reader/desktop/win/3.x/3.0/enu/FoxitReader30_enu.zip" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download Foxit Reader</a></b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></div>

10 Must-Have applications for your USB PenDrive

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Reset Your lost Bios Password

<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here's a DOS trick for Windows                9x, that will reset (delete) your motherboard's BIOS password (aka                CMOS password) without any need to open up your computer to remove                the battery or mess with jumpers.<br /><br />This method can come in very handy in the event you ever lose and                forget your BIOS password or if you acquire used computers where                the unknown previous owners had BIOS passwords set (in fact, this                happened to me long ago</span><span style="font-size: small;">                was given a used computer, but there was no way I could enter the                CMOS to make changes). It's important to note here that the                password we are talking about is only the one that prevents a user                from entering the BIOS setup at bootup, not the one that stops you                from getting past the boot.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Normally, at bootup you can press a key            (usually the DEL key) to access your BIOS allowing you to view it or            make changes. With a password set, there is no way to enter setup.            Though a password can provide a basic and very effective level of PC            security, losing it can be a real headache if you don't know how to            fix the problem.<br /><br />The MS-DOS command that will makes this trick possible is the DEBUG            command (debug itself is a utility</span><span style="font-size: small;"> debug.exe which            is located in your Windows Command folder). This is not a command to            be taken lightly i</span><span style="font-size: small;">n            other words, it's not a command to play with! You can cause serious            corruption with this command and can end up not being able to even            boot your computer! Debug is used to work with binary and executable            files and allows you to alter (hex edit) the contents of a file or CPU            register right down to the binary and byte level.<br /><br />To begin debug mode, type debug at a MS-DOS prompt or you can specify            a file, i.e., DEBUG FILE.EXE. There is a difference in screen output            between the two methods. When you type DEBUG alone, debug responds            with a hyphen (-) prompt waiting for you to enter commands. The second            method, with a file specified, loads the file into memory and you type            all the commands on the line used to start debug. In this tip, we will            be writing to the BIOS, so the first method is the one that would be            used. All debug commands can be aborted at any time by pressing            CTRL/C.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Accessing BIOS                  with DEBUG<br />The basic trick will be to fool the BIOS into thinking there is                  a checksum error, in which case it resets itself, including the                  password. This is done by invalidating the CMOS and to do that                  we must know how to access the BIOS and where the checksum value                  of the CMOS is located so that we can change it. Access to the                  the BIOS content is via what are known as CMOS Ports and it's                  Port 70 and 71 that will give us the needed access. On almost                  all AT motherboards, the checksum is located at hexadecimal                  address 2e and 2f and filling the address 2e with ff is all you                  should have to do to invalidate the checksum.<br /><br />Here's what to do if you ever need to reset the password and                  have no other method, and you don't want to open up your                  computer to remove the battery or jumpers.</span>                                                               </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Note! Do this at your own risk. I can            only tell you that it has worked for me more than once and has worked            for others as well. But I cannot make any guarantees. When I did this,            I took a willing risk. The BIOS was Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Restart your computer in MS-DOS mode.<br /><br />When you get to the C:\> or C:\WINDOWS> prompt, type DEBUG and press            Enter.<br /><br />A hyphen (-) prompt will appear waiting for you to enter commands.<br /><br />Enter the following commands, pressing Enter after each one. Note: the            o is the letter o and stands for OUTPUT.<br /> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">o 70 2e<br />o 71 ff<br />q<br /><br />After the q command (which stands for QUIT), enter Exit.<br /><br />Then try to enter your BIOS at bootup. The password prompt should now            be gone and you should now have full access to it again. However, you            will now be at the default BIOS setttings and may want to change them            to your preference. You may also want to have your drives autodetected            again.<br />In closing, I should state that in the case of a lost BIOS password,            your first step should always be to contact your manufacturer to see            if a backdoor password is available that will allow you to bypass the            forgotten password.<br /><br />There are many sites on the net that list backdoor passwords you can            try, but beware that some BIOS that are set up to lock up if you enter            the wrong password more than a certain number of times, usually only 3            times!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>

Reset Your lost Bios Password

Here's a DOS trick for Windows 9x, that will reset (delete) your motherboard's BIOS password (aka CMOS...

Some Useful Nokia mobile phone Secret Codes list

<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">On the main screen type<br /><b>*#06# </b>for checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment        Identity).<br /><b>*#7780#</b> reset to factory settings.<br /><b>*#67705646#</b> This will clear the LCD display (operator logo).<br /><b>*#0000#</b> To view software version.<br /><b>*#2820# </b>Bluetooth device address.<br /><b>*#746025625#</b> Sim clock allowed status.<br /><b>*#62209526# </b>- Display the MAC address of the WLAN adapter. This is        available only in the newer devices that support WLAN<br /><b>#pw+1234567890+1#</b> Shows if sim have restrictions.    <b> </b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>*#92702689# </b>- takes you to a secret menu where you may find some of        the information below:<br /> 1. Displays Serial Number.<br />2. Displays the Month and Year of Manufacture<br />3. Displays (if there) the date where the phone was purchased (MMYY)<br />4. Displays the date of the last repair - if found (0000)<br />5. Shows life timer of phone (time passes since last start)</span>       </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><b>*#3370# </b>- Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) activation. Increase        signal strength, better signal reception. It also help if u want to use        GPRS and the service is not responding or too slow. Phone battery will        drain faster though.<br /><b>*#3370* </b>- (EFR) deactivation. Phone will automatically restart.        Increase battery life by 30% because phone receives less signal from        network.<br /><b>*#4720# </b>- Half Rate Codec activation.<br /><b>*#4720* </b>- Half Rate Codec deactivation. The phone will        automatically restart<br />  <br />If you forgot wallet code for Nokia S60 phone, use this code reset: <b>       *#7370925538#</b><br />Note, your data in the wallet will be erased. Phone will ask you the lock        code. Default lock code is: 12345<br /><br />Press <b>*#3925538# </b>to delete the contents and code of wallet.<br /><br />Unlock service provider: Insert sim, turn phone on and press vol up-arrow        keys) for 3 seconds, should say pin code. Press C, then press * message        should flash, press * again and 04*pin*pin*pin#<br /><br /><b>*#7328748263373738#</b> resets security code.<br />Default security code is 12345</span></div><div align="right" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: 700;">       </span></div>

Some Useful Nokia mobile phone Secret Codes list

On the main screen type *#06# for checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity). *#7780# reset to factory settings. *#...

Trick to Complete Formatting Mobile Phone

<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">        Here is the trick for complete formatting of your virus infected or other        problem arriving mobile phone...<br /><br />This trick is for almost all Nokia models.<br /><br />1. Switch off your phone...<br />2. Remove SIM card & memory chip...<br />3. Now press & hold keys - 3,*,call green) ...<br />4. Then without leaving these three buttons press power button...<br />5. Formatting task will be started...<br />6. Remember its a very rare trick....</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Yes its        true its call hard format.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> key <b><span style="color: navy;">* , 3 , Call        button </span></b>(green) press and hold when display is on than        formatting screen is displayed. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wait for        formatting to be finished, </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Before        carrying out this process make sure you have copied all your contacts and        notes onto your Memory, because every thing will be deleted. When its        finished the formatted phone may be like new, just like when u have        brought it from showroom.</span></div>

Trick to Complete Formatting Mobile Phone

Here is the trick for complete formatting of your virus infected or other problem arriving mobile phone... This trick is for ...

Top 20 Tips To Keep Your System Faster

<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Follow these tips and you        will definitely have a much faster and more reliable PC! </span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <u><b>1.        Wallpapers: </b></u>They slow your whole system down, so if you're willing        to compromise, have a basic plain one instead!</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>2.        Drivers:</b></u> Update your hardware drivers as frequently as possible.         New drivers tend to increase system speed especially in the case of        graphics cards, their drivers are updated by the manufacturer very        frequently!</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>3.        Minimizing:</b></u> If you want to use several programs at the same time        then minimize those you are not using.  This helps reduce the overload on        RAM.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>4.        Boot Faster:</b></u> The 'starting Windows  98/XP' message on startup can        delay your booting for a couple of seconds.  To get rid of this message go        to c:\ and find the file <i>Msdos.sys</i>.  Remove the Read-Only option.         Next, open it in Notepad or any other text editor.  Finally, go to the        text 'Options' within the file and make the following changes: <i>Add        BootDelay=0</i>.  To make your booting even faster, set <i>add Logo=0</i>        to remove the Windows logo at startup.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>5.        Restart only Windows:</b></u> When restarting your PC, hold down <i>Shift       </i>to only restart Windows rather than the whole system which will only        take a fraction of the time.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>6.        Turn Off Animations:</b></u> <b> </b>Go to <i>Display Settings</i>        from the Control Panel and switch to the <i>Effects</i> Tab. Now turn off       <i>Show Windows Content While Dragging</i> and <i>Smooth Edges on Screen        Fonts</i>.  This tip is also helpful with Windows XP because of the        various fade/scroll effects.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>7.        Faster Start-Menu Access:</b></u> Go to the <i>Start</i> menu and select       <i>Run</i>.  Now type <i>Regedit</i> and hit Enter.  The Registry Editor        will appear on the screen.  Now, open the folder </span>       <span style="font-size: small;"> <b>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control        Panel\Desktop</b></span><span style="font-size: small;">.  You should see a <i>MenuShowDelay</i> value.  If you        don't then do the following: right click on a blank space in the right        pane and select <i>New\String</i>.  Change the name in the new value to <i>       MenuShowDelay</i>.  Now that we have the <i>MenuShowDelay</i> value,        double click on it and enter <b>0</b> in the value data field.  This sets        the start menu delay to 0 milliseconds.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>8.        Resolutions: </b></u>If you are willing to do anything for faster        performance from your PC, then try lowering your display resolution.  The        lower it is, the faster your PC.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>9.        Turn off Active Desktop:</b></u> <b> </b>Go to your <i>Display        Properties</i> and switch to the <i>Web</i> tab.  Uncheck <i>View My        Active Desktop As a Web Page</i>.  Since the Active Desktop option under        Windows 98 uses a lot of system resources, this option can have a dramatic        effect on the speed of the whole system.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>10.        Defragment Often:</b></u> <b> </b>Windows 98's Defrag tool uses <i>       Application Acceleration</i> from Intel which means that when you        defragment your drive, data is physically arranged on the drive so that        applications will load faster.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>11.        Take your PC to Bed:</b></u> <b> </b>Using the <i>Advanced Power        Management</i> feature under Windows 98 gives you the option to use the        sleep command.  That way, you can send your PC to sleep instead of        shutting it down and then restarting it.  It's as simple as pressing a        button and then pressing the same button to wake it up.  You can tell        Windows after how many minutes/hours of inactivity to automatically sleep        the machine in the <i>Advanced Power Management</i> section of the Control        Panel.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>12.        Faster Internet Access:</b></u> If you use the internet for reference and        the sites you visit are rarely  updated then try the following.  In IE        (the same can be done in Netscape) go to <i>Tools</i>, <i>Internet Options</i>.         Next, click on <i>Settings... </i>in the <i>Temporary Internet Files</i>         section.  Finally, select <i>Never</i> for the first option and double the        amount of storage space to use, click OK!</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>13. Benchmarking:</b></u> Benchmarking can be very useful when run        frequently.  It can tell you how your PC's components are performing and        then compare them to other machines like yours.  For example, when you        overclock your PC, you want to know how much more speed you have and        whether it is stable.  All this and more can be discovered using        benchmarking.  An excellent piece of software for doing this job is <i>       SiSoft Sandra</i> which can be found in the Downloads File Archive!</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>14.        Refresh the Taskbar without restarting:</b></u> If you in some way change        the taskbar, either in Regedit or elsewhere, you can refresh the task bar        without restarting.  Hold down <i>Ctrl</i> <i>Alt</i> <i>Del</i>, and        double click on Explorer.  Say <i>Yes to close Explorer</i>, but <i>no</i>        to closing Windows.  This will refresh the Taskbar and system tray.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>15.        Quick CD Eject:</b></u> Instead of pushing the button on your drive,        right-click your CD drive letter in My Computer and click on <i>Eject</i>.         This will also remove any icons that have become associated with the CD        drive</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>16. Start Up Programs:</b></u> <b>        </b>Windows can be slowed down when programs run on start up.  To        eliminate this, check your Start up folder.  You can access it from        the start menu: <i>Start</i>, <i>Programs</i>, <i>       Start Up</i>.  Another way to eliminate programs from loading even        before Windows actually starts is by doing the following: Click on <i>       Start</i>, then <i>Run</i>.  Type <i>msconfig</i>.  It will take        quite a long time for this program to load, but when you finally see it on        your screen, explore the different tabs.  They all have to do with        how quickly your PC boots, so select what you want, and uncheck what you        don't want!</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>17.        Fonts:</b></u> When Windows starts, it loads every single font in the <i>       Fonts</i> folder.  Therefore, the more fonts you have, the slower the        booting process.  To get rid of unwanted fonts, simply go to the Fonts        folder under c:\windows and remove whatever you don't want.  Fonts that        have a red letter 'A' as their icon are system fonts, so don't delete        them.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>18.        Stretching Wallpapers:</b> <b> </b>Don't "stretch" your wallpaper in        Windows 98 since it actually slows Windows down when you drag icons around        on the desktop.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>19.        RAM Matters:</b></u> If you have less than 32MB then you should seriously        think of upgrading it to at least 64MB.  Windows runs much more smoothly        with 64MB or higher and tends to use less hard disk space for virtual        memory.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>20.        Partitioning:</b></u> A very nice little thing you can do to boost system        performance.  By partitioning your hard drive, splitting one physical        drive into several logical ones, you can gain several advantages.  1. If        you get a virus or you accidentally format a drive, not all will be lost.         2. By placing the swap file (Win386.swp) on a separate drive, The swap        file will be less fragmented and thus, faster. 3. Place Windows on a        separate drive and whenever you need to reinstall it, you rest assured        that your data is safe on a separate drive.  Partitioning can be done        using a few programs such as FDisk which comes with DOS.  However, FDisk        formats everything on the hard disk before partitioning. Alternatively,        you can use Partition Magic from Power Quest to partition your hard disk        without losing your data.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>

Top 20 Tips To Keep Your System Faster

Follow these tips and you will definitely have a much faster and more reliable PC! 1. Wallpapers: They slow your whole syste...

Java surpasses Adobe kit as most attacked software

Oracle's Java framework has surpassed Adobe applications as the most attacked software package, according to a Microsoft researcher who warned she was seeing “an unprecedented wave of Java exploitation.”<br /><br />The spike began in the third-quarter of last year and has climbed steadily since, according to data <a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2010/10/18/have-you-checked-the-java.aspx">reported on Monday by Holly Stewart</a>, a member of the Microsoft Malware Protection Center. By the beginning of this year, the number of Java exploits “had well surpassed the total number of Adobe-related exploits we monitored,” she said.<br /><br />The spike is mostly driven by attacks on <a href="http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2008-5353">three</a> <a href="http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2009-3867">separate</a> <a href="http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2010-0094">vulnerabilities</a> that Oracle patched long ago. As a result attacks on Java have “gone from hundreds of thousands per quarter to millions,” Stewart blogged.<br /><br />As Microsoft has released new versions of its software that are harder to exploit, attackers looking for ways to install malware have turned their attention to other ubiquitous PC titles. With a massive share of Windows machines, Adobe Reader emerged earlier this year as the <a href="http://prohackingtricks.blogspot.com/2011/06/adobe-finally-patches-second-flash-zero.html">world's most exploited app</a>, according to antivirus provider F-Secure. Adobe's Flash Player, also because of its broad base of users, has long been a favorite as well.<br /><br />Java, which Oracle inherited from Sun Microsystems, has remained vulnerable, too, and exploits are now coming into the mainstream. One of the things driving the trend, according to security reporter <a href="http://krebsonsecurity.com/2010/10/java-a-gift-to-exploit-pack-makers/">Brian Krebs</a>, are updates that add Java attacks to Eleonore, Crimepack and other exploit kits that malware purveyors use to streamline the installation of malware on victim machines.<br /><br />“<a href="http://prohackingtricks.blogspot.com/search/label/Java">Java</a> is ubiquitous, and, as was once true with browsers and <a href="http://prohackingtricks.blogspot.com/2011/06/adobe-finally-patches-second-flash-zero.html">document readers like Adobe</a>, people don't think to update it,” Stewart wrote. “On top of that, Java is a technology that runs in the background to make more visible components work.”<br /><br />The software has never lived up to many of the promises that Sun made about it. Chances are it can be uninstalled from most desktop machines and the user won't even notice.

Java surpasses Adobe kit as most attacked software

Oracle's Java framework has surpassed Adobe applications as the most attacked software package, according to a Microsoft researcher who ...

What is svchost.exe? Is svchost.exe spyware or a virus?

"Svchost.exe" (Generic Host Process for Win32 Services) is an integral part of Windows OS. It cannot be stopped or restarted manually. This process manages system services that run from dynamic link libraries (files with extension .dll). Examples for such system services are: "Automatic Updates", "Windows Firewall", "Plug and Play", "Fax Service", "Windows Themes" and many more. <br /><br />At startup, Svchost.exe checks the services portion of the registry and constructs a list of services that it needs to load. Under normal conditions, multiple instances of Svchost.exe will be running simultaneously. Each Svchost.exe session can contain a grouping of services, so that many services can be run depending on how and where Svchost.exe is started. This allows for better control and debugging.<br /><br />If the process svchost.exe uses high cpu resources, it is mostly due because the service "Automatic Updates" is downloading some new Windows update. But having a 99% or 100% cpu usage could be caused by downloads due of some hidden malware on your computer. Some malware like the Conficker worm changes the Windows Registry so that svchost loads the malware .dll file. In this case you only see the authentic svchost.exe process in the task manager! <br /><br />The biggest problem now is identifying what services are being run on a particular svchost.exe instance… we’ll cover that below.<br /><br />If you are curious what we’re talking about, just open up Task Manager and check the “Show processes from all users” box:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8mKGnjCZSUS7bGYQRO-M5otpAdxKYaqGdIfx_cRa5XJgrJh0ai6IOd8-PbM9WY6lvz4FDGStKWxn9QEcaLR-k02W9-G8HpUNPvtHI3JxvPvUuX75fhUOrmOUQ-6EsPKjMcmQ0RW717as/s1600/image76.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8mKGnjCZSUS7bGYQRO-M5otpAdxKYaqGdIfx_cRa5XJgrJh0ai6IOd8-PbM9WY6lvz4FDGStKWxn9QEcaLR-k02W9-G8HpUNPvtHI3JxvPvUuX75fhUOrmOUQ-6EsPKjMcmQ0RW717as/s1600/image76.png" /></a></div><br /><b>Checking From the Command Line (Vista or XP Pro)</b><br /><br />If you want to see what services are being hosted by a particular svchost.exe instance, you can use the tasklist command from the command prompt in order to see the list of services.<br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">tasklist /SVC</span></b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdMTe3EhOpoGK8KR_Ap_0npavbnHZwgindSxWgh9_2mMI54IioYdgtXSYa8xMh0MkC2QwLR2neb6gomJG4NWFk1EdDuyHOq9sCGlOPFO42RATWR2YUwGFx2U2qLwIjRfNkGZtVQCEgz4A/s1600/image77.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdMTe3EhOpoGK8KR_Ap_0npavbnHZwgindSxWgh9_2mMI54IioYdgtXSYa8xMh0MkC2QwLR2neb6gomJG4NWFk1EdDuyHOq9sCGlOPFO42RATWR2YUwGFx2U2qLwIjRfNkGZtVQCEgz4A/s1600/image77.png" /></a></div><br />The problem with using the command line method is that you don’t necessarily know what these cryptic names refer to.<br /><br /><b>Checking in Task Manager in Vista</b><br /><br />You can right-click on a particular svchost.exe process, and then choose the “Go to Service” option.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO5bmQygegrd003rYPpeU3W68jNZwTM_6Tw3zV664VByQ_7gHputrUNPTKO1ns0mUkqwTcoug0rk1Xn_f5Umei_IId8VHVx7ZRSDRt2aTw7J4-YgKBzuoOLQf_N06FcNB4qC2JI0fjzBE/s1600/image78.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO5bmQygegrd003rYPpeU3W68jNZwTM_6Tw3zV664VByQ_7gHputrUNPTKO1ns0mUkqwTcoug0rk1Xn_f5Umei_IId8VHVx7ZRSDRt2aTw7J4-YgKBzuoOLQf_N06FcNB4qC2JI0fjzBE/s1600/image78.png" /></a></div><br />This will flip over to the Services tab, where the services running under that svchost.exe process will be selected:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNFpv9DrCLWCIPkmrMxmsl10oOQREp1BrGAyQhnuYHRLJPyuRMXBEHL-medL4gikmyM7YnRMdc7ewevnnYjbTQ0yH-nlrGkmzeIdigIHrBUGf0JvHlpDA8LVDeApIHridf2VNB76s64FY/s1600/image79.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNFpv9DrCLWCIPkmrMxmsl10oOQREp1BrGAyQhnuYHRLJPyuRMXBEHL-medL4gikmyM7YnRMdc7ewevnnYjbTQ0yH-nlrGkmzeIdigIHrBUGf0JvHlpDA8LVDeApIHridf2VNB76s64FY/s1600/image79.png" /></a></div><br />The great thing about doing it this way is that you can see the real name under the Description column, so you can choose to disable the service if you don’t want it running.<br /><br /><b>Using Process Explorer in Vista or XP</b><br /><br />You can use the excellent <a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx">Process Explorer</a> utility from Microsoft/Sysinternals to see what services are running as a part of a svchost.exe process.<br /><br />Hovering your mouse over one of the processes will show you a popup list of all the services:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4wSnHzl-LOSleqapYFt3xMlEafqhZaNRbR4aDtTWLTq4huuINYhuVWbLpj_ELtDn_ZpSognQ3dqMvOwtRe0sE5qhK5ppmke6TNYrOs44f7-H4yUm1_gq9NxZsiKcoXRQNYNvaR426H1U/s1600/image80.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4wSnHzl-LOSleqapYFt3xMlEafqhZaNRbR4aDtTWLTq4huuINYhuVWbLpj_ELtDn_ZpSognQ3dqMvOwtRe0sE5qhK5ppmke6TNYrOs44f7-H4yUm1_gq9NxZsiKcoXRQNYNvaR426H1U/s1600/image80.png" /></a></div><br />Or you can double-click on a svchost.exe instance and select the Services tab, where you can choose to stop one of the services if you choose.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKvvGoNB2pU-_f-qDQMu1f6elsGY4mM0im8LASM7jzLy1Gha7BdG2REZkycezmuJt0qca7aV14h5KX9hDV5KBmZGKxqJClPLZHE73u9Dk3e_UYUOPSfhJs4jnNlxei3LkGawHEoe2ILXM/s1600/image81.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKvvGoNB2pU-_f-qDQMu1f6elsGY4mM0im8LASM7jzLy1Gha7BdG2REZkycezmuJt0qca7aV14h5KX9hDV5KBmZGKxqJClPLZHE73u9Dk3e_UYUOPSfhJs4jnNlxei3LkGawHEoe2ILXM/s1600/image81.png" /></a></div><br /><b>Disabling Services</b><br /><br />Open up Services from the administrative tools section of Control Panel, or type services.msc into the start menu search or run box.<br /><br />Find the service in the list that you’d like to disable, and either double-click on it or right-click and choose Properties.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3QkaQRJQYtel3SndkOOLStXGbBo_MP4SOD9DovNdQnZ5AQKpt7iQtYf6Um4JhWrEnlE0LprsrC-prNV6No-cjbpmeRLXwKthA2Cz57Jn4_mV4MlfnbUTtsI_xmg6o__DguxIBc8Rxhzo/s1600/image82.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3QkaQRJQYtel3SndkOOLStXGbBo_MP4SOD9DovNdQnZ5AQKpt7iQtYf6Um4JhWrEnlE0LprsrC-prNV6No-cjbpmeRLXwKthA2Cz57Jn4_mV4MlfnbUTtsI_xmg6o__DguxIBc8Rxhzo/s1600/image82.png" /></a></div><br />Change the Startup Type to Disabled, and then click the Stop button to immediately stop it.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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In this command “trkwks” is the Service name from the above dialog, but if you go back to the tasklist command at the beginning of this article you’ll notice you can find it there as well.<br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">sc config trkwks start= disabled</span></b><br /><br />

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"Svchost.exe" (Generic Host Process for Win32 Services) is an integral part of Windows OS. It cannot be stopped or restarted manua...