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Hiren’s BootCD From USB Flash Drive (USB Pen Drive)

Hi All, Just a quick handy little tool that is a MUST for anyone supporting end users, described in this little how to: is a step by step on creating a USB version of Hirens Boot Cd. Step 1 Connect USB Pen Drive (1GB or more) Step 2 Download and Run USB Disk Storage Format USBFormat.zip (34KB) Step 3 Download grubinst_gui grub4dos.zip (179KB) and Run as Administrator Step 4 Insert the BootCD (10.3 or newer) in the CD Drive and Copy everything from CD to USB Flash Drive Step 5 Copy grldr and menu.lst from grub4dos.zip (or from HBCD folder) to the usb drive Step 6 Test Your USB Drive (read bottom of the page for troubleshoot)   ****M


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Posted: January 18th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Computers / IT, General, Tips & Tricks | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

Hiren’s BootCD 15.1 – Download

Hiren’s BootCD 15.1 All in One Bootable CD which has all these utilities Dowload Link available at the bottom of the page. Antivirus Tools Avira AntiVir Personal (07-12-2011) Free anti-virus and anti-spyware on-demand scanner, detects and removes more than 50000 viruses and trojans. ClamWin Free Antivirus 0.97.3 (07-12-2011) A free antivirus, GNU GPL Open Source Virus Scanner. ComboFix (07-12-2011) Designed to cleanup malware infections and restore settings modified by malware. Dr.Web CureIt! Antivirus a free standalone anti-virus and anti-spyware on-demand scanner (downloadable). GMER 1.0.15 Hidden services, hidden registry, hidden fil


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Posted: January 20th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Computers / IT, General, Tips & Tricks | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

How to Jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 on iPhone 4S and iPad 2 (A5) – Windows

Simple step by step to jailbreak your A5 devices like the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 running iOS 5.0.1 using Absinthe, a tool created by the Chronic Dev Team with the help of pod2g. Ok 3 things before you jailbreak your Ipad 2. Compatible iOS device (iPhone 4S or iPad 2) Device updated to latest firmware which is iOS 5.0.1 Absinthe for windows Download Here. Make sure you backup your device using iTunes or iCloud before proceeding with this tutorial Download Absinthe and extract the ZIP file. Right click on the absinthe.exe and select “Run as Administrator” to open the Absinthe app. When the app loads, it will ask you to conne


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Posted: February 2nd, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: iPad and iPad2 | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

How To Connect To Remote Desktop Of Any Computer (Windows, Mac OSX) Over Internet Using TeamViewer

Whether you are trying to access your home PC from your office, or your office workstation from home, you need to establish a remote desktop connection over Internet. Many times accessing a remote computer is not so easy. For instance there could be firewalls blocking access, or the two PCs could be on different OS not compatible with each other, and so on. In these kind of scenarios, TeamViewer comes to rescue. This free for non-commercial usage tool lets you quickly connect to a remote machine, control it completely including reboot/logoff, do audio and video chat, transfer files, and so on. While there are other desktop sharing applicatio


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Posted: February 22nd, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Tips & Tricks | Comments Off

Close All Running Applications on Single Click In Windows PC

If you are a pro computer user and lot many times you feel that so many applications are running on your computer. Lot many windows opened and these running applications and slowing down your PC. If you go ahead and close each of them one by one, it will involve around 15 – 20 clicks or more. Windows users can close all running applications on single click by using a very tiny application. Close All is a small utility developed by Ntwind Software which can close al running applications at one click.  Close All doesn’t need any kind of installation on your computer. You just need to download the zipped folder and extract it on your


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Posted: February 22nd, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: General, Operating Systems | Comments Off

How To Solve Frequent Auto Restart or Shutdown of Computer

Sometimes you will see your computer getting restarted or shutdown automatically without any instruction from your side. This is a frustrating scenario when you are working on some important stuff and your computer restarts without any notice. Of course this is an improper restart or shutdown and may damage your computer’s hardware like Hard Disk or may damage your Operating System like Windows. This is a common problem in old computers specially PCs i.e. computers running on Windows OS. But there may be different reasons for this common problem. Here are some of the reasons which may cause frequent auto restart or shutdown of your PC.


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Posted: February 21st, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: General, Operating Systems | Comments Off

Top 15 Ways to Extend Your Laptop’s Battery Life

Laptops tend to lose their charm quickly when you’re constantly looking for the nearest power outlet to charge up.  How do you keep your battery going for as long as possible?  Here are 15 easy ways to do so. Defrag regularly -  The faster your hard drive does its work – less demand you are going to put on the hard drive and your battery.  Make your hard drive as efficient as possible by defragging it regularly. (but not while it’s on battery of course!) Mac OSX is better built to handle fragmentation so it may not be very applicable for Apple systems. Dim your screen – Most laptops come with the a


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Posted: February 21st, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: General | Comments Off

How to: Enable Facebook connector to work directly within Outlook.

The Microsoft Outlook Social Connector Provider for Facebook allows you to connect your Facebook account to the Outlook Social Connector and obtain information about your friends and colleagues. You can see status updates and recently posted items from your Facebook contacts. You can also use Outlook Social Connector to display a quick view of related Outlook content when you click on an email from a contact, such as recent e-mail conversations, meetings, and shared attachments to help you easily track your communications NOTE: The Microsoft Outlook Social Connector Provider requires Microsoft Outlook Social Connector and the related update (


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Posted: February 20th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Facebook | Comments Off

How to: Steps to prevent you FACEBOOK account from being hacked!

Recently, there has been a lot of fuss over facebook & twitter accounts getting hacked. I just thought of pointing out some important points to be kept in mind while dealing with this situation.90% of such incidents occur due to carelessness of people who tend to click on suspicious/unknown links. Well I don’t blame them as it is pretty tricky method and depends on how alert a person is. Definitely, by now many of you must have made it a habit to change your password frequently. If not, make it a practice starting from now. The most frequently used method used to hack accounts is the Fake Login Page method. This method involves Social E


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Posted: February 20th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Facebook | Comments Off

How to: set up BlackBerry Internet E-mail via your BlackBerry

To set up BlackBerry Internet E-mail via your BlackBerry®, perform the following steps: Verify that your BlackBerry handheld is connected to the wireless network and is displaying uppercase GPRS in the top right corner. If your device is not displaying uppercase GPRS, go to BlackBerry Internet E-Mail Management and Troubleshooting. From the BlackBerry handheld Home screen or Tools menu, select the Set Up Internet E-mail or E-mail Setup icon. If prompted, read the Terms and Conditions, and then select Accept. Enter your e-mail address and password for the account you would like to access from your BlackBerry handheld. Confirm the password


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Posted: February 19th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Blackberry | Comments Off

Fix: Blackberry Enterprise Server – http error 413 request entity too large

To Resolve “HTTP error 413 request entity too large” is received when attempting to browse to a web page using the BlackBerry Browser For BlackBerry Enterprise Server version 4.1 Simply follow these steps. 1. Open BlackBerry Manager. 2. On the left pane, click MDS-CS service. 3. On the right pane, click Edit Properties. 4. In the General section, click Flow Control. 5. Set the Maximum KB/Connection field to a value greater than the size of the page that is being requested. (15 to 20%)   Note: A restart of the MDS Connection Service may be required  for settings take effect.     0.00 / 5 5 1 / 5 2 / 5 3 / 5 4 /


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Posted: February 19th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Blackberry, Computers / IT, Servers, Tips & Tricks | Tags: , , | No Comments »

Windows 7: Set up or change automatic backup settings

Backups help ensure that your files aren’t permanently lost or damaged. With automatic backups, you don’t have to remember to back up your files. You can change your automatic backup settings (such as how often you back up, the type of storage you use, or the types of files you back up) whenever you want. To set up automatic backupsIf you’ve never used Windows Backup before, the Windows Backup wizard automatically creates a schedule for you, which you can change. Open Backup and Restore by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking System and Maintenance, and then clicking Backup and Restore. Click Set up


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Posted: February 18th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Operating Systems | Comments Off
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