Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Activation Crack

Anti-piracy efforts by Microsoft were proved to be in vain asa Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Activation Crack was available before the official release of the software, the OEM SLP Master Product Key based activation crack completely bypasses the Windows Genuine Advantage [WGA] validation allowing users a fully functional unlocked copy of the operating-system..
The crack was made possible by extracting the "OEM certificate" and "Key" from " .wim" files contained in leaked Windows 7 Ultimate OEM DVD ISO from Lenovo..

Microsoft uses SLP [System-Locked Preinstallation] for pre-activating Windows meant for volume licensing by OEM's like Lenovo and Dell, Windows 7 makes use of OEMID [identified by BIOS SLIC table] to identify OEM computers for pre-activation..
Crackers have now come up with newer methods of using automated utilities which make use of Lenovo's OEM key and OEMID to fake identification as an OEM system allowing Windows 7 Activation..

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How To Upload Photos To FaceBook Using E-Mails

Facebook has finally realised that not everyone all over the whole world uses high-end devices like the iPhone or the BlackBerry.. So now they have added a new and very needed feature of allowing users to be able to upload photos via email..

This new feature is almost the same for all photo-sharing services, that is, send the photos as an email attachment to a personalized email address on Facebook and the photos will be uploaded to your account.. Note that the subject line of your Email will be converted to the caption of the photo.. The same method applies to posting/uploading videos through mobile too..

To get your personalized email address for posting photos/videos to Facebook through email, visit the Official Facebook Mobile Page

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How To Burn .ISO Files In Windows 7

Microsoft took long enough to find out the compatibility issues of .ISO file [aka Disc Image] in Windows 7.. In the earlier versions of Windows users had to download external software to be able to burn .ISO images.. Luckily thats not the case anymore.. Windows 7 now detects and supports .ISO files..

Heres what you have to do:
1> Insert a blank disc [cd/dvd] into your drive.. [DUH!!!]
2> Right click on the .ISO file and click on the ‘Burn disc image‘ from the drop down menu..



3> Next, new pop-up window will now appear.. if you have more than one CD/DVD drives.. Make sure you choose the appropriate drive from the list..
4> Hit the ‘Burn‘ button when done..


But i keep wondering "Why couldn't Microsoft have thought of including this feature in the previous versions of Windows" ???
Oh well.. Now is better that never..

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How To Create A VHD [Virtual Hard Disk] In Windows 7

In Windows 7 creating a virtual hard disk is a snap.. And you don not need any third party application to do it.. Making it safer too..
Just follow the procedure below..

1. Type in " diskmgmt.msc " in the start menu search field and hit " Enter " to open up the " Disk Management " window.. Alternatively.. you can right-click on " Computer " icon on the desktop.. select " Manage ".. In the " Computer Management " windo.., click on Disk Management link open the program..
2. In the " Disk Management " Window.. Go to " Action " and select " Create VD " option from the drop down menu..


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3. For the next step.. Select a " drive/folder " location to create a new VHD file..
4. Next.. Enter the size of your VHD and make sure that you have enough free space on your HDD drive before entering the VHD size..
5. Now you have the choice to choose between two VHD formats:
a>Dynamically Expanding..
b>Fixed Size (recommended)..


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6. Click on the create button to start the process.. You will see a new VHD file..

Note: In the Dynamically Expanding format.. the size of the VHD expands to a fixed maximum size as data is saved to it.. However, the disk size doesn’t compact automatically when data is deleted.. As the name suggests.. The Fixed Size VHD format uses a fixed amount of space regardless of the amount of the data stored in it..

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How To Speed Up Windows 7/ Vista Boot

Windows 7 has become quite a hype lately and it claims to be faster than Vista.. And it is.. Just a lil bit though.. But personally am not content with just a lil bit if i can have the option of going all the way.. And neither should you be.. Go through the tutorial below and find out how you too can speed up your Windows 7 [or Vista]PC..

On a Core 2Duo 2.2Ghz System with 1GB of RAM it took about 15-17 seconds while Vista took just over 20 secs..

1. Type " msconfig " [without the quotes ofcourse] in the Windows 7 start menu search box and hit the " Enter " key..
2. Click Continue if you get a UAC prompt by default.. But if you are using Windows 7 you will not get a UAC prompt..
3. Navigate to the " Boot " and click on the " Advanced Options " button..



4. Put a check in the box named " Number Of Processors " and from the drop down list select the number of processors.. In my case its 2..

5. Click " OK " and restart to see the difference..

Note: This tip is mainly for PC running with multi-core processors.. Microsoft also mentioned the importance of this tweak in their KB959233 article recently. So make sure that you tweak your PC asap..

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Identify The Name Of Any Song With Tunatic: Song Identifier

Have you ever had one of those days when you hear a song of some foreign language and dont know the name or cant figure it out no matter how hard you try..???

Yeah that's right.. I recently came across a software called Tunatic that can make your life a lil bit better if you are a music addict, like me.. Tunatic is a tiny software that anyone can use to identify/ find the songs by its sound.. Tunatic is only 530kb and will take up only 443kb of your disk space..
There are many ways you can work this but lemme give you the info on the easiest way to do it.. Here goes.. Just connect your computer to an external microphone and point it to the music source.. Sounds dumb?? Well this works the best for me.. You can also use your in built microphone..

An suppose you don't have a microphone:
You can plug your sound source directly to your computer [line-in].. This is actually the best way but not the easiest though as there won’t be any loss in sound quality..
After downloading and installing Tunatic you will see a small window open [First Image only] like the one below..


According to thier site, Tunatic supports any type of music except " Classical ".. Alter the song has been detected [Third Image] you will see a small arrow next to the song's name.. Click on the arrow and it will show you the link from where you can buy the songs iTunes or downlaod it as a ringtone or searc for lyrics.. The choice is yours.. Check it out below..

The only downside i noticed with Tunatic is that it does not contain any data about the track info, album arts or update the meta-tag..

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How To Download Youtube Videos As AVI / MP4 / 3GP / MOV / MP3

If you have been using the internet for sometime now you must have come across the best site for sharing videos: Youtube.. Youtube is loaded with various types of videos from every topic..
And there are many sites that help you download YouTube videos to your PC for later viewing or if you want to send them to someone via mail.. but the one thing that will stop your from downloading YouTube videos to your PC is that they are in .flv format.. and you will need a .flv player to view those files which in turn you will have to download and install to view those files..

Just today i came across a amazing site : Vixy that downloads YouTube videos and converts them and can also extract the audio and convert it into mp3 for you..
It converts to the following formats:
* AVI for Windows [ DivX+Mp3]
* MOV for MAC [ MPEG4+MP3]
* MP4 for ipod/PSP [MPEG4+AAC]
* 3GP for Mobiles [ MPEG4+AAC]
* MP3 [Audio Only]

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How To View Part Of A Video On You Tube

YouTube is the hottest and most widely used video sharing site.. Its got millions and millions of videos on every possible topic..
However the are times where you would like to watch on the ending few seconds of a 10 minute long video.. For that you need to let the whole damn video stream in and then watch the last few seconds.. And to make matters worse imagine of you were doing that on a dial up connection.. It would take ages just for those few seconds.. So, what do you do??
The solutions is real simple.. Dont watch that video..
WOAH!! AM JUST KIDDING..

Of course we have a solution for this inconvenience.. And no you don't have to install any additional software or plug-ins.. To view a video from a specific time all you have to do is enter a snippet at the end of the video's URL and you will be able to load the video from the part u actually wanna watch..

What you have to do is just add " #t=NumberOfSeconds " at the end of the URL of the YouTube video you wanna watch and hit the " Enter " key.. You will now see that the marker would have moved to the timed position that you wanna watch and it will start the playing from the specified position..

For Eg: Suppose you wanna watch the last 25 seconds of a 10 minute video you will have to use the following snippet after the video's URL: #t=575s or if you want to skip the first 30seconds of the same 10 minute video you will have to use the following snippet= #t=31s..

So your Youtube Video URL should look something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHN_VzU4wjc#t=120s [This is to watch the last 20 seconds of the devil may cry 4 trailer postex on youtube, the text in blue is the actual youtube URL and the one in red is the snippet]

Want to know more tricks for Youtube?? Check out the link..
How To Download YouTube videos as AVI/MP4/3GP/MOV/Mp3

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Avoid Delay Time In Rapidshare, Megaupload And Deposit Files

The 3 of the most popular file hosting services on this planet are Rapidshare, Megaupload and Depositfiles.. Although very popular they have annoying set backs like the " TIME DELAY " before you can start your download.. The waiting time varies from 30secs upto minutes depending on the usage of the particular file etc..

To avoid this "Delay Time" is very simple if you are using firefox [The world's most preferred browser] then you are in luck.. Cause a lil Firefox add-on known as Skipscreen can save loads of precious seconds for you when it comes to avoiding "Delay Time".. Basically it allows you to download the file without having to wait for the clock to strike "ZERO"..

Just download and install the add-on and restart your Firefox browser for the changes to take effect..

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Create Your Own E-mails With Gmail- Add Inline Images

Gmail is one of the most popular email client, Gmail is very good at listening to customer feedbacks and hence has improved very well.. Lately additions like include smileys, send text messages right from Gmail,Undo Sent Messages etc have made Gmail even more convinient to use..
Just yesterday Gmail introduces its latest festure of including inlne images.. Thats right.. instead of attaching images you can now stick a picture where your text will be.. so you can create your very own mails whioch you can forward to your relatives and mail buddies..

To activate this you need to follow the steps..
* Log-in To your Gmail account..
* Click on the " Settings " button on the top right corner..
* Click on the " Labs " button..
* Scroll down and at the end you will be able to see the " Insert Image " button and click on the " Enable " radio button to active this feature..

So whenever you need to insert an image into your mail, just click on the " Insert Image " button..


A new window wil pop up.. and you will easily be able to add images fro your PC or from any web-site..


You can even click on the image to resize or click and drag it according to your needs..

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Face Gestures To Speed Up Browsing- Opera10

Lately Opera has been coming up with many new innovative ideas to make browsing a lot easier..
And the latest being with Opera 10 is " Face Observation Opera Language "..
If you have a web-cam connected to your PC or Laptop you too can make use of this innovative technology..
Face Gestures lets you perform simple browser functions like " New Tab "," Reloading ", " Homepage " etc just by changing the expression on your face.. The browser recognizes the pre-determined facial expressions and matches them to the commands within the browser source..
A few of the supported facial gestures are given below..

The video will describe it better.. just watch it..


If you are amazed with this innovative technology in Opera 10 " Face Observation Opera Language ".. aka F.O.O.L.. keep a tab on this site and we will keep you updated.. And do enjoy your Fool's Day with the F.O.O.L Technology..

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How To Remove Shortcut Overlay In Windows Vista

icksWhenever you try to create a shortcut in Windows Vista its always brings up the " Customize Shortcut Overlay ".. There is a simple way to get rid of this annoying behavior of Vista and thats by download a simple software known as " Vista Shortcuts Overlay Manager ".. What this application basically does is that it changes the default icon behavior of your shortcuts in Windows Vista.. Click on the link at the end of this post to download..

In this application you will see that it has four options..


1> Arrow
2> Light Arrow
3> Custom Arrow
4> No Arrow
and there is another option right below these four that reads " Select here to remove “-shortcut” extension when new shortcuts are created "

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Note: You will need .NET installed in your PC and you will also have to restart your system or log out and in again..

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How To Make MS Word Print A Document's Background

Have you ever noticed that when you try to print a word document with a background image/colour, it always fails to print the background image/colour and the background remains white no matter what.. Even the Microsoft web-site states that user created backgrounds don't print by default..
The solution to this problem is very simple, just a few clicks here and there and you are done with it..
1> Click on the Office button and Goto the Word Options..


2> Within the " Word Options " Window click on the " Display " button on the left pane and then place a check next to the " Print Background Colours And Images "..


Note: This trick works with MS Office 2007 and if you do not want to print the background image for any document, make sure that you undo the changes you have currently made..

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How To Disable Autorun Feature In Windows Vista

The " Autorun " feature in Windows can be a great nuisance for those who prefer to have total control of their PC.. So for those of you who like to keep things under their control and don't like wasting their system resources on unwanted functions like autorun etc can just follow this simple tutorial..

1> Goto the control panel and open it..
2> Under the " Hardware and Sound Menu " click on " Play CDs or Other Media Automatically "..

3> Now you have to disable the first option that appears in the pop-up window which reads " Use Autoplay For All Media And Devices"..

Choosing this option will disable the Autorun feature on all devices including USBs, CDs and DVDs..
And for those of you who would like to have ultimate control over your OS.. you can click on the drop down menu on the right side of each option and set it according your your liking..

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iPod Shuffle's Functions

Many people who own an ipod shuffle know that its functions are quite confusing [No, we are not talking about the basic functions of Play,Pause,FF/RW or Volume +/-].. Its the other functions of the iPod shuffle that get people guessing..
For example: did you know that 1 green and 3 orange blinks of the iPod's light means : " Disable Buttons "..
So for all you people who dont want to keep guessing we have an image file for you to help you understand your iPod Shuffle better..


Note: The image used above is just for a preview.. To get a clearer view click on the download button right below..

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Speed Up Adobe Reader With Adobe Reader Light 9.1

Despite of being the world's favorite PDF Reader.. most of its users hate Adobe's PDF reader for one reason.. The damn thing takes ages to load!!! .. The unwanted features in Adobe Reader is what makes it take so long to load and is called the " Adobe Reader Bloat "..
Although Adobe reader has one major advantage over all the light weight readers ie it renders PDF documents in the most perfect manner where as many light weight readers fail to do so..
So to solve this problem of delayed loading times a few talented developers have removed the unwanted features and packed it into one small portable package that's now called Adobe Reader Lite..
The regular Adobe Reader 9 uses 204 MB of disk space while the lite version uses only 62.67 MB..

Features of Adobe Reader Lite 9.1:
* Removed features and plugins not required by average users..
* Autorun and desktop shortcuts removed..
* Start menu shortcut converted to non-advertised..
* Removed Beyond Adobe and License Agreement popups..
* Removed all auto-update features..
* Removed AcroRd32Info.exe therefore no errors filling up the event log..
* Form filling allowed..
* Disabled the "make Adobe Reader better" dialog-box and "Create PDF using Acrobat.com" from the toolbar..
* Cosmetic changes and removal of some other " not needed " features..

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Prevent Mouse And Keyboard Use When PC Unattended

Many a times you are reluctant to leave your computer unattended because you don't want people snooping around your private data..
Instead of leaving your PC on hibernate mode with password protection on, which consumes a lot of system resources.. Why not just temporarily disable all your input devices??
Today we will be discussing about a tiny software which will help you most when you are away from your PC..
It is called " Block Input " and as the name states it temporarily disables all input devices till the time you have specified..


Features:
* Can personalize the Hotkey which by default is " Ctrl+Q "..
* Can change the time out settings..
* Sits in the Windows System Tray..
* Consumes approx of 4MB memory for running..
* Compatible with most versions of Windows..

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Remove Icv.exe Trojan Virus

Trojans are dangerous to ones privacy and can assist in data theft.. To keep your PC clean its only best to have a good anti-virus and anti-spyware installed on your PC..
Icv.exe is an executable file that infect the " System32 " folder of your PC which has a moderate risk rating..

Type: Trojan Virus
Location: C:\WINDOWS\system32\icv.exe
Risk Level: Moderate

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