Use Ubuntu Live CD to Backup Files from Your Dead Windows Computer

If you've ever asked for help with your Windows computer that won't boot anymore, you've probably been told to "Backup all your data and then reinstall"… but if you can't boot, how can you get to your data? That's the question we'll be answering today.One of the easiest methods to access your data is to simply boot off an Ubuntu Live CD… and it's completely free (except for the cost of a blank cd).Burn an Ubuntu Live CDIf you...

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Solve Problem With Internet Navigation

We have seen a large number of computers coming in with problems navigation on the internet. Also unable to go to Windows update and viurs update sites. Here is a quick fix that also seems to speed navigation up some.Just for safety create a copy of the file before making changes.gotoC:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\ (Windows XP)C:\I386 (Windows 2000)Open the host with notepad.remove all entries bellow127.0.0.1 localhostthen save...

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How to hide your drives?

If u r having any important docs and u r afraid abt it . dont wory windows XP provides (not officialy ) a utility by which u can hide urs one or more drives . 1. Go to Start > run > type "diskpart". a dos window will appear with following discription: DISKPART> 2. then type "list volume" this will look like it Volume### Ltr...

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Covering your tracks at shutdown

Instead of deleting reg files the manual way one can create reg files to do that job without having to get ones hands dirty digging through all those registry entries.WarningDeleting reg keys indescriminately can and often leads to an inoperable system. Use with cautionTo delete a setting using a .reg file, set its value to a hyphen (-), as in this example:Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Test]"BinarySetting"=-To...

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Check your driver versions with these tips

How do you know whether a downloaded version is newer than the currently installed driver on your system? A good Readme file should provide this information and is the preferred option. In the absence of documentation, file dates offer some clues, but are not always reliable. A better indicator is to inspect the properties of the driver files themselves. After unzipping the downloaded driver files to a folder on a local or network...

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Save Help Topics as Shortcuts

Because the Internet Explorer engine is at the heart of the Help And Support Center, each topic has its own URL. If you know how to manipulate these URLs, you can save a specific Help topic as an external shortcut. Using that shortcut, you can jump directly to a specific topic without having to go through the Help And Support Center first. Unfortunately, Windows XP does not let you create a shortcut to a Help topic directly. To...

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Create hidden user accounts

You can prevent an account from appearing on the Welcome screen, thereby creating a "hidden" account. (It's not completely hidden, because the account is visible to administrators in Local Users And Groups and the account's profile in the Documents And Settings folder is visible to all users.) Use Registry Editor to open HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserLis t. Create a new DWORD value,...

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Are computers male or female?

A language instructor was explaining to her class that French nouns, unlike their English counterparts, are grammatically designated as masculine or feminine.Things like 'chalk' or 'pencil,' she described, would have a gender association although in English these words were neutral. Puzzled, one student raised his hand and asked, "What gender is a computer?"The teacher wasn't certain which it was,and so divided the class into...

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Things to Never Say to a Woman During an Argument : xD

* Whoa, time out. Football is on.* Sorry. I was just picturing you naked.* Is there any way we can do this via e-mail?* Don't you have some laundry to do or something?* You are so cute when you get mad.* You're just upset because your bottom is beginning to spread.* Wait a minute - I get it. What time of the month is it?* You sure you don't want to consult the great Oprah on this one?* Looks like someone had an extra bowl of...

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Top 10 Signs You Bought a Bad Computer

10. Lower corner of screen has the words "Etch-a-sketch" on it.9. Its celebrity spokesman is Red Green.8. You need jumper cables and a friend's car to start it.7. Its slogan is "Pentium: Redefining Mathematics".6. The Quick Reference Guide is written on a napkin.5. Whenever you turn it on, all the dogs in your neighborhood start howling.4. The screen frequently displays the message, "Is it time for a break yet?"3. Tech support...

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no wonder english is hard to learn

1. We polish the Polish furniture.2. He could lead if he would get the lead out.3. A farm can produce produce.4. The dump was so full it had to refuse refuse.5. The soldier decided to desert in the desert.6. The present is a good time to present the present.7. At the Army base, a bass was painted on the head of a bass drum.8. The dove dove into the bushes.9. I did not object to the object.10. The insurance for the invalid was...

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Math Lesson

A husband worte the following letter for his wife and left it on the dining room table:"To My Dear Wife,You will surely understand that I have certain needs that you, being 54 years old, can no longer satisfy. I am very happy with you and I value you as a good wife. Therefore, after reading this letter, I hope you will not wrongly interpret the fact that I will be spending the evening with my 18-year-old secretary at the Comfort...

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Do you know WHO I am?

It was the final examination for an introductory English course at the local university. Like many such freshman courses, it was designed to weed out new students, having over 700 students in the class! The examination was two hours long, and exam booklets were provided. The professor was very strict and told the class that any exam that was not on his desk in exactly two hours would not be accepted and the student would fail....

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Specimen Cup

There was an elderly man who wanted to make his younger wife pregnant. So, he went to the doctor to have a sperm count done. The doctor told him to take a specimen cup home, fill it, and bring it back the next day. The elderly man came back the next day and the specimen cup was empty and the lid was on it. Doctor: What was the problem? Elderly man: Well, you I tried with my right hand...nothing. So, I tried with my left hand...nothing....

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33 Reasons - Why It Is Good To Be A Man?

1. Your *arse* is never a factor in a job interview.2. Your orgasms are real. Always.3. Your last name stays put.4. The garage is all yours.5. Wedding plans take care of themselves.6. You never feel compelled to stop a friend from getting laid.7. Car mechanics tell you the truth.8. You don't give a rat's *arse* if someone notices your new haircut.9. Hot wax never comes near your pubic area.10. Same work .. more pay.11. Wrinkles-add...

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Hey, Hey ,Hey!

On December 24th at eleven o' clock p.m., a girl with a bathrobe on and a bikini underneath it comes downstairs to find Santa delivering presents to her and her family. Santa looks at her.The Girl: "Santa, will you please stay?"Santa: "Ho, ho, ho. Gotta go, gotta go. Gotta deliver all the presents before it snows."The girl takes off her bathrobe.The Girl: "Oh, Santa will you please stay?"Santa: "Ho, ho, ho. Gotta go, gotta go....

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Read Real Slow....

A Blonde And A Brunette Are Running A Ranch Together In Louisiana. They decide they need a bull to mate with their cows to increase their herd. The brunette takes their life savings of $600 dollars and goes to Texas to buy a bull. She eventually meets with an old cowboy that will sell her a bull. "It's the only one I've got for $599, take it or leave it." She buys the bull and goes to the local telegram office and says, "I'd like...

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Rail-way girl...

A railway inspector and his friend in a bar chating...Friend: Why have you got that big smile on your face.Railway inspector: I just had the best sex of my life!Friend:with who?Railway inspector: With this girl I found on the railway tracks.Friend: Oh yeah! What did she look like?Railway inspector: She had the most amazing body!Friend: Oh yeah! But what did she look like?Railway inspector: She had the most amazing legs!Friend:...

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Signs Your Dog Is More Intelligent Than You

10. Neighbors complain about loud music and howling coming from your apartment in the middle of the day.9. You find mysterious sculpture of a human (who looks strikingly like you) on a leash in your living room.8. Ice floating in toilet water.7. Neighborhood cats bring dog treats to your doorstep.6. Friends swear they've seen your car at the local meat-processing plant.5. You can never find the leftovers.4. The remote is covered...

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What's what??

A taxi driver was driving along when a nun stuck her thumb out, so he pulled over. The nun got into the car, and the driver started driving along.As he was driving along, they got to chatting, and the driver said, "My names Patrick and I'm a Catholic".Then the nun said, "My name's Sister Mary, and I work in the local nunery".They carried on talking, and the driver suddenly said, "Forgive me, Sister. But I have always wondered...

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IP AdressinG.....

Here you will learn about ip address network introduction and general overview of routing, subnet mask, subnetting, data communication. IP address is an identifier for a computer or device on a TCP/IP network and Internet. Networks that use the TCP/IP protocols route traffic based on the IP address of the destination computer or network device. The format of the IP address is 32 bits 4 octets 4 bytes such as 100.100.10.1, 210.100.22.30,...

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What is Subnetting?

Two network segments are restricted by distance limitations. Submetting or dividing the network into the segments is also required when localized network management is required for example accounting, sales, customer service departments. There is another reason for the subnetting, which is that the computers on the network, which use more bandwidth, needs to be separated from the rest of the computers. There are certain advantages...

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Ftp Error Codes What They Mean

FTP Error Messagessome nice info about ftp error codes so you know what they mean. i am sure you see them all the time and sometimes you dont know what they mean, so take a look here.The most common codes:421 - often means: too many users logged to the same account.530 - wrong loginass, some servers auto-switch to 530 from421 when they reach...

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Important Things to know about Vulnerability Assessment

This article intends to cover following topics about Vulnerability Assessment / Vulnerability analysis in brief.1. Meaning of vulnerable2. What is Vulnerability?3. What is Vulnerability Assessment?4. Who can exploit Vulnerabilities?5. Use of Vulnerability Assessment6. How Vulnerability Assessment is different from Threat analysis?1. Meaning of vulnerableVulnerable means weak and liable to be attacked.2. What is Vulnerability?Vulnerability...

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About IP

Before you can change your IP you need some information. This information includes your IP range, subnet mask, default gateway, dhcp server, and dns servers.1. Getting your IP range - Getting information about your IP range is not difficult, I recommend using Neo Trace on your own IP. But for my test just look at your IP address, say it's 24.193.110.13 you can definitely use the IP's found between 24.193.110.1 < [new IP] <...

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Find And Download Old Version Of Software Quickly

Did you upgrade your software and found that a feature is missing or you are having compatibility problem? Don’t fret yet, you can download the old version of the software from the company’s website. But sometimes they don’t link to old version of the software, in such cases you can try out OldVersion, it is a website dedicated to multiple...

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LetMeGoogleThatForYou.com

LetMeGoogleThatForYou.com allows you to enter any search query, then grab the resulting permalink to share it with someone else. For instance, if someone in a forum would ask “What does ’AFAIK’ stand for?”, you could (somewhat impolitely) point them to this search, which would then interactively perform a Google search for “afaik” for the visitor. (Kind of the next version of this even more impolite site… and nope, neither site...

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What's a Digitally Signed Driver?

I'm trying to install the drivers for this new device, and all of a sudden, Windows warns me that the drivers are not digitally signed. Is this something to worry about?Not even a little. A driver with a digital signature is one that has earned Microsoft's esteemed seal of approval, indicating that it has passed a series of rigorous compatibility tests administered by the Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL). In theory, this warning...

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Generate Colors Pallete Of Any Image Online

I covered a post on extracting colors from websites. But what if you want to extract colors from an image? CSS Drive’s Image to Colors Palette Generator is a free online service that lets you generate colors pallete instantly. You can either upload the image from your computer or enter an image link. Only png, .gif, .jpg and .jpeg images...

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Generate Colors Pallete Of Any Image Online

I covered a post on extracting colors from websites. But what if you want to extract colors from an image? CSS Drive’s Image to Colors Palette Generator is a free online service that lets you generate colors pallete instantly. You can either upload the image from your computer or enter an image link. Only png, .gif, .jpg and .jpeg images...

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What Is .DS_Store And How To Remove It?

What is .DS_Store? .DS_Store, which stands for Desktop Services Store is a hidden file created in every local folder in Mac OS X. This file stores custom attributes such as position of folder icons and the choice of background colors. By default it will be created in every local folder accessed by Mac OS X. Since it is hidden, it’s not a...

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Best strategy for Page File Management

#fullpost{display:inline;} On systems with 512 MB or more of physical memory, the large initial size of the page file can consume excessive amounts of disk space. On a system with 1 GB of RAM, for instance, the starting page file size is 1.5 GB, and under normal circumstances it's likely that this file will never be used. The best strategy for page-file management in this configuration is to set Initial Size to be relatively small—say,...

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What Really Happens When a Computer Starts

So you want to know what really goes on when you turn on your computer.Your computer follows a boot process that loads Windows XP, called the boot or startup sequence. This process loads all of the operating system files so you can actually use Windows XP. Here’s what happens:1. When you first turn on your computer, a power-on self test (POST) process occurs. Your computer checks its hardware and memory and then begins to load...

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Find Out More About Your Hardware

I've read of a bug that affects a certain type of motherboard chipset, but this information isn't exactly laseretched on the front of my PC. How can I find out what's inside my PC without having to pop the hood?Your PC is made up of dozens of separate components, most of which aren't made by your PC vendor. Although you can certainly open up your computer and look at the label on your hard disk or CPU, most of the "devices" are...

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Best strategy for Page File Management

#fullpost{display:inline;} On systems with 512 MB or more of physical memory, the large initial size of the page file can consume excessive amounts of disk space. On a system with 1 GB of RAM, for instance, the starting page file size is 1.5 GB, and under normal circumstances it's likely that this file will never be used. The best strategy for page-file management in this configuration is to set Initial Size to be relatively small—say,...

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What Really Happens When a Computer Starts

So you want to know what really goes on when you turn on your computer.Your computer follows a boot process that loads Windows XP, called the boot or startup sequence. This process loads all of the operating system files so you can actually use Windows XP. Here’s what happens:1. When you first turn on your computer, a power-on self test (POST) process occurs. Your computer checks its hardware and memory and then begins to load...

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Find Out More About Your Hardware

I've read of a bug that affects a certain type of motherboard chipset, but this information isn't exactly laseretched on the front of my PC. How can I find out what's inside my PC without having to pop the hood?Your PC is made up of dozens of separate components, most of which aren't made by your PC vendor. Although you can certainly open up your computer and look at the label on your hard disk or CPU, most of the "devices" are...

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Controlling StartUp with Boot.ini switches (explained)

The ARC path syntax supports more than 30 different switches that enable you to control various aspects of the Windows XP startup (or another operating system, as long as it’s Windows XP, Windows 2000, or Windows NT 4). You can either enter these switches by hand when editing Boot.ini in Notepad, or use the check boxes on the BOOT.INI tab of the System Configuration Utility. Here’s a summary of the switches that are most useful:...

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Quick troubleshooting tip using msconfig.exe

If you have a large number of check boxes to test (such as on the Services tab), selecting one check box at a time and rebooting can be tedious, to say the least. A faster method—called “troubleshooting by halves”—is to begin by selecting the first half of the check boxes and rebooting. One of two things will happen:The problem doesn’t reoccur. This means that one of the items represented by the cleared check boxes is the culprit....

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Keep track of your all your XP updates

If you have Windows XP set up to perform automatic updating, you can keep tabs on the changes made to your system by examining the Windows Update.log file, which you’ll find in the %SystemRoot% folder. You can also review your Windows Update changes by going to the Windows Update site (select Start, All Programs, Windows Update) and clicking the View Installation History li...

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