Tag: Evolve

Increase Bitorrent speeds on Windows

Ever wonder why your Torrents upload and download speeds are slow despite being on Broadband? Well, most ISP’s (Internet Service Providers) use a product called Sandvine for packet shaping.  While this article does not go into details about packet shaping, it does offer a way around Sandvine on Windows

3D desktop for Windows

T3Desk lets you manage your applications more easily in a 3D desktop adding the third dimension to your Windows screen. “3Dmized” windows will appear in three dimensions and transparent on your screen and have the ability to be flipped, zoomed, moved, swiveled in almost anyway you want. T3Desk is lightweight on your resources, unlike most applications of its kind. Best of all, its free

Winblinds, theme ware for Windows

Theme any part of Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP/Windows 7 to look like anything you want.   Link

Thuderbird hits 3.0

Open-Source Email client Thunderbird has made significant features which include; Memory Improvement, advanced search and filtering features, all for free.  You can download your copy Here, or read the whole list of features below

How to Uninstall IE8 from Vista or Windows 7

How to Uninstall Internet Explorer 8 from Windows Vista or for Windows Server 2008

Google Chrome Now with Linux and Mac Support

Google Chrome, an alternative to Internet Explorer, Safari, or Mozilla Firefox now offers a  Mac version or the Linux version now.

 

How to Remove Windows Root Kits

Removing malware or Windows Root kits is easily done manually. Here is how

FireFound

FireFound is an add-on for Firefox and Fennec (mobile Firefox) that helps your find your computer (or mobile phone, in the case of Fennec) if it is lost or stolen. Every time your computer’s location changes, FireFound sends a secure message to a central server with its current location. You can then log into the server and see your computer’s current location.

All of the location data is encrypted, so no one can find out where your computer is without your password

Windows 7 and Windows Vista PerformanceTweak

For those of you wishing to get the most out of your memory hungry Windows Operating System, the guide can help disable unneeded services reducing both memory used and increasing performance.

NSA Guides to Securing your O/S

Operating Systems

NSA has developed and makes online guides to making your O/s secure.  These guides are currently being used throughout the U.S.government and by numerous entities as a security baseline for their systems.

IE 7.0 User Agent Switcher

With Internet Explorer 7.0 ready for download, many websites still will not function with Microsoft’s new browser. Here is a tool to allow your I.E. 7.0 report its user string as I.E. 6.0. Or you could just go with Firefox

You can download Internet Explorer User Agent Switcher Here

Google buys YouTube

Google Inc has officially purchased YouTube, a video sharing site for 1.65 billion dollars.

Remove Microsoft Genuine Advantage

How to remove Microsoft Genuine Advantage

 

1. Go to system root /windows / downloaded Programs.
Note, for most installs this is \”C:\\windows\\Downloaded Program Files\”

2. You should see an object called \”Windows Genuine Advantage Tool

3. Right click and choose remove

Note the files used by this are Legitcheckcontroll.DLL , Legitcheckcontrol.inf, Gwfspidgen.dll.

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Windows XP / 2000 Broadband Tweak

Just Paste into a text file. Rename the text file to .REG and then merge into your registry and reboot.

 

Windows 3.1 on a Floppy

Yes you can run windows 3.1 on a boot floppy. Feel 1991 all over again. Project can be found here

Cisco Patches Serios Flaw

Cisco Systems flagship IOS, the basis of running their routers , switches, and firewall products had a serious Denial of Service flaw. –Source Eweek