Internet Connection Sharing on Windows XP

Internet Connection Sharing on Windows XP

This trick shows you how to share your internet connections on multiple computers within a workgroup with Windows XP. Windows XP has a built-in feature that called "Internet Connection Sharing" (ICS) that allows home users to share their internet connections on multiple computers.
If you are not familiar with the network configurations, the easiest way to share your internet connection is to purchase a router or hub. Use this trick only if you don't have a router, or don't want to use a router, or if you just want to try out the feature.
A simple way to understand this feature is, you are making your host computer (the computer directly connects to the internet) functioning as a router for other computers.

What do you need?

• A "Host" computer that running Windows XP. This computer must have at least TWO (2) network adapters. One adapter - let's call it "Adapter #1" - connects to the internet and another, "Adapter #2", connects to a hub or directly to other computers.
• Client computer(s), which run any version of Windows. A client computer can be connected to the host computer directly by a cross-over cable or indirectly through a hub.
• This trick assumes that the host computer is connected to the internet and you are able to access the internet on this computer.

Configure the Host Computer

1. Logon the host computer as Administrator.
2. Click Start >> Control Panel.
3. Click Network and Internet Connections.
4. Click Network Connections.
5. Right-click the connection that you use to connect to the internet (the connection with Adapter #1). This connection can be either a high-speed internet connection or a dial-up connection.
6. Click Properties.
7. Click Advanced tab.
8. Under Internet Connection Sharing, select the Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection check box.
9. If you are sharing a dial-up Internet connection, select the Establish a dial-up connection whenever a computer on my network attempts to access the Internet check box if you want to permit your computer to automatically connect to the Internet.
10. Click OK. You'll reieve the following message:
    When Internet Connection Sharing is enabled, your LAN adapter will be set to use IP address 192.168.0.1. Your computer may lose connectivity with other computers on your network. If these other computers have static IP addresses, it is a good idea to set them to obtain their IP addresses automatically. Are you sure you want to enable Internet Connection Sharing?
11. Click Yes.

Configure the Client Computer(s)
To use the shared connection from the Host computer, a client computer must be configured with "Automatic IP address". The main configurations are:

1. Configure TCP/IP Automatic IP
2. Configure Internet Connection

The steps for the above two configurations are vary on different versions of Windows.
The following procedures are for Windows XP client computers.

1. Log on to the client computer as Administrator or as Owner.
2. Click Start >> Control Panel.
3. Click Network and Internet Connections.
4. Click Network Connections.
5. Right-click Local Area Connection, and then click Properties.
6. Click the General tab, click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) in the This connection uses the following items list, and then click Properties.
7. In the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties dialog box, click Obtain an IP address automatically (if it is not already selected), and then click OK.
   
   
   
8. Click Start >> Control Panel
9. Click Network and Internet Connections.
10. Click Internet Options.
11. In the Internet Properties dialog box, click the Connections tab.
12. Click the Setup button. The New Connection Wizard starts.
13. On the Welcome to the New Connection Wizard page, click Next.
14. Click Connect to the Internet, and then click Next.
15. Click Set up my connection manually, and then click Next.
16. Click Connect using a broadband connection that is always on, and then click Next.
17. On the Completing the New Connection Wizard page, click Finish.
18. Exit Control Panel and test the internet. You might need to restart the computer.

Get in windows 2000 as Administrator !!!!

Get in windows 2000 as Administrator.
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> NOTE: Requires a boot disk.
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> Get the command prompt and go to C:\winnt\sytem32\config\ and do
the following commands:
> attrib -a -r -h
> copy sam * a:\
> del Sam*
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> reboot the computer. there should be no administrator password.
just put in administrator and hit enter. replace the sam files to
restore the password to hide intrusion.

Delete Files From The Recent File List In Windows !!

This tip requires a change to the Windows Registry. Please see the MSFN Guide "Backup Your Registry" if you are new to the Windows Registry.

Windows Media Player (WMP) is a built-in application that allows you to play multimedia files. Like many other applications, WMP remembers the most recently played files and displays them in the Recent File List under the File menu. This feature is useful if you regularly play certain files, but you may want to clear the list if you share the computer and a user account or create archives and CDs.

There are two ways you can clear the list:

I. The ClearMRU.exe Utility is available for free in the Windows Media Player Bonus Pack from Microsoft, but Microsoft does not support this tool.

II. You can also manually delete the list through the Windows Registry:

1. Start the Windows Registry Editor, regedit.exe, by typing regedit in the Windows Run Command Line.

2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\RecentFileList.

3. Delete the RecentFileList subkey.

4. If you've also streamed content from the Internet, you can delete the RecentURLList subkey.

5. Exit the Registry Editor.

6. Restart the computer.

To keep certain files in the list, don't delete the entire key. Deleting individual entries within the key will get rid of the files that you no longer want in the Recent File List.

Convert To Basic And Dynamic Disks In Windows Xp

Windows XP Professional supports two types of disk storage: basic and dynamic. Basic disk storage uses partition-oriented disks. A basic disk contains basic volumes (primary partitions, extended partitions, and logical drives).

Dynamic disk storage uses volume-oriented disks, and includes features that basic disks do not, such as the ability to create volumes that span multiple disks (spanned and striped volumes).

General Notes
Before you change a basic disk to a dynamic disk, note these items:


You must have at least 1 megabyte (MB) of free space on any master boot record (MBR) disk that you want to convert. This space is automatically reserved when the partition or volume is created in Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows XP Professional. However, it may not be available on partitions or volumes that are created in other operating systems.

When you convert to a dynamic disk, the existing partitions or logical drives on the basic disk are converted to simple volumes on the dynamic disk.

After you convert to a dynamic disk, the dynamic volumes cannot be changed back to partitions. You must first delete all dynamic volumes on the disk, and then convert the dynamic disk back to a basic disk. If you want to keep your data, you must first back up or move the data to another volume.

After you convert to a dynamic disk, local access to the dynamic disk is limited to Windows XP Professional and Windows 2000.

If your disk contains multiple installations of Windows XP Professional or Windows 2000, do not convert to a dynamic disk. The conversion operation removes partition entries for all partitions on the disk with the exception of the system and boot volumes for the current operating system.

Dynamic disks are not supported on portable computers or Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition.

Before you change a dynamic disk back to a basic disk, note that all existing volumes must be deleted from the disk before you can convert it back to a basic disk. If you want to keep your data, back up the data, or move your data to another volume.

How to Convert a Basic Disk to a Dynamic Disk

To convert a basic disk to a dynamic disk:

1) Log on as Administrator or as a member of the Administrators group.

2) Click Start, and then click Control Panel.

3) Click Performance and Maintenance, click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Computer Management.

4) In the left pane, click Disk Management.

5) In the lower-right pane, right-click the basic disk that you want to convert, and then click Convert to Dynamic Disk.

NOTE:You must right-click the gray area that contains the disk title on the left side of the Details pane. For example, right-click Disk 0.

6) Select the check box that is next to the disk that you want to convert (if it is not already selected), and then clickOK.

7) Click Details if you want to view the list of volumes in the disk.

8) Click Convert.

9) Click Yes when you are prompted to convert, and then click OK.

How to Convert a Dynamic Disk to a Basic Disk

To change a dynamic disk back to a basic disk:

1) Back up all the data on all the volumes on the disk you want to convert to a basic disk.

2) Log on as Administrator or as a member of the Administrators group.

3) Click Start, and then click Control Panel.

4) Click Performance and Maintenance, click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Computer Management.

5) In the left pane, click Disk Management.

6) Right-click a volume on the dynamic disk that you want to change to a basic disk, and then click Delete Volume.

7) Click Yes when you are prompted to delete the volume.

8) Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each volume on the dynamic disk.

9) After you have deleted all the volumes on the dynamic disk, right-click the dynamic disk that you want to change to a basic disk, and then click Convert to Basic Disk.

NOTE:You must right-click the gray area that contains the disk title on the left side of the Details pane. For example, right-click Disk 1.

DirectX explained !!!!!!

Ever wondered just what that enigmatic name means?

Gaming and multimedia applications are some of the most satisfying programs you can get for your PC, but getting them to run properly isn’t always as easy as it could be. First, the PC architecture was never designed as a gaming platform. Second, the wide-ranging nature of the PC means that one person’s machine can be different from another. While games consoles all contain the same hardware, PCs don’t: the massive range of difference can make gaming a headache.


To alleviate as much of the pain as possible, Microsoft needed to introduce a common standard which all games and multimedia applications could follow – a common interface between the OS and whatever hardware is installed in the PC, if you like. This common interface is DirectX, something which can be the source of much confusion.

DirectX is an interface designed to make certain programming tasks much easier, for both the game developer and the rest of us who just want to sit down and play the latest blockbuster. Before we can explain what DirectX is and how it works though, we need a little history lesson.

DirectX history
Any game needs to perform certain tasks again and again. It needs to watch for your input from mouse, joystick or keyboard, and it needs to be able to display screen images and play sounds or music. That’s pretty much any game at the most simplistic level.

Imagine how incredibly complex this was for programmers developing on the early pre-Windows PC architecture, then. Each programmer needed to develop their own way of reading the keyboard or detecting whether a joystick was even attached, let alone being used to play the game. Specific routines were needed even to display the simplest of images on the screen or play a simple sound.

Essentially, the game programmers were talking directly to your PC’s hardware at a fundamental level. When Microsoft introduced Windows, it was imperative for the stability and success of the PC platform that things were made easier for both the developer and the player. After all, who would bother writing games for a machine when they had to reinvent the wheel every time they began work on a new game? Microsoft’s idea was simple: stop programmers talking directly to the hardware, and build a common toolkit which they could use instead. DirectX was born.

How it works
At the most basic level, DirectX is an interface between the hardware in your PC and Windows itself, part of the Windows API or Application Programming Interface. Let’s look at a practical example. When a game developer wants to play a sound file, it’s simply a case of using the correct library function. When the game runs, this calls the DirectX API, which in turn plays the sound file. The developer doesn’t need to know what type of sound card he’s dealing with, what it’s capable of, or how to talk to it. Microsoft has provided DirectX, and the sound card manufacturer has provided a DirectX-capable driver. He asks for the sound to be played, and it is – whichever machine it runs on.

From our point of view as gamers, DirectX also makes things incredibly easy – at least in theory. You install a new sound card in place of your old one, and it comes with a DirectX driver. Next time you play your favourite game you can still hear sounds and music, and you haven’t had to make any complex configuration changes.

Originally, DirectX began life as a simple toolkit: early hardware was limited and only the most basic graphical functions were required. As hardware and software has evolved in complexity, so has DirectX. It’s now much more than a graphical toolkit, and the term has come to encompass a massive selection of routines which deal with all sorts of hardware communication. For example, the DirectInput routines can deal with all sorts of input devices, from simple two-button mice to complex flight joysticks. Other parts include DirectSound for audio devices and DirectPlay provides a toolkit for online or multiplayer gaming.

DirectX versions
The current version of DirectX at time of writing is DirectX 9.0. This runs on all versions of Windows from Windows 98 up to and including Windows Server 2003 along with every revision in between. It doesn’t run on Windows 95 though: if you have a machine with Windows 95 installed, you’re stuck with the older and less capable 8.0a. Windows NT 4 also requires a specific version – in this case, it’s DirectX 3.0a.

With so many versions of DirectX available over the years, it becomes difficult to keep track of which version you need. In all but the most rare cases, all versions of DirectX are backwardly compatible – games which say they require DirectX 7 will happily run with more recent versions, but not with older copies. Many current titles explicitly state that they require DirectX 9, and won’t run without the latest version installed. This is because they make use of new features introduced with this version, although it has been known for lazy developers to specify the very latest version as a requirement when the game in question doesn’t use any of the new enhancements. Generally speaking though, if a title is version locked like this, you will need to upgrade before you can play. Improvements to the core DirectX code mean you may even see improvements in many titles when you upgrade to the latest build of DirectX. Downloading and installing DirectX need not be complex, either.

Upgrading DirectX
All available versions of Windows come with DirectX in one form or another as a core system component which cannot be removed, so you should always have at least a basic implementation of the system installed on your PC. However, many new games require the very latest version before they work properly, or even at all.

Generally, the best place to install the latest version of DirectX from is the dedicated section of the Microsoft Web site, which is found at www.microsoft.com/windows/directx. As we went to press, the most recent build available for general download was DirectX 9.0b. You can download either a simple installer which will in turn download the components your system requires as it installs, or download the complete distribution package in one go for later offline installation.

Another good source for DirectX is games themselves. If a game requires a specific version, it’ll be on the installation CD and may even be installed automatically by the game’s installer itself. You won’t find it on magazine cover discs though, thanks to Microsoft’s licensing terms.

Diagnosing problems

Diagnosing problems with a DirectX installation can be problematic, especially if you don’t know which one of the many components is causing your newly purchased game to fall over. Thankfully, Microsoft provides a useful utility called the DirectX Diagnostic Tool, although this isn’t made obvious. You won’t find this tool in the Start Menu with any version of Windows, and each tends to install it in a different place.

The easiest way to use it is to open the Start Menu’s Run dialog, type in dxdiag and then click OK. When the application first loads, it takes a few seconds to interrogate your DirectX installation and find any problems. First, the DirectX Files tab displays version information on each one of the files your installation uses. The Notes section at the bottom is worth checking, as missing or corrupted files will be flagged here.

The tabs marked Display, Sound, Music, Input and Network all relate to specific areas of DirectX, and all but the Input tab provide tools to test the correct functioning on your hardware. Finally, the More Help tab provides a useful way to start the DirectX Troubleshooter, Microsoft’s simple linear problem solving tool for many common DirectX issues.

Broken Internet explorer ?, How to fix it ? tutorial ...

So one of your friends, “not you of course”, has managed to nuke Internet Explorer and they are unsure how they did it. You’ve eliminated the possibility of viruses and adware, so this just leaves you and a broken IE. Before you begin to even consider running a repair install of the OS, let’s try to do a repair on IE instead.

THE REPAIR PROCESS

Start the Registry Editor by typing regedit from the Run box. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Active Setup \ Installed Components \ {89820200-ECBD-11cf-8B85-00AA005B4383} and then right-click the “IsInstalled value.” Click Modify. From there, you will change the value from 1 to 0. All right, go ahead and close the editor and reinstall IE from this location. /http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx

IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG

If messing with the registry and something goes horribly wrong, you can use “Last Known Good Configuration (F8 Safe Mode)” or a Restore Point to get back to where you were before, with your settings. Then you can try again, this time taking care to watch the portion of the registry you are changing. Most people who have troubles with this end up changing the wrong registry key.

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BIOS Update Procedure... !!

BIOS Update Procedure

All latest Motherboards today, 486/ Pentium / Pentium Pro etc.,ensure that upgrades are easily obtained by incorporating the system BIOS in a FLASH Memory component. With FLASH BIOS, there is no need to replace an EPROM component. Once downloaded, the upgrade utility fits on a floppy disc allowing the user to save, verify and update the system BIOS. A hard drive or a network drive can also be used to run the newer upgrade utilities. However, memory managers can not be installed while upgrading.

Most pre-Pentium motherboards do not have a Flash BIOS. The following instructions therefore do not apply to these boards. If your motherboard does not have a Flash BIOS (EEPROM) you will need to use an EPROM programmer to re-program the BIOS chip. See your dealer for more information about this.

Please read the following instructions in full before starting a Flash BIOS upgrade:
A. Create a Bootable Floppy (in DOS)

•With a non-formatted disk, type the following:

format a:/s

•If using a formatted disk, type:

sys a:

This procedure will ensure a clean boot when you are flashing the new BIOS.

B. Download the BIOS file

•Download the correct BIOS file by clicking on the file name of the BIOS file you wish to download.

•Save the BIOS file and the Flash Utility file in the boot disk you have created. Unzip the BIOS file and the flash utility file. If you don't have an "unzip" utility, download the WinZip for Windows 95 shareware/ evaluation copy for that one time use from _www.winzip.com or _www.pkware.com. Most CD ROMs found in computer magazines, have a shareware version of WinZip on them.

•You should have extracted two files:

Flash BIOS utility eg: flash7265.exe (for example)

BIOS eg: 6152J900.bin (example)

Use the latest flash utility available unless otherwise specified (either on the BIOS update page or in the archive file). This information is usually provided.

C. Upgrade the System BIOS

During boot up, write down the old BIOS version because you will need to use it for the BIOS backup file name.

Place the bootable floppy disk containing the BIOS file and the Flash Utility in drive a, and reboot the system in MS-DOS, preferably Version 6.22

•At the A:> prompt, type the corresponding Flash BIOS utility and the BIOS file with its extension.

For example:

flash625 615j900.bin

•From the Flash Memory Writer menu, select "Y" to "Do you want to save BIOS?" if you want to save (back up) your current BIOS (strongly recommended), then type the name of your current BIOS and its extension after FILE NAME TO SAVE: eg: a:\613J900.bin

Alternatively select "N" if you don't want to save your current BIOS. Beware, though, that you won't be able to recover from a possible failure.

•Select "Y" to "Are you sure to program?"

•Wait until it displays "Message: Power Off or Reset the system"

Once the BIOS has been successfully loaded, remove the floppy disk and reboot the system. If you write to BIOS but cannot complete the procedure, do not switch off, because the computer will not be able to boo, and you will not be given another chance to flash. In this case leave your system on until you resolve the problem (flashing BIOS with old file is a possible solution, provided you've made a backup before)

Make sure the new BIOS version has been loaded properly by taking note of the BIOS identifier as the system is rebooting.

For AMI BIOS
Once the BIOS has been successfully loaded, remove the floppy disk and reboot the system holding the "END" key prior to power on until you enter CMOS setup. If you do not do this the first time booting up after upgrading the BIOS, the system will hang.

BIOS Update Tips
note:
1.Make sure never to turn off or reset your computer during the flash process. This will corrupt the BIOS data. We also recommend that you make a copy of your current BIOS on the bootable floppy so you can reflash it if you need to. (This option is not available when flashing an AMI BIOS).

2. If you have problems installing your new BIOS please check the following:

Have you done a clean boot?
In other words, did you follow the above procedure for making a bootable floppy? This ensures that when booting from "A" there are no device drivers on the diskette. Failing to do a clean boot is the most common cause for getting a "Memory Insufficient" error message when attempting to flash a BIOS.

If you have not used a bootable floppy, insure a clean boot either by

a) pressing F5 during boot up

b) by removing all device drivers on the CONFIG.SYS including the HIMEM.SYS. Do this by using the EDIT command.

Have you booted up under DOS?
Booting in Windows is another common cause for getting a "Memory Insufficient" error message when attempting to flash a BIOS. Make sure to boot up to DOS with a minimum set of drivers. Important: Booting in DOS does not mean selecting "Restart computer in MS-DOS Mode" from Windows98/95 shutdown menu or going to Prompt mode in WindowsNT, but rather following the above procedure (format a: /s and rebooting from a:\).

Have you entered the full file name of the flash utility and the BIOS plus its extension?
Do not forget that often you will need to add a drive letter (a:\) before flashing the BIOS. Example: when asked for file name of new BIOS file which is on your floppy disk, in case you're working from c:\ your will need to type a:\615j900.bin, rather than 615j900.bin only.

The next generation file system for Windows8 :- ReFS

 The new file system introduced in the latest windows 8  Resilient File System, or ReFS, as a "next generation file system" built on the foundations of the NTFS. By reusing NTFS' API / semantics engine, ReFS hopes to retain a high level of compatibility with NTFS features. Underneath the existing semantics engine, the new file system introduces a new storage engine that hopes to protect against latent disk errors, resist data corruption, uphold metadata integrity, grant large volume, file and directory size -- and well, just build a better storage system in general.

The key goals of ReFS are:

    * Maintain a high degree of compatibility with a subset of NTFS features that are widely adopted while deprecating others that provide limited value at the cost of system complexity and footprint.
    * Verify and auto-correct data. Data can get corrupted due to a number of reasons and therefore must be verified and, when possible, corrected automatically. Metadata must not be written in place to avoid the possibility of “torn writes,” which we will talk about in more detail below.
    * Optimize for extreme scale. Use scalable structures for everything. Don’t assume that disk-checking algorithms, in particular, can scale to the size of the entire file system.
    * Never take the file system offline. Assume that in the event of corruptions, it is advantageous to isolate the fault while allowing access to the rest of the volume. This is done while salvaging the maximum amount of data possible, all done live.
    * Provide a full end-to-end resiliency architecture when used in conjunction with the Storage Spaces feature, which was co-designed and built in conjunction with ReFS.

The key features of ReFS are as follows (note that some of these features are provided in conjunction with Storage Spaces).

    * Metadata integrity with checksums
    * Integrity streams providing optional user data integrity
    * Allocate on write transactional model for robust disk updates (also known as copy on write)
    * Large volume, file and directory sizes
    * Storage pooling and virtualization makes file system creation and management easy
    * Data striping for performance (bandwidth can be managed) and redundancy for fault tolerance
    * Disk scrubbing for protection against latent disk errors
    * Resiliency to corruptions with "salvage" for maximum volume availability in all cases
    * Shared storage pools across machines for additional failure tolerance and load balancing

In addition, ReFS inherits the features and semantics from NTFS including BitLocker encryption, access-control lists for security, USN journal, change notifications, symbolic links, junction points, mount points, reparse points, volume snapshots, file IDs, and oplocks.

And of course, data stored on ReFS is accessible through the same file access APIs on clients that are used on any operating system that can access today’s NTFS volumes.

FAQ:

Q) Why is it named ReFS?

ReFS stands for Resilient File System. Although it is designed to be better in many dimensions, resiliency stands out as one of its most prominent features.

Q) What are the capacity limits of ReFS?

The table above shows the capacity limits of the on-disk format. Other concerns may determine some practical limits, such as the system configuration (for example, the amount of memory), limits set by various system components, as well as time taken to populate data sets, backup times, etc.

Q) Can I convert data between NTFS and ReFS?

In Windows 8 there is no way to convert data in place. Data can be copied. This was an intentional design decision given the size of data sets that we see today and how impractical it would be to do this conversion in place, in addition to the likely change in architected approach before and after conversion.

Q) Can I boot from ReFS in Windows Server 8?

No, this is not implemented or supported.

Q) Can ReFS be used on removable media or drives?

No, this is not implemented or supported.

Q) What semantics or features of NTFS are no longer supported on ReFS?

The NTFS features we have chosen to not support in ReFS are: named streams, object IDs, short names, compression, file level encryption (EFS), user data transactions, sparse, hard-links, extended attributes, and quotas.

Q) What about parity spaces and ReFS?

ReFS is supported on the fault resiliency options provided by Storage Spaces. In Windows Server 8, automatic data correction is implemented for mirrored spaces only.

Q) Is clustering supported?

Failover clustering is supported, whereby individual volumes can failover across machines. In addition, shared storage pools in a cluster are supported.

Q) What about RAID? How do I use ReFS capabilities of striping, mirroring, or other forms of RAID? Does ReFS deliver the read performance needed for video, for example?

ReFS leverages the data redundancy capabilities of Storage Spaces, which include striped mirrors and parity. The read performance of ReFS is expected to be similar to that of NTFS, with which it shares a lot of the relevant code. It will be great at streaming data.

Q) How come ReFS does not have deduplication, second level caching between DRAM & storage, and writable snapshots?

ReFS does not itself offer deduplication. One side effect of its familiar, pluggable, file system architecture is that other deduplication products will be able to plug into ReFS the same way they do with NTFS.

ReFS does not explicitly implement a second-level cache, but customers can use third-party solutions for this.

ReFS and VSS work together to provide snapshots in a manner consistent with NTFS in Windows environments. For now, they don’t support writable snapshots or snapshots larger than 64TB.

Source :- Building of windows8

Interact Mobile

Easily access the information stored on your intranet – at any time, from anywhere

For more details visit :- http://www.interact-intranet.com/product/feature/intranet-mobile/

Many organizations have traveling employees or workers that spend a considerable amount of time out of the office.  Without rapid access to important information, these workers will find it hard to keep in touch with vital company developments or make vital decisions. Having instant access to accurate information is particularly important if information and documentation changes frequently. This can often be the case with product pricing and promotions.

Interact Mobile enables your staff to gain access to the information that’s stored on your intranet at any time, from anywhere with a wireless signal. Users can effortlessly access all content either by navigating the menu structure or via the intelligent search engine, which is fully available on a web-enabled smartphone.

With Interact Mobile it’s easy for users to communicate and collaborate via the intranet. This helps build a sense of community within an organization, and thereby boosting morale and productivity. Importantly, it ensures that new ideas are shared and refined by enabling more employees to participate in discussions via the intranet.

Interact Mobile enables you to access a wide range of content types, including HTML documents, Office files, blog posts, hyperlinks.  The staff directory is also fully searchable - giving your staff instant access to contact details for the entire business.

The interface has been carefully optimized for handheld mobile devices and can be used on many types of smartphones and PDAs, running platforms such as Windows Mobile, RIM BlackBerry, Apple iPhone and Android Smartphones.

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Facebook API abuse can expose private user data, say hackers !!!!

IDG News Service - Facebook is ignoring a serious shortcoming in the way it limits application developers' access to information about Facebook users, according to a pair of hackers.

The problem is in the way Facebook's APIs (application programming interfaces) work, and could even lead to unauthorized password changes, according to hatter and ErrProne, two members of hacking think-tank Blackhat Academy.

Facebook applications use a special query language called FQL (Facebook Query Language) to extract and modify user information stored in the social network's database. This proprietary language is well documented and the information is public, allowing anyone to learn it.

Querying sensitive user information such as email addresses through FQL requires an API key, a unique identifier Facebook attributes to each app, but a lot of other private information can be extracted from the database without any such restrictions. The two hackers even provided working proof-of-concept code in their advisory.

According to hatter, API keys have too much power from the moment they are issued, and obtaining one is simple. A malicious programmer could obtain and abuse an API key while the associated app was still in development. Applications have access to more data while in that phase, before they are released; after Facebook reviews an app, it will restrict its rights to allow access only to the data the app needs to function.

However, attackers don't even need their own API key to extract data. They can piggyback on the key of a legitimate app by installing it on their profile and feeding it information requests with altered user ids. Depending on the application's permissions, this technique can be used to gather information from other users with the app installed, even if those users only shared the information with their friends.

This sort of abuse would likely be detected quickly by Facebook's security team, but attackers would still have enough time to grab the information they want before being blocked.

Blackhat Academy notified Facebook of this issue over two months ago, according to Hatter, and the group decided to publish the details only because the social networking giant doesn't share its concerns.

A Facebook spokesman dismissed the claims, saying: "What this person calls an 'FQL Injection' is simply our Facebook Platform APIs working as intended."

"We have a dedicated team that does a robust review of the applications accessing our APIs. This team uses a risk-based approach, looking at applications' velocity as defined by number of users or pieces of data shared," said the spokesman. "When a potentially bad application is reported to us or detected by our systems, we act swiftly to remove or sanction it before it gains access to data."

The hackers disagree, saying that Facebook probably didn't understand the full scope of the attack. "FQL injection is present in applications -- or you can just query the API directly," said Hatter.

The hacker is not convinced of the efficiency of Facebook's defenses either. "Analyzing applications based on velocity is awesome against worms and malware that spread rapidly. However, if a single user is the desired target, it does not help so much. An attacker could easily trick the target into running a single malicious app," he said.

Facebook's application platform has long been a source of privacy and security risks. Earlier this year, it was discovered that many apps, even top ones, were sharing and in some cases selling user ids to advertisers. This allowed them to build profiles used for behavioral advertising.

Earlier this week Trend Micro reported an incident where attackers managed to serve drive-by download exploits through malicious ads displayed in a legitimate app. These are clear indications that Facebook can't guarantee a good behavior from every app on its network and the overexposed APIs are just one more thing ill-intentioned individuals can exploit.

Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius !!!!!! :(

The co-founder of Apple was 56 years old. Jobs had been battling a rare form of pancreatic cancer for years.

MAKING OF APPLE COMPUTERS : TIMELINE
===========================

1976: In April 1976, 26-year old Steve Wozniak and 21 year-old Steve Jobs, both college dropouts found Apple Computer, Inc. Both partners had sold their most valuable possessions, a van and two calculators to raise USD 1,300 to start the company.

1980: Apple renewed itself into public ownership in December 1980. Its offering of 4.6 million shares at USD 22 each sold out in minutes. 1981’s second offering of 2.6 million shares too sold out almost immediately.

1982: By January 1982, Apple had sold 6,50,000 computers worldwide. And, in December 1982, it became the first personal computer company to reach the USD 1 billion mark in annual sales.

1984: Debut of the Macintosh — Apple sold 70,000 Macintosh computers in the first 100 days. However, Macintosh sales temporarily fell-off after a promising start, and the company was disturbed by internal problems.

1985: Internal strife continued, John Sculley assumed the helm post the departure of Jobs and other Apple executives. They founded a new computer company, NeXT Incorporated as a rival to Apple.

1991: 1990s saw the crippling an industry giant at the back of mismanagement. However, the PowerBook series released in 1991 garnered a 21% market share in less than six months —Apple was all set to ride the digital wave of the next century.

1996: Return of Jobs — In December 1996, Apple paid USD 377 million to buy NeXT, led by Steve Jobs. Jobs, Apple's visionary was back as a special advisor, 12-years after he had left.

1997: Steve Jobs was named interim chief executive officer and Apple now focused exclusively on desktop and portable Macintoshes. Jobs shut plants, laid off thousands of workers, and sold stock to rival Microsoft for receiving cash infusion of USD 150 million in exchange.

1998: Though Apple's organizational hierarchy underwent sweeping reorganization in 1997, the most visible indication of Jobs's return was unveiled in August 1998. The all-in-one massively successful iMac was released.

2000: Jobs well done — With Jobs’s restorative efforts, Apple was again a profitable company. The company gained 94% in net income, profits swelled to USD 601 million and stock climbed 140% in 1999. And, Jobs's returned to Apple on a permanent basis.


2008: Apple’s shares began a dramatic climb with soaring sales and earnings. From USD 119 in late-February 2008, the stocks were nearly USD 190 in May 2008 and then crashed with the market meltdown later that year.

2011: Reinforcing the rise since the start of 2009, Apple has been witnessing explosive growth in sales and profit from iPhones, iPods, iPads and Macs.

August 25, 2011: Apple shares tumbled as much as 7% today, as a knee-jerk reaction to Jobs’s resignation. The world's most valuable technology firm now has all eyes and every weight on the shoulders of Tim Cook, who earlier had stepped in as interim CEO numerous times.

'Numerous Spams Activities from a Foreign IP' Webmail Phishing Scam !!

Outline
Email claims that the recipient's email account has been reported for sending spam and that he or she must follow a link and confirm account ownership or the account will be suspended.

Brief Analysis
The message is a phishing scam designed to trick recipients into divulging their email account login details to cybercriminals. If you receive such an email, do not follow any links or open any attachments that it may contain. Do not reply to the message or provide any information to the senders.

Detailed analysis and references below example.


Example

From: Webmail Report Subject: Important Notice (Do Not Ignore)

Your email account has been reported for numerous spams Activities from a foreign ip recently. As a result, Webmail has received advice to suspend your account.

However, you might not be the one promoting this Spam,as your email account might have been compromised.
To protect your account from sending spam mails, You are to confirm your true ownership of this account by Click here to Login and confirm in one simple step.

On receipt of the requested information,the Webmail support shall block your account from Spam.

Failure to do this will violate the Webmail email terms & conditions. This will render your account inactive.
NOTE: You will be send a password reset message In next seven (7) working days after undergoing this process for Security reasons.

Copyright 2011 - Webmail - All Rights Reserved.

Detailed Analysis
According to this message, the recipient's email account has been reported for "numerous spams activities" originating from a foreign IP and "Webmail" has therefore been advised to suspend the account. Supposedly in order to avoid this threatened suspension, the recipient is instructed to click a link in the message and supply information to confirm true ownership of the account. The recipient is warned that failing to supply the requested information will result in the account being rendered inactive.

However, the message is certainly not from "Webmail" or any other online email provider. In fact, the message represents an attempt by cybercriminals to steal email login credentials from recipients. Those who follow the link as instructed will be taken to a bogus website where they will be asked to provide their email address and password. The details supplied will be collected by criminals and used to hijack the victims' real web based email accounts and subsequently use them to send spam or perpetrate further scams such as the Friend Stranded in Foreign Country Scam.

Such emails are a common ruse that has been used in various incarnations by online criminals for several years. Some versions, including this one, purport to be from a generic "Webmail" provider, presumably in an attempt to pull in victims who use a range of different online email providers. Other versions specifically target users of common email service providers including, Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo and Bigpond. Many variants of the scam ask the victim to simply reply to the email with his or her username and password rather than follow a link and provide the details on a bogus webform.

Be wary of any email that asks you to provide your email login credentials. Your email service provider already has this information and is never likely to ask you to supply it via an unsolicited email. If you receive one of these emails, do not click any links in the message. Do not open any attachments that may come with the message and do not reply.

A notepad trick for MOTHER INDIA ;) :)

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JUST COPY THE ABOVE CONTENT AND PASTE IN NOTEPAD

THEN CLICK "CTRL+H" AND THEN WRITE 6 IN FIND WHAT BOX

AND _ IN REPLACE WHAT BOX AND THEN CLICK REPLACE ALL THAT'S ALL !!!! :D

4Shared time hack ;) !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here is a tip that still working till now on How to hack 4Shared.com Free Download Waiting Time?. I’ll show you

1. First you will see an annoying waiting screen .......

2. type this on the address bar when the countdown starts,

javascript: alert(document.getElementById("divDLWait").style.display = 'none');alert(document.getElementById("divDLStart").style.display = 'block');

4Shared Free Download Time use client side scripting, so it’s just easy for us to hack.

3. Done ;)

Operate PC without using mouse !!!!

Here is a simple trick to operate COMPUTER without MOUSE

PRESS :-

               SHIFT+ALT+NumLock

          

Now you can use your number keys to act as mouse

 

Note :- It will not disable your mouse

HOW TO DISABLE AUTO PLAY OF YOUR PENDRIVE TO AVOID VIRUS ACTIVATION?

just follow the simple steps :-
=>Start
=>run
=>type   
    gpedit.ms
=>then click COMPUTER CONFIGRATION
=>open ADINISTRATIVE TEMPLATE,
=>open SYSTEM,
=>now you will see a option named "TURN OFF AUTO PLAY" in the sixth position from bottom,
=>right click this option,choose properties and DISABLE it !!!!!

Setting up a new broadband connection in windows xp

1. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Network and Internet
Connections.
2. Click Network Connections, and then click Create a new connection in the Network
Tasks pane.
3. After the Network Connection Wizard starts, click Next.
4. Click Connect to the Internet, and then click Next.
5. Click Set up my connection manually, and then click Next.
6. Click either Connect using a broadband connection that requires a user name and
password or Connect using a broadband connection that is always on.
7. Type the Internet service provider (ISP) name that your ISP provided, and then
click Next.
8. Type the user name that the ISP provided.
9. Type the password that the ISP provided.
10.Type the password one more time to confirm it, and then click Next.
11.Click Add a shortcut to this connection to my desktop.
12.Click Finish to complete the wizard.

Notepad trick by Narendra kamath ;)

 Something different style....pls be guided accordingly
 Please ensure that the word wrap is not ticked under format option
Copy this onto notepad, press cntrl + H, press 6 in find box and underscore( _ ) in replace box and click replace all button. 


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