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	<title>Computer Hacking &#124; Learn How To Hack &#187; Tips</title>
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		<title>Learn to learn computer programming</title>
		<link>http://www.hackingaday.com/2010/02/learn-to-learn-computer-programming.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sjay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/2010/02/learn-to-learn-computer-programming.html"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="125" height="125" src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/plugins/thumbnail-for-excerpts/tfe_no_thumb.png" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="" title="" /></a>Many people say that learning a programming language is hard and complicated. However, I find it easy, fun and challenging. Computer programming is nothing but converting the logic we use to solve the problems in to computer understandable language.
Positive and logical mindset is the key to make it easy to learn a programming language. Always [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many people say that learning a programming language is hard and complicated. However, I find it easy, fun and challenging. Computer programming is nothing but converting the logic we use to solve the problems in to computer understandable language.</p>
<p>Positive and logical mindset is the key to make it easy to learn a programming language. Always think that learning a programming language is simple, easy, and fun. Even if your friends claim that, it is hard and complicated, do not believe it.</p>
<p>Imagine we want to write a program to get something done by computer. First, we understand the requirements then figure out how we can achieve it (Requirement and Designing part). Then we write it in a programming language where both computer and you will understand (Write a Computer program in programming language). Finally we convert it to machine code that only computer can understand (Compile). Every time when we want the computer to perform the same task we run that program and provide information it required (Run the Program).</p>
<p>In Summery, try to understand the situation and what you exactly want the computer to do. Then break it in to smallest step you can think. This is the first step to do before start coding.</p>
<p>What is next? Start learning a programming language. You can find may <a href="http://crazzycool.blogspot.com/2010/02/best-place-to-start-learning-new.html">hacks and tricks to learn a computer language</a> here.</p>


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		<title>Download Windows Live Writer 2009-Offline installer</title>
		<link>http://www.hackingaday.com/2010/01/download-windows-live-writer-2009-offline-installer.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/2010/01/download-windows-live-writer-2009-offline-installer.html"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="125" height="125" src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/WindowsLiveWriter2009offlineinstallerstandaloneinstaller_thumb-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="" title="WindowsLiveWriter2009offlineinstallerstandaloneinstaller_thumb" /></a>If you are trying to download Windows Live Writer from the official website, then you will get only online installer that only small portion of the windows live writer software (windows live writer Installer)  and you will get full version after running that windows live writer installer. They were not providing any direct link to [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you are trying to download Windows Live Writer from the official website, then you will get only online installer that only small portion of the windows live writer software (windows live writer Installer)  and you will get full version after running that <a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/category/windows-se7ven">windows</a> live writer installer. They were not providing any direct link to download the full installer or standalone installer in their official website.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/category/downloads">Downloading</a> the 110+ MB again and again is really painful job for dial up user or slow connection user. It is always better to keep the offline installer for feature use. Today we are providing the windows live writer standalone installer. This standalone installer is for  “English” users only and not for other language.</p>
<p><strong>Windows Live Writer Standalone Installer 2009 Includes:</strong></p>
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<li><a href="http://download.live.com/messenger">Messenger</a></li>
<li><a href="http://download.live.com/wlmail">Mail</a></li>
<li><a href="http://download.live.com/writer">Writer</a></li>
<li><a href="http://download.live.com/photogallery">Photo Gallery</a></li>
<li><a href="http://download.live.com/moviemaker">Movie Maker</a></li>
<li><a href="http://download.live.com/familysafety">Family Safety</a></li>
<li><a href="http://download.live.com/toolbar">Toolbar</a></li>
</ol>
<p><a href="http://www.abouttricks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/WindowsLiveWriter2009offlineinstallerstandaloneinstaller.jpg"><a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/WindowsLiveWriter2009offlineinstallerstandaloneinstaller_thumb.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-801" title="WindowsLiveWriter2009offlineinstallerstandaloneinstaller_thumb" src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/WindowsLiveWriter2009offlineinstallerstandaloneinstaller_thumb.jpg" alt="WindowsLiveWriter2009offlineinstallerstandaloneinstaller thumb Download Windows Live Writer 2009 Offline installer" width="375" height="230" /></a><br />
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<p><strong><a href="http://wl.dlservice.microsoft.com/download/E/3/E/E3EEC6D6-1141-40C4-840F-770F99B67986/en/wlsetup-all.exe" target="_blank">Download Windows Live Writer Offline Installer 2009</a></strong></p>
<p>The above download link is only for English language users. If you are from other language and you need direct download link, then provide your language information in comment we will try to provide you the direct link for that language too.</p>
<p>We will try to provide the standalone/offline installer for Windows Live Writer 2010 also as soon as they launch, so don’t forget to<a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=Hack-genius"> subscribe</a> to our blog.</p>
<p><strong>Download Link</strong>: <a href="http://wl.dlservice.microsoft.com/download/E/3/E/E3EEC6D6-1141-40C4-840F-770F99B67986/en/wlsetup-all.exe" target="_blank">Windows Live Writer Standalone Installer 2009</a></p>


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		<title>How To Get Adsense On My Blog?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 05:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/2010/01/how-to-get-adsense-on-my-blog.html"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="125" height="125" src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/google-adsense-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="" title="google-adsense" /></a>Let me start this topic with a conversation with my online friend (name withheld for personal reasons) :
Friend : Hi Govinda! Need some help bro 
Me : Yes, what help do you need bro?
Friend : Actually, I am going broke. Dad’s not giving me enough money. I took a free co.cc domain and blogged for [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/google-adsense.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-796" title="google-adsense" src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/google-adsense.jpg" alt="google adsense How To Get Adsense On My Blog?" width="400" height="300" /></a>Let me start this topic with a conversation with my online friend (name withheld for personal reasons) :</p>
<p>Friend : Hi Govinda! Need some help bro <img src="http://www.itechyou.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif" alt=":(" title="How To Get Adsense On My Blog?" /></p>
<p>Me : Yes, what help do you need bro?</p>
<p>Friend : Actually, I am going broke. Dad’s not giving me enough money. I took a free co.cc domain and blogged for 2 days and applied for Adsense. But Adsense flatly refused my application. All my posts were original. What should I do?</p>
<p>Me : LOL <img src="http://www.itechyou.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif" alt=":P" title="How To Get Adsense On My Blog?" /> Wait till I write a article on my site, then you will understand where you went wrong. You, like other new bloggers, have taken Adsense for granted.</p>
<p>Most of the bloggers (basically, even I) took to blogging just for Adsense. People make the mistake of linking money with Adsense. They think that all they need is a few posts (which they do by copy pasting or intelligent ones spin those articles). Day by day, the adsense policies are getting stricter. As of now, these are the compulsory requirements for getting Adsense approved on your website.</p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Buy a Top Level Domain :</strong></li>
</ul>
<p>Many new bloggers make this mistake.  Moments after making the decision of blogging, they head over to blogspot and get a free blog. Some of them try taking co.cc domains and host it on a free hosting. My dear friend, you need to a bit more professional when you think of earning money. You strictly need a Told Level Domain. The best top level domain is “.com” domain. Just head over to some domain registrar and go get one for just about $9. You can even get coupon codes that give free domain for first year or domain for just $1 only. All you need is a bit of Google searching.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Age Of Website :</strong></li>
</ul>
<p>For your website to be qualified for Adsense, you need a good aged website. <strong>Your blog must be minimum 6 months old before you can apply for Adsense. </strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Write Original Content :</strong></li>
</ul>
<p>Who would like copied articles? Same is the case with Adsense. These guys have advanced checkers that can easily detect whether the articles are authentic or just some copy paste. Your site can only have content that agree to Google Adsense’s policy. Hacking tutorials or tricks are a strict no no. In a word, everything that you post should be <strong>LEGAL</strong>. Also, just having a few original articles won’t do the trick. You must have atleast 50-60 originals before you think of applying.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Having Some IMPORTANT Pages :</strong></li>
</ul>
<p>Your website must have important pages like <strong>Privacy Policy</strong> and <strong>Terms Of Use</strong>. Such things elevate the level of professionalism of your website and can impress the people at Google. Also, tend to <strong>AVOID </strong>popups like subscription boxes on the home page. This shows that you are making the website for only making profits and not sharing information.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Traffic :</strong></li>
</ul>
<p>Traffic is definitely a important criterion for getting Adsense. Adsense will never accept your site if you have very less traffic because they will stand at a loss. Low traffic website owners sometimes do illegal things like ‘click exchange’ which results in losses for both Adsense and the websites who advertise on Adsense. So you need to have a site that generates constant traffic.</p>
<p>Just make a small checklist and try to assess your website with the following points. I am sure you must be getting rejected because you don’t comply to one of the terms. Enjoy blogging!</p>


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		<title>10 Tips to Secure Your Twitter Account</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/2010/01/11-tips-to-secure-your-twitter-account.html"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="125" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_A8KQIv2PWHk/S0CcSlz9fJI/AAAAAAAAGKo/j_XLlKZSOEk/hackedtwitteraccount_thumb1.png?imgmax=800" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="hacked twitter account" title="hacked twitter account" /></a>Twitter much like Facebook is popular social networking site and these sites users are targeted with phishing scams luring them to reveal their username and passwords.Here are some security tips for twitter users for safe tweeting.
Tips to secure twitter account..
1.Use strong and Unique password : Use the password for your twitter account as a combination [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://twitter.com/">Twitter</a> much like Facebook is popular social networking site and these sites users are targeted with phishing scams luring them to reveal their username and passwords.Here are some security tips for twitter users for safe tweeting.</p>
<p><strong>Tips to secure twitter account..</strong></p>
<p>1.<strong>Use strong and Unique password</strong> : Use the password for your twitter account as a combination of characters, symbols and numbers. Never use same password for different websites and email accounts, use unique password for every  website.</p>
<p>2. Be aware of fake twitter websites, try to type twitter.com in your browser and enter your account credentials.</p>
<p>3. Always use extensions for browsers like Chrome and Firefox which shows preview for shortened links on twitter. Because you may be lured to click on a malicious link to steal your twitter username and password.</p>
<p>4.Keep your computer up to date with antivirus and anti-spyware. Looking for free anti-virus AVG offers antivirus and anti-spyware, and also protects from malicious links in social networks with it’s LinkScanner.</p>
<p>5.<strong>Twitter never asks you for password</strong>:Twitter will never asks you to download something and asks to sign into other twitter liked websites with your username and password.Twitter will never reply to you or email you asking for your password.</p>
<p>6.Want to update your account with third party applications make sure they connect to your account using Oauth protocol where you don’t need to share your password. Be careful of third party applications that lure you to give more followers by sharing your username and password.</p>
<p>7.Never use same password for any of your accounts including for twitter.</p>
<p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_A8KQIv2PWHk/S0CcRbw8awI/AAAAAAAAGKk/yPsY5O3-mZ4/s1600-h/hackedtwitteraccount3.png"><img title="hacked twitter account" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_A8KQIv2PWHk/S0CcSlz9fJI/AAAAAAAAGKo/j_XLlKZSOEk/hackedtwitteraccount_thumb1.png?imgmax=800" border="0" alt="hacked twitter account" width="238" height="240" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sanjoselibrary/2800674717/">Image Credit</a></p>
<p>8. Twitter banned 370 weak passwords make sure you are not using any one of them for your account.</p>
<p>9.Hackers may lure users with malicious links to sign into twitter similar website to give your username and password. Once they take control of your account they post spam messages and other abusive stuff from your account.</p>
<p>10.Don’t retweet blindly without knowing whom tweets you are tweeting , also be aware of clicking DMs containing links from unknown users. A phishing scam may targeted at you through DMs.</p>
<p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_A8KQIv2PWHk/S0CcTTzTp3I/AAAAAAAAGKs/25V9WGu83aw/s1600-h/encrypted%20twitter%20website%5B3%5D.png"><img title="encrypted twitter website" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_A8KQIv2PWHk/S0CcUIOxb1I/AAAAAAAAGKw/XaCVipUWYU0/encrypted%20twitter%20website_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800" border="0" alt="encrypted twitter website" width="240" height="173" /></a></p>
<p>11.<strong>Use encrypted twitter</strong>: Use <a href="https://twitter.com/">https://twitter.com</a> instead of <a href="http://twitter.com/">http://twitter.com</a> and your twitter session with your tweets, retweets,DMs will be encrypted.</p>


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		<title>Exploiting Redirect Vulnerabilities</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/2010/01/exploiting-redirect-vulnerabilities.html"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="125" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4064/4273747430_eb60f67550_o.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="" title="ggg" /></a>Phishing is usually considered to be most effective when it’s combined with social engineering, the hacker term for human manipulation. One way phishing can be combined with social engineering is through the exploitation of redirect vulnerabilities. This article will demonstrate to you what redirect vulnerabilities are, how to spot them, and how they can be [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" title="ggg" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4064/4273747430_eb60f67550_o.jpg" alt="4273747430 eb60f67550 o Exploiting Redirect Vulnerabilities" width="417" height="330" />Phishing is usually considered to be most effective when it’s combined with social engineering, the hacker term for human manipulation. One way phishing can be combined with social engineering is through the exploitation of redirect vulnerabilities. This article will demonstrate to you what redirect vulnerabilities are, how to spot them, and how they can be exploited.</p>
<p>So first things first. What is a redirect vulnerability? A redirect vulnerability is when a webpage uses a script to redirect you to somewhere (usually another page on the website), but they write that script in such a way that it allows a hacker to manipulate it to send you to an external page instead of an internal one. There are many types of redirect vulnerabilities, but we’ll be looking at the most basic type here for now. Example: let’s say we’re logging in to webpage that has this url:</p>
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<div>Code:</div>
<div dir="ltr"><code>http://www.example.com/login.php?dest=members/index.html</code></div>
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<p>Let’s have a look at the url. It’s all looking pretty ordinary up to login.php, but look one step after that. See the dest=members/index.html? members/index.html is the path to the index page for logged in members, so you can determine that dest=members/index.html is a parameter that is being used by the login.phpscript to redirect users to the member index page after a successful login. Now if the creator of the login.php script was very security conscious, they’d make sure that the dest field could never point to a url that’s not an approved destination. However, if he didn’t know aboutredirect vulnerabilities, he would just write the script so that it would redirect the user to whatever address dest pointed to. In order to find which one we’re dealing with for this website, we can change the dest parameter and see how thescript responds. For instance:</p>
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<div>Code:</div>
<div dir="ltr"><code>http://www.example.com/login.php?dest=http://www.google.com</code></div>
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<p>If this page is vulnerable to redirect vulnerabilities, this it should send us to google after we log in. If not, it will generate some sort of error condition and take you to a default page. So if we change the address as specified above, log in, and find ourselves looking at google instead of example.com, then we know it’s vulnerable toredirect vulnerabilities.</p>
<p>Now that you know what redirect vulnerabilities are, can you see how they can be applied to phishing? Let me create a scenario to give you an idea of how redirect vulnerabilities can be used to increase the effectiveness of phishing. Imagine yourself to be a student at a university. You have a school website with the address <a href="http://www.myschool.com/" target="_blank">http://www.myschool.com</a>, and you log in to all your school services (such as mail, course info, etc) through the url</p>
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<div>Code:</div>
<div dir="ltr"><code>www.sys.myschool.com/login.php?service=</code></div>
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<p>where the service parameter points to the address of the service being accessed, as demonstrated in the following urls:</p>
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<div>Code:</div>
<div dir="ltr"><code>http://www.portal.myschool.com/login.php?service=sys/mail.php<br />
or</p>
<p>http://www.portal.myschool.com/login.php?service=sys/courseInfo.php</code></div>
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<p>Phishers have been targeting students of your school lately, so your system administrators have sent everyone an email telling them to check the url of every webpage they log into with their school account to make sure it’s an actual school page and not aphishing page. A hacker is aware of this, and realizing that this advice will give the you and the other students a false sense of security when you’re on pages that are actual school pages, set out looking for a way to get students to access hisphishing page from within the school login system itself. He sees the above urls and recognizes their potential to be vulnerable to redirect exploitation and creates a phishing page that looks exactly like your school’s page that is displayed to you when your login fails. Being a phishing page, it sends him all the login credentials of everyone who logs in through it. Once he knows that the login script is indeed vulnerable, he creates a link to his phishing page from the school login page, hoping that students will log in to the school through his link, get redirected to his fake page, enter their information again without realizing that they left the school page, and then become redirected back to their school page without even noticing that anything out of the ordinary had happened. He starts out with a link like this:</p>
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<div>Code:</div>
<div dir="ltr"><code>http://www.portal.myschool.com/login.php?service=http://badsite.com/fakePage.php</code></div>
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<p>However, he realizes that some of the more observant students might see the external address in the url and be too wary to enter their information, so he changes his url into its hexidecimal representation, either by memory or using a tool like this one: <a href="http://secworm.net/showthread.php?tid=3," target="_blank">http://secworm.net/showthread.php?tid=3,</a> and achieves an ordinary-looking url like this one:</p>
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<div>Code:</div>
<div dir="ltr"><code>http://www.portal.myschool.com/login.php?service=%68%74%74%70%3a%2f%2f%62%61%64%73%69%74%65%2e%63%6f%6d%2f%66%61%6b%6 ?5%50%61%67%65%2e%70%68%70</code></div>
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<p>This url gives no indication that it actually redirects students to the hacker’s phishing page, and since you see your school’s domain in the beginning, you and the students think nothing of it. The hacker then sends this link along with an email making the reader want to log in to the student database and steals all their passwords.</p>
<p>Hopefully this will help you understand the basics of redirect vulnerabilities and how they can be used to increase the effectiveness of phishing.</p>


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		<title>Manage Your Recycle Bin Options Better</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/2010/01/manage-your-recycle-bin-options-better.html"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="125" src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/EffectivelyManageYourRecycleBinOptions.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="" title="EffectivelyManageYourRecycleBinOptions" /></a>BinManager is a very interesting application that allows better manage the Windows Recycle Bin.With this application you can delete files depending on the date on which they were eliminated, by deleting the files that were deleted today, yesterday, two days ago, and up to 30 days.
&#62; Download Recycle Bin Manager : Link (61kb)
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/EffectivelyManageYourRecycleBinOptions.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-749" title="EffectivelyManageYourRecycleBinOptions" src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/EffectivelyManageYourRecycleBinOptions.jpg" alt="EffectivelyManageYourRecycleBinOptions Manage Your Recycle Bin Options Better" width="82" height="82" /></a>BinManager</strong> is a very interesting application that allows <strong>better manage the</strong> Windows <strong>Recycle Bin.</strong>With this application you can delete files depending on the date on which they were eliminated, by deleting the files that were deleted today, yesterday, two days ago, and up to 30 days.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/EffectivelyManageYourRecycleBinOptionsBetter.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-747" title="EffectivelyManageYourRecycleBinOptionsBetter" src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/EffectivelyManageYourRecycleBinOptionsBetter.jpg" alt="EffectivelyManageYourRecycleBinOptionsBetter Manage Your Recycle Bin Options Better" width="397" height="201" /></a><strong>&gt; Download Recycle Bin Manager : </strong><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.cheztabor.com/BinManager/setup.exe"><strong>Link</strong></a> (61kb)</p>
<p>Once installed options are added to the context menu when right-click on any icon to the Trash. It is compatible with Windows XP, Vista and 7.</p>
<p>via:snaphow.com</p>


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		<title>How do I Check the Real Link of a Shortened URL?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/2010/01/check-the-real-link-of-a-shortened-url.html"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="125" height="125" src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/url-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="" title="url" /></a>URL Shortening is a trend in today’s social media and web surfing. Big giants such as Google and YouTube have their own URL shorteners, too. It’s not just because the URL
shortening is a trend of the present, but also it’s important for tiny conversations like twitter or facebook status.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>URL Shortening is a trend in today’s social media and web surfing. Big giants such as Google and YouTube have their own URL shorteners, too. It’s not just because the URL</p>
<p><a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/url.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-692" title="url" src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/url.jpg" alt="url How do I Check the Real Link of a Shortened URL?" width="246" height="246" /></a>shortening is a trend of the present, but also it’s important for tiny conversations like twitter or facebook status.</p>
<p>The trend, URL Shortening, was founded by Tinyurl.com at first and spread widely by twitter. Because you’re limited by how many characters you can use in your conversation, you need everything short but right. That’s why URL Shortening is important and popular at the same time.</p>
<p>Tinyurl.com has an option to preview the shortened link before you visit the site. If you include a word, preview, before the domain tinyurl.com, you will see where the link goes. But what about other shorteners?</p>
<p>Well, you can easily check the link before you have a go to any shortened URL by this <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10297" target="_blank">firefox plugin</a>. But sometimes you just don’t want to restart your firefox and want a quicker way to do this.</p>
<p>Here comes what exactly you need.</p>
<p><a rel="Nofollow" href="http://sucuri.net/index.php?page=tools&amp;title=check-url" target="_blank">Sucuri</a> has got a nice little web-based tool to let you see the destination of a shortened URL. Not only that, the tool will also check the destination URL in two different ways to find out if it’s safe for you to have a go to the site.</p>
<div id="attachment_673"><a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/real-url.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-694" title="real-url" src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/real-url.jpg" alt="real url How do I Check the Real Link of a Shortened URL?" width="288" height="385" /></a>It&#8217;s advised to check the destination of a shortened link before you decide to have a visit.</p>
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<h3>Conclusion</h3>
<p>I strongly recommend checking out the real URL behind a shortened one before you click on the link, even if one of your friends tweeted this. Twitter is often harmful for these kinds of shortened URLs that may cause damage to your PC or leave spyware program to your computer. As a result, checking the real URL is important for safe surfing. Also, for the sake of your computer’s safety, you need to make sure that the website you are about to visit is declared safe. Use the tool to know if it is.</p>


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		<title>Troubleshoot Computer Problems in 2010</title>
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We are in 2010 dose not mean that computers will stop giving problems. Even in 2010 technology is not that advance to fix their own problems. So someone need to troubleshoot problems as they arrive. Lets have a couple of simple hacks and tricks that can be used to fix any computer problem.
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<p>We are in 2010 dose not mean that computers will stop giving problems. Even in 2010 technology is not that advance to fix their own problems. So someone need to troubleshoot problems as they arrive. Lets have a couple of simple hacks and tricks that can be used to fix any computer problem.</p>
<p>Most of us think that computers are perfect or suppose to be perfect and get frustrated when something goes wrong. That is wrong and computers can only do what you program it to do and if somethings small goes wrong it start giving problems. So you need to fix it.</p>
<p>People think that if it is related to computers then it is too complicated and you need to learn about it to fix it. But what you learn in school or university will not help much when it come to troubleshoot.</p>
<p>One more thing that if you are scared of things will go worse with your action then you might have difficulties trying out new things and troubleshooting.</p>
<p><strong>Whats is the problem?</strong></p>
<p>Before you start doing anything you need to identify that there is a problem. It is easy. If things dose not work as it was before or giving out error messages or warnings or if it dose not do what it suppose to do then there is a problem. Identifying the problem is the most important part of troubleshooting. That is the one most of us dose not pay much attention.</p>
<p><strong>What cause the problem? </strong></p>
<p>After identifying the problem then try to look for the reason for it. If there is any error message it will give most of the information you need. Most of the modern operating systems and programs have detailed error or warnings that tell what cause the problem.</p>
<p>Even if you get a error code you can always refer to its documentation or use Google to get the explanation and more details about the problem.</p>
<p>In some cases you will not find any error or warning message. For example if keyboard is not responding or CD/DVD ROM is not been detected or computer is too slow kind of scenarios will not leave any error messages. So try to collect as much information as possible.</p>
<p>What are the related software hardware components?<br />
Which actions cause the error?</p>
<p>Above are two good questions that you should answer to get a idea about the problem. On top of that before you move to the next step try to get more information about the environment as well.</p>
<p>What Operating System (OS) are you using?<br />
What is the OS Service Pack or Software Version?<br />
What are the other programs that run in the background?<br />
What are the last couples of changes you have done? (Upgrade/Installed new Software)</p>
<p>More related questions you try to answer related to your problem with make it easy to solve it as you get  better unresting.</p>
<p><strong>What is the solution to the problem?</strong></p>
<p>As you gather more information about the computer or internet related problem will make it easy to look for a solution.</p>
<p>1. If you have solved a similar or exactly the same problem then the solutions for your problem will be to apply similar. That is base on your experience and with time you will gather more and more experience you will be able to troubleshoot tech problems pretty easily.</p>
<p>2. Even without any prior knowledge you can find a way to solve your tech problem.</p>
<p>You are not the first person to go through PROBLEM A.</p>
<p>Most of the cases (99% of time) you will notice that you are not the only one to face that problem or the first one to be. So you can always get help from others who have solved the problem. If you gone through blogs or forums related to your problem then you will notice how many people were gone through the same problem.</p>
<p>I use Google to find these forums and blogs which gives out step by step guides to solve tech problems. Great but how do you know whether it is going to work out. Small trick you need to do is to scan through the comments below the post or the conversations going on in the forums to see what others been saying. Because all the time you will not find the working solutions.</p>
<p>Another important fact when it comes to Googling is to use the appropriate search term.</p>
<p>1. Use the exact error message or code.</p>
<p>In this way you will be able to find the most appropriate solutions from Google. I will always try to copy and paste the exact error message in Google or in the documentations.</p>
<p>2. Use the exact error message or code with the software/OS/website/ name and version.</p>
<p>If the error message is generic you have to use the name of the software, application, OS or website with its version details with the error message to see the related discussion and solutions with Google.</p>
<p>3. Description of your problem with software/OS/website/ name and version</p>
<p>If there is no error message or code then you have to use a little description of the problem and all the other details related to the issue. That can be the operating system, software name or version details.</p>
<p>Always it is better to mix up the keywords or add and remove keywords to optimize the search result for your problem.</p>
<p>After going through the solutions and related comments and replies if you feel like that you cannot fix it or there is a high probability to make thing worst then always better to get someone else help. Even though you are not going to fix it by yourself knowing the problem and the solution is a great help when you try to look for help.</p>
<p><strong>How to fix it?</strong></p>
<p>Here comes the fun part. Fixing the problem. Until now what we did is to understand the problem and solutions to it. So now we need to apply it and get our problem solved.</p>
<p>1. First thing first. It is always better to backup your content and system as some times things can go wrong. If something can go wrong it will (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy%27s_law">Murphy&#8217;s law</a>). Unless your operating system is crashed or files are corrupted you have a chance to back up all your content before you try troubleshooting. In most of the step by step guides they will instruct you to backup if what you are trying to do can cause any damage to the data.</p>
<p>When it comes to system back up System Restore comes in handy as you can roll back to previous state of you computer if your troubleshooting created further problems and if you feel like it is getting worst and worst.</p>
<p>2. Then take couple of deep breaths and follow the solution that you found out. It is really important to be patience even things are not going great. That helps to over come the problems.</p>
<p>3. After going through the instructions sometimes you might end up without solving the problem. In worst case it might brings up a new problem. Do not blame anyone as that is quite common with computers. In such situation you need to go back to first step and follow the steps to get it fix.</p>
<p>This is quite general way to solve problems but I have tried this to solve many problems as it comes. Always a positive mind set will help you to get through any difficult situation with your computer or related issues.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/2010/01/most-essential-free-softwares-after-windows-installation.html"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="125" src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/avira-150x150.png" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="" title="avira" /></a>As a Windows lover, I have always tried to make it more secure, convenient and easy to use. This is my must-have list of 25 Free Softwares and Utilities that I use as an installation checklist on every fresh Windows installation. After these are installed, Windows is much more stable and powerful.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As a Windows lover, I have always tried to make it more secure, convenient and easy to use. This is my must-have list of <strong>25 Free Softwares and Utilities</strong> that I use as an installation checklist on every fresh Windows installation. After these are installed, Windows is much <strong>more stable and powerful</strong>.</p>
<p>These <strong>apps and utilities</strong> are my top picks as most essential to install on every Windows PC. These programs allow Windows to operate more securely, making the system more reliable, which helps me complete my <strong>work easily and effectively</strong>. I have listed them in alphabetical order.</p>
<h3>Avira AntiVir Personal Edition</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/avira.png"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-596" title="avira" src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/avira-150x150.png" alt="avira 150x150 Most Essential Free Softwares After Windows Installation" width="150" height="150" /></a>Consistently at or near the top of independent efficacy testers, Avira’s AntiVir remains one of the best freeware security solutions around. Its scans are flexible, allowing the user to fully scan both internal and external hard drives, run a preloaded scan–for rootkits, for example–or customize a scan.</p>
<div><strong><a href="http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/AntiVir-Personal-Edition-Download-6527.html">Download</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.free-av.com/en/index.html">Homepage</a></strong></div>
<h3>CCleaner</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/ccleaner.png"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-597" title="ccleaner" src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/ccleaner-150x150.png" alt="ccleaner 150x150 Most Essential Free Softwares After Windows Installation" width="150" height="150" /></a>CCleaner is a freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system – allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. Additionally it contains a fully featured registry cleaner.</p>
<div><strong><a href="http://www.ccleaner.com/download">Download</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.ccleaner.com/">Homepage</a></strong></div>
<h3>Comodo Firewall</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/comodo-firewall.png"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-598" title="comodo-firewall" src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/comodo-firewall-150x150.png" alt="comodo firewall 150x150 Most Essential Free Softwares After Windows Installation" width="150" height="150" /></a>Comodo has merged its antivirus program with Firewall Pro, creating a free security program that aims to be more to more people. Although this may frustrate some users who want only one program or the other, the installer does let you opt out of either of the components.</p>
<div><strong><a href="http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/download_firewall.html">Download</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/index.html">Homepage</a></strong></div>
<h3></h3>
<h3></h3>
<h3>Digsby</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/digsby.png"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-600" title="digsby" src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/digsby-150x150.png" alt="digsby 150x150 Most Essential Free Softwares After Windows Installation" width="150" height="150" /></a>Digsby helps you manage all your IM, e-mail, and social network accounts from one easy-to-use application. Digsby lets you chat with all your friends on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, Facebook Chat, and Jabber with one simple to manage buddy list. It provides notifications when new e-mails arrive.</p>
<div><strong><a href="http://www.digsby.com/download.php">Download</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.digsby.com/">Homepage</a></strong></div>
<h3></h3>
<h3>DAEMON Tools Lite</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/daemontools.png"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-599" title="daemontools" src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/daemontools-150x150.png" alt="daemontools 150x150 Most Essential Free Softwares After Windows Installation" width="150" height="150" /></a>DAEMON Tools is an advanced application for Microsoft Windows which provides one of the best optical media emulation in the industry. With DAEMON Tools you can back up your physical CD/DVD/HD DVD/Blu-ray discs into “virtual discs” or so called “disc image” files, which run directly on your hard drive. You can also work with images created by other burning programs! DAEMON Tools supports variety of image types.</p>
<div><strong><a href="http://www.disk-tools.com/download/daemon">Download</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.daemon-tools.cc/eng/home">Homepage</a></strong></div>
<h3></h3>
<h3>Everything search engine</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/everythingsearchengine.png"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-601" title="everythingsearchengine" src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/everythingsearchengine-150x150.png" alt="everythingsearchengine 150x150 Most Essential Free Softwares After Windows Installation" width="150" height="150" /></a>This small software application bypasses Windows search with a lightning quick interface and real-time results for all of the files and folders in your local hard drive or any subsection of it. The software doesn’t do much more than search, but its efficiency, effectiveness, stability, and low system resource usage make it a keeper utility.</p>
<div><strong><a href="http://www.voidtools.com/download.php">Download</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.voidtools.com/">Homepage</a></strong></div>
<h3></h3>
<h3>Firefox</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/firefox.png"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-603" title="firefox" src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/firefox-150x150.png" alt="firefox 150x150 Most Essential Free Softwares After Windows Installation" width="150" height="150" /></a>The Firefox Web Browser is the faster, more secure, and fully customizable way to surf the web. Mozilla Firefox is a fast, full-featured Web browser. Firefox includes pop-up blocking, tab-browsing, integrated Google search, simplified privacy controls, a streamlined browser window that shows you more of the page than any other browser and a number of additional features that work with you to help you get the most out of your time online.</p>
<div><strong><a href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/download.html">Download</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/personal.html">Homepage</a></strong></div>
<h3></h3>
<h3>FileZilla</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/filezilla.png"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-602" title="filezilla" src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/filezilla-150x86.png" alt="filezilla 150x86 Most Essential Free Softwares After Windows Installation" width="150" height="86" /></a>Rich in Web content, short on cash? This free, open-source FTP application is handy if you’re looking for a solid tool to handle FTP transfers and don’t want to part with your bucks.</p>
<div><strong><a href="http://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client">Download</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://filezilla-project.org/">Homepage</a></strong></div>
<h3>Flash Player (Adobe)</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/flashplayer.png"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-605" title="flashplayer" src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/flashplayer-150x150.png" alt="flashplayer 150x150 Most Essential Free Softwares After Windows Installation" width="150" height="150" /></a>Adobe Flash Player software is a cross-platform browser plug-in that delivers breakthrough web experiences and is installed on more than 98% of Internet-connected desktops. Flash Player 10 introduces 3D effects, custom filters and effects, advanced text support, and more.</p>
<div><strong><a href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/">Download</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/">Homepage</a></strong></div>
<h3></h3>
<h3></h3>
<h3>Flashget</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/flashget.png"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-604" title="flashget" src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/flashget-150x80.png" alt="flashget 150x80 Most Essential Free Softwares After Windows Installation" width="150" height="80" /></a>FlashGet is specifically designed to address two of the biggest problems when downloading files: Speed and management of downloaded files.</p>
<div><strong><a href="http://www.flashget.com/en/download.htm">Download</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.flashget.com/">Homepage</a></strong></div>
<h3>Foxit Reader</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/foxitreader.png"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-606" title="foxitreader" src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/foxitreader-150x150.png" alt="foxitreader 150x150 Most Essential Free Softwares After Windows Installation" width="150" height="150" /></a>To put it gently, Adobe Reader is a real pain in the hindquarters. It’s monstrously large, slow to load, and includes many features most users will hardly ever need. Foxit PDF Reader 3.0 kills the bloat and throws in some useful features, such as multimedia support and content-sharing options, while still allowing you to quickly access your PDFs.</p>
<div><strong><a href="http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/reader3.php">Download</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/reader3.php">Homepage</a></strong></div>
<h3></h3>
<h3>Google Chrome</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/googlechrome.png"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-607" title="googlechrome" src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/googlechrome-150x117.png" alt="googlechrome 150x117 Most Essential Free Softwares After Windows Installation" width="150" height="117" /></a>Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the Web faster, safer, and easier. Use one box for everything–type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and Web pages.</p>
<div><strong><a href="http://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html">Download</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.google.com/chrome">Homepage</a></strong></div>
<h3></h3>
<h3>ImgBurn</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/imgburn.png"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-608" title="imgburn" src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/imgburn-150x150.png" alt="imgburn 150x150 Most Essential Free Softwares After Windows Installation" width="150" height="150" /></a>ImgBurn is a lightweight CD/DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-ray burning application that has several modes, each for performing a different task: Read; Build; Write; Verify; and Discovery. ‘Advanced’ input mode to build mode where you have total control over the layout of the disc and can add new folders, change names etc. and Optional logging when hidden or system files/folders are skipped in Build mode due to the current settings.</p>
<div><strong><a href="http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download">Download</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.imgburn.com/">Homepage</a></strong></div>
<h3></h3>
<h3>K-Lite Mega Codec Pack</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/klitemegacodecpack.png"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-609" title="klitemegacodecpack" src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/klitemegacodecpack-150x150.png" alt="klitemegacodecpack 150x150 Most Essential Free Softwares After Windows Installation" width="150" height="150" /></a>With the K-Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play all the popular movie formats and even some rare formats. This package is mainly for power users and people who do their own encodings.</p>
<div><strong><a href="http://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm">Download</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.codecguide.com/">Homepage</a></strong></div>
<h3></h3>
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<h3>Notepad++</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/notepad.png"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-610" title="notepad" src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/notepad-150x150.png" alt="notepad 150x150 Most Essential Free Softwares After Windows Installation" width="150" height="150" /></a>Notepad is a Notepad replacement with an eye toward programmers, although it should also appeal to the casual user who wants a cross between Notepad and WordPad. Notepad has some noticeable differences from WordPad. Support for tabs is key, letting users manage different documents simultaneously.</p>
<div><strong><a href="http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/download.php">Download (Notepad Replacement)</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm">Homepage</a></strong></div>
<h3></h3>
<h3></h3>
<h3>OpenOffice.org</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/openoffice.png"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-611" title="openoffice" src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/openoffice-150x150.png" alt="openoffice 150x150 Most Essential Free Softwares After Windows Installation" width="150" height="150" /></a>A credible rival to MS Office, OpenOffice.org includes powerful applications for making text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, diagrams, and databases, as well as HTML and XML documents. Not only does it let you edit basic documents, such as letters and faxes, it also handles equations and complex and multipart documents with bibliographies, reference tables, and indexes.</p>
<div><strong><a href="http://download.openoffice.org/">Download</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.openoffice.org/">Homepage</a></strong></div>
<h3></h3>
<h3>Process Explorer</h3>
<p><img src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/processexplorer.png" alt="processexplorer Most Essential Free Softwares After Windows Installation"  title="Most Essential Free Softwares After Windows Installation" />If you’ve ever tried tracking down a process in Windows Task Manager, you know it’s like looking for a needle in a haystack. Process Explorer makes the job a lot easier. This freeware utility displays running processes in an intuitive tree format that includes not only process names, but also program icons and other data, such as description, image, and processor time.</p>
<div><strong><a href="http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/ProcessExplorer.zip">Download</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/hi-in/sysinternals/bb896653%28en-us%29.aspx">Homepage</a></strong></div>
<h3>Revo Uninstaller</h3>
<p><img src="http://tutzone.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/essential-softwares/revouninstaller.png" alt="revouninstaller Most Essential Free Softwares After Windows Installation"  title="Most Essential Free Softwares After Windows Installation" />Revo Uninstaller is a freeware innovative uninstall utility much faster than Windows Add/Remove applet. With its advanced and fast algorithm, Revo Uninstaller scans before and after you uninstall an application. After the program’s regular uninstaller runs, you can remove additional unnecessary files, folders and registry keys that are usually left over on your computer.</p>
<div><strong><a href="http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_uninstaller_free_download.html">Download</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.revouninstaller.com/">Homepage</a></strong></div>
<h3>Sub Menu Pack</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/submenupack.png"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-614" title="submenupack" src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/submenupack-150x116.png" alt="submenupack 150x116 Most Essential Free Softwares After Windows Installation" width="150" height="116" /></a>Do you get bored of having to open file options everytime you wanna show hidden files or show file extensions. Now you can do it and many many option by one click from your mouse by this small tiny tool SubMenu Pack.</p>
<div><strong><a href="http://students.kennesaw.edu/%7Erzillige/shell/SubMenuPack.html#download">Download</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://students.kennesaw.edu/%7Erzillige/shell/SubMenuPack.html">Homepage</a></strong></div>
<h3></h3>
<h3>ThumbView Lite</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/thumbview.png"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-615" title="thumbview" src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/thumbview-150x145.png" alt="thumbview 150x145 Most Essential Free Softwares After Windows Installation" width="150" height="145" /></a>ThumbView enables image thumbnails and tooltips in MS-Windows Explorer for filetypes that are not natively supported. It started with PCX, TGA, DDS and PNG images, but now ThumbView supports an amazing 19 image types – directly inside any Explorer window!</p>
<div><strong><a href="http://www.seriema.net/thumbview/index.php?page=download">Download</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.seriema.net/thumbview/">Homepage</a></strong></div>
<h3></h3>
<h3></h3>
<h3>Universal Extractor</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/universalextractor.png"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-616" title="universalextractor" src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/universalextractor-150x111.png" alt="universalextractor 150x111 Most Essential Free Softwares After Windows Installation" width="150" height="111" /></a>Universal Extractor is a program do to exactly what it says: extract files from any type of archive, whether it’s a simple zip/rar file, an installation program, or even a Windows Installer (.msi) package.</p>
<div><strong><a href="http://legroom.net/software/uniextract#download">Download</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://legroom.net/software/uniextract">Homepage</a></strong></div>
<h3></h3>
<h3>Unlocker</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/unlocker.png"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-617" title="unlocker" src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/unlocker-150x128.png" alt="unlocker 150x128 Most Essential Free Softwares After Windows Installation" width="150" height="128" /></a>Ever had such an annoying message given by Windows: Cannot delete file: Access is denied. There has been a sharing violation. The source or destination file may be in use or the file is in use by another program or user. Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use. Unlocker is the solution.</p>
<div><strong><a href="http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/#download">Download</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/">Homepage</a></strong></div>
<h3></h3>
<h3>VB Runtimes Pack</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/vbruntimes.png"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-620" title="vbruntimes" src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/vbruntimes-150x79.png" alt="vbruntimes 150x79 Most Essential Free Softwares After Windows Installation" width="150" height="79" /></a>Most of my older software requires this pack to be installed to function.</p>
<div><strong><a href="http://software.bootblock.co.uk/?id=vbruntimes&amp;view=download">Download</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://software.bootblock.co.uk/?id=vbruntimes">Homepage</a></strong></div>
<h3>VideoLAN VLC media player</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/vlc.png"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-618" title="vlc" src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/vlc-150x150.png" alt="vlc 150x150 Most Essential Free Softwares After Windows Installation" width="150" height="150" /></a>VLC is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats, including MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MP3, and OGG, as well as for DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It also can be used as a server for unicast or multicast streams in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.</p>
<div><strong><a href="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html">Download</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/">Homepage</a></strong></div>
<h3></h3>
<h3>Vuze (Formerly called Azureus)</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/vuze.png"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-619" title="vuze" src="http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-content/uploads/vuze-150x101.png" alt="vuze 150x101 Most Essential Free Softwares After Windows Installation" width="150" height="101" /></a>Vuze is the easiest way to find, download,and play HD movies, TV and videos. Download and stream using the most powerful p2p bittorrent app in the world.</p>
<div><strong><a href="http://www.vuze.com/">Download</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.vuze.com/">Homepage</a></strong></div>
<p>If we are missing something, please feel free to add that in to this list.</p>


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		<title>How To Create Autorun.inf For Pendrive – Autoplay Your Tools</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.hackingaday.com/2009/12/how-to-create-autorun-inf-for-pendrive.html"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="125" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7P6NGGcr3jo/Sw-okbW7vZI/AAAAAAAAA4M/jswWTQB51cc/ist1_9116667-usb-flash-memory%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="ist1_9116667-usb-flash-memory" title="ist1_9116667-usb-flash-memory" /></a>When you plug-in your pen drive then its really useful to run an Autorun software it can consist of anything from hacking software to any music player.
Its really useful as you can do your work in seconds and in hacking stuff it its really important to boot up fast so that you can do your [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When you plug-in your pen drive then its really useful to run an <strong>Autorun</strong> software it can<img title="ist1_9116667-usb-flash-memory" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7P6NGGcr3jo/Sw-okbW7vZI/AAAAAAAAA4M/jswWTQB51cc/ist1_9116667-usb-flash-memory%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" alt=" How To Create Autorun.inf For Pendrive – Autoplay Your Tools" width="110" height="73" align="right" /> consist of anything from<strong> hacking software</strong> to any music player.</p>
<p>Its really useful as you can do your work in <strong>seconds</strong> and in hacking stuff it its really important to <strong>boot up fast</strong> so that you can do your <strong>work in seconds</strong> and no body catches you rather then first loading the pen drive then navigating to the folders and then doing it. <strong>isn&#8217;t it</strong></p>
<p>So its really worthwhile to take a look at the way the <strong>windows Xp</strong> looks at the pen drive auto run program rather then making a program that’s loading automatically written<strong> C</strong>.</p>
<p><img title="pendrive" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7P6NGGcr3jo/Sw-olQ3Z6DI/AAAAAAAAA4U/uLEv7I_kDCo/pendrive%5B8%5D.gif?imgmax=800" border="0" alt=" How To Create Autorun.inf For Pendrive – Autoplay Your Tools" width="523" height="200" /><br />
<span style="color: #808080;">Ok that&#8217;s the image to notify you that you a need a <strong>pen drive</strong> and a windows Xp based computer with you so as you can perform this hack <img src='http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' title="How To Create Autorun.inf For Pendrive – Autoplay Your Tools" /> </span></p>
<p>So lets start…</p>
<p><a name="more"></a></p>
<h2>How to create a Autorun.inf file ?</h2>
<p>Its the most simple part of it.</p>
<p>1. To create an autorun file<br />
2. Open Notepad and save <strong>‘autorun.inf’’</strong> (with quotes)<br />
3. Save it to the root of the drive.</p>
<p><span style="color: #808080;">All it needs to have is in the first line</span></p>
<div>[autorun]</div>
<p>It was easy right <img src='http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' title="How To Create Autorun.inf For Pendrive – Autoplay Your Tools" /> </p>
<h2>How To Changing Icon of Pendrive</h2>
<p><img title="PNG-usb-pendrive.png-256x256" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7P6NGGcr3jo/Sw-omTgbDiI/AAAAAAAAA4E/63wQD1K6SQs/PNG-usb-pendrive.png-256x256_thumb%5B4%5D.png?imgmax=800" border="0" alt=" How To Create Autorun.inf For Pendrive – Autoplay Your Tools" width="96" height="96" align="right" /><br />
1. To create an autorun file<br />
2. Open Notepad and save <strong>‘autorun.inf’’</strong> (with quotes)<br />
3. Save it to the root of the drive.<br />
4. Then Type -<strong> </strong></p>
<div>[autorun]<br />
icon=myicon.ico<br />
label=MyLabel</div>
<p><span style="color: #808080;">Save it and remember in the root directory</span></p>
<h2>How To New Option Appear in the Autorun Menu</h2>
<p>1. To create an autorun file<br />
2. Open Notepad and save <strong>‘autorun.inf’’</strong> (with quotes)<br />
3. Save it to the root of the drive.<br />
4. Then Type -</p>
<div>[autorun]<br />
icon=default<br />
label=[<strong><span style="color: #808080;">yourlabelhere</span></strong>]<br />
action=programname.exe</div>
<p><em>Save it and exit.</em> Once again, the <strong>program has to be in the root</strong>. Now, when you plug it in, the option should appear in the menu.</p>
<h2>How To Run Programs Automatically When USB is Plugged In</h2>
<p>1. To Create an autorun file<br />
2. Open Notepad and save <strong>‘autorun.inf’’</strong> (with quotes)<br />
3. Save it to the root of the drive.<br />
4. Then Type -</p>
<div>[autorun]<br />
Icon=default<br />
label=<strong><span style="color: #808080;">YourLabelHere</span></strong><br />
open=programname.exe</div>
<p>Well That&#8217;s it, it was easy right, now take a look at this</p>
<p><img title="USB-Flash-Drive-with-Hacked-Shape-UF208-" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7P6NGGcr3jo/Sw-onb6N9mI/AAAAAAAAA4I/SJuH96nGg28/USB-Flash-Drive-with-Hacked-Shape-UF208-_thumb%5B10%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" alt=" How To Create Autorun.inf For Pendrive – Autoplay Your Tools" width="240" height="154" />Hell i need that pen drive that&#8217;s <strong>awesome</strong>. just take a look at this anybody would think that its a useless <strong>damaged usb kit</strong> or something but its a <strong>pendrive</strong> <img src='http://www.hackingaday.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' title="How To Create Autorun.inf For Pendrive – Autoplay Your Tools" />  search on google you would find it .</p>


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