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Lock computer (quick ways)

When you need to go for a while, you don't have to log-off and then again wait to login. You can do it in many quick ways. Here are these : 1. WindowsKey + L To immediately lock your computer, simultaneously press the Windows logo key (typically beside the Spacebar) and the l key (the letter L). 2. Make Desktop Shortcut Just for a single time do this. Then, you can double-click the icon to lock your machine.   -->Right-click the desktop, select New, and then Shortcut. This will open the Create Shortcut Wizard. -->For the location of the item, type:   rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation Click Next. -->Type an appropriate name for this shortcut, and then click Finish. Now,you just have to double click this to lock machine. 3. ctrl+alt+del Press Ctrl-Alt-Del, and then click Lock this computer or Lock Computer. Have a quicker way, share...

Run a Program as Admin/administrator

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Some programs or some commands (like 'sfc') require you to run them through admin account only(not with d one having admin privileges).  You are  logged on with an account with admin privileges , but not as administrator. So, how to do it? (for windows 7) 1. Locate the file you want to run as admin. (eg. cmd.exe) through start menu. 2. right click and choose "run as admin" OR select the file and press Ctrl+Shift + Enter.  press alt+y when a dialog box appears. File will start in admin mode. Screenshots

Recover Opera wand passwords / How to view saved passwords in Opera wand?

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First of all , my full regards to here and here for giving this very useful method. (Tamil's Blog in myopera.com) Opera is a very secure browser and normally u wont be able to see Saved Passwords unlike Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.(switch to opera immediately). Here's a way to recover the password u saved since there are chances that u may forget them using Opera Wand(Ctrl+Enter) again and again.   Here's how :   First of all try this, this will not work if URL of login page changes. User name and/or password form field name changes. In such times you should use third party tool to recover the forgotten passwords. Method (Using JavaScript) Go to http://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/forms.html page, right click on View Passwords button, select Bookmark Link... and add. Open login page of site you want to view password and make sure login form fields are highlighted by wand in yellow color. Press keyboard shortcut, Ctrl+Enter (or click wand button)...

Increase Broadband/internet speed Surfing&Downloading

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Thes e are tried on Windows XP. Meter. Here's something you can do about it. Reduce bandwidth given to updates. Here . Use TCP/IP Optimizer . How To Use? Use Opera In turbo Mode.(present at status bar) Change port settings from device manager.  See Below. Change port settings from device manager. Open Device manager. Go To Ports(com) and expand. next, right click COM1 and select "Properties". Goto "Port Settings" tab. then, change bits per second to the maximum value. restart. For increasing download speed , use IDM for downloading anything.   These Settings will help u tweak ur broadband speed. At last after restart, do check for speed increase at sites like speedtest.net. Share it to help others.

The Hackers Manifesto

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\/\The Conscience of a Hacker/\/ The Hackers Manifesto written by a real hacker The Mentor. In the movie 'Hackers', after the newbie is arrested, Agent Bob reads part of the hackers manifesto out loud. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This is in fact the whole manifesto by "The Mentor" Written on January 8, shortly after his own arrest in 1986 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- HACKER'S MANIFESTO Another one got caught today, it's all over the papers. "Teenager Arrested in Computer Crime Scandal", "Hacker Arrested after Bank Tampering"... Damn kids. They're all alike. But did you, in your three-piece psychology and 1950's technobrain, ever take a look behind the eyes of the hacker? Did you ever wonder what made him tick, what forces shaped him, what may have molded him? I am a hacker, enter my world... Mine is a world that begins with school... I'm smarter than most of the othe...