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Check the integrity of your Windows 7 ISO
Jul 10th
OK, you got the ISO of latest Windows 7 build from a friend. Before installing it, how do you make sure that the ISO was obtained from a trustworthy source and that it had not been tampered with? The Windows 7 ISO Verifier was created exactly for that purpose. The Windows 7 ISO Verifier tool, created by Long Zheng and Sven Groot, verifies the integrity of the Windows 7 ISO by verifying the MD5 hash to ensure that it has not been tampered with.
Image: Courtesy of istartedsomething.com
You can download The Windows 7 ISO Verifier from Long’s site. As noted in their site, this download only works for English versions of Windows 7 ISOs.
Free Up Hard Disk Space After Installing Windows Vista Service Pack 2
Jul 10th
After installing Windows Vista Service Pack 2, you can use the Windows Component Clean Tool (COMPCLN.exe) to remove the archived files. This tool also removes the files that were archived after Windows Vista SP1 was applied. You can free up more than 1 GB of disk space (if the Vista SP1 Files Removal Tool VSP1CLN.EXE was not already used.) When COMPCLN.EXE was run in a system in which VSP1CLN.EXE was already run, it freed up 440 MB of disk space approximately.
You may use this tool if:
- The PC (running Vista SP2) is stable, and you do not plan to remove SP1 or SP2 in future.
- Your hard disk is seriously running out of space.
Note: You’ll be unable to uninstall Windows Vista SP1 or SP2 after running this tool.
Running Windows Component Clean Tool (COMPCLN.exe)
1. Click Start, type Compcln.exe and press ENTER
2. Click Continue when you see the User Account Control elevation dialog.
3. Press Y when you see the following message:
This operation will make all service packs and other packages permanent on this computer. Upon completion you will More >
Reset Lost Windows XP Administrator Password Using ERD Commander
Jul 10th
There are plenty of ways to reset or change a lost Administrator password in Windows XP. Methods include using offline password reset tools with live CDs, using the SHIFT + F10 keystroke from Windows XP Setup screen to gain access to the Command Prompt (with full rights) and changing the password. Here is another way to reset or change the lost administrator password in your Windows XP installation.
Note: If you forget the password to a secondary administrator account, you can reset it by logging in to the built-in “Administrator” account easily. This article assumes the following:
- You have only one working administrator account in the system for which you’ve lost the password.
- You don’t have a Password Reset Disk
- You don’t have a Windows XP CD (which will be the case if you have a PC from OEM), or lost your retail Windows XP CD.
Resetting the Windows XP Administrator Password Using Locksmith
ERD Commander is part of the Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (DaRT) whose 30 day evaluation is available here (MSDaRT50Eval.msi – 64.2 MB). We’ve covered MS DaRT earlier in article Perform a System Restore rollback on a non-bootable Windows XP computer. Follow steps 1-7 in that article to create a ERD Commander Boot CD.
Warning: In Windows XP, the changing of a local user password by an administrator, or through a method other than by the user, will block all access to previously encrypted files (using EFS) by the user.
1. Insert the ERD Commander Boot CD into the drive and restart the system
2. Boot the computer using ERD Commander Boot CD. You may have to set the boot order in the BIOS first. More >
XP tweak : Kill Processes from Command Prompt
Jul 7th
Open up an Administrative level Command Prompt and run tasklist to see all of the running processes:
C:\>tasklist
Image Name PID Session Name Mem Usage
========================= ======== ================ ============
firefox.exe 26356 Console 139,352 K
regedit.exe 24244 Console 9,768 K
cmd.exe 18664 Console 2,380 K
conhost.exe 2528 Console 7,852 K
notepad.exe 17364 Console 7,892 K
notepad.exe 24696 Console 22,028 K
notepad.exe 25304 Console 5,852 K
explorer.exe 2864 Console 72,232 K
In the example above you can see the image name and the PID for each process. If you want to kill the firefox process run:
C:\>Taskkill /IM firefox.exe /F
or
C:\>Taskkill /PID 26356 /F
The /f flag is kills the process forcefully. Failure to use the /F flag will result in nothing happening in some cases. One example is whenever I want to kill the explorer.exe process I have to use the /F flag or else the process just does not terminate.
If you have multiple instances of an image open such as multiple firefox.exe processes, running the taskkill /IM firefox.exe command will kill all instances. When you specify the PID only the specific instane of firefox will be terminated.
The real power of taskkill are the filtering options that allow you to use the following variables and operators.
Variables:
* STATUS
* IMAGENAME
* PID
* SESSION
* CPUTIME
* MEMUSAGE
* USERNAME
* MODULES
* SERVICES
* WINDOWTITLE
Operators:
* eq (equals)
* ne (not equal)
* gt (greater than)
* lt (less than)
* ge (greater than or equal)
* le (less than or equal)
“*” is the wildcard.
You can use the variables and operators with the /FI filtering flag. For example, let’s say you want to end all processes that have a window title that starts with More >
iPhone 3G S Features guide
Jul 6th
Speed
The “S” stands for “SPEED!” And according to Apple, it is faster launching applications or rendering Web pages.
• The iPhone 3GS has a new processor built-in. Apple claims that it is up to two times faster than the previous generation: Launching messages is 2.1 faster, load the NY Times in Safari: 2.9 times faster. It also consumes less, which has an impact on the improved battery life.
Camera
This is one of the strong points of the iPhone 3GS, according to Apple. They increased the resolution to 3 megapixels, which—judging from the shots they showed-seems much better quality under all conditions.
• 3 Megapixels sensor.
• New camera, with auto focus, auto exposure, and auto white balance.
• You can also tap to focus, changing white balance in the process. That is really neat, if you ask me.
• Special macro and low light modes.
• The camera also supports photo and video geotagging.
• Any application can access all the camera functions now.
• It supports video, 30 frames per second VGA with auto focus, auto white balance, and auto exposure.
• You can trim the video shot just using your finger, then share it via MMS, email, MobileMe and YouTube.
Connectivity
The other part of the “S” is the support for the faster 7.2 Mbps 3G standard, which in theory will deliver data faster to your iPhone.
• Three band UMTS/HSDPA.
• Four band GSM/EDGE.
• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g.
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
Graphics
• The new iPhone 3GS includes new 3D graphics support in hardware. This means faster and more complicated 3D games.
• Same 3.5-inch widescreen multitouch display, but this time it has a fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating. I wonder if it will withstand a full frontal Shake Shack burger attack.
Design
• Same design as before, including the glossy finish of the back (so much for all the rumors about the matte back.)
• Same size as the old iPhone 3G: 4.5 x 2.4 x 0.48 inches.
• The weight increases a bit: One ounce to 4.8 ounces (135 grams vs 133 grams).
• Greener materials: Arsenic-free glass, BDF-free, Mercury-free LCD.
New special features
• It has a magnetometer, which works with a Compass application, third parties, and it is integrated into the new Google maps app, showing your orientation with a small semitransparent cone.
• Voice control. You can now talk with your iPhone, Enterprise-style. You can instruct it to play similar songs to the one you are playing, or call people.
• Nike + support built in.
• Supports accessibility features, like zooming on text, inverting video, and voice over when you touch whatever text is on screen.
Battery life
• One of the more important new features is the increased battery life.
• According to Apple, you will get up to 12 hours of talk time on 2G and 5 on 3G, with a up to 300 hour standby time.
• On 3G, it will deliver 5 hours of internet use.
• On Wi-Fi, Internet goes up to 9 hours.
• Video playback is 10 hours vs 30 hours for audio.
Price and availability
• $199 for 16GB version.
• $299 for 32GB version.
iDownload
Jun 27th
iDownload was created to allow you to download files using your iPhone OS device and taking advantage of wifi spots around the world to get all the files you need or use the cellular network to download that small important file when you just have no other access to them
YES ! You can use iDownload to share files between iPhone OS devices…
iDownload allows you to download files directly to your iPhone or iPod touch, and share them to any browser enabled device (pc, mac, linux, iphone, ipod touch, mobile devices, etc)
Created by the developers of iTouchMidi. the leader in iPhone OS midi controllers and PowerKeys, the most innovative keyboard shortcut manager and controller for iPhone OS devices
iDownload was engineered using state of the art server technologies to reduce memory footprint and protect the file system
Upcoming features for 1.2 version (already on the way;):
Landscape Support
In App Email
Upload Progress
Current Limitations:
The mini browser is not full featured in any way,
just a convenience tool for you to easily navigate to your desired files, as such it does not support landscape orientation or feature advanced browser functions like multiple pages
It may be triggered to download with some complex server redirects, in those situations just cancel and it will keep loading the page
No support for partial downloads
Disclaimer:
iDownload does not intend in any way to promote network abuse but to offer a useful tool mainly for download files over wifi networks or exceptionally download small critical files over cellular network
If you have any questions, suggestions or bug reports dont hesitate to contact our tech support,
we are usually available almost 24/7 (GMT) to help you enjoy our products
PLEASE REMEMBER WE CANNOT DIRECTLY REPLY TO QUESTIONS OR ISSUES POSTED IN APP STORE REVIEWS
We will obviously work on fixing any reported bugs
but we are not able to provide direct feedback for reviewers, to allow us to get back to you please contact us directly
(but you already know this by now, don´t you ? 
New in this version Mini browser and File viewer tweaked for improved viewing,
Several internal tweaks:
Unzipping big files does not lock ui anymore,
Improved handling of international characters,
Requirements
Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch
Requires iPhone OS 2.2 or later
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