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How to set CapsLock, NumLock and ScrollLock Keys On/Off using Windows Registry Tweak

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Most of the Windows users have preference on whether “CapsLock”, “NumLock” or “ScrollLock” keys should be turned on or off after Windows has started.

I prefer NumLock to be in On status and CapsLock in Off status after windows has completed started.

What if your preference is not same as the default settings that Windows? Below is the tip by which you can do changes in Windows Registry to permanently change the settings according to your preference!

Below are the steps to change the ON/OFF Status of CapsLock, NumLock and ScrollLock Keys:
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11.03.2009 How-To, Microsoft, TipsNTricks 12 Comments

How to Surf Web Anonymously – 25 Web Proxies

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Most of us know that most of the sports, torrents, bookmarking, social networking, dating sites are blocked in places like School, college, universities and work places. What if you have no work at office or no classes at college and want to surf these sites?

There are ways to access restricted or blocked sites. One way is the use of proxy server to get through the firewall and have access the restricted sites.
How to Surf Web Anonymously - 25 Web Proxies
I some times get free time at office and like to surf websites anonymously. To do that, I use web proxy sites that allowed to do anonymous browsing.

The advantage of web proxies is that it protect your identity online. They hide your IP address and enable you to surf the web under their location. I have tried out lot of web proxy services to access blocked sites. Below, I am listing out 25 web proxies. Give it a try. It may work or may not.

How to surf Web using Web Proxies – 25 Web Proxies

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05.03.2009 How-To, TipsNTricks, Web 19 Comments

Disable unwanted Services in Windows XP to improve the performance

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

What is Windows Service

A Windows service is like any other program in start up folder which starts when Windows is booted and runs in the background as long as PC is restarted/shutdown. Each service in windows handles some work. For ex: Spooler service is used to handle print jobs. But, what if you don’t have a printer? It is better to disable that service.Windows XP

I always wanted my PC to be fast and responsive. Due to this, I started finding out some of the services that are running and which are not needed. If you also want to disable unwanted services in Windows XP to improve the performance then continue reading…

To start/stop or enable/disable the services.
– Go to Start > Run and type msconfig and hit Enter.
– After services window is opened, click on the Services tab.
– Here you will see all the services registered under your Windows XP machine.
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04.03.2009 Microsoft, TipsNTricks 10 Comments

How to Kill Tasks from Command Prompt

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Few days back, my laptop with Windows XP OS started giving problems. Moreover, i was unable to open the Task Manager. I rely on Task Manager to kill the non responding processes.

I started searching for other ways to Kill the Tasks (with out Task Manager). After a while, i found an alternative solution which works on Windows XP operating system. You can view all the processes running on your system via command prompt and kill them!

Kill Tasks or Processes from Command Prompt

  1. Open Command Prompt via Start -> Run… and type cmd and hit Enter.
  2. After Command prompt is opened, type “tasklist”
  3. Check below the list of processes or task running on my Laptop. Each row has process name and PID number.
    Kill Tasks from Command Prompt
  4. Note down the PID number of the Process you want to kill. For ex: PID number : 716, Process Name : GoogleUpdate.exe
  5. To kill the process or task, Type “tskill” (without the quotes) then space and the PID number.
    For ex: c:\> tskill 718
  6. The above command will kill the Process with PID number 718

In this way, you could kill the process or do lots of other things from command prompt that you can do with Task Manager.

Hope you liked this trick. If you have any other tricks. Do share by leaving a comment!

23.02.2009 How-To, Microsoft, TipsNTricks 19 Comments

How to remove Security 2009 – Removal instructions

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

Few days back, I was having a group chat on Google talk with my father. In the chat conversation, He told me that Security 2009 is showing some Virus or Worm infections on the PC.

I was surprised to hear this because, i remember that my Father’s PC has Kaspersky Antivirus installed and i don’t remember any software by name Security 2009 installed on that PC.

I then used Team Viewer to remotely connect to the PC and check the exact problem.

Upon remotely connecting, i was shocked to see a new Antivirus Software called Security 2009 showing some infections on the PC.

I immediately started searching on Google and found that Securty 2009 is a Malware

What is Security 2009?

Remove Security 2009 malware

Security 2009 is promoted using misleading pop-ups redirecting the browsing to online scan by Security 2009. It shows the user with a message that the PC is infected with few viruses and worms. User is then prompted to buy the licensed copy of Security 2009 or shadowed download of very dangerous parasite is started from the scan page, Security 2009 trial version that is know to be aggressive adware and hijacker. Moreover, Security 2009 trial version is spread over connected to Internet computers with the help of Vundo.trojan.

How to remove Security 2009

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17.02.2009 How-To, TipsNTricks 14 Comments

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