Windows
Patch your Uxtheme File in Windows XP Sp3 to enhance your systems appearance
One cant forever live with the default theme of Windows XP, it gets dull and boring after we use it everyday so to give it a refreshing feel you can patch your uxtheme.DLL file so you can install 3rd party themes for Windows XP, you can get the patcher from here.
now that you have patched the uxtheme file you need to place your new theme folder in X:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes (where X is your windows installation directory) , this folder you are copying should have the .msstyles file and the shell folder, now that you have pasted your theme folder in the resources folder the new theme will show up in the appearance tab of the display properties dialog box (right click any empty area on your desktop and click on properties to get this dialog box) , now just select the theme you just installed and press apply and enjoy the refreshing new look!
now if you wondering where to get themes from check these sites out:
The theme used for reference here is foresight and you can get it from here
Copy Error Messages using Ctrl+C - Windows Tip
Did you ever know that you can copy the windows error messages such as this one using the the windows hotkey CTRL+C, I for one didn’t knew that before I read it somewhere few days ago
Download Windows Vista SP1 And Windows XP SP3
Microsoft recently released Service pack 3 for Windows XP and Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista and you can download both from here
Windows Vista Service Pack 1
Original MSDN ISO:
Torrent: http://thepiratebay.org/tor/4093032/ (definitely not the healthiest torrent in the world :D)
File Name: en_windows_vista_with_service_pack_1_x86_dvd_x14-29594.iso
CRC32: ce4cb528
SHA1: bcd715a02739809e477c726ae4b5caa914156429
MD5: b09267740ddd1a08d80b04ec6bbc232a
Size: 2943 MB (3,086,147,584 Bytes)
Info: you can use this ISO to install Windows Vista with service pack 1 on a clean system which doesn’t have any old version of windows vista
Standalone Installer:
File Name: Windows6.0-KB936330-X86-wave0.exe
Size: 434.5 MB
Info: use this installer to install service pack 1 in your computer with windows vista already installed
Windows XP Service pack 3
Original MSDN Iso:
Torrent: http://www.demonoid.com/files/download/HTTP/1460866/20857596
Direct Download: http://depositfiles.com/files/5116908
Size: 589.14 MB
MD5: 5BF476E2FC445B8D06B3C2A6091FE3AA
SHA1: 66ac289ae27724c5ae17139227cbe78c01eefe40
ISO/CRC: FFFFFFFF
Info: you can use this ISO to install Windows XP with Service Pack 3 on a clean system which doesn’t have any old version of windows XP
Note: this is the volume license version you will need a Volume license key to install it (hint: etho student edition nfo)
Standalone Installer:
Size: 316.5 MB (331 805 736 bytes)
MD5: bb25707c919dd835a9d9706b5725af58
SHA-1: c81472f7eeea2eca421e116cd4c03e2300ebfde4
Size: 331,805,736
Info: use this installer to install service pack 3 in your computer with windows xp already installed
Windows Vista’s UAC Block Spyware/Rootkits
Several months ago the highly-respected AV-Test.org ran a test to rank
various antivirus applications. In that test they had 30 rootkits that were tested on both Windows XP and Vista. On Windows XP none of the seven antivirus suites could detect all of the rootkits, and only four of the 14 anti-rootkit tools proved to be 100% successful. Those aren’t very good odds.
On Vista the story was a little bit different. Only six of the 30 rootkits could actually run on the operating system, and that was after the testers turned off the User Account Control (UAC). The UAC stopped the rootkits cold in their tracks, provided that the user actually acknowledges the prompt and reacts accordingly.
I know that many of you are not big fans of UAC in Vista, but it does look like it does the job that Microsoft intended. Without Vista’s UAC the rootkits would be able to silently embed themselves onto your computer, and the protection UAC provides is especially important when the antivirus suites fail to do their job. That’s one of the reasons that I, to the amazement of many, have always left UAC enabled on my Vista machines.
P.S. Vista SP1 has made the User Account Control slightly less annoying, and here is a video demonstrating the differences.
Via: Cyber Net News
How To Change Half Open Connection Limit In Windows XP Sp3
Microsoft Released Service Pack 3 of Windows XP few days ago and for those who upgraded the TCP/IP connection limit was reset to the default i.e 10 half open connections, for p2p users its the crappiest thing but don’t worry now you can change your TCP/IP limit back to whatever you like using this patch.
If your Net Max Half open connection limit is lesser than what you set in your P2P software then it will greatly affect your download and upload speeds
Now you can enjoy your p2p Software’s again!
