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How to shutdown a remote computer on the network

This is little bit of windows hacking when you say you want to shutdown a remote computer on your LAN network, if you are doing it for FUN then its ok.

But let me tell you, this may also cause some potential data loss at the remote computer.

Requirement: You must have administrator rights in order to remotely shutdown a computer. 

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Firefox tip: how to close the annoying download window automatically

There are so many times when you see the download window and save to disk window in firefox popping up when ever you download a new file through firefox.

You can simply set the preference in firefox to change the behaviour of both the windows. Go to File Menu>>Tools>>Options–General Tab (see the image below)

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Send a .swf ActiveX File via Outlook Email,bypass the security Rules

When it comes to IT security and privacy almost all companies dealing with computers take it very seriously and implement various types of security rules in outlook.

As a result of these rules you may not be able to send binaries(.exe files) and any ActiveX files (.swf files) via email through outlook.

One of my friend want to send a small size .swf flash file which was a flash game via email with outlook express but the company firewall does not allow him to send a ActiveX file via email because of security policy.

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How to Remove Hacked by godzilla virus in 5 minutes

Now a days with the increasing use of portable drives various types of virus infect a large number of system very easily.

One of these common virus is "Hacked by Godzilla Virus" which normally spreads through portable drives etc.

My system got infected with this Hacked by Godzilla Virus and I repaired my system without the help of any antivirus software.

Lets first discuss the common symptoms of the Godzilla Virus.

If your system is infected by this virus you will see the this text "Hacked by Godzilla Virus" in the title at the top of the window of Internet explorer

Some other symptoms:

1. Task manager is disabled.

2. Regedit (Command for registry edit) is disabled.

3. Folder options got disappeared From windows explorer.

4. Double clicking on any of your system drive( c: ,d: etc) initiates a new instance of the virus.

So, you won’t be able to open any of your drive by double click rather you have to open then by right click >> explore.

5. msconfig command is disabled – this virus is not dependent on system startup but it disables the msconfig command used to modify the system startup programs.

Let’s see how you can remove Godzilla virus in 5 minutes.

Follow the Step by step procedure given below to remove hacked by godzilla virus.

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How to open multiple home pages at startup in Mozilla firefox

If you are frequent web browser ,a blogger or a freelancer if you are in any web related profession then you must be spending around at least about 1-2 hours on web.

Why open multiple pages at start in mozilla firefox ?

Now every minute of your’s is important so it’s you to decide how you can optimise and speed up your repeated browser activity in order to make the most efficient use of your time .

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how to end a process immediately in windows xp / vista

There are many times when you would want to end a particular process in windows xp for any reason.

Most of the times you are able to end a process in a regular way just by closing the window associated with that program but some times it goes in a hang state called as Not Responding state in windows.

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Access blocked, banned websites like orkut, myspace, facebook from school or office part 1.

Almost most of us normally face the situation when we try access a particular website like orkut, myspace, facebook and any other banned website from school, college or office we get the message at the browser which normally says “This Website is blocked“.

So ,Today i will share the solution:

” How to get access to the websites like orkut , facebook and myspace etc. from your work location part 1. “

Well there are numerous number of ways to do this is to use some free proxy server address that you can hunt for but most of the time they don’t work and if they work you can’t use them for a long time

So one of the most effective method is to use some free proxy software like JAP (Java Anonymity and Proxy ) which switches the proxy server address automatically and lets you connected all the time.

If you like to know how you can use JAP for connecting to blocked websites check out here

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What is ctfmon.exe and how disable the service to stop it using the system resources.

If you have ever opened Task Manager you could have seen one of the process running all the time called cftmon.exe ,and even if you stop it or suspend the process it will get started again and again.

Even when you remove it from system startup by running msconfig command it will again kept running after the sytem restart.

What is actually ctfmon.exe ?

CTFMON.EXE is a file get installed with Office XP applications. It actually activates the Alternative User Input Text Input Processor and the Language Bar. The program monitors the active windows and provides text input service support for speech recognition, handwriting recognition, keyboard, translation, and other alternative user input technologies.