Trick to Speed Up Windows 7 and Vista Boot Up Process by Increasing Processor

Always feeling that the computer system boot up or startup process is slow, and to slow and lag until can get sleepy while waiting for Windows OS to ready itself? When more and more programs are installed and loaded on initial start up, Windows loading process becomes slower and slower. Windows Vista and Windows 7, together with their server variants, Windows Server 2008 , has built-in mechanism to make boot up process faster, by maximizing usage of available processors.There are many ways to decrease booting time and speed up start, such as using third party programs such as Startup Manager to manage programs running automatically. Windows 7 and Windows Vista users running dual-core, quad-core or other multi-core or multi-processors computer can try the following trick to make Windows boots faster.
Press Win + R to open “Run”dialog window.
Type MSConfig into the text box after “Open”.
Go to Boot tab.
For dual-boot or multi-boot system, make sure that the operating system
to make the change is selected.
Click on Advanced options button.
Tick the check box for Number of processors, and then select the maximum number count of CPU core processors value from the drop down list.
Click OK twice to exit System Configuration.
Restart computer.
Once enabled, Windows operating system will use all available (or selected number of) processor cores to run the boot up algorithms, and this potentially make the startup speedier and faster, with less waiting time on black screen and logon screen. User with single core computer unlikely to find the trick useful though.

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Get Free Ubuntu CD Desktop and Edition Server Edition

Get a free copy of Ubuntu Desktop Edition and Ubuntu Server Edition. Ubuntu is available free of charge and you can get the latest version (8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron)) with no extra cost, but the delivery may take up to ten weeks, so you should consider downloading the CD image if you have a fast Internet connection.If interested you can request your copy hereNote : You have to register to their website before making any request. Click here to register yourself.

Orkut Keyboard Shortcuts

I would like to tell you that Orkut updated keyboard shortcut feature about 1 month ago. Here is a list of keyboard shortcuts with which you can open Scrapbook, Home Page, Communities, Friends, Profile simply with some keyboard shortcuts.Have a look :
alt + shift + s for Scrapbook
alt + shift + h for Home
alt + shift + c for Communities
alt + shift + b for Friends
alt + shift + p for Profile
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How To Get Your Rapidshare Account Back If Scammed

This is a very important and a useful post by ShadowSwifter. Hackers always keep an eye on RS accounts, so if your account is scammed here is a working way to get it back.Note : This post is written by ShadowSwifter and I am just attempting to rewrite it in my own words.So lets start :As you get a Rapidshare Account note down all the following details of your account and save it in your computer.
Name*: ...
E-Mail*: ...
Login-ID*: ...
Transaction-ID*: ...
Date of account-creation: ...
Date of payment**: ...
If your account get scammed write an email to support@rapidshare.com telling about all the information of your account. Here is what ShadowSwifter provided for Rapidshare Technical Support to get his accounts back:1. Account name: Login ID and the aliases you've used2. Date of creation3. Date of thievery4. A copy of the LOGS (where the IPs are recorded) and tell RS which ones are friendly and get them to blacklist the hostile ones (which are most likely ones belonged to the scammer)5. Email used to create the account6. All emails that have been applied to the account7. Make a backup of all the links of the files uploaded to the account (use that extract link option)He further says that "Rapidshare asked us to give them a few links of uploaded content, I think they use them to track the account so its vital for you to have a clear record of what have been uploaded to your account and what their links are."8. Tell them the Number of files uploaded and the Total Size of the files uploaded. Simply copy paste the account status on your main menu.9. Tell them how many points you have got.10. Take screenshots of Your Main Menu, Your LOGS, Your OPTIONS.Tips:
Make sure your email is sincere. formal and honest. Don't be aggressive, they reply really fast and they are nice people.
Tell them a good reason why your account MUST be recovered.I am sure that tips will be quite useful for you.

A Must Have Mozilla Firefox Addon : McAfee SiteAdvisor

Mozilla Firefox is the best internet browser I have ever used.Its add-ons facility makes it really a very secure browser.Its safe as well as very fast.

To make it more safer and secure here is a addon known as McAfee SiteAdvisor.This addon warns the user when he/she attempts to open any site that contains any virus or spyware.

Few features of this addon :

>>Rates email and IM links.
>>Actively shields PC from dangerous sites.
>>Quickly detects phishing and identity theft scams.

Downloading Instructions : Visit this website for the addon.

How To Speed Up Acrobat Reader : Just Like Notepad

People having less RAM faces problem when they open Acrobat Reader, it takes alot of time to open. So here is a tutorial to make your Acrobat Reader load faster like Notepad.

Lets start :


Go to the folder where Acrobat Reader is installed. By default it is located in C:\Program Files\Adobe

Now open Reader 8.0\Reader

Note: If you are using version 7 then you will have to open Reader7.0\Reader

In the Reader folder you will see alot of directories and the trick is just move all the files and folders from plug_ins directory to Optional directory.

Note : Do not copy , you have to cut all the files and folders. Keep in mind that while applying this trick your Acrobat Reader is not open, because if it is open you will get an error saying " The files your are trying to move is currently being used by another program".

Congrats you are done .. ) Now open Acrobat Reader and feel the difference in speed.