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Portable Software Collection

If you want a portable collection of softwares, try going to LiberKey. They have provided 3 compilations for users to choose from:

• LiberKey Ultimate (202 packages)

• LiberKey Standard (106 packages)

• LiberKey Basic (28 packages).

The total number of portable wares is 264 divided in categories such as Audio, CD, Education, File Management, Graphic, Internet and etc.

via [ gHacks ]

You can also take a look at PortableApps and WinPenPack which offer portable apps as well.

Error updating Firefox 3.0.10 to 3.0.11

If you are getting failed update attempts, the solution is to download Firefox 3.0.11 and install it.

Do not Check for updates!

Firefox addressbar search hijacked by Microsoft Bing

Previously, whenever I type something in Firefox addressbar and press enter, the search engine used is Google. Nowadays whenever I type something in the Firefox addressbar and presses enter, the search engine used has changed to Microsoft’s Bing! I never recalled changing it so I did a search and found the following solution….

Type about:config in Firefox addressbar and search for “keyword.”

Make sure that keyword.enabled is set to ‘true.’ Right click on keyword.url which if you noticed above have been set to http://search.live.com (duh!).

To remove this hijacked value, as mentioned above, right click on keyword.url and choose ‘modify’

Copy and paste – http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q= to restore it back to Google. Close window and restart

Source: Mozilla

4 Top Reasons to use Internet Explorer!

Source…tinypic

Generate Free Premium Link for RapidShare

Almost everyone is using RapidShare to download files. The only annoying this, is the time limit and catpchas! Umar Anjum have compiled a list of best working free premium link generators to download from RapidShare.

• RapidUnblock
• RsGenerator
• RapidLizard

You can find the full list of generators on Umar’s site. Go there…….

Change Windows XP Product Key

Sometimes it becomes necessary to change your XP Product Key if your key is pirated or illegal! How to change the key without reinstalling Windows?

To do that, you need to edit the registry! Type ‘regedit’ in the Run command.

In the registry editor program, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Current Version\WPAEvents

Click WPAEvents folder and locate OOBETimer on the right pane.

Right click OOBETimer and choose Modify.

Change any one digit to deactivate Windows and click OK.

Once again click Start – Run. Type the following command in the Run box – %systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a.

When the Windows Product Activation appears choose to activate by telephone. Click Next and choose Change Product Key. Type your new key and click Update.

If you’re taken back to the previous screen, click Remind Me Later.

Lastly restart your PC.

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Remove Anti Virus software completely

With quite a few anti virus software to pick, it is common to see users changing anti virus softwares.

When removing the old anti virus software to install a new one, Windows Add/Remove program doesn’t completely remove everything. Traces are still everywhere in your registry.

There are specific softwares written to remove a specific anti virus. Steve Yu have list down quite a handful of anti virus removal tool on his site MyTechQuest. Among the removal tools he has listed down are for the following anti virus softwares.

1. Kaspersky
2. AVG
3. Norton
4. McAfee
5. Panda Anti Virus
6. NOD32
7. Avast! and also
8. Avira

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Copying files over wireless network.

COpying files over wireless network normally is a difficult task due to drop in signal strength mostly, apart from other reasons. According to InstantFundas, a better method is by using WirelessGet! Since WirelessGet support stop and resume, so if the wireless signal is down, you do not need to start coying all over again. WirelessGet lets you resume from where the copying process stopped and resume from there.

Download WirelessGet here ( via InstantFundas )

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Internet Speed Test

Click for a larger image. Look at Malaysia’s position in term of download and upload speed……