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Tips on Windows XP. To increase performance, registry tips,fix errors, customize. And about the latest technologies related to any field.

How to split or make a sample from MP4 file

Sometimes you need to split mp4 files. The use of these files is less than avi format but its increasing. This format is used now in high quality rips, online videos and mobile phones. I’ve N72 phone and I shoot videos often. Sometimes I want to split them. And i do it with a little [...]

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How to increase Torrent download speed

Torrent is now the most widely used form of sharing. Though there are sites which allow you to upload your file and share, they have some or other restrictions. Sites like Rapidshare, Megaupload often delete illegal content on report. Torrents don’t have such restrictions. You find many things which are not available via HTTP download. [...]

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Restoring the Show Desktop icon

If you accidentally delete the Show Desktop icon from the Quick Launch toolbar, here’s how to get it back: 1. Open Notepad 2. Type these lines, precisely, into Notepad: [Shell] Command=2 IconFile=explorer.exe,3 [Taskbar] Command=ToggleDesktop 3. Save the file on your desktop as “Show Desktop.scf” You see a new icon on your desktop that looks remarkably [...]

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Unable To Unhide Hidden Folders

Such problem occurs when you are affected by a w32.USBworm or its varient. Although now there are updates to clean this worm but still you are not able to unhide hidden folders. In such case one of the following registry edits work for sure. Solution 1: Go to Start –> Run, then type regedit and [...]

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ReadyBoost for Windows XP

ReadyBoost is a disk caching technology first included with Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system. It aims to make computers running Windows Vista more responsive by using flash memory on a USB 2.0 drive, SD card, CompactFlash, or other form of flash memory, in order to boost system performance. ReadyBoost is also used to facilitate SuperFetch, [...]

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