Download Windows Vista SP2 And Server 2008 SP2 Final


For Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 users, the time has come, Microsoft just released Service Pack 2 (SP2) available for public download today. The updates are available as a standalone installer on both 32bit and 64bit.

Download, install it and from rumors that I've heard, this SP2 will fix a lot of Windows Vista and Server 2008 bugs known as "bloated". So, you gonna see some improvements here and also the performance may get higher and narrowing the gap between Windows Vista/Server 2008 and Windows 7.

Before you install Service Pack 2, read this first mostly for users who has installed SP2 Beta.

If you have any beta versions of SP2 installed, they must be un-installed prior to installing
  • Use the Control Panel applet “Programs and Features” and select “View installed updates” from the top left of the task pane, under Windows, look for KB94846

You must have a genuine copy of Windows Server 2008 with SP1 or Windows Vista with SP1 installed on the computer prior to installing SP2

  • Windows Server 2008 released with the Service Pack 1 code included
  • SP2 is the first post-release Service Pack for Windows Server 2008
Or you can read from here.

Download SP2 Standalone Installer(32-bit)

Download SP2 Standalone Installer(64-bit)

Download SP2 DVD ISO

10 Best Mozilla Firefox about:config Tweaks



I only using two kinds of web browser, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer is a good default web browser for Windows, but, since it hard to tweaks and lack of customization functions, I switched to Mozilla Firefox that much easier and faster too.

I did not having a hard time arguing on memory usage made by Firefox like most of users had, the thing is, please install CleanMem to manage the famous "Firefox memory leakage", yes, CleanMem does the job, Firefox only took ± 20MB of RAM after 2 hours surfing on my low specs. PC with 1 MB of RAM and Windows 7 installed.

The point is, we are not talking about Firefox resource usage here but it's only a little bit of "commercial break" .. haha!! .. Ok, from a various tutorial on tweaking Firefox "about:config", here is the best 10 tweaks that you can use for a various function on Firefox.

1: Speed up Firefox

This hack requires a few steps. Search for pipelining in the filter and you should see:

network.http.pipelining: Change this to true.
network.http.proxy.pipelining: Change this to true.
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests: Change this to 8.

Now search for max-connections and you should see:

network.http.max-connections: Change this to 96.
network.http.max-connections-per-server: Change this to 32.

2: Disable antivirus scanning

This is only for the Windows version. If you're downloading large files, this scanning can seriously slow things down. And since you will most likely scan the downloaded file anyway, you'll probably want to disable this. Of course, if you are uber paranoid (not a bad trait for computing), you might want to leave this entry alone.

To disable antivirus scanning, search for scanWhenDone and you should see:

browser.download.manager.scanWhenDone: Change this to false.

3: Open Javascript popups as tabs

If a popup window lacks the features of a browser window, Firefox will handle it like a popup. If you would prefer to open all windows, including popups, as new tabs, you need to tell Firefox in about:config. Search for newwindow and you will see three entries. Of those three entries, you will want to modify:

browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction: Change this to 0.

4: Spell check in all fields

By default, Firefox checks spelling only in multiple-line text boxes. You can set it to check spelling in all text boxes. Search for spellcheckdefault and you should see:

layout.spellcheckDefault: Change this to 2.

5: Open search bar results in new tab

When you use the search bar, the results display in the current tab. This can be a nuisance because you will navigate out of the page you're currently in. To make sure Firefox always opens search results in a new tab, search for openintab and you should see:

browser.search.openintab: Change this to true.

6: Auto-export bookmarks

In Firefox 3, bookmarks are automatically saved and exported for you. The only problem is that by default, they're saved as places.sqlite instead of the more convenient bookmarks.html. To change this setting so that they can be easily re-imported, search for autoExportHTML and you should see:

browser.bookmarks.autoExportHTML: Change this to true.

7: Disable extension install delay

One of the few gripes I have with Firefox is the silly countdown you must endure every time you want to install an extension. Fortunately, this can be disabled. Search for enable_delay and you should see:

security.dialog_enable_delay: Change this to 0.

8: View source code in an external editor

When you need to view the source of a page, it opens up in browser popup. Most developers would probably like to have that opened in their favorite editor instead of having to cut and paset. To do this, there are two entries to modify. Search for view_source.editor and you will see:

view_source.editor.external: Change this to true.
view_source.editor.path: Change this to the explicit path to your editor of choice.

9: Get more add-on search results

When you do a search in the Add-on window, you'll see just five results. You might find it more efficient to increase this number. Search for getAddons and you should see:

extension.getAddons.maxResults: Change this to 10 (or higher, if you want to see even more).

10: Redefine the Backspace button

Did you know you can configure Firefox to use the backspace button to either go back a page or go up a page? This keeps power users from having to go back and forth from the keyboard to the mouse. Search for backspace and you will see:

browser.backspace_action: Change this to 0 for previous page and 1 for page up.

There you go, the 10 best tweaks (I thought so), happy tweaking and enjoy your new tweaked Mozilla Firefox ..

Another Free 6 Months KAV 2009 License From Kaspersky Poland For CHIP Readers



Another one???

Yes, yes, yes!!!

Like I said before, when it comes it keeps coming ...

Visit RaymondCC for more info on how to grab one.

Free 180 Days Kaspersky AntiVirus 2009 (KAV 2009) Product Key From China



Sometimes, when we are waiting for something, it doesn't show up. And then, when we're not waiting anymore, it comes once, twice and keep coming on and on. What is it? Hahaha!!! Like this one, another chance to grab free KAV 2009 genuine license for free. It's crazy isn't it? If you're scrolling down my blog page, you can see many articles about KAV 2009 giveaways, it's all in one week!!!

Ok, I'll quote a little bit the article from the site that found this giveaway.
After few posts regarding Kaspersky product keys freebies published,there are quite a number people visiting my blog,especially from Europe region caused my blog name appeared at their technology forum.I was happy because there are more people getting to know my blog but indirect will causing the freebies website close quickly. Now i would like sharing with you how to get free Kaspersky Anti Virus 2009 ( KAV 2009 ) product key for 180 days,same as previous from China website and you need more patient caused the steps are complicated.

Actually these KAV 2009 freebies are for Lenova computer users in China and these giveaways closed on Feb 2009 already,recently this website open again and i will showing you how to get KAV 2009 free product key for 180 days although you are not a Lenova product user.
So, here you go, visit WongSK to grab the free license and enjoy!!!

How To Protect USB Ports With Password



Sometimes we want to password protect or lock our computer’s USB Ports to restrict certain users to use the USB port for their purposes. This is very helpful to the people who have secret information in their system and want to hide it from the others.

So if you also want to disable and password protect your USB drive for certain or all USB drives then here is the free software for you called MyUSBOnly.

Click to watch a video demonstration!
Click image for demo video

MyUSBOnly is very good USB Password Protection software that not only adds security to your USB ports but also safeguard your system from the unauthorized access.

Features of MyUSBOnly:

• Password protect USB ports.
• Create a Device Whitelist which allows access to certain USB Drives specified by you to access the system without any software (like your own drive).
• Block untrusted USB Drives.
• Run it invisibly and easily.

Whenever you insert any USB drive it will ask for the correct password, if entered wrong you won’t be able to use the drive.

Download MyUSBOnly

MyUSBOnly supports Windows 2000, XP and Vista.

Guaranteed And Immediate Free KAV 2009 License Key Valid For 183 Days


Using one of the best antivirus software is very important. Not only it has to be capable of detecting both know and unknown virus, it must also have a low false positive detection. I will talk more about false positive detection later this week and share with you guys the importance of a low false detection. As you all know, my all time favorite antivirus software has always been Kaspersky. A good antivirus software must have a very good detection rate(able to detect know and unknown virus), low false positive detection(do not simply flag a legitimate software as threat) and also not resource hungry(slows down the computer).

I’ve posted quite a few techniques on how to obtain Kaspersky genuine licenses. Previously I’ve also discovered how to activate Kaspersky chinese license key on English setup. It works at first but when Kaspersky found out, they created an update which will revert the settings back to chinese interface again. So if you’re stuck without a valid genuine Kaspersky Antivirus 2009 license, today I am going to show you how you can get a 6 months KAV 2009 license for free.
The above quoted phrases was from RaymondCC. If you found it interesting, hurry up!!! go and get it!

How to Uninstall/Remove Office 2007 SP2 With Office 2007 SP2 Uninstall Tool



Many users would have already installed Sp2 for Microsoft office 2007. Office 2007 Service Pack 2 is expected to boost performance but it may not the case for you. You may find various issues after installing office 2007 sp2.

If you are looking for way to uninstall and remove office 2007 Service pack 2 then here is Office 2007 Service Pack 2 Uninstall tool provided by Microsoft. This is official tool to uninstall and remove Service pack 2. The 2007 Office SP Uninstall Tool is designed to uninstall all the patches associated with Office 2007 SP2.

How to Uninstall and Remove Office 2007 Service Pack 2
1. Download Office 2007 SP2 Uninstall tool
2. Double Click on office2007spuninstall.exe. Accept the terms and click Continue.
3. Make a new folder called oarpman at the root of C drive and click OK.


4. Now Press win+r and type cmd at run command. For Windows Vista and Windows 7 Click Start > All Programs > Accessories. Right-click Command Prompt and click “Run as Administrator”
5. OARPMAN needs a release name to start the uninstall. To get it, type the following in your command prompt window: c:\oarpman\oarpman.exe /report and press Enter.


6. To start the uninstall of SP2 type the following in your command prompt window: c:\oarpman\oarpman.exe /remove O12SP2 (replace O12SP2 with your release name) and press Enter. This process may take some time to complete.

That’s it. Service Pack 2 is uninstalled, and Office 2007 is reverted back to a patch state prior to SP2 being installed.

Thanks to SANDIP for this tutorial.

Free Kaspersky Anti virus 2009 For 120 Days


After my post 'Free 6 Months Chinese Kaspersky Anti Virus 2009 Product Keys And How To Activate In English Version',some of my weblog readers sent email to me mentioned that it's hard to follow the steps getting the license keys and not familiar with Chinese character.OK,i known your situation.now i would like to show how to get 90 days Kaspersky Anti Virus 2009 (KAV2009) product keys with free but the procedure also complicated ( i have tried to make it very details and simple ).
I only quoted the above phrase, if you want that offer please visit WongSK.

Windows 7 RTM (Final Version) Coming This August



No more guesses, Microsoft has officially announced that Windows 7 RTM will be release in this August during Holiday season (in some countries).

"Engineering Windows 7" blog made an announcement:
Back in January we released the Beta and updated you on our overall engineering process that will get us from Beta to the Release Candidate. Today, downloading of the Release Candidate started and we’re already seeing a lot of installations and a lot of excitement.

This post is about the path from RC to what we call RTM, release to manufacturing. RTM is the final stage in our engineering of Windows 7, but the engineering continues from RTM until you can purchase Windows 7 and Windows 7 PCs in stores at General Availability, or GA.

Once we have entered the RTM phase, our partners will begin to make their final images and manufacture PCs, and hardware and software vendors will ready their Windows 7 support and new products. We will also begin to manufacture retail boxes for shipment around the world.

Ultimately our partners will determine when their PCs are available in market. If the feedback and telemetry on Windows 7 match our expectations then we will enter the final phases of the RTM process in about 3 months. If we are successful in that, then we tracking to our shared goal of having PCs with Windows 7 available this Holiday season.
If everything goes fine and on schedule, we can expect Windows 7 RTM this August 2009.

Important Update For Windows 7 RC (32bit) KB970789



The update is "KB970789" which fixes a compatibility issue in Windows 7 RC. This issue is only present in 32-bit version of Windows 7 RC build. Here is what it fixes:
In the English version of Windows 7 Release Candidate (build 7100) 32-bit Ultimate, the folder that is created as the root folder of the system drive (%SystemDrive%) is missing entries in its security descriptor. One effect of this problem is that standard users such as non-administrators cannot perform all operations to subfolders that are created directly under the root. Therefore, applications that reference folders under the root may not install successfully or may not uninstall successfully. Additionally, operations or applications that reference these folders may fail.

Furthermore, the missing security descriptor entries protect non-admin file operations directly under the root.
This problem occurs because the English version of Windows 7 Release Candidate 32-bit Ultimate incorrectly sets access control lists (ACLs) on the root.

Users are advised to immediately download and install this update using Windows Update.

For further info about this article, please visit here.

Download Windows 7 RC Public Release From Microsoft Official Site Or Direct Download



Finally the day is here, windows 7 Release Candidate is officially available for public download on Microsoft website (Windows 7 RC Customer Preview Program). Just like Windows 7 Public Beta, Windows 7 RC will be available for download till July 2009 so no need to rush for download. You can also grab free activation keys for Windows 7 RC.

Windows 7 RC will expire on June 1, 2010 and starting on March 1, 2010, your PC will begin shutting down every two hours (hope when the date is come, you're already installed the Final version).

Here is two ways you could grab the RC copy, first by downloading through Microsoft Download Center using your Hotmail, AOL or Live account (must use IE) or you could download it directly using any download manager from url's that I've sniff it for you.

Download From Microsoft Download Center
1. Using Internet Explorer, go to this page: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/download.aspx
2. Choose which build that you want, 32bit or 64bit, pick the language using the dropdown menu and click GO.


3. After this you'll entering sign up page, enter your valid AOL, Hotmail or Live account and click sign in.
4. Then you'll be redirect into download page, note down the product key and click Download Now.


5. On the next page, you'll be prompt to install Active-X Download Manager, just agree and follow the instructions. After that, the download will begin and enjoy waiting for several hours to complete.
Direct Download Link
For you who did not have the Microsoft emails account and you want to use your favorite download manager such as IDM, FDM or whatever, here's the direct download link that I copied from Microsoft Download Center in the first method. Copy the link into download manager and start downloading. Please take note that if you just click the link, it will redirect you to Microsoft Download Center.

Download Windows 7 RC 32bit (X86) English:
http://wb.dlservice.microsoft.com/dl/download/release/windows7/4/0/c/40c1e714-7910-4b38-9b5e-67fa522e6a44/7100.0.090421-1700_x86fre_client_en-us_retail_ultimate-grc1culfrer_en_dvd.iso
Product key: MVBCQ-B3VPW-CT369-VM9TB-YFGBP

Download Windows 7 RC 64bit (X64) English:
http://wb.dlservice.microsoft.com/dl/download/release/windows7/e/b/5/eb58e76e-17fa-409b-855f-11fbe84d1c93/7100.0.090421-1700_x64fre_client_en-us_retail_ultimate-grc1culxfrer_en_dvd.iso
Product key: GPRG6-H3WBB-WJK6G-XX2C7-QGWQ9
System Requirements for Windows 7 Release Candidate

1. 1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
2. 1 GB RAM (32-bit) / 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
3. 16 GB available disk space (32-bit) / 20 GB (64-bit)
4. DirectX 9 graphics processor with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver

The 32- and 64-bit versions of Windows 7 RC are available in five languages: English, German, Japanese, French, and Spanish.

So, that's it, enjoy the RC ...

Free 6 Months Chinese Kaspersky Anti Virus 2009 Product Keys And How To Activate In English Version



UUSee in China cooperate with Kaspersky giving out Kaspersky Anti Virus 2009 ( KAV2009 ) license keys for 180 days with free.You need to download the UUSee software and obtain it on line with condition,moreover,these license key are for KAV2009 Chinese simplified version ( 8.0.0.358 ),if you applied the keys to KAV2009 English version ( 8.0.0.506 ),a pop up message will remind you that these license keys are not compatible with this application.

Now i will show you how to get the free 180 days KAV2009 license keys and applied it to KAV2009 English version,the steps are complicated but if you follow it step by step,for sure you can get it.

Read more, learn the tricks and obtain the license key at WongSK Blog.

Download Privacy Guardian With Free Valid License



Now everyone can get Privacy Guardian with a valid license for free. Privacy Guardian is a tool that taking care of your privacy on your system. It able to erase all the tracks of your traces on online internet, computer usage and also manage to erase traces of 100+ softwares. You can get the whole list here.


Privacy Guardian feature highlights
:
  • Completely cleans all traces of online Internet activities on your computer including cache, cookies, index.dat and history
  • Permanently deletes recycle bin contents, temporary files, document history, plus many more PC tracks
  • Bleaches free space and deleted files using Department of Defense standard (DoD 5220.22-M) making them unrecoverable using regular methods
  • Restores valuable hard drive space and improves system performance
  • Plug-ins to clean the history of 100+ third-party programs, including chat, image viewing, P2P applications and more
  • Supports Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla Firefox and Opera web browsers
Now, it's time to obtain the license key first:
1. Go to PCTools promotion page.
2. Fill in your name, email address, country and click Submit.


3. Check your email after a short while and you’ll get a mail from Pctools which includes the license of Privacy Guardian.
4. You can download Privacy Guardian installer v4.1.0.37 (current) from here and key in the license that you've received to activate.
Privacy Guardian™ 4.1 supports Windows® Vista™ 32-bit, XP, Me, 98 and 2000.

How To Block/Unblock Any Website Easily



If you're worries about your kids or friends using your computer and surfing through the unsafe or unhealthy websites (porn sites actually) that could bring problems such as your computer might get Malware/Virus infections or to stop kids from watching things that they not suppose to, here's the easy way to prevent that.

To archive this, you must know the websites address that you want to block and the simple way you can get it is by looking at the Internet History or Cookies (if it's not been delete yet), or using any 3rd party software that could retrieve the addresses, or you could do a System Restore to get that.

We're not going to use any software or modify the modem/router settings, but in this tutorial we will edit the Windows Hosts file, that's why I said "easily".

Here's to begin:
1. Go to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc (applies to XP, Vista & 7) and find the file named Hosts (without extensions).
2. Right click on it, choose Properties and untick the "Read Only" attributes, click Apply and OK.
3. Double click the Hosts file and choose the program to open and choose Notepad.

This image from Windows Vista (similar to Windows 7).

And this is from Windows XP.

4. All you have to do is type in the website address that you want to block on the next line to localhost. Begin with 127.o.o.1 and follow with the address. See example in image below.


5. Put as many website address as you like, after done that click File, click Save (not Save as) and Exit.
6. Right click on Hosts file that you've just edit, choose Properties and change "Read Only" attribute to enabled back.
7. Reboot your computer for changes to take effect.
That's it, do some test after that, try surf to websites that you've just block. And to reverse the changes (to unblock), just delete the address that you've put before in Hosts file.

Note: For Windows Vista and Windows 7, if you have a difficulties when trying to edit or saving the Hosts file, "Take Ownership" on Hosts file first before you begin (from step 1). Learn how here.

Summary:

127.0.0.1 is a localhost, when users want to surf into the address that you've set into the Hosts file, the OS (your computer) will redirect the address to localhost,it's mean back into OS (your computer), not connecting to the website address.So, the error or failed to connect occurs, this is called IP Mapping.

Nvidia Geforce 185.81 Windows 7 Drivers Released



New Windows 7 Beta drivers have been released on Nvidia’s website today. The drivers have actually been out on Tweakforce for a while but Nvidia waited until today to post them. The drivers are available for Geforce 6,7,8, 9, 100, and 200-series desktop GPUs and install WDDM v1.1 for any series newer than the 8xxx line.


There are numerous improvements in these new drivers and are listed below:

New in Release 185.81:
  • Adds support for the new GeForce GTX 275 GPU.
  • Adds support for Ambient Occlusion – the newest NVIDIA Control Panel feature to offer enhanced 3D gaming realism exclusively to GeForce GPUs.
  • Adds support for CUDA 2.2 for improved performance in GPU Computing applications. See CUDA for more details.
  • Expands GPU hardware acceleration for the NVIDIA Video Encoding library to GPUs with less than 32 cores. Applications using this library include CyberLink PowerDirector 7, Nero Move it 1.5, Loilo SuperLoiloScope MARS, and CyberLink MediaShow Espresso.
  • Accelerates performance in several 3D applications. The following are examples of improvements measured with Release 185 drivers vs. Release 181 drivers (results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings):
    • Up to 25% performance increase in The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
    • Up to 22% performance increase in Crysis: Warhead with antialiasing enabled
    • Up to 11% performance increase in Fallout 3 with antialiasing enabled
    • Up to 14% performance increase in Far Cry 2
    • Up to 30% performance increase in Half-Life 2 engine games with 3-way and 4-way SLI
    • Up to 45% performance increase in Mirror’s Edge with antialiasing enabled
  • Automatically installs the new PhysX System Software version 9.09.0408.
  • Supports GeForce Plus Power Pack #3. Download these FREE PhysX and CUDA applications now!
  • Numerous bug fixes. Refer to the release documentation notes.
  • Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.
32-bit Windows 7 Geforce 185.81 Driver Download

64-bit Windows 7 Geforce 185.81 Driver Download

How To Easily Backup/Restore Microsoft Office Outlook® Emails And Personal Settings



This tips will show you how to backup and restore all of your personal settings and emails from/to Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 or Outlook Express. In case you might want to reinstall your Office Suite, this simple steps will come handy.
1. The files that we're going to backup are hidden, you need to unhide it first. Go to Folder Options > click on View tab > put the check on "Show hidden files and folders" > click Apply and OK.
2. Navigate to C:/Users/UserName/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Outlook/. Copy and save the contents inside the Outlook folder as example like in image below:


3. To restore the backup, first you must unhide the folders, then simply copy/paste the backup into the Outlook folder which is at C:/Users/UserName/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Outlook/. But, if you want this done perfectly, restore the backup first before you run the Office Outlook for the first time.
The above steps are for Windows Vista and Windows 7, for Windows XP the file path is slightly different, the files is in C:/Documents and Settings/UserName/Application Data/Microsoft/Outlook/.

Simple isn't it ..