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  1. Don't know if somebody might be aware of this or not but i thought to share it. Just think you are doing some important work and or downloading a huge file and its going to complete the download process but in between the Error Message Comes The System is shutting down, In that case what to do. Some times we need to stop some restart process quickly. In windows XP some times it gives auto restart warning and here is good solution for it. Stop A Restart Process In 3steps :- 1. Go to Start menu 2. Click on RUN 3. Enter the following command excluding hashcodes "shutdown -a" Simple but very useful when you don't want your pc to be started. Enjoy. :thumbsup_anim:

  2. Just make a archive (say hide.rar) of the files you want to hide. Find a image file to hide it say show.jpg Open command prompt and type : copy /b show.jpg + hide.rar new.jpg Now new.jpg is you file. Open it in any image viewer (even Photoshop opens the new.jpg file correctly) and you can also upload it to imageshack or any other image hosts. Now get back the hidden files, open the image file in Winrar or say 7-zip and you see your hidden files. You can try with different image formats also. JPG, PNG works and I have tested on them.

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  3. I am facing some problems in nlite addons. (XP) will anyone give me a 8.cab or 8.7z sample of wallpaper addon for nLite..will anyone? and also i want to add some musics in default music library in XP. anyway I am using XP 64 bit version update April 2009. Please help me :crying_anim02:

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  4. Started by NIM,

    After a few months without a word on @live e-mail addresses, news have appeared a lot on the subject recently. At first, they were officially available without using any kind of trick, but it disappeared quickly. No more than a week after, however, a new unofficial way of getting the long-awaited addresses has just surfaced. The trick is pretty simple this time, because it involves modifying the contents of the address bar to link to the @live.com address registration page: 1. Visit the hotmail subscription page 2. Choose the free account 3. In the address bar, find and change "hmnewuser.aspx" to "newuser.aspx" 4. Locate and delete "&hm=1" from the address bar 5. Hit …

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  5. Started by MGadAllah,

    In this tutorial I will cover some general technical concepts that relate to Linux. You will need this information to understand and perform an installation, which I will cover in the next article. This tutorial covers some of the major terms used in Linux, as well as the fundamentals of how the system operates. Finally I discuss partitioning and formatting of file systems. Linux is a different than Windows, and therefore a lot of the terminology changes as well. Listed below are some terms that you must know to effectively learn Linux, along with a general definition of each. [*]Unix: Refers to a classification of operating system, not a specific version or vendor

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  6. Started by MGadAllah,

    View at Source Will also upload the picture to another site tomorrow in case of there site being down and that it doest make request to there site Scenario: You want to install Linux on your system which is already running Windows XP. Tutorial Summary: We

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  7. Started by MGadAllah,

    Sure not all of us know about Linux .... So I thought to write a few about it and I hope that I do not say any thing wrong up to my knowledge and I hope you like it and find it any useful....and if there is any mistakes please do feel free to correct me because no one know every thing Linux (pronounced LIH-nuks) is an operating system for computers, comparable to Windows or Mac OS X. It was originally created starting in 1991 by Finnish programmer Linus (pronounced LEE-nus) Torvalds with the assistance of developers from around the globe. Linux resembles Unix, an earlier operating system, but unlike Unix, Linux is open source software -- that is, you can not only downloa…

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  8. If you have ever tried to format a USB thumb drive or memory stick, you may have noticed that the only options you get are FAT and FAT32 file systems. This is the default behavior in Windows XP. However, with some slight tweaking of settings, you can actually format your removable storage devices in NTFS format, including external hard drives, etc. Of course, there is a reason why Windows defaults the formatting of removable storage to FAT and FAT32. There are actually a few advantages and disadvantages to formatting a USB drive in NTFS format, so we

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  9. Started by cro-man,

    These tweaks and fixes are not my work. I picked it up from various sites. Use the tweaks at your own risk. Credits goes to their original authors. The oldest advice is still the best advice: Back up the registry and have a valid restore point before editing the registry Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ; XP Tweaks Collection. ; This file is segmented into these sections: ; - General Settings ; - General Customation ; - Startup / Shutdown ; - Logon ; - Start Menu ; - Context Menus ; - Multim

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  10. Started by MGadAllah,

    YouTube now encodes some video clips to both standard and high-quality parameters. Here's how to give yours the high-quality treatment. Few people can resist uploading videos to YouTube, whether as a simple way to share their work with friends or to launch a production upon the unsuspecting world. The traditional downside, however, has been video quality that ranged from fair to, frankly, poor. However, YouTube recently launched a new option that encodes some videos to both standard and high-quality parameters. The difference between standard and high-quality video is striking. Not all uploaded videos get encoded into the high-quality format, but if you follow a few simp…

  11. Started by JurgenDoe,

    I promised Nick to write this tutorial but it took me a bit longer do to much work I have :angry: Ok here we go: 1. Open a new image File - New with transparent background. Fill this layer with the your choise of your color, but not to dark. Now select the Type Tool and use the same color that you used on your backround. Type the wanted text and click ok. Ctrl + leftclick your text layer to select the text. Your image should now look like this 2. Now go to Layer - Rasterize - Type Use Brightness/Contrast to darken the text a little bit. Image - Adjust - Brighntess/Contrast. Brightness: -10 Contrast: 0 Now we add some inner shadow to the text to give the text that …

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  12. If you've seen the screenshots of Google Chrome on XP vs Vista, you've probably noticed that the interface looks completely different. If you want to make your XP version use a slick black theme, you can do so with a custom hack. For those of you unsure what we're talking about, here's the default XP theme: And here's Google Chrome in XP with the ZOMBRE custom theme installed: It actually looks somewhat similar to the Vista theme in terms of slickness. Installing the Custom Theme You'll first need to download the patched theme file from the link at the bottom. Next, open up an explorer window, and paste in the following to the address bar: %userprofile%\Local Settings\…

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  13. Started by Sull,

    Rick and All, I remember one of the older V'ISO builds when the CMD window poped up to patch windows files it was small, what command can I use to make a CMD window smaller ?? Sorry if that doesn't make sense! thanks

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  14. Started by NIM,

    If you're unable to use Windows installer either to install or to uninstall an app. and get the message like "Windows installer service could not be accesed.....". If you already tried to install Windows installer 3.1 (v2) and it still didn't work., you can do the following: You may have to do a Dynamic Reinstall, to do this you will need your system disc. Reboot the computer and insert your system disc, be sure to change the boot order in BIOS to CDROM as the first boot device. When the first installation screen appears choose the install option. This will take you to a second screen that informs you that an operating system already exists. In this second screen choose…

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  15. Guest
    Started by Guest,

    Please help for make Customize winxp to vista without a software worked on nlite ; veiw attached picture 1. how to change Tollbar menu windows xp to vista with added (up menu to toolbar vista) menu bar under addressbar 2.How to change system font winxp to segoe UI (Windows vista font ) 3. How To Change Progressbar (copy, delete, move) file in windows xp pic.rar

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  16. Started by Mr.McNally,

    Hi everyone. This may not be the right location for this question, but I would like some explanation about the whole 64bit OS option. Now as best I can tell, I would have to buy a AMD64 setup to run the 64bit M$ OS. This is where i get a little foggy on the issue. Can I use a 64bit AMD64 setup to run a 32bit M$ OS? It seems that the 64bit software market is rather small, and I don't notice the incredible change in the computer industry that everyone was carrying on about when AMD introduced the 64bit chip. I think that I get lost when I look at the current AMD and Intel cpu offerings.First AMD has 64bit, then Intel brought 2core cpu. Then AMD looks to have a dual core …

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    Started by Guest beemarin,

    http://gallery.artofgregmartin.com/tuts_ar...g_a_planet.html Planet Texture: Here 1. Start with a plain black image, 500x500 pixels. Make a new layer and, using the circle marquee select a circle about 2/3 the size of the root image. Fill it black, and leave the marquee active (do not deselect). Grab the Airbrush Soft Round 300 (we need a big, fuzzy brush). Set the opacity of the brush to 30% and the mode to Linear Dodge. We're going to pretend our light source is coming from the upper left (this is arbitrary). Start brushing color (we'll use hexadecimal value 664029) from about 8 o'clock to 2 o'clock, working towards the upper left corner. You want the result to loo…

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  18. Started by freeheart4sale,

    added the aio vista themes & runtime pack addon to my nlite created disc, they work but when i click desktop or themes to change from within display properties i get run a dll as an app has encountered a problem & needs to close , tried some things found on int but no luck still get error, error signature is app name: rundll32.exe, appver :5.1.2600.5512, modname: urlmon.dll, modver: 6.0.2900.5512 offset: 000164d3 anyone know what might be causing this? thanks

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  19. Started by freeheart4sale,

    hello , was wondering if you could tell me how to test addon in a virtual situation without having to make a complete complete xp iso thru nlite. i know how to test iso in virtual, but is there a way to just test an addon to make sure it is silent/unattended without having to make entire xp disc thanks, and you guys rock here & create some awesome stuff!

  20. Really nice PDF file, found it quite useful.. 8_things.pdf

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  21. I want to know how to include the "Boot Screen" & the Logn Screen" on the Unattended XP CD.I also want to know how to Modify And add the Autorun Menu which comes up when the XP CD is inserted.

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  22. I just came across this and thought others may like this. Homepage

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  23. I just created a new Wallpaper and thought I write a tut on how to create this Fella. It also is a great help if you just want to know how to create a shiny ORB The Tutorial is saved as .jpg and everybody who likes it can download and try it out :icon_cool:

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  24. Started by WolfX2,

    In this tutorial you will learn how to add that trendy smooth gloss effect to your shapes, text and objects in Photoshop. Its a universal effect and can make most aspects of a design look really sleek and attractive. Step 1 The first step to this tutorial is to create your shape on a blank canvas. *Note that this isn't how you have to do it all the time, but for the sake of learning this is the quickest and easiest way to grasp the technique. For this tutorial, well use a rounded rectangle shape: *Note, this can be done with any shape you like. We are using the rounded rectangle as an example only. The technique can be applied to text, shapes and most objects in Photosho…

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  25. Sign up for Windows Live By signing up for Windows Live, you will get a new e-mail account @vista.aero. Your e-mail account will be provided by MSN Hotmail, a leading provider of free webmail. Your e-mail address is your Windows Live ID, which can also be used to access instant messaging and other services on the MSN and Windows Live network. Click Here To Sign up Source: Bink.nu

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