As we all know that none of the video sharing sites provide a link to download their videos. So we will have to do some tweaking and play around to download the videos. Here are some ways to download any video from the internet , they are based on the common hack (Right-click -> “Save Target As” OR copy the link into your download manager, but change the file extension to .flv)

Method 1: For Firefox Users – Install the VideoDownloader Extension from Mozilla Add-ons website – It downloads all embedded objects on a webpage including the video clips. This is very easy for beginners.

Method 2: One of the easiest ways is to copy your video URL and paste it on KeepVid Lite. When you click submit, you will be provided with a link to save the video as an FLV file.
Using these tricks you can easily download videos from Youtube or Google Videos or Metacafe.

Now some more questions that arise are:

How do I play FLV files on my computer – They dont open with windows media player or winamp or itunes or real player ?

You can download free FLV players to watch FLV files locally. A good FLV player has a simple and easy-to-remember name – FLV Player. Another nice alternative is the Riva FLV player. Try them out.

How do I split a large FLV file into smaller playable video clips?

This is the most common question among video enthusiasts – they want to split a large FLV video file into smaller chunks for editing or resharing only the interesting tidbits on the internet. To break an FLV file, get the free FLV Parser – a tiny command-line tool to split FLVs into pieces. Its intended use is to convert a large FLV into a series of shorter FLVs based on a series of millisecond-based timecodes. Using the -s switch will split the audio and video of the outputted files; the audio track will be extracted as a series of MP3 files, and the short FLVs produced will have no audio track at all.

How to convert FLV videos to Windows AVI or Quicktime MOV or 3GP formats ?

The free Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer software from Super can convert FLV files to practically any other video format including MP4, MOV H.264, AVI, ASF or Flash SWF animations. Super video convertor.

How do I convert my AVI, MPEG, MOV, 3GP movie clips back to FLV format ?

Say you complete editing your movie in Windows Movie Maker or Avid and now left with an MOV file that you want to convert to FLV. Just get the free Riva FLV encoder and relax. The Riva encoder even lets you select parts of the video that you want to convert to FLV and crop the rest.

I have three small video clips that I download from Google Videos and now want to join them into one single video -How do I merge FLV files ?
There is no free software that lets you join FLV files other than the expensive Macromedia Flash Professional. However, here’s a simple trick to join several flv video files – convert individual flv files to avi using Super [as mentioned above], then join the multiple Avi files into a single avi file using free VirtualDub and finally convert this avi back to FLV using Riva FLV encoder.Its done.

How do I watch Youtube Video on my iPod, PSP or Television ?

Again we’ll make use of the Super Video Encoder mentioned above. Just convert the FLV file into a corresponding format (like Apple iPod or Sony PSP or MPG) and transfer it to your gadget

Yes, you are reading it correctly, its not a prank or joke, now you can easily avoid the waiting time or usually we say time limit when you download as a free user from the file sharing services such as rapidshare, megaupload, deposifiles, hotfile. Normally you have to wait for 20-60 minutes to download the second file after downloading the first one. They implement ways to invite users to purchase a premium service. But this way of limiting Free download limit and asking free users to wait for long time to start another download can be annoying one.

Skipscreen is an extension to browser to by pass waiting time on download. Unfortunately it can only be used with Firefox browsers to avoid waiting time while downloading files from some popular File hosting services like:

* Rapidshare.com
* zShare.net
* MediaFire.com
* Megaupload.com
* Sharebee.com
* Depositfiles.com
* Sendspace.com
* Divshare.com
* Linkbucks.com
* Uploaded.to
* Hotfiles.com
* 4shared.com
* Limelinx.com
* Link-Protector.com

Its use is very simple and does not require any configuration, just go to the addon page of the extension and install it, restart your browser and enter one of thesedownload sites and you will no longer have to wait.

Download Skip Screen Firefox Extention

Alternative Methods or Hacks to Beat Rapidshare Download Limits and Waiting Time

Method 1:  Using Java Script:

1. Goto the page you want to download
2. Select FREE button
3. In the address bar put the following: javascript:alert(c=0)
4. Click OK
5. Click OK to the pop-up box
6. Enter the captcha
7. Download Your File

Method 2:  Request a new IP address from your ISP server

Here’s how to do it in windows:
1. Click Start
2. Click run
3. In the run box type cmd.exe and click OK
4. When the command prompt opens type the following.

ENTER after each new line.
ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
exit

Note: This might only work for DSL/Modem Internet Connection, not for Cable Internet users

Disclaimer: Some call this as hacking trick or Hacking Rapidshare, but its in no way related to hacking. All information mentioned above is not created by technosmart.info

Often when an employee departs, they take important Excel passwords with them. This guide outlines how to use a simple Excel password recovery application to crack lost or forgotten passwords, allowing you to unlock password-encrypted Microsoft Excel documents quickly as possible.

Step 1: Download and Install the Office Password Recovery Utility

To perform the following recovery steps, you’ll need to grab the download of Office Password Recovery Pro, available directly here. (2.1Mb)

Once you’ve downloaded the program, run the install with the default options.

Step 2: Navigate to the Protected File and Begin the Recovery Process

Click the Open button on the top left, navigate to the protected spreadsheet file:

The Open button launches the Recovery Wizard.

The Wizard gives you the option of simply decrypting the spreadsheet (aka. removing the password protection entirely) or displaying the original document password:

Recovery Option 1: 100% Instant Document Decryption

This option is the quickest way to access your file, but strips all password protection from the document, so you’ll need to setup password protection on the file again if you want to lock it down in the future.

With this option, the application securely pings the Password Solutions’ server to determine the type of encryption used on the file and determines the best decryption method for removing the password from the Excel workbook:

When prompted, choose where you’d like to save the unlocked, decrypted version and hit OK.

Success! The program now offers to automatically open your unlocked document.

Recovery Option 2: ‘Recover the Password to Open’

If the document is password-protected and you’d like to recover the original password (perhaps for use in opening other Office documents) select Recover the Password to Open.

You’ll then be asked a couple questions to aid in determining the password schema. These are geared at narrowing the applications search for possible matches, but are not required.

If you don’t have any idea, simply leave all default selections, press the Next button twice and then click Finish.

Office Password Recovery then starts attempting to crack the password using a number of built-in ‘attack schemes’ and millions of unique password combinations.

Once your password has been recovered, the program clearly notifies you of the results:

Note: Even the passwords on individual sheets within your Excel workbook are recovered, giving you complete access across the entire workbook.

If you’re stuck and just can’t find that password, we highly recommend downloading Office Password Recovery Pro and running through these steps.

These steps are for a clean install of XP. Read this article for steps on upgrading your current system to XP.

First, you’re going to need to change your BIOS boot order to boot from CD-ROM. Once you do this you’ll then be able to boot your computer from the Installation CD.

After changing the boot order in BIOS, save the changes, and then reboot your computer. Make sure your Installation CD is in your CD-ROM. If it is you’ll be prompted to press your space bar to directly boot from CD-ROM emulation. Press your space bar as soon as you see this message.

Wait a few minutes while the installation begins to copy the preliminary setup files to your computer. After this completes you’ll be ready to start directing the install process.

You will be asked if you want to perform a new installation, repair an existing installation, or quit. In this case, you will be performing a new install. Press the correct key to perform a new installation.

Read the terms of the end user license agreement, and press F8 to agree.

The next phase of the installation is real similar to that of Windows 2000. So, if you’re familiar with the Windows 2000 installation process this should be a cinch.
Basically, you need to decide which partition of your hard drive you will install Windows XP on. You will have the opportunity to create and/or delete partitions or just allocate the available disk space to one partition. However, try to keep your partitions within reasonable size.

We recommend using multiple partitions of 4-8GB, preferably on more than one hard drive. This will help you back up your data and optimize system performance later on down the road. Once you have figured out which partition XP will be installed on it’s time to format it.

Choose to format the partition to either FAT32 or NTFS (recommended for single OS install). You’ll also see two additional choices to perform a quick format of each option. Stick with doing a full format of either option instead. After you’ve determined which option is right for you, press the correct key to format the partition.

This would be a good time to take a break and come back in a few minutes. The setup program will automatically start copying files after the partition is formatted.
From this point on, you’re going to see each and every file name that’s being copied over to your hard drive appear in the lower left corner. As the file names go from A to Z, the installation completion percentage will increase.

Choose the region and language.

Type in your name and organization.

Enter your product license key.

Name the computer, and enter an Admin password. Don’t forget to write down your Administrator password. After the installation is complete it would be extremely wise to create a password restore disk in the event you forget your Administrator password someday.

Enter the correct date and time.

Choose your network settings. Leave on automatic if you use a dhcp server to assign IP addresses. If you have static IP address for broadband access, enter the settings that your ISP has provided you.

Choose workgroup or domain name.

Register this copy of Windows XP if you’ve installed all the current hardware on your machine. Otherwise, wait until you’ve finished installing any additional hardware so you don’t have to activate your copy of XP again.

Add users that will sign on to this computer.

Log in, and update drivers.

Driver install

XP found drivers for all of the hardware in our test machines, with the exception of a wireless network adapter that was added. Update all drivers that had updates available for download.

It takes about 30 minutes to perform this installation. After that, you will be a few personalized settings away from getting started on your XP-experience. With a little use, the GUI even starts to grow on you.

1) How to make your Desktop Icons Transparent

Go to ontrol Panel > System, > Advanced > Performance area > Settings button Visual Effects tab “Use drop shadows for icon labels on the Desktop”

2) How to Rename the Recycle Bin

To change the name of the Recycle Bin desktop icon, open Regedit and go to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/CLSID/{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

and change the name “Recycle Bin” to whatever you want (don’t type any quotes).

3) How to use Windows Update Properly

If you want to save your files to your hard drive, so after a format you dont have to download them all again, here’s How:

- Logon to Windows Update

- Choose Windows Update Catalogue (left hand pane)

- Choose Find updates for Microsoft Windows operating systems (right hand pane)

- Choose your version and language then Search

- Choose one the following:

- Critical Updates and Service Packs
- Service Packs and Recommended Downloads
- Multi-Language Features (0)

- Once chosen simply click on what you want to download and then back at the top click Review Download Basket

- You are taken to the next page where at the top you can specify where the downloads are to be saved.

- Click Download now. Each patch will make a directory under the root of the folder you saved them to.
Once finished you need to go to where you saved the file (s) to and then simply install all your patches.

4) Get rid of Windows Messenger

Start->Run->”gpedit.msc”"
-Computer Configuration
-Administrative Templates
-Windows Components
-Windows Messenger

Here you can enable
“Do not allow Windows Messenger to be run”
and
“Do not automatically start Windows Messenger initially

5) Make Your Folders Private

•Open My Computer
•Double-click the drive where Windows is installed (usually drive (C:), unless you have more than one drive on your computer).
•If the contents of the drive are hidden, under System Tasks, click Show the contents of this drive.
•Double-click the Documents and Settings folder.
•Double-click your user folder.
•Right-click any folder in your user profile, and then click Properties.
•On the Sharing tab, select the Make this folder private so that only I have access to it check box.

Note

•To open My Computer, click Start, and then click My Computer.
•This option is only available for folders included in your user profile. Folders in your user profile include My Documents and its subfolders, Desktop, Start Menu, Cookies, and Favorites. If you do not make these folders private, they are available to everyone who uses your computer.
•When you make a folder private, all of its subfolders are private as well. For example, when you make My Documents private, you also make My Music and My Pictures private. When you share a folder, you also share all of its subfolders unless you make them private.
•You cannot make your folders private if your drive is not formatted as NTFS For information about converting your drive to NTFS

Does your Windows machine take a long time to boot up? Well a company has developed a remedy to improve Windows boot time, and it is called Soluto.

The way the application works is simple. It installs, then it asks you to reboot and then it watches your boot time and tells you what is taking up the majority of that time. It allows you to pause the item (does not start up again until un-paused) or you can delay its startup. It will wait until the initial set of applications is loaded before attempting to start your delayed applications.
This program works well for techies and entry level computer users alike. If you are an expert user you can take action on all your items and have a great list to work from on speeding up your boot up. A novice would be able to pause the items that they know they do not use or have already uninstalled.

For instance Roxio’s burning suite starts up automatically but do we need it to? Photoshop and Acrobat also start processes automatically and don’t forget all the applications that call out to see if there are new versions available. Everything starting up at once causes your machine to act slow.

Soluto wants to remove the frustration from computing. You can also enable a Frustration Detection mode that will analyze your machine at any given time and it will tell you what is wrong.

To begin just follow this link here.

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All-in-One Software: ThreatFire

ThreatFire, formerly known as CyberHawk, is a company that specializes in providing users with behavior-based security.  Their latest security solution, ThreatFire 3, keeps your computer safe against malicious items such as viruses, Trojans, spyware and many other crippling threats.  This program remains amazingly efficient without having to rely on standard signature updates.  ThreatFire performs its magic by continuously analyzing the behavior of applications and processes on a user’s system.  It then immediately alerts you of all suspicious activity in which the content can be blocked or allowed.   

While ThreatFire is effective on its own, this software becomes a full-featured internet security suite when combined with traditional anti-virus and firewall applications.  Such powerful combinations make your system virtually impenetrable to outside attacks.

ThreatFire 3 comes ready to use right out of the box.  This program doesn’t require a lengthy, difficult configuration process, though it offers many customizable options capable of enhancing protection.

Unique Security

ThreatFire completely distinguishes itself from your basic anti-virus software.  Typical applications are normally required to first identify a threat before they can provide solid protection against it.  Upon detection, protection is typically provided from a signature update that must be first written by an expert and delivered to a database.  During this process, a large window of opportunity and time is left open where threats go undetected, penetrate the security software and infect your computer.  ThreatFire uses technology that keeps the scanner fresh and aware of deceptive infections.  

This program is very user-friendly and not only protects your computer against common infections, but also blocks more sophisticated threats such as keyloggers, rootkits and buffer overflows.  When ThreatFire 3 detects unusual activity, it displays an alert and provides adequate details regarding the potential threat.  If a known threat is detected, the program automatically quarantines it, allowing you to sit back with no further action required.  If new or unknown threats are detected, ThreatFire displays an alert that allows you to quarantine or grant access to the content.  It adds ease to the decision making process by providing detailed information that helps determine the legitimacy of the content in question.

Some of its newest features include an on-demand scanning component that provides additional protection.  It also comes equipped with a handy cleanup utility that sweeps your system clear of virtual debris. 

Compatibility

ThreatFire 3 is a highly compatible security solution and integrates seamlessly with many popular anti-virus products.  This software has been known to enhance previous versions of CA, Webroot, Symantec and McAfee programs.  ThreatFire even has the ability to tremendously enhance the protective capability of basic security applications such as Trend Micro’s Internet Security 2007.

While ThreatFire is compatible with many competitive brands, innovations made in the new release prevents it from being installed on a system running a previous Cyberhawk application.  Cyberhawk users making an upgrade must first remove that software before installing ThreatFire 3.

ThreatFire performs on various Microsoft platforms including Windows Vista, Windows XP Service Pack 1 and 2 for the Home, Pro and Media Center editions, Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 and Windows 2003.  This program requires a minimum of 15 MB of disk space for installation. 

Download from here

Every internal network only allows for one IP address per computer. IP addresses are static or dynamic. A dynamic IP address is controlled using a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server. A static IP address is manually configured on the user’s machine. If an IP address causes a conflict, the administrator can renew the IP from the DHCP server or give the computer a new static address. These two options fix the conflict errors on the network.

Instructions.

 
Dynamic IP
Step 1       Click the Windows “Start” button and select “Run.” Enter “cmd” into the text box and click “OK.” This opens the Windows command prompt.

Step 2      Enter “ipconfig /renew” in the command prompt to refresh your dynamic IP address. Press “Enter.”

Step 3      Open your network connection. Because the DHCP server manages IPs, it gives your computer an available IP address that isn’t already taken on the network. The next time you access network resources, you no longer receive the IP conflict area.

Static IP
Step 1       Right-click “Network Neighborhood” on your desktop. If you have Windows Vista or Windows 7, the icon is labeled “Network.” Select “Properties.”

Step 2       Right-click your network card and select “Properties.” For most users, the network card is labeled “Local area LAN Connection.”

Step 3      Click “TCP/IP” in the list of protocols. Click the “Properties” button underneath the list of protocols. Enter a new IP address in the opened window.

Step 4      Click “OK” to confirm your settings. You can now browse the network without the IP conflict error.

DataWind has launched the UbiSurfer Netbook with inbuilt internet access and its the world’s smallest and lightest wireless internet access device.The UbiSurfer which launched in Mumbai. Its a wireless internet device, which can also perform some personal computing tasks.

Running on Windows CE with a customised UI look like standard windows XP. The main feature of this device is in the data connectivity it offers. The device has an embedded wireless CDMA modem that comes with a free-usage model for the first year.

The main overview of UbiSurfer Netbook:

~7 inch TFT (800×480)
~128MB Ram; 1GB Flash Storage
~Processor ARM 11 clocked at 400 Mhz

~Embedded Cellular Modem
~Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
~LAN Port
~Qwerty Keyboard + Touchpad
~700 Grams only

Mr. Suneet Tuli the CEO of DataWind said, “Well without complete information we cannot formally corroborate whether it is indeed the world’s lightest netbook, but as you will see weighing in at 700 grams, it’s incredibly light.”.
The UbiSurfer available only for Rs. 7,999 and users also get 30 hours per month of free internet access for the first year usable across India. It also offer unlimited usage is available for Rs. 99 per month and each subsequent year of usage is charged at only Rs. 999. The company wants to uncomplicate internet usage for the ordinary consumer.

On launch event Mr. Suneet S. Tuli said, “Our goal is to deliver the real web, fast, free, anytime and everywhere. The UbiSurfer is another step in the Company’s vision of taking the internet to the masses.” According to DataWind, India will be the fastest growing internet market in the years to come, and 50 crore subscribers would be added in the future.

The default browser in UbiSurfer Netbook compresses images on its own servers same way in the UC Browser and Opera Mini. The inbuilt CDMA modem runs on the CDMA2000 1X standard which is only capable of a maximum of 153 kbps, which is slower but data compression technology make it enough fast to do work easily. It also comes pre-loaded software like SoftMaker Office Suite which lets users edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint files (2003). In addition it also packed withpaint program, PDF reader, and an email client. There is also a media player which we saw was playing an MP4 video decently enough.

UbiSurfer is a seven inches in size and quite small for a netbook form factor but decent for surfing the internet on go. Also it has a decent Boot time. The Qwerty keyboard is a little cramped but not un-manageable with a good trackpad. The UI in UbiSurfer is customised to look like Windows XP, and its complete with a start menu style layout. The 1 GB of internal storage with additional an online free storage of 50 GB. The battery backup is abound 3.5 to 4 hours and its enough generally

Portables are very important in this fast life, Many Portable software and Windows essential software are now coming in Portable versions. So more software are coming with portability features. Such as Opera and many other Windows Essential software are available for the Flash and usb drives.

Recently Yahoo launched its latest version but this time Latest Yahoo can be downloaded in the version, which carry the portable feature.

Users of Yahoo messenger can take Yahoo messenger 10.0.1102 anywhere they want to. The Portable Yahoo Messenger carrying all the features, which normal and latest Yahoo Messenger is having in it.

So why are you guys waiting for, go and get it.

Download Portable Yahoo Messenger 10.0.1102