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A. Concrete floors are very hard to crack! (UPSCTopper) Q.If it took eight men ten hours to build a wall, howlong would it take four men to build it?A. No time at all it is already built. (UPSC 23 RankOpted for IFS) Q.If you had three apples and four oranges in one handand four apples and three oranges in the other hand,",1]
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what would you have?A. Very large hands.(Good one) (UPSC 11 Rank Opted forIPS) Q. How can you lift an elephant with one hand?A. It is not a problem, since you will never find! anelephant with one hand. (UPSC Rank 14 Opted for IES) Q. How can a man go eight days without sleep?A. No Probs , He sleeps at night. (UPSC IAS Rank 98)",1]
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Q. If you throw a red stone into the blue sea what itwill become?A. It will Wet or Sink as simple as that. (UPSC IASRank 2) Q. What looks like half apple ?A : The other half. (UPSC - IAS Topper ) Q. What can you never eat for breakfast ?A : Dinner.",1]
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Q. What happened when wheel was invented ?A : It caused a revolution. Q. Bay of Bengal is in which state?A : Liquid (UPSC 33Rank ) Interviewer said "I shall either ask you ten easyquestions or one really difficult question. ",1]
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Think well before you make up your mind!" The boythought for a while and said, "my choice is one reallydifficult question." "Well, good luck to you, you have made your ownchoice! Now tell me this. "What comes first, Day orNight?" The boy was jolted into reality as his admissiondepends on the correctness of his answer,but he thought for a while and said,",1]
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"It\'s the DAY sir!" "How" the interviewer asked, "Sorry sir, you promised me that you will not ask me aSECOND difficult question!" He was selected for IIM! "Technical Skill is the mastery of complexity, while Creativity is themaster of presence of mind"",1]
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26 May 2007
Registry Hacking
Registry Hacking
Display legal notice on startup:
Wanna tell your friends about the do's and dont's in your computer when they login in your absence. Well you can do it pretty easily by displaying a legal notice at system start up.REGEDIT[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system]"legalnoticecaption"="enter your notice caption""legalnoticetext"="enter your legal notice text"
Automatic Administrator Login:
Well here's the trick which you can use to prove that Windows XP is not at all secure as multi-user operating system. Hacking the system registry from any account having access to system registry puts you in to the administrator account.REGEDIT 4[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]"AutoAdminLogon"="1"
No Shutdown:
Wanna play with your friends by removing the shutdown option from start menu in their computer.Just hack it down !!!RegeditHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer"NoClose"="DWORD:1"
Menu Delays:
Another minor and easy tweak to remove any delay from menus sliding out. For this you will need to use regedit (open regedit by going to Start -> Run..., then typing 'regedit' and pressing enter). The key you need to change is located in HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop. The actual key is called MenuShowDelay - all you have to do is change the value to 0. Remember, you will have to re-boot your computer for this tweak to take effect.
GPEDIT.MSC And Autoplay
A great tweaking file that comes with XP is gpedit.msc. Go to Start -> Run... and then type in 'gpedit.msc' and press enter. This is effectively the Policies Editor, and it comes in handy often. For example, if you hate CD autoplay like I do and want to permanently disable it, you can use this tool to do so. Just run gpedit.msc, then go to Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System. In here you can see the value 'Turn Off Autoplay'. Right-click on it and then click 'Properties'.
Increasing options in add/remove programs:
Not a fan of MSN Messenger? don't want Windows Media Player on your system? Fair enough, but if you go to Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel, by default none of Windows XP's 'built in' programs are visible. it's fairly easy to change, though... just open the file X:\Windows\inf\sysoc.inf (where X: is the drive letter where Windows XP is installed) in Notepad. You should see a section of the file something like this:
[Components]NtComponents=ntoc.dll,NtOcSetupProc,,4WBEM=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wbemoc.inf,hide,7Display=desk.cpl,DisplayOcSetupProc,,7Fax=fxsocm.dll,FaxOcmSetupProc,fxsocm.inf,,7NetOC=netoc.dll,NetOcSetupProc,netoc.inf,,7iis=iis.dll,OcEntry,iis.inf,,7com=comsetup.dll,OcEntry,comnt5.inf,hide,7dtc=msdtcstp.dll,OcEntry,dtcnt5.inf,hide,7IndexSrv_System = setupqry.dll,IndexSrv,setupqry.inf,,7TerminalServer=TsOc.dll, HydraOc, TsOc.inf,hide,2msmq=msmqocm.dll,MsmqOcm,msmqocm.inf,,6ims=imsinsnt.dll,OcEntry,ims.inf,,7fp_extensions=fp40ext.dll,FrontPage4Extensions,fp40ext.inf,,7AutoUpdate=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,au.inf,hide,7msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7RootAutoUpdate=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,rootau.inf,,7IEAccess=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,ieaccess.inf,,7
This is a list of all components installed at the moment. I've taken the example of MSN Messenger - the program entry called 'msmsgs', third-last line. You can see the word 'hide' highlighted - this is the string which tells Windows not to display the component in the Add/Remove Programs list. Fix this up by simply deleting the word 'hide' like so:
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7
To this:
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,,7
Now, after restarting, you should be able to see MSN Messenger in the Add/Remove Programs list. If you want to be able to quickly view and remove all components, simply open the sysoc.inf file and do a global find and replace for the word ",hide" and replace it with a single comma ",".
Automatically Kill Programs At Shutdown:
don't you hate it when, while trying to shut down, you get message boxes telling you that a program is still running? Making it so that Windows automatically kills applications running is a snap. Simply navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop directory in the Registry, then alter the key AutoEndTasks to the value 1.
Speeding Up Share Viewing:
This is a great tweak. Before I found it, I was always smashing my head against the table waiting to view shares on other computers. Basically, when you connect to another computer with Windows XP, it checks for any Scheduled tasks on that computer - a fairly useless task, but one that can add up to 30 seconds of waiting on the other end - not good! Fortunately, it's fairly easy to disable this process. First, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Explorer/RemoteComputer/NameSpace in the Registry. Below that, there should be a key called {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}. Just delete this, and after a restart, Windows will no longer check for scheduled tasks - mucho performance improvement!
Create a Shortcut to Lock Your Computer
Leaving your computer in a hurry but you don’t want to log off? You can double-click a shortcut on your desktop to quickly lock the keyboard and display without using CTRL+ALT+DEL or a screen saver. To create a shortcut on your desktop to lock your computer: Right-click the desktop. Point to New, and then click Shortcut. The Create Shortcut Wizard opens. In the text box, type the following: rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation Click Next. Enter a name for the shortcut. You can call it "Lock Workstation" or choose any name you like. Click Finish. You can also change the shortcut's icon (my personal favorite is the padlock icon in shell32.dll). To change the icon: Right click the shortcut and then select Properties. Click the Shortcut tab, and then click the Change Icon button. In the Look for icons in this file text box, type: Shell32.dll. Click OK. Select one of the icons from the list and then click OK You could also give it a shortcut keystroke such CTRL+ALT+L. This would save you only one keystroke from the normal command, but it could be more convenient.
Speed up Internet Explorer 6 Favorites
For some reason, the Favorites menu in IE 6 seems to slow down dramatically sometimes--I've noticed this happens when you install Tweak UI 1.33, for example, and when you use the preview tip to speed up the Start menu. But here's a fix for the problem that does work, though it's unclear why: Just open a command line window (Start button -> Run -> cmd) and type sfc, then hit ENTER. This command line runs the System File Checker, which performs a number of services, all of which are completely unrelated to IE 6. But there you go: It works.
Aspi
WinXP does not come with an Aspi layer. So far almost 90% of the problems with WinXP and CD burning software are Aspi layer problems. After installing WinXP, before installing any CD burning software do a few things first: 1. Open up "My computer" and right click on the CD Recorder. If your CD recorder was detected as a CD recorder there will be a tab called "Recording". On this tab uncheck ALL of the boxes. apply or OK out of it and close my computer. 2. Next install the standard Aspi layer for NT. Reboot when asked. That's is. after the reboot you can install any of the currently working CD recording applications with no problems. If using CD Creator do not install direct CD or Take two as they are currently incompatible but Roxio has promised a fix as soon as XP is released.
Display legal notice on startup:
Wanna tell your friends about the do's and dont's in your computer when they login in your absence. Well you can do it pretty easily by displaying a legal notice at system start up.REGEDIT[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system]"legalnoticecaption"="enter your notice caption""legalnoticetext"="enter your legal notice text"
Automatic Administrator Login:
Well here's the trick which you can use to prove that Windows XP is not at all secure as multi-user operating system. Hacking the system registry from any account having access to system registry puts you in to the administrator account.REGEDIT 4[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]"AutoAdminLogon"="1"
No Shutdown:
Wanna play with your friends by removing the shutdown option from start menu in their computer.Just hack it down !!!RegeditHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer"NoClose"="DWORD:1"
Menu Delays:
Another minor and easy tweak to remove any delay from menus sliding out. For this you will need to use regedit (open regedit by going to Start -> Run..., then typing 'regedit' and pressing enter). The key you need to change is located in HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop. The actual key is called MenuShowDelay - all you have to do is change the value to 0. Remember, you will have to re-boot your computer for this tweak to take effect.
GPEDIT.MSC And Autoplay
A great tweaking file that comes with XP is gpedit.msc. Go to Start -> Run... and then type in 'gpedit.msc' and press enter. This is effectively the Policies Editor, and it comes in handy often. For example, if you hate CD autoplay like I do and want to permanently disable it, you can use this tool to do so. Just run gpedit.msc, then go to Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System. In here you can see the value 'Turn Off Autoplay'. Right-click on it and then click 'Properties'.
Increasing options in add/remove programs:
Not a fan of MSN Messenger? don't want Windows Media Player on your system? Fair enough, but if you go to Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel, by default none of Windows XP's 'built in' programs are visible. it's fairly easy to change, though... just open the file X:\Windows\inf\sysoc.inf (where X: is the drive letter where Windows XP is installed) in Notepad. You should see a section of the file something like this:
[Components]NtComponents=ntoc.dll,NtOcSetupProc,,4WBEM=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wbemoc.inf,hide,7Display=desk.cpl,DisplayOcSetupProc,,7Fax=fxsocm.dll,FaxOcmSetupProc,fxsocm.inf,,7NetOC=netoc.dll,NetOcSetupProc,netoc.inf,,7iis=iis.dll,OcEntry,iis.inf,,7com=comsetup.dll,OcEntry,comnt5.inf,hide,7dtc=msdtcstp.dll,OcEntry,dtcnt5.inf,hide,7IndexSrv_System = setupqry.dll,IndexSrv,setupqry.inf,,7TerminalServer=TsOc.dll, HydraOc, TsOc.inf,hide,2msmq=msmqocm.dll,MsmqOcm,msmqocm.inf,,6ims=imsinsnt.dll,OcEntry,ims.inf,,7fp_extensions=fp40ext.dll,FrontPage4Extensions,fp40ext.inf,,7AutoUpdate=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,au.inf,hide,7msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7RootAutoUpdate=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,rootau.inf,,7IEAccess=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,ieaccess.inf,,7
This is a list of all components installed at the moment. I've taken the example of MSN Messenger - the program entry called 'msmsgs', third-last line. You can see the word 'hide' highlighted - this is the string which tells Windows not to display the component in the Add/Remove Programs list. Fix this up by simply deleting the word 'hide' like so:
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7
To this:
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,,7
Now, after restarting, you should be able to see MSN Messenger in the Add/Remove Programs list. If you want to be able to quickly view and remove all components, simply open the sysoc.inf file and do a global find and replace for the word ",hide" and replace it with a single comma ",".
Automatically Kill Programs At Shutdown:
don't you hate it when, while trying to shut down, you get message boxes telling you that a program is still running? Making it so that Windows automatically kills applications running is a snap. Simply navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop directory in the Registry, then alter the key AutoEndTasks to the value 1.
Speeding Up Share Viewing:
This is a great tweak. Before I found it, I was always smashing my head against the table waiting to view shares on other computers. Basically, when you connect to another computer with Windows XP, it checks for any Scheduled tasks on that computer - a fairly useless task, but one that can add up to 30 seconds of waiting on the other end - not good! Fortunately, it's fairly easy to disable this process. First, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Explorer/RemoteComputer/NameSpace in the Registry. Below that, there should be a key called {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}. Just delete this, and after a restart, Windows will no longer check for scheduled tasks - mucho performance improvement!
Create a Shortcut to Lock Your Computer
Leaving your computer in a hurry but you don’t want to log off? You can double-click a shortcut on your desktop to quickly lock the keyboard and display without using CTRL+ALT+DEL or a screen saver. To create a shortcut on your desktop to lock your computer: Right-click the desktop. Point to New, and then click Shortcut. The Create Shortcut Wizard opens. In the text box, type the following: rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation Click Next. Enter a name for the shortcut. You can call it "Lock Workstation" or choose any name you like. Click Finish. You can also change the shortcut's icon (my personal favorite is the padlock icon in shell32.dll). To change the icon: Right click the shortcut and then select Properties. Click the Shortcut tab, and then click the Change Icon button. In the Look for icons in this file text box, type: Shell32.dll. Click OK. Select one of the icons from the list and then click OK You could also give it a shortcut keystroke such CTRL+ALT+L. This would save you only one keystroke from the normal command, but it could be more convenient.
Speed up Internet Explorer 6 Favorites
For some reason, the Favorites menu in IE 6 seems to slow down dramatically sometimes--I've noticed this happens when you install Tweak UI 1.33, for example, and when you use the preview tip to speed up the Start menu. But here's a fix for the problem that does work, though it's unclear why: Just open a command line window (Start button -> Run -> cmd) and type sfc, then hit ENTER. This command line runs the System File Checker, which performs a number of services, all of which are completely unrelated to IE 6. But there you go: It works.
Aspi
WinXP does not come with an Aspi layer. So far almost 90% of the problems with WinXP and CD burning software are Aspi layer problems. After installing WinXP, before installing any CD burning software do a few things first: 1. Open up "My computer" and right click on the CD Recorder. If your CD recorder was detected as a CD recorder there will be a tab called "Recording". On this tab uncheck ALL of the boxes. apply or OK out of it and close my computer. 2. Next install the standard Aspi layer for NT. Reboot when asked. That's is. after the reboot you can install any of the currently working CD recording applications with no problems. If using CD Creator do not install direct CD or Take two as they are currently incompatible but Roxio has promised a fix as soon as XP is released.
How to hack windows XP admin password
Have you lost your Windows XP System Administrator Password, and you are unable login into your system???????
Don't worry, you can change the password with out losing any of your valuable data
Follow these simple steps to Change the administrator Password.
Basic requirements
Windows XP Bootable CD
Steps1. Boot with your Windows XP CD
2. When you get to the Welcome to Setup screen, press ENTER to Setup Windows now
3. The Licensing Agreement comes next - Press F8 to accept it
4. Then at next screen it will prompt for you want to setup or Repair, go with repair option
5. Setup will now start copying files to Disk
6. After copying files it will reboot.
7. After reboot Don't press Enter
8. Installation process will begin at that point Press Shift+f10, command prompt will be opened.
9 Execute this command in command prompt NUSRMGR.CPL you will get access to graphical interface of User accounts in control panel.
10. Pick the account for which you want to change password, if it is administrator then go with administrator.Change the password .
That's IT.
source:G.srikar(sysadmin)
Don't worry, you can change the password with out losing any of your valuable data
Follow these simple steps to Change the administrator Password.
Basic requirements
Windows XP Bootable CD
Steps1. Boot with your Windows XP CD
2. When you get to the Welcome to Setup screen, press ENTER to Setup Windows now
3. The Licensing Agreement comes next - Press F8 to accept it
4. Then at next screen it will prompt for you want to setup or Repair, go with repair option
5. Setup will now start copying files to Disk
6. After copying files it will reboot.
7. After reboot Don't press Enter
8. Installation process will begin at that point Press Shift+f10, command prompt will be opened.
9 Execute this command in command prompt NUSRMGR.CPL you will get access to graphical interface of User accounts in control panel.
10. Pick the account for which you want to change password, if it is administrator then go with administrator.Change the password .
That's IT.
source:G.srikar(sysadmin)
country domains
Different countries of the world and with their owncoutry domains(for ex, .in for India as in www.yahoo.co.in)Code Country [sorted alphabetically]----------------------
AC Ascension IslandAD AndorraAE United Arab EmiratesAF Afghanistan(Islamic St.)AG Antigua and BarbudaAI AnguillaAL AlbaniaAM ArmeniaAN Netherland AntillesAO Angola (Republic of)AQ AntarcticaAR ArgentinaAS American SamoaAT AustriaAU AustraliaAW ArubaAZ AzerbaidjanBA Bosnia-HerzegovinaBB BarbadosBD BangladeshBE BelgiumBF Burkina FasoBG BulgariaBH BahrainBI BurundiBJ BeninBM BermudaBN Brunei DarussalamBO BoliviaBR BrazilBS BahamasBT BhutanBV Bouvet IslandBW BotswanaBY BelarusBZ BelizeCA CanadaCC Cocos (Keeling) Isl.CD Rep. Dem. CongoCF Central African Rep.CG CongoCH SwitzerlandCI Ivory CoastCK Cook IslandsCL ChileCM CameroonCN ChinaCO ColombiaCR Costa RicaCU CubaCV Cape VerdeCX Christmas IslandCY CyprusCZ Czech RepublicDE GermanyDJ DjiboutiDK DenmarkDM DominicaDO Dominican RepublicDZ AlgeriaEC EcuadorEE EstoniaEG EgyptEH Western SaharaER EritreaES SpainET EthiopiaFI FinlandFJ FijiFK Falkland Isl.(Malvinas)FM MicronesiaFO Faroe IslandsFR FranceGA GabonGB Great Britain (UK)GD GrenadaGE GeorgiaGF Guiana (Fr.)GG Guernsey (Ch. Isl.)GH GhanaGI GibraltarGL GreenlandGM GambiaGN GuineaGP Guadeloupe (Fr.)GQ Equatorial GuineaGR GreeceGS South Georgia and South Sandwich IslandsGT GuatemalaGU Guam (US)GW Guinea BissauGY GuyanaHK Hong KongHM Heard & McDonald Isl.HN HondurasHR CroatiaHT HaitiHU HungaryID IndonesiaIE IrelandIL IsraelIM Isle of ManIN IndiaIO British Indian O. Ter.IQ IraqIR IranIS IcelandIT ItalyJE Jersey (Ch. Isl.)JM JamaicaJO JordanJP JapanKE KenyaKG Kyrgyz RepublicKH CambodiaKI KiribatiKM ComorosKN St.Kitts Nevis Ang.KP Korea (North)KR Korea (South)KW KuwaitKY Cayman IslandsKZ KazakstanLA LaosLB LebanonLC Saint LuciaLI LiechtensteinLK Sri LankaLR LiberiaLS LesothoLT LithuaniaLU LuxembourgLV LatviaLY LibyaMA MoroccoMC MonacoMD MoldovaMG MadagascarMH Marshall IslandsMK Macedonia (former Yug.)ML MaliMM MyanmarMN MongoliaMO MacauMP Northern Mariana Isl.MQ Martinique (Fr.)MR MauritaniaMS MontserratMT MaltaMU MauritiusMV MaldivesMW MalawiMX MexicoMY MalaysiaMZ MozambiqueNA NamibiaNC New Caledonia (Fr.)NE NigerNF Norfolk IslandNG NigeriaNI NicaraguaNL NetherlandsNO NorwayNP NepalNR NauruNU NiueNZ New ZealandOM OmanPA PanamaPE PeruPF Polynesia (Fr.)PG Papua New GuineaPH PhilippinesPK PakistanPL PolandPM St. Pierre & MiquelonPN PitcairnPR Puerto Rico (US)PS Palestinian Terr, Occ.PT PortugalPW PalauPY ParaguayQA QatarRE Reunion (Fr.)RO RomaniaRU Russian FederationRW RwandaSA Saudi ArabiaSB Solomon IslandsSC SeychellesSD SudanSE SwedenSG SingaporeSH St. HelenaSI SloveniaSJ Svalbard & Jan Mayen IsSK Slovakia (Slovak Rep)SL Sierra LeoneSM San MarinoSN SenegalSO SomaliaSR SurinameST St. Tome and PrincipeSU Soviet UnionSV El SalvadorSY SyriaSZ SwazilandTC Turks & Caicos IslandsTD ChadTF French Southern Terr.TG TogoTH ThailandTJ TadjikistanTK TokelauTM TurkmenistanTN TunisiaTO TongaTP East TimorTR TurkeyTT Trinidad & TobagoTV TuvaluTW TaiwanTZ TanzaniaUA UkraineUG UgandaUK United KingdomUM US Minor outlying Isl.US United StatesUY UruguayUZ UzbekistanVA Vatican City StateVC St.Vincent & GrenadinesVE VenezuelaVG Virgin Islands (Brit)VI Virgin Islands (US)VN VietnamVU VanuatuWF Wallis & Futuna IslandsWS Western SamoaYE YemenYT MayotteYU YugoslaviaZA South AfricaZM ZambiaZW Zimbabwe
AC Ascension IslandAD AndorraAE United Arab EmiratesAF Afghanistan(Islamic St.)AG Antigua and BarbudaAI AnguillaAL AlbaniaAM ArmeniaAN Netherland AntillesAO Angola (Republic of)AQ AntarcticaAR ArgentinaAS American SamoaAT AustriaAU AustraliaAW ArubaAZ AzerbaidjanBA Bosnia-HerzegovinaBB BarbadosBD BangladeshBE BelgiumBF Burkina FasoBG BulgariaBH BahrainBI BurundiBJ BeninBM BermudaBN Brunei DarussalamBO BoliviaBR BrazilBS BahamasBT BhutanBV Bouvet IslandBW BotswanaBY BelarusBZ BelizeCA CanadaCC Cocos (Keeling) Isl.CD Rep. Dem. CongoCF Central African Rep.CG CongoCH SwitzerlandCI Ivory CoastCK Cook IslandsCL ChileCM CameroonCN ChinaCO ColombiaCR Costa RicaCU CubaCV Cape VerdeCX Christmas IslandCY CyprusCZ Czech RepublicDE GermanyDJ DjiboutiDK DenmarkDM DominicaDO Dominican RepublicDZ AlgeriaEC EcuadorEE EstoniaEG EgyptEH Western SaharaER EritreaES SpainET EthiopiaFI FinlandFJ FijiFK Falkland Isl.(Malvinas)FM MicronesiaFO Faroe IslandsFR FranceGA GabonGB Great Britain (UK)GD GrenadaGE GeorgiaGF Guiana (Fr.)GG Guernsey (Ch. Isl.)GH GhanaGI GibraltarGL GreenlandGM GambiaGN GuineaGP Guadeloupe (Fr.)GQ Equatorial GuineaGR GreeceGS South Georgia and South Sandwich IslandsGT GuatemalaGU Guam (US)GW Guinea BissauGY GuyanaHK Hong KongHM Heard & McDonald Isl.HN HondurasHR CroatiaHT HaitiHU HungaryID IndonesiaIE IrelandIL IsraelIM Isle of ManIN IndiaIO British Indian O. Ter.IQ IraqIR IranIS IcelandIT ItalyJE Jersey (Ch. Isl.)JM JamaicaJO JordanJP JapanKE KenyaKG Kyrgyz RepublicKH CambodiaKI KiribatiKM ComorosKN St.Kitts Nevis Ang.KP Korea (North)KR Korea (South)KW KuwaitKY Cayman IslandsKZ KazakstanLA LaosLB LebanonLC Saint LuciaLI LiechtensteinLK Sri LankaLR LiberiaLS LesothoLT LithuaniaLU LuxembourgLV LatviaLY LibyaMA MoroccoMC MonacoMD MoldovaMG MadagascarMH Marshall IslandsMK Macedonia (former Yug.)ML MaliMM MyanmarMN MongoliaMO MacauMP Northern Mariana Isl.MQ Martinique (Fr.)MR MauritaniaMS MontserratMT MaltaMU MauritiusMV MaldivesMW MalawiMX MexicoMY MalaysiaMZ MozambiqueNA NamibiaNC New Caledonia (Fr.)NE NigerNF Norfolk IslandNG NigeriaNI NicaraguaNL NetherlandsNO NorwayNP NepalNR NauruNU NiueNZ New ZealandOM OmanPA PanamaPE PeruPF Polynesia (Fr.)PG Papua New GuineaPH PhilippinesPK PakistanPL PolandPM St. Pierre & MiquelonPN PitcairnPR Puerto Rico (US)PS Palestinian Terr, Occ.PT PortugalPW PalauPY ParaguayQA QatarRE Reunion (Fr.)RO RomaniaRU Russian FederationRW RwandaSA Saudi ArabiaSB Solomon IslandsSC SeychellesSD SudanSE SwedenSG SingaporeSH St. HelenaSI SloveniaSJ Svalbard & Jan Mayen IsSK Slovakia (Slovak Rep)SL Sierra LeoneSM San MarinoSN SenegalSO SomaliaSR SurinameST St. Tome and PrincipeSU Soviet UnionSV El SalvadorSY SyriaSZ SwazilandTC Turks & Caicos IslandsTD ChadTF French Southern Terr.TG TogoTH ThailandTJ TadjikistanTK TokelauTM TurkmenistanTN TunisiaTO TongaTP East TimorTR TurkeyTT Trinidad & TobagoTV TuvaluTW TaiwanTZ TanzaniaUA UkraineUG UgandaUK United KingdomUM US Minor outlying Isl.US United StatesUY UruguayUZ UzbekistanVA Vatican City StateVC St.Vincent & GrenadinesVE VenezuelaVG Virgin Islands (Brit)VI Virgin Islands (US)VN VietnamVU VanuatuWF Wallis & Futuna IslandsWS Western SamoaYE YemenYT MayotteYU YugoslaviaZA South AfricaZM ZambiaZW Zimbabwe
The Google Story
1) Google is a mis-spelt word. The original word is Googol which means 1 followed by 100 zeros.
2) Larry Page's brother Carl page also sold his internet company during the dot com era for an eye popping $500 million.
3) Google's ad model was originally developed by a company named Overture ( Now a Yahoo company)
4) From their original hostel at Stanford, Larry Page and Sergey Brin were shifted to a newly constructed building named William Gates building.
5) Though a tech company Google followed the practices of media companies during its IPO. To protect itself from unwanted takeover threats the company issued class A and B types of shares. Valued similarly the two classes of shares differed only in their voting rights. The company also developed an auction based system of allotting its stake to prevent unwanted volatility just after listing.
6) Google had lost the Amazon Europe ad deal to Yahoo. Larry and Serjey were traveling on their private jet when they got this news. With much persuasion the founders arranged a secret meeting with Amazon's CEO. Google raised its bid to such a level that Yahoo was eventually forced to back out of the deal saying that it did not make business sense for the latter.
7) Google's inhouse chef Charlie Ayers is one of the few chefs in the world who became a millionaire by selling personal Google shares given to him.
8) Its very rare to find Kleiner Perkins and sequoia capital investing in the same venture. Larry and Sergie played a sleek game pitting the two VC'c against each other resulting in the two firms investing $12.5 million each.
9) Google has a policy where employees are allowed to spend 20% of their time persuing their interests. Googlenews, Gmail and a host of other applications are a result of employee ideas which originated during this 20% time.
10) Google has one of the largest hardware infrastructure and computing power in the world. This can be gauged from the fact that the company crawl the entire web and saves it in its computers. When a user searches for something, the google computers searches through the saved pages and throws out relevant results within seconds.
2) Larry Page's brother Carl page also sold his internet company during the dot com era for an eye popping $500 million.
3) Google's ad model was originally developed by a company named Overture ( Now a Yahoo company)
4) From their original hostel at Stanford, Larry Page and Sergey Brin were shifted to a newly constructed building named William Gates building.
5) Though a tech company Google followed the practices of media companies during its IPO. To protect itself from unwanted takeover threats the company issued class A and B types of shares. Valued similarly the two classes of shares differed only in their voting rights. The company also developed an auction based system of allotting its stake to prevent unwanted volatility just after listing.
6) Google had lost the Amazon Europe ad deal to Yahoo. Larry and Serjey were traveling on their private jet when they got this news. With much persuasion the founders arranged a secret meeting with Amazon's CEO. Google raised its bid to such a level that Yahoo was eventually forced to back out of the deal saying that it did not make business sense for the latter.
7) Google's inhouse chef Charlie Ayers is one of the few chefs in the world who became a millionaire by selling personal Google shares given to him.
8) Its very rare to find Kleiner Perkins and sequoia capital investing in the same venture. Larry and Sergie played a sleek game pitting the two VC'c against each other resulting in the two firms investing $12.5 million each.
9) Google has a policy where employees are allowed to spend 20% of their time persuing their interests. Googlenews, Gmail and a host of other applications are a result of employee ideas which originated during this 20% time.
10) Google has one of the largest hardware infrastructure and computing power in the world. This can be gauged from the fact that the company crawl the entire web and saves it in its computers. When a user searches for something, the google computers searches through the saved pages and throws out relevant results within seconds.
RUN COMMANDS
Run Commands
Accessibility Controls :access.cpl
Add Hardware Wizard :hdwwiz.cpl
Add/Remove Programs :::appwiz.cpl
Administrative Tools :control admintools
Automatic Updates :wuaucpl.cpl
Bluetooth Transfer Wizard :fsquirt
Calculator :calc
Certificate Manager :::certmgr.msc
Character Map :charmap
Check Disk Utility :chkdsk
Clipboard Viewer :clipbrd
Command Prompt : cmd
Component Services :dcomcnfg
Computer Management :compmgmt.msc
Date and Time Properties :timedate.cpl
DDE Shares :ddeshare
Device Manager :devmgmt.msc
Direct X Control Panel :control color
Dr. Watson SystemTroubleshooting Utility :drwtsn32
Driver Verifier Utility :verifier
Event Viewer :eventvwr.msc
File Signature Verification Tool :sigverif
Findfast :findfast.cpl
Folders Properties :control folders
Fonts :control fonts
Fonts Folder :fonts
Free Cell Card Game :freecell
Game Controllers :joy.cpl
Group Policy Editor :gpedit.msc
Hearts Card Game :mshearts
Iexpress Wizard :iexpress
Indexing Service :ciadv.msc
Internet Properties :inetcpl.cpl
IP Configuration (Display Connection Configuration) :ipconfig /all
IP Configuration (Display DNS Cache Contents) :ipconfig /displaydns
IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents)
ipconfig /flushdns
IP Configuration (Release All Connections)
ipconfig /release
IP Configuration (Renew All Connections)
ipconfig /renew
IP Configuration (Refreshes DHCP & Re-Registers DNS)
ipconfig /registerdns
IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID)
ipconfig /showclassid
IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID)
ipconfig /setclassid
Java Control Panel (If Installed)
jpicpl32.cpl
Java Control Panel (If Installed)
javaws
Keyboard Properties
control keyboard
Local Security Settings
secpol.msc
Local Users and Groups
lusrmgr.msc
Logs You Out Of Windows
logoff
Microsoft Chat
winchat
Minesweeper Game
winmine
Mouse Properties
control mouse
Mouse Properties
main.cpl
Network Connections
control netconnections
Network Connections
ncpa.cpl
Network Setup Wizard
netsetup.cpl
Notepad
notepad
Nview Desktop Manager face=Verdana>
nvtuicpl.cpl
Object Packager
packager
ODBC Data Source Administrator
odbccp32.cpl
On Screen Keyboard
osk
Opens AC3 Filter (If Installed)
ac3filter.cpl
Password Properties
password.cpl
Performance Monitor
perfmon.msc
Performance Monitor
perfmon
Phone and Modem Options
telephon.cpl
Power Configuration
powercfg.cpl
Printers and Faxes
control printers
Printers Folder
printers
Private Character Editor
eudcedit
Quicktime style=”font-size:10.0pt;(If Installed)
QuickTime.cpl
Regional Settings
intl.cpl
Registry Editor
regedit
Registry Editor
regedit32
Remote Desktop
mstsc
Removable Storage
ntmsmgr.msc
Removable Storage Operator Requests
ntmsoprq.msc
Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof)
rsop.msc
Scanners and Cameras
sticpl.cpl
Scheduled Tasks
control schedtasks
Security Center
wscui.cpl
Services
services.msc
Shared Folders
fsmgmt.msc
Shuts Down Windows
shutdown
Sounds and Audio
mmsys.cpl
Spider Solitare Card Game
spider
SQL Client Configuration
cliconfg
System Configuration Editor
sysedit
System Configuration Utility
msconfig
System File Checker Utility (Scan Immediately)
sfc /scannow
System File Checker Utility (Scan Once At Next Boot)
sfc /scanonce
System File Checker Utility (Scan On Every Boot)
sfc /scanboot
System File Checker Utility (Return to Default Setting)
sfc /revert
System File Checker Utility (Purge File Cache)
sfc /purgecache
System File Checker Utility (Set Cache Size to size x)
sfc /cachesize=x
System Properties
sysdm.cpl
Task Manager
taskmgr
Telnet Client
telnet
User Account Management
nusrmgr.cpl
Utility Manager
utilman
Windows Firewall
firewall.cpl
Windows Magnifier
magnify
Windows Management Infrastructure
wmimgmt.msc
Windows System Security Tool
syskey
Windows Update Launches
wupdmgr
Windows XP Tour Wizard
tourstart
Wordpad
write
Accessibility Controls :access.cpl
Add Hardware Wizard :hdwwiz.cpl
Add/Remove Programs :::appwiz.cpl
Administrative Tools :control admintools
Automatic Updates :wuaucpl.cpl
Bluetooth Transfer Wizard :fsquirt
Calculator :calc
Certificate Manager :::certmgr.msc
Character Map :charmap
Check Disk Utility :chkdsk
Clipboard Viewer :clipbrd
Command Prompt : cmd
Component Services :dcomcnfg
Computer Management :compmgmt.msc
Date and Time Properties :timedate.cpl
DDE Shares :ddeshare
Device Manager :devmgmt.msc
Direct X Control Panel :control color
Dr. Watson SystemTroubleshooting Utility :drwtsn32
Driver Verifier Utility :verifier
Event Viewer :eventvwr.msc
File Signature Verification Tool :sigverif
Findfast :findfast.cpl
Folders Properties :control folders
Fonts :control fonts
Fonts Folder :fonts
Free Cell Card Game :freecell
Game Controllers :joy.cpl
Group Policy Editor :gpedit.msc
Hearts Card Game :mshearts
Iexpress Wizard :iexpress
Indexing Service :ciadv.msc
Internet Properties :inetcpl.cpl
IP Configuration (Display Connection Configuration) :ipconfig /all
IP Configuration (Display DNS Cache Contents) :ipconfig /displaydns
IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents)
ipconfig /flushdns
IP Configuration (Release All Connections)
ipconfig /release
IP Configuration (Renew All Connections)
ipconfig /renew
IP Configuration (Refreshes DHCP & Re-Registers DNS)
ipconfig /registerdns
IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID)
ipconfig /showclassid
IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID)
ipconfig /setclassid
Java Control Panel (If Installed)
jpicpl32.cpl
Java Control Panel (If Installed)
javaws
Keyboard Properties
control keyboard
Local Security Settings
secpol.msc
Local Users and Groups
lusrmgr.msc
Logs You Out Of Windows
logoff
Microsoft Chat
winchat
Minesweeper Game
winmine
Mouse Properties
control mouse
Mouse Properties
main.cpl
Network Connections
control netconnections
Network Connections
ncpa.cpl
Network Setup Wizard
netsetup.cpl
Notepad
notepad
Nview Desktop Manager face=Verdana>
nvtuicpl.cpl
Object Packager
packager
ODBC Data Source Administrator
odbccp32.cpl
On Screen Keyboard
osk
Opens AC3 Filter (If Installed)
ac3filter.cpl
Password Properties
password.cpl
Performance Monitor
perfmon.msc
Performance Monitor
perfmon
Phone and Modem Options
telephon.cpl
Power Configuration
powercfg.cpl
Printers and Faxes
control printers
Printers Folder
printers
Private Character Editor
eudcedit
Quicktime style=”font-size:10.0pt;(If Installed)
QuickTime.cpl
Regional Settings
intl.cpl
Registry Editor
regedit
Registry Editor
regedit32
Remote Desktop
mstsc
Removable Storage
ntmsmgr.msc
Removable Storage Operator Requests
ntmsoprq.msc
Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof)
rsop.msc
Scanners and Cameras
sticpl.cpl
Scheduled Tasks
control schedtasks
Security Center
wscui.cpl
Services
services.msc
Shared Folders
fsmgmt.msc
Shuts Down Windows
shutdown
Sounds and Audio
mmsys.cpl
Spider Solitare Card Game
spider
SQL Client Configuration
cliconfg
System Configuration Editor
sysedit
System Configuration Utility
msconfig
System File Checker Utility (Scan Immediately)
sfc /scannow
System File Checker Utility (Scan Once At Next Boot)
sfc /scanonce
System File Checker Utility (Scan On Every Boot)
sfc /scanboot
System File Checker Utility (Return to Default Setting)
sfc /revert
System File Checker Utility (Purge File Cache)
sfc /purgecache
System File Checker Utility (Set Cache Size to size x)
sfc /cachesize=x
System Properties
sysdm.cpl
Task Manager
taskmgr
Telnet Client
telnet
User Account Management
nusrmgr.cpl
Utility Manager
utilman
Windows Firewall
firewall.cpl
Windows Magnifier
magnify
Windows Management Infrastructure
wmimgmt.msc
Windows System Security Tool
syskey
Windows Update Launches
wupdmgr
Windows XP Tour Wizard
tourstart
Wordpad
write
Extend the Windows Vista activation period up to 120 days using SLMGR.VBS
Extend the Windows Vista activation period up to 120 days using SLMGR.VBS
Windows Vista has a Visual Basic script built-in that will allow you to extend the trial period of Windows Vista by 30 days. You can use this script a total of three times which will extend your trial period up to 120 days. This process is known as "rearming" and it utilizes the "slmgr.vbs" script located at: "C:\Windows\system32." Using this script does not violate the Windows Vista End-User License Agreement. You can find more information about the script from the http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/034dd4b8-a0ec-489e-a606-14c33c15747a.aspx: "KMS hosts can be activated and maintained in several ways. In addition to the simple options provided with Slmgr.vbs, there are registry entries and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) calls that can be used for more sophisticated configuration settings." You can find a full copy of the http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/useterms/default.aspx at the Windows Vista Web site.
In order to extend your activation period for Windows Vista by 30 days, you will need administrator privileges and and you will need to be able to launch an elevated Command Prompt session.
Note: In order to extend your activation period for Windows Vista you will need to complete the following tasks within the first 30 days. If you do not extend your activation period within the first 30 days, Windows Vista will "lock down" only allowing the user to activate the product, purchase an activation key, or browse the web for 1 hour. After one hour has elapsed, Windows Vista will end the current user's session.
Note: After thirty days, even if you boot into "Safe Mode using a Command Prompt session," you will be incapable of executing the slmgr.vbs script because Windows Vista will prevent you from launching an elevated Command Prompt session.
To extend your trial period, first launch an administrator Command Prompt session and navigate to the following directory by entering cd C:\Windows\system32.
In order to extend your activation period, enter the following command and hit enter:cscript slmgr.vbs - rearm
The command will take anywhere between 10 and 30 seconds to execute. Upon completion you will receive the following message: Command completed successfully. Please restart the system for the changes to take effect.
Congratulations, you will have successfully rearmed Windows Vista. As previously mentioned you can repeat the same procedure up to three times. Please remember that you must rearm Vista before the activation period ends and Vista enters "lock down."
Additional uses for slmgr.vbs
The slmgr.vbs script can be used for several other tasks beyond the scope of just rearming Vista. Besides using the "-rearm" command, slmgr.vbs supports the following commands:
-ipk Product Key Install enterprise license key (where Product Key represents the actual key) to enable KMS host functionality.
-dli Display license information.
-ato Attempt immediate activation.
-sprt port Set KMS host listening port (where port is the port ID).
-sdns Enable dynamic DNS publishing (default).
-cdns Disable dynamic DNS publishing.
-cpri Set KMS processor priority to low.
-spri Set KMS processor priority to normal (default).
-rearm Reset activation timer and initialization (used for imaging and recovery from RFM).
-xpr Display the date when the current KMS based activation will expire
Check the amount of time remaining in your activation grace period
One particularly useful command listed above is "-xpr" which can be used to track the amount of time remaining before you will need to rearm. Essentially, this acts as a countdown. To check the amount of time remaining in your grace period, launch an administrator Command Prompt session and navigate to "C:\Windows\System32" directory by entering cd C:\Windows\system32.
In order to check the amount of time remaining in your grace period enter the following command: cscript slmgr.vbs -xpr
This command will take anywhere between 10 and 30 seconds to execute. Upon completion you will receive the following message: Initial grace period ends [DATE] [TIME].
Alternatively, you can also find out this information by going to Start and right-clicking Computer. Your activation information will be at the bottom of the screen:
Summary
Here is what you have learned:
Launch an elevated Command Prompt session
Extend the Windows Vista activation period by 30 days
Check the amount of time remaining in the Windows Vista grace period.
Use the various features of the slmgr.vbs script included in Windows Vista
Windows Vista has a Visual Basic script built-in that will allow you to extend the trial period of Windows Vista by 30 days. You can use this script a total of three times which will extend your trial period up to 120 days. This process is known as "rearming" and it utilizes the "slmgr.vbs" script located at: "C:\Windows\system32." Using this script does not violate the Windows Vista End-User License Agreement. You can find more information about the script from the http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/034dd4b8-a0ec-489e-a606-14c33c15747a.aspx: "KMS hosts can be activated and maintained in several ways. In addition to the simple options provided with Slmgr.vbs, there are registry entries and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) calls that can be used for more sophisticated configuration settings." You can find a full copy of the http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/useterms/default.aspx at the Windows Vista Web site.
In order to extend your activation period for Windows Vista by 30 days, you will need administrator privileges and and you will need to be able to launch an elevated Command Prompt session.
Note: In order to extend your activation period for Windows Vista you will need to complete the following tasks within the first 30 days. If you do not extend your activation period within the first 30 days, Windows Vista will "lock down" only allowing the user to activate the product, purchase an activation key, or browse the web for 1 hour. After one hour has elapsed, Windows Vista will end the current user's session.
Note: After thirty days, even if you boot into "Safe Mode using a Command Prompt session," you will be incapable of executing the slmgr.vbs script because Windows Vista will prevent you from launching an elevated Command Prompt session.
To extend your trial period, first launch an administrator Command Prompt session and navigate to the following directory by entering cd C:\Windows\system32.
In order to extend your activation period, enter the following command and hit enter:cscript slmgr.vbs - rearm
The command will take anywhere between 10 and 30 seconds to execute. Upon completion you will receive the following message: Command completed successfully. Please restart the system for the changes to take effect.
Congratulations, you will have successfully rearmed Windows Vista. As previously mentioned you can repeat the same procedure up to three times. Please remember that you must rearm Vista before the activation period ends and Vista enters "lock down."
Additional uses for slmgr.vbs
The slmgr.vbs script can be used for several other tasks beyond the scope of just rearming Vista. Besides using the "-rearm" command, slmgr.vbs supports the following commands:
-ipk Product Key Install enterprise license key (where Product Key represents the actual key) to enable KMS host functionality.
-dli Display license information.
-ato Attempt immediate activation.
-sprt port Set KMS host listening port (where port is the port ID).
-sdns Enable dynamic DNS publishing (default).
-cdns Disable dynamic DNS publishing.
-cpri Set KMS processor priority to low.
-spri Set KMS processor priority to normal (default).
-rearm Reset activation timer and initialization (used for imaging and recovery from RFM).
-xpr Display the date when the current KMS based activation will expire
Check the amount of time remaining in your activation grace period
One particularly useful command listed above is "-xpr" which can be used to track the amount of time remaining before you will need to rearm. Essentially, this acts as a countdown. To check the amount of time remaining in your grace period, launch an administrator Command Prompt session and navigate to "C:\Windows\System32" directory by entering cd C:\Windows\system32.
In order to check the amount of time remaining in your grace period enter the following command: cscript slmgr.vbs -xpr
This command will take anywhere between 10 and 30 seconds to execute. Upon completion you will receive the following message: Initial grace period ends [DATE] [TIME].
Alternatively, you can also find out this information by going to Start and right-clicking Computer. Your activation information will be at the bottom of the screen:
Summary
Here is what you have learned:
Launch an elevated Command Prompt session
Extend the Windows Vista activation period by 30 days
Check the amount of time remaining in the Windows Vista grace period.
Use the various features of the slmgr.vbs script included in Windows Vista
23 May 2007
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