increase your net speed by 20 %

If you use Windows XP Professional then it is possible to squeeze an extra 20% out of your internet connection. By default Windows XP Pro holds back 20% of your Internet speed for various services like windows update and spyware checks.

QoS Packet Scheduler is a method of network bandwidth management that can monitor the importance of data packets and depending upon the priority of the packet, give it higher or lower priority or bandwidth levels. It's not very useful unless you're using apps which are QoS-aware or running a server, so you can gain some network overhead back by turning it off.

Note: This following tip will not work on XP Home Edition.

If you want to tap into this locked speed then make the following changes:

1. Go to Start-> Run-> and type gpedit.msc (not available in home version).

2. Expand the Administrative Templates branch

3. Expand the Network tab

4. Highlight QoS Packet Scheduler

5. Click on Limit Reservable Bandwidth and check the enabled box

6. Then Change the Bandwidth limit % to 0 %

Once you have done this click apply and restart your PC. After rebooting you should see a noticeable improvement in your net speed.

for vista

Increase your internet speed by 20% in

windows Vista.

Start>>Run>>(type gpedit.msc)>>Computer configuration

>>Administrative Templates>>Network>>

QoS Packet Scheduler

On your right hand side of your windows select

Limit reservable bandwidth(press enter)

from the following option select Enable

and make bandwidth limit from 20% to

0% and then OK

Speed will become increased by 20%

Explanation:

Determines the percentage of connection bandwidth that the system can reserve. This value limits the combined bandwidth reservations of all programs running on the system.

By default, the Packet Scheduler limits the system to 20 percent of the bandwidth of a connection, but you can use this setting to override the default.

If you enable this setting, you can use the "Bandwidth limit" box to adjust the amount of bandwidth the system can reserve.

If you disable this setting or do not configure it, the system uses the default value of 20 percent of the connection.

Important: If a bandwidth limit is set for a particular network adapter in the registry, this setting is ignored when configuring that network adapter.

nani ke nuske

Be it adrak ki chai for cold or turmeric for cuts and bruises, every indian household has a trove of nani ke nuske (granny's advice) to overcome day to day problems.Most of these advices have scientific reasoning and are quite logical if given a thorough thought.Whereas the few unproven by science are also known to work wonders.

MIND YOU !! none of them come with a scientific gaurantee.but they work.take a look.

Rescue your cell from water.

No matter how hard you try,atleast once in its lifetime your cellphone will surely find its way into the bucket or the sink.but that doesnt mean you should bid your cell good bye!!

but all you need to do instinctively is to remove the battery ASAP.yes ASAP!!

that will prevent electrical short circuits from roasting your phone innards.

Open your cellphone carefully...separate the components and gently separate your motherboard from it..its the heart and soul of your cellphone.

Next wipe the dripping piece of machinery with a blotting or a tissue paper...

keep it under a electric bulb to get rid of the moisture

alternatively bury it in a jar full of uncooked rice....

ask me WHY??

remember the coconut-in-dry-rice routine to keep the moisture away?

Its the same logic that works here too.

Scientifically it has been proved that rice has high affinity for water droplets.

So instead if sticking to the cold metal of your cellphone,they will get soaked by rice,thus leaving your cell dry as a bone (well,almost).

How to extend laptop battery.

another most gripe with laptop users is that its juice runs out when you need it.so a good home remedy is to remove the batteru from your laptop when you are using the AC power exclusively.this reducing the constant charging / recharging of your maintaining the battery at full charge for extended periods can shorten its service life. Should you opt not to remove the batteries but run the laptrop so that it is nearly always plugged in, its agood ideaa to remove the charger cord frequently- atleast once a week- and run the computer off battery charge for an hour or two.

A similar nuska , by the way works for your ipod / mp3 player too.

If your iPods battery stubbornly refuses to charge or doesnt charge completely, try exhausting the battery.

Next , simply pull out the battery from the iPod and leave it outside for 24 hours .

Plug it back and notice the difference.

SQUEEZE THE CARTRIDGE INK

if the ink dries out just when you are in the middle of printing an important document ,simply remove the cartridge and run a hair dryer for 3 – 4 mins and place it back into the printer and print again when it is still warm.

Tech experts say that ,the hair dryer melts the thick ink ,thus releasing extra ink for a page or two.

REVIVE YOUR DEAD HARD DRIVE

If you have been hit by blue screen of death – the hard disk drive just crashed on you – relax!!DONT panic.

You might be able to salvage your precious data.

The nuska is simply freeze the hard drive for an entire night.

Make sure you have packed your HDD with at least 2-3 ziplock bags which you can get at any local store.

(this is to minimize the moisture from entering your hard drive)

by this method i did manage to revive 2 harddisks procured from local bhangarwala!!

This might sound silly and weird but here's the logic.

Many harddrive failures are caused by worn parts that no longer firt in with each other, making it impossible to read from the drive .

Lowering the temperature causes its innards,the solid components to contract slightly.thawing it will cause those parts to expand again,thus possibly binding them .

This might not bring your disk back to life essentially,but give you enough window to transfer data to a safe place.

We all know that ' the solids expand on heating and contract on cooling'

Reset WINDOWS XP password

often it happens you forget your windows password and don't know how to go about it.
Here is a complete DIY(Do It Yourself) procedure to get out of this crisis.

All you need is an access to another PC with:
1) CD-RW drive
2) ISO burning software
3) Internet

now lets get started :
i) go to : http://www.prime-expert.com/ebcd/download.php

ii) download the file (this is the free demo lite version)

iii) install it , open the folder and execute EBCD file (it will open in command prompt)

iv) you will get a ISO file

v) burn (write) this file to the CD

after you done with this all you need to do is ,
put this disk in your computer in which the access is to be granted without the password

i)boot your computer

ii)go to the BIOS by pressing the key (it can be F1 or F10) depending on your system.

iii) now change the boot priority from your hard disk to the CD/DVD drive, save changes
and exit.

iv) follow the instructions on the screen when your computer is booted and
press CTRL+ALT+DEL(this should restart your computer,remove the disk from the drive)

this should grant you access on any windows system without asking you for password




THIS IS WHAT WORKED FOR ME ,IF YOU AIN'T LUCKY TRY:

1) Offline NT Password
2) Oph Crack
3) Knoppix STD
4) Dreampack PL


IF YOU FORGOT YOUR ADMINISTRATOR PASSWORD ,but still lucky to access your computer through other user account or say guest account
then you can try the following:

1. go to START>run>type cmd

2. then type : net user , then press enter.

this should show you the accounts on your computer

3. now type :net user administrator *
[spacespace<*>]

it will tell you to type a new password


OTHER OPTIONS INCLUDE:

go to safe mode by pressing F6 ,that should help too.




DISCLAIMER :

don't use this program quite often as they may cause some irreparable damages ,like in my case icons in my control panel are missing
also you cant change the password from control panel you need to use EBCD to change it