Setting Goals The Correct Way

2010-11-14T21:26:00.000+05:30

How to get 95,237 visitors in a DAY

2010-08-23T00:39:00.004+05:30

Let me ask you something...

What if I told you to STOP working day and night writing articles, posting blogs, setting up PPC campaigns, searching high and low for joint venture partners, creating videos ... and all the other back breaking and boring stuff? Would you think I'm crazy? I mean, how else is anyone going to find your website online? How else are you going to get traffic?

Well not so long ago, a close friend of mine, Mo Latif did just that. He walked away and dropped everything.
He stopped article marketing, blogging, SEO, link building, press releases, social bookmarking ... all the old 'traditional' marketing techniques everyone is talking about to this day. He stepped away from these tired and 'old' traffic generation methods, as he was sick of spending all his time at the keyboard. I'm sure you would rather travel, relax and enjoy your life ...wouldn't you?

So why did he suddenly drop the ball? Why didn't he carry on doing what everybody else was doing? He found the truth, it’s mind-blowing to be honest ...

Let me explain...

In the past he was generating around 250 visitors on a bad day. The problem was, no matter how hard he tried, the traffic was LIMTED! He wanted more, a lot more...The traffic levels would never go beyond a certain point. He used every trick in the book over the years, and even had staff working for him. But still, the traffic always hit a peak and just stayed there.

It got worse too... Google would change their search engine algorithms *once again* and did you know they even started banning Adwords accounts for no apparent reason and without notice? This left him no choice but to start all over again ... however this time, it would be much harder, thanks to all the *NEW* hurdles and hoops Google is going to make us jump through. But did you know Google only accounts for 20% of the online traffic? What happened to the other 80%?

For years, he spent all his time serving Google. Playing by their rules, not to forget Yahoo and Bing. A complete search engine puppet ... moulding his lame income around their greedy requirements. Hiring SEO experts, writers, paying for backlinks, social bookmarking, the works, just to keep up with their ever demanding and changing requirements ... in all this time, life passed him by, locked away in his home office, busting his back trying to get (and keep) traffic dribbling to websites.

But NOT anymore as those days are over.

He walked away being a traffic slave and developed a 3 step system which taps into that remaining 80% of online traffic that no one knows about. A traffic goldmine you absolutely must see for yourself if you want to survive online...

(And no, it's not Facebook, Twitter or Myspace ... it's NOT
about wasting your time trying to make friends with people so you
can sell to them one day)

And get this...

He checked his traffic stats the other day and to my amazement this *NEW* unknown traffic source had generated 95,237 visitors in a single day ... and it didn't involve ANY of those tired old traffic methods you've been drowning in for so long. He did encounter a problem though ... he was sending TOO MUCH
traffic to websites using nothing but an affiliate link! That's right ... NO website and guess what else ... ?

The fulfillment people called him up and said stop whatever he was doing because they couldn't process the orders fast enough! Weirdos?!

Read more about this in an exclusive report which shows you how
he did it ...

But that's not all...

Some people might say ANYONE can get a lot of traffic, but targeted traffic is what pays the bills...right? Well, let me reassure you ... this secret traffic source helped generate $184,195 in ONE MONTH, just as an affiliate.

Is that targeted enough for you? :)

Listen ... forget hiring SEO experts, paying for overpriced Adword ads and giving huge chunks of each sale away to affiliates and JV partners..... this system makes money so easily, it uses nothing but 3 steps in any niche or market. Other people might say you need to be an expert, or have special connections. Honestly, they couldn’t be further from the truth....You see, this was done without any partner traffic, without
affiliates, without using existing traffic sources, without calling in any favours and without buying a website which already had traffic.

And for the record, these 95,237 visitors didn't come from some SEO fluke, some expensive media buys, ad swaps or link building. It was like flipping on a switch, and almost as easy. Plus it's NOT complicated, NOT blackhat, NOT hard work and certainly NOT *ILLEGAL*.

Anyway the traffic from Dec 16th 2009 to Jan 15th 2010 was as low as, a pathetic 251 visits a day.... and after pushing the button on the new traffic source, from Jan 16th to Feb 15th 2010 the visitors skyrocketed up to 95,237 in a DAY! Make no mistake… that is a DAY. The proof is on the page. No Google. No Yahoo. No Bing. No slaps, no red tape, no SEO, no article writing ... none of the usual crap you've been fed in the past.

So if you want the *underground* shortcut to getting TRUE server crushing traffic, then I strongly suggest you learn it from this f.ree report before he takes it down:

And here's something else you should know...

A guy doing 'ad-hock jobs' on a FARM used the 3 step system and
guess what ... ?

He went on to generate $1.2 million AND create a list of over
66,000 subscribers.

Crazy? Yes. Impossible? Heck no...

Consider this ... if a total newbie, a farm boy with no experience or skill sets can make that kind of money and success with this, then so can you. In fact, I'm already guessing you're more experienced and smarter than he is. There's a reason why the 'usual' traffic methods don't work anymore ... because every man and his dog is hammering it all day long. Everyone is undercutting the competition, working longer hours, hiring more staff ... it's a blood bath out there.

So my advice is simple...

Walk away from it all, before you get sucked dry to the bone and go mentally insane. Don't get caught up in their vicious cycle and spend the next 5 years hoping things will get better ... because the truth is, it's only going to get tougher and tougher if you stand still and follow the sheep.

Download this f.ree report, and get ready for a *new* future ... a future with no rules, hardly *any*
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2010-08-16T01:55:00.000+05:30

A New Way to Achieve All Your Dreams

Name something you want. It can be a weight-loss goal, a money goal, a sales quota, a new house, a relationship, etc. It's entirely up to you.
Since this book is about money, think about your money goals. How much more money are your seeking, anyway? A hundred dollars? Thousands? A million?
Now let me ask you a blunt question: Why don't you have it yet?
Why don't you have the thinner body, or more money, or whatever it is you said you wanted? Well?
Now let me tell you something shocking: The fault isn't with the economy, your parents, your spouse, your neighbors, your mayor, the president or anyone or anything outside of you. There is only one answer to my question of, "Why don't you have it yet?" And I'll tell you what it is in a minute.
Have you ever wondered why so many people have so much trouble getting what they truly want? Have you considered that there could be an easier way though life? Have you ever felt that life was just too much of a struggle? Most of us have, at one time or another, just felt that life was a royal pain. But the liberating truth is this - life doesn't have to be that way.

What's the secret to making life a joy? What's the secret to creating more money now? And what's the answer to why you haven't achieved your goals yet?
It's in your own mind.
No, not in your thoughts. Not in your conscious mind. The roadblock is deeper. It's where you rarely look. It's in your unconscious. In short, if there is something you are trying to achieve - you name it - and you aren't achieving it, chances are your unconscious holds some contradictory intentions for you. Said another way, you want something and it doesn't.
If you are typical, you are constantly giving yourself contradictory instructions - like "I want to lose weight" and "I want that luscious piece of pie." Notice anything odd about them?
Those statements are going in different directions. After years of such frustrating and contradictory messages, your unconscious gives up and starts to disregard what you consciously want.
In other words, you canceled out your own request. You said, "I want money," but right after that you said (or thought), "I don't deserve it" or "Money never comes to me" or some other similar limiting belief. As a result, you usually didn't get what you said you wanted!
But I have good news for you. All that is about to end.

An Introduction To Cybernetic Transposition
I define "Cybernetic Transposition" as: Putting yourself consciously in charge by creating effective communication between your conscious and unconscious minds, by consciously transposing successes from any part of your life into other ones where you consciously want to produce success, resolving self-defeating unconscious habit patterns into ones that support you and by creating effective conscious communication with the part of your that knows what's right for you.
Where did I get the two words that make up the term?
Cybernetics is a term created by the incredibly brilliant Norbert Wiener who developed the discipline and who I used to see wandering the halls of MIT. Cybernetics derives from the Greek word for "steersman" or the person in control.
In a very real sense, our unconscious mind acts as our massively powerful, massively parallel computer comprised of about 100 billion tiny computers called neurons. Usually, our conscious minds are pretty much irrelevant to the functioning of our unconscious.

I'll be teaching you to change that, to bring your conscious mind into the loop so it, in a sense, becomes the steersman.
So the first part of the definition is helping people to be more human rather than acting like machines that operate almost totally unconsciously, out of conscious control.
Transposition is defined as the process of interchanging. In our case, we are taking a memory of success in one aspect of life or in the same aspect at a different time in life and transposing it to create success in a different aspect and/or time.
Now that you have been introduced to the name of the process, let's move on to discovering how to use it to manifest your highest dreams.
Ready?

Three Steps To More Cash
You're about to learn how a tried and tested three step process can transform your world and bring you all the riches you've ever imagined. I've proven this method will work by testing it on 50,000 people. Now you're going to prove it will work for you.
First, let me introduce you to the basic three steps:

1. Create a Target that defines what you want, one that is clearly understood by all aspects of your un-conscious mind.
Think of the bull's eye of an archery target with its concentric circles enclosing a central red circle. Your unconscious mind needs something as clear as that circle, a target that indicates exactly what you want.

2. Prioritize your Target: Flag it so that you will remain unconsciously focused on it while you get on with your normal activities.
Imagine a large crows of people, all dressed alike in gray. Now picture one of them holding up your highly graphic bulls' eye target with the bright red center. Chances are, the target is what will catch your eye. That's what happens in your unconscious mind when you have appropriately prioritized your target.

3. Resolve any self-defeating un-conscious habit patterns that can prevent you from achieving your target.
Your unconscious habits govern what you normally do in a situation. The most efficient way to go through life is to do a lot of things on automatic - except when those automatic habit patterns get in the way. In other words, most people have unconscious mechanisms that sabotage their desire to hit the target. When you clear those, you are free to hit the mark.

One Last Thing
You don't have to believe this is going to work. You probably have your doubts. You probably want to raise a ton of money fast but are highly suspicious that this method will work for you. Well, I've taught my seminar to 50,000 people. Even the ones who didn't believe this would work still got results.
The truth is this:
1. If you have a modest goal or target, you can use the Basic three steps we've been talking about to achieve it.
2. If you have what feels like an "Impossible" desire, you can use the Super Achievement process to achieve it.
Either way, your results are just waiting for you!

Excerpted from the ebook "How to Make Lots of Money for Anything - Fast!" by Stuart Lichtman.

2010-08-16T01:39:00.001+05:30

How to Order from the Universe

The universe you live in works very much like a popular restaurant. You go in, you decide what you want, you order it, you receive it, and you digest it.

Unfortunately, a lot of people don't seem to know how to order. Some are downright inept at it. They walk into this restaurant, behave like complete idiots, and they end up hungry and disappointed. Then they complain about the restaurant and post negative reviews online, despite the fact that the restaurant has received rave reviews from the most experienced food critics.

The Universal Restaurant

I can't tell you how many times I encounter people who set goals like, "I want a romantic partner," or "I want a stable job that pays more money," or "I want to lose weight." I've heard enough of this drivel to last a lifetime. It's reached the point where I may start carrying around a squirt gun and shoot people in the eye when they say stuff like this.

Those are crap goals. Don't waste your time on them. And definitely don't say them within earshot of me.

Setting such goals is the equivalent of walking into a restaurant and proclaiming, "I'm hungry. I want some food."

First, people will look at you like you're an idiot. They're only doing that because you are.

Second, you won't get fed.

If you're lucky, someone might hand you a menu and ask you what you'd like to order. You can order off the menu, or you can concoct something creative, but either way you have to be specific. If you stand there asking for food, you'll remain hungry.

Is this happening in your life right now? Are you standing at the Universal Restaurant, waiting for your desires to manifest, and receiving only static in response? Might the reason be that the wait staff can't figure out what the heck you're actually trying to order?

The Universe is extremely adept at fulfilling your desires — but only if you have the wherewithal to decide and order what you want. If you can't do that — and it matters not what excuses you have — you will remain hungry.

Sometimes the universe will take a stab at bringing your what you ask for. Then you reject it because, although it's what you asked for (such as a generic "romantic partner"), it isn't what you actually want. Then maybe the universe tries a few more times, and you continue to send back whatever it brings you. So eventually it gives up, concluding that you're an unreasonable customer and that it's better off spending its time and energy serving the patrons who know how to place an order properly. It says, "Ok, we're done for now. Call me back to your table when you've figured out what you actually want."

How to Order

When you set goals and intentions, place an order. Don't ask, "Please can I…?" Simply order, much like you would in a restaurant. Say, "I'll have the …" Then expect to receive what you order.

Don't be timid or cowardly or uncertain. Just state your order, and expect to get it. If you screw this up, no soup for you.

Take as much time as you want to decide what to order, but when you place your order, accept what you ordered, and know that you're going to receive it. You may have some buyer's remorse if it's not as good as you hoped, but that's okay. Receive it anyway. There will always be other meals, other orders. Not everything you receive will taste like ambrosia.

Be specific in asking for what you want.

Don't ask for more money. If you want $50K cash, then order $50K cash. Don't ask for it. Order it.

Don't ask for a better job. If you want to be a fashion blogger who travels around the world and gets free invites to major fashion shows and has 500,000 monthly readers, then order that.

Don't ask for a romantic partner. If you want a geeky, vegan, bisexual, happily jobless girlfriend who loves to travel, then order that. Order it loudly enough so your waiter can hear you, and people at nearby tables will say, "I didn't know that was on the menu. I'll have one of those too… with a twist of lemon."

One of the best ways to get what you actually want is to take your best guess, and order it. When you get what you ask for, it may not turn out quite right. That contrast between what you received and how you feel about it will give you a better sense of what you actually do want. Then you can make a better guess and take another stab at placing an order.

As you repeat this process, you'll gradually hone in on what you actually desire most at a very deep level. And then you'll get a chance to receive and experience it fully.

Realize that this is an iterative process. Don't be a perfectionist. That's like sitting in a restaurant for hours, trying to decide what you want, while impatient waiters periodically refill your water glass and pressure you to order something. It's just a meal, so make a decision, get fed, and get out. Even if it turns out to be less than you hoped for, there will be plenty of other meals. The occasional bad meal is inevitable.

How to Be an Idiot Who Can't Order at a Restaurant

What happens if you change your order before you receive it? Same thing that happens in a real restaurant. What would happen if you grabbed the waiter and changed your order before it arrived? No problem, but you'll have to wait even longer because the waiter has to cancel the original order and then submit the new one. And if you keep doing that over and over, you'll piss off the waiter and will never receive a meal. Have you been doing something like that in real life? Blue… no red… no blue! Ahhhh!

What happens if you order something, and then when you get it, you don't like it? You can eat it anyway, or you can send it back. Either way, there will be other meals. You can always order again. Learn from the experience, and do your best to make a more intelligent choice next time. You may need to sample a few items from the menu to figure out what you like and don't like. Your first order at any new restaurant may very well be your worst experience there.

What happens if you complain about the way the system works? It's not fair! I can't figure out what I want! I keep going back and forth between two possibilities! Stop pressuring me! You're free to do that, but the system will process you like an idiot. Again, that's only because you are.

If you rail against the system, it's not going to work for you. If you can't follow the simple rules, the system will process you like an idiot customer till you figure it out.

Here are the rules: Decide what you want, order it, receive it, and digest it. It's not rocket science. Don't make it complicated. It's easier to follow the rules than it is to break them. Even a child can do it.

Your Choice

Despite the obvious drawbacks, you're still free to behave like an idiot customer whenever you choose. You're free to make a vague request. You're free to change your mind every 5 minutes. You're free to reject your order after it arrives. But of course all of those actions have consequences. If you behave stupidly, you'll get stupid results.

Technically speaking, this isn't a problem. The Universal Restaurant is robust enough to handle people like you. It will process you without prejudice. However, you won't have a very good experience, and in the end you'll be disappointed with the food and/or service. Other members of your party will also be disappointed, either with the restaurant or with you personally. No one at your table will seem to be having a good time unless you order properly. If you screw it up, you'll ruin everyone's evening.

This restaurant, however, is perfectly capable of preparing the most amazing gourmet meals you could ever fancy. You just have to order properly. Be specific. Be clear, direct, and confident. Be audible. And don't keep changing your mind after you've placed your order.

When you receive your order, accept it with gratitude. Smell it. Taste it. Savor each delicious bite. Share it with others at your table if they'd like a taste, and taste some of their food too. It won't be perfect, but it's better than going hungry. Learn from the experience, and allow it to inform your future ordering decisions. Eventually you'll become a master connoisseur of the Universal Restaurant.

Work with the rules of the Universal Restaurant to enjoy the best meals of your life. Don't rail against the system. Don't be a clueless customer. And don't post negative reviews about it online.

Note: The Universal Restaurant is not to be confused with The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. I know that's what you were thinking.

By Steve Pavlina / Source: StevePavlina.com

Registry Easy - Pc tuning software

2009-08-27T15:39:00.000+05:30

Registry Easy is a computer tuning software which takes care of all the errors and optimizes your pc to its original lightning fast speed. Every pc users wishes to see his pc running fast and not hanging up for no reason at all and worst still during some important work. Many people have lost their hours of hard work, sometimes even days of hard work due to the computer crashing or hanging up.

Most of the computers today which are 6 months old have a lot of junk data and registry errors which cause the pc to hang or crash without any reason. The time has come to get rid of all such things and make your time worthwhile with a new pc ready to work for your success. This software takes care of almost all the aspects of your pc which are critical for its working.

Registry Easy takes care of junk data which creates clutters in your drives and thereby making access to these drives difficult. It also deletes unnecessary registry entries which often are left behind by the programs which you have uninstalled. These orphaned entries are the main cause for the slowing of pc. This programs also gives you a comprehensive information about your computer and also some excellent suggestions which will help in improving your pc's overall performance. Apart from cleaning, there are many more optimizers which optimize almost all components from bootup time to your internet browser. The program also has an uninstall manager which will help you to get rid of unwanted programs which often come with bundled software and take up the valuable space on your hard drive. Registry Easy also has security features which help you to block unwanted and sometimes harmful activex control which try to download themselves without the consent of the user.

You can take a free scan of your computer to find whether there is any junk data or errors in the registry which are using up critical system resources for no good. Take a free scan of your computer with the link below.

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IVYBOT - Forex Trading Software

2009-08-26T03:13:00.000+05:30

IVYBOT is a forex trading robot which automatically rakes in huge amounts of money even with a very small investment. It has a completely automated system which takes care of all the intricacies of forex trading. IVYBOT comes packaged with 4 robots combined into 1 to make calculations on many different currencies all at once.
Recent forex tradings have shown that IVYBOT is able to bring in profits after profits no matter what the market situation is.

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Tuneup Utilities - Software

2009-08-26T00:41:00.000+05:30

Tuneup Utilities is one of the best software available in the market for the overall improving of performance of your computer. This software takes care of all the possible types of optimizations in your pc so that your pc starts running like a new one.

It has many features which take care of most of the components of the computer. There are links on the left-hand side and their expansions and sub-links on the right hand side.

Customize & is a very good tool to get a complete control over your system and also change the visual styles right from the themes to the boot screens. Various styles and boot screens can be downloaded from their website. Apart from these features there is startup manager which lets you choose which programs need to start at the startup. It also has system information tab which gives you comprehensive information about your system.

The other tabs are Clean up & Repair, Optimize & Improve, Administer & Control, and File recovery & Destruction. These tabs also have related sub-tabs which can be used to further customize your computer and keep it running well all the time.

There have been further versions of Tuneup Utilities in 2008 and 2009 but mostly they have the same features with some additions. I personally feel that every computer should have this software.
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How to install Windows XP software

2009-08-24T23:47:00.000+05:30

Installation of an operating system on a computer which already has an OS is very easy. It can even be an upgrade from the lower version to the higher version. The installation is similar to installing other software and does not take much of thinking from the user's end. But when it comes to installing the windows XP from scratch most of the users find it difficult to carry on the task.

Let us now go through the requisites for installing Windows XP from scratch.

1. First of all if there is already an operating system and you want to make a clean installation removing the previous OS (operating system) you need to format the entire system. This task is taken care of while installing windows xp. Before starting the formatting process ensure that you have a bootable CD and not an ordinary CD. Once the whole system is clean you require to boot from the CD to start the installation process. Also, keep the CD key handy so as to enter it whenever it asks. Apart from windows xp CD you also need to keep your motherboard CD handy so as to install the system drivers after the OS is installed.

2. Take a backup of any important data which you do not want to lose due to formatting.

3. Restart the computer and press DEL button on the keyboard or any other button assigned to enter the BIOS settings of your computer. Once inside the BIOS, go to boot order or boot preferences or any other name given to the boot sequence. Change the first boot to CD ROM and also the second boot just in case to be sure the OS starts from the CD. Press F10 or any other key assigned to save the changes and exit from the BIOS setting.

4. By default the installation is done in the C: drive. But you can change the drive if you want by selecting Advanced option during the start of installation. If you want to format the entire PC do so by deleting all the partitions when asked and creating the new ones. If not, you can keep them intact. Windows XP formats the partition to NTFS file system for installing windows. You can format all the partitions into NTFS now itself or you can quick format once the OS is installed by going to MY Computer> right click> format.

5. The installation typically takes about 40 minutes depending upon the data to be formated in your pc. The installation process asks some questions in the middle of installation regarding your pc and it does not proceed until you answer them. So it is better to be around the pc and keep checking the process.

6. Once the installation is done you are given choices to set up the network and other things like security features. You can skip these if you plan to do them at a later stage. After the installation is complete you have to install your system drivers which you will find on your motherboard CD.

7. While installing your system drivers the computer may restart once or twice. When it does the first time press the DEL button or any other button assigned to enter the BIOS setting. Change the setting of boot sequence to hard disk for first boot. You can keep the 2nd and 3rd boot to anything you like. Now save the settings and exit from the BIOS setting. Now your system boots from the OS installed on your hard disk.

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General maintenance tips for computer - Software

2009-08-24T18:16:00.000+05:30

We always wonder as to what happened to our computer that used to run like a sprinter when we had purchased it. Now it seems to have lost its touch of running at the same pace. Luckily we can do certain things without spending a dime on computer maintenance to make it as good as new ready to fire up and work as it used to do when we purchased it.

Some tips to keep in mind while performing maintenance on your computer.

1. Take off the power supply cord while cleaning any inside parts of the CPU as the components can hold on to some electric charges and may discharge by giving you a slight shock. Do not try to remove the monitor covering as the CRT monitors hold on to a very high voltage even after removing all the power cables and can be hazardous if touched by bare hands. It is always better to let the professional technicians to take care of the monitor.

2. Use a dry cloth instead of vacuum cleaner to clean the inside of CPU. The insides can also be cleaned by blowing compressed air into the components, but this can lead to blocks due to microscopic particles entering the components. Just cleaning the upper layers with a dry cloth is all that is needed.

3. Usually most of the dirt is found in the fans which are found on SMPS (the back of the CPU) and the one which is over the processor. You can detach both these fans and clean their blades. The processor fan also has a heatsink which is required to absorb the excess heat from the processor. Detach both the fan and heatsink and clean the partitions of the heatsink.

4. If there are a lot of cables in the inside of the CPU, there is a possibility that these cluttered wires are causing the restriction for free flow of data from one component to another. This will ultimately lead to slowing up of your pc. Sorting out every wire by detaching and reattaching can help a lot. Usually the data cables take up most of the space inside the CPU. The extra cable can be folded and pushed towards the free space in the CPU cabinet to free some space.

5. Check whether all the components like the memory card, video card, network card etc are placed properly into their slots. Sometimes due to partial placement of these components the computer can work erratically thereby slowing down and hanging the applications. Removing these cards from their slots and cleaning them superficially with a dry cloth can help a lot. Also check whether the data cables are placed properly and completely onto both the IDE(Primary and Secondary) channels on the motherboard.

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Priority Tweaks without any software

2009-08-23T23:01:00.000+05:30

Priority tweaks are those changes which we can make to some of the system components to load faster and utilize more resources than those which are not critical. Although these tweaks are very advanced and need to be done very cautiously, once done correctly, there will be significant improvement in the way your system behaves generally; and especially during startup. System crashes and instability are common consequences of doing these tweaks in haste. Also, giving priority to more than one critical components can cause system instability or there might be no measurable changes to the system as it takes the default values.

Let us look at one of the priority tweaks which can make bootup faster than most of the computers. Various systems have reported to boot completely within 30 seconds of starting. Of course, this result is in conjunction with other optimizing tweaks, but 30 seconds is very less time to load a system with windows xp or even vista for that matter.

The priority tweak we are going to make now is called IRQ priority tweak. We can give a priority to system CMOS or video card to improve I/O performance or increase the frame rate respectively. Generally the system CMOS has an IRQ number 8. We have to create a dword value in the following path of the registry.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ System \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ PriorityControl

Right click on the right-hand side and click on New>Dword value. Now type IRQ8Priority and click OK. Double click on the key and set the value to 1 and press OK.

By the way, if you want to give priority to any other component, you can find its IRQ number by right clicking on My Computer icon on desktop and going to Manage. In computer management go to Device Manager and click on View button in the Main Menu. Here, click on resources by type. Now navigate to Interrupt Request(IRQ) and expand the icon. You will find the IRQ numbers of various components. You can also find them by going to Start> Run and type msinfo32.exe. Now expand the tab Hardware Resources and click on IRQs.

The changes will will seen after the sytem is rebooted. If everything is done correctly, there will be significant changes in bootup period and also in the behavior of various software.

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Disabling software & services to improve XP performance

2009-08-23T14:04:00.000+05:30

Windows Xp tries to be everything to everyone. It has many built-in services which take care of various functions of the operating system as well as give us more than enough to live with. The problem is, most of us don't need all these services most of the time. These services however utilize a lot of system resources slowing down our computer. For example: if your computer is not in a domain, various services relating to it can be disabled without harming your internet connection. The services can be accessed by going to Start> Run> type services.msc and press Enter. It can also be accessed by going to Start> Control Panel> Administrative Tools> Services.

There are some services like Alerter Service, Clipbook Service, Computer Browser, Help & Support, Indexing Service, Messenger, Net Logon Service, Remote Registry Service( should be disabled for security reasons), Smart Card, Universal Plug & Play Service, Workstation etc which can be happily disabled.

There are many more services apart from these which are most of the times unwanted. However, it is better to go through the description before making any changes to the services. It is always better to keep the default setting for the services which we do not understand. There are some services whose description cannot be understood by laymen. Therefore, it is better to leave them alone.

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What is a software called msconfig utility?

2009-08-22T15:11:00.000+05:30

MSCONFIG utility is the short form of Microsoft System Configuration Utility and is meant for advanced users. This utility has tabs related to the boot option, the way system boots, the services which are running and the startup programs which automatically start during the windows startup.

Most of the users need to look only for the services and startup tab as these give us an idea as to why the system is becoming slow and where the system resources are utilized. Although other tabs are equally important it is recommended to leave the default settings intact and not to make any changes unless you have a thorough knowledge of the consequences.

So lets look at what the services tab can do for us. This tab when clicked gives four partitions. They are: Service, Essential, Manufacturer, Status. These show us exactly what they say. For example: if you do not have a printer installed on the current machine, print spooler service can be stopped. Most of the services cannot be directly related to any program which we can control. It is better to go for services.msc to get a complete description of these services. For this go to Start> Run> type services.msc and press enter. By highlighting the service you get its description and by double clicking it you can change its current status as well as how it starts the next time system starts.

Now let us look at the important and the easiest part of MSCONFIG utility. Clicking on the startup tab leads us to the programs which automatically start during the system startup. Most of the programs are not required during startup. The only important ones are firewall and
antivirus. Most of the software which we install try to start automatically every time system starts. For example: Nero(a CD burning software) tries to start every time the system starts to check for updates. Now this program is not needed as we do not burn a cd every time we start a pc. So this startup entry can be disabled. We are not disabling the program altogether, but just making it not to start during startup and exploit system resources. It can always be started from usual locations like desktop or programs.

After making the changes click apply and close the utility. It will ask for a restart. If you want to see the changes click restart or you can restart later if you are still working on your pc.

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Software to change the start button text

2009-08-22T01:36:00.000+05:30

There is a software called resource hacker which helps you to change the text on the start button in windows xp. This software shows many other things which can be useful in the long run but for the time being it is a cool program to see what it looks like to have your name on the start button or anything other than "start".

This program can be downloaded as a freeware from the internet. After unzipping the files run the resource hacker tool. From the program go to file and open C: Windows and open the explorer.exe file. But before opening the file copy the file and save it somewhere safe on other drive. Now open the file through resource hacker. Now we have to make some changes to the string table entries.

Click on the string table and find folder 37. Now click on the 1033 icon. On the right hand side we see that there are many entries with various numbers attached to them. We have to change the string number 578 with the words "start".

Select the word start without the quotes and type whatever you want to be displayed on the start button. Remember to keep the quotes intact. Now click on compile button. Now save the file as save as... explorer1.exe in windows folder.

Next step is to go to start> run> regedit
In the registry go to
KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Now search for a string with the name as Shell. Double click it to make changes to it. Now type explorer1.exe and click ok. This is done so that the system recognizes the file you have created the next time it logs on. Now quit the registry and log off or reboot. You will now see whatever you wanted to see on the start button.

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Decreasing bootup time without software

2009-08-21T14:39:00.000+05:30

There are various ways to decrease bootup time without using any software. We just have to make some tweaks into our system and we can get the most out of it. The most optimized windows xp machines have shown to load within 30 seconds! Since one machine can do it every other machine which runs windows xp can do it too. There are a few simple changes which can be done through control panel and some other which can be done through making changes to the registry keys.

1. Defragmenting the drives: This can be done by going to My computer> right click on a particular drive> properties> tools> defragmentation. This can also be done through start> programs> accessories> system tools> disk defragmenter.

2. Disabling most of the visual effects can boost the performance of windows xp. This can be through control panel> display> appearance> effects. Disable all the effects. You can also do it by right clicking on desktop> properties.

3. Start> Run> Type msconfig and press Enter. Now go to Startup tab and disable all those programs which are not needed during startup. Usually no programs are required other than firewall and antivirus during startup.

4. Start> Run> Type services.msc and press Enter. A list of services appears along with their description. Choose their startup type by double clicking on them.

5. Clean your desktop of unwanted icons and do not keep any folders with data in them. Each icon takes time to load and many can have a considerable effect on boot time.

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Softwares for improving XP

2009-08-20T17:22:00.000+05:30

We all have faced one or the other problem which leads to making windows Xp slower than what it was when we had bought it new. There are various reasons due to which our operating system is loading at snail's pace. Usually there is a lot of junk data stored in the pc which leads to slowing of the loading time. Apart from that there can be registry errors which making the booting of operating system a laborious task.
Thanks to the software makers there are now programs which take care of these issues and try to optimise the boot time. Some of the softwares are Tuneup Utilities, Registry booster etc. These softwares help the user to take complete control of his pc by tweaking the registry to suit his needs. These software make things very easy through their user-friendly graphic interface. There is hardly a need to go to run command and type the long paths of the registry to make the changes.

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Understanding the Software world

2009-08-20T00:44:00.000+05:30

Softwares are basically divided into two categories. They are: application softwares and system softwares. Application softwares are those which the users makes use of for working on his present workstation whereas system softwares are those which the computer uses to interact with the user and provide a result wanted by the user.

Every program we use are created by other assembly level languages which give the features to the softwares. These are called programming languages and are usually done in non-graphic mode. Some of these programs are C, C++, C#, Java etc. These programs create the programs which we use and give them their features. Most softwares are user-friendly and do not need any training to use. But the programming languages need a lot of training and expertise to create another program which can be used on windows based platforms.

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Troubleshooting your computer - software

2009-07-16T13:47:00.000+05:30

Troubleshooting is one of the essential skills every person should have in his arsenal. With so many software programs floating around on the internet it is very much possible that there are conflicts which may lead to a grinding halt of your day-to-day activities on your computer. Knowing a few basic things about your computer will save you the trouble of calling your dealer who invariably charges a very high amount. You can also save a lot of your valuable time with the knowledge of how things work in the world of computers.

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