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How to Batch Rename File Extension Using Notepad
If you happen to encounter tasks such as to rename a list of files’ extension, this is a neat little trick that will get the job done easily for you.
The Only Thing You Will Need
Well, the only the you will need is your Notepad.
You see, Notepad is a very powerful, multi purpose little tool that can do many things out of what you can think. I’ve posted before on how you can use Notepad to write your dairy complete with timestamp. Of course, Notepad can do more than that.
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Exploit: Turn On Your PC Two Times Faster

Warning:
- This exploit involves changing your registry value. So, make sure you are clear of what you are doing.
- I tried this tweak on my Windows XP, not sure about Vista (You guys might want to give it a try and share the feedback here).
OK, let’s do it!
Before we start, it is recommended you turn off XP Indexing Service first. LifeHacker can guide you on this.
So…
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Twessenger: Hook Up Your Twitter and Windows Live Messenger
If you are a Twitter and Windows Live Messenger user, this might interest you.
Introducing Twessenger…
Would like to have your latest twitter tweet automatically updates your Windows Live Messenger personal message?

[Twessenger]
Twessenger will get the job done for you! Twessenger (this name must be from tweet + messenger) is a Twitter extension, or better known as add-in for Windows Live Messenger.
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Tip: Type Your Password Safely on Public Computers

Trust me, you will never get away from using public computers whether at cyber cafe, your friend’s house, school lab, your work place, etc.
Highly likely you will be using those computers to excess your email account or anything that required you to enter your sensitive and private data such as your password.
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How to Lock and Hide a Folder without Using Any Software in XP
Keeping some confidential files private means a lot to me. I can do this easily with several folder and file locking software and tools available out there in the Internet but with a price to pay.
So, here is an equally easy alternative, without any cost to bear – no software no tools! What you need is just a Notepad.
OK, here is how to setup a locking and hidden upon locked folder.
- Copy and paste the code listed below in blue (between Start copy and End copy) in Notepad.
- Change the “yourpasswordhere” with your own password.
- Save it as a batch file (with extension .bat), any name will do.
- Now you see a batch file. Double click to run the batch file to create a new folder named Locker by default. You can change the folder name by changing the line “md Locker” to “md yourfoldername”.
- Now, you can put all your files that you want to lock and hide want to hide into this Locker folder.
- To lock it, double click the batch file. Double click the batch file again will unlock it, prompting you for the password.
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How to Download Limewire Pro for Free with Google
This is a pretty little nice trick to get Limewire Pro (that is $34.95/year) for free with…well, Google!

Why Google?
Honestly, getting a copy of the Pro version is not hard, there are many channels which you can use, but some of these channels might not be legal or you might have to go through various advertisement pages just to get the download link.
So why not Google? You will get to download the latest Limewire Pro from Limewire itself!
Here is how…
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How to Download from Rapidshare with FlashGet for Free User
The tutorial below will guide you to use download manager FlashGet with Rapidshare downloads for free users. This is a working trick, tested!
First of all, a few tools. You will need Firefox, Firefox’s FlashGot extension and of course FlashGet. Download link below:
Get everything installed, you might need to restart Firefox after the FlashGot extention installation.
OK, now this is the trick. Open FlashGet go to Tools > Options… > Site Manager
Select Add… to add a new URL, http://www.rapidshare.com (see below)

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How to Bypass Web Filters Without Using a Proxy
Bumped onto this tutorial yesterday on random. You might be interested if you are finding ways how to bypass blocked websites without using proxies.
This technique uses hex as a alternative representation to text. It seems to work nicely in this tutorial but I haven’t try it out personally.
You can get a online text to hex converter here.
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How to View Movies Directly from RAR Files
Usually when you have movie files compressed in RAR format, you need to unrar it first in order to play your movie. This can be a time and space consuming process where you will need to wait for it to unrar and it eats up your hard disk spaces if the movie file is large.

Well, there is a work around where allows you to play the movie file directly without unraring it. Here is how:
Here is how. Go to this site, download and install Dziobas Rar Player.
Now you can play any rar movie files without unraring them.
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Increase Your Torrent Speed, A Practical Guide
This PDF explains how to get up and running with bit torrent technology efficiently. It shows how to battle ISPs throttling bit torrent speed and other ways to get the best optimization of your bandwidth.
This is a step by step tutorial guide on setting up uTorrent. It details all the steps from downloading to optimizing your settings. Many people have used Bit Torrent and think they are running with optimized settings, even then, it is advised to read through this guide and see what you may have missed to better optimize your settings.
