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Entries for August, 2008

Remove ntde1ect.com or avpo.exe virus easily

ntde1ect.com is a virus whose name is such chosen that it keeps you confused. Actually Windows need a very important file called “ntdetect.com” for its booting and running purposes, removal of which will crash the system. ntde1ect.com resembles this important file. This virus is also known as avpo.exe

This virus may cause several problems like:
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Double click on drive opens in new window

Are you screwed by the problem that when you Double click on some drive it opens in a new window? Then do not worry you can fix this problem manually in seconds.
First of all check if by mistake you haven’t ticked the option under General tab in Folder Options. If not it means that the [...]

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Description of Svchost.exe

Wondering what is Svchost.exe and what role does it play in running our system? There are whole lots of svchost.exe processes running in background and we even can’t kill them.

What is svchost.exe?
Svchost.exe is a generic host process name for services that run from dynamic-link libraries (DLLs). The Svchost.exe file is located in the %SystemRoot%\System32 folder. [...]

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Reduce audio songs size by changing Bitrate

The songs are encoded in various Bitrates these days which also increases the size of the audio file greatly. Bitrate or Bit Rate is the average number of bits that one second of video or audio data will consume. It is directly proportional to the quality of sound that the audio file produces.
There are a [...]

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Reduce and compress Image size

If you like clicking more and more photos but worry about its size then this post will let you know how you can reduce the size of an image easily.
Photos clicked from a high resolution camera produce an image with great resolution but its size is also much. We may want it to send to [...]

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Break BIOS Password

A user may also put a BIOS password preventing you to even enter the system but if you wish to access the system do not worry we you can still do it. However, I only recommend this trick for your own personal use.
What is BIOS?
Bios stands for Basic Input Output System and is a firmware [...]

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How to set Current Music Track as status in Gtalk

Gtalk allows us to set and show the current music track that we are listening to at present. It is a good way to let the others know about our songs collection and also what we are doing at present. But if you are facing problem in displaying the Current Music Track and are going [...]

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Save and Export .doc to .pdf

Microsoft Word is very much popular and a handy tool but the Adobe Acrobat Reader has its own advantages. The PDF document is smaller in size as compared to DOC format of Word. So we often feel the need to convert .doc to .pdf

Microsoft Office 2007 users can do this very easily without using any [...]

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Remove W32.Babelloh virus

W32.Babelloh is a worm that has affected many systems and can open backdoor port on infected computer allowing remote unauthorized access. This worm is capable of copying itself to other drives to infect them.

The worm creates following files that you must have seen:
•    %DriveLetter%:\RECYCLER
•    %DriveLetter%:\autorun.inf
•    %DriveLetter%:\RECYCLER\desktop.exe
•    %DriveLetter%:\RECYCLER\desktop.ini
•     %SystemDrive%\spoolsv32.exe
•     %SystemDrive%\wmiprvse.exe
Steps to remove W32.Babelloh worm:
1.    Disable System [...]

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Steps to Block Websites

There are various reasons why you may need to block certain websites. One could be that you are a parent and want to block sites that you do not want your child to visit or may be that you want to block some spamming sites or it is just that you wish to block certain [...]

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Tech Salsa on Leave!!

Who doesn’t like holidays? Yes everyone does, that is why even Tech Salsa has decided to go on a vacation to relax and enjoy a bit.

Hi friends I am going on a vacation and will be out of touch with you for few days (not much though) but will return soon and continue from where [...]

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Clear Google search history from the browser

Let me guess, you have searched something in Google that you wish to hide from the other users of the system or is it that you just want to add to your privacy?
So don’t get embarrass any more if the auto complete option pops up with some old words you searched for.
Here are the [...]

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