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How to Enable Port Forwarding

How to Enable Port Forwarding

Port Forwarding is essential, if you wish to get good download speeds in BitTorrent Clients. Learn what does Port Forwarding mean, why is it essential and how to configure your router to enable port forwarding.

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Use Your Keyboard LEDs as Network Activity Indicators

Use Your Keyboard LEDs as Network Activity Indicators

Network Lights is a free software which allows you to use your Keyboard LEDs as network activity (upload/download) indicator.

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Learn Why Your System Crashed With WhoCrashed

Learn Why Your System Crashed With WhoCrashed

Although BDODs (Blue Screen of Deaths) are commonly associated with hardware errors, they are often caused by malfunctioning drivers and system software. WhoCrashed automatically analyses Crash Dumps and identifies the cause of a BSOD.

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Get Windows Seven Desktop Properties in Windows XP

Get Windows Seven Desktop Properties in Windows XP

Windows Seven features a revamped Display Properties dialogue. With a little effort you can get a similar looking Display Properties in Windows XP

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How To : Enable Smooth Scrolling Across Browsers in Windows

How To : Enable Smooth Scrolling Across Browsers in Windows

Smooth Scrolling makes the content seamlessly flow in and out of your screen while scrolling. It eliminates suddent jumps and reduces eye strain.

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Know Exactly What svchost.exe is Upto With Svchost Viewer

Know Exactly What svchost.exe is Upto With Svchost Viewer

I am sure all of you have noticed the numerous svchost.exe entries in your task manager. Many of you may have wondered exactly what is svchost.exe? Svchost stands for Service Host. A service is a program that runs in the background and often provides critical functionalities required for functioning of other applications. During the booting [...]

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Install Any Operating System from Pen Drive (Works on Netbooks)

Install Any Operating System from Pen Drive (Works on Netbooks)

With 2GB and 4GB pen drives becoming common these days it often makes more sense to burn (or rather setup) the Operating System installer onto a pen drive rather than burning it onto a CD or DVD. This is especially true if you love trying out new linux distros, or rush to install the latest [...]

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