Tips and Tricks 2

Top Sites to Find All The Serials You Need

Today there are many people out there who still prefer to use pirated software. It’s especially common among users who live outside the U.S. When you download your program or game you might need the serial to remove the trial period. Blindly searching the web for cracks and keygens is about as smart as using Limewire to search for antivirus software – something not well-advised. Undoubtedly and unfortunately, the number of crack sites with overtones of a malicious agenda heavily outweigh sites that just want to serve up the honest goods. Having said that, there actually are quite a few creditable ‘crack’ sites that won’t try to bombard you with full-screen popup ads, or commandeer your computer into a spam-loving Kraken or Srizbi Botnet army. Here i want to present you a list of “clean” crack sites for all the latest warez to unlock your software.

Please note that the site reviews herein only include information about each site, not the contents of the ‘cracks’ themselves. Always use a reputable antivirus and antispyware program on cracks & keygens before using them.

Here is my list of Safe and Malicious Crack/KeyGen Sites:

www.productkeys.tk

wwww.keygen.in

www.smartserials.com

www.keygenguru.com – Popular site with hundreds of thousands of results.

www.crackdb.org – The site itself is safe, however; many affiliate links are on the ‘do-not-visit’ list. When searching, skip past the first results (with the prices).

www.theserials.com

The Top 20 Torrent Sites of 2010

VCDQ.com: VCDQ.com is a new site here. This isn’t even technically a torrent site… rather, it is a verification site that employs a committee of serious users to confirm that torrents do indeed exist for what you are seeking. Ideal for movie fans who want to verify if a new release is available for torrent download, VCDQ.com will indeed tell you if legitimate torrent files have been found and verified for that particular movie. You just need to copy-paste the torrent names and use a torrent search engine like Isohunt.com to locate the seeds. Definitely give VCDQ.com a try; this is a great resource for avoiding fake torrent files and finding true files faster.
The Pirate Bay: for years, TPB was the premiere torrent search site. But since April of 2009, the Swedish courts changed TPB forever. The four Pirate Bay founders were sentenced to a year in prison and $3.5 million USD in fines. Today, the Pirate Bay operates within the technical boundaries of copyright law: not as expansive nor as deep with its new torrent index, but by using meta-linking to other sites, TPB is still an excellent torrent search destination.
Torrent Pond Torrentpond.com has been recommended by several users this spring of 2010. As a meta-searcher, Torrentpond will scour other sites for you, attempt to filter out old and fake torrents, and then offer you an easy-to-browse list. You will need to tune out the plentiful advertising and occasional popups, but the site offers very thorough searching in return.
Flixflux: a UK torrent site that is very popular with European downloaders
Torrent Tree
This is a relatively new site written in Ajax code language. Like any metasearch engine, Torrent Tree pulls its results from many other search engines. But Torrent Tree pulls *more* search results than any other current metasearcher. Definitely give this site a try.
Kick Ass Torrents.com This site is a new favorite with a growing community. The interface is a distinctive earth color, and the search results display in a useful format of columns, including torrent health. The best part of Kick Ass Torrents is their comment and feedback system… the user community watches the quality of torrents, and offers their recommendations and warnings. Kick Ass Torrents could become a very big player in the P2P world of 2010. Check these folks out, and let’s see if they grow in user size.
Torrentbit.nl This Netherlands site offers a simple interface and large index of torrents. It also offers a broad selection of European language movies and music.
Torrent Funk: Torrent Funk is the most popular recent addition to this list. Torrent Funk does not use user ratings of torrents; instead they use ‘verified status’, which some people prefer to ratings. The interface can be difficult to discern between sponsored ads and the actual torrent links. But the Torrent Funk site layout is pleasing, the cross-movie recommendations are very helpful, and several About.com readers highly recommended Torrent Funk. Give this site a try, and watch if it will grow over time.
CinemaTorrents: this site offers something really unique: IMDB ratings and vote information right on the search page. You can see public opinions on the movie itself before you download.
Isohunt.com Isohunt is a longtime site that has earned both the respect of P2P users everywhere…and the negative attention of the recording industry. While being sued by the CRIA, the Isohunt team continues to provide solid service. The Isohunt community monitors itself for fake files. When choosing your torrents, read the user comments, and only trust those files that have earned multiple green positive replies at Isohunt. Avoid any torrents that have red font numbers and negative comments, and you should be have good experiences at Isohunt.
Zoozle.org: a competent German search engine for finding specific files, cracks, and serials.
Torrentscan.com Torrentscan is another meta-search engine that provides reliable results. The interface can seem cluttered, but just use the sidebar on the left to narrow your search results.
Alive Torrents Alive Torrents focuses on torrents that have a solid swarm base and an active readership.
ExtraTorrent.com The opposite of yourbittorent.com’s clean design, ExtraTorrent.com is very visual and very busy. But the thumbnails and file information at this site are tremendous. This site is definitely worth trying, as it is very browsing-friendly for discovering movies and music artists.
Demonoid.com Demonoid is a private community, and members are held liable for any leeching that their invited friends do in this community. If you are lucky enough to get a Demonoid membership, invite your friends carefully, lest you lose your own membership.
BiteNova (formerly known as “Bi-Torrents”, BiteNova is a free Torrent site with a spartan look and fast searching format.)
Blues Brothers: Blues Brothers is a private site with a strong community and file-sharing ethic. As a private site, you can expect the leeching (selfish) users to be reduced. The BB community also strives to police itself by carefully watching each member’s upload ratio… if you abuse your ratio, you are blocked from downloading until you donate. This policy may seem a bit harsh, but members seem to really appreciate it.
Torrentmatrix.com
btscene.com btscene is a longtime player in the file sharing game. This website does have annoying popups and adult advertising, but it does offer a solid library of torrents. It does a good job of featuring very recent torrents (good for people who follow television shows), and presenting many browsing choices at a glance.
Vertor: this torrent service claims to filter out bad torrents, viruses, DRM locks, passwords, and fakes.

Speed Up Torrent Downloads-10 Ways

Imagine being on the autobahn with the accelerator down and then you realize that you are driving a wrecked car. The plight is not so uncommon on the information superhighway too.

Torrent users would attest to the fact that half of our time is spent looking for ‘healthy’ torrents and the other half trying to download (and a bit of upload too) at the maximum speed. The former is mandatory; the latter thankfully is within the realm of tweaking.

If you are the one who thinks that your torrent download speeds could do with a boost then keep reading. Below, you’ll find a few tips on how to speed up torrent download speed.

Your ISP is where it starts

Check the maximum download and upload speeds allowed by your ISP. Most ISP’s have specific bandwidths for both uploads and downloads. Obviously your torrent download speed won’t cross the cap set by the ISP. Go over to this article on Speed.io for broadband speed test and this one by Tina on ways to increase your connection speed. There are many other bandwidth testers like DSLReports which is included in the speed test within uTorrent.

Choosing the right BitTorrent client

Use the better clients out there like uTorrent, Vuze or the BitTorrent client itself. Wikipedia lists about 51 of them supporting the BitTorrent protocol. The choice of client used should always be updated to the latest version. The screenshots here depict uTorrent. The settings should be similarly configurable for other clients too. Mac users shuld also check our Transmission vs. uTorrent post

Go for healthy seeds and peers

A peer is any computer participating in the download and upload of a torrent file. A seed (or seeder) is anyone who has one complete copy of the file being shared across the torrent network. A leech (or a leecher) is the person who does not have the complete file yet but has joined the network to download it. A leecher becomes a seeder when he downloads the entire file and then shares it across the network.

increase torrent downloading speed by choosing healthy seeds

For high torrent speeds, the best bet is in numbers. The greater the number of seeders, the healthier the torrent and the better the chance of higher speeds. The rule of thumb says to choose the torrent files with a high number of seeders and preferably lesser number of leechers i.e. a higher seed-leecher ratio.

Get through the firewall

Firewalls can block all incoming BitTorrent connections coming through. To ensure otherwise, a firewall should be manually configured to accept the connections and let it through the client. Windows XP has the Windows Firewall. Configure the firewall installed to accept the connections by checking the BitTorrent client on the allowed list i.e. Options – Preferences – Connection – check Add uTorrent to Windows Firewall. Also, check the Windows Firewall exception (if you keep it enabled) in your client too. Shutting down the firewall is not recommended as it leaves the computer open to attack.

Note: If the home computer is behind a router, it also should be configured through the feature called Port Range Forwarding to enable torrent traffic. The router documentation should have specific information on this.

Limit your upload rate

A peer to peer network is all about sharing alike, but an unlimited upload rate hits the download rate too. Using the speed tests, find out your maximum upload speed and then set your client’s upload rate (Global Upload Rate in uTorrent) to about 80% of your maximum upload speed. You can also try varying your upload speeds – keep it high initially and then gradually bring it down towards the middle of the download.

Note: Mind the speed units – it may be given in kilobits per second (kb/sec) or kilobytes per second (kB/sec). 1 kilobyte = 8 kilobit

Go to a different port

The default port for the BitTorrent protocol is any between port numbers 6881-6999. ISPs throttle traffic on these ports as BitTorrent sharing involves high bandwidth usage. It’s easy to configure a different port in your torrent client. Use some number above 10000 to get around ISPs and also avoid problems with other applications. By default, the uTorrent port is randomized each time it starts. Set a specific port by not enabling the Randomize Port setting.

Increase the number of Max Half Open TCP connections

This figure specifies how many connections a torrent client should attempt to establish simultaneously at any given time. Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) or newer, limits this to a default of 10 as a barrier against virus multiplication. But that’s a bummer for torrent speeds as torrents too need a large number of simultaneous connections.

A patch has been available for a while from LvlLord which modifies the TCPIP.sys file in Windows to allow a higher number of TCP connections.

increase the half open tcp connections

After running the patch, you have to set the number of connections in your torrent client. For example, in uTorrent go to Options – Preferences – Advanced – net.max_halfopen. Set any number from 50 to 100. But see that net.max_halfopen is set lower than the value set in TCPIP.SYS. Always check if it is still patched because Windows updates sometimes overwrite it.

Experiment with Protocol Encryption

Some ISPs love to act like Big Brothers and constrict bandwidth for P2P protocols. Protocol Encryption in most of the torrent clients helps to override this bandwidth shaping. Enable outgoing protocol encryption and put a checkmark on Allow Incoming Legacy Connections.

With protocol encryption, ISPs find it difficult if not impossible to detect that the traffic is coming from BitTorrent. Experiment with enabled, disabled and forced options because you could be getting better speeds with encryption disabled. Non-encryption makes a torrent connection compatible with someone who is not using encryption but as a minus it makes the torrent detectable to an ISP with a bandwidth restricting policy.

Bandwidth and connections

Your BitTorrent client’s settings options will let you enter figures for –

Global maximum number of connections gives the maximum number of connections that a BitTorrent client can make for any P2P exchange. Setting this too high does NOT mean higher speeds. Setting it too high would take up useless bandwidth and too low a figure would miss out on peers. For my 256kbps connection, I have a setting of 130.

Maximum number of connected peers per torrent gives the maximum number of peers that a BitTorrent client can connect to for any P2P exchange. Experiment by setting this number close to the available peers for a particular torrent. For my 256kbps connection, I have a default setting of 70.

Number of upload slots per torrent gives the maximum number of peers that a BitTorrent client will upload to for any P2P exchange. A low setting may affect downloads. For my 256kbps connection, I have a setting of 3.

uTorrent has a Speed Guide which handily calculates the figures for a particular connection.

Bypass RapidShare Download Limit with Free Tool – The Grabber

The Grabber from CMS Portal (www.cmszone.org) is an ultimate tool for fast downloads from RapidShare free service users. The Grabber works in such as a way that it automates the process of changing IP by using different proxy servers hack in order to fool RapidShare to assume that the download requests of RapidShare files are from different computer or different users.

CMS the Grabber, now at version 1.4.5.P, features ability to bypass and overrides RapidShare limitations faced by non-premium (free) account users by using proxy servers, able to start downloading from RapidShare immediately, and ability to download multiple files simultaneously.

As CMS the Grabber is using proxy sites and servers to bypass and skip the RapidShare download limit, you will need a list of proxy servers and sites available publicly. As mentioned in Universal Share Downloader, a similar tool, for proxy servers list, you can download a software called GeoWhere and use GeoWhere to search for available proxy servers on the Internet, and put all the found proxies into a text file. You should use only anonymous proxy, as transparent proxy will reveal your IP address too. Alternatively, several websites has a long list of open public proxy servers that can be used such as Proxy.6te.net, Proxy.org. Proxy List even allows you to download list of proxy servers in a text file format (remember to download only anonymous or elite proxy by searching for the type before downloading). Alternatively, Forum Proxy Leecher also maintains a Default ListCustom List of proxies servers. of proxies available and

To ease the usage of The Grabber, The Grabber comes with a Proxy Checker where the utility will check and test each and every proxy for its usablity. The valid proxies that have been checked then can be imported into CMS the Grabber via clipboard. Then you’re set to go to download any files from RapidShare without any limit by keying in the RapidShare download link. If you wish to simultaneously download many files, just click on New Window to setup a new download session.

You can download CMS the Grabber 1.4.5.P from official download link at RapidShare for non-forum member. If you download from above link, you will need this password to unpack and extract the file: www.cmszone.org. But if you can’t and unable to download from RapidShare, try to download the Grabber from here.

Grabber 1.4.8 released for free download

Increase mobile internet speed-NetworkAcc

Improve internet speeds in Blackberry, Nokia and Java supported Samsung, LG mobile devices.

One of the main problems of GPRS internet is that it’s very slow. BSNL started 3G services in many states of the country. But rest of India relies on GPRS service for accessing mobile internet. The speed of mobile GPRS varies from 6 KB/sec and above based on network availability and plans chosen. Most time we won’t get the advertised mobile internet speed. One solution is to increase mobile internet speed use a mobile web browser like Opera that uses special compression technology to deliver web pages. Another method is to use mobile softwares like NetworkAcc. Network accelerator aka NetworkAcc from emobistudio tunes mobile internet access both in device side and network side. It can be used to speed up internet in 3G, GPRS, EDGE, Wi-Fi and other telecommunication networks.

NetworkAcc is able to improve internet speeds in Blackberry, Nokia and Java supported Samsung, LG mobile devices. It is a shareware application. But the full version costs as low as $7 that you would be able to afford.

The latest version of NetworkAcc added support for tuning internet speeds of major Indian mobile carriers like Airtel, Vodafone, Idea ,Reliance, Aircel etc. Like in Windows we can speed up internet using multiple connection methods and by blocking unwanted services.There are hidden network configurations that users wont be able to access manually . We mentioned such configurations of Firefox and Internet explorer 8 in case of Windows. NetworkAcc automatically configure all such configurations for mobile devices and boost speed to the maximum possible value.

Download NetworkAcc mobile internet accelerator for Blackberry, Nokia and Java phones.

NetworkAcc uses a wizard driven process to improve internet speed in installed mobile phones. You just need to select GPRS, 3G or the corresponding connection type, mobile carrier, operating system and proceed to optimization.

Crack RapidShare Time Delay and Download Limit

RapidShare is a leading file storage hosting service, which they claim themself as world’s biggest and fastest 1-click file-hoster. It’s undeniably that there are a lot of files, from audio to video, that’s available on RapidShare, sharing with the whole world. However, if you want to download the files without paying to upgrade to Premium-account (as a free user), you will have to face some limitations.

RapidShare has a download limit of 30 MB per hour for free user. Beside, free users can only parallelly download 1 file at a time, and subject to countdown (waiting) time delay before download start. And if you’re behind a proxy (or transparent proxy, which most ADSL users going through without notice) of an ISP, you most likely share the same IP address with other users. This may (and most likely) caused you unable to download anything from RapidShare because RapidShare limit 30 MB per hour for each free user, based on their IP address!

RapidShare Hack: Disable ezshare.de download counter (waiting time / download delay)

Browse the RapidShare download link.
Click on the Free button to initiate the download when prompted to choose either Premium or Free.
Once the Download-Ticket reserved, the download countdown counter will start.
Skip the countdown process by copy and paste the following javascript into the web browser address bar:Note: Javascript has been removed. It’s not an effective crack and just save your less than 1 minute of waiting time anyway.javascript:alert(c=0)
or

javascript:var c=0;

Then press Enter, or click on Go.

Note: You can right click on the above link and click on Add to Favorites (IE) or Bookmark this Link (Firefox) to add the hack as bookmarklet.
RapidShare download link to the file will appear immediately.
To speed up the bypass process, above hack javascript can be bookmarked.
- Right-click on the javascript.
- Select “Add to Favorites” (in Internet Explorer) or “Bookmark This Link” (in Mozilla Firefox).
- In Internet Explorer, select “Yes” to the warning that the bookmark may be unsafe.
- Name the favorite/bookmark whatever name you want (i.e. RapidShare No Wait).
- Create the favorite/bookmark in location you prefer. In IE, for convenient, you can create it under Links folder, which allows you to access it directly from IE toolbar.
- When you come to RapidShare download time countdown delay page, just click on the favorite/bookmark.

Note: The following JavaScript URL can be used if the above hacking method not working properly (in single link, remove any link break):

Note: Javascript has been removed. It’s not an effective crack and just save your less than 1 minute of waiting time anyway

javascript:var%20counta=0;var%20countb=0;var%20countc=0;var%20countd=0;
var%20counte=0;var%20countf=0;var%20countg=0;var%20counth=0;var%20counti=0;
var%20countj=0;var%20countk=0;var%20countl=0;var%20countm=0;var%20countn=0;
var%20counto=0;var%20countp=0;var%20countq=0;var%20countr=0;var%20counts=0;
var%20countt=0;var%20countu=0;var%20countv=0;var%20countw=0;var%20countx=0;
var%20county=0;var%20countz=0;

As above, just copy and paste the JavaScript into the address bar and press Enter or click Go.

RapidShare Hack: Crack and Disable RapidShare download limit

RapidShare also limit free users, based on their IP address, to certain download limit, and after reaching the limit, RapidShare will block your IP address. To overcome RapidShare download limit, since it’s based on IP address, the techniques to change or mask the IP address will come in useful to hack the RapidShare.

There are several ways to change your IP address (or at least showing different IP address to RapidShare). Whatever ways, you need to clear your web browser’s cookies first.

1. Request new IP address from ISP (for dynamic IP address Internet users only)

Click Start -> Run
Type cmd in the Open box, then click OK.
At the command prompt, run the following commands one by one:

ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
exit
Try to download from RapidShare again.
Note: It’s possible to put all the commands above into a batch file and simply run the batch file to complete the IP changing process. To create the batch file, use Edit in command prompt or Notepad, copy and paste the above commands into the editor, and save the file with extension of .bat or .cmd (for Notepad, change the File Type to All File too).

2. Use a proxy server, or a different proxy server

You can get a list of available public proxy server easily by searching “proxy server” in search engine such as Google or Yahoo!. Choose a proxy server and note down its IP address and port number.

In Internet Explorer, go to Tools -> Internet Options -> Connections -> LAN Settings. Select (check) the option of Use a proxy server for your LAN. Then key in the proxy server IP address and port in respective box. Click OK to continue.

In Mozilla Firefox, go to Tools -> Options -> Connection Settings. Then select (click) Manual proxy configuration and key in proxy server information. Click OK to continue.

Obviously, once you hit the download limit, you will need to change the proxy server again. There are tools that help you to switch the proxy server automatically. In Internet Explorer, try Steganos Internet Anonym 2006 from Steganos or Hide IP from V7soft. In Firefox, use the SwitchProxy extension. Both software allow you to change the proxy server easily, with just few clicks.

How to Shutdown PC at specific Time or after sometime

Some processes on Windows take long to complete for which sitting infront of screen doing nothing till it completes is not a good idea. So, automated shutdown program can solve this program by shutting down, Restart, Lock or Log off PC at specific time like 10 PM or after some time like 15 minutes.

Slawdog Smart Shutdown is a simplest and lightest shutdown timer program I have tested where you can set time to shut down Computer at or after sometime. Not just shut down but you set up Message Reminder, Log-off, Restart, Lock or Switch User or Hang Up Internet Connection automatically after sometime.