How to speed up your computer internet connection

To find how to speed up your internet connection all you need to do is to read below.

This method will only work for windows xp, if you use other operating system even if it is windows this will not have any effect on your internet speed.

Windows XP is reserve by default 20% bandwidth of your internet speed for updating windows and other things like that, so that means that you use minus 20% of your internet speed.

In some situations is counts even 1% but 20%.

To increase internet speed and remove internet limit just follow the following simple steps.

1. Start.

2.  Write gpedit.msc and press enter on run dialog

3. Go to computer configuration > administrative templates > network > QOS packet scheduler and in the right panel you will see an option named “Limit reservable bandwith”,  click on it and  select enable.

4. Set a value of 0% and click ok, then close all and restart your computer to see the speed difference  of your internet.

Daemon Tools – Program for creating virtual drives

Daemon tools is the most known program for creating virtual drives, for creating virtual DVD-ROMs on which you can mount your image file.

After you install Daemon Tools you will have in taskbar near the clock an small icon like an lightning sign.

Right click on it and  go over Virtual CD/DVD-ROM, then go over Set Number of devices and select a number larger then 0.

For mounting the iso image or any kind of image that you have to right click again on the lightning sign and go again on Virtual CD/DVD-ROM then select an No Media division then click mount image, now all you need to do is to browse to your iso image and then open your mounted image in My computer.

Download Daemon Tools –  Program for creating virtual drives

Bitdefender 2012

Bitdefender one of the best antivirus softwares available  until now,  this includes the following extraordinary protections:

- AntiVirus protection

- AntiSpyware protection

- AntiKeylogger protection

Because it is an so good antivirus is not free, a license is 45 euro for an year but you can test it 30 days free.

Download Bitdefender 

Internet explorer emergency pack KB978207 – security bug fixer

Not long ago Microsoft lunched a new patch very important for internet explorer security, the patch named KB978207 repairs a bunch of vulnerabilities that has been discovered recently.

Down bellow you will found downloading link for KB978207 for each windows version.

KB978207 for Windows 2000:

Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 4

Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1

KB978207 for Windows XP:

Internet Explorer 6

Internet Explorer 6 (64-bit)

Internet Explorer 7

Internet Explorer 7 (64-bit)

Internet Explorer 8

Internet Explorer 8 (64-bit)

KB978207 for Windows Server 2003:

Internet Explorer 6

Internet Explorer 6 (64-bit)

Internet Explorer 6 (Itanium based systems)

Internet Explorer 7

Internet Explorer 7 (64-bit)

Internet Explorer 7 (Itanium based systems)

Internet Explorer 8

Internet Explorer 8 (64-bit)

KB978207 for Windows Vista:

Internet Explorer 7

Internet Explorer 7 (64-bit)

Internet Explorer 8

Internet Explorer 8 (64-bit)

KB978207 for Windows Server 2008:

Internet Explorer 7

Internet Explorer 7 (64-bit)

Internet Explorer 7 (Itanium based systems)

Internet Explorer 8

Internet Explorer 8 (64-bit)

KB978207 for Windows 7:

Internet Explorer 8

Internet Explorer 8 (64-bit)

KB978207 for Windows Server 2008 R2:

Internet Explorer 8

Internet Explorer 8 (Itanium based systems)

 

Download Free Adobe Photoshop

Now you can download free Photoshop the most used program for graphic creations in the world, also used as photo editing program or web layout program creator.

This version of photoshop is free and can be downloaded free and used free for 30 days, you can download free photoshop from below:

Download Photoshop CS4

If you want a older version of Photoshop you can try Photoshop CS2:

Download Photoshop CS3 

 

AVG Free antivirus

AVG is one of the best free antivirus that exist until now.

AVG offers three types of antivirus product first is free and the second ones are paid.

The version payed is of course better than the free one because it haves different protection types.

This antivirus includes firewall and anti-spam mode. I personally use it for a long period without problems with any type of viruses.

The AVG Antivirus scans all times the sites that you visit to assure that you will not get viruses and if something is wrong with a particularly site you will  get a notice.

Download AVG – Free antivirus 

Yahoo messenger in Google Chrome browser

Yahoo messenger for google chrome is a plugin for Google Browser that permits you to connect to yahoo messenger straight from Chrome.

By using this  plugin you will be on messenger like from your mobile with “i am mobile” status.

This yahoo messenger chrome extension is good for slower computers that use chrome because you wont be needed to leave messenger opened in the same time with chrome.

Download yahoo messenger for google chrome

SpeedUp My PC – Program that speed up your computer

The following program is a program that speed up windows.

This program removes unnecessary registry and unnecessary files that only slow down the PC, by this method SpeedUp My PC really speeds up windows, makes your computer start windows quicker.

Also the program has many other facilities such as replacing  right click menu and many other useful tips and tricks.

If you want to freely download SpeedUp My PC program you only need to follow the link below:

Download SpeedUp My PC – Program that speed up your computer

 

CodeStuffer Starter – Startup Cleaner Program

CodeStuff Starter is a program that helps you organize your computer start-up to be more quick then before.

A little exemple that this computer can do is that it can delete  Yahoo Messenger from startup, Adobe Update and other unuseful programs for you but programs that speed down your computer startup.

A thing to notice is that is not ok to delete your drivers from startup or windows related files.

The program will speed up your computer startup.

Download CodeStuff Starter – Startup Cleaner Program 

How to view file extensions

Sometime the possibility of viewing the extension of one file is needed  to figure out what kind of file we have and with what program we can open or edit that file.

The extensions can be also changed with a simple rename if the extensions are visible so if you know how to set the extensions to show you will have only advantages.

How to view file extensions, just follow the following steps:

First we go to Start and then to My Computer then we select Tools menu, its on the top side of the window, close to File, Edit, Tools, etc.

Then from Tools we select Folder options, then we click the View Tab and uncheck the option named Hide extension for known file types.

Then click apply and Ok.

Now you can view file extensions.