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These Nokia codes will work on most Nokia Mobile Phones,

Code Description *3370# Activate Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) - Your phone uses the best sound quality but talk time is reduced my approx. 5% #3370# Deactivate Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) #4720# Deactivate Half Rate Codec. *#0000# Displays your phones software version, 1st Line : Software Version, 2nd Line : Software Release Date, 3rd Line : Compression Type.

*#9999# Phones software version if *#0000# does not work. *#06# For checking the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI Number). #pw+1234567890+1# Provider Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols). #pw+1234567890+2# Network Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols). #pw+1234567890+3# Country Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols). #pw+1234567890+4# SIM Card Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols). *#147# (vodafone) this lets you know who called you last. *#1471# Last call (Only vodofone). *#21# Allows you to check the number that "All Calls" are diverted to. *#2640# Displays security code in use. *#30# Lets you see the private number. *#43# Allows you to check the "Call Waiting" status of your phone. *#61# Allows you to check the number that "On No Reply" calls are diverted to. *#62# Allows you to check the number that "Divert If Unreachable (no service)" calls are diverted to. *#67# Allows you to check the number that "On Busy Calls" are diverted to. *#67705646# Removes operator logo on 3310 & 3330. *#73# Reset phone timers and game scores. *#746025625# Displays the SIM Clock status, if your phone supports this power saving feature "SIM Clock Stop Allowed", it means you will get the best standby time possible. *#7760# Manufactures code. *#7780# Restore factory settings. *#8110# Software version for the nokia 8110. *#92702689# Displays - 1.Serial Number, 2.Date Made, 3.Purchase Date, 4.Date of last repair (0000 for no repairs), 5.Transfer User Data. To exit this mode you need to switch your phone off then on again. *#94870345123456789# Deactivate the PWM-Mem. **21*number# Turn on "All Calls" diverting to the phone number entered. **61*number# Turn on "No Reply" diverting to the phone number entered. **67*number# Turn on "On Busy" diverting to the phone number entered. 12345 This is the default security code. press and hold # Lets you switch between lines.

::ERICSSON::. TIPS & TRICKS

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Code

Description

*#06#

For checking the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI Number).

*#0000#

Reset language back to English.

> * < < * < *

Service Menu - tells you the phone's software version (good for checking your phone's "age" before buying it) Press "Yes" repeatedly to see all the software data & press ">" to see all the texts available in your phone.

< * * <

SIM lock - Do not lock your phone if you don't know the unlock code. This is another good check before you buy any phone, especially second hand ones. If phone is SIM locked, you may not be able to switch to other GSM operators.

:SIEMENS::. TIPS & TRICKS

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All Siemens Phones: Service Provider Unlock: *#0003*(secret code 8 digits)#

Siemens S25/C25

SP unlock *#0003*(secret code 8 digits)#
Show IMEI code: * # 06 #
Resets language to automatic selection : * # 0000 # then Green button
Pin Out
Data Cable schematics
Phone's connector pin-out:
1- GND
2- SB
3- POWER
4- NC
5- TX
6- RX
7- CLOCK
8- DATA
9- GND MIC
10- HF MIC
11- AUDIO
12- GND AUDIO

Siemens S1/S3/S3 Com

To view the software date and else with S3 com, S4, S4Power, Sony cmdx 1000e press with SIM removed *#06# and left softkey.
To view some other stuff with S4Power, Sony cmdx 1000e press with SIM removed *#06# and left softkey twice.
To view the software date with S3 com, S4, S4Power, Sony cmdx 1000e press with SIM installed menu 98 and left softkey twice.
ACTIVATE MONITOR MODE
Siemens S1/S3

Menu, 9 (Phone Options), 7 (Phone Status), Left Display Button (left MENU key), 5553756, Hang-Up Button (Red Handset key)

Siemens S3 COM/S4

Menu, 9 (Phone Options), 7 (Phone Status - 8 on Some), Left Display Button (left MENU key), 7684666, Hang-Up Button (Red Handset key)

Note: Now Monitor should appear at the bottom of the Network Options menu.
MONITOR MODE
Pressing the right Display Button when in monitor mode will toggle into 1 and 2 modes

Pressing the right Display Button when in monitor mode will show a list of the six cells with the strongest signals.

Test Mode Indicators: (* = only available when call in progress )
CH Channel Number

RX Signal Strength (dB)

N NCC (Colour Code)

B BCC (Colour Code)

CI Cell ID (in Hex)

C1+ How long before phone does forced hand over. (see RX and RXAM)

LAI Location Area Identity. Display Network ID code (42F010 = 240.01) and MSC

TXPWR Transmit Power (dB)

RXAM Receive signal strength cut-off point

TS* Time Slot Number

TA* Timing Advance. Distance from tower in Km X 2

PL* Power Level
POWER table
PL: 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

dB: 33 31 29 27 25 23 21 19 17 15 13

Watts : 2 1.3 .8 .5 .3 .2 .13 .08 .05 .03 .02
LF* C1 value with continuous transmission from tower

LS* C1 Value with discontinuous transmission from tower

QF* Bit Error Rate with continuous transmission from tower

QS* Bit Error Rate with discontinuous transmission from tower
BER (bit error rate) table
QF/QS register: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

% of bit sent: 0.2 0.8 0.4 1.6 3.2 6.4 12.8 25.6

Siemens S1/S3

Here's a trick to play Tetris, also known as Klotz on a Siemens S1.
Turn the phone on. Enter PIN. Before the telephone has logged in to the your GSM net do the following steps.
1: Choose F 9 (function settings)
2: Choose send own number and push the right button for choose.
3: Push 9
USE 2 as <> , rotate the klotz with 5 and drop with 4.
[I have just heard from one of the programmers of the phone that Tetris was in the phone during development, but it was removed before it was produced. Apparently someone has the patent on games in mobile phones and Siemens didn't want to pay the licensing fees. It was either in Menu F-9-9 or it's not there at all.]

Siemens S3 Comfort

MONITOR MODE

The Siemens S3 Com series have a Monitor mode that can be activated directly from the standard user keypad. In order to activate this mode, you must enter the special access code currently programmed into the phone.
TO ACTIVATE MONITOR MODE:
Turn the phone on.
Enter the PIN access code on press OK. (Only if is enabled).
Press Menu. (Left top button).
Press 9. (Phone Options).
Press 8. (Phone Status) (May be button 7 in some phones).
You may see your IMEI Number
Left Display Button (Top left MENU key).
7684666
Hang-Up Button. (Red Handset key).

Note: Monitor should appear now at the bottom of the Network Options menu.
MONITOR MODE

Pressing the right Display Button when in monitor mode will toggle into 1 and 2 modes

Siemens S4/S4 Power


In phonebook under "Own Phone No." enter +12022243121 (which is the number to the White House) and you'll get a greeting from the people who programmed the phone.

MONITOR MODE

The Siemens S4 series have a Monitor mode that can be activated directly from the standard user keypad. In order to activate this mode, you must enter the special access code currently programmed into the phone.
TO ACTIVATE MONITOR MODE:
Menu, 9 (Phone Options), 7 (Phone Status), Left Display Button (left MENU key), 7684666, Hang-Up Button (Red Handset key)
Now "Monitor" should appear at the bottom of the Network Options menu.
Pressing the right Display Button when in monitor mode will show a list of the six cells with the strongest signals.


Test Mode Indicators: (* = only available when call in progress )

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CH Channel Number

RX Signal Strength (dB)
N NCC (Color Code)
B BCC (Color Code)
CI Cell ID (in Hex)
C1+ how long before phone does forced hand over. (see RX and RXAM)
LAI Location Area Identity. Display Network ID code (42F010 = 240.01) and MSC
TXPWR Transmit Power (dB)
RXAM Reeceive signal strength cut-off point
TS* Time Slot Number
TA* Timing Advance. Distance from tower in Km X 2
PL* Power Level


Power Table

PL: 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
dB: 33 31 29 27 25 23 21 19 17 15 13
Watts: 2 1.3 .8 .5 .3 .2 .13 .08 .05 .03 .02

LF* C1 value with continuous transmission from tower
LS* C1 Value with discontinuous transmission from tower
QF* Bit Error Rate with continuous transmission from tower
QS* Bit Error Rate with discontinuous transmission from tower


BER (bit error rate) table
QF/QS register: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
% of bit sent: 0.2 0.8 0.4 1.6 3.2 6.4 12.8 25.6

Siemens S6/S10

In Phonebook, store as your own number: +12022243121
Then you get the sun and two palms in the display, also a greeting message of the "MMI-team".
It has been said that the phone number is the number of the Capitol building in Washington, DC (but not sure).

Siemens S15 Secret Menu's

Press * -> # -> 7 -> 4 -> 3 -> 6 -> 3 -> 6 -> 7 -> * -> 8 -> 3 ->
7 -> 8 -> # ,press clear key to clear screen and return to
stand-by mode
press Menu, it will show additional menu
Menu 3.3.4 Band selection,
Menu 3.3.4.1 Automatic band selection,
Menu 3.3.4.2 select GSM 900 only,
Menu 3.3.4.3 select GSM 1800 only,

Menu 10 Engineering,
Menu 10.1 MS info,

Menu 10.2 software detail,
Menu 10.2.1 software version,
Menu 10.2.2 EEPROM version,

Menu 10.3 Test/production details
Menu 10.3.1 Hardware deta
Menu 10.3.2 production deta
Menu 10.3.3 Service deta
Menu 10.3.4 Mechanical deta

Menu 10.1.1 MS info on, then on the screen show these, for example:

FCN RXL C1 C2
642 011+11+91 -> PAGE 1

CID DSC CB
11211 045 000 -> PAGE 2

BCC NCC TN
000 002 00 -> PAGE 3

RXf RXs RQf RQs
00 00 00 00 -> PAGE 4

ATa APa Hn Hf
001 000 05 00 -> PAGE 5

DTU DTD HP CI
+ ? - - -> PAGE 6

MM CC RR
IdNS Nul Idl -> PAGE 7

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.::PANASONIC::. TIPS & TRICKS
This Panasonic codes will work on most Panasonic Mobile Phones,



Code Description


*#06#
For checking the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI Number).

.::MOTOROLA::. TIPS & TRICKS

.::MOTOROLA::. TIPS & TRICKS

These Motorola codes will work on most Motorola Mobile Phones


Code Description


*#06#

For checking the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI Number).


[][][] 119 [] 1 []

Activate Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) - Your phone uses the best
sound quality but talk time is reduced my approx. 5%.


[][][] 119 [] 0 []

Deactivate Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR).

Windows Tips

Avoid download of file attachments that may have virus infections


Open Group Policy Editor by going to START - RUN and entering gpedit.msc. This one is easy.. Navigate to USER CONFIGURATION - ADMINISTRATIVE TEMPLATES - WINDOWS COMPONENTS - INTERNET EXPLORER. For This on right hand pane (most likely secondly last line at bottom) you should see an item Configure Outlook Express. Double Click on it and enable it and mark check box that says "Block attachments that may contain virus". OK out and close the global policy editor.


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Ever wondered how come you get into those HTML error pages ? Want to customize them ?


Some times, I type a webpage address and instead of seeing the page, see an error message. Do you know that all these error messages are stored in a DLL file. That is correct ! All of this message are burned into SHDOCLC.DLL file. Here is the syntax to see all of these error messages . If you want to see server busy error message type in Internet address field, res://c:\Windows\System32\SHDOCLC.DLL/servbusy.htm Similarly If you want to try out any other error message simply replace servbusy.htm by that html file (just the names) Here are some complete examples html files that you can try .
http_400.htm, http_404.htm, http_406.htm, http_410.htm, http_500.htm, http_501.htm, http_gen.htm, servbusy.htm, syntax.htm, navcancl.htm, offcancl.htm, policyerror.htm, policylooking.htm, policynone.htm, policysyntaxerror.htm, privacypolicy.dlg, preview.dlg, printerr.htm, printnf.htm, printnof.htm, printunk.htm, wcee.htm, ietext.bmp, ietext256.bmp, world.bmp, world256.gif, ie.gif, ie256.gif, orgfav.dlg, about.dlg, analyze.dlg, bidifind.dlg, docppg.ppg, error.dlg, find.dlg, findic.dlg, ieerror.dlg, imageppg.ppg, orgfav.dlg, and pstemplate.dlg
If you need to customize these messages, write an error message that you want to see as displayed and store it somewhere on your harddisk, open registry by going to START-RUN and entering REGEDIT and navigate to Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AboutURLs and changing entries associated with various keys and provide complete path name to your own custom html file.


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Speedup boot up sequence by defragmenting all key boot files


Open Registry by going to START-RUN and typing REGEDIT. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction. In right hand panel look for Enable. Right click on it and set it 'Y' for enable. This is the way I have it set on my computer. This will help speedup boot time.


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Create your own customized legal notice at Windows Startup


This tip won't make your computer any faster but may help personalize your computer experience. Open Registry by going to START-RUN and typing REGEDIT. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon. In right hand panel look for two fields by the name legalnoticecaption and legalnoticetext. Modify legalnoticecaption to what you want popup window caption should read and change legalnoticetext to customize whatever message you want.


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Windows Xp Tips and Tricks 1

Want to remove shared documents folder from My Computer window ?


Microsoft has done a fabulous job in the making of Windows XP. But least to say, no two people are alike. Some of the default features that Microsoft thought was good may not be liked by you at all. I have read various newsgroups and chats and one thing I noticed is that some don't like my shared documents folder option. If you are one of that, here is a trick to remove it.Open registry editor by going to START-RUN and entering regedit. Once in registry, navigate to key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ My Computer \ NameSpace \ DelegateFolders You must see a sub-key named {59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}. If you delete this key, you have effectively removed the my shared documents folder.

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How to verify XP software you bought is OEM/UPGRADE/RETAIL?


I am sure we all have noticed Microsoft product marketing strategy. Whenever they launch any new product line,there are various flavors of it available right from day one. Some are given adjectives like UPGRADE version or FULL, others RETAIL v/s OEM and then of-course we have various categories of the product like HOME, PRO , SERVER , ADVANCED SERVER etc etc. Well ever wondered what you bought is same as what was advertised ? How to tell the difference. Here comes the help. Look for a file called Setupp.ini that is present on your Windows XP CD and double click on it and browse its content. There is a field called PID=. This PID is what would tell us exactly what we have got.First 5 bytes of PID decide whether (it is OEM or RETAIL or is an UPGRADE ) and last three digits determine what kind of CD KEY will it accept. Here are some of the typical PID values:
Retail = 51882 335
Volume License = 51883 270
OEM = 82503 OEM

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Have tendency to forget passwords ? Want a solution that will help you get back in business ?


Most of us have a common tendency of forgetting passwords. If you don't every forget anything, I envy you and this may not be of much use to you but for most of us, this may be a life saver. If you're running Windows XP Professional as a local user in a workgroup environment, you can create a password reset disk by following instruction as shown below:
Go to START-CONTROL PANEL-USER ACCOUNTS. Then click your account name and further on in RELATED TASKS, click PREVENT A FORGOT PASSOWRD. A wizard would come up, follow instructions and you have your password reset disk ready.
IMPORTANT NOTE: As it goes with things like password, make sure that you keep this disk at secure location else you risk tress passing with your user account.

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Want to enhance Network throughput? Try out this tip.


Network throughput depends on a variety of factors and as such you never no what could be the bottleneck. One of things that we can try out is the network redirector reserves.Open registry editor by going to START-RUN and entering regedit and navigate to key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanWorkstationParameters]. One here, click on right pane and added following Dwords. Dwords are in hexadecimal (and value as shown below indicates that of 104, valid values are 0-255). Keep both values same. I think default is 15 or 20. This may help networkthrough put but there is no guarantee. Try it out.
"MaxCmds"=dword:00000068
"MaxThreads"=dword:00000068

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Do you know there are two command shell environments in XP ? which one is better ?


In Microsoft Windows XP Pro ( I think this must be true for HOME Edition, but don't quote on me), There is not one but two different command shell environment. One is the old one COMMAND.COM and other one is CMD.EXE. Both would do the job but they do it somewhat differently at a lower level. Which one is better ? I have noticed that CMD.EXE is much better in executing your commands. And this is true. CMD.EXE is the new command shell environment. that is better by design.So if you want to try out even your very old DOS apps, try it first in CMD.EXE. There is a very good chance that it will work and will work better than in your old shell.

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How to boost XP speed by by changing real time clock priority?


I read about this trick the other day over Internet. Open Registry by going to START-RUN and typing REGEDIT. Navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\PriorityControl]. If you see an entry by the name IRQ8Priority set it to a value "IRQ8Priority"=dword:00000001 if you don't then click on the right pane and add a new dword entry with given name.. IRQ8 is typically reserved for real time clock in most of the computers. Make sure thats the case (by going to device manager -> system devices -> system COMS/realtime clock -> properties -> resources tab , if it is set to another number try adding an entry with that number N as IRQNPriority) . Generally realtime clock priority boosting helps most but you are free to try others as well.

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Reduce IO and increase turnaround which means faster computer ?


I read about this trick the other day over Internet. Open Registry by going to START-RUN and typing REGEDIT. Navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\IoPageLockLimit. Depending upon how much RAM you have, you can increase your diskcache size by entering a higher value in IoPageLockLimit. Typically your computer won't come optimized for diskcache and you can set to a value which works best for you by trial and error.Rule of thumb is to have a ratio of 1 or 2 for every 64K chuck. But try out various different values as each case would be a little different

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How to login as administrator if you don't see it available ?


Unless and until you have run into issues and fixing XP (underwhich case you have to go to Safe Mode to login as Administrator), you can get to administrator screen by simply pressing CTRL+ALT+DELETE twice at the main screen.

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How to improve on shutdown time ?


Close apps automatically & quickly at shutdown
Open Registry by going to START-RUN and typing REGEDIT. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\CONTROL PANEL\DESKTOP and look for AutoEndTasks. On my computer default value is 0. Change it to 1. Thats all. Further more you can reduce the time it takes for Windows to issue kill directive to all active/hung applications. In doing this only constraint that you should make sure exists is that HungAppTimeout is greater than WaitToKillAppTimeout. Change the values of WaitToKillAppTimeout to say 3500 (since default value for HungAppTimeout 5000 and for WaitToKillAppTimeout is 20000)

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Activate Automatic Boot Disk Optimization (Win XP)

To activate automatic boot disk optimization, do this.Open registry by going to START-RUN and entering regedit. Navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction] . In this look for value of "Enable". You can set its value to "Y" to enable it.

Selectively clean the history of START-RUN list (Win Xp)

If you have not cleaned the RUN entries for a while or you choose not to, you would have a list of them.If you want to selectively delete the entries do this.Open registry by going to START-RUN and entering regedit. Navigate to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ExplorerRunMRU] . In this look for various entries on right pane. You can choose what you want to delete and simply delete it. Or you can clear all command lines as well.

How to use program aliases ? (Win XP)

You can use program aliases to run actual program. Well there are ways to hide actual program name. Not sure what's the good use for this tip but here it is anyway In regedit, navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths]. To create a new alias, create a sub-key, and call it the name of the alias you wish to create. Then modify the Default value of the sub-key to equal the fully qualified path and filename of the application you want to be launched.

Automatically kill non-responding application at shutdown (Win Xp)

Remember this ! It happens to all of us invariably sometime or the other no matter what you do. Don't you hate waiting for those extra seconds and then simply responding yes to the windows query. Well you have a remedy. You can tell Windows XP to automatically close all non responding windows. Open registry by going to START-RUN and entering regedit. Navigate to [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktopn] . In this look for value of "AutoEndTasks". If available, do one of the following:
If you want to enable automatic killing of non responding tasks, set its value to 1. to disable it set it back to 0.

Do Not Highlight Newly Installed Programs

Tired of that annoying little window that pops up to tell you that new software is installed? If it gets in the way when you’re logging off, turn it off completely.
To do this:

Click Start, right-click at the top of the Start menu where your name is displayed, and then click Properties.In the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties dialog box, on the Start Menu tab, click Customize.Click the Advanced tab, and then clear the Highlight newly installed programs check box.Click OK, and then click OK again.

Google is the best

This one is too good !!!

This is why people say google is the best search engine.

Its not only fast, its accurate and shows only truth.

--> Open Google [ http://www.google.com ]
--> Type 'Failure'
--> See the Very First Match !

Hope you had a heartly laugh at this one.

What is a yahoo booter?

Let’s make it simple,

It’s a tool or a program that disconnects the person from their messenger or disturbs him.

Yahoo booters are easily available on the net, beware of some site may give a booter with a virus or a Trojan.

Yahoo booters are of two types:

1. Yahoo Disconnector

2. PM Bombers

Yahoo disconnector only disconnects the person from yahoo messenger and usually works with one bot (bot: explained later). While PM bomber disturbs the other person by sending multiple messages and buzz till their yahoo messenger freezes, it has many bots (upto 500).

Now that you know what is booter just download a booter from net according to your choice. (names of the site given at the end)

After download the booter, extract it to one folder and click the exe file.

Enter the bots and the login. Now enter the victim’s id and click the buttons.

THAT’S IT !!!

BOTS:

Bots are nothing but fake id’s or screen names, never use your id for booting.

Easiest way of making bot’s is by using ID MAKER. It is easily available on net download it. Make bot’s according to the requirements of the booter and your preferences.

eg. of the bot id : you_are_booted ; your_are_pissed

Now the booter has a specified pattern of loading bot’s

eg;

username1:password1

username2:password2

username3:password3

You have to make a text file and enter the screen names and the password according to the pattern specified with the booter.

Some booters have the text file just enter the id and password.

Now open the booter and load the bots.

Enter the victims id in the box provide. Some booters also provide to ckeck status of the victim to check whether the victim is online or offline.

TEST YOUR BOOTER WITH YOUR FRIEND BEFORE USING IT.

If you still fail to understand booting just forget it or learn from your teacher !!!

Remember: This is just for fun never do any serious damage to anyone.

Some links of the sites to get booter:

http://boyrules.com/

http://darkyahoo.com/index.php

How to enhance Network throughput (Win XP)

Network throughput depends on a variety of factors and as such you never no what could be the bottleneck. One of things that we can try out is the network redirector reserves.Open registry editor by going to START-RUN and entering regedit and navigate to key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\
LanmanWorkstation\Parameters]. One here, click on right pane and added following Dwords. Dwords are in hexadecimal (and value as shown below indicates that of 104, valid values are 0-255). Keep both values same. I think default is 15 or 20. This may help networkthrough put but there is no guarantee. Try it out.
"MaxCmds"=dword:00000068
"MaxThreads"=dword:00000068

Stop autoplay of CD (Win XP)

Hey this time no registry trick even though there are ways in registry to do it. In earlier operating systems only those CD that had autorun.inf file in their root directory were able to execute on its own but with advent of WINDOWS XP it has become possible with just about anything. Well sometimes it is good but there are other times when you want to avoid this part of automation. What would I do. Simply press SHIFT key when you enter a CD in your CD drive. It won't Auto play. For those of you, who do want a registry hack. Here it is: Open Registry and navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\

CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer] and look for key "NoDriveTypeAutoRun" and set its value to 185 (decimal). This would stop autoplay.

restart Windows without restarting your computer (Win XP)

This one is again is. When you click on the SHUTDOWN button, make sure to simultaneous press SHIFT Button. If you hold the Shift key down while clicking on SHUTDOWN button, you computer would restart without restarting the Computer. This is equivalent to term"HOT REBOOT".

Disable screen saver in Windows XP

One of the easiest things that you can do to remove screen saver is to simply select none from the Screen Saver tab of Desktop properties window. This should help. Doing this would be all that most of us would ever need for those few who want to go one more level, here is what you can do. Windows has a default screen saver called login.scr, which runs even if no screen saver has been selected. There is a potential security risk here as login.scr can be removed and replaced with malicious screen saver with system priviledges.
To resolve this, Open registry and navigate to [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop] and look for the data key "ScreenSaveActive". Setting its value to 0 would disable screen saver (you can always enable it by setting it back to 1). You may as well change the login.scr that is goes as the value of data key 'SCRNSAVE.EXE' .Try clearing out the value for 'SCRNSAVE.EXE' to completely remove the screen saver or replace it with some thing of your own.

Enable/Disable command prompt extension (Win XP)

NTFS file system in XP maintains liast access/update details for each file and directory. This information is useful sometimes but for an average user this may not be of much use most of the times. Doing this takes considerable resources and as such it may make sense to diable it. Even after disabling it you still have access to last modified info which would still be available. To disable lass access update feature, do as follows:

Navigate to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor] and look for the data key "EnableExtensions" and set its value to 1 to enable command prompt extension or 0 to disable this feature.
You can enable/disable the extensions for the command shell you are in by issuing the following commands:
cmd /y disables command extensions for this cmd session
cmd /x enables command extensions for this cmd session

Get rid of "Local Area Connection A network cable is unpluged" or MSN-Messenger icon in your System Tray

Right Click on "Start" Menu
Click "Properties" Tab
Click "Taskbar" Tab
Click "Hide inactive icons" if not Checked
Click on "Customize" Button
Click the Notification item you want to change under Current Items
Select "Always Hide" behaviour under the Behavior column

Click "Ok" and then click "Apply".

Speeding up network browsing (Win 2000)

A bug in the windows 2000 causes the scheduled task folder to e searched, whenever the user browses network drives. While Microsoft has developed a fix bug , the fix slows down the browsing of Microsoft networks. In order to fix this problem , go to Start>Run, type in ‘regedit’ and press enter. Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Explorer/RemoteComputer/Namespace. Then find the key {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA00AA60F5BF}. Right –click on it and delete it. Restart the computer.

Increasing Connection Speed (Win XP pro)

Some of us may find that after the installation of windows XP, the internet connection gets slower. A possible reason for this is the QoS (Quality of Service) installed. This service reserves 20% of the bandwidth for itself, even with QoS disabled. In order to remove this reserved quota, you will have to have sure you are logged as Administrator. Go to Start>Run and type ‘gpedit.msc’ .Expand the ‘locan computer policy’ branch, the ‘administrative templates’ branch, and the ‘network’ branch. Highlight the ‘Qos Packet Scheduler’ in the left window. In the right window, double-click the ‘limit reserveable bandwidth’ setting. Then on the settings tab, check ‘enabled’ and change the ‘Bandwidth limit %’ to read 0.

You should notice an immediate boost in your internet connection speed.

Speeding the Start menu (Win XP)

The Start menu takes quite a while to display the list of programs installed. In order to get Windows XP to display the list faster, you will have to edit some registry settings. Remember to back up the registry before making changes. To speed up your Start menu , go to Start>Run and type regedit , This will open the registry window. Then navigate to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop. Scroll down in the right panel and double click on the ‘menushowdelay’. In the value Data box, change the default value for the menu speed from 400 to a lesser number, such as 1or even 0. Click OK. You should now find a significant increase in the Start menu speed.

Disabling startup programs (Win 2000 pro)

To disable programs from starting automatically, you will need to do some registry tweaking. Go to Start>Run and type regedit; the registry editor will open. Here, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Run. Here ,look for the programs that you don’t want to load up at startup. Right click on that string and select Delete. The program will not be loaded during the next startup. Remember, before you do anything to the registry, always make a backup, so you can restore if anything goes wrong.

Hiding a desktop icon (Win 98)

It’s not easy to remove icons like my computer from your desktop, but they can be hidden. To do this , create a blank 32x32 pixel image in paint, with the same color of your desktop background. When crating a image go to Attributes and set the size as 32x32 pixels. Use the fill tool to fill in the desktop background color. Save the image with .ico extension. Now right click the desktop, and select Properties to open the Display Properties Settings. Go to the Effects tab, select the My Computer icon and click on the change Icon. Finally, specify the path to the file u just created and press apply button. You will not see the My Computer icon anymore , but the text will be seen. To get rid of this, right click on the My Computer text, select Rename and rename with the blank by pressing spacebar. You this because windows needs at least a single character to name an icon.