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		<title>Remove Windows Genuine Advantage 1.8.31.0</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I accidentally installed Windows Genuine Advantage Validation (WGA) 1.8.31.0 on my computer. Oh shit I pressed the Express Installation after the Windows Update pop up. It automatically started downloading the updates and the WGA update! I discovered on next logon that my pc desktop has changed to a plain black background. I went to C:\Windows\System32 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I accidentally installed Windows Genuine Advantage Validation (WGA) 1.8.31.0 on my computer. Oh shit I pressed the Express Installation after the Windows Update pop up. It automatically started downloading the updates and the WGA update!</p>
<p>I discovered on next logon that my pc desktop has changed to a plain black background.</p>
<p><center><img src="http://eddyra.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/wga_windows.jpg" /></center></p>
<p>I went to C:\Windows\System32 and found that LegitCheckControl.dll, WgaLogon.dll and WgaTray.exe files were installed in my computer. The file version is 1.8.31.0.</p>
<p><center><img src="http://eddyra.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/wga_windows1.jpg" /></center></p>
<p>I always whining about Microsoft sold their products so expensively, that is why I love pirated copy. Do you know that currently there were about 5.1 million pirated copies of Windows XP Pro. Now they are giving out that WGA thingie for <strong>free</strong>.</p>
<p>I googled &#8220;remove wga&#8221; and found a link for a way to rip it out all wga files.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.live-share.com/files/347565/Windows.Genuine.Advantage.Validation.v1.8.31.0.CRACKED.rar.html">Windows.Genuine.Advantage.Validation.v1.8.31.0.CRACKED.rar</a></p>
<p>Disclaimer: You will personally check this crack for viruses before starting it. Please do not download from above link if you think this files may harm your computer. Download at your own discretion and risk and you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer. At least its work for me.</p>
<p>See the Windows validation result after run the crack.</p>
<p><center><img src="http://eddyra.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/pass_genuine.jpg" /></center></p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
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		<title>A hard disk failure &#8211; I lost my head!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eddyra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently (18/08/08) had a major hard drive situation. I accidentally moved the files to wrong hard drive partition, and erased 7 years of photos and datas. All priceless family photos, data, oil and gas doucments etc. All gone. I was sunk. I know there maybe proffesional IT would recover all my data with some [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I recently (18/08/08) had a major hard drive situation. I accidentally moved the files to wrong hard drive partition, and erased 7 years of photos and datas. All priceless family photos, data, oil and gas doucments etc. All gone. I was sunk. I know there maybe proffesional IT would recover all my data with some money.</p>
<p>So sad my friends.. so sad. I was heartbroken.. la la la. I spent a very restless that night thinking about all the data I lost into thin air! Tried CHKDSK but not worked.</p>
<p>So I looked for software. There are a lot of &#8216;files recover&#8217; software available. A Google search on files recover software returns a long list of software, err I looked for &#8216;cracked&#8217; one lah.. I tried several different programs, and none of them retrieved all my data, and none of them can recover my file structure. I thought it would never be possible to recover me data.</p>
<p>Finally I found one program, EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard Pro v4.3.6, the cracked one.. thanks hackers!!</p>
<p>So I downloaded this software and it did reconize the hard drive. After doing a deep scan on the drive it identified the files it could recover. After about 5 hours of processing, this software recovered about 99% of the data. I promply copied the data off to a fresh drive. I figure recovering 99% of something is better than 100% of nothing.</p>
<p>So.. back up your datas.. even if you have 99% of your materials backed up there is always something you forgot to back up.</p>
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		<title>Tips memilih waktu untuk anak lelaki dan perempuan.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eddyra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aku ada berjumpa dengan seorang doctor dan bertanyakan tips untuk mendapatkan anak lelaki atau perempuan. Katanya, orang lelaki menghasilkan 2 jenis sperms, kromosom X (female) kromosom Y (male). Kromosom Y (male) ni lebih kecik, lebih lemah tetapi lebih laju dari saudara dia kromosom X (female) yang lebih besar, lebih kuat dan tetapi slow. Tips ini [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Aku ada berjumpa dengan seorang doctor dan bertanyakan tips untuk mendapatkan anak lelaki atau perempuan. Katanya, orang lelaki menghasilkan 2 jenis sperms, kromosom X (female) kromosom Y (male).</p>
<p>Kromosom Y (male) ni lebih kecik, lebih lemah tetapi lebih laju dari saudara dia kromosom X (female) yang lebih besar, lebih kuat dan tetapi slow.</p>
<p>Tips ini hanya untuk kaum wanita yang mempunyai kitaran period yang tetap, kalau berubah-ubah tu mungkin susah nak apply. OK tengok calender di bawah ni.</p>
<p><center><img src='http://eddyra.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/calendar-2007_page_11.jpg'  /></center></p>
<p>OK katakan period isteri tu bermula pada 7hb setiap bulan, dan biasanya haid akan stop selepas 7-8 hari, kebiasaanya lah. Jadi mengerjakan isteri seawal dia abis period kebarangkalian untuk mendapatkan anak perempuan adalah lebih besar kerana di waktu ini ovum isteri hanya menerima kromosom X, iaitu perempuan. Menurutnya lagi, ini lah masa yang sesuai untuk mendapatkan  anak perempuan, so masa ini juga lah kalau mengerjakan isteri tu shoot dalam goal, jangan tersasar luar goal. Kalau tak bercita-cita nak anak perempuan shoot luar goal la bang.. Tak yah la aku nak elaborate lebih-lebih kan..</p>
<p>OK selepas hari yang ke 15, masuk hari yang ke 16 mengerjakan isteri di waktu ini lebih besar kebarangkalian untuk mendapatkan anak lelaki sebab selepas hari ke 16 ovum isteri hanya menerima kromosom Y, iaitu lelaki. Pastikan dalam goal.. kuikuikui.</p>
<p>Patutlah kedua-dua anak aku tu perempuan .. hehehe.</p>
<p>Walau bagaimana pun kita serahkan segalanya kepada Tuhan. Kita hanya mampu merancang dan berangan-angan. Petua, tips dan semuanya itu hanyalah sebagai sebahagian dari usaha dan ikhtiar kita sebagai hambaNya.</p>
<p>Selamat mengerjakan.</p>
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		<title>How To Capture a Screen Shot of your Desktop</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eddyra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a lot capture screen software that prints screen and grabs screen shot from Windows desktop. Why you must purchase while you already have it. These steps show you how to capture a screen shot of your desktop Press the Print Screen key on your keyboard. It may be labeled [PrtScn]. Open an image [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is a lot capture screen software that prints screen and grabs screen shot from Windows desktop. Why you must purchase while you already have it.</p>
<p><center><img src="http://eddyra.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/ssdesktop1.PNG" alt="ss.PNG" /></center></p>
<p>These steps show you how to capture a screen shot of your desktop</p>
<ol>
<li>Press the Print Screen key on your keyboard. It may be labeled [PrtScn].</li>
<li>Open an image editing program, such as Microsoft Paint.<br />
Start &gt; Program &gt; Accessories &gt; Paint</li>
<li>Hold Ctrl and press V</li>
<li>Go to the File Menu and choose Save As.</li>
<li>Navigate to the folder where you want to save the image.</li>
<li>Type a file name for the image.</li>
<li>Select a file type.</li>
<li>Click the Save button.</li>
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<p>Thats all.<br />
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<font size="-1">Actually, I have been tagged by <a href="http://walizdiary.blogspot.com/">waliz</a>.. haha.. now, for the first time I want tag other, I choose <a href="http://bayan.blogmas.com/">bayan</a>. Come on Cik bayan show us your desktop..</font></p>
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		<title>10 things you should have already done to secure your laptop</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 07:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eddyra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got this from email and I think its good to share it here. There are a lot of reasons to make sure that your laptop stays secure &#8211; both from a physical perspective as well as a software/data perspective. From the physical side, laptop theft isn&#8217;t generally considered a positive event &#8211; at least [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I got this from email and I think its good to share it here.</p>
<p>There are a lot of reasons to make sure that your laptop stays secure &#8211; both from a physical perspective as well as a software/data perspective. From the physical side, laptop theft isn&#8217;t generally considered a positive event &#8211; at least from the victim&#8217;s perspective. From the data side of the equation, however, losing the wrong laptop can cost your company much more than the cost of laptop. Imagine the public relations fallout if your company loses a laptop containing private information about all of your customers.</p>
<p>This 10 Things describes steps that you can take to protect your laptop. Not all of the steps will necessarily apply to you, but they should all be considered in any comprehensive protection plan.</p>
<p><strong>1 Encrypt the hard drive</strong><br />
Scenario: You&#8217;re in the airport and you lose your laptop or it&#8217;s stolen. Said laptop contains your entire customer database along with personal information about each of them. Voila! Instant public relations incident &#8212; except it is not the kind of PR that you want. Protect yourself from this kind of problem by encrypting your laptop&#8217;s hard drive. If you&#8217;re using Windows Vista, consider using Vista&#8217;s BitLocker drive encryption software. If you&#8217;re using Windows XP or another operating system, there are a number of third party full-disk encryption products available on the market. Although you can use EFS (Encrypting File System) to achieve a similar goal, full disk encryption provides better protection as everything on your disk gets protected and you don&#8217;t have to worry about saving files to a particular location.</p>
<p><strong>2 Install tracking software</strong><br />
Protecting data is extremely important but if your laptop is lost or stolen, you probably want it back. To this end, install software on your computer that tracks its location should it ever be lost or stolen. Most laptop theft recovery software installs to an undetectable location on the laptop and the software cannot be erased from the system. Each time the computer connects to the Internet, it reports in with the software manufacturer. In the event that the computer is reported to the recovery software company as stolen or missing, the company tracks down the physical location of the laptop and then notifies the authorities. In many cases, the hardware is actually recovered. However, even if the laptop is recovered, you can&#8217;t be sure that the thief didn&#8217;t compromise your data. Some tracking software includes the ability to remotely delete information from the laptop as well. This feature can be a lifesaver if a laptop with sensitive information is stolen. With this capability, you&#8217;ll be able to delete potentially sensitive information before it falls into the wrong hands.<br />
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<strong>3 Install antivirus and antispyware software</strong><br />
The two pronged antivirus/antispyware software blaster will do far more to protect your assets than a single application that handles only virus-busting. These days, spyware is The two pronged antivirus/antispyware software blaster will do far more to protect your assets than a single application that handles only virus-busting. These days, spyware is probably a worse problem for many organizations then viruses were in their heyday. Many spyware infestations install keylogging software and other kinds of monitoring software designed to gain access to private information. Laptops can be especially vulnerable to spyware since they often spend time outside the organization&#8217;s protective firewalls.</p>
<p><strong>4 Tie down the machine with a lock (hardware or software)</strong><br />
Even those employees that are issued laptops don&#8217;t always carry them every place they go. As such, there are times when laptops are sitting in employees offices, in hotel rooms, at home, etc. There are numerous documented cases of laptops containing sensitive information being stolen from homes, airports, hotels, and even people&#8217;s offices. If you&#8217;re traveling or using a laptop at home, consider taking a security cable and lock (such as a Kensington lock/cable combination) with you that you can wrap around a table leg. Although a solution like this will not completely prevent laptop theft, most thieves go after easy targets. Any roadblock you can put up will deter would-be thieves.</p>
<p>* Cable locks keep laptops on a short leash<br />
* Laptop Alarm software download<br />
Laptop Alarm is software that sets off an alarm on your laptop when the A/C adapter is unplugged. If someone tries to steal your laptop, they&#8217;ll have to disconnect the power, after all.</p>
<p><strong>5 Install a software firewall</strong><br />
A software firewall goes a long way toward protecting a system. Such software keeps unwanted traffic away from your computer. However, not every system necessarily needs a software firewall. If you need to pick target systems on which a software firewall will be used, seriously consider laptops in your plans. As I mentioned before, laptop computers often spend time outside your company firewall, meaning that they lose the important protection of those devices. Especially if you&#8217;re out in the wild using an unsecured wireless network, a firewall will help to keep your computer from being subject to attack.</p>
<p><strong>6 Stay current with updates</strong><br />
Even though they come frequently and can be a hard to keep up with sometimes, staying current on all of your installed software is critical. A number of patches are designed to correct bugs that result in vulnerabilities that can be exploited. Implement an automated system such as WSUS or, at the very least, configure your laptop for automatic updates so that patches are applied as they become available.</p>
<p><strong>7 Use a strong password</strong><br />
Passwords remain the most common way to secure resources, including laptop computers. Again, since laptops are often in the wild, it becomes even more important to use a strong password to lessen the risk that a local account is compromised. Make sure that all local accounts are appropriately secured, including the local Administrator account.<br />
* Hold your own user seminar on creating strong passwords<br />
* Strengthen passwords for better security<br />
* Help users create complex passwords that are easy to remember</p>
<p><strong>8 Use wireless networks carefully</strong><br />
Wireless networks are everywhere &#8212; from Barnes and Noble to Starbucks, and even McDonalds. In most of these cases, even though you often have to sign up to use the connection, the wireless service is insecure meaning that anyone within range of your laptop can pick up everything you see, do and type. Obviously, this is not good. If you&#8217;re working from one of these locations and find it necessary to work on something sensitive, try to connect to your organization&#8217;s VPN service and do your work via that connection instead. With the right kind of VPN in place, traffic between your laptop and your organization&#8217;s network will be encrypted. If information security is a critical concern, only use wireless networks that are secured with WPA or WPA2. This isn&#8217;t a perfect solution, but is much better than using only WEP.</p>
<p><strong>9 Disable Windows services you don&#8217;t need</strong><br />
Every service that runs on your laptop increases the attack surface of your computer, especially services that listen on particular ports. To help further protect a roving laptop, disable any services that you don&#8217;t need to do your job.</p>
<p><strong>10 Make sure your laptop is insured</strong><br />
This one is easy: When all else fails and your laptop is stolen, you will probably need to replace it.</p>
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