DOWNLOAD GOOGLE CHROME OS (VIRTUAL MACHINE)

You probably noticed that last week Google announced they will be launching their Chrome operating system.  To sum it up for you: Google Chrome OS is a basically just the Google Chrome browser transformed into an operating system.  It boots up in 7 seconds,  uses Google Docs to replace Microsoft Office, and stores all of your files in the cloud (online).  Although it doesn’t launch until next year, Google released the source files which you can now install as a Virtual Machine.

FIND WINDOWS XP PRODUCT KEY FROM YOUR INSTALLATION CD

Have you lost your Windows CD Key and are desperately looking for it? No backups, nothing. What do you do now? Well till you have your Original installation you can easily find the Product key without breaking a sweat.

Here are the simple steps you need to perform in order to get your Product Key from the installation CD.(Note: This may only work for certain OEM CDs, if it does not work for you, you can 

check out our earlier post on how you can find your Windows XP Product key.)

1. Insert the Installation CD into your CD / Drive Drive.
2. Explore the CD and navigate to the i386 folder.
3. Open the file UNATTEND.txt and scroll down to the last line.
4. You will find your Windows XP Product key there.

We were able to find the CD key on a Windows XP Corporate Edition installation CD and would love to know if you were able to find it on your own installation CDs. Do let us know through your comments on how it went for you.

DELETE AUTORUN.INF VIRUS WITHOUT ANY SOFTWARE!

There are Numerous softwares available that exclusively deal with Autorun.inf and other Autorun viruses, for example ‘USB Disk Security‘. But Inspite of installing such kind of software, Sometimes you might accidentally open your USB disk Drive (Pen-drive) without looking at the warning by your Antivirus Software and thus Affecting your System with Autorun.inf virus. Once Autorun.inf gets control on your System, it will repeatedly Block any USB Scanning Software preventing it from deleting. It also Restricts you from opening hard drives on a double click.
In such cases, the Traditional Method of deleting Suspicious Programs Using Command Prompt is quite Useful. So Lets start with the Steps:
  1. Open command prompt. Go to start > Run, and type “cmd” . Press enter.
  2. Type “cd\” and press enter to get to the root directory of your System.
  3. Type “attrib -h -r -s autorun.inf” and press enter. This will look for autorun.inf in the selected Drive.
  4. Type “del autorun.inf” and press enter. This will delete autorun.inf virus from the selected Drive.

  5. Repeat the above Steps for other drives. To navigate to other Drives, First type “cls” to clear your ‘command prompt’ then type “d:” . Repeat the Steps for all the Drives including your USB Disk Drive.

  6. Restart your System