Wednesday, April 14, 2010

How To Disable or Enable the Num Lock Key at Startup?

If you are one of those who find it rather troublesome to turn on the NUM LOCK key every time your computer starts and wish to enable Num Lock key automatically at logon, here are two easy methods to solve it.

Solution 1
For Microsoft Windows NT, 2000, and XP users, you can easily adjust how Microsoft Windows handles the Num Lock status by editing the Windows registry. Here’s how:
Firstly, open the Windows registry editor by clicking the START button. Then, click RUN, and type REGEDIT.
In the registry, open the following folders.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard\

Search within the keyboard folder for a string value named “InitialKeyboardIndicators” with a value of 0, 1, or 2. Change the value to 2, and you’re done.
What does these registry value means?
0 = Num Lock is turned OFF after the logon.
1 = Disable Num Lock.
2 = Numlock is turned ON after the logon.
A word of caution, though. The above method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs.
Solution 2
Go to the RUN menu and type in MSCONFIG.
From here, click on the tab that indicates BOOT.INI.

Next, click on the button that says Advanced Options.
Select by placing a check mark next the to the box that says /NUMPROC= 1.

Lastly, click on the OK button and you will find that the next time your Windows startup, the NUM LOCK key will be on automatically.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Aero Clear 2 : Free Dark Vista Theme

Aero Clear 2 : Free Dark Vista Theme | By jjoul | 8MB

Dark Soft Final : Darkest Beautiful Vista Theme



‘Dark Soft Final’ is a Darkest Beautiful Vista Theme Ever | By RajTheeban95 | 9MB
  Download from :
 Includes :
- The visual style in 2 versions ( .theme, .msstyles file and the wallpaper): Dark Soft Rounded and Squared
- 4 system files (explorer.exe, shell32.dll, browseui.dll and timedate.cpl) for 32 and 64 bits
- The AeroBar.exe app
- and a “How to apply the theme.txt” file.

Carbon Aero – Beautiful Dark Vista Visual Style

Carbon Aero – Black Vista Theme by Paradox | 3.3MB

  • Zip contains: VS, 2 abstract walls, browseui,
  • 2 versions of the shell: one with auto hide folderband and one without.
  • Direct Download

Carbon Aero – Beautiful Dark Vista Visual Style

Carbon Aero – Black Vista Theme by Paradox | 3.3MB

  • Zip contains: VS, 2 abstract walls, browseui,
  • 2 versions of the shell: one with auto hide folderband and one without.
  • Direct Download

Dark Soft Final : Darkest Beautiful Vista Theme



‘Dark Soft Final’ is a Darkest Beautiful Vista Theme Ever | By RajTheeban95 | 9MB
  Download from :
 Includes :
- The visual style in 2 versions ( .theme, .msstyles file and the wallpaper): Dark Soft Rounded and Squared
- 4 system files (explorer.exe, shell32.dll, browseui.dll and timedate.cpl) for 32 and 64 bits
- The AeroBar.exe app
- and a “How to apply the theme.txt” file.

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Avira Premium Security 10 key free for 3 months

Avira released version 10 of Antivir premium, premium security suite and free antivirus Avira personal edition. The new Avira premium security suite 10 is a complete all in one solution for protection of Windows based desktop computers, servers and mail servers from viruses, spywares and other sorts of online as well as offline threats. Avira premium security 10 and Antivir premium 10 includes a behavior based  Heuristic engine ProActiv, that can detect unknown and emerging threats. The application now supports cloud based detection of malwares using the real-time response from online Avira community. This is a feature very similar Norton Insight technology used in Symantec 2010 version of products.

Avira Premium Security 10:
 Avira premium security 10
The basic Avira Antivir personal is a completely free antivirus solution, and is well suited for machines that are not connected to internet.  Two other products Avira Antivir premium and Avira premium security suite 10 are  shareware applications available for limited day trial. The new features of the application are listed below.
Behavior-based protection provided by AntiVir ProActiv: The ProActiv technology in Avira security products version 10 analyzes the behavior of every application or object during its installation and other activities. Thus it can track suspicious actions and block the unwanted apps causing them, without using traditional signature updates.
Avira AntiVir ProActiv Community lets users to upload suspicious files to Avira server, and scan them using real-time shared intelligence from community members.
Avira Premium Security 10  has an improved user interface with better scan speed, malware detection and parental controls.
Firewall, Paternal controls, AntiSpam, AntiBot, Backup system are available only on Avira Premium Security 10.
Avira Premium Security 10 activation key for 3 months:
Avira Antivir premium and premium security suite 10 are available at Avira online store at  € 19.95 and € 39.95 for one year license key. They also provide 30 day trial versions of all security products. However, here is a method to download an extend activation key (HDEBD.KEY) of Avira Premium Security 10 for free.
Go to Avira promotion page and enter the required details. You will be taken to a new page where you can download Avira premium security 10 license key valid for 180 days.
Download and install Avira premium security 10 from  here (Rapidshare) and activate using key obtained.