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If you want to use Comodo Firewall Pro with BitTorrent client you need to do additional setup on the Firewall.

Go at the Security > Network Monitor on your Comodo Firewall panel and add the following rule:
Rule for TCP/UDP protocol
Action = Allow
Protocol = TCP or UDP
Direction = In
Source IP = Any
Remote IP = your IP address (or "Any" )
Source port = Any
Remote port = the port your BitTorrent program uses for the TCP/UDP connections.

Important: after adding this new rule, you need to move the rule above the Block and Log IP In/Out. Also do not use randomize port in your BitTorrent client.

Tired of reaching for your volume knob every time your mp3 player changes to a new song?

MP3Gain analyzes and adjusts mp3 files so that they have the same volume.

MP3Gain does not just do peak normalization, as many normalizers do. Instead, it does some statistical analysis to determine how loud the file actually sounds to the human ear.

Also, the changes MP3Gain makes are completely lossless. There is no quality lost in the change because the program adjusts the mp3 file directly, without decoding and re-encoding.

You mean MP3Gain normalizes mp3 files?

Yes, but MP3Gain does not use "peak amplitude" normalization as many "normalizers" do. Audio files with very different peak amplitudes can still sound to the human ear as though they're the same volume.

Instead, MP3Gain uses David Robinson's Replay Gain algorithm to calculate how loud the file actually sounds to a human's ears.

To hear the difference between "maximizing" (peak normalization) and Replay Gain volume normalization,

1. Download this sample file
2. Unzip the two mp3 files, noting their current maximum amplitudes as indicated in the filenames
3. Open MP3Gain
4. Go to "Options -> Advanced..." and make sure the "Enable Maximizing features" option is checked
5. Set the "Target Normal Volume" to 92.0 dB
6. Click "Add Files," and add the two unzipped mp3 files
7. Do Track Analysis on the two files. Note that their volumes are only 0.1 dB apart
8. Without closing MP3Gain, listen to the mp3 files using your favorite mp3 player. Note how they're approximately the same listening volume
9. Now in MP3Gain, do "Modify Gain -> Apply Max Noclip Gain" (or press Ctrl-X). The two files are now peak normalized.
10. Listen to the mp3 files again. Even though their maximum amplitudes are now almost exactly the same, song clip 2 now sounds much too loud.

Does normalizing the mp3 degrade its quality?

No. MP3Gain does not decode and re-encode the mp3 to change its volume. You can change the volume as many times as you want, and the mp3 will sound just as good (or just as bad!) as it did before you started.

Previously I used normalization for making my mp3 sound level the same but after I found this application, I know that I make a mistake using normalization. A lot of my mp3 files are clipped so does not sound as good as if I used mp3gain. I highly recommended using this application to normalize all of your mp3 files.

http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/index.php

Z-Cron is a Scheduler - Task Planner that enables you to carry out tasks on your PC automatically and time-controlled.

Z-Cron is a central control centre for scheduling and automation of software. Beside the launching of applications at defined points in time, Z-Cron also provides numerous tools which help to make the automatic and scheduled system administration much easier.

With Z-Cron scheduler you can start and/or quit programs (*.exe, *.com, *.bat) under Windows 98/2000/2003/XP/NT(SP6) time-triggered similar to the Unix Cron. A scheduler is one of the most powerful services on a computer system. You can use it to launch all kinds of programs at defined times automatically, for example file backup jobs with Z-DBackup during the night and no user has to be logged on for that.

Z-Cron can be loaded and started using the startup function. Status information can be sent using Microsoft messenger service or e-mail (per SMTP).

If you are using Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP or Server 2003, Z-Cron scheduler can also be installed as a system service.

The program does not only start other applications but can also show popup windows with reminder text messages on the screen or shut down the system at a certain time. The embedded commands can be used easily by writing the command name into the input field in the job's setup window.

The RunAs function allows the scheduled launching of programs with other rights than the current logon rights.

The DYNIPMAIL function monitors your computer's public IP-Address and sends an e-mail if it changes. This allows an uncomplicated administration using the Windows remote console.

All in all Z-Cron is an outstanding tool which is also advantageous to users of the Windows XP "Scheduled tasks". The numerous embedded commands fulfil nearly every need; and if not: By creating a batch file you can replace the missing command in most cases. Batch files are easy to adjust to your needs and very easy to integrate into Z-Cron.

http://www.z-cron.com/download.html

"Very useful for combining multiple HTML pages into one HTML file. You should watch out in combining using toc files where the hyperlinks is not an actual HTML files but an anchor. vHtmlMerger will combine according to each link. I rarely combine using toc file, I usually add the html files manually by drag & drop" - Richard

Description :

• The purpose of the application is to merge multiple html files in one file.
• Use either Table of Contents (toc) or multi html files.
• Support for CSS (internal to generated file or external to .css file).
• Support for scripts.
• Select a toc html file or multi html files. For multi html files check [Multi HTML Files].
• For multi html files you have the option to change the order. Use the arrow buttons.
• When ready click [Merge] button.

Download : http://iterati.org

What is ImageHost Grabber?

ImageHost Grabber is a firefox extension that will download all images on a page that are hosted on an image host. You find this often in web forums where people will use a free image host to post a gallery of pictures. This extension will allow you to download all the images on the current page.

What versions of firefox are supported?

As of right now, version 1.0 to 3.0a1 are supported. Simple enough right?

What image hosts are supported?

Currently, the following are supported:

10pix Adultimagehoster Allyoucanupload Babeshack (Babes-Board.ch) Babeupload Campusbug Celebs.myphotos.cc Chickupload Divshare Dumpanimage Dumparump Facebook Fap2It Fapomatic Fileden Fotofap FotoRadikal Freefilehosting Freeimagehost Freeporndumpster FriendlyImage Glowfoto Hqbeat.com Hostwhore Imageba Imagebeaver Imagedemon, Imagefap Imagefly Imagehaven Imagehigh Imagereverb Imageshack Imageshadow ImagesHappy Imageshock Imagesocket Imagevenue Imagewaste Keepmyfile Mexaupload MonkeyMedia Image Hosting Myspace Paintedover Photobucket Picsie Piczhost Pimpshare Pixloads, PornJJ Pussyupload Shareapic Shareavenue Shareloading Squirrelturd Snapshotgirlz Supload TheImagehosting Tinypic TopPicHost Uploadem Upqt Urlcash Usercash Webshots XS.TO Xxxloading Zshare

Where can I get the latest version?

You can download the latest version below.

For anyone that looking for a free bulk image downloader than go no further than this. If you want to download images from above imagehost than this extension is a must. I highly recommended than using the Bulk Image Download. Why don't get a free version of ImageHost Grabber, a firefox extension to download all your pictures.

Previously, I'm not using this because the developer stop updating it. But apparently he start to update it again for his personal reason.

Some people might use mass downloader like orbit or downthemall, but they can only download images like jpg that are directly on the page, but if it has to pass javascript pages or other than ImageHost Grabber is the only why to go for free.

Other that prefer a better version can use the paid version of Bulk Image Download, created by other company. But I won't recommended to use it unless ImageHost Grabber doesn't work for you.

http://cybormatt.googlepages.com/

Looking for a great way to view and manage your RSS feeds from your desktop? Look no further than FeedDemon, the most popular Windows RSS reader.
Bring the power of RSS right to your Windows desktop with FeedDemon.

• Get your news and information instantly.
• Customize the way you read and organize feeds.
• Download podcasts to your iPod or Windows Media Player.

The easy-to-use interface makes it a snap to stay informed with the latest news and information. You can completely customize the way feeds are organized and displayed. Set up custom news watches based on keywords or use the powerful search to find articles. You can even download podcasts and audio files and have them show up on your portable audio device. In addition, FeedDemon synchronizes with NewsGator Online and the rest of the NewsGator RSS Suite. The software is pre-configured with dozens of feeds, so you can unleash the power of RSS right away.

Version 2.7 http://www.newsgator.com/individuals/feeddemon/default.aspx

Beta Version 3.0 http://www.bradsoft.com/feeddemon/beta/

What's New in FeedDemon 3.0?

As you can see from the release notes, there are a lot of improvements in this version. Here are some of the highlights:

• Tagging: FeedDemon's new tagging features enable you to assign your own keywords to items, making it easy to classify and locate articles you've previously read. To assign a tag to an item, simply click the tag icon under the item's headline.
• Really simple sharing: Sharing articles is now much simpler - just click the Share icon to add an item to the RSS feed for your shared clippings. And keep in mind that you can still share any web page by drag-and-dropping a hyperlink or browser tab to your shared clippings.
• Short URL preview: Want to know where a short URL (TinyURL, etc.) will take you? Hover over it to see a balloon tip that shows where it goes.
• Simpler, cleaner user interface: We've streamlined FeedDemon's UI, cured the toolbutton overload of previous versions, and made a number of "tweaks" which improve the overall experience of using FeedDemon.
• New start page: FeedDemon's redesigned "Subscriptions Home" page now includes popular articles and YouTube videos from your subscribed feeds.
• Better handling of Twitter feeds: If you're a Twitter fan, you'll love how we've made FeedDemon a better Twitter feed reader.
• Even faster and more reliable: FeedDemon has always been fast (after all, its name is a play on the phrase "speed demon"), but now it's even faster! And thanks to the built-in error reporting, we've identified and resolved the most common problems our customers encountered in earlier versions.

Maxthon is build on top of IE so basically it is using IE engine for browsing. I rather use maxthon than installing a lot of addons for IE. Although there are a good plugins for IE, but when you try Maxthon you will forget about other add-ons completely. I like Firefox but a lot of Web Developer seems to focus building their page for IE so sometimes it doesn't look good on Firefox (for instance it layout is mix-up). I won't abandoning Firefox since it is still my primary browser with its extensive add-ons that IE or Maxthon don't have. In summary Maxthon is the best browser if you like Internet Explorer but if you like Firefox and already customize it with a lot of plugins then stick with Firefox then. Comparison wise in features between Firefox and Maxthon = +40% more features in Firefox. IE with Maxthon = Maxthon + 30%.

Some strong features:

- Ability to stop picture & flash animation in inactive tab(s) so that it will lower your cpu consumption.

- Ability to turn of sounds, Flash movies, GIF animations.

- Web capture as image.

- Auto fill form in webpage.

- Mouse Gestures (Using mouse movement to issue command, such as mouse right click + move down + move right = close tab)

- Feature pack in one download without getting additional thing you it will fill most people browsing need.

I think this browser is intended for people that like Internet Explorer and found some features are missing. They will probably find it in Maxthon. For Firefox user is useful to replace IE, just use IE View to open specific page intended for IE in Maxthon.

http://www.maxthon.com/

I see a lot of misleading optimization for Firefox and I decided to write and show you what is the best value for maximum speed.

Type about:config and change all below parameters as I specify them:

1. Start rendering pages faster.
   create a new integer for nglayout.initialpaint.delay = 0 (default: 250)
2. Reduce the number of reflows.
   content.notify.interval = 500000 (default: 120000 - 0.12 of a second)
   create a new boolean for content.notify.ontimer = true
3. Control Firefox's 'unresponsive' time.
   create new integer for content.max.tokenizing.time = 1000000
   create new boolean for content.interrupt.parsing = true
4. Control Firefox's 'highly responsive' time.
   create new integer for content.switch.threshold = 500000
5. Open search results in a new tab.
   browser.search.openintab = true
   Note: this is optional but I always prefer to see my search result on a new tab. If you prefer to open search result in current tab than set it to false.
6. Select just a word.
   layout.word_select.eat_space_to_next_word = false
   Note: default Firefox value when we double click on a word it will include the space after the word.
7. Select a word and its punctuation.
   layout.word_select.stop_at_punctuation = false
   Note: default value for double selection will not select any punctuation at the end of word.
8. Maximize connections to multiple servers
   network.http.max-connections = 64 (default: 30)
9. Maximize connections to the same server.
   network.http.max-connections-per-server = 16 (default: 8)
10. Bump up persistent connections per server.
    network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server = 8 (default: 2)
    network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy = 8
11. Reduce the interval between persistent connections.
    network.http.request.max-start-delay = 0 (default:10)
12. Turn on pipelining.
    network.http.pipelining = true
    network.http.pipelining.maxrequests = 16 (default: 4)
    network.http.proxy.pipelining = true

All of the above customization is for faster loading and browsing with Firefox. I do not post memory customization because I increase firefox memory usage for faster loading. I see that a lot of people prefer to have a small memory for firefox which in turn will make it slow.
ie: config.trim_on_minimize = true (this will make firefox use less memory but make it slow)

WinXP Pro
1. Start -> Run -> Type "secpol.msc".
2. Right-click on Software Restriction Policy -> Create New Policies.
3. Right-click on Additional Rules (on the right) - Choose New Path Rule.
4. Now click Browse and find the executable you don't want to run.
5. Make sure the security level is set to "Disallowed" and click OK.

WinXP Home
1. Boot into Safe Mode ([F8]).
2. Login to the Administrator account.
3. Navigate to the executable.
4. Right-click on the executable -> Properties -> Security -> [Advanced].
5. In the Permissions folder, for all users:
6. Edit -> Traverse Folder / Execute File -> Deny -> [OK].
7. Reboot.

Via: http://bit.ly/tDjL

TweetDeck is a very good client for twitter, but it needs to be occasionally restart so that it does not use too much memory. On my computer it used up to 1.5gb if I let it run for a long time.

Requirement:
1. Need to download NirCmd from http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html
2. Extract NirCmd for instance in C:\NirCmd

Instructions:
1. Create file called TweetDeck.bat in C:\
2. Right click TweetDeck.bat and select "Edit"
3. Insert below lines to the TweetDeck.bat

"C:\NirCmd\nircmd.exe" killprocess TweetDeck.exe
"C:\NirCmd\nircmd.exe" execmd "C:\Program Files\TweetDeck\TweetDeck.exe"

4. Now you're done. You can just double-click on TweetDeck.bat to restart you're TweetDeck.

Find "Preferences" file in :
C:\Documents and Settings\[your_username]\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\
Before editing the file make sure that google chrome is not running.

add the following line inside the Preference file:

"webkit": {
"webprefs": {
"default_fixed_font_size": 11,
"default_font_size": 12,
"fixed_font_family": "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",
"minimum_font_size": 12,
"minimum_logical_font_siz": 12,
"sansserif_font_family": "Times New Roman",
"serif_font_family": "Arial",
"standard_font_is_serif": false,
"text_areas_are_resizable": true
}
}