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  • Kaspersky Offers FREE Rescue Disk To Clean Virus Without Booting in Windows

    Some virus are very destructive or badly coded until it affects Windows stability. One of the worst thing that could happen is you’re unable to boot in to Windows and not even Safe Mode. That makes it harder for tech people to troubleshoot the problem and ended up in reformatting the hard drive to reinstall Windows. Last year I written a guide on how to clean or remove virus when you can’t boot in to Windows using Hiren’s BootCD.

    However, Hiren’s BootCD only has F-Prot and McAfee dos based antivirus, which I personally think that it is not strong or smart enough to detect and remove some viruses. The only antivirus program that I can put my trust on is Kaspersky.

    Good news is Kaspersky has started offering Rescue Disk to scan and remove virus on computer without the need of booting in to Windows.


    Kaspersky Rescue Disk offers a safe way to remove viruses from a computer without the risk of getting infected. Boot from the Kaspersky Rescue Disk to scan and remove threats from an infected computer without the risk of infecting other files or computers. All you need to do is the download the ISO file, burn the ISO image to a CD, insert it into the infected system’s CD-ROM drive, enter the PC’s BIOS, set it to boot from the CD and reboot the computer.

    Here’s the detailed step-by-step on how to use Kaspersky Rescue Disk.
    1. Download Kaspersky Rescue Disk ISO.

    2. Burn the ISO with your CD/DVD burning software. If you don’t have one, you can use ImgBurn. You can follow the guide on this page on how to burn ISO to a CD using ImgBurn.

    3. After finished burning Kaspersky Rescue Disk to CD, insert the CD to your CD/DVD-ROM, and boot up your computer with it.

    4. You will get a screen that looks like below. Hit the ENTER key to start booting the Anti-Virus using linux.
    Boot up Kaspersky Rescue Disk

    5. Once everything is loaded, the latest Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 will load. Simple check the hard drives that you want to scan and click Start scan.
    Kaspersky Rescue Disk Anti-Virus

    Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 or Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 allows you to create your own Recue Disk. Open KAV or KIS, click SCAN, choose Create Rescue Disk. Just follow the instruction and you will have your own made Rescue Disk. However, the rescue disk that you create from Kaspersky is different from the one that you download from Kaspersky website. The one that you create from Kaspersky software is designed to restore system functionality after a virus attack that damaged system files of the operating system and made it impossible to startup and to be used only on the computer that it was created on. Using the disk on other computers could lead to unforeseeable consequences, since it contains information about the parameters of a specific computer.

    As for Kaspersky Rescue Disk that you download from Kaspersky website, it is like an on-demand virus scanner that allows you to scan and remove virus without booting in Windows. When Windows is running, virus are active and sometimes it is tough to remove them. So the most effective way of removing virus is when they are inactive.

    [ Download Kaspersky Rescue Disk ]

  • How to calculate electricity usage and charges

    For a very long time I’ve wanted to know how much is the charges if I use an electrical appliances such as my computer, air-conditioner, water heater and etc…
    When I was very young, my mother used to tell me that air conditioner, water heater and iron consume a lot of electricity, and therefore, it’s expensive to use them. Even worst if you’ve forgotten to turn them off!

    Every electrical appliance should have Watt (W).
    This is the info that you need to calculate the usage of the electrical appliances that you use in hours.
    Some doesn’t display Watt, but only Volt (V) and Ampere (A).
    To get Watt, just multiple volt and ampere. Meaning, V x A = W or A x V = W. It’s the same.

    In Malaysia, Tenaga Nasional Berhad(TNB) charges for home usage electricity is:
    For the first 200 units per month: 0.218 cents
    For the next 800 units per month: 0.258 cents
    For each additional units per month: 0.278 cents

    Formula to calculate electricity usage.


    W x Hours / 1000 = kWh
    Then first 200 kWh is used to multiply with 0.218, then the next 800 kWh multiply with 0.258.

    Now you’ve got all the information that you need to calculate, let’s try calculating something.
    If you use a Philips 14W bulb for 10 hours a day a month. How much is the charges?
    Calculate electricity usage and charges

  • x = multiply
  • / = divide

    • 14W x 10Hours / 1000 = 0.14 kWh
    0.14kWh x 0.218(rate) = RM0.03052 per day
    For a whole month, just multiply RM0.03052 with 30 because a month consist of 30 days.
    RM0.03052 x 30 = RM0.9156

    No wonder the Philips 14W bulb is called the Energy Saver. You’ll only need to pay less than a dollar if you turn on the light for 10 hours a day.
    The calculation formula is the same thoughout the whole world, except for the Rates offered by their country’s electricy provider.

    Let’s try another calculation.
    You boil water everyday for one hour using Panasonic’s fast boiling with high power heater (2.4kW) kettle.
    How much is the charges for the whole month?
    Calculate electricity usage and charges
    2.4kW x 1hour = 2.4kWh
    2.4kWh x RM0.218 = RM0.5232
    For the whole month, RM0.5232 x 30 = RM15.696

    It’s quite expensive to boil water everyday for an hour. But since this is a fast boiling with high power heater, I don’t think you’ll need an hour to boil water. I just gave an example of boiling water an hour for easy understanding and calculation.

    Hope this information will help you determine to buy electrical appliances that don’t use so much energy.
    Save energy = save money 😀

  • Disable Windows Safe Mode for Extra Security to Prevent Tampering

    Whenever Windows is not working properly, most of the time the first thing that I will do is to boot into Safe Mode and see if the problem still persists. If a Windows that will only boot into its safe mode typically has a major problem, such as disk corruption or the installation of poorly configured software or driver that prevents the operating system from successfully booting into its normal operating mode.

    Windows in safe mode will have reduced functionality, but the task of isolating problems is easier because many non-core components are disabled (turned off). Safe mode typically provides access to utility and diagnostic programs so a user can troubleshoot what is preventing the operating system from working normally. Safe mode is intended for maintenance, not functionality, and provides minimal access to features.

    Although Safe Mode is very useful for troubleshooting computer problems, it can also be used to bypass some security software that autostarts in normal Windows. An example is if you installed an internet monitoring software which restricts your children to use the computer an hour a day, your kid can simple boot in to Safe Mode and use the computer the whole day… There are times we need to disable Safe Mode for extra security.


    At first I found a software called NOSafeMode which claims to be able to disable F8, disable Safe Mode and disable Advanced Boot Options in Windows NT based Operating Systems (Including Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista). It is a simple tool of less than 60KB in size, portable, does not hack or modify the operating system files or registry and can disable ALL keys during boot process so the system boots without any interference. I don’t know whether this tool truly exist or not because I couldn’t find any image or screenshot for NOSafeMode and it cost €19.95. If you have any information on NOSafeMode, please share it with me.

    As for the free method, you’ll have to modify your registry, so just follow the steps below on how to disable Safe Mode.

    1. Go to Start > Run
    2. Type regedit and click OK
    3. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot
    4. Expand SafeBoot by clicking the + sign and you should see 2 keys with the name Minimal and Network.
    5. Rename both of the keys to something else, example, Minimal to MinimalX and Network to NetworkX.
    SafeBoot Minimal Network

    Now if you try to boot in to Safe Mode, doesn’t matter if you select the normal Safe Mode, or Safe Mode with Networking or Safe Mode with Command Prompt, the computer will auto reboot or get a blue screen of death (BSOD).

    Blue Screen in Safe Mode

    To enable Safe Mode back, just rename MinimalX to Minimal and NetworkX to Network. I know that this solution is not perfect because if the person knows about this trick, he/she can simply modify the registry to re-enable back Safe Mode. However, it does give some level of protection against an average computer user (or non raymond.cc readers 😛 )

    If you’re not comfortable in modifying your system’s registry, I found a very small free tool called Enable/Disable SafeMode which allows you to enable or disable SafeMode. Basically it does the same thing as the above which is modifying the SafeBoot keys. You can also set an application-password to prevent unauthorized access to this tool.

    Enable Disable SafeMode

    Very easy to use as the tool is pretty much self explanatory. Actually if you can create a Limited User account, you wouldn’t need to use this registry hack because a limited user cannot even access the registry. So this is a solution to those that for some reason don’t want to create a Limiter User.

    [ Download Enable/Disable SafeMode ]

  • Merry Christmas Everyone!

    Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas! No computer tips or tutorials today as I’d like to take a day off. However, for those who don’t celebrate Christmas, and feel bored because many sites are also not updating today, why not play some cool and fun Christmas game?
    FREE Christmas Computer Game

    Freeze your enemies with your water gun and stop the bad guys from ruining Christmas. This game is fun because you get to collect points and power ups.
    [ Play Deep Freeze ]

  • How To Easily Get Working Proxies List – Method 1

    Proxy address is very important nowadays. Not only it can hide your identity from websites that tracks your location, you can also use on CMS The Grabber to have unlimited downloads from RapidShare.

    There are many ways to obtain proxy list. Some methods is very tedious and takes a long time to get proxy list. Some are easy which you can set it to auto pilot mode where it does everything for you.

    You’ll need to go through two process to get a working proxy list. One, getting a long list of proxy address. Two, scanning all the proxies. Second process definitely takes time because you need to scan all the proxies to know which is still alive. I am going to teach you one of the method I know on how you can easily obtain a big list of working proxies.


    Easiest way of all is to use PCMesh Anonymous Web Surfing.
    Free Proxy List
    It has auto pilot mode where it does everything for you in just 1 click! This software is actually to hide your identity when you’re surfing the web. It can autoscan for alive proxies taken from websites that offers a list of proxies and auto setup proxy connections to your browser such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape, Opera and Sea Monkey.

    Once installed, go to Miscellany -> Settings.
    Set the Maximum number of proxies of your choice. The higher number you set, the more proxies you might get and also the longer you need to wait for it to complete scanning the proxies.
    Free Fresh Alive Proxy List

    If you have other websites that provides a list of proxies, copy and paste the website link (URL) to Web Pages which is just below where you set the maximum number of proxies.

    If you want to use the proxies for CMS The Grabber, please set the Anonymity level as “Low”. This is because low anonymity proxy is good enough to cheat RapidShare that you’re a different user. Mostly only hackers need to use High anonymity proxy to hack into servers, buy things off the internet using fraudulent credit cards and etc…
    Free Fresh Alive Proxy List

    Click OK to save the settings and click on Start -> Autopilot.
    Auto scan alive working proxies

    Wait for it to complete scanning and the alive working proxies will be displayed on the main screen of PCMesh Anonymous Web Surfing. One drawback about this software is that it is a Shareware and it cost $29.95
    If you download from PCMesh website, it gives you an evaluation version. If you buy it, you will get a full version of that software. Good thing about it is if the full version is being leaked out on the internet, anyone can download and use it freely even without entering any registration code.

    I manage to find the latest full version of PCMesh Anonymous Web Surfing 5.0. Use it at your own risk. Good luck in finding for working proxy addresses. Stay tune for Method 2 on how to easily get working proxy list.

    [ Download PCMesh Anonymous Web Surfing 5.0 ]

  • ANTCOR – The Wireless Router that Easily and Automatically Cracks WEP Password

    WEP password can be easily cracked (in fact it’s 100% crackable) using BackTrack Linux. Actually it is only easy if your computer’s hardware (especially the wireless adapter) is compatible with BackTrack, running the correct commands plus the target is close enough so you can get a good signal strength. I’ve shown my brother that it can be done and recently he told me he purchased a device that can crack WEP. The device is easy enough to use without worrying about hardware compatibility and running the proper commands.

    As far as I know, one of the easiest way to crack WEP is doing it in Windows using AirPCap together with Cain and Able software but AirPCap is very expensive and cannot be found in Malaysia. So I went and check out the device sold in Lelong.com.my (a Malaysian auction website) which cost around US$80 and bought it out of curiosity.


    When I got the device, the image below is how it looks like and everything is in Chinese! Heck I’m a Chinese and I can speak a couple of Chinese dialects fluently but embarrassingly I can’t read Chinese characters 😛

    antcor crack wep password

    Doesn’t really matter because the menu only has a couple of selections and I can navigate around with the arrow keys and the center OK button. From the manual, I found out that this device that can crack WEP password is actually a wireless router!

    As a test, I set the WEP password in my router as 1234567890 with 64bit encryption.

    Set WEP password in Router
    By selecting the third option in the device menu, the LCD screen shows Scanning Aps… After about a minute, a list of detected access points are shown. Simply select an access point with WEP and pressing the OK button, ANTCOR will start sniffing and collect IVs. When AntCor is placed near my wireless router, it manage to crack the 10 character WEP password within a few minutes after collected a few millions IVs.
    Successfully crack WEP password

    For testing purposes, I tried sniffing other wireless access points but was unable to crack probably due to low signal strength.

    Bad
    1. Very slow (requires millions of IVs)
    2. Requires decent wireless signal strength.
    3. Everything in Chinese
    4. Powers only by AC (would be nice if I can use battery)

    Good
    1. Affordable (I won’t say cheap because BackTrack is free)
    2. Easy to use (plug and play crack)

    For experienced computer users, they are better off with BackTrack but for basic computer users that don’t even know how to boot up a computer with a linux live disc, ANTCOR would probably make them feel l33t (a hacker slang for “Elite”).

  • Windows Live Messenger 2009 Web Camera In Use 0x8AC70202 Error Caused by SiteAdvisor

    After I finished solving the Show My Webcam problem on Windows Live Messenger 2009 yesterday, I wanted to do a topic on McAfee SiteAdvisor. So I downloaded the latest McAfee SiteAdvisor, installed it and bam, my webcam stopped working again. This time I got the message “We couldn’t start your camera device. Please check that your camera is not currently in use by another program, and then try again.” when I tried to show my webcam. I am very sure that my webcam is not being used by any other software. Then when being invited to start sending webcam, I got the error “Messenger is not available right now. Please try again later. (0x8ac70202) or (0x8AC70013) after accepting the invitation.

    Messenger is not available right now. Please try again later 0x8ac70202

    I didn’t spend too much time solving this problem because I immediately knew that it is surely caused by McAfee SiteAdvisor since the problem started after I installed SiteAdvisor. If you have both McAfee SiteAdvisor and Windows Live Messenger 2009 installed, please take the following actions until a patch is out from McAfee because there are some incompatibility problems.


    The workaround is pretty simple. All you need to do is to disable McAfee SiteAdvisor from monitoring msnmgr.exe but there is no option to do that. You’ll have to manually go to C:\Program Files\McAfee\SiteAdvisor\ and look for the file sasets.ini. Open the sasets.ini with notepad or your favorite text editor, locate the section titled [msnmsgr.exe] and change the value to 0 (1 means enable and 0 means disable). Refer to the image below for a clearer explanation.
    Webcam in use 0x8AC70202

    Save the file and close it. You can either restart your computer for changes to take effect OR simply terminate and reopen Windows Live Messenger 2009. Yeah it’s frustrating that Windows Live Messenger 2009 has so many bugs and incompatibilities but no worries, I’ll slowly help you all to look for solutions and workarounds to make it work rather than downgrading back to MSN 8.5. According to Wikipedia, Windows Live Messenger is no longer beta and the latest version is Build 14.0.8064.206 released on 12 February 2009. You can head on to http://messenger.live.com/ to download the latest Live installer (wlsetup-custom.exe) which can automatically update your Messenger if it detected there’s an update.

  • Silent Runners Identify Programs That Startup with Windows

    Normally advanced computer user that are very familiar with Windows don’t need an antivirus program to keep their computer away from virus. Even if their computer got infected by virus, they are able to pin point where the virus is and manually remove it. You see, a virus somehow needs to auto run when Windows is booted up and frankly speaking there are quite a lot of launch points and memorizing each ones will turn you into a big time geek. So we rely on utilities that can do that and thankfully there are quite a lot of free tools that can analyze programs that startup with Windows. Here is another one called Silent Runners which I find quite interesting because it is written in VBScript. Do take note that this tool is only for the experienced because there is no nice graphical user interface. Analyzing autoruns is already a tough job to some and having no GUI at all makes it even harder.
    silent runners vbscript
    The purpose of Silent Runners is to identify the programs that start up with Windows. Silent Runners is not an anti-virus, an anti-trojan, or a spyware scanner. It only pinpoints how programs start up and it does not scan the system to identify every trace of malware. The text file it creates can be removed for study or stored as a benchmark.


    The output file summarizes everything the script thinks you should know. It will report any non-default value it finds anywhere it looks. A default value is something that’s put there by Microsoft when Windows is installed. For instance, in every Windows installation, the default shell is explorer.exe. If the script finds explorer.exe listed as the shell, it won’t add that to the output file.

    However, it doesn’t mean that everything in the output file is suspicious. The script which is based on its limited code couldn’t figure out if certain things were suspicious or not, so it put it in the output file so you could go figure it out. Under some circumstances, the script will alert about suspicious data. It will do this by prefacing the entry in the output file with the symbols ! or H and an explanatory note will be placed in the report footer. Still this does not mean that the PC is infected but you should take a closer a look at that line.
    analyzing silent runners report
    There are virus that are coded in vbscript and one example is the Solow worm. Your antivirus program should notify you that a malicious script is trying to run when you double click on the “Silent Runners.vbs” file. Just make sure you allow or authorize it to run or else it won’t work.

    Silent Runners is free, portable and it runs under Windows 95, Windows 98 (Standard Edition and Second Edition), Windows Me (Millennium Edition), Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Home/Professional, Windows Vista and 7.

    [ Download Silent Runners ]

  • Language Problems *Funny*

    I had a bunch of Canadian dollars I needed to exchange so I went to the currency exchange window at the local bank.

    Short line … just one guy in front of me.
    The guy in front of me was an Asian guy who was trying to exchange yen for dollars and he was a little agitated…

    He asked the teller, “why it change? yestoday I get two hunat dolla fo yen – today I get hunat eighty? Why it change?”

    The teller says, “fluctuations”

    The Asian guy says…


    “fluc you white guys too!”

  • How To Extend Firefox and Internet Explorer Cookie Expiration Date

    You might notice the option “Remember me” when trying to login to a website or forum.
    Enable Remember Me
    The popular “Remember Me” feature seen on a lot of websites is basically used to keep users logged into the website even after they’ve closed the browser so that the next time they revisit the site, they won’t have to manually login again. When you enable Remember Me, the persistent login cookies are stored with your browser and the length of time that you’ll be logged in depends on how long the web developer decides to set. This is all happening between your browser and the server without you noticing it.

    I am a registered user in most of social bookmarking websites and I had to manually login every week because the Remember Me feature only keeps me logged in for a week. I do not want to flood my Firefox password manager, so I decided to manually extend the browser’s cookie expiration date so that I don’t need to login every week.

    Here’s how I extend Firefox and Internet Explorer cookie expiration date.


    I only extend the cookie expiration date on websites that are NOT important to me. Meaning if my account got stolen or hacked, I don’t mind registering another one.

    – For Mozilla Firefox browser.
    You can use an excellent Firefox extension called “Add & Edit Cookies – Cookies Editor“. After installing Add N Edit Cookies, in your Firefox, go to Tools and select Cookie Editor. Locate the site that you want to extend the auto login period, and click Edit button.
    Extend Firefox Cookie Expiry Date
    Set the expire date to a future date and save it.

    [ Install Add N Edit Cookies Firefox extension ]

    – For Internet Explorer browser.
    You can use a free tool called “IECookiesView” from Nirsoft. IECookiesView is a cookie viewer/manager for Internet Explorer. When you run IECookiesView, it will list out all your IE cookies. To edit the IE cookies, you first need to select the website on the top window first. Then you will see the Keys that appear at the bottom window. Right click on the key and select Edit The Cookie’s Content.
    Edit Internet Explorer Cookie Expire date
    Set the expire date to a future date and click Modify Cookie button.

    [ Download IECookiesView ]

    Before you decide to extend your browser’s cookie expiration date, please take note that cookies are vulnerable. A persistent login cookie is equivalent of both a valid user name and password into 1 file which can be easily stolen. Other user accounts won’t be able to access your browser’s cookie but I’d always be on the safe side and only extend cookie expiration date IF I am the only person using the computer. Better safe than sorry!

  • .NET Messenger Service hiccup

    The .NET Messenger Service has been unavailable for quite a while today, which resulted in automatic disconnects all over the world.
    All systems seem to be problematic at the time of writing.

    This is the error (81000377) I got when trying to sign in to MSN Messenger.
    MSN Messenger Error 81000377

    Checked the .NET Messenger Service status and indeed there’s problem with the .NET Messenger Service.
    MSN Messenger Error 81000377

    There’s no workaround to get connect except to wait for the service to be restored 🙁

  • Embed Command Prompt in Explorer to Easily Run Batch or DOS Tools

    I still remember on one incident that there was a middle age arrogant student that thinks he knows all and he was in the same Windows 2000 class with me. He has already worked in an IT company for many years. That time the MCT (Microsoft Certified Trainer) was teaching us about ipconfig and he asked us to try to type the command. At first he had a blank look on his face because he didn’t even know where to type that command. When the lecturer told us that we can do it from run, he immediately claimed that he knew how to do it. He was looking at the keyboard and slowly typing the ipconfig command with his two index fingers. When he hit enter, he only saw a black window popping up and disappearing. Again, the blank look on his face…

    To see the results of the command, he should open up a command prompt first by typing CMD at run and then followed by the ipconfig command. I don’t want to laugh at him or what but shouldn’t he be experienced enough to know that? There are many other command line tools such as nbtstat, ipconfig, ping, net, netstat, rasdial, tracert and etc that must be run in command prompt to see the results.

    This may be troublesome for power users or programmers who frequently need to access console programs. To solve this problem, we can embed a command prompt into explorer itself.


    Comamnd Prompt Explorer Bar is a small tool that extends Windows Explorer. Next time you need to run a program without GUI, just start the command prompt within explorer. Its current directory will be exactly the same as the current path you are browsing. And better yet the console will appear inside your explorer window – like any other explorer bar does – ‘History’, ‘Favorites’, ‘Folders’ etc. Now you can have the best of both worlds combined together – easy and fast navigation of explorer and power of batch processing of the command prompt.

    Command Prompt Explorer Bar

    At the left of the console window, there is a toolbar with some nice timesaving features. The most powerful is a button with a ‘Script’ icon on it. It has a drop down menu where you can select a command you like to be executed. It even knows how to substitute ‘{0}’ for the name of the current files selected in explorer. Here is when it can be useful. Let’s say you want to install your assembly into a ‘Native Images Cache’. With Command Bar it is as simply as selecting your assembly in explorer and clicking on ‘ngen {1}’ menu item. It also works just fine for multiple selected files (use {0} instead). Now you can compile your .cs or .vbs files without leaving a comfortable explorer shell. And yes, you can change this menu and scripts the way you like them. It is as simple as editing a text file in a Notepad.

    There are two ways to start or hide the command prompt in Windows explorer. You can either go to View > Explorer Bar > and select Command Prompt, or just use the shortcut key CTRL+M.
    Start Command Prompt Bar

    I think Command Prompt Explorer Bar is one of the best power tool I found this year. It doesn’t even require to run an extra process to take up any memory usage for this feature and the best part is its FREE.

    [ Download Command Prompt Explorer Bar | Webpage ]

  • Latest RapidUp 1.3.1 – Upload Manager for Free Hosting Providers

    The title says it all! The famous Team CMS that develops The Grabber which bypasses Rapidshare’s download limit, has another useful tool called RapidUp.

    It is an upload manager that supports the following 12 free hosting providers:

  • Megaupload
  • Rapidshare
  • SendSpace
  • FileFront
  • Uploading
  • BaDonGo
  • SexUploader
  • DepositFiles
  • MegaShares
  • OxyShare
  • StoreAndServe
  • MegaShare

    • It’s so simple to use. You can upload hundreds and thousands of files with just a few clicks.


    1. Click on the New button.
    RapidUp New button

    2. Browse the file that you would like to upload.
    Browse for files to upload with RapidUp

    3. You get a New Upload Task Properties option where you can set the File Description, select which free hosting providers to upload to and whether to start uploading immediately.
    RapidUp New Upload Task Properties

    4. If you’ve select Start Immediately from the Task Properties just now, it will immediately start uploading.
    RapidUp Start Uploading

    5. Once completed, you can get your download and delete link from Finished section.
    RapidUp Complete Uploading

    Good thing about this tool is it saves you a lot of your time from opening your browser, logging into your free hosting providers. Everything can be done via RapidUp. If you have a paid premium account, you can go to the Settings and enter your account Username and Password. RapidUp also has a feature where you can set your upload bandwidth limit, number of parallel upload tasks and even it is capable of distributing bandwidth equally among upload tasks!

    [ Download RapidUp 1.3.1 ]

  • Mess Patch Generation 5 for Windows Live Messenger is here!

    Mess.be has released a newer version of Mess Patch which is Generation 5. The previous Generation 4 already has tons of features and it’s very useful. Generation 5 is surely to surprise you with even more features!
    Mess Patch Generation 5

    What’s new in Mess Patch 8.0.0812 Generation 5?:


    – Added new ‘Personalization Options’ which allow you to use your TabServe account with Mess Patch, as well as add and customise thumbnailed display pictures on your contact list.
    – A new ‘Learn More’ button which takes the user to Mess Patch’s new Online Help website. Online Help explains in detail what each feature does along with before-after screenshots.
    – New option ‘Add CustoMess Button To Upper Panel’.
    – Added ‘Remove Emoticons From Personal Messages’ option.
    – Return of the popular Mess.be Custom Games.
    – A new more advanced update system.
    – Minor fixes.

    [ Download Mess Patch Generation 5 for Windows Live Messenger 8.0.0812 ]

  • Problems installing Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition

    I was having problems installing Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition client version yesterday in my work place.
    There are 2 methods to install Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition.
    First method is put in the CD and wait for the autorun to appear and click on the “Install Symantec Antivirus” bar.
    Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition CD autorun

    Second method would be browsing the content of the CD, and run Setup.exe from the SAV folder.
    Browse Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition CD

    Either method is the same. First method actually has an interface where you can click the button and it would call up Setup.exe from the SAV folder. If your autorun has been disabled, you can use the second method which is browse the CD contents and run Setup.exe manually from SAV folder.

    The server version of Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition has already been installed. I wanted to install the client version of Symantec Antivirus that will be managed by the server yesterday and was unable to do so.


    Usually during setup, it will show you a few options that is client server options, setup type and network setup type.

    Client Server Options
    Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition Client Server Options
    1. Client Install – Choose this option if this computer is to be unmanaged or managed by a computer running Symantec Antivirus Server Edition.
    2. Server Install – Choose this option if this computer is to be a Symantec Antivirus Server and will be managing other client computers.

    Setup Type
    1. Complete – All programs and features will be installed. (Required the most disk space.)
    2. Custom – Choose which program features you want installed and where they will be installed. Recommended for advanced users.

    Network Setup Type
    Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition Network Setup Type
    1. Managed – Choose this option if this computer is to be managed by a computer running Symantec AntiVirus Server Edition.
    2. Unmanaged – Choose this option if this computer will not be managed by a computer running Symantec AntiVirus Server Edition. For example, your home computer.

    Problem I encountered while installing the client install was, the options above was not displayed but I could still go on with the setup. However, after the installation just started, I got an error message saying “This MSI must be launched through setup. For more information, please visit http://www.symantec.com/install”
    This MSI must be launched through setup. For more information, please visit http://www.symantec.com/install
    I browsed the CD and ran the Setup.exe manually. Still the same error message and couldn’t complete installing the client install of Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition. I ran Symantec AntiVirus.msi, still the same error message and couldn’t complete installing.

    After trying to install a few times and failed, I noticed something different when the setup was being run. For a very quick few seconds, the setup displayed a very important information saying “Searching for related applications. Found application: {C6F5B6CF-609C-428E-876F-CA83176C021B}”
    Searching for related applications. Found application: {C6F5B6CF-609C-428E-876F-CA83176C021B}
    I believe that {C6F5B6CF-609C-428E-876F-CA83176C021B} entry is located in Registry and it is to identify a software.
    I noticed that this computer I was trying to install the client version of Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition already has Norton Antivirus 2005 installed! After uninstalled Symantec Antivirus 2005, rebooted the computer and now I am able to install the client version of Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition.
    I no longer have the screen which says Searching for related applications. Found application: {C6F5B6CF-609C-428E-876F-CA83176C021B} and also I now have the client server options, setup type and network setup type during installation.

    Not a very big problem but I guess I was lucky because I was able to locate the problem at my first try.