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Now a days with the increasing use of portable drives various types of virus infect a large number of system very easily. One of these common virus is “Hacked by Godzilla Virus” which normally spreads through portable drives etc. My system got infected with this Hacked by Godzilla Virus and I repaired my system without [...]

There is a certain virus that prevents XP users from viewing the hidden files. The virus meddles with the ’Show hidden files and folders’ option in the Folder Options and the option keeps bouncing back to ‘Do not show hidden files and folders’, despite repeated trials. Here is how you can set this problem right: [...]

There is a certain virus that prevents XP users from opening www.orkut.com from any of the available browsers (Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera etc). For many Orkut addicts, it is nearly impossible to live without Orkutting. So here we have the solution for your problem. Follow the steps exactly as written here and in the same [...]

Manually crash Windows XP

Posted: May 24, 2008 in Windows
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Manually Crash Windows XP (Source: The Straight Dope) Windows-XP has a “feature” (???) with which it is possible to manually crash a system by simply holding the right CTRL key and pressing the “Scroll Lock” key twice. This feature can be turned on by the following steps: 1. Start regedit. 2. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters 3. [...]