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[Windows7] Install Windows 7 Beta in Virtual Machine

[Windows7] Install Windows 7 Beta in Virtual Machine Finally Microsoft released the Windows 7 Beta Built 7000 and able to download it without any problem and they have given two options to install it. 1. Upgrade Windows Vista SP1 to Windows7 Beta 2. Install a fresh copy of Windows7 But I could not find a extra computer with the given specification and I did not want to install it in my current computer as this is a beta version and it might not work as I want. So I decide to install it on virtual machine. Virtual Machine Setup 455 RAM (1 GB is recommended) 16GB Hard After starting the New virtual Machine selected the downloaded ISO image straight away. Click CD > Select Capture ISO Image > Select the downloaded ISO image from Microsoft Site You do not have to burn it to a DVD using a ISO image burner. That's one of the easy thing I found in the installation process. Rest went as normal installation and took sometimes beyond whats expected as I did not allocate much RAM. Windows7 performances was pretty good in less RAM. Will update as we experience more Windows7 hacks tricks.

Fresh Stuff's

Fresh Stuff's (by S.Nasir Jamal.S) Archive for the ‘DRM and Other Evil’ Category Soulseek P2P Application Vulnerable to Remote Takeover Soulseek is one the greatest music sharing networks that most people have never heard of, with a particular specialty in electronic music. Unfortunately, for nearly a year those using versions of the official client have been exposed to a highly critical vulnerability which can leave them open to remote takeover. Fear of Movie Piracy Delays Theater Releases The movie industry leaves no stone unturned in its quest to eliminate movie piracy, particularly illegal camcording in theaters. Unfortunately, it’s the public that has to deal with the negative consequences. In some parts of the world, it means that you’ll have to wait a few extra weeks or months before a movie premieres. Torrent Sites End Up on Aussie Blacklist There are claims today that the Australian government’s top-secret blacklist of banned websites has been leaked onto the Internet. There are a number of strange entries on the list that leaked to Wikileaks, including a couple of torrent sites. However, Australian Minister Stephen Conroy claims the list is not the country’s official blacklist. The Pirate Bay User Pages Blocked by Google, Firefox A few hours ago, certain sections of The Pirate Bay were flagged by Google as containing malware and were subsequently blocked. Similar warnings are being shown by Firefox, which states that the world’s largest tracker is an “attack site”. The Pirate Bay team are working on the problem now. Fake aXXo Torrents Bombard BitTorrent Uploading fakes to BitTorrent is a growing phenomenon, as unscrupulous individuals try to abuse the networks for their own ends. Just lately, some people have even been offering users money to post suspect torrents and this morning, a flood of hundreds of fake aXXo torrents were uploaded to Mininova. How To Turn Customers Into Pirates In the past we’ve given plenty of examples of how DRM hurts paying customers instead of the people it is meant for. Still, many software companies prefer to see their customers as potential ‘thieves’ but what they don’t realize, however, is that they are actually breeding pirates instead of stopping them. New iPhone App DRM Claims to Thwart Pirates Piracy of iPhone applications has become quite a hot topic recently, particularly since ‘one-click’ cracking apps such as Crackulous have become available to the public. The Kali Anti-Piracy system from Ripdev believes it has the answer, putting pirates on notice that the easy ride to free software is over. DRM Jams the Gears of War: Crysis and GTA IV Next? Players of the PC game Gears of War have a problem that means they are currently unable to even load their game. The reason – a hard-coded shutoff date in the DRM that prevents the game from playing. Yet again, DRM prevents an honestly purchased game from working. Will Crysis and GTA IV break next? BitTorrent Scam Shutdown After SMS Regulations Breach Sites offering downloads of BitTorrent clients and other well-known software, which then require an SMS to be sent to ‘activate’ the installer of free software, have been appearing at an increasing rate. Not only does uTorrent end up costing up to $20, but these sites are in breach of new telecoms regulations and are set to be shut down. DRM Troubles Lead to FTC Discussion Over the past three years, TorrentFreak has reported on various messes generated by DRM, and how that has impacted people all over the world. Now someone has decided it needs looking into, and so the Federal Trade Commission in the US has commissioned a Town Hall meeting on the subject. Anonymous BitTorrent Service VPN4Life is a Scam A few days we reported on a new service which claimed to offer lifetime anonymous BitTorrent for a $50.00 one-off payment. As the service ‘launched’ we had our doubts, but understandably some people decided to give it a try since it was so cheap. It turns out that the offer was indeed too good to be true.

Speed up your Torrent Download!

Link Text Goes Here Speed up your Torrent Download! Introducing “Torrents” : Torrents, typically ending in “.torrent”, are control files for the peer-to-peer file sharing technology called BitTorrent. It’s actually pretty cool technology that really just boils down to another way to download files. So really, you just use .torrent files to download other files. BitTorrent is a distributed file distribution technology. Yes, “distributed distribution”. When you download a file using BitTorrent, the file is actually broken up into chunks, that you BitTorrent client program then downloads and reassembled into the final file as the pieces arrive. Example : To download Wassoof’s Latest album , Download first the torrents client i,e uTorrent then go to www.torrentz.com (one of my favorite torrents search engine)and search for your file , in our example it’s Wassoof’s latest album , download the .torrent file it will automatically open with uTorrent and Voila! Okey , so now as you noticed your album is downloading slowly , well there’s reasons… *** If you’re a Vista user Read the following : BitTorrent downloads are not as fast as they were on XP. This reduction in speed is due to difference in the AutoTuning function that Vista uses on the TCP/IP stack. The optimizer actually results in slower downloads. This affects BitTorrent and other programs that make use of threaded downloads. If you are seeing slow downloads in BitTorrent , you can disable the AutoTuning in Vista. To disable the Autotuning, follow these steps. 1. Click on the Start menu and type cmd in the search box. But DO NOT hit Enter after typing cmd. Instead, hold down the Control and Shift keys, and hit Enter while still holding them down. This opens the command prompt with elevated privileges. 2. In the command prompt, type netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=disable and then hit enter. It should respond with a line that says Ok. 3. It Windows, so you know naturally need to reboot. Making this change should speed up your BitTorrent downloads, you can always revert the change by following the same steps but replacing the command in the command prompt with netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=normal *** For Windows XP users and General tips : 1. Cap your upload (most important) Limit your upload speed to approximately 80 percent of your maximum upload rate. (never trust your isp). Once you know your maximum upload speed, change the max upload (to 80%) speed in your torrent client’s preferences. Don’t get me wrong, everyone should share as much as possible, but if your upload rate reached it’s max, your download rate suffers significantly. 2. Check seeds and peers A simple tip, but o so important. Always look for torrents with the best seed/peer ratio. The more seeds (compared to peers) the better (in general). So 50 seeds and 50 peers is better than 500 seeds and 1000 peers. So, be selective. 3. Change the default port. By default, BitTorrent uses a port 6881-6999. BitTorrent accounts for a lot of the total internet traffic (1/3), so isp’s like to limit the connection offered on the these ports. So, you should change these to another range. Good clients allow you to do this, just choose anything you like. If you’re behind a router, make sure you have the ports forwarded or UPnP enabled. 4. Disable Windows Firewall It sucks. Windows Firewall hates P2P and often leads a life of it’s own. So disable it and get yourself a decent firewall… Last but not least… Buy a faster connection ********************************************************************* More Tips & Tricks. There are several ways to optimize your BitTorrent download speeds. One of the easiest ways is to join a private torrent tracker, but there are others. Since there’s always a lot of debate about what works and what doesn’t, we decided to ask an expert to share his thoughts with us. Olivier Chalouhi, developer and CTO of Vuze (formerly known as Azureus) was kind enough to give us some of his own tips and tricks. Since Olivier was the person who initiated the Azureus Open Source project in 2003, which went on to create one of the most popular BitTorrent clients ever, if anyone knows how to get the best out of your torrent client, he does. Here are some of Olivier’s tips for optimizing your torrent download speeds. There tips work with every BitTorrent client, except for the last one. 1. Seed. Downloading speeds will be sub-optimal for everyone unless everyone plays their part and seeds. Private tracker sites are a great example of how the overall speed of the swarm increases when everyone is seeding and downloading in equal measure. So, play your part in seeding and tell others to as well. 2. Be connectable. Make sure you’re not “firewalled” by opening up your incoming ports or by enabling UPnP in your router, otherwise you’ll be leaving bandwidth on the table. 3. Manage your upload speed. It is all about striking a balance. You don’t want the upload speed to be too high, nor do you want it to be too low. Ideally you want to set your upload speed to be 80% of the maximum possible line speed. TF note: Want an easy life? Try this handy settings calculator, works for all clients 4. Select the right torrents. Your download will be faster if you choose to download a torrent where there is a good balance of seeds and peers. For instance, Vuze ranks its search results according to the number of seeds and peers to make this easier. 5. Be realistic. Check the swarm average and if you’re already above average, then you just need to be patient. If you’re below average, go back and check some of these other things I’ve mentioned. 6. Get a Friend Boost. I wouldn’t be a Vuze developer if I didn’t give a plug for the Friend Boost feature recently developed :). When you create a network of Friends on Vuze, you agree to seed content to each other on a preferential basis. That is, if one of your friends has a torrent that you want, you will be able to directly use a portion of their bandwidth to get it. In most cases this will increase your download speed. Obviously, ways in which to actually implement some of these tips will differ from client to client.