Version: 12.1
Revision: 33 Build 12 (BlackBox 2)
BlackBox for the benchies!
Introduction: this utility was designed to collect information about your hardware components, operating systems, memory type and many more. It can also benchmark your computer and notebooks, such as: system processor, memory, graphics adapter and hard drive to determine your overall performance against your opponent’s computer and their hardware. However, this feature is locked for Windows XP user. It will only allow you to benchmark if you have Windows Vista or Windows 7.
HWM BlackBox
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Url*1 - http://blackbox.hardwaremania.com/en/
Url*2 - http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/HWM-BlackBox.shtml
Notes: this utility was specially designed to work inside your USB dongle. Therefore, you don’t have to install it and waist your time!
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Version: 11.1
Revision: 22 Build 12
HD Tune – Hard Drive Monitor
Introduction: If you are really worried about your internal hard drive, there is no need to worry! You can easily use this software to check / analyze your drive’s health, temperature, status and supported features. Nevertheless, this tool is not just about monitoring your hard drive. What it does, it can benchmark your hard drive and alert you if the temperature is over the standards.
Secondly, this software, it can examine your hard drive for bad / faulty sector. It can also perform a full scan (slower) if you desire! However, the it may take longer…
If you want to use this software, just to monitor your HDD, you can easily fetch the software from these links.
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http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/HD-Tune.shtml
http://majorgeeks.com/HD_Tune_d4130.html
Finally, if you want to analyze external hard drive or test HDD caches, you will need to buy their “HD Tune Pro” edition.
For support or bug reports, please use the author’s website.
http://www.hdtune.com/
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Version: 31.1
Revision: 12 Build 45
Portable Surf – USB devices
Introduction: when I was using Opera Mini at my workplace, I was really happy to surf my own site without using Microsoft IE browser, which the company normally use. So, instead of using your companies’ browser, you can use Opera Mini / Firefox Portable without any installation or getting problems with crashes! However, for the Firefox edition, you’ll need to extract the application into your USB drive.
Firefox Portable: http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable
Opera Mini: http://www.opera-usb.com/operausben.htm
Tips: if you’re using these portable browser for a long time, you will need to clear some internet – temporary files and caches.
Firefox USB
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1.] Click on Tools >> Clear Recent History.
2.] Select your time range and click: “Clear Now”.
Opera USB
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1.] Click on Tools >> Delete Private Data.
2.] Click Delete.
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Version: 13.3a
Revision: 54 Build 122
Create a bootable USB installer for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Linux or Ubuntu
Introduction: when I was maintaining my Deviantart profile, I was a little bored with the image that I’ve uploaded or deleted. So, I began to surf the web with “Google” search engine. But, guess what?
I just typed some random sentence into the search bar… for some reason, there are four links that appeared straight on the screen!
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1.] WinToFlash – this portable application was randomly found on the search engine. Therefore, it looks very useful for anyone to create a portable version of Windows XP / Vista. However, this application will only create these operating systems and install them into a non – CD drive computer. So, for those who is into Linux, Ubuntu or boot Windows from a USB drive, then, please skip this part and stick your eyes onto the second part.
Supported Operating Systems.
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Windows XP Home Sp2+
Windows XP Professional Sp2+
Windows 2003
Windows Vista Sp1+
WinPE / BartPE (Windows Bootable OS)
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Notes: for inexperience users, I would advice you to use: “The Windows Setup Wizard” which is shown when you have / had execute the program. Also, this application is only built for installing Windows onto a computer without a CD drive.
Get it in your head already…
The source can be download from here: http://wintoflash.com/home/en/
Mirror: http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Miscellaneous/WinToFlash.shtml
2.] WinBuild – this application is also a USB Windows creator. So, you can use this application to create a portable version of Windows XP / Vista (Live). However, you’ll need to be connected to the internet to create a Live Windows XP CD.
When you’re all done with the downloads, you can begin by slapping in your Windows / Vista disk into your cd-rom drive. However, your motherboard must support: “booting from the USB”. Without this setting, your Live Windows XP will not boot!
Supported Operating Systems.
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Windows XP Home Sp2+
Windows XP Professional Sp2+
Windows Vista Sp1+
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The source can be download from here: http://winbuilder.net/
Mirror: http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Boot-Manager-Disk/WinBuilder.shtml
3.] UNetbootin – this little application is a little small. But, it packs things together like a bulldozer! Anyway, this program allows you to create Live USB drives for a variety of Linux distributions from Windows or Linux. So, for those who is a big fan of Linux Mint, Fedora and ect. Then, you’re on the right software!
Notes: if you haven’t got a distribution, you’ll need to go into the author’s website and download their ISO image. So, what are you waiting for? Get cracking and download one of these for your USB stick!
Supported Operating Systems.
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Windows XP Home Sp2+
Windows XP Professional Sp2+
Fedora 10+
Ubuntu 9.0+
Linux Mint+
Ect…
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The source can be download from here: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
Mirror: http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/UNetbootin.shtml
4.] Ubuntu Live USB Imager – this handy tools was found by random typing and searching. But, its very odd! The author’s website is using dyndns.org as a secondary domain…
Anyway, this is another software for Ubuntu users and fans alike. But, it will not support Linux!
So, please and please pay attention to the author’s instruction manual!!
Supported Operating Systems.
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Ubuntu 9.0+
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The source can be download from here: http://phatwares.dyndns.org:8080/contentUUDownload.html
Mirror: http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Boot-Manager-Disk/Ubuntu-Live-USB-Imager.shtml
Finally, if there is any bugs, glitches or crashes. Please don’t SPAM my inbox!
All you need to do is click on the author’s link and report your problems to them…
Have Fun!
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Version: 13.1a
Revision: 22 Build 12
CMD Script – Mx Records
Introduction: for the last four weeks, I was reading and studying. But, it was a little bit boring. So, I decided to read another book about MX – Records and their history. In the end of my studying week, I was free to write new articles and update my website for students and readers.
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This CMD script was designed to retrieve information from a specific domain, IP address and DNS server. It can also look for individual IP address and their network – range.
However, this script was only created for educational research. Therefore, please don’t use this script for illegal activity.
1.] Download Notepad++ (http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/) from the author’s website and install the application.
2.] Execute Notepad++ and copy this script. After that, you’ll need to save it as: “mx-lookup-xp.bat”.
Extension: .bat (batch file)
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@echo off cls echo. nslookup -querytype=mx website.com > MX.txt echo. nslookup -d -type=mx website.com > MX-Results.txt echo. nslookup -a -type=mx website.com > Aliases.txt echo. nslookup -querytype=all website.com > Mx-Aliases.txt ::exit
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Notes: you’ll need to replace “website.com” with your own website.
3.] Run the script and there will be four ‘Text File’ for you to analyze and read. But, I would recommend you to delete these text file, when you’re done with the research.
4.] Enjoy!
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