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PC Hacks is the sort of dangerous book that should be kept out of the hands of those of us who find tweaking and hacking our machines one of the work-displacement activities par excellence. Sometimes it feels like there are two types of PC-user, those who view the machine as a tool to be used, and those who view it as an entity in constant need of attention. You know who you are…

As the title should make clear, this is a collection of tips and tricks to help you get the most out of your PC. That means how to squeeze out that last bit of performance - be it via BIOS settings, over-clocking the CPU, changing hardware configuration or changing operating system settings. In other words a whole range of hardware, firmware and software changes and settings are covered in the 100 hacks included in the book.

Obviously many of these hacks depend on the particular BIOS you have installed, on the type of hardware you have and which operating system you are using. That said the book is not specific to any one set of devices or systems. There are hacks here for different versions of Windows (from 98 through to XP) and some coverage of Linux, so most PC systems should be covered.

For those of us who also have to keep old bits of kit alive the coverage of older versions of Windows is particularly welcome. A few more Linux hacks would have been welcome though, as would have been coverage of a few useful open source tools.

While most of the book is devoted to maximising performance, the final chapter of the book includes a range of topics devoted to configuring a new machine. These hacks include hardening a system to protect against viruses, trojans and other malware.

Powerful privacy software to erase online Internet tracks and program activity.
Designed for Windows® Vista™, XP, Me, 98 and 2000
Privacy Guardian will thoroughly clean traces from your PC history!

Privacy Guardian guarantees your privacy by ensuring all traces of your online Internet and computer activities are permanently erased and unrecoverable on your PC. Information from every website you visit is stored on your computer and recorded in hidden Windows® locations including temporary files, cookies, system registry and the index.dat file. Web browsers only provide partial privacy protection by allowing some temporary Internet files and cookies to be deleted, but they do not clean data out of all the hidden files nor do they delete the data securely.

Privacy Guardian also restores valuable hard drive space and speeds up system performance by cleaning out old and unused temporary records. It allows you to simply and securely erase privacy sensitive files from Windows®, Microsoft Office, Netscape, Windows® Media Player and Internet Explorer.

Privacy Guardian is simple to install and easy to use. It is suitable for Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera and Mozilla Firefox Internet browsers and can be set to automatically protect your privacy at regular intervals. With Privacy Guardian installed on your computer you will never have to worry about prying eyes again.

NoteTab Pro offers all the features HTML authors, programmers, and other demanding users need to speed up their work. Best of all, it's programmable! The full version adds a thesaurus and a multilingual spell checker.

NoteTab Pro is a leading-edge text editor and HTML coding tool, and an ideal Notepad replacement. Winner of top shareware industry awards since 1998, this elegant application does it all: you can handle multiple large files with a simple tabbed interface, use a spell-checker and thesaurus, format text, use multiple undo, and bookmark documents. You can build templates, use powerful system-wide searches, and do global multi-line replacements.

Key Features
- Open and edit many documents at once
- Multi-level undo/redo
- Very fast text processing
- Highlights URLs and HTML tags
- Supports document templates
- Multilingual spell checker and thesaurus
- Supports regular expression search/replace
- Programmable - add your own features

Keyboard Remapper allows you to quickly redefine what a key-combination should do.

The program was designed to meet specific needs and from there results its advantages and limitations:
- You do not have run a Setup and install the program. Just download the archive, unpack it where you want and start the program. It works out of the box.
- The program is very fast and efficient making sure it does not over use your CPU.
- The program is very small so that will not eat-up you memory (RAM).
- Very easy to use. No advanced interface, no hidden features, no need to learn anything. In two simple steps you first define the key or key(s) that you what to assign a function to and then you will chose what that function will be. As simple as that.
- No need to uninstall. If you do not want to use the program anymore just stop it and then remove the files from your hard drive.
- Quick enable/disable of the software. No need to reboot/restart your machine or restart the program. If needed you can just temporarily disable it.

We wanted to create a tool that is simple, small, fast and does exactly what it is ment to do. Its purpose is not to be a complete or advanced tool. If you need more options and features there are a lot of other programs out there that may suit you.

BUT if all that you need is to just redefine what a key does, or simply replace a broken key with another one and you what to do that now, fast and without spending time in learning new stuff, then Keyboard Remapper is the tool for you. We have kept the interface and the software as simple as possible.

iSpyNOW is the first remote install Computer Monitoring product offered anywhere!

iSpyNOW is the critically acclaimed, award winning remotely deployable computer monitoring application. iSpyNOW is first of its kind - offering users the ability to remotely monitor a machine via a web interface without ever having physical access to that PC. iSpyNOW now sets a standard in the remote monitoring and surveillance market.

iSpyNOW will record and deliver all recorded data to your control panel regardless of whether the remote pc is behind a router or firewall configuration. All logs will be delivered secretly undetected by the remote user.

Here are some key features of "iSpyNOW":
· Internet Conversation Logging
· Disk Activity Logging
· Window Activity Logging
· Application Activity Logging
· Printed Documents Logging
· Keystroke Monitoring
· Websites Activity Logging

Carbosign is fast and easy tool to create watermarks and print barcodes. With simple few steps and clicks you get professional quality watermarks and barcodes that can be printed using any normal printer.

Carbosign main features:
- Watermark hundereds of images with few clicks.
- Print barcodes using advanced options for customizing your barcode.
- Create templates for your watermarks or barcode settings, so you can manage your work faster.
- Supports Code 39 / Extended Barcode.
- Supports EAN-13 Barcode.

Minimum system requirements
- 800 MHZ Pentium 3 CPU
- 64 MB RAM
- 8 MB free space on hard disk
- Microsoft Windows XP/2003/Vista
- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (Not required in Windows Vista)

Hangman Pro is a fun, secretly-educational, non-violent, colorful, soundful, expandable word-guessing game. This game is educational fun for the whole family and includes dozens of built-in categories, unlimited custom categories and much more. Hangman Pro is the successor to Hang3000.

Hangman Pro (also known as Hangman for Windows, and the successor to Hang3001) is a modern take on the classic hangman game, the same one we all played when we were kids, on paper or on the blackboard at school. Hangman Pro is the classic word game, and the successor to Hang3001. Hangman Pro is easy to play, and fun for all ages. Letters can be chosen using the mouse or the keyboard. Words can be selected from dozens of built-in categories, or you can enter your own words, or even enter whole vocabulary lists from school. Hangman Pro is a colorful, educational game with digitized sound effects, non-violent graphics, a little cultural literacy, and whole lot more. Non-violent, family software at its best.

Hangman Pro includes a Knowledge Area. Game words (that is, the words or phrases that you guess in the game) can include information about, or a definition of, that particular word or phrase. For instance, if the word category is Countries, when that particular game is concluded, the capital of the country will be shown. If the word category is Composers (or Authors, etc.), a few facts, or selected works, about the composer or author in question will be displayed. Hangman Pro includes many categories of words with this extra information. This feature painlessly adds a little bit of cultural literacy. It's learning, without even knowing you're learning.

In the new version 1.5 we support 32 ports and USB over serial port. The terminal program can work in principle either with or with two of different serial haven at the same time. In the following this haven with A and B are designated. Three possible operatings mode:

- single haven mode: Recording of the data either of A or B
- dual haven mode, (independent) recording of the data of A and B (the data direction can be different thereby on both haven)
- dual haven interface mode: Recording of communication between A and B.

in addition will be received the data, those on haven A on haven B spent. The same applies in reverse to the direction of haven B toward haven A. this mode is suitable for the investigation of communication between two devices G1 and G2. place of a direct serial connection of G1 and G2 only a connection between G1 and A as well as B and G2 is particularly manufactured.

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Here is an all-inclusive reference to ayurveda beneficial for families as well as health practitioners. Included are the basic principles of ayurveda; its history; and a generous selection of therapies including herbs, nutrition, aromas, meditation, colors, gems, exercise, special massage techniques, and rejuvenating measures known as pancha karma. Pathology and diagnosis are covered in plain English along with a discussion of the most commonly used ayurvedic herbs. Other new information includes ayurvedic hatha yoga, general healing, pregnancy and post-partum, and stress reduction.

Have you ever lost your keys? Perhaps, yes. In such case you can create duplicate or change the lock. What if you lost your activation keys for Windows operating system or other major software you recently purchased? It may costs you from hundreds to thousands dollars. For this reason I have created this software. With Recover Keys you simply diagnoze your system for all installed software and make a backup, print it or save to the text file. This may save you a lot of money.

Recover Keys Features
- Retrive activation keys from more than 120+ installed software packages
- Also retrieve registration info, such as Username, Company, Product Id, Auth. Key
- Allows to export data into HTML, TXT, CVS formats
- Easy customizable, nice looking printing
- Allows to seach through data
- Auto-updater will keep you always in touch with latest version and with new fresh database of supported software packages