Link building is perhaps the most time consuming part of the SEO process. The tools listed in this section have saved me no less than hundreds of hours of time.

• Free: Hub Finder – tool looks for co occurring backlinks. (www.andyhagans.com/tools/hubfinder/)

• Free: Prog - free Google PageRank display search tool. (www.seochat.com/seo-tools/pagerank-search/)

• Free: Rusty Brick’s link analysis tool. Works with the Google API and offers C block IP and anchor text reporting. Since it works with the Google API it is somewhat slow, but it is free. (www.rustybrick.com/link_analysis.php)

• Free:: Class C IP checker tool checks for duplicate class C IP addresses from a list of domains. Links from sites which are on the same C block IP address may not carry as much weight as sites from different C block IP addresses. (www.ip-report.com/)

• Free: PostTrades unique C block backlink checker. In the upper right corner of the PostTrades website is a tool which will tell you the number of unique C block IP addresses pointing links into your site. Tool works by looking that the IPs in the first 1000 backlinks in Yahoo!. If you have over 1000 backlinks then the tool may not provide accurate results. (www.posttrades.com/)

• Free: Unique Linking Domain Checker – returns links to all unique linking websites that link at your site. (www.555webtemplates.com/backlinks-tool.asp)

• Free: Unique C Block Backlinks Checker – allows you to quickly survey how competitive a market is by seeing how many C blocks are linking at competing websites. (www.webuildpages.com/cclass/)

• $224: Optilink link analysis software. Optilink automates sorting competitotrs backlinks and displays the anchor text in links. (www.optitext.com/)

• $167: SEO Elite – similar to Optilink, but also checks reciprocal link partners. Brad has been doing a good job of updating it and adding features to it. If you are torn between OptiLink and SEO Elite I would recommend buying SEO Elite, or trying them both and returning whichever one you do not like. (seoelite.com/)

• Free: PRWeb – free press releases. I often recommend purchasing one of their premium services though. (www.prweb.com)

• Free: List of places to submit articles (www.seobook.com/archives/000099.shtml)

• Free: Server header check (www.searchengineworld.com/cgi-bin/servercheck.cgi)

• Free: (Directories) www.wowdirectory.com will list your site free, www.directoryarchives.com is a directory of directories, and here is a free Excel sheet www.seobook.com/directorylist.xls for managing some of your directory submissions. I update the directories list frequently.

• Free: Roboform saves your data and makes it easy to enter payment and site listing information. Useful for massive directory registration, though you still need to ensure you mix your linkage data. It may also be in your best interest to space out some of your registrations to show more natural appearing linkage growth. www.roboform.com/

• Free: Cooperative Ad Network … this essentially amounts to a huge link farm, but it is blended in with many sites that are well integrated into the web. Eventually it may somehow be filtered out or lessened in power, but currently it is rather powerful for MSN and Yahoo! (and to a lesser extent Google). I currently am not using this ad network on any of my permanent sites, but feel it is worth mentioning. (www.digitalpoint.com/tools/ad-network/)

• $50 per month: LinkItForward is similar to the Coop Ad Network in that it uses the power of many sites to help them all. Instead of reciprocating links with LinkItForward you link to some domains and for doing that get credits where others will link to your domain. I currently am not using LinkItForward on any of my sites, but feel it is worth mentioning. (linkitforward.com/)

• $50 per month: LinkExplore helps you collect contact and linking details to trade links with people who have site details in the LinkExplore database. The LinkExplore database has over 10,000 entries and you can search by keyword and category. LinkExplore also allows you to collect data from the search engines similarly to how SEO Elite and OptiLink work. One of the benefits of LinkExplore over some of the other link analysis tools is that their database already has a number of people in it who are likely to want to trade links with similar related resources. (www.linkexplore.com/)

• Arelis: link exchange software. It allows you to seek out link partners, their contact information, and email them. I would make sure I customized any email I sent out so as to avoid being accused of email spamming. Arelis also tracks your status with link exchange communications. Arelis also allows you to upload HTML pages with your link partners links on them, but I would not recommend using that feature on permanent sites, or ensure I removed any footprints left by software which is designed specifically for link exchanges. It lets you chose the base template to match your site, but you will want to make sure the coding matches up well also. When you exchange links it is a good idea to also link to related internal pages and quality resources that may not be linking back at your site. (www.axandra-link-popularity-tool.com/)

• $175: Zeus is a link exchange manager / directory software similar to Arelis. Both offer a free trial. I have not fully tested Zeus, but I would not put pages with link exchange software footprints on my site. (www.cyber-robotics.com)

You don’t need to set up a web server in order to automate the delivery of your information products. This section is for people who don’t want to pay a cent for hosting their downloadable information products and web sites. Hosting your own web pages gives you much more hard drive space and easier control of your HTML documents. This section will also go over typical issues when setting up a web server and a solution for each issue.

Internet Service Providers (ISP’s)

Here is a little information on most Internet Service Providers (ISP’s). If you’re on a basic ADSL or Cable package, then chances are you have some restrictions on your Internet account. Common limitations are certain port blockages, and IP address assignment process. First, let’s look at ports.

Ports

Ports are used for communication on the Internet. There are a lot of them, and knowing what they all do is not important for this document. What is important is that your ISP may be blocking you from accepting requests on port 80, which is the HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) port. HTTP allows you to surf the Internet. If you look at the address bar on your browser, you will always see “HTTP”. This means that you can access the Internet on an outgoing basis, but you can’t accept incoming HTTP connections. Why? Think of your ISP as doing you a favor. By blocking port 80, they are eliminating the chance of your computer from ACCEPTING viruses, spyware, and all sorts of other malicious activity. The problem is, this also blocks your ability of accepting other HTTP (port 80) requests, therefore preventing you from being a web server. To find out if your port 80 is blocked, you will either have to go to your ISP’s web site and find your license agreement, or call their technical support line and ask. Either way, this problem is easily solved in the next few pages. We will now move on to the next issue, IP Address Assignment.

IP Address Assignment

An IP (Internet Protocol) address is a unique identifier that gives your computer a “home” on the World Wide Web. Most basic Internet packages, including all dial-up connections, work on a dynamic IP address assignment process. The problem this causes is that if your IP address is always changing, how is anyone supposed to find your “home”? It would be like you lived in your house for 5 hours, and then left. Even your trusty mailman would get confused! One solution is to call your ISP and get your Internet package upgraded to a business plan, which will change your IP from dynamic to static, but at an extra cost. The other is to use a great free tool that we will explain in the next section.

To find out your IP address, click “Start”, then Run, type “Command”, click “OK”. When the black window, known as the “Command” window opens, type “ipconfig /all”. This will yield your current IP configuration. If you see a line that says “Lease Expires”, and it’s soon, then you definitely have a dynamic IP. Don’t worry if it expires soon, you’ll get a new one as soon as it does. You will also notice a 4-octet number, seperated by 3 periods next to its appropriate description, “IP Address”. This is your IP address.

No-IP.com

Who is No-IP?

These guys are great!

Before we get into it, lets define what a domain name is. A domain name is a alphanumeric representation of your IP address. In other words, any “www” name you enter into your address bar actually reflects an IP address. If you open up your command window again and type “ping www.articleautomate.com”, you will notice there is an IP
address in square brackets next to my domain name in the results.

Now, let’s move on.

First, No-IP will give you a web name and you don’t even have to pay for it! That means you don’t have to purchase a domain name. Any “www” address you see in your address bar is a domain name. When you use No-IP.com, you will receive a domain name that looks like www.yourname.no-ip.com. Notice the “no-IP” part. Since No-IP.com is a free service, they add that to your “www” name. This is fine because the purpose of your site is to serve your articles to your customers through your eBay and Paypal “Instant Purchase” sales, although you can also serve web pages. Your domain name also remains easy to remember.

Second, your dynamic IP address issue simply disappears. No-IP.com has developed a free piece of software that you download from them and install on your PC. What it does is monitor your IP address, and when your IP changes, it tells the No- IP.com server, which updates your “www” name to reflect your new IP address.

No-IP.com Registration

Now that you understand what No-IP is, you are ready to go out and get registered. Click the link below, find their “Sign-up Free” link, and fill in the blanks.

www.articleautomate.com/no-ip

Once you have fully registered, you will receive a confirmation email. Follow the directions on the email. Next, log into your No-IP.com account, and click on the “Add” link under the “Hosts/Redirects” header.

The “Hostname” textbox is where you will enter your “www” name, and the dropdown is the No-IP.com extension of your choice.

If your ISP does not block port 80 then you don’t need to do any port redirecting. Just click the “Create Host” button at the bottom of the page.

If your ISP does block port 80 then click on the “Port 80 Redirect”. A new page will load, but will look almost the same. For the “Port”, enter 8000. Click the “Create Port Redirect” at the bottom of the page.

Registration is complete – on to the software!

Click on the “Downloads” tab at the top and then click “Windows” on the left column. Click on the No-IP DUC v x.x.x link. (x.x.x because the version is always changing)

Follow the wizard to install the program. Once installation is complete, you will be prompted for the email address and password you entered during registration. After entering this, the console will open. Turn to the next page to see what your console will look like.

Notice the smiley face. That means the No-IP.com server has been updated with your current IP address.

Now that you have your domain name set up, you have to start hosting your pages! The next section will introduce you to an excellent program called Abyss Web Server by Aprelium.

Abyss Web Server

What is Abyss?

Simply put, Abyss is a free personal web server for Windows, MacOS X, Linux, and FreeBSD. Abyss is just a web server, and does not allow for any FTP protocol. You can access your console remotely to update directory and user settings, but you can’t upload any files unless you are at the computer running the web server.

Installation

Click on the following link:
www.articleautomate.com\abyss

Find the “Download” link under the “Software Resources” header near the bottom of the page. Click on the “Download Abyss Web Server X1 for Windows” link and install the software.

Once the installation is complete, you will be asked for a username and a password. This identifier will then be your login to your web server. You will also see the Abyss icon in your system tray. After entering your login info, you will be prompted again for a username and password. You will always be prompted for your login information with this screen whenever you start your console.

You should get a console that looks something like this:

Do not change the “Server Root”. This is where your web server runs.

Change your “Documents Path” to the path you wish to host your pages from. For this book, I will use “c:\article”.

If your “Port” isn’t already set to 8000, do that now.

Any changes that you make will require a server restart, which is nothing more than clicking a button when you are prompted.

If you ever need to access your console again, right click on the Abyss icon in the system tray, and select “Show Console”. Please take into consideration that we have only skimmed the surface with Abyss Web Server and that there is much more to learn about it, such as setting up directory and user permissions, and your access statistics.

We will now move on to a “suggested” method of setting up your web server directory.

Directory Structure

Before you start creating HTML and putting your article online, you may want to look at how you want your web server’s file system to be set up. I have found that it is easier to maintain when you have the following setup: For this example, I have set my “Documents Path” to c:\article. To create a directory, read “Directory Creation”.

Take a look at the image below:

You will notice that we are in the article directory, and there is an index.htm file. This file will be your website’s home page. Next, you will see an images folder and a widgets folder. You will store all of your website’s images in the image folder. The widgets folder will contain another “index.html” file, which will contain the download link to your article.

Directory Creation

To create your “article” directory:

1. Right-Click the “Start” menu.
2. Click on “Explore”.
3. Navigate through the tree until you find “C:” and click on it.
4. In the right window pane, right-click on some white-space, and select “New”, then “Folder”.
5. Name your folder “article”.

Follow this process to create your “images” and “widgets” directory. We will look at creating your “index.html” file in Section 4 or this article.

Test Your Server

Next, test your server. Run the “ipconfig” command, and write down your IP address. Open a new web browser and in the address bar type: yo.ur.ip.addy:8000/

If you get the Paypal button you created and tested earlier, you have correctly installed Abyss. Notice the “8000”. This directs the website to your port 8000. If you decide to run your server on a different port, you will need to change this figure to be the same.

Now try your No-IP domain name “http://yourname.no-ip.com”. Notice that your address bar changes to your IP address?

If you don’t want the address to change to your IP, then you will have to log into your No-IP account and edit your Host settings from “Port 80 Redirect” to “DNS Host,” but the difference will be that your domain will look like www.yourname.no-ip.com:8000.

Troubleshooting

If you experience problems, such as “error 404 - Page cannot be found”, then try some of these suggestions:

1. Make sure there is an “index.html” file in your “c:\article” directory.
2. Make sure your “Documents Path” is set to “c:\article”
3. Make sure you see the following icons in your system tray (bottom right):
4. Make sure your web address DOES NOT contain a “WWW” in it. It should follow this exact protocol: yourname.no-ip.com.

If all none of these suggesstions work, the following link:
www.articleautomate.com/serverhelp

This post will teach you how to send big files to email.

First of all you need to have a big mail box. Here are de one which we can use :

• Gmail (Google mail)
• Storage space - 1GB
• Maximum attachment size - 10MB
www.gmail.com

• Walla! mail (de best)
• Storage space - 1GB
• Maximum attachment size - 7MB
www.walla.com

• Spymac Mail
• Storage space - 1GB
• Maximum attachment size - 10MB
www.spymac.com

• Unitethemailsystems
• Storage space - 3GB
• Maximum attachment size - 10MB
www.unitethemailsystems.com

• Xasamail
• Storage space - 2GB
• Maximum attachment size - 10MB
www.xasamail.com

• Omnilect Mail
• Storage space - 2GB
• Maximum attachment size - 7MB
www.omnilect.com

Then download de software called peer to mail:
dw.com.com/redir?pid=10351095&merid=72949&mfgid=72949&lop=link&edId=3&siteId=4&oId=3002-2196_4-10351095&ontId=2196&destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.peer2mail.com%2FP2MSetup.exe

Official website:
www.peer2mail.com

Next step : Configurate de software

Go in settin’s > SMTP server settin’ and give a smtp address that you know:

Ex: smtp.laposte.net
user : HULK
pass: ******

Once configurated, you won’t need to touch it for de rest of your upload. This is a critical step, if you are experimentin’ any problem of connection this is where u need to have a look. It is possible that temporarily, your internet provider won’t allow you to use oder smtp addresses. So use:

ie:
smtp.free.fr
smtp.wanadoo.fr
…

If you are experimentin’ any problem, it is better to de-activate your antivirus (de scannin’ mail option)

1 - Click on Split/Send File.
2 - Click on de icon (choose a file to send…..).
3 - Select de archive that you want to upload.
4 - Type de address of your account (email).
5 - It determines de size of de parts that de archive will be divided (take a look at de max size used by your mail). I advise you to put a size of 6MB.
6 - It determines de type of sendin’. “Send via smtp server”

After all that, press OK. After all de parts have been sent, go to your account (email) and confirm, den you have to brin’ de Encrypted password. Always give de followin’ information to de users. Follow de example below:

Email: GMail
Login: zezão
Password: |/kjds42d4sd24 |

Remmember:
Only Encrypted Password, never sends your true password

Be careful: Never post your coordinates without havin’ previously verified de content in de mailbox

Sometimes peer2mail tells you that evrythin’ is sent but dere is a possibility that nothin’ was sent. You want to download games and movies with a good speed (thats what we all here for!). So here is an easy way to download large files from mailbox.

Anoder example:

First download peer to mail

Official website:
www.peer2mail.com

Open it and go to de browse tab

Then take de coordinates of de film or game you want to download. In this tutorial i’ll use de film mulan :

mail: walla.com
login: dragon_mushu
pass: <(/++EiJPy)>

You noticed that de mail used is walla.com. So go to www.walla.com with de adress bar or with de prerecorded website.

Login with:
“dragon_mushu” & “<(/++EiJPy)>“

Go into de inbox den click on de icon. After you’ve retrieved all de segment click on “download”. If everithin’ is fine, de movie will merge automatically and you won’t need to care about de segments. If you look for a place to share, download movies or games usin’ peer2mail, just go to de peer2mail’s website, www.peer2mail.com. Then go to de forum and click on “peer2mail related websites”.

Here is de direct link (may not work)
www.peer2mail.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=13

Here you are now. You should be an expert on peer2mail!

Peer2Mail is de first software that let you store and share files on any web-mail account. If you have a web mail account with large storage space, you can use P2M to store files on it. Web-mail providers such as Gmail (Google Mail), Walla!, Yahoo and more, provide storage space that ranges from 100MB to 3GB. P2M splits de file you want to share/store zips and encrypts it. P2M den sends de file segments one by one to your account. Once P2M uploaded all file segments, you can download them and use P2M to merge de segments back to de original file.

Sendin’ a File

In order to send a file to an email account, Peer2Mail needs to split it into segments. Web-mail providers limit de size of an email attachment usually to a nominal 10Megs, but due to de size increase resultin’ from transport encodin’s, de limit works out to be a few MB less (Usually 7MB). Use de followin’ dialog to prepare de file before sendin’:

File Name - The files you want to send. You can use de Browse button to select a sin’le or multiple files.

Mail To - The recipients who will receive de file (Web-mail account). When usin’ Direct Send you may enter only one email address. If you are sendin’ via MAPI den you can enter as many recipients as you like; Use de Recipients button to easily add email address separated by semi colon (icon_wink.gif.

Optional Encryption Password - P2M automatically encrypts each segment to protect you privacy, however you can set a password (key) for de encryption to maximize de privacy. You will need this password when you merge de segments back.

Segment Size - P2M splits de file into segments. Here you can determine de segment size, most of de web-mail providers limit de attachment size to a nominal 10Megs, but due to de size increase resultin’ from transport encodin’s, de limit works out to be a few MB less (Usually 7MB). It is recommended to test your web-mail provider for de size of an attachment it can receive.

Send Method

To Direct Send - P2M has a built in SMTP component that sends de segments directly to de web-mail providers. You don’t need to enter your ISP details in order to use P2M. If you are usin’ this feature please make sure you enter a value in de ‘From Email Address’ because some web-mail providers reject email messages where dere is no ‘From’ address. You can even enter a fake mail address.

To Send Via MAPI - P2M can send de segments usin’ MAPI (Usually your outlook client). When you use this option P2M will split de files and move de sendin’ responsibility to Outlook. Note that it will use your ISP SMTP server and details to send de files. You may enter as many recipients as you wish when usin’ this option.

To Send Via SMTP Server - Send de segments usin’ your ISP SMTP Server. If you are usin’ this feature please make sure you enter a value in de ‘From Email Address’ because some web-mail providers reject email messages where dere is no ‘From’ address. You can even enter a fake mail address. You may enter as many recipients as you wish when usin’ this option.

From Email Address - This is de source address of de mail. This address doesn’t have to be valid, although sometimes web-mail providers reject emails where de domain part of de address isn’t valid.

Once you are done, click on de Ok button. You can now choose if you want P2M to send all de segments or only specific few by checkin’/un-checkin’ de checkboxes. Once you are ready, click on de Send button. It may take a few hours to complete de operation dependin’ on de file size and your internet connection.

Note: If you are usin’ an antivirus program that scans outgoin’ mail, it is recommended to disable this feature since it takes a lon’ time for each segment to be scanned.

Plain Transfer

In case you don’t want Peer2Mail to split, zip and encrypt your files, and just want to send de files “as is�” den you can use Plain Transfer. This option isn’t secure. P2M just sends de file as an email attachment and some web mail providers might even block it.

Choose Plain Transfer from de drop down button. Once you are done fillin’ de details as described above, click on de Ok button. Once you are ready, click on de Send button.

Note: If you are usin’ an antivirus program that scans outgoin’ mail, it is recommended to disable this feature since it takes a lon’ time for each segment to be scanned.

Downloadin’ de Segments

P2M includes a built in browser so you can easily log into your web-mail account. Before you can merge de segments you need to download them. It is important that you will save all de segments into de same folder. The first segment name ends with de P2M extension and de rest follow with a serial number 001…00x.

Auto Download

Peer2Mail can automatically list and download files from web-mail accounts. Currently P2M supports auto-download from Gmail, Walla, Yahoo, Spymac, Unitethemailsystems, Xasamail, Gawab, Hriders and Omnilect. To use this feature, login to your account and click on de green download button (Image). P2M will den list de segments (may take a few minutes) and at any time you can tell P2M what segment to download by clickin’ on de checkboxes that appear next to them. Click on de Download button to begin downloadin’ de selected segments.

If you checked de Auto Merge checkbox den Peer2Mail will automatically merge de segments once de download process is done

The listin’ process can be a bit slow since P2M scans de mail account and gaders information about each attachment. Sometimes a server doesn’t reply to a request so P2M might skip it. To fix that, once de listin’ process is over, click on de refresh button and P2M will re-index only de segments it didn’t already list.
P2M scans for segments only in de inbox for Yahoo, Walla, Spymac, Unitethemailsystems, Xasamailand, Gawab, Hriders, Omnilect, and on all folders with Gmail.

Mergin’ de Segments

Once you completed downloadin’ all de segments, use P2M to merge it back to de original file. Choose de folder you want de file to be saved in and click on de Merge button. The Merge dialog:

P2M Files - use de Browse button to select de first segment of de file you wish to merge. The first segment extension is P2M.

Decryption Password - If you used a password when you sent de file to your account, you must enter it now in order to merge it back. Incorrect password will result in a failure to merge de segments.

If any of you out dere like to use de thumbnail view, especially for browsin’ through photos and images, it can become a bit of a drain on your system. It is possible to lower de thumbnail size and quality by editin’ de followin’ registry keys.

Open de registry and navigate to :

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft \ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer

Create a new DWORD value called ThumbnailSize, and set de value between 32 and 256.

And/or create anoder DWORD value called ThumbnailQuality, and set de value between 50 and 100.

Key Details :

USER Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft \ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer]
Value Name: ThumbnailSize
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Data Value: 32 - 256

USER Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft \ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer]
Value Name: ThumbnailQuality
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Data Value: 50 - 100

How to Bypass BIOS Passwords

BIOS passwords can add an extra layer of security for desktop and laptop computers. They are used to eider prevent a user from chan’in’ de BIOS settin’s or to prevent de PC from bootin’ without a password. Unfortunately, BIOS passwords can also be a liability if a user forgets deir password, or changes de password to intentionally lock out de corporate IT department. Sendin’ de unit back to de manufacturer to have de BIOS reset can be expensive and is usually not covered in de warranty. Never fear, all is not lost. There are a few known backdoors and oder tricks of de trade that can be used to bypass or reset de BIOS

DISCLAIMER
This article is intended for IT Professionals and systems administrators with experience servicin’ computer hardware. It is not intended for home users, hackers, or computer thieves attemptin’ to crack de password on a stolen PC. Please do not attempt any of dese procedures if you are unfamiliar with computer hardware, and please use this information responsibly. LabMice.net is not responsible for de use or misuse of this material, includin’ loss of data, damage to hardware, or personal injury.

Before attemptin’ to bypass de BIOS password on a computer, please take a minute to contact de hardware manufacturer support staff directly and ask for deir recommended methods of bypassin’ de BIOS security. In de event de manufacturer cannot (or will not) help you, dere are a number of methods that can be used to bypass or reset de BIOS password yourself. They include:

Usin’ a manufacturers backdoor password to access de BIOS

Use password crackin’ software

Reset de CMOS usin’ de jumpers or solder beads.

Removin’ de CMOS battery for at least 10 minutes

Overloadin’ de keyboard buffer

Usin’ a professional service

Please remember that most BIOS passwords do not protect de hard drive, so if you need to recover de data, simply remove de hard drive and install it in an identical system, or configure it as a slave drive in an existin’ system. The exception to this are laptops, especially IBM Thinkpads, which silently lock de hard drive if de supervisor password is enabled. If de supervisor password is reset without resettin’ de and hard drive as well, you will be unable to access de data on de drive.

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Backdoor passwords

Many BIOS manufacturers have provided backdoor passwords that can be used to access de BIOS setup in de event you have lost your password. These passwords are case sensitive, so you may wish to try a variety of combinations. Keep in mind that de key associated to “_” in de US keyboard corresponds to “?” in some European keyboards. Laptops typically have better BIOS security than desktop systems, and we are not aware of any backdoor passwords that will work with name brand laptops.

WARNING: Some BIOS configurations will lock you out of de system completely if you type in an incorrect password more than 3 times. Read your manufacturers documentation for de BIOS settin’ before you begin typin’ in passwords

Award BIOS backdoor passwords:

ALFAROME ALLy aLLy aLLY ALLY aPAf _award AWARD_SW AWARD?SW AWARD SW AWARD PW AWKWARD awkward BIOSTAR CONCAT CONDO Condo d8on djonet HLT J64 J256 J262 j332 j322 KDD Lkwpeter LKWPETER PINT pint SER SKY_FOX SYXZ syxz shift + syxz TTPTHA ZAAADA ZBAAACA ZJAAADC 01322222
589589 589721 595595 598598

AMI BIOS backdoor passwords:

AMI AAAMMMIII BIOS PASSWORD HEWITT RAND AMI?SW AMI_SW LKWPETER A.M.I. CONDO

PHOENIX BIOS backdoor passwords:

phoenix, PHOENIX, CMOS, BIOS

MISC. COMMON PASSWORDS

ALFAROME BIOSTAR biostar biosstar CMOS cmos LKWPETER lkwpeter setup SETUP Syxz Wodj

OTHER BIOS PASSWORDS BY MANUFACTURER

Manufacturer Password
VOBIS & IBM merlin
Dell Dell
Biostar Biostar
Compaq Compaq
Enox xo11nE
Epox central
Freetech Posterie
IWill iwill
Jetway spooml
Packard Bell bell9
QDI QDI
Siemens SKY_FOX
TMC BIGO
Toshiba Toshiba

TOSHIBA BIOS

Most Toshiba laptops and some desktop systems will bypass de BIOS password if de left shift key is held down durin’ boot

IBM APTIVA BIOS

Press both mouse buttons repeatedly durin’ de boot

Password crackin’ software

The followin’ software can be used to eider crack or reset de BIOS on many chipsets. If your PC is locked with a BIOS administrator password that will not allow access to de floppy drive, dese utilities may not work. Also, since dese utilities do not come from de manufacturer, use them cautiously and at your own risk.

Cmos password recovery tools 3.1
!BIOS (get de how-to article)
RemPass
KILLCMOS

Usin’ de Moderboard “Clear CMOS” Jumper or Dipswitch settin’s

Many moderboards feature a set of jumpers or dipswitches that will clear de CMOS and wipe all of de custom settin’s includin’ BIOS passwords. The locations of dese jumpers / dipswitches will vary dependin’ on de moderboard manufacturer and ideally you should always refer to de moderboard or computer manufacturers documentation. If de documentation is unavailable, de jumpers/dipswitches can sometimes be found alon’ de edge of de moderboard, next to de CMOS battery, or near de processor. Some manufacturers may label de jumper / dipswitch CLEAR - CLEAR CMOS - CLR - CLRPWD - PASSWD - PASSWORD - PWD. On laptop computers, de dipswitches are usually found under de keyboard or within a compartment at de bottom of de laptop.
Please remember to unplug your PC and use a groundin’ strip before reachin’ into your PC and touchin’ de moderboard. Once you locate and rest de jumper switches, turn de computer on and check if de password has been cleared. If it has, turn de computer off and return de jumpers or dipswitches to its original position.

Removin’ de CMOS Battery

The CMOS settin’s on most systems are buffered by a small battery that is attached to de moderboard. (It looks like a small watch battery). If you unplug de PC and remove de battery for 10-15 minutes, de CMOS may reset itself and de password should be blank. (Alon’ with any oder machine specific settin’s, so be sure you are familiar with manually reconfigurin’ de BIOS settin’s before you do this.) Some manufacturers backup de power to de CMOS chipset by usin’ a capacitor, so if your first attempt fails, leave de battery out (with de system unplugged) for at least 24 hours. Some batteries are actually soldered onto de moderboard makin’ this task more difficult. Unsolderin’ de battery incorrectly may damage your moderboard and oder components, so please don’t attempt this if you are inexperienced. Anoder option may be to remove de CMOS chip from de moderboard for a period of time.

Note: Removin’ de battery to reset de CMOS will not work for all PC’s, and almost all of de newer laptops store deir BIOS passwords in a manner which does not require continuous power, so removin’ de CMOS battery may not work at all. IBM Thinkpad laptops lock de hard drive as well as de BIOS when de supervisor password is set. If you reset de BIOS password, but cannot reset de hard drive password, you may not be able to access de drive and it will remain locked, even if you place it in a new laptop. IBM Thinkpads have special jumper switches on de moderboard, and dese should be used to reset de system.

Overloadin’ de KeyBoard Buffer

On some older computer systems, you can force de CMOS to enter its setup screen on boot by overloadin’ de keyboard buffer. This can be done by bootin’ with de keyboard or mouse unattached to de systems, or on some systems by hittin’ de ESC key over 100 times in rapid succession.

Jumpin’ de Solder Beads on de CMOS

It is also possible to reset de CMOS by connectin’ or “jumpin’” specific solder beads on de chipset. There are too many chipsets to do a breakdown of which points to jump on individual chipsets, and de location of dese solder beads can vary by manufacturer, so please check your computer and moderboard documentation for details. This technique is not recommended for de inexperienced and should be only be used as a “last ditch” effort.

Usin’ a professional service

If de manufacturer of de laptop or desktop PC can’t or won’t reset de BIOS password, you still have de option of usin’ a professional service. Password Crackers, Inc., offers a variety of services for desktop and laptop computers for between $100 and $400. For most of dese services, you’ll need to provide some type of legitimate proof of ownership. This may be difficult if you’ve acquired de computer second hand or from an online auction.

Windows XP has a burnin’ software built in which can cause problems sometimes when burnin’ with oder programs.

You can turn Windows XP burnin’ tool off like this.

Go to “administrative tools” in de control panel.

In de “services” list, disable de IMAPI CD-Burnin’ ROM service.

So much information is on de web, its mind bogglin’. Thankfully we have search en’ines to sift through them and catagorize them for us. Unfortunatly, dere is still so much info that even with dese search en’ines, its often a painstakin’ly slow process (somethin’ comparable to death for a hacker) to find exactly what you’re lookin’ for.

Lets get right into it.

I use google.com as my primary search en’ine because it presently tops de charts as far as de sites that it indexes which means more pertinent info per search.

1. Page translation.

Just because someone speaks anoder lan’uage doesn’t mean dey dont have anythin’ useful to say. I use translation tools like de ones found at

babelfish.altavista.com

and

world.altavista.com

to translate a few key words I am searchin’ for. Be specific and creative because dese tools arent de most accurate thin’s on de planet.

2. Directories.

These days everythin’ is about money. We have to deal with SEO (search en’ine optimization) which seems like a good idea on paper until you do a search for toys and get 5 pornsites in de first 10 results. Usin’ a sites directory will eliminate that. You can narrow your search down easily by lookin’ for de info in specific catagories. (PS google DOES have directories, dey’re at: directory.google.com)

3. Here are some tips that google refers to as “advanced”

A. “xxxx” / will look for de exact phrase. (google isnt case sensitive)
B. -x / will search for somethin’ excludin’ a certain term
C. filetype:xxx / searches for a particular file extention (exe, mp3, etc)
D. -filetype:xxx / excludes a particular file extention
E. allinurl:x / term in de url
F. allintext:x / terms in de text of de page
G. allintitle:x / terms in de html title of that page
H. allinanchor:x / terms in de links

4. OR

Self explanatory, one or de oder… (ie: binder OR joiner)

5. ~X

Synonyms/similar terms (in case you can’t think of any yourself)

6. Numbers in a range.

Lets say you’re lookin’ for an mp3 player but only want to spend up to $90. Why swim through all de oders? MP3 player $0..$90 The 2 periods will set a numeric range to search between. This also works with dates, weights, etc

7. +

Ever type in a search and see somethin’ like this:
“The followin’ words are very common and were not included in your search:”

Well, what if those common words are important in your search? You can force google to search through even de common terms by puttin’ a + in front of de denied word.

8. Preferences

It amazes me when I use oder peoples PCs that dey dont have deir google search preferences saved. When you use google as much as I do, who can afford to not have preferences? They’re located on de right of de search box, and have several options, though I only find 2 applicable for myself.

A. Open results in new browser
B. Display 10-100 results per page. (I currently use 50 per page, but thats a resolution preference, and 5X’s de default)

9. *

Wildcard searches. Great when applied to a previously mentioned method. If you only know de name of a prog, or are lookin’ for ALL of a particular file (ie. you’re DLin’ tunes) somethin’ like *.mp3 would list every mp3.

10. Ever see this?

“In order to show you de most relevant results, we have omitted some entries very similar to de X already displayed. If you like, you can repeat de search with de omitted results included.” The answer is YES. yes yes yes. Did I mention yes? I meant to.

11. Search EVERYWHERE

Use de en’ine to its fullest. If you dont find your answer in de web section, try de group section. Hell, try a whole different search en’ine. Dont limit yourself, because sometimes en’ines seem to intentionally leave results out.

ex. use google, yahoo, and altavista. search de same terms… pretty close, right? Now search for disney death. Funny, altavista has plenty of disney, but no death…hmmm.

If you’ve read this far into this tutorial without sayin’, “Great, a guy that copied a few google help pages and thinks its useful info” den I will show you WHY (besides accuracy, speed, and consistancy findin’ info on ANYTHING) its nice to know how a search en’ine works. You combine it/w your knowledge of oder protocol.

Example:
Want free music? Free games? Free software? Free movies? God bless FTP! Try this search:

intitle:”Index of music” “rollin’ stones” mp3

Substitute rollin’ stones/w your favorite band. No? Try de son’ name, or anoder file format. Play with it. Assumin’ SOMEONE made an FTP and uploaded it, you’ll find it.

For example….I wanted to find some Sepultura. If you never heard them before, dey’re a Brazilian heavy metal band that kicks ass. I started with this:

intitle:”Index of music” “Sepultura” mp3 < — nothin’
intitle:”Index of música” “Sepultura” mp3 <– nothin’
intitle:”Index of musica” “Sepultura” mp3 <– not good enough
intitle:”Index of music” “Sepultura” * <– found great stuff, but not enough Sepultura

At this point it occurs to me that I may be missin’ somethin’, so I try:

intitle:”index of *” “sepultura” mp3 <– BANG!
(and thats without searchin’ for spellin’ errors)

Also try inurl:ftp

I find that * works better for me than tryin’ to guess oder peoples mis-spellin’s.

The same method applies for ebooks, games, movies, SW, anythin’ that may be on an FTP site.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial, and I saw that recently a book and an article was written on de very same topic. I havn’t read them as of yet, but check em out, and get back to me if you feel I missed somethin’ important and should include anythin’ else.

intitle:”index of” “google hacks” ebook

Ps. I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again… BE CREATIVE.

You’ll be surprised what you can find.

Notice this excellent trick. You can search for any product wheder hardware or software (between any prices price: for example, $250.. $350 ).

To see results; just write in de (www.google.com/) search en’ine de code:

DVD player $250..350

By de way, don’t forget to change “DVD player” to any product you need to search for.

0×01.0 - de start

So, you’ve just got a brand new internet connection thin’y installed and it can handle up to 1 meg/sec download. But of course, no good PC without good software, but you know, good software is very expensive and on a beautifull sunday mornin’ you see somethin’ called Warez. Behold our kin’dom and you start drewlin’ a bit untill ur mom comes ragin’ in your room askin’ for you to put de garbage out. After helpin’ your mom out, de PC and fast internet connection is all yours. And so is de free software.

0×02.0 - packaged files.

As you might know, dese software packages are sometimes pretty big in size. To try and reduce de big-file-downloads, de releasers of de package will often use some techniques to reduce de load. Techniques as compressin’, archivin’ and splittin’. Read-on if you dont understand dese words.

0×02.1 - formats & tools.

If you’ve been around more than 1 year on de net, you prolly allready know all this but for de knew people I added this anyways.The basic use of your Windows Operatin’ System is de use of many different files and file-types. One of de most used file-types on de net is ZIP. File-types are also called ‘formats’.

An overview:

ZIP A zipped file is a file thats been archived and compressed.
RAR RAR files are commonly used for archivin’ files; which is puttin’ a large number of files in one file. Compressin’ is optional. File-splittin’ is optional.
ACE About de same as a RAR file, just an oder format and anoder application.

I explain this to you because dese file-types and corespondin’ programs are often, you can even use always here, used when you want to download Warez. The programs you download are almost always archived, compressed or bundled in one of de above formats. Keep readin’ if you didnt knew this

Ok so, now we know de formats of de files were gonna deal with, now de programs. As you have probably figured out allready, dese files arent created by Windows or by hand. Theyre made usin’ specialy designed applications. Ill show you what applications you can use.

WinRAR : My personal favorite. Handles all of de above stated formats and alot, alot more. If you ask for my opinion, I think this is de only program you’ll ever need.

WinZIP : This is a specially designed application for handlein’ ZIPPED files. If you like this one, take it.

WinACE : Anoder multi-file handlin’ tool. Personal opinion: good for splittin’ files, way too big for every-day use for decompression.

I’d say: make your choice. I recommend WinRAR because of it’s simplicity and effectiveness. But hey, I’m not forcin’ you. Just read some info on de sites and make ur choice.

Oh yeah, one last thin’: you’ll notice dese are all Evaluation versions. I suggest you crack them. Look for a good crack for de right version on: www.cracks.am.

0×02.2 - multi-part archives.

These files are archived in multiple parts (with one of de applicatiosn mentioned above). Which means de software was zipped or rarred and divided into files of a smaller size den de whole thin’ togeder. How do you handle this?

Download all de files to one directory.

Check if all files are dere. You can do this by lookin’ at de extensions: *.00, *.01, … If one’s missin’, download de missin’ file again (dere are more sofisticated ways to do this but this is de simplest).

Check if de files are about de same size. For example: de *.04 file must be de same size as de *.05 file, unless de 5th file is de last one.

If deres a file with de extension *.RAR, double click it and u can start unpackin’ de stuff.

If deres no *.RAR, but an *.ACE, do de same, its just an oder format.

Once you unarchived de package, you should have a directory full of files from an instalation or program. But its also possible dere are, with de archived files, some oder thin’s:

• If de software pack is a Warez Group (MYTH, CLASS, Fairlight (FLT), …) release, check if dere’s an EXE file with de package called Install.exe. If it’s dere, you can use that to unpack de files.
• If dere’s no exe in de package, de files are probably just ready to be copied to your directory of choice or ready to be installed.

IMPORTANT : please dont forget to read de NFO file. Its very important. It usually contains all furder information needed for you to successfully install de software. You can open it with NFO-file viewers or in Notepad (set font to: terminal, 6 or 9 pts).

Normally, you’re all done now and ready to start usin’ de software.

Ok, do I hear protest? Yes I do. It goes: “Hell, I downloaded a multi-part package but it has NO RAR OR ACE OR ZIP OR ANYTHING!!!! Just files with extensions called *.001; *.002, …”

You’re right. Although de situation is quite different from de situation above, it’s really not so different when you look closer. Those files are just unarchived de same way:

• Select de first file (*.001).
• Right-click it and select ‘Extract here…’

Watch de progress bar go! You see, its just de same method. You might notice deres only 2 or 3 files decompressed: ISO or CUE and BIN files. Thats fairly normal. Well talk about handlin’ them in topic 0×03.0.

0×02.3 - one-file downloads.

Ok so de stuff u downloaded was none of above. Conclusion: you downloaded one big file. This happens quite often when you download thin’s from fast-workin’ FTPs.

What you need to do now:

• If de file is archived (.rar, .ace, .zip, …), just unarchive it.
• If de file u unrachived is some weird *.ISO or *.CUE file, go to 0×03.0.
• If not, just continue de procedure as stated in 0×02.2.

0×03.0 - a clear view on images.

So when youre readin’ this, u probably have some files called *.ISO or *.CUE. Offcourse you want to install de software as fast as possible. But, deres a little problem here. Those extensions… What de hell are dey? Alienized files? No. Secret CIA files? Nope. You can stop guessin’. Ill tell you: those files are image files.

0×03.1 - what are images?

Image files are big files filled with data. Yea, you can say its a sort of archived file. But deres somethin’ special about them: dey are meant to written on a disc. They were made by special programs so dey could be used to write on a CD-R with a writer and specially designed software.

0×03.2 - ISO files.

ISO is de most used image-format on de net. It has become a standard to any commercial cd-writin’ software to support image-writin’ capabilities, more specific ISO images.

Conclusion: ISO is just an extension for a specific type of image -file. But how do you install your software? You have 2 ways of dealin’ with this:

1) Use de file for what is was created: writin’ it to a CD-R.
2) Extractin’ de contents of an ISO to a certain directory.

First: how to write them to a CD-R…

• Download some CD-R writin’ software (if you dont have it allready).
• Install and crack it.

I recommend Nero Burnin’ Rom. You can download it from WareZone in de Apps section.

• Go buy some CD-R’s
• Fire-up Nero and you can start burnin’. Im not goin’ to explain you how to use Nero. Read de help file about image writin’ and you should be fine. You can also use de wizard which is loaded automatically when you boot Nero.

Second: what to do if you dont got a CD-writer.

• Download some Image handlin’ software.

I recommend WinISO.

• Fire-up WinISO, load your image file and extract it. Again I wont explain how to use WinISO. Check for help files or tutorials on de net, dey should give you all de answers you need.

0×03.3 - CUE & BIN files.

CUE and BIN files always come togeder. The BIN file is comparable with an ISO and de CUE file is just a check, but it is required for any program to write this file correctly. Sometimes, deres an SFV file included. Again this is just a check-up about de file integrity. You can burn and extract dese files de same way i explained in 0×03.2.

0×04.0 - CD Emulation.

Ok, so here’s anoder way to handle ISO images if you don’t have a cd-writer. You can create a virtual cd drive. What’s that? That’s somethin’ you’ll see as a new disk drive in your Windows Explorer. This disk drive represents de contents you would see if you would burn de ISO image to cd!

How to create a virtual cd drive? Download DaemonTools !

Additional help on www.daemon-tools.com

DirectX explained

Ever wondered just what that enigmatic name means?

Gamin’ and multimedia applications are some of de most satisfyin’ programs you can get for your PC, but gettin’ them to run properly isn’t always as easy as it could be. First, de PC architecture was never designed as a gamin’ platform. Second, de wide-ran’in’ nature of de PC means that one person’s machine can be different from anoder. While games consoles all contain de same hardware, PCs don’t: de massive range of difference can make gamin’ a headache.

To alleviate as much of de pain as possible, Microsoft needed to introduce a common standard which all games and multimedia applications could follow a common interface between de OS and whatever hardware is installed in de PC, if you like. This common interface is DirectX, somethin’ which can be de source of much confusion.

DirectX is an interface designed to make certain programmin’ tasks much easier, for both de game developer and de rest of us who just want to sit down and play de latest blockbuster. Before we can explain what DirectX is and how it works though, we need a little history lesson.

DirectX history

Any game needs to perform certain tasks again and again. It needs to watch for your input from mouse, joystick or keyboard, and it needs to be able to display screen images and play sounds or music. That’s pretty much any game at de most simplistic level.

Imagine how incredibly complex this was for programmers developin’ on de early pre-Windows PC architecture, den. Each programmer needed to develop deir own way of readin’ de keyboard or detectin’ wheder a joystick was even attached, let alone bein’ used to play de game. Specific routines were needed even to display de simplest of images on de screen or play a simple sound.

Essentially, de game programmers were talkin’ directly to your PC’s hardware at a fundamental level. When Microsoft introduced Windows, it was imperative for de stability and success of de PC platform that thin’s were made easier for both de developer and de player. After all, who would boder writin’ games for a machine when dey had to reinvent de wheel every time dey began work on a new game, Microsoft’s idea was simple: stop programmers talkin’ directly to de hardware, and build a common toolkit which dey could use instead. DirectX was born.

How it works

At de most basic level, DirectX is an interface between de hardware in your PC and Windows itself, part of de Windows API or Application Programmin’ Interface. Let’s look at a practical example. When a game developer wants to play a sound file, it’s simply a case of usin’ de correct library function. When de game runs, this calls de DirectX API, which in turn plays de sound file. The developer doesn’t need to know what type of sound card he’s dealin’ with, what it’s capable of, or how to talk to it. Microsoft has provided DirectX, and de sound card manufacturer has provided a DirectX-capable driver. He asks for de sound to be played, and it is, whichever machine it runs on.

From our point of view as gamers, DirectX also makes thin’s incredibly easy, at least in deory. You install a new sound card in place of your old one, and it comes with a DirectX driver. Next time you play your favourite game you can still hear sounds and music, and you haven’t had to make any complex configuration changes.

Originally, DirectX began life as a simple toolkit: early hardware was limited and only de most basic graphical functions were required. As hardware and software has evolved in complexity, so has DirectX. It’s now much more than a graphical toolkit, and de term has come to encompass a massive selection of routines which deal with all sorts of hardware communication. For example, de DirectInput routines can deal with all sorts of input devices, from simple two-button mice to complex flight joysticks. Oder parts include DirectSound for audio devices and DirectPlay provides a toolkit for online or multiplayer gamin’.

DirectX versions

The current version of DirectX at time of writin’ is DirectX 9.0. This runs on all versions of Windows from Windows 98 up to and includin’ Windows Server 2003 alon’ with every revision in between. It doesn’t run on Windows 95 though: if you have a machine with Windows 95 installed, you’re stuck with de older and less capable 8.0a. Windows NT 4 also requires a specific version, in this case, it’s DirectX 3.0a.

With so many versions of DirectX available over de years, it becomes difficult to keep track of which version you need. In all but de most rare cases, all versions of DirectX are backwardly compatible, games which say dey require DirectX 7 will happily run with more recent versions, but not with older copies. Many current titles explicitly state that dey require DirectX 9, and won’t run without de latest version installed. This is because dey make use of new features introduced with this version, although it has been known for lazy developers to specify de very latest version as a requirement when de game in question doesn’t use any of de new enhancements. Generally speakin’ though, if a title is version locked like this, you will need to upgrade before you can play. Improvements to de core DirectX code mean you may even see improvements in many titles when you upgrade to de latest build of DirectX. Downloadin’ and installin’ DirectX need not be complex, eider.

Upgradin’ DirectX

All available versions of Windows come with DirectX in one form or anoder as a core system component which cannot be removed, so you should always have at least a basic implementation of de system installed on your PC. However, many new games require de very latest version before dey work properly, or even at all.

Generally, de best place to install de latest version of DirectX from is de dedicated section of de Microsoft Web site, which is found at www.microsoft.com/windows/directx. As we went to press, de most recent build available for general download was DirectX 9.0b. You can download eider a simple installer which will in turn download de components your system requires as it installs, or download de complete distribution package in one go for later offline installation.

Anoder good source for DirectX is games themselves. If a game requires a specific version, it’ll be on de installation CD and may even be installed automatically by de game’s installer itself. You won’t find it on magazine cover discs though, thanks to Microsoft’s licensin’ terms.

Diagnosin’ problems

Diagnosin’ problems with a DirectX installation can be problematic, especially if you don’t know which one of de many components is causin’ your newly purchased game to fall over. Thankfully, Microsoft provides a useful utility called de DirectX Diagnostic Tool, although this isn’t made obvious. You won’t find this tool in de Start Menu with any version of Windows, and each tends to install it in a different place.

The easiest way to use it is to open de Start Menu’s Run dialog, type in dxdiag and den click OK. When de application first loads, it takes a few seconds to interrogate your DirectX installation and find any problems. First, de DirectX Files tab displays version information on each one of de files your installation uses. The Notes section at de bottom is worth checkin’, as missin’ or corrupted files will be flagged here.

The tabs marked Display, Sound, Music, Input and Network all relate to specific areas of DirectX, and all but de Input tab provide tools to test de correct functionin’ on your hardware. Finally, de More Help tab provides a useful way to start de DirectX Troubleshooter, Microsoft’s simple linear problem solvin’ tool for many common DirectX issues.