86. Forex Trading - Setting Up Your Trading Software
Posted by admin in 6 on 03 30th, 2009
http://clk.atdmt.com/FXM/go/nfrsieng0100000402fxm/direct/01/ A lesson on getting set up with a forex trading demo account for active currency and foreign exchange traders. …
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What To Sell Online? - How To Easily Come Up With Niche Marketing Ideas
Posted by admin in 4 on 03 30th, 2009
http://www.InternetMarketingSpeed.com - Stuck for ideas on what to sell? James Schramko steps you through the Sunday paper and gives you loads of ideas right there!!! There are so many opportunities to make money using core Internet Marketing skills! …
Duration : 0:7:53
Un-Real Estate
Posted by admin in 3 on 03 30th, 2009
The wife of the late television producer, Aaron Spelling has put their mansion up for sale for a cool $150 million. Hattie Kauffman reports. …
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How does a software identify the computer where it is installed?
Posted by admin in 6 on 03 30th, 2009A computer has a processor, hard drive etc. We buy software like OS, office etc, for installing in it. But you can not install it in another computer. How does the software identify its "home" then? If I change the hard drive then can I reinstall the same software or I can not?
Each Network Interface Card has unique MAC Address.
All the components in the computer have a ROM which stores the serial number of the product. So the Motherboard etc. have a serial number which can be retrived.
The OS stores all these details during installation and during activation. The serial key is responsible for protectiting software piracy along with the activation which determin the HOME of the OS.
The activation has some threshold limitations.
Windows Product Activation (WPA) checks 10 hardware details
Display Adapter
SCSI Adapter
IDE Adapter (effectively the motherboard)
Network Adapter (NIC) and its MAC Address
RAM Amount Range (i.e., 0-64mb, 64-128mb, etc.)
Processor Type
Processor Serial Number
Hard Drive Device
Hard Drive Volume Serial Number (VSN)
CD-ROM / CD-RW / DVD-ROM
It then calculates and records a number based on the first device of each type that was found during setup, and stores this number on your hard drive. Initially, this is sent to Microsoft in an automatic dial-up, together with the Product ID number derived from the 25-character unique Product Key used in setting up Windows.
The hardware is checked each time Windows boots, to ensure that it is still on the same machine. Also, if you subsequently perform a complete format and reinstall of Windows, Microsoft’s activation center will have to be contacted again because the information held on the machine itself (the number previously written to your hard drive) will have been wiped out by reformatting the hard drive. If your hardware is substantially the same, this will be done by an automated call without your needing to talk to anyone.
What does ‘substantially the same’ mean? WPA asks for ‘votes’ from each of these ten categories: ‘Is the same device still around, or has there never been one?’ Seven Yes votes means all is well — and a NIC, present originally and not changed, counts for three yes votes! Minor cards, like sound cards, don’t come into the mix at all. If you keep the motherboard, with the same amount of RAM and processor, and an always present cheap NIC (available for $10 or less), you can change everything else as much as you like.
If you change the device in any category, you have lost that Yes vote — but will not lose it any more thereafter if you make changes in that category again. So, for example, you can install a new video display card every month for as long as you like.
Note that it appears that if you boot with a device disabled (disabled — not removed), the device is not found in the enumeration — so if, say, you disable a network connection which uses the NIC and then reboot, you may be missing its three votes and find that a new activation is needed. If you are doing such things, take the Hint 3 in What about formatting a hard disk? below, and restore the files concerned once the NIC is back in service.
What if I make too many changes?
If, on Windows startup, there are not the required seven Yes votes, the system will, in the original version of Windows XP, only boot to Safe Mode. You will be required to reactivate by a phone call to Microsoft. You will have to write down a 50-digit number, call into the activation center on a toll-free number that will be given to you, read and check back the number you recorded — and explain the circumstances. In exchange, you will be given a 42-digit number to type in. This will reactivate your copy of Windows.
This is made easier if Windows XP Service Pack 1 has been installed: The system will continue to boot normally for three days, during which time you will be able to contact the activation center via the net. If the extra changes have been removed, or if 120 days have passed since the original activation, you will be able to use the automatic process once more
What about formatting a hard disk?
Two things are recorded for disks: the number of the disk drive itself, and the Volume Serial Number (VSN) of the partition on it.
HINT No. 1: The VSN is part of the data in the partition’s first sector, so it is changed when you reformat the drive. It is worth getting the freeware utility Volume ID to restore the original VSN. Before you reformat, run VOL from a Command Prompt, note the VSN (e.g., 1F2E-3C4B) in the second line. Then, after the reformat and new Windows XP installation, defer the new activation until you have run Volume ID to restore the old VSN, and rebooted. This is not essential — but it saves one of the ‘Yes votes’ against any future hardware change. (If you don’t wish to run this utility, the next best way to obtain the same result would be to delete the old Win XP files from the hard drive before reinstalling, rather than actually reformatting.)
HINT No. 2: Another thing that changes the VSN is converting a FAT 32 partition to NTFS. So, if you upgrade a system using FAT 32 to Windows XP and intend to convert to NTFS, do the conversion before activating the system. Remember, you can wait a while: you have 30 days before you need to activate. The machine’s hardware at the time of the first activation is what counts. Or, if you have already activated, use Volume ID as described in Hint No. 1. If you are doing this after activation, also first back up the WPA.DBL and WPA.BAK files, as described in Hint No. 3 below, and, after completion of the conversion, restore these files and reboot again.
HINT No. 3: It is valuable to back up the two files WPA.DBL and WPA.BAK from the Windows\System32 folder.Then, should they get damaged, or should you do a ‘Repair’ reinstallation of Win XP, these files can be copied back to restore the prior activation status. However, this only works in those limited circumstances. The contents of these two files is matched to the specific Windows setup; therefore, contrary to what many journalists and members of the user community have written in recent months, restoring these files will not restore your activation status following a reformat and clean install.
The disk drive and partition recorded will be the ones that the system has found first when doing the initial activation: normally the one from which the system booted. So, if you change that disk and reinstall Windows to a new partition, you have lost two of the Yes votes. If, though, you add a new hard disk, copy the original partition onto it with an imaging program, and retain the original hard drive as a secondary data disk, it will still be found by a later check. This is because it searches for all disks, and the vote will be Yes in both categories if it finds the original one, with the partition not reformatted.
If you change the harddisk, yes you can reinstall the OS.
How can I contact the Sprint Fraud Management department. It seems as thought there is no way to contact them?
Posted by admin in 5 on 03 30th, 2009I was wrongly charged for some services that I did not order from Sprint. I contacted Sprint's Fraud Management, filled out the paperwork as instructed and mailed them in. Its been three months and I have not heard anything from that department. I have not been able to contact them to find out the status of my complaint. My question is: "How can I deal with this problem and get that false charged off my credit report?"
I recommend checking your credit report to see if Sprint has placed this account on there. The only company that gives free credit reports offered by the government is annualcreditreport.com. If the Sprint account is on there but you never opened any account with them you might be the victim of identity theft. Your first step is to place a fraud victim security alert on your credit report which lasts approximentally 3 months to a year depending on the credit bureau. Your next step is to go to your local police department and file an identity theft report. Once you have a copy of your police report send it in along with a letter disputing the account as not belonging to you to the credit bureau. They will send a copy of your police report to Sprint for you and block the account from appearing on your credit report.
I have a £500 budget to get best marketing idea for mortgage brokers firm! Any ideas welcome!?
Posted by admin in 4 on 03 30th, 2009Basically my manager has given us a budget and we need to come up with advertising and marketing ideas to promote our firm. We are a small firm of mortgage advisors. I have done the norm, like mailshots to existing clients, leaflets etc. Help!
Put a big sign next to the Welfare collection saying:
"Well Lend To Anyone - It's Not My Money"
If tha doesn't work, try investing on online marketing. Heck, start answering some questions here on yahoo and refer them to your site… how does that sound?
(You can tell your manager you spent the money doing that… then just got to the pub with some mates and spend it there)
How do I get in the commercial real estate industry?
Posted by admin in 3 on 03 30th, 2009I am 22 years old and looking to get in the commercial real estate industry, preferably the leasing aspect. What would be fundamentally required for a person as young as me to be even considered for a job in a large commercial real estate firm? Considering I have a real estate agents license, what else would be needed or would interest a company in hiring someone so young? In other words, how can I get my foot in such an industry, thus giving me a chance to work my way up?
You did not volunteer where you are but
I am betting 95% of the commercial offices
in any city will welcome you.
Make sure you are studying business and
esp commercial real estate during your spare
time.
If you are in AZ, I will hire you immediately.
Remember, there is a HUGE difference
between working for a "company" as an
employee and a real estate office
where you are a 100% commissioned
agent.
Mobinnova ICE Software Tour
Posted by admin in 6 on 03 28th, 2009
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KSFO radio host: Track Down and Kill Supporters of Republican Presidential Candidate
Posted by admin in 5 on 03 28th, 2009
KSFO morning Radio Host Lee Rodgers thinks that supporters of Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul should be hunted down and killed. KSFO management supports this violent rhetoric. When I attempted to alert advertisers to what they are paying for when they advertised on KSFO, ABC Radio/Disney had my entire blog shut down using a meritless copyright claim. (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/15/technology/15radio.html) The station management threatened to sue me "for everything I've got …
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