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Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks are always in top headlines worldwide, as they are plaguing websites in banks, and virtually of almost every organization having a prominent online presence. The main cause behind the proliferation of  DDoS attacks  is that there is a very low-cost that the attacker has to incur to put such attack in motion. Fortunately, today various prevention methods have been developed to tackle such attacks. Before delving further into understanding about the  ways to prevent DDoS attack, let’s first understand what exactly a DDoS attack is! Understanding DDOS Attack A DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attack is an attempt made by attackers to make computers’ resources inaccessible to its anticipated user. In order to carry out a DDOS attack the attackers never uses their own system; rather they create a network of zombie computers often called as a “Botnet” – that is a hive of computers, to incapacitate a website or a web server.

Now access the internet via your standard Microsoft Calculator using this trick. You can do this for fun or when your browser is messed up for some unexplainable reason. Steps: 1. Open your MS Calculator. This is normally found in Start => All Programs => Accessories => Calculator. 2. Open the help-window by pressing the F1 key. 3. Click the top-left corner icon of the help window once (Standard is a Document with a Questionmark). 4. Select 'Jump to URL'. 5. Type your address into the avaliable field, but remember to type http://, and not just www. (or equivalent). Have fun !!!

Who wants to delete "RUN" I really don't know why someone could wish to remove RUN from START MENU, but if you're one of them, you can do that, too. REGEDIT HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer Double click on "NoRun" and change "ValueData" from 0 to 1. Close Regedit, and restart computer. Done!!

To disable unneeded startup services for a safer, faster XP, use the "Services" Admin Tool (Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services). If you are a single user of a non-networked machine, you can disable the following items, with no ill effect. Alerter Clipbook Computer Browser Fast User Switching Human Interface Access Devices Indexing Service (Slows the hard drive down) Messenger Net Logon (unnecessary unless networked on a Domain) Netmeeting Remote Desktop Sharing (disabled for extra security) Remote Desktop Help Session Manager (disabled for extra security) Remote Procedure Call Locator Remote Registry (disabled for extra security) Routing & Remote Access (disabled for extra security) Server SSDP Discovery Service (this is for the utterly pointless "Universal P'n'P", & leaves TCP Port 5000 wide open) TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper Telnet (disabled for extra security) Universal Plug and Play Device Host Upload Manager Windows Time Wireless Ze

Go to control panel 1)phone modem options 2)advanced 3)In Providers, click Microsoft H.323 Telephony Service Provider, and then click Configure.  4)In Configure H.323 Service Provider 5)To specify an H.323 proxy, select the Use H.323 proxy, and then type the server name or IP address for the proxy.  Try google for available proxy IP /servers... Or  try www.proxy4free.com  this is a easy way of using private proxy with windows... plus its more secure than public CGI ones 

The cheat sheet is a mousepad-sized image featuring a typical PC keyboard. Photoshop’s keyboard shortcuts are listed for each key, with the shortcut and its icon printed on the individual key. In red is the shortcut you will get by hitting the key in combination with the Ctrl key. For example, typing  "t"  in Photoshop will activate the Type tool, while typing  Ctrl+t  will allow you to use the Transformation tool. Additional shortcuts requiring more than two keys are listed as well. DOWNLOAD THE CHEAT SHEET FOR FREE! Of course, you can use the PDF for all of your projects for free and without any restrictions. The PDF may not be resold, sublicensed, rented, transferred or otherwise made available for use. Please link to this article if you want to spread the word.

Global keyboard shortcuts 1.You can check all Your preferences pressing  CTRL + K  and learn more. 2. Press  TAB  – to show/hide tool panels; 3. Press  SHIFT + TAB  to show/hide only Your palette; 4. Press  F  repeatedly to cycle screen modes; 5. Press  CTRL + TAB  to switch to Your next document; 6. Press  CTRL + SHIFT + TAB  to switch to Your previous document; 7. Press  CTRL + T  to enter free transform mode; Tip: You can scale proportionally from center Your transform by pressing and holding ALT + SHIFT , when You are dragging. 8. Press  ALT + DELETE  to fill the layer with foreground color or  SHIFT + DELETE  to fill with background color; Tip: You can use  ALT + BACKSPACE  or  SHIFT + BACKSPACE  to fill non-transparent pixels. 9. Press  X  to switch foreground/background color; 10. Press  D  to reset foreground/background color to black/white; Tip: You can use  ALT + DELETE  shortcut to fill just current selection. 11. If You work in high zoo

Keyboard Shortcuts              Ctrl + A      Select all (including text, graphics). Ctrl + B      Bold. Ctrl + I      Italic. Ctrl + U      Underline. Ctrl + C      Copy. Ctrl + V      Paste. Ctrl + X      Cut. Ctrl + F      Find. Ctrl + Z      Undo. Ctrl + K      Insert link. Ctrl + L      Left align. Ctrl + E      Center align. Ctrl + R      Right align. Ctrl + M      Indent. Ctrl + (left arrow)     Moves one word to the left. Ctrl + (right arrow)     Moves one word to the right. Ctrl + (up arrow)     Moves cursor to the beginning of the paragraph. Ctrl + (down arrow)     Moves cursor to the end of the paragraph. Ctrl + Shift + F     Change font. Ctrl + Shift + *     View/hide non-printing characters. Ctrl + Del     Deletes word to the right of cursor. Ctrl + Backspace     Deletes word to the left of cursor. Ctrl + End     Moves cursor to the end of document. Ctrl + Home     Moves cursor to the beginning of document. Ctrl + Spacebar     Reset highlighted text to the default font. C