This page is for tips, tricks and tweaks of Windows XP and it is under construction.

Recomended Software Section

Anti-Virus Solution

  1. Norton Antivirus( http://www.symantec.com/nav/nav_9xnt/ )
  2. McAfee( http://www.mcafee.com/us/?cid=10550 )
  3. Panda AntiVirus( http://www.pandasoftware.com/home/default.asp )
  4. AVG AntiVirus( http://www.grisoft.com/doc/1 )
  5. Avast AntiVirus( http://www.avast.com/ )

Anti-Spyware

  1. Microsoft AntiSpyware( http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx )
  2. Ad-Aware SE Personal( http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ )
  3. Spybot Search and Destroy( http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html )
  4. CWShredder( http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html )
  5. HijackThis( http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html )
  6. TrendMicro Sysclean( http://www.trendmicro.com/download/dcs.asp ) and pattern file link is http://www.trendmicro.com/download/pattern.asp )
  7. CounterSpy( http://www.sunbelt-software.com/CounterSpy.cfm )

More Anti-Spyware comming soon.

Firewall Protection

  1. Zone Alarm( Free edition http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/catalog/products/sku_list_za.jsp?lid=dbtopnav_proand Pro Edition http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/catalog/products/sku_list_zap.jsp?lid=dbtopnav_zaws)
  2. Norton Internet Security( http://www.symantec.com/sabu/nis/nis_pe/ )
  3. Kerio Personal Firewall( http://www.kerio.com/kpf_home.html )
  4. Sygate Personal Firewall( http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm )

More firewall coming soon.

Tools and Necessary Softwares

Data Back Up Software
  1. Norton Ghost( http://www.symantec.com/sabu/ghost/ghost_personal/ )
  2. GetDataBack( http://www.runtime.org/ )
  3. Spinrite( http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm )

More to publish here.

System Information

(Information of Hardware and Software installed in your system)

  1. Belarc Advisor( http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html )
  2. PC Wizard( http://www.cpuid.org/pcw.php )
  3. Everest Home( http://www.lavalys.com/products/overview.php?pid=1&lang=en )

More to come.

Password Management and Recovery
  1. Norton Password Manager( http://www.symantec.com/passwordmanager/ )
  2. Roboform( http://www.roboform.com/ )
Windows Account Password Recovery
  1. Windows XP/NT Key( http://www.lostpassword.com/windows-xp-2000-nt.htm )
  2. Office NT and Password Registry Editor( http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ )
  3. <Go Here for suggestion> ( http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm )
Other Useful Software
  1. Process Explorer( http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.html ): See the processes running in your system, useful when task manager is damaged and even not, its a good substitute for it
  2. ASPI Driver for Windows( http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/support/drivers_by_product.jsp?sess=no&language=English+US&cat=%2FProduct%2FASPI-4.70&prodkey=Windows+ASPI+Package )
  3. Java Runtime Environment Software( http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp )
  4. Diskeeper Pro Defragment Manager( http://www.diskeeper.com/diskeeper/diskeeper.asp )
  5. LSP Fix( http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm )