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Function for F1 until F12 on your keyboard

 

F1

• Almost always used as the help key, almost every program will open the help screen when this key is pressed.
• Windows Key + F1 would open the Microsoft Windows help and support center.
• Open the Task Pane.

F2

• In Windows commonly used to rename a highlighted icon or file.
• Alt + Ctrl + F2 opens a new document in Microsoft Word.
• Ctrl + F2 displays the print preview window in Microsoft Word.

F3

• Often opens a search feature for many programs including Microsoft Windows.
• Shift + F3 will change the text in Microsoft Word from upper to lower case or a capital letter at the beginning of every word.

F4

• Open find window.
• Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+)
• Alt + F4 will close the program currently active in Microsoft Windows.
• Ctrl + F4 will close the open window within the current active window in Microsoft Windows.

F5

• In all modern Internet browsers pressing F5 will refresh or reload the page or document window.
• Open the find, replace, and go to window in Microsoft Word.
• Starts a slideshow in PowerPoint.

F6

• Move the cursor to the Address bar in Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.
• Ctrl + Shift + F6 opens to another open Microsoft Word document.

F7

• Commonly used to spell check and grammar check a document in Microsoft programs such as Microsoft Word, Outlook, etc.
• Shift + F7 runs a Thesaurus check on the word highlighted.
• Turns on Caret browsing in Mozilla Firefox.

F8

• Function key used to enter the Windows startup menu, commonly use to get into Windows Safe Mode.

F9

• Opens the Measurements toolbar in Quark 5.0.

F10

• In Microsoft Windows activates the menu bar of an open application.
• Shift + F10 is the same as right-clicking on a highlighted icon, file, or Internet link.

F11

• Full-screen mode in all modern Internet browsers.

F12

• Open the Save as window in Microsoft Word.
• Shift + F12 save the Microsoft Word document.
• Ctrl + Shift + F12 prints a document in Microsoft Word.
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All latest Motherboards today, 486/ Pentium / Pentium Pro etc.,ensure that upgrades are easily obtained by incorporating the system BIOS in a FLASH Memory component. With FLASH BIOS, there is no need to replace an EPROM component. Once downloaded, the upgrade utility fits on a floppy disc allowing the user to save, verify and update the system BIOS. A hard drive or a network drive can also be used to run the newer upgrade utilities. However, memory managers can not be installed while upgrading.

Most pre-Pentium motherboards do not have a Flash BIOS. The following instructions therefore do not apply to these boards. If your motherboard does not have a Flash BIOS (EEPROM) you will need to use an EPROM programmer to re-program the BIOS chip. See your dealer for more information about this.

Please read the following instructions in full before starting a Flash BIOS upgrade:
A. Create a Bootable Floppy (in DOS)

•With a non-formatted disk, type the following:

format a:/s

•If using a formatted disk, type:

sys a:

This procedure will ensure a clean boot when you are flashing the new BIOS.

B. Download the BIOS file

•Download the correct BIOS file by clicking on the file name of the BIOS file you wish to download.

•Save the BIOS file and the Flash Utility file in the boot disk you have created. Unzip the BIOS file and the flash utility file. If you don't have an "unzip" utility, download the WinZip for Windows 95 shareware/ evaluation copy for that one time use from _www.winzip.com or _www.pkware.com. Most CD ROMs found in computer magazines, have a shareware version of WinZip on them.

•You should have extracted two files:

Flash BIOS utility eg: flash7265.exe (for example)

BIOS eg: 6152J900.bin (example)

Use the latest flash utility available unless otherwise specified (either on the BIOS update page or in the archive file). This information is usually provided.

C. Upgrade the System BIOS

During boot up, write down the old BIOS version because you will need to use it for the BIOS backup file name.

Place the bootable floppy disk containing the BIOS file and the Flash Utility in drive a, and reboot the system in MS-DOS, preferably Version 6.22

•At the A:> prompt, type the corresponding Flash BIOS utility and the BIOS file with its extension.

For example:

flash625 615j900.bin

•From the Flash Memory Writer menu, select "Y" to "Do you want to save BIOS?" if you want to save (back up) your current BIOS (strongly recommended), then type the name of your current BIOS and its extension after FILE NAME TO SAVE: eg: a:\613J900.bin

Alternatively select "N" if you don't want to save your current BIOS. Beware, though, that you won't be able to recover from a possible failure.

•Select "Y" to "Are you sure to program?"

•Wait until it displays "Message: Power Off or Reset the system"

Once the BIOS has been successfully loaded, remove the floppy disk and reboot the system. If you write to BIOS but cannot complete the procedure, do not switch off, because the computer will not be able to boo, and you will not be given another chance to flash. In this case leave your system on until you resolve the problem (flashing BIOS with old file is a possible solution, provided you've made a backup before)

Make sure the new BIOS version has been loaded properly by taking note of the BIOS identifier as the system is rebooting.

For AMI BIOS
Once the BIOS has been successfully loaded, remove the floppy disk and reboot the system holding the "END" key prior to power on until you enter CMOS setup. If you do not do this the first time booting up after upgrading the BIOS, the system will hang.

BIOS Update Tips
note:
1.Make sure never to turn off or reset your computer during the flash process. This will corrupt the BIOS data. We also recommend that you make a copy of your current BIOS on the bootable floppy so you can reflash it if you need to. (This option is not available when flashing an AMI BIOS).

2. If you have problems installing your new BIOS please check the following:

Have you done a clean boot?
In other words, did you follow the above procedure for making a bootable floppy? This ensures that when booting from "A" there are no device drivers on the diskette. Failing to do a clean boot is the most common cause for getting a "Memory Insufficient" error message when attempting to flash a BIOS.

If you have not used a bootable floppy, insure a clean boot either by

a) pressing F5 during bootup

b) by removing all device drivers on the CONFIG.SYS including the HIMEM.SYS. Do this by using the EDIT command.

Have you booted up under DOS?
Booting in Windows is another common cause for getting a "Memory Insufficient" error message when attempting to flash a BIOS. Make sure to boot up to DOS with a minimum set of drivers. Important: Booting in DOS does not mean selecting "Restart computer in MS-DOS Mode" from Windows98/95 shutdown menu or going to Prompt mode in WindowsNT, but rather following the above procedure (format a: /s and rebooting from a:\).

Have you entered the full file name of the flash utility and the BIOS plus its extension?
Do not forget that often you will need to add a drive letter (a:\) before flashing the BIOS. Example: when asked for file name of new BIOS file which is on your floppy disk, in case you're working from c:\ your will need to type a:\615j900.bin, rather than 615j900.bin only.

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Vistamessage.exe is a rare kind of spyware/walware.

Much information is not available on the Internet about vistamessage. And most spyware/virus scanners do not detect it. However, it is definitely some kind of spyware or malware. If you get infected with vistamessage.exe, you may experience the following problems:
1. System slowdown: You computer may become very slow. If you hit Ctrl-Alt-Delete, you can observe vistamessage.exe comsuming memory and CPU, thus causing the computer to slow down.
2. Popups: Some users have also reported unwanted popups.

Way to remove vistamessage.exe

1) Go to Start -> Run and type "MSCONFIG". The MSCONFIG dialog box with open up.
2) Go to "Startup" and uncheck "VistaMessage". (You can also do this using CCleaner.)
3) Restart your computer.
4) Locate "vistamessage.exe" on your hardrive using Windows search and delete it.
5) Run a registry scan to remove references to this file in the registry.

 

how about now..is it your PC clean now from spyware ???

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remove xlavra (Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent) and Wintools adware

WinTools is an adware that adds a toolbar to your browser and generating annoying popups and balloon dialogs.

Go to Start > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs and remove the following programs, if found: WinTools, WhenU, SearchUpgrader

Download HijackThis and save the file to your desktop. Double click on the file for install.
Download CCleaner. Double click on the file for install.
Download Avenger and unzip to your desktop.
Download SmitfraudFix (by S!Ri) Extract the content (a folder named SmitfraudFix) to your Desktop.

Reboot your computer in Safe Mode by doing the following:

1. Restart your computer
2. After hearing your computer beep once during startup, but before the Windows icon appears, press F8.
3. Instead of Windows loading as normal, a menu should appear
4. Select the first option, to run Windows in Safe Mode.

Start HijackThis. Click “Do a system scan only.” and put a checkmark next to the following items:

R3 – URLSearchHook: (no name) – {1C78AB3F-A857-482E-80C0-3A1E5238A565} – (no file)
O2 – BHO: (no name) – {87766247-311C-43B4-8499-3D5FEC94A183} – C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\WinTools\WToolsB.dll
O3 – Toolbar: (no name) – {8B224779-3B0E-4FEA-8AE1-B66C20DD840F} – (no file)
O4 – HKLM\..\Run: [SearchUpgrader] C:\Program Files\Common files\SearchUpgrader\SearchUpgrader.exe
O4 – HKLM\..\Run: [VVSN] C:\Program Files\VVSN\VVSN.exe
O4 – HKLM\..\Run: [WinTools] C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\WinTools\WToolsA.exe
O9 – Extra button: (no name) – {AFC3FA82-AD07-45cd-8B57-983435B9899E} – (no file)
O16 – DPF: {1D6711C8-7154-40BB-8380-3DEA45B69CBF} -
O20 – AppInit_DLLs: C:\WINDOWS\system32\sulimo.dat
O23 – Service: WinTools for IE service (WinToolsSvc) – Unknown owner – C:\Program Files\Common Files\WinTools\WToolsS.exe (file missing)

Now close all browser and other windows except for HijackThis, and click “Fix Checked” to have HijackThis fix the entries you checked.

Open notepad and then copy and paste the lines below into it.

@echo off
sc stop WinToolsSvc
sc delete WinToolsSvc

Go to File > save as and name the file fixes.bat, change the Save as type to all files and save it to your desktop.
Double-click on fixes.bat file to execute it.

Run Avenger.
Check the ‘Input script manually’ option. Click the Magnifying Glass icon. In the box that opens, copy,then paste the following text:

Files to delete:
C:\WINDOWS\xlavba3.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\sulimo.dat

Folders to delete:
C:\Program Files\Common files\SearchUpgrader\
C:\Program FilesVVSN\
C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\WinTools\

Then click on ‘Done’.
Click the Traffic Light icon to start the program.
Then press OK at the prompts to reboot your PC.

Boot your PC in Safe Mode.

1. Restart your computer
2. After hearing your computer beep once during startup, but before the Windows icon appears, press F8.
3. Instead of Windows loading as normal, a menu should appear
4. Select the first option, to run Windows in Safe Mode

Open the SmitfraudFix folder and double-click smitfraudfix.cmd. Press the number 2 on your keyboard and the press the enter key to choose the option Clean (safe mode recommended).

You will be prompted : “Registry cleaning – Do you want to clean the registry ?“; answer “Yes” by typing Y and press “Enter” in order to remove the Desktop background and clean registry keys associated with the infection.

The tool will now check if wininet.dll is infected. You may be prompted to replace the infected file (if found); answer “Yes” by typing Y and press “Enter”.

The tool may need to restart your computer to finish the cleaning process; if it doesn’t, please restart it into Normal Windows.

Run CCleaner.

Click Analyze button. After scan your system, click Run Cleaner.

Reboot your PC.

Disable system restore to flush out infected restore points. Reboot your computer again. Turn on Windows System Restore. After that click START > ALL PROGRAMS > ACCESSORIES > SYSTEM TOOLS > SYSTEM RESTORE. click on “create new restore point” > click on NEXT and follow the prompts.

source:http://www.myantispyware.com

 

Pcsecuritylab.com is a browser hijacker.
It may also change desktop wallpaper, shows message:

“Warning! SpyWare Threat Detected on Your PC! “

You will also periodically get fake security warning:

Your Security and Privacy are at risk: Spyware has been detected. Click HERE to remove it.

It automatically runs on every Windows startup. Pcsecuritylab.com is a very high security risk threat and should be removed immediately as to prevent harm to your computer and your privacy.

Download HijackThis and save the file to your desktop. Double click on the file for install.
Download CCleaner. Double click on the file for install.
Download Avenger and unzip to your desktop.

Open notepad and copy/paste the text in the quotebox below into it:

REGEDIT4

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\~\Browser Helper Objects\{00000000-d9e3-4bc6-a0bd-3d0ca4be5271}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\~\Browser Helper Objects\{00000012-890e-4aac-afd9-eff6954a34dd}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\~\Browser Helper Objects\{029e02f0-a0e5-4b19-b958-7bf2db29fb13}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\~\Browser Helper Objects\{06dfedaa-6196-11d5-bfc8-00508b4a487d}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\~\Browser Helper Objects\{1adbcce8-cf84-441e-9b38-afc7a19c06a4}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\~\Browser Helper Objects\{2d7cb618-cc1c-4126-a7e3-f5b12d3bcf71}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\~\Browser Helper Objects\{51641ef3-8a7a-4d84-8659-b0911e947cc8}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\~\Browser Helper Objects\{53C330D6-A4AB-419B-B45D-FD4411C1FEF4}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\~\Browser Helper Objects\{54645654-2225-4455-44A1-9F4543D34546}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\~\Browser Helper Objects\{669695bc-a811-4a9d-8cdf-ba8c795f261e}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\~\Browser Helper Objects\{6abc861a-31e7-4d91-b43b-d3c98f22a5c0}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\~\Browser Helper Objects\{8ABA9A9C-8791-4d61-8D5B-BCC9448EA573}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\~\Browser Helper Objects\{944864a5-3916-46e2-96a9-a2e84f3f1208}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\~\Browser Helper Objects\{a4a435cf-3583-11d4-91bd-0048546a1450}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\~\Browser Helper Objects\{A6E432B4-D4C2-43B3-BF55-C364F8F7362A}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\~\Browser Helper Objects\{b8875bfe-b021-11d4-bfa8-00508b8e9bd3}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\~\Browser Helper Objects\{c2680e10-1655-4a0e-87f8-4259325a84b7}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\~\Browser Helper Objects\{c4ca6559-2cf1-48b6-96b2-8340a06fd129}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\~\Browser Helper Objects\{c5af2622-8c75-4dfb-9693-23ab7686a456}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\~\Browser Helper Objects\{ca1d1b05-9c66-11d5-a009-000103c1e50b}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\~\Browser Helper Objects\{d8efadf1-9009-11d6-8c73-608c5dc19089}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\~\Browser Helper Objects\{e690500e-1dd1-11b2-a943-9ecd016314d0}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\~\Browser Helper Objects\{e9147a0a-a866-4214-b47c-da821891240f}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\~\Browser Helper Objects\{e9306072-417e-43e3-81d5-369490beef7c}]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\winlogon]
“Userinit”=”C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\userinit.exe,”

Save this as Fix.reg to your Desktop (remember to select Save as file type: All files in Notepad.).
Double-click on the Fix.reg. When it asks if you would like to merge the information, press the Yes button and then the OK button when it is done.

Start HijackThis. Click “Do a system scan only.” and put a checkmark next to the following items:

O2 – BHO: (no name) – {12F02779-6D88-4958-8AD3-83C12D86ADC7} – (no file)
O8 – Extra context menu item: &Search – http://edits.mywebsearch.com/toolbar…p=ZJxdm186NJUS

Now close all browser and other windows except for HijackThis, and click “Fix Checked” to have HijackThis fix the entries you checked.

Run Avenger.
Check the ‘Input script manually’ option. Click the Magnifying Glass icon. In the box that opens, copy,then paste the following text:

Files to delete:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\dpqaqlqx.bin
C:\WINDOWS\system32\stfv.bin
C:\WINDOWS\system32\vvgeowbv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ace16win.dll

Folders to delete:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Mz15r
C:\WINDOWS\PerfInfo
C:\WINDOWS\McAfee.com
C:\Program Files\LimeWire
C:\WINDOWS\system32\acespy

Then click on ‘Done’.
Click the Traffic Light icon to start the program.
Then press OK at the prompts to reboot your PC.

Run CCleaner.

Click Analyze button. After scan your system, click Run Cleaner.

Reboot your PC.

source:www.myantispyware.com