Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Resize the Tabs in Firefox to its Favicon's size / Enjoy Clutter free Tabs

Tabbed browsing feature is one of the best part of Mozilla Firefox . But when we open a lot of websites the browser will get cluttered. Tabs will really help to avoid opening a new website in a tab with in the same windows instead of opening the website in a new window. But all the space will be used up when we open five tabs. So how about resizing the Tab's to the size of the favicon. A Firefox addon will do this job nicely. Here are the steps to do it.....

Resize the Tabs in Firefox to its Favicons size
First download the Faviconize Tab plugin.

Install the plugin and now restart the Firefox browser.

Now navigate to 'Tools' >> Addons. Look for the Faviconize plugin inside it.
Resize Tabs in Firefox to Favicons size


Now select the 'option' from the Faviconize plugin.

Under the options you can customize the way to resize the tabs. There are options such as Alt + Click, Ctrl + Click, Shift + Click and Double click.

Select your preferred option from there. Selecting the " Double Click " option is more comfortable while browsing.

There is an option to AutoFaviconize also. It will allow you to enter the website url's which will be automatically Faviconized without any action.

If you selected the " Double Click " option go open a new tab and double click on it. You will see the tab size decreases to the favicons size.

~~~~~Happy Browsing~~~~~~

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Monday, February 23, 2009

Lock your Keyboard & Mouse and Prevent Anyone from Accessing your PC

Lock your Keyboard & Mouse
KidKeyLock a nice piece of software that will prevent others from accessing your PC or laptop. This utility will lock the keyboard and mouse respectively as per your needs. If there are kids playing your PC or laptop without your presence and you want to prevent it, then this is for you.....

The program installation is very simple and easy.

Lock your Keyboard & Mouse

Users can select what or which to lock. There are basically two options one for locking Keyboard and one for locking mouse.

You can select which key or key combination's or all keys to be locked. In the mouse sections lock you can left, middle, right mouse button and the mouse scroll wheel selectively.

This software is just for temporary safety. If some body press the reset button or shutdown button, then it can't help you. But it may come handy in certain situations.

Download KidKeyLock

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Sunday, February 22, 2009

Optimize Pictures for Poster Printing using Photoshop => A Guide for Poster Printing

Optimize Pictures for Poster Printing using Photoshop A Guide for Poster Printing Almost all of the computer users own an inkjet printer which will satisfy our daily needs. It prints photo's in A4 format but you are looking for something more impressive than that. Buying an A3 printer for that is really expensive......

Many photo material suppliers, such as snapfish, specialize in large format prints. The rules applied to large format photo prints are different from that used in small photo prints. Only correctly adjusted photos only can give you the best results. Follow the steps which are important while editing a photo of your own.

Color Correcting : Most of the suppliers support the srgb format color scheme. So,it is necessary that you should make use of that while editing the pictures or photos also. For this got to Edit > Color Settings.

Setting Resolution of the Photo : The largest poster size used widely is the 50 x 75 cm format. So the image must have a minimum resolution of about 300 pixels per inch (ppi). If a poster printer prints at resolutions like 1440 dots per inch (dpi), it just means that the print resolution will be stretched due to the raster. You can find out how many ppi a picture of specific size will contain. Go to Image > Image size and remove the tick mark in front of the 'Resample image' and type the desired resolution. Photographic posters can make do with low resolutions. From a viewing distance of about one meter you can hardly spot out any loss in sharpness in a photo of resolution 200 ppi. So, for some large format poster even 100 or 150 ppi is sufficient in some cases for distances more than one meter. A resolution of 300 ppi will make the edges fonts and graphics appear more smoother.

Retouching Photo Errors : Observe your picture very carefully and touch up all the errors in it. I said that you should do this carefully because when printing large pictures these small details like ( pimples,color fringes etc.) will be more noticeable and it affects the overall impression of the photo. Check the histogram.
Lifeless pictures without 'crispness' means without powerful contrasts, it becomes a dull or faded pictures.

Setting the Sharpness : Before doing any thing edit the picture using the ' Unsharp mask ' filter found under Filters > Sharpen. You may apply more sharpness to large sized pictures than small ones. Make sure that you check the sharpness at 100% zoom. Only then you will get an accurate impression of the effect of the selected settings.

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Saturday, February 21, 2009

Add / Remove any item (link) from the Send To options in right click menu / Speed up the Send to menu in Windows

The Send To options in the right click menu in Windows enables to work in windows Faster. After a long time the send to menu gets cluttered and it will take more time than usual for the items under send to options to appear. So here is a way to speed up or create a send to options which is clutter free.....

The steps are simple.
Just go to RUN from start button or press [WIN] + [R].
Now type sendto and press [Enter].
A window showing the list of items which under the send to menu in Windows will open up.
You can add any new link or delete the unwanted items from the send to menu.

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Friday, February 20, 2009

Change Fonts in Google Adsense Ads (New Feature!!!!) / Use different Fonts in Adsense Ads

Adsense have been experimenting with different types of Fonts in the Google Adsense ads for the last few months. But the users were not allowed to change the fonts and use them as per their wish. Now there google has presented its adsense publishers an option to change the default fonts......

The default Standard Adsense font family will be applied by default. You can customize each ad unit separately or there is an option called Ad Display Preferences (seen under fonts) which allows you to apply one setting to all the ad units you are using in your website.
Change Fonts in  Google Adsense Ads
To change the fonts in Google Adsense ads : Go to Adsense Setup > Manage Ads. Now select the ad unit in which you want to use a different font and save the changes.

Presently Adsense have provided only three type of fonts Arial, Times and Verdana.

Changing the fonts will make the Adsense ads get blend more with your website content.

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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Download All new OneWorld Theme For Windows 7 now!!!

WinVistaClub has released a new and refreshing cool theme for Windows 7 today called the OneWorld Theme For Windows 7. This theme pack contains awesome nice and cool wall papers for Windows 7. This theme will change the Welcome center and task pane in Windows 7 too. This theme has been tested successfully on Windows 7 Beta 32-bit Build......

OneWorld Theme For Windows 7


How to install the OneWorld Theme For Windows 7:

  • Extract the contents of the downloaded zip file.
  • To apply the theme double-click “OneWorld.themepack” file.
  • If you need to customize the welcome center > open %systemroot%\Windows\System32 folder and take ownership of the Oobefldr.dll and take a backup of it and keep it safe. Now copy the Oobefldr.dll file contained with the theme pack to this place and replace the file. That's it now you also have an all new refreshing welcome center in Windows 7.
  • Doing the same accordingly will help to change the taskpane in Windows 7 too.

This theme give the feeling that we are all in the same universe.

Download OneWorld Theme For Windows 7


Comment on your experiences with this new theme friends.

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Work in Safe Mode with Usual or Original Resolution that you use

Safe Mode with your Usual or Original ResolutionFor some or other reason you need to boot into Windows Safe Mode. But on doing that you will find the resolution had been set too low than the resolution you get when you use windows normally. Windows completely messes up your desktop since it loads only the most basic graphic driver and settings. So here is a way to get your original or usual resolution back.

Go to Start > RUN > and type regedit.

Then navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot and look for a subkey called 'Option'. If not create it by going to 'Edit > New > DWORD-value ' and create a one called 'OptionValue'.

Now open it by double-clicking and set its value as " 1 "(safe mode without network ) or " 2 "(safe mode with network).

To start the computer normally again set its value to " 0 ".

That's how we can work in Safe Mode with our usual or original resolution that we normally get.

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Monday, February 16, 2009

[Solution] Restore Missing DVD/CD drive (" Error code 19 " [ Fix ] )/ Get back the Accidentally Deactivated DVD/CD drives

DVD/CD drive missing in My ComputerWhen you have opened the 'My Computer' or Windows Explorer the DVD/CD drive has got disappeared!. when you peeped into the 'Device Manager' it is seen that there is some serious problem and the entries have been marked with the yellow exclamation mark. When selecting the 'Properties from the context menu of the particular drive and error code is reported saying "Error code 19". Here is the solution to get the DVD or CD drive back.

Just editing the Windows registry a little bit will solve this problem.
Press [Win] + [R] (or select Run from start menu)and type 'regedit'.
Go to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}.

In the right pane delete the "UpperFilters" and "LowerFilters" values. Just select it and press [Delete] key and confirm. Now restart your system you will get your DVD/CD drive back in My Computer.

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Sunday, February 15, 2009

Dual Boot Ubuntu and Windows Vista / Do an Error Free installation of Ubuntu on Windows Vista

Dual Boot Ubuntu and Windows Vista
These days many users like to try the free and open source operating system Ubuntu. But most of them do not know how to install ubuntu on their Windows Vista operating System. So here is how you to install Windows Vista and Ubuntu together. This tutorial will teach you to resize your existing hard drive partition on which Windows Vista is installed , and make up some dual booting options.

What You need :

Latest Bootable Ubuntu installation DVD.

Here are the steps:

  1. From Windows Vista Desktop, Right Click on 'My Computer' and select 'Manage'.
  2. Now under 'Storage' click the 'Disk Management' option. Right click C: drive from the right pane and select the option called 'Shrink Volume'.
  3. Give the size of the partition for your new Ubuntu installation needs to occupy. Make sure that at least 10 GB is free for Windows partition after giving the size of partition for your Ubuntu Installation.
  4. Now you can see the volume showing the unallocated space. We are performing the ubuntu installation on this unallocated space created in Windows Vista.
  5. Restart your PC now and insert the Ubuntu Installation DVD and boot from it.
  6. On the first screen select your desired language and press [Enter]. Next select 'Install Ubuntu' and press [Enter]. There is also and option there to try Ubuntu without installing into your Hard Drive.
  7. After you have selected 'Install Ubuntu' option and screen will appear Ubuntu installer detecting your hardware devices.
  8. After that a windows will appear asking you to select the desired language for Ubuntu Installation. Select the one you need and click the 'Forward' option.
  9. Next it will ask you the place you live in, the keyboard layout you use. Enter it correspondingly according to your needs.
  10. The next step in Ubuntu Installation is the most important one. ie. the 'Prepare disk space' Window. If you are a not an experienced user you may proceed by selecting the first option. Ubuntu will get installed in the free space which we created earlier in Windows Vista.
  11. After the partitioning process a window saying 'Who are you?' appears. There Enter your Personal (Login) Details Accordingly.
  12. In the next window of Ubuntu Installation. You can migrate your Documents and Settings from Windows Vista. Check the option if you need it.
  13. After this step the Ubuntu Installation will begin. After some 20 to 30 minutes the installation will be complete and click on the 'Restart now' option.
  14. When you restart your computer you will be presented with a boot screen called 'GRUB' where you can select to boot into Ubuntu or Windows Vista. Select Ubuntu for now.
  15. If you need to use the internet in Ubuntu right click the networking icon seen at the top right corner and select 'Edit Connections...' and enter the necessary details.

Yes you can now use both Windows Vista and Ubuntu on your Hard Disk. Now it's your time to Explore the new Options and Windows in the newly installed Ubuntu Operating System.

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Saturday, February 14, 2009

Windows Movie Maker 2.6 for Windows 7/ Windows Vista Download now!!! / Get the OLD Powerful Windows Movie Maker without Ribbon UI

Windows Moviemaker v2.6In the new Windows Live Essentials Pack Microsoft has released a new version of the Windows Movie Maker which is having the ribbon interface as in Microsoft Word. But many of the Advanced Windows Users are more likely used to the previous interface. Microsoft have now released Windows Movie Maker v2.6 which is for Windows Vista.

Luckily Windows Movie Maker v2.6 for Windows Vista can also be used in Windows 7 too.
So the users can now enjoy the previous old Movie Maker without the ribbon interface.
In reality this old version have more features than the new Movie Maker because microsoft have removed features like adding text on videos, time line, audio edits which were the most powerful and needed options. This was done to make the interface more simple. But most users prefer the old Windows Movie Maker with more features. Download and install movie maker from the following link.

Download Microsoft Windows Moviemaker v2.6

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Thursday, February 12, 2009

Download (Get) All the Internet Explorer Versions (including old versions) released till now!!/ Get Every Internet Explorer Versions from v1.0 to v8.0

Internet Explorer All Versions DownloadHere is the collection of all the internet Explorer versions released till now. If you want the previous versions for any reason then this is for you. This pack contains the standalone versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer. So you can run any version without any problem. You can select which all version to download. The lists are below check them.

Download (Get) All the Internet Explorer Versions

* Internet Explorer 1.0 (4.40.308)
* Internet Explorer 1.5 (0.1.0.10)
* Internet Explorer 2.01 (2.01.046)
* Internet Explorer 3.0 (3.0.1152)
* Internet Explorer 4.01 (4.72.3110.0)
* Internet Explorer 5.01 (5.00.3314.2100)
* Internet Explorer 5.5 (5.51.4807.2300)
* Internet Explorer 6.0 (6.00.2800.1106)
* Internet Explorer 6.0 (6.00.2900.2180)
* Internet Explorer 7.0 (7.00.5730.13)
* Internet Explorer 8.0 (8.00.6001.18372)

Download the Internet Explorer ALL Collections

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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Send Free Unlimited SMS From BSNL Cellone Connection (Working 100%) / Unlimited SMS Trick for BSNL Mobiles

Unlimited Free sms in BSNL (Cellone) MobileThere may be many tricks for sending free unlimited sms from many connections such as Airtel, Idea, Vodafone etc. But you may not have seen such for BSNL connection. Here are the list of Working message center numbers that can be used to send unlimited free sms from BSNL Mobiles.

To send the free sms all you have to do is to set this message number as default.
Here is the message center number.

+ 919440099997

Here are some more.
+ 919441099998

+ 919417799997

+ 919442099997

+ 919442099998
.

These BSNL Cellone message center numbers will also provide delivery reports for free.
[Updated]You can also try +919417(0 to 9)99997 It depends on the mobile handset you use.

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Monday, February 9, 2009

Make the Taskbar "Thumbnails Preview" Feature FASTER in Windows 7 / Show the Thumbnail Preview (Speed up) INSTANTLY in Windows 7

Windows 7
In Windows 7 we can see the Thumbnails of the Windows when we hover our mouse over them in the Windows 7 Taskbar. This is a really cool feature of Windows 7. But it takes a small time interval to get the thumbnail appeared. We can reduce it and make the Thumbnails to show up Instantly when we hover our mouse over it. Here is what you have to do.

Press [Win] + [R] or select the RUN option in the Windows 7 Start Menu.
Type regedit and press [ENTER].
Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse.
Look for the key MouseHoverTime and double click on it.
And Enter 0 as the Value Data.
Done!.
Now close the registry editor and restart your system. You can see the Thumbnails in the Taskbar are showing up instantly.

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Sunday, February 8, 2009

How to Protect Your Google Adsense Account From (illegal use) and Prevent Getting Banned for Ever / Secure or Protect your Google Adsense Account

Google Adsense
Genuine adsense publishers sometimes get banned from adsense due to the reason that they are using their adsense ads on websites that does't comply to Google Adsense Terms and Conditions. But the publishers may not have actually done that. Their adsense code could have been used by somebody for testing purposes or so on some other websites. When google get a report that adsense is used in websites that doen't comply to their terms and conditions they will ban them. This can be avoided by following a very simple step. Here is what you have to do.

Go to Adsense Website.
Login with your user name and Password.
Now go to the Adsense Setup Tab.
Under that go to Allowed Sites.
Type in the website you are using Adsense.
If you use blogspot blog and if you add the adsense widget from it you should also add www.blogger.com in the Allowed Sites List.
That's it.

I really appreciate your comments. Post a comment and share your opinions.

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Firefox Foxmarks Addon now available for Internet Explorer and Safari Download now!!!!

Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer for Internet Explorer and Safari

Every body who have used the Foxmarks addon for firefox will really wish to get them in Other browsers like Internet Explorer and Safari. Let me tell you what is Foxmarks addon in Firefox. Foxmarks addon will synchronize the bookmarks we have saved with foxmarks servers. This will enable us to use recover the bookmarks if it is lost or even we can acess our favorite bookmarks from any where in the world. In short this is a must have tool for all internet users.

Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer for Internet Explorer and Safari

Before this tool was only available to Mozilla Firefox users. Now the developers of the foxmarks addon for firefox have released new versions that can be used in Internet Explorer and in Safari too. Yes this newly released version of the Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer plugin now supports Windows XP, Vista and the new Windows 7 too.








Download Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer

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Thursday, February 5, 2009

Services in Windows 7 that can be Safely set to Disabled or Manual and speed up Windows 7

Windows 7 Services
In Windows 7 there are many system run services that we often don't require for our work. So Disabling or not running this service unnecessarily we can save the boot time as well as the speedup Windows 7. Here are a list of Windows 7 system services that can be safely set to Manual or Disabled.


IMPORTANT: It is more safe to set the following services to manual rather than disabling them. This is because when some times if windows needs a service windows can start it by itself if and only if it is set to manual. If you set it to disabled Windows 7 cannot start the service by it's own.



  1. Application Experience
  2. Computer Browser (If your PC does not connect to any network)
  3. Desktop Window Manager Session Manager (If you don't want the aero effects)
  4. Diagnostic Policy Service
  5. Distributed Link Tracking Client
  6. IP Helper
  7. Offline Files
  8. Portable Device Enumerator Service
  9. Print Spooler (If you do not use Printer)
  10. Protected Storage
  11. Remote Registry (You can safely disable it for more Security)
  12. Secondary Logon
  13. Security Center
  14. Server (If your computer do not connect with any network)
  15. Tablet PC Input Service
  16. TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
  17. Themes ( If you want any aero and good visual appearence (classic theme will be applied))
  18. Windows Error Reporting Service
  19. Windows Media Center Service Launcher
  20. Windows Search (If you rarely use Windows Search feature )
  21. Windows Time (If you do not want to synchronize system time with internet time automatically)

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Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Intel Core i7 975 Extreme Processor Benchmark Results !!! Leaked

Intel Core i7 975 Processor
Intel is expected to launch its new powerful processor Intel Core i7 975 Extreme as a part of its Extreme series of Core i7 series of Desktop processors. This will be the most challenging processors when launched on the market. With a clock speed of 3.3 Ghz and a impressive over clocking potential this is sure to hit the market. In a recent post on Xtreme Systems Forum it is said that the Intel Core i7 975 processor will support LGA 1366 socket and has 8MB of L3 shared cache memory together with a factory clock speed of 3.3Ghz. The Bench mark results of the Core i7 975 Extreme has leaked. Here are the results.

The core i7 975 has braked the scores of Futuremark's 3DMark05 benchmark application. While the card were at stock levels it reached a peak speed of 5,239 MHz. It hit a score of 47026 points in 3DMark05 which is the top of 3DMark Best Benchmark Results. Currently this score is 1.5 times higher than that of the AMD Phenom overclocked to approx. 6.3 Ghz.
Intel Core i7 975 Extreme Processor Benchmark Results

Click here to see the full size

The pricing and release date have not been released by the manufacturer but it is sure to take the lead in the market when launched.

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Tuesday, February 3, 2009

How to Get the Google's New Favicon in Firefox search box

Google has updated its old Favicon to the new one but even though it has been changed it is not updates or changed in firefox google search toolbar. You can do some simple step to get the new google icon in Firefox. Here is how to do it.

Google's new Favicon in Firefox Updated

Get the latest Google search plugin From here .
Now replace the old google plugin with the new one for that Copy the newly downloaded google plugin(Google.xml) to C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\searchplugins and just replace the old one with the new.
Now press Ctrl + Shift + Del in Firefox and tick only the Cache box(you can check others as your wish) and press Clear Private Data Now button.
From now on Firefox will be updated with Google's new Favicon.

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Monday, February 2, 2009

Ultimate Windows Tweaker v1.1 Released Download now / Make Windows Super Fast!!! | Get the Best Free Tweaker for Windows

WinVistaClub has finally released one of the best and powerful tweaking utility for Windows (created by Microsoft MVP Ramesh). It can tweak and optimize almost every thing in Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit) and certain (most) tweaks work for Windows XP too!. This small and free utility will make your Windows more faster, secure and stable in a few mouse clicks.It will tweak Windows Vista to its Best. This program is made user friendly and is portable. Lets see what all it does.

ULTIMATE Windows Tweaker for Windows

It has a lot of features.This program has an ability to detect whether you have installed IE7 or IE8 and give the relevant tweaks according to the version installed on you system. Different tweaks have been organized into various sections, they are :
1) Personalization,
2) User Accounts & UAC,
3) System & Performance,
4) Security,
5) Internet Explorer (IE7 / IE8)
6) Network Optimization
7) Additional Options

This program features over 130 tweaks and is portable (380kb) ie. it can be run without installing. Whats more you can safely tweak windows because it has the option to create a System Restore Point too!. The program is currently in the beta stage and the Final version will be out soon. So subscribe and keep updated.

Download ULTIMATE Windows Tweaker

It is mainly made for Windows Vista versions.

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Sunday, February 1, 2009

Turn OFF Windows 7 Password Protection / Automatically logon to Windows 7 without Entering any User name or Password

In Windows 7 you have to enter a password in order to log in to Windows. This is to protect your PC from Unauthorized access by others. If you are only the one using your computer every time when you start Windows 7 need to to enter the password to log in. This becomes very irritating. So here is how to log in to Windows 7 without entering any user name or password .


In the run menu type control userpasswords2.
Just press WIN + R to get the RUN menu.
The user accounts windows will now open up.
Look for the option saying " Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer " and uncheck this option and press "OK".
Now a windows opens up asking you to enter the current password you use to log in to Windows 7. Enter the password and confirm. Done!.

From now on when you boot to Windows you will not be asked or prompted to enter the user name and password. This can also save a couple of seconds while starting Windows.

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Update Nod 32 antivirus OFFLINE (without an Internet connection) / Install Nod32 Updates from your Harddisk itself

There are still many users who dont update their security softwares regularly due to the reason that they don't have an internet connection. To protect your PC regularly you must update the antivirus regularly. But Symantec Norton AntiVirus over rule nod32 for those who don't have an Internet connection only because it provides virus definition files to update Norton Antivirus Offline ie. without an internet connection. Here is a nice trick to Update nod32 antivirus if you don't have an internet connection ie. you can now install the updates from your harddisk or USB drive.


You can download the regular Nod32 updates from http://rapidshare.com/users/12TMR5 and extract the contents of the file.

UPDATE NOD 32 with DVD/CD (Method 1)


First create a directory called 'nod_upd' and extract/copy the update files to it. Now burn this to a DVD/CD and open the NOD32 Control Center and and choose the update option. Now Click on 'Setup' button and from the 'Server' drop down list choose the CD/DVD-ROM drive as the update option. Insert the CD/DVD and choose 'update now' option. Your system will be updated now.

UPDATE NOD32 from Harddisk or USB/Pendrive drive (Method 2)

This method of update is a bit more tricky. To do this update go to the 'Start Menu' and select 'Run' and type 'regedit'. This will open the Windows Registry Editor. Now navigate to the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ESET\Nod\CurrentVersion\Modules\Update\Settings\Config000\Settings. Now look for the key named 'Selected Server' and change its default value from 'Autoselect' to 'FILE:C:\Nod_upd/'. Use the same path as the update file location (Harddisk or USB drive/any other drive). Now close the Registry Editor. Now open the nod32 update screen and select "Setup". At the update option click on the " Update now " option to Update your nod32 Antivirus.
Wait for a while and your nod32 antivirus will be updated with the latest virus definitions.

Apart from the above mentioned methods to update nod32 offline, you can also try this one.

Download the updates to any folder. Let it be to a folder in your C: drive (C:\latestnod32update).
Now open the NOD32 Control Center and select the update option.

Now Click on the 'Setup' button.
In the 'Server' give the path of the folder where we have saved the updates here it is C:\latestnod32update and confirm with " OK "

Among all the servers select it and click " OK ".
Finally Click the Update now option and Nod 32 will be updated now.

So from now on you will be able to update NOD32 (2.7 and above) offline that is without an Internet connection.

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