How to get free security updates for Windows XP -- until 2019

You can’t simply install the updates -- that would be too easy -- and you’ll receive a version mismatch error if you try. But a simple registry tweak is enough to fix that.

Create a text document, and call it XP.reg. You’ll need to make sure .reg is the proper extension -- so not "XP.reg.txt". If it’s not showing up as a registry file, open any folder, go to Tools > Folder Options, select View and uncheck 'Show hidden files and folders'. That should fix the problem.

Right-click the file, and select Edit. Paste in the following:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\WPA\PosReady]
"Installed"=dword:00000001

Save it, and then double-click the file. That will make that change to the registry. That’s all you need to do. Windows will now automatically fetch updates designed for POSReady 2009, ensuring XP remains protected for the foreseeable future.

This trick only works for 32-bit editions of XP, but there’s a workaround for 64-bit versions

Source: betanews

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How to continue getting free security updates for Windows XP -- until 2019

Officially, Microsoft stopped releasing automatic public updates for Windows XP over a month ago after over 12 years. Now a registry hack has been found that, when placed in the OS, allows it to continue receiving updates.

The hack was first reported by BetaNews and later confirmed by ZDNet. By making a few changes in the registry of XP, the hack basically tricks the automatic update servers at Microsoft into thinking the OS is Windows Embedded POSReady 2009. The OS is based on Windows XP Service Pack 3 and it will continue to get security updates from Microsoft until April 2019.

The specific registry hack works with 32-bit systems but the owners of the few 64-bit Windows XP PCs can find a workaround on this forum. However, it's more than possible that this method will be short lived as Microsoft could make changes to block any securty updates that use this hack.

It should also be noted, as Microsoft has done many times, that Windows XP is well over 12 years old and PC owners should really upgrade to a more recent version of the OS that will not only keep getting security updates but will be more secure overall.



Source: BetaNews via ZDNet, Neowin | Image via ZDNet

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Leak : Windows Phone 9 Preview to hit in Q2-Q3 2015

A documents had earlier been leaked on the Neowin forums showing some of Microsoft’s roadmap for the next year.

That document had been heavily censored, but Myce.com managed to get the full uncensored version, which has only one titbit relevant to Windows Phone users.

According to the document we can expect Windows Phone 9 Preview to hit the market around the same time as Windows 9, in Q2 or Q3 2015, presumably with a final release in Q4 2015.

This would give us around 16 months between major releases, only somewhat faster than the 17 months between Windows Phone 8 (October 2012) and Windows Phone 8.1 (May 2014), and probably not the pace which is needed given the competitive environment.

Source: WMPoweruser | Image via myce

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Ngram Beta - the official Telegram app on Windows Phone

Remember earlier this year when Facebook bought WhatsApp? The news was met with a heavy amount of criticism from users not wanting a company like Facebook controlling their primary means of communication. The backlash led to an exodus as users left WhatsApp to try alternative messaging platforms. Telegram was one of the few messaging services who greatly benefited from the fallout. We looked at some of the best Telegram apps on Windows Phone. Migram and Ngram were our two favorites. One of them is now look to be the official Telegram app for Windows Phone.

Telegram (telegram.org) is a fast, secure and free messaging service. They held a contest earlier this year for developers to create an official app for Windows Phone. Many apps were submitted, but one emerged as king.

Going off the publisher information in the Windows Phone Store it looks like Ngram will be our official app going forward. The app was updated yesterday and a few eagle eyes out there noticed a new publisher name – Telegram Messaging LLP.

While the official Telegram app still lists Ngram as ‘unoffocial’, it’s probably only a matter of time until the baton is fully transferred and Ngram is crowned as the official Telegram app for Windows Phone.

Download Ngram for Windows Phone

Source: WPcentral

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Microsoft says that they are working to help fix WhatsApp on Windows Phone

A few days ago, the WhatsApp port for Windows Phone 8 and 8.1 was pulled from the operating system's store front with no advanced warning and no reason. Now the leader of the Windows Phone team at Microsoft, Joe Belfiore, has used his Twitter feed to give an explanation for the move.

Belfiore's statements would indicate that there might be something wrong with Windows Phone 8 Update 3, rather than the WhatsApp software itself, that's causing the bug. The app has not been made available for download for five days, although WPCentral reports that the private beta version is still live and being updated for its testers.

Hopefully Microsoft and WhatsApp can work quickly to get the Windows Phone version back up to speed ASAP. We will post up a report when the app is available again to download.



Source: Neowin,Joe Belfiore on Twitter | Image via WinBeta

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Here why the all new Lumia 630 only has 512 MB RAM- Microsoft Explains

Many feel that the Nokia Lumia 630 would have been a more competitive device if it had 1 GB of RAM.

It turns out however that Microsoft has been actively working rather hard to make 512 MB of RAM not just a realistic but very viable specification.

According to a blog post on MSDN one of the major focuses in Windows Phone 8.1 was to optimise the OS to consume less memory.

30% of the entire engineering budget was devoted to optimization, and as a consequence:


"…apps written using Windows 8.1 app model and XAML stack consistently runs 30% faster than apps written using the Windows Phone 8 Silverlight app model. It also consumes significantly less memory…"

This does unfortunately leave Microsoft once again with the challenge of explaining why 512 MB on their OS equals 1 GB on Android (an issue that Apple never seems to have despite the relatively low RAM on their handsets also).

Of course the real motivation for this effort is to sell extremely low cost handsets, and unfortunately in that area Microsoft is still being out-competed by OEMs like Motorola.

Source : WMpoweruser

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Temple Run 2 : Now for 512 MB Windows Phones

Remember when Temple Run 2 came out in December with Xbox Live? It launched without support for low-memory devices like the Lumia 520. That changes today with the latest update for Temple Run 2. Head into the Windows Phone Store and you’ll be able to pick up Temple Run 2 for your 512 MB Windows Phone.

Temple Run has been updated to version 1.9.1.0. We’re not seeing any feature changes to the game, but that doesn’t really matter since millions of Windows Phone owners finally get access to the game. Do let us know if you notice anything else new with the update, but so far this looks just to be about giving access to those with low-memory devices.

Download Temple Run 2 from the Windows Phone Store

Source : WPcentral.

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Redirect To Any Website Using Google Url

Today i will show you to make google link that redirects you to any webpage you wish. This url will start with www.google.com and followed with some characters and symbols. You can trick users to visit your site by changing your webpage url that look like google. As no one will doubt google. So lets get in to.

How To Redirect Any Site From Google ?

1. Go to Google Redirect Exploit
2. Enter Your Url in the input box as shown below

3. After entering the url click on submit and Google's url will be generated in the textarea as show below.

                             

4. Now you can use that url and upon visiting that url you will be redirected to your site.

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Twitter- Now Mute those post which you don't want to see

People who are having Twitter account sometime follow those people whose post or tweets or retweets they really don't want to see or read, so for those twitter announced the all new feature named "mute" which will enable the users to mute post or tweets they don't want have on their feed.

Muting a user on Twitter means their Tweets and Retweets will no longer be visible in your home timeline, and you will no longer receive push or SMS notifications from that user. The muted user will still be able to fave, reply to, and retweet your Tweets; you just won’t see any of that activity in your timeline.
The nice thing is that the muted Twitter user won't have any idea that their messages can no longer be seen. Of course, muted users can be "unmuted" at any time. Twitter plans to roll out this new feature in the coming weeks to web users, along with iOS and Android clients. There's no word yet on if these features will be enabled for the Windows 8 and Windows Phone platforms,  Twitter's blog post.

This is a latest change Twitter has made to its services.


Source: Twitter | Neowin

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Update your Evernote app with a new document camera

Today the Evernote for windows phone got an major update. It has bumped its popular note taking platform to version 4.4.0.1122 in Windows Phone Store today.

This update contains "numerous  bug fixes and enhancement" in a new document camera. The document camera allow the users to digitize both single and multiple page documents, so they can be added to any note in evernote.

Update your Evernote from windowsphone store .

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Quick launcher - makes your apps always handy

Few days ago a all new app has been arrived in the windowsphone store, named 'Quick Launcher' which makes your favourite apps always handy.

Using this you can able to switch your favourite apps faster and easier.  You can switch your apps with a simple swipe to access to action center, but after applying "clear all" all the shortcuts of quick launcher just disappeared from the action center.

It is a nice app for windowsphone8 but it need some improvement or update, it has a bug, when you open any app via quick launcher, if corresponding app is not installed then it crashes (show search for app for less than a second then crashes). And, it require such API that user itself make there own shortcuts to the launcher. And last  Users Interface must be updated or improved.


Download your app here: http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid=4d82c4fb-a4a5-4130-a4de-6d66a7e90427


Source:windows phone

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Desktop Curtain - Hide your clutter

Choose your focus Desktop Curtain displays a stylized curtain or image that you can use to cover as much—or as little—of your screen as you'd like. You can place the curtain or image… Behind the icons on your desktop, so it acts like a desktop image. On top of your desktop icons, instantly hiding the clutter. Behind the frontmost application, hiding everything but that application. On demand, behind the frontmost window to focus your attention on just that window.

Choose your look In addition to its built-in curtain, Desktop Curtain can use any picture file, the current OS X desktop picture, or a solid color as its curtain; the choice is yours. You can easily change the color of the stylized curtain, or of any image with translucency. Desktop Curtain also keeps track of your last 10 used images, making it simple to choose from recently-used images.

You're in control Desktop Curtain's settings give you full control over when and where you'll see its curtain (or image). On multi-monitor Macs, choose between the display with the menu bar or all connected displays. If you use Desktops (Spaces), choose whether Desktop Curtain shows on all Desktops, or just the current one. Optionally hide Desktop Curtain when entering Mission Control (Exposé). You also control the appearance of any images you use as curtains: their axes can be scaled proportionally or independently, or they can be centered or tiled.

Flexible features Desktop Curtain can be run in any of three modes (standard application, menu bar icon, or completely invisible), and offers fast access to its key features via a contextual menu on the curtain itself, via Dock pop-up menus, or via its menu bar icon's menus. You can define global hot keys to toggle the curtain's visibility or to isolate the frontmost window, and setting Desktop Curtain launch at login (with its curtain optionally hidden) is as simple as checking a box. There's even an optional 'boss mode' hot key that will cover everything, including the Dock and Command-Tab switcher.

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Steps To Downgrade From IOS 7 To IOS 6

As soon as the IOS 7 launched out in the market there were many users that want to upgrade their software from IOS 6 to IOS 7. All those who make the finest use of iPhones, touch iPads and iPods at some point of time they make the best use of it. Both of these devices are best at their own place as they allow the users to experience with the fun and interesting applications in the quicker and faster way. Now the main question is that for all those users who have installed their smartphones with the IOS 76 they want to upgrade their devices with the IOS 7 for sure.

In this article we will going to give away the explanation of step by step functioning through which the users can upgrade from their IOS 7 to IOS 6.

Step no 1: If you have already saved or stored with the iOS 6.1.3/6.1.2 blobs. In the very beginning you have to do this by running your iTunes of 11.0.5. For example if you are making the use of any previous version of iTunes like 11.1x then you have to install it one more time. This is one of the basic facts that when you are starting with the iTunes 11.1 Apple then the Apple does not have the capacity to store any other firewall files from the iTunes. Before installing it then you have to make sure that you have all the devices turned off such as Apple Cellphone Device, the Software’s etc.

Step no 2: Now in the second step you have to restart with all the functioning process so that you can wash out all the traces of previous software’s and download the iTunes 11. 0. 5 from the older applications.

Step no 3: Now in the third step you have to search for the latest version of iFaith and along with it download iOS 6.1.3 for te sake of iPhone 4. At this moment you have to save the SHSH from the place right where you saved it and you will have to retrieve it.

Step no 4: In the last and final step you have to start up with the iFaith and then click on to “build” signed ISPW w/blobs. After clicking with this option you will start upgrading from IOS 7 to IOS 6 and in this way your process of upgrading will all came to an end.

So all the users out there just follow these four steps right now and upgrade your IOS 7 to IOS 6….

                                                                                                                            Post by: Shubham

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Why Glance screen flipping upside down ??

After releasing the app "Remote Desktop Preview" for Windows Phone, a few users have been experiencing an odd problem for which they may not know the cause: their Glance screen on their Lumia flips upside down.


There is the conflict when using Glance and Remote Desktop. When Remote Desktop Preview is connected and in landscape mode where the bottom of the screen is on the left side of your phone that time the bugs occurs .



Some other users also reports the same problem with Microsoft's new Movie Moments app.

How to fix upside down Glance screen

•      If you rotate Remote Desktop to be landscaped/flipped to the right side, your Glance screen will go back to normal without the need for a soft reset.

Have any of our readers been affected by this issue? Let us know below.

Source: wmpoweruser

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Foursquare announces Swarm, its new app for checking in

Foursquare has announced that they are going to launch their all new app called SWARM this summer.  Foursquare is for explorers who want to know about the best spots, and to share what they’ve found with others. Swarm is for people who want the fastest and easiest way to connect with their friends,Swarm aims to facilitate meet-ups with friends more easily by letting you broadcast where you're going next and what your friends' plans are.

"We built Swarm because you’ve told us how often you still have to text your friends: “where are you?” and “what you up to later?” We wanted to build a quick way for you to know these two things for all of your friends. With Swarm, you can easily see which of your friends are out nearby, figure out who is up for grabbing a drink later, and share what you’re up to (faster and more easily than you can in Foursquare today). Swarm will be available on iOS and Android in the coming weeks, and soon after on Windows Phone, but you can read a ton more about it (including screenshots and some videos) on The Verge right now. If you sign up at swarmapp.com, we’ll email you when it’s ready." Foursquare.

"In the near future, the Foursquare app is also going to go through a metamorphosis. Local search today is like the digital version of browsing through the Yellow Pages (remember those?). We believe local search should be personalized to your tastes and informed by the people you trust. The opinions of actual experts should matter, not just strangers. An app should be able answer questions like ‘give me a great date dinner spot’ and not just ‘tell me the nearest gas station.’ We’re right now putting the final touches on this new, discovery-focused version of Foursquare. It’ll be polished and ready for you later this summer." Foursquare.

Swarm is rolling out in upcoming weeks to Android, iOS, with Windows Phone not too much farther behind.

Source : Foursquare | WpCentral

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