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How to find the IP address of the sender in Gmail, Yahoo! mail or Hotmail

When you receive an email, you receive more than just the message. The email comes with headers that carry important information that can tell where the email was sent from and possibly who sent it. For that, you would need to find the IP address of the sender. The tutorial below can help you find the IP address of the sender. Note that this will not work if the sender uses anonymous proxy servers.

Finding IP address in Gmail

1. Log into your Gmail account with your username and password.
2. Open the mail.
3. To display the headers,
* Click on More options corresponding to that thread. You should get a bunch of links.
* Click on Show original
4. You should get headers like this:
Gmail headers : name
Look for Received: from followed by a few hostnames and an IP address between square brackets. In this case, it is

65.119.112.245.
That is be the IP address of the sender!
5. Track the IP address of the sender
Finding IP address in Yahoo! Mail

1. Log into your Yahoo! mail with your username and password.
2. Click on Inbox or whichever folder you have stored your mail.
3. Open the mail.
4. If you do not see the headers above the mail message, your headers are not displayed. To display the headers,
* Click on Options on the top-right corner
* In the Mail Options page, click on General Preferences
* Scroll down to Messages where you have the Headers option
* Make sure that Show all headers on incoming messages is selected
* Click on the Save button
* Go back to the mails and open that mail
5. You should see similar headers like this:
Yahoo! headers : name
Look for Received: from followed by the IP address between square brackets [ ]. Here, it is 202.65.138.109.
That is be the IP address of the sender!
6. Track the IP address of the sender

Finding IP address in Hotmail

1. Log into your Hotmail account with your username and password.
2. Click on the Mail tab on the top.
3. Open the mail.
4. If you do not see the headers above the mail message, your headers are not displayed. To display the headers,
* Click on Options on the top-right corner
* In the Mail Options page, click on Mail Display Settings
* In Message Headers, make sure Advanced option is checked
* Click on Ok button
* Go back to the mails and open that mail
5. If you find a header with X-Originating-IP: followed by an IP address, that is the sender's IP address
Hotmail headers : name ,In this case the IP address of the sender is [68.34.60.59]. Jump to step 9.
6. If you find a header with Received: from followed by a Gmail proxy like this
Hotmail headers : name
Look for Received: from followed by IP address within square brackets[].
In this case, the IP address of the sender is [69.140.7.58]. Jump to step 9.
7. Or else if you have headers like this
Hotmail headers : name
Look for Received: from followed by IP address within square brackets[].
In this case, the IP address of the sender is [61.83.145.129] (Spam mail). Jump to step 9.
8. * If you have multiple Received: from headers, eliminate the ones that have proxy.anyknownserver.com.
9. Track the IP address of the sender

Boot your Computer Faster

Many computers take a lot of time to boot (or start ).This is due to many reasons.
Some slight changes can do wonders for your system:
1.Press start->run then type msconfig and press enter.

Go to the startup tab. Here you will see a list of startup items. These are all the programs that automatically start when you boot your PC. It is these that slow down the boot up process.
So uncheck all the unwanted items like ms-office, messengers other utilities that u may not need at startup). Don't uncheck your antivirus software.
Restart your Pc to and see for yourself, your pc will now boot faster....      

    

2.A great new feature in Microsoft Windows XP is the ability to do a boot defragment. This places all boot files next to each other on the disk to allow for faster booting. By default this option is enabled, but on some systems it is not, so below is the information on how to turn it on:

Go to Start Menu and Click Run
Type in regedit then click ok
Find "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOpt imizeFunction"
Select "Enable" from the list on the right
Right on it and select "Modify"
Change the value to Y .
Reboot your Pc and see the change yourself.

 

3.SPEED UP BOOT BY DISABLING UNUSED PORTS.!!

You may have tried many tweaks like modifying windows XP start-up applications, prefetches, unload DLLs method, etc. And yes those methods do work for me.
I have just accidentally found out another way to give you an extra boost in windows XP's boot performance. This is done by disabling your unused devices in
Device Manager. for example, if you don't have input devices that are connected to one of your USB's or COM ports, disabling them will give you an extra performance boost in booting. Go to Control Panel -> System -> Hardware tab -> device manager Disable devices that you don't use for your PC and then restart.

IMPROVE XP SHUTDOWN SPEED

This tweak reduces the time XP waits before automatically closing any running programs when you give it the command to shutdown.
Go to Start then select Run
Type 'Regedit' and click ok
Find 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\'
Select 'WaitToKillAppTimeout'
Right click and select 'Modify'
Change the value to '1000'
Click 'OK'
Now select 'HungAppTimeout'
Right click and select 'Modify'
Change the value to '1000'
Click 'OK'

 

Now find 'HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop' 

Select 'WaitToKillAppTimeout' 

Right click and select 'Modify' 

Change the value to '1000' 

Click 'OK' 

Now find 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\' 

Select 'WaitToKillServiceTimeout' 

Right click and select 'Modify' 

Change the value to '1000' 

Click 'OK' 

Top Ten Tips To Improve System Speed

1.Let your PC boot up completely before opening any applications.

2.Refresh the desktop after closing any application. This will remove any unused files from the RAM.

3.Do not set very large file size images as your wallpaper. Do not keep a wallpaper at all if your PC is low on RAM (less than 64 MB).

 

4.Do not clutter your Desktop with a lot of shortcuts. Each shortcut on the desktop uses up to 500 bytes of RAM

5.Empty the recycle bin regularly. The files are not really deleted from your hard drive until you empty the recycle bin.

6.Delete the temporary internet files regularly.

7.Defragment your hard drive once every two months. This will free up a lot of space on your hard drive and rearrange the files so that your applications run faster.

8.Always make two partitions in your hard drive. Install all large Softwares (like PSP, Photoshop, 3DS Max etc) in the second partition. Windows uses all the available empty space in C drive as virtual memory when your Computer RAM is full. Keep the C Drive as empty as possible.

 

9.When installing new Softwares disable the option of having a tray icon. The tray icons use up available RAM, and also slow down the booting of your PC. Also disable the option of starting the application automatically when the PC boots. You can disable these options later on also from the Tools or preferences menu in your application.

10. Protect your PC from dust. Dust causes the CPU cooling fan to jam and slow down thereby gradually heating your CPU and affecting the processing speed. Use compressed air to blow out any dust from the CPU. Never use vacuum.

RAM IS THE WORKING AREA (DESKTOP) OF THE CPU, KEEP IT AS EMPTY AND UNCLUTTERED AS POSSIBLE! 

Windows 8 Logo launches

Just last week we posted a leak of what appeared to be the Windows 8 logo. The commenters we’re pretty vicious and even the people that didn’t doubt it were pretty disappointed with the result. As it turns out, that leaked logo (seen below) was legitimate, and it’s what Microsoft will use to represent the next version of their operating system.


In a Windows 8 Team blog post written by Sam Moreau, the Principal Director of User Experience for Windows, the logo was officially revealed alongside an explanation of how it came to be. As you can clearly see, the flag effect is gone and the design is greatly simplified. In addition to being monochromatic it is flat and looks more like an actual window than it has in the history of the operating system.

The logo was handled by Pentagram a design and branding agency that has worked on many high profile accounts, including Walgreens, the University of Southern California, Grey Goose, and multiple museums. On the tech side their work as been used for Guitar Hero, microprocessor company Freescale’s iPad app, and the cover of the Wired UK “100? issue (April 2010).


Moreau notes that with the Windows 8 logo the company is returning to its roots — the Windows 1.0 logo actually looked like a window. With Windows 3.0 and beyond, that windows was wave-shaped, which eventually evolved into more of a flag, thanks to shadowing and other effects. With Windows 8 all the extraneous elements are gone, including the the button often seen around Windows Vista and 7 logos. The color is an neon blue — it’s better than the one that was leaked, but it’s still seems more in the range of what you’d expect for a cool, consumery product (like the Zune) than for Windows.


If nothing else the new logo is clean, clear, simple, and easy to reproduce. The blog post notes that it’s “Authentically Digital” in that it’s completely free of any analog materials, presumably like brushed aluminum or linen (this is probably a light poke at Apple’s preference for these things after all).


So what does everyone think? Best Windows logo ever? Or just too simple?

How to Use Windows 7 Without Activation

Windows 7Most of you might be aware of the fact that it is possible to use Windows 7 and Vista for 120 days without activation. This is actually possible using the slmgr -rearm command which will extend the grace period from 30 days to 120 days. However in this post I will show you a small trick using which it is possible to use Windows 7 without activation for approximately an year! Here is a way to do that.
1. Goto “Start Menu -> All Programs -> Accessories” . Right click on “Command Prompt” and select “Run as Administrator“. If you are not the administrator then you are prompted to enter the password, or else you can proceed to step-2.
2. Now type the following command and hit enter
slmgr -rearm
3. You will be prompted to restart the computer. Once restarted the trial period will be once again reset to 30 days. You can use the above command for up to 3 times by which you can extend the trial period to 120 days without activation.
4. Now comes the actual trick by which you can extend the trial period for another 240 days. Open Registry Editor (type regedit in “Run” and hit Enter) and navigate to the following location
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SoftwareProtectionPlatform
5. In right-side pane, change value of SkipRearm to 1.
6. Now you will be able to use the slmgr -rearm command for another 8 times so that you can skip activation process for another 240 days. So you will get 120 + 240 = 360 days of free Windows 7 usage.
120 days using “slmgr -rearm” command before registry edit +                                                                                                                                                                 
240 days using “slmgr -rearm” command after registry edit
 =      360 Days

How To Secure Your Computer From Virus infection

Locate you files to a separate location

A virus can attack anytime and anywhere. It’s better to keep your files and data safe on some other location rather than keeping them on the same drive. In case, you get into some trouble and a virus attacks your PC, your data will be safe and secured. A back-up copy will do well and keep you out of stress and strain. To keep your data more secure, you can also save it in some external hard drive.

Install protective antivirus software

You can enjoy a free trial of different antivirus software programs and select the one which you like the most and that suites all your needs. If you are a regular internet user, then you must install an antivirus, which provides maximum real time security and protection against all Trojans, Worms and Spyware. Even, Key loggers and Adware are not safe in front of such antivirus software. Software that can’t safeguard your computer on the internet is more than a trash. So, think again and get the most authentic software for protecting your computer.

Delete junk e-mails

Junk e-mail is more than a cyber menace and should be dealt with strictly. You can delete junk files and get rid of such clutter, rather than forwarding to your friends and other contacts. This way, you can stop a chain of spam mails and even help others to stay safe on internet. At least, you can stop a chain of intrusive mails and irritating spam.

Maintanance shedule of Scanning

Regular scanning of your computer will let you know about any possible virus presence in your computer. Whenever you are performing a scan, never stop in middle of the scanning process and let the process completed itself. You can also set an automatic and regular scan through your antivirus software. No doubt, your virus scan will slow down your PC for a few minutes, but it’s good to follow this practice. Through this way, your computer will be safe than before. Scanning will keep your system well-protected and clean all the unwanted viruses and malwares from your computer and data components.

Clean recycle bin and 

Delete cookies

Cookies can also become a lethal weapon for the hackers and virus programs to invade your PC without any restrictions. So, whenever you use internet and do some routine browsing, it’s recommended to delete your cookies and clean your browsing history. This practice will also pace up your computer and the chances of any virus attack can be narrow down easily.

Similarly, if you encounter some suspicious files in your computer and want to delete them, then destroy them permanently and clean your recycle bin as well. Removing a program from Add and Remove option can do well, but sometimes, your recycle bin can surprise you. Hence, it’s a good practice to delete all the rubbish from your recycle bin and keep your system working good.