Here is how you can download SP3 straight from Microsoft.

1. Download XP SP3 Hack by dinguskull.

2. Once you have downloaded the file, login as administrator and run the file by double clicking it. Wait for the Confirmation Message on screen.

3. Check for new updates on Windows Update. You should now see Windows XP SP3 listed in the available updates.

5. Download and install SP3. Reboot whenever necessary.

Note: Service Pack 3 for Windows XP is still in beta. Use at your own risk.

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We've decided to post regular notifications of private torrent trackers which are open for new registrations. Here is the first of such posts.

Note: Trackers mentioned below are open at the time of post. We cannot comment on the duration they will remain open. Chances are that Signups will close after a short while so register as soon as possible.

Following trackers are open as of 9.31 PM Sri Lankan Time, 3/1/2008

Site Name: RockBox

• Signup URL:  http://rockbox.psychocydd.co.uk/account.php
• Category: Music torrents
• Tracks 7100+ torrents

Site Name: SceneMachine

• Signup URL: http://www.scenemachine.org/signup.php
• Category: Scene Releases
• Tracks 1800+ torrents

Site Name: Bit Reactor

• Signup URL: http://tracker.bitreactor.to/account-signup.php
• Category: All
• German Tracker. Tracks 17000+ files.

Site Name: Sport-Scene.net

• Signup URL: http://www.sport-scene.net/
• Category: Sports
• Tracks sports related torrents

Site Name: HD-bits.ro

• Signup URL: http://hd-bits.ro/signup.php
• Category: High Definition video
• Romanian tracker that tracks a lot of HD movies and HDTV shows.

Site Name: Torrent Storage

• Signup URL: http://www.torrentstorage.com/account-signup.php
• Category: All
• Tracks 8000+ files

Site Name: Gfxnews.ru

• Signup URL: http://forum.gfxnews.ru/profile.php?mode=register
• Category: Graphics
• Russian torrent tracker that tracks a lot of 2D and 3D graphics content. Forum based.

Site Name: Diwana.org

• Signup URL: http://diwana.org/signup.php
• Category: All
• Australia based tracker which tracks a lot of Australian TV shows, movies and other torrents. Even tracks highlights of cricket matches which Australia takes part of.

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System Mechanic Professional includes five award-winning products to give you the essential combination of Internet security and PC optimization in one package. System Mechanic keeps your PC running faster, cleaner and error-free. Its powerful arsenal of 40+ award-winning precision tools fixes stubborn errors, cleans out clutter, optimizes Internet and download speeds, ensures personal security and maintains maximum computer performance automatically.

Features

• Makes your PC run like new
• Boosts PC and Internet speeds up to 300%
• Eliminates frustrating slowdowns, crashes & freezes
• Repairs problems and errors, and prevent them from recurring
• Cleans up system-clogging clutter
• Removes Spyware and fixes security vulnerabilities
• Maintains reliability and speed

Plus the following additional tools which are integrated into the package:

• iolo AntiVirus provides industry-certified protection from viruses, worms, Trojans, and other threats by using an advanced real-time engine that provides continuous maximum protection. It includes fully integrated email scanning, hourly virus definition updates, and an intuitive interface that makes it easy to maintain a permanently virus-free PC.
• iolo Personal Firewall blocks unwanted communication to and from PCs, keeping private information safe from hackers and identity thieves. Its proprietary IntelliDefense® system eliminates security guesswork by automatically deciding which programs should connect to the Internet using a program database of thousands of behavior profiles.
• Search and Recover rescues accidentally deleted pictures, videos, email messages, documents, spreadsheets, system files, and any other file or folder from hard drives, CD/DVDs, music players, digital cameras, memory cards, and virtually all other portable digital devices.
• DriveScrubber securely erases sensitive data to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands when selling, donating, recycling, or reassigning a computer. DriveScrubber overwrites and removes information permanently, using strict government and military standards to provide protection from even the most sophisticated forensic recovery methods.

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3rd party update servers will work with most NOD32 versions. The patch will only work with 3.0.621 and above. DO NOT use the patch on any versions below 621. We strongly recommend you read our updated article regarding NOD32 AV with unlimited updates here.

Here is some good news for NOD32 users who are tired of getting their keys blacklisted. If you follow the method described below, you will no longer be needing a key to update your copy of NOD32 Antivirus 3.0 or ESET Smart Security (and this works with trial versions). The process does not involve cracking or doing any sort of modification to the core files of above mentioned programs.

How to set up NOD32 Antivirus 3.0 and configure a 3rd party update server:

For an overview of ESET NOD32 Antivirus 3.0 features see this article.

1. Download NOD32 Antivirus 3.0 trial version from here.

2. Install the program with default update parameters. Once the install is done and reboot is completed, double click the tray icon to launch NOD32 control center.

3. By default, NOD32 interface will be switched to Standard mode. You will need to set this to advanced mode. Click on "Setup" in left hand panel and click on "Toggle advanced mode". Answer yes to the question.

4. Several new options will appear when advanced mode is toggled. Click on "Enter entire advanced setup tree" link. A new window will open.

5. From the left hand panel in new Window, Click on "Update". Click on the "Edit" button. A new window titled "Update servers list" will pop up. In the "Update servers" text field type http://eset.com.sapo.pt and press "add". Press ok once to close this window.

6. You will have the update setup window still open. In the "Update server" drop down box, select the server you entered in Step 5 (I.E- http://eset.com.sapo.pt). Delete everything in "username" and "password" text fields and press ok.

7. You should now be able to update NOD32 without issues. The server which you just entered does not validate usernames or passwords so there will be no fear of trial expirations or keys getting blacklisted.

What happens here is that you are downloading updates from an update server hosted by a 3rd party instead of ESET's servers which require authentication and a paid subscription. According to our experience this server is secure. If you have doubts, you can compare the 3rd party server content with that of ESET's official server's using NOD32View tool and see for yourself.

How to set up ESET Smart Security and configure a 3rd party update server:

For an overview of ESET Smart Security features see this article.

The process of configuring a 3rd party update sever to ESET Smart Security is similar to that of ESET NOD32 Antivirus (described above). 3rd party servers for ESET NOD32 Antivirus also works with ESET Smart Security. Download and install ESET Smart Security from here and use the method described above to get free updates.

Note: We cannot guarantee that these update servers will stay online forever as they are not operated by us. If you find that your ESET product is not updating or if you are getting constant server connection failure warnings, drop a comment here and we'll do our best to help you.

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Built on the award-winning ThreatSense® engine, ESET NOD32 Antivirus proactively detects and disables more viruses, trojans, worms, adware, phishing, rootkits and other Internet threats than any program available.

Features

• Proactive Protection: The award winning ThreatSense technology combines multiple layers of detection protecting you from Internet threats before it is too late.
• Precise Detection: ESET accurately identifies known and unknown threats. It consistently wins top awards from testing labs and is recognized for having zero false positive.¹
• Lightweight Design: Requires less memory and CPU power, allowing your computer to run fast, making more room for games, web browsing, and emailing.
• Fast Scanning Speeds: Highly efficient program ensuring fast file scanning and product updates. It runs quietly in the background.

ESET NOD32 Antivirus Version 3.0 - What's New?

• Full integration with Windows Security Center
• Improved graphical interface
• Improved cleaning - automatically removes detected threats.
• Even faster scanning

Systems Requirements

• Processors supported: 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) Intel®, AMD® or 100% compatible
• Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP (32 and 64-bit editions), Microsoft Windows Vista (32 and 64-bit editions)
• Memory: 33 - 38 MB on average
• Disk Space (download): 16MB
• Disk Space (installation): 78MB

How to get it

1. Download free trial from ESET official download page.
2. Read this article to configure updates without trial limitations.

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ESET Smart Security is a tightly integrated solution designed to protect computers from a range of threats. Built on the award-winning ESET NOD32® Antivirus and its powerful ThreatSense® engine, ESET Smart Security provides antispyware, antispam and customized firewall features. Utilizing ThreatSense — the industry's most advanced heuristics — the window of vulnerability between virus outbreak and signature update is reduced

Features

• Proactive Protection: award winning ThreatSense technology combines multiple layers of detection protecting you from Internet threats before it is too late. The included antispam and personal firewall features provide you with a total security solution.
• Precise Detection: ESET accurately identifies known and unknown threats. It consistently wins top awards from testing labs and is recognized for having zero false positives.¹
• Lightweight Design: Smart Security requires less memory and CPU power, allowing your computer to run fast, making more room for games, web browsing, and emailing.
• Fast Scanning Speeds: ESET Smart Security is a highly efficient program ensuring fast file scanning and product updates, while running quietly in the background.

System Requirements

• Processors supported: 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) Intel®, AMD® or 100% compatible
• Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows® 2000, Microsoft Windows XP (32 and 64-bit editions), Microsoft Windows Vista® (32 and 64-bit editions)
• Memory: 35 - 40 MB, on average
• Disk Space (download): 18 MB
• Disk Space (installation): 80 MB

How to get it

1. Download free trial from ESET official download page.
2. Read this article to configure updates without trial limitations.

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TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 with DivX® Authoring offers many new features and some terrific advancements over its predecessors. It is the ultimate all-in-one DVD authoring solution for any video enthusiast, whether you’re a beginner or experienced videographer.
Enjoy new features such as DivX® authoring, HDV capture, more import formats, up to two subtitle streams, and more! TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 with DivX® Authoring is the perfect all-in-one DVD and DivX® authoring solution for any video enthusiast, whether you’re a beginner or experienced videographer. TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 with DivX® Authoring offers new features and some great improvements over its predecessors, such as HDV capture, DivX® Ultra authoring,
multiple subtitle streams, and the ability to add even more types of source files to your DVD and DivX® projects. Of course, you can still cut-edit, create custom menus, and then burn your projects to DVD to show your friends and family!

Features

• Officially licensed DivX® video software product
• Produce high-quality DVD and DivX® video
• Import most popular video formats
• Capture video directly from your DV or HDV camcorder
• Add up to two subtitle streams
• Create your own custom menus or use ready-made templates
• Perform precise frame cut-edits with Smart Rendering
• Shrink (transcode) your video to fit onto different media
• Multi core CPU support
• Dolby Digital stereo output
• Free downloadable content such as new menu templates!
• DivX® Ultra Authoring
• DV and HDV Capture
• Improved Format Importing
• Multiple Subtitle Streams
• DivX® HD Support
• Menu Creation
• Smart Rendering
• Optimized Encoding
• Menu Note Page
• Transcoding Engine
• Menu Simulation

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DVDFab Platinum is all you need to backup DVDs. DVDFab Platinum 4 is brand new, is completely rewritten, is based on 6 years of DVD copy software development. DVDFab is simply the easiest way to copy a DVD movie. Just insert the movie and a blank DVD then press Start. Your entire movie - including menus, trailers and special features - is copied to a single DVD with just one click, and everything happens automatically.

Features - DVD to DVD copy

1. 7 DVD to DVD copy modes available: Full Disc, Main Movie, Split, Customize, Clone, Merge and Write Data.
2. Full Disc: All movies, menus and trailers, is copied to a DVD with just one click.
3. Main Movie: Just copy the movie, with specific audio/subpicture.
4. Split: Copy a DVD-9 onto two DVD-5 discs with 100% quality, and preserve original menus on both discs. Ideal for episodic/season DVD movies, TV series, etc.
5. Customize: Personalize your DVDs! Want to make a DVD with only your favorite titles? How about cutting out those annoying commercials? Or selecting specific audio/subpicture? No problem! You can select just your favorite titles, specify the title playback order, with or without original menus, to create a DVD with only the stuff you want!
6. Clone: Make perfect 1:1 bit-to-bit copy of DVDs:
   • Make perfect dual layer DVD copy by using the original layer break position.
   • Copy data DVD disc, like PS2 DVD.
7. Merge: Combine several titles of several sources into one DVD:
   • Combine two DVD-9 like "The Lord of the Rings" into one DVD-9.
   • Merge season DVDs to fewer discs.
   • Create your own special features collection disc.
8. Very fast copying speed, normally it's about 10 - 20 minutes.
9. Burn to any blank DVD Disc (DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DL).

Features - DVD to Mobile copy

1. 10 DVD to Mobile copy mode available: Generic, iPod, PSP, ZUNE, NDS, Xbox 360, PS3, Cell Phone, PVP and PDA. More devices support can be added manually.
2. Generic: Convert DVD title to MPEG-4/DivX/XVID/H.264 AVI/MP4 file, which can be played on PC. It also supports all other devices which are not listed in navigation bar.
3. iPod: Convert DVD title to MPEG-4/H.264 MP4 file, which can be played on Apple iPod.
4. PSP: Convert DVD title to MPEG-4/H.264 MP4 file, which can be played on Sony PSP.
5. ZUNE: Convert DVD title to WMV file, which can be played on Microsoft ZUNE.
6. NDS: Convert DVD title to DPG file, which can be played on Nintendo DS.
7. Xbox 360: Convert DVD title to WMV file, which can be played on Microsoft Xbox 360.
8. PS3: Convert DVD title to MPEG-4/H.264 MP4 file, which can be played on Sony Play Station 3.
9. Convert DVD title to specific format which is supported by Cell Phone, PVP (Portable Video Player) and PDA (Personal Digital Assistant).

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Flash Effect Maker is a Flash Web Design tool to help Web master design animated Flash website, flash intros, Flash banners, Flash ads, and any other Flash. With Flash Effect Maker you can place your own photos as font frontground and page background. And then combine them with animated text, background effect to create fun Flash movies, all in just minutes. The Flash Effect Maker enables you to create simple as well as complex Flash animations whereby you can combine different fonts and effects within a single Flash animation. You can save SWF file to EXE Flash Player, and than send it to your friends. The EXE Flash Player support set to wallpaper and screensaver also. Version 5.0 fixed some bugs, added some templates.

Features

• Photo album/slideshow
• Percent loader
• Buttons (Click/MouseOver)
• Three effect background layers
• Many different text Templates to choose from
• Many different background Templates to choose from
• Save as Flash animation (SWF)
• Save to EXE Flash Player
• Set to WallPaper
• Set to ScreenSaver
• WYSIWYG interface
• UTF8 Support English, Dutch, French, German, Portuguese,Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and more Interface
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• Supports large text content for menu(button) pages, up to 7 page panels.
• Wide selection of background music, supporting direct import of MP3 file.
• HTML Support (e.g. font style, size, and color) for ALL text.
• Search Engine Friendly - Most popular search engines including Google already support indexing of Flash web pages.

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Windows Vista's support for user made gadgets has been one of its plus points. A user can post Desktop Gadgets, which are small applets designed for a specialized purpose (such as displaying the weather or sports scores) using Vista's Windows Sidebar. Several million souls who chose to stay with good old XP need not worry about not having gadgets for it. The torrent featured in this post (Download link posted as a comment) includes 28 cool gadgets for Windows XP.

Included gadgets

• BL Calculator Blue Gadget
• BL Clock Gadget
• BL Time-Calendar v2 Gadget
• BL Translator Gadget
• BlackLight Time Gadget
• BL_Calendar Blue Gadget
• BL_Weather Gadget
• Calculator M Gadget
• D-Player Gadget
• Glassy Calculator II Gadget
• Glassy Calendar Gadget
• Glassy Clock II Gadget
• Glassy Recycle Bin Gadget
• Glassy-Time Gadget
• Hyalo-2xWeather Gadget
• Hyalo-Calendar Gadget
• Hyalo-email Gadget
• Hyalo-Music Player Gadget
• Hyalo-PictureShow Gadget
• Hyalo-Radio Gadget
• Hyalo-RAM Gadget
• Hyalo-Time and Date Gadget
• Hyalo-ToDo Gadget
• Infosystem Gadget
• iRadio Gadget
• LiveWeather II Gadget
• T-Calculator Gadget
• Twin Cities Gadget

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