Ping Test Easy is a powerful, visual ping and IP address scan utility for a system administrators to check network connections. The intuitive and graphical interface, lets you easily monitor the state of the network, and test the connection speeds of various locations. It can save IP addresses and host names as well. It shows the route, hosts, packet loss percentage, and minimum /maximum average response times.

Get it at here:
http://www.download.com/Ping-Test-Easy/3000-2085_4-10523393.html?tag=lst-0-9

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Disable The Notification Balloons

I hate them pesky balloons!

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit.
2. Navigate to the following:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\TerminalServer\WinStations\RDP-Tcp\PortNumber
3. Right-click the right pane, create a new DWORD value,
and then name it EnableBalloonTips.
4. Double-click this new entry, and then give it a
hexadecimal value of 0.
5. Quit Registry Editor. Log off Windows, and then log back on.

These steps disable all Notification Area balloon tips for this user.
There is no way to disable balloon tips for specific programs only.

Windows XP Reinstall With No Activation

Need to format your hard drive and reinstall XP, and don't want to have to go through the product activation process again? You can save the activation status info and then restore it after you reinstall the operating system, as long as you haven't made any changes to the hardware. Here's how:
Before reformatting, in My Computer, double click the drive letter on which you installed XP, and navigate to WINDOWS\System32.
Click "Show the contents of this folder" if necessary.
Copy the following files to a floppy, USB drive, CD/DVD or network location: wpa.dbl and wpa.bak.
After reformatting and reinstalling XP, select NO when asked if you want to activate Windows now.
Restart in Safe Mode.
In My Computer, open the WINDOWS\System32 folder and rename the existing wpa.dbl and wpa.bak files (if you have them).
Now copy your old wpa.dbl and wpa.bak files to the System32 folder.
Restart and you should not be requested to activate again.
This only works when you reinstall Windows on the same computer and the hardware remains the same.

Surf anonymously

If your concerned about protecting our private information while browsing, checkout Anonymouse.org.

Each site you visit can access information about your computer, such as your computer's IP address. This number uniquely identifies you on the Internet.

Fortunately, there are sites that will help you protect your privacy. Anonymouse is one such site. It lets you surf the Internet without revealing any of your information.

With Anonymouse, there's nothing for you to install on your computer. Just visit the site and start surfing!

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The 'Box' is a lie. The 'Box' is a lie. The 'Box' is a lie. - Arts & Leisure

Windows 7

PCWorld reported last week that Microsoft has started hinting around about releasing the next version of Windows sometime next year. The new OS will be called Windows 7. Umm... we may never install Vista. Click Here to read.