This guide will show you on how to setup the internet parental control on Comcast home networking device. Please note that you need to have access to the Comcast home networking device to do the following steps.

Limit the time and days allowed to access the internet

1. Login to your Comcast home networking device and look for Parental Controls.

2. Click on the Parental Controls, then click on Internet Time Access Limit. After the Internet Time Access Limit page is loaded, click on the Connected Computers button. Select the connected computer to impose the time limit.

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3. Now, check the days which the computer will only have access to the internet and and enter the start and end of the restriction.

4. Finally, click on the Apply button to save changes.

That’s about it, Internet Access Time Limit is now setup.

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The drivers below are for Compaq Presario CQ35-202TU notebook and are for windows 7 32bit version only.

IDT High Definition Audio CODEC
Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
NVIDIA GeForce G 105M Graphics Driver
Realtek USB 2.0 Card Reader
Synaptics PS/2 Port TouchPad
HP Quick Launch Buttons
Broadcom Wireless LAN Driver
Atheros Wireless LAN Driver
Intel PRO/Wireless Drivers
Realtek PCIe GBE/FE Family Controller Driver
HP Wireless Assistant
Digital Persona Fingerprint Reader Software
Compaq Intel Chipset Installation Utility for 4 Series

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Linksys just released a driver for Linksys WUSB600N version 2.0 and fixed the issue where the adapter is not recognized or detected after the system resumes from sleep or hibernate mode.

If you are one of those people who bought this wireless adapter then you can directly download the driver from this link and yes, you still need to install the driver manually as you on the older version in this post

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The application launcher will somehow give you that mac-ish look desktop, not that close though but it will give you a very nice looking dock that compliments neatly with windows 7’s UI.

See it for yourself with the images below which is actually my current desktop look.

RocketDock positioned at the bottom

RocketDock positioned on top

I have yet to try other application launchers as well but RocketDock application launcher seems ubiquitous when I searched for windows 7 application launcher so the screen shots above.

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I just bought a Linksys WUSB600N V2, unfortunately it didn’t include the driver for windows 7 which happens to be my operating system. Anyway, I am posting it here just in case someone will come looking for these drivers.

The drivers below are for windows 7 32bit and 64bit versions and provided as is, and must be installed manually as there is no setup file included in the package.

WUSB600N V2 Drivers Windows 7
wusb600nv2_win7_3_1_0_1_0.zip

If you’re having problems installing the windows 7 64bit version, download the windows vista 64bit version from here first and install it, then update the driver to windows 7 64bit after the windows vista 64bit driver has been installed.

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Starting a guest operating system automatically is just very easy on VirtualBox and is handled nicely by a utility called VBoxManage. Below are the steps to start a virtual machine or a guest OS automatically.

Create a batch file and name it to anything you like e.g startvm.bat and insert the lines below to the batch file:

cd "c:\Program Files\Sun\VirtualBox"
vboxmanage startvm "virtual machine name"

Save the batch file and place it in the Startup folder.

That’s it, the virtual machine should start automatically every time you start the host machine.

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Someone requested for these drivers to be posted, so here it is, the Acer aspire 4720z drivers for windows xp.

Chipset_Intel_8.3.0.1014_XPx86.zip
AHCI_Intel_7.5.3.1001_XPx86.zip
Audio_Intel_5.10.1.5423_XPx86.zip
Bluetooth_Foxconn_5.1.0.3300_XPx86.zip
Cardreader_Ricoh_3.51.01_XPx86.zip
CIR_Winbond_7.1.64.1010_XPx86.zip
Lan_Broadcom_10.26.0.0_XPx86.zip
Modem_Foxconn_2.1.77.9_XPx86.zip
Touchpad_Synaptics_9.1.19.4_XPx86.zip
VGA_Intel_6.14.10.4837_XPx86.zip
VGA_NVIDIA_6.14.11.0145_XPx86.zip
WLAN_Atheros_5.3.0.56XPx86.zip

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Backing up Thunderbird on Windows XP

Backup your Thunderbird folder and store it in a different partition or drive. Thunderbird folder can be found in C:\Documents and Settings\[Username]\Application Data

Restoring Thunderbird on Windows 7

Install the latest version on Thunderbird mail client which is version 3.0. Once Thunderbird is already installed, do not run it yet when prompted if you want to run it for the first time. Now, copy the backup Thunderbird folder into this path C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming and when it’s done copying the folder, run the Thunderbird mail client.

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‘God Mode’ in Windows 7 is a trick where you can access all settings found in the control panel in one folder, the GodMode folder.

Disclaimer: This trick will cause the following windows versions to crash: windows vista 64 and windows 2008 64, proceed at your own risk.

Activate Windows 7 GodMode

Here’s how to activate GodMode on Windows 7:

1. Create a new folder.

2. Name the folder to: GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

That’s it, the folder’s icon should change and contains dozens of control options.

Delete GodMode Folder

If your version of windows crash, below is how to remove/delete the ‘GodMode’ folder.

1. Boot to safe mode

2. Open command prompt and execute rd /s God[Tab][Enter].

3. Restart your computer normally.

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Here’s how to enable this feature on D-Link DIR-600 wireless router.

1. Login to DIR-600 setup page, default url is http://192.168.0.1, default username is admin and empty password.

2. Click on the Advanced tab, then on the left navigation menu, click on the Advanced Wireless.

3. Under the Advanced Wireless Settings box, look for the WLAN Partition and click on the checkbox to enable it.

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