Reset BIOS Password from Windows with CMOS-De-Animator

CMOS De-Animator is a service utility which allows you to invalidate the checksum of your system’s CMOS memory, resetting all settings to default and clearing any stored BIOS passwords (if any) upon re-boot. The main advantage of my utility is, that it can work under every Windows operating system, and no administrator privileges should be normally required! The utility has no GUI – only a confirmation message to begin or exit, error handling messages and a success dialog box upon successful operation. The utility is very portable, no installation required.

Note: In some cases, the utility may show “Operation completed!” without actually doing anything to the CMOS. In that case, executing the application and confirming the clearing process with one-time activated administrator privileges will do the trick. The next time you run the application, you will not need them. This is a driver-related issue.

The 32-bit version of this utility seems to provoke most false alarms on some antivirus programs; check the “Before you download” article for more information.

Download CMOS De-Animator x86 (32-bit)!
Download CMOS De-Animator x64 (64-bit)!
NOTE: You need to download the correct version for your system!

32-bit version MD5: 9ccb42c1ce61c449d68f50b1a9eb04d4
64-bit version MD5: d7d6d2e756b92a116f785d0857e1f4ae

Oba Nawoth Seethala Heta – Udesana Aran – Kasun Kalhara

Another great song by Kasun Kalhara

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A shocking presentation on social media

A shockingly good presentation that is…

Zoom.it – Viewing and sharing high-resolution imagery

What?

Zoom.it is a free service for viewing and sharing high-resolution imagery. You give us the link to any image on the web, and we give you a beautiful new way to experience it — along with a nice short URL.

How?

Zoom.it converts your image to the Deep Zoom format, which lets you smoothly and efficiently explore the whole image, no matter how large. Check out Deep Zoom Studio for examples of this technology in action.

Zoom.it runs on Windows Azure and enhances the experience with Microsoft Silverlight when available.

Who?

Zoom.it was created by Microsoft Live Labs, the same folks who brought you Photosynth and Pivot.

So what are you waiting for? Create your own! »

HTTP over SSL implementation

While trying to learn about how to send HTTP request over SSL, I came accros few useful links.Hope this will help you too.

http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/05/05/send-a-https-post-request-with-c/

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/comments/2186474.aspx

http://blog.jameshiggs.com/2008/05/01/c-how-to-accept-an-invalid-ssl-certificate-programmatically/

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Management Pack is now available

With this release Microsoft have introduced the following enhancements:

• Simplified and streamlined customer configuration and deployment
• Lower cost of operation due to improved health model and reduced false alarms
• Meets low-privilege constraints needed for financial and medical industries
• New rules, monitors, and knowledge improvements
• DMO-less deployment
• SxS install with the old SQL 2000 management pack for customers with SQL 2K

For more information and download information go here:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8c0f970e-c653-4c15-9e51-6a6cadfca363&displaylang=en

Using StreamInsight to Monitor SQL Profile data for Events in SQL Server

Use the StreamInsight CEP tool to monitor data from SQL Profiler.

http://www.sqlis.com/sqlis/post/Streaming-Profiler-Data-Through-StreamInsight.aspx