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Movie Monday Weekly Update

2012-01-30T17:07:00.000-08:00

Hello all,

This week there are some fairly big movies that are available for download, all of which haven't been released on DVD yet. So take a look, there's a little something for everyone this week.

If you haven't entered the Starbucks Gift Card giveaway, there are still 15 spots open so enter here before it's too late!

For BitTorrent beginners, read my BitTorrent tutorial first.

1) In Time (releasing Jan. 31) - Download

2) The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (releasing Feb. 11) - Download

3) The Sunset Limited (releasing Feb. 7) - Download

4) The Big Year (releasing Jan. 31) - Download

5) The Son of No One (releasing Feb. 21) - Download

Movie Monday Weekly Update

2012-01-23T09:17:00.000-08:00

Good afternoon to everyone,

There's still time to enter the $50 Starbucks Gift Card Giveaway.

1) 50/50 (releasing Jan. 24) - Download

2) A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas (releasing Feb. 7) - Download

3) Anonymous (releasing Feb. 7) - Download

4) The Interrupters (releasing Feb. 14) - Download

5) Thrive (released in 2012) - Download

The Complete Guide to Downloading and Installing Microsoft Office 2010 for Free

2012-01-20T02:00:00.000-08:00

Greetings...I hope everyone has had a great start to their 2012 so far.

Now that you have installed Windows 7 for free from this post and possibly even Windows 8 for free from this post, you probably need the next piece of software that Microsoft charges an arm and a leg for - Office 2010.

This guide will be a step by step walk-through on how to download and install Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus for free.

1) Download this Torrent file from btjunkie.org. It is a genuine copy of Microsoft Office 2010 Pro Plus and includes both the x86 and x64 versions. If you are unfamiliar with downloading Torrents, read my Torrent post here first.

2) While that file is downloading (shouldn't take more than an hour or so), make sure you have Virtual Clone Drive installed on your computer. Magic ISO works as well if you happen to have that already, but for the purpose of this tutorial, I will be using Virtual Clone Drive which is also free.

3) After the file downloads, go to the download folder and click on the file "Microsoft Office Clean up utility.msi". This will remove any previous versions of Office on your system for a clean install.

4) Right click on Professional Plus ISO file and select "Mount".

5) A new drive should now appear in Windows Explorer and should say "Office14". Go to the drive and click on the folder of which version you'd like to install...either x86 (for 32bit Windows) or x64 (for 64 bit Windows).

6) Double click the setup.exe file in the folder you choose.

7) When the window appears, click the "Install Now" button. This will take 5-10 minutes.

8) When that is completed, click "Close" to close the dialog box that is currently open.

9) You now should have all of the Office products installed on your computer; however, they are not activated. When you open one of them, you will get a dialog box saying "This copy of Microsoft Office 2010 is not activated" (all you do is click close to get rid of it). Also, the top bar says, "Product Activation Failed" and is red in color.

You have the option of simply ignoring these "warnings" and use all of the Office products at will. Even though they are not activated, they are all 100% fully functional and will continue to be. If you can deal with closing the dialog box when one of the programs is first started and the red bar at the top (like me), then you are done and you can enjoy using Microsoft Office 2010!

If you cannot deal with these minor annoyances and you simply MUST activate, there is a solution and you should continue reading. This is at your own risk, however.

ACTIVATING OFFICE 2010

1) Disconnect from the Internet and open Excel. Close the activation window that appears.

2) Click "file">"help">"change product code" and enter either one of these keys
828CH-G4FPY-HMH4R-32GCK-6D9BH

---OR---

3W3MQ-H7M6X-3WYP7-TPCH6-8G8T2

3) Uncheck "Activate over the internet" and click Next. Click Install when the next window appears.

4) When that is complete, reopen Word and an activation window should appear.

5) Select "phone activation" and click Next.

6) Pick your country, then call the number listed and follow the instructions.

7) When prompted, input the code given in the Word activation window.

8) When asked for which edition, choose "business/volume use, used only on 1 PC".

9) A code will be given to you that you will now enter into the appropriate boxes.
**Note** If you are transferred to an operator, stay calm and give them any BS info they need and they will give you the code. This has been verified to work by numerous people so don't panic.

10) Once the code is entered, click next and you are now permanently activated. Close and reopen Word to verify.

Comment below if you encounter any problems or let everyone know that it worked for you. Good luck and enjoy free Office 2010!

Will the Internet As We Know It Be a Thing of the Past?

2012-01-18T09:39:00.000-08:00

I bet almost all of you have seen some weird occurrences while surfing the web today. After a few clicks on Wikipedia, an eerie message appears.

Or if you used Google today (when is there a day when you don't use Google), you noticed the ever-changing Google logo is blacked out. Or sites like WordPress.com and reddit.com look different today as well. This is all in response to 2 bills currently being passed through Congress attempting to censor the Internet. This post is to get you informed of this serious situation, to help prevent such a thing from occurring.

There are 2 bills, one in the House and one in the Senate that are, in essence, eliminating free speech from the Internet-one of our 1st Amendment rights. The Protect IP Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) are the two bills in question. The reasoning behind them is to help eliminate online piracy, which technically isn't illegal...yet. However, the ramifications of such bills being passed reach far beyond online piracy sites. Take Wikipedia for example, they are protesting these bills as much as file sharing websites.

Why you ask?

Congress would have the ability to censor ANYTHING that is said or posted on the Internet. Granted, Wikipedia may not be the best "source" of information; however, it's one of the best resources out there because of its vast amount of information. If these bills are passed, the validity of ANY source of online information immediately goes out the window because everything, to an extent, will be subject to censorship by our "benevolent government".

If these bills are passed, it will be the end of the Internet as we know it, but here's why I am not all too worried about the situation.

1) I think this is a bluff by Congress to bring the "piracy" issue to the forefront once again, similar to the whole Napster/Limewire situation. They want to scare people into the fact that they are paying attention but basically can't do anything about it-unless these bills are passed.

2) If these bills are not passed, someone will look like the "good guy" in the whole situation and during an election year, someone or a group of someones will need to step up and join the majority in this fight against the bills, which can only help their electibility (if that's even a word, but it should be).

3) The Supreme Court still has final ruling on Constitutional issues. If these bills aren't considered unconstitutional, I have no idea what is. Freedom of speech is one of the most important aspects of a civil democracy. Do we really want to be like China since their government has censorship over the Internet in China? So even if either bill does pass, I have faith that our Supreme Court will intervene and determine both of these bills are clearly unconstitutional.

So what can you do? Sign this petition to let Congress know you disapprove and would like to keep your 1st Amendment rights. Share this page and the petition page to get people informed and help protect your Constitutional rights as an American!

Movie Monday Weekly Update

2012-01-16T15:03:00.000-08:00

Greetings all,

Here are the best newer movie releases that are available to download right now. Again, if you are unfamiliar with downloading Torrents, read the Torrent tutorial here.

Don't forget about our Starbucks Gift Card giveaway...only 17 Likes left before the giveaway!

All of these downloads are the high-quality 720p versions.

1) Paranormal Activity 3 (releasing Jan. 24) - Download

2) Puncture (released Jan. 3) - Download

3) Midnight in Paris (released Dec. 20) - Download

4) The Devil's Double (released Nov. 22) - Download

5) The Double (releasing Jan. 31) - Download

$20 Starbucks Gift Card Giveaway - Over Halfway There!

2012-01-14T10:34:00.000-08:00

Sorry for the lack of posting, I have been away the last few days so I haven't been able to write a post recently. I will be back at it starting Monday with the weekly Movie Monday post. Some posts you have to look forward to in no particular order are:

-Movie Monday

-How to Download and Install Microsoft Office 2010

-All About Rooting Your Android Device

-How to Make Your Phone a Free Wireless Hotspot

-Downloading and Installing the Most Popular Computer Game - The Sims for Free

-The $20 Starbucks Gift Card Giveaway

Keep checking back the next couple weeks for detailed posts on all of those topics above.

As of right now, we are 20 Likes away from giving away the $20 Starbucks Gift Card so act fast before it's too late! Simply Like us on Facebook for your chance to win. The Like button is on the right side of this page or at our Facebook page here.

Good Luck!

Rekindle Childhood Video Game Memories With Free Emulators

2012-01-11T05:10:00.000-08:00

Don't those images bring back some memories? Huddled up next to the TV trying to shoot the feathers off some flying ducks or staying up all night with your friends in order to witness the greatest Mortal Kombat fatalities. We can't forget about blowing on that dusty cartridge until you turned blue in the face. Those were the days.

With the help of www.coolrom.com, you can bring back that old-school excitement for free. This website has everything you need to relive the personal satisfaction of conquering Super Mario Bros. or The Legend of Zelda one last time.

An emulator is basically a program that acts as another program or device. There are emulators for every major console prior to the PS3 and Xbox360 that can all be played on your PC or MAC. It's very easy to download the emulators and the games. You can be up and running with a game in under 5 minutes. Here's the quick process in a step by step format.

1) Go to www.coolrom.com.

2) At the top of the page, scroll over "emulators" and select which console you would like to be able to play on your computer. For the purpose of this example, I will choose Nintendo.

3) There is now a list of 4 Nintendo emulators to choose from. The first one will do just fine so click on FCEUX.

4) Wait 10 seconds for the download link to appear and click "download your file". The file will download quickly, but before you do anything with that file, might as well grab a game or two to try out.

5) Go back to the top of the page and scroll over ROM Files and select Nintendo. This brings up a list of games available to download for the Nintendo emulators. The top downloaded ROMs are listed, but if you are searching for something specific, you can search by a title by selecting a letter at the top.

6) I'll go with the most popular Nintendo download and select Punch-Out!!. This brings up the same page as the emulator download page, so wait 10 seconds and your download link will appear.

7) You will need a .rar extractor at this point so if you don't have one, download WinRAR here for free.

8) You now want to open up the game file you downloaded and extract the game file from the .rar file. I suggest, if you are downloading multiple games, creating a "ROM" folder on your desktop to keep them all together.

9) Now open up your emulator file and either extract the .exe file or run it straight from the .rar file.

10) Once the emulator opens, you will only see a small black box. To open the ROM, click file > Open and select your ROM that you extracted.

11) Maximize the screen and bring back all those sweet memories!

A common question will be what buttons to press. The default for this emulator is the A and B buttons are the "D" and "F" letters on the keyboard with the arrow keys as the D-Pad. This can be changed to your liking if you go to Config > Input and change the button layout. Select and Start are "S" and "Enter" which you will need when you enter in the ever-famous Konami Code.

Just in-case you forgot...

Movie Monday - Weekly Download Link Update

2012-01-09T15:40:00.000-08:00

Good afternoon all.

It's Monday so it's time for the Movie Monday update. There's a few good movies that were recently available for download so get them even before they are released on DVD.

Also, don't forget to Like us on Facebook for your chance to win a free Starbucks Gift Card.

If you're new to the blog and aren't familiar with downloading Torrents, read the BitTorrent tutorial here.

1) The Thing (releasing Jan. 31, 2012) - Download

2) Killer Elite (releasing Jan. 10, 2011) - Download

3) Real Steel (releasing Jan. 24, 2012) - Download

4) The Debt (released Dec. 6, 2011) - Download

5) Transit (limited release) - Download

Free Preview of Windows 8 Available From Microsoft

2012-01-07T12:10:00.000-08:00

Hello all,

First, go here to enter in the $20 Starbucks Gift Card giveaway before it's too late.

Now that you've entered, you are now prepared to test drive the new Windows 8.

Windows 8 is Microsoft's highly-anticipated sequel to the successful Windows 7 (obviously). Now that you've read my post on downloading and installing Windows 7 for free, why not try out Windows 8 while you're at it?

Windows 8 is not releasing until sometime around the summer/fall time of 2012 (allegedly), but Microsoft has so-kindly posted a developer preview copy of the new Windows on their downloads page. If you are a developer, there is a version for you with developer tools included and you must install the Windows 8 ISO file on a clean install. However, the majority of the users will simply want a regular version to preview without all of the developer tool add-ons. This version can be installed over your current version of Windows XP, Vista, or 7, which keeps your current files; or, with a clean install, which wipes your hard drive clean before installing.

Some of the known upgrades from Windows 7 include:

1) Windows to Go - This allows Windows 8 the ability to boot from a USB drive on any Windows 7 or 8 computer. This means you can take all of your programs, documents, settings, etc with you on the go to any computer running Windows 7 or 8 and transforms that computer into yours. Pretty slick.

2) ARM Tablet Support - Windows 8, like iOS, will now be available for an array of tablet devices and smartphones. This should bring about streamlining your Windows devices, much like Apple has done with the iPhone/iPad/Mac's using iCloud.

3) Faster multitasking by using less CPU to run programs.

4) A Windows App Store - Similar to Droid, Apple, and Blackberry app stores, Windows will now have an app store on Windows 8 so you can download all your favorite apps right to your PC or other devices.

5) New User Interface - One of the most obvious changes is how Windows 8 looks compared to Windows 7. Here are some screenshots from the developer preview, which are pretty intriguing to say the least.

If you have Xbox Live for an Xbox 360, the UI probably looks sorta familiar since the new Xbox Live update changed the UI to match the new Windows 8 UI. I bet you just can't wait to give it a try now so here's how to get Windows 8 (the developer preview edition) running on your system.

1) Download the appropriate ISO straight from Microsoft's website found here.

You can now choose 2 different ways to install so read them both before you choose:

Option A) If you are doing a clean install; meaning you are wiping everything from your current hard drive and only going to be running Windows 8, begin with Step 2 of my Windows 7 tutorial.

Option B) If you want to keep your current operating system and want to be able to choose which OS your computer runs, you will need to download Virtual Box here and continue reading. *You will not need to burn the ISO file to a CD with this option.

3) When you open up Virtual Box, click New in the top left corner and it will bring up a step-by-step guide on adding your new OS.

4) Enter a name for the OS (ex. Windows 8 Preview) and make sure you choose Version: Windows 7 (64 bit). **There is no Windows 8 option at this time so you must choose Windows 7 (64 bit) in order for Windows 8 to work properly. Click Next.

5) Now choose how much RAM to allocate to the new OS. Pick something between 512mb and 2gb, depending on your preference. Click Next.

6) Make sure Start-up Disk is checked and choose "Create new hard disk". You also notice you need at least 20gb of free space to proceed with this process so make sure you do. Click Next.

7) Choose the type of file for the new virtual disk. The default is VDI so that will work just fine. Click Next.

8) Now you choose between a Dynamic or Fixed size drive. Dynamic automatically expands your drive allocation (default 20gb) if you approach your stated max size. Fixed will keep it at your stated max size no matter what. It's up to you which you choose. Click Next.

9) This is where you choose your allocation size. You can keep it at 20gb if you wish, that should be plenty of room since you're just testing out Windows 8 for now. Click Next.

10) Confirm that you made the right choices and then proceed.

11) Your new drive is created so now select it and click "Start" at the top. This will boot up the new drive and run a setup wizard automatically.

12) You will now select where you saved the Windows 8 ISO file you downloaded above. Click Next and a Windows installation menu should appear.

13) Follow the prompts to accept the agreements until you get to the Upgrade page.

14) When it asks you whether you want to "Upgrade" or "Custom" installation, choose "Custom" (advanced). You are treating the newly-created drive as a fresh drive so you are not upgrading anything, simply doing a "clean install" on your particular partition.

15) Now choose the new drive you just created to install Windows 8.

16) Continue the prompts until you get to the Windows Live ID section. Choose whether or not to sign in with your Windows Live ID, if you don't have one just choose load without using a Windows Live ID.

You should now be up and running with Windows 8! To go back to your normal OS, reboot and you should be given an option of which OS to run.

Leave a comment to let everyone know what you think of Windows 8.

Enjoy!

A Complete Guide to Downloading and Installing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 for PC

2012-01-05T09:14:00.000-08:00

A couple months ago, Infinity Ward released the most successful video game in history (in terms of sales). Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 was the most anticipated game of 2011 for every First Person Shooter fan and shattered just about every sales record there is in its first week. If you still haven't grabbed your copy, I will show you how to download and install it on your PC for free! Save that hard-earned $60 and use it for something else.

You will be downloading the game with a Torrent file so if you are unfamiliar with Torrents, this post will tell you everything you need to know.

Step 1) Download this Torrent from btjunkie.org. It is verified to work and has been tested for virus's and is clean. The file is over 14GB so it will definitely take some time to download, but while you wait, proceed to the following steps to prepare for when it finishes.

Step 2) Since you don't have an actual disk to run the game from, you need to "trick" your computer into thinking there is a disk present. In order to achieve this, download Virtual CloneDrive here; which, of course, is free.

Step 3) Open the Virtual CloneDrive installation file you downloaded and follow the installation process, which is pretty self-explanatory.

Step 4) Open Virtual CloneDrive and where it says "Number of Drives", change that number to 2 and click OK.

Step 5) If you don't have a file extraction software, like WinRAR or MagicISO, download either one.

Step 6) Create a new folder, preferably on your desktop for ease of getting to it, and name it Modern Warfare 3.

Step 7) You now need the ISO files, so when they finish downloading find them on your computer in your download destination folder.

Step 8) Right click on the file named rld-mw3a.iso and go to "Mount" and choose one of the two available virtual drives. To make sure it is mounted, open up Windows Explorer and you should see an added drive on the list (typically lettered G or F depending on what letters you already have used) and it should say something that denotes MW3.

Step 9) Return to your download folder and right click on the same .iso file. Now choose "Extract files...". Select the folder you created on your desktop as the destination.

Step 10) Repeat steps 8 and 9 for the other ISO file titled rld-mw3b.iso. This time, mount to the other Virtual CloneDrive disk and then extract the contents of the ISO to the same folder on your desktop.

Step 11) Open up the Modern Warfare 3 folder on your desktop (the one you extracted everything into) and find and click on the Setup file, which will take you through the installation process. DO NOT RUN THE GAME RIGHT AFTER INSTALLING!

Step 12) You need to copy the "cracked" files that you extracted from the 2nd ISO file into the appropriate folder that was created during installation. In other words, copy the cracked folders into the MW3 installation folder (the one under Program Files). If you are pasting into the right folder you will get a message about overwriting files which you want to do because you want the cracked files to be in place of the stock files so that the game will play properly.

Step 13) You can now finally find the Modern Warfare 3 program file you installed and run the game as if it was a normal program on your computer.

If it doesn't work the first time, uninstall and start over from step 2 to try again. If you still can't get it to work, post a comment or send me an email with your issue and I will get back to you with a possible solution.

Enjoy the game...it broke all those records for a reason.

Free $20 Starbucks Gift Card Giveaway

2012-01-03T21:07:00.000-08:00

The moment you have all been waiting for-the Free Starbucks Gift Card Giveaway!

Prize: (1) $20 Starbucks Gift Card

How to Enter: "Like" us on Facebook to enter the contest. Once you Like our page, leave us a comment to say why you deserve the Starbucks gift card.

How to Win: Once our Facebook page receives 50 Likes, those 50 "Likers" are automatically entered to win.

"Winning": The winner will be chosen at random within 24 hours of our Facebook page receiving 50 Likes.

Odds: 1 in 50 chance to win a free $20 Starbucks Gift Card!

The winner will be notified via Facebook message where we will simply ask for an address to send the gift card.

The only thing we ask in return is that you simply take a picture of your card when you receive it in the mail and tag us in it on Facebook, that's it!

Good luck and spread the word!

Movie Monday - Best of 2011 Edition

2012-01-02T06:51:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year and welcome to 2012! What better way to celebrate a new year than to look back on the year we just had. So, this Movie Monday looks back at the top movies to download from 2011...in no particular order.

Take a look at last week's Movie Monday in case you missed it.

*If you are having difficulties watching these or any other videos you may have downloaded, check out my post on VLC Media Player for an easy solution.*

**Come back here on Wednesday for the free $20 Starbucks Gift Card giveaway; you don't want to miss it!**

1) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 - Download

2) Warrior - Download

3) Fast Five - Download

4) Horrible Bosses - Download

5) X-Men: First Class - Download

6) Transformers: Dark of the Moon - Download

7) Rise of the Planet of the Apes - Download

8) Source Code - Download

Turn Your iPad Into an iPhone for Free

2011-12-31T08:47:00.000-08:00

Happy New Years Eve everyone.

So you got an iPad for Christmas and you're wondering what the heck you can do with it besides surf the web and play Angry Birds. Well it just so happens that a handy little app will transform your new tech toy into a useable, giant iPhone.

The app is called Talkatone. It does everything that you would want in a phone; make calls and send and receive SMS text messages, without a contract or the need for minutes. The screenshots look eerily similar to the iPhone OS:

The way it works is that it syncs with your GMail account so you do need a GMail account to register, which of course is free. In order to call or text phones that don't have Talkatone, you will need a Google Voice account as well,which is also free.

The app currently works with iOS 1 and 2, but is not yet available for iOS 3 at this time so keep that in mind. Also, keep in mind that the app will only work with a Wi-Fi connection, which is the only drawback if you have a slow connection or no Wi-Fi available.

There is an Android app currently in development so don't fret Android Tablet users, you will have the same capabilities soon enough.

VLC Media Player - The Best Free Media Player for Your Computer

2011-12-28T06:41:00.000-08:00

Now that you are all familiar with downloading movies from reading my BitTorrent tutorial and my post about Bayw.org, you may have ran into a slight problem once you tried to play certain movie files. You patiently waited for 4 hours while that HD movie downloaded at a painfully slow download rate; only to be greeted with this friendly little message from Windows Media Player when you were finally able to watch your movie:

Or, you opened your video file and the picture is crystal-clear HD-quality yet, you can't hear a damn thing. You probably thought you wasted your time with a bogus file and have to download the whole movie all over again.

Not exactly.

For non-HD video files, you won't have a problem playing them with the stock Windows Media Player. However, the popular HD movie files-matroska (.mkv) and H.264-need special codecs, or files that help a media player encode or decode a certain file. If you are hellbent on using Windows Media Player, then by all means download and install this codec pack to be able to watch your .mkv and H.264 HD movies. If you are sick of Windows Media Player and/or want a media player that plays every file type, without having to worry about downloading codecs and some nice added features, then please go download VLC Media Player right now.

This handy little program is the answer to all your media viewing/listening needs. For the Mac users of the world, there are download links for you as well. Even Linux and Android devices have their own versions of VLC Media Player available for download.

No longer will additional codecs or plugins be required to play media files. Is the sound too soft on a particular movie? Simply crank up the volume up to 200% louder with VLC Media Player. Are there annoying subtitles hard-coded onto the bottom of your movie? Simply disable subtitles in VLC Media Player to remove them. Want to fully utilize your surround sound speakers? VLC Media Player allows you to change the audio track to 5.1 or even 7.1 surround sound when capable.

The list of benefits goes on and on and soon you will forget about any other media player you have used in the past.

*Don't forget to check back every Monday for "Movie Mondays" and get your links for the newest free movie downloads, even before the movies hit store shelves.*

**As mentioned in a previous post, we will be giving away a free $20 Starbucks gift card very soon so keep checking back for more details on how to enter. (Hint: "Like" us on Facebook)**

Movie Mondays - Weekly Download Link Update

2011-12-26T12:17:00.000-08:00

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas weekend with their families and friends. Hopefully you all got some great gifts and some new toys to test out this upcoming week.

From this Monday forward, a blog post will be made to highlight that weeks free movie download releases. I will compile a list of the top movies available for download for that week, with download links and IMDB information, so you don't even have to search the internet looking for new movies to download...just look here!

Movies are available for download before they are released on DVD in stores. I will only post links to high quality, HD-equivalent movies in my lists, no cam rips or low quality videos. I will mainly post links to download via BitTorrent so if you are unfamiliar with how to download, refer to my tutorial on downloading Torrents here. Because of the high quality video, the file sizes will be a few gigabytes in size so they will take some time to download, but they are worth it for the quality.

Clicking on the title of the movie will take you to that movie's IMDB page. Clicking "Download" will take you to the link to download the movie.

Movie List - Week of 12/26/2012

1) Contagion (releasing Jan. 2, 2012) - Download

2) The Hangover Part 2 (released Dec. 6, 2011) - Download

3) Final Destination 5 (releasing Dec. 27, 2012) - Download

4) Crazy, Stupid, Love (released Nov. 1, 2011) - Download

5) Moneyball (releasing Jan. 10, 2012) - Download

6) Colombiana (released Dec. 20, 2012) - Download

7) Drive (releasing Jan. 31, 2012) - Download

Track Santa for Free Tonight

2011-12-24T15:59:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas to all during this holiday weekend. Here is a little free Christmas fun for tonight if you want to track Santa's trip around the globe.

Check out http://www.noradsanta.org/en/ to track Santa live for free and you can also download the free Android or iPhone app to track Santa on your mobile device.

We will be doing a giveaway in a few days so check back for information on how to win a free Starbucks gift card.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

The Complete Guide to Downloading and Installing Windows 7 - For Free

2011-12-22T08:04:00.000-08:00

I'm sure you have bought more than one computer in your lifetime, and many people have two, three, four computers in their house for a world of uses. There's the school computer, the work computer, the gaming computer...the list goes on and on. Windows 7 runs roughly $200-$250 depending where you buy your computer(s). Multiply $200 by two, three, or four computers (however many you have) and just purchasing Windows 7 on 4 different computers can run you $800-$1,000 per household, which is what you can buy a top of the line PC for nowadays. Have a small business office of 8-10 computers and don't want to shell out $2,000 for software? This tutorial will show you how this download can be installed on as many computers as you want for FREE.

Please note: If you have been using the computer you wish to install Windows 7 on and are upgrading from a version prior to Windows 7, you will want to reformat your hard drive to clean the contents of the current operating system before proceeding. View your computer's manufacturing website for tutorials and info on reformatting if you are unsure of the procedure. IF YOU ONLY HAVE ONE COMPUTER, REFORMAT AFTER THE STEP THAT TELLS YOU TO REFORMAT, NOT BEFORE!

I will now show you how to download Windows 7 via BitTorrent, so if you don't know how to download Torrents, check out the Torrent section of my blog here.

I encourage you to read all of the steps before proceeding so you are familiar with each one. None are that difficult; it's just better to be safe than sorry.

Step 1) With your BitTorrent client, download this Torrent. This is the 32 bit version of Windows 7 Ultimate with automatic activation. You only need to download the file "Windows 7 Ultimate - 32 bit (Auto Activation).iso". You can uncheck all other files before downloading the Torrent. The file is over 3.5gb so it may take an hour or two depending on your connection.

Step 2) Download this free ISO burning application. You will be burning the ISO you just downloaded to a blank CD using this application. Once you burn your copy of Windows 7, you will be able to use the installation disk on as many computers as you wish.

Step 3) Install and open the Imageburn application and select "Write image file to disk". Locate the Windows 7 ISO file you downloaded and select it. Burn the file to a blank CD.

Step 4) Backup any important files you may want that are currently on your system now.

Step 5) Reformat your hard drive to its factory state when you first purchased your computer. This step is optional, but it will help your operating system run smoother upon installation.

Step 6) With the Windows 7 Disk in the CD-Rom drive of the computer you wish to install, restart your computer.

Step 7) As your computer is booting, you will get a message that says "Press any key to boot from CD". Press any key on your keyboard to make the CD boot. If you get to your normal login screen or your desktop, reboot and try again.*

*If there is no message about pressing a key to boot from a CD, you will see a message that says "Press (an F key) to enter setup (or BIOS)" Press the key that it tells you and change your "boot order" to make the CD-ROM (or DVD-Rom) drive the first on the boot order and restart your computer. The computer will now load the contents of the CD, which will be the Windows 7 installation menu.

Step 8) Once the CD loads, follow the walk-through instructions to install Windows 7 on your computer. You will get an option to either 1. Upgrade an older version of Windows or 2. Do a fresh install. The fresh install will remove all files currently on your system. Make sure you have a backup of all important files before choosing that option. If you choose the upgrade option, your hard drive will be partitioned to include your old files, which can be found in a "windows old" file on your C: drive. Installation itself takes some time-roughly 30 minutes or so, depending on the speed of your computer-so be patient.

Step 9) During installation, DO NOT download updates, choose to download them later. The update KB971033 checks for a "genuine" copy of Windows 7 and will watermark your desktop with a message about your copy of Windows not being genuine. While your operating system will still be usable, you will lose any customization of your desktop. If you accidentally install that update, reformat your hard drive and start over. You may install all other updates except for KB971033 at this time, but to be safe, I simply disabled Windows from updating so I don't have to worry about a patch coming out and disabling my operating system (which is very unlikely at this stage since Windows 7 has been out for a few years now).

Step 10) ENJOY WINDOWS 7 - FOR FREE!

If there are any questions send me an email directly (found in the contact link on the bottom right side of the page) or simply comment and I will respond to any questions you may have regarding the process. Anyone can do this, you don't have to be a computer engineer to burn a file to a CD and install it on your computer. It's a very easy way to save the hundreds of dollars it costs to normally buy Windows, especially if you own multiple computers.

Saint Joe's vs. Coppin St. Live Video Feed

2011-12-21T16:50:00.000-08:00

Saint Joseph's University vs. Coppin St. Live Video Feed

Get in the Christmas Spirit With 10 Free Christmas Songs

2011-12-20T09:36:00.000-08:00

From now until Christmas, get 10 free Christmas songs to help get you in that holiday spirit. Grouptune is helping spread some Christmas cheer by this limited time offer on 10 free Christmas songs, so act now and get yours today before the offer expires.

Get My 10 Free Songs Here

Happy Holidays from Online Freeloader!

Download Free TV Shows and Movies From BayW.org

2011-12-19T16:41:00.000-08:00

Is anyone looking for ways to save some money this holiday season? How about cutting that cable bill, but I bet you don't want to stop watching your favorite shows,right? Bayw.org is the solution to eliminating your cable bill, while still being able to watch your favorite shows on the night they air.

Bayw.org is a forum-based website that is free to sign up (of course). So, once you register, you will be allowed to navigate the site that is pretty self-explanatory. There are sections for Applications, Games, Ebooks, TV Shows, and Movies to name a few.

I use this site mainly for downloading TV Shows because the main advantage here is that people post shows as early as an hour after it aired live. Want to watch the newest episode of your favorite HBO show? Simply go to bayw.org roughly an hour after the show airs and you should find your show and have it downloaded in 15 minutes. Did you miss the Tim Tebow skit on last weeks Saturday night live? Download the whole episode for free right here (for example).

It's as easy as that.

The "search" page is your friend on bayw.org. It's the easiest way to sort through all of the thousands of TV shows posted every day. You can even find HD episodes, which are marked 720p in the thread titles.

It's a great way to follow your favorite shows if you happen to miss an episode or want to follow a series that happens to be on a channel you don't want to pay for.

Happy Freeloading

Saturday Soccer Links

2011-12-17T11:50:00.000-08:00

A few good soccer match-ups today so here's a list of links for some of the better games.

AC Milan vs. Siena

FC Porto vs. Maritimo Funchal

Sevilla vs. Real Madrid

The Incredible World of BitTorrent

2011-12-15T12:48:00.000-08:00

This section will be a brief introduction to the world of BitTorrent downloading.

Torrent files are treated differently than downloading a "normal" file, such as a .mp3 or .rar file. Instead of downloading from one source, a torrent file is downloaded from multiple sources that piece together one large file. This makes it nearly impossible to track the source of the file because one file could contain tens of thousands of "seeders", basically another term for sharing sources.

Torrents hold a few distinct advantages over straight file downloading from a website.

1) They are all 100% free and there's NO LIMIT on downloads (unlike other free file hosting websites)

2) Since torrents are downloaded through a BitTorrent client software, there is the advantage of the "set it and forget it" method of downloading, meaning that you can have a list of 10 movies you want to download and when one finishes, the next one starts automatically.

3) Popular torrents (ones with thousands of seeders) download much faster than downloading from a website. For example, a popular CD may only take 30 seconds to download via BitTorrent while downloading from albumwash.com would normally take 10 minutes.

4) Torrent files can hold much larger amounts of data than file hosting websites. Most file hosting websites are limited to 100mb's at a time so for a large file, like an HD movie, you would have to download 20 separate files in order to get the full movie. Torrents are not limited in size so you can download the full movie with 1 file.

Downloading a Torrent file is fairly easy once you get the Torrent client downloaded and installed. There are many Torrent clients out there but one of the most recommended is considered to be uTorrent found here.

Once uTorrent is installed, you now need a Torrent file to download. For this example, I will walk you through downloading a CD as an alternate to the previous albumwash.com post. There are numerous Torrent search websites, but the one I use the most frequently and with the best results is btjunkie.org. In the search bar, simply type in what you are looking for and, for an example, I will search for Jay-Z and Kanye West Watch The Throne.

The search is automatically sorted by the amount of seeders the Torrent has; the more seeders there are, the faster it should download. The first item on the list is "Jay-Z and Kanye West - Watch the Throne (Deluxe Version)". Your search results should look like this:

There are 2 ways to download the Torrent file:

1) Click on the file itself and it will take you to another page where you can see user comments telling you if the file is legitimate or not and also, at the bottom of the page, it will show you the contents of what you are downloading. When you are positive you want to download this file, click on "Download Torrent" at the top and the torrent file will download.

2) OR Click on the little downward arrow icon next to the file on the search page and it will automatically download if you don't need to verify user comments and all that jazz.

You'll notice the file you just downloaded was very small (roughly 15kbs). This is the .torrent extension file that the Torrent client software will use to gather all of the information needed to download your files from the available seeders.

In order to initiate the download, open the small torrent file you just downloaded. This should automatically launch uTorrent and a pop-up box should now be visible. This is where you can select or deselect any of the files you are about to download (they are all selected by default). I typically uncheck any of the files that aren't the songs themselves. I don't need the album art or any other frills that may be put in the files, but some people like to download everything and it's up to you. Since I'm downloading audio tracks, I simply uncheck anything that doesn't end in .mp3.

The top part of the box shows you the location of the file once it's downloaded. It is automatically set to your default folder location that you can change in the preferences. Once you are satisfied that you are downloading the right files to the right place, click "OK" and you will see your download on torrent client software. It takes a few seconds for the download to start and get up to speed so don't be alarmed if it's connecting for a minute or so, but highly-seeded files should start rather quickly.

Once the completion % column reaches 100%, you can either leave the file in the software client to help continue seeding, or right click on the name of the file and go to "remove" (DO NOT click "remove and delete data" because you will delete what you just downloaded). Now go to your download folder and your files should be waiting there patiently in their entirety.

Like I mention before, the client software gives you the ability to download multiple torrents at one time and also "Que" torrents to start when one finishes so you can have multiple CDs or movies in uTorrent waiting to download and then start automatically so you don't have to watch and manually start each download when one completes.

If you have any questions on this tutorial or any other tutorials in our blog, feel free to comment below.

Download Full Albums for Free - albumwash.com

2011-12-13T08:44:00.000-08:00

If you are over 20 years old you probably remember the days of Napster; downloading one song at a time on a dial-up connection. Each song would take roughly 45 minutes and you would tie up your phone line for hours just trying to download that new Eminem CD that your parents would kill you if they found out you had.

Then came along Limewire and Bearshare and other countless P2P programs with the same principals as Napster. How many virus's did you have to get before you uninstalled the programs though? A dozen?

Nowadays, it's tough to find a reliable source to get your free music. Today, when you go to Limewire.com you now get this lovely little message:

That doesn't look to promising for the once-heralded leader in the file sharing market.

Without further adieu, I bring to you albumwash.com.

You must create an account in order to download any albums, but as always, it is free to sign up. The website is pretty self explanatory and easy to navigate. The most recent albums that were uploaded are on the homepage, but if you're looking for a specific artist or album, simply use the search bar at the top or browse by using the alphabet links at the top of the page.

Downloading the file can be a little tricky if you are unfamiliar with .RAR files or using the free file hosting websites.

In order to download:

1) Click the "Download" button next to the desired album

2) In the section titled "Link(s) To Download This Album", click on any of the links there to take you to the download page.

3) The download page will look different depending on where the file is hosted. For example, I clicked on one that was located at Deposit Files.

4) For any hosting website, you will click on the "free" or "slow" download options since you probably don't want to pay for an account. Because of this, you will be limited on how many downloads you get per hour with each hosting site so try to diversify your hosting sites if you want to download multiple albums in a short period of time. (ie. download one from Deposit Files, one from Fileshare, one from Rapidshare, etc.)

5) After you wait the appropriate time for the link to appear (typically 30-60 seconds), enter a captia code if necessary and click on your file.

6) Save it anywhere you'd like on your computer

7) You will need the program WinRAR once the file has finished downloading. Click on the link to download it for free from CNET.com.

8) Once WinRAR is installed, open the .rar file you downloaded and it should automatically open in WinRAR.

9) At the top of WinRAR, click "Commands" then "Extract to the Specified Folder" and then select where you want your album to be extracted to. (typically your iTunes or music folder)

10) After the extraction (it takes roughly 10-20 seconds depending on the file size), open the folder where you extracted the album and you should see a folder with the album name and all of the songs in it.

If you have any questions on this process or with any problems you encounter, don't get frustrated and simply comment below and I will answer any questions you may have. It seems daunting at first, but once you download a few albums you will get the hang of it and it will be like second nature. After all, they are free so a little patience is required. It beats paying $10 a pop on iTunes.

Link to Tonight's Monday Night Football Game - Rams vs. Seahawks

2011-12-12T16:25:00.000-08:00

St. Louis Rams vs. Seattle Seahawks Free Live Stream

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ilovefreethings.com - Get Free Samples Shipped to YOU

2011-12-12T08:36:00.000-08:00

"Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development." -Wikipedia

Marketing is a key cog in the wheel of capitalism that gives producers the ability to reach its consumers. One of the most effective ways for producers to achieve this is to give out free samples. This allows for the consumer the ability to try the new product without any strings attached, while the producer is hoping for future purchases down the road.

We all love going to Sam's Club/Costco to eat our way around the store. Who doesn't love the free sample of pizza with a free chicken wing and washing it all down with a mini cup of the newest apple juice? It's a great way for products to be seen and experienced by consumers for one simple reason: everyone loves free stuff.

Instead of running to Sam's Club/Costco everyday to get your hands on every free sample out there which is mainly food, you can go to http://www.ilovefreethings.com/. This convenient little gem of a website gives consumers the opportunity to try new products for FREE. It's like taking a lap around 10 Sam's Clubs/Costco's at the same time!

Check out this short YouTube video for proof that this website works:

After browsing the website, you'll notice some offers are only available for the first few hundred or thousand requests so there is a limit on how many free samples companies will give out for free. For this reason, it might be smart to sign up for their free "newsletter" and have the offers delivered to your inbox so you won't miss out on any limited sample offers.

That's all the freeloading for today...don't forget to check back tomorrow for more freeloading tips to help you land some free stuff.

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