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How To: Get iOS 8 Beta 1 for FREE Without a Developer Account/Registering your UDID (Step-by-Step)

2014-06-14T20:05:00.001-07:00

We all know that Apple recently came out with iOS 8 Beta 1 and everyone on the internet is literally going nuts. Nuts because everyone wants to try this new piece of software that looks similar to iOS 7. But in all seriousness, people want to try the first beta whether it's to show off to their friends or just experiment with the latest and greatest. Either way here's how to get it.

Step-by-Step Guide

To start off, back up your device, and download the latest version of iTunes. Next I want you to download your .ipsw in the background because this is probably the longest step depending on your internet connection, which you can download from the list below. I only linked the fastest links below so you should have it within half an hour, and for those of you that are new to this, this is the actual file that contains iOS 8 Beta 1. If you're on Windows you will have to extract the .ipsw and to do so click here for a video to show you how and then come back to this guide.

So now that you have downloaded the .ipsw, and backed up your device, launch iTunes and hold either the Option key if you're on Mac or Shift key if you're on Windows and locate that big file that you just downloaded, the .ipsw. Now just click yes, ok, or accept and now it's all in iTunes hands. Just stick around for about 30 seconds and you will see you iDevice go to a black screen, an iTunes logo will pop up and then it will turn black again and you will see the iTunes logo once again. Congrats you did it!

Downloads:

iPod Touch 5th Generation

iPad 2 Wifi
iPad 2 Wifi (Rev A)
iPad 2 GSM
iPad 2 CDMA
iPad Mini (A1432)
iPad Mini (A1454)
iPad Mini (A1455)
iPad 3 GSM
iPad 3 Wifi
iPad 3 CDMA
iPad 4 (A1458)
iPad 4 (A1460)
iPad 4 (A1459)
iPad Mini (A1491)
iPad Mini (A1490)
iPad Mini (A1489)
iPad Air (A1476)
iPad Air (A1475)
iPad Air (A1474)

iPhone 4S
iPhone 5 (A1429)
iPhone 5 (A1428)
iPhone 5C (A1507, A1516, A1526, A1529)
iPhone 5C (A1456, A1532)
iPhone 5S (A1457, A1518, A1528, A1530)
iPhone 5S (A1453, A1533)

The Best Free Resources Online to get a 1500-2400 on your SATs

2013-11-08T16:55:00.002-08:00

As you start to approach your junior year in high school, lyfe (no, not life) starts to get tough. You have to balance all your activities, school work, AP classes if you took any (which I strongly recommend), sports, a job if you have one, and it all starts to pile up quickly. But the best advice I would give to any underclassmen is focus on your SATs your junior year. (And getting good grades but isn't that a given?) Your SATs could be a make or break factor that can stop you from getting into the college of your dreams, score high in it and you could be getting a boat load of cash which allow you to sail off to college with a full ride. This four hour test is like none you have ever taken and I don't care what your rank is or what your GPA is or how good you can play ball you will not get accepted into your college if you don't score well on this exam.

Now I when I was looking for free resources to help me get as close to a 2400 as possible I couldn't find one such website that existed. Instead I found six or seven different websites where I wanted to thank the creators from the bottom of my heart because without them I don't know how well I would've scored on the SATs. It's a tough test and even if you think you're smart look at me for example. I'm a senior in high school taking AP Calculus AB and BC (Calc 1 & Calc 2) the first time I took my SATs I scored below average in the math section, just barely getting a 500, why? I failed to realize is this test doesn't test how smart you are, but rather tests how well you are at taking the SATs.

So what I want everyone of you guys to know from a senior right now is work your little booty off right now and score well on this test because it will open up so many doors for you. And I know many people say the SATs aren't the only factor but for 90% of the public universities out there your results on this exam are the equivalent to your grade point average that you work four years trying to keep up. Four years = four hours.

In conclusion, why did I just write that this isn't the SAT lol. No but in all seriousness really study hard for this test and take advantage of all the resources I give you and I will guarantee with a strong work ethic and diligent studying you will get the score you want; not because you want it but because you earned it!

Links:

Official SAT Practice Test 2012-13 from the College Board (Take this first and from and study only what you had trouble with first, take it in ONE sitting I know it's 3.5 hours :/ )
The Critical Reader (SAT Idiom List)
The Critical Reader (SAT Grammar Rules)
PWN the SAT (Math, Reading, & Writing)
Reason Prep's Vocab List (V. 2.1)
College Board SAT Skills Insight
College Board Question of the Day
Reason Prep (He makes a video of the QOTD everyday)
Go to your local library and practice with Princeton Review and Kaplan review books

Microsoft Shutting Down Windows XP

2013-10-19T14:32:00.001-07:00

Believe it or not Microsoft is actually killing one of their best operating systems of all time -- Windows XP. Microsoft has said on April 8, 2014 it will be the "end of life" for Windows XP and if you're still using it don't freak out, well you might want to. You see Microsoft will no longer be releasing security updates for users which means if a hacker finds a loop hole in the XP platform, they can use the same method to attack ANY XP computer since Microsoft will not fix the "holes".
Now why on earth would they be doing this? It's simple, they're are a business and their ultimate goal is to make money so they are kind of pushing users to buy new Windows machines. This is nothing new if you have been following Microsoft they did this to Windows 95, 98, and Me and in the future they will kill off Vista (thank god) on April 11, 2017 and Windows 7 January 14, 2020.

If you really are worried that someone will hack into your XP machine make sure you get another antivirus software, I have linked some very good ones below!

So tell me what you guys think, even though Microsoft is a business should you they really leave their customers out in the blue?

Downloads:

How To: Get iOS 7 Gold Master (GM) Copy for FREE Without a Developer Account

2013-09-11T18:50:00.000-07:00

UPDATE: If you want to get the iOS 8 Gold Master copy check out this link: http://glyee.blogspot.com/2014/09/how-to-get-ios-8-gold-master-gm-copy.html

Apple just released the final copy of iOS 7 and a lot of people asked me where can I download the GM copy, and for those of you that don't know what that means it's essentially the final version of iOS 7 but just released early to developers. iOS 7 will be available to the public September 18th but if want it early stick around. The first thing I would say is make sure you back up your device both on iCloud
and iTunes. Now before I start just want clear up some of the major questions people were asking.
This is the same FINAL version that will be released to the public on the 18th but this is just an early access card, you do NOT need to be on a previous version of iOS 7 to get this as long as you have the latest version for your device (6.1.3, 6.1.4) you're ready to go, and this does NOT void your warranty with Apple.

To start off, back up your device, and download the latest version of iTunes which is iTunes 11.1 Beta 2 (Mac Only). Next I want you to download your .ipsw in the background because this is probably the longest step depending on your internet connection, but I only linked the fastest links below so you should have it within half an hour, and for those of you that are new to this, this is the actual file that contains iOS 7 GM. If you're on Windows you will have to extract the .ipsw and to do so click here for a video to show you how and then come back to this guide.

So now that you have downloaded the .ipsw, and backed up your device, launch iTunes and hold either the Option key if you're on Mac or Shift key if you're on Windows and locate that big file that you just downloaded, the .ipsw. Now just click yes, ok, or accept and now it's all in iTunes hands. Just stick around for about 30 seconds and you will see you iDevice go to a black screen, an old iTunes logo will pop up with the sync cable, and then you will see a more slimmer Apple device and when you see that you know, you have done it correctly!

Downloads:
- iTunes 11.1 - Mac Only Link 1 Link 2

iPhone 4 Rev A (8 GB) Link 1
iPhone 4 GSM Link 1
iPhone 4 CDMA Link 1
iPhone 4S Link 1
- iPhone 5 GSM (A1428) Link 1 Link 2 Link 3 Link 4
- iPhone 5 CDMA (A1429) Link 1 Link 2 Link 3 Link 4
iPod Touch 5th generation Link 1

iPad 2 Wi-Fi Link 1
iPad 2 Wi-Fi + Cellular (GSM) Link 1
iPad 2 Wi-Fi + Cellular (CDMA) Link 1

iPad 3 Wi-Fi Link 1
iPad 3 Wi-Fi + Cellular (GSM) Link 1
iPad 3 Wi-Fi + Cellular (CDMA) Link 1

iPad 4 Wi-Fi (A1458) Link 1
iPad 4 Wi-Fi + Cellular (GSM - A1459) Link 1
- iPad 4 Wi-Fi + Cellular (CDMA - A1460) Link 1 Link 2

iPad Mini Wi-Fi (A1432) Link 1
iPad Mini Wi-Fi + Cellular (GSM - A1454) Link 1
iPad Mini Wi-Fi + Cellular (CDMA - A1455) Link 1

Enjoy.

Hidden "Missile Command" Easter Egg on YouTube

2013-08-13T18:34:00.000-07:00

Recently I have just came across this very interesting hidden easter egg on YouTube. I found it in the comment section of a video but I forgot which one but to whomever that was I'm sorry I can't source you. Any who it's a very simple egg where the current video you watch gets pushed down and this game screen pops up where you have to shoot by clicking your mouse these missiles that are "attacking" the video you are watching. And each missile you miss it either does one of three things:

One, the first thing is well nothing it doesn't hit your little shooters or the video.

Two, you weren't able to stop the missile and as a result it, hits one of your shooters and smoke begins to come out.

Three, the last thing, and I'm guessing the objective of this game, is the missiles come down and hit the video you're watching and your job is to prevent this from happening. Every hit the video hit there's a crack on the screen and from the health bar wayyyy above it, if the bar disappears then your video "blows up" and stops playing.

You can obviously resume the video by clicking the play button and everything goes back to normal but I thought this was a very cool easter egg by Google.

Now if you're wondering how to play around with this easter egg, just follow the steps below.

1) Go to ANY video on YouTube and click the pause button and then the play button
2) The video should start playing and you need to enter the code 1980
3) Click to play and enjoy!

Enjoy.
-techungry1

How To: Set your Vine Account to Private on Android & iOS (Step-by-Step)

2013-07-11T17:53:00.001-07:00

Hey guys before I start this post I just want to thank every single person that has visited my blog because very recently we have been breaking records and hitting a massive audience then what we used to receive, so I truly thank each and everyone of you. Alright so now that we got all that mushy stuff out of the way today I'm going to show you guys how to set your Vine account to private, this way all the vines you make and your entire account will not be able to be seen by anyone except those who you follow -- obviously.

Alright so let's begin, I don't want to make this a long boring article so I will show you guys a step by step guide on how to do so, for both iOS and Android.

Steps

MAKE SURE YOU UPDATE THE VINE APP TO THE LATEST VERSION!

1) Open up the Vine app, and tap on the house icon followed by your "Profile"

2) Afterwards tap on the big "Settings" button you cannot miss

3) Scroll down just a bit and tap "Your content"

4) Turn the slider on or off to either your posts are protected* or sensitive posts**

* - Only your followers can view your posts

** - Your posts may contain sensitive material

Enjoy

~techungry1

How To: Install Mac OS X Maverick 10.9 Beta 2

2013-07-05T12:54:00.000-07:00

Hey guys so I recently made a video and wrote a blog post on "How To: Get iOS 7 Beta 2 for FREE Without a Developer Account or UDID (Step-by-Step)",which you can find by clicking here, and this video was very popular. So I thought I would tell you today about How To: Install Mac OS X educational purposes only so if you screw up your mac I will not be held responsible because you are the one that's actually doing it. Anyways now that all the boring stuff is out of the way let's get started!

Maverick 10.9 Beta 2 for FREE (Without a Developer Account). So before I start I'm just going to say that this is for
Okay so first off you need to download the actually .DMG file first and that can be downloaded from one of two places, iMZDL or ATFDL, both of which you can find by clicking the link below and choosing which site you wish to download from; but remember in the video below I am only going through one method and that is the ATFDL method. Both sites work the same way and I'll show you how to download from both but the guide will be done through the ATFDL process (Both methods are the same it's only the download process that might be different).

Afterwards you want to just follow along with the video where I will give you a detailed step-by-step guide. Hope this helps you guys if it does show the video below some love and spread the news, thanks!

Click here and scroll down on the page to download the .DMG

Enjoy

~techungry1

How To: Get iOS 7 Beta 2 for FREE Without a Developer Account/Registering your UDID (Step-by-Step)

2013-06-28T21:21:00.003-07:00

We all know that Apple recently came out with iOS 7 Beta 2 and everyone on the internet is literally going nuts. Nuts because everyone wants to try this new piece of software that looks similar to skittles throwing up. But in all seriousness, people want to try the second beta mores than the first only to see if it's more stable and that way they can show off to their friends and still have a phone that doesn't make apps such as Instagram or Candy Crush crash when it's all the software.

Long story short I heard you guys asking how to get beta 2 for free and without registering your UDID thus without a developer account. And I thought to myself that I think I have the perfect video to show you guys so follow it carefully and as I mentioned in the video it's recommended that you watch the whole thing first and than go ahead and follow it step-by-step so that way I get double the views, obvi.

No but all jokes asides, watch it first and remember this video below is for educational purposes. Simply to show you that it is possible to get iOS 7 Beta 2 completely for FREE. So other than that, sit back, relax and enjoy the video!

Download the .IPSW for your device here!

Want to get NBA 2K14 for FREE click here!

Enjoy

~techungry1

How To: Get NBA 2K14 for FREE Legally (PC, XBOX 360, PS3) + Giveaway

2013-06-25T11:58:00.002-07:00

What's up guys today I have a blog post on how to get NBA 2K14 absolutely for FREE and completely legally. Before I start off I know I'm going to have many people say that the game hasn't even come out and is coming out to the public October 2013 and the video below and this post is being posted June 2013 so how does this exactly work out? It's actually rather simple and we are going to pre-order the game from Amazon and when it comes to October 2013 the game will be in front of our door. Let me take you guys back and explain how all this is going to work out, so we are going to get the money via gift cards from Microsoft. They are going to give us $5 Amazon.com gift cards and all we have to do is use their search engine Bing.

The Plan
So basically all you have to do is search 15-30 (the longer you stay on the site the higher your status will be and the more searches you can do in one day) and you collect credits and from your credits you can exchange them from cool prizes. And we want to collect these Amazon gift cards and redeem them in our Amazon account and since the gift cards don't expire we can do this for however long we want and collect money that can be used to buy real products and eventually get you NBA 2K14 or even a 80% discount if you really work on it.

Now that you know the plan I'm going to show you guys a video that I made so if you are still confused it will clarify a few things, best of luck!

Click here for the FREE bot! (No Download Needed)

Enjoy
~techungry1

How To: Two Ways to View Hidden [Asterisk] Passwords! (No Download Needed)

2013-06-24T16:29:00.003-07:00

I know everyone at one point or another has tried to snoop into their friends social media account or any account in general but you don't want to execute your plan from their computer or laptop you want to go on your smartphone and do it so that way they have absolutely no idea. It's actually easy to do especially when they have saved their password onto their web browser but when you try to figure out their password all you see are those asterisks or black solid dots that look the size of a first-grader periods when they learn to write. Well asterisks, black dots, or purple dinosaurs, there are actually two ways for you to see the password without the other person knowing and before I get someone that asks me, no you cannot copy and paste it, it wouldn't work.

Method #1 - Classic loophole
The first method is a way that I knew but forgot to mention in the video below and that is if the person has saved their password into the browser, then that means within a few clicks you will know more than one of their passwords. Let me explain. Whenever you go to a password protected website your browser will ask you if you want to save that password and that is what allows you to see the black solid dots, even with just a username/email to that site you could get in it easily.

Anyways I call this the classic loophole because all you have to do is look around the browser's settings and bang bang, you just hit the jackpot. For example, if you are on Chrome you can click on settings and under "Passwords and forms" you can click on "Manage saved passwords" and you have access to numerous passwords that are saved to this persons computer.

Method #2 - System.out.print("Using Code");

The second method is something that I'm sure many of you guys didn't know and that is using the code in the browser. Now I know this sounds scary and believe me it's so much simpler than it sounds. All you have to do is look at the video below and I will answer you question within 10 seconds.

Enjoy

~techungry1

XBOX One: The Killer to the PS4?

2013-05-21T15:12:00.003-07:00

As you already are aware of Apple, hope you got a good laugh from that, no but Microsoft just announced it's newest gaming console the XBOX One. I've never liked XBOX for some odd reason and I think the main reason is I was always a Sony fanboy at heart, noticed how I said was. With this
new XBOX Microsoft has completely shifted my perspective and I'm thinking of buying it when it comes out -- which should be sometime around the holiday season. The presentation was fantastic as Microsoft talked more about hardware and features and far less about games, as Sony did.

Will the XBOX One beat the Sony PS4? Honestly, I don't know; and I don't think anyone knows, and will know, until the two products come out. But what I do know is this Sony fanboy has now begun keeping his eyes out for a counterpart to his previous religion.

So tell me what you think do you think..Sony PS4 > XBOX One or vis versa?

- techungry1

Check out the highlights of the event by Soliderknowsbest!

How To: Burn a CD/DVD & Play it on ANY DVD Player (Mac)

2013-05-18T15:27:00.000-07:00

If you're tech savvy and anyone has ever asked you to do something you know how to do, you accept without thinking twice. But what happens if something out of the ordinary happens? You suddenly feel this massive bolder fall flat down and you have to tell the person either you don't know how to do something that you previously defined as "light work". Anyways the point is I've been in this very position recently and didn't know how to go about it so today I'm going to show you guys "How To: Burn a CD/DVD & Play it on

Once again, just like 99% of my blog posts, they each have a video made for them so if you're not the reading type just scroll down and follow the step-by-step guide!

1) The first thing we will need is the software so click on this text here and another tab will open where you will have to wait for 5 seconds and then click on the bright yellow, "Skip Ad" button on the top right; afterwards it will redirect you to the software, Burn.

2) Once you download and install the application, open it up and click on the Video tab on the top, after that you will have to change the VCD format to the DVD-Video format.

3) Now this is probably the most important step in the whole process, and this is where most of you guys are most likely messing up. Don't just add the video and click burn, but go to Burn and preferences, click on the Video tab and change the region from PAL to NTSC. If you don't do this, the steps I'm showing you will most likely NOT work..so do it! (:

4) Now it's time to import the media onto the actually application so if you have the file simply drag and drop it or click on the "+" sign on the bottom left and find your media that way. Upon doing so, a pop-up will come up telling you this is an incompatible fail. Don't flip out and close this page, it's suppose to happen, just click on convert now and choose where you want it to output the converted file, choose your desktop for easy access. Now just sit back and relax for the encoding to finish.

5) Afterwards, (wow I said that too many times) the file will appear on the application now you just have to name file and click burn!

**(Optional) Check out the video below if you want to add DVD Menus!

6) Clicking on burn will bring up a menu, just choose the drive where you want to burn it, most of us will only have one so just leave it as that. Now as for the speed, I would recommend 4x, and then click Burn and you're done!

Hopefully this helped you guys and if you're still confused just watch the video below and show it some love. (:

- techungry1

One HUGE Reason Mac's are better than PCs?

2013-02-17T16:39:00.003-08:00

I know I'm about to dig myself in a huge whole by throwing this topic out there, but that's what the Internet is for, right? Trolls behind keyboards using language they wouldn't dare to use in real life because they're weak and a keyboard is the only thing that makes them feel superior. Well today if you haven't already figured out from the title I'm bringing in the Mac vs PC debate...

Now what's really cool is hopefully this article brings people closer by choosing one of two groups. Personally, I'm a Mac and I'm not here to convince you and listen to the usual arguments that PCs are cheaper, easier to upgrade, and more better. But today I'm going to show you a reason I rarely see on the Internet and hopefully you will understand why I'm showing this to you from a different perspective .
The idea or main reason I'll telling you guys Mac's are better than PCs is: Mac's can run multiple operating systems. Now I know it sounds like a stupid reason but think about it, how come you never hear a Mac user bring this argument out but rather a PC user? Because the Mac user is smart enough to download and install Windows onto their machine whereas the PC guy is talking to a wall.

If you still don't get it let me explain. Mac's have the power to run any OS, whether that be Linux, and older version of itself (if you have lion you can run snow leopard), and yes even Microsoft Windows (via virtual machines, bootcamp). However it's counterparts, PCs, can only run Linux and itself and yes I know you can run a Hackintosh but the average consumer will not go through this or even a true geek. And yes you can run Mac on a Windows computer but trust me if you never knew what lag was this is the place to be; giving it 5 GB of ram you have to wait ten seconds to right click, ehhh not wasting time or effort that way. So next time someone brings this argument up, first ask them if they use Macs or PCs and then when they say PCs, laugh at them, and link them to this article.

Thanks for listening and hope I've showed you guys to get out of your bubble and listen and learn from another lens.

Best regards,

Tech Hungry

HOW TO: Hack Temple Run 2 & NEVER DIE/GET 1 BILLION COINS (NO Jailbreak Needed)

2013-01-18T18:14:00.001-08:00

With the recent release of Temple Run 2 a lot of people, as always, want to show off their scores with all to their friends and a something called competition starts to arise. Well there's the select few that actually play smarter and not harder and what I mean by that is they cheat, sorry there's just no way you can get 32 billion in Temple Run if unless you used the cheat (how to do so in temple run, click here to find out!). So with the sequel coming out who wouldn't want to share their 10 million+ scores by sharing them on Facebook and Instagram every 5 minutes? (I joke.) Anyways, today I'm going to show you how to hack temple run 2 and without jail breaking your iOS device and completely for free.

So the first thing you're going to want to do is really simple, go ahead and download Disk-Aid below and remember wait 10 seconds and click skip ad in the top right corner.

Disk-Aid

Once you have it downloaded and installed connect your iDevice via a cable to your computer and Disk-Aid should pick it up and from there click Apps at the bottom and navigate to Temple Run 2 and you should see something that says "gamedata.txt".

Alright you're almost done now you have to download the second file which you can get below this text and remember to click skip ad in the top right corner after 10 seconds.

Temple Run 2 Hack

Afterwards, you will be on a website called HulkLoad where you have to scroll down until you see a small download button, click that and scroll down yet again until you see a character box where you have to put in a 4 figure code and wait roughly about 1 minute. Then simply click the download button, save it, and unzip it. Once you unzip it you will notice that there is also a file that reads "gamedata.txt" and then..you guessed it; simply drag the gamedata that YOU downloaded into the Temple Run 2 app via DiskAid to replace the one that was already there.

From there go to your iOS device and make sure Temple Run isn't running in the background because if it was the changes couldn't take place so you will just have to redo this process (which is a lot harder to explain then to actually do). From there open Temple, tap on upgrades and BAM all characters unlocked and 1 Billion coins/gems or whatever you wish to call them.

ALSO ONE THING I FORGOT TO MENTION IN THIS VIDEO BELOW IS THAT WHEN YOU DIE YOU CAN CLICK ON THAT "SAVE ME" BUTTON AND EVERY TIME YOU USE IT YOU DOUBLE HOW MANY YOU HAVE! SO YOU IF YOU HAVE 8 AND YOU DIE THE NEXT TIME YOU DIE YOU HAVE 16, THEN 32, 64 AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO THAT BASICALLY MEANS IF YOU DIE YOU CAN BRING YOURSELF BACK AND NEVER DIE!

-Thanks guys and tell me if it worked for you!

HOW TO: Get Windows 8 for FREE for 90 days

2012-11-05T16:30:00.000-08:00

Ever since Microsoft released Windows 8 the question pops up for it's users whether or not they should upgrade. Well, I have pretty good news, if you want to try Windows 8 before upgrading (you can download it and decide whether it was worth the upgrade or not) you can, and for FREE! Simply click here (wait 8 seconds and click skip on the top right) and scroll down to the bottom of the page until you see "Select the Version You Want to Download" and choose between either 32-bit or 64-bit. Now I have to mention this is for "testing" purposes only so the download link is a 90-day trial of Windows 8.

Like mention above this is only a 90-day trial of Windows 8 and will expire after that. So I don't recommend that you install this over your current operation system (Windows XP, Vista, or 7) but rather create a separate partition and dual-boot it or the option I rather do which is create a virtual machine. Once again if you want to download it simply click here and scroll down!

HOW TO: Remove the Smart HDD Malicious Software

2012-10-27T10:16:00.000-07:00

Before I begin just like to thank YouTuber Beast2032 for submitting a question. If you would like your question answered go to the Contact Me page. Smart HDD is a malicious software that gives you fake pop-ups, and saying that your hard drive has x number of errors and they blend right into your Operating System and look completely legit but in all honestly they are nothing but fake error messages trying to get you to purchase their software resulting in your cash being stolen! To the right is how to pop-up screen will look like (as of this blog post, the interface might have changed). Now I don't really believe that you should pirate software but you could always enter the license key below and the errors will stop, but this WILL NOT remove the Smart HDD software out of your computer, and if you want to know how to..don't worry I got your back, keep reading!

The following is the serial:
15801587234612645205224631045976

Now just a friendly reminder I recommend that you follow my steps and the software should stop annoying you, remember no matter how much you get annoyed don't fall into their market and buy it...at least be smart enough to use my serial. GOSHH. No but all jokes aside, don't give them your financial information.

Step 1: Start your PC into Safe Mode with Networking

What you need to do is remove all external means of media, that you can, this includes floppy discs (hope you don't have to do this, fingers crossed), DVDs, CDs, Blurays, and USBs and restart your PC.
Press and hold the F8 key on your keyboard as your PC is in the midst of restarting and remember: you need to press the key before the Windows logo pops up (start-up logo shows up)
Once you do that you should see Safe Mode with Networking, simply use the arrow keys to move up or down and once your on it, hit Enter
Now log into your computer with an account that give you administrator rights

Step 2: Actually Removing the Smart HDD proxy server

Now the malicious software has something called a proxy which doesn't let you go on the Internet, your job to remove it.

Fire up Internet Explorer (Get it like Firefox..no..oh okay) and click the gear button and select Internet Options. (If you have Internet Explorer 8 or lower, click Tools and than Internet Options)
Navigate to the Connections tab and select LAN settings.
Uncheck the box Use a proxy server for your LAN, this should let you use the internet again

Aside from that corny Firefox joke, if you have Firefox you could do it also buy clicking on Options > Advanced tab > Network > Settings > and select No Proxy.

Step 3: Kill known other malware associated with Smart HDD

1. Download a program known as RKill which attempts to terminate malicious processes that are mainly associated with the Smart HDD bug; in other words just get it to solve the problem, trust me. Click here to download it.

2. Once you have downloaded it open it and open run it as Admin if you have the option and it will try to automatically try to terminate the Smart HDD process. Now since you're computer still is infected a dialog box might appear stating something like RKill is a bug/virus uninstall it when really Smart HDD is the virus. Now my along with others advice is to not touch your computer, just open RKill and let it run and leave the Smart HDD dialog box alone.

3. If you still are having problems you can download another renamed version of RKill from here. Once RKill is done, it will show a report.

NOTE: DON'T RESTART YOUR PC AFTER RUNNING RKILL, THAT WILL RESULT IN THE SMART HDD TO START UP AGAIN, AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING ALL OVER AGAIN! SO DON'T RESTART!!!

Step 4: Remove Smart HDD malicious files with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

1. Download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware here, it's a free program and you can even keep it after we resolve the issue you can use it so you have peace of mind.

2. Install it and at the last screen of the wizard where it says, "Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware" and "Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware" make sure these two boxes are checked and click finish, once again if it tells you to reboot, DON'T DO IT!

3. Once it opens you will have the option to Decline or Start the Trial, please select Decline. Now the program should look something like the image below, go to the Scanner tab and select Perform full scan and then scan. This is just a step to delete any unwanted Malware that Smart HDD may have caused it since it's a full scan it take some time. Once it's completed click OK to the dialog box.

4. Now this is where you will be able to see actually how much damage Smart HDD has caused since it shows you all the infections found on your computer, now since I'm sure you don't want ANY of these check all the boxes and click "Remove Selected".

5. At this point you just have to be patient since Malwarebytes will remove the unwanted files, now if it says you need to restart make sure you do and make sure this dialog box is from Malwarebytes (you can tell from reading the title on the top left of the dialog box).

6. Now you're almost done, all I strongly suggest is download an antivirus program such as Microsoft Security Essentials (which you can download here) and perform a full scan.

Step 5: Remove Left over Malicious Registry Keys

1. Now since Smart HDD had moved our shortcuts files to the Temporary Internet folder and added some malicious registry keys to your computer all over the place, you will need a program call RogueKiller. (download here)

2. Open RogueKiller up and wait for the pre scan to complete, this should go by pretty quick and click the start button now to perform the system scan. After the scan has finished, press the Delete button on the right hand side which will remove malicious registry keys.

3. After all that, you will need to restore your shortcuts so click on "ShortcutsFix" button and let the program run.

Step 6: Check if this was successful? Did all these steps really help?

1. If you have done the above steps you should be done but to verify all you need to do is change your background, and the reason this determines if you were successful is the Smart HDD "virus" changed your background to black and just change it to anything to want to make sure.

If you're still having problems please don't think twice of e-mailing me via the contact page, posting so on my Facebook Fan Page, or leaving a comment on this blog post so others that might have the same problem can find the solution easily.

Hope this blog post really helped Beast2032 as well as many others, thanks again!

-Thanks for reading and Happy Tech(:

Apple Reveals iPad Mini! Watch the Keynote Here!

2012-10-23T14:04:00.000-07:00

If you were busy today and happened to miss Apple's Keynote showing off there brand new iPad Mini, super thin iMac's, or 13-inch MacBook Pro's have no fear, you can sit back on your own time and watch this event as well as any other keynotes ranging from when Apple unveiled the new iPhones to today's event -- and all of this for free. Not only can you watch these events online but you can also download the podcast at, get this, completely for free.

Also, I know how many people aren't a fan of 480p since you guys want to get the highest quality possible out of something, and I second that..so hopefully the text below this will have answered your prayers, check it out!

iPad Mini Keynote

Apple Keynotes
Apple Keynotes HD
Apple Keynotes 1080p

Apple Sends Out iPad Mini Invite: What does the Image Represent?!

2012-10-16T15:23:00.001-07:00

Today I was going to write an article on Apple sending out invites for their October 23rd event but I thought you must've seen a billion articles written pertaining to this so I thought since I'm a "HOW TO" blog I can show you guys "How To Read Between the Lines," and no I'm not referring to the middle finger. No but seriously all jokes aside, if you look at the image it doesn't offer much information, in comparison to when the iPhone 5 came out and their was a huge 5 shadow. The design seems to have a colorful powder in the background much like used in the Indian holiday Holi.

But this isn't the first invitation I've tried to break down and the folks at Apple are genius. The visuals don't really mean much since it's just the background with the Apple logo but the text within it has some significance, saying "We've got a little more to show you." But the question is, what does this mean? I believe it is referring to a smaller/thinner version of ANY Apple product. I know a lot of rumors of an iPad Mini have been floating around, and I'm not saying that this isn't true but it could also refer to thinner iMac's, new generation of Mac Pro's, or what a lot of people suspect the iPad Mini.

Now the plus in all of this is the Mini if announced will be on October 23rd which is seven days from me posting this post. So are you going to get the iPad Mini if it comes out? Tell me below!

-Thanks for reading and Happy Tech(:

HOW TO: Get AirPlay Mirroring on Older Mac's and PC's (10.6+ or Windows XP or Later)

2012-10-13T10:45:00.000-07:00

If you happen to own an Apple TV and a Mac laptop/desktop running Mountain Lion (Mac OS 10.8) than you probably know one main feature of Mountain Lion is you can stream your Mac's screen onto your HD TV, but what if you solely want AirPlay Mirroring and don't want to spend the extra $30 for Mountain Lion? Is there a way to do this? Well there is with an application called AirParrot which you can download by clicking here (just wait 10 seconds and click Skip on the top right). Aside from AirPlay Mirroring you also have Desktop Extension, Desktop Mirroring, 1080p Mirroring, and App Mirroring. To actually do this you will need to have a Mac computer (10.6+) or a Windows PC (Windows XP or Later) with an Apple TV 2 or 3.

Once you have done so, launch AirParrot and on the menu select the device you want to mirror the screen to. With a couple of seconds, you'll have your screen mirroring on your TV. I don't have an Apple TV, although I plan to buy one in the near future, most of the reviews said it was simple to use, and many people loved it. I think I should mention that AirParrot is a free trial and due to this you can only mirror for 20 minutes and than the application/program will terminate the session. If you want to purchase the application/program it only costs $10 a fraction of the cost of Mountain Lion! Once again you can download the AirParrot here!

Overall, I recommend AirParrot and love how the developers didn't think of just the Mac side of users but also Windows users that would've never had this chance. Check it out and tell me below if you downloaded it or not!

-Thanks for reading and Happy Tech(:

HOW TO: Stop Your HP Printer to Print the Test Page Every Time

2012-10-04T19:37:00.000-07:00

If you've had a HP printer you know whenever you replace your current empty cartridge with a brand new one, either black or color, your printer always prints a sample test page. And sometimes your printer might print this page every time when you turn on your printer. Now when I first ran into this problem I couldn't really find a solution to this rather a mere bypass. Sites recommended me to just press the red X which canceled the current page(s) being printed. But the disadvantages are a waste of ink, paper, and most importantly money. Your literally printing things that you have no control of and wasting money.

The Solution?

It's actually really simple, no third-party application or programs will be needed and you could accomplish this on both Mac and PC's. The first thing you want to do is turn on your printer and allow your printer to print just one page of the test pages. Afterwards, just scan your document, that's right just scan it. If you're on PC than well you should know how to scan and if you're on Mac click here to read "HOW TO: Scan on Mac" and this really should resolve your problem.

Afterwards you shouldn't have a single sample page print during the startup of your printer.

-Thanks for reading and what printer do you have?

HOW TO: Scan on A Mac (No Downloads Needed)

2012-10-03T15:18:00.002-07:00

If you have ever used a PC computer, which I'm sure you have, than scanning on a PC is pretty straight forward. Not to say that scanning on a Mac is any easier or harder it's definitely different, so today I'm going to show you guys how to Scan on any Mac from any brand of printer(s). The beauty of the way I'm going to show you is that you don't need any extra software, so let's begin! (Ok..that kind of sounded corny). First go to your applications folder and locate Image Capture and click on it. Now the layout looks a big to simple but as you begin to scan more setting will bloom as your scan progresses. On the left side you will see a pane labeled "Devices" and below that "Shared".
If you're connected by USB than it will show under Devices or if you have it connected wirelessly it will show up under Shared. Next click "Show Details" and you will have many options such as where to save the scanned document, color or black and white, format (JPEG, PNG, etc.), etc. Afterwards what you want to do is just crop it so wherever your image is double-click it and highlight the piece you want and hold Command + K (so you can crop the extra white space).

It's really simple to scan and if you're still having trouble scanning check out the video below!

-Thanks for reading and HAPPY TECH(:

First Leaked Picture of the iPad Mini?!

2012-09-19T12:58:00.002-07:00

Ever since the iPhone 5 pictures have been leaked I starting to think Apple is starting to care less and less about it's products security before launch day. You may have guessed it from the title above that Apple's "iPad Mini" has had it's first leaked picture. The iPad Mini is suppose to be 7.8 inches and from it's name be exactly like the iPad just scaled down in certain aspects.
Many people have been saying since the pictures have been leaked, the release date isn't too far away. Sorry for the short post guys just telling you that this picture has been leaked!

-Thanks for reading and are you getting the iPad Mini?

HOW TO: Get the NEW Twitter Banner/Cover Profile in Android (Step-by-Step)

2012-09-18T15:58:00.002-07:00

Recently Twitter has updated it's users' profile design by adding a new Facebook/Google+ (btw Like me on Facebook). Similar to both of these networks now you can select a Twitter 'cover' and a profile picture. Now if you're on the web than as of now you cannot update through the website but have to do it through the official Twitter app for iOS or Android.

Begin by updating your app so you can add your own banner image by selecting "Me" and than tapping the settings gear icon (located below the number of tweets).
Tap "Edit Profile" and now you can add a picture or take an image for your banner. Note that the resolution of your banner image should be at least 1252px wide by 626px high.
After you have done the following your web Twitter profile will change from the traditional template to the new banner/cover style profile!

-Thanks for reading and who did it?! Tell me below!

YouTube Goes Under Maintenance?!

2012-09-17T19:08:00.001-07:00

The title says it all, the popular site YouTube that I'm sure all of you guys have definitely heard of is going under site maintenance. What exactly does this mean? YouTube is going under maintenance at 8 PM PST (Pacific Standard Time) on September 17, 2012 and the outcome will result in certain features being in "read-only mode" as put by YouTube on their support page. This means that you will not be able to:

Comment
Like
Create new playlist
Start a new live stream or Hangout on Air (Liveshow)
CMS

Although "watching, searching and rental of videos will work as normal. Uploads will also work but processing will be delayed until after the maintenance is complete," as put by YouTube on their support page, you can check that out here.

Apple Kills iMessage? No More iMessage?!?

2012-09-17T13:37:00.000-07:00

This morning many iPhone users were stunned by the simple fact that Apple's messaging app iMessage was simply not working. You couldn't send, receive, or get a message far to late from the time that you sent it to the time it was suppose to be read. Many users thought they were the only ones but when "My iMessage" and "iMessage" trending on Twitter thousands of iPhone, iPod, and iPad users weren't afraid to voice their opinion. Now what is Apple exactly going to do to solve this problem? Are they going to kill iMessage?! Well not exactly, the LA Times reported "We've contacted Apple to see what is going on and when the issue might be solved.

Until then, Apple users may have to turn back to regular 'ole text messaging". Many Twitter users had this to say for this situation (to read more check out LA Times article) :

-Thanks for reading and did this happen to you?! Tell me below!