We can?t vouch for this hack, because we are too lazy to try it (and we never, ever violate copyrights or EULAs), but kind reader Martin explains the process for turning an Windows XP Home install disc to a Windows XP Pro disc after the jump.

The purpose of this article is to take a very fast, very hot modern processor (in this case an AMD Athlon 64 4000+) and underclock it with an eye to comparing performance to levels of heat and voltage at below stock speeds. The Athlon 64 is currently the fastest available desktop processor, so we reasoned that reducing its speed to the point where it could be operated silently with a passive cooling system should still leave us with a powerful machine for everyday tasks.

In this article, PCSTATS is going to focus on both company's versions of this technology, how it works, and the kind of performance boost you can expect from it. Currently only certain of AMD's Opteron server-class processors are available with dual cores, but very shortly AMD will release the Athlon 64 X2 line of dual-core desktop processors. Intel has taken the opposite approach, already releasing the 'Pentium Extreme Edition 840' desktop dual-core chip, while its 'Pentium D' and dual-Xeons lines are not far behind.

When it comes to building high end computers, there is no room for cutting corners, and even a component like thermal paste can make a significant difference.

Open TiVo to backdoor hacks to reveal some configuration settings and features that the "untouched" TiVo does not normally allow access to. Backdoors are the fun remote codes--the ones that require a little more knowledge to get into. You're not going to stumble upon these by accident; you have to know what you're looking for.

eCoustics

Two different makes of drivers are available for the Realtek ALC onboard audio chips. Today we are putting them both inside the ring for a head to head battle. Are you ready to find out which one is suitable for you? If the answer is yes then read on.

NGOHQ.com

I found this great Windows XP tweaking guide. It has a lot of good and accurate tweaks to boost your computers performance. It boosted my computer's performance so check it out!

Whistlingcricket.com Windows XP Tweaking v2.0

Ever wonder if your neighbors are snooping around on your wireless network? Did you realize that, if they are, they are eating up your bandwidth? What would happen if someone hooked onto your wireless network and sent out boatloads of spam? Well, chances are these things could happen to you if your wireless network is not secured. As long as people remain curious--wireless networks are always at risk.

BoxGods

PCI Express is the latest and greatest motherboard slot standard. James Morris explains the benefits of the technology, making clear why this fast new serial bus is replacing the older PCI parallel bus.

Hexus.net

The next time you need to identify the cause of a driver problem, turn to Windows XP's little-known troubleshooting tool called the Driver Verifier Manager. By going through a few short steps, you'll be able to determine whether the drivers you choose to diagnose are causing the problem.

TechRepublic

Apple keeps the music files on your iPod hidden, but with a little hackery, all your music will be revealed, allowing you to copy the files (legally, of course) from one machine to another.

eCoustics

An iPod comes with an immense amount of hard drive space, while your digital camera's memory cards fill up too quickly. This digital divide can be traversed successfully with a little help from Belkin.

eCoustics

Earlier this month we took a look at EVGA's e-GeForce 6800 graphics card. In the review, we gave the card high marks for its excellent price/performance ratio. But what if you could turn NVIDIA's 12-pixel pipeline, $200 GeForce 6800 into a 16-pixel pipeline/6 vertex unit card for free? In today's article, that's exactly what we did! See how the 16-pixel pipeline/ card performs as well as the 12-pipe GeForce 6800 with 6 vertex shaders. Is the card able to take down GeForce 6800 GT and RADEON X800 XL? Find out in this article!

Have you ever wonder what your photos will look like one year after you have printed them at home or if they have been produced by your usual photo lab? The answer is in this test ?Inkjet and labs photos in time?: here you will find tests regarding not only the quality but, chiefly, a picture?s life expectancy. These photos are one year and one month old, pinned to the wall or carefully kept in a sealed envelope safe from air and light, here is what they look like today.

The 512Mb 6800 Ultra PCI Express cards have a different layout compared to the 6800 ultra 256Mb. As such, voltage modding them are a bit different. VR-Zone shows you how to voltage mod them for better overclocking!

This guide is intended for those using Suse 9.3 and Samba with the firewall (SuSEfirewall2) enabled. Samba works great out of the box with Suse 9.3 however the firewall adds some complexity to the issue. This guide was created from my attempts to make accessing all shares and printers on my Windows/Linux network work perfectly.

TweakHound

A lot of users want to know what is the maximum temperature processors can work at, seeing that all processors currently heat up a lot and many coolers available on the market are unable to cool them down correctly.

HardwareSecrets

Before diving into the ?how?? question, some of you might be asking ?Why would you want to run a 32-bit shell on a 64-bit OS??

Making the correct choices and implementing proper solutions begins with assessing business needs and requirements now and into the foreseeable future.

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TweakGuides have thrown up their latest guide that looks at tweaking your ATI Catalyst Drivers!

The ATI Catalyst driver suite has come a long way over the past few years. Starting out as a troubled and often unstable and buggy set of drivers it is now as good, if not better than the competing Nvidia drivers. For ATI graphics card users, in terms of features, stability and performance the Catalysts only have one true competitor: the Omega drivers.