Popular Facebook Emotion Icons

Facebook is the best social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them.As we all know ,Facebook has an instant chat client where you can chat real time with your friends. It's a great feature and also features some cool smileys.In the following table you can find the list of some popular emotions for the facebook chat with their keyword shortcut.

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How to Backup blogspot Blog

Blogger Backup is a free utility from Codeplex to backup blogspot blogs.It has the ability to backup all of your post and comments and fully restore it .This utility is intended to be a simple utility to backup to local disk your Blogger posts.

TO DOWNLOAD THE SOFTWARE CLICK HERE

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Trick to Hide Text in Images(Image Steganography)

Steganography is the art and science of writing hidden messages in such a way that no one, apart from the sender and intended recipient, suspects the existence of the message, a form of security through obscurity.Many different carrier file formats can be used, but digital images are the most popular because of their frequency on the Internet.  For hiding secret information in images, there exists a large variety of steganographic techniques.Imagehide is a software that can hide loads of text in images.It is very easy to use due to its user friendly interface.Just type the text and click encrypt.If you want to decrypt,just load the image and click decrypt.


KEY FEATURES:


1.There is no increase in the image size.


2.Get past all the mail sniffers.


3.You can also print the image.


4.It can save Image files as BMP or PNG.


5.No changes are made to the image and the image looks the same to normal paint packages.


6.The text can also be protected by a password.


CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD IMAGEHIDE.

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How to Add "You Might also like" widget to a blog

 Linkwithin is a blog widget that appears under each post, linking to related stories from your blog archive.The widget is free and ad-free and takes a minute to get the widget up and running on your blog.This widget show similar posts to blog visitor which helps him in finding the same content and increase your blog traffic.It retrieve and index all stories from your blog archive, not just recent stories, making them accessible to new or casual readers of your blog who would not otherwise encounter them.

STEPS TO INSTALL LINKWITHIN WIDGET IN BLOGGER :

1.Go to www.linkwithin.com and enter the deatils related to the blog and click Get Widget!.

2. Click Install Widget to open Blogger in a new window and login to your blogspot account.

 3.Select the blog(if you are having more than one blog) and click Add Widget.

4.Drag and Drop the LinkWithin box under the "Blog Posts" box.However,you can place it anywhere but it is recommended for better performance.

5.Click Save to save the changes.

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Google Tips for Better Searching

1.EXCLUDE WORDS :
If you want to search for a particular term but you want to exclude a particular word,simply use "-" sign for the term you want to exclude.
For example : site promotion -backlinks


2.CALCULATOR :
You can use google online searching utility to do calculations.Type the operand between the operators and press the enter key.

3.DEFINATIONS :
To search for a particular defination on Google,use the "Define:" operator.For example Define:mapping

4.EXPLICIT PHRASE :
If you are searching for material on Polymorphism. Instead of just typing Polymorphism into the Google search box,it is  better to search explicitly for the phrase.  To do this, simply enclose the search phrase within double quotes.

5.MUSIC OPERATOR :

If you want to search contents related to music only,use "Music:" operator.

6.SEARCH CONTENT ON A PARTICULAR SITE:

If you want to search for specific content on a particular website ,use the "site:www.sitename.com" modifier.

7.FILE TYPES :

You can use the "filetype:" modifier to search for a particular file format on the web.

8.SIMILAR WORDS:

If you want to include results that contain similar words or synonyms,use the "~" sign in front of the word you want to search.

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How to Add 3D rotating Label cloud In a Blogspot blog

 The script for the flash animated label cloud  was initially written as a plugin for WordPress called WP-Cumulus."Blogumus" is an Flash based tag cloud widget developed by Amanda which uses scripts converted from Roy Tanck's WP Cumulus plugin for Wordpress.

STEPS TO INSTALL BLOGUMUS IN BLOGGER LAYOUT :

1.Go to Layout and click Edit HTML in your Blogger dashboard.
2.Search for the following line(or similar) in your Layouts Html.

   <b:section class='sidebar' id='sidebar' preferred='yes'>
                                        or   
<b:section-contents id='sidebar-right-1'>  

3.Paste the following code after given line :

<b:widget id='Label99' locked='false' title='Labels' type='Label'>
<b:includable id='main'>
<b:if cond='data:title'>
<h2><data:title/></h2>
</b:if>
<div class='widget-content'>
<script src='http://sites.google.com/site/bloggerustemplatus/code/swfobject.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<div id='flashcontent'>Blogumulus by <a href='http://www.roytanck.com/'>Roy Tanck</a> and <a href='http://www.bloggerbuster.com'>Amanda Fazani</a></div>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var so = new SWFObject(&quot;http://sites.google.com/site/bloggerustemplatus/code/tagcloud.swf&quot;, &quot;tagcloud&quot;, &quot;240&quot;, &quot;300&quot;, &quot;7&quot;, &quot;#ffffff&quot;);
// uncomment next line to enable transparency
//so.addParam(&quot;wmode&quot;, &quot;transparent&quot;);
so.addVariable(&quot;tcolor&quot;, &quot;0x333333&quot;);
so.addVariable(&quot;mode&quot;, &quot;tags&quot;);
so.addVariable(&quot;distr&quot;, &quot;true&quot;);
so.addVariable(&quot;tspeed&quot;, &quot;100&quot;);
so.addVariable(&quot;tagcloud&quot;, &quot;<tags><b:loop values='data:labels' var='label'><a expr:href='data:label.url' style='12'><data:label.name/></a></b:loop></tags>&quot;);
so.addParam(&quot;allowScriptAccess&quot;, &quot;always&quot;);
so.write(&quot;flashcontent&quot;);
</script>
<b:include name='quickedit'/>
</div>
</b:includable>
</b:widget>

4.Firstly preview the template and if installed correctly save the template.

DEFAULT PRESET VARIABLES OF BLOGUMUS :

Width : 240px
Height  :300px;
Background color : white
Test color : grey
Font size : "12"

 You can also change the default parameters as per your requirements.

 CUSTOMIZING BLOGUMUS:


To customize the dimensions and background-color, modify the following line :

var so = new SWFObject("http://sites.google.com/site/bloggerustemplatus/code/tagcloud.swf", "tagcloud", "240", "300", "7", "#ffffff");

  To customize the font color,modify the following line :

 so.addVariable("tcolor", "0x333333");

To customize the font size,modify the following line :

so.addVariable("tagcloud", "<tags><b:loop values='data:labels' var='label'><a expr:href='data:label.url' style='12'><data:label.name/></a></b:loop></tags>"); 

This tutorial was adopted from Amanda's Tutorial.For more details click here.

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How to Use reliability Moniter to resolve issues in Windows 7

Reliability Monitor is an advanced tool that measures hardware and software problems and all other changes to your computer. It collects 24 hours of data before it displays any results and calculates the stability index that ranges from 1  to 10.You can use the index to help evaluate the reliability of your computer by reviewing the reported application failures, Windows 7 failures, Miscellaneous failures, Warnings, and Information.It displays which programs, Windows components, or miscellaneous items crashed on a given day, helping you identify problem items.

STEPS TO OPEN RELIABILITY MONITER:

1.Go to the Start menu and click Control Panel.

2.In the Control Panel ,click Review your computer's status. under the System and Security tab.

3.Expand the Maintainance section and click View reliability history.

 

4.Click on View all problem reports to get the list of all the computer problems sorted by program instead of date.You van also view technical details to see the exact error message for each warning or error by clicking on view technical detail.

5.Click on Check for solutions to all problems to get a list of possible fixes for the problems.

6.Click on Save reliability history to save the full report as an .xml file to give to support if needed.

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How to use Event Viewer for tracking system events in Windows 7

Event Viewer is an advanced tool that displays detailed information about significant events of the computer.It is the place where you can find important information about successful and unsuccessful logons, policy changes and system and application events. Event Viewer is also an invaluable diagnosing tool when programs do not work as expected.

STEPS TO OPEN EVENT VIEWER :


1.Go to the Start menu and click Control panel.

2. Tn the Control Panel ,select System and Security and click Administrative Tools.

3.Tn the administrative tools,click Event Viewer to open event viewer.To see Windows 7 events, expand Windows Logs section on the left.

 EVENT TYPES IN WINDOWS LOGS :

• APPLICATION LOG : Application log includes events related to programs running on your computer,their important actions, errors and crashes.

• SECURITY EVENTS : Security log includes events about users logging on and off, changing security policies etc.

•  SETUP EVENTS : Computers that are configured as domain controllers will have additional logs displayed here.It includes events about updating and patching Windows and Microsoft programs.

• SYSTEM EVENTS : System events are logged by Windows and Windows system services, and are classified as error, warning or information.

• FORWARDED EVENTS : Forwarded events events are forwarded to this log by other computers.

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How to Change Logon Screen for Windows 7

Tweaks.com Logon Changer for Windows 7 is the best tool to customize the logon screen background with just a few clicks.It is a free application and is also very easy to use.The application prompt for the location of the new background image and then it install the new screen behind the scenes. Tweaks.com Logon Changer will even provide a preview of your new background on a logon screen.After selecting the appropriate image , just click the Test button to see it in action.If you want the default Windows 7 logon screen back just click Revert to Default Logon Screen and the application will automatically uninstall any customized screens.

KEY FEATURES :

• Automatic Image Resize - The Tweaks.com Logon Changer provides option to automatically resize and recompress the image to the highest quality possible.However,no change is made to the original image.

• Automatic Image Backup - All OEM backgrounds and any previously used backgrounds are automatically backed up when a logon background is changed.

FOR MORE DETAILS,VISIT : http://tweaks.com/software/tweakslogon/ 

TO DOWNLOAD THE SOFTWARE CLICK HERE. 

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How to Create nameless Folder in Windows

STEPS TO CREATE NAMELESS FOLDER IN WINDOWS :

1.Select the folder and click F2 to rename the folder or simply right click on the folder and select Rename..

2.Now while holding the Alt key,type numbers 0160 from the numpad on the right hand side of the keyboard.The folder which appears nameless is actually named with a single space.

3.You can also hide the folder by changing the folder icon to blank.To select a blank icon simply right click on the folder and click Properties.In the Properties window select Customize tab and click on "change icon" to select a blank icon.

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How to Easily boost Gaming performance

Many times you have noticed that you have all the recommended system requirements for the game,though the performance of the game is poor .This may be due to the background running applications.Game Booster is a small utility that tweak the PC for the ultimate system and Internet speed with a single click.Game Booster close background processes and unnecessary Windows services, to speed up you game playing and avoid possible conflicts and incompatibility.It uses  "Enhanced 3rd parties services detection" technology that automatically detect and close more unnecessary background services.It defrag game directories and files, to make your games load and run faster speed.It works by tweaking system settings for gaming,cleaning RAM and intensifying processor performance.It is a free software but you can also upgrade to premium version for more benefits.

FOR MORE DETAILS,VISIT : http://www.iobit.com/gamebooster.html

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Funny Google I'm feeling lucky Tricks

1.GOOGLE SPHERE : Type Google Sphere in the Google search bar and Click I'm Feeling Lucky.A new window will open and you will see all the objects on the google page flying in a spherical pattern.

2.GOOGLE GRAVITY : Type Google Gravity in the Google search bar and Click I'm Feeling Lucky.You will see a new window in which all the google letters fall down to the bottom of the screen and showing gravity effect.

3.EPIC GOOGLE : Type Epic Google in the Google search bar and Click I'm Feeling Lucky.Wait for a new window to open and you will see google letters becoming bigger and bigger.

4.GOOGLE PACMAN : Type Google Pacman in the Google search bar and Click I'm feeling lucky.You will see the Google homepage along with the pacman game.You can also play the game.

5.RAINBOW GOOGLE : Type Rainbow Google in the google search bar and Click I'm Feeling Lucky.A new page will open and you will see all the letters changing their colours.

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How to Open blocked command Prompt using Notepad

Most of the computers that have public access to people has Command Prompt blocked due to security reasons. Some time you may want to view hidden files in the public computer using command prompt. Lack of Command Prompt will be great loss of if you want to hack in to the networking or the same pc.However you can easily open command prompt using notepad.

STEPS TO OPEN COMMAND PROMPT USING NOTEPAD :

• Open Notepad and type the following commands:

                    @echo off

                     command

                    @echo on

• Save the notepad file with the extension ".bat".For example "command.bat"
• Now double click the saved  file to open the Command Prompt.

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How to Disable error Reporting in Windows 7

Error Reporting helps Microsoft to gather technical information about serious errors from millions of computers all around the worls which helps them develop patches and service packs. However you can also disable it for private concerns.

STEPS TO DISABLE ERROR REPORTING IN WINDOWS 7:


1.Go to the Start menu and click Control Panel.

2.Click on System and Security and then Action Center.

3.In the Action Center window, click the Change Action Center Settings option on the left.

4.Click Problem Reporting Settings at the bottom of Change Action Settings window in Related Settings section.

5.Now Select "Never check for solutions" if you want to completely disable error reporting and "Each time a problem occurs, ask me before checking for solutions" if you want to prevent windows  from automatically notifying Microsoft about the error.It will ask every time when a problem occurs before reporting the issue to Microsoft.

6.Click ok to save the changes.

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Microsoft Mathematics(A graphing calculator for equation solving)

Microsoft Mathematics is a small utility from Microsoft Windows to solve mathematical problems.It provides a graphing calculator that plots 2D and 3D.It helps in better understanding of  fundamental concepts in algebra,trignometry,physics,chemistry and calculas.Microsoft Mathematics is a graphing calculator basically designed to work just like a handheld calculator.In addition to math tools,it help to evaluate triangles, convert from one system of units to another, and solve systems of equations.

 

  

 TO DOWNLOAD THE SOFTWARE CLICK ON THE LINK GIVEN BELOW:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=9caca722-5235-401c-8d3f-9e242b794c3a 

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How to View Docx/Docm without Microsoft Office

Word Viewer is a free utility by Microsoft Windows.You can view,print and copy Word documents without having Microsoft Office installed on your pc.It is a small software and also a very useful one.You can use Word Viewer and Microsoft Office Compatability Pack to open word documents saved in the following formats:

• Word Document(.Docx)
• Word Macro-enabled document(.Docm)
• Text(.txt)
• XML(.xml)
• Word Perfect(.wpd)
• Rich Text Format(.rtf)
• Web Page Formats(.html)
• Works(.wps)

Note that Word Viewer can only be used to view/print/copy documents but it cannot be used to edit documents.If you want to edit documents then you have to use Microsoft Office only.

TO DOWNLOAD WORD VIEWER CLICK ON THE LINK GIVEN GELOW:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=3657ce88-7cfa-457a-9aec-f4f827f20cac&displaylang=en

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How to Unlock PDF file online

Freemypdf is a online utility to remove password and other restrictions on PDF files.This only works for PDFs that you can open and read without any 3rd party plugins. PDFs that require a password to be viewed cannot be unlocked by this service.It is due to the fact this is not cracking.Many viewable PDFs with restrictions are not really protected, no more than a door with a broken lock, as opposed to password-protected PDFs.It is easy to use utility.You just have to select the Pdf file from your computer and click "Do it!".A download dialog box will appear where you can save the unlocked Pdf file.

MAXIMUM FILE SIZE: 150MB

FOR MORE DETAILS, VISIT:   http://freemypdf.com

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How to Unzip/Unrar files online

Many times we are stuck with the problem when we download some file from internet and it is in the compressed format.If you do not have the software to extract the compressed file then you can also do it online.Wobzip is a online extractor which can also extract password protected files.It also scan the compressed files using an anti-virus scanner(bitdefender) so any infected files will be removed before you download them onto your computer.It gives you the ease to unzip your files in school, at work or anywhere as long as you have access to the Internet. No longer will you be limited by the inability to install programs onto admin-protected computers.

SUPPORTED FORMATS:  7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZHCHM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS

MAXIMUM FILE SIZE: 100MB

FOR MORE DETAILS,VISIT:  http://www.wobzip.org

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How to Hide hard Disk Partition in Windows

STEPS TO HIDE HARD DISK PARTITION :

1.Go the Start menu and click Run.

2.In the Run dialog box ,type"gpedit.msc" wihout quotes and press enter.Local Group Policy Editor will open.

 

3.In the group policy editor expand "Administrative Templates" and click "Windows Components".

4.In the Windows Components select Windows Explorer.

5.In the Windows Explorer select "Hide these specified drives in my computer".

6.In the "Hide these specified drives in my computer"  dialog box  click enable and select the drives you want to hide.

 Note that you have to restart the pc for the changes to take effect.

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How to Make bootable USB

Many times we are stuck with the problem when we want to install windows from USB but fail to install due to bootable issues.Follow the simple steps to make a USB bootable:

1.Go to the Start menu and click Run.

2.Type "cmd" in the Run dialog box to open the command prompt.

3.In the command prompt ,type"diskpart" without quotes and press enter.User Account Window will open ,click yes to grant access..Diskpart window will open.

4.In the diskpart window type "List volume" to get the list of volumes in your pc.Note that the USB drive should be formatted in NTFS file system to make it bootable.

5.Select the volume,type "Select Volume (volume number).If your USB volume number is 10 then type "select volume 10".The type of the USB volume is removable so you can easily recognize it.

6.Now type "active" to make to drive active and then tpye "exit" to exit diskpart.

7.Now go back to the command prompt and change the directory to dvd drive which contains windows files.To do this execute the following commands.
K: (where K is the Dvd drive letter)
k:cd boot and hit enter. Where “K” is the Dvd drive letter.
Now type"bootsect /nt60 f: " without quotes to create boot sector where "f" is the USB drive letter.

8.In the last ,copy all files/folders from DVD drive(which contains windows files) to your USB drive.

ALTERNATIVE MEHOD:

Use Bootable USB creater Tool to create bootable USB.It is a free software that offer users to make their regular USB drives into bootable ones. You can also perform a quick format with this utility.

TO DOWNLOAD THE SOFTWARE CLICK HERE. 

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How to Run a Trial software forever.

Trial versions of software usually contain all the functionality of the regular version, but can only be used for a limited time.RunAsDate  is a small utility that allows you to run a program in the date and time that you specify. This utility doesn't change the current system date and time of your computer, but it only injects the date/time that you specify into the desired application.Moreover it is a free software and also a very useful one.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS :

RunAsDate works under Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003,
Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. Older versions of
Windows are not supported. The is also x64 version available in a
separated download, for using with x64 applications.


LIMITATIONS:

• RunAsDate works on 32-bit Windows applications only. It cannot be used for 64-bit windows applications.
• RunAsDate fail to run application which that take the current
    date/time from another source i.e. applications that loads the
    current date from remote server.Many shareware creators are smart enough to detect that the date/time was modified and when they detect the time change, they end the trial period immediately 

 For more details, visit http://nirsoft.net/utils/run_as_date.html

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How to Disable UAC(User Account Control) in Windows Vista/7

UAC(User Account Control) is a security infrastructure introduced with Microsoft Windows Vistas and Windows 7.Tt is designed to improve the security by limiting application software to standard user privileges.It increases system security but it is also the most frustating feature in which a nagging pop up windows open every time you try to open a program.

STEPS TO DISABLE UAC(USER ACCOUNT CONTROL) :

1.Go to Start menu and click on the control panel.

2.Open "User Account And Family Safety" and click "User Accounts" .

 

3.Click on Change User Account Control Settings and drag the slider all the way down to the bottom to disable UAC entirely.

Note that you have to reboot the pc before the changes take effect.

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How to Know IP address of a computer

There are several ways to find the IP address of a computer.This can be done online by www.whatsmyip.com or you can also use google maps to find your IP address along with your location.These online techniques however fail to get the complete profile of your network connection.To view the full profile follow the steps given below:

1.Click on the Start menu and go to Run.

2.In the Run dialog box type "cmd" to open the command prompt.

3.A DOS window will appear.Type " ipconfig/all " (without quotes) and press enter.It will show you the full network information, along with IP address of your computer.

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How to open Microsoft Office 2007/2010 files in Microsoft Office 2003

Most users who have not upgrade to Microsoft Office 2007 have probably met this problem where they were unable to open the documents that are made in Office 2007.The problem arises due to the fact that Microsoft has added Open XML formats.Office Open XML is a zipped, XML-based file format developed by Microsoft.In simple words,the extension of the files are differnet. Microsoft Word 2003 save files with extension .doc, Excel 2003 with .xls and PowerPoint with .ppt but Microsoft Word 2007 save files with extension .docx, Excel 2007 with .xlsx and PowerPoint with .pptx.Therefore,there arises  compatability issue when you try to open MS Office 2007/2010 in MS Office 2003.Microsoft provide a free compatability pack known as Fileformatconverters to resolve this issue.


TO INFORMATION REGARDING THE SOFTWARE CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyId=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466&displaylang=en

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How to Add email Signature in Gmail

E-mail signature acts as an information and marketing block that provides pertinent and important information about you or your company to anyone that corresponds with you via e-mail. They allow anyone that receives an e-mail from you to quickly locate an easy way to contact you or your business.

STEPS TO ADD GMAIL SIGNATURE :
1.Log on to your Gmail Account.
2.Select "Settings" in the upper right corner of the page.

3.On the General tab, go to the Signature heading.Type the information you wish to have in your signature in the empty text box.To enter your website address ,use Link option and click Save Changes.

4.Go to the Labs tab and enable "Signature Tweaks".Click Save Changes to apply the changes.

STEPS TO ADD LOGO IN THE SIGNATURE:
1.Go to Google and search for the images for the logo you want in your signature. Click advanced image search and enter the image width and height of the logo as 22.For example to search Facebook logo ,enter facebook in the search bar(related to all of the words) and write "22" in both Width and Height section.Copy the URL of the image.

2.Log on to your Gmail Account.
3.Select "Settings" in the upper right corner of the page.

4. On the General tab, go to the Signature heading,Click on Insert Image in the signature section and paste the URL of the image.

5.Select the image and click on the Link option to link the image to required address.Click save changes.
6.Now go to Labs tab and enable "Inserting Images"and save the changes.

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