Bring dead torrents to life

Service Name: btReAnnounceR
License: Free
OS: N/A
Rating: * * * * * (5 out of 5 stars)
Download Size: N/A

Let me start by saying that avid torrent fans are going to love this.

Usually when you are looking for older stuff to download via torrents, you encounter very low download speeds. This is usually because users have stopped sharing these torrents a long time ago.

I used to give up on such torrents, until I found a cool cure for this. What happens is that the torrent creator may upload his torrent on multiple torrent hosting websites. Or other users might upload a free torrent on other hosting websites. And every hosting website has its own "tracker" which keeps track of seeders and leachers for particular torrents.

We usually get torrents from only one hosting website, which limit us to one or two trackers. And when we see only one or two seeders for that torrent, we abstain from downloading it because low number of seeders equals low speed. And downloading torrents at low speeds can be very frustrating.

The good news is that you can now search the existence of a particular torrent on multiple hosting websites. In other words, you can search for more trackers for a particular torrent. More trackers mean your chances of finding more seeders increase considerably.

This searching capability is brought to you by a free service hosted at BTreannouncer.net. There are three simple steps to follow:

1. Go to the web page and upload your torrent file for which you would like to search more trackers,


2. The resulting web page lists "New trackers" if found. Select all the trackers and click the "ReAnnounce" button,


3. Download the reannounced torrent from the page that is loaded from the link under the heading "Download ReAnnounced Torrent...:".

Use this newly downloaded torrent file as you would any other torrent file. This file will include all the new trackers that you selected.

I have found this service to have increased my speeds at times from 10KB/s to 70KB/s, and sometimes even more. I have added this website to my Favourites and I surely reannounce unpopular torrents every time.

Software Review: AutoRuns for Windows

Software Name: AutoRuns for Windows
License: Free
OS: Win XP
Rating: * * * * * (5 out of 5 stars)
Download File Size: Less than 1 MB
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Since my early days as a computer user, I have tried to keep a close check on the programs that are loaded into computer's memory. They may include programs that startup when I logon to my Windows, various device drivers or even the Windows services. In order to control which program loads and which doesn't, I had to learn what each program did. If the program was essential, I would allow it, otherwise the program need not use up my computer's precious resources.

Finding these auto-loading programs was the hard part. In Windows, auto-loading of such programs is handled from various different locations. Some of these locations are easy to find, while others would have you baffled. Say, for example, if a spyware were to make its home in your computer, it would probably make its autorun entry quite hard to find.

"AutoRuns for Windows" seemingly took care of all my problems. This program exhaustivly lists every possible auto-start locations, and gives you a choice to either disable/enable the autorun entry for future startups, or delete the entry, in which case you won't be able to re-enable it.

I should warn newbie users to tread lightly with this program. First learn what a file does before disabling its auto startup. Avoid deleting entries unless you are 100% positive that it is a malcious program. Other than these, enjoy a better computing experience.

The software is available for download from Microsoft's website. Find more functions that this software has to offer by following the Download Now! link above.