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Google Books Download V3.0.1.309 2011

Google books can be viewed online but there is no way to make the contents available offline easily, Google book download is tools to download parts or entire books in pdf format. it is quite easy to use like a browser, one-click to download any book available in "full view" from Google books.


Key Features

- One-click download
- Manual mode for download copy-protected books.
- Automatic mode for download public domain books and pdf document.
- It is a web browser, easy to use.
- Safely download, prevent to lockout by Google.
Download:
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Mac OS Classic Apps and Utilities 2011

Whether your interested in retro computing, running an older system, or wish to run Sheep Shaver, youll need the software that just makes life easier. This is a small collection of vintage apps and utilities tested in Mac OS 8.6-9.2.2 environs with great results.
Download:
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OR
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Skype V5.3.0.111 Final PLUS V5.3.32.111 Business Edition

Skype is software for calling other people on their computers or phones. Download Skype and start calling for free all over the world.

The calls have excellent sound quality and are highly secure with end-to-end encryption. You dont even need to configure your firewall or router or any other networking gear.

Additionally it doesnt just work on Windows. Skype is also for Mac OS X, Linux and PDAs using Pocket PC, with a native look and feel for each platform. Talking, sending instant messages or even file transfers work between different platforms like a charm.

* Skype calling - Skype has all the features of an ordinary phone so its even easier to manage your calls.
* Video calling - see who you are talking to at the same time as speaking to them.
* Add Skype and SkypeOut contacts - Add contacts who use Skype and those who use ordinary phones so you can call more people.
* Organising groups - group contacts under certain names and share them with your contacts so they can talk to them too.
* Basic chat and emoticons - when its not convenient to call, chat or Instant Message (IM) your contacts.
* Group chat - for when its easier to chat or Instant Message (IM) all your friends at once.
* Profile settings - change how you appear to the world and let people know a bit about you.
* Conference calling - talk to more than one friend at a time.
* Import contacts - search your address book to find friends and family that already have a Skype name and start calling them for free.
* View Outlook contacts - view and call your Microsoft Outlook contacts quickly and directly from your Skype contact list.
* Quickfilter and Speed-Dial - find Skype contacts, recent chats and SkypeOut contacts quickly and easily, then enter their Skype name to call them back quickly.

Download:
Skype 5.3.0.111 Final

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OR
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Skype 5.3.32.111 Business Edition
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OR
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Veronisoft IP Monitor V1.3.25.6 + Portable

IP Monitor is a network monitoring software that allows you to verify the network connectivity of TCP/IP hosts on the Internet and LAN. The program periodically pings, or checks TCP ports on user specified computers or other network devices. Tool to lookup and find IP address and Host name information in the DNS (Domain Name System).
How to obtain full version IP Monitor.
Programs, which you can download from our site is a trial version. With the trial version, you can use for 15 days. If you want, use IP Monitor without limitation, you must buy License Key. Two types of license we provide for this software: A Single License is valid for a single person who uses the software personally on one or more computers (e.g. work PC, home PC, notebook, etc.), or it can be installed on one computer used non simultaneously by multiple people. A Site License grants an organization rights to install and use the software on an unlimited number of computers within one organization site (e.g. an office or data center located at a single physical address).

System requirements.
IP Monitor require administrator privileges. For correct usage of IP Monitor you need to be connected to network with the correct configuration network. Ports which are checked with TCP Connect method cannot be protected (cleaned) with firewall.

How to work with IP Monitor?
Work with IP Monitor is very easy. Application main Dialog Box consist of left and right side boxes.

Left side corner is for moving and rotating the window. For rotation you need click on the incomplete circle on the top of the corner. Right side contains boxes. Each box is a connected to a IP. You can also change all these attributes: text, color, pictures and background color for both states .

Box Menu.
You can delete and add new boxes by right mouse click on choosen box. There you will see a menu which consist of: New Box, Edit Box, Delete Box.

New Box add new box, which will be connected with some IP in network. When you click on the box it will show focus. Focus, means that the box is bordered with white dashed line. When you choose Delete Box, you can delete the box. When you choose New Box, it will create a new Box. Each box will appear on the right side.If you choose New Box or Edit Box it will show a window of Box Properties with some changes that Edit Box will edit values of existing boxes. Values are filled in and you can change it.

New Box or Edit Box.
In New Box or Edit Box you can set Skin wich are graphic image of Boxes. These boxes are user define. User can change: picture, background color, color of text. Setting of background color of boxes, which sets the background color of boxes when verify IP is online or offline. Pictures in New Box or Edit Box you can change with button Pictures. You can change picture for each status. Box text means the text in which you can see below the picture. Text will be without change for both states (online and offline) within it you can change text color.Text color of bouth states you can change with buttons Text Color. Most important is the net setting, must contain address of PC which you want check. Address must be IPv4 addresses of Computer, domain addresses or names of PCs in Microsoft Network sharing files and printers. The TCP Connect method we are using when we want verify TCP services like Web Server (port 80), POP Server (port 110) and so on. We can use it also when ICMP protocol is forbidden on remote computers but remote computer has accessible port in WINDOWS Vista it is port 135. With Play Sound can make alert when verify remote computer is OnLine or OffLine. You can also test the sound pressing the button Test Sound.

System tray menu settings.
System tray menu settings you can open by clicking on the icon in System Tray. It opens menu where you will see next items. About, Help, Always Top, Normal, Always Bottom, Hide, Show, Properties and Close. Close will close application. Always Top window will be always on top. Normal window will be normal when you click on it or system tray icon window will be on top. Always Bottom window will be always bottom under windows. Hide window will be hidden. Show window will show on desktop. Properties will show box Properties with other settings.

Properties.
Properties consist of set Boxes, properties ICMP and TCP protocols and write to the registers. Set box Width and Height set width and height of all boxes. Net Setup set properties of net. Verify Time set time of verify, Time out is ping and TCP Connect time out. Last check box is Run on start up. This option will always start IP Monitor when your MS Windows starts.
Download:
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OR
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OR
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Google Inc Take on Facebook with New Social Tweak..

Google Inc will begin allowing users to personally endorse search results and Web pages, its latest attempt to stave off rival Facebook Inc while trying to jump onboard a social networking boom.

The so-called “+1″ button will start to appear alongside Google search results for select users from Wednesday, letting people recommend specific search results to friends and contacts by clicking on that button.

Eventually, the feature may begin to influence the ranking of search results, though that is only under consideration. Results are now ranked via a closely guarded algorithm.

The world’s leader in Internet search is battling to maintain its share of Web surfers’ time and attention, which is increasingly getting taken up by Facebook, Twitter and other social networks. But it has struggled to find its footing in the nascent market.

Its last attempt to create a social network — Buzz — has not fared well. A flood of complaints about how Buzz handled user privacy cast a pall over the product. On Wednesday, Google announced it had reached a settlement with regulators under which it agreed to independent privacy audits every two years.

With the new +1 buttons, Google aims to counter one of Facebook’s most popular features. The new feature comes nearly a year after Facebook began offering special “Like” buttons to websites, creating a personalized recommendation system that some analysts believe could challenge the traditional ranking algorithms that search engines use to find online information.

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Improve Your PC Speed with StartUpLite

Nobody likes slow performance of their computer and in fact it feels more irritating if you have some good configuration system but still are facing the slow speed of the system. There are many steps that can be taken to reduce the impact of the problem as listed here.
Well apart from trying the steps what you can do is try using this tool called StartUpLite. The tool is developed by the popular Malwarebytes Anti Malware team. StartUpLite is a lightweight and simple to use application that allows you to speed up your system startup, safely and efficiently. The program allows you to disable or remove unnecessary startup entries from your computer. By using StartUpLite, you can dramatically help shorten your startup time with only a few clicks of the mouse.
I have used the Malwarebytes Anti Malware tool and was so impressed by its performance that I always recommend this to everyone. Similarly this tool is also worth a try and should be used if you are facing the slow speed of your system that used to be fast once.
StartUpLite is a free and small application that is supported on all versions of Windows OS.
Download StartUpLite

Find Detailed System(Your PC) Information about Computer Hardware

Ever wanted to find out more details about the hardware of your system like the Motherboard, RAM, memory, graphic card etc installed in the system? If yes, then you can do this easily without even having to open the system cabinet or something.

Using the tool as mentioned below, you can get to know the details about the components used in your system.

1. Speccy
Speccy is a handy tool that can give you info about most of the tool installed in your system like Operating System, CPU, RAM, Motherboard, Graphics, Audio, Hard Drives, Optical Drives, Peripherals and Network. So just use this tool and you would not anywhere else to find the info.

2. System Information
A simpler tool than Speccy that you can use to determine the system component information. It can retrieve total information of Hardware such as motherboard CPU, BIOS Information.

Though there may be more tools to give you information, but these are the simple and the renowned ones. Which tool you use.

What is First Computer Virus and First Antivirus???

Ever wondered in this age of computer viruses which was the first Windows computer virus? There are so many computer viruses today that combating them is not at all possible without the use of a good Antivirus.

Here is an interesting share (via thewindowsclub) that discusses the world’s first Windows virus and antivirus. To the surprise of most of you, the first computer virus was known as Brain Virus and was reported to be created in Pakistan in 1986. Brain was a boot sector virus and only infected 360k floppy disks.

The first MBR (Master Boot Record) infector was known as Stoned which was actually coded by a student at University at Wellington, New Zealand.

While we are sure of the first PC virus, there are claims from different companies for the manufacturer of first Anti Virus. However as per the share, we come to know that the first publicly documented process of virus removal was created by Bernd Fix in 1987.

With the passage of time, there were more AVs invented that provided some help to the users struggling with the computer virus infection. However in 1991, the major change came with the advent of the Norton Antivirus.

How To Download Youtube Vids In MP3 format

Hi guys,you dont need any software to first download and then again convert into mp3 formats.instead there is a fullyblown site which offers you to download the video in mp3 format just by pasting the youtube URL in it.
Seems Good ?!Well here is the site
www.listentoyoutube.com

Your PC Mother Board Cleaning Tips

Motherboard is the main part of your computer that contains all hardware components. Your computer motherboard could fry, if you do not keep it clean on periodically basis. Dust is the main cause to heat up your system and heat link to hardware failure. You can save your computer maintenance cost if you clean your computer on the regular basis. This will improve the cooling and performance of the motherboard components.To clean your motherboard first unplugs your system power from the electrical outlet.Using the screwdriver remove the side covers of your computer case and put them to one side.Check all data and power cables connections. Inspect all motherboard PCI and AGP slots. Remove all add-on card of your motherboard for example RAM, modem, VGA, sound card and LAN card.Now blow the air around all the motherboard sides and keeping away your blower nozzle 4 to 5 inches away from main board components. You can use vacuum cleaner also for this purpose but compressed air is the better solution to clean a system.At the end assemble back all cards, cables and side covers of your system.I recommend you doing this after every three months if you want to save your system life.

Top 20 Tips To Keep Your PC(Computer) Faster

Follow these tips and you will definitely have a much faster and more reliable PC!

1. Wallpapers: They slow your whole system down, so if you're willing to compromise, have a basic plain one instead!

2. Drivers: Update your hardware drivers as frequently as possible. New drivers tend to increase system speed especially in the case of graphics cards, their drivers are updated by the manufacturer very frequently!

3. Minimizing: If you want to use several programs at the same time then minimize those you are not using. This helps reduce the overload on RAM

4. Boot Faster: The 'starting Windows 98/XP' message on startup can delay your booting for a couple of seconds. To get rid of this message go to c:\ and find the file Msdos.sys. Remove the Read-Only option. Next, open it in Notepad or any other text editor. Finally, go to the text 'Options' within the file and make the following changes: Add BootDelay=0. To make your booting even faster, set add Logo=0 to remove the Windows logo at startup.

5. Restart only Windows: When restarting your PC, hold down Shift to only restart Windows rather than the whole system which will only take a fraction of the time.


6. Turn Off Animations: Go to Display Settings from the Control Panel and switch to the Effects Tab. Now turn off Show Windows Content While Dragging and Smooth Edges on Screen Fonts. This tip is also helpful with Windows XP because of the various fade/scroll effects.

7. Faster Start-Menu Access: Go to the Start menu and select Run. Now type Regedit and hit Enter. The Registry Editor will appear on the screen. Now, open the folder HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop. You should see a MenuShowDelay value. If you don't then do the following: right click on a blank space in the right pane and select New\String. Change the name in the new value to MenuShowDelay. Now that we have the MenuShowDelay value, double click on it and enter 0 in the value data field. This sets the start menu delay to 0 milliseconds.

8. Resolutions: If you are willing to do anything for faster performance from your PC, then try lowering your display resolution. The lower it is, the faster your PC.

9. Turn off Active Desktop: Go to your Display Properties and switch to the Web tab. Uncheck View My Active Desktop As a Web Page. Since the Active Desktop option under Windows 98 uses a lot of system resources, this option can have a dramatic effect on the speed of the whole system.

10. Defragment Often: Windows 98's Defrag tool uses Application Acceleration from Intel which means that when you defragment your drive, data is physically arranged on the drive so that applications will load faster.


11. Take your PC to Bed: Using the Advanced Power Management feature under Windows 98 gives you the option to use the sleep command. That way, you can send your PC to sleep instead of shutting it down and then restarting it. It's as simple as pressing a button and then pressing the same button to wake it up. You can tell Windows after how many minutes/hours of inactivity to automatically sleep the machine in the Advanced Power Management section of the Control Panel.

12. Faster Internet Access: If you use the internet for reference and the sites you visit are rarely updated then try the following. In IE (the same can be done in Netscape) go to Tools, Internet Options. Next, click on Settings... in the Temporary Internet Files section. Finally, select Never for the first option and double the amount of storage space to use, click OK!

13. Benchmarking: Benchmarking can be very useful when run frequently. It can tell you how your PC's components are performing and then compare them to other machines like yours. For example, when you overclock your PC, you want to know how much more speed you have and whether it is stable. All this and more can be discovered using benchmarking. An excellent piece of software for doing this job is SiSoft Sandra which can be found in the Downloads File Archive!

14. Refresh the Taskbar without restarting: If you in some way change the taskbar, either in Regedit or elsewhere, you can refresh the task bar without restarting. Hold down Ctrl Alt Del, and double click on Explorer. Say Yes to close Explorer, but no to closing Windows. This will refresh the Taskbar and system tray.

15. Quick CD Eject: Instead of pushing the button on your drive, right-click your CD drive letter in My Computer and click on Eject. This will also remove any icons that have become associated with the CD drive.


16. Start Up Programs: Windows can be slowed down when programs run on start up. To eliminate this, check your Start up folder. You can access it from the start menu: Start, Programs, Start Up. Another way to eliminate programs from loading even before Windows actually starts is by doing the following: Click on Start, then Run. Type msconfig. It will take quite a long time for this program to load, but when you finally see it on your screen, explore the different tabs. They all have to do with how quickly your PC boots, so select what you want, and uncheck what you don't want!

17. Fonts: When Windows starts, it loads every single font in the Fonts folder. Therefore, the more fonts you have, the slower the booting process. To get rid of unwanted fonts, simply go to the Fonts folder under c:\windows and remove whatever you don't want. Fonts that have a red letter 'A' as their icon are system fonts, so don't delete them.

18. Stretching Wallpapers: Don't "stretch" your wallpaper in Windows 98 since it actually slows Windows down when you drag icons around on the desktop.

19. RAM Matters: If you have less than 32MB then you should seriously think of upgrading it to at least 64MB. Windows runs much more smoothly with 64MB or higher and tends to use less hard disk space for virtual memory.

20. Partitioning: A very nice little thing you can do to boost system performance. By partitioning your hard drive, splitting one physical drive into several logical ones, you can gain several advantages. 1. If you get a virus or you accidentally format a drive, not all will be lost. 2. By placing the swap file (Win386.swp) on a separate drive, The swap file will be less fragmented and thus, faster. 3. Place Windows on a separate drive and whenever you need to reinstall it, you rest assured that your data is safe on a separate drive. Partitioning can be done using a few programs such as FDisk which comes with DOS. However, FDisk formats everything on the hard disk before partitioning. Alternatively, you can use Partition Magic from Power Quest to partition your hard disk without losing your data.

How To Install Net Meeting

Wondering how to install Netmeeting on Windows XP? Well you don't have to install it! Why? It is already pre-installed with Windows XP, but (by design they say) it isn't linked to anywhere on your programs menu. Here is how to load it:

1: Click START then RUN
2: Enter "conf" without the quotes

That's it - now you can Netmeet to your hearts content.

How To Improve Windows XP Shutdown Speed

This tweak reduces the time XP waits before automatically closing any running programs when you give it the command to shutdown.
Go to Start then select Run
Type 'Regedit' and click ok
Find 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\'
Select 'WaitToKillAppTimeout'
Right click and select 'Modify'
Change the value to '1000'
Click 'OK'
Now select 'HungAppTimeout'
Right click and select 'Modify'
Change the value to '1000'
Click 'OK'

Now find 'HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop'
Select 'WaitToKillAppTimeout'
Right click and select 'Modify'
Change the value to '1000'
Click 'OK'
Now find 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\'
Select 'WaitToKillServiceTimeout'
Right click and select 'Modify'
Change the value to '1000'
Click 'OK'

Speed up your internet Connection by 20%

Microsoft reserves 20% of your available bandwidth for their own purposes like Windows Updates and interrogating your PC etc

You can get it back:
Click Start then Run and type "gpedit.msc" without quotes. This opens the group policy editor.

Then go to:
--> Local Computer Policy
--> Computer Configuration
--> Administrative Templates

--> Network

--> QOS Packet Scheduler

--> Limit Reservable Bandwidth.

Double click on Limit Reservable bandwidth.

 It will say it is not configured, but the truth is under the 'Explain' tab i.e." By default, the Packet Scheduler limits the system to 20 percent of the bandwidth of a connection, but you can use this setting to override the default."
So the trick is to ENABLE reservable bandwidth, then set it to ZERO. This will allow the system to reserve nothing, rather than the default 20%.It works on Win 2000 as well. 

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Turn a Windows 7 Laptop into a Wi-Fi Hotspot

Here’s some new software for Windows 7 called Connectify which allows you to turn your Windows 7 laptop into a wireless hotspot. Basically, it converts your laptop into a wireless router of sorts, acting as a wireless access point for computers and wireless devices.  It’s essentially like creating your own wifi hotspot like the ones at Starbucks and other retailers.

It was developed by a military consulting firm called Nomadio and it allows other wireless devices to ‘tether’’ themselves to a single Internet connection. It’s secure too as the software encrypts traffic in both directions using WPA2-Personal encryption. Check out the demo video below:

This would be especially useful at airports to share the expensive Wi-Fi with friends or simply for extending your home WiFi without paying through the nose for a wireless router.
More Wifi Hacks Below

How To Keep Yourself Online By Changing DNS Servers

There are many ways that you can protect yourself online, but one method many people probably don’t think about is changing DNS servers. Let’s face it, the average Internet user probably doesn’t even give a second thought about their DNS servers. The reality is, however, that changing DNS servers could yield both a security and performance benefit.

The best part is that to take advantage of the increase in performance and security requires no software install. In many circumstances changing two values in your router is all that is needed.

Why Should You Change DNS Servers?
 For those that are unfamiliar with a DNS server, I’ll provide a quick description for you. When you type in a URL in the address field of your browser, that URL is sent to a Domain Name Service (DNS) server for lookup. Servers on the Internet are assigned IP addresses, which are numeric addresses, and each URL is associated with an IP address. A DNS server matches the URL with the correct IP address so you are sent to the correct server on the Internet.

Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) utilizes a set of DNS servers to lookup URLs that you access. At times, however, you can run into problems, such as the issue recently with the major Comcast outage resulting from problems with their DNS servers. The problem prevented Comcast customers from accessing the Internet.

What many people don’t know is that they don’t realize they don’t have to use their ISP’s DNS servers, but can choose to use other servers instead. If the Comcast customers were using other DNS servers, they would have been able to access the Internet without problems.

What Are Alternative DNS Servers?

There are currently two popular choices for DNS servers that anyone can use, free of charge. Google’s DNS servers have shown to be some of the quickest available, while OpenDNS has been popular for years. I am currently using the servers provided by OpenDNS.

The main benefit is that both of the companies that manage these DNS servers have several datacenters around the world, so the performance for lookups is fast. OpenDNS goes even further by also allowing you to block specific web sites from being viewed.

If you use a router to connect to the Internet, then there should be a setting in the router’s administrative pages where you can set the DNS servers to use. By changing the DNS setting in the router, you ensure that anyone that uses your Internet connection uses the DNS servers you specified.

I recommend changing to either Google or OpenDNS for your DNS servers to realize both performance and security benefits, and protect yourself in case of a DNS outage.

How to Find Autorun Programs in Windows Systems

For a vast majority of us that use Windows on a regular basis, we have come across performance and stability issues from time to time. On a freshly formatted PC, everything seems to run pretty quick and the system doesn’t crash as often. After a few weeks, months, and years, the computer seems to get slower and less stable.

Many performance and stability problems can be traced back to programs that automatically run when Windows loads up. It seems that much of the software we install seems to want to run an application at startup. The problem is many people don’t know that there are free applications available that can help identify and stop programs from automatically starting when windows loads.

Three Programs to Identify Autorun Applications.
 Every few weeks I look at what starts up when Windows loads. I do this to ensure the performance and stability of my system doesn’t become reduced. There are a few tools that you can use (all free!) to help you identify what applications are loading up during your system startup.

    * System Configuration Utility. This tool is included with Windows so you should already have it installed. You simply run “msconfig.exe” at the “Run” command to launch it and it will show you which applications are loaded at startup by clicking the “Startup” tab. I use this one on a regular basis to control what runs as it is very easy to use.
    * Autoruns This tool is from Sysinternals and is probably provides the most complete picture of what runs at Windows startup. If you are experienced with Windows, and know what to enable or disable, then you might want to check out Autoruns.
    * HijackThis!. The HijackThis! application is used mainly by those who are trying to find malware on their computer. It analyzes your computer and provides a detailed report of registry and file settings that you can then use to determine what runs, and what settings have been changed. This is also for the more experienced Windows user.

While there are many applications available that can help find autorun programs when Windows starts, the above tools should provide a great overview of your system. It is also important to have an experienced Windows expert have a look at the information provided by the tools to determine what can be stopped or disabled.

Hide a Hard Disk partitions(Local Disks) in Windows XP And Vista

You may need to hide a drive either for security reasons (to ensure that children do not have access to a backup drive, for example) or for practical reasons (if your PC has multiple memory card readers never used).
Here’s how to do so, under XP and Vista.
A command in the registry will tell Windows Explorer not to display some readers.
Technically, the system uses a binary value of 32 bits where each bit corresponds to a reader. Bit 0 is the drive A, bit 1 in drive B, etc.. When this bit is “1″ the player is hidden, otherwise it is visible.

    * Go to Start, then Run and then type regedit.
    * Deploy the “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Policies/Explorer”
    * If the DWORD (32 bit) named NoDrives does not exist, start by creating (click the right mouse button and select New then Value DWORD).
    * Double-click NoDrives to amend this item, select Base Decimal and enter into the data field the decimal value of the player to hide (e.g. 512 for the drive J: )
    * If you hide multiple drives, take their different decimal values and add them.

            * A: 1
            * B: 2
            * C: 4
            * D: 8
            * E: 16
            * F: 32
            * G: 64
            * H: 128
            * I: 256
            * J: 512
            * K: 1024
            * L: 2048
            * M: 4096
            * N: 8192
            * O: 1638
            * P: 32768
            * Q: 65536
            * R: 131072

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