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BIOS revealed… 2007-12-04 09:33:35 BIOS = Basic Input Output System
What the heck is BIOS? How to upgrade? Could it be tweak?
When starting a computer (boot), a black screen displays certain most important specifications of the parts inside it. A process called POST (power on self test) occurs which includes the memory count.
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Malware 2007-12-03 08:43:02 Its the collective term to describe malicious programs including viruses, spyware and adware that are constantly on a damaging spree threatening internet user.
There are about 13 programs that are considered malware but some says the list is endless.
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turn off the vista 2007-12-03 03:22:40 Different way to turn off the pc in Vista.
Add the ‘Shut Down’ function to the turn off button.
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cpuZ - cpuID 2007-12-02 02:05:36 Want to know anything about your computer?
CPU-Z is a freeware that gathers information on some of the main devices of your system.
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Intel’s extreme… 2007-11-30 10:18:55 It’s quite confusing to understand the ‘all about’ processor specification. For Intel
itself have so many processor names, numbers and whatsoever features even hard for me to consume all that informations, therefore i try to summarize and make it simple. (more&hellip
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-myFree- Personal Software 2007-11-29 09:53:51 My personal favorite free software tools for security:
Think it again, free software? Why not? The suitable freeware combination could even surpass the most expensive commercial security suite out there. Feel free to try my recommendation. Nothing to lose, simple and hey! its free… (more…)
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NTLDR is missing… 2007-11-29 08:22:14 Windows may not start and you may receive an “NTLDR is missing” error message if Windows is not up-to-date and there are too many files in the root folder.
To resolve this problem, follow these steps:
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‘Safe Mode’ state… 2007-11-29 02:41:27 Users who may not be able to boot into normal mode or are not able to troubleshoot their computer properly may need to boot into safe mode bypassing normal windows settings and startup programs and allowing the user to fix their computer.
This option load a minimal set of drivers. to use the Safe Mode, press the F8 key (refer your motherboard manual as there are some use different key) while the computer is booting to call on the safe mode options as follows: (more&hellip
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no more duplicate files 2007-11-29 01:53:33 Locate and delete the duplicate files
saved in various locations to free up your hard disk space.
Use standard Windows tool called ‘upfinder.exe’ on your Windows XP installation CD. (more…)
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Recover My Files 2007-11-28 23:59:39 Recover My Files
Recover My Files is computer data recovery software. It will recover files which have been deleted and emptied from (or bypassed) the Windows Recycle Bin.
Recover My Files will find any type of deleted file, however it will also search specifically for file types that you nominate. Recover My Files will also find drives that are corrupt, no longer recognized by Windows, formatted, and even drives that have been formatted and a new Operating System installed.
Recover My Files does not alter the contents of the drive being searched in any way so you can perform safe data recovery.
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Separators 2007-12-10 01:46:55 Quickly add separators in my Word documents without doing it manually in border function.
Just type the three symbols in accession and Enter, Word will automatically add a separator.
e.g: Hyphens (—), Underscores (_ _ _), Equal signs (===), Hash signs (###), Asterisk (***) and Tildes (~~~).
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Protect your favourite url 2007-12-10 00:56:25 Note: for IE7
The favourites folder is not the best options, is there any tricks?
Invoke the registry editor through Start > Run > type ‘regedit’ and OK. (for Vista, need an administrator rights with the demands of authorization for this procedure with ‘continue’.
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AMD Phenomenon… 2007-12-05 02:37:04 In the case of AMD
, their processors are put in three family group such as Intel.
A - AMD Phenom™ Processor Family
B - AMD Athlon™ Processor Family
AMD Athlon™ 64 FX Processor
AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core and AMD Athlon™ X2 Dual-Core Processors
AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor
C - AMD Sempron™ Processor Family
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Blender - free 3D animations software 2007-12-18 01:25:22 Blender
is a free open source 3D content creation suite available for all major operating system. A free 3D animation software that let us do various things such as 3D modeling, (more…)
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Setting up a transparent background 2007-12-17 09:52:23 How to get the operating system to display a transparent background
for the icon labels?
First of all, click Start > Control Panel and ‘Performance and Maintenance’ (more…)
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Personalized icon 2007-12-16 09:06:40 Simple steps to create your own icons in Windows XP.
Use Microsoft Paint. Start > All Programs > Accessories > Paint
Click Attributes on the Image menu. Type ‘32′ for both the width and height, under Units select Pixels. Click OK.
Do whatever you like with your image such as add type or color. ‘Save As’ (On the File menu) when you are finished. Give it a name followed by ‘.ico’ and click Save (The extension ‘.ico’ means that it is an icon file).
Now you can change any shortcut or folder to your own icon.
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Administrator 2007-12-12 08:50:06 Logging in as the administrator when the computer does not show up any listing.
Press ‘Del’ key while holding down the ‘Ctrl’ + ‘Alt’ keys. This would bring up the normal login dialog box and you could log on as administrator.
To unhidden the administrator account so it would show up every time you start your computer:
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Google search tips 2007-12-12 08:27:55 Finding information on internet more efficiently and faster.
InURL: Only search URLs of web pages, e.g: ‘inurl:blogmas’
InTitle: To find words only in web page titles, e.g: ‘intitle:graphics’
InText: The searches would only look in the body text of web pages, e.g: ‘intext:network errors’
FileType: searches that based on the file’s type, e.g: ‘filetype:doc hard disk’ would brings back only Words documents. (Types supported: .pdf, .txt, .rtf, .swf, .xls, .ppt, .ans)
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A Versatile Free Video Converter 2008-02-02 11:42:39 I have an mp4 player but I always have problems with supported format, it’s just too limited. You might using software or devices that support only certain video formats. There are videos with various format nowadays. How are we going to make a video compatible with other software player or devices? You should try Any [...] Read more:Versatile
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Audio Ripper and Converter 2008-01-19 03:00:56 We do loves to share audio or music files with our friends but there are times when the format incompatible with the player software that we have thus can’t be played. Beside that, some must really like to have audio or music files in video clips or movies. For that you could try the [...] Read more:Audio
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Recover a Corrupted System File 2008-01-11 10:15:47 If your PC have been infected by viruses and some of your files in the Windows directory become affected or corrupt, is there something we could do to recover it without reformatting the PC?..
If a critical or essential file gets whacked by a virus, we can restore it from the Windows CD. Read more:System
Active programs on the welcome screen 2008-01-09 02:21:28 One of you might face this problem, when the Windows Welcome Screen appears it also reveals how many programs are still active and have been opened by the user the last working session before. How could we get rid the display of active programs? Read more:Active
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Icons without labels… 2007-12-28 10:30:40 Remove the labels if the icons seem indicative enough for you
Follow this tricks:
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Blender - free 3D animations software 2007-12-18 01:25:22 Blender is a free open source 3D content creation suite available for all major operating system. A free 3D animation software that let us do various things such as 3D modeling, Read more:Blender
Setting up a transparent background 2007-12-17 09:52:23 How to get the operating system to display a transparent background
for the icon labels?
First of all, click Start > Control Panel and ‘Performance and Maintenance’ Read more:Setting
Personalized icon 2007-12-16 09:06:40 Simple steps to create your own icons in Windows XP.
Use Microsoft Paint. Start > All Programs > Accessories > Paint
Click Attributes on the Image menu. Type ‘32′ for both the width and height, under Units select Pixels. Click OK.
Do whatever you like with your image such as add type or color. ‘Save As’ (On the [...] Read more:Personalized
Administrator 2007-12-12 08:50:06 Logging in as the administrator when the computer does not show up any listing.
Press ‘Del’ key while holding down the ‘Ctrl’ + ‘Alt’ keys. This would bring up the normal login dialog box and you could log on as administrator.
To unhidden the administrator account so it would show up every time you start your computer:
Google search tips 2007-12-12 08:27:55 Finding information on internet more efficiently and faster.
InURL: Only search URLs of web pages, e.g: ‘inurl:blogmas’
InTitle: To find words only in web page titles, e.g: ‘intitle:graphics’
InText: The searches would only look in the body text of web pages, e.g: ‘intext:network errors’
FileType: searches that based on the file’s type, e.g: ‘filetype:doc hard disk’ would brings back [...] Read more:Google
Google Pack… 2008-05-27 15:46:17 Just some useful free utilities from Google
. Its “Google Pack
..which are ready for use within a couple of clicks…free of course…ahakz
I’m Back…=p 2008-05-27 15:24:44 Hello friends,
Seems I’ve been away for too long…worry not anymore, I’m back. Ooops…got to update my blog soon…
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