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The games freeze after 10 to 15 minutes 2008-03-04 17:26:00 It is highly probable that your computer is overheating —either the CPU or the graph-ics card. Open the cabinet and look to see whether the CPU fan is functional. Check if all the fans in the cabinet as well as those in thepower supply are working. If possible, remove the CPU heatsink, clean the contact surfaces ofthe CPU and heatsink with a clean piece of cloth, apply a thin coat of thermal paste suchas Arctic Ice, and replace the heatsink on the CPU. Neatly arrange and tie up all the wire sand cables to allow free airflow. If possible,purchase a rounded IDE cable and install it inplace of the flat ribbon cable.If the problem persists, the fault lies with your graphics card, and there is little that can be done except downloading (from www.nvidia.com) and installing the updated driv-ers Read more:minutes
DVD-ROM drive disappeared after installing Vista - problem 2008-03-04 17:15:00 FIXThis happens when an incorrect drive
r was installed for the DVD-ROM. There are two solutions you can try.Method 1: In the Control Panel, double-click System. Click on Device Manager in the Hardware tab. Click the drive with the question mark next to it. Click Uninstall in the Action menu and click OK when prompted for confirmation. Click “Scan for hardware changes” on the Action menu. Your drive should get automatically detected. If this does not happen, try Method 2. Method 2: Open the Registry editor and go to the following key:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/CurrentControlSet/Control/Class/{4d36e965-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}Click Export on the File menu, type “back-upkey” in the file name dialog box, and click Save. This will help you revert to the original registry settings for Read more:disappeared
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Apple vs. Creative-Creative Stone 1 GB 2008-03-04 16:59:00 Price: Approx Rs 3,500This is yet another no-nonsense digital music player from Creative. It is squarely aimed at Apple
’s Shuffle.Dimensions-wise, the Stone
is small; it will comfortably rest in your palm. Finished in glossy piano black, it looks good,and the rounded edges add in that “cute” factor.Like the Shuffle, the stone is devoid of a screen.The controls—Play, Pause, Next,Previous, and volume—are placed on a round crested dial (similar to that on theShuffle) that fits flush with the player’s surface.Ergonomically, the dial could have been raised a little, and that’s about the only gripe we have. A little slider on the side allows to ggling between repeat modes. The same slider can be used to skip an entire folder. The player hooks up to a computer via USB and gets detec
How to make kids learn from computers. 2008-03-04 16:34:00 Hacking The KidKids have this annoying habit of getting stuck to PCs—why not make sure they learn
something while they’re at it? ..It’s not like we have a foot in the grave here or anything, but every once in a while, today’s kids make us feel old—learning how to configure your mobile phone from a 12-year old doesn’t really help that youthful feeling. With a PC in nearly every middle class home, and more on the way,it’s no surprise that parents summon the off-spring every time an error message baffles them. The kids will be exposed to technology no matter how much you “protect” them fromit—even if you don’t buy a PC; the best you can do is ensure they’re using applications that will be of some use to them.Celestiawww.shatters.net/celestia/What Google Earth is to, we Read more:computers
LIMEWIRE DOWNLOAD LINK 2008-03-03 22:52:00 LimeWire is the world's fastest P2P file-sharing application for all types of computer files, including music, video, pictures, games, and text documents. Other features include dynamic querying, file previews during download, advanced techniques for locating rare files, and an easy, clean user interface.LimeWire's new spam blocker gets rid of junk results, and automatic updates will keep you sharing faster than ever with the latest version. You can search for Creative Commons and Weedshare licensed files, and publish your own creative works with Creative Commons licensing. LimeWire continues its guarantee of no adware or spyware. Includes a built-in bittorent support. Version 4.16.6 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.DOWNLOAD-ITS FREE
Revealing the hidden Admnistrator 2008-03-03 19:49:00 When you install Windows XP, it creates a system administrator account(called, by some strange coincidence, Administrator),which will be visible on the login screen only till youcreate a new user account,after which it is hidden from you. To add the Administrator back to the login screen, open the Registry Editor and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList.Double-click on Administrator if it’s there and change the Value Data to 1. If you don’t see it, create it by right-clicking in the pane and selecting New > DWORD Name it Administrator and then change the Value data to 11. The next time you star tyour system, you should see the Administrator in the logon screen as well.
A Background Image For Explorer Toolbars 2008-03-03 19:42:00 To display a background bitmap for Windows Explorer
toolbars, navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar and create a new String value by right-clicking in the right hand pane and selecting New > String. Call it“BackBitmapShell”. Double-click on it and enter the path of the image you want to use as a background. The image must be in the .bmp format. Read more:Image
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Clearer FM Radio-Tips 2008-03-03 19:27:00 Do you remember the standalone radio sets or two-in-ones which had long aerials for radio reception? Our MP3 players have only a miniature ferrite rod to act as an antenna, or in some cases, they depend on the head-phone multitask as antenna. Due to this antenna issue alone, FM reception loses clarity when used indoors or while traveling. This can be solved by wrapping a wirearound your MP3 player. While this may mar the aesthetic beauty, you will get clearer recep-tion indoors. If you on the move,keep the player in a pocket such that it touches your body which itself can act as an antenna!for more tips mail me at sam.samier@gmail.com Read more:Radio
SOUND CARD Buying Tips 2008-03-03 14:15:00 Integrated sound chips use a lot of system resources. They make goodmakeshift solutions, but generally offerlower quality output as compared tostandalone cards.. ..Buying
TipsDEFINE YOUR USAGE: If you love watching DVDs, and don’t play games too often, opt for a sound card that supports multiple channels, such as 5.1surround. If you want a gaming solution,buy a card that supports the standard 3D sound APIs, such as DirectSound, EAX, A3D and I3DL2.WARRANTY: Make sure you get at least a one-year warranty for budget sound cards—under Rs 2,000—and at least a three-year warranty for more expensive ones.INTERFACE: Make sure that thesound card’s interface is PCI and not ISA.DRIVERS: Check that the sound cardyou’re buying has the drivers bundled,especially if you are a non-Windows user.
Wireless Away From Home 2008-03-02 18:21:00 When travelling, you have to carry spare batteries, chargers, carrycases for all your mobile devices. The last thing you need is to haveto carry and take care of data connector wires as well.When on the road, nothing beats being wireless-enabled. Why unpack and boot up your laptop when you can send that shortquick e-mail off in a flash using your PDA and mobile phone. When staying at hotels around the world, you would have to bevery lucky today, to find rooms with LAN connectors. Wireless
hasbecome the Internet access solution of choice that hotels andrestaurants across the globe offer their patrons.You also don’t want to have to hook up a cradle, connect it toyour laptop and sync your PDA everyday, just tapping on the syncicon and letting them connect wirelessly is just too right a solu
Bluetooth Networks 2008-03-02 17:53:00 Wireless networking doesn’t only come in the ‘Wi-Fi’ flavour. For a Personal Area Network, Bluetooth
is the best solution. The most common misinterpretation of that people make of the term‘Network’, is to think that it only involves PCs.Even when you connect your Bluetooth-enable phone to a Bluetooth headset, it is a form of networking at work. Bluetooth networks can let you connect your PDA and cell phone to your PC,your PDA to your cell phone, and even let you have a completely wireless mouse, joystick and keyboard.It can also be the perfect solution to sharing Internet access between your mobile phone, PDA and your PC. With Bluetooth, you could set up your PDA to connect and use the home printer as well.
Planning a Wireless Home Network 2008-03-02 17:20:00 The BasicsPlanning is the name of the game. Spend quality time planning for the best performance of the wireless network you intend to setup in your home. Since we are talking about linking two or more PCs wirelessly,you will need to first make the list of the Wi-fi equipment that you will be needing.Wireless
hardware available in the market usually comes with documentation that explains in detail how to get it up and run-ning. It will therefore help if certain issues are cleared beforehand.These issues will depend on what kind of systems you are going toconnect. Is it going to be two PCs, a Mac and a PC, or is there awireless printer involved as well? What kind of speed you expect out of your wireless network?Are your data transfers going to involve accesses to files and fold-ers, or are Read more:Wireless Home
How to remove Recycle Bin Icon from Desktop 2008-03-02 09:51:00 ITs very simple to remove Recycle
Bin Icon from Desktop
here is the process ..If using XP ProGo to START > RUNType GPEDIT.MSCNavagate to USER CONFIGURATION >ADMINISTRATIVE TEMPLATES >Click on DESKTOP,On the right hand pane find " Remove Recycle Bin icon on the desktop " , double left click on it to ENABLE it.Sorted!If using XP HomeEither use TweakUI or make the change manually in the registry.Create or modify the following registry entryHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}REG_DWORD0x00000001
Faster Startup of xp 2008-02-29 22:28:00 A tweak that’ll help your PCstart up faster. Go to Start >Run, and type in “msconfig”.In the Startup
tab, click‘Disable All’, and in the‘Services’ tab, check the‘Hide All Microsoft Service’box and then click ‘DisableAll’. Restart, and XP willrestart with only thesystem services and applications running.This tweak will disable all non-system startupservices and applications so if you have anything you want to run in thebackground, such as anti-virus software, do not disable that item.
Mount A Hard Disk As A Folder In The C: Drive 2008-02-29 22:22:00 This tip works for anypartition of any NTFS formatted drive except thepartition with the Windows system files on it. Windows XP, likeWindows 2000 before it,allows you to ‘mount’ drivesas folders in a pre-existinglogical drive. So if yourcomputer has a 20 GB diskformatted as a singlepartition and volume (driveC:), you could purchase asecond drive, partition andformat it through the DiskManager, and then instead ofgiving it its own drive letter,add it to your C: drive as adirectory. Any files added to thatdirectory would, of course, bestored on the new disk.This can come in handy—certain applications such asdatabases are extremelylarge, but may not supportstoring data on a logicallyseparate drive. As far as Windows isconcerned, a drive mountedas a directory is just adirectory. This can Read more:Folder
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Using Windows Files On A Mac 2008-02-29 19:56:00 The most popular Mac applications use the exact same file formatsas their Windows
counterparts, making it easy to open and usefiles created on Windows PCs on a Mac. You can also share filesusing e-mail, a network volume, recordable CDs, Zip disks, a .MaciDisk, or other storage devices.Some of the common file types are: ProductivityPlain text (.txt), rich text (.rtf), Word (.doc), Dbase (.dbf), Excel (.xls),PageMaker (.pm3, 4, 5, 6), PowerPoint (.ppt), Quark XPress (.qxd),Quicken (.qdf)Media:MP3 (.mp3), AAC (.aac), AIFF (.aiff), ASF (.asf), AVI (.avi), MIDI (.midi),MPEG1, MPEG 2, and MPEG 4 video (.mpg, .mp2, .mp4), QuickTimeMovie (.qt, .mov), Real Audio/Video (.ra, .ram), Wave Form Audio(.wav), Windows Media Audio and Video (.mwa, .wmv)GraphicsBMP (.bmp), GIF (.gif), JPEG (.jpg), TIFF (.ti
Connecting To Windows PCs And Servers From A Mac 2008-02-29 19:51:00 You can connect to Windows
computers and servers on your net-work from a Mac To locate and connect to Windows computers on a network,you can use the Network browser in the Finder.If you cannot locate the Windows computer in the Networkbrowser, you may be able to connect to it using the Connect ToServer dialog in the Finder.To locate the Windows computer, you need to know the work-group name for the computer and the network name (called the“computer name”) for the computer. To connect to the computer, youalso need a username and password and the name of the shared fold-er you want to access. If you don’t have this information, contact theperson who owns the computer, or your network administrator.1 In the Finder, choose Go > Connect to Server.2 Type the network address for the compute Read more:Connecting
Moving Windows Files To A Mac 2008-02-29 19:47:00 You may have files and settings on a Windows
computer that youwant to use on a Macintosh. To get the information from aWindows computer to a Mac, you can connect the computersdirectly or connect them over a network. You can also copy filesfrom the Windows computer to an intermediary location such asa remote server, CD, or external hard disk, then copy the files fromthere to a Macintosh. Read on for more information on connectingcomputers and transferring Windows files to a Mac.Detto Technologies’ Move2Mac software provides an easy wayto move files and settings to a Mac. Move2Mac transfers files froma Windows computer and automatically puts them in the appropriate places on a Mac. It includes a special USB cable and instruc-tions for preparing special files for use on a Mac. Read more:Moving
What is Mac OS X? 2008-02-29 19:38:00 People make two very common mistakes about the name “Mac OSX.” The word “Mac” is short for “Macintosh,” and is therefore notsupposed to be written “MAC.” The other mistake is that peoplepronounce the “X” in “Mac OS X” as “ex”; it is supposed to be thenumber 10, so you pronounce it “ten.” When Steve Jobsreturned to Apple,it was in a direstate, the reasonbeing that the MacOS was very outdat-ed and hadn’t seena revision in years.Therefore, whenApple announcedMac OS X, it wasmet with an enthu-siasm that can hardly be overstated. The Apple faithful had been waiting fifteenyears for a worthy successor to the classic Mac operating system.Several had even jumped the gun and switched to the only com-mercial alternative, the Windows OS from Microsoft. Mac OS Xhad be
The Origins Of The iPod 2008-02-29 19:23:00 Until 2001, the portable musicplayer market was in its infancy.Small-capacity players, clunkyand primitive interfaces, poorbattery life. Then in October2001, Apple introduced the iPod
.This player boasted of 1000 CD-quality songs packed into anultra-portable device that fitcomfortably inside a pocket. Thefirst iPod had a 5 GB hard drive,10 hours of music playback, anda 160 x 128 pixel display. But it was not these features that set the iPod apart from other players.It was that the iPod introduced the click-wheel, a scroll-wheel tothumb through the music collection. The iPod also came with theFireWire interface, which was much faster than the USB 1.1 speedsavailable to most other music players. The iPod caught on mainly because it was easy to use, whichwas facilitated by its easy syncing cap Read more:Origins
Laptop keeps restarting randomly - problem 2008-02-28 22:13:00 There could be many problems that can cause yourlaptop to restart automatically and randomly. Here are afew common problemsFaulty battery: Most spontaneous shutdown and restartingproblems on laptops are due to a faulty battery. Laptop
batter-ies are like mobile phone batteries—they do not last forever.A heavily-used laptop, where it is often running only onbattery power, will use up its battery at any stage between thefirst and second year of use. What is not very well known isthat even if you always use your laptop from the mains ratherthan on battery, a faulty battery will still adversely affectyour laptop’s operation, from unwanted shutdowns to spon-taneous restarts or freezes. Take the battery out, plug thelaptop directly into the power mains, and Read more:keeps
Make The Toolbar Notification Fade Out Faster 2008-02-28 22:09:00 When you’ve got WMP running in thetoolbar mode, a notification fades inevery time you hover the mouse over thetoolbar, and then fades out when youmove the mouse away. To control thetime it takes to fade out, you need tocreate a Registry DWORD called DeskbandFlyoutTimeout inHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences. Set it to0x0 to stop this deskband from everappearing, 0xFFFFFFFF to keep it forever,or any value in milliseconds that you wish. Read more:Toolbar
Start > Run Shortcuts 2008-02-28 22:05:00 Use these shortcuts in Start
> Run toget to your configuration tools faster inWindows XP Professional:compmgmt.msc Computer management consoledevmgmt.msc Device managerdiskmgmt.msc Disk management dfrg.msc Disk defragmenterfsmgmt.msc Shared folders gpedit.msc Group policy editor lusrmgr.msc Local users and groups perfmon.msc Performance monitor secpol.msc Local security settings services.msc Manage services Read more:Shortcuts
How to Speed Up With A USB Stick 2008-02-28 22:01:00 If you’ve got yourself a large USBFlash drive (at least 1 GB, preferably 2),you can move your system’s page fileonto it for significantly betterperformance, because accessing flashmemory is typically faster than youraverage hard disk.You should also optimise the Flashdrive for performance—right-click on itin My Computer, select Properties. Go tothe Hardware tab, select your Flashdrive and click Properties. Under thePolicies tab, select “Optimise forperformance”. A couple of caveats: Firstly, if youremove this drive while Windows isrunning, you could cause it to crash, sobe careful there. Secondly, Flash drivesare good only for limited read/writecycles, so this approach is definitelygoing to eat into its lifetime. Use thistip only for when you really need theperformance boost rath Read more:Speed
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Clear The Page File On Shutdown 2008-02-28 21:59:00 This setting may or may not improve yoursystem’s performance (it depends on yourusage patterns), but it does provide reliefto the paranoid. Your Windows swap filemay contain unencrypted text, includingpasswords, that could be exploited byinterested parties. To delete the file whenyou shut down your system, you’ll find asetting under Computer Configuration >Windows Settings > Security Settings >Local Policies > Security Options called“Shutdown
: Clear
virtual memorypagefile”. Double-click this, select Enabledand click OK. Your shutdown time willincrease marginally, though.
A 6 channel speaker setup 2008-03-10 22:43:00 A 6 channel speaker setup
So you got a new set of 5.1 speakers. Great—way to go!Your next step would proba-bly be to grab a bag of popcorn and settle down in front of your home entertainment system! Slide in that DVD and sitback. But what’s this? DVD not sounding the way it should?Gun shots fired from behind being played by the front speakers? The ensuing irritation could make you want to tear out your hair, or maybe throw out your speakers, or both!What you need is only to prop-erly set up those sound boxes, and you’ll be surprised at the mere minutes it takes to actually get it right. We throw in a helping hand,as usual, and believe it—you will hear the difference!Why Six Channels?A 5.1 speaker set is, of course, a six-channel system, that is, it is capa-ble of reproducing six ch
Change The Location Of The Windows Installation Files 2008-03-09 22:05:00 If you installed XP from a CD and then copied the installation discs to your hard disk, use this hack to change the default instal-lation folder that XP will look for when it searches for additional setup files later.Navigate to:HLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
\CurrentVersion\SetupChange
the String Value called Source Path to one specifyingthe path to where the XP setup files are now stored. When you next need to access any setup files, XP will first look in this new location, instead of you having to click “browse” and browsing to there. Read more:Location
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Load Applications Faster-xp registry hack 2008-03-09 21:57:00 The Windows prefetcher aims to load applications faster by “pre-fetching” the application and storing it in the pre-fetch cache. You can speed up application loading by changing the default value ofone the settings under the relevant key.Navigate to: HLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SessionManager\Memory Management\PrefetchParametersThe default value for the Enable Prefetcher setting is 3. Change this value to 5 to make applications load faster. You can experi-ment with higher values—up to 9—and see if you get a further improvement.Since this relates to the system, a reboot is required for thechange to take effect.sam.samier@gmail.com Read more:Applications
New iPhone/iPod touch with more storage 2008-03-19 16:43:00 It may not be the 3g iPhone
that many of us are waiting for, but it is the highly anticipated 16GB model! That’s right Apple just quietly updated the Apple online store with new iPhone and iPodtouch
models. The NEW 16GB iPhone goes for $499 (ships 1-3 days) and the 8GB model is unchanged at $399. There doesn’t seem to be any other apparent changes in the iPhone itself.The iPod touch gets a more significant boost now with a 32GB model at the same $499 price as the 16GB iPhone. So you can get an iPod touch 8GB for $299, 16GB for $399 or 32GB for $499 (ships 1-2 days).While I’m always up for more storage
on my iPhone, I still remain puzzled as to why Apple wouldn’t release an iPhone that has the same capacity as the higher end iPod touch? Yes I want a 32GB iPhone! I don’t want to Read more:New iPhone
Building home media center 2008-03-19 16:21:00 I now have all the pieces in place to build the Home Media Center that I’ve been dreaming of. Sure I’ve got HDTV’s, TiVo, surround sound, Blu-ray, Apple TV’s, and a pretty extensive DVD collection of over 350 movies. However, the one piece of the puzzle that was missing was having those movies that I love, the top 25 to 50 or so movies that I could watch over and over again on a hard drive that could be streamed to any one of my HDTV’s. There is nothing new about ripping DVDs to .MP4/.M4V format and serving them up. As a matter of fact I had already tried it months ago. What stopped me dead in my tracks back then was the fact that I was missing the 5.1 surround sound. The original Apple TV software 1.x did not support 5.1 surround sound playback without some cleaver hacking/encod Read more:Building
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