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2009-07-26T23:51:00.002+05:30

which will b the next sector at BOOM

2008-10-15T03:18:00.002+05:30

In past years IT was at peak .. even small companies were making high profit but its look like their period is over now so which sector will b at boom, next is going to be terrorism.

What you say guys, I am not wrong you may take examples from the recent past.
lots of such things all around the globe.

It seems funny but logical, not only a part of the world is facing this problem, but all people around the globe are affected because of this serious problem.
we must take some hard decisions to curb this up, otherwise the aftermaths are really difficult to face.

Good Bye laptops

2008-06-13T00:13:00.005+05:30

Can any one ever imagine of life without laptops or desktops now.!!!

hmmm...yes but need anything else that replaces them.

So Japan is always ready to help you out with their technlogy.Since its a time of microtechnology, everything is modeled as small as it can be so you not computers.

Amazing technology from Japan . . . but can you guess what it is ?Look closely and guess what they could be...

This is something that will replace your PC in the near future.Beleive it or not this the the future of forthcoming computers.

After looking the picture to the right you might guess wht I'm talking about.

In the revolution of miniature computers, scientists have made great developments with bluetooth technology.This is the forthcoming computers you can carry within your pockets, they are very small in size comparable to pen.

This "pen sort of instrument" produces both the monitor as well as the keyboard on any flat surfaces from where you can carry out functions you would normally do on your desktop computer.

Now one may say, "Good-bye laptops!"

Web Directories

2008-06-12T11:42:00.003+05:30

Web directories-A directory of useful information to the common person who wants to find helpful resources. A collection of all kind of information.

Web directories don't exactly have the reputation of being helpful resources for finding information. Most have become endless pits of links, and wading through them to find anything useful is next to impossible.Then there are the human-edited ones that tend to be more useful, but are aimed more at the submitter promoting their business than they really are towards the user who is there to find information.

One might say why one should go for web directories when we have google,yahoo,msn and many other search engines.No matter how much emphasis search engines put on relevancy, if you want to find a collection of useful resources on a particular topic, you will be left wading through pages and pages to come up with them. Still most of the people use search engines to find information they are looking for.

Some of the directories are still usefull.dont expect that your link is indexed in the directories, but one can submit it in some of free directories.Old yahoo directory is one of the useful directory,but now its bombarded with submissions, ut that is the beauty of keepingthis one related to a niche.

Try them instead of search engines you will get more relevant informations what you are looking for.

How they got their names

2008-06-12T11:05:00.006+05:30

Have you ever tought of this,the brandnames product you are using in daily life,how they came from,that makes your life so comfortable.Here are the some of these.

Apple Computers

It was the favourite frite of the founder Steve Jobs. He was three months late in filing a
name for the business,and he threatened to call his company Apple Computers if the other
colleagues din't suggest a better name by 5 O' clock.

Cisco

It is not an acronym as populalrly beleived.It is short for San Francisco.

Compaq

This name was formed by using COMp,for computer,and PAQ to denote a small integral object.

Corel

The name was derieved from the founder's name Dr. Micheal Cowland.Its stand for COwpland
REsearch Laboratory.

Google

The name started as a joke doasting about the amount of information the search-engine would
able to search.It was originally named 'Googol',a word for the number represented by 1
followed by 100 zeros.After founders-Stanford graduate students Sergey Brin and Larry Page
presented their project to an angel investor, they received a cheque made out to 'Google'

Hotmail

Rounder Jack Smith got the idea of accessing e-mail vai web from a computer anywhere in the
world.When Sabeer Bhatia same up with the business plan for the mail service,he tried all
kinds of names ending in 'mail' and finally settled for hotmail as it included the letters
"html" - the programming language used to write web pages.It was initially refrred to as
HoTMaiL with selecting uppercasing.

Hewlett Packard

Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard tossed a coin to decide whether the company they founded would
be called Hewlett-Packard or Packard-Hewlett.

Intel

Bob Noyce and GordonMoore wanted to name their new company 'Moore Noyce' but that was
already trademarked by a hotel chain so they had to settle for an acronym for INTegrated
ELectronics.

Lotus(Notes)

Mitch Kapor got the name for his company from 'The Lotus Position' or 'Padmasana'.Kapor used
to be a teacher of Transcendental Meditation of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

Microsoft

Coined by Bill Gates to represent the company that was devoted to MICROcomputer
SOFTware.Originally christened Micro-Soft, the'-' was removed later on.

Motorola
Founder Paul Galvin came up with this name when his comapany started manufacturing radios
for cars.The popular radio company at the time was called victoria.

ORACLE

Larry Ellison and Bob Oats were working on a consulting project for the CIA(Central
Intelligence Agency).The code name for the project was called Oracle(the CIa saw this as the
system to give answers to all or something such).The projest was designed to help use the
newly written SQL code by IBM.The project eventually was terminated but Larry and ?Bob
decided to finish what they started and bring it to the world.They kept the name Oracle and
created the RDBMS engine.Later they kept the same name for the company.

Sony

It originated from the latin word 'sonus' meaning sound,and 'sonny' a slang used by Americans to refer to a bright youngster.

SUN

Founded by 4 Stanford University buddies,SUN is the acronym for Stanford University
Network.Andreas Bechtolsheim built a microcomputer,Vinod Khosla recruited him and Scott
Mcnealy to manufacture companies based on it,and Bill Joy to develop a UNIX-based OS for the
computer.

Yahoo!

The word was invented by Jonathan Swift and used in his book 'Gulliver's Travels'.It represented a person who is repulsive in appearance and action and is barely human.Yahoo! Founders Jerry Yang and David Filo selected the name because they consider themselves
yahoos.

Some Accidental Discoveries

2008-06-12T08:31:00.002+05:30

There is lot of hard work involved in all the discoveries.The concerned person put lot of efforts in discovering a new thing,but sometimes few things just happen by luck or by accident.Some of such accidental discoveries are.
1.Viagra
Men being treated for erectile dysfunction should salute the working stiffs of Merthyr Tydfil,the Welsh hamlet where,in 1992 trails,the gravity-defying side effects of new angina drug first popped up.Previously, the blue-collar town was known for producing a different kind of iron.
2.X-Ray
Several 19th-century scientists toyed with the penetrating rays emitted when electrons strike a metal target.But the x-ray wasn't discovered until 1895, when German egghead Wilhelm Rontgen tried sticking various objects in front of the radiation - and saw the bones of his hand projected on the wall.
3.LSD
Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann took the world's first acid hit in 1943,when he touched a smidge of lysergic acid diethylamide,a chemical he had researched for inducing childbirth,He later tried a bigger dose and made another discovery:the bad trip.
4.Penicillin
Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming was researching the flu in 1928 when he noticed that a blue green mold had infected one of his petridishes - and killed the staphylococcus bacteria growing in it.All hail sloppy lab work!
5.Artificial Sweeteners
Speaking of botched lab jobs,three leading pseudo-sugars reached human lips only because scientists forgot to wash their hands.Cyclamate(1937) and aspartame(1965) are byproducts of medical reasearch,and sacharin(1879) appeared during a project on coal tar derivatives,Yummy.
6.Microwave Ovens
Microwave emitters(or magnetrons)powered Allied radar in WWII.The leap from detecting Nazis to nuking nachos came in 1946, after a magnetron melted a candy bar in Raytheon engineer Percy Spencer's pocket.
7.Brandy
Medieval wine merchants used to boil the H2O out of wine so their delicate cargo would keep better and take up less space at sea.Before long,some intrepid soul-our money's on a sailor - decided to bypass the reconstitution stage, and brandy was born.Pass the Courvoisier!
8.Vulacanised Rubber
Rubber rots badly and smells worse,unless it's vulcanised.Ancient Mesoamericans had their own version of the process,but Charles Goodyear rediscovered it in 1839 when he unintentionally(well, at least according to most accounts) dropped a rubber-sulfur compound onto a hot stove.
9.Silly Putty
In the early 1940s, General Electric scientist James Wright was working on artificial rubber for the war effort when he mixed boric acid and silicon oil.V-J Day din't come any sonner,but comic strip image-streching practically became a national pastime.
10.Potato chips
Chef George Crum concocted the perfect sandwich complement in 1853 when-to spite a suctomer who compalin that his fries were cut too thick-he sliced a potato paper-thin and fried it to a crisp.Needless to say,the diner couldn't eat just one.
Might be some luck involved in them but after all of this lot of the discoverers effort was involved in bringing them to real worlds use.If you have any such thing share it.

Page Ranking Concept

2008-06-07T16:47:00.002+05:30

Friends recently I apeared for a exam on information retrieval that contains a unit on page
ranking.And many bloggers are interested in knowing thier page rank.How much popular is
their blog or site over the net.Do anyone think of this that how this is calculated by
google.

Let me tell you some think about this.I dont know about this topic much butas far as our books tell me I get to know some things and I am today going to share them
with you all.

Firstly what if some page rank is high,it means if your page rank is high and its somehow
related to some users query,then results displyed to him contains the your page at the top
slot if none of the other page retreived have highr page rank than yours and followed by
others.If some page get good rank it is displayed on the first results of user queries,this
means that page get higher probability of higher number of visitors per day.
Might be their are more factors google considers but this page rank concept depends on two
major factors(according to our syllabus).

1)Relevance ranking by hyperlinks.
2)Relevance ranking by text.

Now you must be wonderring what they mean.Dont worry,I'll explain them in details.
Hyperlinks-People you all know they are actually the page URL's pointed to your page from
others blog or sites.Soppose if your page or blog is hyperlinked by many pages over
WWW,then you got a better page rank.People may exploit this using linking each others blog
and they used to.That's why people make a concept of blogroll in their blogsthat contains the link of other blogs and simmilarly their blog link poited by other blogs.

Also search engine rankers consider that from which page your page is hyperlinked,since its
also important that if one get hyperlinked from a page of higher ranking then its given
more weightage.

Text-This the the actual text one have in his/her blog or site.And ranking from text is calculated by the weightage of the keywords of page text.(keywords-special words used in your article,not common words).Now a seo used to calculate the weightage of that word in your page using the concept of relavance ranking by text.It calculates the number of occurances of that keyword in some page and total number of other words.And use these two parameters to get the actual page rank depending on these factors.So a page with a keyword orientage get a better page rank
in few days.

This is the one reason most of the SEO's recommends to have more number of posts to get a
higher page rank.So more number of keywords are enrolled on your page helps you to get a
higher page rank.

So the total ranking of a page depends upon these two factors and calculated on combining
these two factors.

To check your page rank,their are many page ranking tools available on net,use them to get to know about your blogs page rank.

If anyone have more information related to this please share.I know only this much,but I
want to know more their might be other factors that google considers in page ranking.
Any quieries related to this are invited.

EC Droplist..!!!

2008-06-07T10:10:00.003+05:30

I joined entrecard and get a lot of traffic to my blog from this site.Initially I am not aware of dropping,so I drop arbitrary,but after cunsulting some friends on entrecard I make a list of some of those who drops on me when I dropped on them,and keep updating it on regular basis.
I completed 277 till now,I am publishing a initial list of those blogs on whim I used to drop on regular basis,and get good results too...!!Now I get a fair amount of drops 250+ regularly.
Thanks to entrecard dropper.!!!:)

I also suggets the other members also to make a list and drop regularly on them,this helps you getting close to 1:1 ratio. If someone who is not a part of this list and I drop on him regularly do leave me a comment and I add you in the list,as I bookmarked all and its a hard job for me to get their URL's so please help me and you also.

If someone who want to be in this list,so please continue dropping on me on regular basis,I might update this list depending on the number of drops they reply back to me with respect to the drops I drop on them...!!!

Keep dropping and enjoying...!!!

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A true story

2008-06-07T09:49:00.001+05:30

This is a true story from the Japanese Embassy in US.

A few years ago, Prime Minister Mori was given some Basic English conversation training before he visits Washington and meets president Bill Clinton. The instructor told Mori "Prime Minister, when you shake hand with President Clinton, please say 'how are you'. Then Mr. Clinton should say, "I am fine, and you?" Now you should say 'me too'. Afterwards we, translators, will do all the work for you." It looks quite simple, but the truth is.... When Mori met Clinton, he mistakenly said "Who Are You?" Mr. Clinton was a bit shocked but still managed to react with humor: "Well, I am Hilary's husband, ha-ha...." Then Mori replied confidently "Me too, ha ha ha."

Then there was a long silence in the meeting room, nobody knew what to do!!!!!!!!!! !!!

Top card droppers

2008-06-05T07:59:00.000+05:30

First online earning

2008-06-04T23:56:00.000+05:30

As I came to know about this on march 20th of 2008 that one can easily earn as he wan from internet.One of my freind told me about http://www.floxter.com/ and yeah I really earned money from that site.I get paid $50 within 10 days.

Proof of payment..

Solve simple tasks online and get paid!
Receive reward payments via PayPal or donate your reward to support a charitable project of one of our charity partners World Vision, Greenpeace, UNO - Flüchtlingshilfe.

after that I earned few more from this site and try exploring to get to know about few more earning sites.But hardly get better than this one.If anyone have some more details about such sites that pays for solving such tasks as in www.floxter.com please share.

www.google.com

2008-06-04T23:39:00.000+05:30

Since in India google provides search services under www.google.co.in
so if one from India try to open www.google.com, he or she will be directed to www.google.co.in
So one can not open www.google.com directly.Once you are on .co.in then there is an option to visit .com.Similalrally the users from other countries having same facilities as in India also not able to open www.google.com

I came to know about this when I tried to open www.orkut.com and it redirects me to www.orkut.co.in as .co.in services of orkut started in India.Then I logged into my alexa account to check something and when I checked the top visited sites,I found www.yahoo.com on the top and I m not surprised this time as I used to,because I get to know about this why google being most popular but not in the top of the list.

On the second spot its www.google.com and on overall basis google is on the top.When one checks the other top spots in the top 100,you came to know that other site of google like .co.in,.co.uk,.co.ph etc occupied the tops spots.

This was in my mind from a very long that being 53%(as some surveys say,may be I am wrong) of search market is shared by google and rest of by other search engines.And then also alexa say that yahoo.com is the most visited site.
Check this out you get to know about this
http://www.alexa.com/site/ds/top_sites?ts_mode=lang&lang=en
Now I am happy that I came to know about this dilema.

Rajasthan Royals wins IPL final

2008-06-02T00:14:00.001+05:30

One of the greatest match of the IPTt20 matches.
between rajasthan royals and chennai superskings.In the start no1 even think of royals to reach the finals but they make it to the finals.Rajstah roayals reach semifinal without loosing a single match in their homeground jaipur.Only lost three matches in the league matches.
As delhi dare devils beat them badly in their first encounter in firozshah kotla in delhi.But rajsthan replied so strongly in semifinal n beat delhi by 103 runs,and proves that they are the superior ones.

Same Chennai leaded by Dhoni also played well in the tournament and manage to reach the semifinal.Mohali lost to chennai and that to badly in the semifinal.

Today out the three matches (i.e both semi's and final) was the best.
Match result was decided on the last delivery.May be it was Royals luck that they win today match also.As they were down to 43/3 at one moment in 6 overs and it seam to be a difficult task.But thanks to Yusuf Pathan and Watson Royals manage to win this match.

So Rajasthan,the underdog in the start emerge out to be the strongest of all the teams.
It was due to Shane Warne's captaincy and palyers contribution.As I also feel that start cant do better than the performers.And the yougsters perform better than stars and proves themselve in the series.

So finally IPL come to an end but it was one of the most exciting event in India and everyone enjoyed this,and why not cricket is religion in India and Sachin is God.!!

As CEO of Emerging India and the owner of Rajasthan Royals never expected in the beginning that the team they are owning going to bring this much pride to them.And they come out to be the winners of this series.

World No Tobacco Day

2008-06-01T18:14:00.000+05:30

May 31st,2008------World No Tobacco Day

Hmm..One of the serious concerns of today .The theme for World No Tobacco Day 2008 was "Free Youth:Break the Tobacco Marketing Net."Since the youth of this generation is effected most by smoking.As every brand either marlboro or wills used to right a TAG line on their cigarette packets that "cigarette smoking is injurious to health" and also everyone I belief is aware of this fact but smokers not able to live a single day without smoke.Each day the number of smokers increasing and these are mainly from the youth.

Few years back,only males used to smoke and now the data is vigoursly changing number of females smokers is rising to a great extent.The smokers number hike is also because of aggressive marketing,govenments dhould tackle this,even WHO also requested the countries to implement some enforcement rules.

Even I am a hostelite and being a student notice this,many of my friends used to smoke regularly and they all are aware if this fact that its injurious to health.But still they used to smoke daily.Their is a small village named Dighi where most of the studnets visit to buy thier cigarettes.

Also I feel that the damage to health due to cigarette smoking can be reducesed with proper diet
when you have proper meals this can be minimised to a great extent,but most of the smokers dont take their meals properly and thier health reduces significantally.

I also feel in India the student stay in hostel are used to smoke more than those who used to stay with their parents.

In the start of my hostel life I also used to smoke but then some how I manage to leave that.Now I used to collect these packets as I love them.And keep collecting...

Condoms

2008-05-31T22:04:00.000+05:30

This makes me laugh a lot....and cant stop !!hope you all enjoy this...

Sainsbury's flavoured Condoms - Making life taste better.

Tesco's Condoms - Every little helps.

Nike Condoms - Just do it.

Peugeot Condoms - The ride of your life.

KFC Condoms - They're finger licking good.

Malteser's Condoms - They melt in your mouth not in your hands.

Abbey National Condoms - Because life is complicated enough.

Duracell Condoms - You can just keep going and going.

Pringles Condoms - Once u pop u cant stop.

Burger King - Home of the whopper.

Andrex Condoms - Soft strong and very long.

Renault Condoms - Size really does matter!

Carlsberg Condoms - Carlsberg don't make condoms but if they did they would most probably be the best condoms in the world.

PC World's Condoms - We're with u every step of the way.

Halifax Condoms - Who gives you extra?

Sure Crystal Condoms - Unbeatable against white marks.

Gillette Condoms - The best a man can get.

Nokia Condoms - Connecting people!

O2 Condoms - bringing people together

got this one in mail and shared with you all...!!!

Diesel prices

2008-05-31T13:11:00.000+05:30

I hardly used to read newpaper,so I am not aware of the present hikes in the petrol n diesel prices.I cam to know about this last evening when I reached the petrol pump to fill the tank of my bike.And seeing the results I am shocked,the prices of petrol were increased upto rs 6-7 per litre.

What this nonsense,every time government increase the prices of petrol n diesel and gave a simple explanation for this that prices in world market increased so its hard for the oil companies to sell these on the same rates.

Since the oil prices are increasing in the world market,everyone is aware of this,but I guess in India its increasing to fast.When one compare the oil pices of neighbouring countries one get to know about this.Since Pakistan is also importing oil and oil prices are bit low in pakistan as compared to India.

Leave it,and say its need of the time,ok.But what the government is doing for all this since oil prices are going high and high,and they all are very well aware of this.In India party in rule have to implement these and others start protesting against them,what if they are in command.
Is they going to bring out the good results for the people.

It is a serious issue and govenment as well as people have to think about this to overcome the rising prices of oil in the world market.If this keeps on going like this one day no one is in the situation to buy lifeline for their vehicles,so people take it seriously!!!!

About fast entrecard Dropping

2008-05-31T10:39:00.000+05:30

Its not fair to use any fast dropping technique this is not going to help in either way.
I was reading in entrecard c'nity forum from last 2 days,the senior and experinced members dont agree with all this.
they used to drop on thier favorites and get good number of drops back.
So as I started doing this and certainly this helpd me a lot.
the ratio of drops increased a bit but still I find some of my bookmarked friends dont drop back.So soon I am going to update the list and publish it.
So I humbly requet you all entrecard users please stop all fast dropping technique(the illegal ones) and try to coprate and make this dropping ratio to 1:1.
thanks.!!!

Life Cycle of an IT Employee

2008-05-27T17:55:00.001+05:30

Since soon I am going to be a IT professional,So I am started thinking about this.

Hows my life in company campus?

What are the changes I have to make?

many more questions hindering me,but also feel a bit relaxed that I was some how able to become a IT Professional.:P

Anyways while I am thinking all this I came across a article an make me think again about this.

It's true they say that a picture is worth a thousand words.

I don't think there is a better way of explaining our life. Imagine yourself sitting in the black chair...

If this a true , I am sure I m going to face many more difficulties in my professional life,but I am ready to take the chalenges...:P

Wht do you think people since many are working as IT professionals,Is this true...

Green index puts India, Brazil on top

2008-05-27T17:35:00.000+05:30

Recently I was reading a article on green index,a survey by National Geographic Channel.

After reading that I feal a bit relaxed,since I'm a part of the nation hold the top position in green index.

According to the survey,Indians and Brazilians are the most environment friendly people while Americans are the most polluting, a survey by National Geographic magazine and pollsters Globalscan on consumer behaviour has revealed.

The survey of a thousand people each from 14 high-polluting nations listed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has India and Brazil tied for the top spot with 60 green index points. Americans had the lowest score with 44.9 points.

The survey rates Indian eating habits the best, with 84 per cent eating local vegetables at least once a week.Indians don’t waste much and are very good at recycling. The Indian green index is high on account of low per capita energy consumption — at 0.7 kilowatt — and large-scale recycling. India and China are the best users of solar energy.

Since Indians still belive that being a vegeterian you will live more and may be a myth but its working in favour of us.Being an Indian I m proud of this. More than 40% people are concerned about the environmental problems believe these problems can have adverse impact on their health.And why not India is a nation where trees are also treated as God and worshiped.

I dont know much about Brazilians but they are also tied with Indians.this means they are also environmental freindly.

This is also found in the survey that people in developed countries tend to live in big homes, often with environmentally costly air-conditioning, own more cars, drive alone more often and use public transport only infrequently. They are least likely to buy environmentally friendly products.

Inhabitants of developing countries, by contrast, were more likely to live in smaller homes, use green products and own relatively few appliances or electronic gadgets. They also were more likely to walk, cycle, use public transportation and live close to their most frequent destinations.

So its a plus point for both Indians and Brazalians and the US citizens need to think about this.

Man benefiting from solar energy

2008-05-25T04:30:00.000+05:30

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/pdfs/solar_timeline.pdf

It is a fine article about man benefiting from solar energy.I wonder there is so much happening in United States of America about solar energy and they are benefiting from the sun because oil prices are going sky high and they are planing for the future. The American Govt. funds and supports such projects in every way possible. But what happens in our country? Most of us are too busy in earning our livelihoods and our Govts are busy in other "Important" issues that we don't have time for these things. I was listening on some news channel that oil prices will hit Rs. 100 per liter in two or three months in Pakistan because oil prices have increased very rapidly in global markets in previous two months and Pakistan government will not be able to subsidize on oil.

This happens only in USA

2008-05-25T04:23:00.000+05:30

All of you will be surprised to know that people at United States of America are actually thinking about running there cars on water. Yes WATER simple H2O not the expansive fossil fuels that we have been using.

I didn't believe it but it is real they are doing it.
Just search on google these words.
"run a car on hydrogen using water"

You will be surprised.

About mine recent topic on fast entrecard dropping...!!!

2008-05-23T15:59:00.000+05:30

Since I'm not getting the required number of sites which I want to enlist in my fast dropping list....
till now I get some of the sites names for the list....!!!
because of this I'm so late in launching tht list...!!!but be in touch I'm soon gonna launch the list...

here are some of the sites for the list...!!!!

http://banking-experience.blogspot.com/
http://dietpulpit.com/
http://stirthecauldron.blogspot.com/
http://sandystyl.blogspot.com/
http://wenlopred.blogspot.com
http://CathyJELadyNews.blogspot.com
http://livinwithme.com
http://ourhappyhappenings.com
http://www.robertsroad.blogspot.com/
http://slightlymordant.com/

I also get comments from others also and they said they actually used to drop on their favourites.That also a nice way to drop your card.anyways thanks for the comments...

I dont included some of the blogs,becuase either their entrecard widget is missing from their sites !!!
so send ur sites once again so tht I'm able to take ur widget code to provide you all the fastest EC dropping list....!!!!

you can also visit http://ecdropper.googlepages.com/
for the updates related to this....
be in touch...!!!and keep rocking....
soon this list going to updated for the 300 blogs....!!!
so please be quick...!!!!

cheers..!!!

Fast entrecard dropping....!!!!

2008-05-15T00:08:00.000+05:30

hmmmm......Its an interesting topic.

many blogs on entrecard have some article related to this.
Some of them really helped to drop 300 cards in very less time.

e.g. Powerdropping

A nice site and well maintained one,but some of the sites there are taking too much time or repeated many times.So it is another problem.
Seeing all this I also decided to create a post on this
soon I'll be here with my fast EC drop list.!!!!

So be in touch,and also hopes that you will be able to drop 300 cards in short time as of other fast dropping techniques.

If anyone want to enroll his/her blog into the list comment.
One more thing I m not going to enroll his/her blog into the list.I am just going to use the EC widget of your blog for fast dropping.

So what are you waiting for....!!!!

About Entrecard

2008-05-14T15:39:00.000+05:30

I recently joined entrecard to boost up my blog's traffic

but still I'm not so familiar with entrecard.But one thing is clear my blog visitors increases to some extent.I'm new to blogging and want to get some more traffic.

So here are some of my doubts regarding entrecard,if anyone can help me out please come forward, I need your help.Please people.......!!!!!

I daily used to drop 300 cards.but in return I only get around 100 or 120 at max in return.So I strted reading about entrecard and get to know that by advertising I can increase,so I started advertising my blog on others through EC's,and also get benefits.But still I want to increase this.

I get to know about powerdropping and other sites to drop 300 cards at a faster rate.And that helps me a lot in earning EC's.Thanks to powerdropping

Now when I navigate to the statistics tab,I found some more problems.

Can anyone tell me what this four charts represents.I get to know about first and the fourth one.But what the second and the third graph represents.

I am also confused about this section."Best value by widget".They say "This table lists the sites who provided the best value over the last 30 days via adverts you ran on their widget. Low numbers are good, suggesting that you received many visitors interested in your card for the number of credits spent.
The same caveat as above applies regarding the fact that clicks can be faked. "But I m not getting this anyhow,if someone can light on this,please come forward.

I also found people write a lot about entrecard.Does this really get some traffic to their blogs.

Also some people used to sell their EC's,Is their who is interested in buying these credits.

So people who are expert of entrecard I am wating for your comments.Also tell me if their is any hidden secret of entrecard.

Earning Online

2008-05-08T20:24:00.000+05:30

Hmm...After a long time,I think why shouldn't I write something on this since these days earning online is very popular amung the young generation.People use to opt so many different ways to earn money.I also searched on some of the things on this and tried few of them,and also get paid.

If you are a blogger or own a site and you keep updating your site on regular basis and your site got the traffic so you must try any of the publishing site to publish ads on your site/blog to get paid.Here are few of them I m listing for you.

Adsense.
AdBrite
Bidvertiser

Why is Britney Spears Still Famous?

2008-05-08T19:57:00.000+05:30

Today, I dont have anything to do,then I decided to surf on net.I started searching the most searched keywords on search engines,and I m surprised to see the results.I found paris hilton and britney's name in the list,befiore searching I guess it would be porn and something related to this.I m happy because I dint found this in top 10 ketwords.

Anyways after I found britney's name in the list of top searched keywords, I started searching on her.First question that comes to my mind is the post title,"Why is Britney Spears Still Famous?".Is people really thinks that she's still so famous.Answers is yes.because if she's not famous people would not be concerned about her.

Why is she famous? Our media is obsessed with a singer who hasn't actually sung anything in years. Her "greatest hits" album was out in 2004, her last album of original material was out in 2003. Is she actually working on new material? When was her last tour? The last great performance I remember her giving was kissing Madonna on MTV.

We're obsessed with Britney's marriage, with whether or not she's a good mother, and the attention grabbing things she does. She wants to be left alone, but no, she's posing nude (while pregnant) for this magazine or that, she's talking to Matt Lauer, we're supposed to feel bad for her - no! - we're supposed to hate her. Aren't we?

She is a fine example of a trend. Why do we care about "celebrities" who don't actually have a function, or who have lost their place in the spotlight?

Why did Britney's reality TV show flop when so many others just like it succeeded? The Newlyweds worked until that couple decided that they were happier divorced. Hulk Hogan has a show that exists pretty much solely to promote his daughter's fledgling musical career. Even Paris Hilton cashed in on being ignorant while America watched before she decided she wanted to be a singer.

even when you look the picture available here,it give you a isea why she's so famous...!!!

so have a look....

Search Engine Optimization Tips

2008-05-08T19:46:00.000+05:30

Contrary to popular belief, you don't need to be an SEO "guru" to rank well in the Search Engines. There are only a handful of things you need to do in order to rank well. Those who concentrate on what's important will quickly pass those who spend their time worrying about all of the little things that may or may not increase their rankings!
Below you will find the 5 most important SEO factors:

1: Links - The quantity and quality of the links on the WWW which point to your site and it's subpages is the #1 off-page SEO factor! When it comes to top Search Engine rankings the most influential factor really is the incoming links! Submit articles and do selective link exchanges to give your site a push-start and let your good content (below) bring it to the top!

2: Title and META Tags - The title and META description of each individual page is the most important on-page SEO factor! Craft your title and description in a way that is both Search Engine friendly (contains your primary keyword) and user friendly (convinces them to click.) Remember, if it is full of keywords and not user friendly, your rankings will not matter, as no one will click. If it is user friendly, but doesn't contain your main keyword, you will not rank as high as you would if it had your keyword (in most cases.)

3: Internal Linking - A good internal linking structure will not only show the SE's which of your pages are more important, it can actually increase the rankings of those pages! Use the rel="nofollow" attribute on links that don't need any "link juice" like your contact pages, about pages, affiliate links and duplicated pages.

4: Quality Content - Quality content will bring in "natural" links. If you're spitting out low-quality, rehashed content, you won't impress anyone. If you do not impress anyone your job will be much harder, as you'll have to manually build all of your links.

5: Keyword Density doesn't Matter - "Keyword Density" is no longer important. With the implementation of "Latent Semantic Indexing" (LSI) most major Search Engines do not rank a page higher because it contains a keyword a set number of times. Just write natural content and good things will come!

So to recap, build solid incoming links, compose a good title and META description, create a solid internal linking structure, write quality content and don't worry about keyword density!
This is the strategy that has worked for me in order to obtain front-page ranking for many competitive terms and I'm confident it will for you as well!

Most Searched Keywords

2008-05-08T19:43:00.000+05:30

If you have a website, write articles, or want to profit through an affiliate program than this is gold to you! These keywords are the actual top 11 on the internet. Use them and you are on your way to increased traffic, profits and results. Here they are and a little about each to help you on your way.

1) Paris Hilton. Whether we like it or not Paris and her wild lifestyle are here to stay as she is now considered one of the biggest stars. She is sought after by almost every fashion designer and her keywords will do well with any fashion or clothing content.

2) Google. Well, this one is obvious as Google is the largest search engine (regardless what Yahoo says). Being that Google is a search engine it can be used in any content, but works best with relation to websites, search engines, computers and software.

3) Yahoo. The second largest search engine and distant second on Pay per Click campaigns - very, very distant at that. The same will work for Yahoo. Stick with computer related material and you will do well.

4) Ebay. The worlds largest marketplace and auction. Ebay, for the most part is a wholesale marketplace. It is ruled by feedback and can give you a good idea as to the real value of a car (check Ebay motors). On Ebay anything goes including people selling tattoo advertising on themselves. In other words, anything can be linked to Ebay in one way or another. Yes, there is even porn on Ebay.

5)Eminem. Yes, the real slim shady is back. According to R and B and rap he never left as he is the number one rapper currently. If you need content on current music or teen and young adult topics Eminem is sure to bring you visitors.

6) Britney Spears. She was the hottest pinup for teens and preteens, but now she is probably pregnant again. I wonder why Kevin Federline didn't make the list - is it that he isn't a good singer? Britney is great for adolescent or music related content.

7) mapquest. Want to know where something is or how to get there. Being that we are getting closer to summer people are plotting out there vacations. Or, maybe, due to increasing gas prices thanks to George Bush, maybe they are figuring that its too far and will cost too much in gas. I bet if Hillary Clinton were President these gas prices wouldn't be any higher than $1.60 per gallon. These high gas prices have to do with the Bush family and their ties to big oil and energy. See, Mapquest can be linked to just about any content you want if you just try a little.

8) Tsunami. Even though the big one is over. Relief efforts are still in effect and so are the relief efforts for Katrina. Hint - these people still need lots of help. Tsunami is probably a big keyword due to the recent specials on TV about the next possible tsunami that might hit America. People are concerned and interested over these large scale natural disasters. When is the next earthquake going to hit California, will atsunami hit New York, and what will this hurricane season bring?

9) Girls. Yes, of course. There are millions of perverts and closet perverts out there that are a little over-fascinated with girls. As Donald Trump once said, "sex sells." Yes it does and nothing sells better than women or girls. They can sell anything including the worst items in infomercials and complete scams. A beautiful girl just needs to show a little cleavage and TV ratings soar. Just think what girls can do for your content.

10) American Idol. This is the top rated TV show and its in its 5th or 6th season. It has launched one star - Kelly Clarkson and a bunch of duds. Randy, Paula and simon have now become household names along with Ryan Seacrest. Any content you can tie into the current cast will do well. The previous casts should be avoided as they will soon go back to karaoke and such at local bars.

11) Skin care and skin treatment. This has always been a big one with women. It has been rumored that women will go without food before they will go without makeup and such. Just ask any department store how important skin care and skin treatment products are to their bottem line. Watch Shop NBC - almost every product on there has something to do with skin care and skin treatment for women. There are a wide variety of topics you can easily talk about here from the latest in laser therapy at dermatology offices and at home TCA skin peels for treating acne and wrinkles. Acne is and always will be a big topic as will wrinkles and their respective treatments. For more info on at home TCA skin peels please see the link below.

There you have it the top 11 keywords on the internet from Paris Hilton to skin care and skin treatment to Google and American Idol. All with tips on how to use them to make your content have more impact and drive more traffic.

Fast Torrent Downloading

2008-05-08T14:27:00.000+05:30

Seed, Seed, Seed

The key to getting awesome download speeds is seeding. From the looks of it UTorrent may have an internal credit system. I could be wrong, but from my extensive downloading research it seems as though there is a Credit system internally built into UTorrent. What is a Credit system you ask? Well a Credit system means that there is a record being kept at how much you download to how much you upload. A general rule is for every megabyte you download, you should at least upload 1.5 megabytes. This will get you a ratio of 1.5 which is ideal for most downloader's and uploaders. Having a good ratio helps boost your speeds dramatically. Remember after a torrent has finished please seed till at least a 1.5 ratio. This will help out the whole Bit-Torrent community. Do not be a jerk.

Downloading the File First, Seeding Later

Back to my scenario, I love to download the file first and seed later. I used to set my upload speeds to 2KB/sec so I could accomplish this. I have a cable connection of 3MBps down and 40KB/sec up. The more upload speed I use the slower I can download. This is probably the case for most people. How do you get around this little mishap? Here is how, when you first start the torrent, make sure your upload speed is above 20KB/sec. Let this setting stay for at least an hour. Once your ratio has reached something above a 1.0, lower your upload to speed to 8KB/sec or above. I recommend 10KB/sec. This will show UTorrent and the tracker that you are a good seeder and from that they will send more bandwidth your way. Give it another hour and check on the torrent, your speeds should have dramatically increased. If not chances are the torrent is either not a very popular torrent, I am completely wrong or my testing was just a spoof.

Seeding Later

Remember to seed after the torrent file has finished. Seeding is how Bit-Torrents are kept alive. You were able to download the torrent because someone else was seeding it for you. Remember that! It is not just a take, but a give take community. You give back 1.5 times what you take. My suggestion is after you downloaded 3 torrent files, open those torrent files up for a single night at your highest upload rate. Once you hit a 1.5 ratio or above stop the torrents and you are finished. Than repeat the process for your next 3 torrent downloads. This way you can have the full file quickly and give back to the community at the same time when your internet connection is generally idle.

For more.....visit...

Downlaoding torrents faster

2008-05-08T14:19:00.000+05:30

these days torrents is an important search word....

people used to download,today I m also searching about this and got some relevant information...

Fast Torent
How to configure your router to allow fast BitTorrent downloads

I enjoyed the second one the most...!!!

try it....you'll also benefit from this....!!!!

Make Torrent Download Faster

2008-05-08T14:11:00.000+05:30

Change Drive Letters in Windows XP

2008-05-05T18:25:00.001+05:30

When you add drives to your computer, such as an extra hard drive, a CD drive, or a
storage device that corresponds to a drive, Windows automatically assigns letters to the
drives. However, this assignment might not suit your system; for example, you might have
mapped a network drive to the same letter that Windows assigns to a new drive. When you
want to change drive letters, follow these steps:
· Right-click My Computer, and then click Manage.
· Under Computer Management, click Disk Management. In the right pane, you'll see
your drives listed. CD-ROM drives are listed at the bottom of the pane.
· Right-click the drive or device you want to change, and then click Change Drive
Letter and Paths.
· Click Change, click Assign the following drive letter, click the drive letter you
want to assign, and then click OK.

Turn Off Autoplay for Program CDs

2008-05-05T18:24:00.001+05:30

How can you stop Windows XP from launching program CDs?
· Click Start, click Run, type GPEDIT.MSC to open Group Policy in the Microsoft
Management Console.
· Double-click Computer Configuration, double-click Administrative templates,
double-click System, and then click Turn off autoplay.
· The instructions on your screen describe how to configure this setting. Click
Properties to display the setting dialog.
· Click Enabled, and choose CD-ROM drives, then click OK, to stop CD autoplay.
This setting does not prevent Autoplay for music CDs.

Performance Increase Through My Computer

2008-05-05T18:23:00.000+05:30

Easy enough tweak to usually find out about it on your own, but still, some of us
still don't find it right away. So here it is:
· Start > right-click on My Computer and select Properties.
· Click on the "Advanced" tab.
· See the "Performance" section? Click "Settings".
· Disable the following:
Fade or slide menus into view
Fade or slide ToolTips into view
Fade out menu items after clicking
Show Shadows under menus
Slide open combo boxes
Slide taskbar buttons
Use a background image for each folder type
Use common tasks in folders
There, now Windows will still look nice and perform faster.
Reduce 10 Second Scandisk Wait Time
· Start MS Dos Prompt (Start run CMD), and type: CHKNTFS /T:4
where 4 is the amount of wait time.
CHKNTFS /?
for more info.
DMA Mode on IDE Devices
Just like Windows 2000, Windows XP still fails to set the DMA mode correctly for the
IDE device designated as the slaves on the primary IDE and secondary IDE channels. Most
CD-ROMS are capable of supporting DMA mode, but the default in XP is still PIO. Setting
it to DMA won't make your CD-ROM faster, but it will consume less CPU cycles. Here's
how:
· Open the Device Manager. One way to do that is to right-click on "My Computer",
select the Hardware tab, and select Device Manager.
· Expand "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers" and double-click on "Primary IDE Channel".
· Under the "Advanced Settings" tab, check the "Device 1" setting. More than likely,
your current transfer mode is set to PIO.
· Set it to "DMA if available".
· Repeat the step for the "Secondary IDE Channel" if you have devices attached to it.
Reboot.

Clean Your Prefetch to Improve Performance

2008-05-05T18:22:00.003+05:30

This is a unique technique for WinXP. We know that it is necessary to scrub registry
and TEMP files for Win9X/ME/2000 periodically. Prefetch is a new and very useful
technique in Windows XP. However, after using XP some time, the prefetch directory can
get full of junk and obsolete links in the Prefetch catalog, which can slow down your
computer noticeably.
· Open C(system drive):/windows/prefetch, delete those junk and obsolete files,
reboot. It is recommended that you do this every month.

Turn Off Indexing to Speed Up XP

2008-05-05T18:22:00.001+05:30

Windows XP keeps a record of all files on the hard disk so when you do a search on the
hard drive it is faster. There is a downside to this and because the computer has to
index all files, it will slow down normal file commands like open, close, etc. If you do
not do a whole lot of searches on your hard drive then you may want to turn this feature
off:
· Open My Computer.
· Right-click your hard drive icon and select Properties.
· At the bottom of the window you'll see "Allow indexing service to index this disk
for faster searches," uncheck this and click ok.
· A new window will pop up and select Apply to all folders and subfolders.
It will take a minute or two for the changes to take affect but then you should enjoy
slightly faster performance.

Disable XP Boot Logo

2008-05-05T18:21:00.003+05:30

It is possible to disable the XP splash screen, which will slightly speed up the
overall boot process. Be aware that removing the splash screen will also cause you not
to see any boot-up messages that might come up (chkdsk, convert ... ), but if your system
runs without any problems then it should not matter.
· Edit boot.ini.
· Add " /noguiboot" right after "/fastdetect".
Upon restarting, the splash screen will be gone. It can be re-enabled by removing the
new switch.

Correcting System Hang at Startup

2008-05-05T18:21:00.001+05:30

If your system hangs about 2 or 3 minutes at startup, where you can't access the Start
button or the Taskbar, it may be due to one specific service (Background Intelligent
Transfer) running in the background. Microsoft put out a patch for this but it didn't
work for me. Here's what you do:
· Click on Start/Run, type 'msconfig', then click 'OK'.
· Go to the 'Services' tab, find the 'Background Intelligent Transfer' service.
· Disable it, apply the changes & reboot.

Easy Way to Adjust LargeSystemCache

2008-05-05T18:20:00.003+05:30

Normally, the tweak I've seen asks you to go into
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management and change the
value to either O or 1 to the adjustment the LargeSystemCache.
However, in Windows XP, all you have to do is:
· Right-click My Computer.
· Select Properties.
· Click Advanced.
· Choose Performance.
· Click Advanced again.
· Select either Programs or System Cache under Memory Usage.
Programs = 0 for the registry tweak equivalent
System Cache = 1 for the registry tweak equivalent
· On NT Server (in this case XP), the Large System Cache option is enabled, but
disabled on Workstation. The two different settings effect how the cache manager
allocates free memory. If the Large Cache option is on, the manager marks all the free
memory, which isn't being used by the system and/or applications, as freely available for
disk caching.
· On the flip-side (with a small cache), the manager instead only sets aside 4MB of
memory for disk caching in an attempt to accelerate the launch of applications. Or in a
more technical approach, if enabled the system will favor system-cache working sets over
process working sets (with a working set basically being the memory used by components of
a process).

Very Slow Boot When Networking

2008-05-05T18:20:00.001+05:30

On some XP Pro installations, when connected to a network (peer-peer in this case),
the computer boot time is over 1:40. The system seems to freeze after logging in and the
desktop may not appear or will freeze for a minute. As timed with the utility,
Bootvis.exe, the problem was with the driver mrxsmb.dll, adding over 67 seconds to the
boot time. Turning off and restoring file and printer sharing eliminated 65 seconds from
the boot time.
· Alt-click (or right-click) on Network Places > Properties.
· Alt-click on Ethernet Adapter connection > Properties.
· Un-check "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks" > OK.
· Reboot.
· If you need file or printer sharing, repeat the above, re-check the box and re-boot
again.

Turn Off System Restore to Save Space

2008-05-05T18:19:00.002+05:30

By default, Windows XP keeps a backup of system files in the System Volume Information
folder. This can eat up valuable space on your hard drive. If you don't want Windows to
back up your system files:
· Open the Control Panel.
· Double-click on System.
· Click the System Restore tab.
· Check "Turn off System Restore on all drives".
· Hit Apply.
· You may now delete the System Volume Information folder.
Warning! If you turn this off you will not be able to use Windows System Restore to
restore your system in case of failure.

Easily Disable Messenger

2008-05-05T18:19:00.001+05:30

Go into: C:/Program Files/Messenger. Rename the Messenger folder to "MessengerOFF".
This does not slow down Outlook Express or hinder system performance.

Speed Up Detailed View in Explorer

2008-05-05T18:18:00.002+05:30

If you like to view your files in Windows Explorer using the "Details" view here is a
tweak to speed up the listing of file attributes:
Viewing files in Windows Explorer using the "Details" mode shows various attributes
associated with each file shown. Some of these must be retrieved from the individual
files when you click on the directory for viewing. For a directory with numerous and
relatively large files (such as a folder in which one stores media, eg: *.mp3's, *.avi's
etc.), Windows Explorer lags as it reads through each one. Here's how to disable viewing
of unwanted attributes and speed up file browsing:
· Open Windows Explorer.
· Navigate to the folder which you wish to optimize.
· In "Details" mode right-click the bar at the top which displays the names of the
attribute columns.
· Uncheck any that are unwanted/unneeded.
Explorer will apply your preferences immediately, and longs lists of unnecessary
attributes will not be displayed.
Likewise, one may choose to display any information which is regarded as needed,
getting more out of Explorer.

Shutdown XP Faster

2008-05-05T18:18:00.001+05:30

Like previous versions of windows, it takes long time to restart or shutdown windows
XP when the "Exit Windows" sound is enabled. To solve this problem you must disable this
useless sound.
· Click Start button.
· Go to settings > Control Panel > Sound, Speech and Audio devices > Sounds and Audio
Devices > Sounds.
· Then under program events and windows menu click on "Exit Windows" sub-menu and
highlight it. Now from sounds you can select, choose "none" and then click Apply and
OK.
Now you should see some improvements when shutting down your system.

Stop Jerky Graphics

2008-05-05T18:17:00.000+05:30

If you are connected to a LAN and have problems with jerky graphics, this might be the
solution:
· Right-click "My Computer".
· Select "Manage".
· Click on "Device Manager".
· Double-click on your NIC under "Network Adapters".
· In the new window, select the "Advanced" tab.
· Select "Connection Type" and manually set the value of your NIC. (Not "Auto Sense"
which is default.).
· You should reboot.

Devsquare

2008-05-03T22:39:00.000+05:30

This is a site I love the most for coding,I get to know about this site through student rockstar,
here I one has to code many coding language environments are available,one can improve his/her coding skills.Not only this they had some questions,you code and check the efficiency and other coding parameters for your code.

After all they had some fantastic gifts for the coders like iPods,Digi cam,T-shirts,mp3 players
etc.I recently got two T-shirts from them.
http://Devsquare.com/ :P

Virtual Tech Days

2008-05-03T22:05:00.000+05:30

Since Microsoft launches three products and to promot them,microsotft organise this contest called "Virtual Tech Days" on 9th and 10th of april.In the contest you just have to listen either of the 16 seminars(4 parallel) a day and answer questions based on the seminars.

Total of 32 seminars were organised and after every seminar 5 questions were asked based on them.You just have to answer them within 10 minutes to be eligible.I also participated in 3 seminars unfortunately becuase of the basic knowldge of these three newly launched technology I m not able to win some exciting gifts from microsoft,but they praised me by sending a certificate of participation.Alaso this contest is open for all and the results are anounced on the very same day,when I m going through those names,I just found few of the student names,all I found were professionals.So I feel,if microsoft organise this contest again for students only it will be fun and a nice way of knowledge gaining.

I recently joned student rockstar also and love to enjoy coding and whitepapers in the contest

certificate of Virtual Tech Days..................

Best Windows Antivirus Programs

2008-04-27T16:10:00.000+05:30

Antivirus software is must-have protection. This review picks the best antivirus software based on its virus detection abilities, features, and breadth of protection. Whether you're seeking total system coverage or an ala carte solution, each of the following products provides superb virus protection for Windows-based PCs. Because every system is unique, evaluate several of these antivirus products to find the software best suited for your PC and your level of experience.

1. Avira Antivir Personal Edition Premium

AntiVir is a consistent leader in independent antivirus tests. Avira's AntiVir PersonalEdition Premium is a low-impact, easy to use virus scanner that also includes rootkit detection and phishing protection. Five euros of each purchase is automatically donated to the Auerbach Foundation, a non-profit that supports various charity and community-related services. AntiVir PersonalEdition Premium should be used in conjunction with a firewall.

2. Kaspersky Antivirus Personal

Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal offers excellent antivirus protection, perhaps unsurpassed in its ability to unpack and scan compressed files - something that trips up a lot of other vendors. Should be used in conjunction with a firewall.

3. BitDefender Antivirus Plus

Softwin's BitDefender Professional protects against viruses, spyware, and instant messaging threats, as well as offering firewall rules to block undesirable traffic and a privacy gateway to keep your identity and preferences private while surfing the Internet.

4. McAfee VirusScan Plus

McAfee VirusScan Plus is an ideal candidate for those seeking an antivirus/firewall combination without all the bloat of traditional Internet security suites. McAfee VirusScan Plus makes an easy job of removing adware and spyware, something not all antivirus products deliver.

5. Panda Antivirus 2007

Panda Antivirus 2007 combines antivirus, antispyware, and antiphishing with its highly touted behavior-based TruPrevent Technology. License covers use on two computers and includes free tech support via email (telephone support options are also available.

6. F-PROT Antivirus

F-PROT Antivirus for Windows offers a feature that's increasingly harder to find - it includes a command-line scanner that can be used to create a rescue CD for scanning the system in Safe Mode. This is a particularly effective way to remove stubborn resuscitators. Firewall not included.

7. G Data AntiVirusKit(AVK)

AntiVirusKit (AVK) provides a double layer of protection, bundling two of the best antivirus engines - Kaspersky and BitDefender - under a single, easy-to-use console. Like Nod32, you'll also want to bolster G Data's AVK with a firewall.

8. AVG Anti-Malware

AVG Anti-Malware combines traditional virus protection with adware and spyware scanning, in a low impact footprint ideal for resource-strained PCs or those who just want the best performance possible out of their computers. Free tech support is available via email and the standard license includes two years of protection. Should be used in conjunction with a firewall.

9. Eset Nod32

Nod32 features a small footprint, low performance hit, and fast scan speeds, providing focused virus protection ideal for gamers or those with an older PC. Should be used in conjunction with a firewall.

Ways to Secure Windows XP

2008-04-27T16:01:00.000+05:30

1. Turn on Automatic Updates in Windows XP

Automatic Updates is a Windows XP utility that allows your computer to download security updates from Microsoft automatically. Turning on Automatic Updates helps to secure your computer since you'll always have the latest critical security updates.

2. Turn on the Free Tirewall in Windows XP

If you have Service Pack 2 installed, you have a free firewall that you can use to protect your computer from attacks. However, you must turn the free firewall on.While the free firewall in Windows XP provides some protection,but its not enough.

3.Use Internet Explorer wisely

Internet Explorer 6 provides four zones for which you can establish seperate security settings. By using the four zones, you'll reduce your chances of being the victim of an attack when you inadvertently visit a malicious Web site.

4. Use Anti-Virus Software

Viruses can reak havoc on your computer. Protect yourself by using antivirus software. There are many antivirus programs to choose from, but the About Guide to Antivirus Software provides a list of the Top 7 Antivirus Programs for Windows.

5. Use Spyware and Adware Software

Spyware is software that allows companies to monitor what websites you visit or even access your computer. Adware is software that displays advertisements. Protect your computer by using spyware and adware software.

6. Be Careful What You Click On

Often, attackers must entice you to open an email attachment or visit their Web site in order to attack your computer. If you open the attachment or visit their site, malicious code is executed on your computer. To protect your computer, be careful what you click on.

7. Use Limited Accounts to Better Secure Your Windows XP Computer

It's harder for someone to attack your computer through the Internet if you're using a limited account. Learn why it's best to use limited accounts for daily use and how to create a limited account.

BUG IN XP NOTEPAD

2008-04-21T05:35:00.000+05:30

Now, two different but similar explanations can be given.

The first is that, after the ASCII-to-hex conversion of the string, Notepad rearranges the hex codes not according to ASCII standards, but to Unicode, and that messes it up. Here's the example:

Take "bush hid the facts". The hex codes (they can be seen with any hex editor you want to download) for the string are:

62 75 73 68 20 68 69 64 20 74 68 65 20 66 61 63 74 73

Arrange the codes to make up Unicode characters and you get:

7562 6873 6820 6964 7420 6568 6620 6163 7473

You'll notice that every code is hyperlinked. If you click on each one of them, you'll see that each one represents a Chinese (I think) "letter".

So this whole thing's cause is the coincidence that the 18 ASCII characters happen to represent 9 Unicode characters. And, of course, Windows' inability to determine the right encoding of the file.

The second explanation is slightly different, but the basics are the same: the difference between ASCII and Unicode. It's just a matter of Notepad defaults. You see, when you save the file, in the "Encoding" field, the default drop-down is set to ANSI. So, by default, Notepad saves as ANSI. But if you do a File -> Open, the default Encoding is set to Unicode. That's exactly what happens when you double click a saved file. Notepad knows the path, but not the Encoding. So it uses the default Unicode encoding, which spits the Chinese characters as explained above.

And that's about it. No easter eggs, no conspiracies, no Bush interventions. Just plain old Microsoft.

It is a bug in notepad.exe and it is called 4335 series bug.Means a line with 4 3 3 5 letter words will always pose the same problem..

Another amazing thin..it is not a bug..jus try this..
Did you know that the flight number of the plane that had hit WTC ...on9/11 was Q33N ....Open your Notepad in ur computer and type the flightnumber i.e "Q33N"... Increase the Font Size to 72, Change the Font toWingdings.
U will be amazed by the findings.

Want To Download Torrent File By Using Google ?

2008-04-21T05:21:00.000+05:30

Simple way...just type:

*ur file name* filetype:torrent
You must not write ( * ) when you search....

Example:

smallville MPEG:torrent

Rename Multiple photos in XP @ one shot!

2008-04-21T05:16:00.000+05:30

You have lots of photos in some folder on your computer, all have numbers-names, and you want to name them like Holliday1.jpg, Holliday2.jpg, ... Don't need to do that one by one. You can do that automatically with this little trick.

Open that folder and chose View - Thumbnails

Left click on any picture and CTRL + A. That way you will select all files in that folder.

Right click on first pic and chose "Rename" from drop-down menu.

Windows XP will highlight name of that file and you will be able to name it. After filling the name, click somewhere outside, in white space. You're done. If you named firs file "Anything" all selected files will get names "Anything1", "Anything2", "Anything3", and so on.

How To Shut Down All Pc's On Network !

2008-04-21T05:13:00.001+05:30

1. start>run type in cmd

2. type shutdown -i

3. browse and shut it down !

Enjoy !

http:// & https://

2008-04-21T05:10:00.000+05:30

HTTP is Hyper Text Transform Protocol and is transmitted over the wire via PORT 80(TCP). You use HTTP when you are browsing the web.

HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Socket Layer, or HTTP over SSL) is a Web protocol developed by Netscape and built into its browser that encrypts and decrypts user page requests as well as the pages that are returned by the Web server. HTTPS is really just the use of Netscape's Secure Socket Layer (SSL) as a sublayer under its regular HTTP application layering. (HTTPS uses port 443 instead of HTTP port 80 in its interactions with the lower layer, TCP/IP.) SSL uses a 40-bit key size for the RC4 stream encryption algorithm, which is considered an adequate degree of encryption for commercial exchange.

Although it may be encrypted does not mean its safe, there are tools out there to decrypt the information being sent over the wire, although its more difficult to do so.

Speed up your browsing of Windows XP machines!

2008-04-21T05:04:00.000+05:30

Here's a great tip to speed up your browsing of Windows XP machines. Its actually a fix to a bug installed as default in Windows 2000 that scans shared files for Scheduled Tasks. And it turns out that you can experience a delay as long as 30 seconds when you try to view shared files across a network because Windows 2000 is using the extra time to search the remote computer for any Scheduled Tasks. Note that though the fix is originally intended for only those affected, Windows 2000 users will experience that the actual browsing speed of both the Internet & Windows Explorers improve significantly after applying it since it doesn't search for Scheduled Tasks anymore. Here's how :

Open up the Registry and go to :

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Explorer/RemoteComputer/NameSpace

Under that branch, select the key :

{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}

and delete it.

This is key that instructs Windows to search for Scheduled Tasks. If you like you may want to export the exact branch so that you can restore the key if necessary.

This fix is so effective that it doesn't require a reboot and you can almost immediately determine yourself how much it speeds up your browsing processes.

Wi-Fi Without Routers

2008-04-21T04:50:00.000+05:30

Here is a short guide to help have the benefits of a wifi router without actually having it on Windows XP.

SHARING YOUR EXISTING ETHERNET INTERNET CONNECTION

1. Go to Control Panel -> Network Connection.
2. Right click on Your Ethernet connection and click on “Properties”.
3. Go to “Advanced” Tab.
4. Check “Allow Other NEtwork….. Internet Connection”
5. In the Drop down Below select the Wifi connection of your pc. If it is disabled, it will be showing your wifi connection already.
6. Click on “Settings”
7. Check the protocols you need to share. Jamal has explained on them.I normally use only http and https.
8. Click on “Ok”.you reach the network connection page. The sharing part is now over.

FINDING DNS SERVER IP ADDRESS.

1. Click on Start -> Run
2. Type in cmd in the Run prompt
3. In the new window type “ipconfig /all” and press enter.
4. Note down your DNS server ip address from the screen.

CONFIGURING THE WIFI

1. Go again to Control Panel -> network connections.
2. Right click on your WIFI connection and click “properties”.
3. Go to”Wireless Network” Tab.
4. The “use windows to configure my wireless network connection” should be checked.
5. In the preferred network connection section click on add button
6. Enter a name of your wish to the network name.
7. Network authentication is “open”
8. Change Data Encryption to “Disabled”
9. Check the “this is a computer to computer …. not used” connection.
10. Click “Ok”.
11. Click on general tab. select “internet protocol(tcp/ip) and click on properties button.
12. Now type 192.168.0.1 in ip address, 255.255.255.0 in subnet mask, leave default gateway empty.
13. Fill in the DNS server entry which you had noted down earlier.
14. Click on “OK” and your network is set.Your network should appear on the wifi network list now. Search for wlan on your phone. Connect and enjoy browsing on your phone.

Credits:
bLACKhAT AleX

Speed up ur browsing

2008-04-21T04:43:00.000+05:30

For firefox users only*

Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return.
Scroll down and look for the following entries:

network.http.pipeliningnetwork.
http.proxy.pipeliningnetwork.
http.pipelining.maxrequests

* Alter the entries do as follows:
Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"
Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"
Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30.

* Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer.Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0".

How to Remove Unused Drivers and Devices

2008-04-19T20:08:00.000+05:30

If you remove a piece of hardware, particularly USB devices that may be frequently swapped out, without first Uninstalling it in Device Manager, the drivers remain behind, but the device no longer shows up in Device Manager by default.

Plug and Play, when it works, makes life simpler by automatically detecting and configuring new hardware as it is attached to the computer. With today's USB, smartcard and other removable media, it makes life much more efficient. But, while Windows is fairly good at detecting the hardware and installing the appropriate drivers, it is not so good at realizing that the device is gone and purging the drivers from the system.

If you actually right-click the device in Device Manager and select Uninstall, the device and its associated drivers will be removed. But, if you just remove the device, it will disappear from the Device Manager, but may leave the drivers behind. Those drivers, aside from taking up space, could later be found to contain vulnerabilities and expose your system to compromise even though you aren't aware the drivers exist.

With the device physically removed from the computer, the only way to view, and thereby have access to uninstalling, the drivers is to alter Device Manager to Show hidden devices. Follow the steps below to display the hidden device information:

1. Right-click My Computer and select Properties
2. Click on the Advanced tab
3. Click on Environment Variables
4. Below the bottom Environment Variables window pane (System Variables), click on New
5. For Variable Name, enter devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices
6. For Variable Value, enter 1
7. Click OK to close Environment Variables and OK again to close System Properties

Now that you have created this entry, when you open Device Manager, you can click on View and then select Show hidden devices from the menu. You can identify the hidden devices by their grayed-out icons.

This works in XP and Vista.

Now Control Ur Computer Through Ur Voice..

2008-04-16T05:01:00.000+05:30

Voice and Speech Recognition

An easy software solution to enable you to control your computer, dictate emails and letters, and have the computer read documents back to you.

10 Reasons for Trying
e-Speaking's Software

1. Free Download of software
2. Over 100 commands built-in
3. Ability to add more commands
4. Runs in Windows2000 and WindowsXP
5. Small file size
6. Utilizes latest technologies from Microsoft
7. Seamlesly integrate with Office
8. Voice commands of Mouse events
9. Based on SAPI and .NET technologies
10. Easy to Use

What Is It?
Command and control your Window's computer through your voice. Operate your computer using a minimum of keystrokes or mouse clicks. If you want to move the cursor down one line, simply say: Down One. Want to check your emails? Simply say: Open Email. Add commands to open and control any Window's document or program.

What is Speech Recognition? What is Voice Recognition?]
These are exciting technologies that change the way you interact with your computer. Now you can speak to your computer and it can speak back. The speech that you and your computer exchange is scripted. In other words, you can't just ask your computer how he/she is feeling? Rather, you can talk to your computer using a set of pre-defined commands and instructions (i.e., a script). Your computer will respond in the same way (also using a scripted language). For example, you can say: "File Open", and the computer would respond: "Select the file". Or you can say: "Edit Find" and the computer would ask: "Find What?".

Why speak to your computer?
People have been speaking to each other for tens of thousands of years. Our brains have evolved to perform a fantastic and complex set of analyses of auditory input (i.e., sounds). Our brains convert the sounds we hear into conceptual ideas and thoughts which in turn form the basis of instructions, commands, information, and entertainment. Though the computer is just beginning its evolution in this area, most computers are capable of hearing your speech and acting on it. This is the promise of voice recognition technology today. Using speech to interact with your computer--both you speaking to your computer and your computer speaking back.

How Does It Work?
Utilizing Microsoft's Speech Application Program Interface (SAPI) and Microsoft's .NET Framework, we have developed a very small and efficient voice command and recognition application. SAPI and .NET are both required to use this software.

Dictation as Well?
Voice Dictation is integrated into the e-Speaking application including 26 different Dictation Voice Commands.

Why e-Speaking?
Our intent in developing this product was to suppliment your ability to command and control your computer through your voice. To enable you to have access to dictation software using Microsoft's SAPI speech engine. And to allow the computer to read documents and emails to you.

How Expensive is It?
It is Shareware. That means: You can download it and try it out for 30 days to see if you like it. The 30 day trial period is Free! That's right. You can download it with over 100 built-in commands and begin using it today at no cost. If you really like the program and want to use it beyond the first 30 days, the cost is $14.

Users Guide?
Access the on-line user's guide.
What is Speech Recognition?

Speech Recognition is a technology that allows the computer to identify and understand words spoken by a person using a microphone or telephone. The ultimate goal of the technology is to be able to produce a system that can recognize with 100% accuracy all words that are spoken by any person.

Even after years of research in this area, the best speech recognition software applications still cannot recognize speech with 100% accuracy. Some applications are able to recognize over 90% of words when spoken under specific constraints regarding content and previous training to recognize the speaker's speech characteristics.

Computer software that understands your speech enables you to have conversations with the computer. These conversations would include you and the computer speaking as commands or in response to events, input, or other feedback.

Speaking is easier and more intuitive than selecting buttons and menu items. Human speech has evolved over many thousands of years to become an efficient method of sharing information and giving instructions.

You can download this from e-speaking

Fake Emails - Send email to anyone's ID from anyone's ID.

2008-04-15T01:32:00.001+05:30

Now send mails to anyone from any1's id..

have fun!

Check these links :

http://gdit.iiit.net/~mudit/cgi-bin/prank.cgi

www.fakemymail.com/

www.mailitfake.com

http://deadfake.com/Send.aspx

GUYS JUST MAKE USE OF INTERENT TO THE FULLEST.!

What do Beeps Mean ? ERROR CODES IN A PC

2008-04-15T01:28:00.001+05:30

One Beep :
DRAM refresh failure
This may be due to - Bad memory chips
- A bad DMA Chip
- Bad memory addressing chips on the motherboard

Two Beeps :
Parity error or Parity Circuit failure
-Your memory may not be seated properly on the mother board.
-Unplug and plug it properly

Three Beeps :
Bad memory or bad mother board

Four beeps :
Timer failure in the RAM.

Five Beeps :
CPU chip may be dead

Six Beeps :
Keyboard controller may have failed

Seven beeps :
CPU is dead. Retry the connections and test.
-Replace the whole motherboard.

Eight Beeps :
Video card is missing or Bad.

Nine Beeps :
Damaged ROM BIOS.
-BIOS chip has to be replaced if it persists.

Ten Beeps :
CMOS shutdown.
-Replace CMOS memory and associated chips.

Eleven Beeps :
Cache memory test has failed.
-To enable cache memory try CTRL+ALT+SHIFT++.

One long Beep and Three short Beeps:
Memory failure

One long Beep and Eight short Beeps :
Video card failure.
-Try to install video card in another slot.

No Beeps :
Check Power supply
-Check mother board connections
-Remove all cards except video card and check for system power up
-Insert all cards one at a time and check their operation.
-If system hangs on the installation of a particular card, then it is the cause for the problem and replace it with another of that type and check

Hidden Programs In Windows XP !

2008-04-15T01:24:00.001+05:30

Strange, but true that some good programs are hidden in Windows XP !!!

Programs :

1. Private Character Editor :
Used for editing fonts,etc.

** start>>Run
** Now, type eudcedit

2. Dr. Watson :
This an inbuilt windows repairing software !

** start>>Run
** Now, type drwtsn32

3. Media Player 5.1 :
Even if you upgrade your Media Player, you can still access your old player in case the new one fails !!!

** start>>Run
** Now, type mplay32

4. iExpress :
Used to create Setups

You can create your own installers !

** start>>Run
** Now, type iexpress

wow...!

Rapidshare hacking methods

2008-04-15T01:23:00.001+05:30

Rapidshare Method 1

1.Delete the cookies in your browser(internet explorer or firefox or opera or whatever u use).

2.Press start->run,type cmd.

3.In the command prompt,type ipconfig/flushdns press enter.Then type ipconfig/release,then ipconfig/renew .Now type exit.

4.Now try downloading,for many people this may work if their ISP provides a dynamic ip.

Rapidshare Method 2

1.Just switch off your router(or modem) and switch it back on.

2.This may work for some users(Mtnl and Bsnl) and maybe some others too.

Actually these methods generally work for those people whose ISP gives them dynamic ip.

If these dont work then one more thing that can be done is to use proxies.

Rapidshare Method 3

1.Donwload the software Hide ip platinum from here
Hide IP platinum.

Password : www.ddlorigin.com .

2.Run it,then it will automatically chose a proxy(ip of a different country) for you.So you can easily download without any restrictions.You just have to change the proxy each time you download.

rapidshare Premium acc. Generator

http://rapidshare.com/files/15167278/Premium_Acc_Generator.rar.html

Get free rapidshare premium acc. for 1 month

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Different ways to shutdown ur pc

2008-04-13T04:22:00.000+05:30

There are so many different ways to turn off your Windows XP computer, let's look at some of them:

1. The standard approach - click the Start Button with your mouse, then select the Turn Off menu and finally click the Turn Off icon on the Turn Off computer dialog. blink.gif

2. Press Ctrl+Esc key or the Win key and press u two times - the fastest approach.

3. Get the Shutdown utility from Download.com - it add the shut down shortcuts for you. Else create them yourself using approach 4.

4. Create a shutdown shortcut on your desktop. Right click on the desktop, choose New Shortcut and type shutdown -s -t 00 in the area where you are asked to specify the location of the program file. Now you can just double click this icon to turn off the computer. The best location would be your quick launch bar.

5. Press the Win key + R key to open the run window. Type shutdown -s -t 00. [s means shutdown while t means the duration after which you want to initiate the shutdown process].

If some open processes or application won't let you turn off, append a -f switch to force a shut down by closing all active processes.

6. Win+M to minimize all windows and then Alt+F4 to bring the Turn Off computer dialog.

7. Open Windows Task manager (by right clicking the Windows Task bar or Alt+Ctrl+Del) and choose Shut down from the menu. Useful when the Windows are not responding.

8. open task manager--->click on shutdown--->hold the ctrl key and click on Turn off::::::: pc will be turned off in 3 secs.. fastest method other than hard shutdown

Google Search Tips !

2008-04-12T23:25:00.001+05:30

You can make your search more efficient by learning some search basics !

Try these tips :
1. Use Of '+' sign :
This ensures that the results returned to you will definatly consist of the word following the '+' sign. For Eg :
Search: reviews of +iPhone and iPod
This will show results containing the word reviews or iPod but the results will definatly consist of iPhone !

2. Use Of '-' sign :
Using '-' sign before any word will ensure that the particular word will not be included in the results !

3. Use Of '~' sign :
Using '~' before any word will return the results also containing the synonyms of the word !

4. Search a particular site :
To search a particular website you can use the following syntax in the google search :
Search: site:www.xyz.com abc
For Eg :
Search: site:http://pcremix.blogspot.com/ Google Search Tips

5. Define a word :
To get the definition of a word just use :
Search: define:abc
For Eg : Search: define:Computer
This will return you results which define 'Computer'.

6. Find Pages similar to a page :
To find a page similar i.e. consisting of same type of content, use the following syntax :
Search: related:http://www.xyz.com/

7. Search for exact phrase :
To search a set of words exactly together i.e.
For Eg :
Search: "contact us"
This will return the results containing both contact and us together !

8. Using the wild card '*' :
The * sign can be used in places where the whole word is not known.
For Eg:
Search: friend*
This will return the results containing friend , friends , friendship.

9. Using the '?' sign :
This is used when the full spelling of the word is not known.
For Eg:
Search: fri??d
This will result that in the results in which any alphabet can take the place of '?' sign.

10. Use of boolean operators :
The boolean operators like AND,OR,NOT can be used in search box to connect the words !
The search engine understands them as what they mean but the must be in capital letters !
For Eg:
Search: swim OR float
This will return the results containing either swim or float !

Windows weak point

2008-04-11T15:39:00.000+05:30

Point #1
For those of you using Windows, do the following:

1.) Open an empty notepad file
2.) Type "Bush hid the facts" (without the quotes)
3.) Save it as whatever you want.
4.) Close it, and re-open it.

is it just a really weird bug? :-??

Point #2

microsoft crazy facts

This is something pretty cool and neat...and unbelievable... At Microsoft the whole Team, including Bill Gates, couldn't answer why this happened!

It was discovered by a indian name is ome k . Try it out yourself...

Open Microsoft Word and type

=rand (200, 99)

And then press ENTER
then see the magic.....................

Point #3

someone discovered that nobody can create a FOLDER anywhere on the computer which can be named as "CON". This is something pretty cool...and unbelievable... At Microsoft the whole Team, couldn't answer why this happened!
TRY IT NOW ,IT WILL NOT CREATE " CON " FOLDER post scrap cancel

Reasons....................

The reason for not providing access for creating such folders is as when kernel is created in the file system. It creates aliases for each port and related IRQ status of the designated port. When we wanna make con or COM1 or LPT1. then a scaript which is turned on by the kernel of O/s. prevent or restict the user to create such keyword folders which are previously aliased by the kernel of O/S. thats the main reason. There can also be any other reason as con is already ment for copy con command to create a console bounded file in pre historic DOS. Grand Father of Current MS Windows and other members of this clan. So they are usually inheriting the same property for con (Specifically I am mentioning here con not about COM or LPT port). For them the previous reason is best as per my knowledge and workouts.

How to clone a Hard Drive

2008-04-10T01:50:00.000+05:30

Did know that you could clone your current Hard Drive without having to by extra software? Maybe you didn't know that all that you needed, was already set up on your current system? Well, it is... and if you follow this tut, you shouldn't have much of a problem.

Make sure that you have a Master and a Slave setup on your system. The Slave drive, in this case, is where all the data on the Master is going to go to.
First: Perform a Scandisk your Master drive and follow that with a thorough Defrag. If you have an Antivirus program, do a thorough sweep with the AV first, then do the Scandisk, followed by the Defrag.
Second: Do the same thing to the target drive, as you did the Master: Scandisk then a thorough Defrag.
Third: Right-click on the Target drive and click on Format. When the box comes up, click your mouse onto the "Full" button.
Fourth: After Formatting the Target drive, run a Scandisk again and click on the button that says "Autofix Errors".
Fifth: In this final part, you might want to cut-and-paste to code in, unless you are sure that you can do it without making any mistakes:
Click on the "Start" button, then click on the "Run..." button, then place the following into the Runbox:
"XCOPY C:\*.*D:\ /c/h/e/k/r" (minus the quotes, of course) then press the "Enter" button.
If you receive an error message, then remove the space from between XCOPY and C:\
Anything that should happen to come up in the DOS box, just click "Y" for "Yes". When its all finished, pull the original Master from the system, designate the Slave as the Master (change your jumpers), then check your new Master out.

Slow PC how to increase speed!

2008-04-08T01:50:00.001+05:30

disable any unnecassary services tat u dont use...

goto to control panel
>administrat tools
>services
>below r usless for me so i disabled and can fell the difference..

Automatic Updates: This service enables Windows XP to check the Web
automatically for updates. If you don't want to use Automatic Updates, you can
disable the service.

Computer Browser: If your computer is not on a network, you don't need this service.
If you are on a network, leave it alone.

DHCP Client: If you are not on a network, you do not need this service. If you are on
a small workgroup, you can still increase boot time by configuring manual IP.
DNS Client: If you are not on a network, you do not need this service.
Error Reporting and Event Log: You don't have to use these services but they can be
very helpful, so I would leave them configured as automatic.

Fax: If you don't use your computer for fax services, you can disable this one.
Help and Support: Disable if you never use the Windows XP Help and Support
Center.
IMAPI CD-Burning COM: This service enables you to burn CDs on your computer.
If you never burn CDs, you can disable the service without any second thoughts.
Indexing Service: Your computer keeps an index of all the files. But if you rarely
search for files, the service is just a resource hog. You can stop it
Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing: If you do not use these features, plz
disable.

Messenger: This service sends alert messages on a local area network (it is not the
same as Windows Messenger). If you are not on a network, you can disable this
service.

Print Spooler: If you do not do any printing from the computer, you can disable this
service. If you print, make sure you leave it as automatic.

Windows XP hidden applications!

2008-04-08T01:43:00.000+05:30

Run any of these applications: go to Start > Run and type the executable name (ie charmap).

Windows XP hidden apps:
====================

1) Character Map = charmap.exe (very useful for finding unusual characters)

2) Disk Cleanup = cleanmgr.exe

3) Clipboard Viewer = clipbrd.exe (views contents of window$ clipboard)

4) Dr Watson = drwtsn32.exe (Troubleshooting tool)

5) DirectX diagnosis = dxdiag.exe (Diagnose & test DirectX, video & sound cards)

6) Private character editor = eudcedit.exe (allows creation or modification of characters)

7) IExpress Wizard = iexpress.exe (Create self-extracting / self-installing package)

Micro$oft Synchronization Manager = mobsync.exe (appears to allow synchronization of files on the network for when working offline. Apparently undocumented).

9) window$ Media Player 5.1 = mplay32.exe (Retro version of Media Player, very basic).

10) ODBC Data Source Administrator = odbcad32.exe (something to do with databases)

11) Object Packager = packager.exe (to do with packaging objects for insertion in files, appears to have comprehensive help files).

12) System Monitor = perfmon.exe (very useful, highly configurable tool, tells you everything you ever wanted to know about any aspect of PC performance, for uber-geeks only )

13) Program Manager = progman.exe (Legacy window$ 3.x desktop shell).

14) Remote Access phone book = rasphone.exe (documentation is virtually non-existant).

15) Registry Editor = regedt32.exe [also regedit.exe] (for hacking the window$ Registry).

16) Network shared folder wizard = shrpubw.exe (creates shared folders on network).

17) File siganture verification tool = sigverif.exe

1Cool Volume Control = sndvol32.exe (I've included this for those people that lose it from the System Notification area).

19) System Configuration Editor = sysedit.exe (modify System.ini & Win.ini just like in Win98! ).

20) Syskey = syskey.exe (Secures XP Account database - use with care, it's virtually undocumented but it appears to encrypt all passwords, I'm not sure of the full implications).

21) Micro$oft Telnet Client = telnet.exe

22) Driver Verifier Manager = verifier.exe (seems to be a utility for monitoring the actions of drivers, might be useful for people having driver problems. Undocumented).

23) window$ for Workgroups Chat = winchat.exe (appears to be an old NT utility to allow chat sessions over a LAN, help files available).

24) System configuration = msconfig.exe (can use to control starup programs)

25) gpedit.msc used to manage group policies, and permissions..!

How to Access Locked Drives

2008-04-08T01:38:00.000+05:30

goto registry

Hkeycurrent user>software>microsoft>windows>current version>policies>explorer>

in the right side u will see "NoViewOnDrive" set it to 0 and reboot

Converting NTFS to FAT32

2008-04-08T01:35:00.000+05:30

Convert C: /FS:NTFS

"C" being the drive you wish to convert. Make sure there is a space between the C: and the foward slash (/). Once you press enter it will ask you for confirmation and press Y. Then press Y and enter once more to reboot.. This also works for windows XP Home.

Enjoy....

117 run commands

2007-12-31T14:30:00.000+05:30

1. Accessibility Controls - access.cpl
2. Accessibility Wizard - accwiz
3. Add Hardware Wizard - hdwwiz.cpl
4. Add/Remove Programs - appwiz.cpl
5. Administrative Tools - control admintools
6. Automatic Updates - wuaucpl.cpl
7. Bluetooth Transfer Wizard - fsquirt
8. Calculator - calc
9. Certificate Manager - certmgr.msc
10. Character Map - charmap
11. Check Disk Utility - chkdsk
12. Clipboard Viewer - clipbrd
13. Command Prompt - cmd
14. Component Services - dcomcnfg
15. Computer Management - compmgmt.msc
16. Control Panel - control
17. Date and Time Properties - timedate.cpl
18. DDE Shares - ddeshare
19. Device Manager - devmgmt.msc
20. Direct X Troubleshooter - dxdiag
21. Disk Cleanup Utility - cleanmgr
22. Disk Defragment - dfrg.msc
23. Disk Management - diskmgmt.msc
24. Disk Partition Manager - diskpart
25. Display Properties - control desktop
26. Display Properties - desk.cpl
27. Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility - drwtsn32
28. Driver Verifier Utility - verifier
29. Event Viewer - eventvwr.msc
30. Files and Settings Transfer Tool - migwiz
31. File Signature Verification Tool - sigverif
32. Findfast - findfast.cpl
33. Firefox - firefox
34. Folders Properties - control folders
35. Fonts - control fonts
36. Fonts Folder - fonts
37. Free Cell Card Game - freecell
38. Game Controllers - joy.cpl
39. Group Policy Editor (for xp professional) - gpedit.msc
40. Hearts Card Game - mshearts
41. Help and Support - helpctr
42. HyperTerminal - hypertrm
43. Iexpress Wizard - iexpress
44. Indexing Service - ciadv.msc
45. Internet Connection Wizard - icwconn1
46. Internet Explorer - iexplore
47. Internet Properties - inetcpl.cpl
48. Keyboard Properties - control keyboard
49. Local Security Settings - secpol.msc
50. Local Users and Groups - lusrmgr.msc
51. Logs You Out Of Windows - logoff
52. Malicious Software Removal Tool - mrt
53. Microsoft Chat - winchat
54. Microsoft Movie Maker - moviemk
55. Microsoft Paint - mspaint
56. Microsoft Syncronization Tool - mobsync
57. Minesweeper Game - winmine
58. Mouse Properties - control mouse
59. Mouse Properties - main.cpl
60. Netmeeting - conf
61. Network Connections - control netconnections
62. Network Connections - ncpa.cpl
63. Network Setup Wizard - netsetup.cpl
64. Notepad - notepad
65. Object Packager - packager
66. ODBC Data Source Administrator - odbccp32.cpl
67. On Screen Keyboard - osk
68. Outlook Express - msimn
69. Paint - pbrush
70. Password Properties - password.cpl
71. Performance Monitor - perfmon.msc
72. Performance Monitor - perfmon
73. Phone and Modem Options - telephon.cpl
74. Phone Dialer - dialer
75. Pinball Game - pinball
76. Power Configuration - powercfg.cpl
77. Printers and Faxes - control printers
78. Printers Folder - printers
79. Regional Settings - intl.cpl
80. Registry Editor - regedit
81. Registry Editor - regedit32
82. Remote Access Phonebook - rasphone
83. Remote Desktop - mstsc
84. Removable Storage - ntmsmgr.msc
85. Removable Storage Operator Requests - ntmsoprq.msc
86. Resultant Set of Policy (for xp professional) - rsop.msc
87. Scanners and Cameras - sticpl.cpl
88. Scheduled Tasks - control schedtasks
89. Security Center - wscui.cpl
90. Services - services.msc
91. Shared Folders - fsmgmt.msc
92. Shuts Down Windows - shutdown
93. Sounds and Audio - mmsys.cpl
94. Spider Solitare Card Game - spider
95. SQL Client Configuration - cliconfg
96. System Configuration Editor - sysedit
97. System Configuration Utility - msconfig
98. System Information - msinfo32
99. System Properties - sysdm.cpl
100. Task Manager - taskmgr
101. TCP Tester - tcptest
102. Telnet Client - telnet
103. User Account Management - nusrmgr.cpl
104. Utility Manager - utilman
105. Windows Address Book - wab
106. Windows Address Book Import Utility - wabmig
107. Windows Explorer - explorer
108. Windows Firewall - firewall.cpl
109. Windows Magnifier - magnify
110. Windows Management Infrastructure - wmimgmt.msc
111. Windows Media Player - wmplayer
112. Windows Messenger - msmsgs
111. Windows Media Player - wmplayer
112. Windows Messenger - msmsgs
113. Windows System Security Tool - syskey
114. Windows Update Launches - wupdmgr
115. Windows Version - winver
116. Wordpad - write
117. To check that XP hasn't any corrupt system files:sfc /scannow

Increase your hard disk speed !!!

2007-12-26T00:18:00.000+05:30

To speed up your hard disk speed we need to configure a special buffer in the computer's memory in order to enable it to better deal with interrupts made from the disk.

This tip is only recommended if you have 256MB RAM or higher.
Follow these steps:

Run SYSEDIT.EXE from the Run command.

Expand the system.ini file window.

Scroll down almost to the end of the file till you find a line called [386enh].

Press Enter to make one blank line, and in that line type

Irq14=4096

Note: This line IS CASE SENSITIVE!!!

Click on the File menu, then choose Save.

Close SYSEDIT and reboot your computer.

Done. Speed improvement will be noticed after the computer reboots.
Update: The most speed improvement is visible with IDE drives, however there are reports that this tweak also does good for SCSI disks. In any case, it won't harm your system, so why not try it yourself and let me know what you find.

Disabling Dr. Watson

2007-12-26T00:15:00.000+05:30

Dr. Watson can be a little annoying at times, but there's solution. You can turn it off. The behaviour of Dr Watson is controlled by:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AeDebug

The contents of the REG_SZ value, Auto, controls how Dr Watson operates:
0:
Displays a message box informing the user of an application error.
1:
(default) Causes the debugger to start automatically.

You can disable Dr Watson completely by deleting the AeDebug key. To re-enable it, type:

drwtsn32 -i

at the command prompt.

Be careful with Ctrl+C

2007-12-24T04:16:00.000+05:30

We do copy various data by ctrl+c for pasting elsewhere. This copied
data is stored in clipboard and is accessible from the net by a
combination of Javascripts and ASP.

Just try this:
1) Copy any text by ctrl+c
2) Click the Link:
http://www.friendlycanadian.com/applications/clipboard.htm
3) You will see the text you copied on the Screen which was
accessed by this web page.

Do not keep sensitive data (like passwords, creditcard numbers, PIN
etc.) in the clipboard while surfing the web. It is extremely easy to
extract the text stored in the clipboard to steal your sensitive
information.

Increasing Band-Width By 20%

2007-12-24T02:21:00.000+05:30

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

To 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 then Computer Configuration then Administrative Templates then Network then QOS Packet Scheduler and then to 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.

Breaking The XP Password:

2007-12-24T01:58:00.000+05:30

In case of user password boot the pc in safemode by pressing the F8 key and then selecting the Safe Mode option. You can now logon as an administrator and XP wont prompt for the password. Incase of an administrator account try rebooting the pc in DOS. access C:\Windows\system32\config\sam . Rename SAM as SAM.mj

Now XP wont ask for password next time You Login. Also

Go to the cmd prompt .
Type net user *.
It will list all the users.
Again type net user "administrator" or the name of the administrator "name" *.
e.g.: net user aaaaaa *(where aaaaaa is the name).
It will ask for the password.
Type the password and there you are done.
Logging In As Administrator:
Hold the Ctrl-Alt key and press Del twice. This will bring up the normal login and you can log on as Administrator.

To unhide the Administrator account so it does show up:

Start Regedit

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon \ SpecialAccounts \ UserList

Unhide the Administrator key by giving it a value of 1

Increase your netspeed

2007-12-24T01:57:00.000+05:30

go to desktop->My computer-(right click on)->manage->
->Device manager->
now u see a window of Device manager
then go to
Ports->Communication Port(double click on it and Open).
after open u can see a Communication Port properties.
go the Port Setting:----and now increase ur "Bits per second" to 128000.
and "Flow control" change 2 Hardware.

U WILL NOTICE AN IMMEDIATE RESULT
this will increase the receiving capacity of your input port and thus ur netspeed will be increased. :)

Block websites without any software

2007-12-24T01:53:00.000+05:30

Steps

1] Browse C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc

2] Find the file named "HOSTS"

3] Open it in notepad

4] Under "127.0.0.1 localhost" Add 127.0.0.2 www.orkut.com , and that site will no longer be accessable.

5] Done!

example :

127.0.0.1 localhost

127.0.0.2 www.orkut.com-

www.orkut.com is now unaccessable

For every site after that you want to add, just add "1" to the last number in the internal ip (127.0.0.2) and then the addy like before.

ie:

127.0.0.3 www.yahoo.com

127.0.0.4 www.msn.com

127.0.0.5 www.google.com

This also works with banner sites, just find the host name of the server with the banners and do the same thing with that addy.

Hope this small tutorial could keep you going in simple way of blocking websites..

Login with multiple ids at the same time in Yahoo! Messenger

2007-12-24T01:42:00.000+05:30

Multiple Login in Yahoo! by regedit

Follow these steps : ->

* Go to Start ==> Run ==>> Type regedit, hit enter

* Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> Software -> Yahoo -> pager -> Test

* On the right pane ==>> right-click and choose new Dword value .

* Rename it as Plural.

* Double click and assign a decimal value of 1.

* Now close registry and restart yahoo messenger.

* For signing in with new id open another messenger .

☺ ☺ Enjoy ☺ ☺

Windows virtual memory Low!

2007-12-24T01:41:00.000+05:30

If u have low virtual memory these are the steps you can follow in order to increase the memory:-

Start => control panel => system => advance
chosee advance
then display a window .. in this window there r 3 option
but first option has relaeted to virtaul memory...
then display other memory..
there are again 3 option like visual effect ,,advance ...
again select advance
then in bottom there is a option virtual memory ...
enter appropriate size of u'r virutal memory and choose
SET
now u'r work had done..........

How to fix corrupted windows files in XP

2007-12-24T01:36:00.000+05:30

This tutorial has been made so people that are having problems with corrupted files, can learn how to fix them easy.

Requirement:

1. Windows XP CD

Now, follow this steps:

1. Place the xp cd in your cd/dvd drive
2. Go to start
3. run
4. type "sfc /scannow" (without ")

Now sit back and relax, it should all load and fix all your corrupted file on win XP.

How To Configure Gmail Account on Outlook Express

2007-12-15T22:32:00.001+05:30

Step 1 - Enable the POP option at your Gmail account
Log in at your Gmail account. Click on the Settings link on the top-right of the page.

Now click on the Forwarding and POP tab.

In the POP Download section, you can enable POP for all email messages or only for mail that you will receive henceforth.

From a drop down menu, you can select what you want to do with the message once it is downloaded to Outlook Express on your system. I suggest that you let it lie on your Gmail account or archive it since there is so much of space available on Gmail.

Click on the Save Changes button when you are done.
Step 2 - Configuring the Outlook Express Email client
Start Outlook Express. Go to Tool -> Accounts.

In the Internet Accounts pop-up window, click on Add -> Mail

You now need to give a name to this account. I'm going to put WebDevelopersNotes as the name (my email address is WebDevelopersNotes [at] gmail.com). Click on the Next button.

You will now be asked your Gmail email address. Be sure to enter this correctly and then click on the Next button.

The next step is to provide the Outlook Express email client the incoming and outgoing email server details for Gmail. These are:
Incoming Email Server: pop.gmail.com
Outgoing Email Server: smtp.gmail.com
Make sure that you have selected the POP3 option in the My incoming email server is. Click on the Next button when done.

We will now enter the username and password of your Gmail account in Outlook Express. Click on the Remember password checkbox if it's not already checked. Click on the Next button when done.

By this time you have given all the information to Outlook Express to set up your Gmail account on the program and so you get a congratulatory message. Click on the Finish button.
However, we are not done yet and need to configure a few more things.
Double-click on the Gmail email account you have just configured in Outlook Express. You can also select it and click on the "Properties" button. Refer image below.

The "Properties window" is now displayed. Go to the Advanced tab and check the checkbox in front of This server requires a secure connection (SSL). The Incoming mail (POP3): field automatically changes to a value of 995. Click on the Apply button when done. Refer image below esp. the portion marked in the red box.

How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone

2007-12-15T22:28:00.000+05:30

To check your Mobile phone’s serial number, key in the following digits on your phone:

* # 0 6 # . A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. Write itdown and keep it somewhere safe. when your phone get stolen, you can phone your serviceprovider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even ifthe thief changes theSIM card, your phone will be totally useless. You probably won’t get your phone back, but atleast you know that whoever stole it can’t use/sell it either. If everybody does this, therewould

Some Nokia Tricks

2007-12-15T22:27:00.000+05:30

1. The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112.If you findyourself out of coverage area of your mobile network and there is anemergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is locked.

2. Have you locked your keys in the car? Does you car have remote keys?This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their cell phone from your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive yourkeys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other “remote” for your car, you can unlock the doors.

Things that average person don't know.

2007-12-15T22:23:00.000+05:30

1. It boasts how long it can stay up. Go to the Command Prompt in the Accessories menu from the All Programs start button option, and then type 'systeminfo'. The computer will produce a lot of useful info, including the uptime. If you want to keep these, type 'systeminfo > info.txt'. This creates a file called info.txt you can look at later with Notepad. (Professional Edition only).

2. You can delete files immediately, without having them move to the Recycle Bin first. Go to the Start menu, select Run... and type 'gpedit.msc'; then select User Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, Windows Explorer and find the Do not move deleted files to the Recycle Bin setting. Set it. Poking around in gpedit will reveal a great many interface and system options, but take care -- some may stop your computer behaving as you wish. (Professional Edition only).

3. You can lock your XP workstation with two clicks of the mouse. Create a new shortcut on your desktop using a right mouse click, and enter 'rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation' in the location field. Give the shortcut a name you like. That's it -- just double click on it and your computer will be locked. And if that's not easy enough, Windows key + L will do the same.

4. XP hides some system software you might want to remove, such as Windows Messenger, but you can make it show everything. Using Notepad or Edit, edit the text file /windows/inf/sysoc.inf, search for the word 'hide' and remove it. You can then go to the Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel, select Add/Remove Windows Components and there will be the software and you can now uninstall it.

5. For those skilled in the art of DOS batch files, XP has a number of interesting new commands. These include 'eventcreate' and 'eventtriggers' for creating and watching system events, 'typeperf' for monitoring performance of various subsystems, and 'schtasks' for handling scheduled tasks. As usual, typing the command name followed by /? will give a list of options.