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Friday, June 26, 2009

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Dedicated Server Hosting / Dedicate Sercer

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A dedicated server hosting(dedicated service or managed hosting service) is a type of Internet hosting in which the client leases an entire server not shared with anyone. This is more flexible and secure than shared hosting, as organizations have full control over the server(s), including choice of operating system, hardware, etc.
From a single web server to a comprehensive multi-server solution, dedicated server hosting gives you the hardware and management services you need for a low fixed monthly fee. Dedicated Web hosting reduces up front costs while giving you the flexibility to expand and change as your business requires. Explore the components of your custom dedicated server solution, designed for your needs and budget.
Server administration can usually be provided by the hosting company as an add-on service. In some cases a dedicated server can offer less overhead and a larger return on investment. Dedicated servers are most often housed in data centers, similar to colocation facilities, providing redundant power sources and HVAC systems. In contrast to collocation, the server hardware is owned by the provider and in some cases they will provide support for your operating system or applications.

Dedicate Hosting Server management can include some or all of the following:

* Operating system updates
* Application updates

* Server monitoring
* SNMP hardware monitoring
* Application monitoring
* Technical support
* Firewall services
* Antivirus updates
* Security audits

* DDoS protection and mitigation
* Intrusion detection
* Backups and restoration
* Disaster recovery
* DNS hosting service
* Load balancing
* Database administration
* Performance tuning
* Software installation and configuration
* User management
* Programming consultation


Network and Security

Once your needs grow beyond a single server, your dedicated server hosting environment requires a network and security infrastructure. Multi-tier environments may include private-backend networks to segregate communications, firewalls to control access and load balancers to enable scalable and redundant applications.

Storage and Backup
Dedicate Server should have a broad range of server backup options to ensure your critical data is always protected.

Dedicated hosting server providers define their level of management based on the services they provide.
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

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Get Best Picture Quality on LCD Monitor

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When we bought the new LCD, we just plugged it to our computer and tried to set some suitable resolutions. We were not at all happy to see the image quality as the pixels were not sharp and crisp. We even faced difficulty in reading the text on screen as it got bit blur.

Here is how we fixed it to get the best picture quality on our LCD Monitor.

1. Install the drivers that come along with your monitor:

Although LCD Monitors are considered to be plug-and-play, but in order to get the best picture quality, you should install the drivers which come along the monitor. You may also get some software tools to adjust all the monitor related settings in an easy way.

2. Correct Resolution :

Every LCD Display has a native resolution or optimum resolution, this is the resolution at which it will give the best picture quality. Set the resolution to native or optimum resolution. Check the optimum resolution in the menu or manual of the monitor. You may not find this resolution in the option of your graphics settings. In such case, you need to upgrade your graphics driver.
(In Windows XP, just right click on a clear part of the desktop and click Properties to bring up the Display window. Click the Settings tab at the top. Drag the slider in the "screen resolution" field right to set the resolution to the highest setting. Click OK and then the LCD monitor will start using that new resolution)
3. Enable clear-type in appearance settings :
Clear type will make the text look really smooth and easy to read. Follow the below steps to enable clear-type effect.

Right click on desktop --> click Properties --> Click on Appearance tab --> Click on Effect button

4. Adjust Contrast and brightness:
Set the contrast and brightness both to 50 percent. Now increase the contrast to a level (more than 50%) which makes you view the screen comfortably. Now decrease the brightness (to less than 50%) to a level which makes you see the picture best. Higher contrast and lower brightness gives a pleasant picture quality.

That’s simple, isn’t it.??
Tips:
  • Read the manual that came with the LCD monitor, it should have this information listed.
  • Go to you graphics card manufacturer's web site and download the latest drivers.
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

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Change serial number of Windows Xp

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Do you ever try to change your serial number of windows xp operating system?
Here is the way.....
Step 01:
  • Go to Start --> Run(or click Windows key +R) and open the run prompt
  • Then type the command "regedit" click OK to open registry editor.
  • Then Go to "HKey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Current Version\WPAEvents,"
  • on the right double click on "oobetimer" and change at least one digit of this value to deactivate windows.
  • Click OK and close the Registry Editor.

Step 02:

  • Open Run prompt (windows+R) and type the command:
%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a
click Enter
    • This will bring up the "Activate Windows" window.
    • Check the option for "Yes" and then "I want to telephone a customer service representative to activate Windows" and click "Next"
    Step 03:

    • Then click "Change Product Key" don't enter any other information on that screen

    Step 04:

    • Type in the new key and click on "Update".
    • The activate Windows by phone window will reappear at this point, just close it by clicking the X in the upper right hand corner of window.
    Step 05:
    • This is the verification step and it's the last step if you done what I already told you before then you should pass this step.
    • Reboot your system and Go Start Run and type the command:
    %systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a
    and click ENTER

    If you see "Windows is already activated" then you are done!
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    Tuesday, June 16, 2009

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    Running Blog on a USB flash drive

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    Do you know now you can use your USB Pen drive as “mini server”?

    There is an open source WAMP (Windows-Apache-MYSQL-PHP) bundle called XAMPP that are able to run most PHP based scripts directly from the bundle’s installation directory.You can use XAMPP to install many other scripts like Joomla, Drupal, Moodle…etc, and work on them in your leisure time, right from your very own “mini server”. Although XAMPP turns your little USB drive into a “mini server”, the only one who can access “localhost” is you.

    Just download it as a zip file, and unpack it onto your USB flash drive. In order to run a site or a blog,If you want to run www.no1-tutorial.co.cc in USB , you need to create a folder with a specific name in the htdocs folder of your XAMPP installation directory.

    So, if you named your folder as “no1-tutorial” and your flash drive is named as E:\, the path should look like this:

    E:\XAMPP\htdocs\no1-tutorial

    So briefly, the steps to run a your blog on a USB flash drive are just:

    1. Install XAMPP by unpacking it onto the drive.
    2. Click on the icon file named “xampp-control”.
    3. Start Apache and MySQL by clicking “start” for each of them.
    4. Open a browser window and type in http://localhost/xampp
    5.You’ll see a splash screen; click on phpMyAdmin and create a new database with your chosen name by entering it into the empty field and clicking on the “create” button.
    6. Copy your blog files into E:\XAMPP\htdocs\no1-tutorial
    7.Edit the wp-config-sample.php as you would for a self hosted your blog. You may use the username of “root”, and no password is needed (because the user “root” has by default, all privileges, and no password. )
    8.Go to the url http://localhost/no1-tutorial and the rest is history.
    See how easy it is....Just try
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    How to Desable/Enable Pen driver

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    USB drives (pen drive) are very useful in these days but a user can easily use to transfer any confidential information from your computer to others and can also upload viruses affected files to your computer by accidentally or deliberately. But you can prevent the users to connect any USB drives in the computer by disabling the ability of "usbstor.sys" (USB driver) to load in system. It will block the USB storage devices only and your system USB keyboard, mouse and others USB devices will work properly.


    How to Disable Pen drive?
    • First go to Start --> open "Run" (windows key+r) this will open the run prompt.
    • Then type "regedit" in run prompt and press Enter. This will open the Registry Editor.
    • In registry editor locate the given path:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR

    Here select the "USBSTOR" folder and in right side of the registry editor panel find the value with name "Start".
    Double click on "Start" and then set its value 4 under "Value data" section.
    Close the Registry editor and restart your computer for changes to apply.

    How enable Pen drive?

    When you want to restore the default setting, open the Registry Editor and set its value back to 3.
    Now again close the Registry editor and restart your computer for changes to apply.
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    Saturday, June 13, 2009

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    How To Remove USB Pen Drive with Unlocker?

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    When you try to remove a USB pen-drive by using “Safely Remove Hardware > Safely remove USB Mass Storage device” option, windows should stop all the read-write operations on the drive so that the drive can be removed.But sometimes when you try to eject the USB device by using “Safely remove USB Mass Storage device” option, it shows a message box which says:
    The Device Generic volume cannot be stopped right now. Try stopping the device later
    This error comes when you have an application which is running from your pen drive or may be some file or document opened from your pen-drive when you are removing your drive.
    In such case its not safe to remove the pen drive as it can get corrupt or get damaged. Many of us face such problem in removing pen-drive. In that case you can use a free application called Unlocker which will help you to remove your pen drive from your windows.


    Unlocker is an explorer extension that allows you with a simple right-click of the mouse on a file, folder or pen drive to get rid of error message like the one mentioned above.

    Here is the way how to remove USB Pen Drive with Unlocker?


    1.First Download Unlocker and install it on your computer.

    2. Right click on your USB pen drive in my computer and select Unlocker.

    3. A new window will open that will list all the busy handles of files being used on your pen drive. Now click the button which says Unlock All
    After clicking Unlock All try to remove your pen drive normally, through “Safely Remove Hardware” dialog.
    If still you are not able to remove pen drive then try clicking the Kill Process button in Unlocker.
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    Thursday, June 11, 2009

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    Enable Task manager

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    Task manager can be disabled in system due to some kind of virus activity.If user press alt+ctrl+del to launch windows task manager it gives an error saying “Task Manager is being disabled by your administrator”.

    Here is the solution:

    To Enable the Disabled Task Manager on your system

    **Go to Start-->Run or press window key+r to open run prompt
    ** Then enter gpedit.msc in the run prompt and click OK
    ** In the Group Policy settings window

    Select User Configuration -->Administrative Templates --> Select System --> Select Ctrl+Alt+Delete options --> Select Remove Task Manager

    ** Double-click the Remove Task Manager option.
    ** Set the property of this item as disabled.
    ** Exit the registry and restart to see the effect.
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    Tuesday, June 9, 2009

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    Reset Windows password

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    If you forgot your Windows password you will not be able to login to windows.Such a case you have tio reset your password .Here I'll tell you how to do it

    There is a convenient way to do it with a Windows NT password recovery CD which can used to reset the password for any account in Windows NT ,Windows 2000 ,Windows XP , Windows Vista.

    Follow the below steps to rest your windows password:

    1. Download the ISO image from here and burn a CD with this ISO image file.

    2. Boot your computer using this bootable CD created in step 1. You may need to set your CD-ROM as first boot device in BIOS in order to boot from it.

    3. Once you boot your computer with this CD, you will get a command based interface which is quite self-explanatory. On first screen, press enter key to boot in default mode.
    4. After you boot, it gives option, it will show the drive partitions and will give the choice, "Please select the partition number." Press enter if windows is installed on C drive, else select the appropriate partition.

    5. Now it will ask " What is path of Windows directory ?", press enter for default value.

    6. Now it will show option "Select which part of registry to load" . Type 1 and press enter.

    7. This will show the list of users on the windows. Type the name of the user for which you want to reset password and press enter
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    Windows Optimum

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    Windows Optimum is a tool for keeping your computer in an optimum state, far from viruses and malware.Windows Optimum is not an antivirus program, it is active only each opening, when your task is over, you can close Windows Optimum. Using Windows Optimum is very easy .

    Windows Optimum is a tool for

    • Stop any type of program or service in your system.
    • Remove keys or values from of started applications in the registry or other parameters.
    • Delete keys and values in the registryr even if access is not permitted, even if you're not the administrator.
    • Remove any file in your computer, even the file is in use. If the file deletion is impossible, the file will be deleted when you restart the system even if Windows Optimum is not running.
    • Cancel, or establish restrictions on Windows' Policies.
    • Manage Windows Services.

    The most important thing with Windows Optimum is that you can create a file named tdl (To Do List). This is a list of operations to be executed by Windows Optimum. This list will be created with Windows Optimum and may be executed by Windows Optimum on any other machine.
    This file is a kind of patch but can not run without Windows Optimum. Tdl file is typically less than 10kB.

    There is no need to uninstall Windows Optimum, just delete the file if you no longer need it.Windows Optimum does not include installation routine in order to reduce its size. The software is portable but the data folder is required for some operations.
    The final version will include a setup routine.

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    Disable AUTORUN autoplay on all drives

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    Here I'm going to tell you how to stop autoplay on windows drives.We have been getting lots of virus problems which infect computers through autorun.inf file as autoplay is enabled on the windows drive by default.
    To disable autorun for all the drives on your computer, you will need to configure it through windows registry.



    Follow the procedure below to stop autoplay on windows drives
    1. Open Start --> Run or press Window + r

    2.Type regedit.exe and press enter .This will open registry

    3. Navigate to the following path:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER-->Software-->Microsoft--> Windows--> CurrentVersion-->Policies-->Explorer


    4. Double-click the NoDriveAutorun registry key and type the value in Hexadecimal as FF (or 255 in Decimal).

    5. Exit registry and restart your computer for changes to come into effect.



    This is how you can disable autorun on all your drives and at least will prevent autorun activity of virus infected USB pendrives or CD’s and avoid infection through autorun.inf viruses.
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    Saturday, June 6, 2009

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    Not able to open drives on hard disk by double click

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    Sometimes you are not able to open drives on your hard disk by you double clicking on the drives icons or right click on the drive-->explore in My computer in windows XP .

    Normally when a virus infects a windows system which causes a drive opening problem, it automatically creates a file named autorun.inf in the root directory of each drive.
    This autorun.inf file is a read only ,hidden and a system file and the folder option is also disabled by the virus. This is deliberately done by the virus in order to protect itself. autorun.inf initiates all the activities that the virus performs when you try to open any drive.

    You have to just delete this file and restart your system to correct this problem.
    Follow the set of commands below to show and delete the autorun.inf

    1. Go to Start-->Run and type cmd and press Enter.
    or
    Go to Start-->All Programs-->Accessories-->command prompt.
    ( This will open a command prompt window. )

    On the command prompt window type the following steps.
    2. type cd\
    3. type attrib -r -h -s autorun.inf
    4. type del autorun.inf
    5. now type d: and press Enter for d: drive partition. Now repeat steps 3 and 4. Similarly repeat step 5 for all your hard disk partition.

    Restart your system and your trouble will be fixed.
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    Thursday, June 4, 2009

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    Clear Print Queues

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    If you want to delete printing job and you try to delete it from the job printing queue but it does not delete and your printer does not print anything, In such a case the print queue got jammed and all the print jobs fail as the printer does not print anything.
    It happens because the print spooler service which is responsible for maintaining and running the print queue gets hanged due to which the print jobs refuse to work and jam the print queue.

    Now lets see how to solve this problem
    1.First Go to Start Menu --> Run (or press window + r )
    2.Then type services.msc and press Enter
    3. Locate the service named Print Spooler
    4. Right Click and Select Stop
    5. Then Open the windows directory at the following path:
    C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\PRINTERS
    and Delete everything inside this folder but don’t delete the PRINTERS folder only delete all the contents inside this folder.
    5. Now On the services window right click the Print Spooler service again, right click and select start

    Now after starting print spooler service go back to print job queue and refresh the queue, you will not see any print jobs there all the print jobs will be removed.
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    Solutions for computer startup problems

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    * Notepad opens at windows startup
    * My documents opens at windows startup
    Most of PC users have these problems.Here I'm going to tell you how to fixed those kind of problems.
    We can solve this problem by change the Userinit registry key value.Because this problem occurs when some programs modifies the Userinit registry key, or if there is a registry change in the Userinit value.

    1. Open Start Menu --> Run (or press window + r ) this will open the run prompt

    2. Then type regedit and press Enter , this will open registry editor

    3. Now, navigate to the following registry key in registry editor

    4. Double click the Userinit registry key and set the value
    C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.e­xe, ( The comma at the end of the value should also be there ).

    5.Then Exit registry and restart your computer to see the change into effect
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    Wednesday, June 3, 2009

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    How to check hard drive disc for bad sectors and errors

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    Everyone should regularly check their hard drive becource there can be things like errors, lost clusters,incorrect file structure and bad sectors. Doing this task you can protract the life of your hard worked hard drive.
    you can easily access tools to check the health of your hard drive in windows

    Here's how to get there

    1. First go to the Start Menu and choose My Computer (if ther is a shortcut in your desktop choose it )
    2. Right click on the drive you want to check.( I always check C: drive as it is my main drive.)
    3. Then Choose Properties from the drop down menu.
    4. Click on the Tools tab
    5. Then press check now to scan your hard disc for errors.
    6. A dialog box will appear with some choices. Choose to let Windows fix errors automatically.
    7. Then press start.
    8. When it is finished scanning a report will appear.

    see how it is easy ...Just try it now
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    Assign a letter for a drive

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    If you have a drive which Windows XP has no drive letter assignment stored it assigns the first available drive letter. The search goes upwards in the alphabet and starts at 'A' for floppy drives, at 'D' for CD-ROM drives and at 'C' for all other types.
    Windows XP can save exactly one assignment per drive letter. So when a drive is attached again it gets the same letter as before. But the drive letter is not reserved while a drive is not present and therefore reassigned to another drive if required. When this happens the former assignment is overwritten and the first drive gets the first available drive letter again even its former drive letter is available when it's being attached. The former assignment just doesn't exist anymore.
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    BACKUP DATA FROM A VIRUS INFECTED PEN DRIVE

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    HOW TO BACKUP DATA FROM A VIRUS INFECTED PEN DRIVE? Most of PC users have this problem.If you insert you pen drive on your computer it may infect your computer also. Some times you may not be able to open the virus infected pen drive in that case it becomes more difficult as the pen drive does not open on double click.
    Here I'm going to tell you how can you back up data from your virus infected pen drive.

    ****** Before backing up data form your virus infected pen drive make sure to disable autorun before connecting your pen drive to your computer and don’t double click on the pen drive icon in my computer to open it.1. Right click on the Removable pen drive in My Computer

    1. Right click on the Removable pen drive in My Computer
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    Tuesday, June 2, 2009

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    How a virus in your pen drive infects?

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    Most of the active viruses infect your windows system as soon as you double click on the Pen Drive icon in ' my computer'. As virus always creates a autorun.inf file which is a system ,hidden and a read only file on your pen drive. It point to the main virus file which is also located on the pen drive. When user double clicks on the pen drive files pointed by the autorun.inf got executed which copies the virus files on your system.

    You can check whether your pen drive infects from a virus or no by right click on the pen drive. The Autorun file entries in some special characters like $%@&* when you right click on the drive.

    You can fixed this problem by


    1. Scan Your Pen Drive:
    • Whenever you insert your pen drive / portable drive into USB port on your system make sure to run a virus scan with your anti virus before opening your pen drive.

    2.Disable Autorun on Your Pen Drive:


    • First go to Start --> Run and type gpedit.msc and press Enter. This will open Group policy editor.
    • Browse to Administrative templates --> System--> double click on Turn off Autoplay click on Enabled.
    • Under Settings --> Select All Drives in the drop down list and click Ok.


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    Friday, May 29, 2009

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    Format a pen drive

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    Today I'm going to tell you how to format a pen drive using command prompt.It's very easy.
    • First go to comman prompt .Start-->Run.
    • There will be a dialogbox, Type command prompt in the dialog box
    • Then C:/documents and settings prompt will appear.
    • Then type format x (x is the driver letter) and press ENTER
    • After that you have to enter the volume lable of the pen drive correctly and press ENTER.
    • Then a prompt will appear.Select Y (yes) command.
    • Format will start.
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    Sound Card

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    Functions of a Sound Card
    **MIc In - to microphone
    **Line In - this connectto a nonamplifide audio device
    **Speaker out - to the speaker
    **Line out - to external line in device(not to the speaker)
    Generating Sound

    When we insert a CD and open the sound file the above table moves to main memory.
    The processor alongs with the speaaker generates physical movements which we here as sound.
    Generating of sound is called Synthesize
    *FM Synthesize *Wave Table Synthesize

    **FM Synthesize(Frequency Modulation)
    Individual sound sa,ples are generated by oscillators and are combined to form the complete sound .Most sound cards are Fm type.
    Advantage
    *Cheaper
    *Low CPU utilitization
    Disadvantage
    *Low quality
    **Wave Table Synthesize
    Real world sound samples are stored in a ROM and are used to generate required soud
    Advantage
    *Good Sound Quality
    Disadvantages
    *Expensive
    *Higher CPU utilitization
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    Thursday, May 28, 2009

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    Display your web site logo on the address bar

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    Do want to make your web site standout in crowded favorites lists in browsers and address bars with your logo? It's very easy you've to follow only Two steps only.
    First step
    you have to create a 16x16 pixels logo for your site; a very tiny logo to be specific. It should be saved as a Windows icon file (logo.ico for example).
    When you have an icon file with your logo,then follow the last step.
    Second step (Last step)
    If you have access to the root of your web site, simply save your icon file as "logo.ico" there. For example, if your web site is "www.no1-tutorial.co.cc", your icon file should be available at "www.no1-tutorial.co.cc/logo.ico". The web browser will look for logo.ico whenever your site is added to the favorites list and if it is found at the root of your web site, the icon will appear next to the link to your site.
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    Monday, May 25, 2009

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    Computer Backups

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    Backup your data on your computer is very important, here is the way how to create backups using Windows XP


    1. First go to Start Menu
    2. Then choose All Programs ==> Accessories ==> System Tools, and finally Backup
    3. The Backup and Restore Wizard will appear. Here you can choose to either Backup or Restore
    4. choose Backups and Click next
    5. Then you must choose what to backup. Select the one you want and click next.
    * My Documents and settings only
    * Everyone's Documents and Settings
    * All the information on your computer, making a complete recovery disk. (wow)
    * Let me choose what to backup
    A screen will appear according to your choice.
    6. Then you have to choose where to save your backup file. ( usually save it on the desktop so we can transfer it to a disk for safe keeping.)
    7. Click finish to start the backup process

    Warnings
    • Do not use a computer while a back-up is in progress. If you change a file during the back-up operation, you will not know which version was actually saved, or you could halt or corrupt the back-up. It will also slow your computer down.
    • Do not leave your back-up media in an environment that has a tendency to get wet or is not climate controlled. Computer equipment is fairly sensitive, and there is a chance you will lose your back-ups.
    Tips

    • Backing up your computer can take a long time, especially if you have quite a bit of data you would like to keep. Plan the backup for a time that your computer will be on (or you purposefully leave it on), but a time that you will not be using the files.
    • Set a schedule to backup all of your important files. Depending on how often you use your computer and the files change, you can set it in most program to run however often you like. Just remember to have media ready and the computer on when it is time for backups.
    • Keep your back-ups in a safe place away from environmental hazards. Depending on how important it is, fire safes and safety deposit boxes are great places to keep back-up media. If they are not very critical, filing cabinets or desks are fine places.
    • Make sure your back-up process completes successfully before using your computer again.


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    Types of Backup

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    Backups are generally divided into the following categories.
    • Full backup
    • Differential backup
    • Incremental backup
    • Delta backup
    • Logging

    Full Backup

    A complete set of all files you wish to back up. Think of this as your 'reference set'. You only need perform a full backup occasionally.The goal of full backup is to make a true copy of the data to be backed up on a separate medium like DVD ,CD etc... Because of large volumes of data, full backup can be slow and can cause availability problems because it creates long and intense and even expensive access disks, given the capacity that is necessary.

    Incremental Backup

    Incremental backup is a backup of those files which have changed since the last backup of any type.. This type of backup is more effective than a full backup because it focuses specifically on the modified files with a weaker storage space but, on the other hand, requires having previous backups in order to restore the full backup. Makes the job of restoring files fiddly, as you have to reinstall the last full backup first, then all subsequent incremental backups in the correct order; also makes it hard to locate a particular file in the backup set.

    Differential Backup

    Differential backup focuses specifically on the files that have been modified since the last full backup, which makes this backup slower and more expensive in storage space than an incremental backup but also more reliable because on the full backup is needed to restore the backed up data. Redundant information stored, because each backup stores much of the same information plus the latest information added or created since the last full backup. Subsequent differential backups take longer and longer as more files are changed

    Delta Backup

    Delta backup is an incremental backup of data elements with a fine data granularity,
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    What is Intranet?

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    An intranet is a private network that is contained within an enterprise. It may consist of many interlinked local area networks and also use leased lines in the WAN. Typically, an intranet includes connections through one or more gateway computers to the outside Internet.
    The main purpose of an intranet is to share company information and computing resources among employees.
    General looks like a private version of the Internet.An intranet uses HTTp,TCP/IP and other Internet protocols.With tunneling, companies can send private messages through the public network, using the public network with special encryption/decryption and other security safeguards to connect one part of their intranet to another.

    Typically, larger enterprises allow users within their intranet to access the public Internet through firewall servers that have the ability to screen messages in both directions so that company security is maintained.

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    Sunday, May 24, 2009

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    Find who is Invisible on Yahoo messenger

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    Sometimes some of your friends who appear offline in yahoo messenger may not be actually offline, they may in the 'Invisible' mode.

    There is this small trick that you can use to find out what the truth is.

    First open your yahoo messenger main window and double click on the name of the person whom you want to check. (The chat window will open obviously.)

    Click IMVironment button, select See all IMVironments.
    Then select Yahoo! Tools or Interactive Fun and click on Doodle.
    After loading the Doodle imvironment there can be two possibilities

    1.If the user is offline Doodle are will show this "waiting for your friend to load Doodle" continuously .
    2. If the user is online (but in invisible mode), after few seconds (it can take up to one minute, depending on your connection speed), you should get a blank page. So you know that the user is online.
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    Saturday, May 9, 2009

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    speed up computer

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    Do you want to improve speed of your computer?Microsoft Windows boot up can be slow because of variety of issues.Here today I'm going to tell you various suggestions and tips that can help improve the overall speed of your computers startup.

    Hard disk drive space

    Make sure your computer hard disk drive has 250MB or more of available disk space.
    Because if your computer does not have at least 250MB of free available hard disk drive space this can cause an overall slowdown with your computer as well as decrease the boot time.

    Disable startup programs

    One of the main causes of a slow boot in Windows is programs that are loading up as the computer starts up to remain active in memory are often.
    Disabling programs you don't often use from automatically starting up each time the computer boots can increase the boot time.A program that makes managing your Windows startup programs easily is Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel. Using this program you can disable any program in any of the locations programs use to start themselves automatically.

    Add memory (RAM)

    You can increase overall speed of the computer by adding additional memory (RAM) to the computer and in some cases can also increase the load times of your computer. Today, I suggest all computers be running a minimum of 1GB of memory in their computer. If your computer is running less than this it may be time to upgrade.

    Scandisk / Defrag

    Running Microsoft ScanDisk and Defrag or similar disk utilities on the computer can help verify the hard disk drive has no errors as well as make sure the data on the hard disk drive is organized in the most efficient method.

    Update drivers and Windows

    Corrupt, incorrect, and/or out-of-date drivers can cause a number of different issues. Make sure your computer has the latest drivers as well as any available Microsoft Windows updates.

    Format and reinstall

    If after following all the above steps your computer still seems to be slow you may wan to erase everything from the computer and re-install Windows. This will clean your computer and make it like new.

    Alternative solutions:

    In addition to those steps recommended above if you use your computer frequently you may also want to consider either not turning off the computer or having your computer go into a hibernation mode when shutting it down or pressing the power button.
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    Thursday, May 7, 2009

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    Google Tips

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    **If you want to search about areas just visit Google Local enter the area you want to search and the keyword of the place you want to find.
    Eg-if you want to search schools in your area just type schools at the above link would display local schools.

    **If you want to Track airline flight ; Enter the airline and flight number to display the status of an airline flight and it's arrival time. For example, type: AirLanka 486 to display this flight information if available.

    **If you want to get results only from certain file type- Add filetype: to your search to display results that only match a certain file type. For example, if you wanted to display PDF results only type: "dell xps" filetype:pdf -- (this way is good to find online manuals.)

    **You can quickly get to a stock quote price, chart, and related links by typing the stock symbol in Google.

    ** Enter a full phone number with area code and find the name and address associated with that phone number.

    **Group your search query to find better results. Eg-"Internet Tips"
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    Wednesday, April 22, 2009

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    Create a shortcut key for Internet Web pages

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    Do you want to create a shortcut to a favorite web page?
    Yes ,it's very simple thing . You can create it by creating a shortcut to the web page or URL.

    For Internet Explorer users

    *Right-clicking on an empty spot of a web page
    * click 'Create Shortcut'.
    *Once the shortcut has been created locate the shortcut
    *Then right-click or view the properties of that shortcut.
    *Assign a new shortcut key
    * click OK.
    **Now you can click the shortcut key when you want to load your webpage ;the web page will be automatically loaded.
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    Sunday, April 5, 2009

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    IMPROVE PERFORMANCE BY FREEING DISK SPACE

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    Free up disk space

    You can improve the performance of your computer by freeing disk space. you can use Disk Cleanup tool to free up space on your hard disk.
    Use Disk Cleanup to:

    Remove temporary Internet files.
    •Remove downloaded program files
    •Empty the Recycle Bin.
    •Remove Windows temporary files.
    •Remove optional Windows components that you don't use.
    •Remove installed programs that you no longer use.


    To use Disk Cleanup

    1.Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Disk Cleanup. If several drives are available, you might be prompted to specify which drive you want to clean.



    2.In the Disk Cleanup for dialog box, scroll through the content of the Files to delete list.
    Image of Disk Cleanup for dialog box

    Choose the files that you want to delete.

    3.Clear the check boxes for files that you don't want to delete, and then click OK.

    4.When prompted to confirm that you want to delete the specified files, click Yes.

    After a few minutes, the process completes and the Disk Cleanup dialog box closes, leaving your computer cleaner and performing better.
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    Saturday, March 14, 2009

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    IE Cookies Enable

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    What is a cookie?
    Cookie is a Text File that web server can store on a user's hard and retrieve it later.This text file contains useful information such as user preferences,shopping cart selections etc. This file can contain up to 4000 characters. A cookie does not collect information about you or take any files from your computer. It is solely used to enable you to have a faster and more pleasant experience on the internet.

    How to Enable and Disable cookies

    Sometimes we might need to enable or disable cookies in Internet Explorer. You must have seen that message that comes up saying, "to enter this page you must enable cookies in "Internet Explorer" & "Mozilla Firefox".
    How to enable (or disable) cookies

    Microsoft Internet Explorer version 7:


    1. Start Internet Explorer.
    2. From the toolbar select Tools.
    3. Select Internet Options
    4. Select the Privacy tab
    5. Click Advanced
    6. Place a check in the Override Automatic Cookie Handling check box.
    7. Under First Party Cookies, select the Accept option.
    8. Under Third Party Cookies, select the Accept option.
    9. Click OK.
    10. In the Internet Options window, click on OK.

    How to enable (or disable) cookies in Mozilla Firefox



    1. Open the Tools menu at the top of the browser window
    2. Then select Internet Options
    3. Go to the Privacy tab .
    4. In cookies section unchecked Accept cookies from site.
    5. Select OK.

    How to remove cookies in your computer (in Mozilla Firefox)

    1.Open the Tools menu at the top of the browser window
    2. Then select Internet Options
    3. Go to the Privacy tab .
    4. In cookies section click Show Cookies.
    Here you can see the cookies which are in your computer
    5.Then click remove all cookies button
    6.Then press Ok.

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    what is cookie?
    Cookie is a text File that web server can store on a user,s hard and retrieve it later.This textfile contains useful information such as user prefernces ,shopping cart selections etc.this file can contain up to 4000 characters.A cookie does not collect information about you or take any files from your computer. It is solely used to enable you to have a faster and more pleasant experience on the internet

    How to Enable and Disable cookies


    Sometimes we might need to enable or disable cookies in Internet Explorer. You must have seen that message that comes up saying, "to enter this page you must enable cookies in "Internet Explorer" & "Mozilla Firefox".
    .

    How to enable (or disable) cookies in Mozilla Firefox

    1. Open the Tools menu at the top of the browser window
    2. Then select Internet Options
    3. Go to the Privacy tab .
    4. In cookies section unchecked Accept cookies from site
    5. Select OK

    How to remove cookies in your computer (in Mozilla Firefox)

    1.Open the Tools menu at the top of the browser window
    2. Then select Internet Options
    3. Go to the Privacy tab .
    4. In cookies section click Show Cookies
    Here you can see the cookies which are in your computer
    5.then click remove all cookies button
    6.Then press ok

    How to enable (or disable) cookies

    Microsoft Internet Explorer version 7:


    1. Start Internet Explorer.
    2. From the toolbar select Tools
    3. Select Internet Options
    4. Select the Privacy tab
    5. Click Advanced
    6. Place a check in the Override Automatic Cookie Handling check box.
    7. Under First Party Cookies, select the Accept option.
    8. Under Third Party Cookies, select the Accept option.
    9. Click OK.
    10. In the Internet Options window, click on OK
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    Wednesday, March 11, 2009

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    Backup Your Email Account Settings in Outlook Express

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    Do you have to manually set email account settings every time you format or get a new computer?
    Today I'm going to tell you how to save your email account settings to find your settings if something goes wrong.


    Export your Email Account Settings from Outlook Express:

    1. Open Outlook Express
    2. Go to Tools menu & click Accounts.
    3. Then on the Mail tab, choose the mail account (that you want to export).
    4. Then click Export from the right side menu
    5. In the Save In box, the file name will be filled in for you. (It usually gets saved to My Documents.)
    6. Then click Save
    7. Copy this file to your backup disk


    Import your email account settings into Outlook :

    1. Insert your backup disk
    2. Open Outlook Express
    3. On the Tools menu, click Accounts
    4. Choose the Mail tab
    5. Then click on Import and locate the file (on your backup disc)
    6. Click on your file. That's it. Now you can check your email.

    Note
    *You can import your email account settings into Windows Mail also
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    Tips for Speedup Loading WebPages

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    When building web pages, one of the most important factors to consider is the time it takes for your page to load. Here are some tips to speedup your web page

    • Spread your Content : You can speedup loading your web pages by producing smaller web pages.Don't put all of your informations/data into one page. (This also helps the user becourse they can read exactly what they want , instead of having to read through unnecessary information.)

    • Optimize Graphics in your web page
    • Use Text Links instead of graphic buttons : text loads more faster than graphics .
    • simple designs : Simple designs make it easy for the user to navigate around your page.
    • Use Tables : Browsers load the layout of each table before loading the content into it. If you put all the content on your page into one table, then your customers will see only a blank page until the layout of the page is completed. If you use many outer tables to present the page displays the content of each table as soon as its elements are loaded.
    • Optimize your HTML code : Make sure your html is correct.Mistakes in your HTML can cause delays and even error messages. Do not put unnecessary tags and incorrect image sources.
    • Minimize use of graphics, Flash, scripts Flashing and moving pictures : I know many people use these things make their web pages look great;but when they take too long to load, the customer gets impatient and leaves. (If you want to have something fancy, be sure to see how it loads and optimize it to work better.)
    • Use Server Side Include (SSI) files : SSI files once called from the web server reside in its cache so on subsequent requests they load faster.
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    Thursday, March 5, 2009

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    ON Screen Keyboard

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    Why you would need an on screen keyboard?.
    Great for people with disabilities that find it easier to use a mouse rather than a keyboard.Also if you missing a few keys off your pc or laptop keyboard.. They were not cheap to replace either.you can use this.


    There are 2 ways to bring up the on screen keyboard,


    First Way
    1. Click on start
    2. Choose run
    3.Then type OSK
    4. Here the keyboard will come up
    Seconed way
    1. Click on start.
    2. Then choose All Programs==>Accessories==>Accessibility==>Onscreen keyboard

    If you want you can make a shortcut to it on the desktop. Here's how.
    1. Right click on the desktop
    2. Choose new.
    3.Then choose shortcut.
    4. Type osk ==> click next ==> click finish.
    5. An icon will now be on the desktop.
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