Running Xp from a Flash Drive...Is that possible (Hell ya)

Well,A software called mojopac can do just that...........

Note:The pc you are trying to run your Xp(on the flash drive..),should also have the Xp operating system.

It copies all the data required like your music,documents,videos,bookmarks...,But it DOES NOT COPY YOUR WINDOWS KERNEL,it will use the kernel of the machine you insert the usb drive into.

Use a 4 GB pendrive with USB 2.0 high speed,to achieve best results..

Well,According to me its a great piece of software.......Highly productive..

MOJOPAC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPNs55Vr9ec

Cheers,

Njoy

Running Turbo C++ in Vista(even 64bit)

Install the software DOSBox ver 0.72 ( 1.2 MB ) (Freeware) from the link below (Direct Link)

Dosbox

Before going to the details u have to create a folder (any name will do). Here we name it as Turbo

Copy the TC into the Turbo folder

Run the DOSBox 0.72 from the icon located on the desktop or from the location of the installation folder

Then u are presented with two screens which look like the command prompt in Windows

Now u are presented with two screens. One with a Z prompt. U can ignore the other screen.

There type the following commands at the command prompt [Z]:

Mount [Type in any alphabet that u wish except z] [Type the source of the turbo C] press enter

Now , Type in the following commands after the Z prompt:

Z: mount d c:\Turbo\ [The folder TC is present inside the folder Turbo]

* Now u should get a message which says: Drive D is mounted as a local directory c:\Turbo\ ***

Now type d: to shift to d: prompt .

D: cd TC [The contents inside the folder Turbo gets mounted as a virtual drive (Here D drive)

D: cd Bin

D: TC or Tc.exe [This presents u the Turbo C++3.0 screen]

On the Turbo C++ goto Options>Directories>Change the source of TC to the source directory [D] ( i.e. virtual D: refers to original c:\Turbo\ . So make the path change to something like D:\TC\include and D:\TC\lib respectively )

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In order to get the full screen use the key combination of Alt and Enter

When u exit from the DosBox [precisely when u unmount the virtual drive where Turbo C++ 3.0 has been mounted] all the files u have saved or made changes in Turbo C++ 3.0 will be copied into the source directory(The directory which contains TC folder)

It is a good idea to backup your files in the source directory prior to running DOSBox 0.72

For additional help go through the readme file located in the installation folder or look on the website of the DOSBox forum.

The above procedure has been successfully implemented on Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit

IMP : Don't use shortcut keys to perform operations in TC because they might be a shortuct key for DOSBOX also . Eg : Ctrl+F9 will exit DOSBOX rather running the code .

Portable antivirus(No im Not joking!!)

I just found out a great antivirus for portable devices(no more worries)

Clamwin Portable

I just find this antivirus absolutely fast,install it on the usb stick,and check your usb stick for viruses,if there are any they are deleted or cleaned...

Absolute Neccesity,A Must have..

Cheers,

Njoy

Format Factory

Format Factory is a total video,audio,picture convertor and a video merger.It has the ability to convert to every mobile device on earth,by its own profile for those media players.It would definitely meet all your needs.

It has a user friendly interface,and has specified formats for every mobile device such as your cell phone,psp,ipod,zune etc...

Best of all,its freeware.

Rate of conversion is execellent.it converts at around 5 times the playback speed.

Cons:

Cpu gets a little heated..

(My cpu temperature soared to near 64 degrees on speedfan 4.38 for a sample 100mb wmv to mp4 conversion).

Here are the screenshots...

http://www.formatoz.com/screenshot.html

Here's the download link...(let me know your feedback)...

http://www.formatoz.com/download.html

Transformation pack....A strict No-No

Well it's that time again . A new operating system "Windows 7" is catching our eye and drawing a lot of attention.Now there will be people trying to cash in on this situation creating transformation packs that will make your Xp look like a vista or a windows 7.

I'm strictly against it,because a transformation pack IS NOT A THEME.It does so many changes to your registry to incorporate new designs and interfaces.It changes the MBR(Master Boot Record)...i.e.Your Boot Structure.It is like installing a software which in essence you give all power to chop and change easily your entire os.Just to get a feel of a os,it is not a good idea of disrupting another os.

It does not end here. Some of the transformation packs are trojans,worms etc.

Also,The Uninstaller that come with these transformation packs are quite crappy.just the icons may be changed.But a lot of changes that had been made to the registry are not undone.

Even after unistallation you will find out that your computer has become slower,and the inevitable happens "Argh! I have to Re-Format the computer".

From my experience(I had to reformat once because of applying a transformation pack),i would suggest you to think twice before jumping the gun and installing the Transformation pack..

Note:

I am not against the people who develop the transformation packs.But certain things could definitely be looked after

1.  Testing of the TP , and certification of safety
2. Virus Proof
3. Better Unistallers

Thats it guys...

Cheers,Njoy!! 

Eye-Fi.....What's That?

Eye-Fi Inc. today unveiled the Eye-Fi Card – the world’s first wireless SD memory card for digital cameras. It uses home Wi-Fi networks to create a convenient way for users to send photographs directly from digicams to computers and online photo and social networking sites.

All you need to do is simply turn on your digital camera and your pictures are wirelessly uploaded. The Eye-Fi Card works with existing and new SD-compatible digital cameras, and stores photos just like a conventional SD memory card. 

During the simple setup process, users can select from among 17 popular online photo-sharing, printing, social networking, or blogging sites to publish and share their photographs, and select where on their PC or Mac they want to archive their images.

Once the setup is complete, users can focus on taking pictures and sharing memories – and not on the process of uploading photos from the camera. Eye-Fi’s free upload service allows users to transfer an unlimited number of photos. It handles full-resolution JPEG pictures and intelligently resizes images if required by the selected destination. 

The 2GB wireless SD memory card is available now at major online retailers including Amazon.com for $99.99 (Rs 3,940).

Give w3schools.com a Try,And you will be amazed

I would certainly recommend a website that imparts knowledge for free.And here's the best one i know of.Get of to a Rocketing start,Be miles ahead of others

www.w3schools.com

This would be a experience you would never forget.

Thinking of Buying a New Laptop?,Think again

I'm Back and Here's my latest Post(sorry for the delays)

Well,Your laptop has aged...........,

It has been quite a long time since it was the machine you loved and admired for its speed and workability.It is now proving to be a liability,failing to perform at situations where its perfomance would be critical.Constant data loss,BSOD(Blue Screen of Death) etc..............

Now dont you worry....(Infact there is a solution,without spending a buck!!!!)

Note:

This is valid only for original laptops.

1.Now check your laptop's box contents to find some cd's.

2.Now find the cd named recovery cd,there usually be 2 cds(disk 1 and disk 2).

3.Before you do anything,change your bios setting to boot from the cd.

4.Done,ok great now insert the cd when computer is in ON state.

5.Before you do anything else,BACKUP anything you might reqiure from C drive to a external        hard disk.(this will prevent loss of essential data).

6.Now restart the computer,you will boot from the cd now follow your onscreen instructions.

7.After this process is over the computer will restart 2 to 3 times to install drivers,etc..

8.Finally,Your laptop is now as good as new!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

9.Dont thank me,Pat yourself on the back!, You have been a lot smarter than your other                  collegues who bought a new laptop just because they got fed up of thier old laptops.

10.Now i would reccommend you to increase your RAM to a minimum of 2 gb or as much as              your chipset supports.

11.Now Show off your new lapop!

Cheers,Njoy!!

Get into Linux

I know Windows OS is all the rage,but i think that linux is a far better OS,the best part is that its free.I have not tried one yet but planning to do so in Near Future.

Pick yours from here!

http://linuxscreenshots.org

Do you refresh your desktop?

"Do you refresh your desktop?". Ask this to any Windows user and 99% of them will reply with a "yes". Of course, there are various needs for refreshing the desktop but the majority of people who do it don't even know why they are doing it. Refreshing the desktop is perhaps the biggest computer myth among all Windows users.

Every single person I have met does this or at least used to do it. It's not known who first discovered this remarkably useless trick and what he achieved from it, but it just spread. Most new users learn this trick from other new users without caring to know what it does. Some do it devotedly just because others do it, while some others have various weird explanations for it. A few of them assume that it refreshes the RAM, while some others believe that doing it will somehow keeps their PC running smooth and easy. I have seen some users obsessed with refreshing the desktop, doing it every 30 seconds or so. They have even learnt the keyboard shortcut - F5 (just to mention, these are the people who never use keyboard shortcuts). They would press the key and wouldn't release it for a long time, sending the desktop into a frenzy of refreshes.

What does a desktop refresh actually do? Refreshing the desktop simply redraws the icons on the desktop. That's it! It doesn't refreshe the RAM. It doesn't clean up your PC. It doesn't refresh your computer the way it refreshes you when you wake up from a nap. Refreshing the desktop has absolutely no effect on the working or performance of the computer. So why is the tool there? As I said, refreshing is only used to re-display or redraw the icons on the desktop. Sometimes when you bring some changes to the desktop icons, the change doesn't get reflected instantly. In such cases, refreshing the desktop becomes necessary to bring the change to effect. Say, you have the desktop icons set to arrange themselves alphabetically on your desktop. When you add a new item to the desktop, this item wouldn't get arranged alphabetically, instead it would appear at the bottom of icon list on the desktop, irrespective of it's name. Now if you refresh the desktop, all the icons would be once more arranged alphabetically and the newly added item would go to it's appropriate position. This is what refresh is for. It is to re-display the desktop. Refresh has the same function when done in explorer. Also Refresh is basically the command used to refresh/reload the video buffer(VGA memory). Sometimes the changes made in the VGA memory are not reflected to the screen properly...Refresh just corrects the prob...

So, if you are in the habit of refreshing the desktop, stop it. You are just wasting your time and effort. And the next time you see a person doing it, don't forget to explain to him the futility of this action

Eboostr For Xp

For those you who could not take advantage of ReadyBoost

Try Eboostr, Google it up and let me know through your comments

Using Vista's ReadyBoost Technology

I got a comment on "Simple Ways for Making Computer Faster",and thought there Should be an update for it.

Hi guyz,I have got great news for all of those running windows vista and have an extra flash drive of capacity of 512mb or more hanging around.

Ok....lets get to the point,do you like the idea of an external ram I bet you would!.'

Well the steps are simple.

1.Plugin your usb,click on speed up my system

2.Now, choose “Use this device” and adjust the reserved space (range: 235MB~4GB) for

   ReadyBoost in the bar under “Space to reserve for system speed”.

3.After that, a file called ReadyBoost.sfcache will appear in the flash drive. The system will now

   save and access data on the flash drive. The user will gradually experience an improvement in

   system response speed.

Now enjoy the speed of your computer.

Locking Folders Without Software

Before going on,i got to know this from Madhusudhan Thanks Madhu

Suppose you want to lock the folder movies in D: which has path D:\Games . 

Open notepad and type

ren Games Games.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

Now Save this text file as "Location.bat" in the same drive [ D:\ ]

Now Open notepad again and type 

ren Games.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} Games

Now save this text file as "Key.bat" in the same drive

Now two batch file are created Location and Key.Press Location and the folder will change to control panel such that you cannot view its Contents .Press key and you'll get back your original folder .



You can also change the folder in to


Inbox
{00020D75-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}


Microsoft Network
{00028B00-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Programs Folder
{7be9d83c-a729-4d97-b5a7-1b7313c39e0a}


Start Menu Folder
{48e7caab-b918-4e58-a94d-505519c795dc}


Network Computers
{1f4de370-d627-11d1-ba4f-00a0c91eedba}
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
My Computer
{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}


My Network Places
{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}



Network Connections
{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}


Printers and Faxes
{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Recycle Bin
{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}


Scanners and Cameras
{E211B736-43FD-11D1-9EFB-0000F8757FCD}


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


Web Folders
{BDEADF00-C265-11d0-BCED-00A0C90AB50F}

Deleting Undeletable Files

All of us at some point in time have got to a point where we could not delete a file or simply windows would not let you do it.

Actually...there's a solution for that.

Simple,follow these steps

1.Find the location of the file through its properties.

2.Open Run->cmd

3.Go to the specified folder using commands cd

   eg:  

4.Now press CTRL+ALT+DEL,click on task manager and processes tab

5.End explorer.exe

6.Now delete the file in the command prompt use del command

   eg:

                            

7.Now click New process and type explorer.exe

Now you're done.

If that does not work you could use Unlocker Program. Google it up to find about this program.

Happy Computing........

Improving Your Wifi's Range

Wondering why you could not connect to your wifi from your own bedroom when the router is less than 15 metres away?

Let's get this straight,those 15 metres the signals need to cover are being disrupted by various other disturbances ....simple logic.

1.Ok,first move off any cordless phones,wireless radios out of the room as they might interfere with the signal ,or just change the channel in which the wifi operates.

2.Make the position of the access point strategic,that definitely does not mean the small empty    space in the corner of your house.It should be a central point,easily accessible.

3.Upgrade your router's firmware if its an old one,It would definitely improve reliability.

4.Install a high gain antenna onto your router(though some routers do not support this).Though some people say its illegal,but i think its the power output is the matter of 250mW,the linksys gets nowhere near it so i dont think that actually illegal.

Thanks roopak for your comments.

Now watch your signal strength soar....

Intel Going Ballistic

Amazing news from Intel,I think our computers are going to be a lot faster in some time.

Read on and find out.

Intel has begun the transition for its processors from 45 nm to 32 nm chips. The objective is to reduce the size of the devices and the energy consumption. The company will give details about this change during a series of technical conferences on electronic devices in San Francisco, which are scheduled for December 15.

The new “Westmere” processors will be based on the Nehalem microarchitecture (Core i7) and the engineers will reveal how they are looking for new ways of reducing circuit power leakages when transistors are not working. Intel also plans to show its new SRAM memories (static RAM) that contain more than 1.9 billion transistors and a 3.8 GHz clock speed.

According to eWEEK, IBM and several of its partners (like AMD or Toshiba), will also reveal some advances in miniaturization of electronic components and a paper about their efforts to produce a 22-nm SRAM (static RAM) memory cell. On the other hand, Taiwan Semiconductor will present its plans to manufacture 32-nm processors

Intel Labs’s researchers have achieved good results in the field of silicon photonics. The company has now a record breaking silicon-based “Avalanche Photodetector” with a gain-bandwidth product of 340GHz. Silicon photonics is a new technology that uses standard silicon to send and receive optical information among computers and other electronic devices.

Simple ways to make your computer faster

Guys,How many of us have sat in front of the computer and become frustrated at how slow your computer has become.

Well....,most of us just buy a new one,now,that will change after you are through with this article.

follow these simple steps

1.Run

2.Type msconfig

3.now go for selective startup

4.disable system.ini and boot.ini

5.go to the boot tab and make timeout 2 sec

6.in services and startup tab remove all the programs you do not use.

7.double check to make sure you are not disabling vital services all right.

8.Now the Computer would restart,you will see its a lot faster.

9.Run diskcleanup,disk defrag.

10.I recommend you to download a free registry cleaner to get rid of useless stuff that lingers on 

      in the registry even after you have uninstalled it.

11.I'd recommend AML registry cleaner,

     Here's the link  http://www.amltools.com/download/regcleaner.exe  

12.After you installed it,check for registry problems.

     There will atleast be 100 unless your computer is brand new.  

13.Fix them all.

14.If use Windows vista you could use ReadyBoost

     Here's info on that 

     http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/features/readyboost.aspx

What a disk defragmenter does is increase the speed in which you can access information. Whenever your computer processes information it needs to jump from place to place and this takes time. Defragging your system allows your computer to stream information through one path. This will speed up laptop computers ability to access and run different programs.

Eliminate as many unnecessary startup programs as possible. Anytime you install a new program it will try to automatically start itself every time you power your computer on. This will dramatically slow down the speed your computer can start up or shut down. These programs also eat up valuable RAM which causes the computer to be very sluggish. Eliminate all but the necessary programs and feel the incredible difference in your laptop processor speed.

Clean up registry congestion. This is without question the most important step you can take to speed up your system. As we download new or remove old programs our registries get congested with useless and redundant files. This clogs everything up and leaves you asking why is my computer slow? Getting rid of those unnecessary files will not only speed up your computer but prevent it from crashing in the future.

These will surely get you going!

Toshiba's New innovation

I was just surfing the net,when i came accross Toshiba's new 512GB solid state drive.For those who don't know about SSD,Here's a simple guide for you.

A solid-state drive (SSD) is a data storage device that uses solid-state memory to store persistent data. A SSD emulates a hard disk drive interface, thus easily replacing it in most applications. An SSD using SRAM or DRAM (instead of flash memory) is often called a RAM-drive.

The original usage of the term solid-state (from solid-state physics) refers to the use of semiconductor devices rather than electron tubes, but has in this context been adopted to distinguish solid-state electronics from electromechanical devices as well. With no moving parts, solid-state drives are less fragile than hard disks and are also silent (unless a cooling fan is used); as there are no mechanical delays, they usually enjoy low access time and latency.

Some of them have links to wiki,for better understanding of terms used above.

 

The Japanese company announced that will offer 512GB solid-state drives (SSDs) soon. The first laptops and other devices using them could be available in the second quarter of 2009 or later.

Storage capacities of SSD are doubling every few months, but 512GB is so far the biggest capacity for laptops, at least for commercial computers. Most PC makers offer their new computers with 128GB SSD and recently, Samsung announced the mass production of  256GB SSD: they will be available in next months.

Solid-state drives store data on flash memory chips and usually, they are considered an alternative to hard drives. SSDs consume less energy and have no moving parts. This way, they are a good storage choice for laptops, instead of using hard drives, which storage information on magnetic platters. However, SSDs have smaller storage capacity and are more expensive than hard drives.

According to Toshiba, the new units will have a 2.5-inch form factor and they are targeted at laptops, desktop computers and home entertainment systems. They will have a  reading speed of 240 Mbps and a writing speed of 200 Mbps. It is projected that the first units will be available in the first quarter of 2009. After that, Toshiba will start a mass production stage in the second quarter.

Future Gadgets

paneling and silver-painted plastic used to be cool; so I wonder when our current metal and glass gadgets will go out of style, and if so, what will future gadgets be made from?

I asked several designers what they thought, but Kara Johnson, the lead of the Materials Team at design company IDEO, had the final word based on her focused expertise related to the question at hand. Her answer is a bit heady, but I won't get in the way of what she's telling us about tomorrow's gadget materials.

"Plastic as we know it is kind of on the way out, especially when it’s painted. No one likes the way your phone’s paint chips at the corners after a few months of use. Unpainted plastic is the future. And we need to move beyond injection molding, look at sheet processes to build structure from a series of 2d layers, instead of molding a complete 3d structure.

Glass, as a part of the screen, won’t go away very quickly. But maybe we’ll find ways to use glass so that it’s more difficult to create cracks with an accidental drop on the kitchen floor. Maybe there are lessons to be learned from automotive glass windshields or scratch resistant coatings on eyewear. And why not etch the glass?

Metal will continue to be a player in the world of gadgets. It’s beautiful and appropriate to create thin, mobile, technology-based products. Extruded aluminum is a design opportunity that has not yet been fully explored in terms of form or function. With the introduction of laser etching or chemical etching or a detailed craft process like wire filigree, we should be exploring the use of pattern on metal or to create surfaces. This is more evident in large-scale products or architecture where metal is used to create elegant structures or to create a frame for other elements of pattern. By translating innovations in metal from a large scale to something small, we will find new design opportunities, too.

So what’s next?

I think we need to experiment with how we design the buttons that connect hardware and software experiences. This is a design element whose materiality has been relatively unchanged, and there is more opportunity here to create ceramic or wood details (where the drop test requirements can be quietly avoided)...What if the power button was made of stone? What if the LEDs shine thru a thin layer of bamboo? We also need to experiment with the screen itself, this element has been limited to the display of information. What if the screen folds or unfolds? What if the glass is textured or etched with communication icons or pattern? Finally, in the future, I think that we should experiment with creating decoration or function by introducing incredibly surprising technologies (high-tech or low-tech) – like ferrofluid or starch-based plastics.

If the next generation of gadgets is about experimenting with materials or materiality, then it will only be not about what materials we use but how we use materials to tell stories.

What does vinyl mean to music and media players? Can phone be made of fabric so it is ready-to-wear, like the clothes you keep in your closet? What does traditional craft mean to high-tech products? What is the physical connection between these objects of fetish and the internet buzz that proceeds/follows each product launch? How do we create real and tangible advertising for the next CE products? And look for the introduction of “new” materials in the small details of each product…the platform of these devices is relatively standardized by its components, phones and laptops are a commodity. The design is in the details and the story you tell."

Megaupload Issues

All of us at some time used megaupload services,crossed download limit and not being able to download anymore.

Want to download more,simple change your ip address,if you use a dynamic ip just switch off modem wait for 10 mins and switch it on.

woila!
your ip address changed,and now go back and download all you want


It worked for me surely it will work for you as well.

Computer related problem solving

Well, Have u wanted to solve a problem and didnt know how,(i meant about computers),
post them here we will try to find out solutions together