For those who don’t know what mail clents are. Mail clients are softwares like outlook. I currently use two mail clients at my home, Outlook 2007 and IncrediMail. Configuring mail clents are easy. Default ports used by outlook are , for incoming mails port 110 is used and for outgoing mails, port no. 25 is used. These settings are default.
So what problem I was facing was, I was able to receive all my mails but I can’t send any mails through my mail clients. First I used Outlook and then I migrated to IncrediMail but the problem remained. I can’t send mails in IncrediMail also. I could be wrong in one software but how could I be wrong in both.
Then I found the root of the problem after some researching. I changed my outgoing server port to 26 and voila, my problem solved.
So, I was facing this problem and this is how I trouble shooted it. I hope if a similar problem is faced by you then you can try this solution.
Every lunch in this World isn’t free, you know this saying, but this lunch is free :) Today, antivirus softwares are essential on every PC, irrespective if that PC has an net connection or not, antivirus softwares are needed on every PC. Many people think like they don’t have internet and therefore they don’t need antivirus. But this is what we call wrong thinking. Viruses don’t just come from internet, they can come from CD’s, flash drives, or any removable media. Not just removable media, if you attach a second hard disk and if that hard disk has a virus then also you can get infected. Therefore here are the best three free antivirus softwares. Read on…
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Ok, so you all followed my advice and installed Ubuntu linux, but now what? You want to customize it according to your needs, isn’t it? You’ll need to learn some commands to operate Ubuntu according to your needs. Like I installed my first linux i.e. Ubuntu before some months ago and after installing I wanted to enable my net connections on it and also I wanted to make Windows my default OS by making Windows highlighted by default in GRUB. So these were my first needs but yours can be different. But for now lets just learn how to enable your PPPOE internet connection on Ubuntu.
Now lets learn how to enable your PPPOE internet on Ubuntu. Open a “Terminal” and write “pppoeconf” . Thats it, now follow the steps and just answer according to your needs. Be cool. Its easy. Now say you succeeded in connecting your internet on Ubuntu, now you can use these commands on your Terminal to connect and disconnect you internet.
To connect: Use “sudo pon dsl-provider” command
To disconnect : Use “sudo poff dsl-provider” command.
Whatever you learn, go easy, go slow but GO PERFECT. Thats my advice, there many things to learn if you are using linux, so therefore go slow but try to remember the commands once you read it. Thats the Techie’s way.
Do you want to block some websites in your PC but you want to do that without installing any software, then I’ll show you the trick to that. By blocking I mean that you can stop certain websites from opening on your PC. This can be due to any reason like you are a boss and don’t want to make your employees open orkut, facebook or any other which you think is not good.
Now follow these steps to do this:
1) Browse to C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
2) Find the file named “HOSTS”
3) Now, open it in notepad
4) Under “127.0.0.1 localhost” Add 127.0.0.2 www.yourblockedsitename.com , and this site will no longer be accessable by anyone.
5)That’s it you are done.
The final look should be like this:
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.2 www.blockedsitename.com and then keep going adding one to the last digit here. Like if I wanna block one more site then I would write
127.0.0.3 www.newblockedsite.com .Ok, now you understood, so enjoy.
Many people don’t know the difference between Core i7, Core 2 Extreme, Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Duo, Dual core and Pentium D processors. You can call this a processor buying guide. So lets understand this in detail.
Core 2 Quad is a 4 core processor unlike Dual core which has 2 cores. Core 2 Duo, Dual core and Pentium D, all are dual core processors only. Cores are also called processing cores. Like Pentium 4 is a single core processor. Ofcourse performance of Core 2 Quad is the best compared to all dual core processors. Some Core 2 Quad models also have 12 MB of L2 cache, runs on 3 GHz and 1333 MHz FSB. Now this is what we call a great performance. I am talking here about Q9650 processor.
Some Core 2 Duo processors also have upto 6 MB L2 Cache & 1333 MHz FSB. Core 2 Duo are also dual cores or you can say they have two cores. These are based on 65 nm and 45 nm manufacturing process. A real value for money Core 2 Duo is E7200/E7300. Read on..
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Ok, guys, now lets see which graphic card is best in mid level category. Many people have doubts as to what I mean to say by this “Mid Level”. By mid level I mean budget under 6000 Rs (120$). So, in this category Nvidia wins, according to me. My recommendation in this category is Nvidia 9600 GT. You should definitely consider this GPU if you are under this budget. Now lets get into some technical details.
This card is powered by G94 core and is clocked at 650 MHz. It uses a 256-bit memory interface and has 256/512 MB of GDDR3 memory. It offers full support of PCI Express 2.0, which doubles the bandwith available to the card. Maximum resolution supported is 2560 x 1600 (These details may change, as different manufacturers may overclock or may alter somethng). Additional 6 pin power supply is required. Some manufacturers may ship a DVi-D to HDMI converter.
Some other features include full DX 10 support, Nvidia Pure Video HD technology and many others. Comparing it with 8800 GT, the performance is only 25 % lower. Now this is amazing. A very good performer, 9600 GT is indeed. (In Star Wars style)
Now comes the company part. You can go for Palit, Zotac or Asus. I recommend to stay away from XFX. Many people have named XFX 8600 GT as “Electric Stove Edition”, because of its overheating problem. If you are in this budget and thinking of buying a gadget then definitely you can go for this, you will not repent. Its a real value for money graphic card.
