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Use Portable Apps

February 21st, 2009 Saqib 4 comments

I always insist on using free programs therefore I am showing you another great free software named “Portable Apps”. It can be downloaded free of cost from here. Portable apps is a software which installs directly on your flash drive and giving you the softwares like Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, Clamwin antivirus, Pidgin (it’s an Instant Messenger), Sumatra PDF, Sudoku game, Mines game and a complete office suite like a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, database utility and drawing utility.

Isn’t it great to carry these whole softwares on your flash drive. You can just run these softwares directly from flash drive and they don’t even require installation. Wherever you go, in every PC you get your complete suite ready to work. There are also a number of other utilities other than I mentioned. So download right away.

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How to remove Linux from dual boot

February 21st, 2009 Saqib No comments

Many a times, you install Ubuntu or any other linux operating system along with XP/Vista. After trying linux you think that linux is not for you. You want to remove linux, but how? Some people may tell that simply delete linux partition. Don’t do that even in mistake. Because only data will be deleted by this and not GRUB. So, here is the method to remove linux from your PC.

1) Download and install Mbrfix from here

2) Extract all the files to C:

3) Open Comand Prompt

4) In the command prompt type cd\ and then press Enter.

5) Now, type type mbrfix /drive 0 fixmbr /yes and then press Enter.

6) Now you can safely delete linux partitions through Windows Disk Management or can use a third party software.

7) After doing all this Restart the PC.

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Go opensource, use Ubuntu

February 21st, 2009 Saqib 5 comments

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Go the legal way, use Ubuntu.
Ubuntu is a type of linux. There are many flavours of linux like opensuse, fedora, mint, puppy, DSL, etc. I have used and using Ubuntu so I highly recommend it to you also as it is free, fast, stable, eye candy and something new. Ubuntu 8.10 Interpid Ibex is released. Now a quote from Ubuntu’s official site “Ubuntu is a community developed operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. Whether you use it at home, at school or at work Ubuntu contains all the applications you’ll ever need, from word processing and email applications, to web server software and programming tools”. Ubuntu is all in one. After installing Ubuntu you are ready for multimedia, word processing, viewing pictures, sufting net, etc. You don’t need to install anything else like in Windows.You also don’t need anything else like antivirus for Ubuntu. Ubuntu is a very secure & stable OS. Even I use Ubuntu as a dual boot OS along with XP/Vista. You can also use Wubi installer to install Ubuntu from within Windows itself, just like you are installing a program in Windows. You can remove it from Ad/Remove programs, if you are not satisfied.

So just give Ubuntu a try.

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How to remove autorun virus

February 21st, 2009 Saqib 1 comment

Autorun viruses are very intelligent. They can come from internet, pen drive, emails. etc. Mostly they come from pendrives. They come when you double click your pendrive having this virus. They need just one execution and your computer is a hell.

So follow these steps to remove this virus:

1) Press Windows logo key+R. Or Start > Run.

2)Type “cmd” there.

3)Now in the command prompt type
“del /f /q /a s r h autorun.inf”.  That’s it.

But prevention is better than cure. Isn’t it. Do periodic scanning of your drives with a good antivirus like Avast, Kaspersky, AVG, etc. After inserting your flash drive, it is better to first scan it with a antivirus and then use it.

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Download Windows 7 Beta from here

February 21st, 2009 Saqib No comments
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Windows 7

Windows 7 is codenamed as Windows Vienna. Windows 7 Beta is available for free to download from here. Minimum system requirements to install Windows 7 are:

  • 1 GHz 32-bit or 64-bit processor
  • 1 GB RAM
  • 16 GB of available disk space
  • Support for DirectX 9 graphics with 128 MB memory
  • DVD-R/W Drive
  • Internet access (to download the Beta, get updates and register).

According to Microsoft, Windows 7 will have many new features. Well, Microsoft said like this for Vista also, isn’t it? But Winows Vista is a very resource hoggy operating system, as we all know. You can try out yourself if Windows 7 is worth the praise by downloading it and then using it. I will be adding new stuff related to Windows 7 soon, so keep checking. It is a rumour that Windows 7 will be releasing in second quarter of 2010.

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Convert a FAT32 partition to NTFS

February 21st, 2009 Saqib No comments

The first question that will come to your mind after reading this is why to convert a FAT32 partition to NTFS? Because there are certain advantages of using NTFS file system. If you have a 4 GB file on flashdrive or DVD then you cannot copy it to FAT 32 drives. It means capacity of a single file should be less then 4 GB if you want to copy it to a FAT32 file system.

Some other advantages of NTFS file systems as quoted by wikipedia are

NTFS has several improvements over FAT and HPFS (High Performance File System) such as improved support for metadata and the use of advanced data structures to improve performance, reliability, and disk space utilization, plus additional extensions such as security access control lists (ACL) and file system journaling.

So, to convert a FAT32 partition to NTFS follow these steps:

On Run type “cmd”. This will open command prompt.

Now type “convert (drive letter)/FS:NTFS

E.g. convert d: /fs:ntfs

After then it will ask for confirmation, press Y to confirm. You can also use this method to convert your flash drive’s FAT or FAT32 partition to NTFS. How long will it take to convert fat32 to NTFS will depend on your partitions size.

It would be better to first take a backup of your data and then convert :)

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Some shortcuts to write in RUN

February 20th, 2009 Saqib 4 comments

This is for people who believe in shortcuts. Shortcut key for RUN is Windows+R. Or you can also click on start and then on RUN on Windows XP or just click on Start and type this commands in Windows Vista or Windows 7.

This is a small list of RUN commands to write in RUN dialog box and save time and effort, shortcuts to open word, excel, system properties, registry editor, security center,etc.

Open Add/Remove programs - appwiz.cpl

Calculator - Calc

Check Disk Utility – Chkdsk

command prompt - cmd

Automatic updates – wuaucpl.cpl

Microsoft Word - winword

Microsoft Excel - excel

Microsoft Powerpoint – powerpnt

Microsoft Access - msaccess

Time and Date properties – timedate.cpl

Direct X Diagonistic tool - dxdiag

Disk Cleanup Utility – cleanmgr

Disk defragment – dfrg.msc

Read more…

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Learn about Desktop Environments on Linux

February 2nd, 2009 Saqib No comments

DE or Desktop Environments are terms used in relation to Linux. DE’s are simply Graphical User Interface (GUI). GUI assist the user in using the computer without the knowledge of commands or any programming language.

A desktop environment typically consists of windows, gadgets, folders, icons, wallpapers, screensavers and toolbars. Desktop Environment is a way for the user to interact with the computer and make the task easy for him.

Some famous Desktop Environments are KDE, GNOME, Xfce, CDE, etc. So before downloading and trying out any Linux distro just first see what DE it has and whether you are comfortable with it or not.

My favorites are KDE and GNOME. KDE stands for K Desktop Environment. And GNOME stands for GNU Object Model Environment.

My two favorite distros are Ubuntu and openSUSE. If you are installing Ubuntu then you’ll get GNOME Desktop Environment by default. And if you are installing openSUSE then you’ll get KDE by default.

Keep on trying and keep on learning, thats the best way to learn, isn’t it.

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