Home Networking Solutions

You don't need a doctorate in computer science to set up a home network, but a little friendly advice sure won't hurt. This book from PC Magazine will help you to cover basics of networking to complete all your basic home networking problems.

Home networks are a hot topic. A home network provides a simple, inexpensive way to share an Internet connection, files, and even printers among all of the computers in your home.

If you’ve been thinking about installing a home network, this is the only book you’ll need, regardless of your level of computer expertise. In this book, I provide the background you need to understand, purchase, install, and use your own home network.

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What’s in the Book?

This book is divided into four parts:

In Part I, I tell you why you need a network and show you how you can use a network to share an Internet connection, files, and printers. I also explain the basics of networking technology.

In Part II, we go on a shopping trip. I walk you through the maze of competing and complementary technologies you can use to build a home network, and I show you when to use wired and wireless networking products to design the perfect network for your home.

Part III shows you how to connect and configure the components of your home network. I showyou how to install wired and wireless networks, and I explain what you’ll need to do to prepare yourcomputers for use on a network.

Part IV shows you how to use your network to share Internet access, files, and printers. I also introduce you to some interesting new products that extend your network to include video games, home security, and home entertainment devices.

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Topics Covered:

Part I Why You Need a Network –

What Is a LAN? : It’s Simpler Than You Might Think, A Guided Tour of Les’s LAN, What Can You Do with a Network?, Sharing Your Internet Connection, Multiple IP Addresses (Ethernet Switch), Using Windows XP’s Internet Connection, Sharing (Proxy Server), Using a Router/Firewall (Router), Sharing Files and Printers, File Sharing, Printer Sharing, Enjoying Multimedia Convergence, Using Digital Media on a Home Network, Home Media Hubs, TiVo Series2, Microsoft Media Center PC, Playing Head-to-Head Games, A Networking Crash Course, Network Connection Basics, Internet Protocol, IP Addressing, Understanding Client-Server and Peer Networks, Client-Server Networks, Peer-to-Peer Networks,

Part II Designing Your LAN –

Designing Your Network, Wired, Wireless, or Both?, Is Wireless Best for You?, Should You Stick With a Wired Network?, “No new wires” Alternatives, Evaluating Your Options, Ethernet Networks, Wireless Networks, Sorting Through the Standards, Wireless Architecture, Wireless Coverage Area, Wireless Security, HomePlug, Getting the Right Stuff, Choosing a Network Adapter, Desktop Ethernet Adapters, Desktop Wireless Adapters, Laptop Ethernet Adapters, Laptop Wireless Adapters, Choosing an Ethernet Switch, Choosing a Wireless Access Point, Why Use a Standalone Access Point?, Wireless LAN Security, Choosing a Router/Firewall, How Routers Work, All-in-One Routers, Choosing a Print Server,

Part III Installing Your LAN –

Installing an Ethernet LAN, Installing Ethernet Cables, Planning Your Network, Cable System Components, Installing Your Network Hardware, Installing an Ethernet Switch, Installing Network Adapters, Installing a Wireless LAN, Before You Install, Installing Wireless Adapters, PCI Wireless Adapters, CardBus, PC Card, and USB Wireless Adapters, Configuring Your Wireless Adapter, Installing Your Access Point, Surveying Your Wireless LAN, Connecting and Configuring the Access Point, Securing Your Wireless LAN, Configuring Your Network, How Windows Networking Works, Configuring Your Network, How OS X Networking Works, Sharing Files and Printers with Other Macs, Sharing Files and Printers with PCs, Windows IP Addressing Basics, Automatic IP Addressing, Alternate IP Configuration,

Part IV Using Your LAN –

Sharing Internet Access, How IP Addressing Works, Configuring Your Router, Checking Your PC’s IP Configuration, Configuring Your Router, Configuring a Linksys Router, Configuring a D-Link Router, What’s Next?, Sharing Files on Your LAN, How File Sharing Works, Windows File Sharing, Sharing a Folder, Sharing a Drive, Accessing Shared Drives and Folders, Controlling Automatic Discovery, Mapping a Network Drive, Mac OS X File Sharing, Sharing Printers, How Network Printing Works, Windows XP Printer Sharing, Mac OS X Printer Sharing, Using a Print Server, Using a Network-Ready Printer, Connecting to a Shared Printer, Using Shared Printers in Windows XP, Using Shared Printers in Mac OS X, Home Media and Convergence, Home Entertainment Devices, Linksys Wireless Media Adapter, TiVo, Media Center PCs, A Quick Tour of Media Center, Media Center Extenders, Network Gaming, Video on Your LAN, D-Link i2eye VideoPhone, Security, Protecting Your LAN, DoS Attacks, Port Scans, Backdoor Protection, Wireless LAN Security, Protecting Your PCs, Antivirus Software, Spyware Protection, Vigilance Is Good Protection Too!, Advanced Networking Topics, Customizing Your Firewall Configuration, Setting Up a Public Server, Restricting Internet Access, Using a Dedicated File Server, Advantages of a Dedicated File Server, Setting Up a File Server, Server Backup Options, Network Attached Storage Servers, Linksys NSLU2, Installing the NSLU2, Using the NSLU2

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Funny Mobile Ringtones

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Active Directory Integration with Microsoft Office Project Server 2003

Active Directory® service plays many roles, from being the backbone of distributed security to being the central repository for information for your entire infrastructure. It vastly simplifies user and computer management and provides superior access to networked resources.

When used with Project Server 2003, Active Directory provides a central service for administrators to organize enterprise resources and Project Server users. Organizations in a position to take advantage of Active Directory can greatly simplify the security and resource management aspects of Project Server.

The Active Directory connector in Project Server facilitates synchronization of users and groups from Active Directory to Project Server. A new feature of Project Server is the ability to synchronize security groups, distribution groups, and organization units in Active Directory with security groups in Project Server. In addition, the enterprise resource pool in Project Server can be populated based on the users who belong to a mapped group in Active Directory.

The result is that you save administrative and hardware costs.


Advantages of using Active Directory

Managing user accounts is a great burden because all of the requisite information is rarely in one place, at the right time. Active Directory solves this so you can realize some time-saving benefits:

• When a new person is hired by an organization, he or she will be added automatically to the enterprise resource pool instead of having to be added manually. This alone can save you many hours of managing new users and searching for new people to add to projects.

• When a person leaves the organization, he or she is deactivated automatically within Project Server.

Deactivating a user does not delete the user from the Project Server database. A record of that user’s work on project tasks, including any actual work hours, is retained after deactivation.

If a person’s name changes or any other key attributes about the person change, this change will automatically occur within Project Server and will appear in any other projects to which the person is assigned.

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Fast way of publish information

Latest features in technologies brings many advantages to reach information to the desired location at very high speed. RSS is the way to publish information and updates.

This post will brief you about RSS.

1. RSS is a way to publish information through feeds and readers.

2. Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds, leveraging SQL data, and XML-based web services. RSS (also known as Rich Site Summary) feeds use XML to publish content that is frequently updated. Users can subscribe to an RSS feed using an RSS reader and receive regular updates of certain information at an interval each user defines. Microsoft SQL Server 2005, as well as SQL Server 2000, has the capability to output results in an XML format. This is accomplished by simply adding the two words FOR XML to the end of an SQL query.

3. RSS is an information formatting scheme used primarily for syndicating (sharing) news, electronic magazines (e-zines), and personal weblogs (blogs). However, any information that can be structured into an XML-style format can be syndicated using an RSS feed and read using a news aggregator. A news aggregator is any program that is RSS-compatible, including most web browsers.

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10 good reasons to buy Windows 7

Windows 7, its new and crazy operating system now in all over us to feel the taste of fruits of technologies. Microsoft always innovative and creative to bring new flavors to its users..

Let us give top 10 reasons to use New Windows 7 Operating system.

Reason No :1: Get quicker access to all of your stuff

use Pin and Jump Lists to keep the programs and files you use the most right at your fingertips.

Pin

Pin programs to the taskbar. Pin files to Jump Lists. Just like tacking notes on a bulletin board, you can use pin to keep the things you need close at hand.

Jump Lists

Got a file, photo, or website you use a lot? Open it in two clicks. Jump Lists keep the most recent things you've used handy for faster access than ever.

Reason No :2: Manage open windows easier

resize and arrange windows simply by dragging their borders to the edge of your screen.

Snap

Size and arrange windows by simply dragging their borders to the edges of your screen. Instantly expand to full screen and back, or arrange two windows side by side.

Reason No :3: Manage open windows easier

use Windows Search to find a specific file, program, or e-mail in a few seconds.

Windows Search

Instantly locate and open virtually any file on your PC, from documents to emails to songs, right from the Start menu just by typing a word or two.

Reason No :4: Share files and printers among multiple PCs

from one Windows 7-based PC to another, you can share files, music, photos, and even printers across your home network.

HomeGroup

Easily share the photos, music, and files on each of the PCs running Windows 7 on your home network. It's especially handy when you want to share a printer.

Reason No :5: Stay entertained effortlessly

with Windows Media Center you get one place to enjoy your photos and music, watch and record live TV, and watch free Internet TV.

Windows Media Center

Record TV. Watch Internet TV. Watch DVDs. Enjoy online entertainment. Play your music and watch your videos and slideshows. It's all here.

Reason No :6: Easily create and share movies

create great looking movies and slideshows and share them on YouTube in minutes.

Windows Live Essentials

This collection of free programs puts the Internet in your hands. Share photos. Make movies. Send instant messages and mail. Quick and easy.

Reason No :7: Connect to networks easily

view and connect to any available wireless network in as few as three clicks.

View Available Networks

On the go? Find and connect to Wi-Fi, mobile broadband, VPN, or dial-up networks with just a couple clicks.

Reason No :8: Do more and wait less

Improvements that can accelerate sleep and resume help you get more done.

Sleep and Resume

Windows 7 is designed to help your PC sleep and resume more quickly. It's easier to put your PC away and to get back to what you were doing when you're ready.
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Performance Improvements

Windows 7 is designed to improve the performance of your PC, so it's faster, more secure, and more reliable.

Reason No :9: Touch and tap rather than point and click

Windows 7 makes PCs with touch screens easier and more intuitive to use.

Windows Touch

Ever wish you could just point at what you want and move things around with your hand? With a touch-sensitive screen and Windows 7, you can.

Reason No :10: Manage devices more easily

manage printers, cameras, music players, and other devices from a single, consistent, place.

Device Management

See everything you need to know about your printers, cameras, and other devices in one place. And, your devices are much simpler to hook up and use.

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Black and White Mobile Wallpapers

Beautiful Black and White mobile wallpapers collections...

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Use Pendrives as RAM in XP with eBoostr PRO

eBoostr speeds up your PC and improves application responsiveness by using flash memory and free RAM as an extra layer of performance-boosting cache for your PC. Use up to four inexpensive flash devices to speed up your system. Add more speed to your PC without any hardware upgrade!


Size: 2.32 MB
Format: rar

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Use your flash drive as RAM with Windows ReadyBoost

Microsoft Widows has introduced a feature called ReadyBoost in its operating system Vista to user flash drive (pen drives) as RAM.

With the help of this technology one can use any Flash drive, SD Cards, CF Cards as the third memory option for the computer.

This post will tell you how to enable this feature to your pc to improve performance.


Till this date, Microsoft’s windows had two options for the memory requirement of the computer, so that the computing can be done at cheaper rates and that too without installing the physical memory.

1. Physical Memory (RAM)
2. Page File (A virtual memory file, stored on hard disk).

The page file is used by the Windows OS to cater the needs of various applications when the physical memory is fully used up. The reason for that is, that Virtual memory is slower as compared to the physical memory and thus Phyical memory takes the first priority.

Now, the benefits of USB Flash Drive or Cards as a source of Memory :

1. It is faster than the virtual memory which is accessed through the hard disk drive.
2. It is cheaper as compared to the actually Physical Memory.

How can it be activated ?

In order to activate the ReadyBoost technology on your flash drive or Memory Cards, you have to follow these steps…

1. Open My Computer.
2. Right Click on the Removable Disk Drive and select Properties.
3. Click on ReadyBoost Tab.
4. Enable the feature by selecting the option and allocate the amount of space you want to use as memory.



NOTE:

1. Regardless of the fact that you use Readyboost or not, you need at least 512 Mb of memory to run Windows Vista decently.

2. If your device is not giving the option of ReadyBoost then it means that it doesn’t clear up the minimum data transfer rate required by ReadyBoost technology.

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Microsoft SharePoint 2007 & Benefits

Content is the key for the success of any organization. That may be any thing, should be shared and collaborative with all processing units with right phase in an organization. Automation and computerization with rapid application platforms gives more accuracy and reliability in organizational growth.

Microsoft products are mostly user-friendly and easy to use tools for office and process automation system. SharePoint server is a wonderful product of Microsoft to meet all kind of these challenges.

Let this article give you brief knowledge about SharePoint Server 2007.

SharePoint Services is a versatile technology that enables organizations and businesses of all sizes to increase the efficiency of their processes and improve team productivity. With tools for collaboration that help people stay connected across organizational and geographic boundaries, Windows SharePoint Services gives people access to the documents and information they need.


SharePoint Services also gives organizations a platform for building Web-based business applications that can scale easily to meet the changing and growing needs of our business.


SharePoint Server 2007 is built upon Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, which is based upon ASP.NET 2.0. As a result, you can also use functionality such as master pages, authentication providers, and navigation providers in SharePoint Server.

SharePoint 2007 Top 10 Benefits (click here to view details)

1) Provide a simple, familiar, and consistent user experience.

Office SharePoint Server 2007 is tightly integrated with familiar client desktop applications, e-mail, and Web browsers to provide a consistent user experience that simplifies how people interact with content, processes, and business data. This tight integration, coupled with robust out-of-the-box functionality, helps you employ services themselves and facilitates product adoption.

2) Boost employee productivity by simplifying everyday business activities.

Take advantage of out-of-the-box workflows for initiating, tracking, and reporting common business activities such as document review and approval, issue tracking, and signature collection. You can complete these activities without any coding. Tight integration with familiar client applications, e-mail, and Web browsers provide you with a simple, consistent experience. Modifying and extending these out-of-the-box workflow processes is made easy through tools like Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007

3) Help meet regulatory requirements through comprehensive control over content.

By specifying security settings, storage policies, auditing policies, and expiration actions for business records in accordance with compliance regulations, you can help ensure your sensitive business information can be controlled and managed effectively. And you can reduce litigation risk for your organization. Tight integration of Office SharePoint Server 2007 with familiar desktop applications means that policy settings are rendered onto client applications in the Microsoft Office system, making it simpler for employees to be aware of and comply with regulatory requirements.

4) Effectively manage and repurpose content to gain increased business value.

Business users and content authors can create and submit content for approval and scheduled deployment to intranet or Internet sites. Managing multilingual content is simplified through new document library templates that are specifically designed to maintain a relationship between the original version and different translations of a document.

5) Simplify organization-wide access to both structured and unstructured information across disparate systems.

Give your users access to business data found in common line-of-business systems like SAP and Siebel through Office SharePoint Server 2007. Users can also create personalized views and interactions with business systems through a browser by dragging configurable back-end connections. Enterprise-wide Managed Document Repositories help your organizations store and organize business documents in one central location.

6) Connect people with information and expertise.

Enterprise Search in Office SharePoint Server 2007 incorporates business data along with information about documents, people, and Web pages to produce comprehensive, relevant results. Features like duplicate collapsing, spelling correction, and alerts improve the relevance of the results, so you can easily find what you need.

7) Accelerate shared business processes across organizational boundaries.

Without coding any custom applications, you can use smart, electronic forms–driven solutions to collect critical business information from customers, partners, and suppliers through a Web browser. Built-in data validation rules help you gather accurate and consistent data that can be directly integrated into back-end systems to avoid redundancy and errors that result from manual data re-entry.

8) Share business data without divulging sensitive information.

Give your employees access to real-time, interactive Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheets from a Web browser through Excel Services running on Office SharePoint Server 2007. Use these spreadsheets to maintain and efficiently share one central and up-to-date version while helping to protect any proprietary information embedded in the documents (such as financial models).

9) Enable people to make better-informed decisions by presenting business-critical information in one central location.

Office SharePoint Server 2007 makes it easy to create live, interactive business intelligence (BI) portals that assemble and display business-critical information from disparate sources, using integrated BI capabilities such as dashboards, Web Parts, scorecards, key performance indicators (KPIs), and business data connectivity technologies. Centralized Report Center sites give users a single place for locating the latest reports, spreadsheets, or KPIs.

10) Provide a single, integrated platform to manage intranet, extranet, and Internet applications across the enterprise.

Office SharePoint Server 2007 is built on an open, scalable architecture, with support for Web services and interoperability standards including XML and Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP). The server has rich, open application programming interfaces (APIs) and event handlers for lists and documents. These features provide integration with existing systems and the flexibility to incorporate new non-Microsoft IT investments

These solutions can help you meet your business needs for information sharing and collaboration, both within your company and with the outside world. If your company has ever thought about creating a commerce-enabled web site, an intranet or extranet to foster effective communication between employees, departments or partners, or a portal for a number of combined services.

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12 Expert Google Search Tips

The most difficult phase in searching is getting the exact website link from the most popular search engines like Google. Every one will search and at one instance they will get the required links but some times it may take lot of time to get the exact information.

Fastness in searching could be possible by using some tips while searching through search engines. This article will help you to overcome the delay in searching exact required information from Google.


12 Expert Google Search Tips

1. Explicit Phrase:

Lets say you are looking for content about internet marketing. Instead of just typing internet marketing into the Google search box, you will likely be better off searching explicitly for the phrase. To do this, simply enclose the search phrase within double quotes.

Example: "internet marketing"

2. Exclude Words:

Lets say you want to search for content about internet marketing, but you want to exclude any results that contain the term advertising. To do this, simply use the "-" sign in front of the word you want to exclude.

Example Search: internet marketing -advertising

3. Site Specific Search:

Often, you want to search a specific website for content that matches a certain phrase. Even if the site doesn’t support a built-in search feature, you can use Google to search the site for your term. Simply use the "site:somesite.com" modifier.

Example: "internet marketing" site:www.smallbusinesshub.com

4. Similar Words and Synonyms:

Let’s say you are want to include a word in your search, but want to include results that contain similar words or synonyms. To do this, use the "~" in front of the word.

Example: "internet marketing" ~professional

5. Specific Document Types:

If you’re looking to find results that are of a specific type, you can use the modifier "filetype:". For example, you might want to find only PowerPoint presentations related to internet marketing.

Example: "internet marketing" filetype:ppt

6. This OR That:

By default, when you do a search, Google will include all the terms specified in the search. If you are looking for any one of one or more terms to match, then you can use the OR operator. (Note: The OR has to be capitalized).

Example: internet marketing OR advertising

7. Phone Listing:

Let’s say someone calls you on your mobile number and you don’t know how it is. If all you have is a phone number, you can look it up on Google using the phonebook feature.

Example: phonebook:617-555-1212 (note: the provided number does not work – you’ll have to use a real number to get any results).

8. Area Code Lookup:

If all you need to do is to look-up the area code for a phone number, just enter the 3-digit area code and Google will tell you where it’s from.

Example: 617

9. Numeric Ranges:

This is a rarely used, but highly useful tip. Let’s say you want to find results that contain any of a range of numbers. You can do this by using the X..Y modifier (in case this is hard to read, what’s between the X and Y are two periods. This type of search is useful for years (as shown below), prices or anywhere where you want to provide a series of numbers.

Example: president 1940..1950

10. Stock (Ticker Symbol):

Just enter a valid ticker symbol as your search term and Google will give you the current financials and a quick thumb-nail chart for the stock.

Example: GOOG

11. Calculator:

The next time you need to do a quick calculation, instead of bringing up the Calculator applet, you can just type your expression in to Google.

Example: 48512 * 1.02

12. Word Definitions:

If you need to quickly look up the definition of a word or phrase, simply use the "define:" command.

Example: define:plethora

Hope this list of Google search tips proves useful in your future Google searches.

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Run Commands for Easy Access of Controls

The most important tweaks get accessed from Control panel in windows operating system. In this post we would like to provide few RUN Commands to execute different tasks according to your requirements.

For the execution of these commands, just click on Start -> Run

Control Name | Command

Add/Remove Programs control appwiz.cpl
Date/Time Properties control timedate.cpl
Display Properties control desk.cpl
FindFast control findfast.cpl
Fonts Folder control fonts
Internet Properties control inetcpl.cpl
Keyboard Properties control main.cpl
Mouse Properties control main.cpl
Multimedia Properties control mmsys.cpl
Network Properties control netcpl.cpl
Password Properties control password.cpl
Printers Folder control printers
Sound Properties control mmsys.cpl
System Properties control sysdm.cp

Run Commands:

compmgmt.msc - Computer management
devmgmt.msc - Device manager
diskmgmt.msc - Disk management
dfrg.msc - Disk defrag
eventvwr.msc - Event viewer
fsmgmt.msc - Shared folders
gpedit.msc - Group policies
lusrmgr.msc - Local users and groups
perfmon.msc - Performance monitor
rsop.msc - Resultant set of policies
secpol.msc - Local security settings
services.msc - Various Services
msconfig - System Configuration Utility
regedit - Registry Editor
msinfo32 _ System Information
sysedit _ System Edit
win.ini _ windows loading information(also system.ini)
winver _ Shows current version of windows
mailto: _ Opens default email client
command _ Opens command prompt

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Access Internet Through Windows Applications

We can access internet through Windows Application like Calculator, Notepad, Paint brush etc., available at start->programs-accessories. The logic is very simple and explained here for your reference.

Example:
1. Open your MS Calculator. This is normally found in Start => All Programs => Accessories => Calculator.

2. Open the help-window by pressing the F1 key.

3. Click the top-left corner icon of the help window once (Standard is a Document with a Question mark).

4. Select Jump to URL.....

5. Type your address into the available field, but remember to type http:// and not just www. (or equivalent).

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Download Correct Drivers for Unknown Devices

Our PCs are the group of various components called devices, like motherboard, video, audio, LAN etc., for every device we need separate drivers software to make coordination between devices for proper functionality.

Some times its very hard to find device drivers for unknown devices installed in our PCs, Here this post explained how to find device and relevant drivers software information.

Most of the computer hardware's comes along with their respective device drivers in a disc.If your driver CD gets lost or corrupted,then you can always download the necessary drivers from the manufacturer's website or restore the drivers from the backup if you have created earlier.

But if you do not have a backup and is unsure about the manufacture of the device or your device model,then you will not be able to search the device driver online and windows will be showing errors like “Unkown device Found” or “Device not identified” in your system tray.Here is an excellent trick to find out the correct drivers for the unknown devices in your device manager.

How to Download Drivers for Unknown Devices

1) Find the Vendor and Device ID of the unknown device.To do this,

Open Device Manager

(In windows XP :Start>Control panel>System>Hardware>Device Manager)
(In Windows Vista:Start>Control Panel>Device Manager)

In Device manager,take the properties of unknown device
In Properties, click on Details tab and select Device Instance Id from the drop box.

You will see a code like this
HDAUDIO\FUNC_02&VEN_14F1&DEV_2C06&SUBSYS_104D1700&REV_1000
Here 14F1 is the Vendor ID
and 2C06 is the Device ID




2)After obtaining both device and vendor ID,go to http://pcidatabase.com and search with your vendor ID or device ID to find the driver of the unknown device.

After finding your device model and manufacturer,you can either go to the manufactures website and download the necessary drivers or you can get them from these websites.

http://www.driverfiles.net/
http://driverzone.com/
http://www.driverguide.com/

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What is difference between TFT and LCD monitors?

Its an interest of all new bees to know the differences in technologies and revolution fruits. The most common component used by Desktop/Laptop PC users is Display. Previously all were experienced with CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) monitors, now latest technology is TFT LCD. Hope this information will give knowledge about TFT LCD.

Definitions:
TFT: Thin-film transistor
LCD: Liquid crystal display

A liquid crystal display (commonly abbreviated LCD) is a thin, flat display device made up of any number of color or monochrome pixels arrayed in front of a light source or reflector. It is prized by engineers because it uses very small amounts of electric power, and is therefore suitable for use in battery-powered electronic devices.

TFT-LCD (Thin Film Transistor-Liquid Crystal Display) is a variant of Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) which uses Thin-Film Transistor (TFT) technology to improve image quality. TFT LCD is one type of active matrix LCD, though it is usually synonymous with LCD. It is used in both flat panel displays and projectors. In computing, TFT monitors are rapidly displacing competing CRT technology, and are commonly available in sizes from 12 to 30 inches.

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Data Recovery Tool - Active UnDELETE

Have you lost your data accidentally, No more worries to recover your data.. Its easy now with Active Undelete Application. Data Can be recovered at any circumstances from your Storage Media.

Active@ UNDELETE - Data Recovery is a powerful data recovery software that helps you to recover deleted files, lost and formatted data from hard drives, floppy disks, basic and dynamic volumes, hardware or software RAID. Software supports: NTFS, FAT32, FAT16, NTFS5, NTFS+EFS file systems and works under all Windows family operating systems: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows 2003 Server, Windows XP and Windows VISTA. Besides hard disk drives program supports recovery from removable devices like Secure Digital, Compact Flash, SmartMedia, SONY Memory Stick, ZIP drives, USB Hard drives etc.

Size: 4.76 MB
Version:7.0.045
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Data Restore Tool - WinUndelete

Many of us deletes files accidentally, later we feel those are very important. Have you felt like this before.. Then you might have tried for tools to recover those deleted file.. Here a wonderful tool called WinUndelete will solve your problem easily.


WinUndelete™ is the leading undelete software for deleted files recovery. It can recover deleted files from hard drive, flash drive, USB external drive, digital camera card, and more. WinUndelete recovers deleted files after emptying the Recycle Bin, or using other deletion actions that bypass the Recycle Bin. The software works with Microsoft Windows® 98/2000/Me/XP/2003/Vista, and it's very easy to use.

WinUndelete's unique and exclusive SmartScan technology completes those impossible recovery tasks that other software cannot touch -- SmartScan quickly locates and restores deleted files that other undelete software could never find. WinUndelete can recover data from both FAT and NTFS file systems.

Deleted Files Recovery - Supported Situations

* Recovers files deleted even after you have emptied the Recycle Bin.
* Recovers files deleted bypassing Recycle Bin.
* Recovers files deleted accidentally from a network share.
* Recovers files deleted from the DOS command prompt.
* Recovers files deleted when you press Shift+Delete on the keyboard.
* Recovers files deleted when you use Move or Cut command.
* Recovers files deleted in other applications or by viruses.
* Even recovers files deleted before you installed WinUndelete.

WinUndelete Supported Storage

* Hard drives (C: D: E: ...)
* Floppy disks (A: B:)
* Digital media and digital camera cards
* External USB storage, flash drives
* Iomage Zip disks, Mo, Jaz disks, external hard drives

WinUndelete Features

* Supports FAT12/16/32, NTFS and NTFS 5 file systems.
* Focuses on "Windows Undelete". Supports Windows 98 to XP, Vista.
* Recovers deleted files from Windows Server 2000, 2003 and 2008.
* Performs non-destructive and read-only scan and file recovery.
* Sorts files by name, type, size, date, and more.
* Displays a straight list of files or shows you the entire folder structure.
* Restores file original creation date or last modified date.
* Supports unicode and non-alphabet languages.
* Filters files by extension and file type.
* Bypasses temporary Internet files and zero length files.
* Enables partial file name and path name search.
* Enables saving deleted files to a WinUndelete image file before recovery.
* Recovers and decompresses NTFS compressed data stream on the fly.
* Previews images, plain text, and Microsoft Office documents before recovery.
* Works safely, stands alone, without changing or harming your Recycle Bin.

Size : 1.24 MB
Version: 3.20
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Reasons Why PCs Crash

While using PC, you may get different kinds of problems according by the issue with internal and external components. Some times its very hard to trace what exactly the problem. Here we would like to discussion about most common Fatal error and prevention mesures to overcome the problem.

Fatal error: the system has become unstable or is busy," it says. "Enter to return to Windows or press Control-Alt-Delete to restart your computer. If you do this you will lose any unsaved information in all open applications."

You have just been struck by the Blue Screen of Death. Anyone who uses Mcft Windows will be familiar with this. What can you do? More importantly, how can you prevent it happening?

1 Hardware conflict

The number one reason why Windows crashes is hardware conflict. Each hardware device communicates to other devices through an interrupt request channel (IRQ). These are supposed to be unique for each device.

For example, a printer usually connects internally on IRQ 7. The keyboard usually uses IRQ 1 and the floppy disk drive IRQ 6. Each device will try to hog a single IRQ for itself.

If there are a lot of devices, or if they are not installed properly, two of them may end up sharing the same IRQ number. When the user tries to use both devices at the same time, a crash can happen. The way to check if your computer has a hardware conflict is through the following route:

Start-Settings-Control Panel-System-Device Manager.

Often if a device has a problem a yellow '!' appears next to its description in the Device Manager. Highlight Computer (in the Device Manager) and press Properties to see the IRQ numbers used by your computer. If the IRQ number appears twice, two devices may be using it.

Sometimes a device might share an IRQ with something described as 'IRQ holder for PCI steering'. This can be ignored. The best way to fix this problem is to remove the problem device and reinstall it.

Sometimes you may have to find more recent drivers on the internet to make the device function properly. A good resource is www.driverguide.com. If the device is a soundcard, or a modem, it can often be fixed by moving it to a different slot on the motherboard (be careful about opening your computer, as you may void the warranty).

When working inside a computer you should switch it off, unplug the mains lead and touch an unpainted metal surface to discharge any static electricity.

To be fair to Mcft, the problem with IRQ numbers is not of its making. It is a legacy problem going back to the first PC designs using the IBM 8086 chip. Initially there were only eight IRQs. Today there are 16 IRQs in a PC. It is easy to run out of them. There are plans to increase the number of IRQs in future designs.

2 Bad RAM

Ram (random-access memory) problems might bring on the blue screen of death with a message saying Fatal Exception Error. A fatal error indicates a serious hardware problem. Sometimes it may mean a part is damaged and will need replacing.

But a fatal error caused by Ram might be caused by a mismatch of chips. For example, mixing 70-nanosecond (70ns) Ram with 60ns Ram will usually force the computer to run all the Ram at the slower speed. This will often crash the machine if the Ram is overworked.

One way around this problem is to enter the BIOS settings and increase the wait state of the Ram. This can make it more stable. Another way to troubleshoot a suspected Ram problem is to rearrange the Ram chips on the motherboard, or take some of them out. Then try to repeat the circumstances that caused the crash. When handling Ram try not to touch the gold connections, as they can be easily damaged.

Parity error messages also refer to Ram. Modern Ram chips are either parity (ECC) or non parity (non-ECC). It is best not to mix the two types, as this can be a cause of trouble.

EMM386 error messages refer to memory problems but may not be connected to bad Ram. This may be due to free memory problems often linked to old Dos-based programmes.

3 BIOS settings

Every motherboard is supplied with a range of chipset settings that are decided in the factory. A common way to access these settings is to press the F2 or delete button during the first few seconds of a boot-up.

Once inside the BIOS, great care should be taken. It is a good idea to write down on a piece of paper all the settings that appear on the screen. That way, if you change something and the computer becomes more unstable, you will know what settings to revert to.

A common BIOS error concerns the CAS latency. This refers to the Ram. Older EDO (extended data out) Ram has a CAS latency of 3. Newer SDRam has a CAS latency of 2. Setting the wrong figure can cause the Ram to lock up and freeze the computer's display.

Mcft Windows is better at allocating IRQ numbers than any BIOS. If possible set the IRQ numbers to Auto in the BIOS. This will allow Windows to allocate the IRQ numbers (make sure the BIOS setting for Plug and Play OS is switched to 'yes' to allow Windows to do this.).

4 Hard disk drives

After a few weeks, the information on a hard disk drive starts to become piecemeal or fragmented. It is a good idea to defragment the hard disk every week or so, to prevent the disk from causing a screen freeze. Go to

Start-Programs-Accessories-System Tools-Disk Defragmenter

This will start the procedure. You will be unable to write data to the hard drive (to save it) while the disk is defragmenting, so it is a good idea to schedule the procedure for a period of inactivity using the Task Scheduler.

The Task Scheduler should be one of the small icons on the bottom right of the Windows opening page (the desktop).

Some lockups and screen freezes caused by hard disk problems can be solved by reducing the read-ahead optimisation. This can be adjusted by going to

Start-Settings-Control Panel-System Icon-Performance-File System-Hard Disk.

Hard disks will slow down and crash if they are too full. Do some housekeeping on your hard drive every few months and free some space on it. Open the Windows folder on the C drive and find the Temporary Internet Files folder. Deleting the contents (not the folder) can free a lot of space.

Empty the Recycle Bin every week to free more space. Hard disk drives should be scanned every week for errors or bad sectors. Go to

Start-Programs-Accessories-System Tools-ScanDisk

Otherwise assign the Task Scheduler to perform this operation at night when the computer is not in use.

5 Fatal OE exceptions and VXD errors

Fatal OE exception errors and VXD errors are often caused by video card problems.

These can often be resolved easily by reducing the resolution of the video display. Go to

Start-Settings-Control Panel-Display-Settings

Here you should slide the screen area bar to the left. Take a look at the colour settings on the left of that window. For most desktops, high colour 16-bit depth is adequate.

If the screen freezes or you experience system lockups it might be due to the video card. Make sure it does not have a hardware conflict. Go to

Start-Settings-Control Panel-System-Device Manager

Here, select the + beside Display Adapter. A line of text describing your video card should appear. Select it (make it blue) and press properties. Then select Resources and select each line in the window. Look for a message that says No Conflicts.

If you have video card hardware conflict, you will see it here. Be careful at this point and make a note of everything you do in case you make things worse.

The way to resolve a hardware conflict is to uncheck the Use Automatic Settings box and hit the Change Settings button. You are searching for a setting that will display a No Conflicts message.

Another useful way to resolve video problems is to go to

Start-Settings-Control Panel-System-Performance-Graphics

Here you should move the Hardware Acceleration slider to the left. As ever, the most common cause of problems relating to graphics cards is old or faulty drivers (a driver is a small piece of software used by a computer to communicate with a device).

Look up your video card's manufacturer on the internet and search for the most recent drivers for it.

6 Viruses

Often the first sign of a virus infection is instability. Some viruses erase the boot sector of a hard drive, making it impossible to start. This is why it is a good idea to create a Windows start-up disk. Go to

Start-Settings-Control Panel-Add/Remove Programs

Here, look for the Start Up Disk tab. Virus protection requires constant vigilance.

A virus scanner requires a list of virus signatures in order to be able to identify viruses. These signatures are stored in a DAT file. DAT files should be updated weekly from the website of your antivirus software manufacturer.

An excellent antivirus programme is McAfee VirusScan by Network Associates ( www.nai.com). Another is Norton AntiVirus 2000, made by Symantec ( www.symantec.com).

7 Printers

The action of sending a document to print creates a bigger file, often called a postscript file.

Printers have only a small amount of memory, called a buffer. This can be easily overloaded. Printing a document also uses a considerable amount of CPU power. This will also slow down the computer's performance.

If the printer is trying to print unusual characters, these might not be recognised, and can crash the computer. Sometimes printers will not recover from a crash because of confusion in the buffer. A good way to clear the buffer is to unplug the printer for ten seconds. Booting up from a powerless state, also called a cold boot, will restore the printer's default settings and you may be able to carry on.

8 Software

A common cause of computer crash is faulty or badly-installed software. Often the problem can be cured by uninstalling the software and then reinstalling it. Use Norton Uninstall or Uninstall Shield to remove an application from your system properly. This will also remove references to the programme in the System Registry and leaves the way clear for a completely fresh copy.

The System Registry can be corrupted by old references to obsolete software that you thought was uninstalled. Use Reg Cleaner by Jouni Vuorio to clean up the System Registry and remove obsolete entries. It works on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE (Second Edition), Windows Millennium Edition (ME), NT4 and Windows 2000.

Read the instructions and use it carefully so you don't do permanent damage to the Registry. If the Registry is damaged you will have to reinstall your operating system. Reg Cleaner can be obtained from www.jv16.org

Often a Windows problem can be resolved by entering Safe Mode. This can be done during start-up. When you see the message "Starting Windows" press F4. This should take you into Safe Mode.

Safe Mode loads a minimum of drivers. It allows you to find and fix problems that prevent Windows from loading properly.

Sometimes installing Windows is difficult because of unsuitable BIOS settings. If you keep getting SUWIN error messages (Windows setup) during the Windows installation, then try entering the BIOS and disabling the CPU internal cache. Try to disable the Level 2 (L2) cache if that doesn't work.

Remember to restore all the BIOS settings back to their former settings following installation.

9 Overheating

Central processing units (CPUs) are usually equipped with fans to keep them cool. If the fan fails or if the CPU gets old it may start to overheat and generate a particular kind of error called a kernel error. This is a common problem in chips that have been overclocked to operate at higher speeds than they are supposed to.

One remedy is to get a bigger better fan and install it on top of the CPU. Specialist cooling fans/heatsinks are available from www.computernerd.com or www.coolit.com

CPU problems can often be fixed by disabling the CPU internal cache in the BIOS. This will make the machine run more slowly, but it should also be more stable.

10 Power supply problems

With all the new construction going on around the country the steady supply of electricity has become disrupted. A power surge or spike can crash a computer as easily as a power cut.

If this has become a nuisance for you then consider buying a uninterrupted power supply (UPS). This will give you a clean power supply when there is electricity, and it will give you a few minutes to perform a controlled shutdown in case of a power cut.

It is a good investment if your data are critical, because a power cut will cause any unsaved data to be lost.

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Tips To Keep Your System Faster

Its a common task to all of us to keep our system faster than any thing to get better performance at every time. Does it required any software..We say not required at all. Just by tuning most common thing in our PC, we can get the best performance from our PC's.

Follow these tips and you will definitely have a much faster and more reliable PC! Most of the below tips works for windows XP

1. Wallpapers: They slow your whole system down, so if you're willing to compromise, have a basic plain one instead!

2. Drivers: Update your hardware drivers as frequently as possible. New drivers tend to increase system speed especially in the case of graphics cards, their drivers are updated by the manufacturer very frequently!

3. Minimizing: If you want to use several programs at the same time then minimize those you are not using. This helps reduce the overload on RAM.

4. Boot Faster: The 'starting Windows 95/98' message on startup can delay your booting for a couple of seconds. To get rid of this message go to c:\ and find the file Msdos.sys. Remove the Read-Only option. Next, open it in Notepad or any other text editor. Finally, go to the text 'Options' within the file and make the following changes: Add BootDelay=0. To make your booting even faster, set add Logo=0 to remove the Windows logo at startup.

5. Restart only Windows: When restarting your PC, hold down Shift to only restart Windows rather than the whole system which will only take a fraction of the time.

6. Turn Off Animations: Go to Display Settings from the Control Panel and switch to the Effects Tab. Now turn off Show Windows Content While Dragging and Smooth Edges on Screen Fonts. This tip is also helpful with Windows XP because of the various fade/scroll effects.

7. Faster Start-Menu Access: Go to the Start menu and select Run. Now type Regedit and hit Enter. The Registry Editor will appear on the screen. Now, open the folder HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop. You should see a MenuShowDelay value. If you don't then do the following: right click on a blank space in the right pane and select New\String. Change the name in the new value to MenuShowDelay. Now that we have the MenuShowDelay value, double click on it and enter 0 in the value data field. This sets the start menu delay to 0 milliseconds.

8. Resolutions: If you are willing to do anything for faster performance from your PC, then try lowering your display resolution. The lower it is, the faster your PC.

9. Turn off Active Desktop: Go to your Display Properties and switch to the Web tab. Uncheck View My Active Desktop As a Web Page. Since the Active Desktop option under Windows 98 uses a lot of system resources, this option can have a dramatic effect on the speed of the whole system.

10. Defragment Often: Windows 98's Defrag tool uses Application Acceleration from Intel which means that when you defragment your drive, data is physically arranged on the drive so that applications will load faster.

11. Take your PC to Bed: Using the Advanced Power Management feature under Windows 98 gives you the option to use the sleep command. That way, you can send your PC to sleep instead of shutting it down and then restarting it. It's as simple as pressing a button and then pressing the same button to wake it up. You can tell Windows after how many minutes/hours of inactivity to automatically sleep the machine in the Advanced Power Management section of the Control Panel.

12. Faster Internet Access: If you use the internet for reference and the sites you visit are rarely updated then try the following. In IE (the same can be done in Netscape) go to Tools, Internet Options. Next, click on Settings... in the Temporary Internet Files section. Finally, select Never for the first option and double the amount of storage space to use, click OK!

13. Benchmarking: Benchmarking can be very useful when run frequently. It can tell you how your PC's components are performing and then compare them to other machines like yours. For example, when you overclock your PC, you want to know how much more speed you have and whether it is stable. All this and more can be discovered using benchmarking. An excellent piece of software for doing this job is SiSoft Sandra which can be found in the Downloads File Archive!

14. Refresh the Taskbar without restarting: If you in some way change the taskbar, either in Regedit or elsewhere, you can refresh the task bar without restarting. Hold down Ctrl Alt Del, and double click on Explorer. Say Yes to close Explorer, but no to closing Windows. This will refresh the Taskbar and system tray.

15. Quick CD Eject: Instead of pushing the button on your drive, right-click your CD drive letter in My Computer and click on Eject. This will also remove any icons that have become associated with the CD drive.

16. Start Up Programs: Windows can be slowed down when programs run on start up. To eliminate this, check your Start up folder. You can access it from the start menu: Start, Programs, Start Up. Another way to eliminate programs from loading even before Windows actually starts is by doing the following: Click on Start, then Run. Type msconfig. It will take quite a long time for this program to load, but when you finally see it on your screen, explore the different tabs. They all have to do with how quickly your PC boots, so select what you want, and uncheck what you don't want!

17. Fonts: When Windows starts, it loads every single font in the Fonts folder. Therefore, the more fonts you have, the slower the booting process. To get rid of unwanted fonts, simply go to the Fonts folder under c:\windows and remove whatever you don't want. Fonts that have a red letter 'A' as their icon are system fonts, so don't delete them.

18. Stretching Wallpapers: Don't "stretch" your wallpaper in Windows 98 since it actually slows Windows down when you drag icons around on the desktop.

19. RAM Matters: If you have less than 32MB then you should seriously think of upgrading it to at least 64MB. Windows runs much more smoothly with 64MB or higher and tends to use less hard disk space for virtual memory.

20. Partitioning: A very nice little thing you can do to boost system performance. By partitioning your hard drive, splitting one physical drive into several logical ones, you can gain several advantages. 1. If you get a virus or you accidentally format a drive, not all will be lost. 2. By placing the swap file (Win386.swp) on a separate drive, The swap file will be less fragmented and thus, faster. 3. Place Windows on a separate drive and whenever you need to reinstall it, you rest assured that your data is safe on a separate drive. Partitioning can be done using a few programs such as FDisk which comes with DOS. However, FDisk formats everything on the hard disk before partitioning. Alternatively, you can use Partition Magic fromPower Quest to partition your hard disk without losing your data.

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