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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

WINDOWS 7 FREEZES DURING STARTUP...

The one of the problem with windows 7 is sometime it freezes during start-up.The windows boot to logon screen but freezes there showing only LOGO of windows.( i.e. you will see 4 little colored balls in the center of the screen ).Even when you wait for quite great time,then also it loads mouse pointer and a black screen only and freezes.
Even under safe mode it freezes at the Classpnp.sys file.
If even u try to repair or install new fresh copy of windows os  with windows installation disc then also it loads really slow and restart showing unmountable  volume error.


To fix this problem there are two methods.


METHOD 1::


STEP 1:Remove the battery and ac adapter.


STEP 2:Push the power button for approximately 15 seconds.


STEP 3:Reinsert the battery and try to restart it.


IF THE ABOVE METHOD DOESN'T WORK GOOD THEN TRY THE 2 METHOD.


METHOD 2::


 You need to have an UBUNTU/OTHER LINUX installation disc.(having option  of erasing disc while installation)


// Your system might be working really slow before installing UBUNTU (my system had taken about 2 hrs to reach the option of erasing whole disc) but once it get installed the system starts at proper speed


STEP 1:Insert the UBUNTU INSTALLATION DISC and restart.
//
NOTE: To save ur data,first run ubuntu from disk by booting from disc and selecting "TRY UBUNTU WITHOUT ANY CHANGE TO YOUR COMPUTER."


and go to PLACES->COMPUTER-->FILE SYSTEM TO ACCESS UR DRIVES and create backup in other disc,usb,computer system..//


STEP 2:Boot from disc(you can also use bootable usb)
 and select option Install UBUNTU


STEP3:Select language ,regions and keyboard layout as per ur choice but u need to select ERASE AND USE THE ENTIRE DISC when asked about .


And install Ubuntu on your system.


NOW after it,u can easily install a fresh copy of windows without any difficulty and errors.

Sunday, December 26, 2010

SHIFT + > or SHIFT + < doesn't work in windows 7

The one of the common reasons behind these types of problems is your default keyboard input language.


To fix this, Follow these steps.


STEP 1:  Open Control panel and click on change keyboards and other input methods under                  clock ,languages and region .





// If  ur selected view is View by Large icons or Small icons Click on Regions and Languages.


STEP 2: Click on Keyboards and Languages tab in initiated new window.



Now click on Change keyboards...

Here select English(United States -US) from drop-down and click on Apply and then OK.



//If u can't find it in drop-down add it by clicking on Add... button 

And scroll there to find the Language.Double click on English(United states ) to expand it and click on checkbox associated with the particular language and click OK//


These steps surely helps to remove the problem...

How to unreveal windows 7 hidden themes and wallpapers


During installation of Windows 7, it asks for your language, time and currency. Based on your selection, it installs a set of wallpapers and themes.
for example if you choose English (Australia) for your time and currency format, the default theme for AUSTRALIA get initialized and all other remains  hidden. 
Normally , u can't use those hidden themes and wallpapers but u can easily use them with these simple steps. 
STEP 1: In the search box in the Start menu, type C:\Windows\Globalization\MCT and press Enter. 
// If Windows 7 is installed in a drive other than C: , use that letter instead.
STEP 2: This will navigate u to a folder containing a list of sub folders as 

Each sub folder has wallpapers and themes for a specific country: AU for Australia, CA for Canada, GB for Great Britain, US for the United States, and ZA for South Africa.
STEP 3: To install these country's theme just double click on that. This will launch a new folder having sub folders named as RSSFeed , Themes ,country's name(as AUSTRALIA).
The sub folder named as AUSTRALIA contains wallpapers of particular themes and folder named as THEME contains the theme for that.

STEP 4: Now to install theme,just navigate to Theme folder and open it .Now double click on file present there. This will install the particular theme.

U can easily customize this theme from here with the help of different options present as Windows color,Sounds,etc

Monday, December 20, 2010

FASTER WAY TO INSTALL WINDOWS XP

The usual installation time for windows XP (without updates from internet) is about 40-45 minutes but you can easily minimize this time to about 25-30 minutes.


To save your time,you just need to follow 2 simple steps 


When after copying all necessary files the system restarts for first time showing the estimated left is about 39 minutes..


STEP 1- Press F10 holding the shift key (shift + F10).
This will invoke a command prompt.


STEP 2- Write taskmgr.exe and press enter to open the TASKMANAGER.


NOW JUST SET THE PRIORITY OF "setup" application TO HIGH.


after changing priority close the taskmanger and command prompt.


//for changing the priority check "EXECUTE YOUR SETUP/PROGRAMS FASTER AND RUN GAMES SMOOTHER"//


N get ready to use your windows in less than 30 minutes.

EXECUTE YOUR SETUP/PROGRAMS FASTER AND RUN GAMES SMOOTHER

To enhance the execution speed or checking CPU availability for a program or smoother run of a game,you just need to change its priority to HIGH.


TO do so::


STEP 1: Open TASK MANAGER.


STEP 2: IN APPLICATION PANE,Select the application you wanna get faster executed ,and RIGHT CLICK on it.Select "GO TO PROCESS"


STEP 3: Now you are in PROCESS PANE,with the required process highlighted .Just RIGHT CLICK on it and click on "set priority" and press "HIGH" in the sub menu appeared.


you are done here....


This will ensure the max CPU burst for the process ,you were aiming to have faster execution.

Sunday, December 19, 2010

FIX ACCIDENTLY CHANGED DEFAULT PROGRAM TO OPEN .EXE and OTHER FILES


SOMETIMES WE ACCIDENTLY CLICK ON OPEN WITH abc FOR ANY .EXE FILES THEN  IN THAT CASE ALL .EXE FILES JUST TRY TO GET RUN THROUGH abc PROGRAM BUT FAILs


When we use the Open With dialog to associate .exe files with another application, the settings are stored in the following registry key:


HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ FileExts \ .exe \ UserChoice


There is a value named Progid in the right pane. The Progid data contains the application's exe file name (Applications\Notepad.exe or a Programatic Identifier such as txtfile, etc).

Similarly for other files like ".123" , the settings will get stored at

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ FileExts \ .123 \ UserChoice

TO reach there just open cmd and type regedit ,press enter and follow the path specified above.

To fix the problem, you just need to delete the UserChoice key.


//NOTE: If you can't open "regedit", press CTRL+ALT+DEL keys and open "Task Manager". Now click on "File" menu and hold down the "CTRL" key and click on "New Task" menu. It'll open a Command Prompt window. Now provide regedit.exe command and press Enter. It'll open regedit without any problem.  or check last option of following article 
http://avinash-softtricks.blogspot.in/2012/12/different-ways-to-open-registry-editor.html //

Friday, December 10, 2010

Remove X-Rated Websites from Kids’ Reach/PARENTAL CONTROL

TO Remove X-Rated Websites from Kids’ Reach U

need to create an account for kids

1) Open “Control Panel”.

2) Go to “User Accounts and Family Safety” 

3)Click “”Add or Remove User Accounts” which will add a new account whose setting can be customized.

3) Go to bottom of the Windows and click “Create a New Account.”

4) Type a new account name and select “Standard Users.” 

5)Click “Create Account.”


Steps to set-up control


Firstly u need to open the set up wizard as:---

1.Click “Start” Button >> Open “Control Panel” >>

2. Click Open  “User Accounts and Family Safety” 

3.Click “Set Up Parental Controls for Any User” listed under it.

U can also set up max  use time limit according to different week days from here by clicking "Time limit" tab and selecting the hours there.
Similarly u can also control the games and programs also.

4.Browse to “Additional Controls” 

5.CLICK “Windows Live Family Control” from the drop-down menu that shall come. 

IF U DON'T SEE THIS DROP DOWN .

U NEED TO DOWNLOAD "Windows Live Family Safety” FROM MICROSOFT'S WEBSITE AND INSTALL IT.

6.Select Standard Accounts to monitor and under More Setting click “Windows Live”.

5.After selection the standard account to monitor, under more setting, click “Windows Live Family Safety” to change more advanced option that’ll block pornographic websites from Windows. Doing this will redirect you to Windows Live Website. 


By default, Windows block adult content but if you want to block some specific website you can add them under advance settings.

FOR ADDITIONAL SETTINGS

CLICK  “Web Filtering” for modifying the websites that are needed to be blocked.

U can also download additional filters from here..