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		<title>What is a rootkit in Windows?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The term rootkit or root kit originally referred to a maliciously modified set of administrative tools for a Unix-like operating system that granted root access. If an intruder could replace the standard administrative tools on a system with a rootkit, the modified tools would allow the intruder to maintain root access over the system while [...]<p>Post from:<br/><br/><a href="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/what-is-a-rootkit-in-windows/">What is a rootkit in Windows?</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The term rootkit or root kit originally referred to a maliciously modified set of administrative tools for a Unix-like operating system that granted root access. If an intruder could replace the standard administrative tools on a system with a rootkit, the modified tools would allow the intruder to maintain root access over the system while concealing these activities from the legitimate system administrator.</p>
<p>In Windows world, the term rootkit is also used to describe the mechanisms and techniques whereby malware, including viruses, spyware, and trojans, attempt to hide their presence from spyware blockers, antivirus, and system management utilities.</p>
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<p>A <a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897445.aspx" target="_blank">free rootkit revealer from Sysinternals</a> is a very lightweight tool that I use to scan for probable rootkit anomalies.  The tool doesn’t tell you if the anomalies are good or bad.  Some that are hidden from the Windows API are valid like ongoing file downloads.</p>
<p>You should examine all discrepancies and determine the likelihood that they indicate the presence of a rootkit. Unfortunately, there is no definitive way to determine, based on the output, if a rootkit is present, but you should examine all reported discrepancies to ensure that they are explainable.</p>
<p>If you determine that you have a rootkit installed, search the web for removal instructions. If you are unsure as to how to remove a rootkit you should reformat the system&#8217;s hard disk and reinstall Windows.</p>
<blockquote><p>Ben Carigtan shows you how it’s done.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Kopete – The KDE Messenger for Linux</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bcarigtan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While Ubuntu users have Pidgin as the default messenger app, Kopete is the default application for the KDE desktop of Mandriva Linux. This application supports Windows live messenger, Yahoo, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, Novell GroupWise and many more instant messenger services. It is designed to be a flexible multi protocol system to provide users with a single [...]<p>Post from:<br/><br/><a href="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/software-reviews/kopete-instant-messenger-client-for-linux/">Kopete &#8211; The KDE Messenger for Linux</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While Ubuntu users have Pidgin as the default messenger app, Kopete is the default application for the KDE desktop of Mandriva Linux. This application supports Windows live messenger, Yahoo, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, Novell GroupWise and many more instant messenger services. It is designed to be a flexible multi protocol system to provide users with a single application to access their instant messaging systems.</p>
<p>During first run, you will need to configure and set up Kopete. Select the instant messenger client you want to set up with Kopete then click next. Enter your account credentials with the instant messaging service you have selected and click next.</p>
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<p>In the next window check the connect now option and click finish to connect to the instant messaging service you have selected.</p>
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<p>After clicking finish, Kopete will run the KDE Wallet System. This stores and encrypts your passwords and other personal information’s. In the next window check yes add supply your password for KDE Wallet and click finish.</p>
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<p>After finishing the setup enter your password to your KDE wallet and Kopete will automatically log in to your instant messaging service.</p>
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<p>After successfully connecting to your instant messaging service, you can now start you chat conversation with your contacts.</p>
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<p>If you are using KDE and not Gnome, Kopete is the better choice than Pidgin.  It uses less memory under the KDE desktop environment.  If you want a native KDE app that can handle multiple messenger connections, this is a great program. My only problem with this program is that it currently don’t support microphone and audio/video conferences.</p>
<blockquote><p>Ben Carigtan shows you how it’s done.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Windows 7 – How to burn CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Windows 7 comes with it’s own Explorer integrated CD/DVD burner.  We have shown you before how to create DVD movies using Windows 7 movie maker, but this time we will look at it’s capability to burn generic files.  Creating data discs in Windows 7 is very intuitive.
Pop-in a blank DVD or CD and it will [...]<p>Post from:<br/><br/><a href="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/windows-7/windows-7-how-to-burn-cds-dvds-and-blu-ray-discs/">Windows 7 &#8211; How to burn CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Windows 7 comes with it’s own Explorer integrated CD/DVD burner.  We have shown you before <a href="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/windows-7/windows-7-dvd-maker-tutorial/">how to create DVD movies using Windows 7 movie maker</a>, but this time we will look at it’s capability to burn generic files.  Creating data discs in Windows 7 is very intuitive.</p>
<p>Pop-in a blank DVD or CD and it will automatically prompt you with the “burn a disc” window.  The default disc title appears as the current date and you will have two options to choose from – like a USB flash drive or with a CD/DVD player.</p>
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<p>The “<strong>like a USB flash drive</strong>” option is the live file system format and is often more convenient because you can copy selected files immediately and as often as you want, just like you can with a USB stick. Alternatively, Live File System discs can’t be used in all computers or in all CD, DVD, or Blu-ray Disc player.</p>
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<p>The “<strong>with a CD/DVD player</strong>” option is the master burning type which is more compatible with other computers and consumer electronic devices, such as CD players, DVD players, and Blu-ray Disc players. Choose which option is suitable for your need then click next.</p>
<p>To start adding files to the disc, drag the files and folders to the drive.  I usually watch the size of the files I am dragging to the disc to avoid “not enough space” problems during the actual burning process.  If your files are more than 700 MB and less than 4.7GB, get a blank DVD disc.  If you need to burn files more than 4.7Gb, you might need to get a Blu-ray disc which supports up to 50GB of total size.</p>
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<p>A balloon reminder will show that you have a bunch of files waiting to be burned to a disc.  Click this balloon or the disc drive to begin the burning process.</p>
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<p>Click the <strong>Burn to disc</strong> button to start burning.</p>
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<p>It will prompt for the disc title and recording speed – I usually set the recording speed to the lowest speed to ensure the maximum quality of the burned data.</p>
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<p>If your disc’s capacity is less than the total amount of space that you need to burn, delete a file or files to meet the capacity limit then click choose “try again to burn disc now”:</p>
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<p>It will then start to burn the disc.  Do not eject the disc or turn off your computer while this is ongoing, otherwise you will corrupt the burning process.  In my Samsung drive, it takes about 18 minutes to burn a DVD-R in 4X speed.</p>
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<p>I hope this guide helps you burn data discs easily in Windows 7.  It is not as robust as the commercial disc burning apps like Nero Burning ROM but for quick and basic disc burning, this does the job well.</p>
<blockquote><p>Ben Carigtan shows you how it’s done.</p></blockquote>
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		<description><![CDATA[Windows 7 has some cool new features like Aero Shake and Aero Peek. Aero Peek is a quick way to see what’s on your desktop by simply moving your mouse to the right edge of the taskbar.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Windows 7 has some cool new features like Aero Shake and Aero Peek. Aero Peek is a quick way to see what’s on your desktop by simply moving your mouse to the right edge of the taskbar.</p>
<p>You can also quickly bring up another program to the front by moving your mouse over the thumbnail preview in the taskbar. Aero Shake is a nifty feature that lets you shake a window and automatically have all other open windows minimized. Shake it again and all the windows come back.</p>
<p>Lastly Aero Snap lets you quickly resize windows by dragging them to the edges of your computer screen. Depending on where you drag it, you can make the window full screen, expand vertically, or appear side-by-side with another window.</p>
<p>If Aero is not working properly on your Windows 7 machine, you can use the Aero Troubleshooter to try and fix the problem.</p>
<p>First, click on the Start button and then type in <strong>aero</strong>. Now click on the <strong>Find and fix problems with transparency and other visual effects</strong> link.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/troubleshootaero.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="troubleshoot aero" src="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/troubleshootaero_thumb.png" border="0" alt="troubleshoot aero" width="409" height="148" /></a></p>
<p>A new wizard dialog will open. Make sure you click <strong>Advanced</strong> to fix any problems automatically.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/aerowindows7.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="aero windows 7" src="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/aerowindows7_thumb.png" border="0" alt="aero windows 7" width="329" height="317" /></a></p>
<p>Either the problem will be fixed or not. If not, you will get a list of items that are possible problems.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/windows7aero.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="windows 7 aero" src="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/windows7aero_thumb.png" border="0" alt="windows 7 aero" width="459" height="333" /></a></p>
<p>If you want to see more details about the problem, you can click on <strong>View detailed information</strong>. This will give you a list of potential issues that were checked and which ones are causing problems.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/aeronotworking.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="aero not working" src="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/aeronotworking_thumb.png" border="0" alt="aero not working" width="462" height="334" /></a></p>
<p>Note that in order to use Aero in Windows 7, you first have to complete the following requirements:</p>
<ol>
<li><span style="color: #3f3f3f;">Make sure that you are not using Windows Home Basic since Aero is not supported in Home Basic. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #3f3f3f;">You have to first rate your computer using Windows Experience Index. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #3f3f3f;">Either you have to have DirectX 9.0 or later installed or WDDM 1.0 or later installed. </span></li>
</ol>
<p>If your video card does not support Aero, then the troubleshooter will tell you. Enjoy!</p>
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		<title>Windows 7 Color Calibrate – How to Calibrate your Monitor</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Depending on what kind of monitor or screen you are using, you may have to calibrate your display to get the proper color settings. Calibrating is highly recommended even if you think everything looks wonderful.
You can calibrate your display in Windows 7 using the Display Color Calibration wizard. You can get to this by going [...]<p>Post from:<br/><br/><a href="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/windows-7/windows-7-color-calibrate-dispay/">Windows 7 Color Calibrate &#8211; How to Calibrate your Monitor</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Depending on what kind of monitor or screen you are using, you may have to calibrate your display to get the proper color settings. Calibrating is highly recommended even if you think everything looks wonderful.</p>
<p>You can calibrate your display in Windows 7 using the Display Color Calibration wizard. You can get to this by going to <strong>Control Panel</strong>, clicking on <strong>Appearance and Personalization</strong> and then clicking on the <strong>Display</strong> header. Then click <strong>Calibrate color</strong> in the left menu:</p>
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<p>You’ll get the wizard which will first tell you to reset your monitor to the default settings. You can set your display to the factory default settings by bringing up the on-screen menu and choosing reset to default.</p>
<p>If you can’t reset your monitor to default settings with one swipe, you might have to go through each setting and manually change them. Here is what you should change it to:</p>
<ul>
<li><span style="color: #3f3f3f;">Color Mode – sRGB</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #3f3f3f;">Color Temperature – D65 or 6500</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #3f3f3f;">Gamma – 2.2</span></li>
</ul>
<p>The first calibration test is to adjust the brightness of the monitor so that you can see how dark colors and shadows appear on the desktop:</p>
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<p>Note that you should be able to distinguish between the dark shirt and the suit while barely being able to see the X. After you are done, click Next.</p>
<p>Now you will adjust the contrast for the display in a similar manner. Note that you have to use the controls on the monitor to adjust these settings.</p>
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<p>Next you can adjust the red, green and blue color balance for your display. You will use these controls to remove any color that is cast from the gray bars.</p>
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<p>That’s it! Now you can click <strong>Previous calibration</strong> to quickly see what your display looked like before you used the tool. Click <strong>Current calibration</strong> to see the new display after the changes. This is an easy way to quickly see the difference between the two settings.</p>
<p>You can also turn on ClearType Tuner to make sure the fonts appear clean and sharp. You can read my previous post on how to <a href="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/windows-7/windows-7-font-rendering-smoothing/" target="_blank">adjust font rendering in Windows 7</a>. After that, just click Finish to save your changes. Enjoy!</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Windows 7, you now have some cool options for backing up and restoring your computer. I’ve previously written about backing up your computer using the built-in backup tool in Windows XP, but the new version is way better.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With Windows 7, you now have some cool options for backing up and restoring your computer. I’ve previously written about <a href="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/windows-xp/tips-for-backing-up-your-computer-system-and-data-files-using-the-windows-backup-utility/" target="_blank">backing up your computer using the built-in backup tool in Windows XP</a>, but the new version is way better.</p>
<p>In Windows 7, when you perform a backup of your computer, the backup software will create a virtual hard disk file (VHD). If you have used Virtual PC 2007 before, you’ll know what I’m talking about.</p>
<p>You can also read my previous post on how to <a href="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/free-software-downloads/convert-pc-into-virtual-machine/" target="_blank">convert your PC into a virtual machine</a> easily. Once you have a VHD file of your PC, you can load it up in Windows 7 and access the data just as if it was another drive on your computer.</p>
<p>Note that you can also use that VHD file to restore your entire computer to a previous state, but what if you just need some files or folders from a backup? Mounting a VHD backup in Windows 7 makes it really easy to copy data back and forth from the virtual machine.</p>
<p>To mount a VHD in Windows 7, you have to open <strong>Computer Management</strong> by clicking on Start and typing in <strong>compmgmt.msc</strong> in the search box. You can also go to Control Panel, then System and Security, then click on Administrative Tools and then click on Computer Management.</p>
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<p>Now click on Disk Management on the left hand menu and wait for the list of drives and partitions to show up. Next, right-click on Disk Management and choose <strong>Attach VHD</strong>.</p>
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<p>In the dialog box, go ahead and click <strong>Browse</strong> and navigate to the location of the VHD file that you want to mount. Then click OK.</p>
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<p>Once it has finished mounting, you will see it display as another Basic disk that is colored a light blue. At anytime, you can right-click on that disk and choose Detach VHD to un-mount the machine.</p>
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<p>That’s pretty much it! It’s really easy and works very well in Windows 7! If you created a virtual machine (VHD) file from another program like Virtual PC or something else, it will mount in Windows 7. Enjoy!</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it hard to read the text on your new Windows 7 machine? Is all the text looking a little fuzzy and giving you a headache? If you have any of these issues, you may have to calibrate your display for rendering text.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is it hard to read the text on your new Windows 7 machine? Is all the text looking a little fuzzy and giving you a headache? If you have any of these issues, you may have to calibrate your display for rendering text.</p>
<p>By default, Windows 7 enables ClearType, which is software technology that is supposed to help improve the readability of text on LCDs and flat panel monitors.</p>
<p>To tune or adjust the way fonts render on Windows 7, click on the Start orb, then type in <strong>cttune.exe</strong>. This is the ClearType Text Tuner.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/windows7fontrendering.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="windows 7 font rendering" src="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/windows7fontrendering_thumb.png" border="0" alt="windows 7 font rendering" width="319" height="557" /></a></p>
<p>You’ll first be asked whether you or not want to keep ClearType enabled or not. Here is what the different looks like with ClearType on and off.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/windows7cleartype.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="windows 7 cleartype" src="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/windows7cleartype_thumb.png" border="0" alt="windows 7 cleartype" width="520" height="93" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/windows7fontsmoothing.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="windows 7 font smoothing" src="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/windows7fontsmoothing_thumb.png" border="0" alt="windows 7 font smoothing" width="520" height="95" /></a></p>
<p>Can you tell which one is using ClearType? The above paragraph has ClearType turned on and the lower paragraph has it turned off. As you can see, the bottom paragraph looks a bit more fuzzy.</p>
<p>You can uncheck ClearType, however, if you do not want any kind of font smoothing. When you click Next, you’ll walk through four screen with several versions of the same text.</p>
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<p>You are supposed to choose the text sample that looks the best to you. Keep clicking next and choosing the best looking text from all the different samples. This should definitely help make text on Windows 7 look much better and to your liking.</p>
<p>Note that if the text is still looking fuzzy or stretched, you may have to adjust the your monitor resolution. You can change the resolution in Windows 7 by going to the Control Panel and clicking on <strong>Appearance and Personalization</strong>.</p>
<p>Then click on the <strong>Adjust screen resolution</strong> link below the <strong>Display</strong> heading:</p>
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<p>Now choose a different resolution from the drop down menu. When you choose a new resolution, click the Apply button afterwards instead of OK. The screen will switch to the new resolution for a few seconds and then ask you if you want to leave it at that or change it back.</p>
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<p>If you are still having problems with text display properly in Widows 7, leave a comment here and I will try to help!</p>
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		<title>Cannot Access Your DVD Drive After Installing Windows 7?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So you just installed Windows 7 on your home computer and are happily going about enjoying the new operating system until you suddenly find out you are no longer able to access the DVD drive!
Unfortunately, there are certain DVD drives that have issues with Windows 7. The DVD drives will stop functioning altogether. Luckily, there [...]<p>Post from:<br/><br/><a href="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/windows-7/cannot-access-your-dvd-drive-after-installing-windows-7/">Cannot Access Your DVD Drive After Installing Windows 7?</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So you just installed Windows 7 on your home computer and are happily going about enjoying the new operating system until you suddenly find out you are no longer able to access the DVD drive!</p>
<p>Unfortunately, there are certain DVD drives that have issues with Windows 7. The DVD drives will stop functioning altogether. Luckily, there are a few ways to fix the problem so that you can continue using the same DVD drive with Windows 7.</p>
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<p>A couple of the models that are known to be effected include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Sony BC-5100S DVD</li>
<li>Sony BC-5600S DVD</li>
<li>TSST TS-L633B DVD+/-RW</li>
</ul>
<p>If you are having this issue, you can do two things to try and fix it.</p>
<h4>Method 1 – Update the firmware</h4>
<p>The easiest fix for this problem is to try and upgrade the firmware for the DVD drive. Get the model # for the drive and then go to the manufacturer&#8217;s website and download the latest firmware.</p>
<h4>Method 2 – Disable Adaptive Link Power Management</h4>
<p>Windows 7 has this new features called ALPM (Adaptive Link Power Management) that basically puts hardware to sleep after 100 ms of idle time so that less power is used.</p>
<p>It’s a really great power-savings feature, however, it does not work well with some devices, including DVD and CD drives.</p>
<p>In order to get the drive to work, you have to disable ALPM. You can do this by opening a command prompt (Start, Run, CMD) and typing in the following commands:</p>
<ul>
<li>powercfg.exe -setacvalueindex 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c 0012ee47-9041-4b5d-9b77-535fba8b1442 DAB60367-53FE-4fbc-825E-521D069D2456 0</li>
<li>powercfg.exe -setdcvalueindex 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c 0012ee47-9041-4b5d-9b77-535fba8b1442 DAB60367-53FE-4fbc-825E-521D069D2456 0</li>
<li>powercfg.exe -setacvalueindex 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e 0012ee47-9041-4b5d-9b77-535fba8b1442 DAB60367-53FE-4fbc-825E-521D069D2456 0</li>
<li>powercfg.exe -setdcvalueindex 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e 0012ee47-9041-4b5d-9b77-535fba8b1442 DAB60367-53FE-4fbc-825E-521D069D2456 0</li>
<li>powercfg.exe -setacvalueindex a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a 0012ee47-9041-4b5d-9b77-535fba8b1442 DAB60367-53FE-4fbc-825E-521D069D2456 0</li>
<li>powercfg.exe -setdcvalueindex a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a 0012ee47-9041-4b5d-9b77-535fba8b1442 DAB60367-53FE-4fbc-825E-521D069D2456 0</li>
</ul>
<p>Make sure you press Enter after each command. Not the prettiest solution out there, but it’ll get your drive back up and running! Enjoy!</p>
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		<title>Use Problem Steps Recorder to get Tech Support for Windows 7</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>akishore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One really cool new feature of Windows 7 is the Problem Steps Recorder app. Basically, it’s a built-in tool that lets you record screenshots of your desktop along with details and descriptions of all actions that you performed.
These recordings are then saved as archived web pages (.mht) files that you can then send to Microsoft [...]<p>Post from:<br/><br/><a href="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/windows-7/windows-7-problem-steps-recorder-tutorial/">Use Problem Steps Recorder to get Tech Support for Windows 7</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One really cool new feature of Windows 7 is the Problem Steps Recorder app. Basically, it’s a built-in tool that lets you record screenshots of your desktop along with details and descriptions of all actions that you performed.</p>
<p>These recordings are then saved as archived web pages (.mht) files that you can then send to Microsoft or your friends for technical support. It’s really a very convenient way to quickly show someone the problem you are having with your Windows 7 machine.</p>
<p>To use<strong> Problem Steps Recorder</strong>, click on Start and type in<strong> psr.exe</strong> in the search box. Then click on psr.exe in the Programs lists.</p>
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<p>To start a new recording, simply click on the <strong>Start Record</strong> button. From now until you click Stop Record, all of the items that you click on will be recorded. The program will automatically add detailed descriptions of exactly what you are doing, but you can click <strong>Add Comment</strong> to add your own comments also.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/recordscreenwindows7.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="record screen windows 7" src="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/recordscreenwindows7_thumb.png" border="0" alt="record screen windows 7" width="444" height="70" /></a></p>
<p>After you click Stop Record, you’ll be asked to save your file as a zip file. To view the file, extract the zip file and you should see one folder with one file in it called Problem_date_number.mht.</p>
<p>Double-click on it and it will open the file in Internet Explorer. You can now see screenshots of all your clicks. Note that the program takes a screenshot of the entire desktop, but highlights in green the section you clicked on.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/problemstepsrecorder5.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="problem steps recorder[5]" src="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/problemstepsrecorder5_thumb.png" border="0" alt="problem steps recorder[5]" width="524" height="429" /></a></p>
<p>Also, note that anything you type will not be recorded, so if what you are typing is important to recreating the problem, then you can simply use the Add Comment option.</p>
<p>Overall, it’s a pretty cool feature and one that makes troubleshooting Windows 7 problems a lot easier than Windows XP and Vista. Enjoy!</p>
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		<title>Windows 7 – Share Internet connection with other computers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have recently purchased a new laptop with Windows 7 installed, you’ll be happy to know that you can convert your machine into a mobile WiFi Hotspot! Using some cool free software, you can take any Internet connection and share it wirelessly!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you have recently purchased a new laptop with Windows 7 installed, you’ll be happy to know that you can convert your machine into a mobile WiFi Hotspot! Using some cool free software, you can take any Internet connection and share it wirelessly!</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://connectify.me/" target="_blank">Connectify</a> is the name of the app and it’s currently in beta testing, though you can download and use it.</p>
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<p>What’s neat about this application is that it actually created a full-fledged WiFi Access Point on your Windows 7 machine, not just an ad hoc type of network.</p>
<p>Also, the software-based wireless router uses WPA2-Personal (AES) encryption, so your security namely depends on the passphrase that you decide to choose when setting up the new wireless network.</p>
<p>Basically, after you install it, you should see a new Connectify icon running in the Notification area. If not, you can click on the up arrow and then drag the Connectify icon to the main notification area.</p>
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<p>Click on the icon and choose the Internet connection you would like to share. It can be a wireless or wired connection. Then you choose a name for your new network and choose a strong password.</p>
<p>In order for other people to connect, they will need to know the passphrase. This is exactly how a normal wireless router works also.</p>
<p>Next, you press the Internet Sharing button to turn your wireless network on and viola! Now anyone or any device with a wireless card can join the wireless network!</p>
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<p>Overall it’s a really simple application to use, but it also very useful, especially if you are stuck somewhere that only has a wired connection and you have several people who need to connect.</p>
<p>Connectify only runs on Windows 7, but any computer running Windows XP or Vista can connect to the newly created wireless network. Enjoy!</p>
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		<title>How to Setup Dual Monitors in Windows 7</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>akishore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Windows 7 has some neat little enhancements, one of them being how it lets you handle dual monitors. If you’re adding a second monitor to your Windows 7 home or office PC, which is a very good idea, it’s a breeze to configure.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Windows 7 has some neat little enhancements, one of them being how it lets you handle dual monitors. If you’re adding a second monitor to your Windows 7 home or office PC, which is a very good idea, it’s a breeze to configure.</p>
<p>There are actually two ways you can currently setup multiple monitors in Windows 7, either by using a keyboard shortcut or via the traditional system properties.</p>
<p>I really like the first method since it’s new and is way easier than having to go into the Control Panel or anything else.</p>
<p>Simply press the Windows key and P (Windows + P) to bring up a quick menu of options.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dualmonitorswindows7.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="dual monitors windows 7" src="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dualmonitorswindows7_thumb.png" border="0" alt="dual monitors windows 7" width="520" height="101" /></a></p>
<p>Pretty neat! You can pick to show only the computer, make the second monitor a duplicate of the first, extend the desktop to the second monitor or turn off the first monitor and activate the second.</p>
<p>The second way is to right-click on the desktop and choose <strong>Screen resolution</strong>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/multiplemonitorswindows7.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="multiple monitors windows 7" src="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/multiplemonitorswindows7_thumb.png" border="0" alt="multiple monitors windows 7" width="246" height="256" /></a></p>
<p>Now you’ll see the familiar 1 and 2 to distinguish which monitor is which. There are several options and under Multiple Displays, you can choose from the same options as when you pressed Win + P.</p>
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<p>That’s it! You can also change the orientation of the displays and change the resolution of each display. It’s pretty straight-forward in Windows 7 and a lot easier! Enjoy!</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Windows 7, the system tray is now called the Notification Area, which is just a fancy term for all those little icons at the bottom right of your taskbar. Just like you could customize the system tray in Windows XP, you can also customize the notification area in Windows 7.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In Windows 7, the system tray is now called the Notification Area, which is just a fancy term for all those little icons at the bottom right of your taskbar. Just like you could customize the system tray in Windows XP, you can also customize the notification area in Windows 7.</p>
<p>There are two ways you can manage the notification area: either by dragging and dropping icons or by using the Control Panel settings.</p>
<p>What I like about Windows 7 is that it’s super easy to control which icons show in the notification area and which ones are hidden. By hidden, I mean that you have to first click on the small up arrow to see the hidden icons.</p>
<p>To show an icon in your system tray, click on the up arrow and then drag the icon you want into the notification area.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/windows7notificationarea.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="windows 7 notification area" src="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/windows7notificationarea_thumb.png" border="0" alt="windows 7 notification area" width="203" height="226" /></a></p>
<p>If you want to hide an icon, just drag the icon from the notification area and drop it anywhere off of the taskbar.</p>
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<p>The second way to manage icons in the notification area is to click on the up arrow, then click on <strong>Customize</strong>. This will open the Notification Area Icons control panel item:</p>
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<p>Here you can go through each icon and pick whether you want to see the icon and notifications, see only the notifications, or hide both the icon and any notifications that might come with it.</p>
<p>You can also click the <strong>Turn system icons on or off i</strong>f you want to hide the Clock, Volume, or Network icons.</p>
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<p>Finally, if you check the <strong>Always show all icons and notifications on the taskbar</strong>, then nothing will ever be hidden and all icons will show no matter how wide they become.</p>
<p>If all your icons are messed up or too many things changed and you just want to go back to the defaults, click on the<strong> Restore default icon behaviors</strong> link.</p>
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<p>That’s pretty much all the features of the notification area in Windows 7! If you have a question, post it in the comments! Enjoy!</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>akishore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent issue I’ve seen on a few Windows 7 machines has been the display turning off after only 15 minutes, even though I set the Turn off the Display option to Never. Weird!
This usually occurs with a new install of Windows 7 and will result in your computer screen turning off after 15 minutes [...]<p>Post from:<br/><br/><a href="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/windows-7/does-your-windows-7-computer-display-turn-off-every-15-minutes/">Does your Windows 7 computer display turn off every 15 minutes?</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A recent issue I’ve seen on a few Windows 7 machines has been the display turning off after only 15 minutes, even though I set the <strong>Turn off the Display</strong> option to <strong>Never</strong>. Weird!</p>
<p>This usually occurs with a new install of Windows 7 and will result in your computer screen turning off after 15 minutes of idle time. This can occur for one of two reasons: either it’s the first time you started Windows 7 or because the WinSAT score has not been calculated yet.</p>
<p>WinSAT stands for Windows System Assessment Tool is used to calculate the Windows Experience Index (WEI). For some reason Windows continues to count the idle time even if you change the active power plan.</p>
<p>You can fix this problem by resetting the <strong>Turn off the display</strong> option. Here’s how you do it.</p>
<p>Click on <strong>Start</strong>, then <strong>Control Panel</strong> and then <strong>Hardware and Sound</strong>, and then click on <strong>Power Options</strong>.</p>
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<p>In the left-hand side, click on <strong>Choose when to turn off the display</strong>.</p>
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<p>In the<strong> Edit Plan Settings</strong> dialog box, change the<strong> Turn off the display</strong> option to <strong>Never</strong>.</p>
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<p>That should now reset your display setting and prevent Windows 7 from turning off your computer display every 15 minutes! Enjoy!</p>
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		<title>The Network and Sharing Center in Windows 7</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bcarigtan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Windows 7 offers a very user friendly interface to connect computers to the network.  If you’ve previously set up a home network using computers running Windows XP or Windows Vista, you’ll find that setting up a network with a mix of computers running Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 is similar.

By far, the easiest [...]<p>Post from:<br/><br/><a href="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/windows-7/network-and-sharing-center-windows-7-overview/">The Network and Sharing Center in Windows 7</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Windows 7 offers a very user friendly interface to connect computers to the network.  If you’ve previously set up a home network using computers running Windows XP or Windows Vista, you’ll find that setting up a network with a mix of computers running Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 is similar.</p>
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<p>By far, the easiest way to set up file and printer sharing on a home network is to create a homegroup. A homegroup links computers on your network so that you can share pictures, music, videos, documents, and printers. You can help protect a homegroup with a password, and you&#8217;ll always be able to choose what you share with the group. If all of the computers that you want to network are running Windows 7, creating a homegroup is the recommended method.</p>
<p>HomeGroup is available in all editions of Windows 7. In Windows 7 Starter and Windows 7 Home Basic, you can join a homegroup, but you can’t create one.</p>
<p>Sometimes you would want to see who is currently connected to your network. To do that, open the Network Map under Control Panel and you will see all the computers connected to your network.  In the example below there are 2 computers connected to my router, which connects to the Internet.</p>
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<p>If you put your mouse over the computer, you will see more details like the computer name, IP address and the MAC address.</p>
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<p>Besides the network map, you could also access more advanced network and sharing settings by clicking the advanced sharing settings.</p>
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<p>With this panel, you can turn on/off network discovery, file and printer sharing, public folder sharing, media streaming and other settings.  I like this panel a lot because it lets me administer the settings without having to grapple with separate windows and/or registry entry hacks.</p>
<blockquote><p>Ben Carigtan shows you how it’s done.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>K3B – Free CD/DVD burning tool for KDE Linux</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[K3B is the official CD/DVD authoring tool for Linux KDE desktop. It allows you to create, burn, copy, CD’s and DVD’s. Create audio CD/DVD, Data discs perform disc-to-disc copies, it also includes a DVD ripping function.

To burn audio CD’s using K3B follow these simple steps. Click on the new audio CD project icon in the welcome [...]<p>Post from:<br/><br/><a href="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/free-software-downloads/k3b-free-cddvd-burning-tool-for-kde-linux/">K3B &#8211; Free CD/DVD burning tool for KDE Linux</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>K3B is the official CD/DVD authoring tool for Linux KDE desktop. It allows you to create, burn, copy, CD’s and DVD’s. Create audio CD/DVD, Data discs perform disc-to-disc copies, it also includes a DVD ripping function.</p>
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<p>To burn audio CD’s using K3B follow these simple steps. Click on the new audio CD project icon in the welcome screen of K3B.</p>
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<p>Locate your music files using the K3B window browser then drag and drop the music files you want to burn in the current project window. Please take note that mp3 file is not supported by default. You need to install plug-in for mp3 to be able to burn them using K3B.</p>
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<p>After you have completed adding your files, click he burn button to finalize you audio project start the burning process.</p>
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<p>After completing the burning process your CD will eject and you should be able to see a message, Writing successfully completed</p>
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<p>To create a data CD or DVD select new data project from the welcome window of K3B. Browse for the data file you want to burn then drag and drop the files in the current projects window then click burn.</p>
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<p>To copy a disc select the copy CD option in the welcome window of K3B. Configure your CD copying procedure the next window and click start after you finish your configurations and settings.</p>
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<p>Other functions are available by clicking the Further actions button. Other functions included are VCD and DVD project, Multisession project, CD/DVD eVomix project, Image file burning, CD/DVD erase and formatting, and audio/video CD/DVD ripping function.</p>
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<p>From above we can see that it doesn’t support bootable disc burning, although it supports a wide array of burning projects.  It allows over-burning which is essential if you downloaded AVI movies that exceed the 700Mb size.  With drag and drop capability and support for multiple types of projects it rivals the commercial burning tools like Nero.  Compared with the burning tool in Windows Explorer, K3B has the upper hand as it has more features and it’s free.</p>
<blockquote><p>Ben Carigtan shows you how it’s done!</p></blockquote>
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