Software For Smart

Windows XP and Virus Problem - Solved!

2011-08-19T20:50:00.013+05:30

Here it is!
- Aug 19th, 2011

Brief history:
I installed Windows XP OS long time back (OS is operating system, that on which all our programs like Windows Word, Power point, Excel, etc. or your favorite notepad, etc., or on which the Internet Explorer thru which u browse internet,etc. exists) I remember, got virus on Windows XP, and the computer reboots (restarts) as soon as I login (enter user name, and password), with-in a minute of time. This loop continued of I try to login, then I get a message saying, computer is going to restart in 1 minute, forever.

That was long ago.
I was novice that time, could not make out what it was exactly
suffered a lot. :-)

Right now:
I am a advanced user, I shud be able to do all things myself.
So, soon i tried my on old system (computer), installing the same Windows XP.
By this time, Windows XP (the original released one, also called as RTM), has 3 service packs (SP1, SP2, SP3), actually SP1 is called as SP1a, and SP1a is almost identical to SP2, for our context, lets say, they both are same.
By the way, a service pack is a collection of patches (similar to cloth patch that some occasionally make for a pant or shirt) that are released over a year by the creator of Windows XP, i.e; The Microsoft Company, into one single .exe that you can install at once (instead of all the patches one-by-one, wasting your precious time). By the way, each patch covers a hole in OS (i.e; Windows XP here) thru which the virus comes in from the INTERNET or some other external media like USB/PenDrive/Floppy/CD/DVD,etc.

Fine. :-)

What is the summary?

Microsoft company released, Windows XP OS & related, in the below order:

1. Windows XP RTM
2. SP1a
3. SP2 (mostly same as SP1a)
4. SP3

Ok, since u have a Windows XP on your system, you would have a CD thru which you can install the Windows XP again.

Assuming you have CD that contains Windows XP, lets continue.

Important things to do before going ahead with below:
1. Take a print of this page/ or write down the whole/important parts that you would require)
2. If key is written on Windows XP CD, write it down on a paper.
The key contains alphabets and number combinations
If you don't have the key, it will be inside the CD too.
3. If you are connected to INTERNET, with a wire connection, unplug (remove) the cable

Windows XP installation
So, you have Windows XP OS on CD, you put it in the CD drive (hardware, i.e, physical one that you can touch, insert a CD into, press the "triangle facing upward" button the CD drive will open, place the CD inside it so that the writings on the CD face upward, again press the same "triangle facing upward" button, so that it closes back)

If its already restarting by itself, then nothing to do
Else restart you system, by pressing "Start" button on ur screen, the click on "Turn Off Computer", then click on "Restart" button (WAIT! if you are reading this, take a print, or write down, then do the above)

While you restart computer
You will be asked to press DEL key to go to CMOS screen (or something), goto "Advanced Peripherals", then select the "FIRST BOOT" as "CD Drive" (instead of Floppy or something that you already have), follow the screen instructions, possibly instructions are written on the bottom of the screen, for me, it was "Page Up" and "Page Down" keys (on keyboard) to change the above setting.
Ok, once done, press Escape key (on keyboard) to go back to main screen, and then using arrow keys (on keyboard), select "Save And Exit" (or something similar) and press Y to exit, the computer will restart and, this time, it boots from CD (not the hard disk, where the Virus is there)

You will asked/given number of options to select
do you want to install on which drive, to format the drive, etc. - select as you require - or press next where possible - make sure you install a "fresh" copy instead of "repair" (Windows XP has so many viruses that we cant imagine)

Installation takes some 30 minutes time
The computer will restart multiple times

Then you will be asked:
1. Network settings
give "automatic"
or, if you have a DNS and other settings give them
2. Users
if you are asked users of the computer
give your name (ex: User1 account) & some other user name (ex: User2 account)

Once all done, you will be shown User1 and User2, to login, for now there wont be any password, so enter into User2

After you login to User2, goto below path:
Start > Control Panel > User Accounts
1. Click on "Home" button, click on User1
2. click on "Change User Type", select the "Limited" (instead of Administrator), click OK
3. Click on set password, give a password (ex: Password1)
Repeat the above steps 1 and 3 (not 2), and set password for User2 (ex: Password2)

Now log-off from User2
Start > Log Off

Enter into User1 (with password given, Password1 in my case)
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What did we achieve till here?
Answer:
We logged in as a Limited User, not Administrator User -- this does the trick, Virus now cannot do any thing to ur computer
Side effect:
As you are Limited User (with less rights on the computer) you cannot install any software, but that is not a problem, what you need is to Right Click on install file (.exe/.msi) that you want to install, and click on "Run As", give credentials of User2 (who is administrator, i.e; the one who has full rights), installation is always one time only (unless something goes wrong later), and later, to the run the installed program, you can directly double-click on the icons on your desktop, etc.

Ok

>> Download Windows XP SP2 from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28

when prompted for "Save", always save in D:\ or E:\, else save on C:\ (you cannot save on CD drive)

And

>> Download Windows XP SP3 from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=24

Now

>> Install the above downloaded "Windows XP SP2" (with "Run As" option mentioned above)
then, similarly
>> Install "Windows XP SP3"

Each of the above installation may take 1/2 to a full 1 hour of time, depending on your computer speed (CPU) and memory (RAM), and for both you will be prompted for restart, and promptly do so.
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Ok
Till now, what did we achieve?
We installed Windows XP, then SP1, then SP2

Now,
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>> Download "Internet Explorer 8" for "Windows XP" from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=43

>> Install the "Internet Explorer 8"

this is the program thru which u can browse (that is supported for Windows XP)
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>> Download "Avast" Anti Virus from here, click here.

>> Install "Avast" Anti Virus

Ok, if you have experienced the Virus, u know what it is
if you dint, it shows you horror film (in which you are a victim), everyday.
So, Anti Virus, is the one who will rescue you, and give a peaceful life.
So, install the above.

If the Avast asks for registration, then its simple, give details as asked, your email id, etc. - you wont be asked again for registration until next year (then u can re-register with the same email)
Also, don't worry about virus anymore, the Avast Anti Virus updates (also called as VPS) itself daily as you connect to INTERNET and saves you.
If you don't have internet, then you can install Avast Anti Virus updates (VPS) manually, by downloading them from here: http://www.avast.com/download-update

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Almost we are at the end of this horror essay :-)
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From the next time onwards, you always enter the computer, with Limited user only (User1) --- only if you need to install anything user the "RunAs" method above with User2 (who is Administrator, i.e; who has rights to do anything)

As you are logging in as User1, a Limited user, you are safe for ever (atleast we can say so for as of today, unless something very intelligent happens, that AntiVirus cannot find, i.e; it happens when your antivirus database (VPS) is out-of-date, i.e; you didn't connect to INTERNET for a number of days, and you dint install it manually)

Thats it!

You can launch the Internet Explorer
Browse Internet
Go on with life...
At peace!

Your Virus Problem - Solved!

Best of luck!

Feel free to comment
(my hand is paining, as I typed this entry, so long!)

Check your emails thru Windows Live Mail 2011 email client

2011-04-08T10:49:00.010+05:30

Intro:
An email client is a program that pulls all the emails to ur desktop, so no more browser required, very swift and user-friendly

Actual:
With the below simple 4 steps, you can add/check your Hotmail/Live/Gmail and other (i guess, not yahoo) emails thru Windows Live Mail 2011, an email client, its really productive & time saving:

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Download the Windows Live Mail 2011 email client from below link:
http://explore.live.com/windows-live-mail

Download Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate (IE9 RC) - Offline Installer - Windows 7/ Windows Vista/ Windows Server 2008

2011-02-11T09:41:00.003+05:30

Internet Explorer 9 - Release Candidate (IE9 RC)

offline installers (once downloaded you won’t need Internet connection while installing or reinstalling IE9)

for…

Windows Vista/Windows Server 2008 (32-bit)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/C/1/7/C1754A31-1B2B-44F6-A51F-E7B2BB2E750E/IE9-WindowsVista-x86-enu.exe

Windows Vista/Windows Server 2008 (64-bit)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/7/7/377E5AD2-756A-4FFF-982F-78D5B411EC74/IE9-WindowsVista-x64-enu.exe

Windows 7 (32-bit)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/A/5/2A50895F-4BF1-4A68-837B-506AE8301E9D/IE9-Windows7-x86-enu.exe

Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/C/1/5/C154F0CF-4BC8-454D-A4E8-314682963937/IE9-Windows7-x64-enu.exe

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previously, Internet Explorer 9 (IE 9) it was in Beta testing
now it is in Release Candidate, which is almost final version

from this what we can gain is…
we can use a stable version of HTML 5, next major revision of the HTML standard, some parts of which are still in draft stage by W3C group
that means, good to start learning HTML 5, as it wud be future of web, which has canvas, audio, video, etc. so shud be replacing Silverlight/Flash programming in about 5 yrs as soon as HTML 5 spec becomes a Candidate Recommendation stage during 2012, and other browsers than IE 9 too support HTML5, which is most likely due to browser wars

Buying a 3G phone? - Buy a HSPA 3G mobile phone/datacard (instead of W-CDMA 3G mobile phone/datacard)

2011-02-08T14:51:00.003+05:30

If you are buying a 3G phone/datacard
Buy a HSPA 3G phone/datacard which is very fast (not W-CDMA 3G phone/datacard, which will be very slow)

Some of the HSPA mobile phones are listed below:
http://www.vodafone.in/3g/pages/hspa_handsets.aspx

Exact speeds & more details are mentioned here:

http://softwareforsmart.blogspot.com/2011/02/3g.html

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3G

2011-02-08T14:33:00.005+05:30

3G (3rd Generation of cellular wireless standards)
3G is all about fast internet speed
3G system must allow simultaneous use of speech and data services, and should provide peak data rates of at least 200 kbit/s, according to the IMT-2000 specification

3G Standards
> UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) standardized by 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) which specifies standards for 3G technology based on evolved Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) specifications
> CDMA2000 system standardized by 3GPP2 (3rd Generation Partnership Project 2) which specifies standards for 3G technology based on IS-95 (CDMA), commonly known as CDMA2000.

3 G phone (3GPP family) types Downlink data rates Uplink data rates
3G W-CDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) 384 kbps 384 kbps
3G HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) (3.5G, 3G+, turbo 3G, enhanced 3G) (3GPP Release 5) 0.9 Mbit/s to 14.4 Mbit/s 0.73 Mbit/s to 5.76 Mbit/s
Evolved HSPA (aka. HSPA+) (3GPP Release 7) 17.6 Mbit/s to 42.2 Mbit/s 11.5 Mbit/s
Dual-Cell HSDPA (3GPP Release 8) 23.4 Mbit/s to 42.2 Mbit/s 11.5 Mbit/s
DC-HSDPA w/MIMO (3GPP Release 9) 46.7 Mbit/s to 84.4 Mbit/s 23 Mbit/s

Buy a HSPA 3G phone/datacard (instead of W-CDMA 3G phone/datacard)...

3G providers in INDIA:
BSNL, MTNL, Tata Docomo, Reliance Communications, Bharti Airtel

3G providers already/to come in this 2011:
Vodafone, Idea and Aircel

Nokia 5233 has no 3G
http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_5233-3390.php

Nokia 5230 has 3G (HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps)
http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_5230-2909.php

Very Happy New Year - & - Don't go out-of-luck

2010-12-31T14:19:00.011+05:30

‘m alive :) - got busy in trying to read C++ & STL, wil send links to good ones later

Wish you a Very Happy New Year

No images in this blog post - less bloating! :P

IF you thought, I had some good posts for your here, this year…
THEN ...

Here is a small extract from a very-good film, that I would want you to read today! :), yes mandatory :)

Film: The Matador - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matador - (Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis, Philip Baker Hall)

Julian (Pierce Brosnan, the James Bond 007 guy), a hitman, who kills for living?, etc.
Danny, a luckless-salesman, who looses his son in an accident? & is mostly jobless?, etc.

Julian & Danny become friends at a bar

Later, one night, Danny asks Julian, a favour to kill Danny's competitor so that his job becomes secure or something, to which Julian tells the below to the luckless-Danny:

--- not exact words - take the intent ---
... "You are tired working all whole day, and actually, all the luck in the world is with you right now, and your entire life you think that you are not lucky, belive me, you dont want me to do what you asked for, though others would have done so, because once I kill your competitor, you would become out-of-luck, and each day later you will curse yourself why you did that, that day, your entire life" ...
--- not exact words - take the intent ---

In simple, dont go out-of-luck... just because this is last-day of this year, or whatever, or whenever later in the new year – & don’t forget the story - dont go out-of-luck :)

ELSE

...
:) – – u shud have posted comments to me already by now – oh! watever.. - :):):)

END IF

good day!!!

Microsoft Office for Rs.3000, for 3 Home PCs

2010-11-15T18:43:00.004+05:30

This offer is as-on 15th Nov 2010.

MS Office has reduced its personal/home version to Rs. 2,999, can be installed/used on for 3 Home PCS – possibly 3 friends can buy one office, and use the same key, and register once with their own email ids, and use the sw forever (?) or until MS Office 2010 is supported for any security patches

Source: http://www.microsoftstore.co.in/microsoft/744/product/Office-Home-and-Student-2010.aspx

For a free MS office software alternatives, check below:
http://softwareforsmart.blogspot.com/2010/10/free-ms-office.html

Cheapest Internet

2010-11-11T16:40:00.000+05:30

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Details as of 1st Nov 2010 < This link might be updated periodically later again >

Mobile Internet (GPRS/2G/EDGE) (prepaid) is..

cheapest at:

Airtel &
Aircel

For example, at the above airtel link, u can see below recharge options:

Charge / Usage / Validity Time
24 Rs / 200 MB / 5 days
25 Rs / 25 MB / 30 days
28 Rs / 15 MB / 7 days (Post Free Usage: 30paise / 50KB from main account)
51 Rs / ?? MB / 15 days
98 Rs / 2 G.B / 30 days (better option)
250 Rs / 8 G.B / 90 days (best option)

For example:
> I use max of 200-300MB in general, all Software downloads, Windows updates, anti-virus updates, daily browsing, text & picture downloads (not a lot of video browsing), etc. Also it is almost impossible to use up all the 2 GB in 30 days, for the speed is low in day time
> In 98 Rs plan, u don't really need to care download-usage
> In 250 Rs plan, u don't really need to care download-usage/validity time for next recharge
> Don't recharge too less MB, because you may run out of it, and u will be charged very high (??? but yes, like bill could come to 600 Rs :) as i have seen for one of my friend)

TATA docomo has not so good plans
BSNL site has no 2G plans at all (just 1p / 10kb) (site is not updated since ages, shows even cheaper however its wrong, called customer care and checked
Tataindicom is no cheap (10p / 10kb)

Browsing:
You can browse Internet thru:
> Mobile
OR
> Computer/PC/Laptop - by connecting your mobile, in a USB port (it's a small hardware/small opening on the PC/Laptop, its almost always present) of your computer (sure about Airtel & Aircel connections)

Comes at a cost:
This cheapest Internet comes at another cost, because it is normally slow (2kbps/3kbps), for something to download it could take more time than on connections which are little faster (say, 8Kbps), so time taken for some download take more time, hence more electricity is used.

Best usage:
> if you use Internet occasionally, so don't want to spend a lot money
> occasionally, to download a little bigger downloads, put it in late night (after 12pm), or, early morning (before 7am), even your Windows updates, Anti-virus updates, etc. gets done faster
> Use Opera browser for browsing Internet, this basically speeds up the browsing with its "Opera Turbo" technology, for example, when downloading an image of 100KB, it resizes the image to a low-quality image, then downloads to your system, for example, just 20KB may be downloaded, and then shows it to you, mostly your eye may not recognize the difference
> If you anyway spend a lot of time on computer (without any video chatting), then what you loose, just connect to Internet, and do you work, play games, etc. The Windows downloads, anti-virus updates, they utilize your Internet connection in idle time, else start a download, for example, Opera's download manager. When you are done, pause/stop the download, shutdown your computer. Next time you start computer, you can resume, previously paused/stopped downloads. Or, just connect Internet, and browse in Opera anytime. For this unlimited Internet is good, for example, Airtel's 98 Rs (1 month) or 250 Rs (3 month) plan.

Off topic:
If you need high speed (in Mobile), you shud consider 3G mobile Internet, where u can video mobile call someone. BSNL has it, its coming in Tata DoCoMo.

Wiki Bhasha

2010-11-08T13:09:00.000+05:30

WikiBhasha can translate a Wikipedia page from English to other languages like Hindi, with a very simple tool. Tool is a 2 Pane View, for example see English in left pane, Hindi on right pane. You can edit parts on right pane & submit. Previously each language article is written from scratch, may not be needed anymore.

Link: http://www.wikibhasha.org
Video: http://www.wikibhasha.org/wikibhasha/tour.htm

Free MS Office

2010-10-28T16:01:00.000+05:30

Open Office . Org
. This is a client version, which means; you download to your computer & install the application on your computer, one time
. It’s FREE for personal use
. This is open office from ORACLE/SUN Company
. This has open document formats correlating to Microsoft’s Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. as below:
. Writer - word processor similar to Microsoft Word and WordPerfect
. Calc - spreadsheet similar to Microsoft Excel and Lotus 1-2-3
. Impress - presentation program similar to Microsoft PowerPoint and Apple Keynote
. Base - database management program similar to Microsoft Access
. Draw - vector graphics editor comparable in features to early versions of CorelDRAW
. Math - tool for creating and editing mathematical formulae, similar to Microsoft Equation Editor
. Reads & writes most Microsoft Office documents (like .doc, .docx format, .xls, etc.)
. For now, this is not so sophisticated like Microsoft Office 2010 or even Microsoft Office 2007
. If you are against software piracy & feel that Microsoft Office is too costly, this is a very good alternative for now
. Website: www.openoffice.org
. Direct download link (nearly 140 MB): http://openoffice.mirrors.tds.net/pub/openoffice/stable/3.2.1/OOo_3.2.1_Win_x86_install-wJRE_en-US.exe
. History & More Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org

Office Live
. This is web version of Microsoft Office
. No need of download and installation of Microsoft Office on your computer
. It’s FREE for personal use
. Would need internet to write and read Microsoft Office documents (like .doc, .docx format, .xls, etc.)
. Mostly limited version, but enough for personal use
. Website: www.office.live.com

A side note:
Microsoft Office 2010
. This is a client version, which means; you download to your computer & install the application on your computer, one time
. This is ultimate client version with a lot of features
. It’s NOT FREE, with a deadly price :), but equally useful for the needy :)
. Website: http://office.microsoft.com/
. History & More Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Office

Office 365
. There is a recently launched, web version of Microsoft Office
. It’s for small business/ enterprise
. No need of download and installation of Microsoft Office on your computer
. Would need internet to read/write documents
. It’s NOT FREE, some say 6$/month & you continue to pay, and you have latest Microsoft office, forever, with a small cost for the companies
. Website: www.office365.com

Microsoft Office (Home and Student) 2007 at just 2190 Rs, with free upgrade to Microsoft Office (Home and Student) 2010

2010-06-03T09:22:00.000+05:30

Product: Office (Home and Student) 2007
Price: Rs. 2,190.00 only

Features:

- Pretty cheap, in other places, same Office Home and Student 2007 is about $149.95 (around RS 7497.5, if 1$ = 50Rs) as stated at: http://office2010.microsoft.com/en-us/buy/
Surely price is not going to be long – I think they are doing this because Office 2010 would come soon & they want to sell 2007 off the stores as many as possible. As per 2010 & 2007 version it does not matter much both can read write .doc & .docx formats which is for example used to build a resume. Fortunately you there is an option to upgrade from 2007 to 2010 for free!

- 1 license allows for installation on as many as 3 computers

- Has Word 2007, Excel 2007, PowerPoint 2007, and OneNote 2007

- Outlook 2007 is not present

- If urs is 64 bit (instead of 32 bit) Windows, some options are not there

- To get Free upgrade to "Office Home and Student 2010":

- Eligible Office 2007 software must be purchased (from Microsoft or an authorized reseller) and activated between March 5, 2010, and September 30, 2010
- To activate your new product key: Launch the product and click Options > Resources > Activate my product.

- Request your Office 2010 product by October 31, 2010, using your activated "Office 2007 Product Key" and "Office 2007 dated sales receipt"

- Internet access is required in order to verify eligibility and to request the Office 2010

- You will receive an e-mail message from us letting you know when your Office 2010 product is available

- One Office 2010 product per qualifying Office 2007 purchase, limit twenty-five per person.

Sources: http://www.microsoftstore.co.in/microsoft/90/product/Office-Home-and-Student-2007.aspx

This means, nearly 4 months are there to buy & activate this product once, also a month more to get 2010 version

I think this is good option to buy, even better than buying Windows OS which will only get updates for a certain time, but office is like can-say forever

I think MS Office can work on Nokia E series too! This would mean you can work on same document from mobile and PC!

I was seeing for this small figure price since very long time, I even gave the price feedback to be near 2000Rs for Indian market to MS while filing bugs on 2010 office, dint expect would come true

Think of 1 license being used in 3 computers, for example, 3 guys buying one office product, i.e; 2190/3 = 730 Rs, this is like, for each guy, buying a relatively good shirt but for a life time! Sure you don’t need to run for software just to create a resume that would increase ur salary in lacs! with just a product less than a thousand. This way you can contribute to MS too, for building the super cool Windows 7 & Office 2010 like software.

Silverlight for Symbian

2010-03-21T00:37:00.000+05:30

Silverlight for Symbian
Silverlight for S60

I was wandering for some news on Silverlight for S60 Nokia phones.
Searched official site. Well the following page

http://www.silverlight.net/getstarted/devices/default.aspx

was taking me to:

http://www.silverlight.net/getstarted/devices/windows-phone/
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Well, I typed symbian instead of windows-phone at the end, there I got it, for S60!
Here is the link...

http://www.silverlight.net/getstarted/devices/symbian/

Silverlight for S60

2010-03-21T00:34:00.000+05:30

Silverlight for S60
Silverlight for Symbian

Detailed here...

http://softwareforsmart.blogspot.com/2010/03/silverlight-for-symbian.html

Download Opera Web Browser...

2010-01-16T15:33:00.001+05:30

My favorite, really a productive Web browser.

You can do all these:
# You can book mark a website (may be a 1000 websites) in your home, and access them anywhere in the world!, thru Opera-Link! (nothing to carry at all! no need to remember 1000 websites, nor no paper writing required!)
# You can speed up you Web browsing about 2 to 3 times!!! thru Opera-Turbo. This would mean you can really do smart-fast browsing all you want in no time!!! even with your very slow Internet connection! The images and all are compressed at Opera site and gives you blasting speed! that you can image!!!
# Now that browser has Tabbed browsing, yeah small tabs that you can see on top, with a small close button to each, and each tab can load a different page, use Ctrl + Click, i.e; while clicking the mouse on a website link on a page, press you Ctrl button on the left bottom, so that you can open that website clicked in a new tab!, yeah so what when you have opened a 100 tabs? you can read and if you want to close 20 tabs and rest 80 you want to check them later, may be tomorrow? Ok,here it is! With Opera-Mouse-Gestures you can "just" move you hand while pressing the Right-button of your mouse, in an "L" shape! thats all!!! you tab is closed! you dont need to go all the way up to the X button to close it! just gesture it with your mouse and thats all! There are many-many gestures like that to minimize, etc. of a tab.

And when you are in a hurry just close the Window with X on the right-top of the screen (which is optional), And Shutdown the computer. When you reopen the Opera browser tomorrow, it pops up if you wan to open yesterday's (last browsing) session. Say OK, and you are at your place!

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All this and more, for free!!!

Download Opera by clicking the below link:

My favorite web browser too!!!

Download Visual Studio

2009-10-17T19:53:00.000+05:30

Microsoft gives away a very good C++, C#, Web developer for free

Download the "Microsoft Visual Studio Express edition!"
http://www.microsoft.com/express/download/

Facebook?

2009-10-15T23:46:00.000+05:30

Follow the below link, to go to online Facebook software:
http://www.facebook.com/

Click on "Sign Up" button, to create your account.
Also do not forget to upload (some) picture that represents you, or something from your computer. This is asked when you asked to upload/give "Profile Picture" on Step 3 just after your registration is successful.

On the Top, you will find the Friends, Inbox, etc. links that you can play with.
You can view your recently added friends, all of your friends, find friends, and more.

On the Top again, you will find Profile, where by clicking you can write about yourself on the left, write your daily views, upload more photos, etc. in the middle of the page.

On the Top, thru Inbox, you can send email to some one very quickly.

On the Top-Right, click on Settings, you can edit your details, name, email, etc.

Read about of people's profile, by "Find Friends", check their profiles, if something is share publicly, also "Add as Friend" to invite friendship. You can also view their friends, also after adding a person as friend, and is approved by the person, then you will be able to view more details about it, also his daily messages, etc., online chat, and many more.

Myspace?

2009-10-11T09:09:00.000+05:30

MySpace is a social networking website. "A Place For Friends"

You can create your profile, search friends, listen to music, videos, etc. etc.
Make sure you don't too many details for "everyone" or to specific "unknown" people too early which may create many problems to your future.

Go to this to check MySpace, click below:
http://www.myspace.com/
To listen to music on MySpace, click below:
http://music.myspace.com/
To listen to videos on MySpace, click below:
http://vids.myspace.com/
To search known ones, click below:
http://searchservice.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=sitesearch.friendfinder
For example:
To know more about Barack Obama, click below:
http://www.myspace.com/barackobama
For Amrita Rao, an Indian celebrity, click below:
http://www.myspace.com/amrita.rao
For Guns N Roses rock, click below:
http://www.myspace.com/gunsnroses
To browse everyone, click below:
http://browseusers.myspace.com/Browse/Browse.aspx
To check forums on different topics, click below:
http://forums.myspace.com/
To login thru mobile, click below:
http://m.myspace.com/login.wap

Download Opera Web Browser

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Download Microsoft Internet Explorer 8?

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Yes, this far better browser from Microsoft for Windows, click below link to download:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/
And, when you have come this far, why not also click on the below link to know about FireFox?
http://softwareforsmart.blogspot.com/2009/10/download-firefox.html

Download Microsoft Windows 7?

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Yes, the best Windows OS ever!
It's unbelievably smooth, fast, cool, fun & productive!

If you have already downloaded a release candidate version (the one which is give for download for free to test) and want product key, then get it from here... today!!!
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/get/download.aspx

Know more about it/ buy, click on the below link:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/

Also, to know about an old Windows Vista OS (I am not fortunate to get Windows 7 with my laptop!) , click on the below link:
http://softwareforsmart.blogspot.com/2009/10/download-windows-vista.html

Download Windows Vista?

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Click on the below link:

http://softwareforsmart.blogspot.com/2009/10/download-microsoft-vista.html

Download Microsoft Software?

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Browse this site to get more Microsoft Software!

Check out the links on "BLOG ARCHIVE", which is on the right of this page.

Download PDF Reader?

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To get Adobe Reader 9.1, click on the below link:
http://get.adobe.com/reader/

Download Oracle?

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If you need free Oracle software, click below for Oracle Database 10g Express Edition, or above:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/database/xe/index.html

If you want to buy Oracle software, click below for Oracle Database 11g Standard Edition, Standard Edition One, and Enterprise Edition, or above:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/database/index.html

Of course, if you need other free SQL software, click below:
http://softwareforsmart.blogspot.com/2009/10/download-sql.html

Download SQL?

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If you want to download free SQL software, try the below links:
MySQL 5.1 or above:
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/
Microsoft SQL Server Express 2008 or above:
http://www.microsoft.com/express/sql/download/