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2012-12-11T13:47:00.000-07:00

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Windows 7 Update (KB971033) Stop Windows 7 Activation Cracks

2011-04-14T17:35:00.000-07:00

Microsoft has released an update against Non-Genuine Windows 7 to trace their copies of Windows. For those users who have genuinely activate their windows won't be effect through this update but for those peoples who are using the pirate copy or non-genuine copy of windows 7 may be faced some serious issues on their windows. The new update will be delivered via Windows Update, with title of “Update for Microsoft Windows (KB971033)”; Users can also download this update manually from Microsoft Download Center.

After Effects:

This update of Windows will detect more than 70+ known and potentially dangerous activation cracks and non-genuine copies.
Deactivate their copies of windows and bypass their copies of windows activation process
If any non validation or exploits found, the desktop wallpaper will be switched to a plain desktop (all of the customer’s desktop icons, gadgets, or pinned applications stay in place). Periodic reminders and a persistent desktop watermark act as further alerts to the customer.
Customer has to re-install their copy of windows 7 or buy the genuine copy of windows for the future used of their windows.

For user who wants to install update KB971033 to verify the genuine copy of their Windows 7 system can download the update manually from Microsoft Download Center:

32-bit (x86): Windows6.1-KB971033-x86.msu

64-bit (x64): Windows6.1-KB971033-x64.msu

Solution:

You can get rid of this Windows 7 (KB971033) deactivation update and also make your Windows 7 Genuine here.

Is Windows 8 for July 2011?

2011-04-14T17:31:00.001-07:00

Is Microsoft looking to close the gaps between major OS updates? A posting on an MSDN blog may shed some serious light on Microsoft’s upcoming release schedule. According to Chris Green, a developer who recently finished working for Microsoft, Windows 8 mainstream support is targeted for 07/01/2011 which is the first date that we have seen regarding the release of Microsoft’s next OS.

Other dates of interest are for Office 2012 which shows a targeted date 7/2/2012. While there is a lot of speculation involved with the release dates mentioned, some of the dates are correct for previous launches. The chart stipulates Office 2010 for a June release and we know that this has already been confirmed by Microsoft.

The dates, as always, should be taken with a grain of salt. But, the depth and detail of the chart is impressive and should give us a rough estimate of Microsoft’s upcoming plans. The full chart is posted below, (warning: PDF).

Download: MS Roadmap

2011-04-14T17:23:00.001-07:00

Windows 7 is Microsoft latest stylish windows after windows XP and windows Vista. Many people love the glassy effects in windows 7 and also in windows vista. But with the compatibility issue with windows vista many people didn’t used it frequently, But after windows vista Microsoft released its best operating system with stability knows as windows 7. People love it and used it as a primary operating system after windows XP. Windows 7 is different from windows vista and windows xp in term of stability and also in look wize. Many XP users doesn’t afford core hardware for windows 7 and windows vista, that’s why they love to customize the look of windows xp as look like windows 7 and windows vista.

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Chrome 10 Web Browser Released by Google

2011-04-14T17:17:00.001-07:00

Just after seven weeks of introducing Chrome 9, Google has now released its new version of Chrome 10 web browser. Google has removed support for H.264 and adding in a 66% faster JavaScript engine in its new Chrome version. This new release is also features the new Crankshaft JavaScript engine which was included with the recent beta.

The big change is in the Chrome Options screen which has been revamped and will now, according to the official blog, "help you get to the right settings quickly so you don’t have to dig endlessly to find a way to import your bookmarks or change your browser’s homepage." Instead of using the traditional menus, users are now able to type the setting option into the address bar instead.

The removal of the H.264 codec may not come as a surprise to many as Google said they would cut it out earlier this year due to a patent issue with a group of companies including Microsoft. For HTML5 content the browser still has support for Theora and WebM codecs, both of which are open source.

Google To Launch Mobile Payment System

2011-04-14T16:26:00.000-07:00

Google To Launch Mobile Payment System

Google is now joining hands with Mastercard and Citigroup to setup a mobile payment system for Android phones that will turn Android phones into a kind of electronic wallet. This new technology, which is in its early stages, will allow Android consumers to use their Android phones in a form of checkout counter to make payments.

The planned payment system would allow Google to offer retailers more data about their customers and help them target advertisements and discount offers to mobile device users near their stores, the sources told the WSJ.

Google is not expected to get a cut of the transaction fees, the paper said.

Initially, holders of Citigroup-issued debit and credit cards would be allowed to pay for purchases by activating a mobile payment application developed for one current model and many coming models of Android phones, the paper said.

Google, Citigroup and Mastercard could not immediately be reached for comment by Reuters outside regular U.S. business hours.

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2011-04-14T16:22:00.000-07:00

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Make Free Phone Calls Through Gmail

2011-01-02T07:36:00.001-07:00

Now good news for Gmail users in New Year 2011, Google has announced thatGmail users are now able to make free phone calls to the U.S. and Canada and also make cheap phone calls over international calls (Call around the world for pennies per minute) When calling featured was added to Gmail back in August, the company said that it’d be making such calls free “for at least the rest of the year,” with per minute rates starting at $0.02 per minute for international dialing.

The service made a major splash initially, with 1 million calls placed in the first 24 hours and pundits predictably calling the service a potential Skype killer. That said, we haven’t heard many updates about the traction the service is getting since then, though free calling for all of 2011 certainly stands to lure more users.

We’ve more good news from Google, So Stay Tuned and let us know in the comments if you’re making phone calls from Gmail.

Windows Phone 7 Marketplace Hacked, Video

2011-01-02T00:40:00.002-07:00

Someone claimed that the Windows Phone 7 marketplace had been hacked by phone hackers, reported at Neowin.net, because phone hackers are now seems to be busy to hack most popular smartphones like Android, Droid, iPhone and now Windows Phone 7 marketplace.

WPCentral reports that they have seen the tool in action. Created by a "white hat" developer, the application is called "FreeMarketplace" and performs the original steps outlined in the whitepaper by;

Downloading the entire marketplace using a C# code snippet that was provided
Circumventing the maximum application sideload limit, this was originally outlined on WithinWindows
Enabling deployment of the disabled XAP files by deleting a file header inside the XAP "Zip" itself
Activating the disabled marketplace XAP by replacing an entry assembly (the example used an open source app which had the debug assembly freely available
Removing the XAP's security signatures
Replacing the marketplace published entry assembly with a facade debug assembly

2011-01-02T00:39:00.001-07:00

Windows Phone 7 Marketplace Hacked, Video

Downloading the entire marketplace using a C# code snippet that was provided
Circumventing the maximum application sideload limit, this was originally outlined on WithinWindows
Enabling deployment of the disabled XAP files by deleting a file header inside the XAP "Zip" itself
Activating the disabled marketplace XAP by replacing an entry assembly (the example used an open source app which had the debug assembly freely available
Removing the XAP's security signatures
Replacing the marketplace published entry assembly with a facade debug assembly

Internet Explorer 9 Downloaded 20 Times More

2011-01-02T00:29:00.000-07:00

Microsoft in its press release today said that latest Microsoft Web BrowserInternet Explorer 9 has been downloaded more than 20 million times as compare to IE6, although at this stage it's unclear whether or not this figure is uniquedownloads or includes multiple downloads by the same person.

"We launched IE9 in 2010, and the response to the IE9 Beta launch on September 15th has been overwhelming," Capriotti wrote.

"Combined with the near half-percent of users of newly introduced IE9 Beta, the modern Internet Explorer browsers now account for 34.07% of users worldwide according to Net Applications."

In news which will certainly brighten the day for those campaigning for all users to be migrated from Internet Explorer 6 to a newer edition of Internet Explorer, Capriotti has confirmed just 13.81% of all internet users worldwide now use the outdated version, which first shipped in 2001.

New features in Internet Explorer 9 include performance enhancements, an all-new lightweight design featuring a new downloads manager and tab page, and amongst other things basic CSS3 support and better security features.

WAT Remover for Windows 7: Activation Key Genuine

2010-12-31T17:34:00.000-07:00

Now you don't have to crack your Windows 7 to make it Genuine. Many people are facing Windows Activation Technology (WAT) problem after installing Windows 7. Now you don’t have to worry about your 30 days trial period, we have a solution to make your Windows 7 Genuine in just a minute and Remove WAT notification.

You don’t have to search Genuine Key for your windows 7 because no serial keys will helps you to make your windows copy genuine accept the license serial keys. After lot of research through the web i have found WAT Remover Tool for Windows 7.

WAT stands for Windows Activation Technology and WAT Remover will remove the messages completely and make your windows 7 copy Genuine. This will work with 32 bit and 64 bit Windows 7 operating systems.

Download WAT Remover Tool for your Windows 7 Now and get rid of WAT notifications pop-up messages and bypass your activation and make yourwindows 7 copy totally Genuine and you can get all your Windows Update without any problem. You can also pass the genuine check in things like Windows Defender and IE and all others.

Installation Instruction:

1. Format your Windows Installation Completely
2. Install Fresh Windows 7 (Without Enter Keys)
3. Turn off Auto Update Permanently
4. Use RemoveWAT 2.2.5
5. Hurray! Your Windows is Genuine Now :)

Note: This WAT Remover Tool is only for Windows 7. This tool won't work in other version of Windows.

File Download Instruction: Click on download link as given above then click onSlow Download Button in that webpage for Free Download File.

Never Re-install Windows Again Part 3: Imaging your hard drive

2010-12-31T17:10:00.001-07:00

In Part 2 of this series I showed how to partition (or divide) your current C: drive into two smaller drives (partitions) so that the first partition C: contain your Windows operating system (and some of your data) while the second partition contains just data. In this part I'll show you how to create an image or snapshot of your Windows partition using a free imaging program called DriveImage XML.

Step 1: Setting Up DriveImage XML

DriveImage XML is a free imaging program that's particularly easy to use. It's not particularly fast but it does have a great advantage of many of the other free imaging programs: it forms part of the standard collection of utilities on the UBCD4Win bootable rescue disk.

That means that if your Windows system becomes unbootable you can restore a working image of your system drive by booting from a UBCD4Win CD and running DriveImage XML. Once you have restored the image your PC should boot into Windows normally.

That's fine for restoring an image or recovering an unbootable PC but you don't need to run DriveImage XML from a boot CD to create an image. To create an image you can run DriveImage XML directly from Windows rather than a CD. In fact that's exactly what we are going to do is this tutorial.

If you ever need to run UBCD4Win to recover an unbootable PC or restore an image the product looks and works the same when run from a boot CD as it does from Windows.

OK let's get to work:

Download DriveImage XML from here and install it on your PC. It's a 1.5MB download and will work on Windows XP or later though I haven't tried it myself with Vista.

Step 2: Setup the Storage Area for your Image

In the previous part of this series we created a separate data partition. We will use this partition to store the image of our C: drive that we create with DriveImage XML.

Here's what our disk looked like after we had created the data partition:

So we are going to create an image of C:, our system drive and store it on F: our data drive. Note your data drive may have another drive letter other than F:

If you have an second physical hard drive or an external USB drive you could store your image files there. However I suggest you first store it on the data partition of your main hard drive and then later copy it to your second drive. That way you'll have two backup copies.

First lets' go to our data drive and create a special folder called "images" to hold our image files. Do that now. When finished you data drive should look something like this:

OK, we are ready to go.

Step 3: Create the Drive Image

Startup DriveImage XML. You should see a screen that looks something like this:

Select the backup option. You will then see this screen:

Select the C: drive and press Next. This will start the backup wizard.

Press Next

Enter the storage location for the image file into the "Directory" box. In this example I've entered F:\images.

You have some decisions to make with the options. Here's what they mean:

Raw mode means that every sector on you system file will be copied even sectors without data. Most users will want to leave this box unchecked as the image creation process will take a lot longer if you copy unused sectors.

The Split large files option will split the image file into several smaller files each small enough to be burnt to a CD. If you don't intend to burn to CD then uncheck this option.

Compressing your file will roughly halve the size of the resulting image file but will lengthen the time it takes to burn an image. Most users will want to check this option to save space.

In the following examples I used the default options but I suspect most users would check "compressed" but leave both "Raw mode" and "Split large files" unchecked.

Leave the Hot Imaging Strategy options set to the default values.

Once you have set your options click Next and the backup process will start.

Don't be too alarmed at the "time remaining" figure. It will start very high but drop rapidly as the backup continues. DriveImage XML is still slow though. This particular backup ended up taking 1 hour 50 minutes while the commercial imaging program Acronis True Image took only 22 minutes to backup the same drive. Still if you setup DriveImage XML to run overnight it really doesn't matter.

When the imaging is completed go to the location where you stored you image file and make sure it's there. Here's what my imaging folder looked like:

Here you can clearly see how DriveImage XML has broken up the image file into small, CD-size chunks. If you want a CD backup you could then use your CD burner to burn each file to CD. That's a lot of CDs. With external hard drives now so cheap it seems a lot of effort to me but I do accept that CDs are good for offsite backup.

Restoring an image using DriveImage XML is simplicity itself. Just select the Restore option from the opening page, select the image you want to restore and you are done!

Well that's it folks. In this three part series I've shown you how to:

Divide your hard drive into a system partition and a data partition
Move your data from the system partition to the data partition
Backup your system drive using DriveImage XML

Now next time your Windows get corrupted you can recover your Windows system from your backup image.

A Note on Restoring Images

You can't restore an image to your C: drive while Windows is running from your C: drive. When you think about it this has to be the case as the process of restoring the image will write over the running version of Windows.

So how do you restore a C: drive image?

Easy. You boot your PC from a UBCD4Win boot CD, run DriveImage XML from the CD and then restore your image.

You'll also need a boot disk if your system becomes unbootable as you won't be able to run DriveImage XML from your PC as it isn't working!

So it pays to go to the trouble of making a UBCD4Win boot disk and to have this available before you encounter a problem.

You can find instructions how to make your own UBCD4Win boot disk here.

Well that's the end of this three part series folks.

Remember to backup your system drive often. I do it at least once a week but average users can get away with doing it monthly.

Once you've set this up "you'll never need to re-install Windows again." :>)

Never Re-install Windows Again Part 2: Partitioning your hard drive

2010-12-31T16:55:00.002-07:00

Warning: Drive partitioning is an inherently risky process. If something goes wrong you may lose all your data and you PC may become unbootable. Do not attempt any of the following procedures unless your data is full backed up and you have a Windows installation disk available. If you have any doubts about your technical ability to successfully carry out these procedures then don't; the risk is too great.

In this article I'll show you how to partition (or divide) your current C: drive into two smaller drives (partitions) so that the first partition C: will contain your Windows operating system (and some of your data) while the second partition will contain just data.

The process involves creating a second partition using the free space on your C: drive then, after the partition is created, moving some of your data from the C: drive to the new partition.

Step 1: Determine your free disk space

The first thing you need to do is determine whether you have enough free disk to allow partitioning. If you don't, you can't partition your drive without first moving some of your data off your C: drive to an external USB drive, CD/DVD or online backup service..

Go to My Computer and note the size of your C: drive and the amount of free space available. In the following example the C: drive is 186 GB drive and has 169 GB of free space. The difference between them is 17GB; that' s the amount of space currently being used.

What this means is that I can create a large partition of up to 169 GB using the free space and have plenty of room on the second partition to move my data from the first partition.

If your drive is like this and has more free space than space used then you don't have a problem. You can go straight to Step 2 below.

But what if you don't have that much free space?. For example what if you had 100 GB used and only 86 GB of free space? On the face of it it may appear that there's not enough room but in fact it's still possible.

That's because you don't need to move all the 100 GB that's currently on the C: drive onto the second partition.

Let's work out how much data you actually need to move. More specifically we are going to work out what you not going to move and subtract that from the total amount of data on your C: drive. The difference is the amount of data you are going to move.

From My Computer double click on the C: drive. You should now see all the folders on the C: drive.

Now right click on the Windows folder and select Properties. The folder size will then be calculated. Write down the final calculated figure for "Size on disk."

Do the same for the "Documents and Settings" and the "Program files" folders and then add the total disk space taken by these three folders. For example let's us say you came up with these figures:

Windows	4.2 GB
Documents and Settings	7.6 GB
Program Files	4.7 GB
Total ("system space")	16.6 GB

Let's call the total the "system space." Your system space could be anywhere from 4GB to 20GB depending on the number of programs on your PC and the amount of data you have accumulated.

We won't be moving any of the files in the system space to our new partition so we don't need to allow for that space on that new partition.

So subtract the system space from the disk space used on the C: drive. The difference is the amount of data you have to move to the new partition.

Here's the calculation for our example using a 186 GB drive with 100 GB used and 86 GB of free space:

Data to be moved = 100 GB - 16.5 GB = 83.5 GB

So we have to move 83.5 GB to move. As we have 86 GB of free space that's enough. That's means we can create a 86 GB partition and have enough room on that partition to move onto it all our data we need to move..

If when you do the calculation for your PC you get a similar result, i.e. plenty of room, then you can stop reading now and move on to step 2.

If you still don't have enough spare disk space then I'm afraid you will have to backup some of your data onto a USB hard drive, flash drive CD / DVD or online backup service and then delete it from your hard drive.

The amount of data you need to backup and delete can easily be calculated by the formula:

Data to be backed up and deleted from C: = (total drive space used - drive free space - system space) divided by 2.

So if our 186GB drive has 150GB used and only 36GB free the amount of data to be backed up and then deleted from C: would be:

(150-36-16.5)/2 or 48.75GB.

That's quite a lot of data to backup and deleted but I'm afraid that's what's necessary if you want to partition your drive. Don't move on to step 2 until you have freed up this disk space.

Step 2: Download the partitioning software and burn it to a CD
Download the software: The freeware product we will be using is the GParted Live CD. Download the 51.2MB file called gparted-livecd-0.3.4-10.iso from here.

Burn the ISO file You must burn the ISO file you downloaded to a CD. Most CD burners will allow ISO burning but if yours doesn't then you can find a freeware ISO burner here along with instructions how to use it.

Test your newly burnt CD by putting it in your CD drive and rebooting. Your PC should boot from the CD and bring up the Gnome Partition Editor boot options screen (see screenshot below). If your GParted CD boots fine then remove the CD from the tray and boot back into Windows. You can now go to Step 3.

If your CD doesn't boot then the most likely problem is that you didn't burn the ISO correctly so try again. A common mistake is to copy the ISO file to the CD rather than burn the image to the CD. Read your burner instructions for help.

It's also possible you BIOS is not set properly for CD booting. If so, you may find this guide useful.

Step 3: Prepare your hard drive for partitioning

Check your C drive for errors: From Windows go to My Computer, right click on your C: drive and select Properties / Tools / Error checking / Check now and then check both boxes and press Start. Windows will ask if you want to schedule the disk check next time you restart Windows. Answer "Yes" and reboot. The disk check could take some time; anything from 5 minutes to two hours depending on your drive size and the number of files on the drive.

Defragment your disk: After the disk check has completed Windows should reboot. From Windows you should now defragment your drive. You can use the defragmentation program built into Windows but you'll get better results using a third party defragger. For this application I recommend JKDefrag which you can download for free from here .

JKDefrag does not require installation; it can be run directly from the .exe file. In fact that's all you have to do. Just double click the .exe file and the defragmentation will start.

Defragmentation may take anything from a few minutes to a few hours depending on the size of your hard drive, the number of files on it and the degree of fragmentation. JKDefrag shows you its progress so you can decide yourself whether you should hang around or take the dog for a walk.

Step 4: Partition your drive

We are now ready for partitioning. In this step I'll show you how to:

Start the GParted partitioning program
Reduce the size of your C: partition
Use the spare disk space to create an extended partition
Create a logical drive for your data within the extended partition

Start the GParted partitioning program:

Put the GParted CD you created in step 2 in your PC's CD tray and reboot. Once the PC boots from the CD you should get a screen that looks like this: (apologies for the quality - I had to use a digital camera)

Press <Enter> to accept the default "auto-configuration" boot option. As the boot proceeds press <Enter> when asked; once to accept the default keyboard and again for the default language.

Finally when the boot has completed GParted should come up the desktop. It will look something like this.

This display for my test PC shows a single line for a hard drive called "hda1" of 186.3 GB capacity with 17.28GB used. Your figures will of course be different.

The name "hda1" is the Linux way of referring to your hard drive. It's roughly equivalent to "C:" in Windows.

If more than one line appears on this display and you know you have only one physical hard disk in your PC then your drive is already partitioned and you should abandon any attempt at further partitioning. That's for experts only.

Computer hardware vendors like Dell quite often put "hidden partitions" on the the disks of the computers they sell. They do this for support reasons: a customer's computer can be restored to its original state from the hidden partition.

These hidden partitions may be "hidden" from Windows but they will show up in GParted. So don't be surprised if you find one of these partitions, they are common. If you do, it's time to bail out as adding further partitions or deleting the hidden partition may have unknown consequences.

Reduce the size of your C: partition:

Right click on the disk drive (that's the line starting with /dev/hda1) and select "Resize/Move" from the menu.

Enter in the "New Size" box the desired size of your system partition in megabytes. This figure should be the used space plus an allowance of 1000-2000MB rounded up to the nearest 1000. The extra space is to allow for the possibility your paging file may grow and other general contingencies. If your space is really tight just round up to the nearest 1000

So in the example from Step 1 above, our used space was 17000MB (17GB). Lets take this up to 20000MB (20GB) . To do this we would enter 20000 in the "New Size" box.

After entering the size of the system partition click in the box below labeled "Free Space Following." GParted will then calculate the free space for you. Your screen should look like the one below though obviously the figures will be different..

Now click the Resize/Move button. You should see something similar to this:

Use the spare disk space to create an extended partition: Right click on the "Unallocated" bar and select "New." From the pull down menu next to "Create as" select "Extended Partition." Your screen should look like the one below.

Now press the Add button. You should now see something like this:

Create a logical drive for your data within the extended partition: Right click on the "unallocated" bar and select "New." Check that the number in the "New Size" box is the same as the "Maximum Size" shown at the top of the screen. If not change the maximum size. From the pull down menu next to "Create as" select "Logical Partition." From the pull down menu next to "Filesystem" select "ntfs." You screen should look like the one below.

Now press the Add button. You screen should now look like this:

We are now ready to put our changes into effect. If you feel something is not quite right then now is the time to bail out as no changes have been made to your disk. You can safely exit GParted, remove the CD from the tray and reboot Windows.

If you are happy things are as they should be then select "Edit" from the top menu bar and then "Apply All Operations." You will be asked then asked to confirm the request. If you are happy that you have your data securely backed up select "Apply"

GParted will now shrink your system partition and create your data partition. The process will take a few minutes so be patient. Once completed select "Close." GParted will then rescan your disks. When completed select "GParted / Quit." and your system will now reboot into Windows. Remember to remove the GParted CD from your CD tray!

Rebooting Windows may take a long time as Windows will insist on doing a thorough disk check of your new partitions. This is a good thing so please don't abort the disk check due to impatience.

After rebooting Windows go to My Computer. You now should see two hard disk drives. One will be your reduced-size C: drive and the other be your new data partition. The letter assigned to the new drive will depend on what CD drives and other devices you have installed. Here's how my test PC looked after partitioning.

Compare this to the first screen shot at the top of this page.

The C: disk has been reduced from 186GB to 19.5GB with 2.25GB of free space. The F: disk is the new partition. It's 166 GB in size and has all of that available as free space. That's because there is nothing on it!

Not for long. We are now going to move some of your data from the C: drive to the new partition.

Step 5: Move some of your data to the new hard drive

Ideally you should move all your user data from the C: drive to your new data partition. However with Windows it's extremely difficult to cleanly separate all your data from the operating system.

Rather than adopt a purist approach I recommend a practical one: I suggest you only move data that's easy to move and won't cause any few subsequent operational problems.

The three categories of data I suggest you move are the My Documents folder, any stand-alone data folders and your email files.

Moving the My Documents folder. This is not complicated but you have to make sure you get the drive letter assigned to your new partition correct. In the screen shot shown above the new drive letter was F but on your system it could be something different. I'm going to use F in the following instructions but you should substitute the correct letter for your system.

What we are going to do is relocate My Documents to the folder F:/My Documents. Here's how to do it:

Go to My Documents and select Properties.

When you've clicked on Properties, select "Move" and then navigate to your new partition. That's F in my case. Then click "Make New Folder." Enter "My Documents" as the folder name and hit Enter and then OK. Windows will then ask you whether you want to move your documents; click Yes.

Moving your documents make take some time. Once moved, though, you can access them normally from the "My Documents" icon on the desktop or elsewhere.

In the process you'll free up a lot of room on your C: drive. Defrag the drive so it can be utilized by Windows in the most effective manner.

For more information you can consult this Microsoft document. http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310147

Moving Stand-alone Data Folders Most users have created folders on their C: drive for storing MP3 files, videos, digital photos and other files. There is no reason these files can't be moved to your new partition.

Go through each of the folders on your C: drive and decide which can be moved. Folders containing installed programs should not be moved only folders containing data. If in doubt, don't move it.

When you move your data folders you may have to change the settings in some of your programs. For example if you move a media library you'll need to change your media player settings to let it know where your library is now located.

Moving files from C: to your new drive is easy. From My Computer click in the C: drive then right folder on the folder you want to move and select "Cut." Then from My Computer click on your new drive, then in a blank space right click and select "Paste."

If you are moving large quantities of data you may want to consider installing the freeware program YCopythat allows you copy without being in attendance to answer Windows copy dialog questions.

Moving Your Email Files. This is an optional step as it'snot quite as simple as moving the My Documents folder or your data folders. The reason I suggest it at all is because email files are extremely valuable to most users and they change often. If you ever have to restore Windows you would probably not want to write over your email files with an older version. Moving your email to another partition prevents your email data being over-written.

However you can achieve a similar result by regularly backing up your email. If you then have to restore Windows you will lose your most recent email but will still have the capacity to recover that email from the backup copy.

My suggestion is that if it's easy to move your email to another partition then do so. Otherwise skip this step and put in a backup plan for your email instead.

Some email programs are easier to move than others. That's because they store their email files in different ways and in different locations. As a result I can't give general instructions for moving your email files. Instead I'll give you some links to guides that show you how to move the email files for the most common email clients. If your email client is not shown then do a Google search or speak with your vendor.

If you can't understand the instructions in the following guides then simply don't move your email files. It's not the end of the world if they stay on the C: drive. Do however, back them up regularly.

Microsoft Outlook Express: http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/faqs/how.htm#movestore

Microsoft Outlook: http://www.slipstick.com/config/movepst.htm

Mozilla Thunderbird: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Thunderbird_:_FAQs_:_Changing_Profile_Folder_Location

In the Next Part of this Series

With your drive now partitioned and your key data files moved your PC should work quite normally so feel free to use it.

In the part 3 I'll show you how to reduce the size of your system partition. That done we can then look at the actual imaging process.

However before we get into imaging I want you to do some preparation in advance.

The preparation involves the creation of a UBCD4Win boot CD. Don't panic; I've set out instructions how to do this here so there's your homework :>)

Gizmo

TIP: If you run into problems partitioning your drive with GParted post your problem to the GParted forum.http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/

Never Re-install Windows Again Part 1

2010-12-31T16:36:00.000-07:00

Have you ever had to re-install Windows from scratch? If so you know what a slow and tedious process it can be. But if you take a few precautions there's no need for you ever to do it again.

I haven't re-installed Windows for years. In fact, if my memory serves me correctly, I haven't re-installed Windows since the arrival of Windows XP in 2001.

Don't get me wrong. I've often had lots of corrupted systems; probably more than most folks. It's just that I have solved the problem of getting Windows working again in another way.

Rather than re-install Windows, I recover my system from a backup image of my system drive. This usually takes around 10 minutes and I don't even have to be in attendance.

That's a big difference to the hours it takes to re-install Windows and go through the additional hoops of downloading all the Windows updates. Furthermore, I don't have to re-install my application software because they all get restored from the backup image along with Windows.

It's such an attractive and powerful approach that I recommend all users should setup a drive imaging backup system for their computers. You can even do it using free software.

Setting up a drive imaging solution is within the grasp of most computer users but it's not a piece of cake. It is, however, definitely worth the effort. Over the next couple of months I will walk you through the various steps involved and talk about the software you need. This month I'll start by explaining the process.

Drive imaging works by using special software to take a snapshot image of the hard drive on which you have Windows installed. If you create this image when Windows is working correctly, you can then use your imaging software to restore an exact replica of this working copy of Windows should Windows ever become corrupted.

Restoring from an image is a much more complete process than using Windows Restore. The latter only recovers the Windows Registry and some important system files. Restoring from an image recovers your entire Windows installation and everything else installed on your system drive, including all your software applications.

If you have ever had a corrupted Windows system or a spyware infection that cannot be removed, then you will understand just how valuable it is to restore a fresh and fully functional version of your system.
However for the drive imaging process to work effectively you need to do some preparation work before you create your images.

The first thing you need to do is to re-arrange your hard drive so that Windows and your application programs are on a separate disk drive or partition to your data.

Many PCs have only one large hard drive or partition, usually the C: drive. On that drive, Windows, your program files and your documents are all mixed in together. To separate them, you need to use a drive partitioning program to split the big C: drive into two or more smaller drives. These new drives created are logical, not physical, but the effect is the same as if you have physically separate drives.

So if you start with a 200GB C: drive containing everything, then after partitioning you might, for example, end up with a 20GB C: drive containing Windows, your Program Files and Windows user accounts, plus a 180GB D: drive containing your email, documents, photos, media files, etc.

The point of this partitioning is to allow the creation of a small manageable drive image of the 20GB partition containing only Windows and your application programs, rather than a huge drive image of everything on your hard drive.

And it's not only a question of image size. If you restore from a backup image you certainly don't want to overwrite your data. Otherwise you would lose any changes to your data since the time the backup image was created.

Once you have partitioned your hard drive, the next step is to move your data onto the new partition. This includes moving the "My Documents" folder plus any folders you have created containing your personal data. This step is not technically difficult but it does require a bit of care.

Finally, once you have partitioned your disk and moved your data to a separate partition, you can create your first system drive image. Compared to the previous steps this is a piece of cake. And so is restoring your system drive from an image. But that will have to wait until the end of this series. The first step is drive partitioning and that's covered in the next part of this series.

2010-12-31T16:08:00.001-07:00

The Easy Way to Repair Your Internet Connection

Updated 28. December 2010 - 23:16 by r.schifreen

Sometimes, Windows loses its connection to the internet. This happens regardless of whether you're using an ADSL modem, an ADSL router, a cable router, a dial-up modem, or any other hardware device to connect. And it happens regardless of whether your connection is cabled or wireless.

Troubleshooting connectivity problems involves running through a number of standard procedures, such as flushing the DNS cache, deleting and reinstalling the TCP/IP protocol, and more. For even a techie, this can be tedious. And if you're trying to talk a non-technical friend or relative through the procedure, it's virtually impossible.

So here's a great idea that will make your life easier. Complete Internet Repair is a free program for Windows XP and above. You can get it from www.rizone3.com, and it's only a 0.5 MB download. As you can see from the screen shot below, it automates all of the common troubleshooting techniques for fixing connectivity issues. Just tick the relevant boxes and press the Go button. Then, when it's finished, reboot your PC and you should hopefully find that everything's working again.

While such programs can be useful, a couple of caveats before you rush to download it. Firstly, heed the program's own warning, as shown below, and don't choose any option unless your computer is likely suffering from that specific problem. There's little to be gained by trying to fix a problem that doesn't exist, and you might simply end up making the problem worse.

Secondly, because the program performs some low-level trickery and tweakery with various parts of the operating system, your anti-virus program may object and report that the program is a virus or that it's exhibiting suspicious behaviour. Rest assured that the makers of CIR are adamant that it's free of malware and that it's not a virus.

Free Training Manuals for MS Officice

2010-12-31T15:52:00.000-07:00

Free Training Manuals for MS Officice

Mouse Training is a UK-based company that offers training courses to companies whose staff use Microsoft Office. Following the release of Office 2010, the company has made available all of its training manuals for previous versions, totally free of charge. So if you're one of the millions of people using any of the Office 2003 or 2007 apps, and you'd like some in-depth information on how to use it properly, just head on over to http://www.mousetraining.co.uk/ms-office-training-manuals.html.

Near the top of the page you'll find free downloadable Quick Guides to the Office 2010 apps (needless to say, the full manuals for Office 2010 aren't free!). Scroll down, and you'll find the free guides for Office 2003 and 2007, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Outlook, FrontPage, Project and Access.

These are superbly-written tutorials, produced by professional trainers. Whatever version of Office you're using, they're definitely worth a look.

If you've got a Hot Find that you want to tell me about, just see http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/submit-product-review.htm.

2010-12-31T15:50:00.001-07:00

Free Training Manuals for MS Office

Updated 23. July 2010 - 19:42 by r.schifreen

Mouse Training is a UK-based company that offers training courses to companies whose staff use Microsoft Office. Following the release of Office 2010, the company has made available all of its training manuals for previous versions, totally free of charge. So if you're one of the millions of people using any of the Office 2003 or 2007 apps, and you'd like some in-depth information on how to use it properly, just head on over to http://www.mousetraining.co.uk/ms-office-training-manuals.html.

These are superbly-written tutorials, produced by professional trainers. Whatever version of Office you're using, they're definitely worth a look.

If you've got a Hot Find that you want to tell me about, just see http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/submit-product-review.htm.

Touchscreen Gadget Gloves Gear Users Should Have

2010-12-31T01:26:00.000-07:00

Touchscreen Gadget Gloves Gear Users Should Have

Now a days, Touchscreen Gadgets are really getting popular and people loves to have touchscreen gadgets like iPhone, iPad, Android Phones, Droid Phones,Storm etc. So today i am sharing some useful Gloves for touchscreen lovers. Because winter seasons are up now and you really have to take your gloves off to send a text?? Not in this weather now.

Many touchscreen gadgets like iPhone, iPad, Android and other Smartphone’s require tiny amounts of charge from your fingertips to operate. Because of this, sticking a great big glove between your finger and the screen kills the conductivity.

We have picked up the best five pairs of gloves for gadget and touchscreen lovers in this winter season, so have a look through our choices and recommended gloves below and Buy yourself the one you should have for your touchscreen equipment. :)

Get your Favorite Gloves for your Touchscreen Device Now !!

1) AGloves

Although they may not be the most fashionable offering, the affordable, unisex “Agloves” are ideal for anyone with an iPad or other touchscreen tablet, as the silver-coated nylon fibers knitted into the fabric put the conductivity back in your touch for every single digit. Stay cool!

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2) Free Hands Gloves with Playpoint Technology

Freehands offers an equally diverse women’s range of gloves including wool, fleece, softshell, cashmere and these “microfur” options that were the most popular version for women in 2009. Available in a range of colors and sizes, if you’re looking for a glove with a flip-back index finger and thumb flap, you’re not going to go wrong here.

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3) Dots Touchy Gloves

Made from 100% merino lambswool, the Dots Gloves range is small but perfectly formed. Available in men and women’s sizes in just four colors, the classic-looking gloves are indistinguishable from “ordinary” gloves. However, they cleverly boast thumb, index, and middle fingertips that operate touchscreens with “skin-like responsiveness.”

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4) Free Hands Leather Gloves

Arguably the market leader in gloves for gadgeteers, Freehands offers a wide range of styles including cashmere, wool, ski styles and these warm-looking recycled, fleecy efforts. Every pair of gloves has a fold-back tip for the thumb and forefinger, and rather cunningly boasts a magnet to stop the tip from flapping around.

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5) The North Face ETIP Gloves

Perfect for those in really cold climates, The North Face’s contribution to the gadget-glove marketplace boasts fingertip-replicating “Xstatic fingercaps” so you don’t have to expose even the tippy tops of your fingers to the cold. With a gripper palm to ensure you have a firm hold of your favorite gadget, the ETIPs are available in a range of sizes, for men and women.

2010-12-31T01:25:00.001-07:00

Touchscreen Gadget Gloves Gear Users Should Have

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2) Free Hands Gloves with Playpoint Technology

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3) Dots Touchy Gloves

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4) Free Hands Leather Gloves

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5) The North Face ETIP Gloves

Time Person Of The Year "Mark Zuckerberg"

2010-12-31T00:14:00.001-07:00

Time Person Of The Year "Mark Zuckerberg"

Time Magazine declare Facebook Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg "Person Of Year". Mark Zuckerberg has now become most popular face of the year for become youngest person at only 26 years old, to win this award since US pilot Charles Lindbergh in 1927.

Time, which many expected to choose the news-making WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for "Person of the Year," cited Zuckerberg "for changing how we all live our lives."

"I'm trying to make the world a more open place," Zuckerberg says in the "bio" line of his own Facebook Page

In 2003, Mark Zuckerberg was a 19-year-old Harvard student who began an “an online directory” that connected “people through social networks at colleges.” A mere 7 years later, he has built a social (and monetary) empire, and has gone to become of one the youngest billionaires and most influential people in the world. This year, Facebook friended its 500 millionth user, began competing head-to-head with Google for Web domination, accounted for 1 in every 4 pageviews in the US, and the story behind its success has already become the stuff of legend (Hollywood legend, of course).

“For connecting more than half a billion people and mapping the social relations among them,” TIME says, “for creating a new system of exchanging information; and for changing how we all live our lives, Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is TIME’s 2010 Person of the Year.”

2010-12-31T00:10:00.000-07:00

Facebook Registered "Face" Trademark

Facebook has been registered the word "Face" as a trademark which is issued by theUS Patent And Trademark Office as a “Notice Of Allowance” for trademarking the word“Face”

Facebook has been stepping up their efforts to fend off companies who leverage their name as part of a site and now Facebook has one more arsenal in their ongoing battle against supposed trademark infringers, like Lamebook, who has now been blocked from posting any content on Facebook, crippling the site’s traffic. Given how commentthe word “face” is, it’s incredible that the Trademark Office has let the company trademark the word for “Telecommunication services, namely, providing online chat rooms and electronic bulletin boards for transmission of messages among computer users in the field of general interest and concerning social and entertainment subjectmatter, none primarily featuring or relating to motoring or to cars”.

While Apple’s recent FaceTime product isn’t a chat room, one has to wonder if it would infringe on Facebook’s soon-to-be-owned trademark on the word “Face” since it’s technically a “telecommunication service”.

Facebook Top Online Sharing Website In 2010

2010-12-31T00:01:00.000-07:00

Facebook Top Online Sharing Website In 2010

According to the latest statistic report from AddThis of Top Sharing Website of 2010. Facebook is dominating as a top online sharing website of 2010, and it reveals that Facebook claims 44 percent of online sharing happens in 2010. Last year, the social networking site was the platform for 33 percent of online sharing, and its growth has only made it more dominant.

What is most surprising about this data is that Facebook’s count does not include any information shared through its “Like” button. Add to that the title of most visited website this year,and we can only imagine what kind of Facebook domination 2011 will bring. Check out the infographic for a look at how consumers shared over the Internet in 2010.

Skype for iPhone Video Calling Feature Over 3G and Wi-Fi

2010-12-30T23:43:00.002-07:00

Skype for iPhone Video Calling Feature Over 3G and Wi-Fi

As we expected before, Skype for iPhone is turning out in 2011 with latest feature of video calling to its Skype App for iPhone. In Skype 3.0 version, you can place video calls from Skype on the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and 4th-Generation iPod touch, and you can also receive video calls on the iPad and the 3rd-Generation iPod touch. Video calling works over both Wi-Fi and 3G.

On iOS devices with two cameras, you can stream video from either. iPhone 3GS users, of course, can only stream video from that device’s sole rear-facing camera.

You can use the Skype app to place calls to other folks using the app, or to folks using Skype on their computers. As it did before, the Skype app continues to offer instant messaging, text messaging, audio-only chats, and the ability to call landlines and mobile phones at low rates.

Apple’s FaceTime technology is currently limited to Wi-Fi calling only. One might wonder whether Skype’s timing for adding video chat to its app might aim to make us forget about the company's recent extended outage, but that would require remembering said outage happened in the first place.

Skype for iPhone is free. Video calling requires iOS 4.0 or later, but the app can run on any device with at least iOS 3.0.