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Archive for December, 2007
Integrate / Slipstream Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1)
Dec 31st
Microsoft have released the Service Pack 1 (SP1) for the Office 2007. Many users are asking me that, how can one integrate or rather slipstream the service pack on the installation source !!!
With Microsoft Office 2007 slipstreaming or rather integrating the service pack is really an easy task. One can follow few very simple steps to carry out the action..
Create a Network Installation Source
Insert the Office CD into your CD drive.
Copy all content of the CD to a folder under your hard drive, for example in my case its “F:\O07“
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Obtain the SP1
Download the Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 1
Please rename the downloaded file to sp1.exe, in my case I download the file to F:\ and then rename it to SP1.exe so the update is now at location, F:\SP1.exe
Cost of Free Information
Dec 30th
Free Information / Free Knowledge…
Forums / Blogs / User Groups / Discussion Board, they are all were made and boomed because of the fact, source of free information / free knowledge…
Today was a real disappointment for me… From a very known and active forum of Indian technological youth, I saw no one believed in providing or sharing the information, free…
Just think for your self, why are you here, reading this ??
It is because you are here with intentions to learn some thing to gain knowledge for free… When you want to learn some thing about computers or any thing, you always have an professional option to learn from a professional…
This is where the idea of user groups came in to the picture… Forums / Blogs / Discussion Boards all were meant to share information and that too for free…
Where as now I suddenly realise that, not any more… People are too much worried about Plagiarism, every one wants to have a back link or Credit on sharing information… Information is no longer free though we all claiming to provide it free in our blogs and forums or in discussion board…
The idea is simple, unless you can credit me, you are now welcome to learn, because if I learn, I will implement it… Implementation is the only reason for which I am learning, and when I implement the technique, which I have learnt from a blog or forum, it is possible that some one standing beside me is learning too, so now as the information is no long free, I have to repay which I learnt, by mean of mentioning the original source by browsing the Internet to come a the blog or forum from where I learnt…
The idealism now have changed !!! Which is so disappointing…
The reason I started foruming of bloging is to share information for free, because when I was in my early life with computers, I saw I had to pay to over come certain problems with my computer or how did i use a software or a device… I was cheated many times because of lack of information regarding certain products and techniques !!!
I am no god, I cant reach out for all the people over there in the Internet like me facing problems… but at-least I can share what ever little knowledge I have with what ever little number I can reach out too…
Bloging / foruming is what i do after talking time off from my delay routine with just that goal of sharing information, free information…
Didn’t I expected some thing in return from my blogs or forums ??
What I expected in return is that many be this will encourage others to follow and share their expertise which in terms to day has totally proven wrong…
Its 100% part from me who believes charging for information whom ever I have asked I have got the same reply !!! Information is now, no longer free….
At-least in my blog, I have decided to put up a notice… What ever you are reading or learning at ChotoCheeta.com, is free content… Completely free, its free knowledge, you are welcome to share / re-distribute with any one you like by any mean you like…
Good bye to Worlds first Web Browser “NetScape”
Dec 29th
Most of the time when we start our computer, we click to launch Internet Explorer or FireFox to surf and visit our favourite web sites and to check emails or to write a blog post, but rarely we wonder what really has started this…
Everything has a begging, so does the browsing and the most important tool, the Web Browser…
What started it ?? What was the 1st web browser ??
The worlds firts web browser was NetScape Navigator…
Late in 1994, a company called Mosaic Communication Corporation developed and launched the world’s first web browser, the Mosaic NetScape 0.9, which in terms was known to all as the Worlds First Web Browser, the NetScapce Navigator…
To many of us, Internet Explorer means the getaway to the Internet, however it is the success of NetScape which has forced Microsoft to develop and ship the very first version of its own browser, the Internet Explorer 1.0 with as a part of Windows 95 Plus Pack…
Hey wait a minute, now days I don’t see NetScape Navigator…
Most people do posses this idea, which in fact is quite right…
Since when Microsoft started bundling Internet Explorer with its all version of Windows, NetScape found itself losing ground over Internet Explorer on the first Browser war…
Some believed, that, because of Microsoft’s monopoly on the OS market and pushing Internet Explorer as with their OS led to the downfall, where as many Microsoft fan would point that because of Internet Explorer’s capability, no one ever felt the need to look for an alternate option…
AOL bought the project on 1999 and went on to convert it to Mozilla as an open source software…
Eventually Mozilla’s success led to the birth of FireFox which is now holds a great market share and threatens microsoft’s browser market share….
December 28th 2007, AOL announced the End of Support and Development for NetScape Navigator… The latest version of which (Netscape 9.0) was nothing more than a skinned down version of FireFox 2.0 with some extensions !!!
Run 5.1 Speaker on 2.1 supported motherboard notebook – Multi plug for Audio output
Dec 27th
Recently I went out for a little vacation, I took my ZUNE 30 with me… As I was with my cousin brother, and while on a long distance bus ride, seating beside him enjoying the zune, a question came to my mind…
Why cant we both enjoy the same music or video ??
Infact there is a nifty little tool which makes sure that we can enjoy 2 head or ear phones with a single output device such as ZUNE or iPOD…
Same tools also works for another purpose… Suppose you have a notebook which only has support for single output or rather 2.1 support and you want to run 5.1 / 4.1 on the 2.1 channel supported speaker !!!
The technology is really simple… Multiplug… Same idea as what you may see at wall mounted electrical solutions…
The idea is, take a single input, and provide 2 or more out puts… Bellow is a simple diagram or the idea for Audio out put layout for most of the notebook / Laptop or 2.1 supported motherboard…
As you may see A is Line in, B is line out (which is the jack where you plug the speakers or head phone or ear plugs), C is Mic in…
So basically what this multiplug does is, it gives you 2 outputs in place of one, so that in case of a portable Music player (PMP), such as Zune / iPOD / Zen, 2 ear plugs or head phones may work simontaniously…
And in case of a notebook, it allows you to plug in 5.1 speakers to a single output… As 5.1 speakers would have 2 audio plug or jacks, Rear speaker connector and front speaker connector… !!! So now you may plug in both the Rear and front speaker to the notebook via this multi plug…
How does a multi plug look like ??
Its a nifty little tool…
How much one costs me ??
In local Kolkata (India) computer market is between Rs. 5/- to 10/-… Which is USD 0.25 each…
If you feel confuse, and have any question, drop them as comment !!!
Google Testing new ads format with scroll bar
Dec 25th
Seems that google may be testing new ad format with adsense program… I found few ads coming to my site with scroll bar….
I took some screen shots,
Protect your Windows PC / Notebook
Dec 25th
I have seen for many non tech PC users its a real headache as with ever growing PC / Windows vulnerability threats, How can one protect their windows ??
To many, it seems a really huge task with so many heavy computer terms, such as Malware / SpyWare / BOTs / Browser hijackers / Adware / Worms, Virus, and so on…
What really threatens your PC ??
To sum up the question the one word answer is Malwares and malicious softwares… Any software which is designed to harm your PC is called Malware… All this names, Virus, Worm, Spyware, Adware, BOTs, Spam, etc are all malwares…
Where as, when a software design to carry out certain tasks, which may harm your PC but is not deployed with that intention can be called a malicious software…
For example IP sniffers, or PORT scanners…
So what do these terms mean ??
Interesting Stats from Google Search
Dec 24th
When you search for some key word in Google Search, Google logs a tons of data for each and every time you click search… Which would be who is details of the IP address of yours, meaning your region, county, city, how many times you have searched what ?
However to help web content developers google publishes some of this data which doesn’t violate their privacy policy…
Data like, Google search trend… Its a really interesting tool but more than the tool it self the results which you may get it from is much more shocking !!!
Google is now has became part of every Internet users… People longer search for some information on the Internet, rather now every one google for information… Google most likely is a service which every single Internet user has used….
So some shocking facts what you can get from Google Trends… For example, let see whats the word think about searching for the key frase, “hacking email”…
As said, Pakistan and India are right on top of the list… Those who are wondering that, what does this chart mean, for them, this chart represents the stats about, which country sent the most number of search request to google with this key frase “hacking email”….
Now for the same if you look at the city list,
5 out of top 10 city is from India… !!! City which you see in the list, are the one’s which have the best Internet infrastructure and highest literacy percentage…
Play with the tool, Google Search Trends, and you too may come up with many interesting facts…
Original Source xato.net via WinVistaClub
Move your Page File (Virtual Memory) to another drive
Dec 21st
Those who are using Windows and with 2 HDD or even a single HDD with multi partition setup, for them, it is always advisable to move the Page File or the virtual memory file to another HDD or to another partition from the default location (which is the Windows installation partition)
What is a Page File ??
In simple words, when your system runs out of RAM by processing large amount of DATA, windows shifts some inactive and background process to a pre-allocated location of the hard drive by making it a part of system RAM (though because of slow read and write speed of the HDDs, a really slow RAM)
Read in details here -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_memory
Why do I need a Page File ??
If you don’t have a page file, your system may and will run of out RAM (no matter how much ram you add) and which will may the system unresponsive, thus, forcing you to restart…
How much Page file do I need ??
As per Microsoft the Page file ammount should be 1.5 times than your physical RAM. So which means if you have 512 MB of RAM then you should set the page file size to 1.5 GB…
Buying a new hardware ??
Dec 20th
If you are a Windows user buying a new hardware for your computer in which you plan to run or run windows vista, then make sure the hardware is Vista ready or compatible with Windows Vista…
How do I know my new would be hardware is compatible with windows vista ??
Microsoft runs a program called, Hardware Compatibility List (HCL), so the quick and easiest method to know about your hardware to see if the product has qualified with Vista HCL…
There are 2 kind of logo program under Windows Vista, which are,
and,
What does this mean ??
Those hardware comes with HCL logo Certified for Windows Vistais fully developed for Windows Vista and found to perform with expectation for Windows Vista requirements…
Now those hardware which comes with HCL Logo Wokrs with Windows Vista means, they are innitialy developed for previous version of Windows and working fine with them (mostly Windows XP / 2003) however when tested, they are found to be working with vista…
So next time you go for a computer device purchase, do look out for these logo… !!!
Hibernate Option missing under Windows Vista
Dec 20th
One of the very common problem faced by many vista user is, missing hibernate option under Start Menu Shutdown dialog box…
What is Hibernation ??
As its sounds, its a feature which allows you to save the fully working desktop with all applications from your memory to your hard drive, and then power off the system, which you may power on at a later time to resume work from the point where you have left it…
Its a feature most of the Windows XP computer users enjoy which is also present in Windows Vista…
What to do if I see no Hibernation option at start menu shutdown dialog box ??
Resize the Start menu Mouse over thumbnails under Windows Vista
Dec 16th
Now days we can see larger displays are very common in computer users, and with vista its a really presure to use large displays…
One application I came across to which might help many users those who are on Windows Vista and using large displays…
Ave Thumbnail Sizer a small tool of 100kb supporting both x86 and x64 platform allows you to actually adjust the Start Menu thumbnail size !!!
TeraCopy – A local file transfer accelerator
Dec 13th
You have download managers, download accelerators, now you have a local file transfer accelerator, called TeraCopy… Which promises to speed up file transfer speed under you local Hard Drive…
Click here to download TeraCopy
The installation is straight forward… Once you install it, it attaches its link to the shell… So right click on a file for directory which you want to copy or move, and you may find the option TeraCopy, under your right click menu…
When you click on the TeraCopy link, it launches the TeraCopy application !!!
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