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October 12th, 2009 | 
Author: Windows Classic: Eye Candy No More
XP’s GUI theme is a candy-land departure from its classic Windows 95 style. It’s blue, green and goofy looking. Some users like it, others detest it. Disabling XP’s main GUI theme and enabling the Windows Classic theme can bring about a slight performance improvement. If anything, it gives you the classic Windows look that you will recognize right off the bat. Right press on the desktop and select the “Properties” option; drop down the “Theme” selection box and choose “Windows Classic”.
Tweaking out DMA
Direct Memory Access or “DMA” is a method for hardware to request memory read/write access without bothering your CPU. When hardware can dip directly into the memory pool, your CPU is able to concentrate on other binary crunching tasks, effectively speeding up system performance.
Check to see if all your hard drives have DMA permission; giving DMA access to your hard drives can speed up disk access operations dramatically.
Use the right mouse button on “My Computer” and select”Properties”; navigate to the “hardware” tab and select “Device Manager”; look for the “IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers” item, expanding it; right press on each of your hard drives and select the “Advanced Settings” tab; make sure that “DMA if available” is selected for each hard drive attached to your PC.
Weeding out Unused Programs and Fonts
You can decrease the amount of time it takes for XP to boot up by uninstalling any programs that you don’t use. Removing old fonts can also clear up much needed disk space. Give your TEMP folders a good cleaning:
C:\WINDOWS\PREFETCH, C:\WINDOWS\TEMP, C:\TEMP
Tweaking out XP’s settings and options can dramatically improve your PC’s performance, eliminating bottlenecks and giving your computer a much needed zip.
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Many people today, especially the kids, are going crazy over the new game consoles that are starting to become more popular and popular these days. One of these consoles is the Xbox 360. Right now, what kids are truly going after the Xbox 360 console is its ability to connect to the Internet using the actual console through a site called Xbox Live. The manner in which people already got used to is by connecting to Xbox Live through the use of a network adapter which allows you to share your desktop computer’s Internet connection to the Xbox 360 console. So the question that most people are asking is if bypassing network adapter of Xbox Live will still allow users to connect to it through an alternative method. Believe it or not, it is actually possible.
You might be thinking how bypassing network adapter of Xbox Live can still allow the users to connect to the Internet. Here are the set of instructions that users can follow. First, the user must go to the ‘Control Panel’ menu in Windows XP and then click the icon for ‘System.’ When the System window already appears look for the tab for ‘Hardware’ and then click it. Under the Device Manager portion, click on the button that also contains the label ‘Device Manager.” When you have already done this, a list of all the devices in your computer will appear. Now look for ‘Network Adapters’ and then right click on the net adapter that is registered in your computer; click ‘Properties’ on the menu that will appear after you have right-clicked the net adapter. When you have clicked ‘Properties,’ a new window will appear and then you have to look for a drop-down menu. When you have already found the menu, click on ‘Do not use this device’ and click ‘OK.’ Now you will be diverted back to the list of all the hardware in your computer. This time, click on ‘Universal Serial Bus controllers’ and right-click on ‘USB Root hub.’ When you have already decided on bypassing network adapter of Xbox Live and just opted for the wireless adapter, this is where you will go to enable your device.
Now that you have found out that it is actually possible to connect to the Internet even after bypassing network adapter of Xbox Live, it is solely up to you to choose whichever you think will be best for you and everyone else in your home. It is just a matter of judgment on which of the two adapters will best be suitable for your preference. If it is the regular network adapter then it is your decision to make. On the other hand, if you feel that bypassing network adapter of Xbox Live is what’s best for you, then you should pursue it right away. It is still advisable though to always ask help and assistance from professionals in networking so that you will be sure that nothing bad will happen and that this wireless network of yours will work properly at all times.
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Article Source: Bypassing Network Adapter of Xbox Live-Wired No More?
An operating system upgrade is performed to take benefits of added features and functions of the new versions. But sometimes after upgradation, your computer may not boot or the hard drive partitions go missing and your critical data becomes inaccessible. This behavior results as serious partition and data loss situations and require Partition Recovery tools for resolution.
As a practical scenario, when you attempt to upgrade to Microsoft Windows XP or when you attempt to install a new hard drive on your Microsoft Windows XP computer, the hard drive might not appear in My Computer or in Windows Explorer. The hard drive might appear in the Disk Management console and in Device Manager. In this case, the Disk Management console can not be used to assign a letter to the hard drive.
This behavior of Microsoft Windows XP may make your entire hard drive and all of its partitions inaccessible. Therefore, you can not access data and information from the hard drive partitions and come across partition loss situations. In such cases, to get your partitions and data back, you need to find out the cause of this problem and perform Partition Recovery as per the basis of data loss.
Grounds of this issue
This issue might occur if you have used Roxio GoBack tool on your hard drive. This problem takes place because the Roxio GoBack alters the MBR (Master Boot Record) of the hard drive and modifies the partition type. This behavior can cause the hard drive to be inaccessible in Windows XP, even when the hard drive appears in the Device Manager and in the Disk Management console.
Roxio GoBack is a Windows based hard drive tool, which can record the disk changes. If the file system is idle for a while, it makes these changes as “safe points.” This tool allows the hard drive to be reverted to any point within the available history.
Resolution
You can sort out this problem by following these steps:
Configure the hard drive as a primary master and then restart the system.
Disable Roxio GoBack.
Shutdown the system and then return the hard drive in its original configuration.
Although, this method may fix your problem, but it is not recommended to use it until you are not sure that you can safely follow all the steps. If this process fails, critical data loss may occur.
In such cases, you need to use Partition Recovery Software that can systematically scan the entire hard drive and retrieve all lost partitions and data from them. This type of software is safe and user-friendly tools to perform absolute Partition Recovery.
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is the most advanced and powerful Partition Recovery Software. It supports FAT16, FAT32, VFAT, NTFS and NTFS5 file systems based partitions and volumes. The software is compatible with Microsoft Windows 7 (Currently in RC1), Vista, 2003, XP and 2000.
Author is researching on partition data loss problems and trying to give solution to recover partition data through partition recoverysoftware.
Article Source: Partition Loss When Roxio GoBack Changes MBR and Partition Type
-Cisco Configuration Professional v1.0
-Cisco Configuration Professional Express v1.0
Cisco Configuration Professional is the new device manager for the ISRs and will replace SDM (Cisco Router and Security Device Manager) over time.
Like SDM, Cisco Configuration Professional assumes a general understanding of networking technologies and terms but assists individuals unfamiliar with the Cisco CLI.
Over time Cisco Configuration Professional functionality will expand to include more voice features and other technologies…
Cisco customers and partners who want to configure the router out of the box can use Cisco Configuration Professional Express.
Cisco Configuration Professional Express is a GUI tool that is embedded in the flash of the router. This tool helps Cisco partners and customers with out-of-the-box configuration of access router LAN/WAN interfaces and minimal Cisco IOS Software security features.
Article Source: Cisco Configuration Professional and Express v1.0
A STOP error in Windows operating system can occur due to software or hardware malfunctioning. After a STOP error message appears, it halts the booting process of the Windows operating system and also makes the data stored in the hard drive inaccessible. In such situations, if the user has not maintained any back up of the inaccessible data, then he needs to use effective Data Recovery Software to completely recover and restore the data.
Consider some practical scenarios, when a user resume the system from hibernation mode, he may encounter one of the following issues:
• The user discovers that the device (attached to the computer) such as, fingerprint reader, a Windows Media Center remote control, an optical drive, a FeliCa reader etc. has crashed or is not working properly. The user also views a yellow exclamation mark next to the device in the Device Manager.
• The user removes the device by using the Safely Remove Hardware option. However, the user is not able to reconnect the device to the computer system. After this problem arises, the computer system can crash when the user restarts or shuts down the system.
• The user encounters any of the below STOP error messages when he tries to connect a USB device to the computer system:
“STOP 0×1000007E
usbhub.sys
SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED”
Or
“STOP 127
PAGE_NOT_ZERO_NVIDIA_USB”
The main cause of the above STOP error messages is that the Windows Vista based computer is using 2 gigabytes (GB) or more of RAM and an NVIDIA nForce EHCI (Enhanced Host Controller Interface) controller.
After any of the above errors, the operating system crashes and the hard drive data becomes inaccessible. To solve this issue and to access the data, the user needs to add a registry value. To do so, the user should follow these steps:
1. The user should follow:
Start > Run > regedit and click on OK button.
The Registry Editor window will open.
2. Now he needs to locate the below registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\HidUsb
3. The user needs to right-click HidUsb, Select New, and then click DWORD Value to create the below key:
FastResumeDisable
4. The user needs to double-click FastResumeDisable, type 1, and then click OK.
5. Finally, the user needs to exit from the Registry Editor, and then restart the computer.
If the user encounters the same STOP error messages even after adding the registry value, then he needs to perform Data Recovery using advanced recovery applications. Data Recovery Software possess information as file signatures and they are created after advanced analysis of file systems that store the files and file types. They recover and restore the lost data by incorporating influential and advanced scanning algorithms.
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery offers absolute and systematic Data Recovery in all logical crash scenarios. It supports FAT16, FAT32, VFAT, NTFS and NTFS5 file systems based Windows partitions and volumes. It is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2003 and 2000. This File Recovery software also offers advanced RAW recovery.
A STOP error in Windows operating system can occur due to software or hardware malfunctioning. After a STOP error message appears, it halts the booting process of the Windows operating system and also makes the data stored in the hard drive inaccessible.
Article Source: STOP 0×1000007E Message in Windows Vista
A Universal Serial Bus (USB) device is the most common portable storage media used by most of the computer users to store, transfer and backup their precious data. This storage device uses flash memory to store data and typically comes in two forms – USB 2.0 Hi-Speed Flash drive (popularly known as Pen drive and Thumb drive) and USB 2.0 Hi-Speed External hard drive. A USB device can become inaccessible when a user physically unplugs the USB drive from the computer system while a read/write process is in progress. In this case, if you have not created any back up of data in the USB drive, you need to use effective Data Recovery Software to recover and restore the data.
As a real world scenario, when a user removes a USB device from the computer system, he encounters the below error message:
“{Delayed Write Failed}
Windows was unable to save all the data for the file \Device\HardDiskVolume.”
The above error message appears when the user unplugs the USB device before receiving any confirmation from the Safely Remove Hardware program that the service is stopped and that the device is removed from Device Manager.
If any of the above situations occur, then the computer can not find the USB device that the user specified in the Safely Remove Hardware program. To avoid the above error message, the user needs to use either the Add/Remove Hardware Wizard or the Unplug or Eject Hardware icon in the notification area to stop a USB storage device before physically unplugging it from the computer system. In such situations, the data saved in the USB drive becomes inaccessible. To access the data, the user can restore it from the recent back up. But, if the user has not created any back up, then he needs to use a third party application known as Data Recovery Software.
Stellar Information Systems Limited, the globally leading and most trustworthy Data Recovery company provides the best recovery solution – Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery 3. This Data Recovery utility recovers and restores the lost Word documents, music files, pictures etc by incorporating influential scanning algorithms.
It can recover data from FAT16, FAT32, VFAT, NTFS and NTFS5 file system based hard drives. You can use this partition recovery application with Windows Vista, XP, 2003 and 2000. It is a read only application, which provides safe and non-destructive Data Recovery for complete peace of mind. This Data Recovery application comes with detailed and modern graphical documentation with detailed information about all software features and screens.
This Data Recovery utility supports more than 300 file types. You can further enhance this by adding hexadecimal and decimal header information of the files that you need to recover. This Data Recovery Software has been designed with largely graphical and self descriptive user interface, which makes this software user friendly. The demo version of this partition recovery software is available on Stellar’s website and various popular shareware websites. Any user who is looking for Data Recovery can assess the software by previewing all files (shown categorically) that it can recover. A user can also save this search information for future use.
Simpson is a freelancer for Stellar which offers partition recovery and file recovery programs for different OS and file system including ,pst repair, data recovery linux, pst recovery and many other programs.
Article Source: Error Message after removing a USB device
With ever increasing mobility in our daily routine, laptops are the integral part of our professional life.
In such a scenario of much dependence over Laptops, imagine a situation that you are surfing and suddenly your screen flashes a message reading “You are running out of Battery”; this period is really frustrating and you start looking for a power outlet.
Every battery comes with a fixed life time but still there are some tech tips that can for sure help you to juice up your laptop’s battery:
1. An intelligent move to increase your battery life is to put off background processes which are not really required when you are on battery. For instance, you can put off iTunes, Desktop Search and other like programs that are really of no importance when you are on battery.
2. Love Hibernation than StandBy modes. People often are habitual of leaving their laptops in StandBy mode rather opting for hibernation. But former is not of any help while battery usage is the question. The StandBy mode drains battery even you are not using the notebook where as Hibernation mode is battery friendly and is not an overhead on the battery.
3. Select the hardware that meets your battery life requirement. Fiddling with background processes or to customize the power-management utilities for better battery life can for sure help you; but at last this is underlying hardware that matters most to the battery back up. So optimize hardware by turning off the ports like VGA, Ethernet, using Device Manager. Also, you can create different profiles for different work environment depending on the accessibility of power outlets. For creating different work profiles, Right Click My Computer -> Hardware Profiles -> Preferences. Managing battery life options via controlling hardware, you can also configure your display to turn off when laptop is not in use.
4. Keep Multimedia activities away from your laptop. Laptops are not the hard core tough performers like to go on with music playing, trying hands on with computer games, or watching a movie. These activities drain the battery life of your laptop.
5. Secure your battery from overheating and overloading. Both overheating and overloading damages the battery by giving it an early death. You can for instance use a cooling pad while using notebook in lap. Do not place it on the surfaces that can get easily heated up. Keep in remembrance to remove battery when plugging laptop to AC outlet.
6. Dim your screen brightness. To make your battery run longer, customize the display settings to optimal. Educed brightness can save your laptop from running low battery at an early stage when you are not in vicinity of power outlet.
7. Above these tweaks, if you are buying a new laptop that can ensure you longer battery life, there are many configurations that can be looked for. For instance, you can select the laptops that are optimized for longer battery hours like selecting a notebook based on Intel Penryn or other low voltage processor, SSD over HDDs (if cost is no limit), LEDs over LCDs, and you should go for a screen that is not big enough to drain battery and not so small to strain your vision.
These tips are not perfect fixes for battery sulk but yes they can let help battery to accompany you longer.
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Article Source: Is Laptop Battery a bottleneck for your performance?
After loading the Windows, the DVD/CD-ROM drives work properly, but we can not see the drives in “My Computer” (System can not recognize the drives.). When try to run the drives, it shows up a notice “Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code39).” Before solving this error, check the drives connection correctly, then follow the steps below:
Delete Device Manager. Most people will firstly think of Windows “Find New Hardware” when drives missed, but it does not always work out. To fix the problem: open “My Computer”’ “Control Panel” ’“System”’“Device Manager”’ “HDC(Hard Disk Controller) ”, then click “Delete”. Follow the note to reboot computer. After rebooting, the computer will find the Primary IDE Controller and Secondary IDE Controller again and install the drivers. Restart the computer again while the installation is completed. In this, we can get back our CD/DVD-ROM Drives.
The other way is by editing the registry to return the missed CD/DVD-ROM drives (Code 39 error.). Obviously, it is too risky to edit the registry if you are not familiar with it. To fix the error from the registry, carry out the following steps:
Exit and close all applications currently running on your PC.
Step1. Click Start > Run and type in Regedit, press Enter.
Step2. Look for the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\ {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Delete any of the following registry entries under this key directory:
LowerFilters
LowerFilters.bak
UpperFilters
UpperFilters.bak
Step3. Reboot your PC and open My Computer to check that the CD-ROM drive is visible.
Also, have a look at the Device Manager to see if the yellow exclamation mark and the error code 39 are gone.
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Article Source: How to fix DVD/CD-ROM drives (Code 39 error) in Windows XP or Vista
You may think that they lied to you when they said that computers are easy to use. A computer is a complex device. Anything can and does go wrong. The tech-support people know this, and they brace themselves for anything. They will receive callers that range anywhere from the stark beginner who has not taken the computer from the box all the way to a seasoned hacker whose PC has been totally disassembled and desoldered. You could make the task of a tech-support person a lot easier just by doing a little research prior to calling. And this means that they can help you much faster. Let us take a look at how.
The first thing you can do is to determine who owns the problem and narrow a few things down. Is the problem a hardware or software issue? This way, you can call the proper department in the first place. Try as many solutions yourself as possible. Tech-support people will be blown away if you have already looked in the Device Manager or worked in the System Configuration Utility. They may have you look there again. If this happens, be patient as they are typically following a script and must check things off before taking you to the next level.
Determine whether the problem is repeatable. Be prepared to demonstrate to tech support that the bug is not random and can be reproduced. Be prepared to give lots of information, so do your homework before you call. Complete any steps in the troubleshooting section of your operator manual and gather as much information from that experience as possible. You do not have to spill it all at once to the tech-support person, but have it ready whenever you are asked.
Keep in mind that you will eliminate a lot of aggravation just by knowing which number to call. This can be extremely frustrating. There are times when you might wait 20 minutes for the tech to answer, only to discover that he or she can not help you. The tech-support number is typically hidden somewhere in the manual. Sometimes, it is right up front or in a tech-support index. But most often it is in a not so obvious place.
When you do find the tech-support number, mark it and highlight it. Better yetl, write it in the front of the manual. It is always a good idea to add it to your address book. You might even want to spray-paint it on the wall in your office or something. Just remember what you did with it.
One important piece of information to relate to tech support is which version of Windows you have. It also helps to know the version of any application or utility that you figure is causing the problem. To find out the Windows version, open the System icon in the Control Panel: From the Control Panel Home, choose System and Maintenance and then System. From the Control Panel Classic view, open the System icon. Or, right-click the My Computer icon on the desktop, and choose Properties from the pop-up menu. From the System window you can get basic information about your computer.
You also find in the System window other useful information for technical support, including information about your PC processor and memory and other trivia. You do not have to cough up all the information displayed in the System window. Just make sure and not complicate things, only provide what the tech-support person asks from you unless you have good reason otherwise.
Realize that Windows may not be the issue with your PC. It could be another piece of software that you are running. In such an instance, you might have to provide the tech-support person the version of that particular program. This data is not quite the same as the version number for Windows as every piece of software has its own version number. To find out the version of any specific application, choose the Help About command. The About command is usually followed by the program name. That command displays a dialog box with the program full name, release, and version information. And you could be lucky enough to find a quick button to click for connecting to tech support.
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Article Source: What To Do Before You Call Tech Support About Your Computer