Installing an "Old" Printer in Vista

I have a couple of questions for you today! Have you ever tried connecting your old printer to your new Windows Vista computer? Ever had to face a "PCL6 Driver Not Compatible" error message in Vista? If so, read on, because I have some good news for you!

When installing your still functional legacy printer (like the NEC SuperScript 1450, for example) onto your new computer system with Windows Vista, immediately, you'll be struck with an incompatibility issue. An error message like this will probably pop up on your screen: “PCL6 driver was not compatible with a policy enabled on your computer.” After getting that error message, you're basically unable to use your old printer. But, like I said before, there's a quick relief. Here's what you can do:

The error message clearly says there's a problem with the policy. Hence, when the same policy is changed, you'll be able to get your printer up and running. All you have to do is this:

1. Go to Start.
2. Type in “gpedit.msc” (without the quotes) and then hit Enter. That will launch the Group Policy Object Editor.
3. Under the Computer Configuration section, double click on Administrative Templates and then select Printers.
   
4. In the right pane, find the policy named "Disallow Installation of Printers Using Kernel-mode Drivers" and double click on it.
   
5. Set its status to Disabled.

By disabling the disallow policy, you enable the use of kernel-mode drivers, which is what you need to be able to use your old printer. When you're finished, click OK to close the Group Policy Editor. You'll then need to reboot your computer for everything to take effect. That's all you have to do. Now, you can enjoy your favorite printer with your new Windows Vista computer. Yes!

Add “Hide File Names” Option in “View” Menu in Windows Vista

Names Option in View Menu in your Windows Vista ...... this trick works only with Windows Vista.

1. Open a folder, in which you want to add this option. If you want to add this option in all folders, then open the parent folder. e.g. if you want to add the option in every folder of E: drive, then open E: drive.

2. Right-click on a blank area in the folder and select “Customize This Folder". You can also get this option from “View -> Customize This Folder.

3. It’ll open “Customize” tab. Now select “Pictures and Videos” option from “Template” drop-down box.
NOTE: If you want to add the option “Hide File Names” to a particular folder then make sure to un-check the option “Also apply this template to all subfolders“, otherwise enable this option.

4. Now Apply it and see the magic.
Now you’ll get an extra option “Hide File Names” in “View“. Which can hide file/folder names in that particular folder.Actually in Windows XP we can hide file/folder names by pressing key and selecting “View -> Thumbnails“. Since they hv removed “Thumbnails” option from “View” menu, I think thats why this option was added to folders having their templates as “Pictures and Videos”.

Clean Your RAM and Get Some Speed

Here's an old trick that may help some of you who do not have that much RAM. You may have noticed that your PC gets slower and slower when you do a lot of things with it like playing games, then using different applications.

The reason for the slowdown is that your RAM is full of remaining progress pieces you do not need any more. You need to free it to gain some speed. Here's a simple trick to do it : open Notepad and type FreeMem=Space(128000000).

Save it as RAMcleaner.vbs then run it. It could could free up some RAM. You can edit the code to have a better cleaning power. You can type FreeMem=Space(256000000) and see the result.

Creating a Logon Banner

If you want to create a Logon Banner: A message box to appear below your logon on.

1. Open RegEdit
2. Go To
   For Windows 9x and ME -
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\
   CurrentVersion\ Winlogon
   
   For Windows 2000 XP 2003 Vista -
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\
   Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Winlogon
3. Create a new String value "LegalNoticeCaption "
4. Enter the Title of the window. What is displayed in the Title Bar.
5. Create a new string value "LegalNoticeText"
6. Enter the text for your message box that will appear even before the Logon window.

How To Enable Task Manager

Some Malware and Trojan often disable access to Windows Task Manager. Fortunately, a few quick Registry edits are usually all that are needed to regain control.

Here's how to do it:

• Click Start
• Click Run
• Type REGEDIT
• Click OK and The Registry Editor will now open
• Browse to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
  Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\system
• In the right pane, look for the value: DisableTaskMgr
• Right click DisableTaskMgr and select Delete. (When prompted with
  "Are you sure you want to delete this value", select Yes.
• Now browse to the following key:
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\
  Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
  policies\system
• In the right pane, look for the value: DisableTaskMgr
• Right click DisableTaskMgr and select Delete.
  (When prompted with "Are you sure you want to delete this value", select Yes.
• Close the Registry by choosing File Exit
• Restart your computer

You should now be able to access Task Manager. If not, reboot into Safe Mode and repeat the steps outlined above.

Admin Password Recovery

1. Insert Windows CD in your cd-rom and start your computer
2. Keep your eye on the screen messages for booting to your cd Typically, it will be “Press any key to boot from cd”
3. Once you get in, the first screen will indicate that Setup is inspecting your system and loading files.
4. When you get to the Welcome to Setup screen, press ENTER to Setup Windows now
5. The Licensing Agreement comes next - Press F8 to accept it.
6. The next screen is the Setup screen which gives you the option to do a Repair.It should read something like “If one of the following Windows XP installations is damaged, Setup can try to repair it”Use the up and down arrow keys to select your XP installation (if you only have one, it should already be selected) and press R to begin the Repair process.
7. Let the Repair run. Setup will now check your disks and then start copying files which can take several minutes.
8. Shortly after the Copying Files stage, you will be required to reboot. (this will happen automatically – you will see a progress bar stating “Your computer will reboot in 15 seconds”
9. During the reboot, do not make the mistake of “pressing any key” to boot from the CD again! Setup will resume automatically with the standard billboard screens and you will notice Installing Windows is highlighted.
10. Keep your eye on the lower left hand side of the screen and when you see the Installing Devices progress bar, press SHIFT + F10. This is the security hole! A command console will now open up giving you the potential for wide access to your system
11. At the prompt, type NUSRMGR.CPL and press Enter. Voila! You have just gained graphical access to your User Accounts in the Control Panel.
12. Now simply pick the account you need to change and remove or change your password as you prefer. If you want to log on without having to enter your new password, you can type control userpasswords2 at the the prompt and choose to log on without being asked for password. After you’ve made your changes close the windows, exit.

Make your PC shutdown at a time you wish.

There are two methods to make your computer shutdown at a time you wish.

METHOD 1:

1. Right click on your desktop and choose "New=>shortcuts".
2. In the box that says "Type the location of the shortcut",type in "shutdown -s -t 3600" without the quotation marks and click next. Note: 3600 are the amount of seconds before your computer shuts down. So , 60secs*60mins=3600secs.
3. Make up a name for the shortcut and you're done.You can change the icon by right clicking=>properities=>change icon=>browse

TO ABORT:
To make an abort key to stop the shutdown timer just create another shortcut and makethe "location of the shortcut" to " shutdown -a" without the quotes.

METHOD 2:
Here is another trick to shutdown at a specific time, for example you wish to shutdown at
11:35am. Type this in
start=>Run
Type Code: at 11:35 shutdown -s

TO ABORT:
Code: shutdown –a

Multiple google talk login

1. Right-click on the desktop
2. Select New
3. Select Shortcut
4. Paste this into the text box:"c:\program files\google\google talk\googletalk.exe" /nomutex(dont miss even a comma)
5. Click Next
6. Name it whatever: Google Talk Multiple, etc.
7. Click OK until you are done

Add A Photo To MyComputer Properties

STEPS R AS UNDER :

1. Open Notepad

2. Type the following:

[General]
Manufacturer="your_name
[Support Information]
Line1= http://www.blogger.com
Line2= visit http://technowarez.blogspot.com for more info

3. Save as "oeminfo.ini" in the System32 folder.(Without Quote)

4. Create a bmp file(Your Photo) and save it the System32folder as "oemlogo.bmp"(Without Quote).The size of the image should be within 180 (wide) x120 (high) pixels

5. Now Check your My Computer Properties.

It's tested and working

How to turn off Low Disk Space warning in Windows XP ?

Annoyed by the Low disk space warning that comes in the tray icon whenever your disk runs out of space ? Do you want to turn of the Low disk space warning ?

• Open your registry editor by typing " REGEDIT " in the run prompt
• Navigate as follows : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Policies\ Explorer.
• Now Right Click in the right pane , Click New -> Dword and name it as NoLowDiskSpaceChecks.
• Double-click on NoLowDiskSpaceChecks, and enter the value as 1, and press OK.

Thats it. From now on you wont get annoying Low disk space error .

Track website traffic with Google Trends

When it comes to web services that track web site traffic we think of Alexa. But we know that Alexa and other like services could not really give us accurate statistics because they just compile third party data instead of looking at your actual server data.

Now Google has enters the game with Google Trends.Google gets its stats from a combination of sources like search traffic, anonymous Google Analytics figures, and other third party marketing data.

This is not to say that Google Trends can give more accurate stats than Alexa and other services but at least we have another point for comparison to get us nearer to what is accurate.

10 tips for securing your PC

1. Update / patch ALL your software every now and then!
2. Check / adjust ALL your settings so they are safe, since they ARENT by default!
3. Use firewall, like ZoneAlarm!
4. Use good passwords: at least 13marks long, containing both letters and numbers. Remember to chance your password every few months atleast!
5. Get good anti-virus & Spyware softwares and keep it updated!
6. Don’t open or execute files that you are not 100% sure are absolutely safe no matter where or how you get them
7. Wipe your historyfiles (like cookies, internet history and temporary files, etc.), logs and personal files, with specific wiping program (like Eraser) instead of just deleting them.
8. Use encryption to enhance your privacy! Use encrypted email (like Hushmail or Ziplip) and encrypt sensitive files on your computer (PGP).
9. Don’t use public computers for anything you need to type in your logins, they usually have Trojan horses that capture your passwords.
10. Don’t assume anything. If you don’t know, find out! If you cant or don’t understand, ask someone who knows! There’s nothing more dangerous than doing something you don’t really know anything about. That’s the best way to cripple your system or get a Trojan horse on your computer!

Free Network Tool Software Downloads

Network Tools:
hese types of software is used for optimizing networks.
Here are some FREE Network Tools Software available :.

1. CMDTime NTP Utility - http://www.softshape.com/download/
2. Ethereal Protocol Analyzer - http://www.ethereal.com/
3. NMap - http://www.insecure.org/nmap/
4. Ntop - http://www.ntop.org
5. PingPlotter - http://www.pingplotter.com
6. PuTTY - http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty
7. RAS Graph & Stats - http://www.trvx.com/rasgs/
8. RealVNC - http://www.realvnc.com/
9. TightVNC - http://www.tightvnc.org/
10. UltraVNC - http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/
11. WinSCP - http://www.winscp.com/

Broader release of IE 8 coming this summer

Although anyone can now download the Internet Explorer 8 browser, Microsoft is gearing this release for Web developers. However, a second beta, slated to arrive this summer, is aimed at a wider audience, Microsoft's top browser executive told CNET News.com.
"It's public," general manager Dean Hachamovitch said of the Beta 1 released Wednesday. "It's out on Microsoft.com somewhere. Anyone can download it."
Although features like Web Slices may appeal to consumers, Hachamovitch said that "the (current) beta really is for developers."







Microsoft isn't saying when the final version of the browser will be released. Hachamovitch also declined to say whether it will be released at the same time as Windows 7, the next version of Microsoft's operating system. He did note that Microsoft released IE 7 for XP ahead of Windows Vista, so it is technically possible to do so.

As was the case with the IE 7 betas, those installing the test version of IE 8 will have to replace their current browser.The IE 8 beta will run on both 64-bit and 32-bit versions of Windows Vista and Windows Vista SP1 as well as Windows XP Service Pack 2.

Great Tips For Browsers

Here's a great tip to speed up your browsing of Windows XP machines. Its actually a fix to a bug installedas default in Windows 2000 that scans shared files for Scheduled Tasks.And it turns out that you can experience a delay as long as 30 seconds whenyou try to view shared files across a network because Windows 2000 is usingthe extra time to search the remote computer for any Scheduled Tasks. Note thatthough the fix is originally intended for only those affected, Windows 2000 userswill experience that the actual browsing speed of both the Internet & Windows Explorersimprove significantly after applying it since it doesn't search for Scheduled Tasks anymore.

Here's how : Open up the Registry and go to : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current

Version/Explorer/RemoteComputer/NameSpace Under that branch, select the key :
{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF} and delete it. This is key that instructs Windows to search for Scheduled Tasks.If you like you may want to export the exact branch so that you can restore the key if necessary. This fix is so effective that it doesn't require a reboot and you can almostimmediately determine yourself how much it speeds up your browsing processes.

Remove Shortcut Arrows from Desktop Icon

1. Start regedit.
2. Navigate to the following registry value HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT -- > lnkfile
3. Delete the IsShortcut registry value in the right pane.
4. Reboot your PC.

Note:Before editing regisrty take a back up of regisrty.

"STOP” ERROR MESSAGES AT SHUTDOWN

Some users have gotten an error message similar to the following when attempting either to shutdown or restart Win XP:

STOP 0000009F, DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE
STOP 0x0000001E: KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
STOP 0x000000D1: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

TechNet and the Microsoft Knowledge Base have numerous articles discussing this type of error condition; for example, these. As a review of these articles will show, these are commonly device driver problems, but may also be caused by troublesome software (such as the notorious CrashGuard), or a problem in a system service. MSKB article Q262575 discusses a shutdown problem of this type, known to exist in Windows 2000 due to a resource (IRQ) conflict, if you have PACE Interlok anti-piracy software installed. This problem may occur in Windows XP as well.

Microsoft advises the following as one approach to these problems: Restart the computer. Press F8 during the restart and select “Last Known Good Configuration.” If you catch the problem when it first occurs (meaning you likely have installed only one or two drivers or new service), this will return you to a previous working condition. (Would System Restore accomplish the same thing? I don’t know, and don’t have a broken system to test it on.)

Microsoft reported similarly that these STOP code error message occur when Windows XP is trying to shut down devices. He says that he has seen this twice: once with Logitech Quickcam installed (with an unsupported driver), and once with a USB DSL modem that would hang if it wasn’t disconnected before shutdown.

The Best Online Travel Guide: TrustedTours.com

Tours in vacations brings happiness to all the people right from the childhood age to the old age. Even I love to go to the new places during summer and winter vacation. Last summer vacation we went for New York tour. As we all know it is the worlds famous city and it is the capital of America. In New York we visited many places, the best place i like is the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Its an art museum as am an architecture student i love that place there were thousand of paintings and sculptures.

There was major collections belonging to the Museum include arms and armor, Asian art, costumes, European sculpture and decorative arts, medieval and Renaissance art, musical instruments, drawings, prints, antiquities from around the ancient world, photography, and modern art.

Actually i found a site TrustedTours.com its a best site for tourists. They offer the tours to the city, you can visit this art museum for just 20$. There are many museums out there you can go their through TrustedTours with cheap rate like in $26 you can visit Madame Tussauds New York Wax Museum. This is also a great place in New York i found. With millions of things to do in New York City, there is only one place where over 200 of the world's top celebrities provide you with an interactive experience of a lifetime.TrustedTours provides you "Thing to do in New York" like you can have All Around Town Tour of New York in just $49. Just visit New York tour section in this site you can find the list of things to do in New York. TrustedTours provides you the best experience for your holiday vacations. You can also visit the Orlando which one of the best city i love to visit and the Cypress Gardens Florida is one of the best place in that city you can visit this place through TrustedTours for just $35

You can find online travel guides at trustedtours.com where you can have the safe tours. Are you planning your next vacation? if so, then sign up for the Trusted Travels Newsletter to win a $150 Magellan’s Gift Certificate.

Download AVG Antivirus 8.0 Free Edition

Untuk pengguna AVG Antivirus 7.5 Free Edition atau mungkin sebelumnya, mungkin kini saatnya untuk meng-update-nya ke versi yang baru dirilis: AVG Antivirus 8.0 Free Edition. Penanganan yang diberikan adalah basic protection, meliputi anti-virus dan anti-spyware, tanpa anti-rootkit, anti-spam, Firewall, Safe Download, Safe Instant Messaging, Safe Surf, dan juga Support. Seperti versi free edition sebelumnya, AVG Antivirus 8.0 Free Edition pun hanya dapat digunakan untuk komputer rumah dan bukan untuk penggunaan komersial.

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Start computer in 10 seconds

Right heres what u have to do to turn ur pc on in 10 seconds :

Click on the start button then press R it will take u to Run well go to runand type Regeditpress enterthis will open Registery Editornow look for the key

HKEY_LOACAL_MECHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndex

now there find the Key Called
"Startup Delay"
Double Click On It
Now where its Base
Click Decimal
Now its Default Value Is 4800000
Change The Value To 40000
here u go u have done it
now close the Registery Editor and Restart Your Computer
You'll See The Result

How to watch YouTube videos in Hi-Def

How to watch YouTube videos in Hi-Def

All you have to do is add these characters after the original URL:

&fmt=18

That’s it. Then your watching beautiful hi-definition on your computer through YouTube.

Try it!

Change Your IP Address Without Any Software!

How do I change my IP address?
“How do I change my IP address?” and “Can I change my IP address?” are probably the most commonly asked questions. Please attempt the following then, if that does not work, visit the Change IP Address forum.

Before trying any other methods to change your IP address, try turning off (or unplugging the power of) your Cable/DSL modem for five minutes. In many cases this will change your IP address. However, if that does not change your IP address, repeat the process for 8 hours (overnight works well) instead of 5 minutes. Hopefully this will result in an IP change.

If the above does not result in your IP address changing, please look through the below for the situation that best matches yours and attempt to change your IP address that way. Unfortunately you are not able to get your IP address to change in all cases, as it is ultimate determined by your ISP’s DHCP configuration (when you’ve got a dynamically assigned IP address, that is.)

Windows - (FIRST OPTION) Computer connected directly to the modem
1. Get to a command prompt. (START, run, cmd).Start Menu Run Box
2. Type “ipconfig /release” (without the quotes, on the command line by itself).
3. Type “ipconfig /renew” (without the quotes, on the command line by itself).

Windows (SECOND OPTION) - Computer connected directly to the modem
1. Get to a command prompt. (START, run, cmd).
2. Type “ipconfig /release” (without the quotes).
3. Shut down computer.
4. Turn off computer.
5. Turn off all ethernet hubs/switches.
6. Turn off cable/DSL modem.
7. Leave off overnight.
8. Turn everything back on.

Network with Router (THIRD OPTION)
1. Log into the router’s admin console. (Often http://192.168.1.1/)
2. Release the IP address. (Method varies by router manufacturer)
3. Turn off router, ethernet hubs/switches, and the cable/DSL modem.
4. Leave off overnight.
5. Turn everything back on.

If you are using a cable/DSL modem and a router, you may wish to connect your computer directly to the cable/DSL modem. Please note that this could significantly impact your system security. This allows your ISP’s DHCP to issue you a new (hopefully changed) IP address based of the (hardware) MAC address of your computer’s ethernet card.

If all the above has not worked to change your IP address and you have a router, check and see if there is a “Clone MAC Address” option. Using it should change your IP address; however, you’ll only be able to do it once (in most cases).

These will not work in all cases. If all else fails contact your internet service provider (ISP) and ask them if they are able to change your IP address or how long your connection needs to be off for your IP address to change.

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