computers-and-internet

Ways to speed up your PC

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:18:00 +0100

1. Free up disk space
By freeing disk space, you can improve the performance of your computer. The Disk Cleanup tool helps you free up space on your hard disk. Tip: Typically, temporary Internet files take the most amount of space because the browser caches each page you visit for faster access later.

2. Speed up access to data
Disk fragmentation slows the overall performance of your system. When files are fragmented, the computer must search the hard disk when the file is opened to piece it back together.

3. Detect and repair disk errors
In addition to running Disk Cleanup and Disk Defragmenter to optimize the performance of your computer, you can check the integrity of the files stored on your hard disk by running the Error Checking utility.

4. Protect your computer against spyware
Spyware collects personal information without letting you know and without asking for permission. To combat spyware, you might want to consider using Microsoft Windows Defender, which is included in Windows Vista, and is available as a free download for Microsoft XP SP2. Alternatively, there are other free anti-spyware software programs available.

5. Learn all about ReadyBoost If you're using Windows Vista, you can use ReadyBoost to speed up your system. A new concept in adding memory to a system, it allows you to use non-volatile flash memory—like a USB flash drive or a memory card—to improve performance without having to add additional memory.

How do to clean Head of HP psc 1350 printer?

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:22:33 +0100

White lines can appear on a copy either in a horizontal or vertical direction. How the white line appears on the copy will determine the cause and solution.Horizontal white lines usually indicate the ink cartridge is running out of ink or has some clogged ink nozzles.

1. Some of the ink cartridge nozzles may be clogged with dry ink. Use the ink cartridge cleaning service to try to clear them.

Pess Setup or Menu repeatedly until Maintenance appears in the display, and then press Enter
Clean Cartridges should appear in the display. Press Enter
At the end of the ink cartridge cleaning cycle, a page will print. Examine the page to determine if the problem is corrected. If the print fades out or if some colors are missing or incorrect, the ink cartridge is low on ink and should be replaced.

2. Clean the cartridge face and electrical contacts at the back of the print carriage as follows:

Open the printer and take all of the ink cartridges out.
Locate your inkjet ports- where your ink cartridges were. The ink ports are between the printer body and the ink cartridge
With a pair of protective gloves, wipe the area of the inkjet ports on the body of the printer with a DAMP piece of soaked cloth (after soaking it in hot water – the warm water cloth will help dissolve the dried up ink in the ink ports)
Wipe till all the ink is gone
Leave the ink ports to dry – one way to quicken the process is to use a hair dryer set to low.
Once you are sure the ink ports are dry reinstall the ink cartridge and close the printer
Plug the printer back into power.
Close the unit, and plug the power cord back into the wall outlet and plug the power cord into the back of the unit.
Print a self-test page to check the results.
To print a self-test page, press the Setup or Menu button until Print Report appears in the display then press Enter . Press the Setup or Menu button until Self-Test appears in the display, and then press Enter .
If the problem is not corrected by cleaning the ink cartridges, replace the ink cartridges.

10 best software for creating an online magazine

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:30:02 +0100

Adobe InDesign
Adobe FrameMaker
Adobe PageMaker
Orxtra Publisher for Mac OS X
CorelDRAW
Corel Ventura
iStudio Publisher
PageStream (used to be "Publishing Partner")
Microsoft Office Publisher
QuarkXPress
Scribus
Serif PagePlus
Easy Flyer Creator

My personal favorite is Quark .With more than 20 years experience; Quark is the industry standard is Quark. Very powerful software, and should allow you to do most anything you'll need. Quark revolutionized publishing by helping customers automate their publishing process to deliver accurate, relevant, and attractive communications anywhere.

Adobe® PageMaker® 7.0 software is another ideal page layout program for business, education, and small- and home-office professionals who want to create high-quality publications such as brochures and newsletters. Great templates, graphics, and intuitive design tools; its easy to work productively across Adobe applications; and one can easily leverage existing content to create customized communications.

Microsoft Publisher 2007 is also great. With Microsoft publisher you can easily create professional looking publications and marketing material in your own home. Before you get started test it in your browser or buy it today. Also check the newer releases.

Other publishing software

eMagCreator

The eMagCreator software allows you to convert your PDF's into interactive online publications with the popular page flip animation in flash. eMagCreator allows customers to locally install the software on their computer. This enables you to manage the entire production and hosting of your online publications in-house. You have total control of every step in the process, without being dependent on a service provider. It only takes minutes to convert your publications and the software is incredibly easy to use.

3D Issue allows you to convert your publications into page turning digital editions in a matter of seconds. Track your readers, link to your advertisers sites and enhance your readers experience with video, audio, animations and much much more.3D Issue is a software solution, not a service. Once you purchase your license, you can use 3D Issue to create digital editions of any past, present or future issue of any publication that your company owns.

What is Windows Movie Maker?

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:37:24 +0100

Windows Movie Maker is a video creating/editing software included in Microsoft Windows. It contains features such as effects, transitions, titles/credits, audio track, timeline narration, andAuto Movie. New effects and transitions can be made and existing ones can be modified usingXML code. Windows Movie Maker is also a basic audio track editing program. It can apply basic effects to audio tracks such as fade in or fade out. The audio tracks can then be exported in the form of a sound file instead of a video file. With MovieMaker, it’s a snap to transform your favorite photos and videos into movie masterpieces.

In Windows 7, the latest iteration of Windows, Windows Movie Maker is no longer included in favor of its Windows Live counterpart, Windows Live Movie Maker, but it is based on a different code base and has different functionalities as Windows Movie Maker. However, it is still possible to run any version of Windows Movie Maker by simply copying the original Movie Maker files from a previous version of Windows into Windows 7 and registering the dll files.[5] This method works for all versions of Windows Movie Maker including the Windows Vista version if computer's hardware supports it. Windows Movie Maker 2.6 also works in Windows 7

Movie Maker requires Windows Vista or Windows 7; it is not supported on Windows XP.

Where can download Windows Movie Maker?

http://windowslive.com/desktop/moviemaker
http://windowsmovimaker-uk.com/uk/

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Windows_Movie_Maker.htm

http://download.cnet.com/Windows-Movie-Maker-Windows-XP/3000-13631_4-10165075.html

http://www.soft82.com/download/Windows/Windows_Movie_Maker

http://download.live.com/moviemaker

http://en.kioskea.net/telecharger/telecharger-124-windows-movie-maker

Want to change the language on my computer? Try Vistalizator!

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:12:26 +0100

Try Vistalizator - this tool allows you to change display language in Vista editions far better than (officially supported) Ultimate, like Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium and Business. Vistalizator overrides the limit of one MUI language on non-Ultimate Vista editions. But there are also some minor problems Vistalizator as noted on the Vistalizator official site www.froggie.sk/. When you use Vistalizator to add new languages, Windows Update and Control Panel may not function properly.

Many users think that Vistalizator 2.01 is the best version than all the language programs.

Please visit http://www.froggie.sk/usage.html for step by step instructions on using Vistalizator or otherwise follow these steps below:

1. Check your system properties (32-bit/64-bit, Service Pack 1 installed or not)

2. Use Vistalizator to go back to the original language

3. Uninstall Windows Search 4.0 from Installed Updates List

4. Run regedit, go to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\MUI\UILanguages\

and in the entry for the new language, e.g English-UK

add a string value

Default Fallback =xx-YY (where xx-YY is the original language)

5. Reboot, and run Windows Update from the original language, install all updates, including Windows Search 4.0

6. Use Vistalizator to switch to the new language.

7. You may need to manually perform additional steps like keyboard layout control panel, renaming net work connection.

Where does Windows store Passwords?

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:39:29 +0100

If you created a password-protected .doc or .xls file, the password protection is inside the file. If this file was yours and you forgot your own password, too bad. If an admin put a password on a file, you have to ask the admin to give you the password.

While your profile may be locked from a password the files are not actually locked. Windows does not actually store passwords, it uses a destructive algorithm called MD4 to create a cryptographic hash password or the passwords (as most people think).Unfortunately Windows XP does not want to allow you to access user files that have a password attached to them. Windows converts all login passwords to Uppercase before hashing. Windows make the password hashes in binary format and so you can not just read them.

However these hashes can be cracked. Of course there are many password cracking techniques that can be taken and this site support only legitimate techniques shown below:

Dictionary attack on the hashes through sites like L0phtCrack on http://www.atstake.com/. Visit the site and dump the password hashes and run a simple dictionary attack on the hashes.
Rainbow table is a lookup table offering a time-memory tradeoff used in recovering the plaintext password from a password hash generated by a hash function, often a cryptographic hash function. Visit sites like RainbowCrack at http://www.antsight.com/zsl/rainbowcrack/.
Cain and Able at www.oxid.it/cain.html. Cain & Abel is a password recovery tool for Microsoft Operating Systems. It allows easy recovery of various kinds of passwords by sniffing the network, cracking encrypted passwords using Dictionary, Brute-Force and Cryptanalysis attacks, recording VoIP conversations, decoding scrambled passwords, recovering wireless network keys, revealing password boxes, uncovering cached passwords and analyzing routing protocols.

However it is important to note that Linux and others on the other hand could care less if you password your files. Most modern Linux kernels (all 2.4.x and many 2.2.x) support NTFS (which supersedes the FAT file system) in read and write mode; and you can recover the passwords to whatever medium you are interested in. these hashes can be cracked.

Although you can read NTFS created with any version of Windows NT, you can not write to an NTFS created with Windows 2000, Windows XP and some few others. NTFS created with Windows NT 4.0 and earlier can be written to.