Archive for June, 2009
Use Backup to Back Up Files and Folders on Your Computer in Windows XP
By pooja at 30 June, 2009, 10:44 pm
The Backup tool in Windows XP helps you protect your data in case your hard disk fails or files are accidentally erased. By using Backup, you can create a duplicate copy of all of the data on your hard disk and then archive it on another storage device, such as a hard disk or a tape.
If the original data on your hard disk is accidentally erased or overwritten, or becomes inaccessible because of a hard-disk malfunction, you can easily restore the data from the disk or archived copy by using the Restore Wizard or Automated System Recovery Wizard.
Note: You must have permissions as an administrator or a backup operator on your computer to back up files and folders. Also, backup operators and administrators can back up and restore encrypted files and folders without decrypting the files or folders.
Click Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Backup. The Backup or Restore Wizard starts.
- Click Advanced Mode.
- Click the Backup tab.
- On the Job menu, click New.
- Select the check boxes for the drives that you want to back up. If you want to be more specific in your selections, expand the drive that you want, and then click the check boxes for the files or folders that you want.
- Select the System State check box.
Note: If you want to back up your system settings as well as your data files, you should back up all the data on your computer plus the System State data, which includes such things as the registry, the COM+ class registration database, files under Windows File Protection, and boot files.
- In the Backup destination list, click the backup destination that you want to use.
- If you clicked File in the previous step, type the full path and file name that you want in the Backup media or file name box. Note that you can also specify a network share as a destination for the backup file.
- Click Start Backup. The Backup Job Information dialog box appears.
Under If the media already contains backups, use one of the following steps:
If you want to append this backup to previous backups, click Append this backup to the media.If you want to overwrite previous backups with this backup, click Replace the data on the media with this backup.
- Click Advanced.
- Select the Verify data after backup check box.
- In the Backup Type box, click the type of backup that you want. When you click a backup type, a description of that backup type is displayed under “Description.”
- Click OK, and then click Start Backup. A Backup Progress dialog box appears, and the backup starts.
- When the backup is complete, click Close.
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Loading ...Disable Error Reporting
By pooja at 30 June, 2009, 10:42 pm
- · Click Start, and then click Run.
- Type msconfig to open the System Configuration Utility.
- Click the Services tab.
- Clear the Error Reporting Service check box, and then click OK.
- Hit Restart to reboot your system.
Your computer will now start without loading the error reporting service.
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By pooja at 30 June, 2009, 10:42 pm
- Click Start, and then click Run.
- Type msconfig to open the System Configuration Utility.
- Click the Services tab.
- Clear the Error Reporting Service check box, and then click OK.
- Hit Restart to reboot your system.
Your computer will now start without loading the error reporting service.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Move the Paging File in Windows XP
By pooja at 30 June, 2009, 10:38 pm
The paging file is the area on the hard disk that Windows uses as if it were random access memory (RAM) This is sometimes known as “virtual memory.” By default, Windows stores this file on the same partition as the Windows system files. You can increase the performance of Windows, and increase free space on the boot partition, by moving this file to a different partition.
- Log on to the computer as Administrator.
- Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
- Click Performance and Maintenance, and then click System.
- Click the Advanced tab, and then under Performance, click Settings.
- Click the Advanced tab, and then under Virtual memory, click Change.
- In the Drive [Volume Label] list, click a drive other than the one on which Windows is installed (Windows is usually installed on the drive C). Under Total paging file size for all drives, note the value that is displayed next to Recommended.
- Click Custom size, and then type the recommended value in the Initial size (MB) box. Type the maximum size that you want to allow for paging in the Maximum size (MB) box, and then click Set.
- In the Drive [Volume Label] box, click the drive on which Windows is installed(usually the drive C), and then use one of the following steps:
- If you do not want a paging file on the drive, click No paging file, and then click Set. A message similar to the following message appears:
If the pagefile on volume C: has an initial size of less than 126 megabytes, then the system may not be able to create a debugging information file if a STOP error occurs.
Continue anyway?
- Click Yes.
- If you want to keep the minimum size of the paging file on the drive, click Custom size, and then type a value that is equal to or greater than the amount of RAM in the computer in the Initial size (MB) box. Type that same value in the Maximum size (MB) box, and then click Set.
The following message appears:
The changes you have made require you to restart your computer before they can take effect.
- Click OK, click OK, click OK.
- Then click Yes when you are prompted to restart the computer.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...One-Click Shutdown
By pooja at 30 June, 2009, 10:36 pm
- Navigate to your Desktop.
- On the Desktop, right-click and go to New, then to Shortcut (in other words, create a new shortcut).
- You should now see a pop-up window instructing you to enter a command line path.
Enter one of these as the path: SHUTDOWN -s -t 01
- If the C: drive is not your local hard drive, then replace “C” with the correct letter of the hard drive.
- Click the “Next” button.
- Name the shortcut and click the “Finish” button.
Now whenever you want to shut down, just click on this shortcut and you’re done.
Also, if you want to make life better and faster, you can right-click the new shortcut you just made, go to Properties, and type in X (or whatever letter) in the Shortcut Key box.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Create A System Restore Point
By ComputerRepair.com | Computer Repair Help and Information at 30 June, 2009, 10:02 am
When conducting maintenance on your computer, removing programs, or doing something more advanced like editing your computer’s registry, you should back up your computer. An alternative to backing up your computer is creating a system restore point. A system restore point is a feature in Windows XP that can allow you to revert your system back to an earlier state. So if you make a change to your computer that is not desired, you can go back to the setting you had before you starting making changes.
To create a system restore point:
1. Click Start
2. Highlight the Programs tab with your cursor
3. Highlight the Accessories tab with your cursor
4. Highlight the System Tools tab with your cursor
5. Click on System Restore – This click will open the System Restore Welcome screen
6. On the Welcome screen, click Create a Restore Point
7. On the Create a Restore Point page, enter a name for your restore point
8. Click Create
Once your System Restore is created, you can make changes to your system. If anything does not go as planned, you can take away all the changes by selecting the system restore point you just created.
To select the system restore point, just follow the same path you took to create it but on the Welcome screen, click Restore My Computer To An Earlier Time. On the next screen, you will be able to select the restore point you created.
By creating a system restore point, you can safeguard any problems that may occur when making changes to your computer.
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By David Harley at 29 June, 2009, 4:18 pm
Having worked quite a lot in recent years in the public sector in the UK, I’m not at all surprised that RIM (Research in Motion) is bullish about being assessed by CESG as suitable for use with restricted government data. However, it’s not altogether clear from the documentation published by RIM what this actually means.
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By Rachit Mathur at 29 June, 2009, 6:32 am
A few days ago I got a chance to look at a recent variant of the DNSChanger.ad. It drops a common rootkit that is mostly associated with FakeAlert and DNSChanger Trojans. Over a period of time the dropped sys file names have changed from tdss*.sys to seneka*.sys to skynet*.sys and so on. Our memory detection [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...What Service to Disable and what not to disable?
By LaZyPunK 'n ThE GEorGE at 26 June, 2009, 3:53 pm
In our previous posts we have told you how to disable process and services from starting up and taking unnecessary resources. But you have to do this carefully, cause in case, if you disable some important service of the computer, there will be one of the days when you bang your head in frustration that some things are not working and you will not have a damn clue about it!
So to save you from this situation and also to save ourselves from a lots of curses, we give you all the needed information about which services and which process to disable. 1st of all we will tell you about the various services. And after reading this carefully, you will know if you need them or not. But 1st if don’t know about services, Just see this article.
Now lets see what to disable or not.
- Alerter: If you don’t have a network connection, i.e. if your computer is not joined with network cables or otherwise with another computer like in a Cyber Cafe, You DO NOT need this service, cause the alert is for some changes in the network. So you do not need it and could disable it.
- Automatic Updates: This is a kind of a hidden curse kind of a thing. If you are using a limited data transfer based internet connection, this will surely help you to lighten your pockets. This sometimes runs without the notice of the user and draws some bandwidth, and also before you know it, you have lost some valuable MB of data. But in the contrary, from the name of it, it updates your XP, keeps it up-to-date. But a very cautious word to those, who use Pirated XP and have internet connection. Be sure to disable it cause if you don’t,after downloading and installing the “Genuine Advantage Validation” Update, the Pirated XP tag will haunt you down and it will be really embarrasing to show of your computer to your friends, unless they also have have the same tagg slapped to their PC.
- Computer Browser: Now again, If you are not using a networked compter you don’t need this also. So simply Disable it.
- Cryptographic Services: Set this to manual if you are not sure you need it.
- DNS Client: This service resolves the DNS of the computer. This is also a network based service. But it is also used for internet connection. So don’t disable it. Jus set it to manual so it will run only when it is needed.
- Error Reporting Service: Ok, now have you seen a program getting non-responsive, and the a window came giving 2 options, “Send”, and “Don’t send” and thats when if you have people peeking behind you will say, “Don’t send”. And you click the “Don’t send” button. So here microsoft created an error reporting service solve your problems but believe me. They don’t. It’s an useless service and if you click on “Send” button, and if you expect some solution to that definite problem, you are asking Sun to come out of the west! So better disable it.
- Fast User Switching Compatibility: Disable it if you have only a single user on your computer, or if you do not use fast user switching feature much. That is, if you completely log-off and then allow other users to use your computer, then you do not need this. Note that this service is completely useless for low memory computers. And if you don’t even know what ‘User’ means here, then you definately need to Disable it.
- FTP Publishing: Disable this if you do not use FTP.
- Help and Support: If you need any help, just come here or e mail us, or call someone who knows all this. Don’t waste your RAM’s resources to run a program for “Help and Support”. So disable it.
- Indexing Service: This indexes all your hard drives files, so when you search for a certain file or folder using the search feature, it shows the results very quickly. But also it continuously runs on background to track all your files and data. So uses a greater part of CPU. So you can disable it.
- Net Logon: Disable this feature also if you are not on a network.
- NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing: Disable this if you do not use Remote Desktop feature. If you don’t know what it is, then disable it anyways.
- Network Provisioning Service: Disable this, it’s also useless if you are not on a network.
- NT LM Security Support Provider: Disable this, its useless too.
- Office Source Engine: This is for MS Office feature. If you have MS office this is for recovering sudden crash in MS office. Disable this if you have the MS office setup file.
- Print Spooler: Disable it if you don’t have a printer.
- Remote Desktop Help Session Manager:Disable this anyways. Cause you will not get any support and help from Microsoft any ways.
- Remote Registry: This is a SERIOUS sequrity thread turned on in every XP by default. So turn it off NOW.
- Security Center: This is a really useless feature. They will always show you some faults on your computer. Its better stay disabled.
- Server: Set it to manual or disable it if you are not on network.
- Smart Card: Disable it. Seriously if you use smart card for your computer, you must be my long lost great great Grandfather!
- Telnet: Set it to manual if you use this feature, otherwise disable it, especially if you are home users.
- Terminal Services: If you aren’t using remote desktop. Disable this one also.
- Uninterrupted Power Supply: If you don’t have an UPS attached to the serial port, disable it. If you don’t know what I was talkng about, Serial port is the port where you stuck your pen drive. If any one of the serial port is attached with the UPS, don’t Disable it. Otherwise Disable it. If you still don’t know what I am talking about, just leave it alone.
- Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS): Disable this if you have another firewall software installed, otherwise let it remain ON for better security.If you don’t know what Firewall is, Then leave this alone also.
- Wireless Zero Configuration: Disable if not on a wireless network.
- WMI Performance Adapters: Disable it, useless service for basic usage.
- Workstation: Disable this one againg for you are not on a network.
Now apart from all these services listed above, let all the others stay as they are. Don’t even try to change anything other than this. This may harm your computer and may cause a lots of frustration.
Now for the next step, the “Start Up” process. This one we will let you know in the next article. So keep watching. Till then, happy servicing.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Michael Jackson News Affects Web Traffic
By Paula Greve at 26 June, 2009, 2:58 pm
The announcement of Michael Jackson’s death has caused immediate effects on the Web 2.0 world. The impact ranged from the interruption on Facebook of coverage of Farrah Fawcett’s death to a surge experienced by Twitter. The Web 2.0 world is definitely abuzz with traffic regarding his passing.
Within hours the percentage of “long-tail” URL traffic associated with [...]
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