Cheap cellular phone, only an alternative

The old concept that cellular phones are merely luxurious toys is now dismissed by the growing need for it. Cellular phones now became a very essential tool for everyone including parents who want to know where their kids are on a real time basis. Business executives do business more effectively with a multi-functional cellular phone. Eve teenagers need cellular phones. Gone are the days when cellular phones are toys to show off, now cellular phones evolve to be a necessity. Thus, cellular phones of various models and designs now flood the market. There are those cellular phones that can perform many different functions but there are also those basic telephones that come in cheap. Because of this great need and want for cellular phones, manufacturers flood the market from cheap cellular phones...

Increase Broadband Speed using a Simple Tweak

Note: Make sure you Logon as Administrator, not as user with administrative privileges. Go to START button. Choose RUN from the Start Menu. Type GPEDIT.MSC Expand the [ADMINISTRATIVE TEMPLATES] branch. Expand the [NETWORK[ branch. Highlight (select by single click) [QOS PACKET SHEDULER]. Double-Click [LIMIT REVERVABLE BANDWIDTH] (Available at the right side panel). Check (select by single click on it) ENABLED. Cahnge[BANDWIDTH LIMIT %] to 0%. Click [OK] button. RESTART your computer Check the Seed. ...

Troubleshooting PC system slowdowns (Part-2)

 10 common troubleshooting areas you should examine before you consider drastic steps such as reformatting and reimaging or buying new computers. (part-2) 6. Windows services  Many Windows services are enabled by default. A lot of these services, however, are not required for your machine to run properly. You should review the services running on your Windows XP/Vista/7 computer and disable...

Troubleshooting PC system slowdowns (Part-1)

10 common troubleshooting areas you should examine before you consider drastic steps such as reformatting and reimaging or buying new computers. 1. Processor overheating The processor fan may fail for several reasons: Dust is preventing the fan from spinning smoothly. The fan motor has failed.  The fan bearings are loose and jiggling. If it is covered with dust, you can often spray away the dust with compressed air. But even though you might get the fan running again, its life span has likely been reduced because of the overwork. You should keep an extra fan in reserve in case of failure. Often, you can tell if there is a fan problem by listening and/or touching the computer. A fan that has loose bearings starts jiggling and vibrates the case, making a characteristic noise. As time...

Things you can do with a USB flash drive

Run portable applications In addition to storing your data, you can run portable applications from a USB flash drive. For example, OpenOffice, which is a complete office suite that includes a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation tool, drawing package, and database, is available as a portable application. Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird are also available as portable applications. When you combine the office suite with the ability to surf the Web and check email, you'll be able to take your most vital computing applications with you wherever you go -- right in your pocket.   If that's not enough, you can choose other applications to install on your USB flash drive from PortableApps.com. You can even install an entire prepackaged suite of applications that includes such things as an...

Fast Browsing and Buffer for Audio and Video Streaming

FOR FAST PAGE LOADING: download the file and follow these steps: Save the file (Filename.reg) to your desktop, double-click the file, the affected registry key will be exported for you, and the registry file will be merged. Usually your computer must be restarted for these to take effect. However you’ll already see the changes by just refreshing your browser. Download  What does this file contain? Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Tcpip\ServiceProvider] "Class"=dword:00000008 "DnsPriority"=dword:00000003 "HostsPriority"=dword:00000002 "LocalPriority"=dword:00000001 "NetbtPriority"=dword:00000004 What does this do? This tweak...

Operating System or OS

An operating system (OS) is software, consisting of programs and data, that runs on computers and manages computer hardware resources and provides common services for efficient execution of various application software. For hardware functions such as input and output and memory allocation, the operating system acts...

A little bit of fun on your browsers...

Copy and paste these code in your address bar.. and see what happen... javascript:R=0; x1=.1; y1=.05; x2=.25; y2=.24; x3=1.6; y3=.24; x4=300; y4=200; x5=300; y5=200; DI=document.getElementsByTagName("img"); DIL=DI.length; function A(){for(i=0; i-DIL; i++){DIS=DI[ i ].style; DIS.position='absolute'; DIS.left=(Math.sin(R*x1+i*x2+x3)*x4+x5)+"px"; DIS.top=(Math.cos(R*y1+i*y2+y3)*y4+y5)+"px"}R++}setInterval('A()',50); void(0); Enjoy!...

How to make you Firefox browser run faster?

1. first in the URL bar, Type “about:config”. It will bring up a list of commands and variables you can edit. 2. The second step is to put “network.http.pipelining” in the filter and change the value to “true”. 3. After that you will want to put “network.http.proxy.pipelining” in the filter. Like the last one, make that value set to “true” also. 4. Next, locate “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” and change the value to some number higher, say 10,20 or even 30, it would make up to 10,20 or 30 requests at once. 5. The last step is to right click anywhere and select “New” then “Integer”. Name it “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and make its value “0?. This will make the browser respond faster on the information of the websites it receives. 6. Close out FireFox  and restart it &nb...

How to Check if someone uses your PC while you are gone and what did they do?

first you should go start > run >eventvwr.msc Events are stored in three log files: Application, Security, and System. These logs can be reviewed and archived. For our purposes we want the System log. Click on “System” in the left-hand column for a list of events. Look for a date and time when you weren’t home and your computer should have been off. double click on the eg: info and it will show you the detail. You can also use this log to see how long someone was on the computer. Just look at the time the computer was turned on and off for that day. Enjoy...

Parts of a Computer

As a starter, it might be a good idea to take a quick refresher course in computer basics before you open your system unit. We'll start by looking at each of the parts of your computer system, from the system unit and everything inside to monitors, mouse and keyboards.  Here are the major components of a computer. As you can see, it consists of system unit, monitor, keyboard and mouse.  An...

Step-by-Step Guide in Installing Windows Vista

A clean install of the operating system is our preferred method for installing Windows Vista. It is not difficult to perform a clean installation. Before you perform the installation I recommend that you check Windows Vista system requirements to ensure that your computer hardware meets the Vista minimum requirements. Be sure to back up your important data before...

Computer Components

CPU : The Computer "Brain" (Main Engine) RAM/Memory : Temporary Data Storage of a Computer Motherboard  : The "Heart" of a Computer Hard Disk Drive (HDD)  : Permanent Data Storage of a Computer Keyboard and Mouse : Typing and Pointing Devices CD/DVD Drive : Storage on the Disc Monitor : Display Output Tower Case / Casing : Computer Housing Power Supply Unit (PSU) : Supply Power for the PC Compone...