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How to Use VLC Media Player to Stream Media from Windows 7 to XP by PCWatch

2010-10-19T08:19:00.000-07:00

It's easy to stream Music and Video over the Internet in windows 7. But have you ever tried to Stream Media from Windows 7 to windows XP? Now,with the VLC Media Player,it can be easy too!

Tips:You'll need to have an account set up with both a username and password. A blank password will not work. The media files will need to be located in a shared folder.

The Windows XP Client Computer

Download and install the VLC Media Player. (See link below) Then open VLC.

Click on Media from the and select Open File...

Browse your network for the shared folder that contains your media.

You'll be prompted to log in to the host computer. Provide the credentials for a user on the Windows 7 computer. Click OK.

Select your media file and click Open.

Your media playback will begin momentarily.

Now that we've shared our media folders from the Windows XP computer, we're ready to play our files on the Windows 7 computer.

Sharing your Media Folders on windows 7 computer

Right-click on the folder containing the files you'd like to stream and choose Properties.

Tips: If the media files are located within the Public directory, or within the profile of the user account you use to log into the Windows 7 computer, they will be shared automatically.

Click the Share button on the Sharing Tab of the folder properties. Click OK.

Type or select from the drop down the user account you'll use to log in, or select "Everyone" to share with all users. Then click Add.

You may change the permission level, but only Read permission is required to play the media. Repeat this process for any additional folders you wish to share.

Just with the VLC media and follow those steps, and then you will find that it's easy to stream media from windows 7 to windows XP.

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How to stream Music and Video Over the Internet with Windows Media Player 12 by PCWatch

2010-10-19T08:18:00.000-07:00

Good news for every music fans! Windows Media Player 12 in windows 7 is being able to Stream Media and video over the Internet. And then you can get it on other windows 7 conmputrs. Don't worry, i will show you how to do it now!

What You'll Need

If you want to get it,you should get those things ready before.

1. UPnP or Port Forwarding enabled on your home router

2. Media files added to your Windows Media Player library

3. Windows Live ID

4. Two computers running Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, or Ultimate. The host, or home computer that you will be streaming the media from, cannot be on a public network or part of domain.

Windows Live ID

if you do not already have a Windows Live ID you shoud sign up online to get one.

Tips: You will need to perform this process on each computer that you want to use.

Configuring the Windows 7 Computers

If you haven't already installed the Windows Live ID Sign-In Assistant, you will be taken to Microsoft's website and prompted to download it.

Once you have completed the Windows Live download assistant install, you will see Windows Live ID online provider appear in the "Link Online IDs" window. Click on "Link Online ID."

Next, you'll be prompted for a Windows Live ID and password. Enter your Windows Live ID and password and click "Sign In."

A pop up window will notify you that you have successfully allowed Internet access to home media.

Now, you will have to repeat the exact same configuration on the 2nd Windows 7 computer. Once you have completed the same configuration on your 2nd computer, you might also need to configure your home router for port forwarding.

Open Windows Media Player and go to the library section. Click on Stream and then "Allow Internet access to home media."

Click "Link an online ID" when you are prompted to link your Windows Live ID to a user account.

If your router supports UPnP, you may not need to manually forward any ports on your router. So, this would be a good time to test your connection. Go to a nearby hotspot, or perhaps a neighbor's house, and test to see if you can stream your media. If not, you'll need to manually forward the ports. You can always choose to forward the ports anyway, just in case.

Finding the ports to forward on the router

Open Windows Media Player and make sure you are in Library view. Click on "Stream" on the top menu, and select "Allow Internet access to home media."

On the "Internet Home Media Access" window, click on "Diagnose connections."

The "Internet Streaming Diagnostic Tool" will pop up. Click on "Port forwarding information" near the bottom.

On the "Port Forwarding Information" window you will find both the Internal and External Port numbers you will need to forward on your router. The Internal port number should always be 10245. The external number will be different depending on your computer. Microsoft also recommends forwarding port 443.

Configuring the Router

Now, you'll need to configure Port Forwarding on your home router. We will show you the steps for a Linksys WRT54GL router, however, the steps for port forwarding will vary from router to router.

On the Linksys configuration page, click on the Administration Tab along the top, click the "Applications & Gaming Tab, and then the "Port Range Forward" tab below it.

Under "Application," type in a name. It can be any name you choose. In both the "Start" and "End" boxes, type the port number. Enter the IP address of your home computer in the IP address column. Click the check box under "Enable." Do this for both the internal and external port numbers and port 443. When finished, click the "Save Settings" button.

Note: It's highly recommended that you configure your home computer with a static IP address.

When you're ready to play your media over the Internet, open up Windows Media Player and look for your host computer and username listed under "Other Libraries." Click on it expand the list to see your media libraries. Choose a library and a file to play.

Now enjoy your streaming media over the Internet.

Conclusion

Do you feel excited about being able to watch streams in the network? Regardless of how complicated this process, as music fans we must do it.

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A Flash Application can be Most Attracting to Your Visitor by Arun Kumar

2010-10-19T08:17:00.001-07:00

Why do we need Flash application development? With the expansion of the web world, there are innovations almost at every moment. The purpose behind the innovations is to make the web world a better place to live in. There is nothing to hesitate in the use of the word "live in." Don't we actually do that? The websites form an integral part of our lives. Our work, our entertainment, our daily doze of news, business, and entrepreneurship are directly proportional to the amount of time we spend on the web. Therefore, there is constant research as to how to make this place a better, more perfect, interactive and more user- friendly. Since, the medium is on the verge of overtaking the other sources of advertisement and information like, newspapers, radio and television; hence it will not be unwise to concentrate our attention on this particular platform and the betterment of it. The invention of Flash is the result of one such effort.

Now what exactly goes on with the Flash? Well, to answer this simple question, we can say that with the help of Flash web development, animation programs and graphics can be created. Now, what is gained by the webmaster is that their web pages appear more interesting and user friendly. It is more entertaining to watch something in screen rather that read a bunch of descriptive lines. Flash makes this possible with minimum effort. This can be used as one of the useful methods of Search Engine Optimization process. With the help of tools, one can create interesting graphics to catch the attention of the viewers/readers. This enhances the viewership which in turn makes direct impact on the business campaign.

For those lovers of game, Flash game development is a unique concept that has emerged with the development of Flash application. With this, one can play games online and cheer up ones mood. However, for those who do not take much interest in gaming ventures can stay out of these Flash games.

Flash is responsible for the success rate of many websites. This has emerged as one of the potent tools in order to increase the popularity of the web pages.

What is J2ME application development? by Jems Konary

2010-10-19T08:14:00.000-07:00

J2ME or also know as Java ME is a platform that is specifically designed for application development to run on mobile phones, PDAs and other embedded systems. J2ME development features an adaptable user interface, which integrates with network protocols and extends support for mobile application development.

The mobile applications that are developed on J2ME can be also migrated across various different mobile devices. J2ME application developers create a variety of different mobile applications based on the customized requirements of the clients. They are experience in creating diverse mobile solutions and hence most clients prefer to outsource their mobile business applications to India.

J2ME Architecture and configuration J2ME comprises of configurations and profiles that allow a developer to customize it for the Java Runtime Environment (JRE). The configuration defines the JVM used and the profile adds domain-specific classes to define the application.

Configurations: The configuration uses a set of core classes and a specific JVM to define the basic run-time environment. The configurations are of two types where one is called CLDC for handled devices and the second one is CDC for plug-in devices. CLDC is has been developed for 16-bit or 32-bit small computing devices that have limited memory. CDC requires a 32-bit architecture and has at least 2 MB of memory and implements a functional JVM.

Profiles: A profile comprises of classes that allow J2ME application developers to execute features that are typically available on a group of small computing devices. The profiles used with CLDC are mobile information device profile (MIDP) and PDA profile (PDAP). The profiles used with CDC include Foundation Profile, Game Profile, Personal Profile, Personal Basis Profile and RMI Profile.

J2ME Architecture The J2ME architecture consists of five layers and they are as follows:

* MIDP: This is the topmost layer and consists of Java APIs. J2ME application developers use these APIs to create network connections, storage, and user interface. It also provides access to CLDC libraries and MIDP libraries.
* J2ME API's: This is the profile that comprises of a minimum set of application programming interfaces required for the small computing devices.
* Configurations: This is responsible to manage the interactions between the JVM and the profile.
* JVM
* Operating System: This is the bottom layer.

MsgConnecting Desktops and Mobile Devices by Eugene Mayevsk

2010-10-19T08:11:00.000-07:00

First of all, what do we call a framework? We assume that this is a common code that provides generic functionality and can be selectively overridden or extended by user code to provide specific functionality. Framework is a special case of software library, and its key features are reusability and a well-defined API.

Second, what we should take into account talking about a mobile device? Most of them are smart phones, PDAs (Personal Digital Assistant), tablet computers and netbooks.

Talking about PDA, we have to mention a group of EDA, Enterprise Digital Assistants, which are very much like PDA, but in some sense are more specific, designed and programmed for certain enterprise tasks, often offering integrated data capture devices like barcode and smart card readers.

The most PDAs are working on specialized operating systems, some of them of Windows family (e.g. WindowsCE, Windows Mobile, Windows PocketPC, Windows XP Tablet Edition), others on Linux, Palm etc. For smart phones very popular are Android and BlackBerry operating systems.

Taking all this in mind, we will call a mobile device some relatively small computer that works on one of platforms mentioned above. Though sometimes you may hear or read speculations about notebook vs. desktop computer, in this article we don't assume a conventional notebook to be a mobile device; instead we will refer it like desktop.

So What?

Lets imagine that you have to develop a software of enterprise level, for managing something like plant, or business office, or: or hotel! Why hotel? Why not. Everybody knows something about hotel, and nobody knows everything. Its technology is complex enough to utilize most of mobile devices mentioned in previous section. For example, you will need to create a database, and most of mobile devices (EDAs of hotel personal) will communicate to it. Hotel needs a strong security system to identify its staff and to check their access rights for this or that. This system is logically to be implemented on data capture devices integrated in EDAs, like fingerprints scanners.

It is very likely that our hotel is not appears to be a brilliant one in sense of tourist business, but please don't bother about it. We need this hotel not to enjoy a holiday but to demonstrate the abilities of MsgConnect, which are much better.

What Do You Have to Care About?

First, you have to design a database, and of course, it will not reside on mobile device, consider placing it somewhere in a reliable place. Maybe use cloud storage? This database will hold everything about your hotel, from actual visitors and reservations to vacant rooms to drinks and foods available and required.

We will not bother about business logic of the system, but anyway you have to think about a lot of desktops or notebooks for high-level managers in offices. From time to time they will make requests to the database, something like: "How many vacant rooms do we have for now? Is it enough scotch on stock? What is the visitor NN check out date?"

And finally, don't forget about mobile devices! Each hostess should have an EDA, and each barman as well, with barcode or smart card readers available. Some of security guys probably will have EDA with automatic identification system embedded.

Not to mention a climate control, which should be of course automatic and driven by mobile devices with embedded systems, but occasionally some responsible person must have a possibility to interfere in its functionality, optionally from desktop or from EDA.

Multiple Platforms

PDAs and EDAs are available on a variety of different platforms like clones of Windows (e.g. WindowsCE, Windows Mobile, Windows PocketPC, Windows XP Tablet Edition), Linux, Palm and others. A great part of smart phones are working on the Android and BlackBerry operating systems.

It is very likely that you will have to deal with several different platforms. You hardly can manage all these things on single or on few related platforms; obviously this will make the task of communicating between computers not trivial.

PDA Operating System vendors usually provide a way for synchronizing data between desktop operating systems and their product, however there are numerous serious limitations. Fortunately MsgConnect gives you the way to overcome these limitations.

MsgConnect is based on the concept of exchanging messages - blocks of data that have a fixed part with predefined fields and optionally have a data part. Using messages you can send commands to other processes, receive replies, transfer the data across multiple processes and do plenty of other useful things.

Having taken the concept from Windows Messaging subsystem, MsgConnect however is not limited to Windows only. MsgConnect was successfully ported to different platforms.

There are available implementations for Windows, Android, BlackBerry, Linux, FreeBSD, QNX, Windows CE/ PocketPC, JavaT (SE/EE, ME) and .NET platforms. More platforms are to come.

How Can You Manage?

It's not easy. It's very difficult to connect dozens of computers working on different platforms and make them communicate to each other unless you are using MsgConnect.

MsgConnect (read Message-Connect) simplifies your application development significantly by taking care of all the low-level tasks for you. It was designed to be small, fast and effective and at the same time to provide complete service. With MsgConnect you won't have to write and painfully test multithreaded server code, you won't need to split the data stream into messages and dispatch these messages. All your efforts will be directed at business logic whilst MsgConnect takes care about data and messages transfer.

MsgConnect was born as emulation of Windows Messaging subsystem for sending messages across the network. The idea was successful and Eldos' engineers extended it. Now MsgConnect is widely used by developers to implement data transfer between applications running on the same computer or on various mobile devices like Android, BlackBerry (through Java Mobile), iPhone (С++ version for MacOS X and iPhone/iPad).

While utilizing the same concept of message queue that was used in Windows, MsgConnect provides much more reliability and functionality like identification, on-the-fly compression, encryption and integrity checking of the message being sent and received. With MsgConnect you don't care about transferring data, instead you just send messages (which can contain all necessary data).

With MsgConnect you use methods similar to Windows' messaging subsystem - SendMessage to send a message with a confirmation of a second party, PostMessage to transmit data without confirmation, SendMessageCallBack to send a message and be notified through user-defined callback routine.

Client-server technology

Naturally, some of the tasks for your hotel management can be completed using traditional client-server technology, for example most of requests to database concerning stock value of something, booking of rooms etc.

Client-server architecture gained significant place in current networking due to ease of logical organization and maintenance. The concept of conversation between a client and a server is not hard to design, create and document.

However from the technical point of view creation of effective server software can be a long and painful process. The things can become much worse if the server needs to send the unrequested data to the client, i.e. act as a client itself. On this stage one has to redesign the complete protocol stack to add such a possibility.

MsgConnect dramatically simplifies the process of data exchange by offering a flexible and efficient messaging paradigm by providing an independent bi-directional conversation via single connection (you just split one connection into two). Moreover, MsgConnect provides a simple way to create event-driven communications between clients and servers, and such a scheme is usually more easy to design and is much more scalable.

Peer-to-peer data transfer

Each node in distributed system based on MsgConnect can act as both client and server simultaneously. MsgConnect can use single connection to transfer messages independently in both directions. This kind of functionality might be very powerful when your application has to alarm some certain PDA or return back some signals, for example low stock of food or drinks.

Standard Protocols

With MsgConnect you use all the power of standard protocols including TCP and UDP, if your target platform supports them. Of course you may use for that purpose your OS' native API, for example WinAPI in case of Windows. But choosing this way you will have to write different code for each platform, while choosing MsgConnect and using its API, you obtain really reusable code.

With MsgConnect you will be able to utilize the power of heterogeneous systems and networks ranging from Unix servers to Windows-based PDAs, EDAs and smart phones

Restore Your Operating System by Roberto Sedycias

2010-10-19T08:10:00.000-07:00

Part of the Microsoft features, System Restore is a way to save your computer if something awful happens to it. It allows you to roll back your system files, registry keys, installed programs and other components on your computer back to a time and date when things were not malfunctioning and going haywire. In many ways it is like time travel for your computer to return to a moment when it was not spinning out of control and shutting down.

Suppose you have a virus or some spy ware that is infecting your computer and you know that it got on your system just a week or two ago. Or suppose that your computer is miserably acting up for reasons you do not even understand. With System Restore, you can manually select a point of restoration by going to your control panel and choosing to System Restore. You choose a date to roll back to and then the computer will erase all files and components and installations and setting changes taking your computer back to that chosen date. Your desktop might change if you changed it recently, all of your chosen settings will not be what they were. You can undo this restore if you wish and get everything back again.

System restore backs up your computer's registry, the files in your Windows File Protection folder, and your local user profile. Also your COM+ and WMI databases are backed up and so is your IIS Metabase and all the specific file types that are monitored by Windows.

Your computer will be creating natural restore points so that a list will be drawn up for you as you use your computer normally. Whenever something goes wrong, you can choose from this list of restore points because your computer has compiled possible times when you installed or did something that could be causing the problems. When you install anything at all using Windows Installer, or any other installers, System Restore will make it a restore point. If Windows Update installs new updates, another restore point is born. If you install any driver not signed by Windows Hardware Quality Labs, one will be made. Every 24 hours of computer use or every 24 calendar hours, the system will make a system checkpoint and this is only done if the system is idle.

Another restore point will be made if you have kept your computer off for more than 24 hours and then when you turn it on, one will appear. Finally, you can request for your computer to make a restore point anytime that you believe one ought to be necessary. Be aware, though, that each time a new restore point is created, an old one is booted out.

When you rollback your files, you might worry what all you could lose. With Windows Vista, you will not lose any personal files in My Documents. That is certain, so if you want to protect something then putting it in that folder will guarantee that it stays safe no matter when you restore your computer back to. Also, you can restore your system as long as you boot up normally or through safe mode. If your computer doesn't boot up at all, you can't do the restore at all and will have to try to use something else to restore your system.

How to Quicken Windows XP - Terminate Slow XP Boot by Nick Hagerman

2010-10-19T08:08:00.000-07:00

Windows XP slow boot up can be caused by various circumstances. Your PC might have worked great when you bought it but through the years you detect it's been slacking substantially. There are measures you can use to make it like new again. Windows XP is an outstanding OS, and most prefer it over Windows Vista still, Windows XP can eventually become slow after a period of time. You may find that apps are taking much longer to run or you might be experiencing blue screens or faults.

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The first thing you will want to do is run a clean up on your computer to clear any software you no longer utilize any longer. Delete all your temporary files and clean the recycle bin. If the screen background is blanketed with program icons you will need to erase the ones that you don't use daily. A lot of folks do not recognize this, but they can slow your PC down. Like with the program icons in the quick start menu or taskbar, remove the programs you do not need.

It's exceedingly fundamental to manage your bootup applications to head off sitting and waiting for your desktop and for XP to at long last startup or log off. You can care for your boot up arrangement by abiding by the commands below:

1. Click Start.
2. Click Run
3. In the command screen type msconfig
4. In the system configuration tool, click "startup" tab
5. Unselect all apps that you're not utilizing.
6. Left Click OK

You will immediately discover some applications that you want to banish. Nevertheless it can be tricky to recognize what applications are needed. Most with Windows in the name is naturally a Windows app. Eliminate these from your startup config with carefulness. Watch your startup. Spyware applications can easily sneak themselves into your config and may cause slow boot up troubles.

If all else fails, there is one different matter you must check, which is very frequently overlooked but is astonishingly very often the actual root reason of your XP slow boot issue: Is your XP registry faulty? Is it in desperate demand of optimisation and fixing? The Windows registry is the fundamental database utilized by Windows XP to stock data about hardware and computer software. Over time, it might get faulty or unoptimized, which will seriously slow down your universal OS operation. Real a great deal of the time, merely running a Windows registry scan and restore application may bring about the prompt resolutions that you are searching for, and solve your Windows XP slow start up problems once and for all.

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How to fix BlueScreen (STOP) errors by www.sales-battery.com

2010-10-19T08:05:00.000-07:00

When your computer experiences an unrecoverable hardware or software problem, Windows Vista shuts down or restarts your computer. When this occurs, Vista will sometimes display a blue screen that contains a message that states that "Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer . "At other times, Vista displays a message after you log in that indicates that Windows has recovered from a serious error or an unexpected shutdown. Then Vista prompts you to check for a solution to the problem. These errors are known as BlueScreen or STOP errors, and they can be caused by several things.

BlueScreen errors may be caused by either a CASIO NP-40 Battery software problem or a hardware problem. This article contains steps that you can take to try to resolve only software problems. If you cannot resolve the problem by following these steps, you might be experiencing a hardware problem. In that case, you need to contact your computer manufacturer or a computer hardware technician for help with hardware issues.

To start troubleshooting: To start troubleshooting:

1. If you can start Windows, go to the Check for solutions to problems section. If you can Start Windows, Go to the Check for Solutions to problems section. 2. If you cannot start Windows, go to the Use Startup Repair section. If you cannot Start Windows, Go to the Use Startup Repair section.

Check for Solutions to problems

When a program stops working, Windows can check for a solution for you. Even if Windows didn't find a solution when the problem first occurred, Windows may have found a solution since. Therefore, you should try this method first.

To check whether Windows has found solutions, follow these steps: To check whether Windows has found solutions, follow these steps: Click Start , and then click Control Panel . Or point to Settings , and then click Control Panel . Click Start, and then click Control Panel. Or point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. In Control Panel , double-click Problem Reports and Solutions . Or click System and Maintenance , and then click Problem Reports and Solutions . In Control Panel, double-click Problem Reports and Solutions. Or click System and Maintenance, and then click Problem Reports and Solutions. In Sony vgp-bps13a/b Battery Problems Reports and Solutions , in the Tasks pane (on the upper left side of the window), click Check for new solution s. Windows will check for solutions to problems. This process may take a few minutes or more. In Problems Reports and Solutions, in the Tasks pane (on the upper left side of the window), click Check for new solution s. Windows will check for solutions to problems. This process may take a few minutes or more. If a message is displayed indicating No new solutions found , click Close . Or, if any links appear under Solutions to install or Information about other problems , click each of the links and follow the steps provided to solve those problems. If a message is displayed indicating No new solutions found, click Close. Or, if any links appear under Solutions to install or Information about other problems, click each of the links and follow the steps provided to solve those problems.

Note: Some problems and solutions can only be viewed and fixed by an administrator. Therefore, you must log on to the computer by using an administrator account to view and fix these problems. Some problems and solutions can only be viewed and fixed by an administrator. Therefore, you must log on to the computer by using an administrator account to view and fix these problems.

Next steps If these steps resolve the problem, you are finished. If these steps did not resolve the problem, let's make sure that your computer has all the latest Windows updates. If these steps resolve the problem, you are finished. If these steps did not resolve the problem, let's make sure that your computer has all the latest Windows updates.

Check for and install all required Windows updates

Windows updates help protect your computer's security and reliability. If you want to, you can set Windows to automatically install recommended updates at a time that you specify, or you can manually check for updates.

To run Windows Update manually and check for updates and new drivers when you are using the Vista Start menu, follow these steps: To run Windows Update manually and check for updates and new drivers when you are using the Vista Start menu, follow these steps: 1. Click Start , and then click Control Panel . Or point to Settings , and then click Control Panel. 2. In Control Panel , double-click Windows Update . Or click System and Maintenance , and then click Windows Update . In Control Panel, double-click Windows Update. Or click System and Maintenance, and then click Windows Update. 3. If the window that opens says Windows is up to date, go to the Check for and install updated drivers from your computer manufacturer section. Or, if Windows finds updates, click Install . If the window that opens says Windows is up to date, Go to the Check for and install updated from your Computer Manufacturer Drivers section. Or, if Windows finds Updates, Click Install.

Next steps If these steps resolve the canon nb-2l battery problem, you are finished. If these steps did not resolve the problem, let's see whether you may have to install updated drivers for your hardware and other software. If these steps resolve the problem, you are finished. If these steps did not resolve the problem, let's see whether you may have to install updated drivers for your hardware and other software.

Check for and install updated drivers from your computer manufacturer

A driver is software that allows your computer to communicate with hardware or devices. Without drivers, the hardware that you connect to your computer-for example, a video card or a webcam-will not work correctly. Computer manufacturers revise their drivers periodically to allow for changes in software and hardware. If your computer is not using the latest version of a driver, it may have a problem communicating with some of the hardware or software that is installed. To update drivers for your computer hardware, visit your computer manufacturer's Web site and follow their steps to locate, download, and install updated drivers.

Next steps If this resolves the problem, you are finished. If this does not resolve the problem, let's see whether we can fix the problem by using the Startup Repair tool. If this Resolves the problem, you are finished. If this does not resolve the problem, let's See whether we can FIX the problem by using the Startup Repair tool.

Startup Repair

Startup Repair is a Windows Vista recovery tool that can fix certain problems, such as missing or damaged system files that might prevent Windows from starting correctly. When you run Startup Repair, it scans your computer for the problem and then tries to fix it so that your computer can start correctly. If you cannot start Windows, Startup Repair may run automatically. If it does not run automatically, try to run it manually.

Next steps If this resolves the ibm thinkpad r60 battery problem, you are finished. If this does not resolve the problem, let's see whether we can fix the problem by using the System Restore feature. If this Resolves the problem, you are finished. If this does not resolve the problem, let's See whether we can FIX the problem by using the System Restore Feature.

System Restore is a Windows feature that helps you restore your computer's system files to a point in time before a problem might have started. It's a way to undo system changes to your computer without affecting your personal files such as e-mail, documents, or photos. To restore your computer to a previous restore point, follow these steps:

1. First, save any open files and close all programs. You need to do this because System Restore will restart your computer when it finishes. First, save any open files and close all programs. You need to do this because System Restore will restart your computer when it finishes. 2. Open System restore. To do this, click Start , and then click All Programs (or Programs ). Open System restore. To do this, click Start, and then click All Programs (or Programs). 3. Click Accessories , click System Tools , and then click System Restore . Click Accessories, click System Tools, and then click System Restore. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type your password, or click Continue. 4. When the Sony VGP-BPS13/S Battery System Restore wizard opens, click the Choose a different restore point button. 5. Click Next. 6. Choose a restore point that you estimate was created before the problem started. Choose a restore point that you estimate was created before the problem started. 7. Click Next , and then click Finish . Click Next, and then click Finish. 8. Wait while System Restore restarts your computer. Wait while System Restore restarts your computer.

Next steps If there were no restore points that you could use or if using System Restore does not fix the problem, unfortunately you will have to perform a clean installation of Vista to fix the problem. If there were no restore points that you could use or if using System Restore does not fix the problem, unfortunately you will have to perform a clean installation of Vista to fix the problem.

install Windows Vista

If you have a restore, or recovery, disc (CD-ROM or DVD) from your computer manufacturer, you can use it to quickly restore Windows and all the software that came preinstalled with your computer. However, you must reinstall any software that was not already installed by the computer manufacturer, if you use this method. In most cases, you can insert the disc and then restart your computer to start the restore process.

If you do not have a restore CD-ROM or DVD, you can install a new, or clean, version of Windows by using the Windows installation disc. However, you must reinstall all of your other software separately in this case. If you do not have a restore CANON np-e3 battery CD-ROM or DVD, you can install a new, or clean, version of Windows by using the Windows installation disc. However, you must reinstall all of your other software separately in this case.

How to Change or Remove Windows 7 Password? by Chris Miller

2010-10-19T08:02:00.000-07:00

Windows 7 allows you to create a strong Windows 7 password to protect your data on computer. Meanwhile it also provides you solution to change or remove Windows 7 password. So you are able to change Windows 7 password if you forgot Windows 7 password or intend to reset Windows 7 password for other reasons. Here are guides on how to remove or change Windows 7 password.

Solution 1: Change or remove Windows 7 password through Windows 7 control panel

If you can log on your computer with Windows 7 password, you can remove or change Windows 7 password easily through Windows 7 control panel.

To change Windows 7 password, please follow the steps:

Step 1: Click on Start > Control Panel > User Accounts and Family Safety > User Accounts.

Step 2: Click Change your password.

Step 3: In the screen comes up, type your current password, the new password you would like to start using and a password hint. (password hint is optional)

Step 4: Click Change password button to confirm your Windows 7 password change.

Now your Windows 7 password has been changed, and you must use your new password to log on to Windows 7 from this point forward.

To remove Windows 7 password, it is also very simple. Just follow the below steps:

Step 1: Click Start > Control Panel > User Accounts and Family Safety > User Accounts.

Step 2: Click Remove your password.

Step 3: Type your current Windows 7 password in the text box on the following screen.

Step 4: Click Remove Password button to confirm that you'd like to remove your Windows 7 password.

Now your Windows 7 account password is removed. And you will no longer need to log on your computer with Windows 7 password.

Solution 2: Remove Windows 7 password with Windows Login Recovery

If you are locked out of computer as you forgot all Windows 7 passwords, what should you do to remove or change Windows 7 password then? At that time, you need the help of Windows password recovery software to remove your lost or forgotten Windows 7 password. Windows password recovery software allows you to remove lost or forgotten Windows administrator password, standard user password on all popular Windows OS, including Windows 7. By burning a bootable CD/DVD or USB flash drive, you can easily regain to computer again.

Here are the steps to remove Windows 7 password with Windows Login Recovery Professional:

Step 1: Download Windows Login Recovery Professional and install it in any computer.

Step 2: Run the program and burn an ISO image file into the blank CD/DVD or USB flash drive.

Step 3: Start your locked computer from the bootable CD/DVD or USB flash drive.

Step 4: Remove Windows 7 password by following the instructions.

And now you can access to your computer without password. And you can easily remove or change Windows 7 password according to the steps in solution 1.

Of course, you can also change Windows 7 password if you have a password reset disk in advance. If you don't know how to create one, You could follow the guide of Microsoft's official website

. How to quickly shutdown windows xp and vista

2010-10-19T07:56:00.000-07:00

Have you ever wondered why the damn computer becomes standstill when you tell it to shutdown? Some people has noticed that Vista takes as long as 5 minutes to shutdown and recently I experienced the same. But with the help of a simple tweak we can achieve our goal of shutting down Windows Vista and Windows XP in less than a minute.Here is the tweak and explanation of the tweak to quickly shutdown your Windows Vista based PC.

For Windows XP Users:

Note: Before editing the registry, please take a back up of it. It is quite simple and can be done by clicking file > Export in registry editor menu and putting the file name of the backup and clicking on save.

- Click on Start and Type regedit in the search box and hit Enter. - Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER >> Control Panel >> Desktop - Look at the right pane to locate the key WaitToKillAppTimeout, double click on it and change the value to something between 4000 and 5000. (Lesser the value more quicker will be shutdown, the value is in milliseconds). - Click on Ok and the settings will be saved.

The key WaitToKillAppTimeout determines how long the system waits for user processes to end after the user attempts to log off or to shut down. When the time specified in this entry expires, the End Task dialog box appears, stating that the process did not respond. So now we need to do some tweak so that end task dialog box will not appear. Right? The key responsible for this is AutoEndTasks.

In registry editor Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER >> Control Panel >> Desktop

Look for AutoEndTasks key in the right pane and double click on it. The default value will be 0, change it to 1. Click on OK. This will not display the end task dialog box.

For Vista Users:

The key WaitToKillAppTimeout is replaced by WaitToKillServiceTimeout in Vista and the location has also changed.

- In Vista navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControl - In right pane, look for WaitToKillServiceTimeout and double click on it. Change the value to around 5000. Click on OK.

Test your shutdown speed now and let me know if it really become quicker.
by Jaibee Joseph

Windows Server 2008 Review

2010-10-19T07:47:00.000-07:00

Windows Server 2008 Review

Windows Server 2008 is the most substantial upgrade to the Windows Server product line since Windows 2000, with a sweeping set of capabilities and a reengineered core that will usher in a new era of 64-bit server computing. Like its Windows Vista stable mate, Windows Server 2008 was in development an achingly long time, and some of its many features were originally slated for its predecessors, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 R2. Unlike Vista, however, this lengthy schedule hasn't proven problematic. In fact, it's arguably worked to the product's advantage: This is a refined, mature, and stable operating system that will no doubt power server systems of all kinds for years to come.

Though Windows Server 2008 utilizes an evolved version of the Active Directory (AD) infrastructure that first debuted in Windows 2000, many of the features of this new OS are radical and revolutionary. Key among these major advances are Server Core, which provides a lightweight version of the server aimed at specific workloads, and Hyper-V, Microsoft's hypervisor-based virtualization technology. (This latter technology is currently available only in beta form; see below for details.) As befits a major Windows Server upgrade, however, Windows Server 2008 also includes a slew of smaller functional advances as well as key gains in scalability, reliability, manageability, performance, and security

Charting the changes: A look at new Windows Server 2008 functionality

Windows Server 2008 is feature-rich upgrade with numerous functional advantages over its predecessors. Here are some the changes in this release that I feel will have the biggest customer impact.

Componentization with a purpose
Microsoft has completely rearchitected Windows Server to be functionally componentized, a major change that has wide-reaching ramifications. At a high level, componentization allows for a more easily serviceable system, both for Microsoft and its customers. It also provides for a more secure and reliable system, because communication and dependencies between individual components is kept to a minimum.

More specifically, componentization enables some of Windows Server 2008′s most exciting new functionality, such as its image-based deployment facilities, roles-based management, and Server Core.

Server Manager
While previous versions of Windows Server featured separate management consoles for all of the various roles and features in the OS and, in Windows Server 2003, a simple Manage Your Server dashboard, Windows Server 2008 provides the new Server Manager. This is a true one-stop shop for daily management needs and is the only tool that many Windows administrators will need to use on a regular basis.

The MMC-based Server Manager provides a user interface for managing each installed role and feature on the system, including Active Directory Domain Services, Application Server, DHCP Server, DNS Server, File Services, Terminal Services, Web Server, and many others. It also includes numerous valuable troubleshooting tools like Event Viewer, Services, and Reliability and Performance utilities, configuration tools like Task Scheduler, Windows Firewall, WMI Control, and Device Manager, and the new Windows Server Backup.

What makes Server Manager even more useful is that each section of the console's UI gets its own dedicated home page, each of which includes information pertinent to the role or feature at hand, along with links to fix problems, get more information, and access other tools. It's a thoughtful, well-designed application, both logical and useful.

Server Core
Unlike previous Windows Server versions, most Windows Server 2008 product editions can be installed in two modes, the traditional GUI-based server we've had since Windows NT 3.1 and a lightweight new command line-based environment called Server Core. In this new installation mode, Microsoft has stripped out virtually all the GUI, so there's no shell (Start Menu, taskbar, Explorer windows, etc.), and little in the way of end user applications; such things as Windows Media Player, Internet Explorer, and Windows Mail are all missing, though a few GUI-based applications, like Notepad and Task Manager, are still available. For the most part, the only user interface you'll see in Server Core is a single command line window floating over an empty blue backdrop. It's the ultimate anti-demo.

So what's the point? Server Core is designed to reduce the attack surface of the server to be as small as possible. As such, a Server Core install is also more limited than that of a standard Windows Server 2008 installation. It supports just nine roles, including AD, AD LDS, DHCP, DNS, File, Print, Virtualization (Hyper-V), Web Server, and WMS, compared to 18 roles in the full server.

Because Server Core is still Windows Server 2008, all of the familiar GUI-based management tools will work just fine remotely against this server. What won't work, in addition to the missing roles, is anything that requires a true GUI or the .NET Framework. This cancels out some key Windows Server 2008 functionality, unfortunately, including ASP .NET: Server Core's Web Server role is pretty much static only, supporting only older, non-.NET technologies like ASP.

My expectation is that Server Core will prove hugely popular as an infrastructure (AD, DNS, DHCP, file, print) server and as a low-cost, low-end Web server. It's a product that should compete well with Linux-based solutions.

BitLocker Full-Drive Encryption
BitLocker is a full-drive encryption solution that first debuted in Windows Vista as a way to protect data stored on easily lost and stolen executive notebook computers. It requires TPM 1.2-based hardware to store encryption keys and can be configured via Group Policy.

On the server, BitLocker is particularly valuable for machines stored in branch offices, because those servers are often less well physically protected than the machines back in the home office. If a thief walks off with a BitLocker-protected server, they won't be able to access any of the data stored on the system's hard drives. BitLocker also works really well with some of the other technologies discussed here to create a truly secure and useful branch office solution. (See the RODC section below for an example.)

Read-Only Domain Controller
Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC) is new functionality that allows administrators to optionally configure the AD database as read-only, where only locally cached user passwords are stored on the machine and AD replication is unidirectional, rather than bidirectional.

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So why would you want to do this? Today, many organizations are installing servers in branch offices and other remote locations, and these servers often connect back to the home office using slow or unreliable WAN links. That makes AD replication-and even authentication-an arduous and lengthy process. With RODC, the server is typically set up and configured in the home office, shipped to the remote location, and then switched on. From then on, only the user names and passwords of users who hit the server locally-and not the administrator account-are cached locally on the server.

Like BitLocker, RODC is an excellent solution for physically insecure remote servers. Indeed, if you combine RODC with other new Windows Server 2008 technologies like BitLocker and Server Core, you can configure the most secure remote server possible. That way, even hackers who gain physical control of the server can't take over your network. And removing the stolen RODC from your AD is as simple as checking a switch: Only those users who logged on to that machine will need to change their passwords. You won't have to institute an organization-wide emergency, because most users' accounts will not have been cached on that machine.

RODC is somewhat limited in that it can only support a subset of the roles and functionality normally supported on Windows Server 2008. For example, RODC-based servers can support technologies such as ADFS, DHCP, DNS, Group Policy (GP), DFS, MOM (Microsoft Operations Manager), and SMS (System Management Server).

Internet Information Services 7
The new Web server in Windows Server 2008 is driven by a major new update to Internet Information Services (IIS). Like the server itself, IIS 7 is completely componentized so that only those components needed for the desired configuration are installed and, thus, need to be serviced. It sports a drastically improved management console, supports xcopy Web application deployment and delegated administration, and is backed by a new .NET-based configuration store, which replaces the previous, monolithic, configuration store.

Terminal Services
Terminal Services (TS) sees some major changes in Windows Server 2008. The new TS RemoteApp functionality allows admins to remotely deploy individual applications to desktops, instead of entire PC environments, which can be confusing to users. These applications download and run on user desktops and, aside from the initial logon dialog box, function and look almost exactly as they would were they installed locally. This functionality requires the new Remote Desktop client, which shipped in Windows Vista and can be downloaded for Windows XP with SP2 and above.

TS Gateway lets you tunnel TS sessions over HTTPS outside the corporate firewall, so that users can access their remote applications on the road without having to configure a VPN client. This is particularly useful because VPN connections are often blocked at wireless access points, whereas HTTPS rarely is.

TS gets a few small but useful changes as well. These include TS Easy Print, which makes it easy to print to local printers from remote sessions, 32-bit color support in TS sessions; and seamless copy and paste operations between the host OS and remote sessions.

Windows Server 2008 Review
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upgrade to 2008 facts

2010-10-19T07:35:00.000-07:00

Upgrading to 2008 Facts

you can upgrade a 32-bit Windows Server 2003 to 32-bit Server 2008
and an x64-based Windows 2003 server to x64-based Server 2008, but you can't upgrade a 32-bit Windows 2003 server to x64-based Server 2008. Upgrades from Windows 2003 for Itanium-Based Systems to Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems are not supported, and you cannot upgrade from any OS to a Server 2008 Server Core installation; Server Core is always a new installation or an in-place upgrade on itself. No in-place upgrade path exists from Windows Server 2000 or Windows NT Server to Server 2008.

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Upgrades are really only practical for Windows 2003 systems running OS components
and nothing else. Just because the OS can be upgraded doesn't mean that the software running on the server will support an OS upgrade process. For example, Exchange Server 2007 SP1 will run on Server 2008, but Microsoft will not support an in-place upgrade of x64-based Windows 2003 to x64-based Server 2008 with Exchange installed. Software wouldn't let the 2008 server boot if the driver is unsigned

New Features in Windows Server 2008

#1: Server Core.

#2: PowerShell.

#3: Windows Server Virtualization

#4: Windows Hardware Error Architecture (WHEA).

5: Address Space Load Randomization (ASLR).

#6: SMB2 network file system.

#7: Kernel Transaction Manager.

#8: Clean service shutdown.

#9: Parallel session creation.

10: The self-healing NTFS file system.

Windows Server 2008 is the most substantial upgrade to the Windows Server product line since Windows 2000, with a sweeping set of capabilities and a reengineered core that will usher in a new era of 64-bit server computing. Like its Windows Vista stable mate, Windows Server 2008 was in development an achingly long time, and some of its many features were originally slated for its predecessors, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 R2. Unlike Vista, however, this lengthy schedule hasn't proven problematic. In fact, it's arguably worked to the product's advantage: This is a refined, mature, and stable operating system that will no doubt power server systems of all kinds for years to come.
by Anuj-Sharma(System Administrator)
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