Archive for June, 2009
Customize Your Wallpaper at Your Will
Posted by admin in Customizing PC on June 26th, 2009
At its inception, the desktop computer disbursed minimal customizations for its user. For sure, the main matter of concern was its requirements in those days. But at present, that technology has developed and ushered in new findings and modifications along with it.
We are now able to personalize almost every sphere of our computers, starting from hardware devices to systems and display variations. We can alter the color of the computer’s casing at our will, or personalize the alert system, formatting menu, and settings for color displays. Moreover a lot of desktop backgrounds are now created to meet up the demand of each and every user’s display preference. And if you are such a person by nature who wishes to maintain everything as per your taste, then you certainly have a lot of options available on offer today.
Backgrounds for desktop can just be related to almost anything and everything. Almost every type of image formats can be set up as desktop background. Besides the commonly used .jpg or .bmp, you may also set other file extensions such as .png or .gif. The universality offered is not only in case of the format but also you can fix your teddy’s picture on it or even your own picture, your favorite vacation place’s image, the celebrity’s photo whom you worship or even some animated graphic design that’s being created solely by your creative head. Again, if you’re not satisfied with the pictures you have and want to choose some other god ones, there are also innumerable pre-defined wallpapers that are offered online free of cost. Adding more to your bewilderment, some websites are solely dedicated to serve the users offering the best pictures sorted in classes for smooth browsing.
By nature if you’re such a kind of person who isn’t interested in looking over the same old wallpaper time and again, and yet you are not having adequate have time to alter it as frequently as to your likings, to your ultimate surprise there’s indeed a solution to this problem even. There is software that schedules wallpapers to change at a specified time and regularity. All you need to do is download the pictures that you wish to shuffle among, in the media library of the software you are using, and nextly fix up the duration after which the wallpapers will get shifted, and hence you won’t have to manually re-order by them yourself again.
Online Movie Store
Posted by admin in Entertainment, Video on June 23rd, 2009
You must remember those days when you have to go to the store to rent or buy DVDs. Well, it was actually annoying to me because most of the time I couldn’t find the desire movies. Many times I have returned home empty handed as the stores ran out of copies or sold out. Most disturbing thing is the late fees and the deadline. It doesn’t end here; you also have to fight the Friday night crowd just to get a movie.
Well, the good news is, those days are over as there are many online stores for renting or buying DVDs. The big benefits of online stores are, you can explore there galleries of available DVDs from home. You don’t have to go to the store, you can order it from you home and if one store doesn’t have the desired DVD then there are you can try another store. Most of the store offers free delivery service as well. So, just imagine that, for your desire movies, you don’t have to walk around the streets and visit every store in the town. Just sit home and click some button, wallaaaaa, you have your desire movie or DVD.
The big advantage you will receive from these online stores is their collection. Maximum stores have massive collections of movies and DVDs. You can find from latest blockbuster to evergreen classic. And the most fun part is, if you don’t find your desired movie in one store then you can simply search another store from your home. That means you don’t have to search your favorite movie around the town. You can do the searching from your home. These online rental stores are categorized by the best movie, best directors, best actor/ actress, release date and so on.
Here are some lists of online stores that can make your life easy,
Netflix
Netflix is the leader among the online movie rental service. It started delivering movies to your doors since 1999 and still performing well. It currently has over 3.5 million members and some 60000 movie title in its library. They use first class US mail system for shipping and usually the delivery is done within 48 hours. The monthly subscription fees are also cheep, like $10-$30, depending on whether you have 1 or 5 out at a time. If you buy 2 movies at a time plan, you will be sent 2 DVDs which you can keep them as long as you like without any late fees. You can return them when you are done and Netflix will send you the next one in your list.
Walmart
They also tried to provide the movie rental service by mail, but they couldn’t run the business very well and now partnered with Netflix.
CDwow
These guys are one step ahead. Apart from CDs and DVDs, they also provide books and beauty stuffs.
Blockbuster Online
Blockbuster Online carries more than 45000 DVD titles are available for rental. Also really cheep cost like 3 movies out at a time will costs you only $17.99.
Now you know where to look for movies at Friday night, or when new blockbuster releases. No more late fees or the sorry face of the clerk saying “We have run out of copies”.
Annoyed With a Slowly Starting PC : Here’s the Solution
Morning shows the day. Almost each one of us is familiar with this proverb. This very little sentence does verify a lot of facts faced by us in our day to day life. In this modern electronic world with the out bursting pressure of data getting strangled; PC starting to break the user’s patience is not a new thing anymore. Even with the most updated hardware people are found to be facing the age old problem of sluggish start up making their start of a fresh day annoying.
On stepping into your office, the very first thing that you usually tend to do is boot or start up your PC. Seldom, the reason behind this is not the excitement that instigates you to start working or you are to cross over a strict deadline, but simply because it consumes annoyingly more than a couple of minutes for your PC to get started. With a view to speed up the boot time, in operating systems of Windows arena like, for Windows Vista and XP, a few tips are put forward below that might just help you in getting a faster starting PC:
1. Keep your constant eye on which applications are running on your PC :
A major factor that leads to slow starting up is that, very often Windows automatically starts processes and programs as soon as you turn your PC on without any kind of notifications. If the number of programs running gets higher in number, then it becomes tougher to speed up the boot time in operating systems of Windows arena like, Windows Vista and XP. To get rid of such automatically kicked off programs just click on your start menu at left of your screen and then select Run, and type in “msconfig”. Once you hit the enter button, this will allow to access a window disbursing you the features of System Configuration Utility. If you click “Hide All Microsoft Services” located in the Services tab, this will display a few of the unwarranted applications that are in processing or running.
2. Use the Disk Defragmentation Utility:
This step is very much needed for your PC in order to fasten up the start up time. This particular action acts as a service to your computer’s regular maintenance as to check if your PC contains files that are in disarray and needs to get optimized.
3. Use quality Antivirus software:
Beware that your antivirus software is up to date and keeping an eye to all computer processes all day. Because always remember, spywares do contribute in slowing down your PC by a margin and a good anti virus or anti spyware helps to identify and kill such harmful processes.
So, in order to get a quick starting PC, try to follow the above mentioned little but very effective tips.
Spyware: The Spy Behind the Windows
Posted by admin in Computer Viruses on June 19th, 2009
“Spyware” the very name has something secretive about it and it’s a very annoying cause of making your Internet experience a nightmare and making your PC on to work on the slowest side! Spyware has been hobbling around the vast storehouse of information “The Internet” since its inception giving you the headaches about visiting websites without paying too much attention about the unsecured nature of it! Now the million dollar question is that how to get rid of it once attacked and most importantly how to refrain your PC from being attacked? The answer to this very old but unanswered(most often)question is systematically put forward as follows :
The first thing one need to know is what a “Spyware” is? Spyware is nothing but a computer software/program that is installed surreptitiously on a personal computer to collect personal information of an user, their computer or browsing habits without the user’s informed consent.So when you’re checking your Facebook ,Twitter ,Myspace or hi5 account,these spyware programs are actually stealing your passwords and changing your homepage to an undesired one which is actually the site of the source of the attacked spyware.
A few tips to refrain your PC from Spywares is discussed here :
Tip #1: Opening e-mail attachements from unknown users is a common way of getting blasted by a spyware.So,don’t accept attachments from unknown sender or else use a good e-mail scaaner.
Tip #2: Downloading applications (.exe file) of very small size just to play a media file offered by the site is worth putting your hand inside an elephant’s mouth. The exe. File installs the spyware into your PC making your life hell! So, donot install .exe file of smaller memory allocation.
Tip #3: Sites with a lot of popups are a good means of intruding your PC without your consent. So,stay away from sites that’s loaded with pop ups or else use a strong browser capable of blocking pop ups.
Tip #4: Try not using P2P softwares which is the biggest souce of spyware on net.Using Limeware or such softwares make your PC more prone to spywares,so try avoiding this and also the FTP browser link of your ISP(if provided).
Tip#5 :The installation of spyware frequently appears to be involved with Internet Explorer. Its popularity among general user and history of security issues have made it the most alluring target. Its deep integration with the Windows environment and scriptability makes it an obvious target. So,try avoiding Internet Explorer as the default browser can be a helpful way of avoiding spywares.
So, a little knowledge about the spywares and its application while handling your Internet can make your Internet experience smoother and hassle free.