I am pleased to announce that the Third Carnival of Computer Help and Advice has been published at
http://prash-babu.blogspot.com/2008/03/third-carnival-of-computer-help-and.html.
Many thanks to this months host
Prashanth and all our contributors and readers.
p.s. If you would like to submit an article for the next carnival or host a future carnival on your blog use the contact forms over at the
Carnival of Computer Help and Advice page.
Written by Stepterix on March 28th, 2008 with no comments.
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Stfngdvw Toolbar, or simply known as Stfngdvw, is just another new variant of the notorious zlob clone toolbar. Stfngdvw Toolbar usually gets installed onto your PC without your notice, through Trojan, malware and virus (or you could get it by installing a fake video codec), then Stfngdvw Toolbar directly or indirectly promotes rogue antispyware products. Stfngdvw Toolbar will cause your computer to perform sluggishly, which makes you believe that your computer is affected by spyware so you would purchase the products that they promoted.
We would highly recommend you to remove Stfngdvw Toolbar manually, if possible. It’s free! Spending money on a removal tool is unwise, but that might be last option if you have any technical difficulties remove it manually. Lastly but most importantly, please back up your data before any modification to your system. Good luck!
Download SpyHunter* Spyware Detection Utility
Manual Removal Instructions:
Unregister Stfngdvw Toolbar DLL Files:
(Learn how to do this)
byxww.dll
Stfngdvw.dll
turbosearchsite.dll
ddcyvtt.dll
toprates.dll
sprt_ads.dll
oggview32.dll
Find and Delete these Stfngdvw Toolbar Files:
(Learn how to do this)
byxww.dll
Stfngdvw.dll
sprt_ads.dll
browsew.dll
oggview32.dll
turbosearchsite.dll
toprates.dll
ssqpp.dll
ezzhjmt.dll
ddcyvtt.dll
Remove Stfngdvw Toolbar Registry Values:
(Learn how to do this)
A74F3FC3-CC9A-4D4C-AFB5-B56F0CAA445D
82C8422E-86A3-41C1-9F2E-094F7BF849E2
4090F502-6B2D-41B4-8409-B08905A3A0E6
F10587E9-0E47-4CBE-84AE-7DD20B8684BB
14B65C62-1F53-4B15-9476-5D697608536F
BCBC8B3C-397C-4D98-B6BA-FF337B9671E1
80DFDD57-D8B8-4991-82B9-9E9D426668B0
4911E55D-9240-49DB-B878-337DE4F53E70
47EFD4AD-CB46-4549-B24B-CEE415394C56
17D2F953-B2D1-4D1B-BCD3-20432E09ECF1
3DAF1739-AB9E-493E-8DD7-F65CDF363BCB
F4D76F09-7896-458a-890F-E1F05C46069F
Download SpyHunter* Spyware Detection Utility.
Written by Alex on March 28th, 2008 with no comments.
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vLite is a tool for customizing the Windows Vista installation before actually installing it. Main features are:
- hotfix, language pack and driver integration
- component removal
- unattended setup
- tweaks
- split/merge Vista installation CDs
- create ISO and burn bootable CD/DVD
Windows Vista from Microsoft takes a lot of resources, we all know that. vLite provides you with an easy removal of the unwanted components in order to make Vista run faster and to your liking. This tool doesn't use any kind of hacking, all files and registry entries are protected as they would be if you install the unedited version only with the changes you select. It configures the installation directly before the installation, meaning you'll have to remake the ISO and reinstall it. This method is much cleaner, not to mention easier and more logical than doing it after installation on every reinstall. Changelog:
- new: 'Character Map'
- new: 'DHCP'
- new: 'Disk Cleanup'
- new: 'Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC)'
- new: 'Interactive Services Detection'
- new: 'Notepad'
- new: 'Photo Metadata Handler'
- new: 'Quality Windows Audio Video Experience'
- new: 'TV Tuners'
- new: 'Windows Ultimate Extras'
- new: More Languages removable
- upd: Universal preset files (old non-English will not load)
- upd: Display drivers separated
- upd: Removed the (vLite) tag from the OS title
- fix: Windows could not install the selected language
Download :
|vLite 1.1.5 Beta|
Written by ShaDow on March 28th, 2008 with no comments.
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This the most occurred problem. When someone try to install a blogger template, this problem often occur!
First I won't talk about the errors but the right method and after it you'll never get errors!
Blogger supports 2 templates format.
There's 2 templates format that Blogger support.
The Classic format
The New format: XML
Then when you download a template, else you'll find a text file or an XML file.
If you found a text file: It's the Classic template.
If you found an XML file: It's the new template.
Which is better? The new sure why?
Because you can arrange and create element easily. However you need to type if you use the old blogger templates.
Now we came to install.
If the templates is classic.
Go to layout > Edit HTML and then select "reverse to classic template"
Then copy and paste your code
If the template is XML
Go to layout > Edit HTML and then click browse and select the XML file then upload it!
(Don't copy and paste the XML code)
The problem occur? Post a comment?
Omar Abid Blog
Written by Omar Abid on March 28th, 2008 with no comments.
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There is a utility in Windows Vista that will help you check the status of activation of your computer:
1.Click on start,type in CMD and press enter.
Windows Vista also equipped with a Software Licensing Manager (SLMgr) command-line based scripting tool that can help to check and verify the activation status or license status of installed Vista.
2. This can be done by typing "slmgr -xpr" in the command prompt opened.
This will show expiration date of current license if your vista copy is not activated and if it is activated then it would show the following.
There are more two command that would display license information.
slmgr.vbs -dli
slmgr.vbs -dlv
This would give you detailed information about your license.
Written by ShaDow on March 28th, 2008 with no comments.
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Trust the open-source lovin’ contributors at Wikipedia to be early adopters of Microsoft web technologies. Beginning just a couple of days ago, Wikipedia user “Soum Yasch” began building Wiki templates to support the new content-subscription feature in Internet Explorer 8 called WebSlices which allow you to save and retrieve snippets of information from web pages without loading the whole page.
So far the template is only implemented on the “Acid3″ Wiki. On this page it allows users to save a WebSlice of a table which records the web standards test result of different layout engines. As a result, you can then just bring up this table by clicking on the toolbar. As a built-in feature of WebSlices, if the content is ever updated, it will also be highlighted in the toolbar.
Obviously the implementation is a little rough at the moment - the toolbar pop-out is not styled at all and cuts off at the bottom, but it’s a great start to build more adoption for WebSlices and what better place to start than the world’s most popular encyclopedia.
Has anyone seen any implementations WebSlices beyond those originally demoed by eBay, Facebook and MSN?
Speking of which if you’re a Firefox user, you can get in on some of the WebSlices action too with the extension “Webchunks” which emulates the same function. “Anything you can do, I can do better.”
Written by Long Zheng on March 28th, 2008 with no comments.
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The following is targetting towards Malaysia residents:
So you’ve been talking and hearing about the super duper cool Start.NET program that Microsoft Malaysia is currently running…. but have you been getting the anticipated attention from your friends and colleagues?
How?
Read on for more details.
Who are we looking for? Anyone who share the passion and excitement on .NET, and do it in the most creative and interesting ways. Someone who can create a sparkle of getting to know more about .NET! What do you need to do?
· Create a VideoBlog about .NET (between 30 – 60 seconds). You may obtain the facts and information from: http://www.microsoft.com/malaysia/press/archive2007/linkpage4361.mspx· The ending frame of your VideoBlog must include the URL: www.startdotnet.info
· Upload the video on your blog or online
· Email your Name, Company, Telephone number and Email Address, together with your VideoBlog URL to blogdotnet@crystaledge.net
But… what do I VideoBlog about?
VideoBlog the coolest, slickest, cutest, or most elegant styles you have to drive the excitement of getting to know .NET. VideoBlog about what you LIKE, who do you WANT to see, what technology in .NET that you LOVE about … Seriously, just blog about ANYTHING that’s related to .NET! For more information, please go to http://blogs.msdn.com/malaysia/archive/2008/03/26/start-net-video.aspx
Written by Jabez Gan [MVP] on March 28th, 2008 with no comments.
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I had this problem that whenever I run a java application Aero Glass interface would change to non-glass. Now if you are facing the same problem then here is a way you can fix it :
Java users need to upgrade their JRE to release 6 update 2.
Click here for the direct download from Sun.
Offline Versions are also available.
Written by ShaDow on March 28th, 2008 with no comments.
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To search for files on my PCs, I use Windows Search - Windows Vista's desktop search feature. I use Windows Search specifically to find photos that I've tagged in Windows Live Photo Gallery or important emails and Word documents. I also rely on saving specific searches that I can go back to later on. Searching and being able to find important files quickly on my PC is very important to me. And Windows Search allows me to "find my stuff" whenever I need to. Today we get to see a little "preview" of the next step for Windows Search. The Windows Search Team is making available
Windows Search 4.0 Preview - a preview of the next version of desktop search for Windows.
Windows Search 4.0 introduces several improvements I'd like to call out making search even better in Windows Vista:
- With Windows Search 4.0, the Windows Search Team has fixed most of the reported bugs causing a majority of distractions users have seen since Windows Vista RTM - many of those bugs were reported by you.
- Great improvements have been made with regards to performance.Even now as Preview, Windows Search 4.0 has query response time about 33%faster than search queries in Windows Vista RTM.
- The Windows Search Team has extended Remote Index Discovery for PC-to-PC search to work onevery supported version of Windows. This makes finding information on other PCs running Windows Search 4.0 quick and less resource-consuming. Now Windows Search can find information shared on a remote PC by accessing an index on that PC - and you will open files only when relevant to your search. This will also work if the user's profile is redirected.
- The Windows Search Team has implemented Rollback Recovery where your search index will roll back to the last known good state (this is good in handling disc write errors). If an error occurs, your index isn't rebuilt from scratch; only the newly changed files are added to the index, making recovery from system errors not as disruptive to the machine or the user
Read More at
Windows Vista Blog
Written by ShaDow on March 28th, 2008 with no comments.
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The final release of Firefox 3 is due in June, the company said Wednesday during a roundtable discussion with a small group of tech bloggers.
During the event, the key members of the Mozilla team, including CEO John Lilly, gave a quick overview of the product release schedule for the next version of the open source web browser.
According to VP of engineering Mike Schroepfer, the first Release Candidate will ship in early May. The RC1 stage is the point at which most of the larger extension developers re-work their code to be fully compatible with Firefox 3. So if your favorite extension isn't yet working, you'll only have to wait another month or so.
Right now, the latest Firefox 3 release is beta version 4. The Firefox 3 betas have about 700,000 users right now -- a small but dedicated chunk of Firefox's entire user base of 160 million people. The public release of Beta 5 will be out the first week of April (the nightly builds are available for testing now), and that will be the last beta release before Firefox enters the release candidate stage.
Via [The High Tech Blog]
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