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Speed up Your Net Connection

Ronak Agrawal — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:47:56 +0000

Who does not like to have an Internet Connection with a good speed? Hmm……Probably, No One……

So, today I have posted a simple trick which will help your system in increasing the net speed by 20% or more......
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1. Run Gpedit.msc from Run
2. Go to local Computer policy >Computer Configuration and Then move to Administrative templates> Network
3. Select QoS Packet Scheduler from the left Window
4. Now double click the "limit Reservable bandwidth" setting.
5. A dialog box will appear. On setting tab check the "enabled" item.
6. After that, Change the Bandwidth limit to 0%
7. Restart your PC, Optional

Voila, You will notice a sudden change in the speed………..

Temporary files of mozilla firefox in linux

puneeth — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:39:42 +0000

If u r after a Youtube video, perhaps you'd probably go after a flash video download plugin for your browser.

But guess what, i dont think that would be required, if you know where your temporary files of firefox are. This way you can get all most what ever you want on the page... which would include photo's as well. This method of obtaining what you want is convinient according to me... especially when it comes to getting your flash videos.

This is what, you have basically have to do.

Figure out where mozilla is installed. It will usually be in the following directory /home/<usr_name>/.mozilla, where <usr_name> should be your username. To directly get to your directory click on the desktop and press Ctrl+L together. And a new window saying 'Open Location' will open, in there by dafault it will have /home/<usr_name>, all u need to do is replace it with /home/<usr_name>/.mozilla/firefox/<some-string>/Cache

similarly if you are looking for other temp files, go to your home folder and press Ctrl+H to view your hiden Files... just browse for the cache folder... and u have your temporary folder present... as simple as that.

This will definitely work on Ubuntu.

This is for files like flash movies, images embedded in the webpages. For files on which you click Open on the Download Manager, the files are stored in /tmp/<original-file-name>

Pidgin Plugins: A Way to Make Browsing more Easier!

Ronak Agrawal — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:18:16 +0000

While using pidgin, many questions came across in my mind……

• Can I store notes on a particular buddy?
• Can I see the list of buddies appearing offline?
• Is it possible to auto accept file transfer requests from selected users?
• Is there any option available which would notify me when a buddy goes idle or comes online?
• Can I change the status of a particular account?
• I there any tool which would notify me of unread messages?
• ………………………………………………………………………………………….
• ………………………………………………………………………………………

Well for all those questions there is a single solution- Pidgin Plugins which you can download it from here
http://plugins.guifications.org/trac/wiki/PluginPack

Pidgin: Run Different Clients from One Application

Ronak Agrawal — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:28:05 +0000

Most of you may be wondering what is so special in this messenger .Well….. Pidgin(formerly named Gaim) is a multi-platform GTK+ instant messaging application which helps the user to log into multiple networks using the same program.

This 12.5 MB utility helps the user to login to multiple accounts on multiple IM networks simultaneously. It means a user like ‘you’ can chat with his friends on AIM, talk to a friend on Yahoo Messenger, and sit in an IRC channel all using the same software at the same time.

This free software currently licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 runs on a number of platforms, including Windows, Linux, and other UNIX operating systems and also works well with the following:

• AIM
• Bonjour
• Gadu-Gadu
• Google Talk
• Groupwise
• ICQ
• IRC
• MSN
• MySpaceIM
• QQ
• SILC
• SIMPLE
• Sametime
• XMPP
• Yahoo!
• Zephy

Pidgin itself is a decent instant messing client and the plugins present in it makes it unique!

Read Frequently Asked Questions about Pidgin
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/FAQ

Download Pidgin(12.5 MB)
http://www.pidgin.im/download/

Firefox:Run Facebook Chat App from Any Other WebPage

Ronak Agrawal — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:45:35 +0000

Facebook is a well known social networking site which helps us in connecting to our friends online and the most popular component in it is its chat application.

Guys, Whenever we need to make a conversation with our friends present in the facebook, we all need to open the facebook homepage which is quite irritating as it is restricts us to surf other pages. However, by following this tut we will be able to complete these two different tasks at a single moment i.e. we could be able to do gossip as well as surf other WebPages instantly….

Here is the way to do so……..
1. Login to your Facebook Account
2. Now open Bookmarks Organizer by pressing Ctrl+Shift+B
3. Go to Organize -> New Bookmark and type the following URL
http://www.facebook.com/presence/popout.php
4. Also tick the check-box the says "Load this bookmark in the sidebar"
5. Voila!! Now Like in Google Talk, you can also run your favorite Chat application from Firefox sidebar by just clicking the bookmark………..

Microsoft aims Windows 7 for 2009 holiday season

Nilesh — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:17:03 +0000

LOS ANGELES--In a technical session on Thursday afternoon, Microsoft provided the clearest public indication that it is planning on getting Windows 7 completed in time to run on PCs that ship for next year's holiday buying season.

In a presentation on its somewhat secretive Velocity program to improve PC quality, Microsoft director Doug Howe showed a slide saying that the Vista Velocity program would continue through next spring as Microsoft worked to improve Vista machines that ship in next year's back-to-school time frame. He went on to say that Microsoft would continue the Velocity effort with Windows 7.

Microsoft's upcoming...

puneeth — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:53:02 +0000

Maybe few of you have heard of this poem below

Microsoft Windows :

A 32-bit patch for a 16-bit GUI shell

running on top of an 8-bit operating system written for a 4-bit processor

by a 2-bit company who cannot stand 1 bit of competition. LOL!!

Perhaps this is the very thing we will be looking at for some time now... As i was browsing through few major linux dedicated sites like desktoplinux.com... it states the following

Linux, netbooks threaten Microsoft's fat profits — Microsoft's bottom line is hurting from Linux gains in netbooks, says a Bloomberg.com story. A recent drop in Windows revenues is due in part to the fact that leading netbook vendors Acer and Asus run Linux on about 30 percent of their netbooks, says the story. ...

Which perhaps, is very sad for Microsoft... more to that, HCL has been recommending linux on their desktops, and Dell is readily shipping their laptops with ubuntu hardwired into them with all the right hardware supported by linux. This has given a push to the linux community... or maybe this is why Bill Gates retired...

Putting down the most contrary picture, which is rather unimaginable ....

Don't be shocked, Bill gates didn't pose for this pic... some great mind had put his creativity to work.

Best Laptops - LaptopCommunity.com

Nilesh — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:22:15 +0000

LaptopCommunity.com is great community powered website for discussion about laptops. The site is owned by Nine Dot Nine Mediaworx Pvt. Ltd.

With a clean and neat design, it is powered by many memebers which write reviews about latest laptops on the site. You will get reviews almost all laptops found in the market.

Laptops are categorised company wise on the main page. So if you are looking for a review for a specific company's laptop, there's a good probability that you WILL get it.

Any visitor can write review about a laptop by clicking the "Write Laptop Review" Button. You will be presented with a form in which you need to fill up some details about yourself and a 300-400 words review about your laptop. On the form you can also add an image of the laptop if you have one.

On the left hand side of the site, there is a panel which shows rating for Top Ten Brands based on the Quality of Customer Support the company provides.

They also have a forum.

A sample set of reviews for HP Laptops are located at laptopcommunity.com/HP-Laptop.html

You will find the best laptops at www.laptopcommunity.com

If you are looking to buy a laptop, you should go through the reviews of laptops in the site. May be you will like some laptop reviewed there and you will be saved from the research work of going through different laptops on the WWW and Google!

Good Luck to buying a laptop!

Site worth...

puneeth — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:54:00 +0000

This site is worth $3847.1.
How much is yours worth?

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How to Check the Server Status?

Ronak Agrawal — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 13:09:58 +0000

Guys,

By following this simple link you will be able to find out the status of a server i.e. You will be able to check whether the website is accessible or not and is it is connected to FTP, MAIL (POP3), MAIL (SMTP)……...

http://www.iwebtool.com/server_status#

1. Enter the exact domain name to check status. 2. Click "Go!" button to display results. The results will include information about server HTTP, FTP, MAIL, ...

Know Your OS Install Date

Ronak Agrawal — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:18:57 +0000

Only for newbie’s. Geeks stay apart.
Just follow these simple steps to know your OS install date and time.

1. Open Command Prompt by typing “CMD” from Run Command
2. Now, Type the following in that black screen
systeminfo | find /i "install date"

libphp5.so on Apache 2 is faster than CGI or FastCGI

Nilesh — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:12:52 +0000

Why this site loads so fast ? The reason is we are using Apache 2.2.10 with libphp5.so

Earlier we were using CGI.

I also tried PHP-FastCGI

The PHP-FastCGI turns out to be even slower than CGI!!!

FastCGI trials using http://bash.cyberciti.biz/web-server/apache-fastcgi-mod_fastcgi-php-script/

and http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Apache_fastcgi

The second one from ArchWiki, we used only the FastCGI config part. Our server doesn't use ArchLinux.

So what do you think ? Do you agree with me ?

Over $1,100 in prizes for 'The Best Windows Customization Website'

Nilesh — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:14:23 +0000

Windows Tools, Help & Guides and Windows Forums is running a competition to find ‘The Best Windows Customization website’. A few months ago, Winvistaclub held a competition to find the best Windows Vista site. This was a great opportunity to bring some good websites out of obscurity; this competition aims to do the same.

More Info: http://mintywhite.com/tech/announcements/best-windows-customization-website-competition-over-100-in-prizes/

FREE License for Titan Backup 1.5 to ALL mintywhite Readers

Nilesh — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 08:26:55 +0000

Mintywhite.com is giving away free legal and licensed copies of Titan Backup to its readers which costs $39.95

What is Titan Backup ?

Titan Backup is a file, folder, and registry backup program designed to help you set up a backup schedule that works for you. The program is easy to use and fully customizable. Titan Backup comes with all the features you’d expect from a $200+ solution and you can get a copy for FREE from Windows Guides. It’s easy and requires NO registration on before you get the key…

Long time no see!

Nilesh — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 13:18:12 +0000

We were down nearly for 2 weeks!!!!!!!!

Our last article was posted on 11th October 2008 and today its 25th October 2008!

The reason for this heavy downtime is problems with the server and migration to a new VPS.

So we have moved to dedicated VPS for the site.

Let's hope that everything goes fine!