How to Make a Restore CD for Windows XP

1. Step 1

   Determine if you have the Windows XP Service Pack 3 installed on your computer. Service Pack 3 was the last upgrade for Windows XP released by Microsoft. Rich-click the My Computer icon on your PC desktop and select Properties from the pop-up menu that appears. Click the System tab and read the Operating System details. It will tell you if you have Service Pack 3 installed. If you do do not have the service pack installed, download the upgrade from the Microsoft Update website.

2. Step 2

   Click the Start menu button in the lower left-hand corner of your Windows XP screen. Click My Computer. Double-click on the C:\\ drive partition of your hard drive.

3. Step 3

   Right-click on any empty space inside the C:\\ drive window and select New Folder from the pop-up menu that appears. Rename the folder to "sp3" (without quotation marks). Drag and drop the Service Pack 3 installation file that you downloaded in Step 3 into the sp3 folder you just created.

4. Step 4

   Repeat Step 2 and 3, but rename the new folder "xp" instead of "sp3" (without the quotation marks). Do not put anything into this new folder.

5. Step 5

   Insert the Windows XP installation CD into your computer's CD slot. Wait for the CD to load.

6. Step 6

   Click the Start menu button and open My Computer. Double-click on the CD drive. Typically, this drive is labeled D:\\. It will be identified by showing the Windows XP installation disk name in the drive label. Use your mouse to select all the items in the CD folder and drag them to the folder you created in Step 4. Depending on the speed of your CD drive and your PC processor, this copying process may take several hours.

7. Step 7

   Click the Start menu button and select Run. Type "cmd" into the search field (without quotation marks) and click the OK button. A dialog window will appear. Type "c:\sp2\WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU /integrate:c:\xp" into the field (without quotation marks). Press the Enter key on your keyboard. Microsoft Windows will automatically combine the contents of the two folders you made in Step 3 and Step 4.

8. Step 8

   Open the folder you made in Step 4. Create a new folder in this folder and label it "software" (without quotation marks). Place any backup data you have into this folder.

9. Step 9

   Download and install a free trial version of ISObuster. This program will be used to create a working Windows XP restore CD.

10. Step 10

    Open ISObuster. Select the folder you created in Step 7 in the left-hand ISObuster menu. ISObuster will now create a disk image file of the entire folder's contents.

11. Step 11

    Open your CD burning software such as Roxio Easy Media Creator. Drag the disk image file from Step 10 to the CD burning software and burn it to a blank CD. You now have a bootable Windows XP CD to use if your installed version of Windows XP experiences problems and refuses to boot from the hard drive installation.

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How to Restore Windows XP Boot Sector

1. Step 1

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   Place the Windows XP product installation CD in your computer's CD drive and start the computer. The computer will boot using the information on the product CD instead of the damaged information on the computer's hard drive.

2. Step 2

   Press the "R" key to select the recover option when the start-up process displays the "Welcome to Setup" screen.

3. Step 3

   Type in the administrator password for your Windows XP operating system when prompted, then click the "Enter" key. The Recovery Console will display a command prompt.

4. Step 4

   Type "fixboot" at the command prompt and then press the "Enter" key. This starts the fixboot utility, which rewrites the damaged boot sector on your hard drive.

5. Step 5

   Restart the computer when the fixboot utility is finished. The boot sector will be restored.

How to Restore Windows XP Boot Sector

1. Step 1

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   Place the Windows XP product installation CD in your computer's CD drive and start the computer. The computer will boot using the information on the product CD instead of the damaged information on the computer's hard drive.

2. Step 2

   Press the "R" key to select the recover option when the start-up process displays the "Welcome to Setup" screen.

3. Step 3

   Type in the administrator password for your Windows XP operating system when prompted, then click the "Enter" key. The Recovery Console will display a command prompt.

4. Step 4

   Type "fixboot" at the command prompt and then press the "Enter" key. This starts the fixboot utility, which rewrites the damaged boot sector on your hard drive.

5. Step 5

   Restart the computer when the fixboot utility is finished. The boot sector will be restored.

How to Fix a Master Boot Record in Windows XP

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1.
Step 1

Place the Windows XP CD-ROM in your computer's CD drive and start the system. If you are prompted to start the computer from the CD, press the keys as indicated in the prompt.

2.
Step 2

Follow the prompts as they are given during the initial part of the setup program. The setup program is displayed as white text on a blue background.
3.
Step 3

Press the "R" key when the setup program reaches the "Welcome to Setup" screen. This will open the Recovery Console. The Recovery Console is displayed as white text on a black background.
4.
Step 4

Choose the hard drive for which you want to fix the master boot record when prompted by the Recovery Console; then enter the Administrator password when prompted. The Recovery Console will then display a command prompt.
5.
Step 5

Type "fixmbr" and then press the "Enter" key. Confirm that you want to fix the master boot record when prompted. The Windows XP Recovery Console will begin fixing the master boot record.

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HOW TO CHANGE PANDRIVE BACKGROUND SET WALLPAPER IN PANDRIVE BACKGROUND

pandrive की background में wallpaper लगाये

Pandrive की background में wallpaper लगाये

१। नीचे दिए लिंक से टूल को डाउनलोड करेंडाउनलोड करने के लिए इस पंक्ति पर माउस से क्लिक करें

२। USB में pandrive लगायें ।
३। टूल background changer.exe पर डबल क्लिक करें ।
४। टूल में दिए निर्देश का पालन करें
टूल में दिए निर्देश :
pandrive सेलेक्ट करना : अपनी pandrive का केवल एक letter ही इंटर करें :\ पुरा नाम kingston:(d) नाम न लिखे केवल D लिखें तत्पश्चात enter key प्रेस करें

background select करना : आपके कंप्यूटर में किसी भी जगह पर जो वाल पेपर आप लगना चाहते है उस जगह पर जायें तथा उस wallpaper को माउस की सहायता से ड्रग कर टूल विण्डो में डाळ दें ।

wallpaper की फाइल का एक्सटेंशन केवल jpg ही होना चाहिए अन्यथा background नही badal पायेगी
png, gif, bmp, cdr, ppt आदि की background नही बन पायेगी

तत्पश्चात enter key प्रेस करें

pandrive की ड्राइव को खोले व उसे राईट क्लिक करके referesh करें ।










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Sony Reader Daily Edition announced

Sony Reader Daily Edition announced

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Looks like competition in the e-book reader market is heating up, with Sony making further inroads into this niche segment by enlarging its Reader family of e-book readers with the introduction of the Reader Daily Edition. This highly-anticipated wireless model will feature 3G connectivity, and will accompany its other two siblings, the Reader Pocket Edition and the Reader Touch Edition that were announced earlier this August. While the latter two models are already readily available at this moment, folks who are looking forward to the Reader Daily Edition to give Amazon’s Kindle and its successor will have to wait until December for it to be released during the holiday season.

The Reader Daily Edition will enable consumers to access AT&T’s 3G mobile broadband network wirelessly, connecting to Sony’s eBook store as long as they are within a decent signal range, which would practically mean from just about anywhere in the US where AT&T are concerned. I’m sure that some readers who subscribe to AT&T’s 3G service will beg to differ, but let’s leave that in the comments, shall we? Users can browse, purchase and download books while selecting various newspapers and magazines to read on demand. You won’t have to worry about additional burdens on your finances since there are no monthly fees or transaction charges for the basic wireless connectivity option. Another feature includes the option to side load personal documents or content from other compatible sites through USB connectivity.

You will find a 7″ wide touchscreen display gracing the Reader Daily Edition which ought to be more than ample for folks who want an intuitive navigation experience. That amount of viewing space also ensures a comfortable layout of content, regardless of whether you’re reading newspapers or magazines. In portrait mode, one is able to view anywhere from 30 to 35 lines of text, making one feel as though he/she is reading a printed paperback book. Other features include a high contrast ratio with 16 levels of grayscale, sufficient internal memory to store up to 1,000 eBooks and a memory card slot. Come December, you can pick up the Sony Reader Daily Edition for approximately $399.

Change Internet explorer title

Change Internet explorer title



This will change the title bar in ms internet explorer from: 'Microsoft Internet Explorer'. to anything you want.
1)double-click on my computer

2)navigate to: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\SIGNUP\

3)re-name the file 'INSTALL.INS' to 'INSTALL.txt' and open it in notepad

4)go down to something like the 9th line and it should say something like:'Window_Title=Microsoft Internet Explorer', now replace Microsoft Internet Explorer with anything you want.

5)save the file and re-name it back to 'INSTALL.INS' and then double-click on the file, it will ask you if you want to change your internet settings, Click OK

6)restart your computer and it should have worked!

The new update service from Microsoft

The new update service from Microsoft that

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automatically updates Windows, Office and a number of other popular Microsoft software titles is now active. The new site operates very similar to Windows Update as users have the ability to choose which updates they want to be downloaded or they can elect to have the software automatically choose for them.

The new service can be reached at

http://update.microsoft.com

Item MS patches XP for HD video acceleration

Microsoft has patched Windows XP

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Microsoft has patched Windows XP to allow the operating system to decode Windows Media Video HD movies using an Nvidia GeForce 6 series GPU.

Nvidia calls its WMV-HD acceleration technology PureVideo, and it claims the system can reduce the host processor's video decode load by up to 40 per cent, by getting the GPU to shoulder the burden. The upshot, it says, are CPU resources that can now be dedicated to other tasks.

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Free utility Windows SID Resolver

Windows SID Resolver is a free utility that will resolve a SID (security identifier) into the friendly user account name associated with it. Its perfect for trying to resolve a SID found in the registry such a in the HKEY_Users key. Simply enter the SID S-1-5-19 into the utility and it will tell you it belongs to the NT AUTHORITY\LOCAL SERVICE account. SID Resolver is compatible with any version of Windows that supports the .Net Framework 3.5.

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Microsoft Windows Live Movie Maker has been released

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Microsoft Windows Live Movie Maker has been released for Windows Vista and Windows 7 users. The free download provides comprehensive video editing capabilities replacing the discontinued Windows Movie Maker product. New features include 1080P HD content support, DVD support, Integrated YouTube HD uploads, new time line system and dozens of animations and visual effects. Most of all Windows Live Movie Maker was a redesign from the ground up that has a powerful engine behind the scenes that is much more stable than the old Windows Movie Maker.

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