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For those who still havent enjoyed the cuteness and beauty of Apple imacs, here's the perfect alternative. Use yahoo widgets to make your desktop look just like Mac OS, its the perfect alternative to apple dashboard.

So with new year coming round the cornor , celebration activities are reaching a high.
Almost all malls are luring the customers with eye-candy schemes. Also the party scene has exploded like nothing. A favorite shopping destination Dubai is gearing up for its shopping fest DSF 2k6. Many entertainment shows are also being organized in Madinat Jumeirah Arena , etc .... neways dudes keep rocking coz every moment of life is a celebration !

This post is regarding the use of sfc.exe to check integrity of your system files in xp pro.
A common issue regd it is that when you run sfc.exe, a command prompt window quickly disappears on screen.
The correct syntax to use sfc.exe is sfc /scannow.
This initiates "Windows File Protection" and you see a dialog box as follows :

Then it prompts you to enter the xp pro cd in cd drive.

You have to enter the cd coz windows stores all necessary files in 'dllcache'.

The usual location dllcache is in system32 folder.

So in case your system files in the cache are corrupt you can replace them with
the original ones from xp cd using sfc

That's it for today. More tips to come up. happy surfing !

Here's a easy, simple n silly trick to customize the system tray clock
for XP pro users:

step 1: goto start/run.
step 2: type regedit
step 3: goto HKEY_CURRENT_USER, expand it, expand Control Panel in it, select 'International'
step 4: you see two strings with values AM & PM each. click it n modify the values into something more interesting like 'Morning' for AM & 'Night' for PM.

for simplicity just copy paste the below path:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International

step 5: Reboot your PC and viola ! u see the difference

Isnt that funny n exciting !

A very common problem encountered by most people while trying to take a snapshot/screenshot of the video being played in windows media player, is that they get only the skin of media player in it. You can't see the snapshot of video in it.

For users using version 7.0 or higher,here's the trick:

step 1. open the media player
step 2. click on the 'tools' menu and goto 'options'
step 3. click on the 'performance' tab
step 4. you see a slider of 'video acceleration'. By default it is set to 'full'. Bring the slider to 'none'.

now reopen the video file you want to watch and take a screenshot !
to take a snapshot there are many options viz :

option 1: click the 'print screen' button on keyboard and paste in MS paint.
option 2: use SnapIt ! software.
option 3: use HyperSnap Dx s/w.
option 4: use Easy Video Capture s/w.
infact there maybe many more s/w's but i found the above one's worth enlisting .

Note: when you set 'video acceleration' to none, you may not be able to watch the video fullscreen.

A sample screenshot may look like this :

So from now onwards i m gonna post regarding various technical topics. This could be useful to any newbie or a professional in the field of computers. It could include some cool useful tips for better computing to learning some new concepts you probably havent come across.Read from a range of some basic fundas to cool mindblowing concepts. This blog will serve the purpose of not only entertaining but also educating you.Interaction & feedback is most welcome !!
enjoy your stay

last week finally i got an orkut invite ( "orkut" is a new social networking solution developed by google )
its really exciting to come across so many people who are out there to find friends n business networking.

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so having posted my 1st welcome post , this post is about the customizations i have made to my blogsite . added some cool rock singers links to the sidebar. Also changed some colors of the text.
Would like to have some prewritten code for customizing the page. If u know any, do leave your comments alongwith useful links for code customizing.

so this is my first post . not writin in much , keeping it short n crisp.
its open to everyone of you.
"Everyone's Invited ! " :)