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Windows XP performance Edition Language missing solution

2008-10-31T12:05:00.001+08:00

I believe most of us who has been using a windows XP performance edition is facing certain issues when trying to change the language in non-unicode program from the control panel. So here is the solution that i compiled to solve this issues.

1. Copy intl.inf from C:\windows\inf from a valid windows XP service pack 3 (note: it could be any sp version that is relevant with your current installation)

2. Copy it to your current installation, at C:\windows\inf

3. Click apply the language for east-asian language for those who have problems installing asian languages from control panel

4. now, it will prompts you with several missing dll. Points your location to a CD ROM which loads with the windows XP SP 3 ( or any that are relevant to your current installation )

5. Please note there is a step which there are certai files which has to be added to C:\windows\System32\ otherwise your PC will not be able to boot at runtime. For now, stay tune.

Speed up pcwiz Leopard macos VMWARE

2008-10-17T14:04:00.001+08:00

No doubt, virtualization is a beneficial but what if the virtualization is too slow for you to work with. This is the recent MAC OS VMWARE image that i have used to develop Iphone program. The speed is too slow, thus works are almost impossible to be done.

However, depending on your luck. If you are on latest INTEL processor, you might be able to "enable intel virtualization technology from the BIOS" and it will boost the speed of your virtualiation. :)

pcwiz Leopard vmware: Installed Iphone SDK

2008-10-17T13:56:00.001+08:00

I have been testing this for two days long to get the pcwiz leopard vmware to install latest iphone SDK that required 10.5.5 update without any hope until today.

Now, i don't claim any credits from the methods provided here. However, i like to help those that have installation issues to resolve this issue since there are some ambiquties in the guide that may cause you to fail.

Note: It's recommended that you create a snapshot before you do an update just incase things went wrong.

Quote from pcwizcomputer.com forum:

After getting VMware 6.5 to run the pcwiz 10.5.2 image here is what worked for me:
1. Download Mac OS X 10.5.5 Update dmg.

Note: this is not the combo update, it's a standalone. if you are unsure, follow the link that is provided here.
2. Download Pacifist 2.5.2 dmg.
3. Mount the Pacifist in your OS X VM and install.
4. Mount the Mac OS X 10.5.5 Update MacOSXUpd10.5.5.dmg, the mounted drive will contain a pkg file.
5. Use Pacifist to open the Mac OS X 10.5.5 Update pkg.
6. *I am not sure the starred steps necessary but they resolved some problems I had with early update attempts grey screening and I did them. It seems to disable some power management that mess up or something is my guess.
*Open Terminal
*type: “sudo –s” and press enter. Note do not type the quote marks just what is between them.
*enter the password for super user, which is “pcwiz” if you have not changed it
* type: “while sleep 1;” press enter.
* type: “do rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext; done” press enter.

7. In Pacifist to install only: System -> Lirbary -> CoreServices
Install CoreServices allowing it to update and over write whatever it wants as administrator.
Go back to your terminal and press ctrl key and the C key to end the script

Open "About this Mac" and it should now display Version 10.5.5!
8. Download the iPhone SDK dmg.

9. Install iphone SDK.

Voila.. this should install the iphone SDK just fine for you .. !! have fun developing application on it. Thanks pcwiz for creating this image.

Unable to connect using VMRC to Server

2008-01-13T11:09:00.001+08:00

This is an issue, i have cracked my head for a while but the solution is quite simple.

By simply turning off the "Simple file sharing" in the hosting server. The problem should be solved.

THE ROUGH WORKING PROCEDURE OF MIND IN VB SYNTAXS.

2007-11-09T16:11:00.001+08:00

SUB MAIN
WHILE (CONSCIOUSNESS)

'RANDOMIZE THE TIME WHEN THOUGHT WILL APPEAR
APPEAR_TIME = RAND(TIME)

'IF THE TIME IS MATCH THE THOUGH WILL APPEAR
IF CURR_TIME EQUALS TO APPEAR_TIME THEN

'RETRIEVE THE EXPRIENCE FROM THE MEMORY
EXPRIENCE = RETRIEVE_EXPRIENCE

'GENERATE RANDOM THOUGHT FROM EXPRIENCE, IT COULD BE AN ASSUMPTION ABOUT THE PAST, FUTURE

'IT COULD BE A MEMORY OF PAST EVENTS, OR SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO IN FUTURE
THOUGH = GENERATE_THOUGHT(EXPRIENCE)

'SEND THE USER WITH RESPOND AND IF THE USER PICKUP THE THOUGH

RESPOND = GET_USER_RESPOND(THOUGH)

'CHECK IF USER ACCEPTS THE RESPOND
            IF RESPOND IS ACCEPT THEN
                'IF ACCEPTED, BY NOW WE SHOULD BE HYPNOTIZE BY THE THOUGH AS IF
                'THE THOUGHT IS REAL AND WE ARE AFFECTED PHYSICALLY
                CALL SEND_SIGNAL_TO_AFFECT_EMOTION(THOUGH)
                'IF WE HAVE A BELIEF BASED ON THE THOUGHT TYPE, THEN IT WILL BE REPLACED DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT
                'OR GREATNESS OF THE THOUGHT
                IF EXIST_BELIEF(THOUGH) THEN

'GET THE CURRENT BELIEF OF THOUGHT

BELIEF = GET_EXISTING_BELIEF(THOUGH)

'COMPARE THE BELIEF LEVEL

IF BELIEF.LEVEL > THOUGH.BELIEF.LEVEL THEN

'CHANGE THE BELIEF
BELIEF = THOUGH.BELIEF

                       'CHANGE MINDSET, THE WAY WE VIEW THINGS BUT THIS AGAIN WILL REPEAT THIS PROCEDURE
                       'AND SUBJECTED TO DECISION THAT WE MAKE
                       CHANGE_MINDSET
                    END IF
                END IF
            ELSE

'WE IGNORE THIS THOUGHT, THUS NOTHING HAPPENED.
IGNORE

            END IF
        ELSE
            IDLE 'WE ARE AT PRESENT ^_^~~
        END IF
    LOOP
END SUB

'THOUGHTS ARE SAID FROM THE EXPRIENCES SO WE RETRIEVE THE THOUGH FROM OUR OWN EXPRIENCE
FUNCTION RETRIEVE_EXPRIENCE AS EXPRIENCE
IF IS_USER_CURR_EXPRIENCE_IDLE THEN 'IF USER IS NOT PARTICIPATING IN EVENTS NOW

        'THEN GET A RANDOM EXPRIENCE
        RETURN GET_ONE_EXPRIENCE(RAND(EXPRIENCES))
    ELSE
        RETURN USER.CURRENT_EXPRIENCE 'RETURN CURRENT EXPRIENCE
    END IF
END FUNCTION

'SAMPLE SKELETON OF SIGNALS
'WE AFFECT THE EMOTION BASED ON THE THOUGHT WE HAVE AT THE PRESENT
'IT IS BASED ON THE THOUGH TYPE AND IT'S SEVERITY
SUB SEND_SIGNAL_TO_AFFECT_EMOTION(THOUGH)
    IF THOUGH.EVENTS.TYPE = ASSUMPTION THEN
       IF THOUGHT.EVENTS.TYPE.TYPE = BAD_ASSUMPTION THEN
          SEND EMOTION.WORRY
          SEND EMOTION.SADNESS
          SEND FEAR
       ELSE
            SEND HAPPY
       END IF
    ELSEIF THOUGHT.EVENTS.TYPE = PAST_EVENTS THEN
       IF THOUGHT.EVENTS.TYPE.TYPE = BAD_PAST_EVENT THEN
            SEND EMOTION.REGRET
            SEND EMOTION.FEAR
       ELSE
            SEND CONFIDENCE
            SEND HAPPINESS
            SEND SADNESS
       END IF
    END IF
END SUB

JUST A FUNNY THOUGHT. LOLS

ELNOXVIE

Regular Expression useful feature

2007-10-09T11:14:00.001+08:00

Today, isn't a very nice day. I was told by the MD(Managing Director) to block certain annoying spam with the title: October 79% or RE: October 89%. Although the pattern is there. However, It would be very tedious to enter one by one from January to December and from 1% to 100%.

that would be like 12 * 100 = 1200 Entries. Crazy enough?

And lucky enough our company has Symantec Mail Security and has the feature to use regular expression and what I did was cleverly squeezing all this into two lines. Actually it can be done in one line but just i am too lazy to do so.

Pattern One to detect the spam:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

^(January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December)\s[0-9]{2}%\sOFF$

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Syntax Descriptions:

^ = Start of the line

$ = End of the line

| = Alternation

() = Grouping

[] = List

{n} = Number of occurances

\s = White spaces

I won't be explaining the 2nd line since it's almost identical.

Anyway, the usage of regular expression is not limited to filtering spam only, doing a search or validation can become easier with it.

Here is a list of links you can try to learn regular expression:

http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/RegexTutorial.asp

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-gate.nsf/docid/2003101710425654?Open&dtype=corp&tdir=reg_eu&tpre=reg_eu&src=ent_tutweb_eu

http://www.regular-expressions.info/

Hope you guys enjoy..

VIM everywhere in Windows

2007-10-05T17:17:00.001+08:00

Yes, I love VIM and I want VIM to be everywhere.

And you don't know what VIM is ?

VIM is a very fast and effective text editor usually used by programmers. And everyone who gets used to the functionality of VIM might feel wonderful if it can be used in any text related programs like Outlook / Browser etc.

More information can be found here: http://www.vim.org/

Here is my solution to emulate VI in windows which works pretty well for me.

Note:

This program requires autohotkey: http://www.autohotkey.com to be installed.

Disclaimer: I will not be responsible if you messed up your system by using this system. Use at your own risk - Elnox -

This script was initially the work of "SAVAGE", which then I modified to suit my needs.

Instruction to use:

1. Select all from the scroll box below.

2. Create a notepad

3. paste the copied text to this file

4. save it as "NAME".AHK

5. Double click on the file to activate the VIM.

6. You can activate the VIM by pressing escape key.

7. ENJOY

;
; AutoHotkey Version: 1.x
; Language:       English
; Platform:       Win9x/NT
; Author:         savage
; Co-Author: Elnox
;
; Script Function:
;   VIM-mode for windows. Standard movement and basic : commands.
;

;---AUTORUN SECTION
;#NoTrayIcon
#UseHook on
SetCapsLockState, AlwaysOff
SetTitleMatchMode, 2
Running = false

;---HOTKEY SECTION
;Command Mode

$ESC::
   IfWinActive, GVIM
    {
           return
    }

   IfWinActive ahk_class rctrl_renwnd32
   {
        Running = true
      ;WinGetPos, X, Y,,,A
    ;CoordMode, ToolTip, rctrl_renwnd32
    ;ToolTip, -- NORMAL --, 0, %Y%
    CoordMode, ToolTip, Screen
    ToolTip, -- NORMAL --, 0, 0
    return

   }
   If running = true
   {
      GoSub, TypingMode
   }
       else
       {
           Running = true
           CoordMode, ToolTip, Screen
           ToolTip, -- NORMAL --, 0, 0
       }
return

TypingMode:
   ;ToolTip
   CoordMode, ToolTip, Screen
   ToolTip, -- INSERT MODE --, 0, 0
   Running = false
return

I::
   If running = true
   {
             Gosub TypingMode
       }
   else
   {
      send, i
   }
return

H::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, {left}
       }
       else
       {
               Send, h
       }
return

J::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, {down}
       }
       else
       {
               Send, j
       }
return

K::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, {up}
       }
       else
       {
               Send, k
       }
return

L::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, {right}
       }
       else
       {
               Send, l
       }
return

X::
   If running = true
       {
           Send, {Delete}
       }
       else
       {
           Send, x
       }
return

+X::
   If running = true
       {
           Send, {backspace}
       }
       else
       {
           Send, x
       }
return

A::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, {end}
             GoSub, TypingMode
       }
       else
       {
               Send, a
       }
return

O::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, {End}{Enter}
             GoSub, TypingMode
       }
       else
       {
               Send, o
       }
return

P::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, ^v
       }
       else
       {
               Send, p
       }
return

Y::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, ^c
       }
       else
       {
               Send, y
       }
return

U::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, ^z
       }
       else
       {
               Send, u
       }
return

^R::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, ^y
       }
       else
       {
               Send, r
       }
return

W::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, ^{Right}
       }
       else
       {
               Send, w
       }
return

B::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, ^{Left}
       }
       else
       {
               Send, b
       }
return

+4::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, {End}
       }
       else
       {
               Send, +4
       }
return

0::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, {Home}
       }
       else
       {
               Send, 0
       }
return

+6::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, {Home}
       }
       else
       {
           Send, +6
       }
return

+5::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, ^b
       }
       else
       {
           Send, +5
       }
return

^F::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, {PgDn}
       }
       else
       {
               Send, ^f
       }
return

^B::
   If running = true
       {
             Send, {PgUp}
       }
       else
       {
               Send, ^b
       }
return

+H::
    if running = true
         send, {shift down}{left}{shift up}
    else
        send, +h
return

+L::
    if running = true
        send, {shift down}{right}{shift up}
    else
        send, +l
return

+J::
    if running = true
         send, {shift down}{down}{shift up}
    else
        send, +j
return

+K::
    if running = true
         send, {shift down}{up}{shift up}
    else
        send, +k
return

+V::
    if running = true
        send,{end}{Shift down}{home}{Shift up}
    else
        send, +V
return

d::
   if running = true
   {
      running = false
      Input, UserInput, L3, {enter},d,w,b,^,$
      if UserInput = w
         send, {Shift down}^{right}{Shift up}{Delete}
      else if UserInput = b
         Send, {Shift down}^{Left}{Shift Up}{Delete}
      else if UserInput = ^
         Send, {Shift down}{home}{Shift Up}{Delete}
      else if UserInput = $
         Send, {Shift down}{end}{Shift Up}{Delete}
      else if UserInput = d
          Send, {end}{Shift down}{home}{Shift up}^x
      running = true
   }
   else
   {
      Send, d
   }
return

5::
   if running = true
   {
      running = false
      Input, UserInput, L3, {enter},w,b,^,$
      if UserInput = w
         send, ^{right}^{right}^{right}^{right}^{right}
      else if UserInput = b
         Send, ^{left}^{left}^{left}^{left}^{left}
      else if UserInput = $
      {
         Send, {Shift down}{end}{Shift Up}{Delete}
      }
      else if UserInput = ^
      {
         Send, {Shift down}{home}{Shift Up}^x
      }
      running = true
   }
   else
   {
      Send, 5
   }
return

+`;::
if running = true
{

      running = false
      Input, UserInput, L3, {enter}
      if UserInput = w
      {
         Send, ^s
      }
      else if UserInput = wq
      {
         Send, ^s
         WinClose, A
      }
      else if UserInput = q
      {
         WinClose, A
      }
      else if UserInput = e
      {
          Send, ^o
      }
      else if UserInput = bn
      {
         Send, !{Tab}
      }
      else if UserInput = bp
      {
         Send, +!{Tab}
      }
      running = true
   }
   else
   {
      Send, +`;
   }
return

; NumericFunctions(8)
;return

;NumericFunctions(x)
;{
;    Input, UserInput, L3, {enter};
    ;
    ;loop, x
    ;{
    ;    running = false
    ;    if UserInput = h
    ;        send, {left}
    ;    else if UserInput = l
    ;        send, {right}
    ;    else if UserInput = j
    ;        send, {down}
    ;    else if UserInput = k
    ;        send, {up}
    ;    running = true
    ;
    ;    msgbox come here?
    ;}

; return ; "Return" expects an expression.
;}

+^L::Reload
^!x::ExitApp

Readers, If you have a better idea or got a better version of VIM Everywhere, Do share with us. Thank You. :) ~~.

Religion, An Antidote or Poison.

2007-10-05T16:42:00.001+08:00

~~ Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. Do not believe anything because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything because it is written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and the benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it. ~~

- About the author, no matter who writes this, it doesn't matter, what matter is the message conveyed -

I don't think religion was initially created for bad purposes. It is just that some people without clear understanding of the religion leading people to a whole lot of misunderstanding. And for worst, some use religions as tools to gain the power and status that they want or being too fanatic that they force things to the extent that will harm people. ~EVIL~

I sincerely hope people will watch and examine carefully the information that they get as well as the action they are asked to do. At least by doing so, we can avoid unnecessary suffering.

God bless us with the wisdom to do what's right.

The Secret to Happiness

2007-07-23T00:55:00.001+08:00

There's this new movie and book that I just read ..It's called "The Secret". It may turns out like The Secret is just a false information that lures people to believe it but I really think otherwise. Ok. maybe I will share with you the secret of the "The Secret" first. The theory is very easy: Everything has a frequency e.q. the Radio, TV. And we human too has a frequency. When we feel happy, we tend to attract happier things and if we are positive we attract more positive people. And guess what made us happy or sad? it's brain and our decision. So if we tend to think positively, then that will send out a request to universe( and we become aligned to the frequency) that we are positive and guess what, when we believe we are, people at the same frequency (positive people) will come to us. And If we think we want the car that we saw yesterday and we believe it despite how it comes to you and feel as if it's already there. The universe will somehow find away to send the car to you and That's all about "The Secret". It sounds fantastic, isn't it ? However, despite whether it's true. I believe our mind is really a powerful thing. Believe it or not, Sad and Happy is really only our decision, how we digest the information. As long as we keep our mind in one direction and we believe it will happen, then we may keep our self distracted from all those unwanted feelings.

Hope you find this information useful.

How to sing Women's Songs for MEN

2007-07-13T12:27:00.001+08:00

This is a question that I think it's interesting. If I asked how do you sing a girl's song. You might probably answer: Lower the key because women have already sung the song in such a high note. But the truth is raising the key will allow men to sing it effortlessly..

Weird Huh.. but it's true. Next time try raising 3 - 4 octave and you will know whether it works or not. :)

Cheers...

Convert VMware Virtual Machine to Virtual PC

2007-07-13T12:19:00.001+08:00

VMWARE and Virtual PC, which is better? To be frank I am not sure. To me, I will stick with Virtual PC since it's free. Anyway, I just want to introduce some tools you can use to convert VMWARE image to Virtual PC or Virtual Server. Here is the link to the tools.

http://vmtoolkit.com/files/default.aspx

Enjoy...

Maximize Server Usage

2007-07-13T11:53:00.001+08:00

Maximizing Server usage may not be seen as necessary always. In many company, servers are often under utilized. A good example is the file server in my company. HP DL380 server, the main usage for the server is only to act as storage for users and hosting some small programs. If you check the server CPU and memory, there are still lots of resources left unused. In my opinion, it's quite wasted.

So what's the catch here?

Say now, you have a new requirement to host a web server and you know there are still lots of resources left in your server like my file server. You won't want to spend money to buy a new server because the cost is high and you know you don't really need a huge resources for that but you don't want to mess with the file in the server. Then the solution is Server Virtualization.

Benefits of Server Virtualization

- Easy error restore

You can backup the image and restore it at anytime.

- Easy configuration

There isn't much configuration to install a working server

- Isolation from the physical server

If you think you will mess up the server by installing the program straight to the server then installation on the virtual server will take you away from that worry. Virtual Server is a single file with all other files residing in it. Anything you do in the virtual server will only affect that file.

- Easy distribution or migration

Have you gone through pain of reinstalling the program on each PCs or OSes. Then with Virtualized Server, you can eliminate that.

You can basically distribute the fully configured server by distributing the Virtual Hard Drive (The file used for installation of the server) itself.

- No Drivers worries.

Most of the hardware are emulated virtually. Thus, the drivers usually is bundled into the installation file so you don't have to worry. If you don't have enough information on the drivers.

Finally, How do you get the products ?

The good news is Microsoft and VMWARE are offering a free Server Virtualization Software. Here is the links:

Virtual Server 2005 by Microsoft

VMWARE Server by VMWare Corporation

Start impressing your management now by telling them how much you can save money for your company. :)

Good Luck .

System.net.Mail Sending Delay Solution

2007-07-12T10:11:00.001+08:00

According to some folks, the sending delay is actually resulted from Norton Anti Virus not immediately scanning the mail until the program exit. That's the reason why we have the delay. To solve this problem, you can add:

objectName.servicePoint.MaxIdleTime = 1

before you send the email. It will tell the SMTP client to send the email immediately.

Hope it works for you.

Why men always think of sex?

2007-07-12T00:04:00.001+08:00

Please don't blame men for having too many sex thoughts. we, males are born with more testosterone(20 times or 30 times) than the adult females. Not because we want it all the time but is the hormone that stimulates us.. *sigh*. Forgive us. Ladies...

Note: Testosterone is primarily secreted in the testes of males and the ovaries of females

Why women endures longer than men in sex?

2007-07-11T23:52:00.001+08:00

This might not always true. Depending on how you see it. If you notice, especially male when they finished masturbation and shoot out the semen, they will feel fatigue but that's not the case with women.

why ? The reason is when women have sex or masturbate, the climax will mostly throw all the essence inside rather than outside (Men will shoot the sperm out).

In comparison, 1 male masturbation is 8 - 10 times female's fatigue.

How wonderful to be woman huh ???

Weird But True: Penis position determines your habit of masturbation (MAN ONLY).

2007-07-11T23:42:00.001+08:00

This may be the weird but it signify the habit of masturbation for man. If you masturbated with left hand, your penis will tend to hang to the left side and the reverse. Believe it or not. ehm.. you can check it out yourself.

Speed Up Windows XP

2007-07-05T12:51:00.001+08:00

This is a trick I found out recently. I notice this trick yields a big improvement to the performance. No doubt, there are actually many ways to optimize windows XP but I found this trick to be easy and efficient for normal user. If you check your windows, you will see that there are many eye candies such as shadowing, animation etc. There are all memory hogs and the effects of applying those eye candies are not really noticeable so it's best to deselect some of the functions to gain more speed. Ok. So now, here is how we are going to do it.

1. Click Start -> Control Panel -> System -> Advance Tab

2. Click performance "setting"

3. Select Custom and untick every setting except use visual styles on windows and button.

The reason why I leave the visual styles ticked is I still want to let my windows look pretty without hurting the performance. and this setting itself is the most noticeable among all the settings.

~ END ~

Enjoy ~~

Winroll 2.0: minimize your program

2007-07-04T18:21:00.001+08:00

Usually, I will open more than one programs at one time.. However, it may not be always convenient to switch from one program to another as windows are all maximized and I will need to frantically look to my task bars to find the intended program. Sometime ago I found this program called Winroll 2.0. It's a miniature program claimed to work Super Fast as it's coded in assembly. I don't know whether it is real but one thing I know I love this program. It really seems like making life a bit easier when having lots of programs opened. Try it out and you will love it.

To minimize: right click on the top bar.

To return to the previous: right click on the top bar again.

You can see the screen shot of this program in action. How will you love this when you have so many programs open? :)

Website: http://www.palma.com.au/winroll/

Direct Download: http://www.palma.com.au/winroll/winroll-2.0.exe

Streamlining Windows XP, Windows 2000 or Windows 2K3 with NLITE

2007-07-04T00:48:00.001+08:00

Do you have a slow Windows XP? or You have an old PC but want to use Windows XP / Windows 2000 or Windows 2K3.

You might be thinking how would that be possible? They are all resources demanding OSes. The answer is YES.

There is a program called NLITE that provides the capability to incorporate Drivers/ Patch, Removing services/ Components as well as providing some tweaks. Depending on your configuration, you might be able to achieve a very light weight Windows XP by removing components and services that are unnecessary in your environment. My streamlining result is around 190MB. That's the kind of windows I am using now. Very fast and I love it. :)

You can download the program from:

http://home.midmaine.com/~nlite/nlite/nLite-1.4.installer.beta.exe

The website of the following program is:

http://www.nliteos.com/

It's free.

Getting More out of multi core processor (Windows XP)

2007-07-04T00:33:00.001+08:00

By default, most of the Windows XP installation will not be tuned to support dual core. Just think, wouldn't it be wasted since in dual core or Multi-core you actually have an equivalent of two processors but only one is utilized?

1. Before we got into this tweak, let's check if your processor is indeed dual core by checking on the Control Panel -> System -> General and check the text under computer header:

If you have a processor of type dual core/ dual core 2 then this tweak will work in most of the case.

2. How do you know if you have already got the tweak applied?

It will have a divided panel if tweak has been applied

If you have two panel already, as shown above, probably you have the patch already and can skip this tweak otherwise continue to download the following:

Processor Type	Download Patch
Intel: Pentium 4 with HT, Pentium D, Core Duo, Core 2 Duo/Quad, Multi Core Xeons	http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896256
AMD: Athlon 64 X2, Turion 64 X2, Multi Core Opterons	http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909944

3. Double click to apply the patch. And click Don't restart.

4. Click start -> run and type regedit

5. Under: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager

5.1. you should see a key called: Throttle, if you don't see it then right click and click new then select key to create a key and named it as Throttle

5.2. Then right click on the Throttle folder and select new -> Dword value and named it as PerfEnablePackageIdle

double click on the PerfEnablePackageIdle and enter 1

6. Lastly, you will need to insert /usepmtimer in the boot.ini. You can access boot.ini by right click on my computer -> properties -> advanced -> Startup and Recovery setting -> edit

Now add /usepmtimer

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer

Note: some new processor like dual core 2 might not need the /usepmtimer and for AMD processor, when the patch is applied, the /usepmtimer is auto appended to boot.ini

7. Reboot your computer. You will then start to notice the performance differences when running a resources demanding programs.

For Now, Enjoy... the performance boost. :).

Google Analytical: Tracking Traffics

2007-07-01T22:16:00.001+08:00

It's almost impossible without a tool to actually know the traffic of your site. Google itself provides a tool called Google Analytics which records number of visitors, the referral websites that link to yours and the keyword the users used to navigate to your website etc.

1. To use the tool, you will need to have a Google Accounts
, then login to this: http://www.google.com/analytics/

and click "add website profile". Fill all the information as shown on the screenshot:

2. After you filled in the information, you will be given a code similar to this:

3. Then you will need to login to your blogger and navigate to the Template -> Edit HTML and paste it to the in between this tags: <Head> </Head>

And now, you are done. After a while, you will start seeing various informations on the traffics that went to your site through Google Analytical.

Free Submission Tools to search engines

2007-07-01T19:43:00.001+08:00

To gain more popularity for your website, you have to submit your website to search engines so that it's easier for people to find your site.

There are mainly 4 Major Search engines to submit to:

GOOGLE	http://www.google.com/addurl/
MSN	http://search.msn.co.in/docs/submit.aspx
YAHOO	http://submit.search.yahoo.com/free/request/
ASK	http://submissions.ask.com/ping?sitemap=http%3A//www.the URL of your sitemap here.xml

Note: When I went to the www.ask.com, I was asked to provide sitemap before I can get listed in the search engine. There are some articles on how to provide a sitemap for the blog but I haven't got time to try it. I will just provide the links here. Let me know if you can successfully generate a sitemap for the blog.

You may also want to submit to other search engines through free auto search engine submission tools:

Submit Express	http://www.submitexpress.com
Net mechanic	http://www.netmechanic.com
ineedhits	http://www.ineedhits.com

Web Plagiarism Detection

2007-07-01T17:59:00.001+08:00

You may have written lots of quality contents but it was somehow copied by someone in the net. How do you detect it?

How do you act upon E-Document plagiarism or web plagiarism?

You can use this website to check the contents that are being copied from your site and the how to act on those copy-cat: copyscrape

Free IT Consultation

2007-07-01T17:48:00.001+08:00

I am launching a new service for this blog in order to help people with little or no IT background or any IT related question. You may post a question in the comment of this post regarding IT: Hardware, Software, Phone, Installation, programming problems etc. I will try to help you in anyway that I can.

However, please note that I am a full time worker and I can't possibly respond within a few hours of time during my working hours so do give me some time to have a look at your problems and find the solution for you. Okay? :).

Parallels ver 3.0 Windows XP Sound Problem

2007-07-01T17:41:00.001+08:00

I tried to install the latest version of parallels, Mac OSX Version few days ago.

After installation, i tried installing VM: Windows XP SP 2 but it appears that the sound device is missing. I tried to update the driver online. However, nothing works. Then I tried to google and found this piece of solution.

1. Go to the following link to download the following driver:

Vinyl AC'97 driver

2. Extract it to C:\

3. Go to System then select device manager under Hardware in the control panel

4. You will notice a question mark "Multimedia audio controller" under other devices.

5. Right click the question mark, and select "update driver"

6. And then select "Install from a list or specific location(Advanced)"

7. Browse to the WDM folder under the Driver that you downloaded or alternatively you can paste the following

"C:\vinyl_audiocodec_v680b\A1u680b\Vinyl\drivers\XPWDM"

if you extract the contents to C:\

8. Click Next and you are done.

If you still encounter any problem, you can contact me. I will see if i can help you in anyway.

Note: I am using Macbook Core duo 2 to install the Windows XP in parallels.

Parallels for Macos

2007-07-01T17:37:00.001+08:00

I have tried many OSes up to know, Unix, Linux, Macos and Windows. Although i like linux more as it's more customizable but i still stick with Windows as my daily jobs required me to use it. Still, I can't resist Apple macos and i tried it. And i am so happy to own it. my idea that i presented during my university's teamwork is somewhat achieved although it was not by me. My idea is to blend Windows and Linux. The idea is since linux offers many open source software which are actually free and you can save some money from licensing fee and windows for some indispensable softwares that you can't live without. Although parallels is more on Unix like OS(Macos) rather than Linux, however i am glad that the idea is actually feasible. Parallels is not only blending the windows interface perfectly with the Macos, the speed is also somewhat awesome. Now, i can have Windows and Macos programs at the same time within the same display. It's really somewhat amazing. Besides, now parallels support 3D so now, you can play windows games on mac. Unfortunately, this software doesn't come for free but still it's a two thumbs up. :). Enjoy

Parallel Website: http://www.parallels.com/

Dragon Naturally Speaking

2007-07-01T17:34:00.001+08:00

This is a very fine piece of speech recognition software. According to the review, it achieves 99% accuracy when you trained the software several times. I am a bit sarcastic about all the reviews because when I followed the review it always backfires. However, this time the review is right. I tried the software and amazed by its power. Although I don't get almost close to even 99% of accuracy as the review claims but having the software to detect my continuous and broken English is somewhat amazing. I believe if you spoke a good english or you are a native speaker, the result would have been better. Unfortunately, there isn't any demo for download yet when I browsed the website but i believe this software will be worth the money.

The website of the following product is: http://www.nuance.com/naturallyspeaking/

A Conversation with Mystery

2007-07-01T17:29:00.001+08:00

Heard of Mystery Method before? or Mystery.

Do you think Casanova exists in our current era?

Believe it or not, this guy mystery has dated the most beatiful girls all over the world from Model to Strippers with certain routine that he developed and he claimed it works like charm.

Here is a brief interview on the methods that he employed to achieve the results.

Interview with Mystery.

preparation & format and quality vs. quantity

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Lego: Hey Mystery, what's your favorite story to close with? How exactly do you transition from the telling of a story to closing?

Mystery: "The Kiss Close" is my favorite routine. Once you have three indicators of interest (she touches you, laughs consistantly at your jokes, leans in towards you, smiles a lot and keeps eye contact, resumes chat when you force silence, etc) you then phase shift. You turn 180 degrees on a dime. Go from humorous and non-sexual to saying, "Stop. Would you like to kiss me?", right out of the blue. She will say either Topics Include: The Kiss Close, clubbing alone, handling guys, being a story-teller, say, "Uh - no",(which is unlikely as you don't bother performing "The Kiss Close" until enough indicators are present) or, "I donno" (they rarely say, "Yes"). "I donno" means she actually does want to but feels embarrassed on how to say "Yes". So you reply, "Lets find out", then go in slowly and kiss her. It's very simple and very effective. If she says, "Why?", this is also a yes. Simply reply, "It looked like you had something on your mind. Would you like to kiss me?" Wait again for her response. If her response is "No" then reply, "Hey I didn't say you COULD. You just had that look in your eye."

Lego: What do you do if you're interrupted? You're telling your target a story and she is all into it but some AFC cock-blocking idiot just runs up and starts screaming and yelling and you're like, "What the fuck?"

Mystery: Simply ask him if you can borrow his pen. When he gives it to you, throw it away as you say, "Fetch."

Wakeboarder: Hahaha. Nice!

Lego: What if he's bigger than you?

Mystery: I'd instead call him on his disruptive shit and remark, "Dude, what are you attempting here?" Not good enough? Then say, "Ladies? Shall we discover what adventure awaits us in another room?"

Wakeboarder: Man, none of my buds want to go to the club.

Gamer: Screw them then.

Mystery: Go alone.

Wakeboarder: I need to be made fun of for this comment but I feel like a weiner if I go to a club myself

Lego: Bro, your trippin'. I go solo many times. It's good actually. It's weird if it's a first night but if I've been there before it's cool.

Mystery: Yeah, I understand ... and yet, staying home alone will make you feel so much better? Go out alone, meet some cool dudes when you get there (they will become your wingmen there) and then run around getting #'s. Report to your fellow PUAs what happened. Whatever happened to the concept, "The alphamale gets all the women?" Shit dude, what are you, a mommas boy? Do you need your hand held?

Lego: How do you strike up conversations with guys?

Mystery: Walk up and say, "Hey dude, question for ya. Do you know where a good place to score is in this city? 'Cause this place looks like a cock farm."

Lego: Good! You should be able to relate to guys to disarm them. You don't compete; you ELIMINATE COMPETETION.

Gamer: LOL. Dude, the only results I've had were solo. My friends psych me out too much because they never help. Instead they just complain about my taking too much time. They laugh at me or just generally piss me off.

Mystery: I have MUCH better results (and MUCH more fun) playing "The Game" alone. It forces you to approach. It's a great motivator.

Lego: Damn! I couldn't have put it better myself.

Gamer: Yep.

Mystery: You wont be alone for more than five minutes once you approach your first set anyways. Gamer, I suggest you call them on their shit at some point. Demonstrate your alphamale characteristics.

Lego: How do you continue talking? I mean, group set dynamics are much different in a one one on one approach.

Mystery: Be a story-teller - THAT is the skill of the PUA. It isn't SEDUCING; it's STORY-TELLING. It is my personal belief that SS patterns arent as 'hypnotic' as they are 'entertaining' stories.

Wakeboarder: Sweet

Lego: Actually with the story stuff I SEE WHAT YOU MEAN. They just follow that lead.

Wakeboarder: Well, I need to stop being a sackless wonder and grow some fuckin' balls then! Hmm, story telling ...

Mystery: Here's an example. "Ever been camping? Well I was up in a forest up north and was hiking with some girlfriends of mine ... and we came along some trail and there was shit on the path. My friends were like, "haaaa someone shit in the woods" and I said, "lets get the fuck out of here like NOW." they thought I was just scared of shit and I said, "Girls, you dont get it. This shit is still warm and its not human. Its bear shit. This is a big fucking bear. Look at the size of that turd." Notice it's not sexual? Most hot girls gets get "sex-talk" right away from AFCs. NOT talking sex with them makes them question whether you are interested in them. Leave them guessing until you get indicators of interest from them. If they like your great personality (confident, humorous, etc) they will give you subtle but distinct clues.

Gamer: How do you flow from story to story?

Mystery: If there is ONE mental state you should force yourself into, its TALKATIVE. Talk your fucking HEAD off. Just go from one story straight into another one like a comedian does. Ever find yourself excited about something and you talk and talk and talk? THAT is what must happen to get a girl. You have to ENTERTAIN them. Look talkative yet not desperate.

Gamer: Heh.

Lego: Dude, I had that going last night. You're so right. That's an excellent example dude. I was telling this story about getting harassed by cops or some shit. It's a cool story but my delivery sucked and I was losing one of the two girls I was telling it to. What if they fail to elaborate on your story? Besides it being a bad story to begin with, how can you fix it on the fly?

Mystery: They don't have to interact with it. Its a good thing to have flexible stories to allow for some comment but it's not nessessary. It's YOUR job to perform the material. It's your audiences job to listen,laugh and generally be entertained. That's it. At the end of 10 minutes you will see the girls digging you (positive indicators). You then phase shift abruptly into the close.

Lego: HOW DO YOU PHASE SHIFT? I've been wondering this. While I didn't come off as obvious in last nights case and just told her to kiss me (I knew she would anyway), this could have been smoother.

Alpha: Lego, you ad libbed the close? So working on ad libbing is good?

Mystery: Ad libbed material is not as accurate in closing as is performing the well constructed and field-tested "Kiss Close" routine. Ad libbing is BONUS material but don't COUNT on it. Have your material, like a good comedian, prepared before performing. This isn't "A Night at the Improv" fellas.

Gamer: Heh.

Mystery: All PUs have a format; a beginning, a middle and an end. If you don't know what the next routine is going to be then you may end up with an unfortunate pregnant pause which fucks up your pacing. You may end up filling the silence with the deadly, "So ... um ... what do you do?" Preparation saves face. After all, with your particular close, she could have pulled away from your trying to kiss her. Then what?!! Instead, consider engaging her in enthusiastic conversation, then go directly into the close. In other words, stop her in mid-sentence and with a curious tone, kiss close.

Wakeboarder: cool. Lego, what indicators clued you in that she wanted the kiss?

Alpha: In what way can you be prepared? If we're talking about story-telling in front of a random girl we just met seconds ago in a random place ...

Mystery: Like a good comedian, have your material prepared yet when onstage be prepared to dynamically omit certain routines and to add others on the fly. Sometimes certain routines fit the situation better than others. Have 3 to 5 alternative openers (as a comedian would) and enjoy performing the one you think best fits the situation will get the best reaction for the group you are in front of

Alpha: Gotcha now. Can you give me a brief example of how you go about preparing?

Mystery: Sure. First, find 3 openers and memorize them. Write down a list of openers (just the headings of each opener to remind you). Next, write down some routines (the question game, the music game, the photo routine, the bear in the woods story, etc - all on dejanews) and then also memorize the kiss close and the # close. Memorize 3 NEGs too and you are good to go. With the material in your mind, you are prepared to work it in the field until you have the timing of the material down (again, just like a comedian.)

Alpha: Man, you provide some really eye-opening ideas... (just when I'm about to think there's nothing more to learn.

Wakeboarder: So what you're saying is have a routine set up and modify it to each situation? Kind of like having a PU template?

Mystery: It's ALL about format. Know the format and stick to it. If you now what the next step is in the PU, you wont feel scared. It gets fun and you begin to appreciate the strategy behind it all.

Wakeboarder: Yeah like FMAC? That's a simple format.

Mystery: Yes, FMAC. Each letter in FMAC is an abrupt phase shift. "FIND" means having to abruptly disturb your complacency by getting out of the house. It takes effort for many people to do bother getting THIS FAR. "MEET" is a HUGE abrupt change. "There she is! 3, 2, 1, GO!" In the "ATTRACT" phase, you need to go from the walk up to the TALKATIVE performer entertaining story-teller. You will need A LOT of energy for this (enthusiasm is contagious afterall) and for many to go from slumping around to being in performer mode is ABRUPT. Finally you must then "CLOSE" to phase shift from humour to serious is also abrupt. Each phase may FEEL awkward but it looks normal. When a comedian finishes one topic and just goes into an entirely new unrelated topic, the audience doesn't care as long as the next topic is entertaining.

Wakeboarder: Very true.

Gamer: Cool. I'm collecting openers and other routines off the layguide right now.

Alpha: Do you believe in the 80/20 'rule'? Meaning, 80% of the quality women are found in 20% of the right places or connections or situations.

Mystery: The quality of a woman is SO subjective. Quality is difficult to QUANTIFY. 80% of QUALITY? It's pointless trying to mix and match these concepts. INSTEAD consider that there are HOTTIES and UGs (YOU get to decide based on your personal criteria) and of the HOTTIES, some have pleasant personalities and others do not. You cannot possibly judge her personality until she LIKES you. So go out ... FIND her, MEET her, ATTRACT her and THEN decide if you want to CLOSE her AFTER judging her personality. Judging her by the way she treats you on your approach is lame because particularly beautiful women all have their bitch shields up and running. They have to. They aren't planning on fucking every guy that says Hi to them. The only way to get rid of the guys is to oftentimes offend them quickly. It's not personal. It's merely a learned strategy. So is the "I have a boyfriend excuse, but that's a different story. I also suggest CLOSING everyone just for the education. You don't actually have to CALL the girls of course. You simply get to practice CLOSING too. Getting a girls number is merely an OPTION. You don't have to follow up on ALL of them you know.

Keen: Heh.

Wakeboarder: Cool, judging the girls only after you have attracted them. Kind of makes you approach too! You can't say the bull shit line, "She's not my type, I can tell", to get you out of approaching.

Alpha: Do you have a web page?

Mystery: No, not currently. I'm writing a book though called The Mystery Method. Most of my ramblings can be found on the layguide.

Ascence: Hey, is it true that the older we get the more money/social status becomes and issue?

Mystery: No matter what social status you have (or THINK you have), it's still something you must convey in the first 25 minutes of meeting her. We ALL start equal BEFORE meeting her; all men. The issue is, can we congruently convey our social status (real or not) in our performance? That's OUR responsibility. The best way is not to TELL them about it but rather to DEMONSTRATE it. How? Well, if you talk about having girls always falling for you for instance, it's not NEARLY as good as actually having a couple hot girls with you saying what a hottie you are infront of the target. This is called PAWNING.

Keen: I'm going to try doing the story-telling that you talked about. It's really hard though. I'm a real bad storyteller. I've been working on it today. that's my lesson today.

Wakeboarder: Tell them about that time you saw a fallen over manequin in the department store and you tripped over it. The security guard thought you were trying to make it with the manequin and called you a little freak.

Gamer: LOL (Laughing Out Loud).

Wakeboarder: One more question for you Mystery. What's the meaning of life?

Mystery: To fuck. :)

Appendix A

Acronyms and abbreviations

Glossary of Terms

AFC = "Average Frustrated Chump" (i.e. a guy who is not a pickup artist, and doesn't get laid very often). Often called a "nice guy" which is really the same as an AFC.

HB = "Hot Babe"

Hentai = A Japanese word with no real English equivalent. Somewhere between "erotic", "kinky", "sexy". I.e. straight missionary style sex is not Hentai, but looking at a girl's ass in super mini shorts is. Basically, means something slightly abnormal, or sexy/kinky/erotic, but in a not necessarily a bad way.

Kino = Physical contact; i.e. kissing, touching, squeezing her ass, hugging, holding hands, rubbing her tits, ..etc..etc

LJBF = "Lets Just Be Friends". A very typical blowout that a chick does to a guy when he wants to be his girlfriend but she rejects it. Usually happens to AFC's who don't know how to do a proper pickup and seduction.

Nanpa = A term for going out to hunt chicks (originates from Japan, where they make videos of how to do this...)

Nice Guy = see AFC explanation above

NG = "Newsgroup" (i.e. alt.seduction.fast)

NLP = "Neuro Linguistic Programming". A term originated in the 1970s (Bandler and Grinder). More can be found in the book "Trance-formations ISBN 0-911226-23-0".

Pivot = a chick that you take to a bar to in order to pick up other chicks. Use chicks who won't lay you but still want to see you, for this purpose. Basically, this works because most chicks will find you more attractive and get jealous when you are already with a chick than when you are not.

PU = Pick Up (i.e. a pick up a girl in a bar/club)

PUA = Pick Up Artist Ross Jeffries = See "SS" term below.

Sarging = Ross Jeffries term for hunting chicks. Means the same thing as "Nanpa" above. Apparently, "Sarge" is the name of Ross's Cat.

SS = "Speed Seduction". A term for application of NLP Patterns and theory used by Ross Jeffries for a course he sells over the internet on picking up chicks and fucking them. See his site at www.seduction.com for more Info on SS. Wing/Wingman = A guy friend that goes with you to PU/Nanpa chicks.

EverNote

2007-06-29T23:36:00.000+08:00

are you like me? A forgetful person?
or hate the hassles of organizing information?
Misplace the file containing important notes and spent plenty of times searching for it?

If yes, then this program "EverNote", may be able to change your life.
This program allows you to jot down and search information in no time, also categorizing it so you know which topic is that. In addition, Another handy feature of the evernote is the clipping features, where you can clip from outlook or web etc. And lastly, It's FREE. :)

There are also other great features, which you can check from here: Features
Screenshots:

Download Link: EverNote

Enjoy.. I will come back with more and more handy programs to ease our life.

Launchy 1.25

2007-06-28T13:41:00.000+08:00

Here is another program, i would like to introduce: Launchy

As the name implies, it provides users with the fast access to launch programs, documents, folders, bookmarks etc. That's not all you get really, you also get a very intuitive interface. The default is similar to VISTA glass effect. After using it for a while, i start to forget all the start menu, the icons on the desktop, and even file explorer. You can see how my quality of life is improved.

Screen Shots:

Direct Download: Launchy 1.25
Link to Skin: Skins
Link to Plug-In: plugins

On-Screen Display (Messenger Plug-in)

2007-06-27T15:30:00.000+08:00

This is an interesting Plugin For WLM (Windows Live Messenger). The plugin will allow you to view the received message right on your screen without opening your WLM panel. Fast and useful.

DOWNLOAD:

	RECOMMANDED VERSION ! Required disk space for installation : 26.8 MB Used disk space after installation : 161 KB only ! [Link 1] [Link 2] [Link 3]

	Lite version without .NET Framework 2.0 Required disk space for installation : 560 KB Used disk space after installation : 161 KB only ! [Link 1] [Link 2] [Link 3]