ADTC (Computer)

I'm currently running Linux on Windows XP. In fact, I'm typing this inside Linux, which is running through VMWare Player. It's a cool software that virtualizes an entire PC inside my computer enabling me to run Linux parallel to Windows. I did some research on doing so and found another software called CoLinux. It seemed promising but had to do a lot of setup and that was a big headache. And it didn't work.So I turned to this software. It's cool and I have a running "Damn Small Linux" distro right inside Windows XP. I can switch between Linux and Windows any time. There is another one called andLinux which supposedly should work straight out of the box though it's based on CoLinux. That's it for now. I'm also using Qwerty to Dvorak Online Converter since the Linux distro is in Qwerty mode, and changing it to Dvorak doesn't work until restart, and nothing is saved, so on restart it will revert to qwerty anyway. Thanks for reading. Take care.

Microsoft Bob - A failed attempt of Microsoft at creating a "user-friendly" software. Rare to get now. It was developed it the 1990s. Search for it and if you can get it, do try. Little kids will like it, as it will be a fun way for them to use your computer. RiverPast Video Cleaner Pro - What I use to convert videos from one format to another. User friendly and straight forward. For simple as well as advanced users. Windows Defender - Anti-spyware for free, from Microsoft. MidpX J2ME Emulators Package - Play Java mobile games on your computer! (also Midp2Exe) MatchUp - A concentration game from Microsoft. And of course, Vista Transformation Pack (see last post :)

Bored with the old XP look? Friends talking about the cool Vista interface and you have no money to shell out for it? Get the Vista Transformation Pack. Though it can't bring all the eyecandy to your XP screen, it can still do a pretty good job. I installed Vista Transformation Pack 6. - Disabled VisualTooltip and Styler. - Was forced to disable Sidebar because it started hanging. I hope it will be fine tomorrow :P - Created a new theme called "Windows Aero Black" because transparent window borders is not available in XP, and you will have to buy WindowBlinds if you want to recreate that effect. The default blue theme is so dirty without the transparency effect. Here's the Black msstyles file: http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/12/20/534119/My%20Documents/Windows%20Aero%20Black.msstyles Go to C:\Windows\Resources\Themes Copy the folder Windows Aero, rename the copy as Windows Aero Black. Open the new folder Windows Aero Black, and delete the "Windows Aero.msstyles...

Wow! It's been long since I last posted in this blog. Here are my computer-related updates from February. Blue Coat K9 Web Protection - Those who are worried about children visiting illegal websites, or want to stop visiting immoral websites, use this strong filtering software. It is one of the leading filtered Internet solutions, but compared to others, it is offered completely free for home use. Get it at www.k9webprotection.com SpeedSwitchXP (Centrino/SpeedStep capable laptops only) - If you have uninstalled the proprietary power management softwares (Acer Power Management, Dell Power Management, Toshiba Power Management) and thus reverted back to the default power management of Windows XP, then you're missing out on one important feature. You can add this feature into the default power management of Windows using SpeedSwitchXP. The feature is reducing the CPU clock speed during reduced usage and thus maximising battery life even further. Get it at http://www.diefer.de/speed...

You must have seen blogs and personal profiles where a lot of girls (and maybe a few guys, but I'm not one among them) type lIkE tHiS? Have you wondered how they manage to do the tedious task of pressing and leaving the Shift key for every alternative letter? Well (on the other hand) are you one of those girls (and guys) who do that, like to do that, but are so frustrated that you have to do that to get that "beautiful blog page" you got? Fear not, for help is here. I created this Automatic Caps Lock Toggle application (or ToggleCaPs, for short) in Visual Basic. It is also (a bit) intelligent as it only toggles Caps Lock when you type alphabetic keys (A-Z). You can download it by clicking here . Just extract the ZIP file into a folder and run the ToggleCaPs application. Create a shortcut to it on the Desktop if you like it! Note that this application does not contain any virus. But since it does keyboard hooking, your anti-virus may warn that it could be a virus. D...

Disclaimer: This is a joke :P You know the book of Revelation talks about a great (presumably evil) leader taking over the entire world? Some people think it is Osama. Some think it is George Bush. Some, European Union. Some, a supercomputer with highest AI. Some, Bill Gates. But I think it's gonna be... G o o g l e ! Once upon a time, Microsoft Windows was the only operating system in a home computer, and Bill Gates was the ruler of the computer world. Today, many are fighting back his dictatorship. But one freedom fighter is going beyond the limits. Once he was merely a spider , quietly crawling the web and eating poor fly(er)s caught in it. Now he is doing much more than just crawling. He took over the world, virtually: Google Earth He took over your favorite browser: Google Toolbar He took over your alarm clock and your newspaper boy: Google Alerts He replaced your friend who knows each and every spot and all directions in your place: Google Maps He took over your mouth: Googl...

People like me, would like to have a long address bar. People like me, won't EVER use the search box of IE7 regularly. If you are one among people like me, and want to hide or remove that search box that you never use, and is therefore taking up valuable space, here is how to do it! Close all instances of Internet Explorer 7 before doing this. (You may need to copy this information below to Notepad before doing so.) EDIT: Towards the end, there is valuable information about how to disable the annoying Security Risk message. Shortcut: Click Start > Run . Paste the following line in the Run box. REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\InfoDelivery\Restrictions" /V NoSearchBox /T REG_DWORD /F /D 1 Click OK . Direct way: Click Start > Run Type regedit and click OK . Navigate to the following folder: My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\InfoDelivery\Restrictions If you cannot find InfoDelivery and/or Restric...