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Everyone, im sure you know i had put some google's advertisement on my blog since last year.
Although it is a long time from the starting time till now,but it seems not many of you all participate in my adsense program.

NOW,i had offered you all a WIN-WIN solution.
That is...
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By the statistic i get, from starcounter,there is only 47% of people that viewing my blog using firefox.


So, for those who never used firefox before or havent install it in your computer,please download a copy now!
The download link is available on the top of this post!

Whats good about firefox?

• Mozilla Firefox is a web browser with
• pop-up blocking
• tabbed browsing
• privacy and security features
• rss subscribe
  
• Google search
• SpellCheck
• Autofill
• Gmail button
• an many others more...

What is love & what is marriage ?

A student ask a teacher, "what is love?"

The teacher said, "in order to answer your question, go to the paddy
field and choose the biggest paddy and come back. But the rule is: you can
go through them only once and cannot turn back to pick."

The student went to the field, go thru first row, he saw one big
padi,but he wonders....may be there is a bigger one later. Then he saw
another bigger one... but may be there is a even bigger one waiting for
him.

Later, when he finished more than half of the padi field, he start to
realise that the padi is not as big as the previous one he saw, he
know he has missed the biggest one, and he regretted !!!! So, he
ended up went back to the teacher with empty hand.

The teacher told him, "...this is love... you keep looking for a
better one, but when later you realize, you have already miss the
person...."

"What is marriage then?" the student asked.
The teacher said, "in order to answer your question, go to the corn
field and choose the biggest corn and come back. But the rule is: you can
go through them only once and cannot turn back to pick." The student went
to the corn field, this time he is careful not to repeat the previous
mistake, when he reach the middle of the field, he has picked one medium
corn that he feel satisfy, and come back to the teacher.

The teacher told him, "this time you bring back a corn.... you look
for one that is just nice, and you have faith and believe this is the best
one you get.... this is marriage."

p/s: taken from email sent by Lee Jet.copright pending.
please do not copy this article for now coz i still asking permission from the sender.

Beware… Always Read The Terms and Condition

I guess many people fall for BlueHyppo’s Jumboplay that state you will get 2 weeks of free trial upon signing up.

Let me give you an example:

I went to Lowyat and saw a big big logo state “Testing on a Brand New iPod 2 Weeks For Free!!!”. Wow! I couldn’t believe it and I move on to the next step reaching in front of the counter.

A guy dressing like a professional player asking me “Come on, try it just for 2 weeks, it’s free!”. Free!! Everyone loves the word free!! Tell me who don’t like it?

“How’s the deal? What must I do?” I said.

“Just sign-up and we will give you the iPod, just in case you break the iPod, please include your credit card number and your signature on it. That’s all” the guy answered.

Whoa! I couldn’t believe it just 3 steps and I can own an iPod for 2 weeks! So, I keyed in my particulars and I set go with a new iPod.

Well, when I reached home, I set up everything and I plan up the schedule for using it for approximately 2 weeks and return back to him.

After 2 weeks, I went back to Lowyat, I look for the same guy and I said “It’s my return back time, take it back and I really loved it but I cannot pay for it.”

The guy answered, “My dear friend, didn’t you read the T&C? It stated here that you need to use it for another 6 consecutive months and there will be a surcharge of RM24.99 each month. If you were to terminate this subscription, there will be a penalty of 6 months. You need to return back the iPod in ‘good condition’ after you finish your subscription.”

“!@#$%^&*!!!”

And I finally know the real reason why do they need my credit card number and my signature, it’s for the subscription.

Just for a word “free trial” makes me lost another large sum of money. Don’t you think this is a “smart” business? So, why does this type of service made available? Don’t BlueHyppo thinks that this will put the name of BlueHyppo in danger? Becoming a good company should tell “Free Trial and ‘must’ subscribe for 6 months after trial period”.

Note: I am not defaming BlueHyppo nor Jumboplay. And I am not taking any responsibilities on what is stated here.

This is what happening in real life… A person applied Jumboplay in BlueHyppo not noticing the T&C stating that you need to use it for minimum 6 months. Now that person end up in misery. <– Not me.

Take a look at their T&C before applying.
Click Here

Trial periods allow the customer limited use of the Site and Service, for a limited amount of time specified in the registration process.

After any Trial period, standard service fees, subscription fee, access fee, and/or other charges such as applicable government taxes, will be applied and your credit card will be automatically billed for such fees and/or charges on a monthly basis, unless service is cancelled.

There is a minimum subscription period of 6 months required. The User is free to cancel his/her subscription at any time after that. This is however respecting the constraints in section 12

Now do you think you want to test out the BlueHyppo’s Jumboplay “Try it now for FREE”?

My own advice, we Malaysians never read the T&C and just click agree. Always read the T&C and check out the ‘hidden charges’ that may apply. Never agree blindly on the Terms and Conditions.

Written by HeHeHunter

http://hehehunter.justloveu.com/2007/03/28/beware…-always-read-the-terms-and-condition/

eBook AGAIN!! For.Dummies.Windows.Vista.Just.the.Steps.For.Dummies.Dec.2006.pdf

Windows Vista Just the Steps For Dummies (c) by For Dummies publisher

The PDF eBook with ISBN: 0471786853 and Pub Date: December 26, 2006
Was successfully packed into: 02 disks by size 2.88mb
It became possible on: 03/18/2007

Book Description

Covering the new features and capabilities of Windows Vista, this book gets readers up to speed fast on interface changes, security options, and setup processes
Simple, easy-to-follow instructions for common Windows Vista tasks show readers how to carry out essential activities and gain competence and confidence
Bargain-priced at only $14.99, this book explains how to navigate the desktop, create files, copy and delete files and folders, connect to the Internet, search the Web, use e-mail, and much more

From the Back Cover
Just the steps you need to get going with Vista today!

Simple steps…

…for great results

Move a File or Folder

Right-click Start menu button and choose Explore.
In the resulting Windows Explorer window (see Figure 3-8), double-click a folder or series of folders to locate the file that you want to move.
Take the following action:
Click and drag the file to another folder in the Folders pane on the left side of the window. If you right-click and drag, you are offered the options of moving or copying the item when you place it via the shortcut menu that appears.
Get Ready To

Use built-in Windows applications
Manage files and folders
Get online safely
Set up a network
Use anti-virus and anti-spyware tools
Play games, music, and slide shows

Hope you will be happy with it!

For those who r using VISTA.....

DOWNLOAD

(c)joshuatly2007

[创作诗集之2]你

昨天晚上
我梦见了你
为什么？
很深的道理！

也许是我太想你，
也或许是太久没见你；
也许是没听见你的声音，
也或许是我还爱着你？

单恋？
暗恋？
想念？
很深的道理！

对自己说：
只是一场梦，
不是真实的！
暗恋过，
但还没说，
你已走！

知道自己，
不敢说
不可说
也不会说…

爱？
哎！
很深的道理！

不求什么
只求
一天能遇见你，
在现实里，
或在梦里…

再求，
爱，能变得更简单！

p/s: To：那我梦见的你

本 作品采用知识共享组织署名-非商业性使用-相同方式共享 2.5许可协议进行授权。查看本许可协议的复制件，请访问http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc- sa/2.5/或写信到美国加利福尼亚州三藩市霍华德街543号5层知识共享组织（邮编 94105）索取。

By: joshuatly2006

爱琴日记正式关闭！新策略仍在思考中。

最近很“忙”…
在怀疑自己为什么而忙，
到底是“忙”还是“盲”？？

很少写东西，部落格很多东西都是抄人家的 :(
很没有创意，自己不太喜欢！

没更新的部落格就不多人上！我也没心机去更新了。
所以干脆把他关了，再做策略！
现在把那边的东西搬过来，
过了今天10点，
爱琴日记就消失了………

…………………………………………………………………伤心………………………………………

V1.3 - Bro_act.exe, Another nightmare for me...

Guide Version 1.3

1.1 What is bro_act.exe?
Bro_act.exe is either virus or trojan that collects your information and will transfer it to a server.
It is currently undetectable by any anti-virus software on press time...

1.2 How do I get infected?
basically, it will spread through thumb drive and through LAN.

1.3 How do I know either I get infected? (check through thumb drive.)
right click your thumb drive in My Computer and if you see bolded "Auto", do not click it. Instead you click explore.
Go to tools->folder options. Click view and check advanced settings.
Click "show hidden files and folders" and untick "hide protected operating system files. (Recommended)". You might see a warning window but just leave it. Click ok.
If you were to see a filename called bro_act.exe, that is the excutables that will affect your PC when you double click your thumb drive or right click and click the bolded "auto".

1.4 How do I know either I get infected? (check through PC)
Go to tools->folder options. Click view and check advanced settings.
Click "show hidden files and folders" and untick "hide protected operating system files. (Recommended)". You might see a warning window but just leave it. Click ok.
Go to your local hard disk eg. c:
Go to WINDOWS\system32\(your PC's name)\
look for system.exe
if it's there, means your PC is infected.

1.5 How do I clean the virus? (infected thumb drive)
Make sure--> Go to tools->folder options. Click view and check advanced settings.
Click "show hidden files and folders" and untick "hide protected operating system files. (Recommended)". You might see a warning window but just leave it. Click ok.
1. start Windows Task Manager, click process.
2. Look for bro_act.exe and end the process.
3. Now right click your thumb drive and click explore.
4. Find these filenames, bro_act.exe, autorun.inf
5. Shift + Delete and delete the file.
6. Now... Go to tools->folder options. Click view and check advanced settings. Untick "hide extensions for known file types". Click ok.
7. Click Search, "All files and folders", put a word or phrase in the file "exe", Change the what file is it criteria to "less than 1 mb", change more advanced option criteria to search for system folders and search hidden files and folders.
8. Click search.
9. Delete every single "exe" that contains the name exactly like your folder. and delete the similar icon exe.
10. Now your thumb drive is clean.

1.6 How do I clean the virus? (infected PC)
Make sure--> Go to tools->folder options. Click view and check advanced settings.
Click "show hidden files and folders" and untick "hide protected operating system files. (Recommended)". You might see a warning window but just leave it. Click ok.
1. download this file: http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/Autoruns.zip
2. unzip it and open autoruns.exe
3. Click logon and wait it loads finish.
4. look for this filename, bro_act.exe
5. untick it and restart your PC in safe mode. Hold F8 when you reboot again to access boot menu. click safe mode.
6. Login and look for c:\Windows\system32\bro_act.exe
7. delete the file. and look for c:\Windows\system32\(Your PC's name)\system.exe
8. Delete that file also.
9. Remember to disable and re-enable your System Restore.
10. Delete everything in the Recycle Bin too.

1.7 Why do I scan with any anti-virus and get no results?
This virus is undetectable by anti-virus and it's new virus which had not been in Anti-Virus softwares "Virus Encyclopedias".

1.8 How did you get the solution?
I think and think for 1 whole day for solution.
I used to detect antivermins as fraud anti-virus software.

1.9 Why would you want to create this guide?
As usual, I am one of the victims.
All credits goes to me as I am the person who create this guide.

Automated guide: RM10 per license. Consider ok lo...
The webmaster of this site told me his capability of his software.
He asked me to link to his website...
http://www.kaer-media.org/penawar-brontok

Version Update:
Version 1.1
Guide set up.
Version 1.2
Updated branch 1.5
Version 1.3
Added branch 1.8

Regards,
HeHeHunter

Note: I do not warranty this guide is up-to-date as the creator of the virus might get smarter by changing in and out of the virus.

Taken Form: http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/405930
HeHeHunter's Website: http://hehehunter.my-place.us

V2.1 - TM Nut Screamyx for Dummies, Essential Guide for Dummies...

Guide Version 2.1

Follow the steps below...

1.1 Phone
Please check this minor stuff before doing anything.
1. check your modem working or not.
2. check your computer working or not.
3. check your line ok or not. (check the dsl light i mean)
4. check your splitter ok or not.
5. try to use direct connection.
6. try to use tmnut screamyx dns.
7. go to cmd and type "ipconfig /flushdns".
8. do tmnut speedometer test. (don't on any internet application)
9. Still cannot try other ADSL modem.
10. still cannot try to use other computer.

If any of the 10 things above fails...
Call this number
1300-88-9515 (TMNut Screamyx)
1300-88-1500 (I dunno what this number for...)

Remember that you need to wait for 3~5 minutes at peak Hour. [8a.m.~12a.m.(midnight)]
You will not need to wait at all during off-peak. [12a.m.~8a.m.]

Once the Customer Service representative answer your call, remember to say:
- Hello, my name is [Mr, Ms, Mrs, Dr]
- My login ID is [login ID] (no need to say @streamyx)
- My contact number is [your HP number]
- This account is registered under [applicant's name]
The CS will answer "Thank you for your verification. May I help you?"
- I have problem with streamyx and I had done every minor precaution.
- I would like to make a report.
The CS will ask what is your problem.
- Tell him/her your problem and ask for the report number.
- Keep the report number as reference. Basically it will be 7 digit.

Wait for 2 weeks...
If they did not rectify your problem, read Section 1.2 or 1.3.
Choose the best option that suits you.

1.2 Fax
1. Use this fax number if you want to report your case:
03-77266544 (CS's Fax number 2)
03-26870000 (CS's Fax number)
03-83120099 (ex CEO's Fax number)[checked and no longer working]
03-83183734 (Zainab Hashim's fax number)

2. Please follow the formats:
- (Ready, Go!!!)
- Title
- Date when you're having problem
- Why you ask for waiver, Reason
- Report no. or maybe No's
- Your account No. (screamyx account no.)
- Your username@streamyx
- Registered under whose name. Mr or Mrs who...
- (Your complaint goes here)
- (attachment of video recording and pictures of your screenshot is an advantage)
- Yours sincerely (yours truly is acceptable) and signature
- (Finish!!)

Wait for 2 weeks...
If they did not rectify your problem, read Section 1.3

1.3 E-mail
1. E-mail to this few e-mail address:
custcare@tm.net.my (the worst response ever)
streamyx@tm.net.my (basically you will get replied by this)
ceo@tmnet.com.my (fastest yet the best)
gmmarketing@tmnet.com.my (Still workable...)

2. Follow these formats:
- (Ready, Go!!)
- Title
- Date when you're having problem
- Why you ask for waiver, Reason
- Report no. or maybe No's
- Your account No. (screamyx account no.)
- Your username@streamyx
- Registered under whose name. Mr or Mrs who...
- (Your complaint goes here)
- (attachment of video recording and pictures of your screenshot is an advantage)
- (Finish!!)

Wait for 2 weeks...
If they did not rectify your problem, read Section 1.4

1.4 Mailing Address
1. Send to the address in TM Point or this.
Preferably please use POS Express RM3 for 1 envelope.
This is just to make sure that the TM Nut's receive your letter.

Address:
Level 3, TM IT Complex, 3300 Lingkaran Usahawan 1 Timur, 63000 Cyberjaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

3. follow these formats:
-(Ready, Go!!)
-Your address
-(Use any names, preferably Pn. Zainab Hashim)
-Their address
-Title
-Date when you're having problem
-Why you ask for waiver, Reason
-Report no. or maybe No's
-Your account No. (screamyx account no.)
-Your username@streamyx
-Registered under whose name. Mr or Mrs who...
-(Your complaint goes here)
-(attachment of video recording and pictures of your screenshot is an advantage)
-Yours sincerely and signature
-(Finish!!)

Wait for 2 weeks...
If they did not rectify your problem, read Section 1.7

1.5 Why would such a moron create this guide?
I am one of the victims man.... and there are more...

1.6 Credits
Credits goes to HeHeHunter and the people who sent sreamyx mail to HeHeHunter.

1.7 What if all the steps above doesn't work?
Go for other ISP. I have no more idea.

Version Update:
Version 1.1
Guide created
Version 1.2
Thanks Epul for telling me some important info.
Updated branch 1.1
Version 2.0
Added image!
Version 2.1
Complete revamped!!!

Regards,
HeHeHunter

Taken Form: http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/406441
HeHeHunter's Website: http://hehehunter.my-place.us

105 Top Students In 2006 SPM

PUTRAJAYA, March 13 (Bernama) -- A total of 4,311 or 1.2 per cent of students from government schools scored A in all subjects they sat for in last year's Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination.

Director-general of Education, Datuk Dr Ahamad Sipon, said the percentage was the same as the previous year's although 4,779 students had straight As.

"As for scoring A1 in all subjects, the increase was 0.1 per cent involving 918 (0.3 per cent) out of the 4,311 top students, compared with 945 (0.2 per cent) out of 4,779 students in 2005," he said when presenting the analysis of the 2006 SPM/Sijil Tinggi Agama Malaysia results at the Education Ministry, here today.

He said out of the figure, 105 students including five special students were listed as excellent performers. The other 100 had scored A1 in all their subjects.

Three of the five special students are Mohd Faiz Shuhaimi (deaf) of SMK Tun Habab, Kota Tinggi, Johor; Muhammad Raizan Ab Rahman (paralysed) of SMK Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, Selangor; and Syarnissa Ahmad Dahuri (visually impaired) of SMK Hill Crest, Gombak, Selangor. They had scored 7As.

The other two are See Jhuan Jiat (deaf) of SMK Sam Tet, Ipoh, Perak and Siti Hawa Apandi (paralysed) of SMK Seri Mahkota, Kuantan, Pahang, who scored 9 As and 5 As respectively.

Ahamad said of the top students, only Yeo Jie Ming of SMK Tinggi Bukit Mertajam, Penang managed to score A1 in all the 16 subjects he took.

On another student, Nadiah Amirah Jamil of SMK Tun Sardon, Batu Pahat, Johor, he said she was not considered among the top although she was earlier reported to have scored 19 As.

"Our evaluation is based on getting A1 in all the subjects they sat for. But Nadiah did not get A in all her subjects, so she was not listed.

Ahamad said overall, the students' achievements which were measured by their competence in seven main subjects, was satisfactory.

The subjects are Bahasa Melayu, English, Mathematics, Science, History, Islamic Study and Moral Education.

The number of students with A1-A2 was 16.6 per cent, B3-C6 at 36.1 per cent and D7-E8 passes at 26 per cent, while 21.1 per cent failed in their subjects.

Ahamad said 319,670 or 90 per cent of the candidates would get the SPM certificate if they got at least E8 in the Bahasa Melayu subject.

Of the figure, 22.8 obtained excellent grades (A1-A2), 44 per cent with credits (B3-C6) and 23.2 per cent with passes (D7-E8). Ten per cent or 35,329 candidates failed or had G9.

He said 265,611 or 74.9 of candidates scored at least E8 in the English subject, with 13.4 per cent excelling, 26.4 getting a credit, and 35.1 a pass. Those who had G9 made up 25.1 per cent.

Meanwhile, in KUALA LUMPUR, the number of government school candidates with A1 in all their subjects went up by 0.12 per cent from the previous year, with 112 or 0.6 per cent of the 18,175 candidates obtaining the grade.

Kuala Lumpur director of Education, Abas Awang, said 328 candidates scored A1 and A2 in their subjects.

Its top student is Nur Naqiuddin Safaa of SMK Taman Tun Dr Ismail who scored 13 A1s, while Chan Jo Ann of SMK Seri Bintang Utara, Lee Ling Yok of SMK Taman Desa and Gokilavani a/p Sekar Chandran of SMK (P) Jalan Ipoh, each scored 12 A1s to emerge among the excellent achievers.

The others are Tay Jun Hoe of SMK St John, Bukit Nanas, Elaine Ngiam Yee Ling of SMK Seksyen 5, Wangsa Maju and K. Muthu Viknesh of SMK (L) Methodist, who each obtained 11 A1s.

Abas said Sekolah Menengah Sains Seri Puteri emerged as top fully- residential school with 32.43 per cent of its candidates scoring A in all their subjects, SMK Aminuddin Baki (14.44 per cent under the controlled school category), SMK Seri Hartamas (6.05 per cent, day school category) and SMK Seksyen 5, Wangsa Maju (2.31 per cent, for all categories with potential).

In KOTA KINABALU, Sabah Education director Normah Gagoh who described the overall performance as encouraging, said 87 government school candidates or 0.33 per cent scored A in all their subjects, compared to 72 in 2005.

"Sixteen of them who sat for nine to 15 subjects, scored A1 in all their subjects, compared to 11 previously."

The state's top performer is Lu Yung Terd of Sekolah Menengah All Saints who scored A1 in all his 15 subjects, followed by Tan Ying Fei of SM Lok Yuk who obtained 14 A1s.

In JOHOR BAHARU, state Education director Jailani Rusni said six of Johor's 99 high achievers scored A1 in all their subjects, emerging among the nations' top performers in the 2006 SPM.

They are Lee Zhi Wei (13 A1s), Remina Doh Li Shen (14 A1s), Tan Chun How (12 A1s), Siti Munirah Shabudin (10 A1s), Chong Qing Joel (11 A1s) and Mohamad Fahrurrazi Abbas @ Ahmad (10 A1s).

Sekolah Menengah Sains Muar emerged top among the 10 schools that excelled in the examination in the state.

In KUANTAN, it was announced that seven of the state's candidates were listed among the nation'stop performers.

Among them were Ainul Madina Muhammad of Sekolah Berasrama Penuh (SBP) Integrasi Kuantan (12 As), S. Nirmal Raj of SMK Abdul Rahman Talib Kuantan (11 As) and Sheldon Ooi Ken Sern of SMK Sulaiman, Bentong (11 As).

Of the 20,344 candidates, 171 scored A in all their subjects, while 33 schools had 100 per cent passes.

In ALOR STAR, Kedah Education director Misrah Ibrahim said 45 of the state's school candidates obtained A1 in all their subjects, while 23 schools had 100 per cent passes.

The state's six top performers are Tan Chi Hau of SMK Sin Min (14 A1s), Tan Jiong Jian of SMK Chio Min (13 A1s), Chuah Weijian of SMK Keat Hwa (12 A1s), Surish a/l P. Shanmugam of SMK Ibrahim, Sungai Petani (13 A1s), Tengku Faris Tengku Azelan Shah and Muhammad Azmirul Muzammil of Kolej Sultan Abdul Hamid, Alor Star, with 9 A1s and 12 A1s respectively.

In SEREMBAN, three of the state's top achievers are Victoria Yap of SMK Datuk Mohd Taha, Gemencheh, Siow Yi Huan of SMK Datuk Undang Musa Al-Haj Kuala Klawang and Khoo Chee Shin of SMK Gemas.

The others are Muhammad Faiz Moideen of Sekolah Datuk Abdul Razak, Kamarul Azahri of Sekolah Menengah Sains Seremban, Aainaa Kamila Baharuddin of Kolej Tunku Kurshiah and Tay Yiling of SMK Tinggi Port Dickson.

-- BERNAMA

Make YOUR PC Faster!

After Months you had used your computer,definitely you will feel that your pc works slower and slower.

Here are some steps that you can take to make your PC FASTER!

1. First, run a scandisk or checkdisk. Let Windows fix any errors.

2. Run a disk cleanup utility...this will flush your temporary internet folder, trash can, temp system files, etc.

3. Delete any garbage files or data...if possible, run a Duplicate File Finder program.

4. Run Defrag on all partitions (NOTE: run this after you have deleted all trash and excess files!)

5. Run a registry cleaner utility and delete or get rid of any orphaned entries in that registry.

6. Check your exisiting swap file for it's size and location (*will explain location later in the post). If you have alot of ram (i.e. 1 gig and over) set this swap file to something small, like 250 mb. The reason is that this will force Windows to load more into memory, resulting in faster performance (note: some games and applications actually require a certain sized swap file so check your applications performance after making a size adjustment for any error messages.)

7. Under XP, you can tell Windows to use Classic Style on your desktop, - this will remove the neat single click and internet-style desktop but for lower end systems this will improve performance in other areas, such as gaming and multi-tasking.

8. Run msconfig and under startup and only keep the programs that are essential to load in the tray icon (and hence stay resident in memory). Uncheck anything else non-essential, like an ATI or Nvidia control panel, Quicktime utility, Real Audio, etc.

9. Upgrade drivers! Check for the latest BIOS, video, motherboard, sound, etc drivers from the manufacturers. Alot of my friends had chipsets on their motherboard that had advanced disk management capabilities or AGP port settings but the drivers weren't loaded for them so they were never being used. A simple upgrade realized a noticeable difference. For instance, they didn't have the latest driver for their AGP port so it was set to 1x, instead of being used at 4x!

10. (OK, so this won't speed up your PC but it could save you alot of time and trouble later on!) After making all these improvements, make a working backup! I use Ghost, but for XP users you can also use System Restore...

-FOR ADVANCED USERS-

1. Take a look under the hood (for IDE owners). How are your IDE devices configured? If you have more than 1 hard drive, put the master hard drive on the primary IDE channel and the secondary hard drive on the secondary IDE channel (most motherboards have two IDE channels).

2. Place all CDROM drives, DVD readers etc. on the secondary IDE channel (or SCSI bus, etc). This will reduce I/O contention with your master hard drive which should have your OS and apps installed...

3. Remember when I mentioned the location of the swap file? OK, if you have 2 hard drives and you have one on the primary IDE channel and the other on the secondary IDE channel, move the swap file to a partition ON THE SECOND hard drive (on the secondary IDE channel). This will greatly improve system performance as the PC can write to the swap file while loading and running OS and system commands without I/O contention on the primary IDE channel!

4. Take a look under the hood (for SCSI owners) What kind of SCSI do you have? If it's the newer Ultra 160/320 etc cards then guess what? Any devices placed on the same bus will automatically default to the slowest drive on the chain...this means that if you have say, an Ultra 160 SCSI card, and it has an Ultra 160 drive (capable of transferring 160 mb/sec) on the same chain as a SCSI cdrom drive (capable of only 40 mb/sec) then the whole bus slows down to the 40 mb/sec speed...use different chains for the slower devices and maximize those hard drives!

5. Run a utility like WCPUID and check the settings...is your CPU/front speed bus/AGP port running as fast as they should be? If not, check your drivers and BIOS configuration options. Also, are all of your chipset features enabled? If not, then enable them! (usually done in your BIOS!)

6. Dig in to the BIOS...check settings like boot order, for example...is it checking the floppy first? Change this! Select your order to reflect the hard drive first, then CD, then floppy for a noticeable boot time improvement. Also disable any non-used on board peripherals...for instance, - does your motherboard come with an on-board NIC card? Guess what, if you don't use that NIC card and it is enabled it will eat up valuable CPU cycles and can be detrimental to your systems' performance. DISABLE THAT MUTHA! Also, see if you can play with memory timing and CPU clock frequencies (NOTE! This is for expert users only!) Set these timings to "Aggressive" and see what happens in your games and apps...Also, check to see what your video aperature is set to. If you have a video card with 128 megs of on-baord memory, your aperature should be set to this amount too. Read the BIOS owner manual for further non-general performance tricks or improvements! Do you have the latest BIOS firmware version?

7. Under hardware properties, check to see that everything is working properly, and fix any hardware contention issues. You'll see the dreaded yellow exclamation point (!) beside any hardware componenet that is not working correctly.

8. Evaluate the potential for system/hardware upgrades...usually, the best bang for the buck is adding memory so buy all that you can afford (don't go much above 512 megs for Win 98 or ME). If you have a motherboard with an 8x - capable AGP port but you are using an older 4x video card, consider upgrading to an 8x card. You get the idea here...

9. Quit using software pigs like Norton system utilities, etc. These place files everywhere and can be a real system resource hog on lower end PCs.

10. Did I mention to make a good backup? Do it now! Also, while you're at it, run a good virus program with the latest definitions.

There are more options to make your system faster, such as overclocking, etc. but (just about) everything I've mentioned in this tech post costs you nothing and will result in faster system performance! Good luck and if you have any questions on how to do anything mentioned here, ask a knowledgeable friend or consult a book, - don't mess up something trying to do something you are not sure of!

(c)joshuatly2007

How to Back Up the Registry

There is time where you are needed to backup Your registry key before install some application or as a prevent step before your computer have any big problem.

I know there are softwares that make you can backup your whole registry key but most of them are nor freewares!
Actually you can do this manually just by following these steps below!

-Click Start, and then click Run.

-In the Open box, type regedit , that means registry editor and then click OK.

-On the File menu, click Export.

-In the Save in box, select the boxs at the bottom the bottom according to weather you want to export all or only selected branches of the registry.

-Next select a location in which to save the backup .reg file. In the File name box, type a file name, and then click Save.

IF you backup something,of course there is a time when you need to restore it right!
here is steps that How to Restore the Registry!Its simple!

-To restore registry keys that you exported, double-click the .reg file that you saved.

Thats ALL!

(c)joshuatly2007

SPM result? mine=not good!

I know the hot topic now for those just taken SPM last year is about the.......RESULT!!!
My comment about THIS SPM2006 de result!
1)the standard is QUITE high this years as not everyone can score an A1 easyly!
-----I say not everyone but it IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE!
2)Biology for me and gangs cannot score a good result.
3)Im very unsatisfied since i expect no C but now i got C.... :-(

What about you?
come and tell me more and ask me IF you wanna to know my so bad de result!

DVD Regions Information

DVD Regions Information

The DVD region code identifies a DVD's compatibility with the players typically sold in a particular region.

The following graphic shows the approximate location of each region.

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Region 1 DVDs sold by Marketplace sellers

Region 1 discs are intended for use with standard DVD players in North America (Canada and the USA). In most instances they can also be played on compatible "multi-region" DVD players (also known as "chipped" or "region-free" players).

They also require an NTSC-compatible television. NTSC is the standard picture format in North America, and differs from the PAL format adopted in Britain and Europe. Region 1 DVDs are usually presented in NTSC format, so you should ensure that your TV is capable of reading the NTSC signal before purchasing Region 1 DVDs.

Regional Coding Enhancement (RCE)

Regional Coding Enhancement (RCE) has been added by some film studios (specifically Warner and Columbia) to selected Region 1 DVDs, with the intention of preventing these discs from playing on some multi-region DVD players. We are therefore unable to guarantee that all Region 1 discs will be compatible with all multi-region players.

Global DVD region countries

This is not a definitive list and is intended only as a guide.

Region 1 - US, US Territories and Canada

American Samoa, Canada, Guam, Palau, Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, Puerto Rico, Micronesia, United States, U.S. Virgin Islands


Region 2 - UK, Europe, Japan, South Africa and Middle East

Albania, Andorra, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vatican City, Yemen, Yugoslavia


Region 3 - Southeast and East Asia

Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Phillipines, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam


Region 4 - Australia, New Zealand, Central and South America

Antigua, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Barbuda, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, New Guinea, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad, Tobago, Uruguay


Region 5 - Former Soviet Union, Indian sub-continent, Africa, North Korea and Mongolia

Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, St. Helena, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe


Region 6 - China

China


Region 7 - Reserved for future use

Region 8 - International Territories (ships, planes, etc)