some queries about mobile and computers

I recently got myself a Tata indicom walky phone with a cable to connect it to the PC. I configured everything as told, but cannot connect to the internet. When I try to view the modem diagnostics, I get an error.

Your PC is not able to communicate with the modem in your phone Check in the phone and Modem Options in the Control Panel to see if you’ve installed a generic 33.6 kbps model rather than a 56 kbps modem. Access the modem properties and enter the initialization settings as AT+CRM=1. This is assuming you’ve created the dial-up connection and are dialing the number “#777”. The username and password are to be entered as “internet”. In the phone, using the menu, you can access the modem settings; select the modem speed as 115kbps. You should now be able to connect.

I have an Intel 915GAV chipset motherboard. When I start playing The Sims 2, I get the error message “ialmrnt5 display driver has stopped working normally”, and I have to reboot the computer.

This error is due to a bug in the Intel graphics driver. Install the latest drivers from downloadcenter.intel.com. If you still get the error, right-click on the Sims 2 icon, select properties, and add the switch-w to the end of the target field so it looks something like “c: program files\EA GAMES\THE Sims 2\ TSBin\Sims2.exe”-w. (The actual path may vary depending on where the game’s been installed)

I have a cable internet connection that requires me to dial using PPPoE. I recently installed a 4-port router and configured it to dial directly to my ISP. The problem is that it is not able to connect despite my having correctly configured the router to use PPPoE and entering the correct username and password.

It looks like your ISP has locked your account to the MAC address of your network card, so you can only dial through that card. First, find the MAC address of your network card by typing ipconfig \all in a command prompt window, Copy that MAC address, Launch the administration page of your router and search for the option to set the WAN MAC address (sometimes referred to as “WAN MAC Address Cloning “). Enter the MAC address of your network card here and save the settings. This will set the MAC address of your router to the same as that of your network card, and it will seem to our ISP’s server that the number is being dialed through your network card. You will then be able to connect to the Internet via the router.

I tried to install the Adobe GoLive! Tryout and Adobe illustrator Tryout from one of your DVDs. They got installed, but when I try to run them, I get a message saying the products have expired, even though I’ve never installed them before,

Some software can work in the demo version mode only for a limited period of time (like three months) from the date of release. Usually, after this period, a newer trial of demo version of the software is released. it get it from www.adob.com.

I own a cyber-café with five computers running XP connected to an 8-port switch and one server, I am not able to access any of the five computers from any one of them, I can still ping them one from another. What could the problem be?

This often happens when File and Printer Sharing is disabled or if the guest account is disabled. Open Network Connections, right-click on the network connection being used, and click Properties. Make sure the box next to File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks is checked. Click OK.

You might be prompted to reboot the computer-do so, Open User Accounts in Control Panel and Click Guests. In the next window, click on Turn On the Guest Account. This should solve the problem.

I can connect to the internet but I can’t open any Web sites on my Windows 98 SE PC.

Ping any site-ping www.yahool.com in a command prompt-and if you get a reply, your browser is corrupt, and reinstalling it is the solution.

If you do not get a reply, run winipcfg. Click on the more info button and verify that a DNS is specified. If the DNS is blank or 0.0.0.0, the computer is not being assigned a DNS address.

Close winipcfg. Disconnect from the Internet. Double-click on Network in the Control Panel, highlight TCP/IP > Dial-Up Adapter, and click Properties, Click on the DNS Configuration tab and verify that Disable DNS is selected.

If this was already selected, then contact your ISP to verify if any DNS settings need to be set up.

Add Or Stop Programs During Startup

Add Or Stop Programs During Startup

You can start or stop programs from executing at bootup by adding or deleting them to/from the run Keys in the Registry. Windows loads programs to start in the following order; Program listed in the Local Machine hive, then the Current User hive, then theWin.ini Run= and Load = lines. then finally programs in your Start Up folder.

To add or remove programs in the Registry
1.Open RegEdit
2.Go to the desired Key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
3. Add a new String Value and name it anything you like
4. For the value data, enter the path and executable for the program you want to run.

By adding the value to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER hive instead allows the program to start only when that user is logged on.

If you add the value to the RunOnce key the program will run once and be removed from the key by Windows.

keyboard shortcut for mozilla firefox

CTRL + A
Select all text on a webpage
CTRL + B
Open the Bookmarks sidebar
CTRL + C
Copy the selected text to the Windows clipboard
CTRL + D
Bookmark the current webpage
CTRL + F
Find text within the current webpage
CTRL + G
Find more text within the same webpage
CTRL + H
Opens the webpage History sidebar
CTRL + I
Open the Bookmarks sidebar
CTRL + J
Opens the Download Dialogue Box
CTRL + K
Places the cursor in the Web Search box ready to type your search
CTRL + L
Places the cursor into the URL box ready to type a website address
CTRL + M
Opens your mail program (if you have one) to create a new email message
CTRL + N
Opens a new Firefox window
CTRL + O
Open a local file
CTRL + P
Print the current webpage
CTRL + R
Reloads the current webpage
CTRL + S
Save the current webpage on your PC
CTRL + T
Opens a new Firefox Tab
CTRL + U
View the page source of the current webpage
CTRL + V
Paste the contents of the Windows clipboard
CTRL + W
Closes the current Firefox Tab or Window (if more than one tab is open)
CTRL + X
Cut the selected text
CTRL + Z
Undo the last action
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Windows Keyboard Shortcuts for Mozilla Firefox
F1
Opens Firefox help
F3
Find more text within the same webpage
F5
Reload the current webpage
F6
Toggles the cursor between the address/URL input box and the current webpage
F7
Toggles Caret Browsing on and off. Used to be able to select text on a webpage with the keyboard
F11
Switch to Full Screen mode

Tips and Tricks

this blog provide you tips and tricks about computers and mobile.

Follow these tips and you will definitely have a much faster and more reliable PC! Most of the below tips works for windows 98 1. Wallpapers: They slow your whole system down, so if you're willing to compromise, have a basic plain one instead! 2. Drivers: Update your hardware drivers as frequently as possible. New drivers tend to increase system speed especially in the case of graphics cards, their drivers are updated by the manufacturer very frequently! 3. Minimizing: If you want to use several programs at the same time then minimize those you are not using. This helps reduce the overload on RAM. 4. Boot Faster: The 'starting Windows 95/98' message on startup can delay your booting for a couple of seconds. To get rid of this message go to c:\ and find the file Msdos.sys. Remove the Read-Only option. Next, open it in Notepad or any other text editor. Finally, go to the text 'Options' within the file and make the following changes: Add BootDelay=0. To make your booting even faster, set add Logo=0 to remove the Windows logo at startup. 5. Restart only Windows: When restarting your PC, hold down Shift to only restart Windows rather than the whole system which will only take a fraction of the time. 6. Turn Off Animations: Go to Display Settings from the Control Panel and switch to the Effects Tab. Now turn off Show Windows Content While Dragging and Smooth Edges on Screen Fonts. This tip is also helpful with Windows XP because of the various fade/scroll effects. 7. Faster Start-Menu Access: Go to the Start menu and select Run. Now type Regedit and hit Enter. The Registry Editor will appear on the screen. Now, open the folder HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop. You should see a MenuShowDelay value. If you don't then do the following: right click on a blank space in the right pane and select New\String. Change the name in the new value to MenuShowDelay. Now that we have the MenuShowDelay value, double click on it and enter 0 in the value data field. This sets the start menu delay to 0 milliseconds. 8. Resolutions: If you are willing to do anything for faster performance from your PC, then try lowering your display resolution. The lower it is, the faster your PC. 9. Turn off Active Desktop: Go to your Display Properties and switch to the Web tab. Uncheck View My Active Desktop As a Web Page. Since the Active Desktop option under Windows 98 uses a lot of system resources, this option can have a dramatic effect on the speed of the whole system. 10. Defragment Often: Windows 98's Defrag tool uses Application Acceleration from Intel which means that when you defragment your drive, data is physically arranged on the drive so that applications will load faster. 11. Take your PC to Bed: Using the Advanced Power Management feature under Windows 98 gives you the option to use the sleep command. That way, you can send your PC to sleep instead of shutting it down and then restarting it. It's as simple as pressing a button and then pressing the same button to wake it up. You can tell Windows after how many minutes/hours of inactivity to automatically sleep the machine in the Advanced Power Management section of the Control Panel. 12. Faster Internet Access: If you use the internet for reference and the sites you visit are rarely updated then try the following. In IE (the same can be done in Netscape) go to Tools, Internet Options. Next, click on Settings... in the Temporary Internet Files section. Finally, select Never for the first option and double the amount of storage space to use, click OK! 13. Benchmarking: Benchmarking can be very useful when run frequently. It can tell you how your PC's components are performing and then compare them to other machines like yours. For example, when you overclock your PC, you want to know how much more speed you have and whether it is stable. All this and more can be discovered using benchmarking. An excellent piece of software for doing this job is SiSoft Sandra which can be found in the Downloads File Archive! 14. Refresh the Taskbar without restarting: If you in some way change the taskbar, either in Regedit or elsewhere, you can refresh the task bar without restarting. Hold down Ctrl Alt Del, and double click on Explorer. Say Yes to close Explorer, but no to closing Windows. This will refresh the Taskbar and system tray. 15. Quick CD Eject: Instead of pushing the button on your drive, right-click your CD drive letter in My Computer and click on Eject. This will also remove any icons that have become associated with the CD drive. 16. Start Up Programs: Windows can be slowed down when programs run on start up. To eliminate this, check your Start up folder. You can access it from the start menu: Start, Programs, Start Up. Another way to eliminate programs from loading even before Windows actually starts is by doing the following: Click on Start, then Run. Type msconfig. It will take quite a long time for this program to load, but when you finally see it on your screen, explore the different tabs. They all have to do with how quickly your PC boots, so select what you want, and uncheck what you don't want! 17. Fonts: When Windows starts, it loads every single font in the Fonts folder. Therefore, the more fonts you have, the slower the booting process. To get rid of unwanted fonts, simply go to the Fonts folder under c:\windows and remove whatever you don't want. Fonts that have a red letter 'A' as their icon are system fonts, so don't delete them. 18. Stretching Wallpapers: Don't "stretch" your wallpaper in Windows 98 since it actually slows Windows down when you drag icons around on the desktop. 19. RAM Matters: If you have less than 32MB then you should seriously think of upgrading it to at least 64MB. Windows runs much more smoothly with 64MB or higher and tends to use less hard disk space for virtual memory. 20. Partitioning: A very nice little thing you can do to boost system performance. By partitioning your hard drive, splitting one physical drive into several logical ones, you can gain several advantages. 1. If you get a virus or you accidentally format a drive, not all will be lost. 2. By placing the swap file (Win386.swp) on a separate drive, The swap file will be less fragmented and thus, faster. 3. Place Windows on a separate drive and whenever you need to reinstall it, you rest assured that your data is safe on a separate drive. Partitioning can be done using a few programs such as FDisk which comes with DOS. However, FDisk formats everything on the hard disk before partitioning. Alternatively, you can use Partition Magic from Power Quest to partition your hard disk without losing your data.