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To kick start this post, first of all let me tell you about the upcoming revolution in wireless internet service. BSNL offers EV-DO service that is capable of speeds upto 2.4 Mbps and that just in 250 bucks (INR). At present it is in tested stage so it is only available in a few cities and since it is officially launched in Jaipur, Rajasthan (where I study) I went to the nearest BSNL telephone exchange to fetch some more details which is less than a kilometer away and I was shocked to see the condition of that office and it had me thinking “Don’t BSNL care about its reputation?” I don’t deny the fact that our location is in the outskirts of the city but still if they have opened a telephone exchange over here, it should meet some quality standards or norms.

On top of that when I enquired the highest designated person Dr. R.K.Gupta, he was unclear with what I mean by a data card. I took some photos of the office and want to share them with everyone reading this post and would like to have your comments on it.

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Tags:   BSNL Telephone Exchange · condition of bsnl office · photos of bsnl office · photos of bsnl telephone exchange9 Comments

In Windows, you have the option of running certain applications and certain commands by typing them in the Run dialog box but there is no option for users to add their own command. This tutorial teaches how you can make the Run dialog box to accept your commands and do what you want. This tutorial is for Windows XP. It should work for other windows also but I haven’t tested it.

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Tags:   add commands on run · create custom commands for run · run as command · windows run command11 Comments

Almost every computer user uses some or the other anti virus on their computer for protecting their computer from malicious codes (virus, trojans, spywares etc) and many of them also use online on demand scanner of different anti viruses when they are suspicious about a particular file.The reason of using anti virus other than you already use is that no anti virus is 100% effective in detecting malicious codes. Effectiveness of anti viruses depends on virus definitions and the algorithm of heuristic check. Then again how many different online anti virus you can use if you want to scan a file. Here comes the role of VirusTotal in play.

VirusTotal is a online service that allows you to scan your file by multiple anti viruses which improves the chances of detecting any malicious code, if present. It uses 30+ different anti viruses engine (updated with the latest virus definitions) for scanning files.

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Tags:   online best anti virus scanner · scan file from different anti viruses · scan file from multiple anti viruses · virustotal2 Comments

Pen drives are very common these days. Everybody has them for their daily data transfer needs and since these are connected to different computers very often, they become a easy carrier of malicious codes (virus, trojans, spywares etc).

How viruses spread from USB/Thumb/Pen drive?

Whenever a USB drive is plugged into a infected computer, virus copies itself to the pen drive and sets it to execute itself when pen drive is accessed by making changes in the autorun.inf. Whenever pen drive is accessed, the autorun.inf calls the executable file of the virus upon which the system gets infected.

How to save your computer from viruses from USB/Thumb/Pen drive?

The most effective method of preventing your system from getting infected is to disable autorun feature of USB devices. DJ tells us about disabling autorun feature on Sizlopedia. He tells us a method in which he uses gpedit.msc and disable autorun feature but the problem is that gpedit.msc is not available under Windows XP Home Edition.

So, I am going to explain how to disable USB autorun feature through registry editing which not only works for WInXP Home but also for any other edition of Windows.

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Tags:   disable autorun xp · disable usb autorun · how to disable autorun · protect pen drive from viruses · windows xp disable autorun7 Comments

Every internet user has a unstable download speed to uplaod speed ratio. The ratio always being greater than one. Although connections with stable ratio do exist but they are very rare and atleast not in India.

I am on a 64 Kbps (150MB day time limit and night unlimited) internet connection and usually gets 60-62 Kbps as download speed and 50-60 Kbps as upload speed. What happened with me yesterday made me wondering. I was downloading a small file (~4 MB) and before I can see the download starting, it was completed. I thought of it to be a browser issue, I ignored it and tried downloading the file again just to find that it has again completed in no time. Out of curiosity, I checked my speed and was surprised to see the results and I bet you will be surprised too.
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Tags:   amazing high speed net · fastest internet · high speed internet · high speed internet in india8 Comments

What is the most obvious thing that even a noob can do on a computer? Well, Shutdown & Restart can be called as the answer other than powering ON. Keeping the noobs aside, have you ever used Standby feature? Many of your might give affirmative replies but do you know there is another state in which you can keep your computer so as to resume from where you left it. This state of condition is called Hibernation which is different from standby state.

Hibernation differs from Standby in many aspects. In standby, computer keeps on running at a low power consumption mode so that you can quickly resume from where you left it. Hibernation is not that fast but it allows your computer to turn off. This means that you can resume from the point of task from where you hibernate it.

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Tags:   enable hibernation · hibernate tutorial · hibernate xp · how to hibernate · windows xp hibernate1 Comment

Ever liked a part of a song that you wish you could cut that out or ever wished to compile your music with selected parts from different tracks? Earlier preparing for a dance competition, we were required to cut parts of different songs so that we can compile a song according to our needs. Upon asking some of my friends if its in their knowledge that how it can be done, I came to know that its still a thing that they are unaware of. So I thought of writing this tutorial.

This tutorial describes how to cut parts from a audio file. Be it any format. There are lots of audio editors available which accepts a wide variety of formats and if you are in need of extracting music from a format that is not so common, you can always convert it to a format that is acceptable by the audio editor you are using. In this tutorial, I am using the Audacity (Portable Edition) which is a freeware. You can use any other software. The basic concept behind audio editing is same which I am going to explain in this post.

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