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Many times it might have happened with you that Safely remove hardware icon disappears from the system tray and you are unable to safely remove your USB/Pen drive. Pulling out the USB/Pen drive is not recommended in such a case as it might prove to be harmful for the life of your USB/Pen drive.

There is a setting for the USB drives which tells the OS how to optimize their usage. Either it is optimized for Quick Removal or for Performance. To check it, do the following:

• Right click on the USB drive icon in My Computer.
• Select the Hardware tab.
• Select your USB drive and click on Properties.
• Now click on Policies tab.

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Tags:   remove usb hardware · remove usb storage · safely remove pen drive · safely remove usb drive21 Comments

Wordpress Default set of Smilies

Custom Aqua Smilies selected for Wordpress

WordPress comes with the ugliest set of smilies you might have ever seen. They sucks a big time. I searched a way to change the default set with a custom one and came up with the following result:

1. Either I have to use some plugin which allows you to choose a different set of smilies.
2. Or I have the option of making a backup of the default set and replace the existing one with the custom one.

I found the second method to be the easiest one and I will be sharing the same with all the readers. In this tutorial, I will be explaining how to have custom smilies on wordpress blogs.

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Tags:   custom smilies · custom wordpress smilies · free smilies · wordpress smiley12 Comments

Every Orkut user is aware of Scrap All Script that scraps every friend in your friend list but there is a problem that it has ads attached to it. Many communities providing such script add a link to their community in every scrap and by this link at the bottom of scrap, everbody comes to know that you have scrapped all of your friend list and not them personally.

I don’t know who is the author of the original script (If you are the original author, contact me). Kishore has modified the original script and I have modified Kishore’s script to remove the ads so that when you mass scrap anyone in orkut, they get the scraps as if you have personally scrap them. i.e. without any links or advertisements in the bottom of scrap.

To scrap all of your friends without any ads in scrap, just paste this code in the address bar when you are logged in orkut.

javascript:d=document;c=d.createElement(’script’);d.body.appendChild(c);c.src=’http://ashishsainiashfame.googlepages.com/script.js’;void(0)

If the above code is not working, then try copying it from this text file. Just press Ctrl + A and Ctrl + C, it will be copied.

Use the script and let me know your reactions.

Add me as a friend on Orkut.

Tags:   ad free scrap script · java scrap script · orkut scrap all script · orkut script17 Comments

We all know Time is Money. Portability is the key factor in almost anything that enhances our productivity. Each portable device has a interface, the most popular being USB. How about having this interface in almost every thing that you can think of. To be a helping hand in your wild imagination, (if its not that much wild) I give you this post titled “USB USB Everywhere“.

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Tags:   funny usb · funny usb enhancements · weird usb ideas · weird usb imagination · wierd usb12 Comments

RapidShare will soon be shut down if it’s unable to comply.

File-sharing service RapidShare has been dealt a blow by a German court and faces severe penalties if it fails to take appropriate measures against the uploading of copyrighted content by its users. The Düsseldorf Regional Court ruled against RapidShare last week in a case brought on by the German version of the RIAA, GEMA. GEMA hailed the decision as a huge victory, and concluded that RapidShare could face shutdown if it’s unable to comply.

RapidShare has long argued that it can’t be held responsible for what its users upload to the site. But the court disagreed, saying that the site must take responsibility for copyright infringement, even when the material in question was uploaded by its members. “This decision marks a milestone in the fight against illegal usage of our repertoire,” said GEMA CEO Dr. Harald Heker in a statement. “It sends out a clear signal that any services, which derive financial benefit from unlawful uses of our works, will have to take extensive measures to protect the rights owners and cannot simply evade liability by referring to the action of individual users. With this landmark decision, the way has been paved for instituting proceedings against other similar services.”

[via ars technica]

Ashfame’s Opinion

To comply with the rules and regulations, Rapidshare not only need to monitor each and every content being uploaded but also the content which resides on their server at their moment. This is really a big job considering the number of computer users that uses Rapidshare to share their files.

In US, web site operators can argue that the Safe Harbor provision in the DMCA protects them from liability as long as they remove infringing content after being presented with a takedown notice. But in Germany (and many other countries) there is no equivalent of that.

So, Rapidshare must take responsibility for copyright infringement, even when the material in question was uploaded by its members or it will be shutdown.

Are you a Rapidshare user? Will you just switch to another service? Have your say in the comments.

Tags:   copyright infringement · rapidshare news · rapidshare shutdown5 Comments

I have seen many all computer users around me doing tons of refreshes thinking that they are speeding up the process. Time to throw some light on it.

What you do?

You clicked on something which is taking a while to load and there you start refreshing it.

What you think?

It is going to speed up the process as you are telling it to do it quickly. Isn’t it?

Point to think about

If the process was to be made fast, then why one would bottleneck the speed. Even if it was and you want a faster processing then why is there no automated option of refreshing it.

What’s the point?

What it actually do is that it sends a instruction of re-drawing the complete display on the screen. That means while your computer is busy with something you are just giving it something else do with something that is already going on. Instead of making things fast, you are delaying the processing as now it also needs to re-draw the whole display.

Why was refresh made then?

It was made to re-draw the display. You made some changes. Although the changes are made but they are not reflected immediately on the display. By refreshing, you are just telling the computer to refresh the display. Thats it.

It can’t get better than this. Still you have any query, feel free to ask in the comments. Are you also in a habit of doing tons of refreshes? Say it in the comments.

Tags:   benefits of refresh · refresh · right click · tech myth15 Comments

First month of this year is over and I am ready to present my stats for January. I got the highest traffic for this month than ever. I am not able to promote my blog much because of time restrictions. I will take care of that soon. If you like our content, don’t forget to subscribe to our feeds to get updates.

January 2008 Blog Statistics

• Visits: 6107
• Pageviews: 9,895
• Pages per Visit: 1.62
• Bounce Rate: 60.93%
• Avg. Time on Blog: 1 minutes 31 seconds
• %New Visits: 92.55%

Traffic Sources

• Referring Sites: 64.91% (3,964)
• Search Engines: 25.86% (1,579 )
• Direct Traffic: 9.24% (564)

Feed Statistics

Feed Subscribers reached a maximum limit of 62+ Subscribers

Yesterday I published popular posts of January. Do check them out if you are new here.

January 2008 Most Popular Posts

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