Job seekers frequently send a cover letter along with their CV, It is a way of introducing themselves to potential employers and explaining their suitability for the desired position.
Your cover letter and resume are going to be the very first impression any employer will have of you so you need to get it right. You want to give them enough relevant information so they see that you are qualified for the position but do it quickly enough that they don't get bored and move on to the next candidate. That is why you should think of your cover letter and resume as your 30 second commercial on why an employer wants to hire you.
Tips for preparing a good cover letter:
1. A brief cover letter is best! Keep your cover letter to one page only.
2.Do your research on the company before writing your cover letter. Whenever possible, mention an article or other piece of information that will grab the reader's interest from the beginning. Referring to an article in the local paper or some bit of information on the companies website in your cover letter will go a long way. This is one of the tips on cover letter writing that will make a drastic and immediate impact on hearing back from employers.
3.Take the time in your cover letter to match your skills to their needs. This is another one of the tips on cover letter writing that sounds very obvious but so few people do. If you have done your research on the company you are applying to, you should have some idea what their business is about and how it might be changing or growing. Before you write your cover letter really take a lot of time thinking about what skills you have that will be useful for the company.
4.Don't use any type of "gimmicks" in your cover letter. Some job seekers feel that the only way they can stand out from the crowd is to do something outrageously different in their cover letter and resume. While this strategy may impress managers in the graphic design or other creative fields, it most industries it will hurt you. Since the recipient of your cover letter don't know anything about you except your cover letter, the first impression is that you are "strange", desperate for a job and just plain old unprofessional.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Common interview Questions with their Answers
Practice answering these sample interview questions out loud to yourself or ask a friend or relative to help you. Interviewers know that you're nervous and expect you to think a bit, so do think carefully before you answerTell me about yourself.
A.
This is the dreaded, classic, open-ended interview question and likely to be among the first. It's your chance to introduce your qualifications, good work habits, etc. Keep it mostly work and career related.
Q.
Why do you want to leave your current job? (Why did you leave your last job?)
A.
Be careful with this. Avoid trashing other employers and making statements like, "I need more money." Instead, make generic statements such as, "It's a career move."
Q.
What are your strengths?
A.
Point out your positive attributes related to the job.
Q.
What are your weaknesses?
A.
Everybody has weaknesses, but don't spend too much time on this one and keep it work related. Along with a minor weakness or two, try to point out a couple of weaknesses that the interviewer might see as strengths, such as sometimes being a little too meticulous about the quality of your work. (Avoid saying "I work too hard." It's a predictable, common answer.) For every weakness, offer a strength that compensates for it.
Q.
Which adjectives would you use to describe yourself?
A.
Answer with positive, work-oriented adjectives, such as conscientious, hard-working, honest and courteous, plus a brief description or example of why each fits you well.
Q.
What do you know about our company?
A.
To answer this one, research the company before you interview.
Q.
Why do you want to work for us?
A.
Same as above. Research the company before you interview. Avoid the predictable, such as, "Because it's a great company." Say why you think it's a great company.
Q.
Why should I hire you?
A.
Point out your positive attributes related to the job, and the good job you've done in the past. Include any compliments you've received from management.
Q.
What past accomplishments gave you satisfaction?
A.
Briefly describe one to three work projects that made you proud or earned you pats on the back, promotions, raises, etc. Focus more on achievement than reward.
Q.
What makes you want to work hard?
A.
Naturally, material rewards such as perks, salary and benefits come into play. But again, focus more on achievement and the satisfaction you derive from it.
Q.
What type of work environment do you like best?
A.
Tailor your answer to the job. For example, if in doing your job you're required to lock the lab doors and work alone, then indicate that you enjoy being a team player when needed, but also enjoy working independently. If you're required to attend regular project planning and status meetings, then indicate that you're a strong team player and like being part of a team.
Q.
Why do you want this job?
A.
To help you answer this and related questions, study the job ad in advance. But a job ad alone may not be enough, so it's okay to ask questions about the job while you're answering. Say what attracts you to the job. Avoid the obvious and meaningless, such as, "I need a job."
Q.
How do you handle pressure and stress?
A.
This is sort of a double whammy, because you're likely already stressed from the interview and the interviewer can see if you're handling it well or not. Everybody feels stress, but the degree varies. Saying that you whine to your shrink, kick your dog or slam down a fifth of Jack Daniels are not good answers. Exercising, relaxing with a good book, socializing with friends or turning stress into productive energy are more along the lines of the "correct" answers.
Q.
Explain how you overcame a major obstacle.
A.
The interviewer is likely looking for a particular example of your problem-solving skills and the pride you show for solving it.
Q.
Where do you see yourself five (ten or fifteen) years from now?
A.
Explain your career-advancement goals that are in line with the job for which you are interviewing. Your interviewer is likely more interested in how he, she or the company will benefit from you achieving your goals than what you'll get from it, but it goes hand in hand to a large degree. It's not a good idea to tell your potential new boss that you'll be going after his or her job, but it's okay to mention that you'd like to earn a senior or management position.
Q.
What qualifies you for this job?
A.
Tout your skills, experience, education and other qualifications, especially those that match the job description well. Avoid just regurgitating your resume. Explain why.
Q.
Why did you choose your college major?
A.
The interviewer is likely fishing to see if you are interested in your field of work or just doing a job to get paid. Explain why you like it. Besides your personal interests, include some rock-solid business reasons that show you have vision and business sense.
A.
This is the dreaded, classic, open-ended interview question and likely to be among the first. It's your chance to introduce your qualifications, good work habits, etc. Keep it mostly work and career related.
Q.
Why do you want to leave your current job? (Why did you leave your last job?)
A.
Be careful with this. Avoid trashing other employers and making statements like, "I need more money." Instead, make generic statements such as, "It's a career move."
Q.
What are your strengths?
A.
Point out your positive attributes related to the job.
Q.
What are your weaknesses?
A.
Everybody has weaknesses, but don't spend too much time on this one and keep it work related. Along with a minor weakness or two, try to point out a couple of weaknesses that the interviewer might see as strengths, such as sometimes being a little too meticulous about the quality of your work. (Avoid saying "I work too hard." It's a predictable, common answer.) For every weakness, offer a strength that compensates for it.
Q.
Which adjectives would you use to describe yourself?
A.
Answer with positive, work-oriented adjectives, such as conscientious, hard-working, honest and courteous, plus a brief description or example of why each fits you well.
Q.
What do you know about our company?
A.
To answer this one, research the company before you interview.
Q.
Why do you want to work for us?
A.
Same as above. Research the company before you interview. Avoid the predictable, such as, "Because it's a great company." Say why you think it's a great company.
Q.
Why should I hire you?
A.
Point out your positive attributes related to the job, and the good job you've done in the past. Include any compliments you've received from management.
Q.
What past accomplishments gave you satisfaction?
A.
Briefly describe one to three work projects that made you proud or earned you pats on the back, promotions, raises, etc. Focus more on achievement than reward.
Q.
What makes you want to work hard?
A.
Naturally, material rewards such as perks, salary and benefits come into play. But again, focus more on achievement and the satisfaction you derive from it.
Q.
What type of work environment do you like best?
A.
Tailor your answer to the job. For example, if in doing your job you're required to lock the lab doors and work alone, then indicate that you enjoy being a team player when needed, but also enjoy working independently. If you're required to attend regular project planning and status meetings, then indicate that you're a strong team player and like being part of a team.
Q.
Why do you want this job?
A.
To help you answer this and related questions, study the job ad in advance. But a job ad alone may not be enough, so it's okay to ask questions about the job while you're answering. Say what attracts you to the job. Avoid the obvious and meaningless, such as, "I need a job."
Q.
How do you handle pressure and stress?
A.
This is sort of a double whammy, because you're likely already stressed from the interview and the interviewer can see if you're handling it well or not. Everybody feels stress, but the degree varies. Saying that you whine to your shrink, kick your dog or slam down a fifth of Jack Daniels are not good answers. Exercising, relaxing with a good book, socializing with friends or turning stress into productive energy are more along the lines of the "correct" answers.
Q.
Explain how you overcame a major obstacle.
A.
The interviewer is likely looking for a particular example of your problem-solving skills and the pride you show for solving it.
Q.
Where do you see yourself five (ten or fifteen) years from now?
A.
Explain your career-advancement goals that are in line with the job for which you are interviewing. Your interviewer is likely more interested in how he, she or the company will benefit from you achieving your goals than what you'll get from it, but it goes hand in hand to a large degree. It's not a good idea to tell your potential new boss that you'll be going after his or her job, but it's okay to mention that you'd like to earn a senior or management position.
Q.
What qualifies you for this job?
A.
Tout your skills, experience, education and other qualifications, especially those that match the job description well. Avoid just regurgitating your resume. Explain why.
Q.
Why did you choose your college major?
A.
The interviewer is likely fishing to see if you are interested in your field of work or just doing a job to get paid. Explain why you like it. Besides your personal interests, include some rock-solid business reasons that show you have vision and business sense.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
I Sleep if I Start Reading
1. The best technique to make yourself stay awake while reading is to train your brain. You need to let your brain know that you aren't reading so that you can fall asleep; you are reading because you want to know what the book says. Each time you go to sleep with a book in your hands, your brain registers that and thinks that's the way it's supposed to be. You need to make it think otherwise.
Social Networking saefty precautions
Things should keep in mind when using social networks.
1.Using a weak password
The first thing that one should never have in Facebook is a weak password. With so much of your personal information at stake it is essential to have a strong password. Avoid names or words that can be found in a dictionary.
2.Never give your complete birth date in your profile
Another thing that you should never do on Facebook is give your full date of birth in your profile. Your complete date of birth is just what identity thieves may require to potentially gain access to your bank or credit card account.
In case you have already done it, here's how to edit the info: Go to your profile page and click on the Info tab, then on Edit Information. Under the Basic Information section, choose to show only the month and day or no birthday at all.
3.Overlooking useful privacy controls
It is imperative to restrict access for almost everything on Facebook. It is critical to provide restricted access to your personal info (including religious views and family information) and photos to only your family and friends. Also, avoid giving contact information like phone number and address.
4.Announcing that you'll be away from home
This again can be dangerous and is akin to putting `no one's home' signboard on your door. Wait till you are back home to share details about your wonderful holiday. Also, be always vague about your trip dates.
5.Don't let Search Engines find you
It's easy to find details about anyone these days, courtesy Search engines. Make sure you don't reveal yourself to everyone through these Search engines.
To make sure strangers can't access your page, go to the Search section on Facebook's privacy controls and select Only Friends for Facebook search results. Also, make sure that the box for public search results is not checked.
- Never use the same passwords that you use at work on a social networking site.
- Limit usage of social networking sites to personal use only. Do not write about work issues. Always assume everyone in the world will be able to see what you’re writing even if the site limits your post to your friends exclusively.
- Try to avoid mentioning where you work; so that if you mention something you thought innocent (but that might be valuable information for hackers) they will not know who to target.
- Be wary of what you’re posting, if you use your pet’s name as a password anywhere do not post about it on your social networking sites naming it.
- Do not log on to your social network page from public computers such as internet cafés where someone might have installed a key logger and would later get access to your credentials.
- Do not automatically trust that posts are from who they claim they are; if your workmate sends you a private message asking for some confidential information first verify that he/she did really send you that message as their account might have been compromised.
- Do not send confidential information through a social networking site even if someone who has legitimate access to that information asks you to. See point number 2.
- Beware of what links you click and what software you download and install. Do not trust links/software sent by your friends implicitly as they themselves might not be aware it includes malware or their account might have been compromised.
- Always be sceptical and wary. If someone asks to be friends on a social networking site and the profile appears to match a work mate, check personally with that person before accepting him as he could be an imposter. Also be sceptical of any offers or prizes you might have been told you won, they might actually be phishing attacks.
- Ensure your computer is up to date and has good antivirus protection; social networking sites are frequent targets of malware attacks.
1.Using a weak password
The first thing that one should never have in Facebook is a weak password. With so much of your personal information at stake it is essential to have a strong password. Avoid names or words that can be found in a dictionary.
2.Never give your complete birth date in your profile
Another thing that you should never do on Facebook is give your full date of birth in your profile. Your complete date of birth is just what identity thieves may require to potentially gain access to your bank or credit card account.
In case you have already done it, here's how to edit the info: Go to your profile page and click on the Info tab, then on Edit Information. Under the Basic Information section, choose to show only the month and day or no birthday at all.
3.Overlooking useful privacy controls
It is imperative to restrict access for almost everything on Facebook. It is critical to provide restricted access to your personal info (including religious views and family information) and photos to only your family and friends. Also, avoid giving contact information like phone number and address.
4.Announcing that you'll be away from home
This again can be dangerous and is akin to putting `no one's home' signboard on your door. Wait till you are back home to share details about your wonderful holiday. Also, be always vague about your trip dates.
5.Don't let Search Engines find you
It's easy to find details about anyone these days, courtesy Search engines. Make sure you don't reveal yourself to everyone through these Search engines.
To make sure strangers can't access your page, go to the Search section on Facebook's privacy controls and select Only Friends for Facebook search results. Also, make sure that the box for public search results is not checked.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Free Antivirus Softwares
But before installing any antivirus software it is important to remove the previously installed software,Here are some uninstall programs that you can download directly from the website: Symantec (Norton) -www.symantec.com/norton/support/kb/web_view.jsp
AVAST- www.avast.com/uninstall-utility
Trend Micro-esupport.trendmicro.com
if they dont work then use
Application remover from www.appremover.com or
Revo uninstaller from www.revouninstaller.com
After unistalling reboot your system then use ccleaner to remove any leftovers.
Now you can proceed to install new anti virus software.
1. AVAST-Avast is light on system resources, and it's unobtrusive. For the most part it runs silently in the background. It's the only free antivirus with boot scan options. www.avast.com
2. Antivir-Anti-Vir has a clean and pleasant interface. It is easy on system resources. It's a free product, but aggressively promotes the paid version. For example, a pop-up is displayed after running updates (shown below). Compatible with Windows NT/2K/XP/Vista, 64-bit and Linux. www.free-av.com
3 AVG-AVG was among the first of the free antivirus products offered, and has long been a favorite of this site and others. However, their detection rates are consistently testing at the bottom of these free antivirus applications. They've also had a number of problems with their update servers recently. While AVG is still a good choice, it's at the bottom of our recommendations. Compatible with Windows 98/ME/NT/2K/XP/Vista, 64-bit and Linux
free.avg.com
Free online scanners
1.ESET online scanner -www.eset.com/online-scanner
2.Panda active scan-www.pandasecurity.com/activescan
3.Kaspersky online scanner-www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
4.Trend micro housecall-housecall.trendmicro.com
AVAST- www.avast.com/uninstall-utility
Trend Micro-esupport.trendmicro.com
if they dont work then use
Application remover from www.appremover.com or
Revo uninstaller from www.revouninstaller.com
After unistalling reboot your system then use ccleaner to remove any leftovers.
Now you can proceed to install new anti virus software.
1. AVAST-Avast is light on system resources, and it's unobtrusive. For the most part it runs silently in the background. It's the only free antivirus with boot scan options. www.avast.com
2. Antivir-Anti-Vir has a clean and pleasant interface. It is easy on system resources. It's a free product, but aggressively promotes the paid version. For example, a pop-up is displayed after running updates (shown below). Compatible with Windows NT/2K/XP/Vista, 64-bit and Linux. www.free-av.com
3 AVG-AVG was among the first of the free antivirus products offered, and has long been a favorite of this site and others. However, their detection rates are consistently testing at the bottom of these free antivirus applications. They've also had a number of problems with their update servers recently. While AVG is still a good choice, it's at the bottom of our recommendations. Compatible with Windows 98/ME/NT/2K/XP/Vista, 64-bit and Linux
free.avg.com
Free online scanners
1.ESET online scanner -www.eset.com/online-scanner
2.Panda active scan-www.pandasecurity.com/activescan
3.Kaspersky online scanner-www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
4.Trend micro housecall-housecall.trendmicro.com
Shortcut for Windows XP
Microsoft natural keyboard shortcuts
• Windows Logo (Display or hide the Start menu)
• Windows Logo+BREAK (Display the System Properties dialog box)
• Windows Logo+D (Display the desktop)
• Windows Logo+M (Minimize all of the windows)
• Windows Logo+SHIFT+M (Restore the minimized windows)
• Windows Logo+E (Open My Computer)
• Windows Logo+F (Search for a file or a folder)
• CTRL+Windows Logo+F (Search for computers)
• Windows Logo+F1 (Display Windows Help)
• Windows Logo+ L (Lock the keyboard)
• Windows Logo+R (Open the Run dialog box)
• Windows Logo+U (Open Utility Manager)
Microsoft Management Console (MMC) main window keyboard shortcuts
• CTRL+O (Open a saved console)
• CTRL+N (Open a new console)
• CTRL+S (Save the open console)
• CTRL+M (Add or remove a console item)
• CTRL+W (Open a new window)
• F5 key (Update the content of all console windows)
• ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the MMC window menu)
• ALT+F4 (Close the console)
• ALT+A (Display the Action menu)
• ALT+V (Display the View menu)
• ALT+F (Display the File menu)
• ALT+O (Display the Favorites menu)
Microsoft Management Console (MMC) main window keyboard shortcuts
• CTRL+O (Open a saved console)
• CTRL+N (Open a new console)
• CTRL+S (Save the open console)
• CTRL+M (Add or remove a console item)
• CTRL+W (Open a new window)
• F5 key (Update the content of all console windows)
• ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the MMC window menu)
• ALT+F4 (Close the console)
• ALT+A (Display the Action menu)
• ALT+V (Display the View menu)
• ALT+F (Display the File menu)
• ALT+O (Display the Favorites menu)
Internet Explorer Shortcut
To invert Desktop use
Control + Alt + Arrow key
• Windows Logo (Display or hide the Start menu)
• Windows Logo+BREAK (Display the System Properties dialog box)
• Windows Logo+D (Display the desktop)
• Windows Logo+M (Minimize all of the windows)
• Windows Logo+SHIFT+M (Restore the minimized windows)
• Windows Logo+E (Open My Computer)
• Windows Logo+F (Search for a file or a folder)
• CTRL+Windows Logo+F (Search for computers)
• Windows Logo+F1 (Display Windows Help)
• Windows Logo+ L (Lock the keyboard)
• Windows Logo+R (Open the Run dialog box)
• Windows Logo+U (Open Utility Manager)
Microsoft Management Console (MMC) main window keyboard shortcuts
• CTRL+O (Open a saved console)
• CTRL+N (Open a new console)
• CTRL+S (Save the open console)
• CTRL+M (Add or remove a console item)
• CTRL+W (Open a new window)
• F5 key (Update the content of all console windows)
• ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the MMC window menu)
• ALT+F4 (Close the console)
• ALT+A (Display the Action menu)
• ALT+V (Display the View menu)
• ALT+F (Display the File menu)
• ALT+O (Display the Favorites menu)
Microsoft Management Console (MMC) main window keyboard shortcuts
• CTRL+O (Open a saved console)
• CTRL+N (Open a new console)
• CTRL+S (Save the open console)
• CTRL+M (Add or remove a console item)
• CTRL+W (Open a new window)
• F5 key (Update the content of all console windows)
• ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the MMC window menu)
• ALT+F4 (Close the console)
• ALT+A (Display the Action menu)
• ALT+V (Display the View menu)
• ALT+F (Display the File menu)
• ALT+O (Display the Favorites menu)
Internet Explorer Shortcut
| Alt + Left Arrow | Back a page. |
| Backspace | Back a page. |
| Alt + Right Arrow | Forward a page. |
| F5 | Refresh current page, frame, or tab. |
| F11 | Display the current website in full screen mode. Pressing F11 again will exit this mode. |
| Esc | Stop page or download from loading. |
| Ctrl + (- or +) | Increase or decrease the font size, pressing '-' will decrease and '+' will increase. |
| Ctrl + Enter | Quickly complete an address. For example, type computerhope in the address bar and press CTRL + ENTER to get http://www.computerhope.com. |
| Ctrl + D | Add a Favorite for the page currently opened. |
| Ctrl + I | Display available bookmarks. |
| Ctrl + N | Open New browser window. |
| Ctrl + P | Print current page / frame. |
| Ctrl + T | Opens a new tab. |
| Ctrl + F4 | Closes the currently selected tab. |
| Ctrl + Tab | Moves through each of the open tabs. |
| Spacebar | Moves down a page at a time. |
| Shift + Spacebar | Moves up a page at a time. |
| Alt + Down arrow | Display all previous text entered in a text box and/or available options on drop down menu. |
| Alt + D | Highlights the text in the address bar |
To invert Desktop use
Control + Alt + Arrow key
Compress MP3 files
How To Compress MP3 Files for storing it in mobile
Method I
Step 1: Open Winamp.
Step 2: Click the "PL" button on the right side of the player if the playlist isn't already open ( the box where it tells the names of songs, lengths, etc.)
Step 3: Once open, press the "+ file" button on the bottom left of the playlist.
Step 4: Locate the songs you want to compress ( they are most likely in C:/Program Files/Napster/Music or wherever else you keep your mp3s)
Step 5: Select the songs you want to compress by highlighting them and then pressing open.
Step 6: Now that you are back into the player click the little button on the top left of the player and go down to options, then to preferences.
Step 7: Once in preferences click on "Plug-Ins" then click on "output"
Step 8: After clicking on output double click on "Nullsoft Disk Writer Plug-In v1.0" and select where you want your files to go, desktop or something easy is a good choice. After that press ok, then close out of that window.
Step 9: Now, once you are back in the player and have your selected files visible in the playlist box you can press play. The songs will not play, the time bar should move quickly and then go on to the next selected song. This means your songs are being converted to ".wav" format.
Step 10: After all files are converted to ".wav" format, you can go to Start/Programs/Accesories/Entertainment/… Recorder. Once in the Sound Recorder application click file and then Open. Select the song you want to compress first, it is saved wherever you selected for your .wav's to go when in Winamp.
Step 11: The song is now open in the Sound Recorder, Click File then Save As..
Step 12: Once in this window, be sure to add the suffix ".mp3" to the filename, and in "Save As Type.." select "all files". Hold on though, don't press save yet..
Step 13: Now click on the change button by "Format" this is where you compress the song.
Step 14: Once in the change window select "MPEG layer 3" for format, and then for attribute select "56 kBit/s 22,050 Hz, Stereo 7 KB/s
Step 15: Now click ok, and save your compressed Mp3 to the desired location.
Method II
get it install it launch the software and browse the song to compress
now select the bitrate 56 kbps and frequency 24000 select the output folder and hit covert
Method I
Step 1: Open Winamp.
Step 2: Click the "PL" button on the right side of the player if the playlist isn't already open ( the box where it tells the names of songs, lengths, etc.)
Step 3: Once open, press the "+ file" button on the bottom left of the playlist.
Step 4: Locate the songs you want to compress ( they are most likely in C:/Program Files/Napster/Music or wherever else you keep your mp3s)
Step 5: Select the songs you want to compress by highlighting them and then pressing open.
Step 6: Now that you are back into the player click the little button on the top left of the player and go down to options, then to preferences.
Step 7: Once in preferences click on "Plug-Ins" then click on "output"
Step 8: After clicking on output double click on "Nullsoft Disk Writer Plug-In v1.0" and select where you want your files to go, desktop or something easy is a good choice. After that press ok, then close out of that window.
Step 9: Now, once you are back in the player and have your selected files visible in the playlist box you can press play. The songs will not play, the time bar should move quickly and then go on to the next selected song. This means your songs are being converted to ".wav" format.
Step 10: After all files are converted to ".wav" format, you can go to Start/Programs/Accesories/Entertainment/… Recorder. Once in the Sound Recorder application click file and then Open. Select the song you want to compress first, it is saved wherever you selected for your .wav's to go when in Winamp.
Step 11: The song is now open in the Sound Recorder, Click File then Save As..
Step 12: Once in this window, be sure to add the suffix ".mp3" to the filename, and in "Save As Type.." select "all files". Hold on though, don't press save yet..
Step 13: Now click on the change button by "Format" this is where you compress the song.
Step 14: Once in the change window select "MPEG layer 3" for format, and then for attribute select "56 kBit/s 22,050 Hz, Stereo 7 KB/s
Step 15: Now click ok, and save your compressed Mp3 to the desired location.
Method II
By using DB power amp converter
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm
get it install it launch the software and browse the song to compress
now select the bitrate 56 kbps and frequency 24000 select the output folder and hit covert
Minilyrics the lyrics plugin
For all music lovers !!!
Find the lyrics for ur favorite song by adding small plugin to Windows media player and Winamp
Mini lyrics searches the song's lyrics by its own and displays in the new window. and it supports a no of player, so get it downloaded from
http://www.crintsoft.com .
Find the lyrics for ur favorite song by adding small plugin to Windows media player and Winamp
Mini lyrics searches the song's lyrics by its own and displays in the new window. and it supports a no of player, so get it downloaded from
http://www.crintsoft.com .
Common System Run Commands
1.Add/Remove Programs- appwiz.cpl
2.Administrative Tools- control admintools
3.Check Disk Utility- chkdsk
4.Control Panel- control
5.System Information- winmsd
6.System Properties- sysdm.cpl
7.Task Manager- taskmgr
8.My Computer- … a very unique command
9.Services- services.msc
10.Microsoft Word- winword
11.Microsoft Excel- excel
12.IP Config- ipconfig /all
2.Administrative Tools- control admintools
3.Check Disk Utility- chkdsk
4.Control Panel- control
5.System Information- winmsd
6.System Properties- sysdm.cpl
7.Task Manager- taskmgr
8.My Computer- … a very unique command
9.Services- services.msc
10.Microsoft Word- winword
11.Microsoft Excel- excel
12.IP Config- ipconfig /all
Monday, July 26, 2010
Speed Secrets Windows XP
XP Speed Secret 1 – Disable Startup Program
XP Speed Secret 2 – Optimize Display Settings
XP Speed Secret 3 – Speed‐Up File Browsing
XP Speed Secret 4– Reduce Page File Size
XP Speed Secret 5– Clean Your System Registry
XP Speed Secret 6– Run Disk Clean‐Up
XP Speed Secret 7– Enable Direct Memory Access (DMA)
XP Speed Secret 8 – Disable File Indexing
XP Speed Secret 9 – Remove Unused Files & Program
BEFORE ATTEMPTING THIS PLEASE MAKE A SYSTEM RESTORE POINT. Follow the instruction for making system restore.
XP Speed Secret #1: Disable Extra Startup
Programs
There are certain programs that Windows will start every time you
boot up your system, and during the startup phase, they're all
competing for a slice of your CPU speed. Extra or unwanted items
in the startup list will definitely increase your startup time, perhaps
by several minutes. Some common examples are things related to
AOL, RealPlayer, Napster, instant messengers, and video managers.
If you're not sure about an item, no big deal. You can turn it off,
restart your PC, and see if everything seems to work. If not, you can
always go back and re-enable an item in the Startup list. This tip
alone should speed up your start-up by 250%. Here are is what
you have to do:
1. Go to Start button Run
2. Type "msconfig", without quotations
3. Hit enter key or click the OK button
4. A System Configuration Utility window will show up
5. Click the Startup tab
6. In the Startup tab you will see several boxes and some of them
will selected (checked). All you have to do is to uncheck
extra items that are of no use. If you run an antivirus
program it is not recommended to uncheck it.
7. After making you choices press the OK button, you will be
prompted to restart computer to apply changes.
8. After restarting your computer a dialogue will be displayed.
You can check the option for not showing this dialogue every
time your PC reboots.
XP Speed Secret #2: Optimize Display Settings
Windows XP can look sexy but displaying all the visual items can
waste system resources. To optimize:
1. Click the Start button
2. Select Control Panel
3. Double-click the System icon
4. Click the Advanced tab
5. In the Performance box click Settings
6. Leave only the following ticked:
a. Show shadows under menus
b. Show shadows under mouse pointer
c. Show translucent selection rectangle
d. Use drop shadows for icons labels on the desktop
e. Use visual styles on windows and buttons
7. Finally, click Apply and OK
XP Speed Secret #3: Speed-Up File Browsing
You may have noticed that every time you open “My Computer” to
browse folders that there is a slight delay. This is because Windows
XP automatically searches for network files and printers every time
you open Windows Explorer. To fix this and to increase browsing
speed significantly:
1. Double-click on My Computer
2. Click the Tools menu
3. Select Folder Options
4. Click on the View tab.
5. Uncheck the Automatically search for network folders and
printers check box
6. Click Apply
7. Click OK
8. Reboot your computer
XP Speed Secret #4: Reduce Page File Size
Page file size is not constant by default. Due to this, the operating
system has to resize the file each time more space is required. This
is a performance overhead. All you have to do is to set the file size to
a reasonable limit.
Follow the steps:
1. Right-click My Computer, Select Properties
2. Click the Advanced tab
3. Click the Settings button under the Performance section
4. Click the Advanced tab
5. Under the Virtual
Memory section click
the Change button
6. "Virtual Memory"
dialogue box will appear
(also shown in the figure
below)
7. Highlight the C: drive
containing page file
8. Select the Custom Size
radio button and give
same values in Initial
size and Maximum size
fields:
If you have less than 512MB
of memory, leave the page
file at its default size. If you
have 512MB or more, change the ratio to 1:1 page file size to
physical memory size.
9. Click Set, then OK buttons to apply the changes
XP Speed Secret #5: Clean Your System Registry
Of course, the fastest and easiest way to speed-up your computer is
to allow a software program to do it for you! Although you will find
that all of the adjustments in this book will speed up your system,
the most effective and easiest way to give your computer blazing
speed is to clean up your system’s Registry.
Your computer is like your car: it needs periodic maintenance to
keep it running at optimum performance. Installing and un-installing
programs, surfing the Internet, emailing, and other everyday
activities create a sort of “sludge” that builds up in your computer
over time, much like an automobile engine. After a while, it doesn't
startup like when it was new, it stalls unexpectedly, and performance
is sluggish on the (information) highway.
XP Speed Secret #6: Run Disk Clean-Up
Both Windows and application programs tend to leave temporary
files lying around on your hard drive, taking up space. A hard drive
that is close to being “full” can cause Windows to slow down or
interfere with efficient disk access and virtual memory operations.
If you surf the web a lot, your temporary internet files folder can
become quite large, causing Internet Explorer to slow down or
malfunction. Cleaning up unneeded files, scanning for disk errors
and defragmenting the hard drive can help to restore some zip to
your system. Try to run once a month for peak performance.
1. Double-click the
My Computer
icon.
2. Right-click on
the C: drive
3. Select
Properties
4. Click the Disk
Cleanup button
(to the bottomright
of the
Capacity pie
graph)
5. Select / check
Temporary
Internet Files
and Recycle Bin
6. Click OK
XP Speed Secret #7: Enable Direct Memory
Access (DMA)
1. Right-click on My Computer, select Properties
2. Select the Hardware tab
3. Click the Device Manager button
4. Double-click IDE/ATAPI controllers
5. Double-click on the Primary IDE Channel
6. Click on the Advanced Settings tab (as shown in figure) The
tab may or may not be available for each option. It is only
available in Primary and Secondary Channels.
7. Set the Transfer Mode to "DMA if Available" both for Device
1 and 0
8. Click OK
9. Perform the same operation for other items in the list, if
applicable.
XP Speed Secret #8: Disable File Indexing
Indexing Services is a small little program that uses large amounts
of memory and can often make a computer endlessly loud and
noisy. This system process indexes and updates lists of all the files
that are on your computer. It does this so that when you do a search
for something on your computer, it will search faster by scanning the
index lists. If you don’t search your computer often, this system
service is completely unnecessary. To disable do the following:
1. Click Start button
2. Select the Control Panel
3. Double-click Add/Remove Programs
4. Click the Add/Remove Window Components icon on the left
side of the window
5. This may take a few seconds to load. Be patient.
6. Look for the “Indexing Services” component in the list
7. Uncheck the Indexing Services
8. Click Next
9. Click Finish
XP Speed Secret #9: Remove Un-Used Programs
& Files
You may have a bunch of software packages on your hard drive that
are no longer needed, or they were gratuitously installed when you
downloaded some other package. Toolbars, file-sharing
programs, free email enhancers, online shopping "companions"
and download managers are notorious for this practice. These
uninvited guests can put a big drag on your startup time, cause web
pages to load slowly, and generally bog down your computer.
1. Click Start button
2. Select Control Panel
3. Double-click Add/Remove Programs icon
4. See what programs are installed that you don’t typically use
5. Select the Remove button for the ones you know you don't
XP Speed Secret 2 – Optimize Display Settings
XP Speed Secret 3 – Speed‐Up File Browsing
XP Speed Secret 4– Reduce Page File Size
XP Speed Secret 5– Clean Your System Registry
XP Speed Secret 6– Run Disk Clean‐Up
XP Speed Secret 7– Enable Direct Memory Access (DMA)
XP Speed Secret 8 – Disable File Indexing
XP Speed Secret 9 – Remove Unused Files & Program
BEFORE ATTEMPTING THIS PLEASE MAKE A SYSTEM RESTORE POINT. Follow the instruction for making system restore.
Click Start. | |
2. | Point to All Programs. |
3. | Point to Accessories. |
4. | Point to System Tools. |
5. | Click System Restore. |
6. | Follow the instructions on the wizard. |
XP Speed Secret #1: Disable Extra Startup
Programs
There are certain programs that Windows will start every time you
boot up your system, and during the startup phase, they're all
competing for a slice of your CPU speed. Extra or unwanted items
in the startup list will definitely increase your startup time, perhaps
by several minutes. Some common examples are things related to
AOL, RealPlayer, Napster, instant messengers, and video managers.
If you're not sure about an item, no big deal. You can turn it off,
restart your PC, and see if everything seems to work. If not, you can
always go back and re-enable an item in the Startup list. This tip
alone should speed up your start-up by 250%. Here are is what
you have to do:
1. Go to Start button Run
2. Type "msconfig", without quotations
3. Hit enter key or click the OK button
4. A System Configuration Utility window will show up
5. Click the Startup tab
6. In the Startup tab you will see several boxes and some of them
will selected (checked). All you have to do is to uncheck
extra items that are of no use. If you run an antivirus
program it is not recommended to uncheck it.
7. After making you choices press the OK button, you will be
prompted to restart computer to apply changes.
8. After restarting your computer a dialogue will be displayed.
You can check the option for not showing this dialogue every
time your PC reboots.
XP Speed Secret #2: Optimize Display Settings
Windows XP can look sexy but displaying all the visual items can
waste system resources. To optimize:
1. Click the Start button
2. Select Control Panel
3. Double-click the System icon
4. Click the Advanced tab
5. In the Performance box click Settings
6. Leave only the following ticked:
a. Show shadows under menus
b. Show shadows under mouse pointer
c. Show translucent selection rectangle
d. Use drop shadows for icons labels on the desktop
e. Use visual styles on windows and buttons
7. Finally, click Apply and OK
XP Speed Secret #3: Speed-Up File Browsing
You may have noticed that every time you open “My Computer” to
browse folders that there is a slight delay. This is because Windows
XP automatically searches for network files and printers every time
you open Windows Explorer. To fix this and to increase browsing
speed significantly:
1. Double-click on My Computer
2. Click the Tools menu
3. Select Folder Options
4. Click on the View tab.
5. Uncheck the Automatically search for network folders and
printers check box
6. Click Apply
7. Click OK
8. Reboot your computer
XP Speed Secret #4: Reduce Page File Size
Page file size is not constant by default. Due to this, the operating
system has to resize the file each time more space is required. This
is a performance overhead. All you have to do is to set the file size to
a reasonable limit.
Follow the steps:
1. Right-click My Computer, Select Properties
2. Click the Advanced tab
3. Click the Settings button under the Performance section
4. Click the Advanced tab
5. Under the Virtual
Memory section click
the Change button
6. "Virtual Memory"
dialogue box will appear
(also shown in the figure
below)
7. Highlight the C: drive
containing page file
8. Select the Custom Size
radio button and give
same values in Initial
size and Maximum size
fields:
If you have less than 512MB
of memory, leave the page
file at its default size. If you
have 512MB or more, change the ratio to 1:1 page file size to
physical memory size.
9. Click Set, then OK buttons to apply the changes
XP Speed Secret #5: Clean Your System Registry
Of course, the fastest and easiest way to speed-up your computer is
to allow a software program to do it for you! Although you will find
that all of the adjustments in this book will speed up your system,
the most effective and easiest way to give your computer blazing
speed is to clean up your system’s Registry.
Your computer is like your car: it needs periodic maintenance to
keep it running at optimum performance. Installing and un-installing
programs, surfing the Internet, emailing, and other everyday
activities create a sort of “sludge” that builds up in your computer
over time, much like an automobile engine. After a while, it doesn't
startup like when it was new, it stalls unexpectedly, and performance
is sluggish on the (information) highway.
XP Speed Secret #6: Run Disk Clean-Up
Both Windows and application programs tend to leave temporary
files lying around on your hard drive, taking up space. A hard drive
that is close to being “full” can cause Windows to slow down or
interfere with efficient disk access and virtual memory operations.
If you surf the web a lot, your temporary internet files folder can
become quite large, causing Internet Explorer to slow down or
malfunction. Cleaning up unneeded files, scanning for disk errors
and defragmenting the hard drive can help to restore some zip to
your system. Try to run once a month for peak performance.
1. Double-click the
My Computer
icon.
2. Right-click on
the C: drive
3. Select
Properties
4. Click the Disk
Cleanup button
(to the bottomright
of the
Capacity pie
graph)
5. Select / check
Temporary
Internet Files
and Recycle Bin
6. Click OK
XP Speed Secret #7: Enable Direct Memory
Access (DMA)
1. Right-click on My Computer, select Properties
2. Select the Hardware tab
3. Click the Device Manager button
4. Double-click IDE/ATAPI controllers
5. Double-click on the Primary IDE Channel
6. Click on the Advanced Settings tab (as shown in figure) The
tab may or may not be available for each option. It is only
available in Primary and Secondary Channels.
7. Set the Transfer Mode to "DMA if Available" both for Device
1 and 0
8. Click OK
9. Perform the same operation for other items in the list, if
applicable.
XP Speed Secret #8: Disable File Indexing
Indexing Services is a small little program that uses large amounts
of memory and can often make a computer endlessly loud and
noisy. This system process indexes and updates lists of all the files
that are on your computer. It does this so that when you do a search
for something on your computer, it will search faster by scanning the
index lists. If you don’t search your computer often, this system
service is completely unnecessary. To disable do the following:
1. Click Start button
2. Select the Control Panel
3. Double-click Add/Remove Programs
4. Click the Add/Remove Window Components icon on the left
side of the window
5. This may take a few seconds to load. Be patient.
6. Look for the “Indexing Services” component in the list
7. Uncheck the Indexing Services
8. Click Next
9. Click Finish
XP Speed Secret #9: Remove Un-Used Programs
& Files
You may have a bunch of software packages on your hard drive that
are no longer needed, or they were gratuitously installed when you
downloaded some other package. Toolbars, file-sharing
programs, free email enhancers, online shopping "companions"
and download managers are notorious for this practice. These
uninvited guests can put a big drag on your startup time, cause web
pages to load slowly, and generally bog down your computer.
1. Click Start button
2. Select Control Panel
3. Double-click Add/Remove Programs icon
4. See what programs are installed that you don’t typically use
5. Select the Remove button for the ones you know you don't
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