(THE USUAL WORK AROUND IS SHUTTING DOWN THE PC OR SLEEPING IT AND THEN REMOVE. THIS IS THE ALTERNATE AND PROPER WAY OF DOING THAT)

Powering down USB-powered external hard disk in Windows 7

USB-powered external hard disk In Windows 7, even after safely removing USB-powered external hard disk will not work in the same way as the safe removal would do in Windows XP. What it won’t do is powering down the hard drive(Hard Disk Wont spin down in Windows 7). You will notice this when you unplug the USB cable, because of the clickin sound coming from the hard disk, similar to the one you would hear if the power supply got suddenly cut off.

Steps Involved:

1) Download Sdparm for windows from
http://sg.danny.cz/sg/sdparm.html

and place it in C:\Windows\System32

2) Download Unlocker Software (google it) and install it.

3) Use unlocker software to stop processes accessing the disk. So that we made sure disk is not getting accessed.

4)To detach,  stop the usb hard disk spinning,  by entering the following  in Command prompt

( That is search cmd.exe in start in windows 7 , right click cmd.exe and run as administrator)

sdparm –command=stop [device]  (that is sdparm hyphen hyphen command=stop G:)

Replace [device] with the drive letter , and that’s it:

Example : sdparm –command=stop G:

If G is your Usb hard disk.

your hard disk will spin down , in the same way it would do in Windows after a safe removal.
Note :This how-to is based on my experience with a Western Digital WD Passport hard disk.

4) Then unplug it. (Physically pull the usb plug out)

Note : After Spinning Down the Hard disk Using sdparm “Please do not click windows safely remove function @ the taskbar as it will spin up the Hard disk again “

You can also use a batch file to spin down hard disk .

To create batch file

1)open notepad

2)Enter the following in notepad

sdparm –command=stop G:
pause

3) Save the file and name it as Spindown.bat

4)Place it in Desktop

5)Place sdparm.exe in C:\Windows\System32

5)To run it right click on it and Select “Run as administrator”..
NOTE:

If you have multiple partitions in your external hard disk select any one of the partitions in that usb hd  and unlock it using unlocker then use sdparm……..

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<HAPPY COMPUTING>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I should have written this on 25th june but couldn’t… I was sooo too devastated to comment or blog after hearing the news . My idol,My everything ,My inspiration My Michael passed away….. No he still lives in my heart. His music,his dance,his soul, and him….. Its not about music Its about the human being he was….

“This is not a time for “goodbye” this is a time for THANK YOU .
Thank you for being you,
Thank you for your beautiful soul,
Thank you for your love.
Thank You for dedicating his life to charity,music and dance,entertainment… If anyone in this world missed michael jackson ’s work then they havnt seen the next level of entertainment…………”

He loved each and every one of us. He cared for the children. Suffering children ! On his own words he tried to

“Heal The World“…

About michael he is the greatest  inspiration for me… ( Oh he inspired a lot of others)..

THIS IS WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MICHAEL :

The boy from Gary,Indiana,USA who conquered the world,the hearts with his music…..since he was 5 years old.He started performing when he touched 5 or 6… But when i think of those days of Michael what i recall from his own words is the distressing, disturbing childhood & the painful youth he had. The torture from his father… Later on his life he invited struggling children to Neverland. He was a “PETER PAN“there “THE MAN WHO REFUSED TO GROW UP“. So many children came… But two of those thousands did have parents who only wanted money.. They accused Michael Jackson for molesting their son… You know its easy to accuse a person who are great & can be destroyed by just a small accusation. Well he is found not guilty by the court… He resorted to painKillers, valiums… To fight stress during the trials also to fight the injuries from Michael Jackson tours(Victory,BAD,Dangerous& HIStory tours).. He collapsed he began leading a life but with distress, much hurted, much hated…. And he stopped looking after himself…

When Michael Jackson puts his energy,his thoughts to good then it turned out to be great. But when he moved way from public to lead a much private life he had a bad time. He loved when are  people around him.

Then its the fall of Michael Jackson we saw with tears in our eyes.. We the people is the reason for both the Rise & Fall Of Michael jackson. We have to blame ourself for his fall.

Please Please don’t ever hate,accuse  a person if you don’t know the truth or know him personally.

Now everything is over. Now Michael is in heaven. For the past few years He had hell on earth. Now he is in a better place.

“He Died…………When King Lear dies in Act V,do you know what Shakespeare has written? He’s written “He dies.” That’s all, nothing more. No fanfare, no metaphor, no brilliant final words. The culmination of the most influential work of dramatic literature is “He dies.” It takes Shakespeare, a genius, to come up with “He dies.” And yet every time I read those two words, I find myself overwhelmed with dysphoria. And I know it’s only natural to be sad, but not because of the words “He dies.” but because of the life we saw prior to the words. He lived all five of his acts, and he is not asking us to be happy that he must go,he is only asking that we turn the page, continue reading… and let the next story begin. And if anyone asks what became of him, you relate his life in all its wonder, and end it with a simple and modest “He died.” Michael…We love you.Sorry for all that we did…..”

[TUTORIAL] Disable Or Enable any device in a single click!!!

Have you ever thought of scheduling your downloads in your laptop in a wifi network. And you wish to switch on wifi only at that time?

Or have you thought of disabling or enabling your Usb Ports with a single click Or any devices with a single click?
Here is the solution: (Works with windows XP, Vista ,………..)

1.    Download Devcon (Google it, you will find it in Microsoft site)

2.    Or From http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311272 (works with vista if used with skipuac)

3.    Copy Devcon.exe to C:\

4.    To know more about skipuac (TO disable UAC in vista only for specific appllcations) please visit
” http://msmvps.com/blogs/martinzugec/archive/2008/05/16/ignore-uac-for-specific-programs.aspx “  Hey thanks Martin!!!!!!!

5.    Use a batch file as follows: FOR ENABLING A DEVICE
[Open notepad and copy the following below and save as ENABLE DEVICE.bat
FOR VISTA AS FOLLOWS:
@echo off
start "" C:\SkipUAC\ElevatorRunner.exe C:\devcon.exe enable *DEVICE ID*
FOR XP AS FOLLOWS :
@echo off
start "" C:\devcon.exe enable *DEVICE ID*
]

6.    Use a batch file as follows: FOR DISABLING A DEVICE
[Open notepad and copy the following below and save as DISABLE DEVICE.bat
FOR VISTA AS FOLLOWS:
@echo off
start "" C:\SkipUAC\ElevatorRunner.exe C:\devcon.exe disable *DEVICE ID*
FOR XP AS FOLLOWS :
@echo off
start "" C:\devcon.exe disable *DEVICE ID*
]

Note 1 : SkipUAC is for Vista to Disable Uac Specific for this task!! See my next post regarding this!!
Note 2 : *DEVICE ID* is the device id for example my device id for my Wifi is :
1.    My Computer Right click
2.    Click Manage
3.    Then Click Device Manager
4.    Right Click Device you need  (here Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection)
5.    Click Properties
6.    Click Details TAB
7.    Select Hardware Ids in Properties
8.    You will get Device Id from here………

This is how we get from the window:

device properties

For Example :
[The window will look provide something  like this :
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_4222&SUBSYS_10008086&REV_02
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_4222&SUBSYS_10008086
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_4222&CC_028000
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_4222&CC_0280

9.    SO TO DISABLE MY WIFI:
@echo off
start “” C:\SkipUAC\ElevatorRunner.exe C:\devcon.exe disable *DEV_4222*

10.    <<<<<THANK YOU HAPPY COMPUTING>>>>>

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This article applies to BSNL dataone limited plans and all other plans where the amount of data you use count to the bill. This also Increases the speed of browsing of extremely low bandwidth connection like mobile internet/dial up !!

I think The simple solution is to browse through

1) http://www.loband.org/loband/main

2) http://finch.ploogy.net/

No tweaking of browser is needed it is the best simple way. These applies to the situation where we only need Text rather than photos or ther active contents ..

Normally when we browse you can use up to 40mb +/ hour if the website has lot of flashed and pics.

Why should we waste this if you are only looking for text!!

By using finch/loband  its like 20 mb / day.. hee hee

For example, the New York Times homepage is over  1.4MB. Finch trims that down to 84KB, which doesn’t look as pretty, but is 94% less for your computer to download. Save bandwidth guyssssss!!

Like Finch loband also reduces (trims ) webpages.

Finch also has a proxy service that loband doesnt have.

There are some other features  about loband making it my favorite,

To experience it use Loband for 15 mins and decide…….

From  personal experiance both are fine services.[edited]

today i browsed 1 hour through loband to get an experience,it changed my opnionion about loband

I am suggesting loband for all your slow speed net/expensive bit counting Surfings!!!!

@alan jackson for givin some info!

The Good:

1) Better Loud non distorted movie playback sound experiece in you laptop

2) Not amplyfing everything to avoid distortion

3) better sound like you here the songs in your laptops

The Bad :

Nothing..

TUTORIAL: Make movies Louder (songs arealready loud in windows media player)

1) Download and install Zoomplayer

2) Download and Install ffdshow decoder

3) In advanced settings in smartplay in audio and video decoders configure aac,ac3,lpcm,dts,dts in container and mp3 to ffdshow audio decoder

4)while playing a video fdshow audio icon appears in taskbar configure it as follows

5) In the volume tab enable volume and enable normalisation in it make Max amplification to 250%

(the max amplification value you may change it from 200 to 350 based on the sound of movies)

6)Enable Mixer and in mixer enable normalisation matrixand select the output speaker configaration correctly 2/0/2 quadro for lenovo y510/530

7)enable resample then in resample  enable resample to 48000 hz,liavcodec high quality, if lower than

8)In zoom player enable equalizer make preamp the first one a little higher( little means first possible step only in mp3 encoded movies and further more in ac3 encoded movies)

Thank you……………..

For decoding divx,xvid etc ffdshow video decoder is better if you care about quality ou can enable it in smartplay tab

Enjoyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

The Good:

1) only 10 – 20 % cpu is used

2) ultra smooth playback even in powersaver mode

3) Utilisation of what we have

4) More battery life and also you can multi task while playing hd

5) Cpu will run cooler

6) Better Video(image) Quality than Software Decoders

Hey Nvidia Users We have a video processor in our GPU .. Then why should we use CPU?

The Bad :

1)External Subtitles Wont Work……. (DirectVobSub Will break the Hardware acceleration)

Tutorial: FOR H.264/avc/Blueray/HD DVD

1) Update The Driver of your Nvidia 8(including 8400 m gs),9,GTX series and above to the latest WHQL driver from NVIDIA Support Site..  Now the latest is 185.85…… For Desktops and notebooks..

2)Download power dvd ultra version 8

(only powerdvd gives effecient hardware acceleration compared to intervideo windvd and arcsoft total theatre  and even Media player Classic Home Cinema)

3) In powerdvd video configaration “Enable hardware acceleration (Nvidia purevideo)”

4) Download Zoom player version 6 Max

5) In advanced options in playback take smartplay

6)In Audio and video decoders tab   in H.264 click configure and select “Cyberlink h.264/avc decoder”

7) In advanced options select video and subtitles the make the renderer to ” EVR”

Open a 1080p video in zoomplayer

9) right click on any part of the video then select filter properties the select cyberlink h.264/avc decoder then ensure whether “use dxVa is enabled if not the enable it”

10) From the next time onwards when you play HD 1080p in zoom player it will use only 10 % to 20 % cpu (Otherwise 60% to 90 %)

11) Enjoyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!

Note : You should Disable External Subtitles When using Hardware Acceleration/PureVideo HD (An easy solution is renaming the .srt file to .sr. TO reenable subtitles rename the .sr back to .srt

TUTORIAL : FOR VC1 /wmv HD/Blueray

note: VC 1 /wmv hd is extremely cpu intensive and the hardware acceleraton is not that efficient  cpu will be around 50 – 60 %

1)  Just play in windows media player or in the same zoomplayer

Note : You should Disable External Subtitles When using Hardware Acceleration/PureVideo HD (An easy solution is renaming the .srt file to .sr. TO reenable subtitles rename the .sr back to .srt

TUTORIAL : FOR MPEG 2 HD/SD/DVD/HD DVD/BLUERAY

1) In zoom player In advanced options in playback take smartplay In Audio and video decoders tab   in Mpeg2 video and Mpeg 2 transport video click configure and select “Cyberlink Video/SP decoder V8+”

2) In DVD option select decoder to cyberlink powerdvd

3) Enjoyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Note:  You should Disable External Subtitles When using Hardware Acceleration/PureVideo HD (An easy solution is renaming the .srt file to .sr. TO reenable subtitles rename the .sr back to .srt

N73 Me and N73 Is pathetic in Bass response compared to sony ericsson phones! Well tha best settings i feel is give below:

With Headsets :

1) Equilizer : Bass Booster

2) Audio Settings : “Stereo widening = ON” and “Loudness = ON”

With speakers : ( We are not supposed to expect bass response)

1) Equilizer : Rock

2) Audio Settings : “Stereo widening = OFF” and “Loudness = OFF”

This is the best Easy settings i feel ! You can share views tooo!!

In most songs if stereo widening and loudness is ON the treble produced by our beloved N73 is awful!

To utilise our Nseries babe thses software are essentials

1)CorePlayer : I strongly support this player. This is the vlc for mobiles. Plays avi,divx,xvid,mp4,3gp,mpeg,wmv,flv “Youtube videos” and much more………

2) LCG XPLORE : An Extremely stable and reliable file explorer. It handles (both compressing and decompressing) rar and zip files.

3) Ultimate portable voice recorder : It is the ultimate call recorder “without beep”! It carries all the functionality of Built in voice recorder and but without the 5 second beep!

4) Symtorrent : A symbian version of bittorrent !! (if you ve unlimited connection plan)

5) Mobilesystems dictionary viewer(MSDICT) : A dictionary viewer that lets you view all dictionaries installed in your system!

6)MSDict Concise Oxford American Dictionary and Thesaurus : Oxford American Dictionary and Thesaurus for all your needs

7) Advanced Device Locks : We can lock (Password Protect) gallery, mediaplayer,messages and all other installed applications individually. A real Privacy Protector!

8)Kaspersky Antivirus : The best antivirus for mobile with antispam,antitheft,firewall and obviosly antivirus!(Less memory consuming).

9)Rotate me : Rotates your nseries screen to landscape mode from portrait!! Trust me landscape mode is awsome with abilty to browse and view docs more cleanly!

10) Quick Office 4.5 or 5 : The best office suite! The preinstalled one  in Nokia are useless!

11) Adobe reader 2.5 LE : A PDF Document Viewer ! The preinstalled one is useless!

12) Opera Mobile : A complete mobile browser supprting AJAX,javascripts etc.

13) TeaShark Browser: This java browser competes with symbian browsers! It renders the pages in same way as of a desktop! It uses webkit like apple safari browser….. Teashark paases the pages throgh a separate server and compresses the pages to reduce bandwith costs and to increase speed!

14) Scribe : Scribe™ is a mobile publishing application for bloggers, and is currently available in beta for Symbian 3rd Edition devices.

15)Active File: A simple and good looking file explorer! But i prefer XPLORE!

Note : IF YOU WANT INSANE QUALITY AND ARE LAZY TO USE SMARTMOVIE IF YOUR HANDSET IS N73 AND ABOVE IN HORSEPOWER THEN USE 700MB AVI FILES WHICH IS TOO COMMON AND IF AND ONLY IF YOU ARE NOT BOTHERED ABOUT THE SIZE AND USE COREPLAYER(ONLY THIS PLAYER PLAYS 700MB AVI FILES SMOOTHLY NOW)

For N73 users: If you just throw in 700mb files it may be chopy in fast sequences

for avoiding that download “avirecomb” and resize the video to 320×240 but with same size that is 700 mb! so in same bitrate. now we will get fluid motion! And this is the insane quality available for N73!

(The Whole procedure may apply to other phones tooo!!!)

Nokia Nseries can be used to watch movies too!! Especially Nokia N95 , Nokia N73 etc coz of their large screen!

Things you need :

1) Nokia Phone(lol)

2) Core player for mobile (Plays Mpeg,wmv,flv(youtube),avi,mp3….. hey its  a vlc player for mobile)

3) Smart Movie Converter

Here are the steps:

Note: For n95 and above and for n73 you can just throw in 700 mb avi file of movies to the core player installed in the mobile!  Core player will play the 700mb dvd rips in N95 and above smoothly and in N73 the play back is near fluid (Very much Watchable)!

The best Video Setting:

1) Open Smart movie Converter

2) Click Configure and select ffdshow video encoder

3) And in options set the following

ffdshow video encoder
Generic:MPEG4
FOURCC.DivX
Max keyframe interval 254
min keyframe 1
one pass quality based-%70 i recommend

Audio:
128 kbps 44100hz

Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ut first, a little history lesson about AWN. OK? Good… You should know that Avant Window Navigator, also known as AWN, is a dock-like bar which sits at the bottom of the screen. It has support for launchers, task lists, and third party applets. To get a better idea about what we are talking about here, take a look at the image in the left!

I have tried to make this guide as simple as possible, for every user to follow it and obtain a working AWN installation in the end.

This is the easy method and recommend for all users!

Step 1 – Add the repositories

Go to System -> Administration -> Software Sources and enter your password when asked.

A new window appears, click the second tab “Third-Party Software”, then click the ‘Add’ button and paste the following lines (one by one):

Now click the ‘Close’ button of the main window. It will ask if you want to reload the information about available software. Click ‘Reload’ and wait for the Software Sources window to close.

Install AWN

Open a terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal) and paste the following command:

Hit the “Y” key when asked, and complete the installation. Close the terminal window and start the AWN dock from Applications -> Accessories -> Avant Window Navigator.