Create a Bootable Pen drive

There are  a number of situations where you might need to boot from a pen drive instead of your optical drive. Your DVD drive might not be working or you might not have a physical OS disk but an image stored in your hard disk.Some of the netbooks today don't have an optical drive. Whatever the reasons, sometimes it is useful to know the way to make a bootable pen drive.
There are two ways in which you can create a bootable pen drive from which you can install an operating system from a pen drive. You can either use the manual method of using the command prompt by typing a series of commands or you can use softwares that can do the job for you.
There are a number of softwares available that can make a bootable pen drive such as WinTo Flash, Unebootin, A bootable USB, MakeBootable etc. Most of them could be used with any version of windows.
Given below are the steps to do it the command prompt way.
1: You need at least 4GB Pen drivefor Windows 7. It’s much better to use a 8GB one. Plug your pen drive into machine.
2: Open command prompt as administrator by pressing windows+R key then type cmd.

3: Then run diskpart utility from command prompt, by typing ‘diskpart’ on command prompt and pressing enter. This will run the diskpart utility in a separate windows, which is shown in 2nd picture below:

4: Then type ‘list disk’ and press enter. This will tell you about the disk information on your system. Locate your pen drive by observing its size. You can see the size column of the disk and here we can see that ‘disk 1′ is our pen drive.

The names may be different. Change the number in the command according to your pen drive.
5: Select the pen drive by executing the ‘select disk 1’ command. You can also enter ‘detail disk’ to see the details of the disk after selecting it to verify that you have selected the correct disk.

6: Now clean your drive by running the ‘clean’ command.

This will tell that the selected disk has been cleaned.
7: To create the primary partition, type ‘create partition primary’ command. Then select the primary partition by ‘select partition 1’.

8: To active this partition, type ‘active’. So that disk part utility can mark the primary partition active.

8:  You have to format the pen drive in the FAT32 format. Run the command ‘format fs=FAT32 quick’ without the quotes.

Wait for 100% completion of the format process.
9: Assign the volume by typing ’assign’ command.

10: Now type ‘exit’ to exit from the disk part utility.

11: Mount the IMAGE of the windows CD/DVD on the virtual drive or put the CD on the optical drive .
- Now go to My Computer, and open the contents of DVD Drive. Press ‘ctrl+a’ to select all contents and copy all the contents by pressing ‘ctrl+c’.
- Now go back to My Computer and open the USB Drive and press ‘ctrl+v’ to paste all the contents of DVD into the USB Disk.
12: Boot from the pen drive to install the windows.

Understanding IPv6: What it means and how will it affect us ?

The first major version of IP, Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4), is the dominant protocol of the internet. Its successor is Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6). It was officially launched on 6th June. First let us look at what is Internet Protocol.
The Internet Protocol (IP) is the method or protocol by which data is sent from one computer to another on the Internet. Each computer (known as a host) on the Internet has at least one IP address that uniquely identifies it from all other computers on the Internet. 
When you send or receive data (for example, an e-mail note or a Web page), the message gets divided into little chunks called packets. Each of these packets contains both the sender's Internet address and the receiver's address. Any packet is sent first to a gateway computer that understands a small part of the Internet. The gateway computer reads the destination address and forwards the packet to an adjacent gateway that in turn reads the destination address and so forth across the Internet until one gateway recognizes the packet as belonging to a computer within its immediate neighborhood or domain. That gateway then forwards the packet directly to the computer whose address is specified.

Why do we need it?
The explosive growth in mobile devices including mobile phones, notebook computers, and wireless handheld devices has created a need for additional blocks of IP addresses.  The growth of the Internet has created a need for more addresses than are possible with IPv4, which allows 32 bits for an IP address, and therefore has 2³² (4 294 967 296) possible addresses. IPv6, which was developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) to deal with this long-anticipated IPv4 address exhaustion, uses 128-bit addresses, allowing 2¹²⁸ (approximately 3.4×10³⁸) addresses.

IPv6 and IPv4 share a similar architecture. The majority of transport layer protocols that function with IPv4 will also function with the IPv6 protocol. Most application layer protocols are expected to be interoperable with IPv6 as well, with the notable exception of File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP uses embedded network layer addresses to facilitate data transmission. An IPv6 address consists of eight groups of four hexadecimal digits. If a group consists of four zeros, the notation can be shortened using a colon to replace the zeros.
A main advantage of IPv6 is increased address space. The 128-bit length of IPv6 addresses is a significant gain over the 32-bit length of IPv4 addresses, allowing for an almost limitless number of unique IP addresses. The size of the IPv6 address space makes it less vulnerable to malicious activities such as IP scanning. IPv6 packets can support a larger payload than IPv4 packets resulting in increased throughput and transport efficiency.


What it mean to us ?
For most end-users and SMBs, nothing will change, as their computers will continue to connect to the Internet and their favorite services will remain online. However, it is a significant milestone as companies shift their focus to building up their IPv6 infrastructure, and slowly wean off the older IPv4 network.
As was the case for last year's IPv6 Day, most users won't even notice when their ISPs make the switch to IPv6. Part of the reason is because most modern operating systems, including Apple's Mac OS X, most versions of Microsoft Windows, and major Linux distributions, have supported IPv6 addresses for a number of years. Check out your computer's IP address (on Windows machines, type ipconfig at the command prompt): you are most likely going to see the IPv4 address as well as longer string of letters and numbers making up the IPv6 address.
You can test you IPv6 connectivity at http://test-ipv6.com/.

Skype confirms 3D video calls are under development

The news was revealed by a senior executive in an exclusive interview with the BBC to mark Skype's 10th anniversary.10-Year-Old Skype Working on 3D Video Calling.However, the executive warned it could be many years before the tech launched.

Instant messaging and video-calling service Skype is reportedly working on the prospects of 3D video calling and the current limitations with the 3D technologies stopped the company from launching the feature.

//////********Now we'll soon use the latest feature of skype. Could you guess..??? It is 3D video conferencing. This will be a milestone in the field of technology.*******/////

 Microsoft's corporate vice-president for Skype,  Mark Gillett said the technology for 3D video conferencing was in the lab.  "We know how to make it work and we're looking at the ecosystem of devices" that would be necessary to make such a product feasible before actually bringing it to market, he said. He also indicated that, as the ecosystem is not there yet, commercial development is still years away.

Gillett said that there has been a lot of progress in screens and people have started to buy televisions and computer monitors capable of delivering 3D image, but there is a lack of 3D capture devices and the company has been working on just that, BBC reports. He further added that the penetration of 3D technology would be more on televisions and computers before eventually reaching the smartphone market, the report added.

5 Desktop Blogging Tools that will help you with your Blog writing

If you’ve been blogging or freelance writing for some time, you will know how busy a blogger’s life can get. From the frequent writing to the continual maintenance, the work just doesn’t seem to stop. You wished you had more time to do all the work in. But the real problem doesn’t lie within the excess of the work. It lies in the management of time which a lot of people lend very little care to. If you’re a regular blogger, and want to maximize your throughput by optimizing your time, then you might be interested in some desktop blogging tools that will help you with your blog writing by automating some processes, and/or help you manage your blogging work.

1. Windows Live Writer

No blogger’s Windows PC is complete without a copy of the Windows Live Writer installed! It’s a pretty solid tool that comes with the Windows Live Essentials toolkit. And it is a pretty powerful word processor too, with many of the editing tools you get with Microsoft Word. And it gives you some advanced tools as well which you do not get from your blog’s post editor, such as tables, graphs, pie charts, histograms, etc.

You can set it up with any blogging platform, and any theme/template installed. You can write your posts in that same style, and preview it live on your PC. In fact, it is a complete blogging software, after using which you will not need to log into your blog’s dashboard to write or edit a post again.

2. BlogDesk

Another pretty handy desktop software for bloggers. This one is more for the pros, as the interface is minimalistic. But that isn’t to say it isn’t lacking. I mean sure, it doesn’t have the drag-and-drop functionality with images, but it has other pretty good tools such as the automatic tag generator, the most Frequently Used Phrases tool for re-using text snippets, and a lot more. I really love this tool, and even though I’m a fan of coding posts in HTML rather than typing them, I’d recommend this excellent WYSIWYG editor to every blogger out there.

3. Deepest Sender

Looking for something that’s more easily manageable than a full desktop application? Try this great Firefox extension instead. It’s a small, but really useful app that lets you quickly jot down ideas, drafts, and even final posts while browsing. Like a post you’re reading currently? Quickly launch this extension with a shortcut button, and start typing! You won’t even have to open a new tab for this.

4. Ecto

Not a Windows user? Well, I don’t blame you. And I have a solution for you if you’re using a Mac. Ecto has a pretty slick interface, and almost all the features you need in a desktop blogging software. One of the best things I like about it is the multiple blogging profiles you can set up and operate at the same time.

5. Thingamablog

Thingamablog is another popular desktop blogging client. It runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac, whichever you prefer.

It’s a standalone application that allows you to setup, manage, and update multiple blog from your desktop. In fact you have got the option to publish a blog entry via email!

Thingamablog has an integrated feed reader that you can use to get new ideas and topics for your posts.

So did you like this collection? What other blogging software are you using? Leave your comments in the comments section below!

HOW TO CHECK OUT LOADING TIME OF ANY WEBSITE

HOW TO CHECK OUT LOADING TIME OF ANY WEBSITE ???

If you own a website, you should be curious that how much time does your website takes to load so today we are going to learn a method to know the loading time of any website in a matter of seconds.

Let`s start:Open up

http://www.loads.in/

Now, you type in the website address in the column provided and select START. It will automatically start running tests and comes up with the results.

After the first test, you can test from different locations and different browsers and then optimize accordingly.

How to Use Whatsapp on PC for Windows and Mac

Whatsapp--->

WhatsApp Messenger is a cross-platform mobile messaging app which allows you to exchange messages without having to pay for SMS. WhatsApp Messenger is available for iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Windows Phone and Nokia and yes, those phones can all message each other! Because WhatsApp Messenger uses the same internet data plan that you use for email and web browsing, there is no cost to message and stay in touch with your friends.

Guys as you know Whatsapp is the most Popular Messanger available in the Market for Mobile Phones.

Unfortunately if you dont own a Smart phone then you might not be able to use whatsapp. But don't worry today we Will learn How to use Whatsapp On PC as well.
You can Use it On both Windows and Mac.

Let us See How to Use Whatsapp On Windows and Mac PC.

To Run Whatsapp on Pc, We will Require Android Emulator, Android Emulator Helps us to Run Whatsapp on PC. 

Step 1: Youwave And Bluestack Are the Two Android Emulator which enable us to Run Whatsapp or any other Android App on PC.

Step 2: If you Go for Bluestack then Download and install it, then run the Bluestack and Click                 

on " Apps "

Then Click on the Tab " Social " and select " Whatsapp " and Install it.

Step 3: If you Go for Youwave which I am Using On My PC then just download  and install.

Now download Whatsapp.apk and move the downloaded file to PC directory.

             To Check PC's Directory, Open Youwave click on help > Instruction. Now move your           

    whatsapp.apk file in to that directory . Then Click on View then  Redraw Icons. 

Now You will see Whatsapp icon .

After Installing Whatsapp on Youwave or Bluestack you have to enter Mobile number which is not used earlier For Whatsapp account.  Then they will take 5 Minutes to verify and will send you Code.
Enter that code and thats all.

Facts about Computer and Internet

Facts on Internet Usage 

1. 35.6% of internet users are Asian.

2. With average of 389 million of internet surfers each month, Asia is the largest internet crowd among other world regions.

3. In Afirca, 3 out of 100 surf the Internet.



4. In Asia, 10 out of 100 surf the Internet.

5. In Europe, 38 out of 100 surf the Internet.

6. In Middle East, 10 out of 100 surf the Internet.

7. In North America, 70 out of 100 surf the Internet.

8. In Latin America, 16 out of 100 surf the Internet.

9. In Australia, 53 out of 100 surf the Internet.

10. Only 16.6% of world population surf the internet.

11. 1 billion Users around the globe are surfing the Internet every month.

12. Amount of internet surfers in Asia (389,392,28 mil) is 11 times the population of Australia (34,468,443 mil).

13. 19% of Internet users are from United States (210,080,067 mil).

14. Around 18 countries still doesn’t have Internet connection.

Run Commands

To provoke the Run dialogue box where you enter the Run commands, click start and then select Run. You can also hold down the Windows key on your keyboard and press 'R', this will open the run command console.

Program	Run Command
Accessibility Controls	access.cpl
Add/Remove Programs	appwiz.cpl
Administrative Tools	control admintools
Adobe Acrobat	acrobat
Adobe Photoshop	photoshop
Automatic Updates	wuaucpl.cpl
Bluetooth Transfer Wizard	fsquirt
Calculator	calc
Ccleaner	ccleaner
C: Drive	c:
Command Prompt	cmd
Control Panel	control
Date and Time Properties	timedate.cpl
Device Manager	devmgmt.msc
Disk Cleanup Utility	cleanmgr
Disk Defragment	dfrg.msc
Disk Partition Manager	diskmgmt.msc
Display Properties	control desktop
Event Viewer	eventvwr.msc
Firefox	firefox
Folders Properties	control folders
Fonts	fonts
Free Cell Card Game	freecell
Game Controllers	joy.cpl
Group Policy Editor	gpedit.msc
Hearts Card Game	mshearts
Help and Support	helpctr
Keyboard Properties	control keyboard
Local Users and Groups	lusrmgr.msc
Logs You Out of Windows	logoff
Microsoft Access	access.cpl
Microsoft Excel	excel
Microsoft Frontpage	frontpg
Microsoft Movie Maker	moviemk
Microsoft Narrator	narrator
Microsoft Paint	mspaint
Microsoft Powerpoint	powerpnt
Microsoft Word	winword
Minesweeper Game	winmine
Mouse Properties	control mouse
MS-Dos Editor	edit
MS-Dos FTP	ftp
Nero	nero
Notepad	notepad
ODBC Data Source Administrator	odbccp32
On Screen Keyboard	osk
Outlook Express	msimn
Pinball Game	pinball
Power Configuration	powercfg.cpl
Printers and Faxes	control printers
Registry Editor	regedit
Registry Editor	regedit32
Remote Desktop	mstsc
Removable Storage	ntmsmgr.msc
Scheduled Tasks	control schedtasks
Security Center	wscui.cpl
Shuts Down Windows	shutdown
Sounds Recorder	sndrec32
Sounds and Audio	mmsys.cpl
Spider Solitare Card Game	spider
System Configuration Utility	msconfig
System Information	msinfo32
System Properties	sysdm.cpl
Task Manager	taskmgr
Telnet Client	telnet
User Account Management	nusrmgr.cpl
Volume Serial Number for C:	label
Volume Control	sndvol32
Windows Address Book	wab
Windows Explorer	explorer
Windows Firewall	firewall.cpl
Windows Magnifier	magnify
Windows Media Player	wmplayer
Windows System Security Tool	syskey
Windows Version	winver
Windows XP Tour Wizard	tourstart
Wordpad	write
Zoom Utility	igfxzoom

How to Block Websites Without Software

Lets assume you need to block certain sites like Facebook, Orkut or any other site. We will Block certain Websites without using any software. We will directly edit the hosts file in windows, which will help us to Block any site. 

1. Navigate to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc




2. Open hosts file with any Text Editor (Open with Notepad).




You will see these two lines in the file

127.0.0.1       localhost

127.0.0.1       localhost

Now Append the Second line with 127.0.0.2 and the website address you want to block.


For Example




We have changed the Second Line as 

127.0.0.2        www.google.com 

3. Now Save the hosts File and Restart your Computer.

Now Open Google in any Browser, See It is Blocked on you Computer.



You can Block multiple websites by changing hosts file 

For Example :-

127.0.0.1       localhost
127.0.0.2       www.google.com 
127.0.0.3       www.yahoo.com
127.0.0.4       www.facebook.com

Create a Folder Without a Name

Follow the steps below to create a Folder without any Name :-

1. Firstly, Remove the old Name of the Folder. (Right click on Folder, Select Rename and click Delete) 



2. Then , press and hold down the ALT button and type 0160, then press Enter.

Important: Make sure you have switched on the NUM LOCK and Type "0160" from Numpad. 

Top 10 Secret Features in Windows 8

Windows 8 is full of awesome features andhandy shortcuts, but what you may not know is that it's got a lot of handy, lesser-known settings under the hood. Here are 10 of Windows 8's best kept secrets.

10. Run Automatic Maintenance on a Schedule

Windows 8 has a new feature that runs automatic maintenance tasks like software updates, security scanning, and other diagnostic tests daily. By default, it runs them at 3AM, of if you're using your computer, the next time your computer becomes idle. You can change this time in the Action Center, as well as tell Windows whether you want to wake your computer up to perform these tasks. You can also perform the maintenance manually from the Action Center, if you desire.

9. Customize the Apps in the Search Bar

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When you start searching from the Start screen, you'll see a list of apps under the search bar. Click on one of them, and you'll search those same terms in that specific app. What you may not know is that you can tweak this list, removing and adding apps through Windows 8's settings. Bring up the Charms bar (with Win+C), click Settings, and go down to "Change PC Settings." From there, choose Search from the left sidebar, and turn off the apps you don't want taking up space in this menu.

8. Enable the Hidden "Aero Lite" Theme

When Windows 8 was in the testing phases, it had an additional "Aero Lite" theme that took away some of the transparent glass features of Windows Aero. However, the final version of Windows 8 opted for a much more basic theme than the testing builds, so Aero Lite no longer shows up—however, you can still find it in the Themes folder on your computer. With a few small tweaks, you can re-enable it in your Personalization preferences. It isn't too different from the default themes, but it does give a slightly different look to the title button bars and some other small parts of the OS.

7. Enable the Secret Start Screen Animation

When you first sign onto Windows 8, you get a very cool flow-y animation of all your tiles filling up the screen. After that, though, the Start screen has a much more toned-down animation. If you want to enable the cooler animation for every launch of the Start screen, you can do so with a simple Registry tweak. You can also customize certain settings for the animation too, which is pretty cool.

6. Customize More Icons in Windows Explorer

Remember in Windows 7, when you created a library, it had that ugly, nondescript icon? And you had to go through somecomplicated process to change it? Well, Windows 8 now lets you customize your Library icons right from its settings. Just right-click on the Library, go to Properties, and you should see the option to change the library's icon right at the bottom. Bonus tip: If Windows Explorer's Favorites icon is getting in your way in the sidebar, you can right-click on the sidebar to hide it (sadly, you can't do the same for Libraries, Homegroup, or other annoying icons).

5. Create and Name App Groups on the Start Screen

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When you first open up the Start screen, you'll notice that some of your apps are in their own "groups." You can create your own groups just by dragging an app's tile to an empty space on the Start screen—it'll create its own group. If you want to name your groups—say, for "Work," "Games," and so on—you can do so by clicking the small button in the bottom-right corner of the screen and right-clicking on the groups.

4. Take Faster Screenshots

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For a long time, Windows had an absurd screenshot shortcut in which you had to press Print Screen, then open up an app like Paint or the GIMP and paste in your screenshot from the clipboard. Well, no more! Now, if you press Win+Print Screen (or Win+Volume Down on a tablet), Windows will take a screenshot of your screen and automatically save it in your Pictures folder as a PNG file. It still isn't as powerful as something like Skitch, but if you only need the occasional screenshot, it's nice to see a simpler shortcut built in to the OS.

3. Tweak the Number of Rows on the Start Screen

By default, the Start screen fills your monitor up with as many rows of tiles as it can fit, up to 6 rows. If you'd like to lower that number—maybe you have a particularly cool background, or your groups just aren't that big—you can tweak this number by editing the Registry. Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to let you pack more tiles onto smaller monitors, but it's a cool little tweak if you want to give your Start screen a more minimal look.

2. Hide Recent Files from Your Jump Lists

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Jump Lists were a great addition in Windows 7 that helped boost your productivity, but their "Recent Items" feature were a possible privacy concern—say, if there were documents or files you didn't want others to know you had viewed. Windows 8 lets you customize Jump Lists more than Windows 7, giving you the option to hide recently opened items and recently opened programs. To access the preferences, just right-click on the Taskbar, go to Properties, and click the Jump Lists tab.

1. Get More Out of Your Multiple Monitors

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If you have multiple monitors, you've probably noticed that Windows extends your taskbar across both screens. It does more than just that, though: you can press Win+PgUp to move your current app to your left monitor, and Win+PgDn to move it to the right monitor. In addition, if you go to the Desktop Background section of your Personalization settings, you can right-click on any individual wallpapers and choose which monitor you'd like it to show up on. Of course, if you like things the old way, you can also turn off the dual taskbar in Taskbar Properties.