Extract files from .dzip archive

Solution:

1] Download Gibbed's RED Tools new version and install it.

2] Open command prompt.

3] Now locate Gibbed.RED.Unpack.exe from the folder path

32-Bit users: C:\Program Files\Gibbed's RED Tools\
64-bit users: C:\Program Files (x86)\Gibbed's RED Tools\ 


4] Drag Gibbed.RED.Unpack.exe to the Command prompt window.




5] Now locate your .dzip file which is to extract and drag
it to

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Remove dual boot options (or) boot choice menu in Windows

If you have recently installed new operating system in a separate partition other than the default/previous partition then the boot choice menu appears even if you have format the previous operating system.




To remove this boot choice menu, enter into the newly installed operating system and click Start > Run > type msconfig and hit Enter.

For XP users:
Select Boot.INI tab > locate the last

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Recover/Reset Windows Logon Password

Can't able to logon Windows / forgot password for logging. Follow these simple steps.........

Method I: Recover

1] Download Ophcrack XP LiveCD. For Vista users Ophrack Vista LiveCD.

2] Burn the .iso image file to CD.

3] Restart PC and boot from CD.

4] Now select graphic mode - automatic.




5] Your password will be revealed in a separate box after booting into Ophcrack OS.




6] Note down

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Windows 8 download

Windows 8 Preview download English 

32-bit - Download (2.8GB)
64-bit - Download (3.6GB)

System Requirements:

Free space - 16GB (32bit) and 20GB (64bit)


RAM - 1GB (32bit) and 2GB (64bit)


Screen Resolution - 1024x768 or higher for metro style apps


Multi touch screen for touch input 


Note: You can upgrade Windows XP, Vista and 7 (or) perform a clean install if you want to build with

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d3drm.dll error

This error occurs during the installation/running of simulation/multimedia softwares which requires this (d3drm.dll) DirectX file especially for x64-bit operating systems.

Similar errors are

The file d3drm.dll is missing


D3drm.dll not found


D3drm.dll not found, reinstalling
might help this fix


To avoid this error download the file d3drm.dll, and copy/paste to c:\windows\system32 folder.

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Changing Windows Drive Icon

Customizing windows drive icons gives a new stylish look from the default look. Follow these simple steps to change the icons for your drives like C:/D:/E: etc.

1] Have your favorite icon file with the format .ico or download icons from any website which offers icon images.
Vista Icons 
Dock Icons - Devine
MAC Icons - Slick Drive
MAC Icons - SHINE 

2] Now copy your .ico file and paste in your

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How to change/display the extension for files in windows

By default Windows doesn't show the extensions for all files but if you need to change for example .png to .jpg (or) .bat to .cmd (or) .txt to .inf there is a simple way.

1] Open My Computer > press Alt+T+O keys combination to open Folder Options box.

2] Select View tab > Uncheck the check box for Hide extensions for known file types.




3] Click Apply and OK.

4] Now you got the extensions

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How to display empty drives in Windows 7

By default Windows 7 doesn't show empty drives like card readers but if we need it there is a way.

1] Open My Computer > press Alt+T+O keys combination to open Folder Options box.

2] Select View tab > clear the tick mark near Hide empty drives in the computer folder.



3] Click Apply and OK.

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There is not enough memory or disk space to run MS office word/excel - Error

This error occurs while opening MS office word/excel etc. 



If you try to install new version/plug-ins or upgrades MS office by uninstalling the older version, some of the registry keys might be damaged and this causes the MS office service to pop-up this error every time when you open the application.

The best way to get rid off this error is to restart/reset your PC, if not then follow

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Deleting folder contents without deleting the folder

Some people feels irritating by deleting all the folders and creating New folders with the same name and adding different contents, makes them time consuming. So why can't we delete the contents alone but not the folder which remains the same, yes there is an option.

Follow these simple steps to add a context menu entry.

1] Open Start Menu > Run > type regedit.exe and hit enter.

2] In the

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Clipboard - How to clear

For those who
do a lot of cutting, copying and
pasting of photos and such, this will help you, as well. When you are
working with large files, you may or may not notice that your work speed
decreases; if you clear your clipboard regularly, your work speed will
increase dramatically.


1] Right click on the desktop (open area) > select New > Shortcut.

 

2] Type the following command

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how to remove lssrvc.exe

Nero is no doubt quite amazing software for writing
dvd’s and cd’s but in the background it installs so many useless
additional softwares and features which you may not require but they
will keep running in background using your CPU, One such service called
LightScribeService, runs a process with the executable named lssrvc.exe.

lssrvc.exe is a process associated with the Light Scribe software

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Windows crashes frequently while playing games online via browser

Follow these simple steps to save windows from crash.

1] Click Start > Run > type msconfig > hit enter.
2] Now System Configuration Utility opens up.
3] Select Services tab > click Hide all Microsoft Services > click Disable all.




4] Select Startup tab > click Disable all (or) Remove all the tick marks.




5] Click Apply and OK.
6] Click Restart to take changes immediately.

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Bluetooth device was not discoverable (or) An error occured changes could not be saved and the bluetooth device may not be plugged in

Solution:
1] Click Start > Run > type devmgmt.msc and hit enter.
2] Device Manager window will be opened and expand Bluetooth radios.
3] Right click on Wireless Bluetooth Module > Properties > Power Management tab.
4] By default windows turn off the bluetooth and wireless device.
5] Make sure that there is no tick mark in Allow computer to turn off this device to save power as shown in picture

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Bluetooth device driver was not successfully installed (or) No driver found for your bluetooth peripheral device

You may receive this error while you installing the driver for bluetooth in your laptop (or) connecting a bluetooth device to your laptop.




Solution:

While installing the bluetooth driver, please make sure that you must have a bluetooth enabled device like mobile phone, headset, mouse etc near your laptop as discoverable so that the laptop recognize the nearby bluetooth device and complete

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Mainstream Graphics Card with Best Performance

ASUS EAH5670























CHIPSET : RADEON HD 5670

GPU 
FABRICATION PROCESS : 45 nm
CORE SPEED : 775 MHz
STREAM PROCESSORS : 400

MEMORY 
SPEED : 1 GHz
SIZE : 1GB GDDR5
BUS WIDTH : 128-bit 

VIDEO OUTPUTS : HDMI, VGA and DVI 

POWER CONSUMPTION
IDLE : 15 Watts
FULL LOAD : 70 Watts 

PERFORMANCE  
3D MARK VANTAGE : 4648 

Crysis
Warhead
17.5 fps @ 1680x1050

=====================

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Application failed to launch because mfc100u.dll was not found (or) Application failed to initialize properly (error 0xc000007b)

Installing Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable package (x86) can solve this problem.

Click below the Microsoft links to download the latest version for your PC.
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010

Open Add/Remove programs window in control panel and check for previously installed versions in your PC before downloading.

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How to remove/restore Recycle bin, My Computer icon from the desktop

For Windows Vista / 7 Users:

Click Start > Control Panel > Appearance and Personalization > Personalization > Change desktop icons.
Click to unselect the Recycle bin (or) My Computer check box to remove from the desktop. (OR) Click to select the Recycle bin (or) My Computer check box to restore.
Click Apply and OK.




For Windows XP Users:

Click Start > Run > type gpedit.msc and hit Enter.

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How to use internal hard disk as an external USB device

You'll need a SATA / IDE to USB2.0 adapter which can be purchased by the near computer spare shop.




Adapter consists of two types of IDE / ATA ports one for laptop hard disk which is small in size of 40 pin connector and other is for desktop hard disk which has much space between the 40 pin-outs.




Seperate Power Cable which comes along with the adapter set must be connected to the adapter

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Application failed to initialize properly (error code: 0xc0000135)

If you are receiving this error, you need to install .NET Framework v1.1.


Click the link below to download it from the Microsoft website which is about 23MB in size http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=26 



 

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Difference between CPU and GPU speed

For the longest time you were forced to spend on most powerful CPUs to get better performance. Now the GPU (Graphics Processor Unit) found on your graphics card, can now offload that work.


Four years ago Nvidia developed a programming environment called CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture) through which some program processes can be run on the graphics chip. Only Nvidia chips starting

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0x80070057 Error during Windows 7 installation

This error occurs if you try to install 64-bit OS into 32-bit PC.


Before installing 64-bit OS, make sure that your PC is 64-bit capable including motherboard and processor.


If you get this error even though if your processor is 64-bit capable then your motherboard doesn't support the OS, especially in laptops.


To avoid this error you must install 32-bit OS / recommended 32-bit OS like

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Cannot copy file...not enough free disk space...Delete one or more files to free up space then try again - Error

This error occurs even though if you have more free space; then your File System of your Hard Drive (C:/D:/E:/F: etc) must be changed to NTFS from FAT32 in order to avoid this error.

Method I : 
There is an inbuilt option in Windows XP/Vista/7 OS to convert your File System to NTFS from FAT32.

Click Start > Run > type "cmd" and hit Enter.
This will open the command prompt window.
If you want

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How to Fix Bad Sectors in your Hard Disk

 Free download the copy of Hiren's Boot CD 14.1 from the link below which is about 523MB

              http://www.hirensbootcd.org/download/

Extract the files to your Hard Drive.
Burn the "Hiren's BootCD 14.1.iso" image file to a CD with your favorite burning software's like Nero (or) you can click the "BurnToCD.cmd" file in the same folder for easy job.


SOLUTION :
1. Insert the "Hiren's

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CRC error while copying or moving files

Cyclic Redundancy Check or CRC error is quite common and can occur in any system. In reality CRC is a data check procedure that checks whether the data to be transferred is transferred
successfully or damaged in the process. If you get this message, it means that the file being read by your PC or
software is corrupted. However, it does not mean all the data is lost
forever.


When you try to

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unarc.dll error while installing large application file

[last Updated on 26th June, 2013]



Error 1:

"unarc.dll error" appears while installing/extracting large or highly compressed file especially for Game.


This error appears because you have only limited free space for installation/extraction even-though the installing application shows enough free space.


To avoid this error, you must have at least free space of 17.5GB in your drive where

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PCI Simple Communication driver for windows 7 in Dell

In some DELL computers you could notice this missing driver in your device manager. PCI simple communication controller is marked with yellow mark.




To solve this issue, download this driver from the Dell website which is about 5MB in size and install it.
http://support.euro.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=ie&cs=iebsdt1&l=en&s=bsd&releaseid=R243176&formatcnt=0&libid=0&typeid=-1&

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How to block a website from all your web browser

Open command prompt by typing "cmd" without quotes in Run dialogue box (OR) Click start > All programs >Accessories > command prompt.


Now type exactly the command below (or) copy-paste the command without quotes and hit Enter: 

                 " notepad c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts "





A text file will be opened in notepad with name hosts.
 Locate the line " 127.0.0.1 Localhost

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Boot.mgr file is missing - Error

This error happens due to the corrupted OS or deleted System files on your hard hard disk.

Solution: (For XP Users)  
[Last Updated on July 8, 2012]

Requirements:
CD/DVD-ROM drive
Windows XP CD-ROM

Method I: 
1. Insert the windows XP CD-ROM and restart the computer.
2. Boot the computer from CD drive by setting the boot priority in BIOS menu.
3. When the "Welcome to Setup"

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No driver found for you external USB device

During the initial installation of a USB device (most often external drives, although not always), windows vista does not locate or install drivers for the device.

Windows vista might report that there is "no driver found for your device" or will not display the pre-installed Vista OEM driver, you will still get "no driver found .." error. This is most likely caused by a corrupted INFCACHE.1

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How to find that my processor is 32-bit or 64-bit in windows

If you have already install 64-bit operating system then it is easy to say that your processor is 64-bit. To check that.....

For Windows 7/Vista users:

i) Right click on My computer > select Properties.
ii) Check to see that your System type is 64-bit operating system under System info.





For Windows XP users:

i) Click on Start button > Run > type dxdiag and hit enter.
ii) DirectX

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Failed to create partition on selected unused space : [ Error.0x800420f ]

This error occurs due to the corrupted partition table in the Hard Disk.

Solution: (XP, Vista and 7 users)
[Last updated on July 14, 2012] 

1. Download "Ubuntu LiveCD" and Burn this image file to a CD.

2. Boot the computer from CD.

3. Choose the option "Try Ubuntu without any change to your Computer".





4. After the Ubuntu has loaded completely, Go to Places > My computer.

5. This

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Difference between x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) architecture

Difference Between 64 and 32 bit processors:

HISTORY: Both 32-bit and 64-bit architecture setups have been around for decades, but were mostly used in complicated enterprise computers like the IBM 7030 Stretch, built in 1961. 32-bit architecture was available to consumers in the 1980s, and the Intel 386 was one example. ARCHITECTURE:
A 32 bit processor can represent numbers from 0 to

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How to enable or disable admin password during logon in Windows XP, Vista and 7

You can do this by running the Netplwiz.exe or Advanced User Accounts Control Panel Utility.

1. You can start this utility by the following ways.

Open my computer and type %systemroot%\system32\netplWiz.exe in the address bar and hit ENTER.
Start > Run > netplwiz
Start > Run > user controlpasswords2 (for Windows Vista/7 Users)
Start > Run > control userpasswords2 (for XP Users)

Note: To

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How to create MBR partition table on USB Flash drives like mp3 player?

Creating MBR Partition table on USB flash drives like mp3 player, video player makes your audio and video files playable with your player. If your USB flash drives partition table is corrupted or partitioned with GPT/MSDOS/PC98 partition table, sometimes it makes all your files unplayable with your player and the player reports with File system Error or No valid file format. Using Disk Part

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