Computers

Is your system ready for Windows Vista upgrade?

5 February 2007 17 Comments

Many peoples talk about Windows Vista nowadays. It is kind of the ultimate product from Microsoft. From the graphics used, the new systems and softwares version embed, and everything else.

379433552 6bc2f0f29a But to run Windows Vista (Vista) as smooth as it is to be, you must make sure that your computer is ready for Vista. Vista need, urm… well…sort of high system performance. If you are not sure whether your computer system is ready for Vista or not, take your PC to Vista Readiness test.

Vista Readiness will check your system and see if your current system specifications are compatible with Vista or not. It will perform 7 tests and you must run the tests in Microsoft Internet Explorer. This is because, Vista Readiness will run ActiveX to gather all the informations needed for the tests.

After that, Vista Readiness will display the result. There will be two categories, Minimum Requirements and Recommended. For Minimum Requirements, it is the basic specifications needed to run Windows Vista Basic. But Vista Readiness not recommend you to upgrade your current Windows to Windows Vista unless your system passed the Recommended specifications.

Btw there is another tool to check your system, Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor. Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor is a 32-bit application that will help you to determine if your Windows XP-based PC can run Windows Vista. Download the application and run Upgrade Advisor.

But I have a question to ask, if your computer is ready for Vista upgrade, will you upgrade it? [tags]windows, microsoft, windows vista, vista, software[/tags]

Crack Windows password with Ophcrack Live CD

4 February 2007 14 Comments

Here is the situation. You just changed your Windows admin password. The next morning when you boot your PC, you can’t remember the password to login to your Windows. You got nervous and don’t know what to do. Every passwords you entered were wrong. But, be calm… Every problems have their solutions. :p

All you need is Ophcrack, a Windows password recovery tool. Borrow someone PC, download the tool and burn it in CD. Then boot your PC with the Live CD and Ophcrack will start do its work. But make sure to set your BIOS to 1st boot from CD or you will end up with boot in Windows. Launch the program and wait the password to be retrieved.

Or in 4 easy steps:

Download
Burn
Launch
and Wait :d

Cypher: Create a strong password but still can be remembered. For an example, you want to make a password with “cypherhackz”. You can change it into “cyph3rh4c|<z”. Or you can use this Password Chart to create your own strong password chart.

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Tools to convert FLV files

3 February 2007 11 Comments

There are tricks that we can use to download videos from Google or YouTube. For an example, by using YouTubeX to download from Youtube. But the file downloaded is in FLV format which means, we need a FLV player to play it. However, we can convert the FLV files into MP3 or MPEG format. So we can play it in Winamp or other media players that support those formats.

Convert FLV to MP3 (online)

If you don’t want to download software to convert your FLV file to MP3 format, you can use FLV NellyMoser to MP3 Online Converter to convert it. Choose which FLV file that you want to convert, enter your email and image verification and wait for awhile. Open your email inbox and you will get the download link to the converted MP3 file. [tags]flv, converter, youtube, google[/tags]

Reinstall your drivers with DriverMax

2 February 2007 4 Comments

After we format and re-install Windows to our PC, we need to install back all the drivers to make sure that our computer works smoothly. But to install all the drivers one by one is a pain. But thanks to Innovative Solutions for the solution they made.

DriverMax is new free program (get FREE registration code) that helps you to reinstall all drivers at once. No more searching for drivers or install drivers from CDs because all comes in one compressed file.

Before you format your PC, you just need to export all your drivers settings and files with DriverMax and DriverMax will save it in a compressed file. After you finish reinstalling your Windows, just import the file to install all the drivers.

With DriverMax, you also can display complete report of all your drivers installed in your computer. This is really useful if you want to analyze the differences between the drivers installed on different PCs.

Download DriverMax

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450+ Freeware Utilities that will solve your problems

29 January 2007 5 Comments

Peoples love free things. You don’t need to pay anything to get or using them because their totally free. Because of that, eConsultant had make a list of freeware utilities that you can use to solve some common problems. The list contains over 450 softwares and divided into multiple categories to make you easier to choose the right software.

You can see the list at here, I want a Freeware Utility to … 450+ common problems solved. And don’t forget to check their list of 200+ firefox extensions that can save your time and effort.

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