How to schedule emails

How to schedule emails

Some time we need to send mail on particular date and time this is possible with email Client (Like – Outlook, Thunderbird, etc.) but your computer must be ON on that scheduled time to send mail from email client because email client working on local computer. Now you can Schedule your email online using your existing email address.

This is Possible with following online Service.

Use Lettermelater Service

With this service, you can write emails with your existing email address, and they will get sent at the exact date, or dates that you specify - down to the minute.

WordPress On Windows – A Step By Step Install Guide

WordPress On Windows – A Step By Step Install Guide

Following steps are based on my personal experience of installing WordPress and other required software on Windows Vista Enterprise. But based on the documentation I referred and reference in this post, these steps will work on Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server, Windows Vista and Windows 2008 server. 

These steps are so easy that anyone can follow whether regardless of any past experience with Apache, PHP, MySQL or WordPress. I am a .NET developer and never used Apache, PHP, MySQL before. So if I can do it then anyone can :).

I use XAMPP for my installation. XAMPP  provide an easy and one step installation of Apache, MySQL which are needed by WordPress.  There are two type of packages that you can download. XAMPP and XAMPP Lite. XAMPP comes with an installer while for XAMPP Lite you will have to run some batch files to install and run/stop services. I chose to install XAMPP (installer version).

Step 1: Download XAMPP from http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html#646. The current version of XAMPP 1.7.1 includes:

• Apache HTTPD 2.2.11 + Openssl 0.9.8i
• MySQL 5.1.33
• PHP 5.2.9
• phpMyAdmin 3.1.3.1
• XAMPP CLI Bundle 1.3
• FileZilla FTP Server 0.9.31
• Mercury Mail Transport System 4.62

  Step 2: Install the XAMPP: Double click at xampp-win32-1.7.1-installer.exe to start the installation process.

Click on Install to install the XAMPP.

Step 3: stop IIS and all IIS services: Start command prompt and run following command to stop IIS and all IIS services. (further reading: more options to run apache & IIS side by side are listed in the further reading section below).

C:>net stop http /y

Step 4: Start Apache & MySql: Go to Start->All Programs->Apache Friends and click at XAMPP Control Panel.

Click on Start button to start Apache & MySql

To test open a new browser (like IE or Firefox) and type http://localhost.

Step 5: Create empty database and user account in MySql. To do this open http://localhost and click on phpMyAdmin (left side bar). This will show the admin screen to manage MySql database and other things. 

Click on Privilege option in top menu and then click at “Add New User” link.

Enter a new User name, Select host as Local and enter a password for the user. Then under Database for User select “Create database with same name and grant all privileges”.Click on Go button to create the user.

Click on Go button to create the user and a new database. On complete it will show following screen.

Scroll down and go to the section where it says “Change Login Information / Copy User”. Select Any Host in the Host dropdown and keep the default option “keep the old one” in the “Create a new user with the same privileges and”. Then click at Go button.

You can go to Databases option in top menu and verify the database created and privileges are correct.

Step 6: Add a host file entry: Open the host file in a text editor like notepad. The host file is located at C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts. Add following line in the last.

127.0.0.1        php.lakshadev.net

Note: You can use something else in place of php.lakshadev.net. It could be anything like www.myphpdev.com or www.mylocalwp.com.

This is necessary step as you will get a warning message is you try to install WordPress MU using localhost. This also provide you a better looking URL for your local blogs.

Step 7: Download & Extract WordPress MU: Download WordPress MU from http://mu.wordpress.org/download/. (see more download options below).

Unzip the download file into a temporary folder. It'll create a wordpress-mu-xxx folder where xx is version-number. Change the folder name to blogs or something else that meaningful to you.

Copy this blogs folder in the web folder which is htdocs folder. If you have selected default option during XAMPP install then you will find it at C:\Program Files\xampp\htdocs.

Step 8: Install WordPress MU: Open a new browser (like IE or Firefox) and type http://php.lakshadev.net/blogs/. Remember php.lakshadev.net is the DNS we created in step 6 and blogs is a folder we copied in step 7.

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Step 9: Installation is Done and you can click on Log In link to log in to your local WordPress site. You can also import your live blog to your local WordPress blog so you can browse them localy without internet connectivity and have a backup too.

Ability to browse locally was the primary reason I did this project so I can have a local copy of my blog on my machine.

I hope this will help everyone. Following are some reference links that may help you as well. Please let me know if these steps works for you or if you face any issue. I would try my best to help you with any issues.

References, Notes and Further Reading:

• WordPress Download Options: There are two download available for WordPress. WordPress and WordPress MU. I chose to install WordPress MU in which MU stand for multi users. WordPress MU allow creating multiple blogs in one installation with one database. 

  You can learn more about WordPress MU at http://mu.wordpress.org/about/. You can also download single user (normal) WordPress from http://www.wordpress.org/download/.

• In the instructions above I suggested to stop IIS & all IIS services. This will allow you to use IIS as well as Apache on same machine BUT not at the same time (side by side). 

  But if you want to run IIS and apache side by side then please follow the steps listed in following forum comment section.

  Can I run Apache and IIS on the same PC? - http://p2p.wrox.com/book-beginning-php-apache-mysql-web-development-isbn-978-0-7645-5744-6/12789-can-i-run-apache-iis-same-pc.html. Scroll down and look for Agrikk reply “A long overdue update to my own quetion”.

  1- Extract the httpcfg.exe utility from the support tools area on the Win2003 CD. 2 - stop all IIS services: net stop http /y 3 - have IIS listen only on the IP address I'd designated for IIS: httpcfg set iplisten -i 192.168.1.253 4 - make sure: httpcfg query iplisten (the ip's listed are the only ip addresses that IIS will be listening on and no other) 5- restart IIS Services: net start w3svc Voila! Apache is listening on its default ports on 192.168.1.254 and IIS is listening on its default ports on 192.168.1.253

• WordPress installation instructions: More instructions can be found on the Installing WPMU Codex page. 

  If you run into any trouble configuring your web server or WordPress MU, then read the README and browse the support forums.

• XAMPP For Windows FAQ: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/faq-xampp-windows.html

  Vista Note: Because missing or insufficient write permissions in the c:\program files folder of the default vista installation, we recommend to use alternate folders for XAMPP e.g. c:\xampp or c:\myfolder\xampp

• More From Google Search Result:

  Installing Xampp and WordPress - http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/xampp

  How to install WordPress in Windows Vista - http://www.simplehelp.net/2008/07/18/how-to-install-wordpress-in-windows-vista/ 

How to Uninstall Linux from Dual boot System With Windows

How to Uninstall Linux from Dual boot System With Windows

This is very obvious question about dual booting computer, means if you have install Windows and Linux both in deferent  partitions, and any reason you want to uninstall Linux from your computer, to do this some users delete the Linux partition but groub is still in MBR and after deleting Linux partition they will face new problem when computer will reboot the  system load groub from MBR but  groub configuration file also deleted with Linux partitions and now groub prompt will appear and your system will not boot Linux as well as Windows also, to solve this problem you have to remove groub from MBR

With the following step by step procedure you can uninstall or delete Linux completely and safely.

Requirements:

You need a windows 98 startup disk or windows installation bootable CD.

Step by step procedure:

1. First Reboot your computer with windows 98 start up disc or Windows CD (with Recovery Console option) and type the following command.

“fixmbr”

2. "fixmbr" command will replace grub loader of Linux and repair yours bootloader and rewrite ntldr on MBR of Hard Disk, now you will see only Windows in the boot menu.

3. Now Boot up with your windows operation system

4. And with use of Disk Manager delete the Linux partition

To run Disk Manager

Go to Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management

5. Go to Disk Management under “Storage”

6. Select your Hard Disk and then select the Linux partition and delete the Linux partition this will delete Linux and grub from boot partition of Linux.

Next time you will boot your computer Windows automatically boot and no groub menu will appear on your boot screen

If you have any problem in the procedure given above leave a comment here…

Access Windows XP Pro using Remote Desktop

Access Windows XP Pro using Remote Desktop

You can access your Windows XP Professional PC or laptop from anywhere using the Remote Desktop. For example you can access your home PC from office or from other places while on vacation.

Following a step by step process to setup this. These steps involve enabling Remote Desktop, configuring firewall & wireless router for port forwarding.

Windows XP Pro Remote Desktop configuration, use and troubleshooting help and tips - http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/RemoteDesktop/RemoteDesktopSetupandTroubleshooting.html#Port_forwarding

Multiple Explorer windows keeps opening

Multiple Explorer windows keeps opening

My home PC got infected by adware and Multiple Explorer windows were keeps opening 40-50 browsers. I had to kill iexplorer.exe using task manager to prevent my machine crash.

First I try Yahoo AnySpy which I trust a great software for free but that did not help. Then I found this forum article and it did the trick. My machine is not in good condition. Thank you Blade81, Microsoft MVP Consumer Security 2008.

Multiple Explorer windows keeps opening & search function starts - http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=18318

How to create PDF files for free

How to create PDF files for free

We all are familiars with the PDF (Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format created by Adobe Systems in 1993 for document exchange.) PDF is the file format standard for online reading and publishing and various software's like Adobe reader allow you to read PDF files but PDF creation software's are not free to use like Adobe PDF creator and Others PDF reader, and prise too high, so dont veary you can also create PDF file freely

With DoPDF PDF convertor

About DoPDF
doPDF is a free PDF converter for both personal and commercial use. Using doPDF you can create PDF files by selecting the "Print" command from virtually any application. With one click you can convert your Microsoft Excel, Word or  PowerPoint documents or your emails and favorite web sites to PDF files.

Steps to create PDF -

• Download DoPDF and install it.
• Open your word processor/text editor and create your document.
• Press Ctrl + P or go to File menu and print the document.
• The Print menu will open,choose DoPDF as virtual Printer and click on Print.

• Choose the location for your document to save and click OK.Your PDF file will be created.

• Congratulations..you have created your PDF file for free .

How to - CyberSource Subscription Payments

How to - CyberSource Subscription Payments

First thing is to request CyberSource to change the account to enable subscriptions. There are three type of subscriptions they provide. Following are the documents that explain the complete process & features.

CyberSource Subscription Payments service - http://apps.cybersource.com/library/documentation/sbc/SB_Sub_Payments_UG/html/

CyberSource Business Center Reporting - http://apps.cybersource.com/library/documentation/sbc/SB_Reporting_UG/html/

Telerik Skin – Custom And Modified - EnableEmbeddedSkins

Telerik Skin – Custom And Modified - EnableEmbeddedSkins

Very good articles on Telerik and Custom skins. The key to use custom or modified skin is to set EnableEmbeddedSkins property to false. Without this setting Telerik will always use the skin files embedded in the Telerik.Web.UI.dll.

How Skin Works - http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/howskinswork.html

Modifying built-in skins - http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/modifyingexistingskins.html

Creating a custom skin - http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/createcustomskin.html

Register Skin on your page (Register the CSS file in your page) - http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/skinregistration.html.

You can also use ASP.NET 2.x Theme mechanism by coping your custom skin folder in the App_Theme folder. In this case you don't need to manually register the CSS file of your custom skin when you are using ASP.NET themes. The framework will automatically register any CSS files found in the current theme folder (~/App_Themes/MyTheme).

SQL Express Error - Failed to generate a user instance of SQL Server due to a failure in starting the process for the user instance. The connection will be closed

SQL Express Error - Failed to generate a user instance of SQL Server due to a failure in starting the process for the user instance. The connection will be closed

Complete Error Message: “Failed to generate a user instance of SQL Server due to a failure in starting the process for the user instance. The connection will be closed”

I found a solution at: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqldatabaseengine/thread/f5eb164d-9774-4864-ae05-cac99740949b/ 
Check comment by “Scott J Baldwin - Posted on Thursday, March 30, 2006 8:28:58 PM”.

Main points from his reply:

• Delete C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server Data\SQLEXPRESS.
  
  Remember to replace USERNAME with your username.
  
• Also check if the SQL service account has the necessary permissions.
  
• It is possible to attach to databases in the traditional by edit the connection string and delete the "user Instance=true". User Instances just make it easier (when it does work) to work with databases as though they were files.

Thanks Scott J Baldwin.

Schedule Shutdown in Linux

Schedule Shutdown in Linux

Some time we need shutdown process be automatically and our computer Shutdown automatically on particular time, this can be possible with Job scheduling

In Linux For Job Scheduling 2 utility available one is "at" and second is "cron"

at- Execute a task at a specific time. and "at" is Useful only to schedule one job at a time or a single future event. in this we can not define recurring events or daily events.

for shutting down Linux automatically at 11:59 pm, use following example.

# at 11:59pm at> halt (Press CTRL+D)

Some more command for "at"

• atq - List the current "at" jobs pending.
• atrm - Used to remove pending "at" jobs.

Linux Cron job to Shutdown Linux server/Desktop system:

cron – cron is Linux command line task scheduler, Useful to schedule recurring events or daily events such as backup, check system security etc.

Step 1 - Login as root user and at shell prompt type crontab -e command so that you can add cronjob.

# crontab -e

Step 2 - above command open root users crontab file in vim editor and then Append following entry to it (shutdown at 23:59 hrs (24 hrs format).

59 23 * * * /sbin/shutdown -h now

(3) Save the changes and exit from vim editor to shell prompt.

Forgot Password - Administrator Password - Lost Password

Forgot Password - Administrator Password - Lost Password

As a human being, forgetting things are natural and forgetting password is problem of mass population.

Forgot password is very dangerous if you don’t have mechanism to recover the password. Sometime there is a mechanism available to recover the lost password but lots of people don’t know about it. Like in Windows XP there is a mechanism available to recover Administrator password “Windows XP password recovery method” but only a few people of knows about this method.

Previously I have posted an article Recover your Lost Windows XP Administrator Password that describes exact method to recover lost Administrative password and a step by step procedure.

Oracle on Linux - how to Install

Oracle on Linux - how to Install

Oracle Database administration is a very hot profession of today and if you know how to install Oracle database on Linux then you become a very valuable person. Both technology is in demand, and together oracle & Linux create a very secure & sophisticated environment.

Installing Oracle on Linux is little bit tough job. In this article I am discussing procedure to install Oracle on Linux. With the help of this article installation will be like playing the game. good luck.

If you face any problem during or after the installation please post your comment. I will try my best to answer your question and resolve problem.

Installing Oracle Database On Linux – A Step by step Guide

Hardware Requirement for Oracle Installation on RedHat Linux

Processor - Minimum Bettor to you have P4 and equivalent of P4 or later version of processor

RAM - The minimum RAM required for oracle installation is 1024MB , for know the RAM on PC

# grep MemTotal /proc/meminfo
MemTotal: 1034680 kB

HDD Space - 2.5GB of available disk space for the Oracle Database software and another 1.2GB for the database. The /tmp directory needs at least 400MB of free space. To check the available disk space on your system, run the following command:

# df -h

Swap - In Linux Swap space should be twice the amount of RAM if your system have 1 GB of RAM then you should have 2 GB of Swap Space, to know the Swap space use following command

# grep SwapTotal /proc/meminfo
SwapTotal: 1534196 kB

Software Requirement for Oracle Installation on RedHat Linux

RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 or RedHat Enterprise Linux 4
Kernel Version Should not be bellow then 2.6
to know kernel version use following command

# uname -r
2.6.9-22.EL

Now, Verify following packages and its Version which is required for Oracle Database, installed or not

Required package versions (or later):

binutils-2.15.92.0.2-10.EL4
compat-db-4.1.25-9
control-center-2.8.0-12
gcc-3.4.3-9.EL4
gcc-c++-3.4.3-9.EL4
glibc-2.3.4-2
glibc-common-2.3.4-2
gnome-libs-1.4.1.2.90-44.1
libstdc++-3.4.3-9.EL4
libstdc++-devel-3.4.3-9.EL4
make-3.80-5
pdksh-5.2.14-30
sysstat-5.0.5-1
xscreensaver-4.18-5.rhel4.2
libaio-0.3.96
openmotif21-2.1.30-11.RHEL4.2

for verifying abow package in your installed Linux Openrating system You can use this single line command to verify packages and its version

# rpm -q binutils compat-db control-center gcc gcc-c++ glibc glibc-common gnome-libs libstdc++ libstdc++-devel make pdksh sysstat xscreensaver libaio openmotif21

Configuring Linux for Oracle

Before starting Oracle on Linux first we have to configure Linux Operating system with root user, fallowing configuration required on Linux before starting Oracle installing.

1. Create the Oracle Groups and User Account

create the two Linux groups name "oinstall" and "dba" and one user account with name "oracle" and this user should be member of above 2 group that will be used to install and maintain the Oracle Database software. for doing this Execute the following commands as root:

# /usr/sbin/groupadd oinstall
# /usr/sbin/groupadd dba
# /usr/sbin/useradd -m -g oinstall -G dba oracle

Then Check the GID and UID of newly created groups and user, with this

# id oracleuid=501(oracle) gid=502(oinstall) groups=502(oinstall),503(dba)

2.Set the password on the oracle account:

# passwd oracle

Changing password for user oracle.
New password:
Retype new password:
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.

3.Create Directories

Now create directories and define "oracle" user as a owner and "oinstall" as a group of newly created directory and also change permission on this directory to 775, this directory will use to store the Oracle Database software and the database files..
Issue the following commands as root:

# mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle
# chown -R oracle:oinstall /u01/app/oracle
# chmod -R 775 /u01/app/oracle

4.Configuring the Linux Kernel Parameters

Oracle Database requires the kernel parameter settings shown below. The values given are minimums, so if your system uses a larger value, don't change it.

kernel.shmall = 2097152
kernel.shmmax = 536870912
kernel.shmmni = 4096
kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128
fs.file-max = 65536
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000
net.core.rmem_default=262144
net.core.wmem_default=262144
net.core.rmem_max=262144
net.core.wmem_max=262144

you can set this parameters by simply open the file with the any text editor of Linux otherwise use cut command like following and just cut and paste the following commands while logged in as root.

# cat >> /etc/sysctl.conf <<EOF
> kernel.shmall = 2097152
> kernel.shmmax = 536870912
> kernel.shmmni = 4096
> kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128
> fs.file-max = 65536
> net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000
> EOF

# /sbin/sysctl -p
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0
net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 1
net.ipv4.conf.default.accept_source_route = 0
kernel.sysrq = 0
kernel.core_uses_pid = 1
kernel.shmall = 2097152
kernel.shmmax = 536870912
kernel.shmmni = 4096
kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128
fs.file-max = 65536
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000
net.core.rmem_default = 262144
net.core.wmem_default = 262144
net.core.rmem_max = 262144
net.core.wmem_max = 262144

Oracle recommends setting limits on the number of processes and open files each Linux account may use. To make these changes, cut and paste the following commands as root:

cat >> /etc/security/limits.conf <<EOF
oracle soft nproc 2047
oracle hard nproc 16384
oracle soft nofile 1024
oracle hard nofile 65536
EOF

cat >> /etc/pam.d/login <<EOF
session required /lib/security/pam_limits.so
EOF

Note - For RHEL4, use the following for defining user settings:

cat >> /etc/profile <<EOF
if [ \$USER = "oracle" ]; then
if [ \$SHELL = "/bin/ksh" ]; then
ulimit -p 16384
ulimit -n 65536
else
ulimit -u 16384 -n 65536
fi
umask 022
fi
EOF

cat >> /etc/csh.login <<EOF
if ( \$USER == "oracle" ) then
limit maxproc 16384
limit descriptors 65536
umask 022
endif
EOF

Starting the Installation of Oracle

Use the graphical login to log in as oracle user.

Then after the login locate the installation directory and Start the Oracle Universal Installer from software location and follow the following installations steps

$ ./runInstaller

after the starting the installation process follow the these steps and Options

1. Select Installation Method

• Select Basic Installation
• Oracle Home Location: /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1
• Installation Type: Enterprise Edition (1.3GB)
• UNIX DBA Group: oinstall
• Make sure Create Starter Database is checked
• Global Database Name: demo1
• Enter the Database Password and Confirm Password
• Click on Next

2. Specify Inventory Directory and Credentials

• Inventory Directory: /u01/app/oracle/oraInventory
• Operating System group name: oinstall
• Click on Next

3.Product-specific Prerequisite Checks

• If you've been following the steps in this guide, all the checks should pass without difficulty. If one or more checks fail, correct the problem before proceeding.
• Click on Next

4.Summary

• A summary of the products being installed is presented.
• Click on Install.

5.Configuration Assistants

• The Oracle Net, Oracle Database, and iSQL*Plus configuration assistants will run automatically

6.Execute Configuration Scripts

• At the end of the installation, a pop up window will appear indicating scripts that need to be run as root. Login as root and run the indicated scripts.
• Click on OK when finished.

7.End of Installation

• Make note of the URLs presented in the summary, and click on Exit when ready.

8.Congratulations! Your new Oracle Database database is up and ready for use.

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File Sharing in Windows with Web Technology

File Sharing in Windows with Web Technology

In windows file sharing is easy task but Some time file sharing with windows file sharing service we cant to what ever we want, now we can share files with web technology and pear just use browser and share files and folder will display on his browser window, this will we can do with

HFS - Http File Server

You can use HFS (HTTP File Server) to send and receive files.
It's different from classic file sharing because it uses web technology to be more compatible with today's Internet. It also differs from classic web servers because it's very easy to use and runs "right out-of-the box". Access your remote files, over the network.It has been successfully tested with Wine under Linux.

What is it? it's file sharing  it's webserver  it's open source it's free it's guaranteed to contain no malware

Features Download and upload Virtual file system Highly customizable HTML template Bandwidth control Easy/Expert mode Log Full control over connections Accounts Dynamic DNS updater

Download this software

Recover your windows XP Administrator Password

Recover your windows XP Administrator Password

If you forgot your password on your windows XP, don’t vary I am giving method to change your administrator password without knowing administrator password

1. Restart you computer
2. While booting, press F8 and enter in to "Safe Mode"
3. At the user menus in XP Welcome screen. Click on a user who has administrative privilege and this time system will not ask you for a password
4. Go to Start>Run and then type CMD .
5. At command prompt type in >cd C:\Windows\System32,
6. From hear first backup one file name “logon.scr” example – c:\windows\system32>copy logon.scr logon.bak

7. Now type c:\windows\system32>copy cmd.exe logon.scr
8. And after this we will assign new password for our users suppose our user is Administrator and its new password is admin@123
9. To change password use this command c:\windows\system32>net user administrator admin@123
10. Now a message will appear for successful completion, this means next time your will login Administrator account with new password is admin@123
11. Restart the PC and you and try your new password

Create Data-Centric Web Applications With Silverlight 2

Create Data-Centric Web Applications With Silverlight 2

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc794279.aspx?pr=blog

Home Theater PC

Home Theater PC

Turn your Old PC in Home Theater

Now a day music is a part of our life, and we are lisning music in every ware in Car, in Bus, in Train, in Airoplane, when we are walking, and in home also, but to listing good quality music in home we need good quality Music System and the cost is very high, so now we have solution we can trun our Old PC in to Home Theater in very less cost.

GeeXboX

GeeXboX is a free embedded Linux distribution which aims at turning your computer into a so called Home Theater PC or Media Center. Being a standalone LiveCD-based distribution, it's a ready to boot operating system than works on any Pentium-class x86 computer or PowerPC Macintosh, implying no software requirement. You can even use it on a diskless computer, the whole system being loaded in RAM.

GeeXboX, with the OS supporting :
* MPEG 1/2 movies (MPG files, VCDs, DVDs ...)
* MPEG 4 movies (DivX, XviD, H.264 ...)
* RealMedia and Windows Media movies.
* OggMedia streams
* Matroska streams
* Audio streams like : MP3, Ogg/Vorbis, WAV (AudioCD), AC3, DTS, MusePack (MPC), FLAC ...
* Network streams : WebRadio and WebTV through SHOUTcast.
* Watching analog TV and digital DVB
* Playing analog Radio streams.
* Playing files from your local network (LAN) through remote NFS, Samba (i.e. Windows) or UPnP shares.

Download GeeXboX

Google Gears API

Google Gears API

Gears is an open source project that enables more powerful web applications, by adding new features to web browsers. Gears modules include:

• LocalServer Cache and serve application resources (HTML, JavaScript, images, etc.) locally.
• Database Store data locally in a fully-searchable relational database
• WorkerPool Make your web applications more responsive by performing resource-intensive operations asynchronously

More details available at: http://code.google.com/apis/gears/ 

You will find "How do I start?" links

1. Install Gears.
2. Run the sample applications.
3. Read the developer tutorial.

Please comment if you have any question or would like to share your learning.

Create your own Windows Live CD

Create your own Windows Live CD

Live CD -A live CD is a computer operating system that is executed upon boot, without installation to a hard disk drive, and complete operating system will run from CD/DVD.

WinBuilder is a free application designed to build and customize boot disks (Live CDs) based on Microsoft Windows.

WinBuilder is a script engine that will run projects developed by several authors which produce very efficient boot disks available for several windows platforms.

Download WinBuilder and Make your own Live CD

VistaPE Live CD (created with WinBuilder)

VistaPE Live CD (created with WinBuilder)

.NET on Linux

.NET on Linux

people who want to run .net on linux.

MONO is the Software

Mono provides the necessary software to develop and run .NET client and server applications on Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, Windows, and Unix. Sponsored by Novell, the Mono open source project has an active and enthusiastic contributing community and is positioned to become the leading choice for development of Linux applications.

There are many applications available that run on Mono

MonoDevelop

MonoDevelop is a free GNOME IDE primarily designed for C# and other .NET languages.

What is the Spyware and how it will remove

What is the Spyware and how it will remove

Spyware is a software that performs certain behaviors such as collecting personal information from infected PC, advertising unwanted information, or changing the configuration of your computer. some time Spayware Software designed to monitor a computer activity and transmits that information over the internet.

Some spyware allows the unauthorized use of computer memory and cpu resources. This includes running programs while a PC is not busy. However, increased use of a computer memory, processor and harddisk increases the wear and tear on the components, and reduces its functional lifetime. In some cases resources are used for malicious purposes, such as mailing spam or viruses to everyone in your addressbook.

Spyware can change browser's homepage and other settings without the user's knowledge or permission. These changes can include turning off firewall and security protection so the spyware can communicate with external resources, making them potentially dangerous

Steps for Removing Spyware from our Computer

1. Boot computer in SAFE Mode. for this reboot pc and press F8 function key while system reboot and select safe mode from booting menu.

2. And Use Following Tool for removing Spyware this tools are free one of the best tool

Trend Micro™ CWShredder™ - Download this software and Save it to desktop and use this

Spybot - Search & Destroy - Download this software and install on infected pc and run for scan

Ad-Aware - Download this software and install on infected pc and run for scan

Trend Micro HijackThis - Download and install