Increase Virtual Memory ( Paging File Size Setting ) in Windows XP – 2000 – Vista

If your computer or laptop is very slow, maybe the problem is about  your virtual memory or the paging file , just what  i experienced a while ago in my laptop running on windows XP.

If you noticed an error message like “Your system is low on virtual memory” then this means that maybe you are running out of space on your hardisk and the paging file setting in your computer is too high for the available space in your hardrive ( freeing space on hardrive will fixed this) or maybe you have enough space in your hardrive but the paging file size setting is too low (to fix this just increase virtual memory setting).

In order to avoid this error “Your system is low on virtual memory” and also for windows to run properly my first suggestion is to upgrade your RAM, Why upgrade RAM ? Why not just increase virtual memory size setting?  Because RAM is the root cause  of this error and to tweak or to increase virtual memory is only your second option.  Are you confuse? lol, let’s talk about what the virtual memory is  and how can we increase or tweak it to  recommended page file size.

What is virtual memory ?

Virtual memory also known swap file or page file is simulated RAM.  When your PC have used up all your RAM, your computer will shift data to an empty space on the hard drive.  Meaning your hardisk will act as if a temporary RAM or memory to store data. When your computer starts to use the virtual memory, this is the time that you may experience a slow in your PC’s performance because you cannot effectively use the hardisk as your RAM because obviously retrieving data from the moving head of your hardisk is much slower than retrieving data in electronic memory (Physical RAM). That’s why i suggest to upgrade your RAM instead of tweaking the virtual memory setting.

Recommended Paging File size Setting

The best setting for paging file is to set the initial and maximum size to the same value.  For example, 650 and 650. The value should be at least 1.5 times more than your physical RAM.  For instance, if your PC has 512 MegaByte of RAM then the paging file size should be…

1.5 x 512 = 768

How to increase Virtual Memory in Windows XP

1. Open System in Control Panel.

2. Click on the Advanced tab

3. Under Performance tab, Click on  Settings button

4. Look for the Virtual Memory on the Performance Options  box then click Change

5. Click Custom to change the Initial size (MB) and Maximum size.

6.  Click Set and then Ok.

How to Increase Virtual Memory in Windows 2000

If your OS is Windows 2000 then here’s the guide.  I can’t provide you with image because my laptop is running on Windows XP.   Hope this help.

1.  Open System in Control Panel.

2. On the Advanced tab, then click Performance Options,  then go to  Virtual memory and click Change.

3. In the Drive list, click the drive that contains the paging file you want to change.

4. Under Paging file size for selected drive, type a new paging file size in megabytes in the Initial size (MB)

How to Increase Virtual Memory in Windows Vista

If your OS is Windows Vista then here’s the guide.  Again,  I can’t provide you with image because my laptop is running on Windows XP.   Hope this help.

1. Open System,  click the Start button ->  click Control Panel -> click System and Maintenance -> clicking System.

2. In the left pane, click Advanced system settings.

3. On the Advanced tab, under Performance, click Settings.

4. Click the Advanced tab -> under Virtual memory -> click Change.


5. Clear the Automatically manage paging file size for all drives check box.

6. Under Drive or Volume Label -> click the drive that contains the paging file you want to change.

7. Click Custom size -> Enter the Initial size (MB) and Maximum size (MB) box -> click Set -> Finally, click OK.

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Stop Malware From Harming Your Computer - Remove Malware Tips

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If you appetite to apperceive how to stop malware, this commodity can help! Has your computer been acting awe-inspiring lately? Don't get mad - get even! Apperceive that accepted absurdity messages, apathetic active speeds, boundless pop-ups, massive spam emails, phishing attempts, hoax alerts, accident of abstracts and added aberrant behavior are all bright signs of infections from malware.

Malware is a alloy of two words: awful and software. It is software accurately advised to access or accident a computer arrangement after your ability or consent. It is frequently referred to as a computer virus because it contaminates your computer with programs that appear in abounding altered forms such as backbiting adware, Trojan horses, spyware, worms, bacilli and crimeware.

Not aloof annoying anymore, malware is the best accepted alleyway for abyss beeline to you via the Internet. According to analysis done by F-Secure, a all-around baton in accouterment internet security, the allowance are aerial this year that you will be a victim of character theft, one of the fastest growing crimes in Canada and the United States.

Now that we apperceive what's out there - we don't accept to booty it anymore! Here are some aegis tips so that you can abstain actuality at the benevolence of all those bedraggled tricks and the abhorrence and annoyance they account us.

Prepare a Plan: Think about how and you use the internet. How abounding computers do you use? Does anniversary computer accept aegis from malware? Did you apperceive sometimes it's all-important to install and use added than one product?

Arm Yourself: Ensure that you accept adapted Internet aegis software installed on your computer. You can acquirement aegis programs for your computer but there are additionally accomplished chargeless virus aegis and malware abatement programs accessible online.

Resist Temptation: Don't abatement for pop-up ads that affiance chargeless money or products! Don't bang on any pop-up ads that acquaint you your computer is infected. Don't bang on links in emails. Delete any accessories from alien senders. Be agnostic and don't download chargeless screensavers, books and programs - they usually appear with strings attached.

Strike back: If you doubtable your computer is adulterated with malware, anon stop all your shopping, cyberbanking and added online activities that absorb user names, passwords and added acute claimed advice and run a complete browse on your computer. Turn off your wireless adapter back you're not application it. Back up important files and encrypt claimed information. Choose passwords accessible abundant for you to bethink that can't be calmly ample out by added people. Change your passwords frequently.

Twist the screw: Block pop-ups. Install a Firewall. Keep your operating arrangement updated. Browse your computer daily. Create a "throw-away" email to use for registrations, forums and purchases. Back you annals on a website, acquisition the aloofness action area so that you can block exceptionable emails.

Use accepted sense: Alike with all these aces aegis programs installed on your computer, it's still accessible that you will be attacked by new forms of malware. Some malware can alike couch abysmal in your computer's arrangement and run baleful bashful and invisible. Don't be lazy, set abreast time to reformat and reinstall your arrangement every distinct time you get a malware infection.

That'll advise 'em: The final irony of this accomplished bearings is that Internet aegis experts will consistently be at war with malware. Greedy cybercriminals are consistently one footfall ahead, inventing able new methods to abduct your claimed data. Stop the new beachcomber of computer abyss from demography over the internet by not authoritative it accessible for them!

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Google Chrome Tips And Tricks

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Search from URL bar

Chrome does not have a search bar like Firefox. To perform search in Chrome, simply type search phrase in URL bar and hit Enter. Chrome will perform a Google research for your phrase.

Change omnibox suggestion count

By default Chrome shows 5 URL suggestions when you type a URL.

In Windows right click on Chrome shortcut icon and select properties. In the Target field, add this command line switch to the end of command.


–omnibox-popup-count=your_desirable_suggestions_count

Change Chrome Theme

If you want to change the Chrome default theme to personalize it more, here are easy steps to change Chrome theme

Download a Chrome theme

Extract the default.dll file

Navigate to Chrome installation directory and go to /Application/Chrome/Version/Theme folder. The chrome version will be in the form of 0.2.129.27. Replace the default.dll file in the folder with the default.dll that you extracted.


This will change Chrome theme.

Download Youtube video in Chrome

This tip will allow you to download a youtube video in Chrome without using any additional software or file. In the Chrome press “Ctrl+B” which will load the bookmark bar. Right click on bar and click “Add Page”. In the name bar type Youtube Videos or whatever you want to name it. In the URL field copy and paste following code.

javascript:window.location.href=’http://youtube.com/get_video?video_id=’ + swfArgs['video_id'] + “&l=” + swfArgs['l'] + “&sk=” + swfArgs['sk'] + ‘&fmt_map’ + swfArgs['fmt_map'] + ‘&t=’ + swfArgs['t'];

Now go to Youtube and watch any video, click the Youtube Videos bookmarklet and it will save the video on your computer (remember to add .flv extension to video).

Zoom in/out

If you find the font of text is too big or too small to read, you can adjust it to your liking in Chrome by pressing “Ctrl+Mousewheel”.

Drag and drop a tab to load in a new window

If you have more than one tab, you can drag and drop the tab on menu bar to open it in a new window.

Chrome’s easter egg

The easter egg appears if you type about:internets in the address bar but this only works in XP and not in Vista.

Special “about:” URLs


Chrome has some special about: URLs. Try writing these in address bar.

about:

about: cache

about: crash

about: dns

about: hang

about: histograms

about: network

about: plugins


about: memory

about: stats

about:version

Edit any web page

Right click an html page and select “inspect element”. Edit the hetml code and hit return, it will show you the changes you made.

Delete cookies in Chrome

Go to Tools > Options > under the hood. Scroll down to the security section and click show cookies. Now you can click on remove all or remove individual cookies.

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Troubleshooting Tips for Monitors

Problems and Solutions


The picture does not appear
Check to make sure the signal cable is firmly connected in the socket.
Check to see if the computer system's power is ON.
Check that the Brightness Control is at the appropriate position, not at the minimum.


The Screen is not synchronized
Check to make sure the signal cable is firmly connected in the socket.
Check that the output level matches the input level of your computer.
Make sure the signal timing of the computer system is within the specification of the monitor.


The position of the screen is not in the center
Adjust the H-Size, H-Phase or V-Size, V-Center controls.
Check if the signal timing of the computer system is within the specification of the monitor.


The screen is too bright or too dark
Check if the Brightness or contrast control is at the appropriate position, not at the maximum or minimum.
Check if the specified voltage is applied
Check if the signal timing of the computer system is within the specification of the monitor.
Especially, check the horizontal frequency.


The screen is shaking
Move all objects that emit a magnetic field, such as a motor or transformer, away from the monitor.
Check if the specified voltage is applied.
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Hidden Content Sources

As I travel through the Google search engine, there is one element that defines almost all of the top-ranking websites. It's great content. People come online for information and those that offer the best content reap the greatest rewards.

Unfortunately, this type of content is hard to come by. In most cases, you either have to spend hours in front of the keyboard or outsource the job to others. Both of these options are very costly. One requires your valuable time and the other requires an investment of around $10 - $20 per article.

That's why I have scoured the net in search of valuable free content sources. I'm still not quite sure why I'm revealing my treasured piles of free content, but I certainly hope you enjoy them.

One of my favorite sources of content is public domain. This comprises the body of knowledge without a copyright. Anyone can use this material for commercial or non-commercial purposes. Below are some excellent sources for public domain material.
Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg is a library of 18,000 free ebooks whose copyright has expired. "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", "Pride and Prejudice", "The Time Machine", "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", and "The Canterbury Tales" have all passed into the public domain.

This means that you can put these on your website or even sell them in electronic or book format.

Explore a wealth of free content at Gutenberg.org.
Archive.org

At Archive.org you can find thousands of works that are currently in the public domain. Want to put some cartoons on your web site? Check out the "Film Chest Vintage Cartoons", which is full of classic animated cartoons from the 1930's and 1940's. The collection includes Popeye, Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny, Woody Woodpecker, The Three Stooges and Betty Boop. They also provide tons of other reproducable content including:

Brick Films: Commonly called "LEGO Movies". Brick films are dedicated to the art of stop motion animation.

SabuCat Movie Trailers: The world's largest collection of theatrical trailers.

Feature Films: A large number of classic feature films and shorts.

Universal Newsreels: Newsreels were shown before every feature film in the pre-tv era.

Computer Chronicles: Was the world's most popular television program on personal technology during the height of the computer revolution.

Net Cafe: Television series covering the revolution during the height of the dot com boom.

All of these content sources are available for you to put on your website. check them out at Archive.org.

Another popular public domain destination is Wikipedia.org. Here you will find over 1 million articles ranging from Greek mythology and Egyptian history to business, health, and technology.

Go to Wikipedia.org for a huge collection of articles you can reprint on your own website.
Creative Commons

Every creative work receives copyright protetion as soon as you put pen to paper, hit save, or press record. Because of this, no one can use that work without express permission from the author.

Creative Commons provides a new content license that allows you to share your work with others. If you want, you can even allow other people to expand upon your existing work. This allows for creative co-authorship.

The Creative Commons license has made piles of content available for use on your web site. Whether you are looking for audio, images, video, or text, you can find an abundance of reusable information within the creative commons.

To search for content to put on your own web site, go to CreativeCommons.org.
Government Web Sites

Works produced by the U.S. Federal government are not copyrighted. If you obtain a government document from the net, you are free to copy and distribute the document. I have found plenty of great content about finance, retirement, health, business, and traveling on government websites.

To search for content offered by the United States government, go to http://www.google.com/unclesam.
Article Directories

There are thousands of writers on the internet and many of them would love for you to reprint their articles on your website. You can find thousands of free web articles at the following article directories.

GoArticles.com
EzineArticles.com
ArticleCity.com
Interviews

I consider interviews to be one of the best sources of quality content for your site. Simply interview industry professionals and post the recording and transcript on your website. This allows you to create original content very quickly.

Don't be afraid to ask for an interview, most experts would be delighted to speak with you. Remember, this is probably one of their greatest passions. If you ask them politely, your chances for landing an interview are good.

You can conduct an interview in person, over the phone, or even through an e-mailed questionaire.
RSS Feeds

RSS is changing the way we consume information online. In addition, it has also provided thousands of new content sources for the online publisher. RSS is simply a file format similar to XML that is used by publishers to make their content available to others in a format that can be easily understood by web publishing software and content aggregators.

By using RSS feeds, you can enhance the content on your site without ever writing a single word. And remember, on the Internet, content is King.

Want to put Amazon products on your site, updated news from the New York Times, financial advice from Motley Fool, or press releases from PRWeb?

This is all possible with RSS. No matter what type of information you are looking for, RSS can provide you with a constant stream of updated content for your web site.

To search for an RSS feed to enhance your own website, go to Syndic8.com. You can even mix and match a variety of rss feeds at RSSMix.com.
Facts & Statistics

Looking for facts or figures to put on your website? Take a look at some of the sources below. You'll likely be surprised how many facts, figures, and definitions are available in the public domain.

The CIA World Factbook provides a number of statistics on countries, territories, and dependencies. Each profile tracks such demographics as population, ethnicity, and literacy rates, as well as political, geographical and economic data.

http://www.census.gov/: One of the largest repositories for data and statistics related to the U.S.

http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Main_Page: One of the best encyclopedia's ever written was published over 90 years ago. Search over 40,000 articles, all of which are available for publication on your own site.

http://www.bibliomania.com/2/3/257/frameset.html: A searchable interface of the 1913 public domain Webster's dictionary.
Private Label Articles

Private label articles can be bought for pennies per article. This is possible because they are sold in bulk.

Many people criticize these articles and have declared them as worthless. However, I am here to tell you that private label articles can be very powerful when used appropriately.

Unless you have hours of free time every day, it is unlikely that you are going to be able to create the amount of quality content that your web site deserves. This is where private label content enters the picture.

You can use private label articles to:

* Add content to your web site.
* Acquire hundreds of inbound links by syndicating the articles to article directories.
* Create a free report for your visitors and other website publishers.
* Create an information-packed RSS feed.

However, the key to using private label articles effectively is to optimize them. Straight out of the box, these articles are near worthless. To give them value, you must add your own touch.

Inject your personality into the article. Combine multiple articles and do some additional touch-ups to ensure that the article is in top shape for your readers.

Once you are finished you can add your resource box and send it off to article directories and website publishers.

If you are looking for one of the top private label article providers, go to InfoGoRound.com.
Images

Quality images can make your content much more inviting and keep people at your site for longer periods of time. Fortunately, there is a site that offers thousands of pictures completely free of charge. Find it at Stock.XCHNG.
Quotes

Quotes can give your website a special touch. Quotes provide interesting content in addition to an element of credibility. I often like to add related quotes to my web site simply to engage the reader's attention.

To find some quotes for your website, go to QuoteLand.com.

In the end, you always want your content to be unique. Not for the search engines, but for your visitors. With quality content comes quality links. Once you have built up a reputation for delivering unique content, you will never have to worry about having an audience eager to visit your website. Continue Reading...

How to clean desktop computer

Some new desktop users don’t know which tools to use to clean computer.Due to insufficient knowledge they damage computer parts.Here is details for cleaning desktop type computer using things those are available easily in home OR damn cheap.You need not to sign any contract if you learn this in good way.You can do it on your own.

Let’s go in all parts one by one:

Most of dirt comes to the part which we use daily and which are outside ATX cabinet.

Keyboard: Keyboard keys get sticky dirt.To clean it you can use one simple new toothbrush.You can also purchase special paint brush for it.Air blower is also a good option for it.You can go for cheap rubber air blower or you can have electrical one.Never use water to clean keyboard keys.Keep system off when you are cleaning it.

Mouse: Just remove dirt between two keys.So it don’t go inside mouse.You need not to open mouse.If you are still using ball mouse,remove the ball and clean it.For optical mouse its still recommended that you use mousepad.So it get protected by dirt going in laser light.

Monitor : Never use wet cloth to clean monitor screen.You can use cleaner liquid for that.Do not use nail.

Processor & Fan : Remove CPU fan by opening locks.Fan should be clean.You need air blower to clean it.Processor will have sticky thing on it.Don’t remove it.It’s CPU Gum.It protects CPU from over heating.

DVD CD Drive: In market some cleaner disks and liquid is available.You can purchase and use them.Else you can just the cd rest from outside.

Speakers : If you have woofer system don’t use air blower in woofer hole.Don’t use any sharp thing to clean the speakers. Continue Reading...

Clear Your Computers Memory Without Restarting

If you run a windows computer you’ll know like many others than after a while your system will in doubt start running slow. Most people will restart their computer to remove and idle processes. But if there’s a simpler way, So just give it a try and avoid restarting your system.

Steps :

1. Right click on an empty spot on your desktop and select New - Shortcut.

2. Type %windir%\system32\rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks in the box.

3. Click Next.

4. Give your shortcut a nice name like “Clear Memory”.

5. Click Finish and you’re done.

Now whenever your computer starts running slow click this shortcut to clear out your memory and get your computer running at a normal pace again. Continue Reading...