Jumat, 22 Mei 2009

Firefox browser in addition to the benefits of that as the fastest browser, secure, smartest and best of all the existing browser, Firefox also has the support of the third party is called add-ons, like wordpress as a cms that has a support (developer) with many different plugins that can be used to maximize the ability of your blog, with so many Firefox browser plugin that some options I never use.
Firefox is the fastest browser but you know if Firefox can be optimized again? Can fast again? Yes, you can add speed browsing using Firefox and can add more speed with a few tricks. Can be quickly and have added more speed? Mantab certainly not you? Hehehehe Hehehehe
If not, here's how to speed up more quickly that you have to be super fast!
Open Firefox.

  1. In the address bar type about: config and click enter. If the exit button I'll be careful, I promise! klik saja. just click.
  2. Right-click on the Firefox screen that you see (which are under Preference Name) and then mouse over the new integer ago.
  3. In the New dialog box integer value - Enter the preference name with nglayout.initialpaint.delay content. ago when another dialog box appears content value (value) with 0 (zero).
  4. In the Filter Bar (Filter:) is located below the tabs do you open the pipelining.
  5. Click twice (double click) on any posts network.http.pipelining that settingannya becomes true.
  6. Then double click (double click) on the network.http.pipelining.maxrequests exit after the content of the dialogue with a number between 10 and 30. I own over 30 to fill the maximum.
  7. OK and restart your Firefox.
Step above is a way to maximize the fast to be faster, how to speed up browsing using Firefox!
However, if you know how to above can still dipercepat again? Why so fast + fast + super fast = fast! Yupz, Firefox browser you'll be super duper fast from the fastest! How do I?
Read my next article ... (hehehehe)
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The staggering demand for mobile Internet access and connectivity for a range of Web-enabled devices creates numerous opportunities for operators and OEMs (and drives the innovation that keeps consumers satisfied), but fully realizing the opportunities requires innovative solutions. As the demand is met, more competition for limited bandwidth resources grows. Building on the strength of Opera Mini data compression technology, Opera Turbo™ was developed to help optimize these resources.
Opera Turbo is a cross-platform solution, available for desktop computers, mobile phones, and other Internet-enabled devices. By compressing network traffic by up to 80%, Opera Turbo helps to enable the sustainability and scalability of networks in order to meet traffic demands and ensure a superior browsing experience.
Benefits
Operators, OEMs and consumers all reap the benefits of Opera Turbo's data compression and savings technology.

Operators can:
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• Improve the Internet experience by increasing Web page download speeds and performance
• Extend the longevity of mobile network investments
• Stay ahead of the competition by deploying quickly
• Increase user satisfaction and retention
• Control or restrict certain content
• Gain insights into consumer behavior

OEMs can:
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• Maximize hardware capabilities by processing server-side
• Achieve and maintain time to market
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• Deploy across platforms and chipsets and with both low- and high-end hardware
• Enable a full browsing experience on low-end hardware by reducing memory and CPU usage

Consumers enjoy:
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• A consistent, stable, high quality Internet experience across a variety of products

Technology:
How Opera Turbo works??
Opera Turbo uses advanced compression technology to speed up data transfer and to reduce the amount of data that needs to be downloaded. By leveraging its experience with server-side optimization solutions such as Opera Mini, Opera Software is extending optimization to encompass other Opera browser products.

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Sabtu, 16 Mei 2009

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/vishaal_here/XP_to_Seven.png

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NOTE: If you are facing problems while saving a file after editing in resource hacker, then make sure you have disabled WFP (Windows File Protection) service using WFP Patcher, it can be found in our "Download" section.

Also if you are getting error "Can't create file...", that means you have edited and saved the same file in past and there is a backup file which need to be deleted before saving this file again. Go to the folder containing this file and you'll see a similar file having "_original" in its name. Delete it and try to save the file in resource hacker.

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As you all know Windows 7 Beta build has been released and is available everywhere on the net. We posted a small review of Windows 7 at following link:

What’s New in Windows 7: A Small Review with Screenshots

Windows 7 provides lots of new features along with a newly designed interface. It looks very similar to Windows Vista but there are many GUI changes like redesigned taskbar, Explorer, new boot screen and login screen, etc.

If you are still using Windows XP but want to enjoy the new Windows 7 look, then this tutorial will definitely help you.

After following this tutorial, you'll get the same Windows 7 look in your Windows XP. Following is a list of things which are going to change after following this tutorial:

  • Windows Theme or Visual Style
  • Icons
  • Boot Screen
  • Login Screen or Welcome Screen
  • Cursors
  • Taskbar
  • Wallpapers and Sounds
  • Progress Dialog Box
  • Shutdown / Log off Dialog Box
  • About Windows Box
  • System Properties Dialog Box
  • Volume Control Window
  • Extras like "Aero Shake", "Aero Snap", "Aero Peek", "Calculator" and "Wordpad"
  • A Few Other Mods...

So here we start our transformation tour:

PS: Please create a Restore point using "System Restore" before applying anything mentioned in this tutorial so that you can restore your system back to a working state if anything goes wrong.

1. Windows Theme or Visual Style:

Windows 7 provides a new refreshing look which includes redesigned taskbar and start menu, Windows Explorer and a few other small changes.

You can get the same look in Windows XP by using following theme:

Download Windows 7 Theme for Windows XP

You can also use an excellent WindowBlinds skin created by "fediaFedia". It requires Stardock WindowBlinds to be installed in your system.

Download Windows 7 WindowBlinds Skin for Windows XP

2. Icons:

Windows 7 icons are almost same as Vista icons atm. You can use following icon pack to install them in XP:

http://th01.deviantart.com/fs20/300W/i/2007/283/1/6/VistaVG_Icon_Pack_for_XP_by_Vishal_Gupta.png

Download Windows 7 Icon Pack for XP

3. Boot Screen:

Windows 7 contains a new animated boot screen which shows animated items/balls that come together to form Windows logo.

You can get a similar boot screen in Windows XP:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/vishaal_here/Windows7_Beta_Boot_Screen.png

Download New Windows 7 Beta Boot Screen for Windows XP

4. Login Screen or Welcome Screen:

Windows 7 login screen looks similar to Vista login screen except the new background image and the text displayed at bottom.

Download Windows 7 Login Screen for Windows XP

5. Cursors:

Windows 7 cursors are also similar to Vista which you can download using following link:

Download Windows 7 Cursors

6. Taskbar:

Windows 7 taskbar has been highly redesigned. It doesn't show opened program's name in their taskbar buttons, instead it only shows their icons. Also the taskbar buttons are a bit large in their size.

You can get the same behavior in XP by using following tutorial:

Get Windows 7 Iconized (Icon Only) Taskbar Feature in Windows XP

Or you can use following small utility which can do the task automatically:

Taskbar Iconizer: Utility to Iconize Taskbar in Windows XP

Windows 7 taskbar also allows you to move taskbar buttons to change their positions, you can get the same feature in Windows XP by using "Taskbar Shuffle" utility:

Taskbar Shuffle: Move Taskbar and System Tray Buttons in Windows

7. Wallpaper and Sounds:

You can get Windows 7 wallpapers and sounds using following links:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/vishaal_here/Windows_7_Beta_Wallpaper_Thumb.jpg

Download Windows 7 Official Wallpaper Shown at PDC 2008

Download Windows 7 Beta Build 6936 Default Desktop Wallpaper

Download Windows 7 RC Build 7048 Sound Schemes, Wallpapers, Icons & Lots More

Download Windows 7 Build 7057 Wallpapers and User Pics

8. Progress Dialog Box:

Windows 7 progress dialog box is similar to Windows Vista. We can make our XP dialog box look like it by using Resource Hacker.

Open "%windir%\System32\Shell32.dll" file in Resource Hacker and go to:

Dialog -> 1020 -> 1033

Now replace the existing code in right-side pane with the code present in following file:

progress_dialog_box_code.txt

Click on Compile Script button.

You'll also have to replace existing AVIs in the file with new ones. Download following Zip file and extract it:

Download AVIs

After extracting the Zip file you'll get 3 AVI files. Replace existing AVIs in shell32.dll file with these new ones in following manner:

AVI -> 160 ->1033 with 160.avi
AVI -> 161 ->1033
with 161.avi
AVI -> 162 ->1033 with 162.avi
AVI -> 163 ->1033 with 162.avi
AVI -> 164 ->1033 with 162.avi

And also download a BMP file from here:

Download BMP

After extracting the BMP file from it, add it at 404 location in file. Just click on Action -> Add a new resource and then click on Open file with new resource button. Select the downloaded BMP file and click on Open. Now in Resource Name enter 404 and in Resource Language enter 1033 and click on Add Resource button. That's it.

9. Shutdown / Log off Dialog Box:

Windows 7, similar to Vista, doesn't have any shutdown / log off dialog box but we can redesign Windows XP default shutdown box to make it more refreshing like following screenshot:

Download required BMP files from here:

Download Shutdown BMPs
Mirror

Extract the file and you'll get 4 BMPs with the name:

1.bmp
2.bmp
3.bmp
4.bmp

Now open "%windir%\System32\Shell32.dll" file in Resource Hacker and then replace following BITMAPs with the mentioned BMP files:

Bitmap -> 14351 -> 1033 with 1.bmp
Bitmap -> 14353 -> 1033 with 2.bmp
Bitmap -> 14354 -> 1033 with 1.bmp
Bitmap -> 14355 -> 1033 with 2.bmp
Bitmap -> 14356 -> 1033 with 3.bmp

now save the file and open %windir%\System32\msgina.dll file in Resource Hacker and then replace following BITMAPs with the mentioned BMP files:

Bitmap -> 20140 -> 1033 with 1.bmp
Bitmap -> 20141 -> 1033 with 2.bmp
Bitmap -> 20142 -> 1033 with 1.bmp
Bitmap -> 20143 -> 1033 with 2.bmp
Bitmap -> 20150 -> 1033 with 4.bmp

Now save the file.

10. About Windows Box:

To change the About Windows box you'll need to change 2 things: The top logo and the text part.

Download the required BITMAP file from here:

Download About BMP

Open "%windir%\System32\Shell32.dll" file in Resource Hacker and then replace following BITMAPs with the downloaded BMP file:

Bitmap -> 131 -> 1033 (For XP Professional)
Bitmap -> 147 -> 1033 (For XP Home)

Now open %windir%\System32\msgina.dll file in Resource Hacker and then replace following BITMAPs with the downloaded BMP file:

Bitmap -> 101 -> 1033 (For XP Professional)
Bitmap -> 107 -> 1033 (For XP Professional)
Bitmap -> 128 -> 1033 (For XP Home)
Bitmap -> 129 -> 1033 (For XP Home)

Now to change the text of dialog box, open "%windir%\System32\xpsp1res.dll" file in Resource Hacker and then goto:

Dialog -> 14352 -> 1033

Now replace the existing code in right-side pane with the code in following file:

About Dialog Box Code

Click on Compile Script button and save the file.

11. System Properties Dialog Box:

To make System Properties dialog box look like Windows 7 one, visit following tutorial:

Get Windows 7 System Properties Dialog Box in Windows XP

12. Volume Control Window:

Windows 7 contains a redesigned Volume Control window which shows better details and graphics for device volumes. Now you can get a similar window in your XP.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/vishaal_here/Windows_7_Volume_Control_for_XP.png

Get Windows 7 Volume Control Box in Windows XP

13. A Few Extras:

Windows 7 provides 3 new features which are called "Aero Shake", "Aero Snap" and "Aero Peek".

"Aero Shake" is quite useful. Suppose you have more than one windows opened and you want to minimize all other windows except the window which you are working on, then you have to simply shake the current window with your mouse and all other windows will be minimized automatically. Shake it again and all minimized windows will be maximized again.

Using "Aero Snap", you can minimize, maximize, resize windows by just dragging-dropping them to the screen corners.

"Aero Peek" has replaced the old "Show Desktop" feature in Windows 7. It can be found as a small rectangle present at last in Windows 7 taskbar. When you hover the mouse cursor over it, it allows you to peek behind all open windows by hiding all windows and showing only outlines of all windows.

You can get all these features working in XP using following tutorials:

Get Windows 7 “Aero Shake” Feature in Windows XP

Get Windows 7 “Aero Snap” Feature in Windows XP

Get Windows 7 “Aero Peek” Feature in Windows XP

Windows 7 also contains a new redesigned Calculator which has new GUI and new options.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/vishaal_here/Windows_7_Calculator_for_XP.jpg

You can get the same calculator in Windows XP using following link:

Get Windows 7 Like Calculator in Windows XP

One more interesting thing in Windows 7 is the new Wordpad UI. Wordpad in Windows 7 contains Ribbons.

You can get a similar Ribbon UI Wordpad in Windows XP. “Solo-Dev” aka “Villain” has released an updated version of Windows default Wordpad which includes Ribbon UI:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/vishaal_here/Wordpad2009.jpg

Get Windows 7 Like Wordpad with Ribbon UI in Windows XP

14. A Few Other Mods:

1. Windows 7 Desktop context menu is much different than XP one.

Following are a few things which are new in Windows 7 menu:

  • "View" menu visible in Desktop context menu
  • "Arrange Icons By" renamed to "Sort by"
  • "Properties" renamed to "Personalize"
  • "Auto arrange icons" and "Align icons to grid" options moved from "Sort by" menu to "View" menu
  • 2 new options "Screen resolution" and "Gadgets" added to the menu

So above are a few changes which are new in Windows 7 but we can get them in XP using following tutorial:

Get Windows 7 Desktop Context Menu in Windows XP

2. Windows 7's Programs menu is similar to Vista but very different from XP, you can use following tutorial to make your XP Programs menu similar to Windows 7:

Change Look-n-Feel of Windows XP Start Menu

3. Windows 7, similar to Vista, shows the same ORB just before the Login screen. You can also get a similar thing in XP. Just download following BMP:

Download ORB BMP
Mirror

Open regedit and goto:

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop

In right-side pane change the value of Wallpaper String value to the Path of downloaded BMP file. e.g., if you saved the BMP file at "D:\Startup.bmp", then set the value of Wallpaper to D:\Startup.bmp. Now you'll get a similar ORB before the Login screen in XP.

4. Windows 7 explorer is quite similar to Vista and shows the same small horizontal progress bar under each drive icon for the drive space.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/vishaal_here/Vista_Drive_Status.png

You can also get the same in XP by using a 3rd party utility, which is uploaded here:

Download Windows 7 Drive Status Utility
Mirror

Just run the file and it'll add the progress bar under each drive.

5. To get the Breadcrumbs in addressbar you can use "QT Addressbar":

QT Addressbar: Windows 7 Addressbar Clone for Windows XP

That's all for now. After following all the above mentioned steps, you'll get Windows 7 look-n-feel in Windows XP.

We'll keep updating this tutorial whenever we get something new to add or Microsoft makes some new changes to Windows 7...

NOTE: If you have any problem with Resource Hacker and want to know about it, then please go through following tutorials:

All About Resource Hacker in a Brief Tutorial
List of Files to be hacked using Resource Hacker
List of a few Locations in Windows XP System Files to be Hacked using Resource Hacker

If you get error while saving any system file, it means WFP (Windows File Protection) service is active in your system. Disable it using WFP Patcher or use Replacer to replace system files with your modified ones. You can get both utilities from our Downloads section.

PS: If you are a Windows Vista user and want to transform your Vista into 7, then following link will help you:

Transform Windows Vista into Windows 7 without using Customization Pack

Windows Media Player 11.0 is the latest Media Player by Microsoft. It offers great new ways to store and enjoy all your music, video and pictures along with its new cool look. You must have Windows XP Service Pack-2 (SP2) in order to install Windows Media Player 11.0. But still you will face a problem while installing this new Windows Media Player if your copy of Windows XP is not a genuine (non-pirated) one, since WMP 11.0 installation requires genuine windows validation!!!


But there are some tricky steps through which you can install WMP 11.0 even in your pirated copy of windows XP bypassing the genuine windows validation. You just have to follow the following steps one by one:
  1. Download Windows Media Player 11.0 (make sure its the final and latest version, not beta) from the Microsoft Site. Alternatively, you can download the installer file directly from here. Remember you can’t install Windows Media Player 11.0 if service pack 2.0 is not installed in your operating system.

  2. Extract the downloaded Windows Media Player setup file (wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu.exe) using WinRAR to a directory (wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu). Now make sure you have a LegitLibM.dll” file in the extracted “wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu” folder.

  3. Download the patched LegitLibM.dll and then copy-paste it to the “wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu” folder and click yes when asked to overwrite.

  4. Now run “setup_wm.exe” file in the “wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu” folder.


  5. Restart your PC, then run your Windows Media Player and you are done!!!

This tutorial is meant for increasing the performance of Windows XP, either it can be a fresh installation or an older windows.

1.) Following is a registry file containing a few registry modifications, which are completely safe and can increase the performance of Windows. Just download the attached ZIP file, extract it and then run the file:

Tweak Windows XP

Restore Default Settings (Use this file if you want to restore default Windows settings)

2.) Right-click on Desktop and select Properties, Now in the new window goto Appearance tab and click on Effects button. Now in the new opened window uncheck the following options:

a.) Use the following transition effect for menus & tooltips.

b.) Show shadows under menus.

3.) Right-click on My Computer icon on Desktop and select Properties (or press key + key), now goto Advanced tab in new window and click on Settings button in Performance section.

Now disable all unnecessary options in Visual Effects tab, you can remain following options enabled according to your requirements:

a.) Show window contents while dragging.
b.) Smooth edges of screen fonts.
c.) Use common tasks in folders (If you use the left side pane in My computer)
d.) Use drop shadows on icon labels on the desktop. (to make the desktop icons label transparent.)
e.) Use visual styles on windows and buttons. (If you use XP themes.)

4.) Open Tools -> Folder Options and click on View tab:

Now uncheck following options:

a.) Automatically search for network folders & printers.
b.) Display file size information in folder tips.
c.) Display simple folder view in Explorer's Folders list.
d.) Show encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color.
e.) Show pop-up description for folder and desktop icons.
f.) Use simple file sharing.

Other options don't affect the system performance. You can enable/disable them according to your requirements.

5.) Right-click on My Computer icon on Desktop and select Manage (You can also open it by typing services.msc in RUN and press Enter). Now goto Services & Applications -> Services. Here you can set a few unnecessary services to Manual, which will not start with windows and will decrease the boot time and will increase system performance. Please follow the following tutorial to know about which services can be safely set to MANUAL:

Windows XP Services that can be Safely set to MANUAL

6.) Type msconfig in RUN and press Enter. Now goto Startup tab and deselect the unnecessary entries, which you don't want to start automatically with Windows, e.g. you can disable VGA driver utility, Sound Card utility, etc to speed up the startup time and to increase system performance.

7.) Open Sound & Audio Devices in Control Panel (or type mmsys.cpl in RUN), goto Sounds tab and select No Sounds in Sound Scheme section. Or you can remain some of your favorite sounds but set Exit Windows, Start Windows, Windows Logoff, Windows Logon to (None).

8.) For more options/tips-n-tricks, you can use TweakUI, Tuneup Utilities 2006 and gpedit.msc (Windows XP Professional built-in tool).