Day to Day Technical Help

Event ID 52 Hard Disk

noreply@blogger.com (Chanaka) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:57:00 +0000

On your Windows XP computer, Administrative tool section on the control panel might be a place you haven't checked for a long time. It contains some nice tools that you can track everything about your computer. It requires little bit of IT knowledge to handle those tools but you can always use a search engine for dig more about them.

Recently I was looking at the event viewer (Which can be found on Control panel -> Administrative Tools) and I noticed that my system log contains a warning with Event ID 52

The driver has detected that device \Device\Harddisk2\DR2 has predicted that it will fail. Immediately back up your data and replace your hard disk drive. A failure may be imminent.

It was a old IDE hard drive on my computer, but I have valuable information stored in there. On first I was having doubts about this error message and I was keep look for the same Event ID on the system log. I noticed that It appears every day for a long time in there.

To make sure that I have a disk error I have looked for a free Hard Drive Scanning tool. I Found a nice tool called "HDD Health v3.3" which can be downloaded from here. This tool will detect existing problems on your hard drive and show you warnings. This tool shows Hard Disk health and Hard disk temperature which allows you to quickly identify your faulty hard drives. In my case hard drive temperature was too high and hard disk health was drop down to 40%. I have immediately turn off my computer and disconnected the power for that hard drive. I'm planing not to use the old hard drive until I buy a new one. It was my pure luck not to have this problem on the hard drive that my OS runs. So I can easily disconnect the hard drive and keep using on my computer until I can get a new hard drive.

Jailbreak & Unlock iPhone 3G - 3GS On New Baseband

noreply@blogger.com (Chanaka) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:20:00 +0000

If you have accidentally upgrade your iPhone 3G or 3GS in to new Firmware 3.1.2 with baseband 05.11.07 and if you want to Jailbreak & Unlock it Blackra1n now has the ability to do that. If you are reading my blog I have posted a article about Jailbreak with Blackra1n earlier. On that time Blackra1n was not supported for New Baseband. Blackra1n will work on Both PC and MAC and the steps to Jailbreak & Unlock the iPhone is very simple.

1) Download Blackra1n from blackweather website. Click the appropriate logo for PC and MAC users.
2) Connect your iPhone to your PC. (Make sure that you have close the iTunes)
3) Run the Blackra1n.exe file.
4) Click on make it rain button.

That's it. There are few more steps that you need to do in order to unlock your iPhone. Once your phone is rebooted look for a icon call Blackra1n. Click on the Blackra1n icon and start the program. Look for a package called sn0w. Click on that one and install it. Once you done that your iphone will be unlocked and you will be able to use any sim card in there.

If you have lost your WiFi after the Unlock follow this. Go in to settings Click general then network now go in to cellular data network scroll down and click reset settings now your WiFi Should come back.

New Facebook Share Button

noreply@blogger.com (Chanaka) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:53:00 +0000

Sharing stuff on Facebook is nothing new to you. According to Facebook developers blog, Each week users share more than 2 billion pieces of content on Facebook. In order to do this most of the time users click share on Facebook button which found on many of the current websites. One of my old blog post explained why these sharing buttons are important to placed on your blog. Now speaking about share on Facebook buttons Facebook has just released a new Facebook Share Button which includes a live counter that tells you how many times an item has been shared.

Code generating page is very simple and it will allow you to customize your Facebook Share Button. You have a nice automatic preview which will change according to the customization you're doing to the button. Final part is copy the code and place it on your blog or website. Placing it on your blog is really simple if you know how to play with the HTML codes.

So, if you are interested in putting a share on Facebook button on to your website or blog please click on this link to access the code generating page which shown above.

Windows 7 Release

noreply@blogger.com (Chanaka) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:47:00 +0000

Windows 7 Release is an old news now since it happens on 22nd of October 2009. But the excitement to have a newer Microsoft Operating system is always very huge. With the bad feed back which they got for their previous Operating system "Windows Vista" Microsoft promise this will be the replacement for all those problems. But Apple (Other main competitor in Operating system industry) is not sure about this promise and decided to use this for their new commercial. But Windows 7 become the biggest pre-order item in the history of Amazon UK. After 8 long years since Microsoft has released Windows XP now Microsoft users have a solid operating system that can replace their Windows XP computers.

If you’re interested about prices, the price is $319 for Windows 7 Ultimate, and $299 for the Professional version ($219 and $199 for the upgrade, respectively). Windows 7 Home Premium will be $199, and an upgrade from either Vista or XP will cost you $119.

Speaking about the Windows 7 launch event it was very simple and short one. It almost went up to one hour. If you were not able to watch it until now here is it. You may need to install Microsoft Silverlight to watch this video. You can also go to Microsoft PressPass Website for more photos and videos.

Can't see Google ads on blog or website

noreply@blogger.com (Chanaka) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:53:00 +0000

There are many possibilities which cause this problem. First of all you need to check that you have latest Java and flash player installed on your computer.

Download latest Java from here

Download latest flash player from here

Most of the time this will fix your problem. If this doesn't fix it there are few more things that you can try.

Check whether you have a firewall installed on your computer which preventing ads to be displayed on your blog or website.

Check some other blogs or web sites which have Google ads on them. If those websites showing ads correctly check your Google Adsense account. May be it has been disabled. If none of blogs or websites showing Google ads we have to follow more steps.

You can try installing an other web browser on your computer. If you are using Internet explorer try to install Firefox or Chrome and check whether its showing ads on your blog or website. If the other browser shows ads without any problem your web browser has a problem. If you are using Internet explorer you can reset Internet explorer to default settings. If none of web browsers shows Google ads there is another option we can try.

There is a possibility that your computers hosts file become infected or changed by a virus. The hosts file is located on this location on Windows XP.

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc

You can replace the hosts file from an other computer. Copy and replace the existing hosts file and try again to view your blog or website.

If you don't have another computer to replace hosts file download it from here.

Jailbreak iPhone 3.1.2 Firmware with Blackra1n

noreply@blogger.com (Chanaka) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:53:00 +0000

On last Thursday (October 8th 2009) Apple releases their newest iPhone OS. So, it will bringing the current version of the OS to 3.1.2. Three bugs has been fixed with this update. If you like to know what are the updates that has been done on new iPhone OS please click here. Yesterday On the iPhone blog posted a news about releasing a jailbreak called blackra1n for this new Apple OS 3.1.2. This will only work in Windows operating systems and if you already have a unlocked iPhone 3G or 3GS don't use this on them. Do not upgrade to 3.1.2 using iTunes if you want to keep your iPhone unlocked.

You can download the necessary software to do this Jailbreak from here.

Follow these videos carefully and jailbreak your iPhone 3.1.2 Firmware. For unlocked iPhone users have to wait little bit until dev team release their new jailbreak tool.

Google Redesigned

noreply@blogger.com (Chanaka) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:31:00 +0000

Gmail introduced themes back in November 2008. If you still didn't use themes for Gmail please read this article about how to use Gmail themes. Google Redesigned is a CSS style which redesign Gmail interface. This will also dress up Google Calender and Google Reader. Google Redesigned is built for Mozilla based browsers (Firefox) and other browsers are not supported.

To install this on your computer First install Mozilla Firefox web browser if you don't have it already on your computer. Then click here to start installing it. You can also install it from Firefox add-on page.

Once you installed it correctly it will show you something like this on your browser window.

Here are some screen shots from Google Redesigned view of my Gmail account and Google Reader.

Facebook and Games

noreply@blogger.com (Chanaka) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:02:00 +0000

People spent more than 6 billion minutes on Facebook each day. From 300 million+ active users, approximately 150 million users log on to Facebook at least once each day. (Source Facebook Statistics) Apart from basic Facebook activities like comments, photo upload, video sharing the best thing to keep you occupied on Facebook is Facebook Apps. Especially Facebook games. Multiplayer games like Farmville, Mafia Wars, Texas HoldEm Poker are on the top of the list.

In my country farming games like Farmville, Farm Town, Barn Buddy and Farm Pals are more popular and Facebook users spend most of their time on them. Normally girls don't like to play computer games but on Facebook it's a different story. There are lot of girls playing these online games.

Personally I'm not interested in Facebook games even I'm a PC gamer for long time. But for the people who love it here is the Facebook game page which contains all the Facebook games.

Free Virus, spyware & Malware protection from Microsoft

noreply@blogger.com (Chanaka) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:48:00 +0000

Recently Microsoft has released a free virus, spyware and malware protection utility called Microsoft Security Essentials. Microsoft claims that it will run quietly and efficiently in the background without interrupting your work. Automatic updates and real time protection will keep your computer more secure all the time. Microsoft Security Essentials will work on Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. This is a very good freeware to try out if you like to use a Free Virus protection program.

Download your free copy of Microsoft Security Essentials from here.

Minimum system requirements for Microsoft Security Essentials as follows.

For Windows XP, a PC with a CPU clock speed of 500 MHz or higher, and 1 GB RAM or higher.

For Windows Vista and Windows 7, a PC with a CPU clock speed of 1.0 GHz or higher, and 1 GB RAM or higher.

140 MB of available hard disk space.

Microsoft also providing good quality how to videos on Microsoft Security Essentials on their website. Click here to watch them before you download.

NVIDIA Ion Powered Nettop Out For Sale

noreply@blogger.com (Chanaka) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:43:00 +0000

A nettop is a very small form factor, inexpensive, low-wattage desktop computer designed for basic tasks such as surfing the Internet, accessing web-based applications, document processing, and audio/video playback. But when it's equipped with Nvidia ION, which means GeForce 9400M GPU it can do many more things that does not include in the above standard definition. These NVIDIA Ion Powered nettop allows you to Watch 1080p HD movies, play DirectX 10 games at great frame rates, and enjoy all the 3D capabilities of Microsoft Windows Vista Premium. Click here to read more about NVIDIA Ion platform.

You can have Acer AspireRevo for $199.99 , Lenovo Q110 for $399 or ASRock ION 330 for $359.99 Both Acer AspireRevo and ASRock ION 330 is available for above prices in newegg website.

If we talk about specifications on these three nettop computers, here are the details.

Acer AspireRevo

Processor - Intel Atom 230 (1.6GHz)
Cache Per Processor - 512KB L2 Cache
Memory - 1GB DDR2
Hard Drive - 160GB 5400RPM SATA
Graphics - Integrated NVIDIA ION LE Graphics
Audio - High-Definition Audio Support
Ethernet - Gigabit Ethernet LAN
Power Supply - 65W AC Adapter
Operating System - Windows XP Home
Front USB - 2
Rear USB - 4
Video Ports - 1 VGA, 1 HDMI
Card Reader

Lenovo Q110

Processor - Intel Atom 230 (single core)
Memory - 2 GB
Hard Drive - 250 GB
Graphics - NVIDIA ION Graphics
Connectivity - Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11b/g wireless dongle included
Operating System - Windows XPHome, Vista Home Premium
Video Ports - 1 VGA, 1 HDMI

ASRock ION 330

Processor - Intel Atom 330 (Dual-Core)
FSB - 533MHz
Memory - 2GB DDR2 (Maximum memory capacity 4GB)
Hard Drive - 320GB
Optical Drive - DVD Super Multi (Slim type)
Graphics - Integrated NVIDIA ION Graphics
Audio - HD Audio 5.1 channel
Ethernet - Gigabit Ethernet LAN
Power Supply - 65W AC Adapter
Rear USB - 6
Video Ports - 1 VGA, 1 HDMI

An Easy Way To Protect A Laptop In Public Places

noreply@blogger.com (Chanaka) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:12:00 +0000

There is an easy way of making your laptop safer while you're in a coffee shop, library or other public place. Chaining up your laptop to a table would be helpful to protect your laptop. However, if you do not want to carry a heavy duty laptop cable and lock, you can try free laptop alarm software. No metal cable and lock to buy and carry. The alarm software will emit a loud siren sound when your laptop is disconnected from a power outlet or a USB flash drive, which is fastened to a table. For example, when a thief snatched your laptop while you're in washroom or paying no attention to your laptop.

Click here to see how to arm the alarm.

The alarm software also offer other features that could prevent your sensitive information and your identity from being stolen such as destroying data on a stolen laptop, alerting laptop theft danger to a cell phone. The free laptop alarm software LAlarm is available at: www.lalarm.com/LaptopAlarm

iphone mms update in U.S.

noreply@blogger.com (Chanaka) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:38:00 +0000

For United States iPhone 3G and iphone 3GS users finally gets the Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) from AT&T. Multimedia Messaging Service(MMS) was a standard feature for most phones and networks for a long time. This feature will be enabled on Friday, September 25 Late morning, Pacific Time and the new carrier settings update enabling MMS should be live and ready to download through iTunes.

Look for newest updates on AT&T Facebook page.

ICC Champions Trophy 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Chanaka) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:25:00 +0000

The 2009 ICC Champions Trophy is a One Day International cricket tournament to be held in South Africa between 22 September and 5 October this year. It will be the sixth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy, and was previously known as the ICC Knock-out. Two teams from two groups of four will form the semi-finals, with the final to be staged in Centurion on 5 October.

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Match Schedule

22 September 2009 - Sri Lanka v South Africa

23 September 2009 - Pakistan v West Indies

24 September 2009 - South Africa v New Zealand

25 September 2009 - England v Sri Lanka

26 September 2009 - Australia v West Indies

26 September 2009 - India v Pakistan

27 September 2009 - New Zealand v Sri Lanka

27 September 2009 - South Africa v England

28 September 2009 - Australia v India

29 September 2009 - England v New Zealand

30 September 2009 - Australia v Pakistan

30 September 2009 - India v West Indies

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How To Add Share On Facebook Button In To Your Blog

noreply@blogger.com (Chanaka) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:48:00 +0000

As I explained you on my previous post Facebook is the number one sharing site on this year. There is a big chance that your website or blog visitors want to share your website content or blog posts with their friends. Adding a Share On Facebook Button In To Your Blog or web site might be a good idea during this time. Most of the websites and blog templates comes with social networking tools now. But for those who don't have this buttons, here is a way to add Share On Facebook Button to your web site or blog.

Icon only

Code

<script>function fbs_click() {u=location.href;t=document.title;window.open('http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u='+encodeURIComponent(u)+'&t='+encodeURIComponent(t),'sharer','toolbar=0,status=0,width=626,height=436');return false;}</script><a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=<url>" onclick="return fbs_click()" target="_blank"><img src="http://b.static.ak.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/zAB5S/hash/4273uaqa.gif" alt="" /></a>

Link Only

Share on Facebook

Code

<script>function fbs_click() {u=location.href;t=document.title;window.open('http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u='+encodeURIComponent(u)+'&t='+encodeURIComponent(t),'sharer','toolbar=0,status=0,width=626,height=436');return false;}</script><a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=<url>" onclick="return fbs_click()" target="_blank">Share on Facebook</a>

Link and Icon

Share on Facebook

code

<script>function fbs_click() {u=location.href;t=document.title;window.open('http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u='+encodeURIComponent(u)+'&t='+encodeURIComponent(t),'sharer','toolbar=0,status=0,width=626,height=436');return false;}</script><style> html .fb_share_link { padding:2px 0 0 20px; height:16px; background:url(http://b.static.ak.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/zAB5S/hash/4273uaqa.gif) no-repeat top left; }</style><a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=<url>" onclick="return fbs_click()" target="_blank" class="fb_share_link">Share on Facebook</a>

Share Button

Share

Code

<script>function fbs_click() {u=location.href;t=document.title;window.open('http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u='+encodeURIComponent(u)+'&t='+encodeURIComponent(t),'sharer','toolbar=0,status=0,width=626,height=436');return false;}</script><style> html .fb_share_button { display: -moz-inline-block; display:inline-block; padding:1px 20px 0 5px; height:15px; border:1px solid #d8dfea; background:url(http://b.static.ak.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/zAB5S/hash/4273uaqa.gif) no-repeat top right; } html .fb_share_button:hover { color:#fff; border-color:#295582; background:#3b5998 url(http://b.static.ak.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/zAB5S/hash/4273uaqa.gif) no-repeat top right; text-decoration:none; } </style> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=<url>" class="fb_share_button" onclick="return fbs_click()" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;">Share</a>

Now you have all the codes and next question should be where I need to put these codes ? The ideal place to put this codes are just after your blog posts or at the end of your web pages.

How To Use Facebook To Increase Your Blog Traffic

noreply@blogger.com (Chanaka) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:30:00 +0000

With 250 million active users Facebook is the most popular site for sharing content for this year. Yes that's true. According to a blog post in Digital Inspiration Technology blog 29.4% of users used Facebook to share their content. Traditional emails are in the second place with 13.8% and twitter is in third place with 11.1% Today I'm going to explain how to post your blog posts automatically to your Facebook Profile. From that you'll have more readers coming to your blog across Facebook.

First of all you should have a Facebook account. If not visit Facebook site to create a new profile for you. Once you log in to your Facebook account look on the left side for some thing like this.

Click more and access the notes.

or else you can click on the application button on the bottom. Scroll down on the list and look for notes.

Once you open your note on to your right hand side there is a place that you can import your blog.

Read the instructions carefully and enter your Web site address or your RSS feed address in to the box. Then check the check box and click the button says start Importing.

That's it. You will see your notes appear on your profile. Check this video also to have a good idea about Facebook notes and importing your blogs to it.

Intel Core i5 Processors and P55 Express Chipset

noreply@blogger.com (Chanaka) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:30:00 +0000

On this September Intel launched their new "Lynnfield" based Core i5 and i7 800 series processors, and the accompanying P55 Express chipset. The whole idea is to target mainstream computing segment in the market. In United states Core i5-750 processor price is floating around $200 which is more affordable comparing to Corei7. (Click here to shop for Core i5-750 processor) Speaking about the P55 express chipset, because the Core i5 and Core i7 800 series processors feature integrated memory controllers and 16 PCI Express 2.0 lanes, virtually all of the functionality previously integrated into a northbridge is now on the CPU. As such, the P55 Express is essentially a southbridge chip, linked directly to the processor.

Intel claims that Core i5 processors can multitask up to 28% faster and 32% improvement in artificial intelligence for game characters and realistic physics for game worlds. With Turbo Boost Technology Core i5 processor can accelerates processor clock speed up to 20% to match your workload. It contains 4 core's and clock speeds can change from 2.66 GHz up to 3.20 with turbo boost. For this new processor Intel introduced a new LGA1156 Packaging so this new processor will not compatible with your old motherboards.

All main motherboard manufacturers are making P55 motherboards. Here is a picture of a P55 system diagram.

If you are interested in Intel motherboards you have their Extreme Series and Media Series to choose from. Extreme Series represented by DP55KG, DP55SB models and Media Series represented by DP55WG, DP55WB models.

This video explains the difference between Intel Extreme Series and Media Series mother boards.

Compaq Cup Sri lanka vs India live Streaming

noreply@blogger.com (Chanaka) — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:05:00 +0000

Compaq Cup Tri Series

India, Sri Lanka, New Zealand

India Vs Sri Lanka (Final)

India Vs Sri Lanka Compaq cup final at

R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

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Facebook Lite is Launched

noreply@blogger.com (Chanaka) — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:06:00 +0000

Facebook lite is officially launched in US and India for testing. If you don't know what Facebook lite is it's the new simplified Facebook interface. Facebook lite offers you basic functionality such as making comments, accepting friend requests, writing on Walls, and viewing photos. This Lite version of Facebook will be super fast comapring to the current Facebook. (Read my old post about Facebook lite) I have tested it yesterday and I was able to log in using my existing facebook log in information. Click here to log in to Facebook Lite.

Monopoly City Streets Game Play

noreply@blogger.com (Chanaka) — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:36:00 +0000

To day I have checked the Monopoly City Streets Game site and it was working. So, to take a look at it I have registered on the website. This game is based on Google maps and you can purchase streets where ever you want and you can build buildings on your streets. Remember, not all streets and countries included in to the game play but most of the countries exist. You'll start the game with 3,000,000 monopoly dollars. You will receive chance cards during the game play. You will earn from the rent you received from your properties and every day when you log in to Monopoly City Streets you'll get free 1 million monopoly dollars.

Google Wave Arrives This Month

noreply@blogger.com (Chanaka) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:00:00 +0000

On September 30th Google will start sending 100,000 invites for the early test of Google Wave. So, there is chance for more people to experience this personal communication and collaboration tool which was announced at the Google I/O conference on May 27, 2009. It can import Twitter, provide real-time chat, play back past conversations, and even allows for drag-and-drop file uploads. I'm so excited about Google Wave and hoping to use it soon.

This is how it's explained in Wikipedia.

"It is a web based service, computing platform, and communications protocol designed to merge e-mail, instant messaging, wiki, and social networking. It has a strong collaborative and real-time focus supported by extensions that can provide, for example, robust spelling/grammar checking, automated translation between 40 languages, and numerous other extensions."

In this small Video Google wave is explained very well.

Google Monopoly - City Streets

noreply@blogger.com (Chanaka) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:50:00 +0000

Google is taking over the whole word. Just to prove that now they are come up with a online version of classic popular board game called Monopoly. Yes that's true. The board game Monopoly is about to launch an online version with Google Maps. The release date set to September 9 (which is today) and still I was not able to view the teaser site.

According to the Monopoly City Streets Blog due to heavy traffic there website is down for the moment. But they are asking from us to be more patient and keep trying to log in to the website.
So, Quit farming on Facebook and try to register on Google Monopoly - City Streets website.

Fujitsu Esprimo Q1500

noreply@blogger.com (Chanaka) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:45:00 +0000

Fujitsu Esprimo Q1500 is the latest Mini PC from Fujitsu. If you see it from outside you will never belive it is a PC that can play HD video. But Fujitsu was able to fit mobile Core 2 Duo CPU, slot-loading Blu-ray drive, 4GB of memory and a 320GB hard drive in to this tiny PC. It has a HDMI out and it will play 720p video's in your big monitor or TV without any problem.

Starting price for this monster will be $998 (699 Euro) when it will release later this month.

For more Photo's and videos please click this link.

Remote Control Your PC From Anywhere

noreply@blogger.com (Chanaka) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:53:00 +0000

If you have a internet enable computer, using some free software you can remotely control it from anywhere in the world. You'll see its desktop and be able to use all the applications on your remote computer as if you were sitting in front of it. In this post I'm going to explain about how to use TeamViewer free service to remote control your PC from some where else.

To use TeamViewer on your computer you need to download their client program. Once you have downloaded and installed it you are ready for incoming connection from other computers and also you can also allow some one else to connect to your computer. This program supports both Windows and Mac computers. Make sure you are downloading the correct one. Remember you need to install this on both computers to use it.

Download the TeamViewer client program from here

Once you run the program it will look like this.

Now get the ID and the password from the other person that you wish to connect. It will showed in the main screen of the program.

Enter the ID in to the box and click the connect to partner button to start the connection. Make sure that "Remote support" option is selected. When it asks for the password please enter the password that you received from your partner.

That's it. This will connect you to the other computer.

Fixed nv4_disp stuck in an infinite loop problem

noreply@blogger.com (Chanaka) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 08:54:00 +0000

If you are reading this blog you may know that I have a problem on my computer. I'm getting a BSOD (Blue Screen Of Dead) saying "the device driver got stuck in an infinite loop" while loading the desktop icons. Earlier I have posted a tip to prevent this occurring again. (Read my previous post about nv4_disp stuck in an infinite loop from here) But unfortunately it didn't work for me too long. During last week i faced this problem over and over again. Since there was no correct solution anywhere I have to uninstalled the display drivers and use my computer for time being. It was so difficult.

I don't want to believe that my VGA card was damaged some how because without drivers it is working fine. But just to make sure it's condition I have decided to take a look at the inside of my computer. I have not open the case for many months and it's full of dust. So I have blow out the dust using a blower and then removed the VGA card from the mother board. I have checked the circuit board and every part of the card and couldn't find any problem. So I have clean it up also and fixed it back to the mother board. Then I have boot my system back and installed the drivers for the VGA card once again.

Wow ! This time it worked. Drivers installed without any problem and my desktop load after the restart without any problem. I'm using my computer for weeks now without any problem. So, here is my tip if you are having the same problem on a older computer. Please clean your computer, clean your VGA card, clean the slots then give it a try again. Let me know if that worked for you. Good Luck !

Clean up your computer with CCleaner

noreply@blogger.com (Chanaka) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 07:39:00 +0000

Every computer need a good cleanup at least every three months. Your computer will gather too much unwanted stuff that make it work slower over the time. Good cleanup program will remove those unwanted stuff from your computer with few clicks. You can use disk cleanup that comes with your windows operating system. But today we are going to talk about a freeware called CCleaner that do the same job much faster and cleaner.

CCleaner is a freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool.It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. Additionally it contains a fully featured registry cleaner. CCleaner will clear the Temporary files, history, cookies on Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera and safari web browsers. Also it cleans Recycle Bin, Recent Documents, Temporary files and Log files in windows.

Download CCleaner from here