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Automating Things with Batch Files

admin — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 16:27:48 +0000

They Work on Today’s Computers Too!

If you’re familiar with MS-DOS at all, you’ll recall that it’s a command-driven operating system that performs functions issued at the C:> prompt. The only way to get an MS-DOS computer to do something was to type a command at this prompt and if you can imagine, it was a rather cumbersome way to use a computer.

As an example, to load up Microsoft’s simple editing program, you had to type the name of the drive that the program was on, the directory that the program was in, and then the name of the program. So if Microsoft Edit was in a directory or folder named “Process,” you could start the program by typing, “C:>process\edit.com” Then, and only then would the program load up for use.

This is a small command, but just imagine if you had a program that was deeply nested within a series of folder. You could end up typing a command as wide as your computer screen or worse, long enough that the entire command would have to wrap onto the next line! Now imagine having to type these long commands every time that you wanted to start a program. Yikes!

That’s one of the reasons why batch files became so popular. Batch files are small text-based documents that contain a bunch of these commands on their own lines. When executed, they would process each command without the user having to type each and every one of them.

When Windows was developed, the need for typing commands was essentially eradicated thanks to the introduction of the point-and-click (mouse) interface. But this didn’t stop the batch file fever that started under MS-DOS – and in some small circles, batch files are still as popular as they were in the beginning.

Even though you may use Windows XP or Vista, batch files can save you tons of time by automatically starting multiple programs and performing different tasks at the single click of a button. They don’t require any extensive programming background and they don’t need to be encrypted with some weird, expensive compiler. Batch files are plain text files, and you can build one for your own personal use with Windows’ Notepad.

You could make a batch file that loads up your favorite websites at once for example, or you could make a batch file that fills your desktop with the most important applications for the day. To do so only requires a little knowledge about the locations of these applications.

Let’s say that every day we need to load up the Yahoo web browser, Microsoft Word, and then the calculator that comes with Windows. Instead of doing this by hand, we could write a batch file to do it for us.

First, we’d load up Notepad and type in the following:

START “http://www.yahoo.com”
START “c:/program files/microsoft office/office/winword.exe”
START “c:/windows/calc.exe”

We would then save this data into a file named, “mytasks.bat” onto the Desktop for easy access. Each time we double-clicked on this file, the Yahoo website would load up, Microsoft Word would start, and the simple calculator would pop up.

Since we want these programs to load every day, we could create a shortcut to this file and then place the shortcut inside our computer’s Start Up folder. That way, these three programs would load every time we turn on the computer. If you wanted these programs to start minimized, you could type the following into a batch file instead:

START http://www.yahoo.com /m
START “c:/program files/microsoft office/office/winword.exe” /m
START “c:/windows/calc.exe” /m

This will run all three programs as before, however the “/m” parameter will minimize them so that they don’t clutter up the desktop.

Other people have found much more creative and effective ways to use batch files, but the important thing is that you know they’re a resource you can use to save a few seconds or minutes in performing important tasks. We’ve come a long way from MS-DOS, but it’s still a valuable source of automation that anyone can use with no programming knowledge at all.

Accessorizing Computers

Accessorizing Computers

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:26:58 +0000

What Comes Out of the Box is a Really Just a Starter Kit
Yesterday, we spent about three hours trying to convince a client of ours that brand new computers just don’t come equipped with the all things that most computers need in a PC. We tried to convince him that a fully functional computer is one that is personalized with specially selected hardware and software accessories – and that the computer purchased at the store doesn’t come with these things. Unfortunately, all of our convincing was to our avail. Our client insisted that he should never need more than what came with his boxed product and that we were just trying “bilk” more money out of him.

As computer consultants, it’s our job and mission to make sure our clients are 100% satisfied when they walk out our offices. But our job is unnecessarily made harder when people don’t take the time to learn about computer accessories and familiarize themselves with the limitations of store-bought computers. Hopefully by the time you finish reading this article, you’ll understand the lesson that we were trying to teach our client: “What comes out of the box is really just a starter kit.”

To illustrate the importance of accessorizing, we like to use the “plain dough” analogy. Let’s say that a brand new computer is a batch of plain dough – waiting to be flavored and baked into something useful. If we want to use this dough to make a delicious batch of chocolate chip cookies, we would need to “accessorize” this dough with chocolate chips and a little brown sugar. If we want to use this dough into in a warm loaf of sesame seed bread on the other hand, we’d need to “accessorize” the dough with yeast and sesame seeds.
The typical computer package comes with a CPU unit, keyboard, mouse, and speaker set. That may be just fine for some, but most people require more than that especially in today’s “connected” society. Today’s users require full multimedia capabilities, a wide range of graphics tools, and accommodations for the various portables we now enjoy. These extras aren’t included with “what comes out of the box,” and the only way to get them is to accessorize.

Like “plain dough,” the brand new computer isn’t very useful by itself. It needs accessorizing.

Depending on what’s needed, accessorizing doesn’t need to be expensive. In fact, you can get away with paying a minimal amount for extra software and hardware if these accessories are for children. It’s when these accessories are work requirements or when they’re needed to produce works of quality for any other reason that they can become rather expensive. And this expense applies to microphones, digital cameras, PDAs, scanners, video cams, and more.

Regardless of cost, it’s important to understand that accessories can become “necessities,” and that the best time to get them is the moment you buy a new computer. Waiting too long to accessorize can cause more problems than necessary because while you wait, manufacturers continuously develop new technologies – technologies that your computer won’t be able to accommodate in the future. Once you’re ready to accessorize, the new products on the market are too advanced for your computer and they just won’t work. This is a typical problem experienced

Settling General Laptop Problems

admin — Thu, 13 May 2010 07:58:52 +0000

Overheating is one of the most general problem with laptop, although the generation notebook does not trust it. Occasionally you get a laptop which is more large than 15”, you are about to middle in the risky area. Particularly when you desire some horsepower formed into the engine. You are about to watch an even a computer , that can be used as a heater. Pay attention to the suggestion on the base of the laptop and do not put it in your lap, particularly if you are a man and wish children in the future.

Now return in the days my laptop used to run a joke on me, it has a certain attitude like a child on candy rush- every time I attempt to play games, my computer cool down after 10 minutes. It was stigmatize new and I did not know what to think of this, as no taste. Those games were pretty old and must by no means evoke complication to my loved machine. After requesting a several friends who understood more about computer than me the most general response to my problems was: Overheating. But how to handle it ? As someone who used desktop computer his whole life I did not know what should I do ?.
This is when I detected the notebook cooler. It’s a tool which you put under your laptop. It’s generally formed out of heat pervading Substance which has a some propeller stuck together to it. So, exactly when laptop got hot from now on, I just turned up the propeller , so it will be cool down. At the last of the day , this cooler advanced the life time of my laptop a some folds, as it turned out there must have been few more internal problems, as the main board crashed forced one time when I did not have to cooler to hand. Overheating Places solemn pressure on the hardware and will decrease the lifetime, it is a pity, I know this first hand. Certain I had guarantee on my laptop, but it’s so disturbing that you must dispatch something them in ( customarily gets a few days to weeks to take it fixed) and can not repair them yourself, so if anyone request me, what should I take to advance my laptop appearance and It’s possible life I tell them: get a note book cooler. It’s a inexpensive method as those cooler come in distinction sizes and generally for an equitable cost ranging from 20 -50 bucks.

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Lenovo IdeaPad U150 With Intel CULV Processors

admin — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 02:55:41 +0000

Lenovo is fullest acknowledged for the ThinkPad business line notebook computers (laptop) that the company inherited from IBM, but the fresh Idea Pad line of consumer-oriented laptops has handled to render a few buzz thanks to singular designs and a low price. The Lenovo IdeaPad U150 goes forward that movement by providing a magnetic 11-inch laptop those competitors the Dell Inspiron 11z and the HP Mini 311. Like most 11-inch notebook computers presently on the market place, the U150 passes the delicately line between a full-featured notebook personal computer. The U150 is bigger and more Herculean than the typical $400 net book, but deficiencies the impressive characteristics and size of a standard laptop computer with a high-end Core 2 Duo central processor in the $650-$900 price range. That said, the U150 sure enough provides a magnetic conception with a compounding of matte black, shiny black, and glossy silver plastics.

The integral stereo speakers are very well for hearing to streaming radio or the episodic television show, but miss much bass. Since the loudspeaker systems are placed at the bottom front edge of the notebook computer the audio output tends to sound damped while you apply the notebook computer as a “laptop.” Even so, if the U150 is resting on a desk and then the sound bounce up off the control surface of the desk and toward the buyer.

Lenovo ThinkPad X201-Ultra Portable Laptop

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:16:03 +0000

The ThinkPad X201 is the latest 12-inch ultra-portable business notebook computer from Lenovo. As freshen to the X200-series, the X201 showcases Intel’s most former Calpella platform. Among the most concerning fresh processor alternatives let in in the X201 is the new 32nm Core i7-640LM dual-core CPU punched in at 2.13GHz. We take a look at the integral X201-lineup letting in the X201, X201s, and X201 Tablet and see how well they pile up versus late models.

The ThinkPad X201 behaves the same delightfully-intimidating, ultra-portable business-notebook-on-steroids blueprint as all the X-series notebook computers before it. At first sight it appears like any other T-series notebook computer with a boxy chassis and rubberized blusher but much smaller. With the notebook computer open, you catch that the design is as small as it can be without cutting down the size of the keyboard.

When the form quality exceeds several CULV-notebooks one area the X201 actually falls behind is in the silver screen category. Equated as many of the advanced 11.6- and 12-inch glossy screens discovered on novel consumer ultra portable notebook computers, the panels on the X201 and X201s fall behind in color chrome and direct contrast. Colors seemed faded and weak when black levels found played out.

Dell Latitude Z High Resolution Laptop

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:08:14 +0000

The Latitude Z creates that kind of impression on you from the bit you begin to consider it out of the box. The caliber of everything down to the packing materials is a step above anything else I’ve seen. The following matter you realize is how vast the footmark of the notebook computer is while equated to the heaviness of the chassis. Just about thin and light notebook computers are established on the 13.3″ form-factor, whereas the Dell Latitude Z is 16″. The Z is razor slenderize for a laptop of this size creating it stand out even while equated to a MacBook Pro. The laptop appears are nothing short of awesome. Dell has applied the Z a complete mixture of fashionable brushed metal, clear side panels, and industrial rubbery control surfaces. It’s almost as if Apple and Lenovo cooperated to create a high-end business notebook. The silver screen cover has a rubbery metallic-paint cropped with chrome-plated screen flexible joints.

Dell configured a groovy keyboard for the Latitude Z. It has the visual calibers of an island-style keyboard with the concave keys of a standard keyboard. The typing control surface was responsive and provided first-class support. Even with fleshy typing the keyboard did not turn below force. I had no troubles typing for hours at the keyboard, letting in typing for my activities on the Z itself.

Care your laptop battery to get the maximum life out of it

admin — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:55:28 +0000

1.) Always use your laptop on a hard surface. Laptops are portable and it’s easy to set your laptop on your bed and use it at your lesiure. That’s one of the benefits of having a portable computer. Flexibility. But if you want to extend your Laptop battery life you have to watch out for overheating your laptop. Heat is one of the biggest obstacles to battery life longevity. Your laptop computer fan cannot circulate the air properly when your laptop is sitting on soft surface. 2.) Do not keep your battery installed when you use your laptop on AC for an extended period of time. While your laptop is undoubtedly using a smart charger to charge your battery even a constant trickle charge over months can reduce your battery life. For best results, only charge your Laptop battery when you need to charge it, don’t leave the laptop battery plugged in all the time. More importantly than the trickle charger affect is the ’storage’ of a Li-Ion battery at elevated temperatures. The optimum storage temperature for a Li-Ion battery is at 0 deg. C. The optimum storage charge level is about 40%. Unfortunately we tend to store fully charged and at the temperatures found in a running laptop you’ll find a significant reduction in battery for your laptop performance after only 12-18 months. 3.) Use a full charge cycle before recharging Li-Ion and NiMH battery (which most laptop battery are), do not have a memory which you might find in NiCad batteries. However, each chemistry has a limited number of charge cycles, so use a full charge cycle before re-charging to maximize your Laptop batteries usage. Because this may be very difficult to manage, you’ll need to consider the cost-benefit ratio for keeping track of how far discharged the battery is before you charge it again. 4.) Be careful where you store your laptop This goes back to the heat issue. Don’t leave your Laptop Battery in the car where it can get very hot.Batteries hate heat and your battery will go on strike permenantly if you expose it to too much heat. Remember that all laptops are not created equal. You may have gotten 4 hours from your last laptop while on laptop battery , but your new laptop might pull more juice to run that gaming quality processor, or the power hogging programs you’re running now. Read your owner’s manual to find out what you should expect from your laptop battery and be sure to compare apples to apples when purchasing a replacement Dell Inspiron 6400 battery. Not all laptop batteries are made to the same specs. We recommend buying a battery that has at least as much capacity as your original battery (that’s the mAh rating), and preferrably the same chemistry as well. Li-ion batteries are ideal for electronics. Laptop batteries can get confusing if you are not certain what you are looking for or how to look for it. It always helps to have a quick guide to the basics of a laptop battery and how you can go ahead and find one that will work in your laptop. It also helps to know the different kinds of batteries available and also some basic safety tips that go along with the proper handling of a laptop battery to avoid damage to your laptop and to yourself. Follow along and use this helpful primer on the basic information that you need to know when you start to consider purchasing a laptop battery. Your battery is one of the most important parts of your laptop because without a properly functioning battery your laptop basically becomes a small desktop computer because it cannot go anywhere without being plugged into a power supply. A good battery is important and there are many things about the laptop battery that people seem to forget or never know in the first place that are very important to the proper care and use of your laptop and your laptop battery. The first, and probably most important, rule about laptop batteries is you should never open your laptop battery for any reason. Your laptop battery is sealed so that it works properly and there are dangerous chemicals inside a laptop battery that can cause serious damage to your skin if you come in contact with them and very serious damage if those chemicals get ingested by anyone. So never open your laptop battery for any reason. You are more than able to remove the battery from your laptop if you have the need and it is very simple to do that. Just follow the battery removal instructions in your laptop user guide and remember to take it very slowly when you are removing your laptop battery. It should be very easy to remove your laptop battery and if you experience any resistance trying to remove the battery then something in your laptop could be damaged so take it to a repair shop. There are many different kinds of laptop batteries and there is more than one proper battery for your laptop computer. Many models of laptop computers have an optional battery that you can purchase that allows you more time on a charge. These are extremely convenient if you know that you will be going through long periods where you will be without the ability to recharge your laptop battery. These extra life batteries are also very convenient for long trips on planes or trains if you know you will need to get work done on those trips. Not every laptop can accommodate an extended life battery so be certain that your laptop has the ability to accommodate the extended life battery before you try to install it into your laptop. If your laptop does not accommodate extended life batteries then your other option is to carry a second fully charged battery with you for when your laptop starts to lose power. Many people do this and it is not uncommon at all. Some people get a little confused about charging their laptop battery so let me just answer a very common question by saying that yes you can charge your laptop battery while it is in your laptop. Anytime your laptop is plugged into its wall power source it is charging the battery. All you need to do to charge your laptop battery while you are working on your laptop is just plug in the wall power source. It does not take long for the average battery to charge and you don’t have to stop working. Just another convenience of owning a laptop computer. Charging and Discharing Your device is powered by a OEM adapter. We research that most of people purchase the laptop ac adapter which is not fit their laptop for they ignore DC size such as (5.5*2.5, 4.8* 1.7) is different from their old although they have the same out put. So our web site list them by out put and dc size together. If a replacement laptop ac dc adapter is being used for the first time or if the adapter has not been used for a prolonged period.it may be necessary to connect the adapter charger and then disconnect and reconnect it to start the charging. If the batteries is completely discharged,it may take a few minutes before the charging indicator appears on the display or before any calls can be made.Use the adapter only for its intended purpose.Never use any charger or adapter that is damaged. Do not short-circuit the laptop ac dapters. Accidental short-circuiting can occur when a metaillic object such as a coin,clip,or pen causes direct connection of the positive and negative terminals of the replacement adapter.(These look like metal strips on the adapter).This might happen,for example,wehn you carry a spare adapter in your pocket or purse.Short-circuiting the terminals may damage the adapter or the connecing object. Leaving the adapter in hot or cold places,such as in a closed car in summer or winter conditions,will reduce the capacity and lifetime of the adapter pack.Always try to keep the adapter between 15 and 25 .A device with a hot or adapter may not work temporarily,even when the new adapter is fully charged.adapter performance is particularly limited in temperatures well below freezing.Do not dispose of batteries in a fire as they may explode.adapter may also explode if damaged.Dispose of batteries according to local regulations.Please recycle when possible.Do not dispose as household waste.

ASUS Motherboards

admin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:06:59 +0000

ASUS motherboard is the main circuit board in a computer. It controls all the other peripheral devices like keyboard, printer, mouse or other things. It is very important to consider the quality of the motherboard if you want your computer to run perfectly for long time. It is known world over that ASUS manufactures the best motherboards. If you want high quality motherboards, ASUS motherboards are the best. These motherboards give the highest level of satisfaction among the users.

There is great demand of ASUS motherboards for those features and high quality. More interesting is the fact that, it produces motherboards for each and every kind of chipset available around. You can find a suitable ASUS motherboard which is compatible with all kind of processor made by major manufacturers like AMD, Intel and NVIDIA.

Different motherboards from this manufacturer have different features. While looking for motherboard, make a point to consider these features. Make sure that the motherboard you are looking for should at least support 100 MHz of memory in DDR3 configuration. Side port memory is also a useful feature which is expected from ASUS motherboards. Each motherboard from ASUS is designed in such a manner that it has clean and logical layout. Another great feature of every kind of ASUS motherboard is their integrated graphic performance standards.

One of the most interesting facts about ASUS motherboards is their affordability despite having great features. When you work with graphics on computer, its clarity and sharpness highly depends upon the quality of the motherboard. ASUS motherboards are expert at this job as they offer high quality clarity and sharpness in the graphics.

There are ASUS motherboards which are designed to work with high quality chipsets. These motherboards are a bit expensive. For instance, ASUS has designed 975x motherboard systems to work with Intel Core 2 Duo and the Core 2 Extreme processor units. These extremely efficient and high quality chipsets work best only with specially designed ASUS motherboards.

One motherboard from ASUS, ASUS P5N73-AM, is the good choice for the programmers. This is a highly reliable motherboard and is compatible with chipset such as NVIDIA GeForce 7050.

ASUS Rampage Formula is another motherboard which supports the core 2 Duo processors. If you want latest in the line, this is it. It is great motherboard if you have heavy software on your computer.

To choose a particular motherboard, it is important to understand your requirements and the usage of your PC.

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Buy laptop computer bags with confidence

admin — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:38:12 +0000

Lets start regarding laptop computer bags what you need to choose before you buy it. First thing you need to choose is the laptop size, if you have laptop size about 15″ then make sure where will you keep all laptop cords and other accessories of the laptop, so don’t buy just 15″ laptop bag go little bit bigger than that.

Secondly you need check the style which kind of style you looking for, some peoples like very casual style and some wants something like professional looking to suite their business or services. If you are student and you wanted to carry some books and other papers work with your laptop so best go for rack sack bags, ladies can choose from different style according to their own personality. Third thing you will be looking for material about laptop bags, what kind of material you will prefer, some people like leather and some like nylon and some like fabrics, so you need to decide what exactly you need to suit your style. Fourth and last thing you need to choose is space what you need to put in the laptop bags. Briefcase type laptop bags have lots of compartments and pockets to hold your files and other paper work and visiting cards and laptop cords, some people don’t like to carry another briefcase so best get something bigger laptop bag which can carry your briefcase things as well. For students need to buy laptop rack sack to carry their books and water bottle with laptop so make sure you must have all these facility in your laptop computer bags to give you most comfortable protection to your laptop and other facilities.

Cheap Mac Laptop?

admin — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:27:19 +0000

The tech world’s all a-twitter today with the speculation that Apple will announce a new lineup of notebook computers with more accessible pricing for consumers in these trying economic times. Presently, for you to join the Apple laptop club, you’ll have to deal at least $1,099 for one of its Macbooks. In some types, you can discover a Windows-based laptop for incomplete that cost – though it’ll perhaps have fewer bells and whistles.

But there’s tons of chatter online correct at once that the fresh low cost for a Mac notebook will start at $899. That would be news program. Whenever you’ve been on the hedge ahead with purchasing a Mac laptop, would such a lower cost entice you to accept a bite of Apple? Hit the jump for a few short links to reports about Apple’s declaration nowadays, which is regular for 10 a.m. Pacific (1 p.m. Eastern)

* The Boy Genius article takes that one of its “believed Apple ninjas” was capable to confirm the $899 figure by poking around on Apple’s site.

* Care to glance totally the chatter about the supposed announcement on Twitter.com? Tap this link for a taste. Human are really calculating down the hours to the announcement.

* Fortune’s Apple 2.0 blog tells a psychoanalyst is predicting that the freshest, lowest-priced Macbook will begin in the $899 to $999 grade.