Sunday, 29 April 2012

What is the difference between Netbook and Notebook.



The terms Netbook and Notebook are usually  confusing. What is the difference between Netbook and Notebook?
Netbook
Netbook generally has the following features. 
1.Weight usually less than three pounds.
2.Screens  are 12 inches or smaller, a netbook can be tossed easily into a backpack or purse, or even carried comfortably in one hand.  If you lug your machine around all day long, that's a major consideration.
3.Netbooks are leaner, and better suited to web-based usage.
4.They rarely have a CD or DVD drive. 
5.Their processors make them both energy-efficient and power-conscious, but that also means they're designed to run fewer programs simultaneously.
6.Less hardware.
7.Netbooks have a longer battery life, lasting up to twelve hours without a charge. 

Netbook Computers.


Notebook
Notebook generally has the following features. 
1.Notebooks are more substantial, with larger keyboards and screens,
2.Built-in DVD drives, and more computing strength. 
3.Weight starting at about five pounds.
4.Notebooks are built with the heft to edit massive video files, create graphics, or manage large music libraries. 
5.The larger hard drive of a notebook delivers power and speed, capable of storing huge amounts of content while easily running multiple data-heavy programs.
A Notebook Computer.

Tuesday, 24 April 2012

How to install Linux Operating System.


Dear friends, most of the people know how to install Windows Operating System , but doesn't know Linux. Here I am describing how to install Redhat Enterprise Linux server. This is the same step you can follow to install most of the Unix based OS.


Before start check the system requirements.
Both Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 4 and 5 on 32-bit and 64-bit platforms have the same system requirements, as listed here:





CPU TypePentium 3 or higher; 500MHz or higher
Memory/RAM

256 MB minimum

Hard Disk
200 MB of disk space minimum for a typical deployment 
4 GB minimum for very large environments (more than a million entries)






So let us start.


Insert Linux DVD into the DVD tray. Reboot the computer.You will receive the following screen.

                                         press "Enter" key. The system will start graphic mode of installation.


       Select "Skip" option. If you want to check the DVD/CD you can press "OK"

                                                                     Press "Next"

                                                         Select the language "English"


                                                    Select the keyboard "U.S English"

Select skip entering installation number and press "OK"

                                          Select "create custom layout"and press "Next"

From this page select mount point "/" , file system "ext3" and enter the size (for the proper working of the Operating system, better to give atleast 10000MB)

                                                                I have given 15GB.

Next you need to create another partition called "swap" (the virtual memory partition ). It should be double the size of your RAM.        ie, if the RAM size is 1GB give swap partition size to 2GB.

Select grub boot loader as shown in the picture.

 Select the automatic DHCP option

Select Asia/Calcutta

Type the root password. This is the password and user name you need to give after the installation, to login to the computer.

Select customize option and tick on  all needed software.



Choose "Next"

This time your partition is formatting with the choosen ext3 file system. After that the installation will begin automatically. Your computer will reboot when the process completes.

Ok.Now you installed Redhat Linux in your computer. This is the login window. Here you need to give the username as root and the root password.



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Sunday, 15 April 2012

How to delete gmail account?

                                                   5 steps to delete gmail account.

If you have an old gmail account that you have no longer use, better you to delete them to prevent cyber theft. If any one done anything using the account, only you will be responsible.

Here I am simply describe "how to delete gmail accont."

Step 1:    login to the gmail account.

Step 2: go to account option.Click here.
step 3: Click on the marked option.Delete the account.
step 4: provide the current user account password.
( The password you used to login to the account)
Step 5: it displays that the account deleted.




Please contact for more information.
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Wednesday, 11 April 2012

How to create a Windows 7 workgroup



When you set up a network, Windows automatically creates a workgroup and gives it a name. You can join an existing workgroup on a network or create a new one.Follow the steps.





  1. Open System by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking System and Maintenance, and then clicking System.
  2. Under Computer Name, Domain, and Workgroup Settings, click Change settingsAdministrator permission required If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
  3. Click the Computer Name tab, and then click Change.
  4. Under Member of, click Workgroup, and then do one of the following:
    • To join an existing workgroup, type the name of the workgroup that you want to join, and then click OK.
    • To create a new workgroup, type the name of the workgroup that you want to create, and then click OK
      If you change the name of an existing workgroup, a new workgroup will be created with that name.
      Picture of the Computer Name/Domain Changes dialog box
      The Computer Name/Domain Changes dialog box .This is the place where you have to type the new workgroup name.
      If your network includes computers running Windows XP, you might need to change the workgroup name on those computers to match the workgroup name on the computers running this version of Windows so that you can see and connect to all computers on your network.

      N.B: The above steps can be used for joining with a new workgroup network. 

Friday, 6 April 2012

How to Install Windows 7

Dear friend Windows 7 has six different editions of operating System. The  following method can be applied to install all of these editions.Here I am describing the most common and the highest edition of Windows 7 , called Windows 7 Ultimate edition.

Before going to install make that your system is supporting Windows7. In technical term it is called as requirements. It is given in the following.


  • 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
  • 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
  • 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
  • DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver

    All of these information you will get by using the command msinfo32 at the run dialog box

    If the requirement is ok. You can do the following steps.

    Steps::
    Insert Windows 7 DVD in the drive and press F8. Select boot from DVD option. After a while the computer will boot from DVD. So that you will get the following screen.


                      Windows is loading files. This time your computer copies the files to temporary memory. 





















    select install now option.
    Accept licence agreement.You can continue only after it.
    Select custom option from this window.
    This is the option where you want to select the partition. If no free space is available delete an unwanted partition and create one.( for best performance you should have at least 16GB space on the drive.
    After it press next option.

    The installation will take  maximum 30 minutes. (on normal condition.)

    If you have faced any problem during the installation, feel free to contact us.


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Friday, 30 March 2012

Create a homegroup



HomeGroup makes it easy to share pictures, music, documents, videos, and printers with other people on your home network. When you set up a computer with this version ofWindows, a homegroup is created automatically. But you can also create a homegroup by following these steps:


To create a homegroup

  1. Open HomeGroup by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, clicking Control Panel, typinghomegroup in the search box, and then clicking HomeGroup.
  2. On the Share with other home computers running Windows 7 page, click Create a homegroup, and then follow the instructions.

    Notes

    • If a homegroup already exists on your network, Windows will ask if you would like to join it instead of creating a new one.
    • If your computer belongs to a domain, you can join a homegroup but you can't create one. You can access files and resources on other homegroup computers, but you can't share your own files and resources with the homegroup.

                                                   The Share with other home computers running Windows 7 page

      Add computers to a homegroup

      After you create a homegroup, add the other computers on your home network to it. Until the other computers join your homegroup, you won't be able to access their shared files and resources.


      Note

      Computers must be running Windows 7 to participate in a homegroup. HomeGroup is available in all editions of Windows 7. In Windows 7 Starter and Windows 7 Home Basic, you can join a homegroup, but you can’t create one.
      Follow these steps on each computer that you want to add to the homegroup:
      1. Open HomeGroup by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, clicking Control Panel, typinghomegroup in the search box, and then clicking HomeGroup.
      2. Click Join now, and then complete the wizard.
        Picture of the Share with other home computers running Windows 7 page
                   The Share with other home computers running Windows 7 page


        Watch this video to learn how to create a homegroup (0:58)







      N.B If any problem comes when you do it, please feel free to contact us.




Friday, 23 March 2012

Schedule an email to be sent later. Easy email reminder


Schedule an email to be sent later. Easy email reminders.




Boomerang for Gmail is a Firefox / Chrome plugin that lets you take control of when you send and receive email messages.

Send an email later.

 With Boomerang you can send an email now or schedule it to be sent automatically at the perfect time.

The best follow up reminder

You can use Boomerang to take messages out of your inbox until you actually need them.


Remind you if you dont hear back

Help us to follow up


Available for mobile

This application is also available for some of the latest mobile.

Go to the following link to download Boomerang. (use mozilla firefox or google chrome browser)