Sunday, July 22, 2012
Ten Tips For Studying
Make studying a part of your everyday school routine and don't be limited to 'cramming' for exams and tests.
1. Establish a routine
Set aside a particular time each day for study and revision and stick to it.
1. Establish a routine
Set aside a particular time each day for study and revision and stick to it.
2. Create a study environment
This should be away from interruptions and household noise, such as the television. Ensure there is adequate lighting and ventilation, a comfortable chair and appropriate desk.
3. Set a timetable
With a timetable you can plan to cover all your subjects in an organised way, allotting the appropriate time for each without becoming overwhelmed.
4. Look after yourself
Drink plenty of fluids, especially water, and eat healthy foods. Keep sugary foods to a minimum. Make sure you get enough sleep each night. Regular physical exercise makes you feel great, boosts your energy and helps you relax. So try to keep up regular sporting activities or at least fit in some regular exercise as often as you can.
5. Reward yourself for studying
Watch your favourite television program, spend time with your friends, walk to the park and play sport throughout the week.
6. Have variety in your study program
Study different subjects each day and do different types of work and revision in each study session.
7. Avoid interrupting your concentration
Have all the appropriate materials with you before you start a session of study to minimise distractions.
8. Test yourself on what you have studied
Ask your parents or family members to quiz you on what you have learnt, use draft questions from books, past assessments or major exam papers.
9. Don't panic at exam time
If you have followed a study routine and have been revising your class work, there should be no need to worry. Try to keep yourself calm, positive and confident.
10. Ask your teachers for guidance
Especially if you're having trouble - whether it's grasping a new concept or understanding something you learnt earlier in the year. They will be happy to help
Difference Between Core i3, Core i5, Core i7
Intel will stop selling Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad in 2010. Core is the new range of Intel processors.
Core i3:
* Entry level processor.
* 2-4 Cores
* 4 Threads
* Hyper-Threading (efficient use of processor resources)
* 3-4 MB Catche
* 32 nm Silicon (less heat and energy)
Core i5:
* Mid range processor.
* 2-4 Cores
* 4 Threads
* Turbo Mode (turn off core if not used)
* Hyper-Threading (efficient use of processor resources)
* 3-8 MB Catche
* 32-45 nm Silicon (less heat and energy)
Core i7:
* High end processor.
* 4 Cores
* 8 Threads
* Turbo Mode (turn off core if not used)
* Hyper-Threading (efficient use of processor resources)
* 4-8 MB Catche
* 32-45 nm Silicon (less heat and energy)
Core i3:
* Entry level processor.
* 2-4 Cores
* 4 Threads
* Hyper-Threading (efficient use of processor resources)
* 3-4 MB Catche
* 32 nm Silicon (less heat and energy)
Core i5:
* Mid range processor.
* 2-4 Cores
* 4 Threads
* Turbo Mode (turn off core if not used)
* Hyper-Threading (efficient use of processor resources)
* 3-8 MB Catche
* 32-45 nm Silicon (less heat and energy)
Core i7:
* High end processor.
* 4 Cores
* 8 Threads
* Turbo Mode (turn off core if not used)
* Hyper-Threading (efficient use of processor resources)
* 4-8 MB Catche
* 32-45 nm Silicon (less heat and energy)
Pakistan’s Ipad Ebook Nbook are now Available in market
PACPAD 1 is Pakistan’s first attempt at making a good portable tablet, The PAC in the name stands for the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, which is the air force base in Kamra where it is made, PACPAD 1 was made using Chinese hardware which accounts for its low cost factor. Pakistan has a very fast growing market for Tablets nowadays, especially after the iPad came along.
The specs of the tablet are good, it runs on Android 2.3, a 7 inch Capacitive display much like the Kindle Fire,, 256 MB of ram, the tablet comes in 3/4/8 and 16 GB models and costs around $200, the supposed battery life of the tablet is 10 Hours which might not be all true partly due to the cheap parts that would have been used, one thing that gives the tablet an advantage is the a local, one-year guarantee that comes with it.
The PACPAD 1 had the ability to play almost any format off the shelf including MKV, AVI, FLV etc, it comes with Microsoft Office and quite a few other softwares pre-installed, the tablet also comes with an HDMI output and internal 3D acceleration which enables it to play 3D games(this feature might be very limited). The most surprising fact about the tablet is that it does not come with support for an URDU language keyboard as they have not mentioned it under the Language section of the site.
I have not yet had the opportunity to test this tablet but I doubt its performance will be any better then the price of all the China based android tablets out there, its a good start but I doubt it will be able to compete with the 200$ Amazon Kindle Fire which is easily available in Pakistan although this tablet consists of expandable memory and more outputs then the Kindle Fire.
The manufactures say that only a few hundred pieces of each products has been made so far saying a new batch will be arriving in the next three months.
The specs of the tablet are good, it runs on Android 2.3, a 7 inch Capacitive display much like the Kindle Fire,, 256 MB of ram, the tablet comes in 3/4/8 and 16 GB models and costs around $200, the supposed battery life of the tablet is 10 Hours which might not be all true partly due to the cheap parts that would have been used, one thing that gives the tablet an advantage is the a local, one-year guarantee that comes with it.
The PACPAD 1 had the ability to play almost any format off the shelf including MKV, AVI, FLV etc, it comes with Microsoft Office and quite a few other softwares pre-installed, the tablet also comes with an HDMI output and internal 3D acceleration which enables it to play 3D games(this feature might be very limited). The most surprising fact about the tablet is that it does not come with support for an URDU language keyboard as they have not mentioned it under the Language section of the site.
I have not yet had the opportunity to test this tablet but I doubt its performance will be any better then the price of all the China based android tablets out there, its a good start but I doubt it will be able to compete with the 200$ Amazon Kindle Fire which is easily available in Pakistan although this tablet consists of expandable memory and more outputs then the Kindle Fire.
The manufactures say that only a few hundred pieces of each products has been made so far saying a new batch will be arriving in the next three months.
How to Uninstall and Remove Software in Safe Mode in Windows Operating System
If you have installed software on your computer and for any reason it gives you issues, the best thing to do is to uninstall it.
(Learn how with this post...)
If you have installed software on your computer and for any reason it gives you issues, the best thing to do is to uninstall it. Period. But what happen if such a piece of software keeps restarting your Windows operating system or worst, disables certain services so that you won’t be able to performs some important operation anymore ? In this case Windows will help you with a special feature called Safe Mode. Basically, in Safe Mode you will be able to troubleshoot your computer in order to fix issues. However, if you need to uninstall and remove some software, you have to know that this kind of “limited state” Mode has the Windows Installer Service completely disabled. Let’s see how to turn it on and uninstall everything… even in the Safe Mode configuration. Windows Installation Service is responsible for the installation and uninstallation procedure. If you try to access it in Safe Mode you will get the following message: “The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. This can occur if the Windows Installer is not correctly installed. Contact your Support Personnel for assistance”. The following tutorial will teach you how to turn the Windows Installation Service in Safe Mode:
1. Click Start
2. In the Search field, type regedit and press Enter.
3. Locate the following registry key: HKLM\ SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\ Control\SafeBoot\ Minimal\
4. Right-click on the Mininal key and from the menu select New – Key. Now name the new key MSIService and change the value to Service by double-clicking it.
5. If you are in the Safe Mode with Network Mode, repeat the above steps for the following registry key: HKLM\ SYSTEM#92;CurrentControlSet\ Control\ SafeBoot\Network\
6. The newly created MSIService will make available the Windows Installation Service in Safe Mode. However, I want to remind you that it is necessary to turn the new service on.
7. To do it, exit regedit, click Start and in the Search field type: services.msc and press Enter.
8. From the list, locate Windows Installer. Right-click it and select Start.
9. If the procedure to turn on Windows Installer doesn’t work try this one:
10. Click Start.
11. In the search field, type cmd. Do not press Enter.
12. Right click the Command DOS icon and click the Run it as Administrator link.
13. In the command prompt, type net start msiserver.
At the end of the whole procedure do not forget to restart your computer for the changes to take effect.
(Learn how with this post...)
If you have installed software on your computer and for any reason it gives you issues, the best thing to do is to uninstall it. Period. But what happen if such a piece of software keeps restarting your Windows operating system or worst, disables certain services so that you won’t be able to performs some important operation anymore ? In this case Windows will help you with a special feature called Safe Mode. Basically, in Safe Mode you will be able to troubleshoot your computer in order to fix issues. However, if you need to uninstall and remove some software, you have to know that this kind of “limited state” Mode has the Windows Installer Service completely disabled. Let’s see how to turn it on and uninstall everything… even in the Safe Mode configuration. Windows Installation Service is responsible for the installation and uninstallation procedure. If you try to access it in Safe Mode you will get the following message: “The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. This can occur if the Windows Installer is not correctly installed. Contact your Support Personnel for assistance”. The following tutorial will teach you how to turn the Windows Installation Service in Safe Mode:
1. Click Start
2. In the Search field, type regedit and press Enter.
3. Locate the following registry key: HKLM\ SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\ Control\SafeBoot\ Minimal\
4. Right-click on the Mininal key and from the menu select New – Key. Now name the new key MSIService and change the value to Service by double-clicking it.
5. If you are in the Safe Mode with Network Mode, repeat the above steps for the following registry key: HKLM\ SYSTEM#92;CurrentControlSet\ Control\ SafeBoot\Network\
6. The newly created MSIService will make available the Windows Installation Service in Safe Mode. However, I want to remind you that it is necessary to turn the new service on.
7. To do it, exit regedit, click Start and in the Search field type: services.msc and press Enter.
8. From the list, locate Windows Installer. Right-click it and select Start.
9. If the procedure to turn on Windows Installer doesn’t work try this one:
10. Click Start.
11. In the search field, type cmd. Do not press Enter.
12. Right click the Command DOS icon and click the Run it as Administrator link.
13. In the command prompt, type net start msiserver.
At the end of the whole procedure do not forget to restart your computer for the changes to take effect.
How to Hide User Accounts from the Welcome Screen in Windows 7 and Vista
Here are steps you may follow if you want to hide user accounts from welcome (loggon) screen in Win 7 and vista.
As you know, on bootup, Windows 7 and Vista give you a Welcome screen with a list of user accounts created on the computer. Such a list is available only in the case such accounts have been password-protected. If you don’t like the idea that other users may see your account and you wish to hide it and protect your privacy, here is a simple hack to disply only the fields to inster the username and password, in perfect Windows XP style.
1. Click Start.
2. In the Search field, type regedit and press Enter.
3. Locate the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software \Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Policies \System.
4. In the right pane, double click the DontDisplayLastName and set its value to 1.
5. Click OK to confirm.
6. Restart the computer for the change to take effect.
If the above hack doesn’t work, try this:
1. Go to your Windows registry and locate this key: HKEY_Local_Machine \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ SpecialAccounts\UserList
2. Now, right-click the UserList folder located on the left pane and from the menu, select New – DWORD (32-bit) Value
3. Name the new DWORD as the username you want to hide and click OK.
4. Restart the computer for the changes to take effect.
5. Upon restaring your computer, you should see that the account you wanted to hide won’t disappear on the welcome screen!
As you know, on bootup, Windows 7 and Vista give you a Welcome screen with a list of user accounts created on the computer. Such a list is available only in the case such accounts have been password-protected. If you don’t like the idea that other users may see your account and you wish to hide it and protect your privacy, here is a simple hack to disply only the fields to inster the username and password, in perfect Windows XP style.
1. Click Start.
2. In the Search field, type regedit and press Enter.
3. Locate the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software \Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Policies \System.
4. In the right pane, double click the DontDisplayLastName and set its value to 1.
5. Click OK to confirm.
6. Restart the computer for the change to take effect.
If the above hack doesn’t work, try this:
1. Go to your Windows registry and locate this key: HKEY_Local_Machine \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ SpecialAccounts\UserList
2. Now, right-click the UserList folder located on the left pane and from the menu, select New – DWORD (32-bit) Value
3. Name the new DWORD as the username you want to hide and click OK.
4. Restart the computer for the changes to take effect.
5. Upon restaring your computer, you should see that the account you wanted to hide won’t disappear on the welcome screen!
Easy Way to Burn DVD
Chances are you’ve got a nice collection of DVD’s in your house that you wouldn’t want damaged.
A smart idea would be to back them up, but with all these copy protections, how do you backup DVD’s easily?
A nice little program called RipItForMe, automates a few programs to bypass DVD protections and allows you to back them up. The program’s home page no longer exists, however it’s still avalible on the net. Just have a look in google.
It’s very easy to use and even has a one click backup feature.
Oh, and did I mention its free?
Check it out and enjoy!
A smart idea would be to back them up, but with all these copy protections, how do you backup DVD’s easily?
A nice little program called RipItForMe, automates a few programs to bypass DVD protections and allows you to back them up. The program’s home page no longer exists, however it’s still avalible on the net. Just have a look in google.
It’s very easy to use and even has a one click backup feature.
Oh, and did I mention its free?
Check it out and enjoy!
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