Defrag Your Hardisk

Defrag? Sounds like a weird word someone has made up, or maybe a strange rock band from Norway. It is neither of these, but a command than can help you make your computer run faster and also help maintain the life of the disk in your computer.

Every computer when running a version of Microsoft Windows suffers from a problem called defragmentation. It may sound serious and if you do nothing about it your PC will slow down, plus it can reduce the life of your hard disk.

The problem is caused by the way Windows writes files to the hard disk, just like stacking things in the garage, you fit items in where ever you can. Microsoft Windows does much the same on a hard disk, parts of files you create are place where ever Windows can fit them on the disk.

When you display a file stored on your computer it all looks fine, but Windows may store the file in 100 different places on your computer, each place being a small part of the file. Defrag is the process of joining all of the 100 or so pieces back together on the hard disk in one long file. The benefits are the time to read the file and display the file on the screen are quicker and it also reduces the amount of work your computer does, which improves the life of your hard disk.

So how do you run this Defrag command? It's very simple and if you are not sure of anything, take a backup first.

You will need to open Windows Explorer and then click the right mouse button on your hard disk, if you have more than one disk it doesn't matter, all disks connected to the computer will be displayed in the defrag command section. After you have right clicked a menu is displayed, select Properties, the last menu option that appears.

Information about the disk(s) will be displayed along with some tabs across the screen, select the Tools tab.

In the new window displayed, Defrag is displayed; select the Defragment now... button, information about the hard disk(s) is now displayed. Depending on the version of Windows you are running the amount of fragmentation is displayed.

If the any of the disk needs to be Defragged, then Windows will indicated to do so.

Defrag is an easy way to help with speed issues your PC may be having.

Jon Grey has many years of experience it IT and information technology security. Working with an ISP and clients from a range of industries Jon as provided useful advice on keeping their information secure. webthreads-hosting.com

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What Is Cloud Storage ?

In its simplest form, it is the storage of information on a remote system. That system is usually a cluster of servers housed in a data center. The idea is that rather than store information locally on your computer hard drive, that information is instead uploaded via the Internet to a data center.

The whole cloud concept came about due to the fact that it is quite a good analogy. You don't know the particulars of where your data is stored and instead you can think of it as floating in the sky.

Because the sky exists everywhere in the world, so too can you access your data. This is one of the great benefits, data availability. You can be anywhere in the world and access the same data that you access can at home. Also, you are not limited to accessing that data on one computer or device. You can access it using any device you own.

The days of backing up to external hard drives are not quite behind us, but with internet access speeds continuing to increase year by year, backing up data to the cloud is definitely going to be the most common approach in the future. This leads me to the point that cloud storage is an excellent way to backup your data. In most cases, depending on your provider, it all happens automatically. So you don't even need to worry about it.

A great example of cloud storage in action would be Apples' new iCloud service. You might have heard of it. This is a great example of a cloud storage service. If you own an iPhone and like to take pictures, those pictures on your camera role are automatically uploaded to the cloud. This is great, because if you also own an Apple TV, you can take photos while out of the home and upon your return, view them on the big screen. This is all possible due to cloud storage.

There are many cloud storage providers, all priced differently though you'll mostly find them priced based on the amount of storage you require. There are also a handful of free cloud storage providers but these generally offer very small amounts of data storage. If you're planning on backing up a huge amount of data (a lot of photos or movies for example), you may need to shop around and find the best plan for you. However, if you're only looking to backup a handful of documents or contact info, perhaps the free cloud storage providers are worth taking a look at.

So that's it really. All you need to know about cloud storage. You can delve into the technical side of things if you like, but this is the simplest explanation.

If you'd like to find out about some of the free cloud storage providers, you can visit myfreecloudstorage.com We have reviews of each of the most popular providers for you to chose from.

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How to use Pendrive/USB drive as your additional PC memory

How to use Pendrive/USB drive as your additional PC memory

1) Connect your pen drive to your PC [pen drive should be at least 1 GB or if you having 4 GB then its better]
2) Allow PC what he is supposed to do,let system to detect pen drive.
3) After your PC finished with its detection work,you have to do some little
4) Right click on the My Computer and select the properties
5) Goto advanced and then performance setting then advanced then
6) Select pen drive and click on custom size " Check the value of space available "
7) Enter the same in the Initial and the Max columns " You just used the memory of the PenDrive as a Virtual Memory "
8) Now restart your pc and enjoy your fast and super system

How to deny access to Facebook website?

I am using TP-Link Wireless ADSL modem router. How I deny user access to Facebook is based on my TP-Link router setting.

1. Type the router IP address on your browser.

2. Key-in the username and password.

3. Click on Access Management.

4. Click on Filter.

5. In the Filter Selection Type, select URL Filter.

6. On Active, select Yes radio button.

7. In URL index , select 1.

8. In URL, type www.facebook.com

9. Click on SAVE.

10. In URL index , select 2.

11. In URL, type facebook.com

12. Click on SAVE.

OK that is it. Happy trying. No more farmville !!

Bit Defender & Kaspersky Internet Security

Biasalah kalau syarikat komputer jual antivirus. Produk yang popular di pasaran Kaspersky dan Bit Defender. Ada satu lagi yang produk yang menyeluruh perlindungannya melebihi antivirus. Ia melindungi PC dari malware, anti-spam dan boleh bertindak sebagai firewall. Produk itu dipanggil 'Internet Security' contoh Bit Defender Internet Security & Kaspersky Internet Security.
Bit Defender & Kaspersky Internet Security eloklah kalau install kat PC rumah. Perlindungan yang mantap. OKlah tu.

Ini aku nak cerita kalau install Bit Defender & Kaspersky Internet Security kat dalam PC kerajaan yang gunakan eSPKB & ePerolehan. Jangan terperanjat kalau PC kerajaan tak boleh access eSPKB & ePerolehan selepas install Bit Defender atau Kaspersky Internet Security. CC pon naik bising, kerani tak dapat key-in data eSPKB & ePerolehan. Vendor yang install tu memang bangang tahap cipan !
Selepas install Bit Defender atau Kaspersky Internet Security, segala port akan tertutup melainkan vendor yang install tu tahu nak define firewall rule supaya applikasi & port eSPKB & ePerolehan boleh digunakan.
Vendor yang bangang ni tahu ke eSPKB & ePerolehan tu pakai port nombor berapa ?
Kalau applikasi eSPKB & ePerolehan tu pakai custom port number , sapa kau nak call nak tanya port number apa ?

Kesimpulannya di sini PC kerajaan yang gunakan eSPKB & ePerolehan tak perlulah install Bit Defender atau Kaspersky Internet Security. Cukuplah sekadar install Bit Defender atau Kaspersky ANTIVIRUS sahaja. PC kerajaan yang gunakan eSPKB & ePerolehan sudah dilengkapkan dengan peranti keselamatan iaitu smart card reader. Kerajaan Malaysia sudah ada infrastruktur keselamatan.
Maka pegawai kerajaan yang membuat pembelian software harus berhati-hati dengan salesman syarikat komputer cikai yang cuba buat UPSALE produk.
Syarikat komputer cikai ni bersifat hit & run, apa benda pon tak tahu. Dah install dia larilah.

Lajukan video di Youtube.

Aku nak share la kat korang camne nak kasi YouTube laju / Quality gambar cantik.


Trick dia. letak &fmt=18 kat blakang tu.

contoh kalau link dia..

Code:

http://www.Utube.com/watch?v=R08q2wzGpzk
Utube = Youtube

korang hanya perlu letak

fmt=18 kat blakang tu. jadi camni..

Code:

http://ww.Utube.com/watch?v=R08q2wzGpzk&fmt=18
Utube = Youtube

Tidak dapat access hard disk secara double-click ?

Selalunya berlaku pada hard disk "D". Bila kita double-click gambar hard disk tu, keluarlah satu mesej dari Windows Script Host, " Can not find script file, D:\filename.js" . Kadang-kadang tu name file tu *.vbs pon ada ..

Cara-cara untuk mengatasinya ialah dengan menggunakan REGEDIT. Tapi mestilah berhati-hati menggunakan REGEDIT ni.

1. Mula pergi ke Start-->Run-->Open. Taipkan regedit kemudian tekan OK.

2. Registry Editor akan muncul. Tekan Ctrl-F. Taipkan mountpoints2 pada ruang "Find what :"

3. Bila jumpa entry mountpoints2, padamkan terus dari registry.

4. Ulang langkah 2 dan 3 sampai tidak jumpa lagi mountpoints2.

5. Exit dari Registry Editor.


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