Avyaya - Tech Rants

Came across this small and nifty tool which provides an insight into how speed your processor is with a multitude of tests. Its an installable of a low size and takes a moment to spring to life.

Here is how it provides info, with other options and you can even compare with the around-the-world reports to know where you stand in the CPU Speed Race.

Pretty Cool interface, right? Try it here: CPU Speed Professional

Is it possible to share files between Windows Vista and Windows XP?

Yes, it is absolutely possible.

Just follow this link to get what you need.

Support at Microsoft on this Issue

Microsoft has confirmed that this bug is in more Microsoft Products such as Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home Edition.

The method which I am going to state is quite effective in shutting down the monstrous XP which builds up numerous shutdown routines as the time goes by. When its first installed and checked on, it works quite fine. But, as the installable files increase, so does the shutdown time.

A quick solution is offered by Microsoft itself.

Just Open Task Manager by clicking on the Task Bar or by hitting the Ctrl + Alt + Del buttons and go to ‘Shut Down’ option and point your mouse on ‘Turn Off’ option. Now press Ctrl and Click on ‘Turn Off’ option.

5-4-3-2-1 voila, System shutsdown like magic. No drivers and registry had been corrupted when I tried for 10 times. So, check it out.

Be Advised: This is not a regular option. Use it wisely and backup your important files.

Very Important: Save your work priorly. This method doesn’t ask for confirmations.

How?

In a recent post on How Google enables to search-within-search there hadbeen some key points mentioned on how this works.

The brand named sites like ebay.com and amazon.com and nike.com and a plethora of similar sites are worried that the users will be dragged away through the ad sales to their competitors. As Google offers a secondary search within the results, it offers an option for the users to refine their searches entirely, not using the Google search, but that particular site’s search engine and displaying the ads of their competitors.

Here is an excerpt from a Technical Consultant : “Analysts generally praise the feature as helping users save steps, but for Web publishers and retailers, there are trade-offs… ‘Google is showing a level of aggressiveness with this that’s just not needed,’ said [one Internet consultant]… Take, for instance, a [test where] users of Google searched The Washington Post and were given a secondary search box. Those who typed ‘jobs’ into that second box saw related results for The Post’s employment pages, but the results were bordered by ads for competing employment sites like CareerBuilder or Monster.com. So even though users began the process by stating their intention to reach The Post, Google’s ads steered at least some of them to competitors. Similar situations arose when users relied on Google to search nytimes.com.”

Interesting, huh. Share with me how you would be possibly be benefitted with this slick feature.

Got Vista on your Desktop and Laptop but finding it hard to trace the drivers which would help you out in viewing and listening to multiple audio and video formats?

Here’s a perfect solution to your woes. Advanced Vista Codec Package 4.6.1 helps your present media player to play DVDs, movies and videoclips such as quicktime, real media, avi, mpeg, flv, swf, wmv and so on. Web browsers can play embedded streaming video without asking you everytime to download the plug-in. No adjustments are needed to configure the software, the default settings are more than enough for a common user.

No more bugging QuickTime System Tray icon anymore and Supports multiple languages.

You can download the Codec Package here.