XP Drivers for Compaq Presario V3614AU

If you have trouble downloading the drivers for your Compaq Presario V3000 then you can thank Kelvin Loke for hosting the drivers.

Go to Kelvin Loke’s blog to download your drivers. Thanks Kelvin.

Anti Virus for your USB drive

I’ve been searching for an anti virus that offers live protections ( stopping viruses from infecting your USB drive! ) and Mx One maybe the solution I’ve been looking for.

The freeware portable AV features includes the ability to scan a device’s boot sector for viruses, ability to send samples of detected viruses, quarantine and of course custom scan capabilities enabling the user to scan remote locations.

Read all about it on pendriveapps and also download all the other goodies too while you’re browsing the site.

Common tech myths

By Kailas Shastry

ComputerWorld have a collection of popular misconceptions concerning computer tech. Sometimes even a techie couldn’t tell the difference between what is fact and what is not!

1. A higher wattage SMPS always draws more power
2. Owning an all-in-one is like having a DTP center at home
3. A 64-bit OS will make computing twice as fast as a 32-bit one
4. You always need to ’stop’ a USB device before unplugging it
5. Switching off power without shutting down damages the PC
6. Repeated on-off cycles reduce the useful life of the PC
7. Formatting and partitioning hard disk causes physical wear and tear
8. Deleting files from recycle bin ensures permanent deletion
9. The size of the page file must be set to twice the amount of RAM
10. Magnets can destroy data on storage devices
11. CD / DVD Media can last forever

Read the details for the above and all remaining tech myths on ComputerWorld Australia

RegToy: Awesome tweaking tool

Awesome tool by a Vietnamese programmer Trần Kỳ Nam, who’s been programming since 20o4. You can download the tool from Kỳ Nam’s website
You will need .Net 2.0 framework to make it work on XP,

You can read about what the tool has to offer on LifeHacker. Thanks Gina for reviewing this tool.

Prestigio D220S drivers

For those of you who owns a Prestigio laptop and wish to download the necessary drivers, now you can download from the website of Clevo, the manufacturer of Prestigio laptops.

Prestigio D220S Driver Download link

Hope this helps…..good luck

HP’s mini notebook

HP 2133 Mini-Note PC

Specifications
Model number	KX872AA	FF009AA
Processor	Via C7-M (1.2G)	Via C7-M (1.2G)
Memory	1024MB DDR RAM	2048MB DDR RAM
Network Support	56K Modem, 802.11b/g,Bluetooth	56K Modem, 802.11a/b/g,Bluetooth
Disk	120GB HDD	120GB HDD
Battery	3-Cell LiIon Battery	6-Cell LiIon Battery
Warranty	1 year	1 year
OS	Linux	VB OFC07 Ready

Source: hp

Microsoft Gives Yahoo Deadline on Offer

Microsoft set the clock ticking for Yahoo to accept its $41 billion buyout offer in a letter to the Internet pioneer’s board Saturday, warning that if a deal wasn’t reached by April 26 the software maker would launch a hostile takeover at a less attractive price.

“If we have not concluded an agreement within the next three weeks, we will be compelled to take our case directly to your shareholders, including the initiation of a proxy contest to elect an alternative slate of directors for the Yahoo board,” wrote Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer.

“If we are forced to take an offer directly to your shareholders, that action will have an undesirable impact on the value of your company from our perspective which will be reflected in the terms of our proposal,” he wrote.

Yahoo! Finance

pci.sys error when booting

Don’t you get frustrated when you can’t boot into Windows but instead you get some stop message such as….SYSTEM32/DRIVERS/pci.SYS error

Well you’re not alone but don’t despair.

According to a reader who e-mailed to TEG, when this happened to her, this is what she did….

Recently I ran into an issue with a WinXP box booting up. I kept getting “pci.sys” errors…and if, after cold booting a few times, I was lucky enough to get past that error, I would get the “ntfs.sys” error. Turns out I had a bad memory card. Dropping in a new card resolved ALL issues. Thought you might want to put this info some place on your website.

TEG

Prevent wallpaper from being changed

Don’t you hate it when people starts changing your desktop wallpaper? I hope this tip will be useful for pc users.

All you need to do is configure the Group Policy Editor.

Start –> Run and type gpedit.msc . In Group Policy Editor, go to
Local Computer Policy –> User Configuration –> Administrative Templates –> Control Panel –> Display

Choose Prevent changing wallpaper..

Is your ISP blocking torrents downloads

The following is a list of Internet service providers (ISPs) that are known to cause trouble for BitTorrent clients or other P2P clients and the reason why. If you are using one of the following ISPs, please consider finding a new, better one.

If you look down the list for Malaysia ……

AzureusWiki