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Hi Friends,I brought a printer 2 months back, the Samsung ML-2010 for Rs.4500($112) and it has just simply amazed me by its performance. We have all been using inkjets for so long that we are used to that 'kee-tik kee-tik kee kee kee keeee' sound and paper coming out one by one. Boy, the way the laser throws out paper. No more sound of paper being printed line by line, it just keeps coming out in one continuous flow. I printed a full book in under 10 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And how much did it cost me? One tenth the cost of the real book, including the cost of paper, the cost of ink and the binding(Rs.20/$0.5, done from a nearby shop). And what I loved even more than all the above is of the ink never ever drying up. I still remember when I had to throw out a Rs.1500 ink cartridge because it dried out. And with a laser you can fill up its toner for Rs.500($12.5) from a nearby computer shop and it will last for 3000pages. Rs.0.16/page! No more thinking twice before printing anything and whatever you want(Hi, please do remember the environment too..)...................Cheers..............

Hi,This is a lit of freeware that I have come to use after years of experimenting.Security/Protection:Antivirus: Avira Antivir - This is one of THE best Antivirus software in the world and it comes for free. Its significantly better that NOD or McAfee or Norton, so you can understand its power..........Firewall:Comodo - This one is NOT 'one of the best firewalls' in the world. It is THE best firewall in the world. And its FREE. Its quiet amazing. I really don't understand how the other firewall makers are making people to pay for their inferior products. Amazing how ignorance profits others!!!!!!!Officesuite:OpenOffice - As good as Microsoft Word. You can save in all the Word formats. You can save as pdf even. God, I really can't understand how people still use Word!!!!!!Browser:Firefox - Guess this thing requires no comments.To Be Continued......

Hi Friends,I am new to javascript.Just a few days back I had encountered a problem where focus() doesn't work well with FF, and Kravvitz showed me a workaround by using setTimeout();Now I have a similar problem:1. I open a new blank window using 'window.open()'2. I alert the user that I am going to add some HTML to it.3. I add the HTML to that new window, and4. I bring focus to that new window.It works beautifully in IE7 but not in FF. var newWindow = window.open("", "myWindow", "width=300, height=300");alert("Going to add html");newWindow.document.write("Hi");setTimeout("newWindow.focus()", 10); //newWindow.focus(); also doesn't work! Thank You for your timeCheers!!

I have never been a fan of virtual pc environments. They never mimic the real thing. I had used vmware for some time and I kept having issues. Finally I felt that it was better and much easier to do whatever you want on the real thing!Installing windows is a breeze. 15 mins, work over.......... Buuuuut, its after that that the real work starts. Installing about a 100 individual programs. Again if it was just click click, no problem. But you have to configure each application one by one. I have got so bugged that nowadays half of installed programs I have converted to standalone programs and store it in a different drive from the xp installation drive.........And hey, at the bottom of your message it says that you are using both sygate and comodo. I don't think running 2 firewalls simultaneously is recommended.........Cheers......

Hi Trinifawk, You should check out Online Armor. I have posted a topic here: http://forums.xisto.com/topic/94765-topic/?findpost=1064382695. Do check it out....... Cheers!!

Hi Wutske,I would like to clarify something. My PC is in a small mess right now. I keep installing a lot of software and so I have to keep reinstalling like once in 6 months to keep it in ship shape. And now its time for that routine reinstall. Problem is it takes me a day to install and configure all my software to the way I want it, and right now I have so much work that I couldn't do that.But when I do reinstall I will be installing OnlineArmor. Its defences are just too good.............. Plus I had done a check to see if others too are experiencing problems with and it and I couldn't find it. So my case is just an exception. Wutske, try it out. You can always uninstall like how I had done. My problem was that firefox was not able to connect to the internet. Rest everything was working well! And Sygate................ it used to be the greatest firewall some 5 years ago. Now things have progressed so much that it is now one of the least protecting firewalls of all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Cheers!!

Hi Friends....... For a long time I have been using ccleaner to clean up my pc, but it could not do cleaning of things like registry, spyware, etc..... Then I found one which can do it all. Its called the Advanced WindowsCare Personal (freeware). I have been using for about 2 months now, and it has been very stable and effective. The best thing about its registry cleaner is that its not aggressive, so I have never had any problems till now. Plus its a one click cleaning solution!!!!!!!!!! No settings, and no hundreds of decision making clicks!!! You can get it here http://www.iobit.com/en/index.php. If you are already using it or after you try it, do give some feedback. Also if you know of something better, do give put it in here........ Thanks............

Solved it!!!!!!!!!I used this instead: setTimeout("document.form1.txt_age.select()", 1); and I can't understand why document.form1.txt_age.select(); did not work!!!!!!!!!If somebody can tell me why, it will be appreciated.Thank You...............

Hi guys,I am new to javascript and am currently learning it with the book Wrox Beginning Javascript 3rd ed.I have just encountered a problem that I am not able to figure out. Could you please help me out.....The problem is that select() and focus() are not working in FF2.0 but works in IE7.This is what the code is supposed to do:1. I enter a age2. If I enter non numerical data and then I tab out of the text area3. An alert box pops up and tells me to correct the age.4. On hitting ok it goes back to the age field.But in FF its going to the next tag(the submit button).This is the code: <script type="text/javascript">function txt_age_onblur(){ var in_txt_age = document.form1.txt_age; if (isNaN(in_txt_age.value)) { alert("Please enter a valid age"); in_txt_age.focus(); //looks as if no need for focus() as I am able to edit the text with only select() in IE. Not working with FF. in_txt_age.select(); //Not working with FF }}</script></head><body><form name=form1>Age:<input type=text name=txt_age onblur="txt_age_onblur()" size=3 maxlength=3 /><input type=button value=Submit /></form></body></html> Thanks for you time friends. Smile..............

Hi Friends,I have been doing a small research on good firewalls and found out that the free ones are as good as the paid ones.The one that particularly impressed me was online armor. I installed it and and had some problems with connecting to the internet. Its not because of any complexity of the software or some lack on its part, just some compatibility problem with a tonne of software that I have installed in my pc. So if its an amazingly good firewall that you want, then online armor is the one for you.The second best I found to be comodo firewall pro v3. Its as good as online armor and it is this that I am currently running on my pc. The best thing I liked about it was the simple wizard like configuration that it did on the first install. So unlike the regular firewalls, which after you install you will have to do that "allow always" for about a 100 programs, this one asked me only about 5 times(as it has a preconfigured library of the safe software, so it doesn't have to ask explicitly). Plus it can take care of all the malwares too. The only grouse I have is that it consumes a lot of resources if you enable to watch out for malware too........Hope this has been of help.....Cheers!!

Hi,I have been using avg for some time now. The update problem that you are talking about was something that was there about 2 years back. Now it does a daily update automatically!Of all the free antivirus, I would say that avg comes 2nd. Antivir Personal Edition Classic would be the best. I used to have it installed but something happened and suddenly its real time scanning stopped. I didn't want to do a reinstall of xp to fix that, so I now with avg.And hey, these free antivirus are in no way any less than the paid ones. So don't waste your money on them!!!!!!! Kaspersky, NOD, etc, all have great name, big budged advertising etc, but then are no greater than the free ones............Cheers.......

Hi,Have you tried out the Adobe Lightroom? You can do a lot of photo editing from it(plus it is an amazing tool to manage your whole photo collection, and it has a really cool interface), and when you want to do some complex smudging and dodging you can directly open the image into Photoshop and do it. Download a trial and check it. This might be what you are missing!!!!!!!!Cheers!

Hi, Get the HP tool from this site: https://thepcspy.com/read/bootable_usb_flash_drive/ And use it to create your bootable usb flash disk. From my experience this has been the easiest way to make a usb disk bootable. No need to do any technical research or any complicated procedures. Then click next>next>next!!!!!!!!

Hi,Fonts...............Before I came into web programming, I had never really thought about fonts...........You go to a website, get info, see interesting graphics/pictures, and interact with other people. The font is the last thing on people's minds. Yet we developers waste so much time on finding fonts............Time if we put into other things we can make our sites a lot more interesting!!!!Cheers!

Hi.......I too have had this since the time I brought my PC. I have a seagate hdd. They are a little noisy. For me this is not just for FF. Other big applications too generate that sound. You must have added quiet a lot of extensions to your FF. ;-)..............But if this is a problem that has suddenly cropped up, and your hdd is more than 3 yrs old, there is a chance that its dying. HDDs are very cheap nowadays, so think of upgrading. Latest Seagates are much quieter. They run on fluid bearings rather than the balls of olden days!Samsung drives too make some noise. My Hitachi 2.5" drive too makes noise.................I am yet to find a hdd that is really quiet!!!!!!!!!Cheers!

Another easy solution is to use the HP boot disk. It will format the disk and make it bootable too!!!!!!!

Check for the portable Win Xp on torrent. Its just 60MB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I believe a much easier solution short term which would be good for we web developers would be if everyone were to convert to Firefox. According to my statistics, its already above IE. So how do we convert the rest. If all sites were to just give this small heading "Site optimized for Firefox".......People who are still using IE are people who do not know about FF or its advantages. On seeing that small tag in all websites, they will understand that they are loosing out by being on IE, and they will naturally convert. Then just imagine the extremes to which web development can be taken. The time that we have to waste everyday to test compatibility with IE is just unforgivable...................................................................................

Hi Arunkumar,It depends on 2 things:1. What you really want, and 2. What you need it for.Answering the first need. A laptop is a 'desirable' thing. So you might have already decided to buy it and just want to make sure that its not a bad idea..........What you need.......Now since you are a developer, you obviously need a powerful computer. Just think of the waiting time for a fully loaded firefox with all extensions to load from the significantly slower laptop hard disk....... Photoshop, gimp...............Why I recomend a PC:1. You can get an Asus mobo which has a DVI out and 4 SATA ports for a slight premium over the regular mobos.2. Now you can attach a 22" Viewsonic LCD with a DVI in. Just imagine the comfort this would bring in. And your productivity increase........................3. You can put in a 4 disk RAID 0+1 array. Now your data is ultra safe and you get 110MB/sec data transfer compared to the 40MB/sec of a laptop. Three times the speed!!!!!!!! Photoshop, bootups, firefox, games, etc, etc, will all FLY......................4. Processors are now too powerful anyway. So you can get yourself the cheapest AMD X2 and you would hardly notice the difference were you on a processor which cost 4 times as much (no exaggeration!)......5. And you can add the extra hardware you need. Graphic cards, tv tuners(22" tv remember ;-) )...........6. Now you can add the latest Creative XFi Xtreme Music 7.1 sound card.7. Then a 7.1 creative speaker system. The S750 if you may.8. And you can top it all with a 1000VA APC inverter to take care of all those power cuts(+ a small 650VA APC UPS). And all this high end hardware you can get at the price of a medium range laptop.So a lap is worth it only when your primary need is travel. When you are an executive and all you need is the internet, the outlook and the microsoft suite........You can even do another thing.If you drop the Creative XFi, S750, and the inverter you can buy both the PC and the lap(the cheapest one)!!!!!!!!!!!!!Negs for a lap:1. Battery life falls rapidly.2. The most important - REALLY REALLY BAD ERGONOMICS. We may have to pay dearly for that.........3. Extremely slow HDD.4. Will have to protect against theft.So thats it. Hope you are able to make an intelligent choice.Cheers....http://www.vdesignlabs.com/