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Download Windows Live Essentials Offline Installer for For XP and Windows7

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The Windows live essentials is a free software suite from Microsoft that includes a bunch of  useful programs including social communication, messaging and multimedia software’s. When it comes to writing blog posts, there is a wonderful editor cum publisher called Windows Live Writer which simplifies blog publishing with almost all major blogging platforms.

However the new version of Windows live essentials only supports, Windows7 or vista, here’s the download link to both XP and  latest versions. These are offline installer packages which can be downloaded to your PC as a full standalone setup file (wlsetup-all.exe). If you internet connection is unreliable, you can download offline installer files for Windows live and can be copied to many other systems so that you wont be be asked to connect to internet during installation. so you don’t need to download any intermediate online installers.

Windows live Essentials:
  • Messenger : Windows live messenger is already with windows xp service pack 2 but you may get the latest version from this installer.
  • Photo Gallery : This is a useful tool to touch-up, organizing and sharing the photos. You can create movies and panoramas and publish on internet.
  • Windows Live Mesh : This is tool is only available for windows 7 and vista. the Windows Skydrive let you upload your important attachments by giving you 5GB free storage and you can sync  updated documents and files.
  • Movie Maker : Inbuilt windows Xp tool gains a new look and some stunning effects and transitions.
  • Windows Live Writer : This tool is what I have to tell you a bit more. Using this desktop  application you can create well designed and SEO friendly blog posts and publish them with a single click. This tool works with almost all blogging platform like WordPress, Blogger etc. This editor include those facilities which you missed in blogger editor like word counter. The interface is much simpler and you can link your blog accounts easily. View the below video to get started with Windows live writer. 

In addition to the above tools, Windows live essentials comes with, Family Safety, Bing Bar, Outlook connector pack, email application etc. Checkout the minimum system requirements for windows live essentials. 

Download Windows Live Essentials Offline standalone installer for Windows – XP and Windows7

Download for XP Offline Setup

Download Latest Version 2011Offline setup

Useful Windows XP DOS Commands & Tricks

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Typing DOS commands on the Windows Command Line prompt is a most efficient and faster way of doing things in Windows XP. Here’s a run-down of the most useful DOS commands available in Windows XP. Some of these DOS commands even do not have an visual alternative.

DOS Command-line tools must be run at the prompt of the Cmd.exe command interpreter. To open Command Prompt, click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK. 

ipconfig – Windows IP configuration
Useful for troubleshooting your internet connection. Displays the current IP address of your computer and the DNS server address. If you call your ISP for reporting a bad internet connection, he will probably ask you to run ipconfig.

fc – Free BeyondCompare in XP
FC is an advanced DOS Command that compares two files and displays the differences between them. Though the file comparison results are not as interactive as BeyondCompare or Altova DiffDog, fc is still very useful. You can even set fc to resynchronize the files after finding a mismatch. 

type – open text files sans Notepad
Similar to Unix cat command, Type is my favorite DOS command for displaying the contents of a text files without modifying them. When used in combination with more switch, type splits the contents of lengthy text files into multiple pages. Avoid using the type command with binary files or you’ll hear alien PC beeps and see some greek characters on your PC.

ping – Say hello to another computer
Ping network command followed by the web-address or IP address tells you about the health of the connection and whether the other party is responding to your handshake request. Ping tool can also be used to convert the web address to a physical IP address.

tree – visual directory structure
You often need to take prints of your physical directory structure but XP has no simple “visual” commands for printing directory contents. Here, try the Tree DOS command and redirect the output to a text file.

tree > mydirectory.txt
print mydirectory.txt

attrib – make hidden files visible
Attrib lets you change attributes of System files and even hidden files. This is great for troubleshooting Windows XP. Say your XP doesn’t boot ever since you edited that startup boot.ini file (Hidden), use attrib to remove the Hidden attibute and edit the file using EDIT dos command.

assoc – which program will open that .xyz file
The assoc DOS command can be used to either isplay or even modify the file name extension associations. The command assoc .htm will quickly tell you the name of your default web browser (see picture) 

move – more flexible than copy-paste
Say you got a lot of XLS and DOC files in you MyDocuments folder and want to move only those XLS files that have their name ending with 2006. In XP Explorer, you have to manually select each file and then cut-paste to another folder. However, the DOS move command make things much simpler. Just type the following at the command prompt:
move *2006.xls c:2006Reports

find – advanced file search with filter
Find is the most powerful DOS command and even more useful than the Windows Desktop Search tool or the Windows Find Wizard. The find command searches for a specific string of text in a file or files. After searching the specified file or files, find displays any lines of text that contain the specified string.

To search your hard disk to find and display the file names on drive C: that contain the string “Google” use the pipe (|) to direct the results of a dir command to find as follows:
dir c: /s /b | find “Google” 

Quick tip – Drag to avoid typing: When your command acts on a file or folder, you must type the path to that folder after the command. You can save typing time by dragging the file or folder from Windows Explorer into the command window.

To view help at the command-line, at the command prompt, type the following:
CommandName /?

How To Repair Detectable But Corrupt USB Drive

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Have you suddenly encountered with the problem that when you plug in your USB drive, the Removable media shows up but when you try to open it, it returns with the message �Please insert a disk in to drive H:�.


If yes then you have been on right tutorial page.


By applying this simple method you�ll have 80 % chance to get back your USB drive hardware.
This works only in the above error condition. If the windows doesn�t detect your USB drive, then there is probably flaw in the USB media.
Please keep in mind that, you�ll have to lose your data when following this tutorial.
Plug in your USB drive.
Go to Start>My Computer, right click on My Computer icon and click on Manage menu.
Computer Management window will pop up. Click on Disk management under Storage tree menu.
Now at the right side of the window right click on your removable media. (unlike the image below, it will show unknown information), right click on your removable media and choose Change Drive Letter and Paths.
Now in new window choose any drive later that is not taken by any media (M:, N: , :K: etc).
Click on ok button and close the management window. Try opening your pendirve. There may be the chance to have your pendrive recovered if this method worked.
If the problem still prevails then follow the above tutorial but instead of choosing  Change drive letter and paths, choose Fomrat and give a quick format to it.
Now you�ll have finally lost your data but the pendrive is safe in your hands.
Hope this tutorial was working. If it didn�t please do comment me. I�ll find other solutions as well.

How To Dial-Up Automatically On Startup

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Save yourself from having to hand-connect to the Internet before surfing with Firefox.
This hack explains how to automatically dial up your ISP when Firefox starts. Disconnecting is more problematic. Attack that using timeout configuration items provided by the operating system. If you want Firefox to auto-dial for you, this preference must be left on:
network.autodial-helper.enabled   /* default = true */

Windows 95/98/98SE/ME

Dial-up technology under these Windows versions has a top layer called Dial Up Networking (DUN). To get this working without fail, make a copy of a Firefox desktop shortcut and change the copy. Change the specifiedfirefox.exe program to run firefox.bat instead. Create that .bat file with these contents:
@echo off
start /B /MIN /W rundll32.exe rnaui.dll,RnaDial "connectoid"
firefox.exe

The string connectoid is the name of the connection icon in the Dial-Up Networking folder. It is case-sensitive. Do not use the name of a desktop shortcut that points to the connection icon. Change the name displayed on the new desktop icon to Firefox Internet or similar.
This fix always works, but there is an alternate way. Firefox has a File Work Offline menu option. If Firefox is started in Offline mode, changing it to Online mode will instruct Firefox to always dial the ISP for you.
It is also possible to make Firefox dial the ISP if the first web page request (such as the home page) fails. In order for this to happen, extra Windows setup is required. In the Internet Options Control Panel item, in the Connections tab, choose any radio button other than the one labeled “Never dial a connection.”

Windows NT/2000/XP

Top-level dial-up technology under these Windows versions is called Remote Access Services (RAS). It should be started automatically when any program, including Firefox, attempts to access the Internet. If that’s not working for you, check that the RAS Connection Manager and RAS Auto Connection Manager services are enabled using the Services icon in the Control Panel. The rules are otherwise the same as under 95/98/98SE/Me.
If it still isn’t working, make a copy of a Firefox desktop shortcut and change the copy. Change the specifiedfirefox.exe program to firefox.bat. Create that .bat file with these contents:
@echo off
start /B /MIN /W rasdial.exe "connectoid"
firefox.exe

The string connectoid is the name of the connection icon, as described in the previous section. It is case-sensitive. Do not use the name of a desktop shortcut that points to the connection icon. To suppress the dialog that prompts for your ISP login details, try this instead:
@echo off
start /B /MIN /W rasdial.exe "connectoid" "username" "password"
firefox.exe
Beware: this saves your password as cleartext.

3.6.3. Mac OS X

Automatic PPP dial-up under OS X is handled through System Preferencesthe same as automatic Internet connection of all types. To set it up, choose System Preferences under the Apple menu and follow these steps:
  1. Click on the Network icon, in the Internet & Network group.
  2. From the Show pop-up menu near the top of the window, select your modem.
  3. Make sure the PPP tab is selected and click on the PPP Options… button near the bottom of the panel.
  4. Tick the first checkbox labeled “Connect automatically when needed.”
  5. Click OK, and you’re all set up.

3.6.4. Linux/Unix

To dial up before Firefox starts, just wrap the command-line call to Firefox in a shell script. Before you’re ready to go, you must have the following things in place:
  • Modem hardware that’s known (usually present; test with kudzu --probe)
  • Serial and PPP drivers in the kernel (usually present; test with modprobe -l)
  • Correct serial devices in /dev (usually present)
  • Software for PPP, such as pppd (usually present)
  • Software for DHCP, such as dhcpd (usually present)
For example, under Red Hat Fedora Core, much of the work is automated for you. Run this GUI tool and review the information in its help system:
/usr/bin/system-config-network

If no profile is defined for the modem, use the GUI to create one. In the DNS tab, clear all the DNS entries except forDNS Search Path. Enter the ISP’s domain name here, making sure the IP address is also recorded, either in the/etc/hosts file or using the tool:
/usr/bin/system-config-bind

If dial-up access via DHCP has been started, Linux DHCP will usually overwrite the /etc/resolv.conf file, which can affect or ruin any existing DNS arrangements that you might have in place.
To configure and run dial-up by hand, configure dhcpd.conf to contain the ISP’s DNS and IP Address information. Identify the tty in /dev that matches the modem, and simply run:
pppd /dev/modemtty
dhcpd

Those commands can go in the wrapper script that starts Firefox.