[Basic] Setup Java Enviroment Variables

Sometimes simplest things can become complicated if you loose your mind. This is the simplest way to add Environment Variable for javac to make it possible to run javac command from any of your folders. If it is not setup you will only able to compile (use javac method) inside the bin folder.

Right Click "My Computer"

Go to "Properties"

Go to "Advanced" tab

Click "Environment Variable" tab

under system variables select "path" variable and click edit button.

It will pop up a small window and only thing you need to do is to add full path to javac.exe file starting with a ; at the end of variable value field.

normally it would be like this 

;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_13\bin\

After updating remember to click on "OK" button and again on "OK"  button to take these new path variable effective.

[Adsense] Make Money With Adsense

If you are a blogger user you might have already notice that there are some changes in the dashboard. New link is added called Monetize.

Link Monetize will take you to a page where you can easily place AdSense Ads on your blog according to three predefine templates. Isn't that easy? 

If you are quite new to blogger or AdSense you can use Google recommendation and see how much you can earn from Google AdSense. Still you have flexibility to change your template as you want. What  do you think about this new feature.

[Blogging] How to build a better blog in 31 days

I will not tell you how to build a better blog in 31 days. Because I am not the right person to do it. But Problogger will tell you how to build a better blog in 31 days straiting from April first. As you will see it is not a April fool thing. 

If you are interested in blogging and want to learn about blogging this might be a good opportunity. Darren has done similar post series in Problogger and it is quite interesting to follow them and apply it to blogging. 

This time he is bit serious and want us to register and make sure we will not miss any of his post. Only commitment would be to receive 31 emails in your mail box. It is 100% free.  If you haven't join Problogger yet this might be a better time to do so. Only if you want to make your blog better.

How to make your hair grow faster! - Body Hack

This is an off topic though a hack related to your body!

1) Avoid using extremely hot water, hair dryer and/or hair styler

2) Overall health, life style and eating habits play a major role in having healthy hair

3) Trim and cut hair regularly

4) Take a daily vitamin

5) Reduce the number of coloring sessions

6) Keep your hair clean

7) Do not wear pony tail too often

8) Stop smoking and reduce or quit caffeine

9) Do not over brush your hair

10) Be patient

[Error] Excel Crashes when selecting fonts

I have noticed a wired error when I try to change the fonts in Microsoft Excel. Excel get crashed and close it self when ever I change fonts or make fonts bold. Then I try same with Microsoft Word and result was same.

Problem caused by the default printer drivers. When I remove the default printer to another Excel, Word start working normally.

Solution: To reinstall the printer drivers.

You can easily think that the problem comes from word or excel and I completely uninsulated Microsoft office and install it again and again but nothing was changed.

[Basic] The Ping Command

Ping command is one of the effective ways to troble shoot network related problems. Ping basically checks whether the connection between network devices are properly comunicating. You can check the connections between computers or router to computer. Only thing you need

to identfy is the IP addresses of each devices in order to use PING command.

First you should know how to check the IP address of a computer and your router. First your computer must be connected to another device (router, modem)

In windows XP

Start > Run > type "cmd" and enter. It will open the command line.

In Windows Vista

Start > in Search type "cmd" and select the command link and click to open the command line.

Then in command line type "ipconfig"

and enter. It will give you a list of IP address.

IP Address 192.168.1.2 is the address of your computer.

Default Gateway 192.168.1.1 is the IP address of your router.

Next step is to PING 192.168.1.1 to check the connection between your computer and router.

Type ping 192.168.1.1 in the command line and if you get the result Packets sent 4, Received 4 and Lost 0, That means the connection between the router and the computer is working fine.

Then you can ping a website to check the Internet connection.

Type "ping www.google.com" in the command line. And if you get the same result as before that means the Internet connection is working as well.

If you have any kind of problem with the connection ping result will give some Lost packets and you need to trouble shoot the connection. Ping is a really simple but handy command to identify the network related problems.

[Proxy] What is Ktunnel.com?

Ktunnel.com is not a English website. Is it worth knowing what is Ktunnel.com? It is a quite simple free Proxy web site. There are coupled advertisements and pop-ups but it seems like quite nice.

How did I find it? It is quite unusual to find a non English web site. Ktunnel is breaking searched word on google.com related to computer and Internet.

Enjoy the Ktunnel.com free proxy when you have a restriction from your administrator. 

Similar to the Recall feature in Outlook?

Official Gmail Blog: New in Labs: Undo Send

Gmail recently added UNDO sent feature. Very interesting!

But I wonder if this is similar to the recall feature in Outlook which can be cheated. i.e. The recipient can still read the email sent.

[quick Fix] Print Spooler Service is not running

You will get the error "Printer Spooler Service is not running" when you try to add a new printer or open the printer when some thing wrong with your Print Spooler.  Simple fix to this is to restart the Print Spooler service and make sure it is Start up type is Automatic.

Right click on "My computer"

Go to "Manage"

Expand "Services and applications"

Go to "Services"

Find the "Print Spooler"

Then Stop the Service and Start it again and change the service start up type to Automatic and the problem will be solved. 

[DownLoad] Download Flash Content for Free

Most of the time you will find interesting Flash presentations and animations that you would love to download to your computer. However, it does not allow you to download them directly. This is a quite simple solution for that. Justdosoft provide some simple and free plug-in for your web browser.

Installation is quite straight forward and takes only couple of minutes and when you restart your browser next time you will notice Flash Catcher under the Tools in your browser menu bar.

You can download this free software Flash Catcher from justdosoft. They do have couple of more free tools to convert your favorite MP3 to flash and PowerPoint to Flash converter as well. 

What are the latest features in iPhone OS version 3?

iPhone OS Version 3 beta was released on March 17th, 2009

the phone has added over 100 new features!!!

Here's a list of best and the greatest features that were newly added.

The beta version is available at - http://developer.apple.com/

Copy & Paste text
Copy & Paste photos
Find My phone - Uses GP to locate lost phone
New Spotlight. iPhone OS 3.0 will allow you to search across the entire information contained in your device
Search in Mail, Calendar, and iPod
3G Tethering. This feature will allow you to connect your iPhone 3G to a laptop
Landscape keyboard. Apple has added the landscape keyboard mode to other applications
Multimedia messaging
Support for new calendar types
Improved stocks application
Stereo Bluetooth A2DP audio
Note syncing with iTunes.
Automatic login in Safari
Shake to shuffle music
Wi-Fi auto-login
Anti-phishing
Extended parental controls
Voice memo application
Send and receive files
Peer-to-peer Bluetooth connectivity
Browse remote content
Use your iPhone/touch to control peripherals
Maps inside other applications
Turn-by-turn directions
Push notification finally coming
Voice communication in applications
Rumbling
Audio recording
Access your music from applications

PRICE

iPhone OS 3.0 will be a free upgrade to all iPhone users, including the first generation (not all features will be supported in the first generation, like Stereo Bluetooth support). iPod touch users will be able to but it for $US9.95.

A shiny new beta for Google Chrome

After taking the beta version off from the Google Chrome web browser Google has released the next beta of Google Chrome. They have focus on improving the speed. In addition they have added some basic features like form auto fill, full page zoom.

If you're already using Google Chrome and choose to install the new beta, you will update and replace the current version on your desktop. Otherwise, you can just keep on using the stable version.

You can find out more about this release on the brand-new Google Chrome Blog.

Official Google Blog: A shiny new beta for Google Chrome

How to Play FLV (Flash Video) Files in Windows Media Player?

How to Play FLV (Flash Video) Files in Windows Media Player?

By default Windows Media Player (WMP) will not play flv and report that it does not have the correct codecs to play it.

There are two options (either of these two will work)

1) Downloading codecs package such as K-Lite . K-Lite is a tremendous codecs package that supports for various file formats such as 3gp, mp4 etc. Almost any movie format that you can think of or find on the internet, K-Lite will have a codec to play it. Installing the package will enable Windows Media Player to decode and play the file.

K-lite can be downloaded from here

2) Download a simple FLV plugin for Windows Media Player with no extra bells and whistles. The plugin is very lightweight and does exactly what it says - Plays FLV files and nothing extra.

PlayFLV plugin can be downloaded from here

[Basic Hack] Increase / Relocate the Paging File

Increasing the size of the page file will speed up you computer a bit and allowing you to run some heavy weight programs that use lot of virtual memory. It is a quite simple process. 

Windos XP

Go to Control Panel 

Click "system"

Go to "Advance" tab

Click "Setting" button under performance

Under Performance Option go to "Advance" tab

Click "Change" Button under Virtual Memory

If you are having couple of drives you can change the drive by simply highlighting the drive.

If you need to increase the virtual memory 

select "Custom Size"

specify the Initial Size and the maximum size.  Just make sure specify these values between the recommended virtual memory.

In Windows Vista the process is same as Windows XP. 

[eBay] Ebay Error Message when Posting

For all the ebay listers out there... 

If you encouter this error message while listing your item to sell on Ebay

"Your weekly selling activity limits have been exceeded, or the user has not registered as a seller. Please check eBay for selling requirements"

The fix requires you to login to My Ebay and add funding card (Credit card or Debit card) to the linked Paypal account. 

Once you have entered card details into Paypal you will be able to list your item on Ebay successfully.

Celebrating Mars, then and now

Isnt this amazing. Virtually Google will take you to Mars and if you know where to go you can go direct to the places you like. 

Official Google Blog: Celebrating Mars, then and now

[Hardware] EEE PC does not start

It was not a good time for me. I am getting all sort of hardware issues with the computers. All of a sudden I have notice my EEE PC does not start when the power button is pressed. Power light, Charging light and the wireless light is on but no hard drive light and screen is blank. Nothing much you can do after that.

There are couple of thing you can try. 

1. Take the battery out of the EEE PC and press the power button for couple of seconds to drain all the power from the computer. And then try to connect AC and then switch it on. 

a.) Removing battery 

        b.) Unplug mains

        c.) Press-and-hold the power button for 10 seconds          

        d.) Reinstall battery, plug in mains etc, then try again...

Follow the EEEUser ASUS EE PC Forum for more information.

Still if you do not have any luck. (In my case it did not) 

2. Call the ASUS help line and you need to send the EEE PC to them and they will solve the problem. If your computer is under warranty the process will be 100% FREE. Also the service is quite good (in Australia).  

[Hardware] Computer Beep Codes

It is not a nice thing to get beeps from your computer. That indicates there is something wrong with your computer. Most of the time you get beeps when there is a hardware problem. 

I was getting a One long beep and two short beeps and that indicates that my video card is gone. Computer Post/Beep codes explains trouble shooting and meaning of the beep codes.

How to download Torrents - in Easy steps

How to download Torrents - in Easy steps

1) Download mutorrent installation software. Click here

2) Install mutorrrent on your computer.

3) Go a torrent searching website. E.g. www.thepiratebay.org . There are several others. Do a google search for - Torrent search engine. Demonoid is quiet popular too but you will need an invite from existing member to become a member. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A DEMONOID INVITATION. I have given away the invitation code for free several times in the past.

4) Search for the file you are looking for

5) Download the torrent file

6) Open the torrent file using mutorrent you previously installed on the computer

7) Depending on the number of seeders (i.e number of people who has full copy of the file and are sharing ) the download speed may vary.


THIS IS ALL! Hope you will find this useful

[Simple Hacks] How to change Excel Menu

This is quite simple can be useful if you really use couple of functions only in Excel. You can change the Excel menu according to what you want.

How to change or customise Excel Menu

>> Go to "Tools" 

>> Click "Customize"

>> Go to "Commands" tab

From the command tab you can drag and drop Menu items to your menu directly. "Rearrange" button simply allow you to change the order of your menu. You can make your Excel menu as you want.  

[os] XP tips - Windows nt/xp command list

An A-Z Index of the Windows NT/XP command line

ADDUSERS Add or list users to/from a CSV file

ARP      Address Resolution Protocol

ASSOC    Change file extension associations

ASSOCIAT One step file association

AT       Schedule a command to run at a later time

ATTRIB   Change file attributes

BROWSTAT Get domain, browser and PDC info

CACLS    Change file permissions

CALL     Call one batch program from another

CD       Change Directory - move to a specific Folder

CHANGE   Change Terminal Server Session properties

CHKDSK   Check Disk - check and repair disk problems

CHKNTFS  Check the NTFS file system

CHOICE   Accept keyboard input to a batch file

CIPHER   Encrypt or Decrypt files/folders

CleanMgr Automated cleanup of Temp files, recycle bin

CLEARMEM Clear memory leaks

CLIP     Copy STDIN to the Windows clipboard.

CLS      Clear the screen

CLUSTER  Windows Clustering

CMD      Start a new CMD shell

COLOR    Change colours of the CMD window

COMP     Compare the contents of two files or sets of files

COMPACT  Compress files or folders on an NTFS partition

COMPRESS Compress individual files on an NTFS partition

CON2PRT  Connect or disconnect a Printer

CONVERT  Convert a FAT drive to NTFS.

COPY     Copy one or more files to another location

CSVDE    Import or Export Active Directory data 

DATE     Display or set the date

Dcomcnfg DCOM Configuration Utility

DEFRAG   Defragment hard drive

DEL      Delete one or more files

DELPROF  Delete NT user profiles

DELTREE  Delete a folder and all subfolders

DevCon   Device Manager Command Line Utility 

DIR      Display a list of files and folders

DIRUSE   Display disk usage

DISKCOMP Compare the contents of two floppy disks

DISKCOPY Copy the contents of one floppy disk to another

DNSSTAT  DNS Statistics

DOSKEY   Edit command line, recall commands, and create macros

DSADD    Add user (computer, group..) to active directoryDSQUERY  List items in active directory

DSMOD    Modify user (computer, group..) in active directory

ECHO     Display message on screen

ENDLOCAL End localisation of environment changes in a batch file

ERASE    Delete one or more files

EXIT     Quit the CMD shell

EXPAND   Uncompress files

EXTRACT  Uncompress CAB files

FC       Compare two files

FDISK    Disk Format and partition

FIND     Search for a text string in a file

FINDSTR  Search for strings in files

FOR      Conditionally perform a command several times

FORFILES Batch process multiple files

FORMAT   Format a disk

FREEDISK Check free disk space (in bytes)

FSUTIL   File and Volume utilities

FTP      File Transfer Protocol

FTYPE    Display or modify file types used in file extension associations

GLOBAL   Display membership of global groups

GOTO     Direct a batch program to jump to a labelled line

HELP     Online Help

HFNETCHK Network Security Hotfix Checker 

IF       Conditionally perform a command

IFMEMBER Is the current user in an NT Workgroup

INSTSRV  Install an NT Service

IPCONFIG Configure IP

KILL     Remove a program from memory

LABEL    Edit a disk label

LOCAL    Display membership of local groups

LOGEVENT Write text to the NT event viewer.

LOGOFF   Log a user off

LOGTIME  Log the date and time in a file

MAPISEND Send email from the command line

MEM      Display memory usage

MD       Create new folders

MODE     Configure a system device

MORE     Display output, one screen at a time

MOUNTVOL Manage a volume mount point

MOVE     Move files from one folder to another

MOVEUSER Move a user from one domain to another

MSG      Send a message

MSIEXEC  Microsoft Windows Installer

MSINFO   Windows NT diagnostics

MSTSC    Terminal Server Connection (Remote Desktop Protocol)

MUNGE    Find and Replace text within file(s)

MV       Copy in-use files

NET      Manage network resources

NETDOM   Domain Manager

NETSH    Configure network protocols

NETSVC   Command-line Service Controller

NBTSTAT  Display networking statistics (NetBIOS over TCP/IP)

NETSTAT  Display networking statistics (TCP/IP)

NOW      Display the current Date and Time 

NSLOOKUP Name server lookup

NTBACKUP Backup folders to tape

NTRIGHTS Edit user account rights

PATH     Display or set a search path for executable files

PATHPING Trace route plus network latency and packet loss

PAUSE    Suspend processing of a batch file and display a message

PERMS    Show permissions for a user

PERFMON  Performance Monitor

PING     Test a network connection

POPD     Restore the previous value of the current directory saved by PUSHD

PORTQRY  Display the status of ports and services

PRINT    Print a text file

PRNCNFG  Display, configure or rename a printer

PRNMNGR  Add, delete, list printers set the default printer

PROMPT   Change the command prompt

PUSHD    Save and then change the current directory

QGREP    Search file(s) for lines that match a given pattern.

RASDIAL  Manage RAS connections

RASPHONE Manage RAS connections

RECOVER  Recover a damaged file from a defective disk.

REG      Read, Set or Delete registry keys and values

REGEDIT  Import or export registry settings

REGSVR32 Register or unregister a DLL

REGINI   Change Registry Permissions

REM      Record comments (remarks) in a batch file

REN      Rename a file or files.

REPLACE  Replace or update one file with another

RD       Delete folder(s)

RDISK    Create a Recovery Disk

RMTSHARE Share a folder or a printer

ROBOCOPY Robust File and Folder Copy

ROUTE    Manipulate network routing tables

RUNAS    Execute a program under a different user account

RUNDLL32 Run a DLL command (add/remove print connections)

SC       Service Control

SCHTASKS Create or Edit Scheduled Tasks 

SCLIST   Display NT Services

ScriptIt Control GUI applications

SET      Display, set, or remove environment variables

SETLOCAL Begin localisation of environment changes in a batch file

SETX     Set environment variables permanently 

SHARE    List or edit a file share or print share

SHIFT    Shift the position of replaceable parameters in a batch file

SHORTCUT Create a windows shortcut (.LNK file)

SHOWGRPS List the Workgroups a user is in

SHOWMBRS List the members of a Workgroup

SHUTDOWN Shutdown the computer

SLEEP    Wait for x seconds

SOON     Schedule a command to run in the near future

SORT     Sort input

START    Start a separate window to run a specified program or command

SU       Switch User

SUBINACL Edit file and folder Permissions, Ownership and Domain

SUBST    Associate a path with a drive letter

TASKLIST List running applications and services

TIME     Display or set the system time

TIMEOUT  Delay processing of a batch file

TITLE    Set the window title for a CMD.EXE session

TOUCH    Change file timestamps    

TRACERT  Trace route to a remote host

TREE     Graphical display of folder structure

TYPE     Display the contents of a text file

USRSTAT  List domain usernames and last login

VER      Display version information

VERIFY   Verify that files have been saved

VOL      Display a disk label

WHERE    Locate and display files in a directory tree

WHOAMI   Output the current UserName and domain

WINMSD   Windows system diagnostics

WINMSDP  Windows system diagnostics IIWMIC     WMI Commands

XCACLS   Change file permissions

XCOPY    Copy files and folders

[Google] View Google Calendar offline

Just like Gmail now you can use Google calender offline specially when you do not have a Internet connection.

Quoting from Gmail Official Blog

"To enable offline Calendar access, sign in to Google Calendar and look for the "Offline Beta" link in the upper right-hand corner of your account, next to your username. We've released this early and are still ironing out some kinks, so if you encounter any issues, be sure to let us know. If you access Calendar through the Premier or Education Editions of Google Apps, your domain administrator will first have to elect to turn on new features from the Domain Settings page of the Google Apps control panel."

Official Gmail Blog: View Google Calendar offline

[iGoogle] LetsChat on iGoogle...

This great news would be another good reason why you should stick to iGoogle or to transfer to iGoogle. If you are already using iGoogle you know that you can have access to your emails (Gmail), Calender and to many more useful information in one page. That page is iGoogle. 

Recently Google has introduce chat option (just like in Gmail) to iGoogle page.  This is what Google says about chat feature in iGoogle page.

"It's worth noting that this feature may have some kinks, so we ask for your patience as we work through them. Here at Google, it's common practice for us to involve our users as early possible so we can make sure we get it right. We'll also be rolling this feature out slowly, so if you don't see it on your iGoogle page and you simply can't wait to check it out, feel free to opt in by going to www.google.com/ig/v2invite.

Currently, iGoogle chat is rolling out in English for our U.S. users. But don't worry, the feature is coming soon for other iGoogle supported languages and countries. You can check out ourHelp Center for more information on how it works, and as always, we are interested in hearing any feedback you have." 

Official Google Blog: Chatting away on iGoogle...

[Gmail] Multi-select attachments and progress bars

Now you can select multiple attachments at once in Gmail and attached it to your email. It will show the progress of each file ceparately. This is simple change but it makes life really easy when it comes to attaching couple of images or files from a folder.

This is what Gmail has to say about it.

"Today, we're making some changes to the way Gmail attachments work. If you want to send a few files from the same folder, simply hold down the Ctrl key (Cmd on OS X) and click on each file you want to attach to your message. You can also hold down the Shift key to select a continuous list of files. A definite time saver."

Official Gmail Blog: Updates to attachments: multi-select and progress bars