Do you wanna change your folder icons image in windows Xp or Windows Vista ? When i was about to change the icons it gave an error that "the file you have selected is not an icon file" somewhat like this. here i show you simple tutorial to convert any PNG image file in ICO format. To assign png icons to your folders, you have to convert them into ICO format.
To convert PNG to ICO, you can either convert single files on this website
In Visual studio 2008 or Expression web,templated data-bound controls give you ultimate flexibility over the rendering of data in your pages. You may edit data in DataList,Repeater controls,etc. the way that you data bind controls inside templates have been simplified and improved in Visual Studio 2008 version 3.5. After you create a Data List, to display different fields from your data source, you can add, remove, or arrange the columns in the existing Data View.Well, using the Item Template, that can be accomplished quite easily.
You have number of template options,Click on Item Template. Now you are able to edit and delete Column tags,make sure you not edit anything between [ ] brackets.
Here i delete Customer ID,Region... Edit Contact Name,Company etc...
Save the page and see preview in browser,It will look like this:
I previous posts i discussed about how to make master pages easily using Microsoft Expression Web.By following my earlier Master page design tutorials, here is my first post on Creating database connection in ASP.NET using Microsoft Web Expression and Visual Studio 2008. This section discusses the various ways to data bind inside a data-bound control template.
Visual Studio and Expression web introduced a number of new Web controls designed for accessing and modifying data. These controls allow page developers to decoratively access and modify data without writing any code to perform the data access. you can add any type of data in Asp.net website. In this post i tell you how to Create Data Connections (Databinding) in Asp.net using Expression Web.
What is Data Binding ? Data binding provides a way for developers to create a read/write link between the controls on a form and the data in their web application.Data binding can also mean that if an outer representation of the data in an element changes, then the underlying data can be automatically updated to reflect the change.In Visual Studio 2008 or Expression Web, Windows Forms data binding allows you to access data from databases as well as data in other structures, such as arrays and collections.
Data binding provides a simple and consistent way for applications to present and interact with data. Elements can be bound to data from a variety of data sources in the form of Objects and XML.ItemsControls such as ListBox,ListView etc.. have built-in functionality in Visual Studio and Expression Web to enable flexible styling of single data items or collections of data items. Sort, filter, and group views can be generated.
In this tutorial i am using SQL 2000 "Northwind Database".Make sure you have already installed SQL 2000 on your System. If you have Access database choose AcssessDataSource,If you have Xml data choose XmlDataSource.here i am using SqlDataSource.
Add Data source library to Toolbox. Go to Task Panes Click on Data Source Library.
In data source library task pane you can see the list of connections,Here we have (0) connections,We can set more the one database in Asp.net website. To create new connection,Click on New ASP.NET Connection.
Here you can choose what kind of data connection you are going to make,i choose Microsoft SQL Server.
Press Refresh button click your SQL Server.In connect to data base,Select the database name,Here i am connecting Northwind database.
Click on Test Connection.If Test connection Succeeded Click Ok.
Rename the Connection name if you want.
Here you can see a new connection called NorthwindConectionString1 is added to Data Source Library.
Now in Asp.net tool box,just Drag n drop SqlDataSource in Content area(ContentPalceHolder).
Now you have a option to configure your data,Click on Configure Data Source.
Choose the Data connection NorthwindConectionString1.
Here you have a option to choose tables,I am using Customers table.where i just wanted to display all the information of Customers table.
Here you can choose columns to connect,here i choose (*) all columns.Click Ok.
You can test all Customers tables query,To do so click Test Query.Click finish.
To display data on Asp.Net website we have to using one of the data control in toolbox. Here i am using DataList.
DataList: The DataList control is, like the Repeater control, used to display a repeated list of items that are bound to the control.DataList Web server control is a flexible data-bound container control that allows authors to customize the display of multiple rows of data, and offers built-in support for selecting and editing data in the control.
Now Drag n Drop DataList in content area where you want.
Now in DataList Tasks,Choose the Data Source,SqlDataSource.
Here you can see all of the database column names are automatically added ,exactly as appears in database,The actual content is represented by "abc".previw in browser you will see actual information.
Now save the aspx page.preview in web browser. it will look like this.
You can see all customers table appears in our ASP.NET Website. Next part i will show you in another Tutorial.
Spyware is computer software that is installed surreptitiously on a personal computer to intercept or take partial control over the user's interaction with the computer, without the user's informed consent. I found best Anti Spyware (Freeware) to protect your system form Spywares, Adware, browser hijackers.
Prevent the installation of ActiveX-based spyware, adware, browser hijackers, dialers, and other potentially unwanted software. Block spyware/tracking cookies in Internet Explorer and Mozilla/Firefox. Restrict the actions of potentially unwanted sites in Internet Explorer. SpywareBlaster can help keep your system spyware-free and secure, without interfering with the "good side" of the web. And unlike other programs, SpywareBlaster does not have to remain running in the background.
SpywareBlaster doesn't scan and clean for so-called spyware - it prevents it from being installed in the first place. It achieves this by disabling the CLSIDs of popular spyware ActiveX controls, and also prevents the installation of any of them via a webpage. This allows you to run Internet Explorer with Active-X enabled, but it will never download or even prompt you for any of the known ActiveX controls. All other Active-X controls or plug-ins will work fine. The SpywareBlaster database contains information on these known spyware Active-X controls and can be updated with the click of a button. The application windows displays a list of all controls that it is able to detect (this is not a list of what was found on your computer). SpywareBlaster cannot detect if you have any of the known objects already installed, but if you do, they will be disabled.
SpywareBlaster provides additional functionality in its "Tools" section. A short description of each of the Tools can be found below: - Browser Pages: This displays many of the "browser pages" on your system (for example, your homepage, various search pages, etc.) and provides the functionality to change any of them. Pages are displayed for both Internet Explorer and Mozilla. - Hosts Safe: The Hosts Safe can store encrypted backup copies or snapshots of the Hosts file. These backup copies are stored in the SpywareBlaster folder. Should you ever need to restore a backup copy of your hosts file, simply select it from the displayed list and press the "Restore Saved Backup" button. - Misc. Internet Explorer Settings: Here you can edit a few Internet Explorer settings that are not readily available through any built-in interface in IE. - Flash Killer: Macromedia Flash can be used to display animated interfaces on websites, animations, and other "Flash" content. Unfortunately, advertisers have begun to use Flash as a method for creating annoying and distracting content. And some users that wish to keep Flash off of their computers altogether have found it troublesome to prevent every website that uses Flash from installing it. Flash Killer can set the kill bit for the Macromedia Flash control (versions 4.x, 5.x, or 6.x) - preventing the installation completely and disabling it if it is already installed. Reversing this procedure is easy. - Custom Blocking: Create your own list of ActiveX controls that you want to block. Add search engine toolbars, browser plug-ins, and more - block any ActiveX control you want. You can even download Custom Blocking lists other people have created. (Warning: Please be careful when using a Custom Blocking list someone else has created. Only consider using a Custom Blocking list if you trust the person that created it.)
SpywareBlaster offers two updating options: 1.) AutoUpdate - keep your protection up-to-date automatically! 2.) Check for Updates - manually check for and download the latest updates
SpywareBlaster is freeware for personal and educational use.
Say hello to the new greatest computer on the planet--weighing in at a svelte 500 000 pounds. Roadrunner is a supercomputer at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, USA. Currently the world's fastest supercomputer, the US$133 million Roadrunner is designed for a performance level of 1.026 petaflops peak, which it reached on May 25, 2008, and to be the world's first TOP500 Linpack sustained 1.0 petaflops system.
IBM built the computer for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). It is a hybrid design with almost 6,912 AMD Opteron dual core processors and almost 12,960 IBM PowerXCell 8i CPUs in special designed TriBlades connected by Infiniband.
Roadrunner has been in development since 2002, and went online in 2006. Due to its novel design and complexity it is constructed in three phases and is yet to become fully operational.
Phase 1
The first phase of the Roadrunner was building a standard (albeit quite large) Opteron based cluster, while evaluating the feasibility to further construct and program the future hybrid version. This Phase 1 Roadrunner reached 71 teraflops and has been in full operation at Los Alamos National Laboratory doing advanced weapons simulations since 2006. Even if Roadrunner had not been greenlit for Phase 2, the Phase 1 form would still be a formidable supercomputer and would have ranked, at it's time, in the top 10 list of the worlds fastest computers.
Phase 2
Phase 2 known as “AAIS” (Advanced Architecture Initial System) included building a small hybrid version of the finished system using an older version of the Cell processor. This phase was used to build prototype applications for the hybrid architecture. It went online in January 2007.
Phase 3
The goal of Phase 3 was to reach sustained performance in excess of 1 petaflops. Additional Opteron nodes and new PowerXCell processors were added to the design. These PowerXCell processors are five times as powerful as the Cell processors used in Phase 2. It was built to full scale at IBM’s Poughkeepsie, New York facility, where it broke the 1 petaflop barrier during its fourth attempt on May 25th, 2008. The complete system will be moving to its permanent location in New Mexico in the summer of 2008, where fine tuning of the applications will continue until final completion in 2009.
- It occupies approximately 12,000 square feet (1,100 m²) - Logically, a TriBlade consists of four Opteron cores, four PowerXCell 8i CPUs, 16 GB Opteron and 16 GB Cell RAM.
Connected Unit (CU):
A connected unit is 60 BladeCenter H full of TriBlades, that is 180 TriBlades. All TriBlades are connected to a 288-port Voltaire ISR2012 Infiniband switch. Each CU also has access to the Panasas file system through twelve System x3655 machines.
CU system information:
* 360 dual-core Opterons with 2.88 TiB RAM * 720 PowerXCell cores with 2.88 TiB RAM * 12 System x3655 with dual 10GBit Ethernet each * 288-port Voltaire ISR2012 switch with 192 Infiniband 4x DDR links (180 TriBlades and twelve I/O nodes)
The final cluster is made up of 18 connected units, which are connected via eight additional (second-stage) ISR2012 switches. Each CU is connected through twelve uplinks each second-stage switch, that makes a total of 96 uplink connections.
Overall system information:
* 6,912 Opteron cores with 51.8 TiB RAM (in 3,240 LS21 blades) * 12,960 Cell cores with 51.8 TiB RAM (in 6,480 QS22 blades) * 216 System x3655 I/O nodes * 26 288-port ISR2012 Infiniband 4x DDR switches * 296 racks
In some countries like china,Indonesia or others rapidshare,Veoh is blocked.There are so many sites are blocked in different countries for some reasons. The only way for me to unblock a websites is to use a web proxy.
Then enter a proxy IP address in your browser. In Internet Explorer 7 its done like this:
Open Internet Explorer 7 Go to Tools -> Internet Options.
Choose Connections tab and press LAN Settings button.
In the Local Area Network (LAN) Settings window, check Use a proxy server for your LAN. In the same window fill in the Address and the Port taken from the above proxy list (e.g. 128.208.04.197: 80 where the IP address of the proxy 128.208.04.197 and the port is 80):
Press Ok and then Ok again and you are done.
Now every time you open internet explorer IE7, you will automatically connect through that proxy IP address and you can surf all blocked sites.
Today I am going to show you how to download and convert youtube videos.Using my tutorial you will be able to download, convert all your youtube videos in AVI or in MPG.you can even burn them to DVD's! also these .flv files play fine in the latest VLC player. All you need are two simple freeware programs.
Let's get started.
Ok first, we are going to have to get a few things. These applications were all tested and are 100% clean and working.
Tools you'll need:
1. Youtube Downloader From this software you can download all youtude videos in your hard disk in FLV format. 2.FLV to AVI Converter From this software you will able you to convert .flv files (Flash Video) into avi and mpg files. The conversion facilitates you to play the video in various systems including the iPod.
Now we are gonna log on to youtube and find a video we want. Take a look at the screenshots.
Right click and copy the URL of the video. Now minimize your web browser and open up Youtube Downloader
Hover your mouse over the box and your link will appear in it. Then click the OK button.
Tick the drop down box and make sure you select "All Files". Make a name for the video and add a .flv extension to it.
Then click save.
If all went well, your .flv file should be where you saved it.
Next we are going to open up FLV to AVI Converter.
Click on Add Files,Select Flv file and Click open.
If you want to convert youtude flv file in AVI press AVI or you can convert flv file in MPG. you can change the sound settings or leave the quality at "Auto". If you do the video will not convert correctly. anything under "Auto" should do fine.Once your settings are all set click the Convert button. Don't forget to choose an output folder for where you want the avi to be saved.
Play the avi file in Window media player you have and you thats it! you ca also use VLC player. As long as you have a K-Lite Codec Pack you should be fine!
If you wanna burn to DVD, simply use whatever program/software you usually use.
After a year's wait it's finally been announced: All indians will be able to walk into a local Airtel Relationship Centers and drop around 8,500 Rs or more on their news device.The price of iphone coming down has to be a temptation for those sitting by and waiting to get a new SmartPhone.The new basic iPhone 8GB model will retail for $199 (8,500 Rs) with the 16GB version coming in at $299 (12,500 Rs), but the Bharti statement didn't give details on pricing or availability. It's now got 3G WoW !!! The iPhone will be released in 22 major countries on July 11th but it will release in india till October,November.
"Soon customers will be able to purchase iPhone 3G at Airtel Relationship Centers," said Bharti Airtel, India's largest telecommunications company by subscribers.
Watch this amazing Iphone Video
This phone promises to offer the full Internet experience as well as the usual phone calls, all in the same beautifully designed package that is even smaller than the first iPhone.
The new iPhone is very similar, cosmetically, to the previous model.the main improvement is the ability to operate on faster 3G mobile networks, providing significantly faster internet access.another bonus is the inclusion of global positioning system technology, although its built-in camera is still 2 megapixels significantly inferior to many rival mobiles.
IPhone will allow users the ability to interface with Microsoft's Exchange program so that they can converge all their contacts and email. i will defiantly buy this Smartphone when it will come :).
In order to use a hard drive, or a portion of a hard drive,in Windows you need to first partition it and then format it. This process will then assign a drive letter to the partition allowing you to access it in order to use it to store and retrieve data. If you would like more information on Formate and install windows and partitions you can read this tutorial: How To Format & Install Windows Xp. How To Make Partitions In Hard Drive Easily.
Here i find very simple and easy trick to make new drive without partition and formating process.You can use this new drive as personal drive in My Computer for storing your personal data.
This trick assign a drive letter to the new partition allowing you to access it in order to use it to store and retrieve data.This new partition share the hard disk space of partitioning available space on an existing hard drive.
In My Computer i have six partitions called C:/,D:/,E:/,F:/,G:/,H:/.
Go to C:/ and create a new folder (say SachinKT),you can try another drive also.
Go to "Command Prompt" Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt.
Now in command prompt type as shown in picture.
subst x: c:\sachinKT press Enter.
Now go to my computer and check it.you can see new drive called X:/ is added.which share hard disk space of C:/
If you want to remove this new drive from my computer
Go to command prompt and type
subst x: /d
Done. Go to my computer and see,new drive is gone.
You can play all your .MKV files in Windows media player (Classic) easily.download the CCCP (Combined Community Codec Pack) to play .MKV files and almost any video file you have.
The CCCP (Combined Community Codec Pack) is a DirectShow filter pack specifically built for playing anime. It has been assembled by some of the most knowledgeable people in online anime distribution, and one of the primary design goals is to play as much as possible with as little as possible. The CCCP attempts to be as unintrusive on your system as possible. The pack is also now officially endorsed by the Matroska Project, the developers who designed the MKV format. Download CCCP (Combined Community Codec Pack), Mirror.
Rapidshare now comes back again with its Happy Hour for all Premium and Free User which means you download files without entering the alphabets and numbers. It is actually a limited time frame provided by Rapidshare where free users don’t have to input the “cats” CAPTCHAs and enjoy the same advantage as premium users (free unlimited download). If you access RapidShare during Happy Hour, you will be greeted with the following message: "The RapidShare Happy Hours are active right now. Have fun!" Just click the download button to download your file without any hassle which lets you download as much as you want without having to complete any CAPTCHAs and without having to wait for a download ticket.. Since this Happy Hour doesn’t take place on regular basis (only opened when there’s luxury of bandwidth) I found a site where you can check Rapidshare happy hours online. So Go to check.xinxy.net it is useful site for detecting Rapidshare’s Happy Hour time.
Also I would like to share with you HappyChecker,useful Firefox plugin that can be used to detect Rapidshare Happy Hour. Actually there is a tool that can detect this happy time.It is called Rapishare Happy-Hour Checker.You can download this tool by clicking the link below :-
Every planet takes a different amount of time to rotate around the sun.The Earth takes 365.26 or One Earth year to rotate around the sun.Some of the other planets take less than one Earth year and others take several Earth years to rotate around the sun.The question here is how old would you be if you were born on MERCURY, VENUS, MARS, JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS, NEPTUNE, PLUTO.You can calculate what your age would be on these planets. http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/age/ is a site where you to figure out how old you would be if you were born on each of the other planets. go to this site and check your age on other planets.
One problem found in lots of newest computers or notebooks are fitted with a SATA interface hard drive that not all recognized by Windows XP installer. It would ask the SATA driver for the hardware and you must provide it before continue to installing the rest processes. It is because Microsoft now stopped Windows XP selling product to new computer purchasing in order to overcoming Windows Vista. Now these days, new computers or notebooks product which has the requirement hardware are now capable to use it.It will run, but slow.To make it double faster running OS, try to using Windows XP.
For example,an Acer sub-notebook are comes with 80 GB SATA hard drive.From the selling box, Acer recommended to use Windows Vista hence there are no Windows XP driver CD software included.So there will no chance to installing it with Windows XP since the installer didn’t recognized the SATA interface.
Acer website provides all of the Windows XP drivers software, including the SATA driver to support the Windows XP installation. So, how to integrating the bootable installer with the SATA driver software..?
First of all, get the SATA driver manufactured from your hardware factory website (Acer link) & download nLite http://www.nliteos.com/download.html
Install nlite
To create a custom Windows XP installer (note that you need .NET Framework 2.0 available from Microsoft download site before running the nLite). Next, from nLite application, browse to the Windows XP CD installer (I’m not responsible to any legally use of Windows XP installer).
Then, press Drivers & Bootable ISO button to inserting the SATA drivers & continue to create an ISO image to burn in a CD:
Clicking on Next button, you will be prompted to inserting from the source disk of SATA drivers software.
Insert the source disk contain SATA driver files:
Finally, confirmed with YES button to continue to burning the ISO image:
After it finished, let it try to boot from this bootable CD next to your computer or notebook.
Employment of cabin crew is expected to grow about as fast as the average for all occupations through the year 2012.As airlines enlarge their capacity to meet rising demand by increasing the number and size of airplanes in operation, more Cabin Crew / Air Hostess will be needed.Becoming a cabin crew member involves going through a lot of training. Cabin Crew / Air Hostess who are primarily on board an aircraft for the safety and welfare of the passengers and secondly for their comfort.they are expected to excel in customer service and always remain friendly, approachable and enthusiastic with a good sense of self presentation.
A cabin crew member has to have several qualities and ascribes, including confidence, poise(cool),ability to act in a required manner when the situation demands it, maintaining a calm head in emergency situations,power to handle nasty passengers ha ha.. Lol..etc.
There are so many things that you can do in order to increase your chances of getting an interview with an airline however there are a few basic knowledge that you must have before applying for a job as an air hostess.
Cabin Crew / Air Hostess staff are the most visible occupations. So obviously, the interview questions will tend towards analyzing these aspects of a person, and bonus qualities like a pleasant way of interacting, a neat and tidy appearance etc are given preference.
Practice some of the answers for the interview questions that you are likely to be asked in Cabin Crew Interview.
In previous post ASP.NET Master Page Tutorial Part-10 (Moving Css To External Css Files) i told you how to move all css code to external files and how to create and use it in our ASP.NET website master page. A MasterPage can have multiple content place holders. In visual studio we can add a new content placeholder in masterpage, simply drag and drop the ContentPlaceholder control from the Toolbox. You can also add a ContentPlaceholder declaratively in the HTML view. ContentPlaceholders, like any other Web control.
A Content Region (ContentPlaceHolder) control defines a relative region for content in a master page, and renders all text, markup, and server controls from a related Content control found in a content page.
Here i show you how to add content region in ASP.NET website in Microsoft Expression web.I will create two Content Regions in the MasterPage,one for the main content on the middle of master page all other at the bottom.
Right click on div#maincontent then click on "Manage Microsoft Asp.net content Region".
Enter the Region name "maincontant" because its a main part of page.
It will automatically apply on selected div.See the Content Region (Content Place Holder) is added.
Agian Right click on div#contentbootom then click on "Manage Microsoft Asp.net content Region".
Enter the Region name "contentbottom".
See another Content Region (Content Place Holder) is added.
When all was said an done, I ended up with the MasterPage shown in the screenshot below:
Adding Masterpage Toolbar.
Now go to View > Toolbox > Masterpage..
Masterpage Toolbar.
Just drag n drop this masterpage tool bar to upper tool bar. Master page tool bar is used to manage content regions for easily.
Save this page.Once a MasterPage has been created we are ready to create aspx pages from this master page.all of the pages of this Asp.net site is made by this master page. Next part i will show you in another Tutorial.
Hello. I'm Sachin Tangoria - Software Engineer From Delhi. I am just a simple plain guy that wanna try to improve myself, like to observe things, creative by nature. I don't like to speak much b'coz i believe in hard work and Karma. Currently working as a Web Designer/Developer. I love Blogging, Architecture, Photography, Art, Fashion and looking for good friends. In this blog i show you what i do, what i find, i am still growing, Encourage me by leave a comments. Thanks ;)
