Lynx : The Text Browser

May 15th, 2009 12 comments

What is Lynx ?

Lynx is a free open-source, text-only Web browser. Many search engines like Google recommend you to look at your site using Lynx browser as the search engine crawlers and bots ‘see’ your pages the way Lynx sees.

Browsing in Lynx consists of highlighting the chosen link using cursor keys, or having all links on a page numbered and entering the chosen link’s number. Lynx cannot display various types of non-text content on the web, such as images and video, but it can launch external programs to handle it, like an image viewer or video player. The speed benefits of text-only browsing are most apparent when using low bandwidth internet connections, or older computer hardware that may be slow to render image-heavy content.

Why use Lynx now ?

Most search engine spiders see your site much as Lynx would. If fancy features such as JavaScript, cookies, session IDs, frames, DHTML, or Flash keep you from seeing all of your site in a text browser, then search engine spiders may have trouble crawling your site. Read more…

Download Kannada Film Songs For Free

May 9th, 2009 2 comments

KannadaAudio.com is a very good site that allows you to listen to latest Kannada film songs using Real Player. The site also provides devotional songs, classical songs, folk songs, discourses, hari kathe, yakshagana etc !

KannadaAudio.com

KannadaAudio.com

But the site does not allow download. The song is streamed to your Real Player. In this article I am gonna show you how to download songs for free and play it on your computer using Real Player. Here’s how to do it. Read more…

Cannot Uninstall Softwares ?

April 24th, 2009 2 comments

Why can’t I uninstall certain softwares ?

I’ve seen in many forums that users ask for a solution on how to uninstall certain softwares. Many of my friends too call me and ask what should I do if I cannot uninstall a software ? First, we must know why it cannot be uninstalled using the bundled Uninstaller or from Control Panel using Add/Remove Programs. The reason might be that, the software files might have been corrupt OR the PC could be infected with virus OR the software installed is a rogue software OR even the OS files could have been corrupt OR the registry keys belonging to the software might be corrupt.

What should I do ?

The first thing, you must do is try uninstalling the software using the ‘usual way’. By usual way, I mean using the Add/Remove Programs option or using the Uninstaller that came with the software. One thing that you require is patience. It might take long time or your system might be non-responding for a few seconds. The uninstaller might ask you to restart your PC too. Do it as it says.

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Paas Aao Na : CloseUp Ad Ringtone

April 23rd, 2009 34 comments

Some weeks back, I was badly searching for the audio of the Paas Aao Close-Up advertisement that appears on TV. After searching a lot, I did find them. To me, that ad looks very cute and is joyful to watch. I don’t know what ingredient but there’s something very attractive about that song. Curently it’s my ringtone :) Many of my friends were amused that from where I got it. Read more…

Run A Process As NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM

April 22nd, 2009 3 comments

Who is NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM ?

It is a built-in user account that is run on a Windows OS. It has powers even more than the Administrator account ! Using that account, one can gain complete control over everything. You can kill any stubborn process, make system wide changes etc. But, one cannot log in as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. Windows doesn’t allow this and for a good reason coz malicious programs if run as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM, then it would be nothing less than a disaster!

Why should I become the NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM ?

There are many rare instances when you will need to become the NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM like in case you cannot end a virus process using Task Manager or from command line using taskkill even when the /f switch is used.

How can I become NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM ?

Here is a little trick that allows you to gain system wide access as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM in XP. This won’t work in Vista. Read more…