Real Player On Vista/Xp 64 bit (x64)

Recently i upgraded myself to 64 bit Version of Windows Vista, the basic thing was that i had everything going smoothly, then i had something that meant to be played in Real Player, but there was nothing that might help me to play Real media files on my PC, as Real does not supports x64 ? what to do ?

Tried Searching .. making whatever i can ! then suddenly i came across a site which gave me the gift named REAL ALTERNATIVE

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm

you can download & install this package which works with Media player Classic and Windows Media Player..

Enjoy

September 4, 2008 · Filed Under Microsoft, Other, Troubleshooting, Tutorials

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An Energy Diet for Power-Hungry Household PCs

In its drive to go green, the technology industry has so far focused mainly on big targets like corporations and especially computer data centers, the power-hungry computing engine rooms of the Internet economy.

Next come the hundreds of millions of desktop and laptop personal computers in households worldwide.

Microsoft, the nonprofit Climate Savers Computing Initiative and a start-up called Verdiem are combining to put a spotlight on the energy-saving opportunity in PCs, and distributing a free software tool to consumers to help them do it.

The potential savings in both dollars and pollution is huge, analysts say, when the estimated one billion PCs in use globally are taken into account. The research firm Gartner estimates that 40 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions resulting from information technology and telecommunications are attributable to PCs. Data center computers account for 23 percent, and the rest is attributable to printers and telecommunications equipment.

“If you are going to tackle climate change and curb energy use, you have to deal with consumer devices like PCs,” said Andrew Fanara, a product development expert in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star program, which promotes energy-efficient products and practices.

For more than a decade, the federal Energy Star program has developed voluntary power-management standards for PCs, and suppliers like Intel and Microsoft have steadily improved the energy efficiency of their chips and software. But Mr. Fanara estimated that less than half of PCs met those standards, in part because more energy-efficient hardware adds slightly to production costs.

“There are large potential savings beyond what Energy Star can do,” he said.

The free software, called Edison, is a consumer version of the PC energy-saving software sold to corporate customers by Verdiem, which is financed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a leading venture capital firm and an aggressive investor in green technologies, and other venture investors.

Verdiem, based in Seattle, has 180 corporate and government customers, including Hewlett-Packard, which bundles Verdiem’s Surveyor program on its desktop PCs sold to corporations. Though he will not disclose sales figures, the company’s chief executive, Kevin Klustner, says revenue should triple this year.

There are other free tools for calculating and managing PC power consumption, including the E.P.A.’s EZ Wizard, CO2 Saver and a Google energy-saving gadget. But Edison allows the user more flexibility, especially in making the settings as stringent as they want, analysts say.

If a user sets the software to put the machine in a “deep sleep” mode after a few minutes of not hitting a keystroke, the hard drive powers down and the PC sips just 5 percent of its normal energy consumption.

That kind of energy diet is far from standard practice in homes and offices. Half of all electricity consumed by a standard PC is wasted, according to environmental and industry studies.

Household electricity bills could also be trimmed by $20 to $95 a year for each PC, depending on local power costs and the kind of PCs in use, said Mr. Klustner. “What we’re trying to do is raise the visibility of the power consumption problem on the PC desktop and really bring power management to the masses,” he said.

The Climate Savers group, which includes major technology companies and environmental groups, has set a goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions from computers by 54 million tons by 2010. That is the equivalent of the yearly pollution from 11 million cars. The goal includes data center computers and PCs, and about half of all PCs are consumer machines.

“This kind of energy-saving technology for consumers is a key ingredient in moving toward that goal,” said Rob Bernard, chief environmental strategist for Microsoft.

The companies said that the Edison software would be available to download on Wednesday from the Web sites of Verdiem (verdiem.com), Microsoft (microsoft.com/environment), and Climate Savers (climatesaverscomputing.org).

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By STEVE LOHR

Published: August 6, 2008

August 9, 2008 · Filed Under Hardware, Microsoft

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nVidia GeForce GTX 280 & GTX 260 Video Cards Launched in India

Following Zotac & XFX, Gigayte today intoduced their next generation graphic cards powered by recently announced NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 & GTX 260 GPU. The GV-N28-1GH-B and GV-N26-896H-B equipped with GTX 280 and GTX 260 respectively represent the new lineup of flagship graphic card offerings by the company. The GIGABYTE GV-N28-1GH-B features 1 GB GDDR3 memory and 240 stream processors, while the GV-N26-896H-B is equipped with the NVIDIA GTX 260, and features 896MB GDDR3 memory and 192 stream processors. More details and pricing after the jump.

The GV-N28-1GH-B and GV-N26-896H-B support NVIDIA’s PhysX Technology, enabling a totally new class of physical gaming interaction for a more dynamic and realistic experience with the GeForce GTX 280/260. In addition to providing a completely unique gaming experience, both cards are also compliant with CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture) Technology, unlocking the power of the processor core of the GeForce GTX 280/260 to accelerate the most demanding system tasks such as video transcoding for an up to 7x performance enhancement over traditional CPUs.

GeForce GTX 260

The GIGABYTE GV-N28-1GH-B and GV-N26-896H-B also feature NVIDIA’s latest advanced Lumenex Engine Technology, delivering stunning image quality and floating point accuracy at ultra-fast frame rates. The latest 16x Anti-aliasing Technology provides lightning fast; high-quality anti-aliasing up to 16x sample rates, which helps to eliminate jagged edges. 128-bit floating point High Dynamic Range (HDR) Lighting supports twice the precision of prior generations for incredibly realistic lighting effects with support for anti-aliasing.

GeForce GTX 280

Integrated with industry leading 3-way NVIDIA SLI Technology, the GV-N28-1GH-B and GV-N26-896H-B offer amazing performance scaling by implementing 3-way AFR (Alternate Frame Rendering) for the world’s fastest gaming solution under Windows Vista with solid, state-of-the-art drivers. With DirectX 10 support and adopting the latest Unified Shader architecture with full support for Shader Model 4.0, the GIGABYTE GV-N28-1GH-B and GV-N26-896H-B are able to deliver the most realistic gaming effects and lets users take full advantage of all the advanced features Microsoft Windows Vista Premium, including the full Aero Interface.

Pricing & Availability:

Both the new video cards are available immediately via Gigabyte distributors. The Gigabyte GV-N28-1GH-B is priced at Rs. 49,425/- while the GV-N26-896H-B will be available for Rs. 29,425/-

Via: PriceGuru

June 25, 2008 · Filed Under Hardware, Reviews

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Nvidia Geforce 7900GT - Vista Problem (Solution)

As many of you already know that Nvidia Geforce 7900GT gives scrambled lines in Windows Vista Operating system, Till date there has been no solution to this problem.

Cause: GPU speed mismatch
Description: Whenever anyone tries to upgrade the graphics driver from 158.24 to above the screen gets vertical lines and your computer gets in a bad shape and you get frustrated, several more things are there as, when you try to run a game or even when you sake up from standy by and many more.

There is a common solution to it all : you just need to reflash your BIOS , the question is HOW ?
No need to worry as its completely safe :

Steps: Download Nibitor , NVFlash , prepare a USB with fat or fat32 Filesystem ( if possible make bootable), if not then have a windows 98 or me bootable CD or floppy ready…

Instructions: Set your Boot Device in BIOS to Automatically boot from Cd, floppy , USB and then HDD ..
Boot to windows and install NIBITOR Run Nibitor, click on options and then read BIOS into file, save the file as ori ( so that you can remember that its an original BIOS) , now on the main page of nibitor change the clocks to -2 (minus) in 3d ( primary and secondary) , now just save the bios with the name : new
close Nibitor and extract nvfalsh and its files to the USB Pen drive and the new & ORI bios files, ( in case you screw up you will need ORI ), now reboot your system in DOS mode and type : nvflash [filename] press enter it will tell you that the version and all is same , continue and it will say successfull. NOTE: Do not restart your machine until it says the process is successfull.. after that restart your machine if the display seems to be ok then you are done.. if not then as said above you will boot into the boot device, DO NOT PANIC , just type nvflash [filename] (by filename i mean ORI(the original BIOS file)) . Press Enter, just by imagining the last time you did the thing press if pressing Y is needed.. the dispay if curropted will get stagnent after a minute or within seconds. restart and your system should be back again..

NOTE: Even i was a noobie just reading and studying and I did it in first step only… but yeah my BIOS too got curropted as i installed another BIOS from other card.. DO NOT TRY THAT…

PS : I do not take responsiblity that this thing will work for everyone.. nor i take responsiblity for any damage.. do it on your own RISK…

Nibitor and NVFLASH are copyright by their owners.. thanks to MVKtech and guru3d.com for downloads

June 15, 2008 · Filed Under Hardware, Troubleshooting

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Review: Microsoft Wireless Entertainment Desktop 7000

Microsoft Wireless Entertainment Desktop 7000 If you ask just for a keyboard mouse, don’t really go for this one. This thing goes with some passion and grace. When i first ordered the set from Microsoft company store i was excited to use the product, after using it i became a fan. The Bundle comes up with a keyboard - 4 batterries for it ( yeah 4 batterries )(but these 4 batteries work atleast 1.5 year on a hectic schedule like mine) , A Laser mouse with a rechargeable Battery, a Rechager, a bluetooth dongle (works with every hardware), and product drivers and manual.

Well Microsoft’s Bundle is awesome too, so on pluging in it usually starts running without even trying to press the connect button, that means a true plug & play . but the bluetooth wont start working unless you install proper drivers for it.

Microsoft Laser Mouse 8000 The Product runs on 2.4Ghz Bluetooth (v.3.0), which is pretty smooth, it actually works till my garage so about 25m , Both Keyboard and mouse are equipped with a battery status indicator that blinks red when the battery needs replacement or recharge. When it comes to working this things combines with Xbox, N70, N95 ( the ones tested ) , The Mouse supports 4 way scrolling and two extra buttons to configure ( pre onfigured for back and magnify ) , The Laser technology gives mouse a great accuracy and freedom over optical to work on any surface and it never fails.

Talking about keyboard, Slim, sleek and ergonomic , the keyboard is equipped with a navigation pad (scratch pad) , a windows call button , media center key, gadgets button, windows live call button, Media button, My fav. hot keys and many more. plus all the function keys and esc button are touch (just incase you need a some more class), the keyboard measure 1/4 inches in cube… Comes with a 3year limited warranty.. and a great satisfaction of using a superior thing….
Windows Vista certified