Defragging HD when it is in idle

Yes, defragmenting your HARD DISK is one of the ways to speed up your computer but also the most that takes a lot of time to finish. That's the reason why sometimes computer users doesn't defrag anymore their PC's hard drive. Luckily there is a freeware called Smart Defrag that can defrag you hard drive automatically when your PC is in idle mode.

This is very helpful to those who have no time to defrag their PC but want to make sure their hard drive is in top performance. SmartDefrag motto is "Install It and Forget It", meaning after you've install this freeware, it will do its work in the background without interrupting you from your works. SmartDefrag automatically defrag your HD if your PC is in idle or you can schedule when you want to defrag your harddrive which you can then instruct SmartDefrag to shutdown your computer after it finishes its work.

This is highly recommended. You can download SmatDefrag here.

WIndows Vista Readyboost: Use FLASHDRIVE as RAM

Till this date, Microsoft's windows had two options for the memory requirement of the computer, so that the computing can be done at cheaper rates and that too without installing the physical memory.

1. Physical Memory (RAM)
2. Page File (A virtual memory file, stored on hard disk).

The page file is used by the Windows OS to cater the needs of various applications when the physical memory is fully used up. The reason for that is, that Virtual memory is slower as compared to the physical memory and thus Physical memory takes the first priority.

However, with the release of Windows Vista, Microsoft has introduced a new technology called ReadyBoost. With the help of this technology one can use any Flash drive, SD Cards, CF Cards as the third memory option for the computer.

Now, the benefits of Flash Drive or Cards as a source of Memory :

1. It is faster than the virtual memory which is accessed through the hard disk drive.
2. It is cheaper as compared to the actually Physical Memory.

How can it be activated ?

In order to activate the ReadyBoost technology on your FlashDrive or Memory Cards, you have to follow these steps…

1. Open My Computer.
2. Right Click on the Removable Disk Drive and select Properties.
3. Click on ReadyBoost Tab.
4. Enable the feature by selecting the option and allocate the amount of space you want to use as memory.

Things to be noted….

1. Regardless of the fact that you use Readyboost or not, you need at least 512 Mb of memory to run Windows Vista decently.
2. If your device is not giving the option of ReadyBoost then it means that it doesn't clear up the minimum data trasfer rate required by ReadBoost technology.

How to Block USB devices in XP

A simple trick for XP user..Sometimes we have to protect our data specially at work where confidentiality is a concern, and the biggest problem we face that everybody seems to take everybody's data they are a bit careless about their data security. Pen drives becoming a handy tool to get data is the biggest problem we all face today. Not only in our work,school etc., it is part of everybody's life that. To this what can be done is that the USB can be blocked and then stopping the use of USB drives. Here is a simple registry hack to do so, try it with care.

1. Go to Start –> Run, type Regedit.
2. Go to Hkey_Local_Machine\System\CurrentControlset\Services\USBStor
3. In the right pane, look for value Start and have value as 0000000(3)
4. Double click on that and change that value to 4.

You might be required to restart the PC, and then you are done with it, USB is now blocked.
In case if you want to get the USB unblocked, just change the value again to 3.
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AVD Volume Calculator

A very helpful and cool application for those are constantly computing volumes in their work etc..
AVD Volume Calculator is the most universal solution for complex mathematical calculations working out weight, volume and mass of a given 3-D object. You can choose the shapes from a wide list of geometrical figures and combine them to create composite objects, including the ones that have apertures. The tool takes into account object’s density, supports a variety of units, features a unit converter and saves collected results to a text file.

AVD Volume Calculator is just the thing for measuring physical parameters of composite objects in 3-D. It calculates weight, volume and mass for the figures of various shapes. The process of calculation is quite simple: after you select the object's shape, just define the sizes with the number of parts and press "Calculate" button to get the result.

The ability to process three dimensional composite objects, even those which have apertures, expands the sphere of the program's usage as you will be able to work out physical parameters of objects of most diverse shapes. The program includes such structural units as: plate, pipe, bar, beam, channel, angle and others.

You will certainly appreciate the ample choice of units provided by the program. The list of units is truly impressive as it encompasses almost every unit of both Imperial and metrical unit system. Also, at any time you can use the built-in unit converter that will redeem you from the need of transferring numbers from one system to another by yourself. What's more, the result of any calculation can be presented in any units you require.

AVD Volume Calculator also takes into account density of the material of a given structure. For your convenience the program includes a number of widespread materials and allows adding new materials and deleting those, which you don't find necessary.

The creators of AVD Volume Calculator took into account the human factor, so in case of some contingency (e.g. if you make a typo or add a wrong object), you can undo the operation. Also, when calculations are done, you can save the results to a text file or send them directly to print.

The ease of usage and a wide variety of included objects and units in combination with the ability to work out physical parameters of objects with apertures make AVD Volume Calculator a handy helper in the sphere of engineering, architecture and exact sciences.

Features:-

• Wide list of geometrical figures;
• Editing of the materials list;
• Built-in units converter;
• Metrical and Imperial units;
• The result of any calculation can be presented in any units you require;
• Undo and Reset operations;
• Print the results;
• Save the results to a text file.

Available shapes:-

Rectangular Prism
Triangular Prism
Pentagonal Prism
Hexagonal Prism
Octagonal Prism
Trapezoid
Elliptic Prism
Cylinder
Pipe
Regular Pyramid
Triangular Pyramid
Pentagonal Pyramid
Hexagonal Pyramid
Octagonal Pyramid
Sphere
Spherical Segment
Spherical Sector
Spherical Wedge
Hollow Sphere
Torus
Cone
Frustum of Cone
Barrel
I-Beam C channel
Lip channel
Angle
Oblong
Tank (round)
Milk tank
Tank (elliptic)
90 Degree Elbow


Download Here:
http://rapidshare.com/files/92391522/AVD.Volume.Calculator.v5.3.1.rar