If you have been using windows xp or windows 7 for atleast six month, you had seen this irritating restart request from windows 7 and XP after completing its update. This keep on appearing on your screen every 15 minutes even if you select to restart later. There are few hacks to avoid this annoying windows automatic updates restart dialog.

Option # 1
Go to process explorer by clicking CTRL + ALT + DEL , search for wuauclt.exe and kill that process.

Option # 2
Go to Start –> Run –> CMD , and type the following command

sc stop wuauserv

Option # 3
Go to Start –> Run –> CMD, and run Group policy editor by typing  gpedit.msc on command prompt

Go to computer configuration –> administrative templates –> windows components and select Windows update

Now click on No auto-restart with logged on users for scheduled automatic updates installations’.
Select ” Enabled” and click ok

One of the best but simple drawing and sketching utility for Mac is named as SketchBook Pro 2010 , Always there is two kind of problems, some times it will be  very powerful but excessively complex, otherwise it will be simple to use but lacking in options ,power and features. SketchBook Pro is one utility which successfully combines power and simplicity into one box, such that even a weak artist can be productive and successful.

Problems with SketchBook Pro 2010 installation and solution.

There are problems reported while installing this application , but most of the times it will be rectified when you try again. Other wise you can contact autoDesk and get the CD replaced. When application is first launched, it prompt  if you have your serial number and key handy. but if you are new SketchBook Pro user, You should NOT to enter them now but select that you want a 15-day trial, because on free trial you will get  quick pictorial tour of the feature set. Afterward, registration information can be entered through the help menu.

Most application options are available in radial menu, accessible either through clicking on icons on the lagoon or right-clicking on the canvas. All menu items have help tips to guide along the way so you know what option you’re choosing. Radial menus can be a surprise to those who have never been exposed to them, but once used to them they are very powerful and easy to use. I installed in on a Windows XP SP3 computer along with a Bamboo Tablet/Pen and it works smoothly and with no problems. I also tried it on a Vista Laptop but unfortunately Vista 64 bit is not supported yet so please take note. The program is excellent, the interface is easy to use and with a flick of your pen you can access the many features including pencils, brushes, markers, layers and pan/zoom tools.

closing note.

Sketchbook Pro is not meant to be Photoshop hence without some of PS more advanced tools. However, Sketchbook Pro loads quickly, has no bloatware and does the job fast. So plan to  use it for sketching initial ideas for later refinement on your desktop through Photoshop.

Download SketchBook Pro 2010

The new version of McAfee Total Protection 3 User 2010 is completely redesigned and running quicker. Enjoy an accelerated procedure of verification and updation . Reducing the load on  memory favorably affect the overall performance of your personal computer system. This means that the work of McAfee Total Safety 2010 is going to be unnoticeable to you.

Completely revised the main menu enables you to quickly get the required information. In the new menu hierarchy doesn’t use pop-ups, and carry out any command can be in just a couple of easy steps. Enhanced system of warnings and display the test outcomes further simplify the security setting on your  PC or Laptop.

McAfee 2010 installs smoothly and without hassle or jerk. The download itself is really a tiny stub installer that grabs the installation files over the web whenever you run it.  This year, McAfee’s scanning performance may be greatly improved by indexing files and only scanning those which are new or have changed. When you install the program, it’ll ask you to carry out a preliminary scan that could take a long time but will speed up later scans. You are able to decline the scan at installation, but note that whenever your first scan is initiated, it’ll take substantially longer than subsequent scans thanks to this.

Features of McAfee Total Protection 3 User 2010

Previous versions of McAfee’s security software had a truly clunky and crowded user interface that created us just want to forget even attempting to use it. However, the latest 2010 version of Total Protection has a new interface that looks like black and white compared to the old interface. The primary home screen features a quick at a glance status of the program as being secure (green) or otherwise, needing attention. This house screen utilizes drop down menus that hide away all the clutter when not in use. The features menu give you fast access to virus/spyware protection, Web safety, data backup, parental controls, and PC optimizationutter when not in use. The features menu give you fast access to virus/spyware protection, Web safety, data backup, parental controls, and PC optimization

Download McAfee Total Protection 3 User 2010

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Download McAfee Total Protection 3 User 2010 – legal version.

Price of McAfee Total Protection 3 User 2010

McAfee Total Protection 3 User 2010 is priced approx $19 for one year subscription

There are lot of portable applications available on internet , which means it doesn’t require any installation , you can run it from your USB device even. If you are a roaming user then Portable softwares are of great use. Portable applications are helpful in places where installations are not allowed or tracked. There are some good software available which can convert your normal program to a portable program.

Universal Extractor

Universal extractor will extract individual files from any kind of archives like MSI, exe, CAB etc and then we can try out executable which may run on your USB device.

Package Factory

Package factory is an amazing free utility which help to convert applications to run on USB device, it converts EXE to U3P files, it is free for non commercial use but it will add a description saying it is converted using Package Factory. This is a more cleaner option than  the prior one.

How to change Windows XP start menu from classic to Standard menu and vise versa

If you are a old windows users , it might be confusing to use new start menu in Windows XP , then you may need to consider switching it back to old style, which is known as classic Start menu. It is too easy to switch between these.

Right click on Windows Start Button , Select Properties , then choose which style you need.

WinDirStat is a cute little utility which reads your directory and traverse through the sub directories and gives a detailed information about it. It shows the directory structure in three views, directory list, treemap and extension list. Ths utility has a in-build function of cleaning the directories and it supports different languages like Czeh, Dutch, Finnish, German, English and many more.

Treemap view represent each file as a colored rectangle and each color represent a file type, size of the rectangle is proportional to the file size.

Download and Instal WinDirStat

Another non-productive tools for Windows 7 , do you need to change your old drive icons with trendy new images?  Windows 7 Drive Icon Changer is for that. This easy to use free utility can quickly change the drive icons of any drive on your computer. When you run the application it shows the list of drives available, select the drive you need to change the icon and click install button. You will get a prompt to select a file for the icon.
You can remove the icon you have installed earlier by selecting uninstall button. This free tool is portable and doesn’t require any installation.
NOTE: You will need a .ico file to change the icons of the drive.

download windows 7 drive icon changer tool
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Google is going to discontinue its support for YouTube in Internet Explorer 6. They have stopped supporting Internet Explorer 6 in Google Apps  long back and google have plans to stop IE 6 support for  GMail and Google calendar by this year end.It was always a pain for designers to support internet explorer 6 due to its misbehavior for many CSS tags. Now Google set a target date for it – 13 March.

Going forward users visiting YouTube on IE6 and other old browsers , will be shown an interstitial warning that support for their browser will be dropped by 13 March. It also gives a links to some browsers that the user can use and upgrade. The interstitial will appear every two weeks to remind any users still on older browsers to upgrade to the most recent version of their browser.

Support will be revoked for following versions of browssers

* browser older than Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0
* browser older than Mozilla Firefox 3.0
* browser older than Google Chrome 4.0
* browser older than Safari 3.0+

Users who are not upgrading their browsers will still be able to view the video but many of the new features which are going to be rolled out will not be supported on those browsers.

Vancouver is busy with Winter Olympics (2010,Feb 12th to 28th). To add the spirit new windows 7 wallpapers has been released based on Vancouver 2010 winder Olympics.

Free Vancouver wallpapers for Windows 7 and XP

You just need to right click on the image and click “set as background” in windows

MAC OS 9:

1. Drag the image off onto your desktop
2. Go to your control panel and choose ‘Appearance’
3. Click ‘Set Desktop’ and choose the downloaded image on your desktop

Are you bored with the usual windows login screen. Here is an option to modify your login screen. You can choose different login screens available with this package plus there are so many available for free download on internet. Logon studio is a free ware which can be used on Windows 7 , XP , Vista.

Download logon studio