T-Shirt that charges your mobile phone

Mobile operator Orange has recently uneviled a T-shirt that can charge up your mobile phone while watching musical bands in action.The T-shirt uses loud music to power batteries.The owner needs to just plug in their phones for a quick charge.

Windows Activation backup solution

Whenever a windows operating system is activated windows automatically creates a file containing various hardware information and saves the registration information.These settings are meant for individual computers and thus cannot be used to activate another computer.However a backup can be made to activate the same system without running the activation process again.7Tokens Manager is one such excellent tool that offers complete backup and restoration of the Windows activation process.

How to Fix:The User Profile Service failed the logon

Recently I encountered a strange error while logging to a Windows 7 starter netbook.Every time I tried to login an error message pops up "The User Profile Service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded".

This error may occur if the "Do not logon users with temporary profiles" Group Policy setting is configured.This issue may occur if the user profile was manually deleted by using the command prompt or by using Windows Explorer.So in my case this might have been caused as I cleaned up the system after a recent virus attack. The user profile switches to a temporary profile.

Mount ISO files in Windows 8 Without third party utilities

One of the important feature that was introduced in Windows 7 was the ablity to burn ISO images files without the need of third party utilities.The Windows Team seems to make positive progress in this direction.In Windows 8 Milestone 1 build 7850 which was leaked on the web they have introduced the mounting feature too.This feature is exclusive to ISO files only & will be present in the subsequent release (Also available in build 7955).

How to install IE9 RTM on Windows 8 Build 7850

As most of you might know that Windows 8 Milestone 1 build 7850 has been leaked recently which was complied in September last year.And so it contains an old version of Internet Explorer 9 (Beta).

If you have a setup of IE 9 RTM you will still be unable to install it on this build.Trying to install IE9 ends up with this

Give your Windows 7 taskbar the Windows 8 feel

You probably have heard of Windows vNext,Microsoft next version of Windows Operating System. Microsoft wants this one as good as Windows 7 and is just few months away from the first public Beta release.As far as the looks of Windows 8 are concerned they have revamped the Taskbar.It now comes with a small user picture tile in notification area of Taskbar.

Debranding Vodafone K3570Z USB Modem

With the Indian telecom sector completely ready for 3G Services recently there has been a sharp rise in 3G data cards.Everyone wants to be connected on the move.USB data cards thus are the most handy stuff to access the internet on the Laptops/PC.Every telecom operator is now claiming to provide the best 3G experience than others and so comes their network locked data cards.Vodafone presently offering one of the cheapest data cards now comes at a price of INR 1600,K3570z (ZTE Corporation).The device supports download speed of upto 3.6Mbps(HSDPA).

A smarter way to access open windows in Windows 7

Windows Vista and its successor Windows 7 comes with all new interface commonly known as Aero (Authentic, Energetic, Reflective and Open).Its cleaner, more powerful, more efficient and more aesthetically pleasing user interface than the previously used theme (Luna), it includes new translucency, live thumbnails, live icons, animations and eye candy.

Here’s a small registry tweak that slows down the way you minimize,restore windows plus reduces the opacity of the window as it goes down to the taskbar.You need to hold on the Shift key while you click the minimize button on window.This works too for Aero flip.Whenever you flip windows with the shift key pressed the windows flip in a cool style.

Wallcast-Turn your desktop wallpapers into a dynamic collage

Wallcast is an application that transforms your desktop wallpaper into a dynamic photo collage that displays pictures from you, your family, and your friends. Multiple times per day, your wallpaper is refreshed automatically to display a fresh collage of photos presented on a background image of your choice.Wallcast gives your desktop a new feel and look.

The easiest way of using Microsoft Office 2007 on Ubuntu

One of the most popular application “Wine” lets users install and use windows application on Linux operating systems. However its often tedious. There’s a application called PlayonLinux which makes the installation process of such application far more easier.PlayonLinux comes preinstalled on PinGuy Linux.It’s a customized version of Ubuntu.PlayonLinux includes a list of windows application which are properly categorized.All you need is to select the application you want to install, locate the installer files and PlayonLinux will silently install everything for you.