• [ Kill the Process, Use Killbox if your Access Denied ]

[In Windows Vista Run As Administrator, After Execution System Will Restart]

• %Windows\System32\olhrwef.exe
• %Windows\System32\nmdfgds0.dll
• %Windows\System32\nmdfgds1.dll
• %Root of Windows installed drive\hifdmgt.com
• %Root of Windows installed drive\eej2.exe
• %Windows\System32\dllcache\cdaudio.sys
  [ No Exact Information about Files, search above related files in Program files Folder ]
  If you have any of these files in running process from task manger, end the process before removal.
  Note: if task manager is disabled, Download the following file, Click to Download - Enable Registry.reg [ Right Click - Save Target As/Linked Content As ]
  Open it with Regedit.exe [%system32\regedit.exe], then it Confirms Add to registry Yes or No, Confirm Yes, then click Ok.

xoops.widelands.org

I covered this game only briefly in the Projects at a Glance section in last month’s issue, so I’m taking a closer look at it this month. Widelands is a real-time strategy (RTS) game built on the SDL libraries and is inspired by The Settlers games from the early and mid-1990s. The Settlers I and II games were made in a time when the RTS genre was still in its relative infancy, so they had different gameplay ideals from their hyperspeed cousins, where a single map could take up to 50 hours of gameplay.

Thankfully, Widelands has retained this ideal, where frantic “tank-rush” tactics do not apply. Widelands takes a much slower pace, with an emphasis not on combat, but on building your home base. And, although the interface is initially hard to penetrate, it does lend itself to more advanced elements of base building, with gameplay mechanics that seem to hinge on not necessarily what is constructed, but how it is constructed. For instance, the ground is often angled. So, when you build roads, you have to take into account where they head in order for builders to be able to transport their goods quickly and easily. Elements such as flow are just about everything in this game— you almost could call it feng shui.


Installation. If you head to the Web site’s Downloads section, there’s an i386 Linux binary available in a tarball that’s around 100MB, which I’ll be running with here. For masochists (or non-Intel machines), the game’s source is available farther down the page.
Download the package and extract it to a new folder (which you’ll need to make yourself). Open a terminal in the new folder, and enter the command:

$ ./widelands

If you’re very lucky, it’ll work right off the bat. Chances are, you’ll get an error like this:
./widelands: error while loading shared libraries: libSDL_ttf-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory I installed libSDL_ttf-2.0-dev, which fixed that, but then I got several other errors before I could get it to start. I had to install libSDL_gfx.so.4 and libsdl-gfx1.2-4 before it worked, but Widelands relies heavily on SDL (as do many other games), so you might as well install all of the SDL libraries while you’re there.


Usage. Once you’re in the game, the first thing you should do is head to the Single Player mode, and choose Campaign to start, as there’s a good tutorial, which you will need. While the levels are loading, hints are given to you for when you get in the game, speeding up the learning process. Controls are with the mouse and keyboard. The mouse is used for choosing various actions on-screen, and the keyboard’s arrow keys let you move the camera around the world. Left-clicking on an insignificant piece of map brings up a menu for all of the basic in-game options. Right-clicking on something usually gets rid of it.

From here on, the game is far too complex to explain in this amount of space, but it’s well worth checking out the documentation and help screens for further information. Once you’ve finished the intro campaign, check out the game’s large collection of singleand multiplayer maps. You get a choice of multiple races, including Barbarians, Empire and Atlanteans, coupled with the ability to play against the computer or against other humans (or a close approximation). It also comes with a background story to the game, and if you spend your Saturday nights playing World of Warcraft instead of going to the pub, I’m sure you’ll find it very interesting.

Delve into this game, and there’s much that lies beneath the surface. It has simple things that please, like how the in-game menus are very sophisticated and solid, with none of the bugginess you get in many amateur games. But, it’s the complete reversal of hyperspeed in its gameplay that I really love. I always want to get back to building my base when playing most RTS games, but I’m constantly drawn away by fire fights. This game lets you keep building, and places serious emphasis on how you do it.

The Web site also has add-ons, such as maps, music and other tribes, along with an editor, artwork and more, so check it out. Ultimately, Widelands is a breath of fresh air in an extremely stale genre, whose roots ironically stem from way back in the past in RTS history. Whether you’re chasing a fix of that original Settlers feel or just want a different direction in RTS, this game is well worth a look.

Source of Information : Linux Journal Issue 181 May 2009

If you are new to Windows Marketplace for Mobile or wished there was available a straight forward, step-by-step, tour of the process, the Marketplace team has put together the following two walkthroughs you should find useful.

Enjoy,

Mike

This morning, Brandon Leblanc, provided us with an update about availability of Windows 7 in Europe along information about a wider market availability for Windows 7 Home Premium Family Pack upgrade. Here is what he had to say:

I want to provide a couple of updates for my friends in Europe today in regards to Windows 7.

I want to start off with an update to our plans for the Windows 7 Family Pack. As I mentioned last month, starting with the launch of Windows 7 on October 22nd, customers will be able to buy a Family Pack in the US & Canada. This allows users to install Windows 7 Home Premium on up to 3 existing Windows PCs for a reduced price. It’s an easy and cost effective way to get customers entire household on Windows 7.

I can now tell you of several more countries that will have a chance to take advantage of this great deal: the UK, Ireland, Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands and Sweden. This will also be a limited offer, but is just one more way that our customers can save on Windows 7.

Read the entire article here

Excellent news for customers around the world who have multiple PC's in the home. Multiple PC's running Windows 7 on a home network can take advantage of some powerful capabilities such as HomeGroups, Media Streaming and Libraries which makes sharing information and resources such as a Printer simpler.

Brandon also talked about changes to Windows 7's web browser, users will now have a ballot box choice that will allow them to choose a third party web browser instead of the default Internet Explorer. This of course means the initial Windows 7 E product will not be offered and customers will instead be offered full and upgrade versions of Windows 7 with Internet Explorer 8. Customers who pre-ordered Windows 7 in Europe prior to September 1st will be able to get a full version of Windows 7 at upgrade pricing.

Windows 7 E was provided as a temporary solution until Microsoft was able to provide a possible upgrade path for Windows Vista with Internet Explorer to Windows 7 without Internet Explorer. Microsoft has since come to a resolution with third party web browser developers and the European Commission to resolve this issue through the new ballot box selection instead.

Related:

Windows Anytime Upgrade and Family Pack Pricing details revealed
More information on Windows 7: Pricing and Availability
Windows 7 Editions – More detailed information
Official: Microsoft Confirms Windows 7 Editions

Resources:

Networking made easy with HomeGroups in Windows 7
Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade – Unlocking more benefits with less effort

 

I want to provide a couple of updates for my friends in Europe today in regards to Windows 7.

I want to start off with an update to our plans for the Windows 7 Family Pack. As I mentioned last month, starting with the launch of Windows 7 on October 22nd, customers will be able to buy a Family Pack in the US & Canada. This allows users to install Windows 7 Home Premium on up to 3 existing Windows PCs for a reduced price. It’s an easy and cost effective way to get customers entire household on Windows 7.

I can now tell you of several more countries that will have a chance to take advantage of this great deal: the UK, Ireland, Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands and Sweden. This will also be a limited offer, but is just one more way that our customers can save on Windows 7.

So what changed to make this possible? Basically, the fact that we are now able to have an upgrade version of Windows 7 available at launch.

On July 24th, 2009 – we announced a new proposal to the European Commission address competition concerns regarding the Windows OS and Internet Explorer web browser.

Under this new proposal, customers in Europe who buy a new Windows PC with Internet Explorer set as their default browser would be shown a “ballot screen.” Through this ballot screen, people can easily download and install the browser of their choice from the web.

As the result of our new proposal, as announced on July 31, we will no longer offer E versions of Windows 7 in retail, OEM or other channels. European Economic Community countries will have the same version of Windows 7 as the rest of the world.

As well as allowing for a Family Pack offer, it means that we are now able to have an upgrade version of Windows 7 available in Europe at launch. Windows 7 retail boxes will be available in both Full and Upgrade versions via pre-orders through Microsoft online stores where available and our retail partners starting September 1st and at General Availability on October 22. We will, however, continue to make Windows 7 N versions available that does not include Windows Media Player.

For customers who have already pre-ordered the full version of Windows 7 E in the EU – either as part of special pre-order offers or otherwise – they will receive full versions of Windows 7 that include Internet Explorer 8. These customers, and any other customer who pre-orders Windows 7 before upgrade versions are available on September 1, will still be able to get upgrade pricing for Windows 7 full versions.

Customers can also wait for September 1^st, 2009 when they will have a choice of an upgrade or full version of Windows 7 at separate pricing. So essentially if you’re in Europe, you will have the product and pricing options available on a worldwide basis as of September 1st through the Microsoft Store and our retail partners.

I hope to continue to keep people updated on our ballot screen proposal as we have more to share.

AppArmor has been adopted as the default Mandatory Access Control solution for both the Ubuntu and Mandriva distributions. I’ve sung its praises before, and as evidenced by writing my now third column about it, clearly I’m still a fan.

But, you should know that AppArmor’s future is uncertain. In late 2007, Novell laid off its full-time AppArmor developers, including project founder Crispin Cowan (who subsequently joined Microsoft).

Thus, Novell’s commitment to AppArmor is open to question. It doesn’t help that the AppArmor Development Roadmap on Novell’s Web site hasn’t been updated since 2006, or that Novell hasn’t released a new version of AppArmor since 2.3 Beta 1 in July 2008, nearly a year ago at the time of this writing.

But, AppArmor’s source code is GPL’d: with any luck, this apparent slack in AppArmor leadership soon will be taken up by some other concerned party—for example, Ubuntu and Mandriva developers. By incorporating AppArmor into their respective distributions, the Ubuntu and Mandriva teams have both committed to at least patching AppArmor against the inevitable bugs that come to light in any major software package.

Given this murky future, is it worth the trouble to use AppArmor? My answer is an emphatic yes, for a very simple reason: AppArmor is so easy to use—requiring no effort for packages already having distribution provided profiles and minimal effort to create new profiles—that there’s no reason not to take advantage of it for however long it remains an officially supported part of your SUSE, Ubuntu or Mandriva system.

Source of Information : Linux Journal 185 September 2009