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How to fix stuck/dead pixels on LCD monitor

Before i start, lets talk about what is stuck pixel and what is dead pixel. Stuck pixel is a dot of colour in your LCD while the background is black. When the stuck pixel become black dot in white background, it become dead pixel. Normally, stuck pixel is easily to fix compare to dead pixel.

Now, lets share some tips on how to fix these pixels:

JScreenFix

It is a Java application and you can run JScreenFix through web browser. JScreenFix can be used to fix stuck pixels. You need to install Java Runtime in order to use JScreenFix. It take around 20 minutes to repairs stuck pixels on your LCD.

Killdeadpixel

Similar with JScreenFix, Killdeadpixel is a web solution to dead pixels. It is an animated gif image which will try to massage the dead pixel back alive again by getting it to change rapidly. Simply drag the image to dead pixel and stay there for 1 hour. Although this method doesn’t work for all dead pixels, but you may try it.

DPT

Dead pixel tester (DPT) is a free application for users to locate and identify any stuck/dead pixels. It is because most of the LCD manufacturers will

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Written by magakos on June 25th, 2008 with no comments.
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Windows XP : Increase Virtual Memory



Many times you would have encountered an annoying pop-up window many times, which notifies you that you are running on low virtual memory, and Windows is trying to increase it. If it happens once in a while, then its OK. Nothing to worry about. But if it happens repeatedly, then you need to take action, because now it has started affecting the performance of your PC.

How to optimize Virtual memory in Windows XP
A few simple steps.

1.Open Control Panel > System.
2.Click on Advanced tab.
3.Click the Settings button in the Performance panel.
4.Click the Advanced tab.
5.Click the Change button in the Virtual memory panel.
6.Now, you have two options. If you exactly about your system, you can choose the size of the virtual memory, otherwise select the System managed size option. It is safe.

Written by magakos on June 23rd, 2008 with no comments.
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MAC Address Changer v5. 3

hange your Mac Address in seconds! Scan Mac Address within any range of IP address.

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As we know, there is no other software which can Change your Mac Addresses under all Windows systems…

This mac address tool can easily scan mac address and get a mac address lookup table. Want to change mac address or spoof mac address? Get network mac address by mac address scan or mac address search, then select one and spoof your mac address.
Some ISPs(a ISP is a company that provides Internet connectivity to home and business customers) , typically cable modem providers, sell Internet subscriptions on a per-address basis. Occasionally the ISP manages these subscriptions by assigning a static (fixed) IP address to the customer. However, this approach is an inefficient use of IP addresses that are currently in short supply.

More typically, ISPs manage single-address subscriptions by registering the MAC address of the device that connects to the ISP. This device could be a broadband modem, for example. The customer is free to build a home or small business network behind this modem, but the ISP expects the MAC address to match the registered value

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Written by magakos on June 22nd, 2008 with no comments.
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Monitor hard drive space usage

Some people may recall that not too terribly long ago, a good deal of what one did on their computer was restricted by their hard drive space. I do not know how many times I would spot check my hard drive space, on my Windows 95 computer, to make certain that I had enough free space from programs, images, and the like.

Fast forward a few years, and the average personal computer’s hard drive is 120 or 160 gigabytes, compared with the meager 6 gigabytes hard drive in the aforementioned Windows 95 computer.

So free space is no longer an issue, right? We would think that this is the case, but system administrators, technicians, and home computers continue to run into situations where there is less free space than they thought. A good deal of people can easily keep abreast of their current free space simply by checking the My Computer panel, then clicking on View, and then Details. Doing so will produce a view similar to this screen shot.

Windirstat1

Now we know, at a high level overview, that this computer has approximately 40 gigabytes free, with that total

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Written by magakos on June 22nd, 2008 with no comments.
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Check Disk (chkdsk) Runs Every Time Windows Starts

disable-chkdsk-at-boot Sometimes it happens that disk check always starts to check the file system on one or more drives for consistency. If any key is pressed, the disk checking is aborted. Actually this is because some data structure of the drive or some file is corrupted which can not be recovered and check disk is always run at Windows startup. Or sometimes it may take several hours for disk checking to scan all the drives. So disabling it or postponing disk check is better. There are several methods to disable disk checking at Windows startup. Two of them are given below:

Method 1: Using CHKNTFS utility

CHKNTFS is a utility that has been developed by Microsoft to disable disk checking on certain drives at Windows startup. To use this utility go to Start –> Run –> cmd.

If you want to disable check disk on C: drive, use the following command on command prompt.

chkntfs /X C:

If you want to disable check disk on two or more drives, just keep on adding the drives:

chkntfs /X C: D: E:

This will disable check disk on C, D and E

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Written by magakos on June 22nd, 2008 with no comments.
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Fix Windows Vista Boot Error:”BOOTMGR is missing”

If your computer is booting from Windows Vista,then you might get the boot time error message “BOOTMGR is missing”.This Windows boot time error actually occurs due the reason of many issues like the presence of another operating system and other hardware issues, such as whenever you insert a new hard disk drive into your computer or change the current hard disk drive configuration from master to slave or slave to master.Also some other unknown hard disk drive issues causes this problem.

After getting this Windows Vista boot time error, your computer screen constantly displaying the error message as:

BOOTMGR is missing press ctrl+alt+del to restart.

Since this issue comes at the booting phase of Windows Vista so we can’t fight with the computer by changing few settings in the operating system because you simply don’t have access to operating system.If you want to fix this Windows boot time error without reinstalling the Windows Vista operating system, then simply follow theses simple steps.

  • Insert your Microsoft Windows Vista installation DVD into your DVD drive and click next
  • Now from the opened menu choose the option “repair your computer”
  • The installation process will automatically attempt

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Written by magakos on June 22nd, 2008 with no comments.
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