Internet Connections Problem? Try this solution.

My friend, if you yourself experience that G** D***** internet speed fluctuation, try changing your DNS settings. Please do note what is your original DNS settings in case this does not work. Also, if you have a bit of a problem following my instructions you may visit the OpenDNS site. OpenDNS is a company that provides free DNS service. Set your Primary DNS to 208.67.222.222 ; secondary DNS to 208.67.220.220. The problem that you encounter is actually the slow DNS that your ISP provides. Anyway if you have a problem understanding that steps check out the OpenDNS site.

Vista Transformation Pack icon set problems?

I want to share with you a couple of blunders I experienced just yesterday. I updated my Windows XP notebook to the latest patch that came from Microsoft. After Installing the updates, Windows Update asked me to restart my PC, I chose to Restart my PC later because I was chatting via YM that time. After chatting, I restarted the PC. After logging on, I was surprised, why was my Vista-like icons (I installed Vista Transformation Pack to be able to change the look. Before installing it, you need to patch UXTheme.dll to be able to install these skins, icons set etc. Running the UXTheme.dll patcher after patching, would unpatch it)  changed back to the Luna icon set? Hmmm…. I tried repairing the installation of the Vista Transformation pack but to no avail. I also tried repairing the icon cache but still there are no changes. What I did was uninstall the Vista Transformation Pack and restart. I also unpatched UXTheme.dll and restart. After restarting, I patched again
UXTheme.dll and restarted. I installed again Vista Transformation Pack and restarted.
After that I loaded again my theme, and my Vista-like icons were backed again! Coolness!!

Slow PC? I could help you

If you have a slow PC, first thing that must in your mind is: too much applications running in the background. Do this: Restart your PC. If the problem still persists, try running CheckDisk and select all of the options available. How do you to that? This is the steps:

-Go to My Computer

-Right-click your HardDisk, then select properties.

-Select the Tools tab

-Select Check Now

-Select all check boxes available

-Select Start

The computer will ask you to restart. Restart your PC. After restarting, you will notice a blue screen, which tells you that CheckDisk will start. DO NOT press any key during this process; this will abort and continue to your login.

The CheckDisk process might take a few minutes. If your computer is still running slow after CheckDisk, try Defragmenting your Hard Drive. To do it:

-Go to Control Panel

-Select Administrative Tools

- Select Computer Management

-Select Disk Defragmenter

-Select your Hard Drive

-Click Defragment

The Process may take make minutes or so. If your computer is still running slow, maybe startup programs/services are numerous. Startup programs are programs that are configured to run at login. To disable some of the startup programs, I recommend visiting ehow.com or Googling it.

If all of the above processes could not help, try scanning your PC for Viruses or Spyware. I recommend McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for scanning. :)

Article Updates… et. al.

Thank you readers for feeding information via the comments section. I would like to note someone from Germany for providing information about the iPhone and  WM-powered phones.  Right now,  I can’t post some topics/articles that regard the latest tech events because of my laptop’s power supply in kaputt mode.   *Sigh*

31 days ’till Christmas, I just wish that my mom & dad has the enough funds to buy a HP Compaq nx6320 notebook as replacement for my kaputt-mode generic laptop OR kuya(big brother) Lowie could fix that damned powersupply. If my laptop gets fixed or replaced, I also wish that ninong(godfather) would give me installers (e.g. Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars ; Solaris ; Ubuntu Linux ; Windows Vista Business) OR he  could send some of his Canadian dollars for me to upgrade it to 4 GB.

Well, that will be for now. I’m signing out.