Tips Before Upgrading to Windows 8

Windows 8 Microsoft has officially launched on the 26th October and is now reportedly ready to enter the Indonesian market. You are interested to upgrade to Windows 8? Or still confused to upgrade to Windows 8 or not? Here are useful tips before you switch to Windows 8.

Requirement
 
For those of you who are still comfortable using the Windows 7 operating system and all computing needs have been able to be met by Windows 7, why should you switch to Windows 8? But if you really want to enjoy the latest Microsoft operating system, it could not hurt to upgrade to Windows 8.

Specifications and Hardware Compatibility
 
If you decide to upgrade to Windows 8 operating system, then the first thing you should do is check the compatibility and hardware specs you have. You should install the Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant to determine the readiness of the hardware you have.
 
Microsoft has provided a minimum specification requirements for running Windows 8, at least make sure your specifications equal to or higher than the minimum specifications for Windows 8 as follows:
  • Processor with a speed of 1GHz or faster.
  • Memory 1GB RAM minimum for 32-bit versions and at least 2GB for 64-bit versions.
  • 16 GB of hard disk space for Windows 8 32-bit or 20GB for Windows 8 64-bit.
  • Graphics card compatible with DirectX 9.
  • Monitor with a minimum resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels and 1366 x 768 pixels is recommended.
Backup Your Old Operating System 

If you've ever tried to use Windows 8 operating system before, we recommend that you make backups of your old operating system image backup using software such as Norton Ghost or Clonezilla.

Backup image form is quite important, because when Windows 8 installation fails or the account after using Windows 8 it does not match your expectations, then you can restore the operating system and its applications to restore the image file that you have created.

Consider Dual-Boot Windows 8 Operating System With Your Old

If at this time you are quite comfortable with Windows 7 and want to use Windows 8, you can install both operating systems on a single computer or a laptop with a dual-boot method.

Dual-boot itself is installing two operating systems in one computer or laptop where they can run alternately. Users do not have kahwatir with dual-boot method because when a laptop or computer is turned on, the user is offered a menu to select which operating system to use.

How To Monitor Traffic Bandwidth With Mikrotik

This is an activity to monitor the traffic which is done by the user in the use of a connection. Incidentally yesterday there was one friend who asked how to see / monitoring users who are using excessive bandwidth on the office by using mikrotik?

By using Mikrotik, we can monitor the flow of packets based on protocol type, source address, destination address and port types. With this facility has been provided at Packet System, when we install RouterOS, it is easier for us in the administration of the router, out of this facility, we can tell whether the data flow in the machine we're normal or not. Monitor the occurrence of flooding, monitor malware activities and so on.

Using it is fairly easy, usually to be more comfortable in Monitoring, please enabled via Winbox, to get into the Router. More details can be seen the picture below.

Facilities Torch can be used with Winbox the Tools menu - Torch. Please Click the Torch, the Torch will be shown a window

Or Can also via IP - ARP. In the ARP List window, please chosen IP address, MAC address will be in the Monitor. Right-click to enter the Torch.

Note, the items contained in these windows Torch, the manual clearly stated above have been given information on these items. Click the Start button to activate this Torch. Now we can monitor the flow of packets on Router machine. If there are any suspicious traffic please take further action.

In the list above, I monitor the flow of traffic from the IP Address (Src Address) 192.168.0.13 through LAN Interface. If you notice, there is a port on the Src port 514 (syslog) protocol type UDP (17) to get IP Address (Dst Address) 192.168.0.14, and indeed I'm running Syslog Daemon on Windows XP PC Remote Mikrotik router to store logs, on the PC that has the IP address 192.168.0.13, with a router that has an IP address remotenya 192.168.0.14, active in the port 514 (UDP). We can choose the source address (Src Address) to the Client will we monitor, choose the port, destination address, and Protocols.

How to Display the Start Menu in Windows 8


For those who've tried the windows 8 developer preview, probably already know that Microsoft has abandoned the old model of the start menu and replaced with new models start screen. there is no option to bring back the old models like the start menu in windows 7 and vista.

Well in this article we will share beriku tips on how to bring back the old models like the start menu in windows 7 and vista. here will be shown 3 ways:
  • Using Registry Hack.
  • By changing the name of the file system.
First Method: Using a Registry Hack
This method involves slightly modifying the registry windows 8 start menu and can restore the old model in Windows 8, keep in mind this method will also disable the ribbon user interface (UI Ribbon) and ribbon in windows explorer.
  1. Press the keyboard "WIN + R" (the button with the windows logo and the letters R) to run the RUN dialog box, type regedit and press Enter, it will run the Windows Registry Editor, and navigate to the following sequence: 
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
  2. In the right pane change the value of RPEnabled to 0.

    3.  Completed, the steps above will display old-fashioned start menu in Windows 8.

 Information. If you want to restore to the original setting, just change the value to 1 again.

Method Two: By changing the name of the file system.

This involves the replacement of the following file name system "shsxs.dll". This method will enable the start menu in Windows 8 older model, and disable the start screen new model. do not like the way the first one, the user interface will not participate in the ribbon off in windows explorer.
  1. Press the keyboard "WIN + R" (the button with the windows logo and the letters R) to run the RUN dialog box, type% windir% and press Enter, then will open the Windows folder window.
  2.  Find the file named shsxs.dll, then rename it to another name, for example: shsxs.dll.bak. If there is an error appeared in the process of replacing the file name, try the "take ownership" before the file.

Completed, please restart your windows 8, then you will see an old-fashioned-style start menu in Windows 8 Windows 7/Vista.



Easy Ways to Make the tar.gz file in Windows


In the world / linux community tar.gz files ending familiar to them. Tar.gz  file is a compressed file or archive files when in Windows like Zip or Rar files / Winrar.

Basically the file with the extension. Tar.gz consists of two different types of files created with different algorithms. The first file is. Tar or tarball file, the file is actually its just archiving it, but not compressed. Hereinafter file is. Gz or GZip files, files with this extension not only nature but also compress archiving. In comparison to most of the compressed file, file. Tar.gz is smaller due to compress the results using two types of file.

Well what about Windows, so in Windows you can make compress files into. Tar.gz. Here's How to Easily create tar.gz file in Windows:

  • First download the tool and install 7-Zip thereafter.33
  • We assume you have successfully installed the tool 7-Zip, then the next process is that we will do tar.gz file creation
  • As a test, a folder in the red box which we will compress.

  • Please right click on the folder, select 7-Zip, add to Archive.

  • Next on select Archive format. Tar

  • See format. Tar is finished, and now we make the file. Tar.gz please right-click the file. Compress tar yield, and select 7-Zip, add to Archive.

  • Then on option select Archive format. Gzip then OK.


  • And look at the file. Tar.gz successfully created.

  • Good luck.

Compress files Use 7-Zip application

Applications 7-Zip is an open source software. This means that anyone can use freely and free of charge. Most of the source code is under the GNU LGPL license, Unrar while the code is combined under the GNU LGPL license and unrar restrictions. So you can use 7-Zip application at any computer, including a computer in a commercial organization. Unlike most compression applications, the compression ratio 7-Zip is highly dependent on the data used. Usually, 7-Zip compresses to default 7z format 30-70% better than zip format. Whereas if you compress keformat. Zipped 2-10% better than most of other zip compatible programs.

Below are the features available in this version of 7-Zip:

  • High compression ratio in 7z format with LZMA and LZMA2 compression.
  • Packing / unpacking: 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP and WIM.
  • Unpacking only: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DEB, DMG, FAT, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, RAR, RPM, SquashFS, UDF, VHD, WIM, XAR and Z.
  • For ZIP and GZIP formats, 7-Zip provides a compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than the ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip.
  • Strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats.
  • Self-extracting capability for 7z format.
  • Integration with Windows Shell.
  • Powerful File Manager.
  • Powerful command line version.
  • Plugin for FAR Manager.
  • Localizations for 79 languages
Download | 7-Zip for Windows
Password: trick-sharing.blogspot.com

How to Install SEO Smart Links in Blog

How to Install Seo Smart Links In Blog - teach you smart link? Smart link is the script that will read every word on every post. For example, if my friend put the word "SEO" in the script automatically on all pages that have the word "seo" is the link to the url address that has been specified buddy. Is this script violates Google guidelines autolink? No, as long as the number of links that my friend put on autolink code still being reasonable. Recommendations skipper, just one link only. How do I install this autolink code in your Blogspot?
  • The first step, login to blogger.com and then to template.
  • Click on edit html. Press ctrl + f on your keyboard. And look for the code </ body>
  • copy the script below and paste all the code in the script right above the code </ body>

<b:if cond='data:blog.url != data:blog.homepageUrl'><script type='text/javascript'>

function autoLink(){
    this.keywdHref = new Object();
    this.add = function(keyword, href){
        if(keyword.substr(0,1) != &quot; &quot;){keyword = &quot; &quot; + keyword;}
        this.keywdHref[keyword] =  href;
    }
    this.createAnchor = function(){
        var objs = document.getElementsByTagName(&quot;div&quot;);
        for(var i=0; i&lt;objs.length; i++){
            var obj = objs[i];
            if(obj.className.indexOf(&quot;post-body&quot;)&gt;-1){
                var content = obj.innerHTML;
                for(var keyword in this.keywdHref){
                    var href = this.keywdHref[keyword];
                    var newstr = content.replace(keyword, &quot;&lt;a href=&#39;&quot;+href+&quot;&#39;&gt;&quot;+keyword+&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&quot;, &quot;gi&quot;);
                    obj.innerHTML = newstr;
                    content = newstr;
                }
            }
        }
    }
    this.startScript = function(){
        var onLoad = window.onload;
        window.onload = function(){
            if(onLoad){onLoad();}
            setTimeout(&quot;f.createAnchor()&quot;, 100);
        }
    }
}
</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var f = new autoLink();
f.add(&quot;SEO&quot;, &quot;http://trick-sharing.blogspot.com/&quot;);
f.startScript();
</script></b:if>

 Description:
  • See the very end of the code and replace it with the word SEO or select your keywords.
  • Replace http://trick-sharing.blogspot.com/ below with your blog URL address.
Good luck!