Well, it has been days when Windows 7 beta has become available for download. Just today I stumbled on a site offering important information on Windows 7 installation. Here's the link:
http://www.windows7.cc/beta-downloads/windows-7-installation-instructions/#more-145
Before installing the beta release keep in mind that it's valid upto August 1, 2009. So install this release in a test computer. Not in your personal PC in which you are working. Moreover there's no technical support provided for this release. So if there's any problem you must sort it out by yourself.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Fix for Generic Host for Win32 Services error
This new year I had made a resolution to fix all the problems that haunt my computer within the first 30 days of the year. Today I started with the most serious one.
I used to encounter regularly with an error message which used to read like this:
"Generic Host Processes for Win32 services has encountered with a problem and needs to close"
This error message causes the following problems:
1. The XP taskbar to change into win98 taskbar for a few seconds and then to XP taskbar again.
2. You try to disconnect the internet but the internet icon won't disappear.
3. The internet activity comes to a halt. The network icon shows the internet to be connected but still no activity occurs. You must restart the computer to start the internet activity normally.
This problem became so irritating that there was a time when I had to restart the computer 6 times in 2 hours. This problem would just drive you crazy.
After a month or so I got the solution of the problem finally. The solution goes like this:
1. Go to START menu-> Run
2. In the small box that opens type: regedit.exe and click OK button. The registry editor will open.
3. In the left pane of the window locate the following keys of the registry:
a. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
b. Expand that and locate SYSTEM.
c. Expand the key and locate CurrentControlSet.
d. Now locate the Services key.
e. By expanding the Services key you will see a vast number of keys under it. Luckily they are in alphabetical order. So try locating NetBT.
f. Within the NetBT locate the Parameters key.
4. By clicking the Parameters key you can find in the right pane there is an option called TransportBindName. Double click the value against it and leave it vacant thus giving a blank value.
5. Minimise all the keys and return to the place where you located the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
6. Locate the SOFTWARE key.
7. Within the key locate Microsoft.
8. Now locate OLE key within it.
9. By clicking the OLE in the right pane you can locate the EnableDCOM . There you can find the value set to be Y. Change that to N.
10. Close the registry editor. Shut down the windows and restart the computer
You have solved the problem! Happy Computing...
I used to encounter regularly with an error message which used to read like this:
"Generic Host Processes for Win32 services has encountered with a problem and needs to close"
This error message causes the following problems:
1. The XP taskbar to change into win98 taskbar for a few seconds and then to XP taskbar again.
2. You try to disconnect the internet but the internet icon won't disappear.
3. The internet activity comes to a halt. The network icon shows the internet to be connected but still no activity occurs. You must restart the computer to start the internet activity normally.
This problem became so irritating that there was a time when I had to restart the computer 6 times in 2 hours. This problem would just drive you crazy.
After a month or so I got the solution of the problem finally. The solution goes like this:
1. Go to START menu-> Run
2. In the small box that opens type: regedit.exe and click OK button. The registry editor will open.
3. In the left pane of the window locate the following keys of the registry:
a. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
b. Expand that and locate SYSTEM.
c. Expand the key and locate CurrentControlSet.
d. Now locate the Services key.
e. By expanding the Services key you will see a vast number of keys under it. Luckily they are in alphabetical order. So try locating NetBT.
f. Within the NetBT locate the Parameters key.
4. By clicking the Parameters key you can find in the right pane there is an option called TransportBindName. Double click the value against it and leave it vacant thus giving a blank value.
5. Minimise all the keys and return to the place where you located the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
6. Locate the SOFTWARE key.
7. Within the key locate Microsoft.
8. Now locate OLE key within it.
9. By clicking the OLE in the right pane you can locate the EnableDCOM . There you can find the value set to be Y. Change that to N.
10. Close the registry editor. Shut down the windows and restart the computer
You have solved the problem! Happy Computing...
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Skip Vista and Jump to Windows 7 ?
I stumbled into pcworld.in site and got several reasons why should you skip Vista and jump to Windows 7 if you are still using XP and are thinking of upgrading your OS...
Here's the link to that article . Have a look:
http://www.pcworld.in/india/columns/5800115/Soham_Raninga/TechTonicShould_you_Skip_Vista_and_Jump_to_Windows_70
Here's the link to that article . Have a look:
http://www.pcworld.in/india/columns/5800115/Soham_Raninga/TechTonicShould_you_Skip_Vista_and_Jump_to_Windows_70
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Limitations Of Windows Vista
After reading the latest post in my blog, one of my friends raised the topic over Vista and we started comparing between Vista and Windows 7. Well Vista has got some limitations due to which Windows 7 is being introduced. In this post I would be focusing on the limitations of Vista:
1.User Account Control: Vista has special feature of User Account Control to improve security but this often becomes maddening as it slows down various software installations. It can be turned off but it will result in turning off the "Protected Mode" of IE7.
2.Speed: Vista executes some typical applications slowly than XP under same hardware configuration.
3.Battery Life: Vista drains the battery of laptop more rapidly than XP reducing battery life.
4.Requirements: For Vista Aero to work you need to have a graphics card which supports DirectX 10.0. The minimum graphics memory on the graphics card is 128mb and for better performance it should be of 256mb. The minimum hard disk space required is 20GB for installation of Vista. And for Aero to work properly the processor speed should be sufficiently high. The system will run smoothly only when one has got RAM of at least 2GB though the specifications mention it to be 512MB only. Thus Vista eats up a lot of resources...
These are some of the limitations I managed to gather for you. I am posting this as I think this would be useful for me to elaborate more about Windows 7 in my subsequent posts....
1.User Account Control: Vista has special feature of User Account Control to improve security but this often becomes maddening as it slows down various software installations. It can be turned off but it will result in turning off the "Protected Mode" of IE7.
2.Speed: Vista executes some typical applications slowly than XP under same hardware configuration.
3.Battery Life: Vista drains the battery of laptop more rapidly than XP reducing battery life.
4.Requirements: For Vista Aero to work you need to have a graphics card which supports DirectX 10.0. The minimum graphics memory on the graphics card is 128mb and for better performance it should be of 256mb. The minimum hard disk space required is 20GB for installation of Vista. And for Aero to work properly the processor speed should be sufficiently high. The system will run smoothly only when one has got RAM of at least 2GB though the specifications mention it to be 512MB only. Thus Vista eats up a lot of resources...
These are some of the limitations I managed to gather for you. I am posting this as I think this would be useful for me to elaborate more about Windows 7 in my subsequent posts....
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