Google Tips for Better Searching

1.EXCLUDE WORDS :
If you want to search for a particular term but you want to exclude a particular word,simply use "-" sign for the term you want to exclude.
For example : site promotion -backlinks


2.CALCULATOR :
You can use google online searching utility to do calculations.Type the operand between the operators and press the enter key.

3.DEFINATIONS :
To search for a particular defination on Google,use the "Define:" operator.For example Define:mapping

4.EXPLICIT PHRASE :
If you are searching for material on Polymorphism. Instead of just typing Polymorphism into the Google search box,it is  better to search explicitly for the phrase.  To do this, simply enclose the search phrase within double quotes.

5.MUSIC OPERATOR :

If you want to search contents related to music only,use "Music:" operator.

6.SEARCH CONTENT ON A PARTICULAR SITE:

If you want to search for specific content on a particular website ,use the "site:www.sitename.com" modifier.

7.FILE TYPES :

You can use the "filetype:" modifier to search for a particular file format on the web.

8.SIMILAR WORDS:

If you want to include results that contain similar words or synonyms,use the "~" sign in front of the word you want to search.

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How to Add 3D rotating Label cloud In a Blogspot blog

 The script for the flash animated label cloud  was initially written as a plugin for WordPress called WP-Cumulus."Blogumus" is an Flash based tag cloud widget developed by Amanda which uses scripts converted from Roy Tanck's WP Cumulus plugin for Wordpress.

STEPS TO INSTALL BLOGUMUS IN BLOGGER LAYOUT :

1.Go to Layout and click Edit HTML in your Blogger dashboard.
2.Search for the following line(or similar) in your Layouts Html.

   <b:section class='sidebar' id='sidebar' preferred='yes'>
                                        or   
<b:section-contents id='sidebar-right-1'>  

3.Paste the following code after given line :

<b:widget id='Label99' locked='false' title='Labels' type='Label'>
<b:includable id='main'>
<b:if cond='data:title'>
<h2><data:title/></h2>
</b:if>
<div class='widget-content'>
<script src='http://sites.google.com/site/bloggerustemplatus/code/swfobject.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<div id='flashcontent'>Blogumulus by <a href='http://www.roytanck.com/'>Roy Tanck</a> and <a href='http://www.bloggerbuster.com'>Amanda Fazani</a></div>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var so = new SWFObject(&quot;http://sites.google.com/site/bloggerustemplatus/code/tagcloud.swf&quot;, &quot;tagcloud&quot;, &quot;240&quot;, &quot;300&quot;, &quot;7&quot;, &quot;#ffffff&quot;);
// uncomment next line to enable transparency
//so.addParam(&quot;wmode&quot;, &quot;transparent&quot;);
so.addVariable(&quot;tcolor&quot;, &quot;0x333333&quot;);
so.addVariable(&quot;mode&quot;, &quot;tags&quot;);
so.addVariable(&quot;distr&quot;, &quot;true&quot;);
so.addVariable(&quot;tspeed&quot;, &quot;100&quot;);
so.addVariable(&quot;tagcloud&quot;, &quot;<tags><b:loop values='data:labels' var='label'><a expr:href='data:label.url' style='12'><data:label.name/></a></b:loop></tags>&quot;);
so.addParam(&quot;allowScriptAccess&quot;, &quot;always&quot;);
so.write(&quot;flashcontent&quot;);
</script>
<b:include name='quickedit'/>
</div>
</b:includable>
</b:widget>

4.Firstly preview the template and if installed correctly save the template.

DEFAULT PRESET VARIABLES OF BLOGUMUS :

Width : 240px
Height  :300px;
Background color : white
Test color : grey
Font size : "12"

 You can also change the default parameters as per your requirements.

 CUSTOMIZING BLOGUMUS:


To customize the dimensions and background-color, modify the following line :

var so = new SWFObject("http://sites.google.com/site/bloggerustemplatus/code/tagcloud.swf", "tagcloud", "240", "300", "7", "#ffffff");

  To customize the font color,modify the following line :

 so.addVariable("tcolor", "0x333333");

To customize the font size,modify the following line :

so.addVariable("tagcloud", "<tags><b:loop values='data:labels' var='label'><a expr:href='data:label.url' style='12'><data:label.name/></a></b:loop></tags>"); 

This tutorial was adopted from Amanda's Tutorial.For more details click here.

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How to Use reliability Moniter to resolve issues in Windows 7

Reliability Monitor is an advanced tool that measures hardware and software problems and all other changes to your computer. It collects 24 hours of data before it displays any results and calculates the stability index that ranges from 1  to 10.You can use the index to help evaluate the reliability of your computer by reviewing the reported application failures, Windows 7 failures, Miscellaneous failures, Warnings, and Information.It displays which programs, Windows components, or miscellaneous items crashed on a given day, helping you identify problem items.

STEPS TO OPEN RELIABILITY MONITER:

1.Go to the Start menu and click Control Panel.

2.In the Control Panel ,click Review your computer's status. under the System and Security tab.

3.Expand the Maintainance section and click View reliability history.

 

4.Click on View all problem reports to get the list of all the computer problems sorted by program instead of date.You van also view technical details to see the exact error message for each warning or error by clicking on view technical detail.

5.Click on Check for solutions to all problems to get a list of possible fixes for the problems.

6.Click on Save reliability history to save the full report as an .xml file to give to support if needed.

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How to use Event Viewer for tracking system events in Windows 7

Event Viewer is an advanced tool that displays detailed information about significant events of the computer.It is the place where you can find important information about successful and unsuccessful logons, policy changes and system and application events. Event Viewer is also an invaluable diagnosing tool when programs do not work as expected.

STEPS TO OPEN EVENT VIEWER :


1.Go to the Start menu and click Control panel.

2. Tn the Control Panel ,select System and Security and click Administrative Tools.

3.Tn the administrative tools,click Event Viewer to open event viewer.To see Windows 7 events, expand Windows Logs section on the left.

 EVENT TYPES IN WINDOWS LOGS :

• APPLICATION LOG : Application log includes events related to programs running on your computer,their important actions, errors and crashes.

• SECURITY EVENTS : Security log includes events about users logging on and off, changing security policies etc.

•  SETUP EVENTS : Computers that are configured as domain controllers will have additional logs displayed here.It includes events about updating and patching Windows and Microsoft programs.

• SYSTEM EVENTS : System events are logged by Windows and Windows system services, and are classified as error, warning or information.

• FORWARDED EVENTS : Forwarded events events are forwarded to this log by other computers.

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How to Change Logon Screen for Windows 7

Tweaks.com Logon Changer for Windows 7 is the best tool to customize the logon screen background with just a few clicks.It is a free application and is also very easy to use.The application prompt for the location of the new background image and then it install the new screen behind the scenes. Tweaks.com Logon Changer will even provide a preview of your new background on a logon screen.After selecting the appropriate image , just click the Test button to see it in action.If you want the default Windows 7 logon screen back just click Revert to Default Logon Screen and the application will automatically uninstall any customized screens.

KEY FEATURES :

• Automatic Image Resize - The Tweaks.com Logon Changer provides option to automatically resize and recompress the image to the highest quality possible.However,no change is made to the original image.

• Automatic Image Backup - All OEM backgrounds and any previously used backgrounds are automatically backed up when a logon background is changed.

FOR MORE DETAILS,VISIT : http://tweaks.com/software/tweakslogon/ 

TO DOWNLOAD THE SOFTWARE CLICK HERE. 

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