For all PC Windows users, CCCleaner

One good thing of PC is the ability to install and uninstall software. Install, try we like, use it and sometime later we remove.

All applications are not disciplined enough to clean back the registry entries, during uninstall. They leave out a lot of unwanted stuff. The average user may not not what rubbish is left. A simple and decent software is CCCleaner. It is free. You can download the software from here.  Once you download and install it.

Part 1: Run it.

Click on Analyze.

Your list will look different. (Close all browsers before running)

Click Run Cleaner. (It might ask if entries listed needs to be deleted, Confirm it if asked).

Click on Analyze again. And you should see a clean screen.

 

Part 2: Click on Registry on the left. Select “Scan for Issues”.

Select “Fix Selected Issues”, and If asked, select to delete entries.

Part 3: Select Tools and you can uninstall unneeded programs.

 

Part 4: Now for this you need to be CAREFUL. Certain times lots of programs like to start automatically when the machine starts. Some of the programs like to keep their updater to run all the time. These programs un-necessarily occupy RAM and slow down your PC.

Click on Startup and disable the entries. If you see something you are not very sure then do a quick search on google.

 

So that is the end of the post. Keep your desktops and laptops within your control.

Microsoft Small Basic

There are some fans of BASIC language out there (like me), here is some good news for you. Microsoft has a .Net based small basic.

The syntax is like the BASIC earlier but it is object oriented. Learning is fun. Hobby Programming.

Comes with the interpreter plus IDE.

Visit this site, download, get the docx/pdf learning guide and have fun this summer.

Feroz Khan.

Feroz Khan passed Monday early morning in Bangalore.

I remember him for three of his movies. During my school days he came in Safar (with Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore). He had a song there “Jo Tumko Ho Pasand Vahi Baat Kahenge”.

The next movie where I like both the movie and the character he played was Qurbani.

And then for a long time I did not watch any of his movies. Lately saw Welcome and reminded of him again.

A total entertainer.

Rajnigandha

That was the movie that I saw yesterday. It is based on the story by Mannu Bhanari. "Yehi Sach Hai".

 

You can read the story here.

The story is very much valid today. The songs are very melodious. You should go and listen them on you tube.

Main Characters.

Amol Palekar
Vidya Sinha
Dinesh Thakur
Rajnigandha

 

For the un-initiated people, Rajnigandha is a flower.

To see more read here or see the movie.

Songs Lyrics are by Yogesh. More about Yogesh Later.

Kai Baar Yun hi dekha hai (Mukesh)

Rajnigandha Phool Tumhari (Lata Mangeshkar)

Music is by Salil Chaudhary, A genius.

Disks->Tapes and Backup

Backups are integral for the survival of a company. There are times when backups have saved companies. But just like failed relationships are never highlighted during marriages, similarly companies never highlight that they came so close to "close", just that a good backup saved them.

But I think that the amount of data backed up and the proportion of it used actually should be fraction of 1%. So is there any other solution. Should we device technologies that can deliver the safety of a backup but avoid the capacity of storage backups.

 

The volumes of disks, tapes containing backups surpasses the amount of data that we generate for business operations.

Windows 7

Yesterday the beta of windows 7 has been released. This has generated lots of interest, gossip, expectations and of course predictions. Since XP, Windows OS are moving seriously. The previous versions whether Me, 98, 95 etc have DOS Kernel based.

10 years back, the requirement of users was not that tough. Computers and OS were still evolving. Today we need everything in the OS, including a coffee maker and microwave. And so are the OS become obese.

Lets us good sense prevails and users become more matured.