Thursday, October 15, 2009

Transparent Context Menus in Windows XP, Vista and windows 7

"TCM (TransConMenu)" is a very small and portable utility created by the same person "Solo-Dev" @ DA which makes Window menus and context menus (menu which is shown when you right-click on something) transparent.

It works in Windows XP, Vista and 7.

You can also adjust the transparency level by clicking on its system tray icon. Simply drag the slider and click on Apply button.

You can download it using following link:

Download Link

Discounted Price of Compaq Presario CQ61-215EE Notebook PC (VF270EA) - Specifications

Compaq Presario CQ61-215EE Notebook PC (VF270EA) - Specifications

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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Kantaris - Free Media Player For Windows 7

Kantaris
While surfing the web I came across a new media player called Kantaris. A very attractive looking player that is based on code from Videolan client (VLC) and Bass audio library. Kantaris has a graphical user interface similar to that of Windows Media Player. Below are some quick features about this player :
  • Open source and freely available
  • No need to download and install any codecs, this player can play almost all multimedia formats
  • It can also play the RAR file without even extracting it
  • Plays DVD’s and all audio files
Have a look
Kantaris
Kantaris

Download Instructions : Click here to download Kantaris from the official website.

Note : Please note that this software requires Dot Net, if you do not have you can download it from here

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

How to Install Snow Leopard on PC – Mac OS X OSx86

Snow Leopard has arrived and we know how Important is it for you to upgrade. In the following tutorial we will show you how can you can EASILY Install the latest Snow Leopard (build 10A432 GM release, the Retail version) on your PC which has existing MAC OS X 10.x.x running.

Lot’s of sites have been consulted to prepare this guide. Special thanks to Taranfx and Technojunkies, iHackintosh, InsanelyMac. This guide might not be perfect yet (no guide is perfect, yet)

We need two disks. Why ? – Snow Leopard needs a Leopard Install — One HDD with Leopard already installed and Second hard disk for Snow Leopard. UPDATE: Now, you can use Flash Drive too (8GB)

Before you begin, download the pre-requisites -

  1. Tools – MediaFire RapidShare
  2. Kexts – MediaFire RapidShare
  3. Chameleon 2.0 + EFI 10 – MediaFire RapidShare
  4. Chameleon 1.0 + EFI 10 – MediaFire RapidShare
  5. Misc. – MediaFire RapidShare
  6. Mac OS X 10.6 Snow leopard Retail build 10A432 (As ususal, we won’t post links, google it)

Related link: How to Install Snow Leopard on PC

Let’s Roll

Step 1. Preparing the New Disk -

Make sure you have connected your second “New” Hard Disk or Flash Drive.

Boot into Leopard, launch Disk Utility from Spotlight. Partition your New disk with GUID partition scheme. Name the partition e.g. “New”. Now set yourself as the owner by running the following at drive’s Root.

sudo –s

chown 0:0 /Volumes/New

For USB only – Once you’ve formatted your USB disk as MacOS Extended (Journal) , head over Restore section and drag MacOS X Install DVD in the source column and your USB stick to destination and make sure you uncheck erase destination. Right click your USB stick and select Get Info. Do make sure that “Ignore ownership” for this device is unchecked. If you’re having issues with permission, later on, do check this back.

Step2. Installing DMG -

Now, Mount the Snow Leopard DMG File.

Next, Installer window will pop-up, click on the free space anywhere in window and press key sequence - CMD + Shift + G . A small window will appear on top of the existing window. Here, type “Mac OS X Install DVD/System/Installation/Packages/”, and Go.

In the next window, locate the “OSInstall.mpkgand double click this package file to start Snow leopard Installation.

Note- Default “OSInstall.mpkg” works for GUID partitioned drive only. If you need to install on MBR, then google for Modified OSInstall.mpkg for MBR, download modified one and replace with default one.

Step 3. Customizing Install -

Go through the options and select your New drive. De-select all the stuff you don’t need like Printers, Languages, etc.. and wait for it to finish. It should take 5-10 minutes.

After its done installing, Don’t Reboot!

Now step 4. and onwards, we will install Bootloader and some important drivers (KExts), Patch DSDT and Install certain important system files, so, bear it with me.

Step 4. Installing BootLoader –

Unzip the Chameleon Bootloader, Install the “Chameleon-2-1.0-r431.pkg and then “Chameleon v2 Snow Leopard Support.pkg to the New Drive.

Note - If Snow Support Package Shows an Error, Then Follow

IMPORTANT – If Chameleon 2.0 gives you Kernel Panics then try reinstalling with Chameleon 1.0

Step 5. If you are using PCEFI bootloader on your existing OSx86 system then “Chameleon v2 Snow Leopard Support.pkg” will NOT serve the purpose.

In this case, you have two options:

Option 1. Either install the Chameleon-2-1.0-r431.pkg” over your current 10.5.x Installation then reboot and do the process again (from Step 1). or

Option 2. Launch the “ShowAllFiles (included in “Tools”) and click Show. Then Navigate to the root of your New Drive and delete the “boot” file you see and replace it with the boot file included System Downloads. After replacing the boot file again launch the “ShowAllFiles and click Hide. Continue to Step 6.

Step 6. Patching DSDT -

From the downloaded Tools, Open the DSDT Patcher. Select “Darwin/Mac OS X” in Operating System, then select DSDT Patch in options and before hitting the Run DSDT Patcher button make sure to change the destination to “New” Drive.

Step 7. Installing KExts (Drivers)-

this assumes that you had downloaded all Kexts that might be needed for your system’s compatiblity. Place all the “kext filesin ”/New/Extra/Extensions”, and copy the Extensions folder in Extra to the desktop, and drag it to “Kext Utility. “Kext utility” will actually repair your permission and generate a new Extension.mkext. Now, Move the Extensions folder and the extension.mkext back to “/Snow/Extra

Step 8. Configuring boot.plist with EFiStudio -

Launch EFiStudio and look for your Display/Video Card through the drop down menu. Click add device and you will see some numbers, copy them.

Add the following XML to your com.apple.boot.plist in /New/Extra.

Graphics Mode
1280×1024×32
device-properties
number you got with EFiStudio

Save and Exit. Put the SMBios.plist into /New/Extra.

Update: Step 9 added

Step 9. If you added any driver kext to /New/System/Library/Extension, This step will rebuild the Extensions.mkext cache while booted in Snow Leopard. Reboot and go to Single User mode by typing the flag -x32 –s

Type the following commands:

/sbin/fsck -fy
/sbin/mnt -uw /
kextcache -v 1 -t -m /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/Extensions.mkext /System/Library/Extensions/

Now Reboot and Fall in Love with the Snow Leopard -

UPDATE 1.

Basic Troubleshooting Guide

As promised, I added this section to give out better troubleshooting in case of any issues you might have come across.

For those who are getting Kernel Panics try to boot in 32 bit Mode + Safe mode using following Boot flag.

-x32 –v –x -f

Kernel Panic (IOATAFamily.kext) – Go to your New HDD , navigate it through /System/Library/Extensions and delete IOATAFamily.kext or simply replace IOATAFamily.kext with a patched kext from your Leopard installation or from netkas. If that fails , simply delete this kext. You’ll lose ATA support , however it would still install on your SATA drives. Just make sure its set to AHCI instead of IDE

Generic Kernel Panic on CPU – This problem is related with Chameleon V2. Its recommended for you to use PC_EFI v9 with a patched boot file.
Kernel Panic (generic CPU error) - It occurs if you have an Atom processor or some of the very old boards. The only way to fix it by using PC_EFI v9. Its kind of simple to do , all you have to do is download this installer and boot file for Snow Leopard. Its bit old school. To do this firstly , you’ll have to download PC_EFI v9 installer and this boot file from it. Install this boot loader to your USB Drive (be sure to change its destination) and replace the boot file with this patched file. Be sure to follow rest of the guide such as generating extensions.mkext and so on and so forth. Its just that instead of Chameleon , you’ll have to use PC_EFI v9.

Another thing which I’ve noticed that it occurs when you do a -f. I think its related to permissions of the kext. Do refer to the guide up on how to generate extensions.mkext for both /Extra and /System/Library/Extensions and how to fix permissions

Reboot loop – It clearly means your processor is not supported for instance if you’re like me , still on a Pentium D. For this you’ll have to grab a patched mach_kernel.

CMOS Bug – If you get an error on BIOS after you’ve installed Snow Leopard (this includes BIOS settings have changed or other strange BIOS errors) This is a known issue and it requires your DSDT to be patched. Again you can check out the guide below which I’ve included on how to fix it

error

Fix Permission Error in Disk Utility. This is caused when Snow Leopard is installed from Leopard.

Disk Utility Permission fix error – If you get this error in Disk Utility , “ No Installer packages can be found for this disk” whenever you want to verify permission and fix permission. This is caused when you run Snow Leopard installer within Leopard itself. Its a simple fix. You’ll have to re-run BSD.pkg , it could be found in /Volumes/Mac OS X Install DVD/System/Installation/Packages or /Volumes/OSX86/System/Installation/Packages . Just run it and voila it should be fixed ! Now you can use Disk Utility to repair permissions !

UPDATE 2. More Troubleshooting Tips

  1. If you are stuck on Waiting for DSMOS then simply delete the DSMOS kext in Snow/Extra/Extensions but make sure you must have FakeSMC kext.
  2. If you are stuck on RTL8169E error: Disable Hardware LAN in your BIOS and boot again. I’m making a list of it, so stick with us.
  3. If you have an IDE drive or your laptop contains IDE drive then Install AppleIntelPIIXATA.kext by Netkas to make your ATA/IDE work in Snow Leopard. This kext is useful for ICH6/7/8/9/10 with ahci disabled and for lappies too. This kext also helps IOATAFamily related error causing Kernel Panic.

UPDATE 3: Replacing MACH_KERNEL (for Pentium D, Celeron, P4)

Replacing mach_kernel with a patched mach_kernel (required for Intel Pentium D/Celeron D/Pentium 4 with SSE3 or AMD processors with SSE3)
By default , vanilla kernel will not work on these processors , its because its not based on Intel Core micro-architecture series. Thus resulting a reboot. To fix this modbin has bin-patched (aka binary patched) the Vanilla kernel , so that it doesn’t perform any checks on CPU type. So it would boot on all CPUs regardless if its AMD or Intel. Keep in mind that. You may grab the patched kernel from here (for Intel Pentium D/Pentium 4 with SSE3/Celeron D with SSE3) and if you’re using AMD kernel , grab test7 by modbin
For SSE2 support , you’ll have to wait till Apple releases the source code to kernel and wait for someone to patch it and make it available for SSE2 users. This goes the same for AMD users and Intel Pentium 4/D users with 64-bit support , as it has to be patched to enable 64-bit support on these processors. For AMD users , there is a special guide , alternatively do scroll below and read. You’ll have to patch binaries (CPUID fix). However , even if there is SSE2 support for Snow Leopard’s patched kernel , its going to be very slow on your pentium 4/M with SSE2. Its highly not recommended to upgrade if you’re still on a Pentium 4/M , not to mention that Apple has dropped legacy support from Tiger and leopard , that may not allow older Pentium M (laptops) and Pentium 4 (Desktops) to work !
UPDATE 4. Install on AMD (64×2, others)
The base procedure remains the same, all you have to do instead is use Chameleon rc 2.640 pkg. and PCEFI V10, DSDT patch, Some kexts and Modbin Kernel.

If you have any issues, refer to this one

Version History:

1. Added Step 9, Basic Troubleshooting

2. Added Support for Flash Drives.

3. More Troubleshooting Tips

4. Replacing MACH_KERNEL

5. AMD Install Support

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Jailbreak iPhone 3.1.2 Firmware using BlackRa1n

Today, BlackRa1n is LIVE and as we promised, we are among the first ones to publish this tutorial on How to Jailbreak iPhone 3.1.2. Thanks to the geohot, a kid made it possible which took Dev Team to figure out in longer time.

Blackra1n tool can jailbreak (but not unlock) all iPhone’s — iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS and iPod touch 2G , 3G. Blackra1n is currently known to be an universal jailbreak for all firmwares. Curret release is Windows only, a Mac version of this app is expected sometime soon.

IMPORTANT: iPhone 3G and 3GS: DO NOT upgrade to iPhone 3.1.2 yet. if you want to keep your unlock. Upgrading will result in modification of the baseband which will make it almost impossible for you to unlock. Wait for an Unlock.

Download blackra1n for Windows
Download iTunes 9 or higher
Download iPhone OS 3.1.2 for iPhone

Here we go:

Step 1:Update/Restore to the firmware 3.1.2 by holding SHIFT + clicking Update/Restore on iTunes, and locate the .ipsw firmware file that you downloaded. Let iTunes complete it’s job.

Step 2: Run blackra1n.exe. If you are on Windows 7 or Vista, run the app as admin– Right click and selecting Run as Administrator. Also make sure that you run in XP compatibility mode — Right click -> properties “Windows XP Compatibility”. If you don’t do this, you might encounter some iTunes errors. Now, Click make it ra1n

This will take like 30 seconds or max 1 minute, wait for the iPhone to reboot.

Step 3: Your phone is jailbroken, but there is one more thing. In your springboard, you would see a new icon “blackra1n”. Open “blackra1n”, Select Cydia, Icy and install them

Now springboard will restart and wohoo, you have fully Jailbroken iPhone 3.1.2. Reboot to make Cydia work properly.

Monday, October 12, 2009

25+ Firefox Addons for Better Blogging

These plug-ins are for the blogger who knows exactly what he or she needs to get the job done quick and efficiently. Helping to automate certain tasks is a must when deadlines are looming and with these Firefox add ons you will do just that. This list also serves as a great way for casual bloggers to find new techniques that may turn one into a power blogger.

A common misconception for site users is that the author of any random article basically just records his or her thoughts on a topic and publishes it to the site. To some that’s all there is but if you want traffic and maybe eventually become an authority in a particular area then the steps can pile up. The actual fact is blogging requires a lot of steps in order to be successful and some of these include: choosing a niche, planning for an article, researching the topic, subscribing to RSS feeds, keyword planning, SEO management, image editing, writing, marketing of articles, and responding to the various comments. Yeah, it can be a lot of work so let’s take a look at some add ons that can ease the stress load a little.

Related Post: 10+ Firefox Addons and plugins for Twitter

Adblock Plus


Ever been annoyed by all those ads and banners on the internet that often take longer to download than everything else on the page? Install Adblock Plus now and get rid of them.
Download
Homepage

Autofill Forms


Autofill Forms enables you to fill out web forms with one click or a keyboard shortcut.
Download
Homepage

Brief


Brief makes reading RSS feeds as easy and intuitive as it gets. Designed to have exactly the right set of features, it is powerful and simple at the same time. Feeds are presented on a seamless, interactive page which let’s you bookmark and tag items with a single click.
Download
Homepage

ColorZilla


Advanced Eyedropper, ColorPicker, Page Zoomer and other colorful goodies. Have you ever had to compress an image for the web but once placing it against the bg color, realize the two colors no longer match. For me it’s easiest to use this plug-in to see what the image color changed to and adjust as needed. This is good stuff!
Download
Homepage

CustomizeGoogle


CustomizeGoogle is a Firefox extension that enhances Google search results by adding extra information (like links to Yahoo, Ask.com, MSN etc) and removing unwanted information (like ads and spam). All features are optional and easily configured.
Download
Homepage

DownThemAll!


DownThemAll is all you can desire from a download manager: it features an advanced accelerator that increases speed up to 400% and it allows you to pause and resume downloads at any time.
DownThemAll is fast, reliable and easy-to-use! It lets you download all the links or images contained in a webpage and much more: you can refine your downloads by fully customizable criteria to get only what you really want!
Download
Homepage

Download Statusbar


Despite its compact size, Download Statusbar packs in more useful features than the standard download window. The fully customizable interface auto-hides when not in use, allowing full control without interruption.
Download
Homepage

Dummy Lipsum


Generate “Lorem Ipsum” dummy text (from http://www.lipsum.com). Minimum text length: 5 words. Context menu option on form inputs (”Insert Dummy Lipsum”). This option fills automatically the selected field.
Download
Homepage

FireBug


Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page. This is a must have if you do any coding at all. I can’t imagine not having it.
Download
Homepage

FireFTP


Along with transferring your files quickly and efficiently, FireFTP also includes more advanced features such as: directory comparison, syncing directories while navigating, SFTP, SSL encryption, search/filtering, integrity checks, remote editing, drag & drop, file hashing, and much more!
Download
Homepage

FireShot


Adds the ability to capture web pages (take screenshot of entire of visible part), edit it, add annotations and upload to free screenshot hosting, save (PNG, GIF, JPEG, BMP), print (NEW!) copy to clipboard, send to external editor or e-mail it.
Download
Homepage

Font Finder


Simply highlight a single element (e.g. a paragraph or a strong tag ), right-click and select `Font Finder`, then marvel as the full CSS text styling of the selected element appears.
Download
Homepage

Gmail Manager


Manage multiple Gmail accounts and receive new mail notifications. Also, allows you to view account details including unread messages, saved drafts, spam messages, labels with new mail, space used, and new mail snippets. As far as I know this is the only way to manage multiple gmail accounts. This is a better option for me than having it all forward etc.
Download
Homepage

KGen


KGen (Keyword Generator) is an extension that allows you to see what keywords are strong on visited web pages. Than, you can retrieve them for social sharing (tag filling) or webmastering/SEO.
Download
Homepage

MeasureIt


Draw out a ruler to get the pixel width and height of any elements on a webpage.
Download
Homepage

NoScript


Allow active content to run only from sites you trust, and protect yourself against XSS and Clickjacking attacks.
Download
Homepage

Panic


This extension gives you the ability to close all tabs, while opening another one that will make it look like you are doing what you should be doing. It was break time right?
Download
Homepage

QuickJava


Allows quick enable and disable of Java and Javascript from statusbar.
Download
Homepage

ReminderFox


ReminderFox displays and manages lists of date-based reminders and ToDo’s. ReminderFox does not seek to be a full-fledged calendar. In fact, the target audience is anybody that simply wants to remember important dates (birthdays, anniversaries, bills, etc) without having to run a whole calendar application. ReminderFox makes sure you remember all of your important dates via easy-to-use lists, alerts, and alarm notifications.
Download
Homepage

SEO Quake

Seoquake is a Mozilla Firefox SEO extension aimed primarily at helping web masters who deal with search engine optimization (SEO) and internet promotion of web sites. Seoquake allows you to obtain and investigate many important SEO parameters of the internet project under study on the fly, save them for future work, compare them with the results, obtained for other, competitive, projects.
Download
Homepage

Shareaholic


If you use one or more sites like Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, LinkedIn, etc to share you’ll love having Shareaholic by your side. Shareaholic makes sharing online better, faster & easier.
Download
Homepage

SmarterFox


Browse faster by speeding up common tasks – faster downloading, searching, visiting favorites, copy & paste, and more.
Download
Homepage

Tab Mix Plus


Tab Mix Plus enhances Firefox’s tab browsing capabilities. It includes such features as duplicating tabs, controlling tab focus, tab clicking options, undo closed tabs and windows, plus much more. It also includes a full-featured session manager.
Download
Or
Download
Homepage

TwitterFox


TwitterFox is a Firefox extension that notifies you of your friends’ status on Twitter. It’s all about muti-tasking and now you can tweet and blog at the same time. Now that’s is what I call power blogging!
Download
Homepage

URL Fixer


URL Fixer corrects typos in URLs that you enter in the address bar. For example, if you type google.con, it will correct it to google.com (asking first, if you enable confirmation). This version will correct common misspellings of .com, .net, .org, .edu, .gov, .mil, and all other mainstream TLDs, as well as the protocol (http:, https:).
Download
Homepage

Xmarks (formerly Foxmarks)


Xmarks is the #1 bookmarking add-on. Install it on all your computers to keep your bookmarks and (optionally) passwords backed up and synchronized. Xmarks also helps you uncover the best of the web based on what millions of people are bookmarking.
Download
Homepage

We will also suggest you try one experimental Addon:

RequestPolicy


Be in control of which cross-site requests are allowed. Improve the privacy of your browsing by not letting other sites know your browsing habits. Secure yourself from Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) and other attacks.
Download
Homepage

How to regularly update Firefox plugins

Mozilla Team has created an interesting page containing a very useful online tool able to check our Firefox plugins and determine if they are old and if there are newer versions to download. The web page is still under construction but you can check the following plugins: Apple Quicktime, Shockwave Flash, Adobe Acrobat, Java, RealPlayer e Windows Media Player. Here is the link to the Plug-in Check page.