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Create Bootable USB Drives to Install (Almost) Any OS

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With the advent of 
ultra portable laptops, optical drives are becoming a thing of the past.
 Although not having optical drives allows manufacturers to make lighter
 devices, it causes problems to users when they want to <b>fresh install</b>
 operating systems, as most of them are still available in the form of 
CDs, DVDs and downloadable ISOs. For users of these devices, the only 
option then remains is to use a flash drive to install the operating 
system of their choice.<br />
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Not surprisingly, there are also a few of us who prefer installing 
operating systems from flash drives for its faster speeds. There are 
also a few of us who prefer to keep live operating systems on our flash 
drives to access computers without having an OS by simply plugging in 
our devices.<br />
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With such a lot of users needing to create bootable USB flash drives, it
 appears imperative that OS manufacturers provide an inbuilt way to 
create them with each DVD and CD they provide. However, that is not the 
case with all operating system manufacturers.<br />
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In fact, most of the users are left hunting for third party applications
 that can create a bootable USB drive for their specific operating 
system. To add to a user's misery, the OS manufacturers that do provide 
an application for this make them OS specific (like the <a href="http://www.tweakandtrick.com/2014/01/install-windows-usb-flash.html">Windows 7 USB/DVD tool</a>)
 and do not support ISOs and DVDs of other OSs. Some of them fail to 
work even if the original ISO/DVD is slightly modified (slipstreamed 
etc.).<br />
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Use Rufus to create bootable USB media</h2>
If you too are one such user looking for a solution, you can stop looking and try <a href="http://rufus.akeo.ie/downloads/rufus.exe" target="_blank">Rufus</a>, an open source tool to create a bootable USB drive from any bootable ISO. <br />
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Rufus is small in size (nearly 615 KB) and claims to be faster at 
creating bootable USB drives than most applications of its type. Rufus 
is also portable which means that you need not install this software to 
use it. Just double click on the executable file and the application 
will start working. Rufus also allows you to add fixes to use your 
bootable flash drives on older computers having BIOSs which do not 
support booting from them.<br />
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Strangely however, Rufus can only create bootable flash drives from ISOs
 meaning you need to have an ISO image of the CD or DVD of the OS of 
your choice. <br />
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I do not think this should be too much of a problem considering how easy it is to create ISOs from DVDs and CDs.<br />
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How to use Rufus?</h2>
1) When you start Rufus, the first option that you will see is <b>Device:</b>.
 It contains all your connected USB drives. If you plug in a USB drive 
after starting Rufus, the drive you have connected will shortly be 
available here.<br />
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2) You will not need to modify the Partition Scheme and target system 
type, as the default choice is suitable for making the USB drive work on
 both UEFI and legacy BIOS computers. <br />
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3) <a href="http://www.tweakandtrick.com/2012/02/convert-fat32-to-ntfs-file-system.html">Change the file system from FAT32 to NTFS</a>
 from the dropdown menu. This is the file system with which your USB 
drive will be formatted with. Do note that older computers will not boot
 from a flash drive formatted as NTFS. Do not modify the cluster size. 
Enter the name you want for your USB device in the <b>Volume label</b> box.<br />
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4) Check the <b>Create a bootable disk using</b> checkbox if it is not already checked. In the dropdown menu next to it, select <b>ISO image</b>. Click on the button right to it to locate your ISO image.<br />
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Do note that Rufus will format your USB drive deleting everything on it 
before making it bootable. So, make sure that it does not contain any 
important data.<br />
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5) Click on <b>Start</b> to format your USB drive and extract all files of the ISO to it.<br />
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To install the OS, restart your computer and select your USB device as the primary boot option in the BIOS boot menu. <br />
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<b>Compatibility</b><br />
Rufus works on all the latest versions of Windows and can be used to extract the following ISOs to a bootable USB drive:-<br />
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Arch Linux, Archbang, BartPE/pebuilder, 
CentOS, Damn Small Linux, Fedora, FreeDOS, Gentoo, GParted, gNewSense, 
Hiren's Boot CD, noppix, KolibriOS, Kubuntu , Linux Mint, OpenSUSE , 
ReactOS, rEFInd, Slackware, Tails, Trinity Rescue Kit, Ubuntu, Ultimate 
Boot CD, Windows XP (SP2, SP3), Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Vista, 
Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 and many more.</blockquote>
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If you face any problem, you can write about it in the comments.</div>
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Create Bootable USB Drives to Install (Almost) Any OS

With the advent of ultra portable laptops, optical drives are becoming a thing of the past. Although not having optical drives allows ...

Convert any Video to ASCII using VLC Media Player

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VLC is a video player with a lot of tricks. While you definitely would be aware about <a href="http://www.tweakandtrick.com/2014/01/convert-videos-vlc.html">converting videos</a> with it, the feature of converting any video to ASCII is one that is slightly less known. As ASCII version of <a href="http://www.tweakandtrick.com/2010/06/watch-hidden-star-wars-in-windows-xp.html" target="_blank">movies like Star wars</a> are very popular online, I think this feature of this amazing media player can be used to have lots of fun.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An example of a video in ASCII form</td></tr>
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All you need to do is open any video and VLC will automatically display 
its converted form. To convert any video in ASCII, just follow the steps
 given below:-<br />
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1) Open <b>VLC Media Player</b>.<br />
2) Click on the <b>Tools</b> menu and in the drop down list, click on <b>Preferences</b> at the bottom of the list.<br />
3) Click on <b>Video</b> icon in the left sidebar.<br />
4) Click on the drop down box next to <b>Output</b>.<br />
5) Select "<b>Color ASCII art video output</b>" from the drop down list.<br />
6) Click <b>Save </b>and<b> restart VLC</b>.<br />
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Older versions of VLC might require you to modify these settings under the <b>Advance tab</b>
 or All Settings tab. As VLC runs on a variety of OSs, this trick will 
work on any PC capable of running this media player. However, it is 
interesting to point out that older PCs having poor hardware will slow 
down and give a stuttered output.</div>
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Convert any Video to ASCII using VLC Media Player

VLC is a video player with a lot of tricks. While you definitely would be aware about converting videos with it, the feature of convert...

Useful Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows Computers

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While most of us 
are already aware of obvious keyboard shortcuts like “Alt+F4” and 
“Ctrl+C”, there are some obscure shortcuts which most of us tend to 
overlook. These keyboard shortcuts are not only useful for the average 
PC user but for advanced users as well. This article contains many such 
amazing keyboard shortcuts which if used properly could save a lot of 
time and effort. So let's get started.<br />
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<b>Windows key+D</b>: This shortcut is the keyboard equivalent of “Show 
the Desktop”. It is useful for quickly minimizing every open window when
 someone walks in and you are doing some private work.<br />
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<b>Ctrl+Shift+Esc</b>: This shortcut directly <a href="http://www.tweakandtrick.com/2011/07/enable-task-manager-windows-virus.html">starts the task manager</a>.
 While Alt+Ctrl+Del was used to bring out the Task Manager in Windows XP
 and earlier versions, in Windows 8.1, Windows 8 and Windows 7, it just 
brings up the lock this computer screen.<br />
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<b>Ctrl+Click</b>: This shortcut is useful for opening a link in a 
background tab. This is useful when you have  to load a page without 
leaving the current one.<br />
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<b>Alt+Print Screen</b>: takes the screenshot of the current active 
window as opposed to just Print Screen which takes the screenshot of the
 entire screen.<br />
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<b>Shift+Click</b> for Yes to All and No to All: If you have a lot of 
dialog boxes asking yes and no question, just shift+click Yes or No on 
one to yes all or no all.<br />
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<b>Ctrl+C on an error dialog box to copy its contents</b>: Suppose your 
computer is giving an error message and you want to copy its contents to
 send to the support guy, what do you do? Just press Ctrl+C while the 
dialog box is highlighted and its contents will be copied to your 
clipboard.<br />
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<b>Ctrl+T</b>: This keyboard shortcut opens a new tab in internet browsers.<br />
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<b>Ctrl+Shift+T</b>: Reopens the last closed tab.<br />
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<b>Ctrl+Shift+N</b>: This shortcut opens a new incognito window in Google Chrome.<br />
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<b>Ctrl+Shift+P</b>: Opens a new private window in <a href="http://www.tweakandtrick.com/2011/10/increase-firefox-speed-faster-browsing.html">Mozilla Firefox</a>.<br />
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<b>Alt+Enter</b> after writing the domain name in the address bar of your browser to insert .com automatically.<br />
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<b>Shift+Enter</b> inserts .net domain name extension.<br />
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<b>Ctrl+W</b>: This shortcut closes the current tab in your browser quickly.<br />
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<b>Ctrl+Backspace</b>: This shortcut deletes the last word you have 
typed. It is useful in case you typed in a wrong word and want to delete
 it quickly.<br />
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<b>Ctrl+Left or Right Arrow key</b>: This shortcut allows you to move the cursor one word at a time instead of the default one character at a time.<br />
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<b>Ctrl</b>+<b>+</b>: This shortcut allows you to zoom in web pages in 
web browsers. Useful when text on a web page is too small to read 
properly. Ctrl+Scroll wheel can also zoom in documents, file thumbnails 
and icons in Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Vista.<br />
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<b>Ctrl+-</b>: This shortcut does the reverse of the previous shortcut.<br />
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<b>Ctrl+0</b>: Reset the webpage's zoom.<br />
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<b>Windows key+M</b>: Minimizes all the open windows.<br />
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<b>Ctrl+L</b>: This shortcut allows you to quickly jump to the address bar of your web browser.<br />
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<b>Windows key+Pause/Break</b>: Quickly open the system properties dialog box. <br />
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<b>Ctrl+Shift+Delete</b>: This shortcut opens the option to delete your 
browser's history, cookies, cache and other details that it stores while
 you browse the internet. This shortcut is extremely useful for the 
privacy conscious.<br />
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<b>Windows Key+L</b>: This <a href="http://www.tweakandtrick.com/2010/06/create-shortcut-to-lock-your-system.html">shortcut locks your computer</a>.<br />
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<b>Ctrl+H</b>: makes the history appear.<br />
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<b>CTRL+B</b>: Bold <b>CTRL+U</b>: Underline <b>CTRL+I</b>: Italic.<br />
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<b>Alt+Select</b>: This shortcut allows you to select rectangular blocks
 of text in Word processors, something that is not possible with simple 
select.<br />
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<b>F2</b>: Allows you to rename the selected file.<br />
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<b>Holding Shift</b> while inserting a device with removable storage prevents automatic run.<br />
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<b>Ctrl+F</b>: This keyboard shortcut opens the Find option in any program.<br />
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<b>Ctrl+S</b>: If you are working on a software and want to quickly save your progress, this shortcut will come in handy.<br />
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<b>Ctrl+Home and Ctrl+End</b>: Useful for quickly going to the top and bottom of a page.<br />
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<b>Ctrl+P</b>: Useful for printing the current page.<br />
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<b>Space Bar</b>: While viewing a web page in a browser, pressing space bar moves the page down.<br />
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<b>Alt+Tab</b>: Useful for quickly cycling between running applications. Press along with Shift to cycle backwards.<br />
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<b>Ctrl+Tab</b>: Cycle between tabs in your browser.<br />
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<b>Ctrl+F5</b>: Clears the cache and refreshes the current tab.<br />
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<b>Shift+Right click</b>: Open alternate right click options.<br />
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<b>Alt+Double click</b>: Open the file's properties. Alt+Enter can also be used for this.<br />
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These are some keyboard shortcuts that I found extremely useful. If you 
know some more useful keyboard shortcuts, do mention them in the 
comments.</div>
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Useful Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows Computers

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Enable the Hidden Administrator Account on Windows 7, 8 & 8.1

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Windows 
automatically creates an Administrator account with elevated privileges 
during the installation process. We mostly need to access it to perform 
tasks limited only to system Administrators. These are tasks performing 
which result in the UAC asking for confirmation even if you are using an
 account with administrative privileges. The elevated Administrator 
account is disabled by default in <b>Windows 7</b>, <b>Windows 8</b>, <b>Windows 8.1</b> and <b>Windows Vista</b>.<br />
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To activate it, you need to use any one of the the following simple methods.<br />
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<b>Important</b>: It is recommended to only use this account for 
troubleshooting purposes and disable it once the task is complete. Even 
if you do leave it enabled, protect it with a strong password to prevent
 unauthorized access. <br />
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Enable/ Disable the Administrator Account Using the Elevated Command Prompt</h2>
<img alt="Enable Administrator Account" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdXJ-HOHAd-23hOTn4rHa9-d_8GPf8ObAJcnCFssolvHsraLeAy7Wuzc12mA9sM4a5ZbzpE97lEIWio1OinKpZASOyTRbqRKIPgv5kC4tTfm3TW66-M4M0YniviXG8_I2gIA8kzHynC82f/s200/enable-Administartor.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 1em;" />1. If you are on Windows 7, go to Start>Programs>Accessories and right click on <a href="http://www.tweakandtrick.com/2011/09/command-prompt-tricks-hacks-codes.html">Command Prompt</a> and select <b>Run as Administrator</b>. Windows 8 and 8.1 users, search for <b>CMD</b> on the Start screen and in the results returned, right click on Command Prompt and select <b>Run as Administrator</b>. <br />
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2. In the Command Prompt, type and execute the following command.<br />
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net user administrator /active:yes </blockquote>
3. You should see a message indicating that the command was completed successfully.<br />
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4. Upon logging out, you will see the Administrator account available on the login screen.<br />
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<b> Disable the built-in Administrator account</b><br />
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To disable the Administrator account, type execute the following command in Step 2.<br />
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net user administrator /active:no</blockquote>
This will disable the Administrator account and it will no longer appear on the login screen.<br />
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Enable the Administrator account using the Local Users and Groups Manager</h2>
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1. Press <b>Windows key+R</b> to open the Run dialog box.<br />
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2. In it, type <b>lusrmgr.msc</b> and press Enter. This will start the Local Users and Groups Manager. <br />
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3. In the Local Users and Groups Manager, click on <b>Users</b> in the left hand pane.<br />
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4. Then, in the work area on the right side, double click on <b>Administrator</b>.<br />
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5. In the following dialog box, uncheck the <b>Account is disabled</b> option and click <b>OK</b>.<br />
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6. Administrator account will be immediately available on the login screen. <br />
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To <b>disable the Administrator account</b>, check the "<b>Account is disabled</b>" option in step 5.<br />
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This method will only work if you are using Professional or Enterprise 
editions of Windows 7 and Windows 8(.1). If you are using home and basic
 versions of these operating systems, this method will not work for you 
as Local Users and Groups manager is not available on them.<br />
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Enable or Disable the Administrator account using the Local Security Policy Editor</h2>
1. Press <b><a href="http://www.tweakandtrick.com/2014/01/keyboard-shortcuts-windows.html">Windows key+R</a></b> to open the Run dialog box. <div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;">
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2. Type <b>secpol.msc</b> and press Enter. This will start the <b>Local Security Policy Editor</b>.<br />
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3. In the Local Security Policy Editor, navigate to <b>Local Policies\Security Options</b>.<br />
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4. In the work area on the right side, double click "<b>Accounts: Administrator account status</b>."<br />
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5. In the following dialog box, encircle <b>Enable</b> or <b>Disable</b> to respectively enable and disable the Administrator account.<br />
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6. Press <b>OK</b>. Log off to the login screen to see the Administrator account.<br />
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Local Security Policy Editor is not available on home editions of Windows.</div>
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Connect a Laptop or Desktop Computer to a TV Easily

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Suppose you wish to
 watch a movie or share a slide-show of pictures with your family on 
your PC but have a screen that leaves much to be desired. In such a 
situation, you can connect your computer to a television screen to allow
 your entire family to enjoy comfortably.<br />
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There
 are many ways in which you can connect your laptop/ computer to a 
television. However, the overall video quality will be different for 
different methods. You can choose which one to use based on the quality 
or the availability of hardware. The <b>first step</b> is to know what 
type of ports and connections your TV and computer have. If you already 
know the type of ports and connections available on your hardware, <a href="http://www.tweakandtrick.com/2012/03/connect-laptop-computer-to-television.html#step2">you can directly jump to Step 2</a>. If not, then the different types of ports are explained in detail below:-<br />
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1) <b>RCA/Composite</b>: The oldest and the lowest
 quality connection available. They are the Yellow, Red and White 
connections most of us are familiar with. Yellow is used for composite 
video, white for left analog audio and red for right analog audio.<br />
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2) <b>S-Video</b>: S-Video or Super <a href="http://www.tweakandtrick.com/2011/03/how-to-download-youtube-videos-computer.html">Video</a>
 offers slightly better quality than Composite connections. As it is one
 of the oldest type of connections available, most televisions and 
computers have it. There are two types of S-Video ports, one containing 4
 pins and the other containing 7 pins. This type of connection is used 
only for video. So you will need to connect an audio cable from your 
computer's headphone jack to the red and white audio inputs on your TV 
if you want audio to work.<br />
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3) <b>VGA</b>(Video Graphics Array): Most <a href="http://www.tweakandtrick.com/p/software.html">computers</a>
 and televisions have a VGA port. It offers much better quality than 
S-Video and should be preferred if you have a HDTV. Older CRT TVs 
however, will not have a VGA port and will require a PC to Television 
converter. Just like S-Video, VGA also does not support audio and will 
require an additional audio cable.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Different types of connecting cables to connect computers to TVs</td></tr>
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4) <b>DVI</b>: Digital Video Interface offers much
 better quality than VGA connections. Most laptop computers and HD TVs 
will have these connections. Just as the name suggest, this type of 
connection can be used only with digital TVs. Also like the previous 
two, DVI connections also require the use of an audio cable for audio to
 work.<br />
<br />
5) <b>HDMI</b>: The highest quality connections available. Most HD TVs 
will have this connection, however, chances are that your computer would
 not. If your computer happens to have a HDMI connection port, this 
should be preferably used. If your computer doesn't, you can use an HDMI
 to DVI adapter to convert HDMI to DVI. <br />
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<b id="step2">Step 2</b>: Once a common type of port between the two 
devices is recognized, you will need the right connector cable to 
physically connect them. The different types of connector cables are 
pictured above. If you do not find two matching types of connection 
ports, you will need an adapter to make the connections type match.<br />
<br />
<b>Step 3:</b> After connecting the two devices, on your TV, select the 
external input with which your TV is connected to the computer. It may 
be HDMI1 or AV1 depending on how you have made the connection. This is 
much similar to how you select input from your DVD player.<br />
<br />
If you have followed the steps correctly, your TV should now be displaying your computer's screen.<br />
<br />
<b>Important</b>: If your computer is not recognizing the external 
display, you must connect the TV before starting your computer. If the 
picture appears distorted, you will need to change the screen resolution
 of your TV by altering the display settings from your computer. Most 
older TVs will support only one display resolution while newer TVs will 
support plenty of them.</div>
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A List of Common Default Router IP addresses

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Here's the scenario: you are trying to fix a relative's network 
issues and you need to access their router's browser interface. We've 
all been there, fruitlessly pecking in combinations of 192.168.x.x. 
Unless you have every default router address tattooed on your forearm, 
you'll eventually encounter one that stumps you.<br />
 When that 
happens, you can typically find the information with a simple command on
 Windows. Open the command prompt (Start > Run/Search for cmd) and 
then enter <i>ipconfig</i>. The address you need should be next to Default Gateway under your Local Area Connection, and it will often begin with 192.168.<br />
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If
 for some reason you can't retrieve the router's IP address using that 
method, we've compiled a brief list of popular router brands and their 
common default addresses. The list includes most router manufacturers 
with more than a dozen or so models, particularly if they deviate from 
the standard 192.168.1.1 address.<br />
  <table border="0" cellpadding="4" class="article-table alt" style="width: 98%px;"> <tbody>
<tr class="title"> <td width="25%"><span>Router Brand</span></td> <td><span>Common Default IP Addresses</span></td> </tr>
<tr> <td>2Wire</td> <td>192.168.1.1<br /> 192.168.0.1<br /> 192.168.1.254<br /> 10.0.0.138</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>3Com</td> <td>192.168.1.1<br /> 192.168.1.10.1</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Actiontec</td> <td>192.168.1.1<br /> 192.168.0.1<br /> 192.168.2.1<br /> 192.168.254.254</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Airlink</td> <td>192.168.1.1<br /> 192.168.2.1</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Airlive</td> <td>192.168.2.1</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Airties</td> <td>192.168.2.1</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Apple</td> <td>10.0.1.1</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Amped Wireless</td> <td>192.168.3.1</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Asus</td> <td>192.168.1.1<br /> 192.168.2.1<br /> 10.10.1.1</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Aztech</td> <td>192.168.1.1<br /> 192.168.2.1<br /> 192.168.1.254<br /> 192.168.254.254</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Belkin</td> <td>192.168.1.1<br /> 192.168.2.1<br /> 10.0.0.2<br /> 10.1.1.1</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Billion</td> <td>192.168.1.254<br /> 10.0.0.2</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Buffalo</td> <td>192.168.1.1<br /> 192.168.11.1</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Dell</td> <td>192.168.1.1</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Cisco</td> <td>192.168.1.1<br /> 192.168.0.30<br /> 192.168.0.50<br /> 10.0.0.1<br /> 10.0.0.2</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>D-Link</td> <td>192.168.1.1<br /> 192.168.0.1<br /> 192.168.0.10<br /> 192.168.0.101<br /> 192.168.0.30<br /> 192.168.0.50<br /> 192.168.1.254<br /> 192.168.15.1<br /> 192.168.254.254<br /> 10.0.0.1<br /> 10.0.0.2<br /> 10.1.1.1<br /> 10.90.90.90</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Edimax</td> <td>192.168.2.1</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Eminent</td> <td>192.168.1.1<br /> 192.168.0.1<br /> 192.168.8.1</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Gigabyte</td> <td>192.168.1.254</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Hawking</td> <td>192.168.1.200<br /> 192.168.1.254</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Huawei</td> <td>192.168.1.1<br /> 192.168.0.1<br /> 192.168.3.1<br /> 192.168.8.1<br /> 192.168.100.1<br /> 10.0.0.138</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>LevelOne</td> <td>192.168.0.1<br /> 192.168.123.254</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Linksys</td> <td>192.168.1.1<br /> 192.168.0.1<br /> 192.168.1.10<br /> 192.168.1.210<br /> 192.168.1.254<br /> 192.168.1.99<br /> 192.168.15.1<br /> 192.168.16.1<br /> 192.168.2.1</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Microsoft</td> <td>192.168.2.1</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Motorola</td> <td>192.168.0.1<br /> 192.168.10.1<br /> 192.168.15.1<br /> 192.168.20.1<br /> 192.168.30.1<br /> 192.168.62.1<br /> 192.168.100.1<br /> 192.168.102.1<br /> 192.168.1.254</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>MSI</td> <td>192.168.1.254</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Netgear</td> <td>192.168.0.1<br /> 192.168.0.227</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>NetComm</td> <td>192.168.1.1<br /> 192.168.10.50<br /> 192.168.20.1<br /> 10.0.0.138</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Netopia</td> <td>192.168.0.1<br /> 192.168.1.254</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Planet</td> <td>192.168.1.1<br /> 192.168.0.1<br /> 192.168.1.254</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Repotec</td> <td>192.168.1.1<br /> 192.168.10.1<br /> 192.168.16.1<br /> 192.168.123.254</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Senao</td> <td>192.168.0.1</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Siemens</td> <td>192.168.1.1<br /> 192.168.0.1<br /> 192.168.1.254<br /> 192.168.2.1<br /> 192.168.254.254<br /> 10.0.0.138<br /> 10.0.0.2</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Sitecom</td> <td>192.168.0.1<br /> 192.168.1.254<br /> 192.168.123.254<br /> 10.0.0.1</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>SMC Networks</td> <td>192.168.1.1<br /> 192.168.0.1<br /> 192.168.2.1<br /> 10.0.0.1<br /> 10.1.10.1</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Sonicwall</td> <td>192.168.0.3<br /> 192.168.168.168</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>SpeedTouch</td> <td>10.0.0.138<br /> 192.168.1.254</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Sweex</td> <td>192.168.15.1<br /> 192.168.50.1<br /> 192.168.55.1<br /> 192.168.251.1</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Tenda</td> <td>192.168.1.1<br /> 192.168.0.1</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Thomson</td> <td>192.168.0.1<br /> 192.168.1.254<br /> 192.168.100.1</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>TP-Link</td> <td>192.168.1.1<br /> 192.168.0.1<br /> 192.168.0.254</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Trendnet</td> <td>192.168.1.1<br /> 192.168.0.1<br /> 192.168.0.30<br /> 192.168.0.100<br /> 192.168.1.100<br /> 192.168.1.254<br /> 192.168.10.1<br /> 192.168.10.10<br /> 192.168.10.100<br /> 192.168.2.1<br /> 192.168.223.100<br /> 200.200.200.5</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>U.S. Robotics</td> <td>192.168.1.1<br /> 192.168.2.1<br /> 192.168.123.254</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Zoom</td> <td>192.168.1.1<br /> 192.168.2.1<br /> 192.168.4.1<br /> 192.168.10.1<br /> 192.168.1.254<br /> 10.0.0.2<br /> 10.0.0.138</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>ZTE</td> <td>192.168.1.1<br /> 192.168.0.1<br /> 192.168.100.100<br /> 192.168.1.254<br /> 192.168.2.1<br /> 192.168.2.254</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Zyxel</td> <td>192.168.1.1<br /> 192.168.0.1<br /> 192.168.2.1<br /> 192.168.4.1<br /> 192.168.10.1<br /> 192.168.1.254<br /> 192.168.254.254<br /> 10.0.0.2<br /> 10.0.0.138</td> </tr>
</tbody> </table>
If
 you couldn't find your router brand above, or the most common default 
IPs are not working for your model, we recommend you check out <a href="http://www.routeripaddress.com/" target="_blank">RouterIPAddress.com</a> or <a href="http://m.setuprouter.com/" target="_blank">SetupRouter.com</a>.<br />
 <h3>
Default usernames and passwords</h3>
Likewise, if you're looking for default usernames and passwords, <a href="http://www.routeripaddress.com/">RouterPasswords.com</a> and <a href="http://portforward.com/default_username_password/">PortForward.com</a> should have you covered. Common default usernames include variations of <em><strong>admin</strong></em> (<em>Admin, administrator</em>, etc.), and the password is often <em>admin, password, or simply left blank </em>-- needless to say, it's good practice to change these during the initial setup.<br />
 
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Getting as many of its iPhone and iPad users on the latest version of iOS is very important to Apple.</div>
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If you doubt that, you’ve never seen the company compare its iOS adoption rate with those who run the latest version of Android.</div>
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And Apple does that every chance it can get since it has a key advantage: It not only has total control over the software but it pushes updates directly to iPhones while Android device makers typically have to work through network providers, which delays the process.</div>
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With iOS 8, however, Apple ran into a challenge. Not every iPhone had enough free storage to download, unpack and install the new software. The workaround was for iPhone owners to use a computer with iTunes for the update and it slowed uptake for the new software. It appears people won’t need this workaround for iOS 9.</div>
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The current developer preview of Apple’s newest software has a new feature that will <a data-rapid_p="38" data-v9y="1" data-ylk="elm:itm;elmt:link;t1:a2;t2:article;t3:body;t8:23cf3596-16bb-35bd-bb20-3c6c1f5ff56e;t9:18;itc:0" href="https://twitter.com/Kaleb_Butt/status/613403921512411136" style="border: 0px; color: #940050; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">temporarily uninstall apps to free up space for the upgrade</a>, based on this tweet and screenshot from Kaleb Butt.</div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.6000003814697px;"><b>H</b>e manually removed apps and data to free up storage capacity, installed the update and then re-installed the apps he deleted. And he was right back then: This process</span><span style="line-height: 25.6000003814697px;"> </span><i style="line-height: 25.6000003814697px;">should</i><span style="line-height: 25.6000003814697px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 25.6000003814697px;">be automated. It appears Apple agrees; at least at this point. It’s possible the process changes between now and when iOS 9 is generally available.</span></div>
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Apple’s approach to manage on-device storage will also be augmented by something the company calls “<a data-rapid_p="44" data-v9y="1" data-ylk="elm:itm;elmt:link;t1:a2;t2:article;t3:body;t8:23cf3596-16bb-35bd-bb20-3c6c1f5ff56e;t9:18;itc:0" href="https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/watchos/documentation/IDEs/Conceptual/AppDistributionGuide/AppThinning/AppThinning.html" style="border: 0px; color: #940050; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">app thinning</a>,” which it announced earlier this month at its WorldWide Developer Conference.</div>
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Apple says app thinning will “optimize the installation of iOS and watchOS apps by tailoring app delivery to the capabilities of the user’s particular device, with minimal footprint.” The company is also shrinking the size of the iOS 9 update compared to the prior version.</div>
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While many think Apple should simply stop selling iPhones with 16 GB of storage – I agree and suspect that will change with the next iPhone – these software approaches will help the company maintain its edge when it comes to having most devices running the latest and greatest version of iOS.</div>
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According to information allegedly obtained by <a data-rapid_p="37" data-v9y="1" data-ylk="elm:itm;elmt:link;t1:a2;t2:article;t3:body;t8:2330b1b8-b99b-326b-b9d4-0c9fae64ecbd;t9:18;itc:0" href="http://winfuture.de/news,87684.html" style="border: 0px; color: #940050; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">German news site WinFuture</a>, some retail versions of Windows 10 will be sold on preloaded USB flash drives.</div>
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A Microsoft spokesperson declined to confirm or deny the news, citing the company’s policy to not comment on rumors or speculation.  </div>
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The much-anticipated multi-platform version of Microsoft’s flagship OS is built to operate not only on full PCs, but also tablets and ultrabook laptops, most of which don’t typically pack a CD or DVD drive. A USB thumb drive version would allow smaller, next-gen machines to also install Windows 10 Home or Professionial versions from scratch without a lengthy download.</div>
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The full-install version of Windows 10, set to be released on July 29, <a data-rapid_p="38" data-v9y="0" data-ylk="elm:itm;elmt:link;t1:a2;t2:article;t3:body;t8:2330b1b8-b99b-326b-b9d4-0c9fae64ecbd;t9:18;itc:0" href="https://www.yahoo.com/tech/s/much-windows-10-really-cost-134558262.html" style="border: 0px; color: #940050; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">will start at $119</a>.</div>
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Of course, since Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 will come as a free, downloadable <a data-rapid_p="39" data-v9y="1" data-ylk="elm:itm;elmt:link;t1:a2;t2:article;t3:body;t8:2330b1b8-b99b-326b-b9d4-0c9fae64ecbd;t9:18;itc:0" href="https://www.yahoo.com/tech/microsoft-clarifies-who-gets-free-windows-10-114730456889.html" style="border: 0px; color: #940050; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">update for current Windows 7 and Windows 8 customers</a>, most PCers will never need to see a Windows 10 disc or flash drive.</div>
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But hey, by slowly eschewing plastic discs and <i>finally</i> giving us a version of Windows that’s better than Windows XP, Microsoft is already well on its way toward embracing 21st century technology. Way to go, Redmond!</div>

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'Mario' creator doesn't think VR is a good fit for Nintendo

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Game design legend Shigeru Miyamoto, speaking with Yahoo Games at last week's E3 conference, said that while the technology behind VR is certainly interesting, he hasn't seen anything done with it so far that fits with the style of play he — and Nintendo — prefers.</div>
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"The current types of virtual reality aren't really a good fit for Nintendo's philosophy of trying to create entertainment that people can play together in the living room," said Miyamoto. "We're constantly looking at different technology and experimenting with different elements of it, but we're not feeling virtual reality is currently in a place where it's ready to be released - as a product that fits with our philosophy of fitting in the living room."</div>
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In true Miyamoto style, though, he doesn't dismiss the tech altogether. In fact, the creator of franchises like <em>Mario Bros.</em>, <em>Donkey Kong, </em>and<em>The Legend of Zelda</em>'s cryptic follow-up comments are sure to get conspiracy theorists speculating about whether the company has its own version of VR in the works.</div>
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"We're here at E3 this year to really focus on the games that are launching within the next year or so," he said. "We're not showing off or showcasing anything that's further down the road, and that's why you don't see us here with any samples of potential virtual reality type experiences."</div>
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Nintendo declined to comment when asked it it's doing anything with VR.</div>
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Miyamoto’s comments largely mirror those of Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime, who <a data-rapid_p="36" data-v9y="1" data-ylk="elm:itm;elmt:link;t1:a2;t2:article;t3:body;t8:47ae657b-c7be-3986-9e87-572cbd78ca16;t9:18;itc:0" href="https://www.polygon.com/2015/6/18/8803127/nintendos-fils-aime-current-state-of-vr-isnt-fun" style="border: 0px; color: #940050; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">told Polygon</a> that he too was unimpressed with the current state of VR.</div>
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“I haven't walked the floor, so I can't say in terms of what's on the floor today, but at least based on what I've seen to date, it's not fun, and it's not social,” he said. “It's just tech."</div>
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Nintendo has a history of bucking trends. The company has been slow to embrace online multiplayer gaming, which helped turn robust networks built by Microsoft and Sony into lucrative pipelines. For years they wrote off smartphone gaming, though they’ve since <a data-rapid_p="37" data-v9y="1" data-ylk="elm:itm;elmt:link;t1:a2;t2:article;t3:body;t8:47ae657b-c7be-3986-9e87-572cbd78ca16;t9:18;itc:0" href="https://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/nintendo-finally-announces-plans-to-make-mobile-games-160021859.html" style="border: 0px; color: #940050; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">changed their tune.</a> Waving off VR could be another case of the company missing a huge gaming movement, though their caution is understandable. After all, <a data-rapid_p="38" data-v9y="1" data-ylk="elm:itm;elmt:link;t1:a2;t2:article;t3:body;t8:47ae657b-c7be-3986-9e87-572cbd78ca16;t9:18;itc:0" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Boy" style="border: 0px; color: #940050; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">they tried VR before</a>, and it didn’t exactly pan out.</div>

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Selfie Sticks Are No Longer Welcome at Disney Theme Parks

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Posted signs and verbal warnings from staff members have failed to contain the selfie stick epidemic at Disney World, so now the company is implementing a park-wide ban on the smartphone accessory. Beginning next week, Disney’s employees will start looking for selfie sticks during bag checks. Visitors who attempt to carry one in will have two options: leave it at the park entrance and pick it up on the way out, or just keep it in your hotel or car to begin with.</div>
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The new policy goes into effect at Disney World and California’s Disneyland on Tuesday, <a data-rapid_p="36" data-v9y="1" data-ylk="elm:itm;elmt:link;t1:a2;t2:article;t3:body;t8:79ffacc8-effd-3534-97ce-157ed1117ff1;t9:18;itc:0" href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/theme-park-rangers-blog/os-disney-world-ban-selfie-sticks-from-parks-2015-post.html" style="border: 0px; color: #940050; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">according to the <i>Orlando Sentinel</i></a>, and will expand to Disney’s parks in Hong Kong and Paris as of July 1st. Disney will spread word of the ban through announcements at its own hotels and audio messages that can be heard in the parking lots.</div>
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Disney initially tried to accommodate selfie sticks, forbidding users from taking them out on rides but allowing them elsewhere on park grounds. And yet people kept bringing them onto popular rides like Big Thunder Mountain Railroad anyway, which led the company to put up prominent “No selfie sticks” signs at some of its biggest attractions.</div>
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But even that has somehow failed to halt the annoying trend; just this week, a roller coaster at Disney’s California park was put out of commission for an hour because someone decided they <i>had</i> to have that killer selfie at the ride’s highest point. It was just the latest, careless delay in what has become a long list — too long for Disney’s liking, it seems. Selfie sticks have already been barred from a fair number of locations including some museums and glitzy <a data-rapid_p="37" data-v9y="1" data-ylk="elm:itm;elmt:link;t1:a2;t2:article;t3:body;t8:79ffacc8-effd-3534-97ce-157ed1117ff1;t9:18;itc:0" href="http://www.theverge.com/2015/5/9/8577149/cannes-film-festival-2015-selfies-red-carpet" style="border: 0px; color: #940050; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">film festivals like Cannes</a>.</div>

Selfie Sticks Are No Longer Welcome at Disney Theme Parks

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Increase battery life of laptop Easily

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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Every<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> laptop</span> or <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Netbook</span> user these days have the same headache of limited backup time of batteries. As far as your system is new , you will have a good backup time but when it becomes a few months old you will definitely face problem of <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">limited battery life.</span></span></span></h1>
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So here I am giving you a solution to <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Increase battery life of laptop </span>upto a sufficient extent.</div>
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There is an inbuilt command in your computer to Increase battery life as well as the performance of the system but not all users are aware of it. Some laptops directly provide an interface with option termed as “ <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">POWER SAVING MODE </span>” but  if your laptop is old or don’t have this feature by default , you need not to worry because you can do the same task manually.</div>
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If you have a laptop with Windows 7 installed, you can use the ‘<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">powercfg</span>‘ command . It will display useful information about your laptop’s energy consumption and usage. If  you can understand and maintain  it correctly then you can extend your<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"> Battery life and performance</span>by great amount.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: small;">Steps to Increase battery life of  laptop</span></span></h2>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Step 1:</span> Click on the Start Menu and type “ <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">CMD </span>” in the Start Search bar.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Step 2:</span> The search will start and it will then display an icon of “ <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">CMD</span> ” . simply right click on it and select Run as administrator.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Step 3:</span> It will open command line, now simply run the command “powercfg -energy” without quotes. (<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">For windows 7 users</span>.)</div>
Windows 8 users can Simply run the command “<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">powercfg /energy</span>” without quotes.<div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;">
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Step 4:</span> Now Press “<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Enter</span>”.</div>
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Once you successfully execute this command , Windows  will run a complete scan of  your system and it will find some ways to improve performance and <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">power efficiency</span>.</div>
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The results of this process will be saved to an <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">HTML file,</span> which is commonly  present  in the<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">“System32”</span> folder of most of the systems.</div>
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To access this file, simply follow the path which will be displayed in command prompt window after completion of the command. Read This file to understand that what program in your system is consuming more power and degrading the performance. Fix the Problem to Increase battery life of laptop.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Some More Usefull Tips to Increase battery life</span></h2>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 4px 0px;">Eject or Remove External Devices like Pendrive/DVDs/External HDD if not in Use</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 4px 0px;">Run Apps that don’t Eat up much RAM</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 4px 0px;">Disable Bluetooth of your Laptop if not in use.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 4px 0px;">Reduce Screen Brightness, This takes away lot of your battery, Reducing Brightness will help</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 4px 0px;">Turn of Internet if you are not using it.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 4px 0px;">Make sure your Laptop’s Temperature remains Low</li>
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I am quite sure Performing these Tasks will help you to Increase battery life of laptop.</div>
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Increase battery life of laptop Easily

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Amazing Tricks to Speedup Pendrive Data transfer.

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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Pen drives</span> or <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">USB</span> are quite popular in the digital world for instant transfer of data. Using<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">USB flash drives</span>, one can easily transfer large files from one PC to another, from PC to laptop, from laptop to TV, and vice versa. This latest technology has made our work easier than before. In current times, you can move Gigabytes of information into just a tiny pen drive within few seconds.</div>
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In recent years, a lot of changes has been made in storage devices. When you compare new pen drives with the older ones, you will notice a considerable high transfer rate in the latest ones. However, there are times when you can get irritated with slow transfer speed of pen drives while copying data in pen drives. Well, this article shall provide you with some tricks using which you can <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Speedup Pendrive Data Transfer Rate</span></div>
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Before knowing the tricks, we shall have a look at some <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">factors responsible for data transfer rate</span> , and they are as follows.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">1.Pen drive ageing:</span> Well, this is common for any device that when it becomes old, the rates gets slower.</div>
<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">2.Type of files:</span> The transfer rate of data also depends on the file type; you might have noticed that songs, videos and documents take very less time in transfer while application files need more time.<div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;">
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">3.USB port version:</span> The most popular version of USB is 2.0, and it will give you 35mbps speed. So, if you want fast speed then buy 2.0 version pen drives.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;">Few tricks to Speedup Pendrive Data Transfer Rate:</span></span></h3>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">1.File system should be NTFS:</span> If you want to Speedup Pendrive , then make sure you have NTFS as file system. You can do so by Right clicking on your pendrive and selecting Format,Select NTFS File system, Uncheck Quick Format And Click On Start.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">2.Disk errors:</span> To check disk errors go to the <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">properties</span> tab of your pen drive, then select ‘<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">tools</span>’ tab. You will find a ‘<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">check now</span>’ button, click it and then hit ‘<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">start</span>’ to fix the errors. The time taken for scan depends on the size of the pen drive.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">3.Device policy:</span> Under properties of your pen drive, select ‘<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">hardware</span>’ tab. Then select USB device from there that will lead you to a pop up window where you need to change settings. You can even have better performance of pen drive by clicking the option under ‘<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">hardware</span>’ tab.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">4.Format:</span> This is one of the <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">effective options</span> that many users have tried. When you have used your pen drive for quite a long time, you can speed it up by formatting the device.</div>
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Carefully test your pen drive with the factors given above to <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Speedup Pendrive</span>. In addition to this, you should keep checking for these aspects regularly, say twice or thrice in a month.</div>
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Amazing Tricks to Speedup Pendrive Data transfer.

Pen drives or USB are quite popular in the digital world for instant transfer of data. Using USB flash drives , one can easily transfe...

How To Create Run Commands in Windows

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There is no doubt that <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Microsoft Windows</span> is the most widely used <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">operating system</span> in all parts of the world. Apart from being simple to use, it is quite rich in features as well, which makes our lives quite easy.</div>
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The Run command available on Windows operating system is one such power packed feature that lets you to open a document or an application instantly with the help of just <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">1 command</span>. So, rather than clicking several icons or using multiple commands, you can use the Run command to open any program or document instantly. For that you will need to Create Run Commands for any software of your Choice which you use Frequently.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"></span>Before I show you how to create your own Run commands, let’s take a quick look on how to open Run Command. First of all, you need to open the Run window by just pressing the Windows Key along with the R key, i.e. Windows + R. Now, you have to type the name of the program that you desire to open up or execute. Unfortunately, not all programs can be accessed through this method. So, let me show you how to create Run commands that do not come as inbuilt commands.</div>
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Steps to Create run commands of your own</h2>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Step 1.</span> The first step is to select the software or application for which you want to make custom Run command. For example, let us consider <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Google Chrome</span> as the example here. Remember, you can choose any application other than which is already there in the Run command.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Step 2.</span> In the second step, right click on the desktop of your computer system and make a new shortcut.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Right click > New > Shortcut</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Step 3.</span> As you select the Shortcut option in the 2nd Step, it will open up a dialog box. And, the dialog box will ask you path of the application or software for which you want to create the Run command.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Step 4.</span> Now, you need to browse through the files and choose the one that shows “<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">chrome.exe</span>”. Well, it is quite obvious that all the executable files can be found in the C drive (or wherever the Operating System has been installed), inside the folder “<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Program Files</span>”. For example, “<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">C:\Program Files\Google Chrome\chrome.exe</span>”</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Step 5</span>. Once you are done with Step number 4, just click on “<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Next</span>” button and simply provide a relative name to that shortcut. Remember, the same name will be used later in the Run command.</div>
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For example, “<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">GC</span>” for <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Google Chrome</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Step 6.</span> Now, click on the “<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Finish</span>” button. Once it is done, an icon related to that application or software will show up on your computer’s screen. It means that the process of creating shortcut has been done successfully.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Step 7.</span> In this step, just cut and paste that recently made shortcut icon into your computer’s root drive, in its Windows folder.</div>
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For example, C:\ Windows , Make sure you are the administrator of the computer or have its password.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Step 8.</span> Now, you are done with the set up and can run the application through Run Command. Just go to Run and enter the keyword “<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">GC</span>”, and Google Chrome will begin executing.</div>
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How To Create Run Commands in Windows

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5 Deadly linux commands list

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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Linux</span> today is well known and well reputed one of the most <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">powerful operating system.</span>Linux user can perform numerous such tasks that a <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">windows</span> or <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Mac</span> user <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">can’t</span> even imagine.</span></span></h1>
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Sometimes Linux can go extreme upto the extent that it can do serious damage to the system.</div>
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Linux system dont even ask user for confirmation once the command is given and simply performs its task.<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />hardware</span> of your computer within a few seconds.</div>
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 Because of these <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">harmful</span> activities of linux it is recommended to use it only if you are good at giving commands and have <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">in depth </span> knowledge oflinux commands list.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">5 Deadly linux commands list that can Destroy one’s System</span></h3>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">1.</span> Command > <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">rm -rf /</span> = It will Delete Everything</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Explanation :</span></span> It is a combination of three keywords.</div>
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First is : rm It will remove all the files followed by this command.</div>
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Second is : -rf This will run rm command in more effective way and will remove everything ( all files and folders inside the specified folder )without asking confirmation from the user.</div>
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Third is : / This will start removing the data from the <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">root directroy</span> and will delete everything from the computer including the data of removable media.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">2</span>. Command > <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">:(){ :|: & };: </span>= Shell function that gets repliacated.</div>
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This command creates a shell function , which once get initialized starts to create multiple copies of itself.It results in taking quickly all the memory and power of CPU.It makes computer freeze or not responding. This is also known as Denial Of Service Attack.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">3.</span> Command > <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1</span> = This command will format the hard disk</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Explanation :</span></span> This command is again composed of two keywords.</div>
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First is : mkfs.ext4 : This part of command will create a new ext4 file system on following device where this command will get executed.</div>
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Second is : /dev/sda1 ;This part of command specifies the 1st partition on the first hard disk which is probably in use by the user. Similarly, This Command > mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb2 will Format the second partition on the second hard disk with ext3 File system.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">4.</span> Command > <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">/dev/sda</span> – Write Any content Directly to a Hard Drive.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Explanation :</span> This command will execute normally as other commands in linux do. But output of this command will directly be sent to the file system (NTFS or FAT ) of the Hard Drive. It will result into damaging the file system of the computer.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">5.</span> Command > <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">mv ~ /dev/null</span> – Beware it Will Move your Home Directory To <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Black hole</span>.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Explanation :</span></span> Moving any of your content and data to following path : /dev/null means you want to destroy it.</div>
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It means /dev/null is a black hole where once anything sent , can not be recovered back.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: maroon;">Note:</span>Many of these commands will only be dangerous if they’re prefixed with sudo on Ubuntu – they won’t work otherwise. On other Linux distributions, most commands must be run as root.</div>
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So these were 5 Deadly linux commands list that you must never try them on your system</div>
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Difference between BD-R, BD-RE, DVD-R, DVD+R

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<span style="color: #111111; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.6em;">If you are interested in getting a DVD or Blu-ray drive to burn some data off to an external disc that you can store in a safe deposit box or for some other reason, then the sheer number of formats and versions can make the task quite confusing.</span></h1>
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For example, there are five different formats for DVDs and Blu-ray discs have even more formats! In this article, I’ll try to break down the different types of formats without worry about a lot of technical details that you’ll find when you read about the differences on other sites. I personally just want to know the main differences, what works better and what’s best suited for burning as a consumer.</div>
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DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD+RW, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM</h3>
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To get started, you should first know the actual order that these different DVD formats were created. In 1996 DVD-RAM was developed, followed by DVD-R in 1997, followed by DVD-RW, then DVD+RW, followed by DVD+R in 2002. So that hopefully clears a little confusion as to the timings.</div>
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So now, what format is better? Well, if you want to burn a DVD that is compatible with a larger number of DVD players, then it’s best to stick with the earlier released DVD-R format. DVD-RAM is basically really old and it’s hard to even find those anymore unless you go on eBay.</div>
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DVD+R has some advantages over DVD-R in terms of error checking, better tracking and speed control resulting in more reliable media, additional session linking methods which results in fewer damaged discs. Most of the differences are very technical in nature, but allow for faster writing speeds and more rewrites without errors.</div>
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Of course, the W added to either + or – (+RW, -RW) just means that the disc is re-writeable. Again, the + format is more reliable because it was released later, but more drives are compatible with the minus format. However, it’s been long enough that unless someone is using a really old DVD drive, they should be able to play any plus(+) format DVDs.</div>
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DVD single layer discs can support up to 4.7 GBs of data and double layer discs can support up to 8.5 GBs of data.</div>
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BD-R, BD-RE, BDXL, Mini-BD</h3>
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When it comes to Blu-ray disc formats, it’s really confusing, so I won’t even mention the stuff that’s really not important. Basically, there are only a couple of formats you need to worry about as a consumer and those are BD-R (Blu-ray disc recordable), BD-RE (Blu-ray disc recordable erasable), BDXL (multi-layer disc recordable), and Mini-BD.</div>
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BD-R format can only be written to once and BD-RE can be erased and recorded on again multiple times. The max speed currently available for Blu-ray discs is about 12x, which is much lower than the 20x and 52x speeds of DVDs and CDs, respectively.</div>
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Mini-DB discs are basically BD-R and BD-RE formatted Blu-ray discs made for camcorders and other small digital recording devices. Within the last two years (2010), a newer format called BD-XL has been defined that allows for triple and quadruple layers on a single disc. This ups the capacity of a BD-R XL disc to 100 GB and 128 GB, respectively. That’s huge! BD-RE XL discs can support up to 100 GB of data at this time.</div>
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The newer BDXL discs are not compatible with current Blu-ray disc drives, though some manufacturers are able to release a firmware upgrade, but the drive has to be fairly new to support the upgrade. Basically, if you plan on using the BDXL format, it should be archival purposes as you’ll probably be the only one to read the data back using your very expensive Blu-ray drive that supports the BDXL format.</div>
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Again, this is a very basic overview of the different formats for DVD and Blu-ray, but hopefully it gives you enough to understand what everything means without getting overloaded in lots of useless details. Any other questions about what type of disc your should burn, post a comment here and I’ll try to help. Enjoy!</div>
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Difference between BD-R, BD-RE, DVD-R, DVD+R

If you are interested in getting a DVD or Blu-ray drive to burn some data off to an external disc that you can store in a safe deposit box...