By Satish |

Friday, March 19, 2010

• Find out Fake Memory Stick in PSP 3000, PSP 3004
• Fix Image Quality Loss in Windows Live Writer?
• Windows Phone 7 Series Videos
• About ntvdm.exe And How to Fix ntvdm CPU Usage on System

Find out Fake Memory Stick in PSP 3000, PSP 3004 Wouldn't it suck to own an fake memory stick? And still pay the same amount of money you would pay for the original Sony memory stick? It does. So, here is a quick tip for those of you who are planning to buy memory card or who wants to check the genuineness of the psp memory card. As a matter of fact, memory sticks with the brand names typo are sold in the market, but the price tag is half of what you pay for the Sony memory stick.. the reason being it's not an original stick. Whether it is an PSP 3000 or PSP 3004, you can find out if it's an fake memory card or not by simply following these steps.. Detecting PSP Fake Memory Stick Assuming that you've already inserted the memory card into your psp device, navigate to the PHOTO drive where you'll find Camera and Memory Card sub drives. Head over to the memory stick icon and click the ^ button (top right).. which will display options such as Slideshow, Receive & Information. Click on Information, if it shows MagicGate as supported then you have original memory card. And, if it shows MagicGate as unknown then you've been fooled big time. So, that is it.. an pretty easy way to detect if you've an genuine memory card or not.. mine is genuine 8GB stick. How about yours?

Fix Image Quality Loss in Windows Live Writer? Windows Live writer is without a doubt the most used desktop blogging application. However, not everyone are accustomed to live writer because of those certain defects. The loss in image quality is one among the several drawbacks that needs to be dealt with. A regular user of live writer would have known the uses of live writer which are not to be ignored. The image editing features are exceptional. No doubt. But, have you noticed that whenever you change the dimension of the image, the image loses it's quality.. i.e, a normal image turns more into an blurry image quality. For instance, here are two images that I've uploaded in this post. The first image is unaltered – I've captured it in such a way (regarding dimensions) that it fits in this content area. I haven't re-sized the image. And the quality of image remains as that of the original. The second image.. which is an replica of the first one seems to be blurred. Because I've resized the image, even though if I bring back it to the original dimension – the image quality won't be retained. So, here is the image quality loss as you can see… So how to fix the image loss issue? By now you must have figured out the solution..YES, to upload images that fits in your blog content area. If you try to change the dimension of the images, then those blurry images are bound to be seen. In all seriousness, this fix is not at all the solution.. but with no other ways around, perhaps this is the only acceptable method you've to follow to avoid image quality loss on live writer! Anyone from the live writers team reading this?

Windows Phone 7 Series Videos Seems like Microsoft has pulled out all the stops for their upcoming Windows phone. This latest Windows Phone – The Windows Phone 7 Series, as Microsoft claims – is the phone that will bring about an unrivaled mobile experience for the users. Microsoft have been gradually revealing the Windows 7 phone's features. The disadvantages that were figured out with the Windows Phone 7 Series are no support for multi tasking, no flash and no copy paste feature which has let down most of the people. As similar to iPhone marketplace, Windows Phone 7 Series will have it's own marketplace; but with an panoramic view which is definitely an added perk ensuring more application to be developed as things move on positively. Here are some of the videos on Windows Phone 7 Series that you can watch to get an idea why Windows Phone 7 is claimed to be much more superior than iPhone (Yes!?). Check 'em out.. Windows Phone 7 Series Video Windows Phone 7 Live Demo Video From Chris Pirillo Windows Phone 7 Marketplace Video

About ntvdm.exe And How to Fix ntvdm CPU Usage on System Posted: 16 Mar 2010 08:07 PM PDT One of the common system files found in 32-bit operating systems, like Windows XP, is ntvdm.exe. It stands for Windows NT Virtual DOS Machine. This file is typically found under C:\Windows\Sytem32. The file size in Windows XP is 520,192 bytes and is a core Windows file which is Microsoft signed. Therefore the technical security rating on this file is 2% only. This file is extremely prone to virus attacks and lots of viruses have been known to disguise themselves as ntvdm.exe to avoid suspicion. The ntvdm.exe file is normally used when you want to run a 16-bit application on a 32-bit machine. These may include older softwares as well as classic games like Counter Strike which incorporates the half-life 2 engine. A very common problem that users face when using 16-bit applications is an ntvdm.exe error. Sometimes the file fails to execute whereas in most cases it takes too long to respond thereby hogging on system resources. Sometimes CPU usage can go up to 99-100%. This is typically due to the fact that ntvdm.exe has stopped working. There are a few methods to try and prevent this. Fix ntvdm.exe CPU Usage A simple method would be to stop ntvdm.exe from starting up during booting of the computer. To do this, follow the following steps: Select "RUN" from the START menu. Type "msconfig" and press enter Select the "startup" tab Find ntvdm.exe and remove the tick from its side. Reboot your computer. For emergency cases you can call up the task manager by pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL and stop the process named ntvdm.exe. Keep in mind that this will consequently stop the application which had brought it up in the first place. Another trick to prevent ntvdm.exe from hogging on system resources is discussed below: This is in case you are using a shortcut (DOS program) to call up ntvdm.exe Right click on the shortcut and select "PROPERTIES" Go to "MISC" and find "ALWAYS SUSPEND" Set the idle sensitivity to "HIGH" Save and exit This prevents the exe file from using too much of resources when it is waiting to be executed, that is it is in idle status. Another very common reason of trouble is a virus. Since the ntvdm.exe file is a Windows verified file, hence it is easy for a virus to disguise itself as the file and bypass some scanners. Common problems would include multiple ntvdm.exe processes in task manager, too many unknown processes when you start a DOS application, too many .bat files getting opened etc. In such cases use a good quality anti-virus to scan and remove any forms of virus on your computer.