Why Linux will never make it big??

High at Heart & Madness in Ma Mind
For most of the linux users and admirers out there this might come as a jolt but i gotta be frank with you guys when i am expressing my views.
If somebody says that linux is the future and it will overtake or replace the windows as the first choice as a desktop OS then they are dead wrong. Lemme tell you why. Linux sources[redhat, suse, mandriva, ubuntu....]are trying to get some market share by concentrating mainly on the business and thats how the microsoft did it when it was young but the things have changed now. Today's normal user is the future advanced user and an advanced user is the one who will employ his favorite OS in a business if he ever launches his own business.
Lets assume that i am a beginner with computers and if i have a linux and i dont have internet at home then i will be in deep pain and trouble because as a normal user i would like to play movies and songs and play games. Even with the famous ubuntu i will not be able to play any movies or play music since i need the codecs like DIVX and it is a shame that WE CANNOT EVEN PLAY MP3 SONGS. Please don't forget that i am a beginner and i don't know what is this codec and i think i need support on this or i may even buy such codec somewhere and then install at home where as on the other hand my friend who is also a beginner with computers is playing his music loud and a free player which plays almost any audio and video file and he is causing envy and you know what he is using windows!!! [xp/vista] and he is telling how amazing the new crysis or the warcraft game is however i am stuck with this opensuse/mandriva/fedora/redhat OS which i don't know how to use it.
It is very shameful and embarrassing to say that these guys have done such a difficult and wonderful job in designing a linux based OS but they don;t know how to design a codec to play basic movies and songs. The windows was/is and always will be the unquestionable leader in the desktop platform and thus in the business environment too since only the system admins and server level techs will deploy and use the linux where as the rest of the production unit or the employees will use only windows. The vast availability of the applications and tools to perform various tasks with windows is limitless where as for linux if you want a particular application to be developed for your business then you do not know where to look or even where to start.
If you would like to perform a task and you need a software for that then with windows platform you have many options, with Mac you have less optins where as with linux you have very few options.
It is acceptable that such codecs cannot be shipped with the linux operating system but it is not acceptable to see that there is no simple way of installing linux codecs. You need to have an internet connection to install these codecs and offline installation of downloaded codecs is almost impossible for a newcomer to linux.
Linux vendors like NOVELL and REDHAT spend more time in dissing Microsoft and less time in developing tools to make its user's life easier.

Office 2007 installatioin Issue

High at Heart & Madness in Ma Mind
Hi Guys sometimes the autorun prompt may not appear when you put the CD in and you google to find the setup file but you don;t get any. Here is the solution.

-->

The folders in the cd are

sw ,swsetup, tools

These are the sub files under these three folder

1. Swsetup - sw_ver

2. SW - 34 files all numbered

3. Tools - some dll and notepad ,

-->

\SW\441486-00E\Global\Appl.zip\Office12US\setup.

I Hope that once you insert the office cd into the drive and you browse through the location mentioned you should be able to install the office 2007 successfully

Reasons Why We Indians Cannot be Terrorists:

High at Heart & Madness in Ma Mind
Reasons Why We Indians Cannot be Terrorists:



1. We are always late; we would have missed all 4 flights.

2. We would talk loudly and bring attention to ourselves.

3. With free food & drinks on the plane, we would forget why we're There

4. We talk with our hands;therefore we would have to put our weapons down.

5. We would ALL want to fly the plane.

6. We would argue and start a fight in the plane.

7. We can't keep a secret; we would have told everyone a week before doing it.

8. We would have put our country's flag on the windshield.

9. We would have postponed the mission because a cricket match was going on that day

10. We would all have fallen over each other to be in the photograph being taken with one of the hostages.

Data Verification Failed : Finally Solved

High at Heart & Madness in Ma Mind
Hi friends,
I think so far what i have done is the most extensive troublshooting to solve this problem. Though i am not sure about the root cause about the problem but the resolution what i got is unquestionable.

The softwares i used so far
nero 6
nero 7
nero 8
nero 8 lite
roxio
ashampoo
dvdinfo pro
all these softwares told me that the data verifaction failed.
one thing i observed was that the sectors in which the data verifaction failed every time was different and the unit was freezing up if i try to use those CDs/DVDs where the data verification was failed.
Later i observed that the data verification failed mostly at the end of the Cd or DVD that means as the dvd/cd reading optical head or reader inside moved away from the centre and near to the edge the data verification failed and it might be due to the fact that the reading writing head was not properly aligned to the tracks on the cd/dvd while writing or dvd as it moved away from the centre.
The above thought made me change my ide DVDRW drive to a SATA DVDRW[both were samsung unfortunately, and on the web most of them have issue with only samsung drives and i advice you not to go for samsung] but no go.
Please remember that i tried burning the CDs in vista and as well as in windows xp but no go.
I reinstalled the Operating System but no go.
I reinstalled burning softwares several times but no go.
I tried sony CDs/DVDs and i tried other medias too but no go
I tried different optical drive but no go
I tried replacing the IDE and the sata cable but no go
I tried updating the BIOS and burning the discs but no go
I tried updating the firmware but no go
I tried burning with different branded cd/dvds but no go
I changed the DMA to PIO through it took time but the errors were still there in a small amount[
device manager>ide atapi>right click properties>change DMA to PIO only]
I tried burning cds/dvds with only one memory at a time but no go
I tried a different power supply[though it was lame to associate this issue with the power supply but i don' wanted to leave any stone unturned]
I tried replacing my intel 946gzis microatx board but no go
I TRIED WITH A ASUS SYSTEM BOARD AND THE ISSUE RESOLVED.

Conclusion:
It might due to the intel chioset drivers for that system board which were causing that problem or the system board itself but please note that the asus system board that i am using is a intel chipset based system board.

I recommend;
Please try a newer chipset driver for the system board and if that does not work then try an older version of the chipset driver.

Chipset is the one which controls the movement of the data in the unit. so whenever these is an issue with the data transmission it has to be the chipset.
Please try the same optical drive that you have in your friend's computer who is using a different chipset/motherboard and you will come to know what is the source of the problem

Cracking DFX for Non Supported Players

Cracking DFX for Non Supported Players

Hi,

Requirements:

[Please note that the same can be done for the izotope which works with winamp]

1. A Cracked or original DFX for Winamp

2. K Lite Mega Codec Pack [or FFD Show Audio Decoder would be enough]

In this article I would like to show you how we can use a “DFX audio “ for other supported & non supported players through DFX for Winamp only.

As we all know we have to buy separate DFX for each players but here I would like to help you to save some money by using just on DFX for all the palyers.

A.DFX for Winamp

1. Install Winamp

2. Install the DFX for Winamp [a valid or either by crack]

3. Open Winamp and then

Options>Preferences>DSP/Effect and select DFX [dsp_dfx.dll]

4. Click on Configure active plug in and a window will pop up saying “Display DFX Control screen when winamp is started”; click Ok

Enjoy DFX with Winamp

B. DFX for K Lite Mega Codec Media Player Classic

1. Install any version of K Lite Codec Mega Pack [& by default which contains ffdshow audio decoder]

2. Go to

Start>all Programs>K Lite Codec Pack>Configaration>ffdshow audio decoder and the ffdshow audio decoder window will pop up

3. On the left side click on

Direct Show Control and on the right hand you will see a slide bar and drag the bar to the right so that the merit is set to either default or very high

4. On the left hand side please put a check mark on winamp 2 and click on winamp 2 and you will see

5. Click on DFX,

Put a Check mark for winamp DSP,

Click on configure and click ok for the pop up window which says “Display DFX Control screen when winamp is started”

Now you will enjoy DFX for winamp whenever you play any video with Classis Media Player or from K Lite Player.

C. DFX for Gom Player

1. Install Gom Player

2. Make sure you put a disable the ffdshow audio decoder in the gom aplayer [since it has known issue where even without the dfx installed gom player gives a buzzing sound if the ffdshow audio decoder is present in the unit]

Preferences>filter and check ffdshow audio decoder

3. Click on Preferences>Audio>Plug-in>DFX[dsp_dfx.dll]

D.DFX FOR WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER 11

1. Install windows media player 11

2. Play any movies or audio and the DFX for winamp will pop and enjoy it and if not change the ffdshow audio decoder direct show control merit to very high.

E. Doubel DFX for Windows Media Player 11

1. Install DFX for windows media player 11 [both licensed and cracked one works just fine]

2. Open windows media player 11 right click on the empty space at the top and go to

Tools>Plug-ins and put a check mark on DFX Audio Enahncement and DFX User Interface

Enjoy both the DFX Effect on yout windows media player 11

Note:

Sometimes DFX will not pop up and you won’t get the DFX effect in players other than winamp only because the player is using an audio decoder other than ffdshow audio decoder.

If there is any other player which supports winamp plug-in like gom player or ffdshow audio decoder then you can use the DFX in that player too.