Faster Wireless Connection (Wi-Fi) in Windows Vista

In Windows Vista the networking components were designed to be much more intelligent and automatically adjust the network settings to optimize the connection speed. This is a great new feature. Your network components basically tweak themselves for optimal performance. In most situations, these components automatically adjust perfectly for best performance. However, with wireless WAN cards the detection of network conditions is flawed and can result in slower network performance.

To fix this problem, Microsoft has released a hotfix for users affected by this issue. If you have a Wireless WAN device, I suggest you give this hotfix a try.

KB 940646 details:

This problem occurs because of the way that TCP receive window auto tuning is used in Windows Vista for connections that only receive data.

Windows Vista obtains a round-trip time (RTT) estimate at the time of connection setup and every time that a new segment of data that is transmitted. A connection that only receives data is limited to the single RTT sample that is obtained at the time of connection setup. Because the connection only receives data, the connection cannot "converge" to the actual RTT of the connection. For example, because the RTT data may fluctuate for various reasons, a "converge" operation is performed to estimate a meaningful RTT by using blending current and previous RTT data. However, if the connection cannot converge to the actual RTT of the connection, the bandwidth delay product (BDP) estimate that Vista obtains is also incorrect. Therefore, the connection's receive window is limited, and throughput of the connected transmission network is reduced.

How to embedd Flash in Microsoft Powerpoint

Here i would like to share about how to insert flash (.swf) into powerpoint.

Open PowerPoint toolbar - Control Toolbox



Insert Shockwave Flash Object into PowerPoint slide


Draw a container on the PowerPoint slide for the Flash object

Locate the folder with the Flash object

Add the Flash movie filename

Click the Build button to insert the Flash movie into PowerPoint

Paste the filename path of the Flash movie

Done.. and you can preview your flash inside powerpoint presentation

If you encounter problem read below...

Problems Inserting Flash Movies in PowerPoint

Are You Missing the (Custom) Setting in the Flash Object Properties?

(Custom) option missing in Shockwave Flash Properties dialog box

Shockwave Flash object properties settings

Important Note - Make sure that all components of your presentation, including any photos and sounds as well as your Flash movie are in the same folder. Referring to the screen shot above of Properties dialog box for the Shockwave Flash object, make the following settings.

• EmbedMovie - Set this to True to make sure that your Flash movie always stays with your presentation.
  
  
• Height - The Height measurement that is listed here, is the height of the box that you drew to insert the Flash movie. If you want your movie to be a specific height, enter that number here (pixels).
  
  
• Loop - Set this option to True if you want the Flash movie to play continuously. (As an side note, I have found that this Loop function is not always reliable.)
  
  
• Movie - Type the complete path to your Flash movie. The path is the file name including the folder structure. For example, the path to my Flash movie is - C:\WR Documents\Flash Movies\my_flash_movie.swf
  
  
• Playing - Set this option to True. This will ensure that the Flash movie will play the next time you enter this PowerPoint presentation. If the setting is left at "False", your Flash movie may not play the next time you open this presentation. (It seems to be a finicky setting if left at "False" -- I found that sometimes my Flash movie played a small portion of the movie and other times it did not play at all.)
  
  
• Width - The Width measurement that is listed, is the width of the box that you drew to insert the Flash movie. If you want your movie to be a specific width, enter that number here (pixels).

How to make a custom emoticon

There are some people must be wondering how to create their very own custom emoticon for msn live messenger, by using text or even their own picture.
below is the sample tutorial with adobe photoshop as the image editing software

DIY Standalone CD Player Using PC CD Rom

A friend of mine asking if it's possible to make Do It Yourself Standalone CD Player by using only his old Power Supply Unit/PSU (without motherboard) a CD Rom or Combo Drive, a computer speaker

yes it's possible...
here is the tutorial about how to make it.
what basic thing you need:
1. PSU
2. CD ROM

and watch the video tutorial below




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