Windows Vista Installation

At first in CMOS settings select first Boot device as ATAPI CD-ROM. I already explained about this in my previous article How To Format the Harddisk? If you have any doubt once read that article.

So after setting first boot device as CD-ROM, then keep the Windows Vista DVD in the drive. Now restart the computer. The system will boot from Windows Vista DVD. Now it will display Press any key to boot from CD or DVD. So press enter. Then windows will load the necessary files.

After some time Install Windows screen will come. Now select language to install as English, select your Time and Currency Format as you like, select your keyboard or input method as you like then click next. Now click Install Now button. Enter your product key then click next. Now select the edition of Windows Vista you like and tick at I have selected the edition of Windows that I purchased then click next. Now accept the License terms then click next. Now select Custom (Advanced) installation then it will display all partitions in your harddisk. Now select the partition1 to install Windows Vista. Your partition must be NTFS to install Windows Vista. If your primary partition is FAT then click Drive Options (Read Note at the end). Now click Format. Then warning message will come. Just click O.K.

After completion of formatting partition1 as NTFS(primary) then click next. Now installation starts. The computer will restart after some installation is completed. After restarting again installation will be continued. After some installation again computer will restart. Now type your username then click next. Now type a computer name and choose a desktop background then click next. Now Help Protect Window automatically screen will come. Select your option as you like. Now Timezone window will come. Choose your Timezone then click next. Now click Start. Now Windows Vista will check your computer's performance. After sometime welcome screen will come and Windows Vista will prepare desktop for you. Now you completed Windows Vista installation.

Note: When you click Drive Options then options like DELETE, FORMAT, NEW, EXTEND will appear. By using these options we can delete any partition, format any partition or create new partitions.

Netscape Navigator 9.0 Features

Recently Netscape Navigator 9 released. So many new features are included in Netscape Navigator. Except the new features, other features are same as FireFox. This browser also works same as FireFox but with some new features as explained below. Netscape Navigator 9 is based on the latest Mozilla technologies.

Social Integration
Now Netscape navigator browser is integrated with the famous social news portal netscape.com. So now you can share and vote for webpages you like from Netscape Navigator browser. Just open the website page you want to share. Then you will observe Share button at the top right-hand corner of the address bar of your browser ( Share button will appear for webpages that are not already submitted to Netscape.com). For example open a page you like from my blog in Netscape Navigator 9. Then Share button will be appeared as shown below.

Now click the share button. Then netscape.com page will open asking your username and password. If you are already a member then enter those details( not a member, just signup). Now you will goto your member account. Click the Submit a Story link. Now enter Story URL , Story Title, Story Summary, Choose a Channel, Type 5 Tags or Keywords and then submit the content to Netscape.com. So now it is very simple to share the content you like from websites or Blogs.

URL Correction
Now Netscape Navigator will fix common typing mistakes in URLs. For example if you type www.wikipedia.com then Netscape Navigator will automatically correct the mistake and it will open www.wikipedia.org website. Netscape Navigator will watch for nearly 30 different types of common mistakes and correct them for you.

News
Netscape Navigator now contains News menu. You can get latest news on different topics from News menu directly.

The Sidebars
We know that in FireFox we have Sidebar feature in View menu. But in Firefox Sidebar we will find only Bookmarks and History information only. But in Netscape Navigator's Sidebar (Sidebar option in View menu) we will find the following features as shown in the fig.

We know about Bookmarks, History, Netscape News(From News menu also we will get the same news). With Mini Browser feature we can open websites in the Sidebar as shown in the figure below. Also we can open any link in Sidebar. Just you have to right click on a link and select Open Link in Sidebar.

With Netscape Friends Activity Sidebar, you will know what your friend's are doing on Netscape.com. With Linkpad feature you can save links/URLs that you want to visit later without cluttering your bookmarks. Just drag a link over the Link Pad status bar icon then drop it to save it in the Link Pad. By clicking on an item in the Link Pad will open it in the browser and remove it from the list. Observe the following figure for understanding linkpad.

The Netscape Tracker Sidebar tracks the very latest news from netscape.com.

Extension Compatibility
Netscape Navigator 9 is based on the latest Mozilla technologies. So you can install extensions that are compatible with Firefox 2 in Netscape Navigator also.

Sitemail Notification
This icon will display an exclamation point when you have new Netscape.com sitemail messages waiting for you.

OPML Support
Netscape Navigator support OPML format for sharing lists of newsfeeds.

Stop/Reload Buttions Combined
Since you never need Stop/Reload buttons at the sametime, both buttons are combined as single button in Netscape Navigator.

Restart Netscape
You can restart Netscape Navigator by keeping your current Tabs intact. Just select Restart Navigator from the File menu

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FireFox 3 (Gran Paradiso Alpha 5) Released

Gran Paradiso Alpha 5 is the next version of current FireFox version. FireFox 3 is built on Mozilla's next generation layout engine, Gecko 1.9.

Gecko 1.9 Alpha 5 introduces several new features like inclusion of the FUEL Javascript library for extension developers, new Page Info window, improvements to offline application support, many Cocoa user interface improvements and bug fixes.

Gran Paradiso Alpha 5 or FireFox 3 is now available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.

Windows Users can download FireFox 3 at the location below
http://download.mozilla.org/?product=
granparadiso-alpha5&os=win&lang=en-US

MAC OS X Users can download FireFox 3 at the location below
http://download.mozilla.org/?product=
granparadiso-alpha5&os=osx&lang=en-US

Linux Users can download FireFox 3 at the location below
http://download.mozilla.org/?product=
granparadiso-alpha5&os=linux&lang=en-US

Windows Users can also download FireFox 3 at the following location
ftp://ftp-mozilla.netscape.com/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/
granparadiso/alpha5/win32/en-US/

In FireFox, I.E 7.0 just type the above address then press enter. Then it will open the site then click Gran Paradiso Setup Alpha 5.exe link.

Try PCLinux OS 2007 as an alternative to Vista

PCLinux OS was founded by Texstar. PCLinux OS is a free Linux based operating system for desktop pc's. PCLinux OS was based on Mandriva Linux version and shares many features of Mandriva such as the Control Center and the Draklive Installer.

Features such as kernel 2.6.18.8, KDE 3.5.6, Open Office 2.2.0, Firefox 2.0.0.3, Thunderbird 2.0, Frostwire, Ktorrent, Amarok, Flash, Java JRE, Beryl 3D are included in PCLinux OS 2007.

PCLinuxOS is distributed as a LiveCD. LiveCD mode enables users to test Linux without actually having to install it. Later you can install it to your harddisk, if you like the PCLinux OS 2007 version. PCLinux OS 2007 includes mklivecd script. This script allows you to take a snapshot of current installation settings, applications etc. Also you can save it into an ISO CD/DVD image. This feature works like Norton Ghost.

PCLinux OS is user friendly and very easy to use. So You can try PCLinux OS 2007 as an alternative to Vista.

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FireFox 3 (codename: Gran Paradiso Alpha 4) now available for Developers and the Testing Community

Gran Paradiso Alpha 4 is the next version of current FireFox version. FireFox 3 is now available for Testing Purposes. FireFox 3 is built on Mozilla's next generation layout engine, Gecko 1.9.

Gecko 1.9 Alpha 4 introduces several new features like inclusion of the FUEL Javascript library for extension developers, new Page Info window, improvements to offline application support, many Cocoa user interface improvements and bug fixes.

Gran Paradiso Alpha 4 or FireFox 3 is now available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X in a variety of languages.

Windows Users can download FireFox 3 at the location below

http://download.mozilla.org/?product=
granparadiso-alpha4&os=win&lang=en-US

MAC OS X Users can download FireFox 3 at the location below

http://download.mozilla.org/?product=
granparadiso-alpha4&os=osx&lang=en-US

Linux Users can download FireFox 3 at the location below

http://download.mozilla.org/?product=
granparadiso-alpha4&os=linux&lang=en-US

Windows Users can also download FireFox 3 at the following location

ftp://ftp-mozilla.netscape.com/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/
releases/granparadiso/alpha4/win32/en-US/

Hints for downloading from the above ftp site:
In internet explorer just type the above address then press enter. Now you will observe Gran Paradiso Setup Alpha 4.exe then just copy Gran Paradiso Setup Alpha 4.exe to your hdd

In FireFox just type the above address then press enter. Then it will open the site then click Gran Paradiso Setup Alpha 4.exe link.