Speed up your pc/laptop

Hi friends,

I am sharing my cool, tried and absolutely free ways to speed up pc/laptop performance.

1. Install CCleaner, it's a freeware cleaning tool designed to remove unwanted startup entries, unwanted softwares, temporary files, form history, cookies, logs, recycle bin, recent documents, fake registry entries, remains of an uninstalled softwares etc. and much more. This tool is absolutely free to download and offers a great in removing garbage from laptop.

2. Defragment my hard drives once in a month.

3. Using AVG Antivirus free edition that includes both antivirus & antispyware services. Auto update is on and ensure scanning of laptop once every 15 days.

4. Using fastestfox 3.1 firefox plugin for enhanced browsing.

5. Using DownThemAll! 1.1 firefox plugin for speeding up download process. It includes inbuilt download manager which will extraordinarily speed up the download process.

6. When interacting with google sites like gmail, youtube, orkut, adsense etc., I prefer to use Google Chrome browser, it works faster on these sites than other browsers.

7. Always make sure that atleast 35% of the hard drive space remains free. I do take backup in DVDs regularly to remove unused data from pc/laptop.

8. Set up my virtual memory at exactly 1.5 to 2 times of my RAM. (From My Computer properties - Advanced - Performance Settings - Advanced - Virtual Memory)

9. Allocating just enough space to Recycle Bin(5% of hard drive), System Restore(5% of hard drive) etc. This gives me more space on hard drive to use.

10. Turning Automatic Window Update off but manually updating windows version once every 15 days.

11. Removed unnecessary startup entries (using CCleaner).

12. Don't delete OLD Prefetch Data, to make window startup and shutdown a bit faster. Uncheck this option in Ccleaner too.

These easy to use 12 ways are making my interaction with computer a comfortable and speedy experience.

Reservation Policy/Politics in India : It hurts

Reservation Policy in India needs to be rectified or modified on urgent basis. Reservation policy in India is on the basis of caste rather than financial basis.

It is assumed that SC/ST/OBCs are unable to receive good quality education and enjoy other facilities due to scarce financial condition and hence enjoy around 50% reservation quota in education, jobs etc. In addition to that, they get a handsome rebate in their fees, bills etc.

I am not against any caste, in turn I rate every human being equally. My point is that a poor "General" category candidate is as poor as a poor "SC/ST/OBCs" category candidate, but he/she doesn't enjoy any reservation benefit. Why ??

Also in an entrance exam (whether for education or jobs), over 80% candidates belong to "General" category and rest are from reserve category. But due to our reservation policy, both of them enjoy equal 50% share in seats/final selection. Now is it fair that 80% "General" candidates and 20% "Reserve" candidates share equal percentage of seats ??

Ideally there should be no reservation, for me reservation stands for biasing, let the best man get the job. Ok, I agree with the point of providing assistance to the poor candidates but then it must be equal for all the poor candidates rather than based on caste.

I think some of the politicians are confused and they play reservation cards to build their vote bank etc rather than to eradicate the real problem i.e. to provide quality life to all. Reservation policy should be based on financial condition rather than caste. Every poor candidate must enjoy the benefit and ratio of reservation should be in accordance with the percentage of applicants.

I hope somebody responsible person may read this blog and try to understand my point of view and take this communication further to next level of fruitful discussion.

Toll free numbers in India

Nice site - India's toll free guide on the web.

http://www.1-800.in/


Few of Them is listed as below ( Numbers may have changed, check the above site for updates)


Airlines

* Indian Airlines -1800 180 1407
* Jet Airways – 1800 22 5522
* Spice Jet – 1800 1803333
* Air India — 180022 7722
* Kingfisher -1800 180 0101

Banks

* ABN AMRO -1800 11 2224
* Canara Bank – 1800 44 6000
* Citibank – 1800 442265
* Corporation Bank -1800 443 555
* Development Credit Bank- 1800 22 5769
* HDFC Bank- 1800 227 227
* ICICI Bank- 1800 333 499
* ICICIBank NRI – 1800 22 4848
* IDBI Bank – 1800 11 6999
* Indian Bank – 1800 4251400
* ING Vysya – 1800 449900
* Kotak Mahindra Bank- 1800 22 6022
* Lord Krishna Bank- 1800 11 2300
* Punjab National Bank – 1800 122 222
* State Bank of India – 1800 441955
* Syndicate Bank -1800 44 6655

Automobiles

* Mahindra Scorpio -180022 6006
* Maruti – 1800111 515
* Tata Motors -1800 22 5552
* Windshield Experts- 1800 11 3636

Computers/IT

* Adrenalin -1800 444 445
* AMD – 1800 4256664
* Apple Computers -1800 444 683
* Canon -1800 333 366
* Cisco Systems- 1800 221 777
* Compaq -HP – 1800 444 999
* DataOne Broadband – 1800 424 1800
* Dell – 1800 444 026
* Epson – 1800 44 0011
* eSys – 3970 0011
* Genesis Tally Academy – 1800 444888
* HCL – 1800 1808080
* IBM – 1800 443 333
* Lexmark – 1800 224477
* Marshal’s Point -1800 33 4488
* Microsoft -1800 111 100
* Microsoft Virus Update- 1901 333 334
* Seagate- 1800 180 1104
* Symantec- 1800 44 5533
* TVSElectronics – 1800 444 566
* WeP Peripherals – 1800 44 6446
* Wipro – 1800 333312
* Xerox – 1800 1801225
* Zenith – 1800 222004

Indian Railway Enquiries

* Indian Railway General Enquiry 131
* Indian Railway Central Enquiry 131
* Indian Railway Reservation 131
* Indian Railway Railway Reservation Enquiry 1345, 1335, 1330
* Indian Railway Centralised Railway Enquiry 1330/1/2/3/4/ 5/6/7/8/9

Couriers/Packers &Movers

* ABT Courier-1800 44 8585
* AFL Wizz- 1800 22 9696
* AgarwalPackers & Movers – 1800 11 4321
* Associated Packers P Ltd – 180021 4560
* DHL – 1800 111345
* FedEx – 1800 226161
* Goel Packers & Movers- 1800 11 3456
* UPS- 1800 22 7171

Home Appliances

* Aiwa/Sony-1800 11 1188
* Anchor Switches – 1800 22 7979
* Blue Star – 1800 22 2200
* Bose Audio – 1800 11 2673
* Bru Coffee Vending Machines -1800 44 7171
* Daikin Air Conditioners- 1800 444 222
* Dish TV- 1800 12 3474
* Faber Chimneys – 1800 21 4595
* Godrej – 1800 22 5511
* Grundfos Pumps – 1800 334555
* LG – 1901 1809999
* Philips – 1800 224422
* Samsung – 1800 113444
* Sanyo – 1800 110101
* Voltas – 1800 334546
* World Space Satellite Radio- 1800 44 5432

Investments/Finance

* CAMS -1800 44 2267
* Chola Mutual Fund – 1800 222300
* Easy IPO’s – 30305757
* Fidelity Investments- 1800 180 8000
* FranklinTempleton Fund – 1800 425 4255
* J M Morgan Stanley – 1800 22 0004
* Kotak Mutual Fund – 1800222 626
* LIC Housing Finance- 1800 44 0005
* SBI MutualFund – 1800 22 3040
* Sharekhan – 1800 22 7500
* Tata Mutual Fund – 1800 220101

Travel

* Club Mahindra Holidays-1800 33 4539
* Cox &Kings – 1800 22 1235
* God TV Tours – 1800 442 777
* Kerala Tourism – 1800 444 747
* Kumarakom Lake Resort -1800 44 5030
* Raj Travels & Tours- 1800 22 9900
* Sita Tours – 1800 111 911
* SOTC Tours – 1800 22 3344

Healthcare

* Best on Health -1800 118899
* Dr Batras – 1800 116767
* GlaxoSmithKline -1800 22 8797
* Johnson & Johnson- 1800 22 8111
* Kaya SkinClinic – 1800 22 5292
* LifeCell – 1800 44 5323
* Manmar Technologies – 1800 334420
* Pfizer – 1800 442442
* Roche Accu-Chek -1800 11 45 46
* Rudraksha- 1800 21 4708
* VariluxLenses – 1800 44 8383
* VLCC – 1800 33 1262

Insurance

* AMP Sanmar -1800 442200
* Aviva – 1800 332244
* Bajaj Allianz – 180022 5858
* Chola MS General Insurance- 1800 44 5544
* HDFC Standard Life – 1800 227 227
* LIC – 1800 33 4433
* Max New York Life – 1800 335577
* SBI Life Insurance- 1800 22 9090

Hotel Reservations

* GRT Grand -1800 44 5500
* InterContinental Hotels Group -1800 111 000
* Marriott -1800 22 0044
* Sarovar Park Plaza- 1800 111 222
* Taj Holidays – 1800 111 825

Teleshopping

* Asian Sky Shop -1800 221800
* Jaipan Teleshoppe -1800 11 5225
* Tele Brands- 1800 11 8000
* VMI Teleshopping- 1800 447 777
* WWSTeleshopping – 1800 220 777

Others

* Domino’s Pizza -1800 111 123
* Pizza Hut – 3988-3988
* Mc Donalds – 1-800-4196666
* Lakme India 1-800-4196666
* Kurl-on – 1800 44 0404
* Sleepwell – 1800 11 2266
* Asian Paints Home Solutions – 1800 22 5678
* Berger Paints Home Decor – 1800 33 8800
* Consumer Helpline – 1800 11 4000
* KONE Elevator – 1800 444 666
* Indane – 1800 44 51 15
* Aavin – 1800 44 3300
* Pedigree – 1800 11 2121
* Kodak India – 1800 22 8877
* World Vision India – 1800 444 550
* Telecom Monitoring Cell – 1800 110 420

CellPhones

* BenQ-1800 22 08 08
* BirdCellPhones – 1800 11 7700
* Motorola MotoAssist – 1800 111211
* Nokia – 30303838
* Sony Ericsson – 39011111

Education

* Edu Plus – 1800 444 000
* Hindustan College – 1800 33 4438
* NCERT – 1800 11 1265
* Vellore Institute of Technology – 1800 441 555

Teleshopping

* Asian Sky Shop – 1800 22 1800
* Jaipan Teleshoppe – 1800 11 5225
* Tele Brands – 1800 11 8000
* VMI Teleshopping – 1800 447 777
* WWS Teleshopping – 1800 220 777

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