The Federation of Malaya is now independent. The handover of power from Britain took place at midnight.
Thousands of young members of the Malay, Chinese and Indian parties, which form the government, stood in darkness for two minutes at midnight to mark the official handover.
As the new flag of independence was raised they called "Merdeka" (freedom) seven times.
Tunku Abdul Rahman, the prime minister-elect, who led the negotiations with the British for handover of power, was hailed as the Father of Independence.
Malaya will stay in the Commonwealth - and, as midnight approached, prime ministers of the member countries sent messages recorded in five continents.
The British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan said he hoped 31 August would long be remembered as a great and happy day in the continuing development of Malaya and the Commonwealth of Nations.
In his speech delivered at midnight, Tunku Abdul Rahman said it was the greatest moment in the life of the Malayan people. A new star had risen in the eastern sky - a star of freedom for yet another Asian people.
The new prime minister was educated at two British schools and graduated from Cambridge in 1925. Soon after World War II he went back to Britain to study law.
On his return to Malaya in 1949 he found a country eager for independence but also struggling with communist extremism.
He founded the Alliance Party in 1952 which brought together the ethnic Malay, Chinese and Indians. The party won the 1955 general election with an overwhelming majority.
The Tunku became Chief Minister and ended the state of emergency - introduced after a wave of attacks carried out by mainly Chinese communists on mine-owners and plantations - and granted an amnesty to communist terrorists.
Last year he led the negotiations with the British which paved the way for independence.
The new Malayan head of state, Tuanku Abdul Rahman, will be officially installed on 2 September. He was chosen from among the rulers of Malay's nine hereditary states.
He will hold the post of head of state for five years when his successor will be elected.
The installation ceremony will be witnessed by the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester who are flying in to represent the Queen.
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27 tips to improve Windows XP performance. (Windows XP performance tweaking guide: Registry and Software tweaks)
1. Stop 'last access update'
Whenever you access a folder on a NTFS drive, Windows XP updates that folder and all subfolders with a time stamp with the date of last access. Sometimes, this can slower windows performance.
To change this, open REGEDIT ( Start -> Run -> 'regedit' ) and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem
Create a new DWORD value ( right click -> new -> DDWORD Value ) called 'NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate' and set the value to '1'
2. Disable unnecesary naming convention
For each file created, windows xp use one additional name for MSDOS compatibility: 8 character name followed by a ".", then 3 characters for the extension.
If you don't intend to use DOS only software, this is waste of memory.
To change this, open REGEDIT
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem
Change the value of the NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation key to '1'
3. Prevent windows to move operating data on virtual memory
By default, windows xp do periodically checks to move its essential driver and kernel files to the virtual memory ( page file ). This obviously slower performances.
This should be done only if the system is low on physical Memory.
Open REGEDIT.
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management.
Select the DisablePagingExecutive value to '1'
4. Disable Performance counters
Windows XP has a performance monitor utility, to track several areas of your PC, including CPU and hard drive. Whenever you do something on your PC, these performance counters tracks everything. These processes from the background makes main processes to run slower.
To change this, you need to download Extensible Performance Counter List utility
First download and install the utility, then run the Exctrlst.exe utility, found in 'c:\program files\resource kit\'
Select each line in the 'Extensible performance counters' window and clear the 'performance counters enabled' button below. You must do this separately for each counter.
5. Remove page file from system drive
The operating system can use virtual memory when there is more data that can be stored on physical memory. The Virtual memory is on hard drive, this means is slower than standard memory. What we can do to improve performance is to remove the page file from the drive where operating system is installed on, and put it on other drive.
To do this, right click on "my computer" and select "Properties", Select the 'advanced' tab.
Under 'performance' choose the 'settings' button.
Select the 'advanced' tab again and under 'virtual memory' select 'change.'
You will get a list with all drives, with page file allocated on each.
6. Create a permanent Page file.
Follow the instructions from the previous tip and select the same value for minimum and maximum size. This prevents operating system to resize page file.
7. Optimize your page file size
By default, windows xp select the page file to 150% of physical memory, but if you have more than 512 physical memory, it's hard to believe that your operating system will need that amount of virtual memory. Change your page file to the same value as your physical memory is ( RAM ), but, if you have less than 512, leave it at 150%.
You can do this using the steps at previous tip.
8. Defrag page file with PageDefrag utility
We all know that defragmentint hard drive is a good idea, but windows xp defragmentation utility can't defragment files that are already in use, for example page file ( virtual memory ). For this you can use a freeware tool called Page Defrag
This tool is simply to use, just select all files you want to defragment and press Start.
9. Set priority for important programs
If you are using more applications at the same time, but you focus on a single application, you can change the priority for that application to boost its performances. By default, all applications are set to normal priority level. To change this, press CTR+ALT+Del to open Task Manager and select the application you want to rise the priority. On the right-click menu select Go To Process. Press right click on the proccess and select Set Priority. You will have many proority levels.
The higher you set priority above normal, the more CPU time the program will steal from other applications when you are multitasking.
10. Check your hard drives with scandisk
Defragmenting hard drive can improve performances, but it can't touch bad sectors or lost clusters.
Because of this, it is a good idea to run XP's built in error checking utility on your drives once in a while. This utility will scan your disks for errors and optionally attempt to correct them.
Open 'my computer.'
Right click the hard disk you wish to check and select 'properties.'
Choose the 'tools' tab and under 'error checking' select the 'check now…' button.
Check both options. You will need to restart the computer to do the full disk check.
Your disk will be fully checked for errors upon reboot, but be aware that this can take quite a while.
11. Make Windows to unload DLL files after closing a program
"DLL" stand for Dynamic Link Library. DLLs are files that containt data and functions needed by windows. Every piece of windows will require some libraries, and will link to them. For faster access, windows cache the libraries into memory, but after the program that uses them is closed, the memory is not cleared. The following registry tweak will make windows to remove DLL's from memory if they are not used.
To do this run REGEDIT.
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer.
Create a new key named 'AlwaysUnloadDLL' and set the default value to equal '1.'
12. Thaw your desktop
Probably you have experienced at least once "Desktop Freezing". You tell windows to do something and everything will move very slow. When this is happening, means that windows need a refresh. Press CTR+ALT+DEL to open task manager. Select "Processes" tab, and find "explorer.exe", select it and press end process. Without closing task manager, select "New Task" from "File" menu, and there type "explorer.exe". The desktop will load again, without closing any application.
13. Speed up mouse movement
Windows applies an acceleration to the mouse by default. This means when you move the mouse, the pointer will start slowly and accelerates with continual movement. In games you will probably need better speed.
To remove mouse acceleration: open up REGEDIT and navigate to 'hkey_current_user\control panel\mouse'
Change the value of 'smoothmouseXcurve' to the following:
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
00,a0,00,00,00,00,00,00
00,40,01,00,00,00,00,00
00,80,02,00,00,00,00,00
00,00,05,00,00,00,00,00
Then change the value of 'SmoothMouseYCurve' to the following:
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
66,a6,02,00,00,00,00,00
cd,4c,05,00,00,00,00,00
a0,99,0a,00,00,00,00,00
38,33,15,00,00,00,00,00
14. Disable the themes service
If you are not a fan of the appearance of Windows XP, there is an easy way to turn it off and go back to the more sober and traditional Windows style. Simply disable the 'themes' service to restore a classic windows desktop appearance.
To do this, right click on 'my computer' and select 'manage.'
In the computer management windows, expand 'services and applications' and select 'services.'
In the right hand window, highlight the 'themes' service. Right click it and select 'properties.'
In the 'startup type' dropdown box, select 'disabled.'
15. Remove the desktop picture
If you need to have a picture on the desktop, don't do this, but if you choose performance against appearance, you can remove desktop picture which slows windows start-up.
Right click on an open area of the desktop and select 'properties.'
Select the 'desktop' tab and in the 'background' window, highlight 'none.' Press 'ok.' v
Think we're just pulling your leg? Nope, every computer in the PCstats labs that gets tested goes through this same step before we run a single benchmark.
16. Change to the NTFS file system
If you are using Windows XP, is a good idea to change the filesystem for your partitions to NTFS. It will improve security and data security, but also it can improve speed of your system.
If you are using two operating systems, and one of them is Windows 9x/Me or other OS which can't read NTFS, don't change it, else, you don't have any reason to keep your partition to FAT32.
Right click on 'my computer' and select 'manage'
From the computer management window, expand storage and select 'disk management.'
Using the 'file system' column of the upper pane of this window, you can easily check what file system each of your logical drives is using. Make a note of this information.
Now open a command prompt window by going to 'start\run' and typing 'cmd'
To convert a disk to NTFS, type 'convert (drive letter): /fs:ntfs'
So for example, if you were going to convert your C: drive, you would type 'Convert c: /fs:ntfs' at the prompt.
17. Perform a manual Application and Boot file Defrag
Windows XP has a feature to defragment application and operating system boot time by moving important files to the edges of hard drive for faster disk access.
Depending on your system, this can give a slight performance boost to data access from the affected drive.
Open command prompt ('start/run' and type 'cmd').
Type 'defrag (drive letter): -b'
The process may take a few minutes to complete.
18. Disable the hibernation feature
Windows XP's hibernation option allows a computer to copy its current memory contents to the hard drive before shutdown, allowing the system to resume operations exactly where it left off when it was powered down. To do this, it reserves space on the hard drive equal to the amount of physical memory present. If you do not plan to use the hibernation feature, you should ensure that it is disabled, or you are wasting disk space.
To disable hibernation:
Go to 'start/control panel/performance and maintenance/power options.'
Go to the 'hibernate' tab and uncheck the 'enable hibernation' check box.
19. Disable automatic sensing on network cards
This tweak may help your performance by reducing occasional 'slowdown' periods of heavy CPU access for no apparent reason. By default, Windows XP automatically assesses the speed of your network card(s) and sets them accordingly. Apparently this process occurs at regular intervals, which can cause your system to slow occasionally. To remedy this, you can manually set the 'media type' of your network card to the correct value.
Right click on 'my computer' and select the 'hardware' tab.
Open 'device manager.'
Find and highlight your network card(s). Right click it and Hit 'properties.'
Go to the 'advanced' tab and highlight 'media type.' In the 'value' drop down box, select the correct speed for your network card. Press 'ok.'
20. Use the prefetch switch to load applications faster
Windows XP's media player has a little extra command included in its shortcut, the '/prefetch:1' switch. This helps the application load slightly faster. You can try out this possible performance boost on other programs by editing the shortcuts to the program in question.
To see an example, right click on windows media player shortcut and select Properties.
It should look like this: "C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe" /prefetch:1
Right click the shortcut and hit 'properties.'
In the 'target' box, put '/prefetch:1' at the end of the line.
Press 'ok.'
Note that this may cause loading errors in some programs. If it does not work, simply remove the /prefetch:1 entry from the shortcut.
21. Set DMA mode for all drives.
When Windows XP is installed, hard disks and CD drives may occasionally be set to the PIO mode for transferring data, which is slower than the default DMA (Direct Memory Access) mode used by all modern drives. A quick check of your drive settings can find and correct this error, allowing your drives to perform at their maximum.
To check and correct your hard drive and CD drive transfer settings right click 'my computer' and select properties, then the 'hardware tab' then the 'device manager' button.
Expand 'IDE ATA\ATAPI controllers' highlight 'primary IDE channel' and hit the 'properties' button.
Go to the 'advanced settings' tab, and ensure that the transfer mode is set to 'DMA if available.'
Repeat the above steps for the secondary IDE channel.
22. Do a Windows repair install
If you have serious problems with XP performance, or you get errors, some system files can be damaged.
A repair installation re-writes all essential Windows XP system files and re-detects all hardware without affecting the registry, current desktop settings or user data stored on the hard drive. This is the only way short of a full installation that can recover from errors caused by installing a different motherboard in an XP system, for example.
To perform a repair installation:
Boot the system from your XP CD.
Choose the 'press enter to set up Windows XP now' option.
Press F8 to skip through the EULA (though if you haven't read it before, you should now. See our legal article for details as to why.
Now press R to begin a repair installation.
Your system will go through the entire XP install process, but will not attempt to replace any of your existing data. It will simply reinstall the vital system files, fixing any that are corrupted or missing.
23. Stop hard disks spinning down
By default, windows xp spins down the hard drive after 20 minutes of inactivity to save power. This case cause serious delays if you want to use computer after this amount of time.
To disable hard disks spinning go to 'start/control panel/performance and maintenance/power options.'
Set the 'turn off hard disks' drop down box to 'never.' Click 'ok.'
24. Reduce recycling bin reserved space
By default, Windows XP reserves 10 percent of each hard drive to store deleted files in the recycling bin. This is a bit excessive. Actually it's a lot excessive, unless you habitually delete files a gigabyte in size or more. Fortunately, there is an easy way to reduce the amount of hard disk space that is reserved for the recycling bins on each drive.
Right click on the recycling bin and select 'properties.'
Choose the 'global' tab.
The slider shows the percentage of each drive that is reserved by the recycling bin. Reduce this to a more appropriate amount, like 2-3% or more depending on the size of your drives. The larger the drives, the smaller the number you should use. If you wish to configure each drive independently, check the 'configure drives independently' button and adjust the slider to the desired amount in each of your hard disk's tabs. The advantage to doing things this way instead of using the 'global' setting is that you can see the actual amount of space on each drive that is being reserved.
Note that files larger than the recycling bin's capacity on a given drive are deleted for good. Windows XP will warn you when this condition occurs.
25. Enable write caching on hard disks
Enabling hard drive write caching will make transferring of data between hard drives and memory more efficient. If you have a hot-swappable drive rack, or if you expect your PC to be shut down incorrectly, don't enable it.
To enable write caching right click on my computer and select 'properties.'
Select the hardware tab, then 'device manager.' From the device manager window, expand 'disk drives' and highlight your hard disk. Select 'properties' then the 'policies' tab.
Check the 'enable write caching on the disk' box.
Repeat the above steps for all hard drives in your system.
26. Defragment your hard disk(s)
Probably you heard this many times, and if you don't like to do things that you only hear, i will explain what is happening when you defragment your drives.
When an operating system writes data onto a hard drive, it will generally attempt to place the data on the drive as sequentially as possible, in order to facilitate faster retrieval of the information. Over the operational life of the drive, various factors can cause data to become scattered, or fragmented, over the surface of the drive.
This does not mean it cannot be read, since the file system retains a table which links each cluster (the smallest unit of storage available on a hard drive) of data with the other clusters on the disk that contain data for a particular file.
Fragmentation does slow down drive access considerably though, since the drive has to constantly seek for a new disk location to piece a file it is reading together from the fragmented clusters, rather than just being able to grab it off the disk in one continuous stream of data. Factors that can cause fragmentation include incomplete uninstalls of software, system crashes while the disk is in use, improper shutdown of the operating system, etc.
Defragmentation is the process of reassembling the data on the disk into coherent and sequential order, making disk access easier and faster. If your drive has gone a long while without being defragmented, you may find that this process restores a lot of zip to your Windows install. All recent versions of Windows include a built-in defragmentation utility.
To access this utility in Windows XP, go to 'start\programs\accessories\system tools\disk defragmenter.'
To begin with, you need to analyze your hard disk(s) to see if defragmentation is needed. Select a drive and hit the 'analyze' button. This could take a little while depending on the amount of data on the drive.
Once the analysis is finished, you will have a graphical representation of your disk's level of fragmentation. See the pic below for an example of a highly fragmented drive (red indicates fragmented files).
Windows will also inform you if it recommends defragmenting the drive. You must have 15% of the drive free in order to fully defragment it. Anything less will result in only a partial re-ordering of the files. You may need to delete a few things to obtain this free space.
To defragment the drive, select it and hit the 'defragment' button. Note that depending on the size of the drive and the level of fragmentation, this can take a long time. It's a good thing to leave overnight, since you should not run anything else while doing the defrag.
27. Turn off the indexing service
Windows XP have a feature to index all the files and directories on your PC. This tool helps when you search for a file on your computer, but if you don't use search a lot you can disable it to improve performance.
To turn off file indexing go to Control Panel\Add/Remove Programs\Windows Components. and uncheck 'Indexing Service.'
Whenever you access a folder on a NTFS drive, Windows XP updates that folder and all subfolders with a time stamp with the date of last access. Sometimes, this can slower windows performance.
To change this, open REGEDIT ( Start -> Run -> 'regedit' ) and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem
Create a new DWORD value ( right click -> new -> DDWORD Value ) called 'NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate' and set the value to '1'
2. Disable unnecesary naming convention
For each file created, windows xp use one additional name for MSDOS compatibility: 8 character name followed by a ".", then 3 characters for the extension.
If you don't intend to use DOS only software, this is waste of memory.
To change this, open REGEDIT
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem
Change the value of the NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation key to '1'
3. Prevent windows to move operating data on virtual memory
By default, windows xp do periodically checks to move its essential driver and kernel files to the virtual memory ( page file ). This obviously slower performances.
This should be done only if the system is low on physical Memory.
Open REGEDIT.
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management.
Select the DisablePagingExecutive value to '1'
4. Disable Performance counters
Windows XP has a performance monitor utility, to track several areas of your PC, including CPU and hard drive. Whenever you do something on your PC, these performance counters tracks everything. These processes from the background makes main processes to run slower.
To change this, you need to download Extensible Performance Counter List utility
First download and install the utility, then run the Exctrlst.exe utility, found in 'c:\program files\resource kit\'
Select each line in the 'Extensible performance counters' window and clear the 'performance counters enabled' button below. You must do this separately for each counter.
5. Remove page file from system drive
The operating system can use virtual memory when there is more data that can be stored on physical memory. The Virtual memory is on hard drive, this means is slower than standard memory. What we can do to improve performance is to remove the page file from the drive where operating system is installed on, and put it on other drive.
To do this, right click on "my computer" and select "Properties", Select the 'advanced' tab.
Under 'performance' choose the 'settings' button.
Select the 'advanced' tab again and under 'virtual memory' select 'change.'
You will get a list with all drives, with page file allocated on each.
6. Create a permanent Page file.
Follow the instructions from the previous tip and select the same value for minimum and maximum size. This prevents operating system to resize page file.
7. Optimize your page file size
By default, windows xp select the page file to 150% of physical memory, but if you have more than 512 physical memory, it's hard to believe that your operating system will need that amount of virtual memory. Change your page file to the same value as your physical memory is ( RAM ), but, if you have less than 512, leave it at 150%.
You can do this using the steps at previous tip.
8. Defrag page file with PageDefrag utility
We all know that defragmentint hard drive is a good idea, but windows xp defragmentation utility can't defragment files that are already in use, for example page file ( virtual memory ). For this you can use a freeware tool called Page Defrag
This tool is simply to use, just select all files you want to defragment and press Start.
9. Set priority for important programs
If you are using more applications at the same time, but you focus on a single application, you can change the priority for that application to boost its performances. By default, all applications are set to normal priority level. To change this, press CTR+ALT+Del to open Task Manager and select the application you want to rise the priority. On the right-click menu select Go To Process. Press right click on the proccess and select Set Priority. You will have many proority levels.
The higher you set priority above normal, the more CPU time the program will steal from other applications when you are multitasking.
10. Check your hard drives with scandisk
Defragmenting hard drive can improve performances, but it can't touch bad sectors or lost clusters.
Because of this, it is a good idea to run XP's built in error checking utility on your drives once in a while. This utility will scan your disks for errors and optionally attempt to correct them.
Open 'my computer.'
Right click the hard disk you wish to check and select 'properties.'
Choose the 'tools' tab and under 'error checking' select the 'check now…' button.
Check both options. You will need to restart the computer to do the full disk check.
Your disk will be fully checked for errors upon reboot, but be aware that this can take quite a while.
11. Make Windows to unload DLL files after closing a program
"DLL" stand for Dynamic Link Library. DLLs are files that containt data and functions needed by windows. Every piece of windows will require some libraries, and will link to them. For faster access, windows cache the libraries into memory, but after the program that uses them is closed, the memory is not cleared. The following registry tweak will make windows to remove DLL's from memory if they are not used.
To do this run REGEDIT.
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer.
Create a new key named 'AlwaysUnloadDLL' and set the default value to equal '1.'
12. Thaw your desktop
Probably you have experienced at least once "Desktop Freezing". You tell windows to do something and everything will move very slow. When this is happening, means that windows need a refresh. Press CTR+ALT+DEL to open task manager. Select "Processes" tab, and find "explorer.exe", select it and press end process. Without closing task manager, select "New Task" from "File" menu, and there type "explorer.exe". The desktop will load again, without closing any application.
13. Speed up mouse movement
Windows applies an acceleration to the mouse by default. This means when you move the mouse, the pointer will start slowly and accelerates with continual movement. In games you will probably need better speed.
To remove mouse acceleration: open up REGEDIT and navigate to 'hkey_current_user\control panel\mouse'
Change the value of 'smoothmouseXcurve' to the following:
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
00,a0,00,00,00,00,00,00
00,40,01,00,00,00,00,00
00,80,02,00,00,00,00,00
00,00,05,00,00,00,00,00
Then change the value of 'SmoothMouseYCurve' to the following:
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
66,a6,02,00,00,00,00,00
cd,4c,05,00,00,00,00,00
a0,99,0a,00,00,00,00,00
38,33,15,00,00,00,00,00
14. Disable the themes service
If you are not a fan of the appearance of Windows XP, there is an easy way to turn it off and go back to the more sober and traditional Windows style. Simply disable the 'themes' service to restore a classic windows desktop appearance.
To do this, right click on 'my computer' and select 'manage.'
In the computer management windows, expand 'services and applications' and select 'services.'
In the right hand window, highlight the 'themes' service. Right click it and select 'properties.'
In the 'startup type' dropdown box, select 'disabled.'
15. Remove the desktop picture
If you need to have a picture on the desktop, don't do this, but if you choose performance against appearance, you can remove desktop picture which slows windows start-up.
Right click on an open area of the desktop and select 'properties.'
Select the 'desktop' tab and in the 'background' window, highlight 'none.' Press 'ok.' v
Think we're just pulling your leg? Nope, every computer in the PCstats labs that gets tested goes through this same step before we run a single benchmark.
16. Change to the NTFS file system
If you are using Windows XP, is a good idea to change the filesystem for your partitions to NTFS. It will improve security and data security, but also it can improve speed of your system.
If you are using two operating systems, and one of them is Windows 9x/Me or other OS which can't read NTFS, don't change it, else, you don't have any reason to keep your partition to FAT32.
Right click on 'my computer' and select 'manage'
From the computer management window, expand storage and select 'disk management.'
Using the 'file system' column of the upper pane of this window, you can easily check what file system each of your logical drives is using. Make a note of this information.
Now open a command prompt window by going to 'start\run' and typing 'cmd'
To convert a disk to NTFS, type 'convert (drive letter): /fs:ntfs'
So for example, if you were going to convert your C: drive, you would type 'Convert c: /fs:ntfs' at the prompt.
17. Perform a manual Application and Boot file Defrag
Windows XP has a feature to defragment application and operating system boot time by moving important files to the edges of hard drive for faster disk access.
Depending on your system, this can give a slight performance boost to data access from the affected drive.
Open command prompt ('start/run' and type 'cmd').
Type 'defrag (drive letter): -b'
The process may take a few minutes to complete.
18. Disable the hibernation feature
Windows XP's hibernation option allows a computer to copy its current memory contents to the hard drive before shutdown, allowing the system to resume operations exactly where it left off when it was powered down. To do this, it reserves space on the hard drive equal to the amount of physical memory present. If you do not plan to use the hibernation feature, you should ensure that it is disabled, or you are wasting disk space.
To disable hibernation:
Go to 'start/control panel/performance and maintenance/power options.'
Go to the 'hibernate' tab and uncheck the 'enable hibernation' check box.
19. Disable automatic sensing on network cards
This tweak may help your performance by reducing occasional 'slowdown' periods of heavy CPU access for no apparent reason. By default, Windows XP automatically assesses the speed of your network card(s) and sets them accordingly. Apparently this process occurs at regular intervals, which can cause your system to slow occasionally. To remedy this, you can manually set the 'media type' of your network card to the correct value.
Right click on 'my computer' and select the 'hardware' tab.
Open 'device manager.'
Find and highlight your network card(s). Right click it and Hit 'properties.'
Go to the 'advanced' tab and highlight 'media type.' In the 'value' drop down box, select the correct speed for your network card. Press 'ok.'
20. Use the prefetch switch to load applications faster
Windows XP's media player has a little extra command included in its shortcut, the '/prefetch:1' switch. This helps the application load slightly faster. You can try out this possible performance boost on other programs by editing the shortcuts to the program in question.
To see an example, right click on windows media player shortcut and select Properties.
It should look like this: "C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe" /prefetch:1
Right click the shortcut and hit 'properties.'
In the 'target' box, put '/prefetch:1' at the end of the line.
Press 'ok.'
Note that this may cause loading errors in some programs. If it does not work, simply remove the /prefetch:1 entry from the shortcut.
21. Set DMA mode for all drives.
When Windows XP is installed, hard disks and CD drives may occasionally be set to the PIO mode for transferring data, which is slower than the default DMA (Direct Memory Access) mode used by all modern drives. A quick check of your drive settings can find and correct this error, allowing your drives to perform at their maximum.
To check and correct your hard drive and CD drive transfer settings right click 'my computer' and select properties, then the 'hardware tab' then the 'device manager' button.
Expand 'IDE ATA\ATAPI controllers' highlight 'primary IDE channel' and hit the 'properties' button.
Go to the 'advanced settings' tab, and ensure that the transfer mode is set to 'DMA if available.'
Repeat the above steps for the secondary IDE channel.
22. Do a Windows repair install
If you have serious problems with XP performance, or you get errors, some system files can be damaged.
A repair installation re-writes all essential Windows XP system files and re-detects all hardware without affecting the registry, current desktop settings or user data stored on the hard drive. This is the only way short of a full installation that can recover from errors caused by installing a different motherboard in an XP system, for example.
To perform a repair installation:
Boot the system from your XP CD.
Choose the 'press enter to set up Windows XP now' option.
Press F8 to skip through the EULA (though if you haven't read it before, you should now. See our legal article for details as to why.
Now press R to begin a repair installation.
Your system will go through the entire XP install process, but will not attempt to replace any of your existing data. It will simply reinstall the vital system files, fixing any that are corrupted or missing.
23. Stop hard disks spinning down
By default, windows xp spins down the hard drive after 20 minutes of inactivity to save power. This case cause serious delays if you want to use computer after this amount of time.
To disable hard disks spinning go to 'start/control panel/performance and maintenance/power options.'
Set the 'turn off hard disks' drop down box to 'never.' Click 'ok.'
24. Reduce recycling bin reserved space
By default, Windows XP reserves 10 percent of each hard drive to store deleted files in the recycling bin. This is a bit excessive. Actually it's a lot excessive, unless you habitually delete files a gigabyte in size or more. Fortunately, there is an easy way to reduce the amount of hard disk space that is reserved for the recycling bins on each drive.
Right click on the recycling bin and select 'properties.'
Choose the 'global' tab.
The slider shows the percentage of each drive that is reserved by the recycling bin. Reduce this to a more appropriate amount, like 2-3% or more depending on the size of your drives. The larger the drives, the smaller the number you should use. If you wish to configure each drive independently, check the 'configure drives independently' button and adjust the slider to the desired amount in each of your hard disk's tabs. The advantage to doing things this way instead of using the 'global' setting is that you can see the actual amount of space on each drive that is being reserved.
Note that files larger than the recycling bin's capacity on a given drive are deleted for good. Windows XP will warn you when this condition occurs.
25. Enable write caching on hard disks
Enabling hard drive write caching will make transferring of data between hard drives and memory more efficient. If you have a hot-swappable drive rack, or if you expect your PC to be shut down incorrectly, don't enable it.
To enable write caching right click on my computer and select 'properties.'
Select the hardware tab, then 'device manager.' From the device manager window, expand 'disk drives' and highlight your hard disk. Select 'properties' then the 'policies' tab.
Check the 'enable write caching on the disk' box.
Repeat the above steps for all hard drives in your system.
26. Defragment your hard disk(s)
Probably you heard this many times, and if you don't like to do things that you only hear, i will explain what is happening when you defragment your drives.
When an operating system writes data onto a hard drive, it will generally attempt to place the data on the drive as sequentially as possible, in order to facilitate faster retrieval of the information. Over the operational life of the drive, various factors can cause data to become scattered, or fragmented, over the surface of the drive.
This does not mean it cannot be read, since the file system retains a table which links each cluster (the smallest unit of storage available on a hard drive) of data with the other clusters on the disk that contain data for a particular file.
Fragmentation does slow down drive access considerably though, since the drive has to constantly seek for a new disk location to piece a file it is reading together from the fragmented clusters, rather than just being able to grab it off the disk in one continuous stream of data. Factors that can cause fragmentation include incomplete uninstalls of software, system crashes while the disk is in use, improper shutdown of the operating system, etc.
Defragmentation is the process of reassembling the data on the disk into coherent and sequential order, making disk access easier and faster. If your drive has gone a long while without being defragmented, you may find that this process restores a lot of zip to your Windows install. All recent versions of Windows include a built-in defragmentation utility.
To access this utility in Windows XP, go to 'start\programs\accessories\system tools\disk defragmenter.'
To begin with, you need to analyze your hard disk(s) to see if defragmentation is needed. Select a drive and hit the 'analyze' button. This could take a little while depending on the amount of data on the drive.
Once the analysis is finished, you will have a graphical representation of your disk's level of fragmentation. See the pic below for an example of a highly fragmented drive (red indicates fragmented files).
Windows will also inform you if it recommends defragmenting the drive. You must have 15% of the drive free in order to fully defragment it. Anything less will result in only a partial re-ordering of the files. You may need to delete a few things to obtain this free space.
To defragment the drive, select it and hit the 'defragment' button. Note that depending on the size of the drive and the level of fragmentation, this can take a long time. It's a good thing to leave overnight, since you should not run anything else while doing the defrag.
27. Turn off the indexing service
Windows XP have a feature to index all the files and directories on your PC. This tool helps when you search for a file on your computer, but if you don't use search a lot you can disable it to improve performance.
To turn off file indexing go to Control Panel\Add/Remove Programs\Windows Components. and uncheck 'Indexing Service.'
Sinetron Safa dan Marwah
Jadwal Tayang: RCTI, Senin - Minggu, 19.00 WIB
Pemeran Utama: Risty Tagor, Nikita Willy, Mieke Amalia, Umar Lubir, Inggrid Kansil, Rionaldo Stockhorst, Riza Shahab
Sinopsis Sinetron Safa dan Marwah
Safa (RISTY TAGOR) adalah seorang gadis cantik, sedikit tomboy, tegar dan baik hati. Ia tinggal bersama ibunya, Siti (MIEKE AMALIA), di desa nelayan. Safa tidak pernah menyadari kalau Siti bukanlah ibu kandungnya. Yang ia tahu adalah Safa ingin membantu ibunya menemukan adiknya, anak Siti yang selalu dirindukan oleh Siti.
Berbeda dengan Safa, Marwah (NIKITA WILLY) adalah gadis lemah lembut, cantik jelita, baik hati, soleha, dan kaya raya. Tipikal wanita idaman semua laki-laki. Marwah tinggal bersama orang tuanya, Zainal (UMAR LUBIS) dan Ratih (INGGRID KANSIL), serta kakaknya yang jahil, Ilham (RIONALDO STOCKHORST). lepas dari semua kekurangan keluarganya, Marwah sangat menyayangi orangtua dan keluarganya, Marwah tak tahu bahwa dia sama sekali tak punya hubungan darah dengan mereka semua.
Suatu saat, Safa pindah ke Jakarta setelah mendapat beasiswa dari salah satu kampus terkemuka. Di sanalah ia bertemu dengan Marwah yang menjadi kembang di kampus itu. Akhirnya persahabatan pun mulai tumbuh di antara Safa dan Marwah. Mereka berdua tak pernah menyadari ikatan apakah yang ada di antara mereka sebenarnya. Safa kagum sekali pada Marwah yang walaupun memiliki segalanya, tetap ingat untuk berbagi kebahagiaan dengan orang-orang yang kekurangan. Begitu juga sebaliknya, marwah mengagumi Safa yang ikhlas dan sukarela untuk mengajar ngaji di Masjid tempatnya biasa memberikan donasi. Toh
Kedekatan mereka berdua membuat Siti berkesempatan bertemu dengan Marwah. Bukan main bergetarnya hati Siti saat bertemu dengan Marwah. Naluri keibuannya tak bisa dibohongi, walaupun otaknya tak mengerti apa yang terjadi di dalam hatinya. Perhatian siti pun jadi melimpah ruah pada Marwah. Perasaanya kuat sekali mengatakan bahwa Marwah adalah anaknya yang dulu hilang karena dijual ke kelaurga kaya. Hal ini tentu saja membuat heran Safa. Hati Safa yang selalu bersih pun mendapatkan ujian. Sanggupkah dia menghindarkan dirinya dari perasaan iri melihat ibunya, satu-satunya orang yang dia miliki ternyata merasakan perasaan yang jauh lebih berarti pada Marwah?
Safa dan Marwah kemudian sama-sama berkenalan dengan Adil (RIZA SHAHAB), seorang mahasiswa perantau yang soleh, pintar, dan sangat tampan. Di saat yang berbeda-beda keduanya sama-sama terpikat oleh Adil yang begitu sempurna di mata mereka. Tetapi keduanya sama-sama tak berani menunjukkan perasaan mereka karena, walaupun hanya anak miskin, Adil ternyata merupakan idola kampus karena ketampanan, wibawa, pesona dan kesolehannya.
Betapa terkejutnya Safa ketika mendapati bahwa Adil adalah anak dari Fikri, pengurus mesjid yang menaruh hati pada ibunya. Safa pun jadi dilema. Haruskah dia membiarkan Siti dan Fikri bersama? Sebab jika mereka bersama, tentunya akan terasa sangat ganjil untuk dirinya dan Adil untuk bisa bersama….
Masalah jadi semakin pelik saat Safa dan Marwah akhirnya sama-sama mengetahui bahwa diam-diam sahabat mereka itu sama-sama jatuh cinta pada Adil….
Bagaimanakah kelanjutan kisah ini? Bagaimanakah reaksi Marwah saat tahu bahwa dia ternyata bukan anak kandung orangtuanya? Bagaimanakah reaksi Safa saat mengetahui bahwa Marwah adalah putri Siti yang selama ini dicari-cari oleh Siti? Dan bagaimana reaksinya saat dia mengetahui bahwa justru dirinyalah yang bukan putri kandung dari ibu yang sangat disayanginya? Lalu, bagaimana dengan Adil? Siapakah yang akan dipilihnya? Safa atau Marwah?..
Pemeran Utama: Risty Tagor, Nikita Willy, Mieke Amalia, Umar Lubir, Inggrid Kansil, Rionaldo Stockhorst, Riza Shahab
Sinopsis Sinetron Safa dan Marwah
Safa (RISTY TAGOR) adalah seorang gadis cantik, sedikit tomboy, tegar dan baik hati. Ia tinggal bersama ibunya, Siti (MIEKE AMALIA), di desa nelayan. Safa tidak pernah menyadari kalau Siti bukanlah ibu kandungnya. Yang ia tahu adalah Safa ingin membantu ibunya menemukan adiknya, anak Siti yang selalu dirindukan oleh Siti.
Berbeda dengan Safa, Marwah (NIKITA WILLY) adalah gadis lemah lembut, cantik jelita, baik hati, soleha, dan kaya raya. Tipikal wanita idaman semua laki-laki. Marwah tinggal bersama orang tuanya, Zainal (UMAR LUBIS) dan Ratih (INGGRID KANSIL), serta kakaknya yang jahil, Ilham (RIONALDO STOCKHORST). lepas dari semua kekurangan keluarganya, Marwah sangat menyayangi orangtua dan keluarganya, Marwah tak tahu bahwa dia sama sekali tak punya hubungan darah dengan mereka semua.
Suatu saat, Safa pindah ke Jakarta setelah mendapat beasiswa dari salah satu kampus terkemuka. Di sanalah ia bertemu dengan Marwah yang menjadi kembang di kampus itu. Akhirnya persahabatan pun mulai tumbuh di antara Safa dan Marwah. Mereka berdua tak pernah menyadari ikatan apakah yang ada di antara mereka sebenarnya. Safa kagum sekali pada Marwah yang walaupun memiliki segalanya, tetap ingat untuk berbagi kebahagiaan dengan orang-orang yang kekurangan. Begitu juga sebaliknya, marwah mengagumi Safa yang ikhlas dan sukarela untuk mengajar ngaji di Masjid tempatnya biasa memberikan donasi. Toh
Kedekatan mereka berdua membuat Siti berkesempatan bertemu dengan Marwah. Bukan main bergetarnya hati Siti saat bertemu dengan Marwah. Naluri keibuannya tak bisa dibohongi, walaupun otaknya tak mengerti apa yang terjadi di dalam hatinya. Perhatian siti pun jadi melimpah ruah pada Marwah. Perasaanya kuat sekali mengatakan bahwa Marwah adalah anaknya yang dulu hilang karena dijual ke kelaurga kaya. Hal ini tentu saja membuat heran Safa. Hati Safa yang selalu bersih pun mendapatkan ujian. Sanggupkah dia menghindarkan dirinya dari perasaan iri melihat ibunya, satu-satunya orang yang dia miliki ternyata merasakan perasaan yang jauh lebih berarti pada Marwah?
Safa dan Marwah kemudian sama-sama berkenalan dengan Adil (RIZA SHAHAB), seorang mahasiswa perantau yang soleh, pintar, dan sangat tampan. Di saat yang berbeda-beda keduanya sama-sama terpikat oleh Adil yang begitu sempurna di mata mereka. Tetapi keduanya sama-sama tak berani menunjukkan perasaan mereka karena, walaupun hanya anak miskin, Adil ternyata merupakan idola kampus karena ketampanan, wibawa, pesona dan kesolehannya.
Betapa terkejutnya Safa ketika mendapati bahwa Adil adalah anak dari Fikri, pengurus mesjid yang menaruh hati pada ibunya. Safa pun jadi dilema. Haruskah dia membiarkan Siti dan Fikri bersama? Sebab jika mereka bersama, tentunya akan terasa sangat ganjil untuk dirinya dan Adil untuk bisa bersama….
Masalah jadi semakin pelik saat Safa dan Marwah akhirnya sama-sama mengetahui bahwa diam-diam sahabat mereka itu sama-sama jatuh cinta pada Adil….
Bagaimanakah kelanjutan kisah ini? Bagaimanakah reaksi Marwah saat tahu bahwa dia ternyata bukan anak kandung orangtuanya? Bagaimanakah reaksi Safa saat mengetahui bahwa Marwah adalah putri Siti yang selama ini dicari-cari oleh Siti? Dan bagaimana reaksinya saat dia mengetahui bahwa justru dirinyalah yang bukan putri kandung dari ibu yang sangat disayanginya? Lalu, bagaimana dengan Adil? Siapakah yang akan dipilihnya? Safa atau Marwah?..
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
The fourth installment of the hugely successful Resident Evil franchise, Resident Evil: Afterlife is again based on the wildly popular videogame series, and will this time be presented in 3D.
In a world ravaged by a virus infection, turning its victims into the Undead, Alice (Milla Jovovich), continues on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety. Her deadly battle with the Umbrella Corporation reaches new heights, but Alice gets some unexpected help from an old friend. A new lead that promises a safe haven from the Undead takes them to Los Angeles, but when they arrive the city is overrun by thousands of Undead -- and Alice and her comrades are about to step into a deadly trap.
In a world ravaged by a virus infection, turning its victims into the Undead, Alice (Milla Jovovich), continues on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety. Her deadly battle with the Umbrella Corporation reaches new heights, but Alice gets some unexpected help from an old friend. A new lead that promises a safe haven from the Undead takes them to Los Angeles, but when they arrive the city is overrun by thousands of Undead -- and Alice and her comrades are about to step into a deadly trap.
Tickets to see a Special Advance Screening of RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE! - An EDGE "RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE" Movie Release Party!
EDGE is giving away tickets to see a Special Advance Screening of RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE!
Enter now. Winners MUST be available to claim their prizes at the EDGE "RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE" Movie Release Party being held at Club Cafe on Friday, September 3rd, 2010. Winners must be able to present themselves to the EDGE staff between 9:30PM-11PM. NO PRIZES WILL BE MAILED TO WINNERS.
Check your email on September 1st, 2010! All event prizes will be awarded then.
Screen Gems
Presents
RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE
Starring Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Kim Coates, Shawn Roberts, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Spencer Locke, Boris Kodjoe, Wentworth Miller
The fourth installment of the hugely successful RESIDENT EVIL franchise, RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE is again based on the wildly popular video game series, and will this time be presented in 3-D.
In a world ravaged by a virus infection, turning its victims into the Undead, ALICE (Milla Jovovich), continues on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety. Her deadly battle with the Umbrella Corporation reaches new heights, but Alice gets some unexpected help from an old friend. A new lead that promises a safe haven from the Undead takes them to Los Angeles, but when they arrive the city is overrun by thousands of Undead - and Alice and her comrades are about to step into a deadly trap.
This film has been rated R by the MPAA for SEQUENCES OF STRONG VIOLENCE AND LANGUAGE.
In Theaters September 10, 2010
www.residentevil-movie.com/
Keep it on the EDGE!
Enter now. Winners MUST be available to claim their prizes at the EDGE "RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE" Movie Release Party being held at Club Cafe on Friday, September 3rd, 2010. Winners must be able to present themselves to the EDGE staff between 9:30PM-11PM. NO PRIZES WILL BE MAILED TO WINNERS.
Check your email on September 1st, 2010! All event prizes will be awarded then.
Screen Gems
Presents
RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE
Starring Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Kim Coates, Shawn Roberts, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Spencer Locke, Boris Kodjoe, Wentworth Miller
The fourth installment of the hugely successful RESIDENT EVIL franchise, RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE is again based on the wildly popular video game series, and will this time be presented in 3-D.
In a world ravaged by a virus infection, turning its victims into the Undead, ALICE (Milla Jovovich), continues on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety. Her deadly battle with the Umbrella Corporation reaches new heights, but Alice gets some unexpected help from an old friend. A new lead that promises a safe haven from the Undead takes them to Los Angeles, but when they arrive the city is overrun by thousands of Undead - and Alice and her comrades are about to step into a deadly trap.
This film has been rated R by the MPAA for SEQUENCES OF STRONG VIOLENCE AND LANGUAGE.
In Theaters September 10, 2010
www.residentevil-movie.com/
Keep it on the EDGE!
Resident Evil: Afterlife – coming soon!
Hang on to your brains because the main fight of the year is upon us!
It has been announced that Resident Evil will be having yet another movie… in 3D! The epic battles that the earlier movies had were pretty amazing, but seeing Alice put some pain on the Umbrella corporation is really something worth to see, don’t you think?
Get ready for the mind-blowing experience, because it’s out on the 10th of September in Canada, Estonia, Japan, Spain, United Kingdom and the USA (for the rest of the release dates check here)
Meanwhile to get you all even more excited, here’s the official plot and for the trailer – click here.
In a world ravaged by a virus infection, turning its victims into the Undead, Alice (Jovovich), continues on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety. Her deadly battle with the Umbrella Corporation reaches new heights, but Alice gets some unexpected help from an old friend. A new lead that promises a safe haven from the Undead takes them to Los Angeles, but when they arrive the city is overrun by thousands of Undead – and Alice and her comrades are about to step into a deadly trap.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
化解油脂很有效 洗米水酵素好處多
盧葆蓁：洗米水酵素非常容易做，短短几天便可發酵
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(北海19日訊）小功能，大發現！原來洗米水制成酵素妙用這么多！
繼實驗香茅酵素驅蚊后，北海怡園堆肥站負責人盧葆蓁再有新發現，原來家家戶戶洗米后倒掉的水，也可以制成酵素，用在澆花、洗頭洗臉，甚至洗衣、洗碗、噴在廁所殺菌，效果更加顯著。
家庭主婦兼環保志工盧葆蓁受詢時坦言，洗米水在沒有經過處理情況下倒掉，會對環境造成污染。
“洗米水原本就是污染物，但在加水稀釋后，污染的成分就會淡化。”
發酵成益生菌
她說，如果大家洗米后，把洗米水盛起並加入一些黃糖蓋起來，在7至10天后，洗米水就會呈泡狀，這意味，洗米水已發酵變成最好的益生菌。
詢及何時發現洗米水有這么大功能，她表示是在去年初看到報紙后，進行實驗，才發現制成酵素的洗米水這么多用處。
她透露，洗米水沒有經過處理前的PH值在5或6，但制成酵素的洗米水在7天后的PH值則是3，屬于酸性。
她表示，洗米水酵素非常容易做，實驗初期，她每天不斷觀察它的變化，結果一試便成功。
她說，其一家3口每日都會耗掉1.5公升洗米水，在發現洗米水有這么多好處后，決定好好利用，不再倒掉，避免造成污染。
她說，洗米水酵素對化解油脂很有效，包括洗衣、床單被單、毛巾等，都會用該酵素，在去除廚房油漬也同樣好用。
盧葆蓁說，由于洗米水是每個家庭都會遇見的問題，因此，几乎每次受邀出席環保講座或分享會，都會獲得公眾很大回響，包括對制作洗米水酵素表達高度興趣。
應棄用可致癌化學物
包括洗潔劑洗衣粉
盧葆蓁認為，在有得選擇下，大家應盡量棄用任何日常可致癌的化學物，包括洗潔劑和洗衣粉。提到洗米水酵素的使用成分，她說，洗衣洗碗時，因水是流動的，倒多少都無所謂。但在淨化阻塞水溝時，只能倒入一點點該酵素，否則可能出現反效果，變成污染源頭。
她建議每天倒入100公升洗米水酵素即可。
盧葆蓁可說是不折不扣的酵素達人，研究和實驗的酵素不下10多種，包括香茅酵素、薄荷酵素、茄子酵素、臭豆酵素和蔬菜水果酵素等，單一或摻雜的都有。
她說，經過研究發現，在驅蚊方面，香茅酵素比大片薄荷酵素更有效，薄荷效果沒有這么顯著。
盧葆蓁也發現臭豆在對付螞蟻方面非常有效，因為螞蟻和蒼蠅是被味道吸引，她研究以味攻味，使用臭豆嚇走螞蟻。
(转帖自：中国报新闻网
http://www.chinapress.com.my/content_new.asp?dt=2009-02-20&sec=local&art=0220lg06.txt)
酵素对皮肤的好处
酵素——美容的催化剂
继果酸之后，"酵素"近年来已开始运用在美容产品中。酵素其实就是身体内的催化剂， 它本身是一种蛋白质，可以带动人体内原本不会发生的化学反应，或促使体内很难发生的生理化学反应加速进行。象人体的生理代谢、能量摄取成长和繁殖等生命现象，都必须通过酵素的帮助才能完成。可以说，酵素是一种在生化反应中不可或缺的媒介物质。
不同的酵素只能对相应的某些化学反应发生作用。人体内的酵素有很多种，有的酵素能使血液凝结，有的能分解蛋白，有的则能将食物转化为能量。肌肤中同样 也含有多种酵素，能促进表皮细胞的新陈代谢、真皮纤维的再生以及皮脂腺、汗腺的分泌。但随着年龄的增大，酵素也会相对减少，这时，皮肤问题也就接二连三地 出现了。
美容产品中所添加的酵素正是为改善这种状况而设计的，针对不同的肌肤问题，用于化妆品的酵素有蛋白分解酵素、脂肪分解酵素以及抗氧化酵素三种。蛋白分 解酵素是针对角质代谢不良的肌肤，因为它能去除皮肤表面和毛孔、汗腺的污垢，温和地去除老化角质，使皮肤恢复光滑细腻，通常添加在洗脸、洗头和去角质的洗 浴保养品中；脂肪分解酵素主要作用于油脂分泌旺盛的皮肤，通过它来分解皮肤上多余的油脂，有效清洁肌肤，预防毛孔堵塞，通常也被添加在洗洁产品中；抗氧化 酵素则能抑制自由基对皮肤所造成的氧化伤害，延缓皮肤老化的速度，这对已有老化现象的肌肤很有帮助。
斑点、雀斑、面疱等都是成为美容障碍的因素。
雀斑跟年龄有关，年纪越大雀斑越多；人的皮肤受到外界的刺激，老化得非常快，已经老化的皮肤较易产生雀斑。这时，因新陈代谢衰退的缘故雀斑不仅不易消失， 数目也会一直增加下去。防止雀斑的产生，最重要的是做好皮肤的清洁工作。清洁时，必须把汗腺孔和毛细孔的每一个角落都注意到，因为皮肤残留的污垢常是导致 雀斑更严重的主因。另外，经常保持皮肤的清洁，对防止皮肤老化也有很大的效果。
酵素能把皮肤每处的污垢清除掉，使皮肤内的细胞作用活泼起来，并能防止皮肤老化，因而对雀斑的产生有很大的遏止作用，对已产生的雀斑更有预防恶化的效果。就能斑点一样，酵素在皮肤上起了分解作用，使得雀斑慢慢减少。
面疱产生的原因，一部分是体质的关系，一部分是饮食的关系。具研究报告显示大部分原因，还是由于皮肤不洁所产生的结果。因为没有仔细的洗脸，分泌出来的脂 肪就鼓起来，皮肤的其它废物和尘埃附在上面把它盖住，因而形成面疱。所以，要防止面疱的产生，仔细洗脸，使脸上的废物及尘埃完全清除掉。此时，酵素就在分 解除去脂肪方面发挥了它特殊的威力。
酵素对身体的好处
「酵素」不是细胞，而是比细胞单位更小的一种蛋白质，举凡细胞的代谢、新生、分解、消化等等，都少不了它。
也正因为酵素在身体内部扮演着不可或缺的角色，所以身体中酵素的多寡与其运作情形，和人体的青春、健康、老化及疾病息息相关。举例而言，糖尿病是因为胰脏 分泌胰岛素的功能失调或丧失所导致。因此有许多的糖尿病患者，在服用酵素之后，糖尿病的症状可以获得很大的控制与改善。除此之外，酵素还具有杀菌、抗炎的 作用，所以有感冒、发烧、喉咙发炎等症状的病人服用之后，症状大多可以减轻甚至痊愈。
「酵素」不 同于成药，它让疾病症状获得改善，是因为它藉由帮助提升自身的免疫系统功能，让身体不适的症状完全耗发出来，而不是将症状压抑下去，所以非但不会有副作 用，甚至能进一步的帮助体质改善。不仅如此，酵素还具有净化血液、分解与排除毒素、使血液成为弱碱性的功效，因此肝功能欠佳及容易感到疲劳的人，服用酵素 不失为一种固肝的好方法。再者，酵素可帮助进行细胞内的分解作用，故对于肠胃道功能虚弱或有障碍者，如:胀气、胃痛、腹泻、便秘等症状，都可使之得到改善。然而针对因新陈代谢迟缓而导致的肥胖者，则可借着酵素活化细胞、促进新陈代谢的作用来达到减重的功效。
许多癌症患者为能够及时快速的调整疾病体质，服用酵素亦是很好的方法。也有许多癌症病人在化疗期间，因副作用强烈而非常难受，透过酵素的作用，可以舒缓副作用造成的不适，使其症状减轻。
「酵素」对 许多人来说还处于陌生阶段，一般而言，对于服用维他命，大家觉得或许还有些道理，因为那是供应身体营养素的来源，虽然酵素不能提供营养素，但这些营养素， 若没有酵素的运作，帮助其分解、消化、吸收，也等于是英雄无用武之地！可见酵素扮演着比维他命更重要的角色，也有人这样的怀疑，既然身体各器官可以自行分 泌酵素，我们为什么还要另外补充呢？况且这样的补充是否会干扰体内酵素的分泌功能？就好比家中常开的汽车，我们必须要有定期的保养与维修。而对于体内的各 器官保养与维修，那就必须依靠酵素了，因为每一个人体内组织的酵素库存量是固定的，这时若有外来酵素的帮忙，就能防止体内酵素的快速流失，因此，不但不会 干扰器官分泌系统的作用，反而是有助益的，减少器官因过度使用而导致身体新陈代谢异常或免疫功能降低。
再举一例，有人因为长期情绪紧张，而导致胃在分泌消化时失衡，引起胃酸过多，严重时产生心灼热(Heart burn)， 一般人多半是用制酸剂或胃乳来控制此情形，可是长期服用制酸剂会有心肌功能异常的副作用，一旦停止服用制酸剂时，胃部症状又会出现，因此常陷入两难的情 况，若改服用酵素，则因为有酵素的帮助，使食物进入胃中与酵素做结合，因此减少对胃壁的刺激，相对地也就减轻过多的胃酸分泌，心灼热的情形也就不再有了。
一、调节菌群平衡，建立黏膜免疫屏障
二、促进营养物质分解吸收、增强体质
三、改善机体内环境，清除体内垃圾
四、活化细胞，延缓衰老，抗癌防癌作用
五、其他作用：
（1） 治疗不孕、不育症
（2） 对各种创伤，尤其是内伤的恢复有明显作用
一. 通过生食大量的新鲜有机蔬菜、芽菜和水果。因食物加热超过 40 ℃时，酵素就会被破坏，故平时要尽量生食有机蔬菜和水果。但由于中國人是以热食为主的饮食习惯，要坚持长期生食较难。
二. 直接摄取酵素补充剂。酵素补充剂是萃取近百种天然有机蔬果和糙米之营养精华，采用特有菌种，经过长发酵熟成，培育出最高量、最稳定之菌种和营养成分。这种方法是最理想、最方便、最经济的办法。
据研究，化学合成的维他命被人体吸收利用率为20%～40%，而酵素中的维他命吸收率可达到90%以上。又如，酵素中维他命E在安全性及生物活性的表现上，都比合成维他命E优良。实验还证明，天然维他命E的抗氧化和抗衰老功能是数十倍于合成维他命E。
「酵素」又 称酶，是生物体本身所产生具有催化能力的特种蛋白质，呈水晶状，无色透明，极其细微。它维持生命和细胞活性，是细胞的重要组成成分。有生命的地方一定有酵 素，没有酵素，就没有生命。当然，人类的生命也是靠许多酵素来维持的，人体像灯泡，酵素像电流，唯有通电后灯泡才会发亮。
「酵素」不 同于成药，它让疾病症状获得改善，是因为它藉由帮助提升自身的免疫系统功能，让身体不适的症状完全耗发出来，而不是将症状压抑下去，所以非但不会有副作 用，甚至能进一步的帮助体质改善。不仅如此，酵素还具有净化血液、分解与排除毒素、使血液成为弱碱性的功效，因此肝功能欠佳及容易感到疲劳的人，服用酵素 不失为一种固肝的好方法。再者，酵素可帮助进行细胞内的分解作用，故对于肠胃道功能虚弱或有障碍者，如:胀气、胃痛、腹泻、便秘等症状，都可使之得到改善。然而针对因新陈代谢迟缓而导致的肥胖者，则可借着酵素活化细胞、促进新陈代谢的作用来达到减重的功效。
许多癌症患者为能够及时快速的调整疾病体质，服用酵素亦是很好的方法。也有许多癌症病人在化疗期间，因副作用强烈而非常难受，透过酵素的作用，可以舒缓副作用造成的不适，使其症状减轻。
「酵素」对 许多人来说还处于陌生阶段，一般而言，对于服用维他命，大家觉得或许还有些道理，因为那是供应身体营养素的来源，虽然酵素不能提供营养素，但这些营养素， 若没有酵素的运作，帮助其分解、消化、吸收，也等于是英雄无用武之地！可见酵素扮演着比维他命更重要的角色，也有人这样的怀疑，既然身体各器官可以自行分 泌酵素，我们为什么还要另外补充呢？况且这样的补充是否会干扰体内酵素的分泌功能？就好比家中常开的汽车，我们必须要有定期的保养与维修。而对于体内的各 器官保养与维修，那就必须依靠酵素了，因为每一个人体内组织的酵素库存量是固定的，这时若有外来酵素的帮忙，就能防止体内酵素的快速流失，因此，不但不会 干扰器官分泌系统的作用，反而是有助益的，减少器官因过度使用而导致身体新陈代谢异常或免疫功能降低。
再举一例，有人因为长期情绪紧张，而导致胃在分泌消化时失衡，引起胃酸过多，严重时产生心灼热(Heart burn)， 一般人多半是用制酸剂或胃乳来控制此情形，可是长期服用制酸剂会有心肌功能异常的副作用，一旦停止服用制酸剂时，胃部症状又会出现，因此常陷入两难的情 况，若改服用酵素，则因为有酵素的帮助，使食物进入胃中与酵素做结合，因此减少对胃壁的刺激，相对地也就减轻过多的胃酸分泌，心灼热的情形也就不再有了。
酵素的作用
二、促进营养物质分解吸收、增强体质
三、改善机体内环境，清除体内垃圾
四、活化细胞，延缓衰老，抗癌防癌作用
五、其他作用：
（1） 治疗不孕、不育症
（2） 对各种创伤，尤其是内伤的恢复有明显作用
那么如何从食物中补充足够的酵素呢？
二. 直接摄取酵素补充剂。酵素补充剂是萃取近百种天然有机蔬果和糙米之营养精华，采用特有菌种，经过长发酵熟成，培育出最高量、最稳定之菌种和营养成分。这种方法是最理想、最方便、最经济的办法。
据研究，化学合成的维他命被人体吸收利用率为20%～40%，而酵素中的维他命吸收率可达到90%以上。又如，酵素中维他命E在安全性及生物活性的表现上，都比合成维他命E优良。实验还证明，天然维他命E的抗氧化和抗衰老功能是数十倍于合成维他命E。
每个人都应尽其所能地维持补充酵素，健康的人群需要补充，亚健康、患病群体更需要补充，这样才能改善健康状况，延年益寿。
Kebaikan Enzim Sampah - Kuasa untuk menyelamatkan dunia ada di dalam sampah di dapur anda
BAHAN buangan ini mudah ditemui di dapur.
“Sampah dari dapur anda mampu membawa keajaiban. Kulit buah, lebihan sayur dan bahan yang anda gunakan untuk memasak atau makan, adalah kuncinya. Tukarkan ia kepada enzim dan anda dapat merawat dunia,” ujar seorang pengamal perubatan alternatif homeopati, Dr. Joean Oon.
Merawat dunia? Mungkin ramai yang tertanya-tanya akan maksudnya. Formulanya mudah: penapaian sampah dari dapur anda dapat menghasilkan gas ozon yang diperlukan untuk memulihkan cuaca bumi.
Bagaimana ia berlaku?
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Ia bermula dari hari pertama anda memerap atau menapai sisa makanan organik. Proses katalisnya sudah mula membebaskan gas ozon.
Molekul itu kemudiannya bertindak balas dengan gas karbon dioksida dalam lapisan atmosfera serta logam berat yang memerangkap haba di dalam awan. Sekali gus haba dapat dibebaskan dari muka bumi, mengurangkan kesan rumah hijau dan pemanasan global.
Pada masa yang sama, garam nitrat dan karbonat terbentuk. Kedua-dua elemen ini dapat membantu menyuburkan tanah dan menjadi hormon serta nutrien semula jadi kepada tumbuhan.
Enzim pula secara amnya diketahui dapat menggalakkan atau mempercepatkan proses kimia. Jadi penggunaannya dalam sungai yang dicemari minyak atau bahan kimia didapati berjaya merungkaikan ikatan kompleks bahan kimia tersebut dan seterusnya menjernihkan airnya.
Biarpun masih belum dapat membuktikannya melalui ujian makmal, banyak keajaiban telah disaksikan hasil usaha Joean, ibu kepada tiga orang anak.
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| ENZIM sayur-sayuran dapat menggalakkan proses kimia. |
Ilmu yang dipelajari daripada seorang pensyarah dan doktor dalam perubatan alternatif di Thailand, Dr. Rosukon Poompanvong, ini mula mendapat perhatian dan kini memperoleh permintaan sehingga ke beberapa negara di rantau Asia Tenggara termasuk Singapura, Thailand, Indonesia dan Brunei.
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“Pokok naga di sebuah ladang di Seremban yang disembur enzim sayur-sayuran dan buah-buahan dapat mengeluarkan sehingga 40 biji buah dari sebatang pokok, sedangkan pokok naga pekebun lain hanya dapat mengeluarkan maksimum 10 biji. Perbezaannya ialah empat kali ganda.
“Seorang wanita yang mempunyai 60 pasu pokok bunga orkid pernah merungut pokok yang ditanam sukar untuk berbunga, tetapi selepas menyembur enzim yang dihasilkan sendiri, bunga berkembang sehingga 60 peratus lebih banyak tanpa bantuan baja herbisid,” kongsi Joean tentang kebaikan enzim kepada bidang agro.
Tidak melibatkan kos yang besar, enzim yang dihasilkan hanya memerlukan apa yang ada di dapur anda. Perapkan bersama gula perang, sisa makanan dan air pada nisbah 1: 3: 10 dalam bekas tertutup dan tunggu selepas tiga bulan.
“Enzim yang terhasil akan melakukan magik untuk anda. Pengusaha restoran yang sebelum ini mempunyai masalah lalat yang banyak di kawasannya sekarang dapat berniaga dengan tenang selepas beliau mengelap meja menggunakan enzim yang dihasilkan sendiri,” kongsinya.
Tidak menolak sangkaan ramai bahawa penapaian akan menghasilkan bau yang teruk, wartawan Kosmo Ahad diberi peluang menghidu enzim yang dihasilkan dan nyata ia tidak seteruk yang disangkakan. Tambahan pula penapaian dilakukan dalam bekas kedap udara.
“Setiap kali kita melintas tong atau longgokan sampah, kita akan terhidu bau masam yang busuk. Itulah gas metana. Apabila ia dibebaskan ke udara, ia membentuk gas karbon dioksida yang memerangkap sehingga 21 peratus haba berbanding keupayaan gas karbon dioksida.
“Jadi, bayangkan apa yang sedang kita lakukan semasa kita membuang sampah,” usul anak kelahiran Tanjung Bungah, Pulau Pinang ini.
(sumber : Oleh FATIMI NADIAH ZAINUDEEN
fatiminadiah.zainudeen@kosmo.com.my)
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Penyatuan Proton, Perodua ke Kabinet
PETALING JAYA 13 Ogos - Hasil perbincangan antara Proton Holdings Bhd. (Proton) dan Perusahaan Otomobil Kedua Sdn. Bhd. (Perodua) ke arah penyatuan operasi akan di bawa ke Kabinet tidak lama lagi.
Pengarah Urusan Proton, Datuk Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamad Tahir berkata, maklum balas itu dikemukakan kepada kerajaan untuk membolehkannya menentukan hala tuju kedua-dua syarikat berkenaan dalam industri automotif negara.
"Penyatuan ini bukan bermakna Proton akan menguasai Perodua atau sebaliknya tetapi ia hanya berkisar kepada tumpuan bagaimana untuk menjadikan industri automotif tempatan lebih berdaya saing,"
"Malah Proton dan Perodua sebelum ini pernah bekerjasama di mana Perodua telah membekalkan komponen kepada kami, bagaimanapun kerjasama ini mungkin dilihat lebih kepada penyatuan pembekal komponen, perkongsian peralatan dan teknologi serta kepakaran,' katanya.
Beliau berkata demikian selepas majlis perasmian program realiti televisyen, Idea: Cabaran Pelabur Malaysia di sini hari ini.
Cadangan penyatuan itu disuarakan oleh Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak pada majlis makan malam sambutan ulang tahun ke-25 Proton pada 9 Julai lalu.
Dalam ucapannya, Perdana Menteri mahu melihat industri automotif tempatan yang dikuasai oleh Proton dan Perodua dapat bekerjasama bagi membolehkan daya saing dan kompetitif dapat ditingkatkan.
Syed Zainal menjelaskan apa yang ditekankan ketika ini ialah penyatuan dan bukannya penggabungan dan langkah seterusnya akan ditentukan oleh kerajaan.
Katanya, penyatuan itu bukan sahaja di peringkat atas tetapi di semua peringkat termasuk vendor dan perlu mempunyai piawaian tertentu bagi kebaikan semua pihak.
Namun begitu beliau tidak dapat menyatakan sebarang tempoh masa untuk perbincangan itu diselesaikan kerana kerajaan perlu memberi isyarat sama ada Proton dan Perodua boleh meneruskan perbincangan lanjut.
Beliau bagaimanapun, berharap semuanya dapat dimuktamadkan dalam masa terdekat.
(Source : Utusan Malaysia)
World's Coolest Liquor Bottles
Crystal Head
_________________________________________________________On crowded liquor store shelves, it's all about the bottle.
Sure, people try out new booze based on word of mouth, reviews, and recommendations from the cute shop clerk. More often than not, however, huge numbers of people walk out of their local purveyor with a something new simply because it comes in an awesome bottle.
There's nothing wrong with this approach, of course. Picking any bottle off the shelf can sometimes be a crap shoot anyway, so it might as well be a crap shoot that looks good on a home bar. But people's tendency to pick the bright shiny object has led distillers and brewers to go bigger and better in order to outdo one another. The latest breed of liquor bottles are designed to stand out on the shelf and catch the eye. Because if they can provoke a “that's freaking awesome!” moment, people are that much more likely to plunk down their hard earned dollars.
The Boss is Back! The Mustang Boss 302
The Boss is back. And no, we're not talking about Bruce Springsteen or Tony Danza. There's a 302 involved, which takes us back to a completely different boss: the original, championship-winning Parnelli Jones 1970 Trans Am car.
Just as with the Boss 302R, unveiled last year and offered in a very limited lot of 50, the new 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302 Laguna Seca introduced this week gets a tighter suspension and chassis setup, along with aerodynamic improvements and a unique look. Now, at the start of the big Monterey weekend Ford is rolling out a Boss 302 Laguna Seca that celebrates Parnelli Jones' 1970 season-opening victory.
Make no mistake about it, this isn't an appearance package. Everything about the new Boss was tuned for those who want racetrack performance over comfort.
The 2011 Ford Mustang GT's 5.0-liter V-8 engine carries into the Mustang Boss with only breathing changes and more aggressive engine controls. Altogether, the engine makes 440 horsepower (versus the standard GT's 412 hp) and 380 pound-feet of torque.
With a race-duty clutch and short-throw six-speed manual, a 3.73 rear ratio, and limited-slip rear differential, the Boss 302 has the makings of a great track day Mustang. But there's a lot more here that Ford finesses a completely new personality into the Boss as well—by making it sound considerable more savage than the Mustang GT.
(Source : By Bengt Halvorson, Published August 13, 2010 | TheCarConnection.com)
Muslims Worry as Ramadan Celebration Falls on 9/11 Anniversary
AP
Aug. 11: Muslim men pray at the Darul Uloom Institute in Pembroke Pines, Fla., on the first day of Ramadan.
NEW YORK -- The lunar calendar that Muslims follow for religious holidays is creating a potential for misunderstandings or worse in a year when American Muslims are already confronting a spike in assaults on their faith and protests against new mosques.
Eid al-Fitr, a joyous holiday marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, this year falls around Sept. 11. Muslim leaders fear that their gatherings for prayer and festivities could be misinterpreted by those unfamiliar with Islam as a celebration of the 2001 terrorist strikes.
The Muslim Public Affairs Council, an advocacy group based in Los Angeles, is contacting law enforcement and the Justice Department civil rights division to alert them to the overlap.
The Islamic Circle of North America, which organizes Muslim Family Days at the Six Flags amusement park in several cities around Eid al-Fitr, this year planned nothing for Saturday, Sept. 11, because of the anniversary. A founder of Muslim Family Day, Tariq Amanullah, worked at the World Trade Center and was killed in the attacks.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Washington-based civil rights group, is urging mosques to review the group's security guidelines, including clearing brush where people could hide and installing surveillance cameras.
"The issue I can sense brewing on hate sites on the Internet is, 'These Muslims are celebrating on September 11,'" said Ibrahim Hooper, national spokesman for CAIR. "It's getting really scary out there."
The exact date of Eid al-Fitr this year is not yet known. Muslims follow different authorities on moonsightings and astronomical calculations to decide when a holiday begins. In North America, the eid could fall on Thursday, Sept. 9, Friday, Sept. 10, or Saturday, Sept. 11.
It is one of the two biggest Muslim holidays of the year, often compared to Christmas in its significance and revelry. (The other major holiday is Eid al-Adha, at the end of the hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca.)
Muslims who rarely attend congregational prayer fill mosques to overflowing on Eid al-Fitr. Mosque leaders often rent hotel ballrooms or convention centers to handle the crowds. Families wear their best clothes, exchange gifts, plan special meals with friends and relatives, sometimes decorate their homes inside and out, and organize carnivals for children.
In predominantly Muslim countries, the celebration can last for three days. But because of work and school obligations in the U.S., American Muslims generally attend congregational prayer on the day of the holiday, then continue the festivities over the next weekend or two.
Most mosques usually intensify security around Ramadan because of the attention the month brings. This year, leaders have grown especially concerned about safety. In recent months, mosques around the country have faced protests and vandalism. The debate over a proposed mosque and Islamic center near ground zero has become a national issue.
Yet well before these recent tensions, American Muslim leaders saw trouble ahead when they checked the calendar. Haroon Moghul, a New York Muslim leader who speaks regularly at mosques, said mosque leaders have been discussing Eid al-Fitr for months.
"When we realized that Ramadan would be ending around that time, a lot of people started sitting down together and saying, `How do we handle this in a way that's appropriate?"' said Moghul, executive director of Maydan Institute, a communications consulting company.
Moghul said most New York Muslims likely won't celebrate the way they normally do, and noted that a significant number lost relatives when the World Trade Center was destroyed. Many imams in the city plan sermons on dealing with loss and grief.
"It's a very painful day for everyone," Moghul said.
However, he and other American Muslim leaders don't want to make so many changes that they appear to be giving in to those who reject any Muslim observance in the United States. Some critics have said Muslims should move the date of the eid.
"It's like being offended that 9/11 and Christmas fall on the same day," said Safaa Zarzour, secretary general of the Islamic Society of North America, an Indiana-based communal group with tens of thousands of members. "There is something unsettling about that."
Yvonne Maffei, 35, of Des Plaines, Ill., a Chicago suburb, said she and her husband plan to stick with their usual Eid al-Fitr plan. They will attend morning prayers at their local mosque, go out for brunch then visit friends during the day.
"I think most Americans understand the value and place of religious holidays in a person's life," said Maffei, editor of My Halal Kitchen, a blog with recipes that meet Islamic dietary laws. "For those who don't, I just hope they will take the time to try and understand not only why we are celebrating at this time, but also what we are celebrating, which is the end of the holy month of Ramadan, a blessed month of fasting and attaining closeness to Allah."
Rizwan Jaka, a board member of the All Dulles Area Muslim Society, based in Sterling, Va., near Washington, D.C., said he hopes the attention to Muslim traditions during the month of Ramadan will help educate non-Muslims and decrease the likelihood of any problems.
He said the mosque will reach out to its interfaith partners and others ahead of the eid. The All Dulles Society is one of the largest mosques in the country and expects to host as many as 20,000 worshippers during the holiday at several locations.
Jaka said the board met a few weeks ago to discuss the overlapping dates and decided to include condemnations of terrorism and extremism in the holiday sermons. The mosque will also hold its annual interfaith, memorial and peace events tied to the anniversary.
"Could there be some misperceptions because of the anti-Muslim climate? Potentially," Jaka said. "We will make sure our neighbors and friends understand that we all stand firmly as Americans for peace and for creating an environment of respect."
Obama Comes Out in Favor of Allowing Mosque Near Ground Zero
AP
President Obama on Friday forcefully endorsed building a mosque near ground zero, saying the country's founding principles demanded no less.
"As a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country," Obama said, weighing in for the first time on a controversy that has riven New York City and the nation.
"That includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in lower Manhattan, in accordance with local laws and ordinances," he said. "This is America, and our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakable."
Obama made the comments at an annual dinner in the White House State Dining Room celebrating the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
Republicans were quick to pounce on the president's remarks.
The White House had not previously taken a stand on the mosque, which would be part of a $100 million Islamic center to be built two blocks from where nearly 3,000 people perished when hijacked jetliners slammed into the World Trade Center towers on Sept. 11, 2001. Press secretary Robert Gibbs had insisted it was a local matter.
It was already much more than that, sparking debate around the country as top Republicans including Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich announced their opposition. So did the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish civil rights group.
Obama elevated it to a presidential issue Friday without equivocation.
While insisting that the place where the twin towers once stood was indeed "hallowed ground," Obama said that the proper way to honor it was to apply American values
"Our capacity to show not merely tolerance, but respect to those who are different from us -- a way of life that stands in stark contrast to the nihilism of those who attacked us on that September morning, and who continue to plot against us today," he said.
Entering the highly charged election-year debate, Obama surely knew that his words would not only make headlines but be heard by Muslims worldwide. The president has made it a point to reach out to the global Muslim community, and guests at Friday's dinner included ambassadors and officials from numerous Muslim nations, including Saudi Arabia and Indonesia.
While his pronouncement concerning the mosque might find favor in the Muslim world, Obama's stance runs counter to the opinions of the majority of Americans, according to polls. A CNN/Opinion Research poll released this week found that nearly 70 percent of Americans opposed the mosque plan while just 29 percent approved.
A number of Democratic politicians have shied away from the controversy. New York's mayor, independent Michael Bloomberg, has been a strong supporter of the mosque, which has won approval from local planning boards.
The group behind the $100 million project, the Cordoba Initiative, describes it as a Muslim-themed community center. Early plans call not only for prayer space but for a swimming pool, culinary school, art studios and other features. Developers envision it as a hub for interfaith interaction, as well as a place for Muslims to bridge some of their faith's own schisms.
Opponents, including some Sept. 11 victims' relatives, see the prospect of a mosque so near the destroyed trade center as an insult to the memory of those killed by Islamic terrorists in the 2001 attacks. Some of the Sept. 11 victims' relatives, however, are in favor.
(Source : Published August 13, 2010 | Associated Press)
Friday, August 13, 2010
Sylvester Stallone back to big action in 'The Expendables'
SAN DIEGO, California: With his business shirt, black tie and blue tinted shades, Sylvester Stallone looks more like a hipster movie executive than a battle-worn bruiser on a deadly mission in South America.
But beneath that shirt are the muscles he first revealed in "Rocky," and behind those eyes is the grit that got his breakthrough movie made back in 1976. At 64, Stallone is still a tough guy, and he aims to prove it alongside a cast of killer comrades in "The Expendables," which opens Friday.
In the film — another hat trick for the writer, director and star — Stallone leads a gang of impossibly muscular mercenaries who get caught up in a plot to overthrow the murderous dictator of a fictitious nation, though all is not as it seems.
The story serves as a backdrop for countless explosions and fight scenes between Sly's cast of tough guys, which includes Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke, Terry Crews, former pro wrestler Steve Austin and Ultimate Fighting champ Randy Couture, plus cameos by Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The muscles, the fights, even the tattoos they sport in the film are real.
"They are all bad-ass, for real. Like they know how to hurt you," Stallone said of his cast at a hotel suite just outside the recent Comic-Con fan fest, where he presented clips of the film. "And the audience hasn't seen guys who can run through a wall and snap you like a pretzel, for real."
Stallone himself got pretzeled: He broke his neck and tore his shoulder while filming a fight scene with Austin.
"I still have two more operations to go on my shoulder," he said.
How is that for tough?
"The Expendables" started out as a more intellectual story, but then Stallone ditched half the script and focused on an action-filled tale of men on a mission to save the girl, their gang and, he says, their very souls.
He wanted to bring back the classic tough-guy characters and real big-screen fights that were popular before the advent of computer-generated effects and Velcro muscles.
He urged his cast not to hold back.
"I said, 'You guys, we have to do something very physical without CGI that's interesting to watch. I mean, we have to throw down,'" he recalled. "They were all for it."
Even the stunt doubles brought their A-game to scenes with the famous fighters, said Austin, who with Lundgren, appeared with Stallone in the suite.
"You didn't see a lot of guys wearing wires and flying around all over the set. When you got hit, you got hurt, and that was nice," Austin said. "It was good, old-school physical stuff. It looked real and a lot of it was real."
Plus everyone tried to outdo each other on set, Stallone said, adding that all were afraid to fight Couture.
"Randy Couture is ferocious," Stallone said.
"Randy went through a couple of individuals," Austin added. "There were a few people who got carted off."
Austin and Lundgren said they kicked their training regimens up a notch so they could be bigger and badder for the movie. Couture is still in fighting shape, having recently competed with UFC.
"These are not just kid actors who pretend to be tough, no offense to anyone" Lundgren said. "These are real tough guys."
And though the cast is all over 40 (Crews is the youngest at 42), their age isn't acknowledged in the film.
"I wasn't trying to flaunt it, but it just seems that the tough guys, the ones I know, are mature," Stallone explained. "I haven't seen the young tough guys yet. ... Hopefully, if this works, you'll be able to find the young Rambos and the young this and the young Charles Bronsons, who want to show their machismo."
And as for Stallone himself?
"I look at myself as like an 18-year-old with arthritis," he said. "I know we were called geezers and we're this and we're past our prime, but I said, 'Good. wait until you see this." - AP
But beneath that shirt are the muscles he first revealed in "Rocky," and behind those eyes is the grit that got his breakthrough movie made back in 1976. At 64, Stallone is still a tough guy, and he aims to prove it alongside a cast of killer comrades in "The
Publish Post
In the film — another hat trick for the writer, director and star — Stallone leads a gang of impossibly muscular mercenaries who get caught up in a plot to overthrow the murderous dictator of a fictitious nation, though all is not as it seems.
The story serves as a backdrop for countless explosions and fight scenes between Sly's cast of tough guys, which includes Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke, Terry Crews, former pro wrestler Steve Austin and Ultimate Fighting champ Randy Couture, plus cameos by Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The muscles, the fights, even the tattoos they sport in the film are real.
"They are all bad-ass, for real. Like they know how to hurt you," Stallone said of his cast at a hotel suite just outside the recent Comic-Con fan fest, where he presented clips of the film. "And the audience hasn't seen guys who can run through a wall and snap you like a pretzel, for real."
Stallone himself got pretzeled: He broke his neck and tore his shoulder while filming a fight scene with Austin.
"I still have two more operations to go on my shoulder," he said.
How is that for tough?
"The Expendables" started out as a more intellectual story, but then Stallone ditched half the script and focused on an action-filled tale of men on a mission to save the girl, their gang and, he says, their very souls.
He wanted to bring back the classic tough-guy characters and real big-screen fights that were popular before the advent of computer-generated effects and Velcro muscles.
He urged his cast not to hold back.
"I said, 'You guys, we have to do something very physical without CGI that's interesting to watch. I mean, we have to throw down,'" he recalled. "They were all for it."
Even the stunt doubles brought their A-game to scenes with the famous fighters, said Austin, who with Lundgren, appeared with Stallone in the suite.
"You didn't see a lot of guys wearing wires and flying around all over the set. When you got hit, you got hurt, and that was nice," Austin said. "It was good, old-school physical stuff. It looked real and a lot of it was real."
Plus everyone tried to outdo each other on set, Stallone said, adding that all were afraid to fight Couture.
"Randy Couture is ferocious," Stallone said.
"Randy went through a couple of individuals," Austin added. "There were a few people who got carted off."
Austin and Lundgren said they kicked their training regimens up a notch so they could be bigger and badder for the movie. Couture is still in fighting shape, having recently competed with UFC.
"These are not just kid actors who pretend to be tough, no offense to anyone" Lundgren said. "These are real tough guys."
And though the cast is all over 40 (Crews is the youngest at 42), their age isn't acknowledged in the film.
"I wasn't trying to flaunt it, but it just seems that the tough guys, the ones I know, are mature," Stallone explained. "I haven't seen the young tough guys yet. ... Hopefully, if this works, you'll be able to find the young Rambos and the young this and the young Charles Bronsons, who want to show their machismo."
And as for Stallone himself?
"I look at myself as like an 18-year-old with arthritis," he said. "I know we were called geezers and we're this and we're past our prime, but I said, 'Good. wait until you see this." - AP
10,000 Indonesians without passports can go home for Raya
KUALA LUMPUR: About 10,000 Indonesians in the country, without valid travel documents, are expected to return to their country in phases, to celebrate Hari Raya Aidilfitri, using the Travel Document In Lieu of Passport (SPLP).
Indonesian Embassy's Counselor for Information, Social and Culture, Widyarka Ryananta said the figure was an estimate as, on average, 200 to 300 applications were received by the Embassy, everyday.
"We expect the number of applications to increase when the date for Hari Raya gets closer," he told Bernama when contacted here Friday.
Widyarka said the Embassy received 4,753 SPLP applications in July and 2,708 in June.
He said SPLP was a document for Indonesians who did not have a valid travel document to return to Indonesia, without being detained by the Malaysian authorities.
Those with the SPLP would be sent home either through the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) in Sepang or the ferry services in Port Klang and Johor Baharu.
He said those applying for the SPLP need to pay a compound, air fare or ferry fare and RM15 for the SPLP certificate.
Widyarka also expressed regret that despite such services, there were still those who were willing to risk their lives by using illegal ways to leave the country.
"We have come across many cases of boat tragedies when overweight boats capsize or those leaving illegally being captured by the authorities," he said. - Bernama
Indonesian Embassy's Counselor for Information, Social and Culture, Widyarka Ryananta said the figure was an estimate as, on average, 200 to 300 applications were received by the Embassy, everyday.
"We expect the number of applications to increase when the date for Hari Raya gets closer," he told Bernama when contacted here Friday.
Widyarka said the Embassy received 4,753 SPLP applications in July and 2,708 in June.
He said SPLP was a document for Indonesians who did not have a valid travel document to return to Indonesia, without being detained by the Malaysian authorities.
Those with the SPLP would be sent home either through the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) in Sepang or the ferry services in Port Klang and Johor Baharu.
He said those applying for the SPLP need to pay a compound, air fare or ferry fare and RM15 for the SPLP certificate.
Widyarka also expressed regret that despite such services, there were still those who were willing to risk their lives by using illegal ways to leave the country.
"We have come across many cases of boat tragedies when overweight boats capsize or those leaving illegally being captured by the authorities," he said. - Bernama
Shah Alam craving for 'Papa John'
HOT ON THE PLATE: Muhammad Rizwan (left) prepares 'roti john' at the Shah Alam Section 13 Ramadan bazaar — Pic: GAN JIN LIANG
SHAH ALAM: Now in its fourth Ramadan in Section 13 near the Shah Alam Stadium, the Papa John stall remains popular among many preparing to break fast.
While stall owner Tasminah Udin's five workers feverishly cooked roti john for customers, the queue remains long under the searing late afternoon sun.
“The line is so long other traders are complaining my customers are blocking their stalls," she said.
"This year, I traded places with a friend to get a corner lot. I hope to get a corner lot next year.”
Tasminah, 55, uses fresh minced beef, chicken and mutton blended with spices. Instead of normal buns, she uses sesame seed buns. It got customers lining for the long sliced bread with egg and minced meat.
For roti john with either beef, chicken and mutton the price is RM3.50.
Tasminah charges RM7.50 for the roti john which has all three meats — chicken, beef and mutton mixed together.
Outside the Ramadan period, she continues to sell her roti john around Shah Alam throughout the year.
(source : The Malay Mail)
New Manchester United signing vows to be the new Ronaldo
Manchester United's newest signing could be one of the most sensational rags-to-riches tales in Premier League history.
Until weeks ago Portuguese striker Tiago Manuel Dias Correia - known as Bebe - was still living at the ramshackle orphanage in Porto where he was dumped by his mum at the age of 10 - as she could no longer cope with her four sons. And workers at the Casa do Gaiato last night told how the kind-hearted 20-year-old spent his first paycheque on clothes and shoes for friends at the home.
Father Arsenio Isidoro, president of the home, helped coach the young Bebe during football classes and recalls his huge talent.
He added: "Cristiano Ronaldo is his idol, and as he grew up he would watch him play with United, dreaming that one day he would follow in his footsteps."
Bebe was snapped up by United, where he was greeted by chief executive David Gill, just five weeks after he had signed with leading Portugese club Vitoria Guimaraes.
Saturday, August 7, 2010
PC TROUBLESHOOTING
MOTHERBOARD
Pengujian
1. Sambungkan bekalan kuasa, monitor dan kad display (tidak perlu sekiranya on-board) kepada motherboard.
2. Kad display yang digunakan adalah bergantung kepada jenis monitor yang digunakan samada VGA/SVGA dll.
3. Sambungkan kabel bekalan kuasa pada motherboard. (Pastikan wayar hitam bertemu hitam)
4. Kemudian sambungkan kabel bekalan kuasa monitor kepada bekalan kuasa dan kabel data monitor perlu disambungkan
kepada kad display yang digunakan.
5. Untuk langkah keselamatan supaya tidak berlaku ‘short circuit’ pada motherboard, lapikkan motherboard dengan benda-benda
berpenebat seperti kertas, plastik,papan dan sebagainya.
6. Akhir sekali setelah semuanya dipasang, ‘ON’kan suis bekalan kuasa.
7. Jika motherboard tersebut ‘OK’ monitor akan mengeluarkan image pada skrin.
8. Jika tidak, ia menunjukkan bahawa motherboard tersebut adalah rosak.
Troubleshooting
1. NO DISPLAY
Biasanya keadaan ini adalah disebabkan oleh bateri leakage (cair). Kesan daripada bateri leakage ini menyebabkan litar
menjadi putus dan menyebabkan ‘short circuit’ pada motherboard.
SOLUTION
Mula-mula buka bateri supaya senang dilihat manakah litar yang putus disebabkan oleh cairan bateri tadi. Selepas itu, perlu
mengikis kesan-kesan cairan pada litar-litar yang berkemungkinan telah putus supaya mudah diperiksa nanti. Untuk memastikan
litar-litar yang dikikis tadi putus atau tidak, gunakan multimeter. Jika jarum multimeter menunjukkan bacaan menunjukkan litar
tidak putus dan begitulah sebaliknya. Jika didapati litar putus, sambungkan kembali dengan menggunakan wayar ataupun
apa-apa sahaja yang boleh mengalirkan arus pada litar. Setelah selesai memeriksa litar-litar tadi, gantikan bateri yang rosak
dengan bateri yang baru. Kemudian buat pengujian kepada motherboard tersebut.
2. DISPLAY
RAM Error
Biasanya paparan ini dihasilkan oleh komputer jenis XT. Keadaan ini disebabkan oleh RAM (64Mb/128Mb/256Mb) pada
bahagian Bank ) telah rosak
SOLUTION
Periksa semua RAM pada bahagian BANK 0 dan pastikan manakah yang rosak. Tukarkan RAM ini dengan yang baru.
3. DISPLAY
Memory Size Error
Keadaan ini adalah disebabkan oleh nilai Cache Memory yang dimasukkan ke dalam ‘Setup’ adalah tidak betul mengikut nilai
RAM yang digunakan.
SOLUTION
Boot komputer ini kembali dan tekan Ctrl-Alt-Esc serentak untuk masuk ke ‘Setup’. Tukar nilai Cache Memory kepada nilai yang
betul. Contohnya 348 kepada 384. Save ‘Setup’ ini dan boot kembali komputer.
4. DISPLAY
Decreasing Available Memory
Ini mungkin disebabkan oleh RAM chip terangkat, rosak atau SIMMs tidak dimasukkan dengan sempurna.
SOLUTION
Periksa SIMMs samada ia dimasukkan dengan sempurna pada soketnya dan ganti jika perlu.
5. DISPLAY
Disket Drive 0 Track 0 Failed
Konfigurasi sistem silap. Drive yang sepatutnya tidak sama dengan ‘Setup’. Ia mungkin juga kerana kabel drive tidak
dipasangkan dengan betul.
SOLUTION
Periksa ‘Setup’ dan pastikan drive yang betul telah dimasukkan pada konfigurasi. Kemudian periksa kabel drive samada ia
dipasangkan dengan betul atau tidak mengikut prosedur yang dittetapkan.
6. DISPLAY
Gate A 20 Failure
Keyboard XT telah dipasangkan dengan tidak sengaja pada sistem komputer AT. Ia akan mengeluarkan bunyi beep seklai yang
nyaring.
SOLUTION
Periksa suis yang terdapat dibawah keyboard dan setkkan kepada suis AT jika menggunkan komputer jenis AT. Jika display
error yang sama masih ujud, maka gantikan dengan keyboard yang baru.
7. DISPLAY
No Timmer Tick
Ini mungkin kerana litar ‘timmer’ rosak atau chip BIOS rosak atau mungkin juga kerana versi BIOS yang digunakan adalah versi
lama.
SOLUTION
Masalah ini tidak dapat diselesaikan melainkan dengan bantuan daripada dealer.
8. DISPLAY
[xxx] Optional ROM Bad Cheksum = [xxx]
Kad-kad BIOS tertentu mungkin rosak
SOLUTION
Masalah ini tidak dapat diselesaikan melainkan dengan menukarkannya dengan yang baru.
9. DISPLAY
Non System Disk OR Disk Failure
Ini disebabkan oleh komputer membaca sistem bootign dari Drive A dan didapati tiada sistem boot didalamnya.
SOLUTION
Keluarkan disket dari Drive A dan ‘press any key to continue’. Sistem akan terus boot daripada Hard Disk.
10. DISPLAY
Error Code [xxx]
[xxx] – mewakili komponen-komponen yang perlu diperiksa dan berkemungkinan rosak.
Jadual dibawah menunjukkan kod-kod yang mewakili komponen-komponen tersebut
Kod Kesalahan Komponen yang perlu diperiksa
101-199 System Board
201-299 RAM
301-399 Keyboard
601-699 Floppy Drive
901-999 Printer
1101-1199 Serial Port
1701-1799 Hard Disk
SOLUTION
Periksa kesemua komponen-komponen mengikut kod-kod yang dipaparkan pada skrin. Pastikan bahawa komponen-komponen
ini disambungkan dengan betul pada tempatnya, komponen tidak terangkat daripada motherboard, wayar bekalan kuasa
disambungkan pada komponen yang memerlukan bekalan kuasa dan lain-lain lagi.
11. SOUND
Beep kedengaran daripada speaker. Bunyi beep ini membawa makna-makna yang tertentu bagi menentukan
komponen-komponen mana yang berkemungkinan rosak.
Jadual dibawah menunjukkan bilangan ‘beep’ dan komponen-komponen yang perlu diperiksa:-
Bilangan bunyi ‘Beep’ Komponen yang perlu diperiksa
1-4 Memory
5 CPU
6 Keyboard
7 CPU
8 Video Card
9 BIOS
10 CMOS
11 Cache Memory
SOLUTION
* Sama seperti langkah 10.
Kecuali pada komponen-koponen Memory, Cache Memory, CMOS dan BIOS. Perlu boot kembali komputer ini kembali dan tekan
Ctrl-Alt-Esc serentak untuk masuk ke ‘Setup’. Pastikan kesemua komponen ini telah disetkan dengan nilai-nilai yang betul mengikut
specifikasi yang terdapat di dalam manual motherboard.
BEKALAN KUASA
Troubleshooting
SYMPTOM 1 : Talian kuasa ‘BLACKOUT’
Faktor : Guruh atau dipanah petir
SOLUTION
1. Tutup unit bekalan kuasa.
2. Cabut plug daripada soketnya.
3. Tunggu beberapa minit setelah kuasa kembali pulih sebelum menghidupkan semula unit bekalan kuasa.
SYMPTOM 2 : Sistem komputer ‘BLACKOUT’. Tiada bekalan kuasa pada mana-mana
bahagian.
Faktor : Fius terbuka
Perintang penghad rosak
Transistor rosak
Rektifier Diod rosak
Litar utama terbuka pada transformer utama
Faktor Utama adalah berlaku litar pintas atau komponen-komponen terlalu panas.
Pastikan : Adakah semua kabel dimasukkan dengan betul?
Apakah suis telah di ‘ON’ kan?
SOLUTION
1. Cari punca yang menyebabkan berlakunya pintasan dan buang.
2. Gantikan komponen-komponen yang rosak dengan yang baru.
SYMPTOM 3 : Voltan keluaran yang rendah.
Faktor : Litar Rektifier Diod terputus
Diod berintangan tinggi
Kapasitor penapis litar terbuka
Rektifier Diod rosak
Transformer terlalu panas
SOLUTION
1. Cari komponen-komponen yang rosak dengan mengguna Multimeter/Huntron Traker.
2. Gantikan dengan komponen-komponen yang baru.
SYMPTOM 4 : Keluaran Voltan DC lebih tinggi dari kebiasaan.
Faktor : Kerosakan pada litar Regulator.
SOLUTION
1. Periksa IC TL494, transistor-transitor dan diod-diod pada lita Regulator.
MONITOR
Troubleshooting
Jenis kerosakan: Gambar menjadi kembang mengikut arah menegak.
Cara membaiki:
Kerosakan begini selalunya disebabkan oleh perintang bolehubah yang digunakan sebagai pelaras Vertical Hold rosak. Jika perintang ini elok berkemungkinan komponen-komponen yang terdapat pada bahagian Vertical Hold telah lekang daaripada papan litar utama.
Jenis kerosakan: Gambar menjadi kembang mengikut arah melintang.
Cara membaiki:
Keadaan ini mungkin disebabkan oleh komponen-komponen yang terdapat pada bahagian Horizontal Hold telah lekang daripada litarnya. Periksa semua komponen yang terdapat pada bahagian ini dan paterikan kembali jika didapati ia lekang.
Jenis kerosakan: Gambar menjadi terlalu cerah atau kuning.
Cara membaiki:
Keadaan ini dapat diatasi dengan melaraskan kawalan ‘screen’ pada ‘transformer flyback’. Kerosakan mungkin berlaku pada sekitar transformer ini terutama sekali perintang. Jikalau tidak, kerosakan mungkin disebabkan oleh perintang kawalan pada bahagian ‘brightness’ ataupun ‘contrast’ telah rosak.
Jenis kerosakan: Bila suis monitor di’on’kan dalam masa beberapa minit, maklumat atau data mengecut menyebabkan layar terus gelap.
Cara membaiki:
Jika berlaku begini, biasanya terdapat komponen sekitar bekalan kuasa sangat tinggi (transformer flyback) rosak. Kerosakan mungkin berlaku pada kapasitor. Ia juga mungkin disebabkan oleh transistor yang tidak tahan dengan kepanasan rosak. Periksa dengan menggunakan multimeter/Huntron Tracker. Biasanya kerosakan ini sering berlaku pada monitor jenis INTRA yang usianya telah tua.
Jenis kerosakan: Bila monitor di’ON’kan terdapat garis putih mendatar (mengufuk) pada skrin tetapi data tidak keluar.
Cara membaiki:
Kerosakan ini berlaku pada Litar Bersepadu (IC) TDA 1170N atau TEA 2017 iaitu bahagian Sync. Separator (Pemisah Penyegerak). Gunakan Huntrton Tracker untuk menguji IC ini. Bahagian ‘Sync Separator’ biasanya menggunakan IC TDA 1170N atau TEA 2017. berkemungkinan juga berlaku kerosakan pada komponen-komponen lain di sekitar IC ini seperti transistor dan perintang.
Jenis kerosakan: Bila ‘ON’ suis, monitor mengeluarkan asap ataupun meletup.
Cara membaiki:
Kerosakan jenis ini adalah paling bahaya kerana ia akan mengakibaatkan berlakunya litar pintas pada mana-mana bahagian board monitor. Ia adalah disebabkan oleh track yang short di antara satu sama lain ataupun track telah putus dan short dengan komponen lain. Kerosakan ini sememangnya mudah dikesan kerana bahagian yang short akan kelihatan hitam seperti telah terbakar. Periksa track manakah yang telah putus dan short, kemudian sambungkannya kembali. Perlu juga memeriksa komponen-komponen di sekitar kawasan terbakar samada rosak/tidak. Sekiranya didapati rosak gantikannya dengan yang baru.
Jenis kerosakan: Tompokon-tompokan warna yang tidak sekata pada layar monitor.
Cara membaiki:
Keadaan ini adalah disebabkan oleh ‘magnetic field’nya yang tidak sekata. Dapat dibailki dengan menggunakan sejenis alat electromagnet. Apabila hendak menggunakan alat ini sambungkannya terlebih dahulu kepada bekalan kuasa 240 a.u. (ulang-alik). Jika tidak disambungkan kepada bekalan kuasa, alat ini tidak akan berfungsi. Alat ini hendaklah dipusingkan di hadapan layar monitor semasa monitor dalam keadaan suis ‘ON’. Pusingan ini hendaklah dilakukan sehingga warna tompokan pada monitor menjadi sekata kembali. Selain itu besi magnet juga boleh digunakan.
KEYBOARD
Cara-cara Servis Keyboard
- Mula-mula buka casing yang mengikat kekunci (key) dengan cara membuka skru pada bahagian belakang keyboard.
- Cuci casing tadi dengan menggunakan spray cleaner.
- Selepas itu bersihkan papan litar keyboard dengan menggunakan vakum untuk membuang habuk-habuk yang lekat pada papan litar
tersebut.
- Kemudian buka satu persatu penutup kekunci keyboard dan cuci dengan menggunakan spray cleaner.
- Cara membukanya ialah dengan mencungkil penutup itu dengan menggunakan pemutar skru ataupun test pen.
- Bersihkan bahagian dalam kaki kekunci keyboard dengan menggunakan Spray Video 90.
- Akhir sekali pasangkan kembali casing keyboard dengan mengetatkan kembali skru yang dibuka.
Jenis-jenis Kerosakan Pada Papan Kekunci (Keyboard)
- Antara kerosakan pada papan kekunci yang biasa ditemui ialah kekunci tidak dapat berfungsi.
- Kerosakan seterusnya ialah papan kekunci tersebut seolah-olah gila, iaitu ia mengeluarkan bentuk-bentuk yang tidak difahami atau
berlainan daripada apa yang ditaip ke atas papan kekunci.
- Ini adalah kerana BIOS CHIP dalam papan kekunci tersebut mengalami kerosakan dan keadaan ini tidak dapat dibaiki kerana tidak
mempunyai alat ganti.
Megesan Kerosakan Kekunci dengan Menggunakan Multimeter
Langkah-langkah mengesan kerosakan kekunci dengan menggunakan multimeter ialah:-
a) Buka casing papan kekunci. Laraskan julat multimeter pada julat ohm x 10 ohm. Kemudian letakkan wayar probe multimeter pada
kedua-dua kaki kekunci yang dikhuatiri rosak.
b) Jika kekunci dalam keadaan baik,
Bila kita menekan kekunci, penunjuk multimeter akan bergerak ke kanan dan bila kekunci tidak ditekan, penunjuk multimeter kekal
dalam keadaan infiniti.
c) Jika kekunci dalam keadaan tidak baik atau rosak,
Bila kita menekan kekunci, penunjuk multimeter kekal pada keadaan inifiniti dan bila kita tidak menekan kekunci penunjuk multimeter
juga dalam kedaan yang sama.
d) Jika sekiranya kekunci mengalami kerosakan, gantikan kekunci tersebut dengan yang baru.
Cara-cara untuk Menjaga Keyboard
Terdapat banyak cara untuk menjaga keyboard supaya ia terhindar daripada sebarang kerosakan. Antaranya termasuklah seperti:-
- Elakkan satu tabiat yang tidak baik iaitu merokok semasa menggunakan komputer.
- Buat ujian dengan menggunakan satu software khas iaitu software Qaplus untuk mengesan kekunci manakah yang kurang baik dan
baiki jika kekunci didapati rosak.
- Hindarkan daripada habuk dan sentiasa gunakan penutup keyboard.
- Simpan keyboard di tempat yang tertutup dan berhawa dingin.
- Semasa membuat pembersihan pada keyboard, keyboard hendaklah diterbalikkan supaya segala bendasing yang terdapat di dalam
atau di celah-celah kekunci jatuh.
Troubleshooting
Jenis kerosakan: Sebahagian kekunci mengeluarkan aksara yang salah.
Komputer tersalah membaca fail yang betul. Kesalahan ini mungkin disebabkan oleh kecuaian semasa membuat upgraded dari satu DOS version ke DOS version yang lain.
Jenis kerosakan: Paparan skrin ‘Check Keyboard dan Mouse’.
Paparan ini adalah bukan satu kerosakan kerana ia terjadi kerana komputer gagal mencari kod-kod yang yang membolehkan ia mengesan keyboard dan mouse. Paparan di atas juga akan kelihatan sekiranya penguna salah meng’set’kan keyboard AT dengan keyboard XT. Ia juga terjadi disebabkan port untuk keyboard dipasang terbalik. Namun sekiranya keyboard boleh digunakan tanpa masalah, paparan ini boleh diabaikan.
Jenis kerosakan: Satu huruf atau nombor (aksara) terus dipaparkan pada komputer apabila sistem dihidupkan. Mungkin disebabkan oleh kekunci tersebut sentiasa tertekan pada keyboard.
Cara membaiki:
- Buka casing keyboard.
- Cuci bahagian dalam keyboard dan vakum habuk-habuk yang terdapat di dalamnya sehingga bersih.
- Jika terdapat key yang rosak, buat gantian dengan key yang baru.
- Akhir sekali uji keyboard tersebut.
Jenis kerosakan: Tiada nyalaan LED Num Lock, Caps Lock dan Scroll Lock.
Cara membaiki:
- Mula-mula periksa kabel yang menghubungkan keyboard dengan komputer.
- Periksa connector yang menyambungkan komputer dengan keyboard kerana berkemungkinan connector itu longgar.
- Jika connector longgar, cuba ketatkan.
- Jika tiada perubahan berlaku, cuba tukar keyboard tadi dengan keyboard yang baru.
- Jika keyboard baru juga mengalami masalah yang sama berkemungkinan:-
i) Bekalan +5 VDC mengalami kerosakan.
ii) Bahagian dalaman komputer rosak.
Jenis kerosakan: Semua kekunci mengeluarkan aksara salah apabila ditekan.
Kerosakan ini boleh diuji dengan membuat perbandingan dengan keyboard yang baru. Jika keyboard baru berfungsi dengan baik, maka keyboard lama mungkin mengalami kerosakan pada bahagian dalamannya.
HARD DISK
Troubleshooting
Cara-cara Format Hard Disk
Sebelum melakukan format ke atas hard disk, pastikan terlebih dahulu bahawa di dalam hard disk tersebut tersebut tiudak terdapat data ataupun data telah dipindahkan kepada cakera keras yang lain. Biasanya hard disk di ‘format’ lain sekiranya ia diserang virus. Terdapat beberapa cara untuk melakukan format antaranya:-
1. Menggunakan program DEBUG.
2. Menggunakan program FDISK ( Low level format )
Format Menggunakan program DEBUG
- Mula-mula pasangkan dengan lengkap Hard Disk yang hendak diformat pada satu set komputer yang lengkap.
- Kemudian ‘Boot’kan komputer dengan mengguakan disket yang mempunyai sistem booting di dalamnya.
- Taipkan arahan DEBUG pada A:\> prompt dan tekan ENTER
A:\> DEBUG
- Selepas itu dibawah arahan ini taipkan seperti beikut:-
A:\> DEBUG
- g=c800:5 Tekan ENTER
- Selepas keluar arahan RETURN tekan ENTER sekali lagi.
- Apabila keluar arahan Y/N, kita perlu pilih/tekan ‘N’
- Hard Disk tersebut akan mula diformat.
Format Menggunakan program FDISK (Low Level Format)
- Mula-mula ‘set’kan sistem ‘booting’ kepada drive A: dengan cara memasuki ‘Setup’.
- Kemudian ‘boot’kan komputer tersebut dengan menggunakan disket yang mempunyai sistem ‘booting’ di dalamnya sehingga keluar A:/>.
- Pada A:\> taipkan seperti berikut:-
A:\> FDISK Tekan ENTER
- Menu seperti berikut akan dipaparkan pada skrin:-
Choose one of the following:-
1. Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive.
2. Set active partition.
3. Delete partition or Logical DOS Drive.
4. Display partition information.
ENTER Choice : [x]
- Pilih ‘4’ dan tekan ENTER untuk melihat partition-partition yang terdapat didalam hard disk.
- Setelah pasti partition mana yang hendak di padamkan (delete), pilih ‘3’ dan tekan ENTER untuk memadamkan partition tersebut.
- Kekalkan partition mana yang tidak mahu di padamkan.
- Kemudian pilih ‘1’ (Create DOS partition) untuk membina semula partition yang dipadam tadi dan juga untuk membolehkan komputer ini
‘boot’ dengan sendirinya tanpa menggunakan disket.
- Komputer akan RESTART dengan sendirinya selepas arahan ini.
- Untuk format hard disk, masukkan disket yang mempunyai arahan format ke dalam drive A dan mulakan format dengan menaip arahan
seperti berikut:-
A:\> format c:/s/v
- Kemudian satu arahan untuk kepastian akan dipaparkan pada skrin. Pilih ‘Y’ untuk meneruskan arahan format ataupun ‘N’ sekiranya tidak
mahu format hard disk tersebut.
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