Post a Comment is not working in blogger..

My readers are complaining that they are not able to post a comment in my blog. I was not aware of this problem till i got an email from one of my blog reader. Then I searched for a solution to fix this problem. Here I am sharing the same with you in case you face the same "Unable to Post a Comment" problem.

Solution:
Go to "Customize" -> "Layout", then "Edit HTML" and click on the "Revert widget templates to default" below the "Edit Template" text box. That will solve the problem. Your readers now will be able to post comments in your blog.

Leave a comment if it helped you.
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Show related post for all your blog posts - Linkwithin

Now You can easyly list related items below each of your blog post. Linkwithin is a great tool which enables to show related items in blogger, wordpress etc.

By showing related post under each blog post, you can get following benefits:
1. Your old posts will not go waste. They will be shown as related posts below new posts.
2. You can offer your readers more content to read which they have interest in. Thus, you can have more page views and more revenue.
3. It adds a great value to you blog.

Now what are you waiting for. Follow LinkWithin and show related posts in your blog.
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HDFC Standard Life Spell Bee Contest- India Spells 2009 CHAMPION

Ragvendra Kuppuswamy from ITI Central School, Bangalore is the HDFC Standard Life Spell Bee contest - India Spells 2009 Champion and Lavanya Krishna from Presidency School, Bangalore is the Runner Up. The contest was the toughest Spelling contest in India. The HDFC Standard Life Spell Bee contest - India Spells 2009 Champion program was broadcasted in National Geographic Channel. The grand finale was on Sunday, March 29. The teams in finale were from Hyderabad, Bangalore, Delhi and Jaipur. The Bangalore came as the Spell Bee Champion.

Ragvendra Kuppuswamy received Rs 1,00,000 cheque from HDFC Standard Life plus 3 return tickets to Washington plus 3 nights hotel stay for himself and his parents to witness the Scripps National Spelling Bee, courtesy Make My Trip and a Cello Pens gift hamper.

Lavanya Krishna received Rs. 50,000 cheque from HDFC Standard Life along with 2 return tickets to London, courtesy Kingfisher Airlines and a Cello Pens gift hamper.

HDFC Standard Life also gave gift cheques of Rs 25,000 to each of the semi-final winners.

Sourcs: http://specials.msn.co.in/sp08/bee/

Is it required to send application printout to Allahabad bank for Bank PO recruitment?

You might be confused whether to send application printout to allahabad bank or not. I had the same confusion. I got clarified from a bank officer and also from Bank PO advertisement that it is not needed.

Also, the Bank (Allahabad bank) clearly mentions that "Please do not send application printout to the bank".
So, don't worry to send the application printout as it is not required.

Take a Allahabad bank Po Online Test at http://allbankexam.blogspot.com/2009/12/allahabad-bank-exam-sample-paper-2008.html

Is there a Google Help Forum? How to contact google for help?

How to contact google for help in various google products?

If you are facing any issu with a google product, like Adsense, Adwords, Analytics, Picassa, blogger, youtube etc etc, you can ask you question at google help forum.
Google help forum: http://www.google.com/support/forum?hl=en

Also, you can find similar questions by other users which will be helpful. Post your question in appropriate category in google help forum. Someone from Google will assist you to find a solution.

Also, you can refer Google Help Center at http://www.google.com/support/?hl=en
You will find a lot of articles about known issues, tips and tricks, program policies, etc etc at Google Help Center.

What is an Orphan file? What are the best orphan file finders?

Orphan files:

The files which are no more used / accessed in a computer are called Orphan files. When we uninstall an application, sometimes all the files associated with that application, DLL Files , images etc are not removed. So, the remaining files are called Orphan files as they are not being used anymore.

The Orphan files can be deleted either by a orphan file finder or manually. But be cautious if you are deleting ,manually. Make sure those files are not used by any other application.

Orphan file finders:

1. The Orphan file finders are softwares that helps to clean up a disc or web server by finding the Orphaned files.
2. The Orphan file finders also find duplicate files and remove them.
3. The Orphan file finders also clean internet browser history and system registry.

Best Orphan File finders:

The below links list a number of FREE Orphan File finders.
http://software.informer.com/getfree-orphan-file-finder/

Here all are PAID Orphan File finders, but there are trial versions for some Orphan File finder softwares to download. http://www.topshareware.com/orphan-file-finder/downloads/1.htm

Here all are PAID Orphan File finders, trial option not available for download. http://www.softplatz.com/software/orphaned-file-finder/

What is a DLL File?

Basic definition of a DLL file:

DLL is the abbreviation for Dynamic Link Library. A DLL is an executable file that contains some functionality at runtime and it will be shared by many applications. DLL files are not invoked manually by a user, but are called by either a DLL file or an executable file. Microsoft Windows provides a lot of DLL files, that are used by applications to run in Windws.

Example of DLL files:

msi.dll: msi.dll is component that contains functions used to install MSI (Microsoft Installer) packages.

name.dll: The NameCtrl Control, defined in the Microsoft name.dll file, is an ActiveX control that allows a web page to display presence information for people allowing the user to take various actions with respect to those people through an on-object user interface in Windows SharePoint Services. This DLL is installed on the client computer during the Microsoft Office 2007 system setup.

Why should we use DLLs?

Many programs have a huge number of functions that are only used occasionally. Breaking up an application into separate DLLs saves memory by keeping routines / functions on the hard disk until required. Application DLLs can also be made sharable so that other applications will use the same DLL.

Top ten ways to drive good traffic to you blog or website?

How to attract a huge traffic to my blog or website?
I am getting less traffic to my blog. How to increase it?

If you have this question in mind, then here is the answer to it.
1. Original Content
First and foremost, put lot of good and original content in you blog or website.
2. Blog must be searchable by Search engines
Make sure your blog is coming in search engines. If not, read my previous post to know how to submit your blog / website to different search engines.
3. Comment on relevant blogs
It is a good strategy to attract some traffic by commenting on similar blogs.
4. Answer in lot of forums
Post quality answer in different forums and put a link to your blog if it is relevant. Don't spam.
5. Interlink your posts
Interlink your blog posts in each other so that your readers will navigate easily in your blog.
6. Use your social networking
Use your social networking like Orkut, Face book and other communities to market your blog.
7. Publish articles in best article submitting directories
Publish some articles in the best article submitting directories like http://ezinearticles.com/ and http://www.goarticles.com/ and put a link back to your blog or website.
8. Answer in Yahoo answers
Answer in Yahoo answers and other answers sites and put a relevant link in of your blog or website there.
9. Bookmark your Blog or website
Submit your blog or website to social bookmarking sites like http://delicious.com/, http://digg.com/, http://www.stumbleupon.com etc
10. Submit your blog to best blog directory
Submit your blog to the best blog directories like http://www.blogcatalog.com/ , http://www.bloghop.com/ etc
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What is WPA? What is WPA_KILL.exe?

WPA means Windows Product Activation.

What is WPA:

The idea of WPA, is to enforce the user to activate their Windows Operating System, within 30 days. If not activated, the system will stop working (denial of logon). The activation process verifies the productID of Windows, online. The productID is generated from the serial number used during installation, and two machines cannot have the same productID registered online (unless the license allows it. Then its called a Corporate license or “VLK” – Volume License Key).

How To Circumvent WPA? Or What is WPA_KILL.exe?

You need a tool called WPA Kill (WPA_KILL.exe). There is to versions of this tool, the new version, and the old version. The new version, can patch both XP and Vista not tested with SP1, but you cannot choose the file to patch. The old version only works with XP, but you can use it if you want to patch other systems than then one you booted from (usefull if you are locked out of the XP installation, due to missing activation).

Read more info at http://www.p2plife.com/

How to access a shared folder in Host OS from Guest OS / Virtual Machine?

How to share a folder in Host OS and access it from Guest OS / Virtual PC /Virtual Machine?

Sharing Host machine folders and accessing them from Guest machine / Virtual machine is very easy.

1. Just install Virtual Machine Additions on the Virtual Machine OS (Guest OS). If already installed, proceed to step 2 directly.

Steps to Install Virtual Machine Additions:

--> Start up your XP Virtual Machine.
--> From the Action menu, choose "Install or Update Virtual Machine Additions".
Or
Press the key command Right Alt + I .
--> Once it is installed, Virtual PC will prompt you to reboot the XP Virtual Machine.
2. Once Virtual Machine Additions is installed, from Virtual Machine's console - go to Edit -> Settings ->Shared Folders (refer below image)
3. Here specify all the drives/folders of host OS which u want to share with Virtual PC's OS (guest OS)

How to drag my mouse pointer from out of Virtual PC / Virtual Machine?

If you are not able to drag your mouse pointer out of your virtual pc / virtual machine, don't panic. Even though it is annoying, there is a very simple method to get rid of this problem.

You will get the below prompt when you click inside the Virtual Machine.


It clearly says that to release the pointer from its captured state, press the host key (Right Alt) and hold it as you move outside of the Virtual Machine window.

So, by pressing the Right Alt ket, you can bring the mouse pointer out side from your Virtual Machine. It's temporary solution.

By installing Virtual Machine Additions, you can easily share the mouse pointer between Guest OS and Host OS. So, this annoying problem is resolved.

Steps to Install Virtual Machine Additions:

--> Start up your XP Virtual Machine.
--> From the Action menu, choose "Install or Update Virtual Machine Additions".
Or
Press the key command Right Alt + I .
--> Once it is installed, Virtual PC will prompt you to reboot the XP Virtual Machine.

Now, you can use the mouse pointer both in Guest OS and Host OS without any problem.

How to install Windows XP inside Vista using Virtual PC 2007?

I have Vista Home Basic OS in my laptop. It doesn't allow me to install IIS (Internet Information Services) which I need for my programming requirements. Even I was wondering how to get over this situation. Finally I found answer to this.

I installed Virtual PC 2007 in my Vista OS machine and then installed Windows XP in Virtual PC. I followed the clearly mentioned steps from below link.
Run Windows XP inside Vista with Virtual PC

Hope it helps.

What is Microsoft Virtual PC 2007? What is use of Virtual PC?

Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 is a virtualization program from Microsoft. Using Virtual PC 2007, we can virtualize hardware. Supported Windows operating systems can run inside Virtual PC. For example, we can run Windows XP as a guest OS in Virtual PC 2007 if host OS is Windows Vista.

You can learn more about Virtual PC at www.microsoft.com website. You can download Virtual PC 2007 from there also.

What is the national anthem of India?

Jana Gana Mana - National Anthem

The national anthem of India is written by Rabindranath Tagore. Here it is:



Jana gaṇa mana adhināyaka jaya he
Bhārata bhāgya vidhātā
Punjāba Sindha Gujarāta Marāṭhā
Drāviḍa Utkala Banga
Vindhya Himāchala Yamunā Gangā
Ucchala jaladhi taranga
Tava śubha nāme jāge
Tava śubha āśiṣa māge
Gāhe tava jaya gāthā
Jana gaṇa mangala dāyaka jaya he
Bhārata bhāgya vidhāta
Jaya he jaya he jaya he
Jaya jaya jaya jaya he!

Translation into English

The following translation, attributed to Tagore, is provided by the Government of India's national portal:



Thou art the ruler of the minds of all people,
Dispenser of India's destiny.
Thy name rouses the hearts of Punjab, Sind,
Gujarat and Maratha,
Of the Dravida and Orissa and Bengal;
It echoes in the hills of the Vindhyas and Himalayas,
mingles in the music of Jamuna and Ganges and is
chanted by the waves of the Indian Sea.
They pray for thy blessings and sing thy praise.
The saving of all people waits in thy hand,
Thou dispenser of India's destiny.
Victory, victory, victory to thee.

Play the video and listen to the national Anthem of India. Proud to be Indian.

Indian Stock markets BSE and NSE starting early at 9 AM from tomorrow (4th jan 2010 )

Indian Stock markets BSE ( Bombay Stock Exchange ) and NSE ( National Stock Exchange ) starting early at 9 AM from 4th jan 2010. The market regulator SEBI agreed to this change of timing. Now the trading will start 55 minutes before the current start timing of 9:55 AM.

What is Website Page Rank? How to find Page rank of my website or Blog?

Page rank is how your website or blog is listed in search engines. You can check your website or blog rank at http://checkpagerank.net

It shows the statistics of your site as below:

It shows link popularity in yahoo, Google and entire web.
It shows if your website is listed in yahoo, google and dmoz.org or not.
It shows google page rank, the most important parameter to measure your blog or website.

Here is a snapshot of page rank of www.indiastudychannel.com

What is an anti-virus? What are the top ten antiviruses?

Antivirus or Anti-virus is a computer program that protects your computer from all viruses, malwares, trojans and infected programs. You must have a good antivirus installed in your computer in order to protect it from all types of attacks. The anti-virus should be of the current version. That is most important. Because the current version of anti-virus is always updated with the current virus threats.

Here is a list of few good antiviruses.
1. Norton Antivirus
2. McAfee Virus Scan
3. AVG antivirus
4. Trend Micro PC - Cillin
5. Bit-Defender
6. Kaspersky Lab
7. F-Secure Anti Virus 2006
8. Panda Titanium 2006
9. Norman
10. ESET Nod32

Among them Norton and McAfee are the most famous ones.

How to restart a web server or IIS?

How to restart a windows web server?
How to restart IIS?
What does iisreset do?

If you have any of the above questions, then here is the answer for that.

To restart your Windows web server or IIS, go to Start --> Run and type iisreset then press enter.

What does iisreset do?
iisreset Stops the IIS (Entire Web Server) and then Restarts it.

You can also use iisreset in command prompt. Below is the syntax for the same.
iisreset [computer name] [/option] [/option]

The default command, ie iisreset stops and restarts the web server.

iisreset supports the following command-line parameters:
/RESTART
This option stops, and then restarts all running Internet services.
/START
This will start all Internet services that are set to autostart.
/STOP
This will stop all running Internet services.
/REBOOT
This parameter will restart the computer.
/REBOOTONERROR
This restarts the computer only when an error occurs when trying to start, stop, or restart the Internet services.
/NOFORCE
Do not shut down Internet services on failure to stop them gracefully.
/TIMEOUT:val
This allows you to specify the timeout value in seconds waiting for a successful stop of Internet services. On expiration of this timeout, the computer can be restarted if the /REBOOTONERROR parameter is specified. The default value is 20 seconds for restart, 60 seconds for stop.
/STATUS
This displays the status of all Internet services.
/ENABLE
This enables the Restart API for Internet services.
/DISABLE
This will disable the Restart API for Internet services.

Who are the women Governors in INDIA?

Here is a list of Women Governors in INDIA

Name	Period	State
Sarojini Naidu	15/08/1947 - 02/03/1949	Uttar Pradesh
Padmaja Naidu	03/11/1956 - 01/06/1967	West Bengal
Vijayalakshmi Pandit	27/11/1962 - 05/09/1963 & 18/12/1963 - 08/10/1964	Maharashtra
Sharada Mukerjee	05/05/1977 - 14/08/1978 & 14/08/1978 - 06/08/1983	Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat
Jyothi Venkatachalam	14/10/1977 - 27/10/1982	Kerala
Kumudhen Joshi	26/11/1985 - 07/02/1990	Andhra Pradesh
Ram Dulari Sinha	23/02/1988 - 12/02/1990	Kerala
Serla Grewal	31/03/1989 - 06/02/1990	Madhya Pradesh
Chandrawati	19/02/1990 - 19/12/1990	Pondicherry
Rajendrakumari Bajpai	02/05/1995 - 23/04/1998	Pondicherry
Sheila Kaul	17/11/1995 - 23/04/1996	Himachal Pradesh
Justice M.Fathima Beevi	25/01/1997 - 01/07/2001	Tamil Nadu
V.S.Rama Devi	26/07/1997 - 02/12/1999 & 02/12/1999 - 10/08/2002	Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka
Rajani Rai	23/04/1998 - 31/07/2002	Pondicherry
Pratibha Patil	08/11/2004 - 21/06/2007	Rajasthan

How to know the speed of internet connection?

To do Internet Speed Test for Broadband, Cable, Satellite and DSL Modems and to find the bandwidth use this link.
http://www.speedtest.net/

It will show you many features of your internet connection like
1. Download Speed
2. Upload speed
3. Your Internet Service Provider
4. Your Server info

How to use google search effectively?

What are the features of Google search?
How to improve the google search experience?

We always use Google search for almost all of our online search requirements. But do we know how to use google search most effectively? Do we know how to optimize our search query?

Here are few tips to increase your search experience?
1. For weather: type "weather [placename]"
2. For StockQuote: type the stock code
3. For Current Time: time [placename]
4. For calculation: type your equation left hand side, eg: 5*9+(sqrt 10)^3=
5. Unit Conversion: eg: 10.5 cm in inches
6. Dictionary Definitions: Type "Define [word]" eg: Define philosophy
7. Money conversions: eg: 150 GBP in USD

Reference: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/features.html

How to calculate complex calculations in internet?

What is google calculator?
How to calculate using google?

You can type your equation in Google Search box and press search. It will show the result. See an example below:

1 pound is equal to how many rupees?

1 British pound = 76.8957237 Indian rupees

There is a good tool available by Google. You can use google search window to get the result.

Type 1 Pound = ? INR in search window and press Search. The conversion result will be shown as top search result.


Other useful google search querries:

Q: 1 dollar in rupees or dollar to rupee conversion
Ans: Type in google search: 1 dollar = ?INR or 1 dollar to inr

Q: euro to rupee conversion or 1 euro how many rupees or 1 euro equal to how many rupees
Ans: Type in google search: 1 euro = ?INR or 1 euro to inr

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Top ten Telecom service providers in India

Here is a list of top ten Telecom service providers in India as per May 2009 data.

1. BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigama Ltd)
2. Bharti Airtel
3. Vodafone Essar
4. Idea Cellular
5. Aircel
6. MTNL
7. BPL
8. Spice Telecom
9. Reliance Communications
10. Tata Teleservices

Mobile number change to 11 digits with a prefix of 9 in India

11 Digit mobile numbers in India from 1st Jan 2010

As the mobile phone users are increasing day by day, as per DoT (Department of Telecom), there will be a mobile number change from current 10 digit system to 11 digits mobile numbers with a prefix of 9 on 1st January 2010. Currently the indian market has close to 500 million subscribers and it expects the mobile phone user base to reach 1 billion by 2014. So, to accomodate such a huge customer base, DoT decided to increase all the mobile numbers to 11 digits by adding a prefix of 9.

Who all will be affected by this move?

1. The telecom service providers have to change the switching to accomodate 11 digit numbers. As per TOI, the telecom service providers in India use sofisticated switching system. So, there won't be much difficulty in doing that.

2. The users need to update their address book by appending a prefix 9 to all mobile numbers.

Caution!!

If you are using software to update your address book, make sure all landline numbers don't append the prefix 9 as land line numbers are not changed.

World AIDS Day 2009 - Facts about AIDS

Today is World AIDS Day - 1st Dec 2009. Let's be aware about AIDS, let's know about facts and myths of AIDS, its consequences, precautions and preventions. Let's equip us with knowledge. If all of us know What is AIDS, How it Spreads and how to prevent it, then We can make the earth a save heaven to live.

What is AIDS? How AIDS spreads?

AIDS means Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. It is caused or it spreads by a Virus called HIV (Human Immune Virus). The virus spreads from one person to other through blood by following ways:
1. Unprotected sex
2. Reuse of needles in hospitals
3. Blood transfusion from HIV infected people
4. Baby born from an infected mother has chances of having been affected with AIDS
5. Reusing blade for Shaving beard in public saloon

Consequences of AIDS?

AIDS is a killer disease. There is no cure to it, but medical advancements are helping the patient to increase the life expectancy.

How to prevent spreading of AIDS?

We can create awareness among people about AIDS. We can reach out to the uneducated people to educate them about AIDS. It will help everyone to take necessary precautions and this initiative will help fight AIDS.

I request all readers to understand the AIDS problem and to educate each other to kill this killer disease.