Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1)

What's included in Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1):

Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is an important update that includes previously released security, performance, and stability updates for Windows 7. SP1 also includes new improvements to features and services in Windows 7, such as improved reliability when connecting to HDMI audio devices, printing using the XPS Viewer, and restoring previous folders in Windows Explorer after restarting. Installing SP1 helps keep Windows 7 up to date. Applies to all editions of Windows 7.

Learn how to install Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1):

How to get SP1

The recommended (and easiest) way to get SP1 is to turn on automatic updating in Windows Update in Control Panel, and wait for Windows 7 to notify you that SP1 is ready to install. It takes about 30 minutes to install, and you'll need to restart your computer about halfway through the installation.

To learn if Windows 7 SP1 is already installed:

Click the Start button , right-click Computer, and then click Properties. If Service Pack 1 is listed under Windows edition, SP1 is already installed on your computer.

Disk space requirements

Make sure you have enough free disk space to install SP1 (even though much of that space will be reclaimed after the installation).
Installation method and  Estimated amount of free disk space required

Windows Update   
x86-based (32-bit): 750 MB
x64-based (64-bit): 1050 MB

Downloading SP1 from the Microsoft website   
x86-based (32-bit): 4100 MB
x64-based (64-bit): 7400 MB

Installing SP1 using an installation DVD   
x86-based (32-bit): 4100 MB
x64-based (64-bit): 7400 MB

For general information about service packs, go to the Service Pack Center webpage on the Windows website.

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How To Create A SECRET Document Using Command Prompt Or Notepad.

Have you ever had the desire to write or type something down that you'll probably feel like reading later on, yet you do not want other people to be able to access it? Something like your day to day activity, or stuffs on your crush. Lol. Well i can assure you, this trick is the solution to your heart desire.
As you've probably heard of file extensions, there are the last three letters that follow the dot at the end of a filename. This extension enables or tells the computer system how to open it and which program to use to access it. To create these kinda secret documents we can make use of any of this two simple but highly underestimated applications. NotePad or Command Prompt.

To Do this with Command prompt

• Open command prompt (Winkey + R, then type cmd and press enter)
• now type "edit" in the command line without the quotes and press enter.
• You'll be taken to a screen where you can write any sort of secret or whatsoever you wanna write.
• To save click on file, then save as. Command prompt presents you with the option to save your file without an extension. Which makes it more secretive.
• You can decide to just type the name of the file and save it in your desired location or add an extension of your choice behind it e.g anyname.kyd etc
• You now have your secret document. 

To Do This With Notepad 

•  Open notepad, and type your content
• Now save your document using any type of extension, change file type to "All files" it is advisable to formulate yours e.g anyname.kyd
• Save this to your desired location and you are good to go
To open this file,
• Double click on it, you'll be asked to select a program from your computer.
• Find Notepad or Command prompt and click open.

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CHOOSING THE PERFECT TEMPLATE FOR YOUR BLOG

More and more blogs are being created day by day, some withstand the test of time while some wither and die or just fade away. To prevent your blog from fading away, obviously you’ve got to provide quality and great content. Despite the importance of content, the look and feel of a blog also helps a lot in attracting
followers and having them always come back for more.

As one is new to the blogosphere, you feel satisfied with the default blogger templates. But as time goes on, you discover other blogs with cooler templates and the need to have a nice look for your blog. There are thousands of awesome templates out there and if you do not have a clear view of what you want, you’ll simply be faced with indecision or end up making the wrong choice.
In this post, I’ll be giving you some tips in choosing a blog template that suits the topic of your blog. I, as an individual, have tried out quite a number of blogger templates till date before I finally settled with the current one. Here are a few things I took into consideration:

1. What is the purpose of your blog or what niche are you targeting

Is your blog a technology blog, a fashion blog, music, entertainment, gossip, lifestyle or any other specific category? By identifying your niche, you are a step closer to choosing that killer template.

2. What kind of message do you want to send?

By following the first step above i.e. identifying your niche, you already have an insight as to what you want your blog to look like. Do you want it to have a
formal, semi-formal or casual feel? You could also pick a color that you’ll prefer it to be. A 2-columned blog, 3-columned etc. Noting down these little details,you should already have a clear picture of what you want.

As long as you’ve followed the steps above, and you’ve got your jottings, selecting that perfect template will be far much easier and you’ll surely choose one that has the exact look and feel that your blog needs.
Follow these steps and I can assure you that you’ll definitely appreciate it.

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How To Add A Favicon To Your Webpage.

As a beginner web designer or developer, you discover the need to add a favicon to your webpage or website, but you are facing difficulty in doing so. Well, here's the trick. But first, what exactly is a favicon? A favicon is a small image or icon in .ico that is shown on the title bar beside the Title of a webpage or website. The favicon serves as a sort of identity for websites and webpages. To get a favicon,
you'll need to create an icon using any graphics software. To find out how to create an icon with photoshop, click here.
Enough of the story, lets find out how to implement this.
To add a favicon to a static or simple html web page, go to where the <head> tag is and add after it,

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="link to favicon"/>

But you might also be faced with difficulty if your webpages are quite a number. Lets say you are building a big website, you won't want to add this code manually to every page, rather, you'll make use of the template file of your site. A template is mostly
written in .php format for websites and it contains files and codes that are required on every page of the website. As this is mostly written in php, this is how to add favicon to a php document or page:
Add this code before the main contents of your php file

echo '<link rel="shortcut icon" href="your favicon location"/>';  

Thats all, and you've got yourself your favicon. Don't forget to share

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WishFree Tech Blog Awards 2012

The Wish Free Tech Blog Awards 2012 is here and as you could have guessed, there is a very high level of competition. I got an email not too long ago, inviting me to participate in this contest. It was cool, ya know. This particular awards is currently available only for Technology blogs. Lest i forget, I need you guys to vote for KYD Evolution here http://contest.wishfree.com/blog-contest/blogs/KYD-Evolution-1648. All you need to do is Login with your Facebook or Twitter accounts and Nominate. Thank you as you do so.

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How To End Non-responding Programs Easily

Ending Non-responding programs have always been an annoying and most difficult task an average computer user faces. Programs become non-responding due to errors
and insufficient memory in the system. Today we'll be covering how to easily end these programs when they turn up unresponsive. Our tool will be the Windows Task Manager.
The Windows Task Manager is an utility program that comes pre-installed in all Windows Operating System installations. To access the Task Manager, there are two major ways:

1. Press Ctrl + Alt + Del, in older versions of Windows, this will open the task manager directly. But in newer versions like the Windows 7, A window will be displayed where you can select Task Manager.
2. The second major method is by right-clicking on the taskbar and selecting task Manager in the menu that shows.

Now to the business of the day, When you have a program that is now unresponsive and you need to end it urgently, all you have to do is

• Open the task manager, Switch to the application tab and select the program you want to end.
• Now right-click on the particular program and select "Go to process". This will take you to the application process.
• Right-click and select "End Process", you will be asked to confirm, just click ok..

Don't forget to share

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How to create icons with photoshop

Photoshop is a very great tool for graphical designs. With photoshop, one can create images and designs that can be regarded as a masterpiece. Its not only graphical designers that need photoshop though but also web designers and developers. Today we'll be talking about how to create an icon using photoshop. An icon is a small image mostly of 64x64, 32x32 and 16x16 dimensions. It has the .ico file extension. Icons are generally used for programs and stuff but web designers also use it as a favourite icon, popularly called favicon.
Unfortunately, Adobe Photoshop does not originally present one with the option to save any image with the .ico extension. But in order to do these, we'll have to download the .ico plugin for photoshop. Click here to download it. After download, extract and copy the contents to the plugins folder of your photoshop application. This is most likely to be in your program files. To do this, open your Photoshop folder in your program files, then Open Plugins => File Formats, and paste it in the folder. Now restart or open your photoshop application, design the image you want, set the appropriate dimensions i.e width and height. Now Click on File -> Save As, and you'll now have the choice of saving images as an icon. Don't forget to share.

• 
  Download The .ico plugin for photoshop
  

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The Power Of Exploration

Exploration! Exploration!! Exploration!!!
People seem to over-underestimate the power of exploration, this time, I'll be referring to the world of computers and technology. Exploration is a great tool that builds up confidence, skills and general ability of a computer user. Like i enjoy saying, "A computer system or laptop is only as good as its owner". This quote simply means that even if you have the latest technology and trends of computer systems and software and you can't use them, then its all totally useless.

This short article is basically contained of my idealism because i think every minute you spend with your laptop or system watching movies, or playing games can be used to learn something huge that will make you proud of yourself. Research shows that stuffs you discover yourself stick to your memory better than those you read from one place or the other, This is just my thoughts, invest your time wisely....

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Change Windows Password With Command Prompt

Today we'll be talking about how to change your Windows password, be it Windows7, Vista, Xp etc without knowing the former password.
This short but educative tutorial we'll guide you through the steps necessary. Lets begin

• First you'll need to run command prompt as an administrator. You can do this by typing "cmd" in the start menu search box
• Upon displaying results, right-click on it and select "Run As Administrator".
• 
• Now type "net user" in the prompt and press enter. It will display all the user accounts on the system
• Now pick the name of the account you would like to make changes on and type
  net user acekyd to find out more about the user account or type
  net user acekyd passwd to change the password of the acekyd user account to passwd.
Note that you should replace the username and password used above to the one used on your system.

• If you already know the name of the user account you wanted to change its password, you can type
  net user acekyd passwd straight up from the beginning with no need to first checknout the accounts. Hope you find
  this tutorial helpful. Dont forget to share.

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How To Delete a hard disk partition

I have come across situations where after creating partitions, i later find them no longer useful and i feel the need to delete them.
I know most people have also been in this situation so i'm gonna shed some light on it.
Before you can delete a partition from your system, then obviously you've got to have created a partition at one time or the other.
To find out to create a partition, click here.
To begin, you must be logged on as an administrator to perform the following steps.
When you delete a hard disk partition or volume (the terms partition and volume are often used interchangeably), you create empty space that you can use to
create new partitions or add them up to old or already created partitions using utility tools like Easeus Partition manager.
Note that if your hard disk is currently set up as a single partition, then you cannot delete it. You also cannot delete the system partition, boot partition,
or any partition that contains the virtual memory paging file, because Windows needs this information to start correctly.
Warning: All data on a partition will be lost when you delete it. Be sure to back up any files that you want to save to a different location before you
continue.
Open Computer Management by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, clicking Control Panel, System and Maintenance, then
Administrative Tools, and finally double-clicking Computer Management. Or you could just type in the start menu search bar "computer management".
Administrator permission is required. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

• In the Navigation pane, under Storage, click Disk Management.
• Right-click the volume, such as a partition or logical drive, that you want to delete, and then click Delete Volume.
• Click Yes to delete the volume.

The resulting empty space is called unallocated space if you deleted a primary partition, or free space if you deleted a logical drive within an extended
partition. You can now use the empty space to create additional volumes or add them to old partitions as mentioned previously. Dont forget to share.

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