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revo uninstaller

Completely Uninstall Programs on Windows

Revo Uninstaller, developed by VS Revo Group, is a tool that allows you to completely uninstall a program from Windows. Often when uninstalling programs through the typical uninstaller, many registry files and directories are left behind. Over time these left over and useless files bog down your computer. By using a tool like Revo Uninstaller, it will uninstall the program like normal and then scan the computer for any additional files that were not removed. It allows you to select which files to keep and which to delete.

You can purchase the full version of Revo Uninstaller but I recommend just downloading the free version. It will still scan for leftovers after the standard uninstall, it includes eight additional cleaning tools, and free tech support is also included. There’s some nice features that come packed with the Pro version but nothing that I feel is worth the $20 – $40 price tag.

You can download Revo Uninstaller by clicking HERE.

display recorder

Display Recorder – Record iPhone, iPod touch, iPad Screen in HD with Audio

Display Recorder, developed by Ryan Petrich and available for $4.99 from the Cydia Store, allows you to record your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad’s display. This app is terrific if you want to record your device’s display for a YouTube video, send a video of your recorded display to a friend, or record a video and download it to your computer so that you can edit it, such as what we use it for.

Display Recorder records directly to H.264 or MJPG/AVI for amazing HD quality, optionally records microphone audio, features on-device YouTube uploading, adjustable framerate and quality settings, hardware accelerated video encoding (meaning new devices will encode recordings faster than older devices), and includes a web site to manage your recordings. Simply enter the web server address (in the format of http://IPaddress:port) that’s displayed at the bottom of the app into your web browser.

Steps (once your iPhone is jailbroken):
1. Open Cydia
2. Search for “Display Recorder”
3. Download the app.
4. Congratulations! Display Recorder should now be installed on your device.

Question:
What will you do with your screen recordings? If you upload them to YouTube, send us the link!

startdial

StartDial – Open the iPhone’s Phone App to a Specific Page Every Time

StartDial, developed by FilippoBiga and available for free from the BigBoss repository in Cydia, allows you to start your Phone app on the page of your choice (Favorites, Recents, Contacts, Keypad, or Voicemail). If, for instance, you typically use the keypad, you can set your start page as Keypad and every time you open the Phone app the Keypad page will open. If you prefer to select phone numbers from your contact list, you can set the start page to Contacts. In addition, you have the option to disable the voicemail page; a reasonable option for those security concerned users.

Steps (once your iPhone is jailbroken):
1. Open Cydia
2. Search for “StartDial”
3. Download the tweak and when prompted by Cydia, respring your iPhone.
4. Congratulations! StartDial should now be installed on your device.

How to remove StartDial:
1. Open Cydia
2. Search for “StartDial”
3. In the upper right-hand corner, select the “Modify” button.
4. When asked to “Reinstall” or “Remove”, select “Remove”
5. When prompted by Cydia, respring your iPhone.
6. Once the iPhone has resprung, StartDial should no longer be present.

Question:
What page in the Phone app do you use most often?

iPhone 4S Jailbreak iOS 5

How to Jailbreak iPhone 4S & iPad 2 (Windows, Mac, Linux)

Ever since the December release of @pod2g‘s “corona” untether for iOS 5.x on A4 and earlier devices, all eyes have been on the attempts to extend it to the A5 devices: the iPhone4S and iPad2. Due to the combined efforts of @pod2g and members of the iPhone Dev Team and Chronic Dev Team, the iOS 5 jailbreak for A5 devices has been released. The application; Absinthe.

The supported firmware versions are:
- iPhone4S: 5.0 (9A334), 5.0.1 (9A405) and the “other” 5.0.1 (9A406)
- iPad2: 5.0.1 (9A405)

iPhone4S owners looking to maximize their chances of achieving an eventual software-based carrier unlock should be staying at 5.0. Everyone else should be at 5.0.1. If you’re an iPhone4S owner who already updated to 5.0.1, it’s too late to go back down to 5.0, but if you’re on 9A406 it is possible to downgrade the baseband by going to the 9A405 version of 5.0.1 while the window is still open.

Steps:
1. Download Absinthe - http://greenpois0n.com/?p=173
2. Open the .ZIP file and extract the Absinthe application.
3. Plug the iPhone 4S or iPad 2 into the computer.
4. Open Absinthe and unlock your device if it has a passcode.
5. In Absinthe, click the “Jailbreak” button.
6. Once complete, unlock your device, open the Absinthe icon.
6a. If the Absinthe webclip shows “Error establishing a database connection”, go to Settings, turn on VPN and wait instead. Toggle VPN only AFTER Absinthe says it’s done, or it will not work. VPN SHOULD error and then reboot soon. If it does not, rerun Absinthe!
7. Congratulations! Cydia should now be installed on your device

Question:
What will be the first jailbreak app or tweak that you are going to install?

Sony Vegas Render Error Low Memory

FIX Sony Vegas Low Memory Error on Render

The Sony Vegas rendering suite is incredibly popular among amateurs and professionals alike. However, it is notorious for providing the user with rendering errors. The most well-known being, “The system is low on memory. You may be able to reduce memory usage by closing other applications.”

On a 64-bit machine, this is due to the fact that all editions of Vegas below Professional do not support more than 2GB of memory (i.e., they are 32-bit applications, not 64-bit). To solve this issue, download a free program, 4GB Patch, developed by NTCore, and browse for the Sony Vegas executable file. Typically this file will be stored in:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Sony\Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10.0

The last folder will be named whatever version of Sony Vegas you have installed and the file that you will need to select will have the Sony Vegas icon.

Once you select the application, 4GB Patch will make the necessary changes and Vegas will then be capable of accessing up to 4GB of memory.

This program will also work with any other program you have that may be giving you similar errors. If you decide to try 4GB Patch be sure to leave a comment a let us know how it worked out on your end.

iPhone Home Button

How to Recalibrate (Refresh) iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad Home Button

After an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad has been used for some time, the home button may begin to seem unresponsive or slow. While this may be due to a hardware issue (the device may have been dropped, damaging internal hardware), it’s worth a shot to recalibrate the device’s home button.

To recalibrate the home button, follow these steps:

1. Open a pre-installed app (e.g., Stocks, Calendar, Weather, Calendar, etc.).
2. Hold down the power button until the “Slide to Power Off” option appears.
3. Hold down the home button until the application quits.

This may or may not solve your home button’s issue(s) but there is no harm in trying. If you try this tip make sure to leave us a comment telling us whether or not it made a difference for you.

iphone to itunes

How to Transfer Music From iPod, iPhone, or iPad to iTunes

Transferring music, videos, photos, data, and more from an iPhone, iPod, or iPad to iTunes couldn’t be easier with DiskAid. DiskAid is a free program available for both Windows and Mac OS X but for a small price you can unlock some awesome features. Before we begin the tutorial, DiskAid has a regular price tag of $29.90USD, however, by going to http://www.digidna.net/techgeec the price will drop a cool 30% to $20.93USD; not too steep when all of DiskAid’s features are taken into consideration.

   Free Registered
Transfer Files to Apps yes yes
Access File System yes yes
Advanced Features yes yes
Transfer Camera Roll Photos yes yes
Copy Music & Videos no yes
Copy SMS, Contacts, Voicemail & other Data no yes

Once you have DiskAid downloaded and installed, follow the simple steps below to transfer your music over to your computer. Alternatively, feel free watch the above video tutorial.

  1. Plug your device into your computer and open DiskAid.
  2. In the left-hand navigation pane, under the “Music & Videos” tab select “Music” (or whichever media you wish to transfer).
  3. If you wish to transfer all of the media on the device to the computer, click the “Copy to Computer” button at the top of the window. Otherwise, if you only want to transfer a select number of items, select which items you want transferred by holding the “Ctrl” key (Windows) or “Command” key (Mac) and select each item. Once finished click the “Copy to Computer” button.
  4. When asked what you would like to copy, select your preferences. If you only chose to transfer a select number of songs (or other media), choose the “Only Selected Media” option. If you’d like the media to be copied directly into iTunes select “To iTunes” when asked “Where would you like to copy?” Alternatively, you can transfer the media to a folder on your computer or external drive by selecting “To a folder of my choice” and browse for which folder you would like the media to be transferred to.
  5. Finally you will be asked which library data you would like imported. It’s suggested to leave the default options selected and import all data (playlists, ratings, play counts, last played dates). Click “Next” and DiskAid will begin importing your media. Remember, this copies the media; it won’t remove it from your device.

It’s as simple as that! Remember that DiskAid can do so much than just copy media to a computer and don’t forget to use the 30% off discount by downloading DiskAid from http://www.digidna.net/techgeec.

iOS 5 jailbreak

How to Jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 (Untethered – Windows & Mac)

Download redsn0w here: http://blog.iPhone-Dev.org

This jailbreak will ONLY work on the following devices:

iPhone 3GS
iPhone 4
iPhone 4 (CDMA)
iPad 1
iPod touch 3G
iPod touch 4G

More info on this jailbreak: http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/14857834236/untethered-holidays

Steps:

1. Download redsn0w and extract the program from the .ZIP folder.
2a. Windows users: Right-click redsn0w.exe and “Run as administrator”
2b. Mac users: Open redsn0w.app
3. In redsn0w, click the “Jailbreak” button.
4. Plug your device into your computer and turn it OFF.
5. Click “Next”
6. Enter DFU mode by following the instructions.
7. Ensure that “Install Cydia” is checked. Click “Next”
8. Wait for redsn0w to complete the jailbreak process.

Done! Cydia is now available on your homescreen.

Windows 7 Background

How to Install Windows onto a New Hard Drive / Solid State Drive

The Windows revision shown in this video is Windows 7 Home Premium x64.

Steps:

1. Turn on the computer and insert the installation DVD into the optical drive.
2. If DVD is not automatically loaded, reboot computer.
3. If asked, select the “Windows Setup” option by pressing ENTER.
4. Select your preferences.
5. Click “Install”.
6. Select the OS that you purchased to install.
7. Accept the license terms.
8. Choose “Custom Installation”.
9. Choose which storage device you want Windows to be installed on.

How to install other components:

Motherboard: http://youtu.be/pxhYU7QHlME
Processor (CPU): http://youtu.be/PkhlIYpFYG0
Memory (RAM): http://youtu.be/TKy8Kh7aq6U
Graphics Card: http://youtu.be/YGmefninQJg
Liquid Cooling: http://youtu.be/Xg4eFtCqaQs
Optical Drive (CD/DVD/Blu-Ray drive): http://youtu.be/PcCPLsTWrtI
Power Supply (PSU): http://youtu.be/s-dRCjLLHuc
Storage (HDD/SSD): http://youtu.be/ekGu4mVH1aM
How to Build a Full Computer: http://youtu.be/IA7c9Wm-UYs

Build a Computer

How to Build a Computer

Building a full computer really isn’t that difficult. The only challenging part is making sure that all of your components are compatible with each other. Then it’s just mounting them to your chassis (or motherboard, e.g. CPU, RAM, graphics card, etc.) and providing them with power via the power supply (PSU) if needed.

Components used in this build:

Chassis: NZXT H2
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Performance
Processor (CPU): Intel Core i7 2600K (O.C. to 4.5GHz)
Memory (RAM): 8GB Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz
Graphics Card: XFX Radeon HD 6950 w/ 2GB GDDR5 (flashed to 6970)
Power Supply (PSU): 750W Thermaltake TRX-750M TR2
Optical Drive: Sony Optiarc 24x DVDRW SATA drive
Storage Device: 1TB Western Digital Caviar Green HDD
Operating System (OS): Windows 7 Home Premium x64

Jump to sections in this video:

How to install a motherboard: 1:45
How to install a processor (CPU): 3:13
How to install memory (RAM): 4:20
How to install a graphics card: 5:56
How to install a power supply (PSU): 7:01
How to install an optical drive (CD/DVD/Blu-Ray drive): 7:37
How to install a storage device (HDD/SSD): 8:34
How to install liquid/water cooling: 9:44
How to install Windows: 12:03

Multi-Channel Memory Technology:

Multi-channel architecture is a technology that increases the transfer speed of data between the RAM and the memory controller by adding more channels of communication between them. Theoretically this multiplies the data rate by exactly the number of channels present. Dual-channel memory employs two channels which theoretically doubles the data transfer rate. Higher-end chipsets like the Intel i7-9x series and various Xeon chipsets support triple-channel memory. Intel has released (2011) chipsets that support quad-channel memory.