BUGS

A software bug is an error, flaw, mistake, failure, or fault in a computer program that prevents it from behaving as intended (e.g., producing an incorrect or unexpected result). Most bugs arise from mistakes and errors made by people in either a program's source code or its design, and a few are caused by compilers producing incorrect code.

Bugs can have a wide variety of effects, with varying levels of inconvenience to the user of the program. Some bugs have only a subtle effect on the program's functionality, and may thus lie undetected for a long time. More serious bugs may cause the program to crash or freeze .There are other types of bugs categorized security bugs and might for example enable a malicious user to bypass access controls in order to obtain unauthorized privileges.


TOP 3 BUG HAVOCS

1. Bugs in the code controlling the Therac-25 radiation therapy machine were directly responsible for some patient deaths in the 1980s

2. In 1996, the European Space Agency's US$1 billion prototype Ariane 5 rocket was destroyed less than a minute after launch, due to a bug in the on-board guidance computer program.

3. . In June 1994, a Royal Air Force Chinook crashed into the Mull of Kintyre, killing 29. This was initially dismissed as pilot error, but an investigation by Computer Weekly uncovered sufficient evidence to convince a House of Lords inquiry that it may have been caused by a software bug in the aircraft's engine control computer



The OS with the maximum bugs the computing n IT fraternity has ever seen


Speaking of bugs MICROSOFT is often regarded as champion of bugs .The first Vista edition launched by Microsoft had reportedly 22,000 bugs, so much so that even after 2 service packs n several updates later it is still regarded by the computing fraternity as ‘the most unstable OS in the world’.WINDOWS 7 the newest Microsoft entry into the market can be described as a patched up and compact version of the failure named ‘VISTA’. Not only in OS but even in the browser applications Microsoft is lagging behind because of bugs .FIREFOX 3.1 has been rated much higher than IE 7 of Microsoft by most software reviewers and critics.




TRY OUT THIS CLASSIC BUG!!!


This is something pretty cool...and unbelievable... At Microsoft the whole
Team, including Bill Gates, couldn't answer why this happened!
It was discovered by a Brazilian. Try it out yourself...

Open Microsoft Word and type

Quote:
=rand (200, 99)



Hmm .. happens for many such no.'s , but of different length

I think it's calling some functions of Word.

=rand(no. of lines, no of times to repeat in each line)

however there seems to be an upper limit, it seems to be ::
(no. of lines + no. of times to repeat in each line ) < 300
AND no. of lines <= 200 AND no. of times to repeat in each line <= 200
AND no. of output lines < 1000

maybe .. I am not so sure. like =rand(145,145) does not work, perhaps cause there maybe some kind of overflow ... LOL ...

Eg : to see the difference :::::::

try with =rand(1,2)
and then with =rand(2,1)

CHANGING PEN DRIVE BACKGROUND

I was quite impressed after seeing my frnds pen drive .
It was having a Wallpaper as Background of his Pen drive .
(When asked abt how to do that-
he passed my quest. by saying that his elder brother did that
& he don't know ! )

So finally decided to do a bit of research my self and found out that not only a pen drive’s background can be can be changed ,even the backgrounds of folders can be changed .For example , if u hav all songs by Bryan Adams in a folder named ‘Bryan Adams’ u can set a cool wallpaper of the singer as the background just as u apply a wall paper in ur desktop

To do this implement the following steps


copy paste the image in the folder you want the settings to apply to..
display all hidden files of the folder..if desktop.ini is there open it else create one from notepad ..

add the following code


[ExtShellFolderViews]
{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}={BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}
[{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]
IconArea_Image=.\(filename).jpg

save it close it..
be carefull with the last line. make sure that the file name of ur pic is accurate according to dos convention... replace(filename) with the real file name...do not ..for example if file name is utkarsh.jpg..it wud read like..

IconArea_Image=.\utkarsh.jpg

go back refresh the page and enter ur folder and check it..

N u r DONE

TRAIL SOFTWARES

Scores of software are available on the net, be it video editing tools ,media converters photo editing tools etc.And most of then are free too but for a trial period say 30 days or 2 months after which the software must be purchased in order to use it .We download several such freebies and use it once or twice and then simply dump it …and suddenly after a couple of months when we again require them THE TRAIL PERIOD IS OVER!!!!
And the software is useless. if u uninstall and reinstall it even then it wont work unless u validate it by entering a licence key .Even if you manually delete the registry values then again reinstall the software’s wont work.
SO WHAT IS THE SOLUTION???

Here it goes just double click ur clock in windows(which shows the time) Change the time to the period wen the software was active say if the software expired 2 weeks ago change the date to 3 weeks ago .click on apply …n now run the software n WHEW it works ..after using the software to ur hearts content once again change ur time n date to the normal. Simple it works for most software’s barring a few . I hav tried using this technique with Nero in Windows XP home Edition with service pack 2(ofcorse a pirated one) and it just works fine !!!!!!

BUT HERE COMES THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION

Now a days no one uses trail software’s .Keys of almost all software’s are so widely available in the net that there is no need to use trail software’s ..if u download any software using a torrent u will definetely get a Cd key with it. Just google it u will find many more .N i also follow a golden rule .NEVER SPEND EVEN A PAISE ON SOFTWARE ..when u can get it free…I hav keys of many security suites,media softwares,nero,adobe etc etc..it u need any just email me :
arka_b1990@yahoo.co.in


“Software is like sex: it's better when it's free”
- Linus Torvalds


If you don't know who he is check this: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds

GIVE IT A TRY I BET U CAN'T

Everyday we create ,name n rename hundreds of files n folders .Have we ever spared a thought about file names ? No most probably not ..in Windows 7 era we can give long file names even exceeding 200 characters.But this was not always the case earlier in the DOS age file names could have a maximum length of 8 characters .Still today in Dos based applications like ‘C’ file names cannot be more than 8 characters long .And how does DOS display the long file names created in Windows ..simply by reducing the length to 8 characters n replacing the missing characters by ‘~’ .Now to all those readers who have reached so far I wont disappoint u, Just try this

Create any folder ,file ,shortcut n name it as ‘CON’ try it an tell me if it works or not

Post ur comments ill definitely go through them

AUTO SHUTDOWN

Many down loaders have wished that there was some auto shutdown control in windows by which they could shut down their PCs after a specific interval of time .Many people have night unlimited download scheme where download is free from 2 -8 AM at night .You can start the download at 2 but how to stop it n shut down ur Pc before 8 ? you cannot perform this operation using task scheduler. Mind you the power options present are not very accurate .You cant specify that exactly afterr 5 hrs and 11 minutes or so the pc will shut down and it is reliable neither. so here comes the solution:



no need of software Just these few easy steps

1. go to desktop->right click->create new shortcut->type location as "%windir%\system32\shutdown.exe -s -t 100" (without quotes.)

2. click next

3. click finish

100 is for example. Note: if u want to shutdown ur pc u need to specify time in
seconds. Example: if one hour is required then in place of 100 u need to specify
3600 seconds. likewise u can give your timing. in short convert your time in
seconds and put it at 100(example). its very easy.After following the above
procedure you will see that an . exe file is created double click the exe file to start the countdown but problem is that after u start it u cant close or end it. for that go to run and type " shutdown -a" it will end the countdown.

**For more such tips n tricks email me at arka_b1990@yahoo.co.in