May 2007

Windows Registry is the database which stores setting and configuration information of the installed software and hardware drivers.

Many a time registry entries are left behind after software uninstallation. Registry problems can also occurs because of incorrect removal of software, missing or corrupt hardware drivers or orphaned start-up programs.

These problems lead to a significant rise in the size of the registry and hence slows down the computer. (Windows will need more time to load, search, and read data from the Registry)

I myself test/use a lot of tools/software's and forced to re-install Windows every 6 months :)

There are a lot of powerful Registry Cleaners available including Registry Mechanic; but most of them have a

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Just a few days back I bought licensed copy of Mint; the cute powerful Web analytics application. When I wrote about Mint some days back I also mentioned about the poor navigation interface in Google Analytics

Looks like I was not the only one complaining; Jeff Veen and Brett Corsby unveiled the new version of Google Analytics at the EMetrics Summit.

What’s different?We've redesigned the reporting interface for greater customization and collaboration. This should make it easier for businesses and website owners to find and share the data you need to make informed decisions. The new version presents data more clearly and in context, so you

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"Doodles of a Crazy Man" is the title of the blog maintained by my highly talented friend Vasuki.

Wondering why I am writing about this blog? Not because he is my friend or that his link is on my Blogroll; its out of total appreciation to the blog's content and his writing talent.

Of all the different blogs/RSS feeds that I read daily, this blog stands out primarily because of quality content.  

Vasu has a unique style of story telling/putting his view and if you read a couple of posts in his blog you will definitely be tempted to dig through the blogs archives.

Most of the

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What's Running is a nice little tool to help you easily find what is actually running on your computer !  The tool displays information in 5 tabs. The Process tab displays an instant view of the processes running and on selecting a process, the tool displays detailed information about the process.

The Services tab lists details about the windows services and there is an option to start/stop the service. The modules tab provides detailed information about the DLL's loaded in the memory and the processes using the modules.

The Drivers tab view lists all drivers that are currently active. The IP connections lists all IP sockets and connections that are currently connected or open. Startup programs and System Information as

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If you want to know more about me and this weblog, click on the following link http://www.venukb.com/blog/about/ I have been thinking of updating the info on this page from quite some time;Thanks to Garry for pushing me on this.

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The blog now has a new look and feel ! There is no major change and only the header layout is re-designed.

I always wanted to move the "Page" links on the sidebar and now it has a new place at the bottom of the header.

However I almost spent hours together for the right color combination of Header and menu containers. Even now the combination is kind of weird and I would request a creative mind to suggest a good color combination for the header.

Feel free to comment on the things you like and dislike about the blog layout.

Note: If you are reading this post from your favorite RSS reader, for a change you have to

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Consilient has brought its free mobile E-Mail application called Push to  India.

Using this application you can retrieve E-Mail's from your Yahoo!, Hotmail, Gmail AOL or any POP3/IMAP E-Mail account.You can also send and receive photos and read your work email using Consilient Push.

The Push service also has attachment support (ZIP, MS Word, PDF & Excel) and uses 128-bit encryption.

The help section of the Consilient web site has pointers to the User Guide and FAQ

Unfortunately I don't have data connection on my Airtel mobile and hence wasn't able to download the "push" application and use it.

If you have

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Web Analytic tools are "must have" for anybody running a website. They give interesting insight into your site's traffic patterns. The tools give data on number of people visiting your site, the search engine used to arrive at your site, the keyword used in the search engine and much more information about every visitor visiting your site.

Web Analytics Association has the following definition for Web Analytics:

Web Analytics is the objective tracking, collection, measurement, reporting and analysis of quantitative Internet data to optimize websites and web marketing initiatives.

There are lot of freely available web analytic tools and I have used a couple of them for the past 1 year

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