Jonny Ive talking about the brand new Apple iMac with 21.5 and 27 inch widescreen display, Quad Core/Core 2 Duo processor with 3.06 GHz, also the brandnew redesigned Magic Mouse
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TP-LINK wireless router
How do I install TP-LINK wireless router to work with DSL Modem (PPPoE)
Suitable for : TL-WR941N/TL-WR841N/TL-WR642G/TL-WR641G/TL-WR543G/TL-WR542G/TL-WR541G/TL-WR340G
This FAQ is for the users who use PPPoE service and DSL Modem. If you are using Cable Modem, please ignore the article, and refer to How do I configure my TP-LINK wireless router to work with a Cable Modem (Dynamic & Static IP).
Step 1: Before you Begin
Before you begin, please refer to this article: What do I need prepare before begin to install TP-LINK Wireless Router.
- Make certain the ISP had already provided DSL Broadband Service (PPPoE) to you.
- Please connect the router to the computer which used to connect directly to your modem.
- Only use the Ethernet port on the modem. If you were using the USB connection before using the router, disconnect the USB cable and connect an Ethernet cable to the WAN port of the router.
- Make certain that you had disabled or uninstalled other third part PPPoE dialing up software such as WinPoet, Broadjump, or Enternet 300 from your computer, otherwise you will not be able to connect to the Internet. Some ISPs also provide similar PPPoE dialing up software.
Note: Before connect the router to your modem, make certain that the DSL modem work on Bridge mode, but not work on router modem.
Step 2 Connect your Network
1. Turn off your DSL modem, router and computer.
2. Connect the WAN port of the router to the LAN port of your DSL modem with Ethernet cable.
3. Connect the phone line (DSL Line) to the Line port of your DSL modem.
4. Connect your computer to one LAN port of your TP-LINK router.
Step 3 Configure TP-LINK Router
1. Power on your router and computer. Open the web browser and type the LAN IP address of the router in the address bar (default is 192.168.1.1). Press [Enter] key.
2. Type the username and password in the login window (the default username and password both are admin), then click OK.
3. Click Network->WAN on the left side, change the WAN Connection Type to PPPoE.
4. Enter your PPPoE username and password which are provided by your ISP.
If you want to connect to Internet automatically, please change Wan Connection Mode to Connect Automatically, which supports your router always connect to the Internet even if it¡¯s not in use. 5. Click Save to save your settings, then the router will connect to Internet after a while.
Step 4 Wireless Setting
If your router is a wireless router, please configure the basic wireless settings for your wireless network. Then continue to Step 5.
Step 5 Power Cycle
After done the configurations, you¡¯d better do a Power Cycle, it will make your network work more stable.
1. Turn the cable modem off firstly, then turn your router and computer off, and leave them off for about 2 minutes;
2. Turn the cable modem on firstly, and wait till the modem works stable (All LED lights work normally).
3. Turn the router on and wait about 1 minute, and then power on your computer.
4. Repeat the steps 1-3 above until you connect to the Internet.
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Disable User Account Control (UAC) the Easy Way on Win 7 or Vista
I’ve previously written about a way to enable or disable UAC from the command line. This is an easier method that you can use to do the same thing from the GUI interface in either Windows 7 or Vista. To recap my earlier article, UAC is ANNOYING.
Note: Disabling UAC will lead to a less secure system, so be warned.Disable UAC on Windows Vista
Open up Control Panel, and type in “UAC” into the search box. You’ll see a link for “Turn User Account Control (UAC) on or off”:
On the next screen you should uncheck the box for “Use User Account Control (UAC)”, and then click on the OK button.
You’ll need to reboot your computer before the changes take effect, but you should be all done with annoying prompts.
Disable UAC on Windows 7
Windows 7 makes it much easier to deal with UAC settings, and in fact you don’t have to completely disable UAC if you don’t want to. Just type UAC into the start menu or Control Panel search box.
You can simply drag the slider up or down, depending on how often you want to be alerted.
If you drag it all the way down to the bottom, you’ll have disabled it entirely. Read Full...
You receive a "Generic Host Process" error message
Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. For Windows XP SP2, the Generic Host Process error can potentially occur on any system at any time. Although you receive the error message shortly after system startup, the actual error occurred during the previous system shutdown. Because of the broad nature of this issue, this hotfix was made available through Windows Update and distributed to users who have Automatic Updates enabled to eliminate this problem on Windows XP SP2 systems. For Windows XP SP2, you may experience one last Generic Host Process error upon restart after you install this hotfix. This is from the previous system shutdown before the new version installation was completed.For Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows 2000, this hotfix is only intended to correct the problems that are described in this article. Only apply this hotfix to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Windows service pack that contains this hotfix. To resolve this problem immediately, download the hotfix from the following locations.
Windows Server 2003, 32-bit versions
The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:Collapse this image
Windows Server 2003, Itanium-based Editions
The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:Collapse this image
Windows XP, 32-bit versions
The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:Collapse this image
Note This hotfix was made available through Windows Update and distributed to users who have Automatic Updates enabled.
Windows XP, 64-bit version (Itanium)
The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:Collapse this image
Windows 2000
The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:Collapse this image
For more information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
119591 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/119591/ ) How to obtain Microsoft support files from online services
Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help prevent any unauthorized changes to the file. Prerequisites
No prerequisites are required.Restart requirement
You must restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.Hotfix replacement information
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Intel formally reveals Core i7 for notebooks
Intel at its second Developer Forum keynote officially unveiled its first Core i7 processors for notebooks. Once codenamed Clarksfield, the quad-core processors share the same Nehalem architecture and 45 nanometer process as the desktop part but are designed to consume much less power, although more at peak than the Core 2 Quad. The top-end Core i7 Extreme consumes 55W where regular quad Core i7 mobile chips will use 45W.
Every model supports i7's Hyperthreading, which can run up to two program threads per core and run as many as eight threads on today's models. They also overcome the clock speed drop inherent to Core 2 Quad by using Turbo Boost: in tasks with less threads than actual cores, the new CPUs can shut down one or more cores while clocking the remaining cores much higher. Other changes to Intel's architecture, such as the point-to-point interface between the processor and memory, similarly translate from the desktop.
Three processors make the debut. Two regular processors, the i7-720QM and i7-820QM, run at 1.6GHz at 1.73GHz in normal use but ramp up to 2.8GHz and 3.06GHz respectively in Turbo Boost mode. They both also have 8MB of Level 2 cache. The Extreme variant is the i7-920XM and runs at 2GHz with all four cores but can scale up to 3.2GHz when necessary.
Systems are already available from Alienware and Toshiba with models from HP and others coming soon.
Vendors such as Apple as well as more mainstream Windows notebooks aren't expected to come until early 2010 in earnest, when Intel's dual-core Arrandale Core i5 and Core i7 processors ship. The i7 should have all the features of Clarksfield outside of the core count, while the i5 should disable Hyperthreading.
Intel at its second Developer Forum keynote officially unveiled its first Core i7 processors for notebooks. Once codenamed Clarksfield, the quad-core processors share the same Nehalem architecture and 45 nanometer process as the desktop part but are designed to consume much less power, although more at peak than the Core 2 Quad. The top-end Core i7 Extreme consumes 55W where regular quad Core i7 mobile chips will use 45W.
Every model supports i7's Hyperthreading, which can run up to two program threads per core and run as many as eight threads on today's models. They also overcome the clock speed drop inherent to Core 2 Quad by using Turbo Boost: in tasks with less threads than actual cores, the new CPUs can shut down one or more cores while clocking the remaining cores much higher. Other changes to Intel's architecture, such as the point-to-point interface between the processor and memory, similarly translate from the desktop.
Three processors make the debut. Two regular processors, the i7-720QM and i7-820QM, run at 1.6GHz at 1.73GHz in normal use but ramp up to 2.8GHz and 3.06GHz respectively in Turbo Boost mode. They both also have 8MB of Level 2 cache. The Extreme variant is the i7-920XM and runs at 2GHz with all four cores but can scale up to 3.2GHz when necessary.
Systems are already available from Alienware and Toshiba with models from HP and others coming soon.
Vendors such as Apple as well as more mainstream Windows notebooks aren't expected to come until early 2010 in earnest, when Intel's dual-core Arrandale Core i5 and Core i7 processors ship. The i7 should have all the features of Clarksfield outside of the core count, while the i5 should disable Hyperthreading.
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As part of its Developer Forum keynote, Intel today showed the first working example of chips built on a 22 nanometer (nm) process. The process is even smaller than the 32nm technology just entering production and should run even more efficiently while fitting more into a given space. A single example chip about the size of a fingernail contains about 2.9 billion transistors and about 364 megabits (45.5MB) of static RAM.
The semiconductor firm didn't say when full 22nm processors would ship, though the company normally employs a "tick, tock" schedule where it introduces a smaller manufacturing process (the "tick") and then a new architecture to exploit that process (the "tock"); 32nm is only due to enter full scale production late this year and makes 22nm more likely for 2011.
Simultaneously, the company also reiterated its plans for Sandy Bridge, the architecture that will take advantage of the nearer 32nm process. It will integrate a new graphics core into the chip die itself, improving the performance of integrated video significantly compared to the existing Nehalem's separate graphics. These designs should also incorporate Advanced Vector Extensions, a new set of extensible instructions that can handle 256-bit data (versus 128-bit for SSE4) and process four tasks at once.
Previous roadmap leaks have also suggested that Sandy Bridge will allow for as many as eight cores in a single processor and 16MB of Level 3 cache on each chip.
The semiconductor firm didn't say when full 22nm processors would ship, though the company normally employs a "tick, tock" schedule where it introduces a smaller manufacturing process (the "tick") and then a new architecture to exploit that process (the "tock"); 32nm is only due to enter full scale production late this year and makes 22nm more likely for 2011.
Simultaneously, the company also reiterated its plans for Sandy Bridge, the architecture that will take advantage of the nearer 32nm process. It will integrate a new graphics core into the chip die itself, improving the performance of integrated video significantly compared to the existing Nehalem's separate graphics. These designs should also incorporate Advanced Vector Extensions, a new set of extensible instructions that can handle 256-bit data (versus 128-bit for SSE4) and process four tasks at once.
Previous roadmap leaks have also suggested that Sandy Bridge will allow for as many as eight cores in a single processor and 16MB of Level 3 cache on each chip.