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Here’s an interesting article I found from ecoIron

Take at look at Google, who gets about 200 million queries a day. Let’s assume each query is displayed for about 10 seconds; that means Google is running for about 550,000 hours every day on some desktop. Assuming that users run Google in full screen mode, the shift to a black background [on a CRT monitor! mjo] will save a total of 15 (74-59) watts. That turns into a global savings of 8.3 Megawatt-hours per day, or about 3000 Megawatt-hours a year. Now take into account that about 25 percent of the monitors in the world are CRTs, and at 10 cents a kilowatt-hour, that’s $75,000, a goodly amount of energy and dollars for changing a few color codes.

You’ll find a lot of pages out there that claim “many studies have shown … that dark text on light background is easier to read”. I have always suspected that this is due to the historical accident that physical writing works best with dark ink on light paper-ish stuff. I wonder how many of “those studies” studied populations that grew up unbiased — i.e., grew up and learned to read without the historical accident of paper-based (dark on light) reading.

Only CRT displays use more energy to display brighter things. For everything else, it is completely false that a black display uses less energy than a white page. The backlight on an LCD is on for the entire LCD regardless of what is being shown. The black pixels are only black because the LCD blocks out light. Same with projectors, etc. You’re article is thoughtful, but invalid.

Something to consider: If Google were to change the color scheme to all black, Google would loose AT LEAST 50% of its user base (dare I say 80%?). The “tech Elite” could find work arounds such as using Firefox extensions (Stylish or Greasemonkey), but the vast majority would just switch REGARDLESS of the fact that functionality remained the same.

All the money Google would be saving people (assuming the accuracy of this article) would be guzzled in the end by Google’s competition: Yahoo And Microsoft have lots of white on their search pages.

Fact is, this entire idea of Google saving energy by switching to “black” would lose GOOGLE money, and not be much better energy wise at then end. Not only will it never happened, but even if it did no good would come of it (for anyone).

Save Energy - Prevent Global Warming by changing your computer (and website) colours

White and bright colors (especially in backgrounds) can use up to 20% more power than black or dark colors. Look to the right to see the power usage (in Watts) of a sample monitor with different screen backgrounds. Unfortunately, e-mail and word processors tend to use white backgrounds, so your workstation uses considerable power while you are in these programs, which you are during much of the day. Because black-on-white is the most familiar (it’s just like the newspaper), selecting alternate combinations may not be appealing. However, you can change your desktop background to something efficient. You can change your background by selecting Start, Settings, Control Panel, Display, and Appearance tab. The “Item” field should say “Desktop”. Under color, select one of the colors at the right that has a rating below 65W and then click OK.

White - 74W
Fuchsia - 69W
Yellow - 69W
Aqua - 68W
Silver - 67W
Blue - 65W
Red - 65W
Lime - 63W
Gray - 62W
Olive - 61W
Purple - 61W
Teal - 61W
Green - 60W
Maroon - 60W
Navy - 60W
Black - 59W

Screen Savers

Screen savers originally were not meant to provide energy reductions, but they now provide a means for energy savings. The use of dark screen savers can mitigate bright backgrounds, reducing monitor power up to 20%. Screen recovery occurs within 1 second by hitting a key or moving the mouse. Nearly all of the standard Microsoft screen savers are efficient. If you supply your own, please try to use one that uses primarily dark colors.

To set your screen saver, select Start, Settings, Control Panel, Display, and Screen Saver tab. Under name, select a screen saver that uses mostly black and set the Wait time to 5 minutes (or less). The following Microsoft screen savers are energy efficient:

  • 3D Flower Box
  • 3D Flying Objects
  • 3D Text
  • Curves and Colors
  • Flying Through Space
  • Flying Windows
  • Mystify Your Mind
  • Scrolling Marquee

Note that the 3D Text and Scrolling Marquee allow you to display a personalized message on the screen saver; click on “Settings” after selecting the screen saver.

The following Microsoft screen savers are NOT energy efficient:

  • Channel Screen Saver
  • Travel

The following Microsoft screen savers also are likely to be inefficient, if only because they use the current display as their foundation. Because many common applications use white backgrounds, the screen will remain bright when the screen saver is active if the user is in any of those applications or uses bright colors in general. These screen savers include:

  • Science
  • The 60’s USA
  • Windows 98

Also note that some screen savers, such as 3D Maze, allow the user to select the background, which cannot be controlled and may result in an inefficient configuration.

Energy Star

Energy Star is an important and automated means for realizing significant power savings. A Standby setting (available only in Windows 95) can drop power over 90 percent from maximum. Screen recovery occurs within 1-4 seconds by hitting a key or pushing a mouse. The Suspend setting can drop power nearly completely, although screen recovery can take up to 10 seconds. Energy Star is not supported by all computers or all operating systems. To activate Energy Star, perform these steps:

  • Windows 95 - Select Start, Settings, Control Panel, and Display. (You also can right-click on your desktop and select Properties.) Select the Screen Saver tab. Choose a predominantly black screen saver and set it to wait 5 minutes. Click the Low-Power Standby box and set for 10 minutes. Click the Shut Off Monitor box and set for 20 minutes. Click Ok or Apply.
  • Windows 98/ME/2000 - Select Start, Settings, Control Panel, and Display. (You also can right-click on your desktop and select Properties.) Select the Screen Saver tab. Choose a predominantly black screen saver and set it to wait 5 minutes. Click on “Settings” to reach the power management settings. Click the Shut Off Monitor box and set for 10 minutes. We recommend that you do not change any other settings that apply to the computer. Click Ok or Apply. (Note that these versions of Windows support only one power-down level, the Suspend state.)
  • Windows NT does not support Energy Star, so you cannot activate the low-power settings through the Control Panel. You still can select a dark desktop background and screen saver. Energy Star still can be activated through the computer’s set-up program, which varies among computer models. Contact your computer support staff if you need assistance.
  • Macintosh - Pending.

Note that different computers, operating systems, and monitors may produce different options. However, you should be able to create balanced settings that deliver energy savings. For more detailed implementation information and procedures for additional configurations, click here for instructions provided by the New South Wales Sustainable Energy Development Authority.

Power Off

Of course, the ultimate energy saver is to power off your monitor, which will produce complete and immediate savings. Although screen savers and Energy Star produce automatic reductions, it takes time for the lowest level to be reached. If you go to a half-hour meeting, there will be no savings for the first five minutes, 20% savings for the next five minutes, 90% savings for the next ten minutes, and 95% savings for the last ten minutes. Energy Star saves 65% of the monitor’s power during the half hour. Powering off saves 100%. So if you know you will be away from your desk for a period, turn off your monitor. When you come back, turn it on again (and remember that it’s asleep, so push your mouse!), and it will wake up in 10 seconds. And this doesn’t apply just to your monitor. Turn off your lights. At night, turn off your printer, fax machine, coffee maker, or copier. Every minute that a machine is off saves energy. (Note that some components, such as your printer, can use a lot of power when they are turned on, so only turn off these machines for extended periods. Your printer should be powered off only if it will be idle for more than an hour.)

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I had this problem. In Tools> Folder options > View - hidden files and folders

The

Show hidden files and folders not working - after virus attack (heap41a svchost.exe)

This is how you get the settings back to normal.

First take

Start > Run >

Type regedit in the Run box and click OK

The Registry editor opens up (See the image below)

Follow the steps in the animation below to get back the folder options to normal to see hidden files.

Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\

CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL

Change the value of CheckedValue from 0 to 1

Cleaning the pen drive right click options :

Browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\

CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2

Delete all the long keys ( which look like  {DGF53-353b3gg3-353523-3g523g}  ) there.

Still having problems with this “Orkut is banned” virus ” ??

First make sure that the virus is completely removed from the computer.

How to remove “Use Internet Explorer you dope, I dnt hate Mozilla but use IE`r OR ELSE…” svchost.exe heap41a virus
http://www.fundazone.com/2007/06/how-to-remove-use-internet-explorer-you-dope-i-dnt-hate-mozilla-but-use-ier-or-else-svchostexe-heap41a-virus/

Then go to :

Start >Run >
Type regedit

Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\

CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL

Change the value of CheckedValue from 0 to 1

Take My Computer > Tools > Folder Options

Change the setting to show hidden files and folders

Apply and check again.

If it doesn’t work, there is another setting in the registry maybe in HKEY_USERS or HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG or even HKEY_CURRENT_USER which overrides this setting.
I’ll try to find out where it is (I came across such a problem earlier and I found that key by luck) The key is in a similar place like this \Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL

only that the beginning is different.

I’ll post it here when I find it. If anybody knows where it is, please do reply http://www.fundazone.com/2007/09/show-hidden-files-and-folders-not-working-after-virus-attack-heap41a-svchostexe/#comment-146

It’s a relatively new virus, so most antivirus softwares are not able to detect and delete it.

To remove the virus completely, first you have to end the process svchost.exe belonging to the current user (i think you were able to do that and it worked). But then, the virus files are still hidden in your computer in two places.
In C:\heap41a and in temporary folder.

A trick to get to these folders :

Start > Run
Type C:\heap41a . Click OK
Now, you should be able to see and delete the virus files

Second location (temporary files)
Start > Run
Type %temp% . Click OK
Here, you see the virus files it used to enter the computer.

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Download the sequential image viewing utility.  Free!

The Windows Image Viewer ‘CDisplay’ was written to ease the viewing of images in JPEG, PNG and static GIF format.  This was partly down to the existing programs currently available being too general purpose and thus awkward to use when simply wanting to view images sequentially.

It was written using Borland C++ Builder 5.0 and has been tested under Windows 98, NT 4, 2000 and XP Tablet.

It is important to understand that this program has NO file write capabilities; files are left totally untouched.  A small amount of configuration data is written to the registry but apart from that the computer and its data is left untouched.

Features:

Loads JPEG, PNG and static GIF images which are automatically ordered and presented for viewing one at a time or two at a time.

The images may be in a zip, rar, ace or tar archive file - no need to decompress before reading.

Page through the images sequentially and scroll around pages with single key presses.

Automatic page sizing: none; fit to screen, fit to width of screen, fit to width of screen if oversized, display at specific height, or display two pages.  Resizing uses Lanczos interpolation for best picture quality.

Automatic colour balance and yellow reduction if desired.

No bloat caused by non-essential general purpose image processing features.

FREE.

    To Install:

Click on the link below to download setup.zip.  Unzip and run setup.exe.  An installer will start which will install and run the CDisplay Image Viewer.

Download version 1.8 NOW    

http://cdisplay.techknight.com/setup.zip

        Quick Start:

Run CDisplay.  CDisplay uses the entire display for images; there is no menu so right mouse click for a popup.  Choose load files.  Browse to the pages to read.  The whole directory will be pre-selected - just press go to read.  Or select a range of the files using left mouse click, shift left click and/or control left click (ie standard windows multiple selection keys) and press ok. Alternatively, select one ZIP or RAR file and press ok. The first page is displayed.  Use the space bar, page up, page down, home, end and the arrow keys to view the images.

See the ReadMe file or the help (F1 key) for a more detailed description of usage and configuration.

CDisplay forum

TechKnight CDisplay files

 Parent Directory        17-Jun-2003 10:14      -
 CDisplayDebugKit.zip    22-Sep-2003 01:07   232k
 cdisplay-subtitles.zip  30-Jun-2004 05:26   699k
 examplepages.zip        30-Jun-2004 05:32   1.2M
 setup.zip               20-Apr-2004 06:08   1.1M

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