enable exFAT file system support on Linux Mint

There is a New Update on how to enable exFAT file system on Linux (Mint).

There has been several ways of enabling exFAT file system over the years and now I have just found a third way to do it., and the most fastest and easiest of all as well!

Just open the Terminal and type the following command

sudo apt-get install exfat-fuse 

Then press Enter, this should install the support for the exFAT file system and then type Exit to close and exit the terminal!

it doesn't get any faster or simpler then this!

How to Make your Internet Experience Faster with CCleaner !

Learning how to make your computer running Microsoft Windows OS faster with CCLeaner is very beneficial, important and easy!

Many people that have downloaded CCleaner don't seem to take the full advantage of it yet! For example most users would use it only manually instead of setting it up to run automatically during Windows Boot/Login.

Many users haven't yet discovered that they can even control how many programs load during windows boot. When people install many programs on their computer they also don't realize that a large percentage of those programs become startups that take a large percentage of your Randomly Accessed Memory(RAM, Memory) that slow down the computer!

You can control and/or reduce the list of Startup Programs to prevent too much memory usage. You can repair registry errors that could improve System Stability.

One of my Favorite things of the CCleaner program is that you can even customize it at what level it should clean the disk at!

I chose Secure Deletion with Very Complex Overwrite (35 Passes)! What this means is that when it deletes the temporary unimportant files from the computer even an advanced tool the can recover deleted files like RECUVA couldn't recover it!

There is a very strong advantage to that because I have noticed a tremendous speed increase in web browsing experience using this settings.

The Reason why the internet loads faster with this settings is because when it cleans the previous web history, cookies and etc.. with 35 passes it's almost like you have formatted this particular portion of the hard disk 35 times and every website and video that I visit loads super-fast as if it is already stored on the computer!

In this Video Below I am going to show you how I would recommend setting up and using CCleaner, but some users might not like it because this settings could impact remembering your website logins to various websites, and you might always have to manually log in!

But there is an advantage to that too..! It helps keep your mind sharp by memorizing all your various logins to various websites and it keeps you and your computer more secure!

And Last but not Least most of the things that I've mentioned above could be setup to run automatically at every login on Windows automatically!

Instructions

This instructions apply after you've installed CCleaner

1. Open CCLeaner

2. Click Analyze to see how much space there is available to clean up from the hard disk!

3. Click Run Cleaner (if you still have any web browser open CCleaner will ask if you want it to close the browser for you to delete the history of this web browser as well) I recommend you press Yes. Also select the the checkbox to not show you this message again.

CCleaner will also warn you that it will permanently delete this files from the system so press Yes to agree and one more time another check box not to show you this new message as well again and press OK.

4. Then go to Options Tab after you have cleaned the computer for the first time with CCleaner then select Settings then check mark Run CCleaner when the computer starts.

5. Under Secure Deletion select "Secure File Deletion (slower)" then right under it select "Very Complex Overwrite (35 Passes)" Please Note that it says "slower" but its slow really only the first time unless your hard disk has been overused over the years!

6. Then Click "Advanced" Tab select "Close Program after Cleaning"

7. Then Select "Cleaner" then press "Analyze"

8. After you press Analyze it should show you that there isnt too much space to clean anymore after you've already cleaned it successfully for the first time from step 3 if you've followed it

9. Press "Run Cleaner" because this will be the first time using it with the new settings you just made and CCleaner should close automatically. This could take some time to clean up several megabytes or gigabytes for the first time so please be patient if you skipped step 3

10. After all the Cleanup is done the CCLeaner should have closed automatically and you should now restart the computer and see if it loads automatically at the bottom right corner at start up as it should to clean the hard disk from unimportant files at every boot time from now on!

exFAT File System for ReadyBoost in Windows 7

ReadyBoost for Windows 7 could prevent computer problems such as slowing down on old computers!

Did you recently upgrade your old computer to Windows 7? Does it seem to run slower then you hoped?

Since your computer is a bit old it could be using an old type of ram! And just because its old it doesn't mean its cheap! As a matter of fact its probably expensive to buy old ram since its a bit outdated and hard to find!

Why not use ReadyBoost for Windows 7 to Speed up your Computer using a blank USB(flash cards)! You can ReadyBoost Windows 7 by formatting an empty USB flash disk and then you right click on the drive go into properties and select ReadyBoost tab and you decider how much space you want to use to help performance

Using ReadyBoost is a great idea because its a very fast, and easy task! 

This task literally designed for USB(flash cards) drives so there is no reason not to use it! Doing this will feel like you just upgraded the memory of your computer without opening the computer case and adding more ram!

But you know what else I recommend, using the exFAT file system when you format your USB flash cause its extremely fast and stable compare to FAT, FAT16, FAT32 and/or NTFS file systems!

Factory Restore your Computer

In order to restore your computer to factory settings you need to know what brand your computer is and what current operating system you are using!

Hopefully the computer that you're trying to restore happens to be Vista or Newer from the manufacturer not from the one that you have manually formatted/installed from CD/DVD. 

Because in earlier versions not all computers had hidden recovery partitions(drives).

You can use this steps to do it yourself instead of paying someone the big bucks to do it for you! 

Below is the list of Computer Brands and each one uses different keys for factory restore. This keys are normally applied the moment you turn the computer ON long before you log on to Microsoft Windows! 

The moment you start hearing loud beeping noise you can release the buttons 

• Toshiba - Press and hold 0 or F12
• HP - Press and hold F11
• Compaq - Press and hold F11
• Acer - Press and hold ALT + F10
• Asus - Press and hold ALT + F10
• Sony - Press and hold ALT + F10
• MSi - Press and hold F3

What is a Virtual Machine?

A Virtual Machine is a like a hidden computer! I like to call it "Try it Before You Decide it"!

These virtual computer is hidden because its running inside the current running operating system on your desktop/laptop once you set it up.

Having a Virtual Machine can be very helpful and beneficial especially when a new Operating System comes out and you would first like to Try It Before You Buy It such as Windows 8 for example!

If a new Operating System comes out how could you decide if you like it or not unless you try it out. Unfortunately most stores offer just a demonstration with a Commercial User Account and Limited functionality and user control. You want to fully try it out and learn it as if you already own it!

But allot of times allot of inexperienced computer users risk trying it out by fully formatting their entire hard disk on the computer and delete everything that they know how to use and navigate on.

What happens if you don't like it? How do you go back to the way it was? Do you have to buy the Operating System all over again if its not a free version Operating System like Linux? If you purchased the Operating System again since you skipped to make recovery disks, how do you re-install it? Once you re-install it, are all the devices installed with it as well? If all the computer hardware/devices are not installed yet where do you find the DRIVERS for them? If the most important DRIVER like the Network Card is not installed with windows re-installation how are you going to connect to the Internet to download the rest of the device drivers?

Do you see where this is going? The headache is limitless and the list problems is endless!

This is where the virtual machine saves your day, because it gives you the chance to try it before you buy it if we are talking about Microsoft Windows! You could also Try it before you Decide it if you are trying Linux!

As long as your main computer is running a 64bit OS and has over 4GB of RAM (Randomly Accessed Memory) then you can test out any operating system of your choice. Learn to use it to the max in the Virtual Machine before you can feel fully comfortable to move forward to format your main computer with the new Operating System of your choice as the new default OS. Maybe even Better to Stay where you are with the current operating system that you  might be using as long as its not out of technical support and still secure for you to use!

This will better help you decide if it's worth buying a new computer with a new Operating System on it at all!

Now if your computer is running with 32bit Operating System you can still install the Virtualbox and still test out some operating systems but don't expect the performance to be fast and stable and make sure you have no less then 3GB memory and don't try to add more because 32bit Operating Systems can't read more then 3GB memory even if you added 16GB memory unless you are running Linux as the hosting Operating System!!!

My favorite Virtual Machine software is called Oracle VM VirtualBox and the best part is that its FREE! Once you download the VirtualBox you can set it up and try it out like I have been using it out since 2007.

Update Linux via Terminal

You know that keeping your operating system up to date is very important

You can update Ubuntu Linux via Terminal instead of just using the Update Manager.

I find it pretty convenient to update my system especially when I am already working in the terminal in advance and when I know that I have the time to check if my system is up to date.

just open the terminal if yours isn’t already running and inside it just type sudo su and press Enter to gain Root Access.

It will ask for your user password so just type it out and press enter.

Then in the terminal the directory should change from somethinbg like this

computersguide@computersguide-System-Product-Name:~$

into something like that below which grants you root access!

root@computersguide-System-Product-Name:/home/computersguide#

then just type apt-get upgrade and press Enter.

It will describe how many updates are available and how much space it will require to complete and if you agree with the updates then press Y as in Yes and press Enter to begin updating your system!

Once it completes you can close the terminal and reboot or use the terminal to reboot like I show on my sudo su shutdown in Linux Terminal YouTube Video .

sudo su Shutdown in Linux Terminal

If your learning how to use Linux in command line via Terminal like lets say Ubuntu Linux then here is a new command for you!

After you've done all your practice for the day how do you shut it down?

You can Abviosly shut it down by pressing the power button in the Uppper right corner of the screen but you want to learn how to work more like a pro!

So why not shut it down via terminal with the following commands!

When you open the Terminal in Debian Type Linux like Ubuntu first type sudo su and press Enter to open the command line with Super User Powers!

That’s really what sudo su stands for super user privileges because it allows you to do things that normally you wouldn’t be able to do by default.

There are many advanced commands that need the sudo su privileges to run properly.

Once you press Enter it will mostly likely ask for your user account password so just type it out in the terminal and press Enter again.

This will grant you root access and now you type shutdown -h now and press Enter!

How about if you are downloading a large File from the internet but you need to  leave the house cause you are in a hurry! Both things are important to complete but you can do only one thing at a time!

Suppose like now its 5 o’clock in the evening and the download will be complete by 5:20 but before you leave the house now just open the terminal and schedule it to shut down by 5:25 to be certain that the file is completely downloaded!

So instructions are really the same as above except now you can specify at what time you would like it for the computer to shut down with a minor modification by typing shutdown -h 17:25 and press Enter.

Notice I recommend typing 17:25 not 5:25 because Linux uses the 24 hour clock in the command line and if you typed 5:25 it would assume you mean in the morning so it would still work but for allot more additional hours without need!

Where is the Start Menu in Windows 8 ?

The Start Menu for Windows 8 is missing!

I have to admit that I miss the Classic Start Menu of Microsoft Windows cause I 've been using it countless number of times since Windows 95 that's long before Windows 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000, XP, 2003 Server, 2008 Server, Vista, 7.

I know that its been used in even earlier version like Windows NT 3.1 that's before Windows 95 but I was only 10 years old and what do I know about computer back then or even the general public since The Global Internet that connects us today wasn't even out yet!

The real question is how could Microsoft take something away that it has been very well mastered, easy to use that we don't even pay attention when we use it? We just click on it and use it without notice since its part of our everyday lives for over twenty/20 years!

I am afraid I don't have an answer to that! I mean sure today most people can do anything on their phones, tablets and mobile devices but if they like something old and classic why do they have to take it away in order to add something new!

I feel like the whole Windows 8 should have been called Windows Media Center OS because that's really what it looks like to me. Even though it has allot more features then Windows Media Center alone just the design of it is very Internet Interactive! I really find it over 60 percent related to Google Chrome Operating System.

Its really a great feature but why did it had to be made primary? I don't have any answers to it yet, but what I do know is that there is a certain way to bring it back.

If you want the Classic Start Menu back or at least something familiar to it I recommend installing Classic Shell.

This is a software feature that could help you get back to what you are used to and still use the latest Windows 8 features called METRO when ever you fell like it!

Try CHKDSK /F or /R every once in a while!

Try CHKDSK /F or /R every once in a while, especially if your computer is consistently freezing!


CHKDSK is a Command Prompt that you can use when your computer isn't being itself(freezing, trouble logging in, slow, cant open certain files...etc)!

CHKDSK is practically checking the PHYSICAL STRUCTURE of your Hard Disk. It does what The old  SCANDISK used to do for Windows 95,98,ME!

It checks for bad clusters, sectors, and if its really bad it might mainly mean to replace old hard drive with new! Do it once in a while and it might help more than you think!

This Command is olso very familiar to FSCK in Linux .

• Click Start, then type CMD in the Search box
• Right click the cmd.exe, and then click Run as Administrator, if you get asked for password that would be the same password that you would have set to use to log on to Windows
• At the command prompt, type CHKDSK /F and press Enter then restart your computer and check for errors when its finished the computer will reboot back to windows

Read & Write to exFAT file system on Linux

Let's Fix the Linux ERROR mounting an unknown file system type 'exfat'.

I've already shown how to install Microsoft's exFAT file system support on Linux before but now there is an easier, familiar and faster way to do it!

First thing you should do after logging into Linux is plug in the SD CARD, USB FLASH Card or additional Internal/External Hard Disk Storage that is formated into exFAT file system and then open the Terminal in Linux and type the following!

SUDO SU then press ENTER

Then it will ask for your User Password, type it out and press Enter!

Then type APT-ADD-REPOSITORY PPA:RELAN/EXFAT then press Enter

After you press Enter a PPA (Power Purchase Agreement that Google has bought from Microsoft to use their exFAT file system on Google's Mobile Android Linux Operating System that can be used on mobile devices if you've enabled root access) for the free exFAT file system implementation project message will load up!

Once again you have to press ENTER to Continue or CTRL+C to Cancel.

Then after executing this command in the terminal and a few seconds later you should type
APT-GET UPDATE and press ENTER! This is to make sure that everything that is needed for this package to work is up to date!

And then at last the final command you should type in the terminal is APT-GET INSTALL FUSE-EXFAT press ENTER to finally install the support for exFAT on Linux!

It will ask you one more time if you would like to Continue? then Press Y as in Yes and press ENTER!

As of now after you exit the Terminal you should start enjoying the support of the exFAT file system on Linux!

North Bridge vs. South Bridge

Two Chips that play a big roll of the motherboard's chipset are the North Bridge and the South Bridge!

The North Bridge Chip is mainly about the connection from the CPU (Central Processing Unit) to Memory and the AGP(Advanced Graphics Port!

The South Bridge Chip on the other hand is about the connection between CPU, PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect), ISA, IDE (Integrated Disk/Drive Electronics)

Private Browsing on the Web!

Private browsing on the internet can be very important and helpful especially if you have to pay some bills online and your own computer currently isn't working.

You might need to ask somebody if you could borrow their computer for five minutes to do some secure transactions online because its urgent and the deadline is closing in but how can you feel safe that nothing important will be stored on the computer!

I recommend Private browsing because when you finish browsing the web in this mode and close the browser nothing will be remembered and/or stored on the computer of all the websites, and/or transactions you've completed! No password, usernames, account numbers, addresses, website cookies and etc.., it will all be deleted when you close the browser!

Private Browsing is done differently in different browsers!

Google Chrome starts private browsing with an uncommon term incognito which means having one's identity hidden with an assumed name to avoid attention and/or recognition, especially online like the internet nowadays! As you open the Google Chrome browser just press and hold CTRL+SHIFT+N on your keyboard and the browser should start in Private Mode(Incognito)

Firefox is just as easy cause when you open the browser the only difference is that you should press and hold CTRL+SHIFT+P in order to browse the web privately with Firefox. What's even funnier is if you press these set of keys in chrome the print menu might show up, but that's too much detail cause we are only talking about private browsing!

Internet Explorer and Firefox have been around for quite sometime maybe there's a reason they share command at least in private browsing anyways! with Internet explorer you probably already guessed but just in case make sure you press CTRL+SHIFT+P if you like to browse the web privately!

Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool could be needed!

Is your computer acting funny, I mean does it run smooth all the time but out of nowhere it just freezes unexpectedly when ever it wants too!

You know that you have checked your computer for viruses and malware, you've optimized it as well through defragmentation and other optimizing tasks!

So What's the Problem?

Possible Answer...!

           You Could be facing some memory issues on your computer, One of your Memory sticks could be defective. Thats where a Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool comes in!

           Why not check and see for yourself by running a diagnostic memory test cause this option is included since Windows Vista, instead of paying someone else the big bucks $$$ to do it for you.

At the end of the diagnostic testing using this tool you can learn if you need to replace and/or purchase new memory for a familiar price that it would have cost for a technician to diagnose it for you!

Laptop Overheating can be prevented...

Laptop Overheating can be prevented by paying close attention to how you use your laptop and where you are holding it and how frequently do you clean it up!

Do you remember the felling when you bought your brand new laptop and you promised yourself that you are going to keep it knew? What happened?

I'll tell you what happened 'you got used to it'. So used to it that it didn't feel new anymore. You or anybody in today's world would probably use it so frequently on any place, couch, seat, chair, pillow, table, car seat, school book bag, office bag, work place & etc.............I mean the list of areas for the computer to collect unlimited dust is limitless!

Oh and here is the BEST PART! How about when the computer is used even when its not used such as Standby or Hibernation mode. I cant imagine how much dust it will collect from there alone and most importantly where is the laptop physically standing while its in that mode!

Last but certainly Not Least, when it's the day of the week to clean up your room is the laptop included, or is it already in the backpack so the room is already halfway clean!

All I am saying is pay close attention to how the computer is managed, used where, when and clean it when you have the chance before it collects too much dust, lint and becomes stuck to the cooling fan where you would have to take it to a professional to clean it up on the inside unless you are willing to risk it opening the laptop by yourself!

I have to warn you laptops have very small,expensive, sensitive parts!

Computer Beeping Codes

Computers have beep codes! You probably hear at least one of the following beeps all the time when you turn a desktop ON, The Question is Which one?

Well I am just going to give a brief description of them and whichever one you hear the most you'll know what that means!

• One Short Beep - As far as I am concerned everything is fine and working according to plan
• Two Short Beeps - It will most likely write an error with an ERROR code and you should write it down so you can search about it on the web to see how to solve it!
• NO Beep - You probably wish that was a good news but unfortunately it could mean either a System Board or a Power Supply problems!
• Continuous Beeping - Could be the most difficult to describe because it has over 3 possibilities such as Keyboard, System Board, or a Power Supply problem!
• Short Repeated Beeps - means two choices either System Board or Power Supply problem!
• One Long and One Short beep - It's mainly a System Board Problem
• One Long and Two Short Beeps - It's a Display Adapter problem(CGA,MDA)

Maybe is just me but Don't you find it annoying that over 4 different beep types could be referring to one main problem System Board Problem

Radiation Exposure from your PC / Laptop can be prevented by...!

Radiation Exposure to you from your PC / Laptop can be prevented by over 99% with a new Nano Technolgy by Torsion TM.

Have you ever bumped into a situation where you know exectly what you are going to do on the computer today and you have it all planned out and filled with confidence. You are like "This job is going to be done in less then an hour" no matter what!

You work in the office for over 20 years on the desk, nothing can stop you!

No more then then 10 to 15 minutes later after sitting on the desk on your laptop/pc starting from 8 or 9 in the Morning in the office, and the fact that you had a great night sleep, out of nowhere all of a sudden you are beginning to feel....

• more sleepy
• more tired
• more depressed
• more stressed out
• filled with headache
• lost
• confused  
• unrested
• start to forget little things
• itchy eyes
• things are less clear and etc..

You figure lets grab a cup of coffe then in no time start talking with your co workers how this is not your day, and when you return from break it feels even worse!

This is a sign of Exposure to Radiation according to an Academic, Veniamin D. Ivanov.

It has been scientificlly researched that that blood and the urine of a 10 year old child changes after 15 minutes of work on the computer and it even coincides with figures with cancer!

This and many other heath care ralated issues can supposedly be prevented with 5 Protective Chips.

Four of them should be attached to the monitor at all four angles if its a monitor with a webcam!

If its a monitor without webcam then you could attached them to the center of all four sides!

Now I am not a rocket scientist or a doctor but i have to admit that after I applied those protective chips to my laptops and desktops that I have for testing purposes, I feel a whole lot different and more clear minded than before!

And now I can drink my favorite tea instead of pushing my self with caffein to stay focused and awake!

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Is the ACTA act going to take our Internet Freedom away?

Is the ACTA Act going to take away our internet freedom?

If you are passionate about the internet as much as I am then please do not hesitate to answer this question in your own words of what you think about the internet.

And last but not least what can we do to protect out Internet Freedom?

How to Defragment your Hard Disk using Command Prompt

The defrag Command Prompt is a very powerful COMMAND tool that will help you make your computer faster because it will make your files, folders more organized as they should be just like in the real office!

The main idea behind it is to move the files in the right place on the hard drive which will Increase Speed and Performance in the computer!

Have you ever run into situation that you are trying to copy a large file to the hard disc and you are certain that you have enough free space!

Suppose that the file that you are trying to copy happens to be at least 700MB Family Picnic Movie File or a 2 GB Symantec Ghost Image! And your computer says that you have over 8GB of FREE SPACE LEFT so you decide to right click on the file that you want to copy and paste it at the drive! But Unexpectedly out of Nowhere you happen to get an error of some kind and it cant Finnish copying because you don't have enough space!

BUT THAT DOESNT MAKE ANY SENSE!!! or Does IT?

You see whenever you try to copy a file to the Hard Drive it always seeks the most empty space. In other words it never puts the files close together and organized, they are always spread OUT!


“The latest exFAT file system is different!”


Suppose You have a 100GB HARD DRIVE and you already filled it up with over 50 GB! EVEN though you still have plenty of free space left most of the files are spread out through the entire Partition! They are so spread out(FRAGMENTED) that sometimes the disk has to be looking out to the entire drive until it puts all the missing pieces of only one file close together like a piece of puzzle until it's capable to open it UP, or worse the file is CORRUPTED and it cant be opened at all!


“CHKDSK /F or /R is recommended for that type of CURUPTED situation”


This is where the defrag command prompt plays a major role! This tool will help locate all the pieces of every file and put them together and then store them to one closer end of the hard drive for the computer to be able to access them more Quickly and Efficiently!

You can use the Disk Defragmenter tool as every Windows Version has but you can use the defrag.exe Command Prompt only in Windows XP and Above!

Sometimes the disk drive might be so fragmented that even System Files that are supposedly unmovable are not where they are supposed to be and the regular Disk Defragmenter software program couldn't open up! So you would have to know how to use MS-DOS!

Just right click Command Prompt in the Start Menu and make sure you run it as an Administrator and then when it opens up type DEFRAG C: and press Enter and you shall let the system defragment the files and all the missing pieces close together the way they should be for maximum result in PC/LAPTOP USAGE!

Please Save the Internet!

If you love the internet like I Do with unlimited category of information then please do not Hesitate to SAVE THE INTERNET(Net Neutrality)!!!

To all Internet Freedom Supporters out there try to raise awareness of SOPA(Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA(Protect IP Act).

Without the world wide web we wouldn't have been as connected, advance and as educated as we are today.

We (billions of internet users around the globe) can take action whenever we need to on whatever topic around the world concerns us in matter of minutes compare to months and/or years like before.

We have to Appreciate the immortal freedom of unlimited knowledge, information and connection. We can communicate with families instantly for example via Skype for unlimited amount of time with Video and Audio!

We can self educate ourselves on-line whenever we want with dozens of resources such as Wikipedia and  so much more...!

We can send documents, faxes, fill up applications, find jobs, create yourself a job,learn to be self employed, entertain yourself  with unlimited media on-line, take courses on-line, find lost friends and families (Facebook) and etc.....!

The Internet is a very Priceless Irreplaceable Gift!

I personally wonder why the news media is barely talking about this incredibly important topic!