Quickly upgrade your Windows XP SP2 to SP3

I wanted to play a silly Game and it demanded SP3 so I picked up this method instead of upgrading my OS just for a game. This is a quick hack to fake an upgrade from SP2 to SP3 on a running Windows XP. This will not actually make your OS equivalent to Sp3 releases.

Easy steps:

1. Open windows registry editor. ( Start > Run > regedit )
2. Take a backup of your current settings by going to File > Export
3. Now navigate to following registry key - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Windows
4. Now change the value of CSDVersion option, available in right, from 200 to 300

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Download Turbo C For Windows-7 and Windows Vista 64 bit and 32 bit

Windows vista and windows 7 are both popular operating system, but when we compare this operating system with windows XP some of the basic operations/software which we use in XP won’t support in Vista or windows 7 operating system. For example command prompt in vista and windows 7 won’t show the full screen, and another major drawback is Turbo C software won’t support in both windows vista as well as windows 7 OS. So we cannot able to work C/C++ in our newer operating system. So here is a solution for that, with the help of  “Emulated Turbo C++ IDE 3.0” software we can work Turbo C fine in windows vista, windows 7 32 and 64 bit PC. This software is like a C for win7 and C for Vista.

We can using turbo c software for window 7 64 bit in other way also i.e by using DOSBox software and Turbo C software. In this way we have to configure manually to work turbo c for win7. But with Emulated Turbo C++ IDE 3.0 software we don’t need to configure anything and it is one click installer software. To work C in Win7/vista 64 bit or 32 bit only you need to install Emulated Turbo C++ IDE 3.0 software and after installing that software you can successfully run turbo c compiler in windows 7 64 bit pc.

I have tried turbo c in win7 by manual method, and with that method what I feel is installing Emulated Turbo C++ IDE 3.0 (C for win 7) software is good when compared with DOSBox installation method. Because in DOSBox method some of the shortcut keys of turbo c software won’t work (perform different task) and number pad (keyboard) won’t work properly (ex: to turn on numpad we have to press NumLk button twice or thrice to turn on) and configuring turbo c software for windows 7 64 bit pc is some what difficulty and time-consuming process.

So those who are looking for installing or working with turbo c in windows 7, I recommend you to go for Emulated Turbo C++ IDE 3.0 by mohit saxena instead of DOSBox method. According the developer he said turbo c supports full screen in windows vista  and windows 7 O.S but I don’t think it fully support full screen. In both the DOSBox method and Emulated Turbo C++ IDE 3.0 method turbo c opens in same screen size.

Download here

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How to run symbian applications on computer

Follow these steps to run a Symbian application on your computer.

1. Download Symbian SDK from here.( It's a huge file )
2. Install the SDK and all chaintools included in the package in their default location.
3. After all packages are installed, reboot your PC.
4. Now goto Start » Program files » Nokia Developer Tools » Symbian SDK » Emulator to launch the emulator
5. Wait for the Emulator to completely load. The Emulator program will look like this when finished loading.
    
   
   
   
   
6. Now inside the Emulator program, goto File » Open and then choose your favorite Symbian applications that you want to run.
    
   
   
   
   
7. All set, install and enjoy your favorite Symbian apps on your PC. If you get error while installing unsigned applications, goto Menu » Settings » Application settings and change value from Signed only to all.
   

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