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Tuesday 6 March, 2012

Internet Download Manager has been registered with a fake serial number

The solution for this problem is not easily available and the only step the user left with is uninstalling the software completely. Even after several installation and uninstallation the problem exists unless you format your computer.If you want a permanent and exact solution for this problem follow these steps:-

1. Exit IDM from the taskbar before entering the serial.
2. Disconnect active connections to the internet.
3. Then go to the directory C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc and locate the file 'hosts'
4. Open the "hosts" file with "notepad".
5. on the last line enter the following address as shown and save. 


127.0.0.1 www.internetdownloadmanager.com 
6. Now, again enter the "fake serial" and wait for few seconds.
7. your IDM is registered again.
8. No wonder you would be facing this problem again but without panic use a "new fake key" ( this time steps 3,4 and 5 are not required, the only thing required is "a keygen" for generating a new key. For IDM 5.14 Dr.Carbon Keygen is used ).



How To Extract Text From an Image

Today I will discuss on something very important. Sometimes we get an image containing some text. You cannot copy those texts and the only thing you are left with is writing the whole text word by word manually referring to that image. So via this article I want to guide you how to extract text from an image.  This technique is easy to perform and requires the basic Microsoft suite of applications like MS Paint and Microsoft Office document imaging. The technique has been tried with images in .bmp, .jpg and .GIF format and may be employed for other formats that are supported by MS Paint.
Steps to grab text from image
1) Take any image containing some texts. The image can also be screenshot of any website taken out with the help of "print Screen" button.
2) save a copy of the image in .TIF or .TIFF format.
3) open the image with " Microsoft Office document imaging".
4) Select the text area which you want to extract i.e. Select the text that needs to be copied. 
5) Right click on the selection and click on Copy or use the keys Ctrl + C. Microsoft office document imaging will use OCR(Optical character recognition) to recognize text.
6) The text from the image will now be placed on the clipboard and can be pasted onto any document/application. One can also send the text directly to word by right clicking on the selection and selecting the option Send Text to Word Microsoft document imaging can also be used to scan printed material on paper. Text from the scanned image can be directly copied using the above technique.

Hard Disk is Making Clicking Sound

 My computer started to freeze sporadically and on restarting the computer, either I would get black screen or a message “Disk Boot Failure, Insert System Disk and press Enter”. On top of that I would get “Click Clack Sound” coming from my Hard Disk.I was frustated by the problem and the only solution I got on the Internet was:- “You Hard Disk is about to fail or Failed. Please backup your data as soon as possible.”

Then after few weeks i came to the final solution of the problem -
1) Disconnect all the unused devices like Floppy Drives, USB Modemns and other USB devices, additional fans etc from the PSU or SMPS.
2) Purchase a new high rated PSU or SMPS to avoid voltage drops.
3) Always use UPS for avoiding fluctuating power source.
4) Make sure the PSU connectors are not loose or faulty.