Thursday, January 24, 2013


If you are a hardcore gamer and you are terribly annoyed with the advertisement website banner popping in game whenever you start the game by running the game .exe file, your thinking is true. You like to remove the in-game advertisement, but worried that you'll mess up and the entire game goes corrupted? Well, we are going to give to step-by-step details on how to remove the ad.

For your information, a game advertisement that shows in game is nothing more than a mere file of a .png or .jpg image, with a strange name, such as "A_54567.png". If you delete that image, the game won't be able to find the image file to be displayed at beginning and it'll run for the next ad. To get started,
We tested on a free game. The game folder has two sub folders: Data and FS data. 

  1. Open the game folder. If you use Windows, it'll be most probably located in Program files/Program files (x86) in your C:\. Begin by navigating to C:\, then open Program files, search for the game developer's name (or the game name), and you'll find a folder. 
  2. Now that you've got the folder, open it. In most game folders, there is a sub-folder named "Data" or "fsdata". Open the sub-folders and check whether you find the advertisement image.You can be sure that the image will be in those two folders. When you find the image, delete it if you want to make t the game start without displaying any image. Otherwise, once you find the image, copy it's original fine name (in case you forget it) to a notepad file and copy another file of your preference and paste it in the folder. Now, this IS IMPORTANT: RENAME the image file to the previous advertisement file's name. This is useful if you want to show off your friends that you've hacked the game and such. If you forget to rename, nothing will happen to your image and the game will skip it.
Job done: Deleted the advertisement and replaced with a general image. 
  1. You're almost done by now. As a safeguard, it is advisable to re-start your computer. After the restart is complete, launch the game. It should work. 
Thanks for reading this. 

How-to remove advertisements from a game? (Windows)

Location: Unknown location.

Are you scared about searching about some confidential data on the internet, that you believe will be saved in Google's search history for the next 18 months? Well, who doesn't actually? Moreover, to add to your surprise, Google sends your unique IP Address and a lot of other details like Browser used, the country from which you are browsing, Operating system used, and more. You wouldn't want to go searching-and-jumping on Google for private and confidential data, would you? And to your surprise, the face of a AOL user was exposed simply with the AOL Search record data. 

We here at Computer Support 24/7 found a search engine, Duck Duck Go. It can be accessed from http://duckduckgo.com/. If you want to use the secure server, you can find it at https://duckduckgo.com. It does not track you, nor does it send data to websites. This can be partly troubling to webmasters since they won't be able to know about their correct view statistics but for the front-end user, it's really helpful. It is wonder. 

There is a popular case that made Google fire their own employee, who breached the privacy policy of the site by exercising his power wrongly and logging into other accounts just for fun, in the name of "general duty". It isn't general duty to hack other's accounts, rather illegal, and against the law. Here's the article about that bad Google employee: http://gawker.com/5637234/. It does happen. 

Next time you want to search anything confidential, don't carelessly Google it! Duck it. I mean, visit http://duckduckgo.com and search for anything you want. It also has some new cool features. Check them now. 

Search Giant Google tracks you: The Duck doesn't


Every week, we scan through the list of apps added to Google Play and apps removed from Google Play. It's normal that few apps are removed, but this week, following an uproar by Asian-Americans who said the game promoted derogatory stereotypes. 

As of today (24.1.13), all apps like "Make Me Asian" "Make Me Fat" and "Make me Indian" are removed from Google Play store. Almost 10,000 people signed the petition in the social site change.org asking Google to take down these apps. Computer Support 24/7 checked for the link, and found it (and that's called love, people)- https://www.change.org/petitions/google-remove-the-racist-make-me-asian-make-me-indian-apps-from-googleplay. Asian American activists often complain that the community is depicted as being perpetually foreign, even though people of Asian heritage have lived in the United States for generations. 

"Make-me-Asian" app removed from Google Play

Computer may shut down due to several factors. Computer Support Quick Fix says that...

(a) Power is turned off; or there is no electricity, and you have no UPS system.
(b) UPS was shut down. When the UPS is shutdown suddenly, the computer is forcefully shut down.
(c) Somebody in a LAN connection shut down your computer via Command Prompt. (Remember this?)
(d) You just installed some software. It needs to restart.
(e) Your laptop battery is low!

Why did my computer shut down?


Here's a compilation list by Computer Support 24/7 of symbols and symptoms and how to know if a person is a tech or internet addict.


  • You get up in the morning; hunt for your mobile and check for updates;
  • You feel pretty depressed because your internet is not working;
  • You speak of a Facebook friend you've never met to the public or office space;
  • You think you are using Facebook "just to connect with friends";
  • You always update your status- say every 15 mins;
  • You are always enjoying when internet is here;
  • You feel lonely and out of the world even when you're in a party;
  • You brag about your new achievement in an online game; 
  • You are not trolled easily.. and you can detect scam emails easily (and research says it)
  • You just read this list, meaning: you are probably an addict :P
Are in you the list? Sorry for the last one, I had to prank on someone :) 


Tech Addict symptoms: Are you in these?

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

       The scramble of this article by Wordle.

Last day I was browsing through fun websites when I accidentally stumbled upon this site: http://wordle.net. It asks you to paste a bunch of text and it will generate a random Wordle, that is, random text infographic. It uses Java Runtime Applet and it produces the corresponding picture. One of the major flaws is that you cannot save the image into your computer, as the image is generated by Java Applet. The site's webmaster says it can't be helped in the FAQ. I took a print out. The result is disappointing. Normally users have a A4 printer category, and it prints on landscape mode and not potrait by default. Although you can change it, new users will be confused. 

Otherwise, it's worth paying a visit to http://wordle.net.

Site Review: Wordle.net


If you are reading this article now, chances are you are eager to open a account in one of DropBox, or Google Drive, or any other cloud service provider's website. So what exactly is this cloud computing? Let's begin. 

Cloud Computing, in simple terms is storing your files and documents on another remote computer, called a server. The server is safely storing your documents and also others, and is backed up. So in case there is a data loss in your computer or you forgot your laptop or pen-drive at home and need documents urgently, the only option that can truly help is Cloud Computing. With Cloud Computing, you can access your files wherever and whenever you want to. 

Another benefit is that there are much less chances of the data at the server centers (or data centers) to be wiped out. This is not technically impossible, but chances are scarce. This is due to the fact that the Servers are checked and maintained regularly by the staff, and the data is secured by having a back up for every individual server. It is cool, right? 

Currently, I use Google Drive as a cloud service. It gives 5 GB of cloud storage space, and further you can increase it according to your needs by buying additional space from Google at a cheap price. You can download or access Google Drive from drive.google.com. 

Benefits of Cloud Computing


Google has launched AuthorRank, a new way of ranking authors based on their quality of writing, to rank higher in search results. Signing up can have a lot of benefits if you are a webmaster and want your site to rank high. Unfortunately, spammers, you have to be out of the way. Sorry!

The page is currently at http://plus.google.com/authorship. Signing up will require a Google+ profile, with your ACTUAL photo in the profile picture. We tested it out and found Google has installed a face detector, meaning that if you put a nice holiday beach pic, Google won't accept you. For me, I am a verified Author and registered with Google+. I originally run http://iis-india.blogspot.com, and I wanted to run another, so here I have opened another blog for geeks. 

I hope it helps all webmasters like me. See you all soon! 

Google's new AuthorRank


You think Command Prompt as a child's toy, as it seems to have no value. What can it do, you think. After all, it is text-based. But the reality is you are underestimating the power of CMD (Command Prompt). Did you know that Command Prompt can shutdown remote computers in a LAN network.. (or any network, though it is suggested you don't try out that)

You got it right. Shutdown via CMD. Here are the steps..

(a) Open CMD. If you are on XP, Go to Start > Run >cmd.exe. If you are on 7 or Vista, go to Search box, type cmd and hit Enter.
(b) Type netstat for the entire network or netstat -n for active established protocols. 
(c) Type shutdown -i 
(d) Add the computer names and reason
(e) You're done! 

Utilising Command Prompt


Problem: Monitor is blank. 

Question: How to fix this? I'm dying without my monitor!

Easy fix: Go behind your monitor, push the plugs hard in your monitor. It is possible and it does happen because of pressure. 

Still not working? It may be because...

(a) Your monitor is not working, it is broken
(b) Video card problem
(c) Hard Drive crash.

It is advised you go to a computer technician and ask for help if even banging the plugs at the rear doesn't help. 

Nothing's being shown on my monitor

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