Fixing Executable File / Program

Have you ever had times when you accidently changed the property of the file and set it to open to another program? Well, I've had my fair share and it is just devastating. It was all because of a virus that attacked all my word documents.





The .doc files were unable to open as the virus changed it into an executable file instead of a document. So I stupidly enough thought it was a clever thing to change the files extension from .exe to .doc. but it was the biggest mistake that I did.







I end up messing the files all together. All the .exe programs started to open in Office Word which was pretty awful as nothing literally opened except for Word of course. As for the file that got devoured, well, I never managed to open it either.







 Things got panicky but fortunately I had my browser opened all that while. I started to google-up ways to fix it and after quite somewhile I stumbled upon this website that typically explains how to repair it. I forgot the URL. I was suspicious at first (Well, who isn't? I could've downloaded more virus and trojans instead) but gave it a try, otherwise I wuldn't be able to submit my report despite having to redo it all over again *sigh*.







And voila! To my astonishment, after I downloaded the file and ran it, it works. I mean a click of a button is all I had to do. There was a small popup prompting whether we want to open a website afterwards but that was really it. The size of the file is only 11Kb and click here for the link. Like always, it is linked to my 4shared account. If you're not sure how to download it, look up in MiniLyrics, Karaoke Lyrics for instructions.






All you need to do is download it, then run it and that is all. Good luck in fixing the problem ;)

xoxo

Mozilla Firefox Add-Ons

For todays post, I will show you a few of my favourite add-ons that I have been using on Mozilla Firefox and it has truly served me well in terms of its functions as well as nice UI to it. To top it all off, it is simple to add on and to use.

 

 My Firefox with vista-aero themes and other add-ons.

I like this Vista-Aero theme because it has the same function as Internet Explorer would have.

Like these buttons on the top-right hand corner of my Firefox.

For the Vista-Aero themes that I used on Firefox, just click here and click on the "Add-on to Firefox" button.






As for all the other add-ons (extensions) that I used on Firefox are:

- Download Statusbar
- Search Preview
- Tab Scope
- Smart Bookmarks Bar


I have linked each of the add-ons to its respective add-on links. So just click on the above add-ons except for the Smart Bookmarks Bar.

Download Statusbar

It lets you view and manage downloads from a tidy statusbar; without the download window getting in the way of your web browsing. So there is less clutter of having multiple windows opened. I truly truly truly like this extension as it is neat and tidy, stating the amount of speed it downloads per second and on the bottom is the estimated time left for it to complete.

Search Preview

With Search Preview, all of the results will be displayed with an image (thumbnail) of the website to the left of the search results. So to those who forgot about a website they recently visited then have no fear as. The coolest part is there's also a hits bar next to the address indicating of how many users have clicked on to that page a.k.a popularity ranks of that website according to Google, Yahoo and Bing search results pages.

Tab Scope

 

Tab Scope lets you preview and navigate tab contents through popup. As seen in the picture above, I placed my cursor on top of the tab that I am not on it to preview the webpage to know whether it has already finished loading without having to click on it. Besides that, I also use the buttons that's on the tab scope to refresh, go forward or back one page or just to close it without the need to even look at the tab.

Smart Bookmarks Bar

 

 

The smart bookmarks bar (SBB) is my all time fav. I like it ever sooooo much that I just can't seem to live without it. Whenever I use someone elses laptop, my hands are so gatal that I want to download the SBB on theirs. Its so handy as all the bookmarks are visible and whats great about it is that it has the icon of the webpage on it as well making it easier for us to remember the website besides the name and the URL of the website on mouse over. Actually this add-on came with the Vista-Aero theme (that explains the no link above). All you need to do is just click on the star with a green thingy on top of it to add your prefered website to your list of SBB's.

That's it for today. I hope that with the help of my tips and advice will make your surfing experience more pleasureable and easier. Any queries please do not hesitate to ask me. Happy surfing ;)

xoxo

Our Bday Party

Last Tuesday, me and my room mate, Fatin, celebrated our birthday with all our friends. The 9th was actually my Bday but since we were quite free that day and the fact that there never was going to be a class replacement at the end of Wednesday, we made plans to do it on the 9th.

We had our dinner early at 5pm at Pizza Hut SACC Mall. The cake was bought courtesy of Hussaini. It was a black forest but we had another fruit cake in mind. Well, atleast the strawberries looked luscious enough to eat. Yum yum.. :)







I wanna take this chance to wish my dearest sister, Azzah (9 Feb) and my roommate-cum-"sister", Fatin (10 Feb) a belated Happy Birthday. May all your wishes come true and that you'll become a true muslimah...

xoxo

p/s: My childhood memories back in England felt just like it happened yesterday. But that was 13 years ago. *sigh*

MiniLyrics, Karaoke Lyrics

Have you ever wanted to read the lyrics to a song while you're listening to it?
Perhaps you wanted to sing-a-long to a song you really like.
Or you just wanted to karaoke in your room without going to any karaoke box.
And you're just too busy or even too lazy to google up the lyric to the song that you're listening to.








Well search no more fellas, I have found the best possible solution there is!! Better than any lyrics viewer I've ever seen.





The best thing is that it's absolutely FREE!!!


No sign-ups, no adware, no spyware and nothing of that sort.





I found this software online. It's called MiniLyrics. All you need to do is just download it, install it, and it pops up whenever you listen to music. It practically opens up to any of the players that you have and that you have chosen for it to work with.









Here are all the players that MiniLyrics supports:








Winamp
Windows Media Player
Apple iTunes
RealPlayer
Yahoo! Music Engine
VLC Media Player
The KMPlayer
Foobar2000
Zune software
MediaMonkey
Spotify
Quintessential Player
Songbird
J. River Media Jukebox
J. River Media Center
JetAudio
BSPlayer
AlbumPlayer
Helium Music Manager
AIMP2
Silverjuke
XMPlay





Here are a few previews...






The lyrics (in yellow) scrolls on top as the song plays.






This is the boundary for MiniLyrics where you can widen it according to your preference.






And this is the MiniLyrics on "click-thru" mode. The boundaries will be invisible and you will be able to do your work while the MiniLyrics scrolls on top of all your desktop without accidently clicking on the MiniLyrics.







It also comes in different striking colours besides orange and blue such as lime green and purple, pink and green and also red and khaki. I'll show you how to change the settings in my future posts.




The software will search for the lyrics online in its archive by itself (unless it can't match the title or artist to the song) each time it plays a song with no lyrics to it. (No, I'm not being paid by anyone to do this.)






So all you need to do is just click here for the MiniLyrics download and it will link you to my 4shared account.



Next, click on the blue button which says "Download Now" and wait for it to load (around 6 seconds) until you can see this:



..and just click on "Click here to download this file"..




Take my word, its the best software in terms of innovation and also freeware and you will never go wrong. Don't hesitate to ask me anything regarding MiniLyrics.

xoxo

Tilu Band

I fell in love with this song immediately as soon as I heard it from HOT FM's chart. What can I say, the song is so cute!! Not to mention the music is so soothing and easy listening. Ala Norah Jones. But I didn't really quite like Norah Jones..but again..this band is different. Eventhough the music is jazz-like, I would really recommend it to my friends.







At first, I thought the song only had 1 person as the vocalist but I was shocked to find out that theres 6 more GUYS playing the instruments at the back. So its a band. Then that explains all the trumpet and drum sounds. One of a kind band to exist in Malaysia I say.






*Drum rolls*



Presenting Tilu Band..!!

This is their song that I heard.


Tilu Band - Ku Bukan Aku

Lama sungguh hari berlalu,
Hening malam menyiksaku,
Bila bersendirian sepi jadi pilu,

Kau pergi aku yang hilang,
Sedikitpun hidup tak senang,
Langit cerah ku renung mendung kelabu,

Kerana driku bukan aku,
Tiap kali kau menjauh,
Fikiran tak keruan,
Jiwa rasa kekosongan,
Diriku bukan aku tiap kali kau menjauh,
Pulangkan dia kepangkuanku...

Yang digemar menjadi bosan,
Sukarnya cari ketenteraman,
Bila hati bersedih semuanya tak betul,

Ku cuba setabah hati melupakan,
Dirimu dari ingatan,
Tapi semakin di cuba semakin rindu

Kerana diriku bukan aku,
Tiap kali kau menjauh,
Fikiran tak keruan,
Jiwa rasa kekosongan,
Diriku bukan aku tiap kali menjauh,
Pulangkan dia kepangkuanku...

Kerana diriku bukan aku,
Tiap kali kau menjauh,
Fikiran tak keruan,
Jiwa rasa kekosongan,
Diriku bukan aku tiap kali kau menjauh,
Pulangkan dia kepangkuanku...




Get to know them on facebook and here to preview their songs.





Credits to Tilu (or is it Tilu Band??) for changing my perspective on Malaysian music. You guys have broaden the music genre here and I would choose you guys anyday over any other band or artist. However, my opinion is solely based on Ku Bukan Aku song. So I really hope that they will come up with more new singles in the future to prove everyone that your songs are well at par (maybe better) than other artists or band and go international perhaps. All the best to Tilu. Fighting!!

xoxo


p/s - This song is SO going to be my ringtone..!


p/s II - I'll dedicate my next post on a cool software lyric that can scroll by itself as the music plays so that you guys can sing-a-long to it. So stay updated ;)

Making the best out of your life

We all live completely different lives. Some are rich, others while many struggle trying to make ends meet. Nevertheless, no matter how rich or poor you are its how the way you percieve things that matters the most.






In other words a positive mind and a positive attitude makes alot of difference. Like how the saying goes "when life throw you lemons, make lemonade" taught us to.






Bottom line - try to picture and vocalise things that you do want it to happen because self-repeating it in your heart will attract it.