Our Mankatha team is rocking in social networking websites also like Twitter, Facebook etc. They are giving more informations than websites and newspapers. For ease of viewing the collection of all the updates by all celebs about our Ajith's Mankatha, we update all updates in this page. Lets start from 1st day shooting Oct 25, 2010. Stay tuned with this page to know daily updates given by Mankatha team in social networking websites. This page will be updated daily.
Oct 28, 2010
Producer Dhayanidhi Alagiri (T) : Gonna miss the shoot for two days... Going to madurai...
Oct 27, 2010
Producer Dhayanidhi Alagiri (T) : To all ajith fans : this movie MANKATHA will be the biggest treat for u... U guys can see THALA AJITH in his best...
Producer Dhayanidhi Alagiri (T) : Excellent day at the sets of MANKATHA !!! Ajith , trisha , lakshmi rai n venkat were simply superb...
Director Venkat Prabhu (T) : Another super day!!!! Now super tired!!! Loving it!!!!
Director Venkat Prabhu (F) : Welcome to mankatha Trish!!!! She was as usual sweet!!! Cool!!! Gorgeous!!! Day 3 today people!!! And welcome Lakshmi rai!!!
Dance Choreographer Kalyan Kumar (T) : Back in chennai... Just met Ajit on the sets of mangatha.. It was so nice to catchup with him after a longtime... Such a charming person and a very gud friend... Venkatprabhu and Shakthi were rocking as always... All set to shoot the song from 30th.. Looking forward to it...
Producer Dhayanidhi Alagiri (T) : Gonna join the full MANKATHA team in an hours time... The shooting is absolutely fun filled... Happy being with em...
Oct 26, 2010
Costume Designer Vasuki Bhaskar (F) : No one has ever seen thala in today's costume ..trust me!! AJITH n HIS ATTITUDE ROCKS!!
Actor Mahat Raghavendra (T) : I luv Thala's cool n sleek luk n Premgi's new luk in Mankatha! Can't wait to join my band of brothers! Hail MANKATHA!
Director Venkat Prabhu (T) : Still with yuvan in recording!!! Tomorrow early morning shoot!!! When am I gonna sleep???
Music Director Yuvan Shankar Raja (T) : Working for mankatha tonite really tired but deadlines keeping me awake!
Actress Trisha Krishnan (T) : First day of MANKATHA..Luving the unit :)Happy 2 be working with Ajith after 'Kreedom'..He looks great..N Venkat Prabu is coool..
Actress Trisha Krishnan (T) : Shot my introduction today..Working on a look with Vasuki(my designer)..She's very sweet n hard working...Goodluck 2 the whole team.
Actress Trisha Krishnan (T) : Also my first movie with Cloud 9...Daya is a friend and a really humble producer..Happy 2 have kik started the film :)))
Oct 25, 2010
Director Venkat Prabhu (T) : What a day!!!! Super!!!! Thanks for all the wishes people!!! Now off for song recording!!! Morning Thala!! Evening U1!!!
Actor Mahat Raghavendra (T) : For me n vaibhav the shoot starts from nov 23rd! So waiting for that day! So excited!
Actor Mahat Raghavendra (T) : Went to the shooting spot with my frnd/producer @dhayaalagiri we were very much excited! Its super fun thr! N met thala today OMG!
Producer Dhayanidhi Alagiri (T) : MANKATHA !!! " Action " calls VENKAT PRABHU n AJITH has started playing...
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Thursday, October 28, 2010
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
The Top 3 Ways to Quickly Optimize Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Vista
is an undoubtedly resource hog on your PC and can be somewhat slower in relation to Windows XP. If you have upgraded to Windows Vista or bought a new PC with Windows Vista and are unhappy with the performance of your machine with this operating system or your performance seems to be degrading more and more over time, then take a look at these simply and easy to implement tips to increase the performance of your Windows Vista system.
1. Reduce Number of Startup Programs: At Computer start-up, Windows Vista loads several programs designed to make it easier for them to open immediately when you click their icons.
This can be beneficial for programs that you use frequently. However, the more programs that load automatically when Windows Vista starts, the more time it will take for your computer to finish booting up and the slower the overall performance of your machine will be.
You will need to decide which programs you want to start automatically and which to eliminate from the start up process. Follow these steps to use Windows Defender to identify startup programs and disable those you no longer require to load at machine boot-up:
a. Click START then select ALL PROGRAMS. Next, click WINDOWS DEFENDER.
b. Select TOOLS and then click on SOFTWARE EXPLORER. A Category box will open and you will need to click STARTUP PROGRAMS.
c. A long list of programs will be displayed at this time. To disable the automatic startup of a particular program, simply find the program and click DISABLE. You will then confirm your selection by clicking YES.
d. After scrolling down the list and disabling certain programs from starting automatically, click APPLY and then OK. You will be asked to restart your machine, select OK and your Windows Vista should restart more quickly depending on how many programs you removed from startup.
After completing these steps, ensure you have not caused any program issues, by attempting to open or run a program you have removed from startup. If there are any issues, just follow the steps above to re-enable the program at startup . You should perform this action at least quarterly or as needed to maintain increased Windows Vista performance.
2. Limit Number of Visual Effects: Windows Vista offers many more standard visual effects than Windows XP and to be honest, these look pretty cool. However, these bells and whistles can be performance hogs, especially if your machine barely meets the minimum requirements for Vista, and the cause of unnecessary system stalls or crashes.
The first one to look at disabling is the transparent glass effect, but you can choose up to 19 additional effects to turn off one by one or have Windows optimize for best performance using the following steps:
a. Click the START button, then click CONTROL PANEL. Select SYSTEM AND MAINTENANCE and then click PERFORMANCE INFORMATION AND TOOLS. Next, click ADJUST VISUAL EFFECTS.
b. Select the VISUAL EFFECTS tab and select the radio button to have Windows ADJUST FOR BEST PERFORMANCE. If you would like to adjust the visual effects individually, select the radio button for CUSTOM and choose which visual effects to keep active.
c. Finally, click APPLY then OK and you are done.
After completing these steps, you should experience a noticeable increase in overall Windows performance as less of your computers memory is required to maintain your operating system.
3. Keep Windows Vista Clean: There are several things you can do to drastically increase the overall performance of your computer system just by cleaning out the cobwebs, such as uninstalling un-needed programs and registry cleaning. The regular cleaning of Windows Vista is necessary to keep your machine operating at optimal performance. Follow these steps to clean up Vista:
a. Uninstall: some programs come with the ability to run an uninstaller and remove the program from your system and others do not. For those that do not, you will need to click START to access the CONTROL PANEL.
Once in the Control Panel, select the PROGRAMS option and click UNINSTALL A PROGRAM. Once you locate the program you want to uninstall, select it from the list and then choose the tab that says, UNINSTALL.
You will be asked by Windows to confirm your choice and once done, will begin uninstalling the program. This does not necessarily completely remove the program from your PC, there are software utilities available to completely remove programs from your computers hard drive as well as clean up the entries left in your Windows registry.
b. Windows Registry Cleaning: throughout the life of any computer systems using Microsoft Windows, hardware and program errors are inevitable. Installing, Uninstalling, and general usage of programs and hardware leads to eventual errors and sometimes corruption in the Windows registry.
The registry is the foundation of your operating systems as it determines how each program and each piece of hardware should run and, therefore, impacts the speed and overall performance of your system.
The registry is very technically complex and should only be manually cleaned by someone who knows exactly what they are doing as mistakes here could require reformatting your hard drive.
I recommend using a registry cleaner or even better a system optimization program that will not only clean and fix your system registry, but also clean up system files, completely uninstall programs, fix errors, remove un-needed startup programs, and boost the overall speed and usability of your computer.
If your PC is still operating slowly or you are not seeing any performance improvements after using the above tips, it is possible that your system may be infected with a virus or spyware.
Some symptoms to look out for if you suspect a virus are slower PC performance, the sound of constant accessing of your hard drive for no apparent reason, programs that start without you opening them, or corrupt files or programs. Always keep your anti-virus software up to date and run the program regularly to prevent infection.
Spyware are types of programs that are becoming more and more common on the internet and are installed on your system without you knowing about it. These programs typically watch your activity on the internet and some even attempt to collect your private information and passwords.
They will also invariably cause some performance issues. Check for spyware or adware on your system with one of the anti-spyware programs available for best results.
Optimizing your Windows Vista operating system regularly will keep your system running smoother, prevent errors and lock-ups, increase your internet speed, and safeguard your privacy all at the same time.
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is an undoubtedly resource hog on your PC and can be somewhat slower in relation to Windows XP. If you have upgraded to Windows Vista or bought a new PC with Windows Vista and are unhappy with the performance of your machine with this operating system or your performance seems to be degrading more and more over time, then take a look at these simply and easy to implement tips to increase the performance of your Windows Vista system.
1. Reduce Number of Startup Programs: At Computer start-up, Windows Vista loads several programs designed to make it easier for them to open immediately when you click their icons.
This can be beneficial for programs that you use frequently. However, the more programs that load automatically when Windows Vista starts, the more time it will take for your computer to finish booting up and the slower the overall performance of your machine will be.
You will need to decide which programs you want to start automatically and which to eliminate from the start up process. Follow these steps to use Windows Defender to identify startup programs and disable those you no longer require to load at machine boot-up:
a. Click START then select ALL PROGRAMS. Next, click WINDOWS DEFENDER.
b. Select TOOLS and then click on SOFTWARE EXPLORER. A Category box will open and you will need to click STARTUP PROGRAMS.
c. A long list of programs will be displayed at this time. To disable the automatic startup of a particular program, simply find the program and click DISABLE. You will then confirm your selection by clicking YES.
d. After scrolling down the list and disabling certain programs from starting automatically, click APPLY and then OK. You will be asked to restart your machine, select OK and your Windows Vista should restart more quickly depending on how many programs you removed from startup.
After completing these steps, ensure you have not caused any program issues, by attempting to open or run a program you have removed from startup. If there are any issues, just follow the steps above to re-enable the program at startup . You should perform this action at least quarterly or as needed to maintain increased Windows Vista performance.
2. Limit Number of Visual Effects: Windows Vista offers many more standard visual effects than Windows XP and to be honest, these look pretty cool. However, these bells and whistles can be performance hogs, especially if your machine barely meets the minimum requirements for Vista, and the cause of unnecessary system stalls or crashes.
The first one to look at disabling is the transparent glass effect, but you can choose up to 19 additional effects to turn off one by one or have Windows optimize for best performance using the following steps:
a. Click the START button, then click CONTROL PANEL. Select SYSTEM AND MAINTENANCE and then click PERFORMANCE INFORMATION AND TOOLS. Next, click ADJUST VISUAL EFFECTS.
b. Select the VISUAL EFFECTS tab and select the radio button to have Windows ADJUST FOR BEST PERFORMANCE. If you would like to adjust the visual effects individually, select the radio button for CUSTOM and choose which visual effects to keep active.
c. Finally, click APPLY then OK and you are done.
After completing these steps, you should experience a noticeable increase in overall Windows performance as less of your computers memory is required to maintain your operating system.
3. Keep Windows Vista Clean: There are several things you can do to drastically increase the overall performance of your computer system just by cleaning out the cobwebs, such as uninstalling un-needed programs and registry cleaning. The regular cleaning of Windows Vista is necessary to keep your machine operating at optimal performance. Follow these steps to clean up Vista:
a. Uninstall: some programs come with the ability to run an uninstaller and remove the program from your system and others do not. For those that do not, you will need to click START to access the CONTROL PANEL.
Once in the Control Panel, select the PROGRAMS option and click UNINSTALL A PROGRAM. Once you locate the program you want to uninstall, select it from the list and then choose the tab that says, UNINSTALL.
You will be asked by Windows to confirm your choice and once done, will begin uninstalling the program. This does not necessarily completely remove the program from your PC, there are software utilities available to completely remove programs from your computers hard drive as well as clean up the entries left in your Windows registry.
b. Windows Registry Cleaning: throughout the life of any computer systems using Microsoft Windows, hardware and program errors are inevitable. Installing, Uninstalling, and general usage of programs and hardware leads to eventual errors and sometimes corruption in the Windows registry.
The registry is the foundation of your operating systems as it determines how each program and each piece of hardware should run and, therefore, impacts the speed and overall performance of your system.
The registry is very technically complex and should only be manually cleaned by someone who knows exactly what they are doing as mistakes here could require reformatting your hard drive.
I recommend using a registry cleaner or even better a system optimization program that will not only clean and fix your system registry, but also clean up system files, completely uninstall programs, fix errors, remove un-needed startup programs, and boost the overall speed and usability of your computer.
If your PC is still operating slowly or you are not seeing any performance improvements after using the above tips, it is possible that your system may be infected with a virus or spyware.
Some symptoms to look out for if you suspect a virus are slower PC performance, the sound of constant accessing of your hard drive for no apparent reason, programs that start without you opening them, or corrupt files or programs. Always keep your anti-virus software up to date and run the program regularly to prevent infection.
Spyware are types of programs that are becoming more and more common on the internet and are installed on your system without you knowing about it. These programs typically watch your activity on the internet and some even attempt to collect your private information and passwords.
They will also invariably cause some performance issues. Check for spyware or adware on your system with one of the anti-spyware programs available for best results.
Optimizing your Windows Vista operating system regularly will keep your system running smoother, prevent errors and lock-ups, increase your internet speed, and safeguard your privacy all at the same time.
Read more!
Be Both a Short-Term Trader and a Long-Term Investor
Do short-term traders assume more risk or less risk than long-term investors? Does selling quickly when an overpriced stock breaks down make a person a trader? If so, is that a bad thing? If you read between the lines in the financial press, you will find that it is the "traders" who profit from short swings in the market and from market volatility. Note how often it is that when there is a significant market surge, the announcement is made that "traders snapped up oversold stocks today and the market surged" or "traders sold to take profits from the recent market rise." The real issue should not be whether a person is a trader or investor. It should be whether or not his enterprise is making money. Some in the industry do treat the term "trader" as if it represented something evil. Why? Though they have concocted a rationale for a pejorative treatment of the word, it seems to come down to money and the naysayer's fear of losing it.
For example, the mutual fund industry has tried to indoctrinate investors to believe they should always "invest for the long term." While there is some truth in this with regard to mutual funds, errors (and portfolio disaster) can result from applying the same thinking to individual stock investments. Fund companies do not want investors to sell their mutual funds...ever. If the manager does a good job, there is no need to do so. However, if the manager of the fund's portfolio holds every stock position in his fund long-term as a standard procedure, it is extremely unlikely that he will do an outstanding job, though he might do so relative to other fund managers (who also use the same approach). The reason "trading" has become a pejorative term to the fund industry is similar to the reason all commercials on television occur at the same time. Broadcasters are afraid that if their commercials were aired at different times from the others, they might lose the viewers who switch channels during commercials. Likewise, mutual funds don't like "timers" and "traders" because they threaten a fund's source of consistent revenue. They want their investors to stay put. However, mutual funds are not totally unjustified in saying that investors should hold their funds for "the long-term."
Fund managers know that individuals (trying to ride out the "bumps") tend to hold on until the pain is too much to bear. The average investor panics only after the market has fallen about as far as it will fall. That is when fund managers would prefer to do a considerable amount of buying. However, individual investors are pulling their money out of funds at that time. The fund managers must therefore liquidate assets at low prices in order to generate the money needed to buy all the shares being dumped by shareholders (fund shareholders sell their shares back to their fund and not to other investors). When the market is high and has become risky, fund managers prefer to maintain a larger cash position. However, that is the time individuals pour money into the funds causing a glut of cash. Fund charters (charters define how a manager manages) may limit the amount of fund assets that can remain in cash. Therefore, the manager may have to buy large quantities of stock when he would prefer to be selling. In other words, the behavior of individual investors (investing when stocks are high and selling when they are low) has a significant negative impact on the performance of fund managers who could do a much better job if investors would simply stay put instead of trying to "time the market." Timing the market is an activity for which most investors are poorly equipped. The managers are being forced to behave like the amateurs who invest in their funds. Managers therefore admonish investors to hold for the long-term. They repeat it in every TV interview and in every financial publication where they are quoted: "do not be a trader, hold for the long term; that is the only way to invest wisely." Managers are simply saying, "stay put and let us do our job." The fund managers are right. Ninety-five percent of fund investors should stay put and let the fund manager make the decisions.
Brokers have different reasons for using the word "trading" in a pejorative sense. Clients who trade will not stay with a "full service" broker because the broker doesn't have time to monitor positions let alone manage change in Client portfolios. That's why they steer clients to "managed accounts." They can keep clients in these "managed accounts" indefinitely simply by switching them from one manager to another if performance is "unacceptable" to the client. The broker gets his 1% out of the client simply by conducting an interview with that client once or twice a year to gauge his or her satisfaction with performance. The brokerage firm also gets its fee and the money manager gets a fee. Everybody profits, except perhaps the client. The broker is a trained salesman, not a portfolio manager. The brokerage firm wants its brokers to sell investment "products" that are not a drain on the broker's time. The more time a broker spends screening stocks, the less time they will have to maintain an acceptable level of "production." Brokerages do not want their "advisors" to be true money managers. They want them to gather assets and generate revenue by selling the firm's pre-packaged products (mutual funds, managed accounts, annuities, etc.).
Money management is a time-consuming endeavor. For example, when stockdisciplines.com was a registered investment advisor and I was a portfolio manager, I could manage a $100,000 portfolio for an entire year and generate $1500 in fees for the effort. Out of that, I had to pay for TS data-feeds, software (this came to many thousands of dollars with ongoing annual fees), office help, utilities, subscriptions, equipment, and so on. There was also a huge amount of study time and monitoring time required. When I was a broker for one of the largest brokerage firms in the world, I could sell one mutual fund to a client who had $100,000 to invest and earn $4000 in commissions in one day. Of the $4,000 I might keep nearly half and my firm would get the rest. Then I could forget about that client and look for the next prospect. If clients called with concerns about their investment, I was supposed to simply say "we are in it for the long term; we are not speculators or traders." That way, I would not have to think about their investments, and I could go back to selling. I wouldn't need any data-feeds or fancy equipment to do this. My overhead would be minimal. What brokerage firm would want its "advisors" to manage money? As a "product pusher," I could generate nearly three times the income on the same amount of assets in a single day as a money manager makes in a full year! Firms want their advisors to sell, not manage. Therefore, it is to their advantage if a client will stay put. It is even more to their advantage if the client is invested in one of the firms proprietary mutual funds, because they generate ongoing fees that are automatically deducted from the client's assets when net asset value is calculated.
Sometimes the flexible investor will act like a trader and sometimes he will act like a long-term investor. An investor might hold a stock for 3 years and capture a 25% gain. I once locked in a 26.7% profit in Apple after holding it for less than 3 months. Does that mean I was acting "foolish," acting like the "speculators," or "risk-takers" in the market? My clients did not think so. If we had held it for several years to get the same return, would we then have become "wise" investors? Apple started to show weakness and we had a large gain. At the time, we did not know whether the stock would resume its upward path after only a 5% drop, so we sold without waiting to see. Why take the risk necessary to wait and see how far it would decline? My thinking was that we could always buy it back if it should appear to be strong enough to generate an additional profit. In the meantime, we had removed our profits from a risky situation and we even saved the time and the 5% or more it would have cost us to find out if the weakness was only a "dip" or the beginning of a "plunge." When I sold, I did not know how far Apple would drop. In fact, it fell 14.5%. After the decline, we repurchased the stock.
The real issues are risk and return. We want to minimize one and enhance the other. Sometimes "trading" is precisely the way to accomplish those ends. The key here is not the percentage gain or loss or even the holding period. It is the risk involved in maintaining the position. For example, a stock that closes 3% below support may subject a portfolio to the risk of an additional 20% decline (the distance to the next band of significant support). Therefore, it may not be so much the 3% drop that causes a sale as the fact that nearby support is inadequate to stop the decline, and that there is no more help in sight until after a much larger decline. However, a stock that "behaves itself" may be held much longer for a gain of 25% or more.
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For example, the mutual fund industry has tried to indoctrinate investors to believe they should always "invest for the long term." While there is some truth in this with regard to mutual funds, errors (and portfolio disaster) can result from applying the same thinking to individual stock investments. Fund companies do not want investors to sell their mutual funds...ever. If the manager does a good job, there is no need to do so. However, if the manager of the fund's portfolio holds every stock position in his fund long-term as a standard procedure, it is extremely unlikely that he will do an outstanding job, though he might do so relative to other fund managers (who also use the same approach). The reason "trading" has become a pejorative term to the fund industry is similar to the reason all commercials on television occur at the same time. Broadcasters are afraid that if their commercials were aired at different times from the others, they might lose the viewers who switch channels during commercials. Likewise, mutual funds don't like "timers" and "traders" because they threaten a fund's source of consistent revenue. They want their investors to stay put. However, mutual funds are not totally unjustified in saying that investors should hold their funds for "the long-term."
Fund managers know that individuals (trying to ride out the "bumps") tend to hold on until the pain is too much to bear. The average investor panics only after the market has fallen about as far as it will fall. That is when fund managers would prefer to do a considerable amount of buying. However, individual investors are pulling their money out of funds at that time. The fund managers must therefore liquidate assets at low prices in order to generate the money needed to buy all the shares being dumped by shareholders (fund shareholders sell their shares back to their fund and not to other investors). When the market is high and has become risky, fund managers prefer to maintain a larger cash position. However, that is the time individuals pour money into the funds causing a glut of cash. Fund charters (charters define how a manager manages) may limit the amount of fund assets that can remain in cash. Therefore, the manager may have to buy large quantities of stock when he would prefer to be selling. In other words, the behavior of individual investors (investing when stocks are high and selling when they are low) has a significant negative impact on the performance of fund managers who could do a much better job if investors would simply stay put instead of trying to "time the market." Timing the market is an activity for which most investors are poorly equipped. The managers are being forced to behave like the amateurs who invest in their funds. Managers therefore admonish investors to hold for the long-term. They repeat it in every TV interview and in every financial publication where they are quoted: "do not be a trader, hold for the long term; that is the only way to invest wisely." Managers are simply saying, "stay put and let us do our job." The fund managers are right. Ninety-five percent of fund investors should stay put and let the fund manager make the decisions.
Brokers have different reasons for using the word "trading" in a pejorative sense. Clients who trade will not stay with a "full service" broker because the broker doesn't have time to monitor positions let alone manage change in Client portfolios. That's why they steer clients to "managed accounts." They can keep clients in these "managed accounts" indefinitely simply by switching them from one manager to another if performance is "unacceptable" to the client. The broker gets his 1% out of the client simply by conducting an interview with that client once or twice a year to gauge his or her satisfaction with performance. The brokerage firm also gets its fee and the money manager gets a fee. Everybody profits, except perhaps the client. The broker is a trained salesman, not a portfolio manager. The brokerage firm wants its brokers to sell investment "products" that are not a drain on the broker's time. The more time a broker spends screening stocks, the less time they will have to maintain an acceptable level of "production." Brokerages do not want their "advisors" to be true money managers. They want them to gather assets and generate revenue by selling the firm's pre-packaged products (mutual funds, managed accounts, annuities, etc.).
Money management is a time-consuming endeavor. For example, when stockdisciplines.com was a registered investment advisor and I was a portfolio manager, I could manage a $100,000 portfolio for an entire year and generate $1500 in fees for the effort. Out of that, I had to pay for TS data-feeds, software (this came to many thousands of dollars with ongoing annual fees), office help, utilities, subscriptions, equipment, and so on. There was also a huge amount of study time and monitoring time required. When I was a broker for one of the largest brokerage firms in the world, I could sell one mutual fund to a client who had $100,000 to invest and earn $4000 in commissions in one day. Of the $4,000 I might keep nearly half and my firm would get the rest. Then I could forget about that client and look for the next prospect. If clients called with concerns about their investment, I was supposed to simply say "we are in it for the long term; we are not speculators or traders." That way, I would not have to think about their investments, and I could go back to selling. I wouldn't need any data-feeds or fancy equipment to do this. My overhead would be minimal. What brokerage firm would want its "advisors" to manage money? As a "product pusher," I could generate nearly three times the income on the same amount of assets in a single day as a money manager makes in a full year! Firms want their advisors to sell, not manage. Therefore, it is to their advantage if a client will stay put. It is even more to their advantage if the client is invested in one of the firms proprietary mutual funds, because they generate ongoing fees that are automatically deducted from the client's assets when net asset value is calculated.
Sometimes the flexible investor will act like a trader and sometimes he will act like a long-term investor. An investor might hold a stock for 3 years and capture a 25% gain. I once locked in a 26.7% profit in Apple after holding it for less than 3 months. Does that mean I was acting "foolish," acting like the "speculators," or "risk-takers" in the market? My clients did not think so. If we had held it for several years to get the same return, would we then have become "wise" investors? Apple started to show weakness and we had a large gain. At the time, we did not know whether the stock would resume its upward path after only a 5% drop, so we sold without waiting to see. Why take the risk necessary to wait and see how far it would decline? My thinking was that we could always buy it back if it should appear to be strong enough to generate an additional profit. In the meantime, we had removed our profits from a risky situation and we even saved the time and the 5% or more it would have cost us to find out if the weakness was only a "dip" or the beginning of a "plunge." When I sold, I did not know how far Apple would drop. In fact, it fell 14.5%. After the decline, we repurchased the stock.
The real issues are risk and return. We want to minimize one and enhance the other. Sometimes "trading" is precisely the way to accomplish those ends. The key here is not the percentage gain or loss or even the holding period. It is the risk involved in maintaining the position. For example, a stock that closes 3% below support may subject a portfolio to the risk of an additional 20% decline (the distance to the next band of significant support). Therefore, it may not be so much the 3% drop that causes a sale as the fact that nearby support is inadequate to stop the decline, and that there is no more help in sight until after a much larger decline. However, a stock that "behaves itself" may be held much longer for a gain of 25% or more.
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Where to Put a Stop Loss
It is virtually a "law" of trading in the stock market that wherever you place your stop loss, it will occasionally be triggered by a stock just before it resumes its climb to higher levels. That is just something to be expected if you use any stop-loss. Unfortunately, not using a stop-loss is asking for trouble of a much greater magnitude, and the market loves to reward the foolish, lazy, or stupid, with the just recompense of their behavior. It makes no difference if you set the stop at 10% or at 3% from the low, high, or close. You can use stops that are volatility-based, use Fibonacci retracement ratios, Gann analysis, pivot points, percentage declines, or any other approach. No matter how sophisticated your mathematics is, you will often find you have sold for no good reason other than the occurrence of a temporary price spike that was just sufficient to trigger a stop loss -- your stop loss. Learn to live with it
On the other hand, you can control risk and have some say about the probable frequency with which you will be ejected from a position because of such a spike. The further your stop is from recent price action, the less likely it is that it will be triggered. However, the further your stop is from the price action, the more risk (downside price excursion) you are going to have to tolerate. Not using a stop at all means you are willing to accept unlimited risk. Using a "tight" stop means you are willing to tolerate very little risk but you dramatically increase the chances that even a minor spike will eject you from the position. The tighter your stop, the more ejection-causing spikes will occur in any given time period. The only way to resolve this dilemma is to find the best tradeoff between an acceptable frequency of unnecessary ejections and an acceptable amount of loss that you incur because of that ejection. In other words, you must find the compromise that induces the least amount of pain (psychological or financial).
Magee and Edwards (Technical Analysis of Stock Trends) teach that a good stop based on closing prices is one that is placed 3% below a rising trendline. The stop is triggered only if the stock closes at or below the stop. However, if a trader intends to sell on the basis of intra-day price activity rather than on the basis of closing prices, they suggest that the stop be placed 6% below the rising trendline. Below the trendline or below the most recent minor dip is usually the best place for a stop. However, sometimes there is no trendline or obvious recent minor dip. That is when you must use a mathematical stop. Either a simple percentage based on the highest high, low, or close since you purchased, or a volatility-adjusted variable stop placed relative to the highest high, low, or close since you purchased will serve the purpose. Magee and Edwards, Weinstein, Schwager, Murphy, and many others use trendlines, dips, or moving averages as a reference for placing a stop. Rising trendlines follow the lows, dips are nothing more than significant recent lows, and moving averages generally follow a rising stock somewhat below its recent lows. Therefore, it also makes sense, in the absence of all of these, to use the recent highest low as a reference for placing stops. With no trendline or dip to use as a reference, you could simply place your trailing stop 3% or 6% (or some other distance) below a moving average that closely follows the trends of significance to you, or even below the highest low achieved by the stock since your purchase.
The anticipated average holding period has a very big impact on how tight your stops are going to be. For example, the "sweet spot" for the 2.3% rule is about 10 to 15 market days. The short end of the "swing-trader" spectrum is about 3 days or less (a large number of traders focus on holding periods of up to about one week) and the long end of the spectrum is 8 to perhaps 10 weeks. The remaining swing traders focus on the time frames in between. At the very short end, the 2.3% rule allows too much of a decline relative to the expected gain. However, it works well when you are trying to lock in a two-week move involving a 4% to 10% gain. If the stock is not too "wild," it will also work beautifully for moves of a month or more to lock in gains of 10% to 20% or even more. However, you may have to loosen the stop a little for more volatile stocks and for regular holding periods of more than 15 days. For longer-term investing, for example, a stop that is up to 6% below the highest low reached by the stock since it was purchased can be very effective. A stop that one stockdisciplines.com trader (TZ) experimented with and found to be very useful for intermediate-term trading is one that is set 4% below the highest low. In use, it was infrequently triggered by a whipsaw and it did not give up much of the gain of the bigger moves. However, it would also give up 4% or more of the smaller 8% moves. That is why some traders focus on stops of 3% or less below the highest low. The tradeoff was the greater frequency with which a person is needlessly stopped out of a rising stock. It would be best if you worked out a personal stop-loss system, one with which you can be comfortable.
If you want a reference point other than the highest low, the following may be of help. A test of all the stocks in The Valuator showed that the average low was 1.7466% below the average high and .882% below the average close. This information can be used to place the stop relative to the highest high or highest close of the stock since its purchase. Thus, if the stock spikes up, the stop will lock in more of the gain. This works best when the stock makes a series of new highs, each significantly higher than the previous one. However, a 1-day spike may cause you to be stopped out the following day if the stock quickly returns to more "normal" levels. Walk away from stocks that often spike down. The specialist may simply like to "gun" the stock in order to take out the stop-loss orders waiting at the lower prices. That is, the specialist temporarily drops the stock price to trigger the sell orders associated with the stops so he can buy those shares at the lower price and sell almost immediately afterwards at a slightly higher price. When considering the purchase of a stock that often spikes down, the trader should try to place the stop just outside the specialist's spiking comfort zone. If such a placement requires the assumption of too much risk, find another stock. I prefer to concentrate on stocks that rarely spike. Look at charts and notice the length and frequency of downward spikes. Try to determine the percentage drop these spikes represent.
A volatility-adjusted stop has a more universal application than a simple percentage stop because in addition to adjusting for volatility it also adapts to the time period of the particular "analysis unit" used (15-minute price bars, 30-minute price bars, daily price bars, and so on). Rigid percentages cannot do either, but they are easier for the non-mathematician to calculate. If you are trying to compute your own stop-losses and you do not have a mathematical background, you might do well to use a stop loss calculating tool (do a Google search on "stop loss tool" and follow the trail) or simply make appropriate modifications to the 2.3% rule. That is, if your stops are triggered too frequently before upward moves complete when you follow the 2.3% rule, change it to a 3%, 4%, or whatever. However, we believe the volatility-adjusted stop loss is not only more sophisticated but also more effective. Now, consider the following.
The stop is not necessarily your sell discipline. However, it is definitely your safety net. It will preserve assets if you are not paying attention to your stock's behavior during the day. If you do not have time to be riveted to the etchings the stock market makes across your computer's screen, you only need to take about 10 minutes to go through your positions once a day (even while the market is closed) or once a week (even on weekends) to set your stops. Then you can ignore the market until you make your next stop adjustments. However, if you happen to be watching your stock and it does not "behave" like it should, simply remove the stop and sell the stock.
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On the other hand, you can control risk and have some say about the probable frequency with which you will be ejected from a position because of such a spike. The further your stop is from recent price action, the less likely it is that it will be triggered. However, the further your stop is from the price action, the more risk (downside price excursion) you are going to have to tolerate. Not using a stop at all means you are willing to accept unlimited risk. Using a "tight" stop means you are willing to tolerate very little risk but you dramatically increase the chances that even a minor spike will eject you from the position. The tighter your stop, the more ejection-causing spikes will occur in any given time period. The only way to resolve this dilemma is to find the best tradeoff between an acceptable frequency of unnecessary ejections and an acceptable amount of loss that you incur because of that ejection. In other words, you must find the compromise that induces the least amount of pain (psychological or financial).
Magee and Edwards (Technical Analysis of Stock Trends) teach that a good stop based on closing prices is one that is placed 3% below a rising trendline. The stop is triggered only if the stock closes at or below the stop. However, if a trader intends to sell on the basis of intra-day price activity rather than on the basis of closing prices, they suggest that the stop be placed 6% below the rising trendline. Below the trendline or below the most recent minor dip is usually the best place for a stop. However, sometimes there is no trendline or obvious recent minor dip. That is when you must use a mathematical stop. Either a simple percentage based on the highest high, low, or close since you purchased, or a volatility-adjusted variable stop placed relative to the highest high, low, or close since you purchased will serve the purpose. Magee and Edwards, Weinstein, Schwager, Murphy, and many others use trendlines, dips, or moving averages as a reference for placing a stop. Rising trendlines follow the lows, dips are nothing more than significant recent lows, and moving averages generally follow a rising stock somewhat below its recent lows. Therefore, it also makes sense, in the absence of all of these, to use the recent highest low as a reference for placing stops. With no trendline or dip to use as a reference, you could simply place your trailing stop 3% or 6% (or some other distance) below a moving average that closely follows the trends of significance to you, or even below the highest low achieved by the stock since your purchase.
The anticipated average holding period has a very big impact on how tight your stops are going to be. For example, the "sweet spot" for the 2.3% rule is about 10 to 15 market days. The short end of the "swing-trader" spectrum is about 3 days or less (a large number of traders focus on holding periods of up to about one week) and the long end of the spectrum is 8 to perhaps 10 weeks. The remaining swing traders focus on the time frames in between. At the very short end, the 2.3% rule allows too much of a decline relative to the expected gain. However, it works well when you are trying to lock in a two-week move involving a 4% to 10% gain. If the stock is not too "wild," it will also work beautifully for moves of a month or more to lock in gains of 10% to 20% or even more. However, you may have to loosen the stop a little for more volatile stocks and for regular holding periods of more than 15 days. For longer-term investing, for example, a stop that is up to 6% below the highest low reached by the stock since it was purchased can be very effective. A stop that one stockdisciplines.com trader (TZ) experimented with and found to be very useful for intermediate-term trading is one that is set 4% below the highest low. In use, it was infrequently triggered by a whipsaw and it did not give up much of the gain of the bigger moves. However, it would also give up 4% or more of the smaller 8% moves. That is why some traders focus on stops of 3% or less below the highest low. The tradeoff was the greater frequency with which a person is needlessly stopped out of a rising stock. It would be best if you worked out a personal stop-loss system, one with which you can be comfortable.
If you want a reference point other than the highest low, the following may be of help. A test of all the stocks in The Valuator showed that the average low was 1.7466% below the average high and .882% below the average close. This information can be used to place the stop relative to the highest high or highest close of the stock since its purchase. Thus, if the stock spikes up, the stop will lock in more of the gain. This works best when the stock makes a series of new highs, each significantly higher than the previous one. However, a 1-day spike may cause you to be stopped out the following day if the stock quickly returns to more "normal" levels. Walk away from stocks that often spike down. The specialist may simply like to "gun" the stock in order to take out the stop-loss orders waiting at the lower prices. That is, the specialist temporarily drops the stock price to trigger the sell orders associated with the stops so he can buy those shares at the lower price and sell almost immediately afterwards at a slightly higher price. When considering the purchase of a stock that often spikes down, the trader should try to place the stop just outside the specialist's spiking comfort zone. If such a placement requires the assumption of too much risk, find another stock. I prefer to concentrate on stocks that rarely spike. Look at charts and notice the length and frequency of downward spikes. Try to determine the percentage drop these spikes represent.
A volatility-adjusted stop has a more universal application than a simple percentage stop because in addition to adjusting for volatility it also adapts to the time period of the particular "analysis unit" used (15-minute price bars, 30-minute price bars, daily price bars, and so on). Rigid percentages cannot do either, but they are easier for the non-mathematician to calculate. If you are trying to compute your own stop-losses and you do not have a mathematical background, you might do well to use a stop loss calculating tool (do a Google search on "stop loss tool" and follow the trail) or simply make appropriate modifications to the 2.3% rule. That is, if your stops are triggered too frequently before upward moves complete when you follow the 2.3% rule, change it to a 3%, 4%, or whatever. However, we believe the volatility-adjusted stop loss is not only more sophisticated but also more effective. Now, consider the following.
The stop is not necessarily your sell discipline. However, it is definitely your safety net. It will preserve assets if you are not paying attention to your stock's behavior during the day. If you do not have time to be riveted to the etchings the stock market makes across your computer's screen, you only need to take about 10 minutes to go through your positions once a day (even while the market is closed) or once a week (even on weekends) to set your stops. Then you can ignore the market until you make your next stop adjustments. However, if you happen to be watching your stock and it does not "behave" like it should, simply remove the stop and sell the stock.
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Friday, August 28, 2009
What to Look For in a Registry Cleaner
The registry plays a crucial role in the functioning of your Windows computer. Therefore, it is vital for you to perform regular registry maintenance. The simplest and most efficient way to perform registry maintenance is by using a registry cleaner utility. In this article, we will list a few things to look for before buying a registry cleaner utility.
Scanning Technique Used
You might get attracted toward registry cleaners that boast of finding hundreds of errors from the registry. But, as a vigilant user, you must check the scanning technique they use before opting for one of them. Primarily, registry cleaners either use the Bulk and Deep technique or the Smart and Safe technique to perform a registry scan.
The Bulk and Deep technique runs a thorough scan of the registry and displays all errors on the screen. The main drawback of this technique is that it displays even the unknown entries as errors. However, not all unknown entries are errors. Many of these entries might be added by programs that you use that your registry cleaner is not aware of. Deleting these entries might lead to more problems on your system instead of reducing them. Therefore, registry cleaners using this technique are not a safe bet.
The Scan and Safe technique runs by using complex algorithms and works toward finding only genuine errors. If the system registry cleaner program using this technique finds an entry which it is not sure about, then the program will take additional measures to find out the importance of this entry. Although registry cleaners using this technique may display fewer results, each reported error is well analyzed and genuine. The registry cleaner programs using this technique are efficient and they effectively optimize your registry by removing all junk from it.
Advanced Backup and Restore Features
9 out of 10 registry cleaner programs available today offer registry backup utilities that enable you to make a full backup of the registry. Although useful, the main drawback of a full registry backup is that when you restore a full registry backup, you lose all changes made to the registry since the backup was taken.
To take care of this issue, you can choose from one of the advanced registry cleaners available that enable you to perform selective backups and restores. Selective backups enable you to make a backup of only that part of the registry that you are going to edit. This way, if you make a mistake, you just need to undo that specific change without affecting any other part of the registry.
The second thing that you must look for in your Registry Cleaner program is whether or not it provides both full and selective backup/restore features.
Defragmentation Feature
Most of the unwanted registry entries and registry errors are removed from your system when you run a registry scan and repair the errors. But, this is not enough. Large amounts of data in the registry can fragment its files, and many registry entries when removed leave behind vacant spaces, called registry holes, in their place.
To remove the registry holes and to re-index the registry files to make them contiguous, you need to defragment the registry. Defragmenting the registry is a very important aspect of registry maintenance. And you must ensure that the registry cleaner you opt for provides this feature.
Other System Maintenance Features
The first three features take care of most of your registry issues. However, there are certain other activities and programs on your computer that may tax the registry and your system. Startup programs—applications that load at system startup, Internet Browser Help Objects (BHOs)—Internet Explorer add-ons, such as Google toolbar, and Internet Explorer files—Temporary Internet Files, Cookies, and History are some of the examples of these files and programs.
Many registry cleaners come equipped with additional features that enable you to manage these programs and files to help you keep both your system and registry healthy. Therefore, to assure yourself all-around maintenance of your computer, it is a good idea to go in for the registry cleaner program that provides you with these additional PC maintenance features.
Most of the registry cleaners available today offer trial versions. Therefore, prior to putting your money on a registry cleaner, download its trial version first, and test it for some time to ensure it meets your requirements. Also, always buy a registry cleaner that is compatible with your operating system. For instance, if you use Windows XP, then the registry cleaner you buy should support XP, otherwise, you may end up with more problems than before. Additionally, try to go through user reviews and feedbacks to ensure the credibility of the software you are going to buy. Remember, buying a good registry cleaner program can help you in optimizing the performance of your computer. However, dubious software may increase the number of problems instead of reducing them.
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Scanning Technique Used
You might get attracted toward registry cleaners that boast of finding hundreds of errors from the registry. But, as a vigilant user, you must check the scanning technique they use before opting for one of them. Primarily, registry cleaners either use the Bulk and Deep technique or the Smart and Safe technique to perform a registry scan.
The Bulk and Deep technique runs a thorough scan of the registry and displays all errors on the screen. The main drawback of this technique is that it displays even the unknown entries as errors. However, not all unknown entries are errors. Many of these entries might be added by programs that you use that your registry cleaner is not aware of. Deleting these entries might lead to more problems on your system instead of reducing them. Therefore, registry cleaners using this technique are not a safe bet.
The Scan and Safe technique runs by using complex algorithms and works toward finding only genuine errors. If the system registry cleaner program using this technique finds an entry which it is not sure about, then the program will take additional measures to find out the importance of this entry. Although registry cleaners using this technique may display fewer results, each reported error is well analyzed and genuine. The registry cleaner programs using this technique are efficient and they effectively optimize your registry by removing all junk from it.
Advanced Backup and Restore Features
9 out of 10 registry cleaner programs available today offer registry backup utilities that enable you to make a full backup of the registry. Although useful, the main drawback of a full registry backup is that when you restore a full registry backup, you lose all changes made to the registry since the backup was taken.
To take care of this issue, you can choose from one of the advanced registry cleaners available that enable you to perform selective backups and restores. Selective backups enable you to make a backup of only that part of the registry that you are going to edit. This way, if you make a mistake, you just need to undo that specific change without affecting any other part of the registry.
The second thing that you must look for in your Registry Cleaner program is whether or not it provides both full and selective backup/restore features.
Defragmentation Feature
Most of the unwanted registry entries and registry errors are removed from your system when you run a registry scan and repair the errors. But, this is not enough. Large amounts of data in the registry can fragment its files, and many registry entries when removed leave behind vacant spaces, called registry holes, in their place.
To remove the registry holes and to re-index the registry files to make them contiguous, you need to defragment the registry. Defragmenting the registry is a very important aspect of registry maintenance. And you must ensure that the registry cleaner you opt for provides this feature.
Other System Maintenance Features
The first three features take care of most of your registry issues. However, there are certain other activities and programs on your computer that may tax the registry and your system. Startup programs—applications that load at system startup, Internet Browser Help Objects (BHOs)—Internet Explorer add-ons, such as Google toolbar, and Internet Explorer files—Temporary Internet Files, Cookies, and History are some of the examples of these files and programs.
Many registry cleaners come equipped with additional features that enable you to manage these programs and files to help you keep both your system and registry healthy. Therefore, to assure yourself all-around maintenance of your computer, it is a good idea to go in for the registry cleaner program that provides you with these additional PC maintenance features.
Most of the registry cleaners available today offer trial versions. Therefore, prior to putting your money on a registry cleaner, download its trial version first, and test it for some time to ensure it meets your requirements. Also, always buy a registry cleaner that is compatible with your operating system. For instance, if you use Windows XP, then the registry cleaner you buy should support XP, otherwise, you may end up with more problems than before. Additionally, try to go through user reviews and feedbacks to ensure the credibility of the software you are going to buy. Remember, buying a good registry cleaner program can help you in optimizing the performance of your computer. However, dubious software may increase the number of problems instead of reducing them.
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Easy Fixes For Software Errors
With so many software programs installed on your Windows computer, the occurrence of software errors is not uncommon. Many software errors are circumstantial and usually disappear when you restart your PC. However, there are a few errors that are caused due to missing or corrupt files and other issues on the system that you may need to resolve.
For instance, the application error 126 given below may occur when the client side ODBC driver for SQL Server is not installed, or is corrupt or missing from your PC.
“Specified driver could not be loaded due to system error 126 (SQL Server)”
You can easily resolve this issue by downloading and installing the latest Microsoft Data Access Components from the Microsoft Support Website.
Application errors such as error 126 are common on computers that:
* Are not updated regularly.
* Are not well-protected against malware programs.
* Have a large, fragmented, and corrupt Windows registry.
* Cluttered, fragmented and slow hard disk.
Let us see how you can take care of these problems and prevent these troublesome software errors.
Software manufacturers such as Microsoft, Hewlitt Packard, and Symantec release regular updates for their software programs and device drivers. Many of these products also come with built-in, automatic update features that you must enable to ensure that your computer is up-to-date with these releases. Installing these updates not only helps you prevent software errors that may occur due to obsolete files, but also helps you make your computer more secure, and maintains a high performance level.
If software errors start appearing suddenly and your PC also slows down, it usually indicates that your system is infected by some type of malware infection such as virus, Trojan, spyware or adware infection. This is the reason why, in order to fix and prevent software errors, you must perform regular full system scans using reliable, efficient, and updated antivirus and antispyware tools. It is recommended that you use tools that come with a real-time protection feature. Enabling this feature helps you ensure that your system is protected against viruses at all times.
Registry problems occur due to the accumulation of a large amount of unwanted, invalid, and obsolete data in the registry that causes registry bloating and eventually corrupts and fragments its files. Some of the common causes of registry bloating are:
* Frequent installation of software programs,especially freeware tools, games and programs on the system.
* Incorrect or incomplete removal of programs.
* System crashes.
* Malware infections
* Software updates that fail to remove old registry entries.
In order to prevent registry bloating and prevent software errors, it is recommended that you use a reliable and efficient registry cleaner tool to perform the following registry maintenance activities:
* Automatically perform a deep and thorough scan of the registry to detect and remove all unwanted information from it.
* Perform customized registry scans to repair specific software errors, such as DLL errors and driver errors.
* Defrag the registry to compress and reindex its files
* Backup the registry regularly to ensure that you can restore it if an irreversible error occurs.
In the end, use the Disk Cleanup tool to remove unwanted junk files from the hard disk. For instance, you can use this tool to remove unwanted Internet Explorer and Program setup files, empty the Recycle Bin, uninstall unwanted programs and Windows components, and remove outdated system restore points. After cleaning the disk, run the Disk Defragmenter tool to analyze and consolidate the fragmented data stored on the disk. This not only helps you speed up your computer, but also helps you prevent several software errors.
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For instance, the application error 126 given below may occur when the client side ODBC driver for SQL Server is not installed, or is corrupt or missing from your PC.
“Specified driver could not be loaded due to system error 126 (SQL Server)”
You can easily resolve this issue by downloading and installing the latest Microsoft Data Access Components from the Microsoft Support Website.
Application errors such as error 126 are common on computers that:
* Are not updated regularly.
* Are not well-protected against malware programs.
* Have a large, fragmented, and corrupt Windows registry.
* Cluttered, fragmented and slow hard disk.
Let us see how you can take care of these problems and prevent these troublesome software errors.
Software manufacturers such as Microsoft, Hewlitt Packard, and Symantec release regular updates for their software programs and device drivers. Many of these products also come with built-in, automatic update features that you must enable to ensure that your computer is up-to-date with these releases. Installing these updates not only helps you prevent software errors that may occur due to obsolete files, but also helps you make your computer more secure, and maintains a high performance level.
If software errors start appearing suddenly and your PC also slows down, it usually indicates that your system is infected by some type of malware infection such as virus, Trojan, spyware or adware infection. This is the reason why, in order to fix and prevent software errors, you must perform regular full system scans using reliable, efficient, and updated antivirus and antispyware tools. It is recommended that you use tools that come with a real-time protection feature. Enabling this feature helps you ensure that your system is protected against viruses at all times.
Registry problems occur due to the accumulation of a large amount of unwanted, invalid, and obsolete data in the registry that causes registry bloating and eventually corrupts and fragments its files. Some of the common causes of registry bloating are:
* Frequent installation of software programs,especially freeware tools, games and programs on the system.
* Incorrect or incomplete removal of programs.
* System crashes.
* Malware infections
* Software updates that fail to remove old registry entries.
In order to prevent registry bloating and prevent software errors, it is recommended that you use a reliable and efficient registry cleaner tool to perform the following registry maintenance activities:
* Automatically perform a deep and thorough scan of the registry to detect and remove all unwanted information from it.
* Perform customized registry scans to repair specific software errors, such as DLL errors and driver errors.
* Defrag the registry to compress and reindex its files
* Backup the registry regularly to ensure that you can restore it if an irreversible error occurs.
In the end, use the Disk Cleanup tool to remove unwanted junk files from the hard disk. For instance, you can use this tool to remove unwanted Internet Explorer and Program setup files, empty the Recycle Bin, uninstall unwanted programs and Windows components, and remove outdated system restore points. After cleaning the disk, run the Disk Defragmenter tool to analyze and consolidate the fragmented data stored on the disk. This not only helps you speed up your computer, but also helps you prevent several software errors.
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What You Should Know About EXE Errors
A recent survey by a computer magazine found out that 56% of computer owners are using their computers daily to store critical information regarding their business and personal life. This signifies that computer users are relying on their computers more than ever before.
This is the reason why any problem in your computer may lead to loss of both information and productivity. There may also be financial implications involved in case you require the services of a computer maintenance expert. Also, due to this increase in dependency on computers, computer errors are fast becoming a major cause of frustration.
Computer and software manufacturers are also not doing much when it comes to educating computer owners in dealing with errors. In this article, we are going to throw light on one particular type of computer error, known as EXE errors.
EXE errors are associated with the program executable files that have the filename extension .exe. The purpose of these files is to either run an entire application or perform a particular task or action for an application. Exe errors occur when the exe files of one or more programs on your computer are corrupt, missing, or conflicting with some other program running on your computer.
Some of the common causes of exe errors are outdated files, incorrect updates, malware infections and registry problems. For example, you may encounter high CPU usage on your computer by ccsvchst.exe if your Norton 2007 product is not updated, and by pcscnsrv.exe if you have updated to PC-Cillin 2007. Also, aolload.exe corrupt file issue may occur if there is some problem with the AOL software on your computer.
The following are some of the methods that you can use to prevent and fix exe errors:
* You must scan your computer for viruses and spyware on a regular basis. To do this, you need to use efficient antivirus and antispyware programs. To ensure that you use these tools to the fullest, keep them updated with the latest definitions and schedule regular automatic full system scans.
* Remember to update your operating system, applications and device drivers periodically. Failure to do so may result in several computer problems such as computer slow down due to high usage of system resources by exe services running on your computer and occurrence of frequent exe and other errors.
* You must maintain an error-free and compact registry. This is essential because the Windows registry, which stores all configuration data of your Windows computer, can bloat up to a very large size because over time, it gets filled up with large amount of unwanted entries. A bloated Windows registry can corrupt and fragment easily. As a result the system slows down and starts generating errors. To prevent registry errors and to speed up data access time, you need to regularly clean up and compress the registry. A good registry tool enables you to both clean up and defrag the registry which reduces the registry size. The best thing about a registry tool is that these maintenance tasks can be done easily in just a few mouse clicks.
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This is the reason why any problem in your computer may lead to loss of both information and productivity. There may also be financial implications involved in case you require the services of a computer maintenance expert. Also, due to this increase in dependency on computers, computer errors are fast becoming a major cause of frustration.
Computer and software manufacturers are also not doing much when it comes to educating computer owners in dealing with errors. In this article, we are going to throw light on one particular type of computer error, known as EXE errors.
EXE errors are associated with the program executable files that have the filename extension .exe. The purpose of these files is to either run an entire application or perform a particular task or action for an application. Exe errors occur when the exe files of one or more programs on your computer are corrupt, missing, or conflicting with some other program running on your computer.
Some of the common causes of exe errors are outdated files, incorrect updates, malware infections and registry problems. For example, you may encounter high CPU usage on your computer by ccsvchst.exe if your Norton 2007 product is not updated, and by pcscnsrv.exe if you have updated to PC-Cillin 2007. Also, aolload.exe corrupt file issue may occur if there is some problem with the AOL software on your computer.
The following are some of the methods that you can use to prevent and fix exe errors:
* You must scan your computer for viruses and spyware on a regular basis. To do this, you need to use efficient antivirus and antispyware programs. To ensure that you use these tools to the fullest, keep them updated with the latest definitions and schedule regular automatic full system scans.
* Remember to update your operating system, applications and device drivers periodically. Failure to do so may result in several computer problems such as computer slow down due to high usage of system resources by exe services running on your computer and occurrence of frequent exe and other errors.
* You must maintain an error-free and compact registry. This is essential because the Windows registry, which stores all configuration data of your Windows computer, can bloat up to a very large size because over time, it gets filled up with large amount of unwanted entries. A bloated Windows registry can corrupt and fragment easily. As a result the system slows down and starts generating errors. To prevent registry errors and to speed up data access time, you need to regularly clean up and compress the registry. A good registry tool enables you to both clean up and defrag the registry which reduces the registry size. The best thing about a registry tool is that these maintenance tasks can be done easily in just a few mouse clicks.
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Google Chrome Operating System Is Coming Our Way, Finally!
Did you see it coming? I would say this is the most anticipated product that I have been waiting for in these few years. This piece of exciting news just arrived after 10 months since Google Chrome Web Browser was released last year.
Most of the Operating System (OS) we are using today were designed and development prior to the Internet
era. Google Development Team realizes this and is aiming to produce an OS for people who are relying on the web.
Besides, they are also smart enough to sense that netbook is the new trend right now. Therefore, Google Chrome Operating System is designed for the web and will be initially used on netbook.
Below are some highlights of Google Chrome Operating System :-
* Open source – Like many of the Unix-based OS, it offers accessibility to its source code
* Lightweight – Less complicated, fast and easy to use
* Runs on x86 Computer Architecture – Meaning it runs on the same PC you are running Windows, Mac, Linux, etc, as well
* Secure – The security architecture of the OS was completely redesigned so that it’s virus, malware and security update free
The OS is scheduled to be available for consumers in the second half of 2010. I just can’t wait to see it!
Read more!
Most of the Operating System (OS) we are using today were designed and development prior to the Internet
era. Google Development Team realizes this and is aiming to produce an OS for people who are relying on the web.
Besides, they are also smart enough to sense that netbook is the new trend right now. Therefore, Google Chrome Operating System is designed for the web and will be initially used on netbook.
Below are some highlights of Google Chrome Operating System :-
* Open source – Like many of the Unix-based OS, it offers accessibility to its source code
* Lightweight – Less complicated, fast and easy to use
* Runs on x86 Computer Architecture – Meaning it runs on the same PC you are running Windows, Mac, Linux, etc, as well
* Secure – The security architecture of the OS was completely redesigned so that it’s virus, malware and security update free
The OS is scheduled to be available for consumers in the second half of 2010. I just can’t wait to see it!
Read more!
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