Ebook: Tafsir Ibn Kathir - English Translation

This is an ebook of Tafsir Ibn Kathir, a complete commentary of Quran written by Abu Al-Fida, 'Imad Ad-Din, Isma'il bin 'Umar bin Kathir, Al-Qurashi, Al-Busrawi. This ebook contains original text and English translation, a complete translation of 30 juz(s) in 7.69 MB data.
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Another Ibn Kathir grand work is Al-Bidaya wa Al-Nihaya. Here is a complete volume of Al-Bidaya wa Al-Nihaya, written in classical Arabic with harakat to help reading.

How to obtain coordinate (latitude,longitude) using Google Maps

Knowing coordinate of a certain place can be quite useful to point to specific location. Google Maps offers a feature to obtain latitude and longitude of specific place instantaneously. 

To activate this feature, click Options in Google Maps page (gear icon in top right of Google Maps page) an choose Maps Labs. Scroll down and please enable LatLng Tooltip and LatLng Marker, then click Save changes to exit.
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Now, every time we press shift key on keyboard, mouse pointer will show coordinate (latitude, longitude) it currently points. From low altitude, Google Maps shows accuracy of latitude and longitude until five decimal digits. Right click - Drop LatLng Marker to mark certain location with its coordinate.

Notebook lock (Kensington Security Slot)

Theft of notebook, netbook, or even LCD Monitor is not uncommon. The motif is targeting data stored in hard disk, or commercial value of these items, the latter is common in developing countries in which such items highly valued. 

I recently use a notebook lock to avoid theft (I often enough meet colleagues whose notebook are lost stolen). This rope is made form metal wire, to ‘tie’ notebook to a table leg or other immovable items. This rope is strong enough that a large strong pliers is needed to cut it off. Every notebook has a slot to be connected to this lock, so does netbook (so does LCD Monitor).  This lock/rope costs $2-$5, far less expensive compared to value of items it protects, but it offers effective protection. 

How to clean CPU heatsinks

After several months, CPU heatsink often accumulates dust. This may jam heatsink fan or block air circulation. If CPU overheats, we may have to replace it with a new one.

It is important to clean heatsinks in CPU or graphic card regularly. I had a broken graphic card because of accumulating dust in heatsink fins - blocking air circulation. My CPU once had dust accumulated in its heatsink. BIOS showed CPU temperature reached 71° C. But after I cleaned it, CPU temperature was always constant in 60° C.

Brush is OK, but we must remove CPU fan first. It is easier to use vacuum cleaner and plastic pipe. We just need to fasten this pipe to vacuum cleaner suction using adhesive tape. This pipe should be small enough to go between CPU fan blades. Vacuum cleaner suction is strong enough to suck and clean dust from a heatsink.

It is important to prevent dust accumulation in heatsinks (like in CPU and graphic card) and power supply vents, as disturbed cooling system may lead to damages to these components.

How to open docx in MS Word 2003

Docx is a new format in MS Word 2007 and later, so by default MS Word 2003 is unable to open and edit documents in docx format. Personally, I am reluctant to use MS Word 2007 and later, because its design is far different compared to previous version of MS Word. Users should familiarize themselves to new design in MS Word 2007; this is my main reason not to use it as replacement.
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There are two methods to open docx in MS Word 2003:

1. I installed MS Word 2007 side by side with MS Word 2003. Afterwards, MS Word 2003 is able to open docx without problem. I still prefer MS Word 2003, but installing MS Word 2007 can make us more familiar with MS 2007. 
2. Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint File Formats. This plugin enable MS Word 2003 to open docx (and MS Excel 2003 and MS PowerPoint 2003 to open xlsx and pptx respectively). Some windows updates are required to install this program. 

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Standalone installer of Yahoo Messenger, Google Chrome, and Skype

These are standalone installer of Yahoo Messenger, Google Chrome, and Skype. Usually, these three applications need online installation. Online installation can be a problem if we have slow or unstable internet connection, downloading these installers first and install can be a solution for the problem.

Yahoo  Messenger

Google  Chrome

Skype  Installer

Autorecover in Microsoft Word 2007

A sudden blackout may interrupt works, especially when we are using word processor like Microsoft Word. If we haven’t saved a document we are working on, power loss may cause loss of entire work. There is Autosave feature in Microsoft Word to prevent data losses because of sudden blackout.
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By default, Microsoft Word always saves opened document every 10 minutes. This means sudden power failure only makes a user loses data typed 10 minutes ago at most. To minimize loss, Autosave should be set to save automatically every 1 minute. To change this setting, click Office Button in Top Left window of Microsoft Word 2007 – choose Word Option – click Save tab. Change Save Autorecover information every to 1 minute. Now MS Word will automatically save document every 1 minutes.

After sudden power loss, MS Word will automatically open autosaved file, at most user only loses data typed 1 minute before power loss. This is autorecover data, and should be saved with another name to save it permanently.
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jwgkvsq.vmx : A tool to remove

Do you ever have Recycler folder in your flash disk? There is a file named jwgkvsq.vmx inside it. It duplicates to every flash disk attached to infected computer.

It is called Conficker, in my experience it isn’t really dangerous. I call it annoying, not dangerous. It is annoying for it duplicates itself to every FD attached to USB. We could have complaint from others who use our computer or those who have data travelers.

I got a tool to remove this Conficker. This small toll scans all drives and registry. After scan completed, reboot is required. An additional feature from Microsoft is needed to prevent repeated infection. Download  this tool here.

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How to share printer through network

One benefit of networking is it is ability to share a printer connected to a computer to network. So, a printer does not need to be moved every time to print certain documents. As long as printer is connected to a computer, other computers in same network have ability to use it too.
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To share a printer, certain setting should be done in PC in which printer is connected:

• Go to Start - Control Panel – Printers and Faxes – right click and choose Properties on printer to be shared; in this case I use Epson Stylus T11.
• Select tab Sharing and choose Share this printer. Give a name you want (by default, in Epson T11 its name is EPSONSTy). Click OK and everything is finished

Now if a client of network want to use this shared printer, printer can be added by adding new printer in Control Panel – Printers and Faxes, choose A network printer, or printer attached to another computer, click Next and type address of shared printer. It consists of IP of computer with shared printer attached and name of shared printer, e.g. \\192.168.1.1\EpsonSty. If username and password is asked, use an account and password in computer with attached printer.

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How to identify sound card model in your PC

Sometimes, we can't find anywhere CD driver of our PC motherboard contains drivers for sound card, LAN card, and VGA card. Usually, Windows XP is able to identify these card if it is not on-board (included in motherboard circuit). Any card inserted to PCI is usually recognized by Windows XP, but on-board cards (usually sound and VGA cards) are rarely recognized without 3rd party drivers.

To identify sound card, please look at a small IC chip located in bottom left of motherboard, it is so small so look carefully at what written on this chip (location within red boundary in the picture). It is a usual location for sound card circuit in motherboard. If your motherboard has sound card from Realtek, C-media, etc, its model is written right on the black surface of the chip. After that we can use Google to search and download its driver. There many available driver in internet, just pick the correct one!

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Solving Error: Generic Host Process for Win32 Services

Computer with Windows XP SP2 OS occasionally has this typical error. An error message appears and disturbing several service.  I met this problem when my computer has its printer shared to network (I don’t know other disturbed services). When this error message appears printer sharing won’t work, computer should be rebooted to make it normal again, no other options. Trouble is worsening when error appears when printer is in operation, printer stops to print in the middle of document printed.

This error can be eliminated through editing registry, but it is just like paracetamol, reducing pain but disease still remain. Error message won’t appear but printer sharing still in trouble.
 
I solved this problem by updating Windows XP SP2 to Windows XPS P3 through internet connection. I think this is the simplest solution, after all this error is completely solved. It is just connecting computer to internet and update it to SP3, and BUZZ! Everything solved.
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Notebook Drivers for Lenovo 3000 Y400 in Windows XP

This is an archive of drivers of Lenovo 3000 Y400 (Y series) for Windows XP Operating System. This archive contains drivers for Audio, VGA, Chipset, etc. Everything works well in Windows XP environment, but I have not tried it in Windows Vista or Windows 7.
Click here to download all drivers via Bittorrent or choose below to download them individually one by one.

• Audio (DDL|Torrent)
• Bluetooth (DDL|Torrent)
• Card Reader (DDL|Torrent)
• Chipset (DDL|Torrent)
• Ethernet (DDL|Torrent)
• Keyboard (DDL|Torrent)
• Modem (DDL|Torrent)
• Mouse (DDL|Torrent)
• Power Management (DDL|Torrent)
• Video - Intel (DDL|Torrent)
• Video - Nvidia (DDL|Torrent)
• Wireless LAN - Intel (DDL|Torrent)
• Wireless LAN - Broadcom (DDL|Torrent)

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How to install Windows XP from USB Flash Drive

Windows XP installation from USB flash disk has several advantages. Installation goes smoothly compared to installation from CD, in which slightly broken surface of CD may halt process of copying files. After installation, USB flash disk can be erased again for another use as common data traveler, something a CD is unable to do. Moreover, now there are netbooks, their small size does not have CD/DVD drive, so installation must be from USB CD/DVD ROM or USB Flash Disk.
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To make a USB Flash Disk with booting ability to install Windows XP, first an application, WinSetupFromUSB, need to installed. After installation, run WinSetupFromUSB and this windows will appear.

1. Select source of Windows XP files installation, to speed up process, copy entire CD of Windows XP to a folder in Hard Disk.
2. Select USB drive destination, usually it is autodetect. 
3. Before making bootable USB Flash Disk and copying process, USB Flash Disk should be formatted, it is recommended to use NTFS file system.
4. Entire preparations are completed, click GO to start process.

After clicking GO button, a process to make Windows XP installer in a Flash Disk is starting, please be patient because it takes place around 10-20 minutes.
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To install Windows XP from a Flash Disk, insert Flash Disk to USB slot, and in BIOS set booting option to boot from USB HDD or its analog (different BIOS manufactures may have different naming). Windows XP installation process from USB is not different compared to installation from CD/DVD ROM. We also can install Windows 7 from USB Flash Disk.
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Note: After Windows XP installation from USB Flash Disk, sometimes a problem occurred during Microsoft Word or Microsoft Office installation. To fix this, see here!

Adding SATA drivers to Windows XP CD

There are several notebooks and netbooks, their hard disk connected to Motherboard using SATA cable. This become a problem when Windows XP to be installed because Windows XP with SP2 can not recognize SATA cable connection. I notice this problem in some laptops, including Compaq Presario CQ40 and AXIOO PICO M1100, both of them have Intel processor. 

To install Windows XP, SATA drivers must be added to CD installation. To add this driver we need an application, nLite, and SATA drivers for motherboard with Intel processor available here.

First, instal nLite (dotnetfx should be installed first, it is available in Microsoft site). After installation run nLite and follow these following steps:

• Click Next and browse and select place of Windows XP file (please copy all contents of Windows XP CD to a folder and browse that folder). Afterwards, click Next!

• Click Next twice until reaching Task Selection, choose Drivers and click Next!

• Subsequently, click Insert and choose Multiple driver folder, browse folder in which SATA drivers are stored and then click Next!

• In Driver Integration Option, select Textmode driver, highlight all drivers and click OK.

• In subsequent window. click Next. Driver addition will be processed, and when this window appear, SATA drivers are completely integrated to Windows XP. Click Next and Finish.

After adding SATA drivers, those modified Windows XP need to be created into ISO file and then burned to a CD. To create ISO file, re-open nLite and click Next until reaching Task Selection and choose Bootable ISO. After ISO file is burned to a CD, Windows XP SP2 is able to recognize SATA in those laptops. There is no difference in Windows XP installation process after addition SATA drivers.
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Enabling Folder Options disabled by virus in Windows XP

Sometimes virus disables Folder Options in Windows Explorer, it can be very frustrating if users want to work with menu in Folder Options. The main problem lies in registry, so a certain value in registry editor need to be changed. If registry editor also being disabled, re-enable it first (steps are here).

To re-enable folder Options, follow these following steps:

1. Click Start - Run and type regedit
2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
3. Find DWORD value named NoFolderOptions, change its value to 0 or delete it. 
4. Close regedit and Restart computer

This method only works in Windows XP environment, there is also possibility that those steps above won't work because some viruses have different characteristics. If Task Manager and Registry Editor are disabled too, follow these steps to re-enable Task Manager and Registry Editor.
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Enabling regedit (registry editor) disabled by virus/worm in Windows XP

Sometimes, virus or worm disables registry editor, so users can not open registry editor when they are in need to change some values in it. Usually registry editor is opened when users click Start-Run and type 'regedit', when it is disabled, a pop up message appears saying that registry editor is disabled by Administrator.

To solve this problem follow these following procedures:

1. Click Start-Run and type 'cmd' or Start-All Programs-Accessories-Command Prompt.
2. Type this following command: reg delete HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools
3. Press ENTER 
4. When question 'Delete the registry value DisableRegistryTools (Yes/No)?' appears, press 'Y'

After following this steps, registry editor will be re-enabled. Usually virus/worm is the source of this problem, so it will be better to follow these steps after removing virus/worm in infected PC.
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Ginger tea recipe

Another recipe of ginger beverage other than ginger coffee, here is ginger tea:


Ingredients:

• Water, 600  cc (note that 1000 cc is equal to 1 liter)
• Honey, 1 spoon
• Sugar, 3 spoons
• Ginger, 1 inch (2.54 cm)
• 3 teabags 

Process:

1. Boil water with smashed ginger (big flame), and then continue to boil using small flame until only 500 cc water remaining, and then pour to a pot.
2. Dip three teabags  to that pot, add three spoons of sugar (depend on personal taste)
3. Pour ginger tea to honey filled cups (1 spoon per cup)

Acer Aspire 4730Z Drivers for Windows XP

I just installed Windows XP SP2 to a notebook, Acer Aspire 4730Z. I found out that several problems occurred. Windows XP with SP2 does not have SATA driver, so I must changed option AHCI to IDE in BIOS. More problems came when CD containing drivers from its vendor only have drivers for Windows Vista. Some of them work well in Windows XP environment, but the others does not.

After successfully installing Windows XP, XP almost recognized all hardware in Acer Aspire 4730Z, except for this following components:

• Audio (Realtek)
• Bluetooth (Broadcom)
• Cardreader
• Chipset (Intel)
• LAN (Realtek)
• Modem (Agere)
• VGA: (ATI) (Intel) (NVDIA)
• Wireless LAN: (Atheros) (Broadcom) (Intel) (Ralink)

After XP installation, only these eight drivers need to be installed. After googling for a while, those drivers for Windows XP above are found, they work well without problems. 

Other variance of Acer Aspire 4730Z use another VGA and WLAN. They use ATI or NVIDIA as VGA instead of Intel, and use Broadcom, Intel, or Rlink as WLAN instead of Atheros, so if drivers for VGA and WLAN are not suitable for your notebook, please install other suitable drivers.

Energy Saving in our PC

Working with personal computer consumes considerable amount of energy. But, I often see that this energy is wasted by user, including myself. We often leave PC on for minutes or even hours doing nothing. If a PC consumes 100 Watt and left on a hour per day, we can calculate how much energy wasted in one year, and how much money wasted in electrical bill. 

Making a PC more energy efficient is not a difficult task. Never left it on without work! If we often forget to shut it down, or often fall asleep in front of our PC, please set it to standby automatically. All Operating Systems has ability to stand by or hibernate automatically when left without work for several minutes, just turn on this service. 
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Recipe: Ginger Coffee

This is a recipe to make ginger coffee at home from available ingredients in our kitchen. It is good choice to drink in cool weather.

• Ingredients:

1. Coffee, 2 spoons
2. Ginger, 3 cm long
3. Sugar (depend on personal taste) 
4. Water, 3 glasses

• Process

1. Roast ginger, and then grind it thoroughly.
2. Boil water and then add coffee, sugar, and grinded ginger to boiling water.
3. Boil water until only 1 glass remaining.
4. Filter it and ginger coffee is ready.

Ginger need to be roasted  a little to spice up its aroma, careful not to over-roast it. To make more than a cup, make calculation according to recipe mentioned above. Another recipe is ginger tea.