Problem: Unable to Instal Office 2007 in Windows XP

This is about Microsoft Office 2007 Installation problem in Windows XP. 

After installing Windows XP to a Desktop Computer or laptop, sometimes there is a problem in installing Microsoft Office 2007. This problem usually occurs if Windows XP is installed not from CD-ROM, but from USB Flashdisk or other media other than CD-ROM and its brothers (CD-RW, DVD-ROM, and DVD). A message occurs during Office installation, telling that windows is unable to update some files and office installation stops afterward (the message says "The windows installer service cannot update one or more protected windows"). So we can not install Office 2007 in Windows XP in this case, and this is a simple solution to solve it.

• Insert Windows XP CD Installation to Disk Drive or use Windows XP ISO file (open ISO file with any application such as Winrar)
• Go to folder folder i386
• Choose file FP40EXT.CAB and extract or open it using Winrar or other extractor apllication.
• Choose file Fp4Autl.dll in FP40EXT.CAB and copy and paste it to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\40\bin

Those are all steps required, after finishing those steps Microsoft Office 2007 installation will work without problem.

Quran Application, Inserting Quran in Unicode to MS Word

This is an application to insert Quran verses in Unicode to Microsoft Word. It is able to insert 114 Sura(s) in Quran to Microsoft Word document. Users can selected desired verses or translation in Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) and inserting them to their documents.

After installing SetupQuranInWordInd, in Microsoft Word 2007, there will be a new menu in Add-Ins tab (located in top row in right side) similar to this picture. There are options in drop-down menu to insert verses of Quran, translations, or both of them. In Microsoft Word 2003, a new menu will appear beside Help menu in top row of Microsoft 2003 window. There are not further options, installation is quick and easy.
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This option appears after clicking Quran menu, appear looks exactly like this picture. Choose Unicode to insert verses in Unicode, otherwise verses will be inserted as certain symbol. By clicking new line, each verse of Quran is separated by line.
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I archived this application in Ziddu, it is available here. If download manager is unable to work, turn it off and use your broser to donlod it. Sometime download manager is blocked by Ziddu.
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Other than core application (Setup Quran in Microsoft Word), these are additional plugins of Quran translations in several languages:

• Albanian
• Bosnian
• English by Muhsin Khan
• English by Yusuf Ali
• Farsi
• French
• German
• Malay
• Russian
• Spanish

Extract plugin to Program Files\Quran_In_Word to add additional translations. 

Ginger Coffee and Cold

Ginger is a plant with edible root - note that we don't eat it like potato - known by human for centuries. Ginger root has typical hot taste suitable to be mixed with foods and beverages. I don't talk much about ginger here, but I will write my experience using ginger to relieve cold. 
Ginger Coffee and Cold

After receiving any treatment to relieve cold, I usually drank hot coffee mixed with grinded fresh ginger. It's just plain black coffee, sugar, and ginger, its composition depend on personal taste. Its hot taste would spread from mouth, nose, to my stomach surely help me a lot to relieve my cold. After that usually I would feel that my body is getting better and had a long good night sleep. (Note that coffee is an option here, we can mix ginger with tea, milk, just sugar, or anything else)
Ginger Coffee and Cold
I really like hot ginger, the hotter the ginger is, it is my best choice. Fresh ginger kept in open clean air often grows some leaves, I noted that this undesired grow make it hotter, but I am not really sure about it.
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Relieving Cold Symptoms: Kerokan or Gua Sha

Cold isn't really a serious disease, but its symptoms are really unpleasing. In my case, headache and nausea are always accompany my cold. So, having cold means that I could not work until I completely recovered. 

There is a method to relieve cold without consuming any drugs, called gua sha in Chinese - Indonesian and Javanese call it kerokan. We just need lubrication (oil or balm - use cajuputi oil for its warm and soothing) and a metal coin (or a metal spoon) to scratch our back. Perhaps we also need a help to scratch our back, it is difficult to reach there. The method is simple, scratch your back from spine to both sides until your skin becomes redder. When you are finished your back will looks like a fish skeleton or tiger skin.

 

Afterwards, we should feel comfortable and cold symptoms are fading. It is said that this method triggers our body to release endorphin, it has an effect to relieve pain and bring pleasant feeling. Endorphin is released when we feel pain because of injuries or something similar. Kerokan or guasha is not really hurt, but it is a bit ticklish. Apply enough pressure during scratching so it is not hurt, but tickling sensation is perhaps unavoidable. 

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Drinking ginger may relieve our cold faster, we can drink it raw with sugar or add grounded ginger to a cup of tea or coffee. 

Bicycle and Mask

I prefer to go around town using bicycle and my reason is not so 'pious' like environmentalist. I simply like it and for some reason I won't have insomnia afterward after unintentionally doing exercise by riding bicycle.

bicycle and mask

Riding bicycle (or motorcycle) is not a problem in countryside or quite road, but a problem arise when riders are riding through congested road together with many motorized vehicles (I Don't mean electric ones). Emission from these vehicles cause problems to riders. Personally, I often feel headache after passing 'polluted air' on my way. Some of my friend said that perhaps CO emission from motorized vehicles is the 'devil' who cause my headache. I can see their logic but I don't know precisely if they are right or not, I never visit a doctor because of this headache.

bicycle mask

For this problem I got a simple solution long ago. Not it is simple and cheap, but also very effective. Yes it is just a mask, a simple mask to wear when we ride bicycle. Wear this mask when you pass through polluted air around high congested traffic. I don't know whether mask is truly effective equipment or merely a suggestion, but I do got positive effect after wearing mask, no more headache after riding bike in congested road. A simple handkerchief tied as mask also has the same effect. 

bicycle mask

Perhaps this simple solution solve this problem, but try to find road with less polluted air to ride a bicycle. It is safer and better for our bodies.

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MP3 Quran, Recited by Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais

Recitations by Shaikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais an-Najdi has typical characteristics, mostly noted by his fast recital in high pitched sound. He is the current imam of Masjid Al-Haram Mecca. This is MP3 recordings of 114 Sura(s) of Quran recited by Shaikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais an-Najdi, recorded during taraweeh prayer in Ramadan.

001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020

021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040

041 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 049 050 051 052 053 054 055 056 057 058 059 060

061 062 063 064 065 066 067 068 069 070 071 072 073 074 075 076 077 078 079 080

081 082 083 084 085 086 087 088 089 090 091 092 093 094 095 096 097 098 099 100

101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114

This is general MP3, we can play it almost in all audio applications and portable MP3 players. No copyright, contents are public domain, we are free to copy and distribute. 
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Motherboard Drivers for ASUS P4V8X-MX (sometimes incorrectly referred as P4VBX-MX )

Another drivers for ASUS motherboard, these are drivers for ASUS P4V8X-MX that are hard too find. Sometimes it is referred ad P4VBX-MX, because 8 printed on motherboard is similar to B, so P4V8X-MX is misread as P4VBX-MX. Drivers are available for audio, chipset, LAN, SATA, USB2, and VGA. I have not able to post entire ASUS CD drivers in ISO files, so first I upload the most important contents, the drivers, here. Leave comments if these drivers are unable to work properly.

• Audio
• Chipset
• LAN
• Manual (pdf file)
• SATA
• USB2
• VGA

Note: Turn off your download manager if it is prevented to download these drivers!

P4VP-MX P4V533-MX Motherboard Drivers

Here I want to share Drivers for ASUS P4VP-MX P4V533-MX Motherboard. Like another ASUS Motherboard, drivers of ASUS P4VP-MX P4V533-MX is difficult to find. Luckily, I found a CD of ASUS P4VP-MX P4V533-MX Drivers. Keep your CD drivers carefully, sometimes it is not easy to find drivers if we lose original CD drivers. These are the drivers I stored in Ziddu:

• Audio
• Display 
• LAN 
• USB2
• VIA4in1

Notes: If download manager is unable to work, turn it off (deactivate it)! Sometimes Ziddu prevent download manager from working. Notify via comments if these drivers have problems to work!

Al-Bidaya wa Al-Nihaya, PDF, in Arabic with harakat (Wikisource)

These are files (ebook) in pdf format about Al-Bidayah wa An-Nihayah (sometimes spelled as Al-Bidaya wa Al-Nihaya, Al-Bidaya wa'l-Nihaya, or incorrecty just Bidaya wa Nihaya), a grand work of Ibn Kathir written in 14th century AD. 
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Contents are in public domain and also available online in Arabic Wikisource here. They are in original texts in Arabic with harakat to help readers who have not accustomed to read Arabic text fluently. Al-Bidayah wa An-Nihayah has 21 juz(s) and every file contains one juz posted in Ziddu.
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Sometimes download manager is prevented to download, so turn off your download manager before clicking these files if it can't work, otherwise just go on.

Juz 00 Juz 01 and Juz 01p Juz 02 Juz 03 Juz 04 Juz 05 Juz 06 Juz 07 Juz 08 Juz 09 Juz 10

Juz 11 Juz 12 Juz 13 Juz 14 Juz 15 Juz 16 Juz 17 Juz 18 Juz 19 and Juz 19p Juz 20 Juz 21 and Juz 21p

Another Ibn Kathir's work is a commentary of Quran, Tafsir Ibn Kathir. An Ebook of Tafsir Ibn Kathir is available here.

Recipe: Tempe Mendoan

Tempe (or tempeh) is a 'cake' from fermented soybeans. Fermentation makes tempe has more nutritional value in protein, fibers, and vitamins. This is one of reasons that tempe is famous as vegetarian cuisine, even if we should not have to be a vegetarian to like it. Tempe is a staple food in Java, an island in Indonesia, in western countries tempe usually is sold in vegetarian food court.

This a recipe of tempe mendoan from Central Java. Mendoan itself means fast deep fried. Tempe is sliced wide and thin before frying.

Ingredients:

• 300 g tempeh, size 10×15 cm
• 2 pieces green onion, slice thinly
• 199 g rice flour
• 1 tbs wheat flour
• 125 ml water
• ½ ml cooking oil

For grinding

• 2 tsp. coriander
• 1 piece garlic
• 1 cm greater galingale
• add salt according to taste

Cooking procedure

1. Put together the two kinds of flour and the ground ingredients.
2. Add water little by little until it forms a liquid dough. Mix together until it forms a smooth and complete mix.
3. Add the sliced green onion.
4. Warm the cooking oil in the frying pan.
5. Dip the tempeh into the dough.
6. Insert the tempeh into the hot oil, and fry it until done, don't take too long time, when dough is hardening, take tempe out from oil. Remember that mendoan means frying fast.
7. Take it out from the oil and serve it with small chilies.

Usually tempe mendoan is served with warm tea or coffee.  It is very popular in Central Java in which it originates.Coriander above is a spice, it is a typical characteristic of Java and Indonesian cuisine to use various spices (it is only coriander in tempe mendoan), so they usually have strong taste.

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Quran application MS Word: Inserting Quran easily.

This tiny program will insert verses of Quran as we wish, from sura Al-Fatiha to An-Nas, in MS Word 2003 and 2007. In MS Word 2003, it will appear in top-right bar menu to insert sura and verses as we choose, and in MS Word 2007 it will be in Add-in menu. Download it here.

It is very useful if we want to insert verses from Quran to a certain document we type. Verses are inserted with harakat in most used khat (Naskh script like in most available mushaf).

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