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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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!

Download Youtube Video Using IDM (plus Firefox)

Videos posted in Youtube are not designed to be downloaded, they are to be watched online. But certain visitors prefer to download them as video files so they still are able to watch those videos even if there is no connection to internet. There are sites that offer links to those videos but they are often so crowded with visitors, make access slow or even fail.

We just need two applications, i.e. Mozilla Firefox (browser) and IDM (Internet Download Manager). Mozilla Firefox is available in Mozilla, it is a freeware application and IDM is available in its site, it is a shareware though.

After Firefox browser is readily installed, we just need to install IDM. Usually it is automatically integrated to Firefox. When restarting Firefox afterward, there is a notification that Firefox has added IDM extension. That's all. There will be IDM button above playing video when opening Youtube using Firefox (pictured) or the same button can also appear in bottom left of Firefox window. Just click this button and download starts instantly. Recent version of IDM is also integrated to Opera and Google Chrome.

Enabling Task Manager: How to Enable Task Manager Disabled by Virus

Virus often disables Task Manager on Windows XP, or certain programs/applications also make it disabled for various reasons. There are many methods to re-enable Task Manger of Windows XP, and these are two of them.

• Simple method: Click Start - Run and copy-paste "REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" without " and press ENTER. Task Manager will be enabled quickly.
• To understand above process, click Start - Run and type regedit, and then go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies\ System. On the right panel, find a value named DisableTaskMgr and delete. it. After closing regedit windows, Task Manager is re-enabled again.

If a virus disables Task Manager, usually it also disturbs other operations in Windows XP. So better to check it thoroughly.
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Compaq Presario CQ40-324TU Driver for Windows XP

Originally, this Compaq Presario CQ40-324TU is not suitable for Windows XP operating system. As we can see, its Support in Compaq website contains only drivers for Windows Vista and Windows 7. Compaq Presario CQ40-324TU uses SATA cable for its hardisk and the problem is Windows XP SP1 and SP2 can not or do not have driver for SATA. 

This problem is solved using Windows XP SP3 that contains SATA driver. Installation of Windows XP SP3 has same steps as SP1 and SP2, and this is Drivers of Compaq Presario CQ40-324TU for Windows XP. This compressed file contains all drivers of CQ40-324TU, stored in Ziddu. Turn off download manager if it can't work to download, otherwise let it finish the job. Notify via comment if  trouble occurs in downloading this file.
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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. 

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!

ASUS P4V8X-MX Driver (Audio and VGA)

Asus P4V8X-MX is old motherboard; it suits Intel Pentium 4/Celeron processor (socket 478). Perhaps this type is not in market anymore except in secondhand market. ASUS P4V8X-MX Drivers, especially audio and VGA drivers are hardly found even if we are googling multiple pages. Here, I want to share audio and VGA drivers for ASUS P4V8X-MX. I place this driver in ziddu, so please turn off your download manager (Ziddu doesn’t allow download manager).

• Audio
• VGA
• Manual

For other drivers of Asus P4V8X-MX, download here.

Opera Turbo "The Minimalist"

The newest opera browser has minimalist interface, similar to Google Chrome, with main bar only showing tabs. Personally, I call this interface imitates Google Chrome. Turbo feature, now, is not a beta version again. It is included in every new Opera browser, to help user to speed up browsing in slow internet connection. Cookies problems are not an issues now when Turbo is on, so user can log to email, community sites, etc. without problems. Opera 10.51 is available here.

Solution for Opera Turbo Cookies Trouble

Using Opera Turbo once has a trouble with cookies, so a problem is encountered when a user tries to login to several sites, if these sites need Opera browser to switch on cookies, e.g. mail service, facebook, etc.

I don't encounter this problem again after I let Opera browser updated itself on-line (updating sign is shown in lower right corner window). after finishing update, there are not any problems with signing in to these sites. Of course it needed a bit long time, considering that I uses Turbo because of my slow connection. Remember that users only use Turbo if their connection is not fast enough. We would not need Turbo if we already have fast connection

Solving Cookies in Opera Turbo

Despite its usefulness in increasing performance of a browser in slow internet connection, Opera Turbo has one main disadvantage. Sometimes, cookies are not enabled even if browser setting has turn cookies on. So, user can not login to many sites that need cookies to access them. Checking email, login to certain web, etc. are impossible without turning on cookies.

The only one solution I know is close and open Opera window repeatedly until cookies is on. Cookies are on when user is able to log in to certain sites like Google, Yahoo, Facebook, etc. To avoid typing ID and password repeatedly, do not log out before you close Opera window.

When we are ‘lucky’ and able to log in, avoid loging out before we close Opera browser, for example keep loging in to Facebook before we close Opera browser and shut down the PC. Later, when we use the PC again and open Opera Turbo, please type Facebook url. If we are automatically signing in, that means cookies are on. If not, please close browser, open, and then type Facebook’s url again until we can sign in without typing ID and password. This method is so simple, perhaps you do not need to read this to figure it out.

Bugs in Opera Turbo

Opera Turbo can be a solution in low speed connection, but it has some bugs. In certain condition these bugs are not comfortable for users who decide to use it to improve their speed in surfing.

The first bug is server overload (may be). There are times we can’t use Turbo at all in certain times, usually in several hours. It seems that in these hours many users use Turbo together, resulting in very low speed or even error. Users must wait until it turns to be normal again.

The second bug is cookies. Occasionally, even if browser has activated cookies, cookies don’t work at all when Turbo is active. This becomes a problem when users try to login to certain websites, in which need cookies to be activated in browser. The only solution is close and open Opera window several times until cookies turned active in Opera Turbo.

Opera Turbo still has other problem, especially when ISP is busy. The most notorious ones are broken interface and double interface of the same pages. These problems occur when your connection is in very low speed. In normal low speed, Opera Turbo can works very well, but it has tolerance only to certain range of low speed. So, if speed connection is too low, perhaps Opera Turbo is not a solution

Opera Turbo: A Solution for Low Speed Connection

Perhaps some of us are the ones who don’t lucky enough to have high speed internet connection. Generally, low speed internet is cheap, but we can complain if the speed turns out to be very-very slow or even broken. I currently use low speed too; here I make use of Opera Turbo. It can help to ‘speed’ up a bit our connection.

Users can download Opera Turbo in Opera official site. After installation, make sure that the turbo is turned on by clicking a button in lower left side of Opera Turbo Window. Turbo is on when the button is red (see the image above). The button itself is clock shaped or perhaps speedometer shaped, I am not really sure.

I don’t really understand details how it works. In simple explanation when we are surfing in internet, data are routed through opera server first before reaching our browser, not direct from the source. When we browse a site, data is sent through opera server, compressed, and then compressed data is resent to us. Data is compressed up to 80%, so it is not amusing that we can surf a bit faster. It is not amusing too if images in a site we browse has lower quality, they has been compressed after all.

If you have fast internet connection, don’t bother to use Opera Turbo, it would not give any satisfying result. Fast connection won’t speed up using Turbo, in the contrary good images will be broken; their quality is lowered after passing opera server.

Google Chrome "The Minimalist"

Google entered browsers market by releasing Google Chrome, a free web browser. That decision seemed to challenge Mozilla Firefox, the leading free browser, to prove which one is the best. Today, Internet Explores is dominating browsers world, because it’s packed with Microsoft Windows. Firefox has been challenging position of Internet Explorer, and succeeded to become the second in use after Internet Explorer. It is not certain whether Google Chrome sided with Mozilla Firefox challenging Internet Explorer or even challenging both Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.

As browsers, Google Chrome has minimal interface and completely different compared to other browsers, but it does not mean that Google Chrome has bad looks. Google Chrome’s interface is very simple, toolbar only consist of navigation tools (back, forward, and reload), address, page control, and Google Chrome control (these last two are equivalent with complex toolbars in other browsers). There is also additional Bookmark Toolbar. Because of this minimal interface, I call Google Chrome as The Minimalist.

Like other browsers, Google Chrome also has ability to open multiple tabs, so users must not open many windows to open many websites. Generally, there are not any problems in performance of Google chrome, but I can recall that it does have less performance in opening multiple tabs. If users want to open multiple tabs simultaneously, especially when users press right click and choose ‘Open link in new tab’, Google Chrome can not response as fast as other browsers. Between opening tabs, users must wait a few second or more before users can open a new tab. So, this delay can become serious problem if users need to open multiple tabs simultaneously. Sometimes, delay also occurs when I want to paste characters I copied in Google chrome window. I can’t conclude whether this problem comes from Google Chrome itself or from PC performance, but I found this problem in many different PCs.

Google Chrome needs online installation, so this is a problem if users have slow internet connection. Installation using slow connection may take place for several hours. This problem is worsening if internet connection downs, installation must be repeated again from the beginning. Other problem I noticed is I haven’t found any features to disable images in Google Chrome. Sometime, to save bandwidth quota, I must disable image appearance in browser. So, I wouldn’t use Google Chrome if I need to disable images.

In my opinion, browsing ability of Google Chrome is good, similar with other browsers. I am just not satisfied with the problems I mentioned above. Generally, interface and browsing ability are good, Google just need to improve its ability in opening tabs. It would be better too if Google adds offline installation option, so users must not go online to install Google Chrome. Online installation of Google Chrome is uncomfortable for users who connect to internet using low bandwidth connection.