Men Will Be Men...

Men will never change... Will they???

Remove Vista entry from Boot Menu

If you have installed Windows XP and then Vista on your system and after playing around with Vista, you have decided that you want to uninstall Vista. Now after removing Vista from your system, you might still see the option of Vista in Boot Menu. To fix this, follow the steps given below -

# Boot your computer in to Windows XP.

# Ensure you have the Vista DVD image emulated or in the DVD drive.

# Go to “Start” and “Run”. Type in “e:\boot\bootsect.exe /nt52 ALL /force” (without quotes, and replacing e: with the drive letter of your Vista DVD).

# Restart the computer, and you will notice the boot selection menu is gone.

# Format the partition/drive where you had Vista installed.

# Remove two files (Boot.BAK & Bootsect.BAK) on your XP drive’s root folder (C:), these were backup files of your previous bootloader, now no longer useful.

# Optional: Restart to ensure it still works

Procedure for Change in Name

Procedure for Change in Name - in official gazette -

You will need to fill up a form which is available free of cost at the Government Press of your city. (In Pune, it is located near Sadhu Vaswani Chowk - Behind Government Photozinco Press)

You need to fill in the details as required - like your old name, new name, old signature, new signature and address.

No documents are required to be submitted along with the form.

Charges:

Charges for change of name in the Maharashtra Government Gazette:

• Rs 120 per insertion (for two copies of the Gazette)
• For backward class applicants: Rs 60
• Charges for extra copy of the Gazette: Rs 12 per copy

Cash is accepted at the Government Press though you have option of paying through Cheque/DD.

Backward class applicants are required to submit a Xerox copy of caste certificate of old name as issued by the Collector of the District concerned.

Once the form is duly submitted, it normally takes a month for publication of advertisement in the Maharashtra Government Gazette. The Gazette copy is sent to the address given on the form.

Address:

Government Photozinco Press Premises and Book Depot,
5, Photozinco Press road, Photozinco Press premises,
Pune-411001

DISCLAIMER: This procedure may vary from place to place. Kindly recheck the procedure of your place. This procedure is as applicable in Pune, Ahmednagar, etc.

Toll Free Numbers in India

Toll Free Numbers in India -

Acer - 1800 11 6677
Air India - 1800 22 7722
Compaq - 1800-425-4999; For Technical Assistance - 1800-11-2267
Dell - 1800-425-4026
HP - 1800-425-4999
HTC -
Jetair -
Kingfisher -
Microsoft -
Netgear - 1800-425-4327
Nokia -
Spice Jet -
Oberoi Hotels - 1800-11-2030
WorldSpace -

PS: Will be updating the list soon. Kindly comment if you find any of the entries not working/incorrect. Some numbers beginning with 1600.... might not work.
In that case you can replace 1600... with 1800...

DISCLAIMER -

Though Toll Free Numbers are supposed to be free for callers, please confirm with your telecom service provider. Generally for MTNL/BSNL customers these numbers are free but for Airtel, Reliance, Tata, etc. they might not be free.

Fix XP Logon

The file below can fix your -

1. rtlgina2.dll startup error
2. Error caused due to updating driver of W111v2 54mbps Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter or Linksys Router
3. Other gina.dll errors

Download XP_FixLogon.ZIP and save this file to your hard drive. Navigate to where you saved it and double click the file. Extract XP_FixLogon.exe from the zip file and double click it. The program will tell you if repairs are needed or not.

This utility checks for the correct GINA value in the Registry and will allow you to restore it, if its incorrect.

Source and Entire Credit