Thursday, September 30, 2010

BLESSINGS
A sunbeam to warm you,A moonbeam to charm you,A sheltering angel, so nothing can harm you.~Irish Blessing

May the sun shine, all day long,everything go right, and nothing wrong.May those you love bring love back to you,and may all the wishes you wish come true!~Irish Blessing

May you get to Heaven a half hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb

May you live all the days of your life. ~Irish blessing, also attributed to Jonathan Swift

May the devil chase you every day of your life and never catch you. ~Irish Toast

May God grant you many years to live, For sure He must be knowing
The earth has angels all too fewAnd Heaven is overflowing.~Irish Blessing

May the holes in your net be no larger than the fish in it. ~Irish Blessing

May those that love us, love us.
And those that don't love us,
May God turn their hearts.
And if He doesn't turn their hearts,
May He turn their ankles
So we will know them by their limping.~Irish Blessing

May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions. ~Joey Adams

May you always have walls for the winds,
a roof for the rain, tea beside the fire,
laughter to cheer you, those you love near you,
and all your heart might desire.~Irish Blessing

May you always have work for your hands to do.
May your pockets hold always a coin or two.
May the sun shine bright on your windowpane.
May the rainbow be certain to follow each rain.
May the hand of a friend always be near you.
And may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.~Irish Blessing

May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light, May good luck pursue you each morning and night.~Irish Blessing

May you live as long as you want, And never want as long as you live.~Irish Blessing

May flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day. May songbirds serenade you every step along the way. May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that's always blue. And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through.~Irish Blessing

Let all thy joys be as the month of May, And all thy days be as a marriage day.~Francis Quarles

Here's to a long life and a merry one
A quick death and an easy one
A pretty girl and an honest one
A cold beer and another one! ~Author Unknown

Here's a sigh to those who love me,And a smile to those who hate;And, whatever sky's above me,Here's a heart for every fate.~George Gordon, Lord Byron, "To Thomas Moore"

May brooks and trees and singing hillsJoin in the chorus too,
And every gentle wind that blows
Send happiness to you.~Irish Blessing

May your thoughts be as glad as the shamrocks
May your heart be as light as a song
May each day bring you bright
Happy hours that stay with you all the year long.~Irish Blessing

May you have warm words on a cool evening, a full moon on a dark night, and a smooth road all the way to your door. ~Irish Toast

May you live to be a hundred years with one extra year to repent.~Author Unknown

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Friday, September 3, 2010

HOW TO DOWNGRADE FROM WINDOWS VISTA TO WINDOWS XP

HOW TO DOWNGRADE FROM WINDOWS VISTA TO WINDOWS XP
Since the advent of Windows Vista, one will agree with me that the ICT-compliant community has faced some challenges. However, these challenges, can be attributed the unfamiliarity that ensues from the initial interaction with newly developed softwares and programs. At other times, the problems may be above that attributable to unfamiliarity. The challenges of Windows Vista experienced include excessive consumption of system memory, software incompatibility, as well as the seeming impracticality of downgrading the Operating System from Vista to Windows XP.

Well, if you have a laptop or desktop that had Windows Vista installed on it and you probably want to downgrade it to Windows XP, it is very possible to do so. Or, if you bought a new hard drive and could not install windows XP on it as it keeps telling you that “no hard drive” was found, this article is for you. Just follow the simple steps below:

First, power your computer and enter the BIOS setup. For most motherboards the key to press to enter the BIOS is F1 or F2 or F10 or DELETE. Press the key relevant to your system to enter the BIOS setup. In the BIOS setup utility, locate “SATA native support” under System Configuration, and then disable it. Press F10 to save and exit the BIOS setup.
Next, insert windows XP CD in the CD-ROM drive. Restart the computer and set it to boot from cd rom drive. For some computer F12, esc, F10 will take you to the boot menu, select the CD-ROM drive and hit the Enter key for the windows xp installation process to start. Follow the accompanying instructions and install windows XP.
Goodluck

How to change windows start up and log off sound

How to change windows start up and log off sound
Do you know that you can change the windows logon or log off sound, or any other program event like low battery alarm, system notification, etc, of your computer? You can change the default windows start up and logoff sound to any tune of your choice, provided that the music file is of a compatible format. That is, you can configure your windows xp computer to play your favorite song/tune each time it boots, shuts down or gives notification, instead of the normal windows sound.
How to Configure:
To configure, click on the start menu and then open the control panel. When it opens double click on sounds, speech and audio devices, the Sounds, Audio and Speech dialog box similar to the figure below will open. Click on the Sounds tab; thereafter, under the Program events, scroll down to Exit Windows and click on it.
Under the Sounds caption you will see Windows XP Shutdown. You can click on the play button to hear the sound, or click on Browse button to locate the music file that you want to change to.
Note: The music file must be in WAV format.

However, if you have a music file other than the ones in the default windows media folder, you can still select it. But, you must convert the file to a .WAV format. You can do this with the use of a video converter software, e.g. Total Video Converter.

To change the start up sound, still in program events, scroll down to start windows, to be sure its start windows click the play button beside Windows XP Startup to listen to the sound. Click on Browse to locate the music file that you want to use. Also make sure that the music file is in WAV format. Click on Apply and Ok. Now restart your computer and you will hear your new sound/tune play as windows log off and log on.

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Friday, June 25, 2010

SCHOLARSHIP FOR NIGERIANS AND AFRICANS 12,000 US DOLLARS BY BALDWIN FOUNDATION


The Franklin Mosher Baldwin Memorial scholarship is available for individuals who are from a developing country and want to get an advanced degree. Requirements for this scholarship position:
1. you must be from a developing country
2. you must have a home sponsor who is a member of the school where you are affiliated in your country as well as a host sponsor who is a member of the institution where you want to train.
The Baldwin scholarship is for a sum of 12,000 US dollars per year and is available to individuals from a developing country, in Nigeria or in Africa.

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
Gates Cambridge Scholarships are available students from developing countries wishing to study at the University of Cambridge. The scholarship covers the full cost of your Masters and PhD of any subject offered at the University of Cambridge, UK. All applicants for the scholarship apply for – and must gain – admission to the University of Cambridge.

To apply, visit http://www.gatesscholar.org/about

Source: http:http://scholarshipfornigeria.blogspot.com
Gates Cambridge Scholarships are available students from developing countries wishing to study at the University of Cambridge. The scholarship covers the full cost of your Masters and PhD of any subject offered at the University of Cambridge, UK. All applicants for the scholarship apply for – and must gain – admission to the University of Cambridge.


To apply, visit http://www.gatesscholar.org/about