Traditional BIOS versus EFI Framework

The Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) is a specification that defines a software interface between an operating system and platform firmware. EFI is intended as a significantly improved replacement of the old legacy BIOS firmware interface historically used by all IBM PC compatible personal computers^[1]. The EFI specification was originally developed by Intel, and is now managed by the Unified EFI Forum and is officially known as Unified EFI (UEFI).

 

History

The original motivation for EFI came during early development of the first Intel-HP Itanium systems in the mid-1990s. PC BIOS limitations (16-bit processor mode, 1 MB addressable space, PC AT hardware dependencies, etc.) were seen as clearly unacceptable for the larger server platforms Itanium was targeting. The initial effort to address these concerns was initially called Intel Boot Initiative and was later renamed to EFI^[2].
EFI specification 1.02 was released by Intel on December 12, 2000. (Version 1.01 was the original issue; it had incorrect legal and trademark information and was quickly withdrawn^[3].)
EFI specification 1.10 was released by Intel on December 1, 2002. It included the EFI driver model as well as several minor enhancements to 1.02.
In 2007, Intel contributed this specification to the UEFI Forum, who is now responsible for its development^[4] and promotion. EFI was renamed to Unified EFI (UEFI) to reflect this; most documentation uses both terms interchangeably.
The UEFI Forum released version 2.1 of the UEFI specification on January 7, 2007; as of March 2007, it is the latest publicly available specification. It added and improved cryptography, network authentication, and the User Interface Architecture (Human Interface Infrastructure in UEFI).

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How to Crack A Trial Software to Run Forever

Today I am sharing how to crack software and run the trial version forever latest free 2013 crack. so what is crack? Have you ever the downloaded the software but it was in trial? After sometime it had expired so then you are in trouble but you still needed it so well if you want to forever activate it without serial key and then you need the crack.

Basic Tips

Before the starting with a crack you should know that the basic thing how these trial version software are run or programmed. This software always comes with the one month trial period and then after which they will be expire. When this software are installed for first time they make the entry of Installation Time, Date etc. And in the Windows Registry so whenever we run this software so they compare current system time and date with the new installation time and date. Thus they make out the whether trial period is the expired or not.

Why we Need it?

Manually changing a system time and date to an earlier time and date will not be the right and final solution so finally to overcome this there is the simple and very easy tool “RunAsDate v1.12” .
Why we Used This Software?
RunAsDate v1.12 is the small utility that allows you to run the program in the time and date that you specify it. This utility does not change a current system time and date of the computer but it’s only injected the time/date that you will specify into a desired application.

Download the software: RunasDate  1.21

Today I am sharing how to crack software and run the trial version forever latest free 2013 crack. so what is crack? Have you ever the downloaded the software but it was in trial? After sometime it had expired so then you are in trouble but you still needed it so well if you want to forever activate it without serial key and then you need the crack.  - See more at: http://mybasictipsntricks.blogspot.com/2013/02/how-to-crack-software-and-run-trial.html#sthash.RjKdFOSx.dpuf

Today I am sharing how to crack software and run the trial version forever latest free 2013 crack. so what is crack? Have you ever the downloaded the software but it was in trial? After sometime it had expired so then you are in trouble but you still needed it so well if you want to forever activate it without serial key and then you need the crack.  - See more at: http://mybasictipsntricks.blogspot.com/2013/02/how-to-crack-software-and-run-trial.html#sthash.RjKdFOSx.dpuf

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Difference Between Windows 7 & Windows 8

Over the last few months, we have covered a number of tips and guides on Microsoft’s latest Windows operating system. Now that Windows 8 and Windows 8 powered PCs and tablets are up for pre-order, many users are asking one simple question: should I upgrade to Windows 8?

To get an answer for the above question, you need to first understand the new features introduced with Windows 8 and difference between Windows 7 and Windows 8.

Microsoft has introduced hundreds of new features with Windows 8 and most of them are pretty good. While some features are big & quickly noticeable, there are many features that come across as you start using the new operating system.

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Disable Secure Boot Feature on Windows 8

Secure boot is a feature of Windows 8 that helps to prevent malicious software applications and “unauthorized” operating systems from loading during the system start-up process. While it is a great security feature, it effectively prevented you from dual booting your PC. Any other OS without the proper signing key will be deemed as “unauthorized” and won’t be able to boot up. The way to go about it is either install an OS that comes with the appropriate signing key or disable the secure boot feature altogether. In this article, we will show you the latter.

A Word About the Secure Boot

It is important to note that the secure boot is not a Windows 8 feature. It is in fact a protocol in the UEFI specification. It’s been around for a while, but hasn’t been implemented in many operating systems. Microsoft has chosen to do so for their Windows 8 OS and requires all PCs that want to have the Windows 8-certified logo to ship with the secure boot feature enabled. This has, of course, become a bit of a pain for people who want to dual-boot, either with Linux or any other OS.
The intention of Secure Boot isn’t to “lock out” other operating systems. This is just an unintended consequence of the feature. The purpose of UEFI is to check for stuff that might make a computer behave unfavorably, like low-level malware that could sit between the hardware and operating system.

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Install XP : Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer

We’ve seen this question posted in our forum many times, so thought we should write an article on this problem. When users try to install Windows XP, they encounter the problem of not being able to find any hard disk drives installed as if they weren’t connected. The hard drive is detected with no problem in the BIOS and also on start up POST, able to boot up Linux Live CDs but the hard drive is just not being detected in Windows setup. Here is the exact error message.

"Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer. Make sure any hard disk drives are powered on and properly connected to your computer, and that any disk-related hardware configuration is correct. This may involve running a manufacturer-supplied diagnostic or setup program. Setup cannot continue. To quit Setup, press F3."
 
This problem is quite a common one and is simply due to the fact that when Windows XP was created, the SATA chipset itself and SATA hard drives weren’t available to the masses, so support for it wasn’t included in the XP setup process. As most computers within the last decade or so have some form of SATA controller, if you try to install Windows onto a SATA drive, XP won’t recognize it because the drivers aren’t present on the installation disc, so they need to be loaded manually for the drive to be picked up.
Thankfully there are a few ways to get around this problem and enable Windows XP to be installed onto a SATA hard drive so you can enjoy the extra performance and other functions like hotplug/AHCI etc.

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How to Install Dual Boot WindowsXP after Windows 7

Since most of the peoples use Windows 7 but few peoples still want Windows XP may be because few softwares work only on XP, reversing tools debug the address efficiently for XP, and on a personal note I use XP  because my PCSX2 emulator works more faster on XP as compare to Win7.
 
In such cases people mostly install both the operating system on their Hard Drive and choose one according to the need at the time of boot.
Things are working fine when you first Install Windows XP and then go for Win 7 in other partition, in this way you always get a menu to select between XP and Win 7 at the boot screen.
 
Everything seems fine with me because I followed the same way while installing my dual windows. But when due to some reason I formatted my XP and re-install it, every time when I reboot without switching to boot menu.. it by default boot from XP however my all the Windows 7 file are unaffected in the hard drive.
After little bit of surfing I landed to the conclusion that when you Install XP on already installed Win 7 Hard Drive it smashes the Boot menu and make a default boot option of XP as only OS installed.
I've got many solutions on Internet regarding the similar problem but many works in one case but fail in other. Then I got my hands on a cool utility which is more than enough alone to solve your almost all the issue regarding boot sectors.

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Menambahkan menu Classic pada MS Office 2007, 2010 dan 2013

UBitMenu is a simple way for professional Microsoft® Office users to get accustomed to the new ribbon based interface of the new Office without any performance loss. It will emulate / activate the Office 2003 menu in Word 2013, Excel 2013 and Powerpoint 2013 (also Word 2007 & 2010, Excel 2007 & 2010, Powerpoint 2007 & 2010).

UBitMenu will add Office 2003 type toolbars and menus to Office 2007, Office 2010 and Office 2013:

- Classic menu and toolbars for Excel 2007, Excel 2010 and Excel 2013
- Classic menu and toolbars for Word 2007, Word 2010 and Word 2013
- Classic menu and toolbars for PowerPoint 2007, 2010 and 2013

If you have spent for minutes trying to find features in Word, Excel or PowerPoint ribbons that would have been at your finger tips in Office 2003 you will soon appreciate UBitMenu, especially when you have to finish an important document under time pressure.

UBitMenu does not hide the ribbon interface, but adds the classic menu as a new ribbon. Gradually you will realize that many functions are easier to handle using Office ribbons. Microsoft® has done a good job there.

UBitMenu has become a global success with over a million downloads from all over the world. After downloading and installing your languages classic menu, you will see the old menu as the second tab of the ribbon in Word 2007, Excel 2007 and PowerPoint 2007.

Download:
Exe File Installer
Zip File Installer

Source Website :
http://www.ubit.ch/software/ubitmenu-languages/

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