hpqgpc01.exe - Application Error While PC ShutDown

hpqgpc01.exe - Application Error : The exception unknown software exception (0xc0000005) occurred in the application at location 0x76bdbe16 you might face a similar error when shutting down your PC or turning off your laptop with windows vista 64-bit operating system installed.

You might get the hpqgpc01.exe - Application Error when the printer is turned off , many of the users including my colleague reported that there is no error when the printer is turned on.

The following is the workaround that is suggested by HP Support Forums Users to fix the issue, you can try your luck! I will keep you updated if hp releases a ptach or fix for the issue.

1) Insert Your Printer Driver Disc
2) Click Start-->Run
3) Type Control Printers and hit enter to bring the printers and faxes window
4) Right click on your HP Printer and click on properties
5) Click On sharing Tab
6) Click on Change Sharing Options. Click On Continue
7) Go To Drivers and click on additional drivers
For you information x64 represent 64 bit drivers and x86 is the 32 bit drivers
8) Keep the x64-bit alone and click on x86-bit
9) Close the program and restart the computer to get the changes effected.

Hopefully you should not have the error again,I tried this workaround and was not completely successful in eradication the error all the time, but restricted to few random times. Post your comments on this workaround using below comments section.

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Intel DG35EC BIOS Version 0116 Released

Intel released BIOS Version 0116 For Intel DG35Ec Mother Board ECG3510M.86A.0116. When it comes to the fixes and features of 0116 version, Updated values for Drive Configuration item "Configure SATA As” as per the release notes, you can get glance of the release notes for 0116 version and download the full release notes including the previous version fixes from Intel 0116 Release Notes

As usual there are three ways to update your DG35EC mother board bios, I use and recommend the easiest way to update the bios is to follow the Express Bios Update, its just a self extracting windows utility that makes your work simple.

The below information will give you a glance of the version no's and the operating system that are supported for Express Bios update .

English: ECG3510M.86A.0116.EB.EXE Download Directly From Intel

Ver:0116 Date:6/25/2009 Size:2367 (KB)

Operating Systems :OS Independent, Windows Vista* 32, Windows Vista* 64, Windows* XP Home Edition, Windows* XP Media Center Edition, Windows* XP Professional, Windows* XP Professional x64 Edition

If you are more enthusiastic to keep you board drivers up to date, you can try other downloads for your Intel DG35EC Mother Board Here, you can also check my previous post on how to change the bios splash screen "Change Bios Splash Screen With Intel Integrator Assistant"

Hope that helps to keep you updated!

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Availability Of HP Software and Driver Downloads For Windows 7

Every eyes on Windows 7, If you are curious enough like me to get the HP products running with the new Windows 7 Operating system, you need to wait for the official release of HP Software Drivers which might not be too long. HP Software & Driver downloads will be available closer to the official release of Windows 7, which is scheduled for October 22, 2009.

Meanwhile you can consider the Windows 7 Upgrade Program options from HP , as quick walk through of windows 7 upgrade program from hp as follows.

Qualified PCs purchased from June 26, 2009 to January 31, 2010, and factory-installed with one of the following operating systems may be eligible for an upgrade to Windows 7:
Learn more

* Windows Vista® Home Premium,
* Windows Vista® Business, or
* Windows Vista® Ultimate

News from HP And Windows 7

Discover more about whats new in windows 7 here, keep visiting this blog for more updates about windows 7 with HP, below are some quick glances that i like about windows 7.

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Speed Up Mouse Pointer For Flat Panel Wide Screen Monitors

Take advantage of mouse pointer settings in windows control panel If you are using a Flat Panel LCD wide screen monitors, this will help you make your mouse pointer move faster with a small nudge.The default mouse setting are preferable if you are using a CRT monitor as the resolutions and screen sizes are low when compared to the today's digital world of LCD monitors.

You might ask what is basic necessity of fastening the motion of mouse pointer for flat panel monitors, the answer is simple! If your screen size is 24 inch or higher the default mouse pointer motion settings might be frustrating to point to the destination as it might take three to four movements of your mouse to cover the region of your screen, speeding up the motion will do it as default.

The speed setting depends on your screen size and your convenience, try playing with the setting until you feel comfortable moving your mouse, just follow the below steps on how to adjust the mouse pointer settings in both windows XP and Windows Vista Operating systems.

1)Click Start
2)Control Panel
3)Click On Mouse (Click Printer and other hardware if you are using category view)
4)Select the Pointer Options Tab
5) Move The slider to the right side
6) I recommend to be on 8th dot for flat screen monitors
7)Click on apply and OK

Check the Adjustments you made moving your mouse entire your screen, check my previous post on the Review of Dell s2209w flat panel Wide screen Full HD Monitor if you are looking for affordable flat screen LCD monitor.Post your viewsabout this post using the below comments section.

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My Review On Dell S2209w Flat Wide Screen Monitor

A Recent upgrade of my old Samsung 753s monitor to Dell 22 Inch S2209w Full HD Flat Wide Screen Monitor made me experience a new digital world. I thought of going for s2409w, due to space factor and cost I restricted myself to 22 inch.I was more excited to connect and experience the DVI interface of my Nvidia 8800gt card with the s2209 DVI Input, i was shocked with the sharpness and picture clarity of the new flat panel.

The easy to use front panel adjustments button(looks like touch buttons but not) are more convenient in addition to the screen adjustment and the amazing sleek design.The native resolution of this monitor is 1920x1080 Full HD, its amazing experience when watching a high definition movie or designing web applications.

The only thing that I am concerned about this monitor is about the HDMI, it would have been a perfect affordable monitor if it was a HDMI capable,in mycase i am not much worried about it, as my 8800gt has no hdmi but two DVI inputs, tio experience the dual monitor featue. No worries for VGA user, there is also a VGA input available at the back.

The Following Are the Quick Specifications Of The Dell S2209W Full HD Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor

• Full HD 1920 x 1080 Resolution
• 16:9 Aspect Ratio
• 5 Millisecond Response Time
• DVI-D with HDCP
• 1000:1 contrast ratio

Check out the below video of Dell s2209w Monitor

If you ask me about the drawbacks of s2209w, i would say there are NO for a normal user. If you are a enthusiastic user screen adjustments might be the one.

I rate 4.5/5, provide your views on s2209wfp using the below comments section.for more information on this monitor can be found here

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Create Quick Animated Waving Flag Using Photoshop Action

If you are reading this post you might be in need of customized animated waving flag or want to learn how to create animated flag.In order to design the below animated flag you must be familiar with basic things in photoshop, if you are a starter there are tons of tutorials about photoshop, the one's i recommend are the Good Tutorials and Pixel 2 Life, also Google about how to execute the photoshop actions that might help in following the below tutorial more easily.

Assuming you have a basic idea of Photoshop and Photoshop actions, here we go with the tutorial.Download the photoshop flag action Here and unzip the files.

Note: The Below screenshots of the tutorial are from Photoshop CS3

1) First Load Flag Photoshop Action(Animated Flag.ATN) file using the load action option in photoshop, check the below image to have a bigger view.

Load Action

2) Open the flaganimation.psd , follow the instruction in the white box. to make it simple create a flag file with the following dimensions width 412 px and height 217 px

3) Drag the flag file(that you created) onto the white box as shown in the below screen and in the layers pallete, select the top most layer(that is you flag file layer, right click and click on merge down)

Drag The Flag File



Merge Down

4) Now when you look at the layers pallete you will have single layer with layer name as Flag.

5) Now create a folder with name animflag in C drive of your computer and copy all the bump1 to bump13 psd files that you unzipped earlier

6) As you have the flag action loaded, just click on the arrow button just beside the name to expand.

Load The Animated Flag Action

7) Select the flapping flag and click on play button at the bottom of the action winndow as shown in the below screen.

Action Play button

8) Just Keep clicking continue for all the messages you get and click on play button again if you are stopped in between.

9) Finally you will have the message as "Now, go into Image Ready and create an animation by selecting "Make Frames From Layers" in the animation palette menu". when you look at the layers pallete you will have a total of 13 layer including the flag layer.

9) If you have cs2 clickon image ready button to switch to imageready for animation. If you are using photoshop cs3 then Click on Window at the top and click on Animation to get the animation window.

Animation Windows In Photoshop Cs3

10) Click on the down arrow below the X button on the animation window and click on make frames from layers as shown in the below screen.

Make Frames From Layers

11) Now you are ready to have the waving flag animation , just click on the play button to preview the animated flag. adjust the timing between the frames as you need(0.05) is preferable and save the file as gif.

Check the below sample of the animted flag that i crerated for one of my web friends

Hope you like the tutorial, check back soon for my next post how to create the animated flag using flash, comment using the below comments section for help or any other request, its time to upgrade my blog theme.will work on that.

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Sony Ericsson T715 First Look And Specifications

Sony Ericsson announced The Sony Ericsson T715 - a sophisticated slider phone.The Sony Ericsson T715 looks stunning in design and more sophisticated to be honest.The only thing i think about the new T715 phone is about the walkman feature, I would have got this phone it is in the walkman series category. Lokks pretty good for a casual user who is not much worried about the music, check out the below list of specifications for Sony Ericsson T715

“The T715 is a sophisticated slider mobile phone that fits a busy lifestyle and is perfect for those who are looking for a phone with practical and up-to-date features” said Quentin Cordier, Marketing Business Manager at Sony Ericsson. “Building on our current 3G portfolio, the T715 allows us to bring 3G mobile phones to even more markets giving them high speed internet access wherever they are. With a premium brushed aluminium cover and glossy front, this new mobile phone demonstrates the sophisticated design language consumers have come to expect from Sony Ericsson.” from sony ericsson news.

Follow the rest of the post for quick specifications and bigger look at Sony Ericsson T715

Screen
- 262,144 color TFT QVGA
- 240x320 pixel
Memory
- Up to 90MB Phone Memory
- SanDisk microSD™ support

* Actual free memory may vary due to phone pre-configuration.
Networks
- GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
- UMTS/HSPA 2100
Available colours
- Galaxy Silver - Rouge Pink

Possible limited market availability.
Sizes
- 91.5 x 48.0 x 14.9 mm
- 3.6 x 1.9 x 0.6 inches
Weight
- 96.5 gr
- 3.4 oz


When it comes to Performance Of T715, the below will answer.
Networks

* GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
* UMTS/HSPA 2100

Talk time (up to)

* 10 hours
* 4 hours

Standby time (up to)

* 400 hours
* 350 hours

Video call (up to)

*
* 3 hours

Check here to visit Sony Ericsson T715 media gallery for high resolution pictures ofThe Sony Ericsson T715 Mobile Phone.

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