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This article lists the steps and some tips to help the OEM driver developer write an "uninstall" package that safely removes .inf files from the system. You have to have administrative credentials to complete these steps.

To remove .inf files, follow these steps:

Note :Microsoft recommends that you leave your driver files where they are, if possible, even after you remove your value added applications and .inf files. Other devices and drivers on the system may reference your driver and will stop functioning correctly if the driver files are removed.

1. Retrieve the path and file name of your .inf file:

• The .inf files are located in the %Windir%\Inf folder, and are accompanied by a system-maintained .pnf file with the same root name. When third-party drivers are installed correctly, the .inf is renamed to Oemxx.inf (where xx is a sequential number) to make sure that there are no name conflicts with drivers that are included with the product and with other third-party drivers. You can find the installed name of your driver by using the SetupCopyOEMInf function with the SP_COPY_REPLACEONLY flag and the full path name to your original .inf file (SetupCopyOEMInf is documented in the operating system SDK).
  
• If the original .inf file has been moved, use the full path name to the new location of your .inf file. If the original .inf does not exist on the system, you have to enumerate all the Oemxx.inf files. In each one, check the Provider, DriverVer, Hardware IDs, and other properties to identify the .inf files that you must remove. There is code that does the enumeration and details retrieval in the FindCurrentDriver routine in Dump.cpp of the DevCon sample code (in the Windows Driver Development Kit under Src\Setup\Devcon).
  

• You can also retrieve the Oemxx.inf name from the "InfPath" REG_SZ value under the associated device's driver key, before the device has been removed.

• For Windows XP and later versions, use SetupDiBuildDriverInfoList with DeviceInstallParams.FlagsEx set to DI_FLAGSEX_INSTALLEDDRIVER to obtain details about the installed driver.

• For Windows 2000, use SetupDiOpenDevRegKey to find the key.

2. Remove the .inf file and associated files.

• On Windows XP and later operating systems, after you have the actual name of the .inf file in the \Inf folder, you can use SetupUninstallOEMInf to correctly remove it.

• On Windows 2000, follow these steps:

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In the current scenarios Web mining is a technique that is widely using in the world. Many of the search engines like Google, msn, AOL, YAHOO and etc are using web mining techniques.

Web mining

- Web mining is the application of data mining techniques to discover patterns from the Web. According to analysis targets, web mining can be divided into three different types, which are Web usage mining, Web content mining and Web structure mining.

Web mining Pros and Cons

Pros
Web mining essentially has many advantages which makes this technology attractive to corporations including the government agencies. The predicting capability of the mining application can benefits the society by identifying criminal activities. The companies can understand the needs of the customer better and they can react to customer needs faster. The companies can find, attract and retain customers; they can save on production costs by utilizing the acquired insight of customer requirements. They can increase profitability by target pricing based on the profiles created. They can even find the customer who might default to a competitor the company will try to retain the customer by providing promotional offers to the specific customer, thus reducing the risk of losing a customer.
Cons
Web mining the technology itself doesn’t create issues, but this technology when used on data of personal nature might cause concerns. The most criticized ethical issue involving web mining is the invasion of privacy. Privacy is considered lost when information concerning an individual is obtained, used, or disseminated, especially if this occurs without their knowledge or consent. The obtained data will be analyzed, and clustered to form profiles; the data will be made anonymous before clustering so that no individual can be linked directly to a profile. But usually the group profiles are used as if they are personal profiles.



Inspired from Wikipedia.

Why is the media here so negative?
Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse acknowledge them---Why?
We are the first in milk production.
We are number one in Remote sensing satellites.
We are the second largest producer of wheat.
We are the second largest producer of rice.
Look at Dr. Sudarshan , he has transferred the tribal village into a self-sustaining, self-driving unit.

There are millions of such achievements but our media is only obsessed in the bad news and failures and disasters.

I was in Tel Aviv once and I was reading the Israeli newspaper. It was the day after a lot of attacks and bombardments and deaths had taken place. The Hamas had struck. But the front page of the newspaper had the picture of a Jewish gentleman who in five years had transformed his desert into an orchid and a granary. It was this inspiring picture that everyone woke up to. The gory details of killings, bombardments, deaths, were inside in the newspaper, buried among other news.
In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.

Why are we so NEGATIVE?

Another question: Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? We want foreign T. Vs, we want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology.

Why this obsession with everything imported. Do we not realize that self-respect comes with self-reliance? I was in Hyderabad giving this lecture,when a 14 year old girl asked me for my autograph. I asked her what her goal in life is. She replied: I want to live in a developed India . For her, you and I will have to build this developed India . You must proclaim. India is not an under-developed nation; it is a highly developed nation.

Today is 61st Independence Day celebration. For the first time , I have attended this celebration in my college life. For three years of my MCA life, I have never gone to attained or see the Independence Day or Republic Day celebration in my college. First time I attended and attended not as a student but I was there as a faculty. What are the scenarios of my college, according to that I have never accepted that type of celebration.

It was so great to see and participate in this celebration. Everywhere crowds looking so busy to prepare celebration. Some were busy in doing seating arrangement, some were busy to welcome guests and important peoples and some were busy to practice the performance which they are going to do. I was standing to see these in surprising way. Flag hosting done by Director of the college. After that National song was sang by each people. Every one standing straight and in discipline. NCC candidates were done excellent parade march. Cultural programs done in very colorful manner containing all colors of our country. Every one clapping to shown that, so I also clapped to show these programs. There were so many children sitting on floor and some were standing and fighting with each other to see the program because they are small and not able to see properly. I have felt in children that, they were so excited about this function. Those children came from near local schools and from slum areas. But excitements were present equally in each. After completion of cultural programs Director, Chairman of Board and some guest spoke their speech about Independence Day.

All were trying to remember only great peoples of India like Mahatma Gandhi, Indira Gandhi and etc but they forget to remember soldiers and freedom fighter of our country who are actual heroes to get freedom of our country. Ok, any way let’s continue, I got so bored to listen their speech because they took too much time to give their speech. May be some people were interested to listen but most of the people are not interested like children. I also not interested because by their speeches, they were trying to copy of politician. If we see logically, this type of celebration if celebrate in schools or colleges then we should give speech which should be relevant to the students. But here, they spoke about country, politician and politics in the college which doesn't mean for the students and the children who were present at that place.

At last, sweets were distributed among the peoples. Some were took 2-4 packets except one. That’s way, many of the children not got sweet packet. I felt so bad to show that. I took one packet from the volunteer and came back to my home.

The book "Q & A" inspired the Oscar-winning movie "Slumdog Millionaire," but what inspired Indian author Vikas Swarup to write the book?

Swarup says he took his cue from an experimental program giving impoverished children in India's capital Delhi unsupervised access to computers loaded with educational software.

The "Hole in the Wall" project discovered that youngsters were able to teach themselves to use the machines embedded in a wall in a poor neighborhood, offering new insights into the abilities of children's minds.

As in "Slumdog Millionaire" -- in which a poor Mumbai youth accumulates the knowledge needed to compete in a game show -- the disadvantaged Delhi children showed they had untapped potential. They displayed the curiosity and imagination to make use of the computer when given access and opportunity.

Among them, 12-year-old Rahul Tivari didn't know how to use a computer when he first saw the kiosk of five machines that suddenly appeared in his neighborhood six years ago.

"I don't have a computer," Tivari said. "I came here from the beginning and I learned by watching others."

Another, Shabanam, 9, is virtually glued to the keyboard whenever she gets a chance.

"There are very nice games in this thing," she says in her native Hindi, not fully realizing the program she calls a "game" is actually teaching her English.

Project co-founder Rajendra Pawar says he is proud of what has happened since the program started six years ago.

There are now 48 "Hole in the Wall" computer kiosks across Delhi and the program has spread across the country and into other parts of the world.

But Pawar says the project's organizers are still pushing for more in the name of free education for children.

"In 1999 there were more than a 100 million kids who were outside the school system," Pawar said. "We were trying to say can we push technology to do the role that a teacher does because these 100 million kids don't even have teachers."

Right now, the computers are hooked into monitoring devices so that scientists can watch and learn about the children's behavior.

They found that When kiosks are introduced to neighborhoods, children typically push and shove trying to get to the computer.

But a change in social behavior is swiftly apparent. The children begin to organize themselves so that everyone gets a chance to use the machines.

As with any new toy, there was great concern that the computers would be damaged, but the children seem to look after the machines without any prompting.

"They protect it because they know if it breaks they can't use it anymore," project co-founder Pawar said.

There is a technician the children can call if the computers malfunction and the machines are placed behind shutters overnight.

The scientists are now working on innovative ways to hook up the computers to give the children access to the Internet. They are expected to install software to restrict the children's access to questionable Web sites.

But their remain obstacles to the project, not least shortages of electricity and money, but with government funding help, it is moving forward.

As for the children who get free access to the computers seven days-a-week, eight hours-a-day, there is never enough time to learn.

Shabanam's eyes glow when she explains how much fun she is having on the computer. "I come here everyday, that's why I am happy."

This post is inspired by "http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/23/slumdog.inspiration/index.html"